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Ferrari isn't necessarily a brand you'd associate with headphones. Although the sportscar manufacturer keeps a range of accessories like jackets and watches on its books, it makes sense to cut into the fan market with some everyday products. See Group test - what are the best headphones?
Logic3 makes a heap of accessories — iPhone and iPad cases, docks and speakers, and add-ons for all the major portable and home game consoles. They're not the first company we would have picked for a high-end Ferrari partnership, but the P200 shows they're able to deliver a premium pair of headphones. See also: Audio reviews.
Scuderia Ferrari P200 headphones: Design and build quality
The Ferrari P200 headphones are, on first impressions, show-stopping in their design. Hints of carbon fibre weave, shiny chrome, and soft leather surround the classic glossy Ferarri red on ear-cups and headband. A Scuderia Ferrari logo, resplendent in Modena Yellow, can be found on either side of the P200's ear-cups. Take a look at Sennheiser Amperior headphones review too.
The headband is simple enough — foam padding, a simple leather wrap, and two telescoping sliders to accomodate larger heads. It does a good job of distributing the headphones' heavy 380g weight, which is tiring after a while wearing them.
The P200 headphones have a single 2.5mm headphone jack on the bottom of the left ear-cup, and the bundled carbon fibre-wrapped carry case includes three separate headphone cables — one with an Apple-compatible remote, one with an Android-compatible remote, and one without a remote at all. The cables are covered in fabric and are strong and and well-constructed. Airline and hi-fi plug adapters are also included.
The ear-pads of the Ferrari P200 headphones are soft, but the faux-leather they're wrapped in is a little plasticky and sticky. We also heard the leather or foam creak a little when we moved around — this is presumably something that will go away with time as the headphones loosen up, but it was distracting during our listening.
Scuderia Ferrari P200 headphones: Sound quality and performance
The Ferrari by Logic3 P200 headphones are expensive at $349 — that's the cost of the little black prancing horse on each ear-cup. They have sound quality that should please casual listeners, but you can get better audio for the same price by shopping around.
The P200 headphones' most obvious trait is their strong bass. Electronic dance music listeners and heavy rock aficionados will be well served by the P200's low frequency power — deep and punchy bass that is tight and impressively loud.
Treble is less forthright — it's a little less obvious than the headphones' bass, and doesn't have the same warmth and richness as more audiophile-focused headphones of comparable price like the B&W P3.
Mid-range is reasonable, but it's not especially detailed. If you're listening to compressed music files from your iPhone, or streaming audio from a source like YouTube or Rdio or Spotify, these headphones will do an acceptably good job. They're not designed for listening to a high quality lossless audio track through high quality equipment, though.
The Ferrari P200 headphones can reach impressively loud volumes without audible amounts of distortion, even when strong bass is introduced. This makes them a good choice for bass-lovers who enjoy listening to their music up loud — it's not a practice we'd encourage, but if it's what you want the P200 will serve you well.
The P200 headphones don't have any active noise cancellation, although they do a reasonably good job of keeping outside noise down thanks to their solid construction and full over-the-ear design.
One small feature we do like is the large and easy-to-use remote controls for Android and Apple devices. The buttons are easy to press and have a reassuring 'click' to them.
Scuderia Ferrari P200 headphones: Conclusion
These Ferrari-branded headphones certainly look racy — if looking like Stefano Domenicali is your thing, this is the headset for you.
They're not the best-sounding headphones for their price, but they'll be more than enough for casual music listeners — especially if you like your bass loud and strong.
Scuderia Ferrari P200: Specs
- Audio type: Stereo
- Frequency response (low end): 20Hz
- Frequency response (high end): 20000Hz
- Sensitivity: 110dB
- Impedance: 32
- Weight: 380g
- Wired Terminals / Ports: 3.5mm headphone jack
- Audio type: Stereo
- Frequency response (low end): 20Hz
- Frequency response (high end): 20000Hz
- Sensitivity: 110dB
- Impedance: 32
- Weight: 380g
- Wired Terminals / Ports: 3.5mm headphone jack
These Ferrari-licenced headphones are big, bulky, and pay tribute to the brand's Formula 1 pit crews' cans. They're a bit big for walking down the street with, and a bit heavy to wear for long periods. They're generally well-made though, and their bass-heavy sound will please electronica junkies.


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the more I look at the potential of remodeling our 100-year-old house, the more I think about super-insulating the walls. I'm looking for experts and advice. (I know I can find lots of advice here, and lots of experts, too. Anyone fit into both cells of this particular Venn diagram??)
Here's the scoop; the windows need to go. That implies I might as well rip out the sash weight space and install wider windows. THAT means ripping up the metal exterior trim and metal siding. The difficulty of repairing the metal siding suggests that I just take all of it off, retrofit in rainscreen firring strips, and put up new Hardi-Plank or some such. (I hate the siding anyway.)
By the time I've gone that far, I start thinking that 4 inches of polyiso and a a full-blown "deep retrofit" wall assembly start making sense. Fortunately, my wife knows little about construction and remodeling -- I don't have to justify the cost of all this based on a five-year payback.
So, first thing... I'm open to ideas on detailing openings. I'd really like to put the drainage plane at the exterior of the foam, set the windows clear out in bucks, and have foot-deep windowsills. Good idea, or bad? And if I do set the windows out at the outer surface of the foam, what's the best way to flash them?
Second -- under the metal siding is a second layer of old cedar clapboard. I really don't want to demo it. (With what is certainly lead paint, I'd have to landfill it, instead of using it as kindling.) If I just screw foam over the top of the clapboard and chase the edges with foam (so I actually have the best air barrier at the drainage plane) do the little triangular prisms of dead air under the foam matter from an insulation standpoint?
So you know, the rest of the way in, the walls are 4" studs, dense-pack cellulose cavities, and plaster and lath. No vapor retarder anywhere in the assembly, but I presume the decades of lead paint serve pretty well as long as I seal the junction boxes and penetrations in the plaster.
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First, no one can give you advice without knowing your climate zone (your profile page says Madison WI - is that where the house is?). Secondly, are there any historic zone limitations on exterior renovations? Third, what does your local building energy code require - here in Vermont any renovations that involve opening up walls or roofs must be brought up to new house energy standards.
There are many ways to superinsulate an existing home and all present challenges and caveats. Some people have had allergenic reactions to open-cell spray foam and have had to vacate their homes. Closed-cell is expensive and eliminates the ability of the walls to breathe as does rigid foam board on the exterior. The more insulating and air-tight a building envelope becomes - the less heat and air flux - the more important diffusive drying becomes.
A rainscreen might become essential if you use non-breatheable materials, but is unnecessary with a breatheable envelope which also makes flashing details much simpler.
Do you not want to renovate the interior of the walls? Often with retrofits in cold climates, building inward makes more sense from a hygrothermal persepective than building out.
I've been designing and building super-insulated homes for 30 years and have done a number of deep energy retrofits as well. Much of my work these days is consulting on projects like yours.
Duh! Yes, the house is in Wisconsin.
And, yes, I'd been thinking of staying away from interior demo. The work that NEEDS to be done (replacing the failing windows) is going to involve significant siding work anyway. (And, it's not a big house to start with. So that's why I'm exploring the idea of going whole hog and superinsulating the walls, and doing it from the outside.
Thanks for the heads-up about historical review. I forgot about that. I'll do that research. As for Code -- If I am going to go for this, that won't be an obstacle. After all, if I do all this work and end up only good enough to bring the energy load in line with new construction Code, I'd consider that a failure.
As for drying -- first of all, I think that R-28 outside the studs is enough to keep the structural part of the wall above the dew point pretty much all year. That should give me some margin. The house (after a good deal of shell work) is now at 2,000 CFM50. I'd like to hope that chasing the window sash weights and some other detailing as part of the window replace would get it to 1,500. I don't know how realistic it is to try to get tighter. If I could get it to 1,000 CFM50 and need an HRV, I'd be willing to do that.
The CFM50 numbers don't tell me much without the context of square footage, volume, geometry and shell surface area of the house, but if it's "not a big house" those numbers seem quite high after "a good deal of shell work". I would urge you to set a more ambitious air-sealing goal for the project, since that will not only have a significant impact on energy-efficiency, but also on durability. I would aim at no more than 3 ACH50. Above that and well-insulated homes tend to have moisture accumulation problems. Above 5 ACH50 and they also tend to be too dry inside (while still creating interstitial moisture problems).
A leaky house is not necessarily a house that can dry itself out if it gets moist, but more likely a house that will be prone to moisture problems once the insulation level is increased. While we all strive to keep moisture out of the thermal and structural envelope, all homes get wet at times and the ability to dry is just as important as preventing wetness.
This requires a balance between rate of wetting, rate of drying and moisture buffering capability, which means hygroscopic materials such as cellulose and wood rather than foam and plastic. In a cold climate, the primary drying direction is from inside to out, so a good rule of thumb is for the outer skin to be five times as permeable as the inner skin (which just happens to exactly meet the current IRC specifications for vapor retarder and breatheable weather barrier).
The current practice - both for renovations and new construction - is just the opposite, and this can create potential problems that need more complex "solutions" such as vented rainscreens.
I would also ditto Bud's caution about reducing roof overhangs, as the ratio between overhang and wall height is one of the most important criteria for a weather-durable home.
Don, it has been awhile since I read this article and it isn't exactly brand new, but may have some points in it.
To add to Roberts comments, adding to the outside requires considering the overhang at soffits and gables. I elected to extend my soffits and diminish the overhang at my gables. However, I am adding a new roof as well. Moving the new windows out is easy, but the in-swing doors may need to remain on the inside which involves some detailing on the exterior, ie they only make certain size threshold extensions. Or at least that's is all I could locate.
Adding to the exterior has some other advantages, at least for my home, the added insulation extends below the floor level to the foundation and above the top sill plate, an area that always seems to get minimal attention.
If you have knob and tube wiring buried in those walls, that may also be a consideration.
My one concern about your project would be the lead paint. Where it started out as just "cover it and forget it" it has evolved to be a greater concern, maybe not for you, but for future buyers. Whether a super major renovation would be possible at this time or not, it would really add peace of mind to get rid of the lead once and for all at some time. I know removing it 20 years ago would have cost a lot less than removing it today and I can only guess but, removing it 20 years from now is bound to be even more expensive.
Since 2008, there are strict EPA regulations on any renovations involving pre-1978 homes with lead paint. Though there is a homeowner exemption, it's still worth doing this work safely.
National Grid's Deep Energy Retrofit has performed over 40 whole house superinsulation retrofit projects in Massachusetts and Rhode Island with exterior insulation on the walls and roof (typically interior insulation in the basement). You can check out the case studies, including envelope details and sections, at Building Science Corporation (BSC) website: http://www.buildingscience.com/resources/retrofits
However if you can wait until January 2013, National Grid has commissioned BSC to create a "Deep Energy Retrofit Builder's Guide" which will give step-by-step instructions as well as all required drawings and details.
In January 2013, The "Deep Energy Retrofit Builder's Guide"Deep Energy Retrofit Builder's Guide" will be available as a free downloadable pdf at National Grid's energy efficiency website as well as the Mass Save website (www.masssave.com).
Please note, National Grid is the electric and gas utility in all of Rhode Island, some of Massachusetts, and some of New York.
I love Building Science Inc., Dr. Joe Lstiburek's irreverent humor and wisdom, and John Straube's broad knowledge, but they have a heavy bias toward exterior foam as the solution to almost everything, and show prejudice against other more environmentally-friendly options.
In today's new construction and retrofit market, it's hard to sell anything else, because wrapping a structure with foam is almost always the quickest (and most profitable) option, which also appears to take care of several issues at once, including air-sealing and thermal bridges.
Ironically, Dr. Joe stresses the moisture balance (as I've illustrated above), with both moisture buffering and drying being as important as preventing wetting, but his strategies are almost completely dependent on moisture sealing, shedding and deflection with little allowance for drying and even less for buffering.
I teach a course in HygroThermal Engineering (http://www.yestermorrow.org/workshops/detail/hygro-thermal-engineer...), and focus on the many unintended consequences of our design decisions. I start with a law of Murphy: all house envelopes will get wet at some point, and then focus on how to buffer and diffuse that moisture safely while also doing the best to prevent moisture intrusion. This requires the use of moisture-open and hygroscopic (i.e. natural) materials as much as possible and, in a cold climate, an exterior skin that is five times as vapor permeable as the inside skin.
These are rules of thumb that have worked well for more than 30 years. You can violate those rules only if you compensate adequately, which means really understanding the principles of mass (moisture and air) and energy flow and how they interact.
As far as I'm aware, there have been only two studies performed that deliberately injected a controlled "leak" into a wall or roof structure to either measure or model drying capability. In both cases, with relatively impermeable exterior foam insulation, the roof took 6 months to dry and the wall (with inside vapor barrier) did not dry out in the two years of the test. Ironically, the exterior foam (the "warm sheathing" approach) also raised the temperature of the sheathing and framing sufficiently to initiate and maintain mold growth and rot. Unintended consequences.
When I use rigid foam board for cold-climate retrofits, I always place it on the interior in addition to cavity insulation, use foil-faced polyiso (which has far lower global warming contribution than XPS), tape and foam the rigid insulation for an air barrier, strap for a radiant air space, and then drywall. Otherwise, if space allows, I'll cross-hatch or build a secondary interior frame to deepen the cavity and use dense-pack cellulose (the most environmentally-friendly and effective insulation) for moisture buffering, fire resistance and insect/mold/rodent resistance, using the drywall as the air barrier.
If the only option is exterior foam, then avoiding moisture-vulnerable materials like OSB becomes important, flashing and weather barrier details become critical, and a rainscreen becomes necessary. Often, the roof overhangs need to be extended as well, with gutters and downspouts to manage rainwater.
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The district is asking for a 3.5-mill increase to fund renovations and new construction at Dover Middle School in a special election.
More than 40 people — kids who attend Dover schools, along with their parents and grandparents — gathered in the Fine Arts Center to see the renderings displayed throughout the room, watch the slideshow breakdown of costs and ask Owens and the board members questions.
The project includes construction of 26 classrooms, a physical education facility and a FEMA-approved safe room for a total of an additional 52,646 square feet. It includes renovations of 19,000 square feet including 10 classrooms, a media center and the front office.
The project has an estimated price tag of nearly $10.7 million — approximately $7.6 million in new construction; $1.7 million in renovations and $1.4 million for furnishings and contingencies.
The district has nearly $4.5 million in state partnership funds for the project and the millage increase would provide a little more than $6.2 million.
The increase would put Dover's millage at 43.8, which board member Michael Robbins said would put the district "right in the middle of the pack of the county."
Pottsville and Hector have higher mills — 45.2 and 44.5, respectively — and Atkins and Russellville have lower mills — 43.4 and 40.8, respectively.
In September, a measure asking for a 5.5-mill increase failed when 824 voters rejected the increase and 394 voted in favor.
Owens and the board met in October with opponents of the measure, who expressed concerns over higher taxes and building an indoor athletic facility to replace the middle school gym.
In November, Andy Branton of the State Fire Marshal's Office inspected the gym and gave it a negative 47 percent rating. A newly constructed building starts with a 100 percent rating. Branton's report stated the building "is not suitable in a modern setting."
Owens said he and the board, in the new millage proposal, addressed the concerns they were made aware of.
"I think people are a lot more comfortable with this proposal," Owens said. "That's the feedback we've been getting."
Aubrey Sprinkle, a fourth-grader at Dover Elementary School who attended Monday's meeting, said she hopes the millage passes and construction is complete in time for her to enjoy it.
Sprinkle will attend the middle school as a sixth-grader, a fact that doesn't sit well with her.
"I don't like fifth graders being at the elementary school," she said.
Sprinkle said the most important aspect of the project is the technology-ready classrooms. At the elementary school, students have a computer in every classroom. She said "moving up" to a school with fewer technological advances would be counterproductive.
"I like having a computer in every classroom," she said.
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Seven Devils Mountains > He Devil / She Devil > Climber's Log
He Devil / She Devil Climber's Log
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|Fred Spicker
|NW Ridge - He Devil
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2008
|With Moni as below.
|Posted Aug 29, 2008 4:27 pm
|NW Ridge - He Devil
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2008
|In a long day from Windy Saddle Campground via the climber's trail over Goat Pass, down to Sheep Lake, up to the saddle between Sheep and Rock Island Lake, across the basin to the base of the NW Ridge and up the ridge. Back the way we came. 9 hours. Great scenery.
|Posted Aug 29, 2008 3:40 pm
|Sinful Traverse
|I climbed the Devils along with Baal and the Tower of Babel. Didn't see a soul for days. Saw Pan playing his flute along the southern flank of the mountain, or, perhaps, it may have just been a goat.
|Posted Dec 1, 2007 7:27 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2007
|Out of a planned 3 night trip to the Seven Devils, this was the only peak I was able to summit thanks to 2-3 inches of snow on the first night which never really melted out much. I took the scree field between Baal and She Devil both up and down and followed the east ridge to the summit. The snow made things interesting, and made the summit more rewarding. I'll have to go back to play around more... great mountains!
|Posted Sep 26, 2007 10:44 am
|Dennis Poulin
|She Angel for company
Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2007
|Tagged both He Devil and She Devil with Duane and a She Angel as a dayhike. Tough day!!
|Posted Jul 26, 2007 1:39 pm
|Two days
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
|As Bob mentioned, we hiked in on Saturday and did He Devil. Not enough water and electrolytes did a number on me by the end of the day but getting hydrated and proper electrolytes put me back on track for an actually bigger day on sunday. I felt He Devil was easier than She Devil due to the much better access and easy ridge.
There were a zillion butterflies up there, almost clouds of thembut they were beautiful. Sheep Lake is a beautiful lake.
|Posted Aug 8, 2006 4:18 am
|Bob Bolton
|Two days
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
|Dean and I hiked in and camped at Sheep Lake on Aug 5, then climbed He. Dean was feeling sick that evening and we agreed that we'd abandon She if he wasn't much better in the morning. To my surprise he was ready to go up in the morning, so we traversed She - up the east side, down the west side. We didn't much like the scree/talus/boulders on either route. I think that attitude comes from getting old, with slowed reflexes and too many accidents/injuries or close calls in our memory banks.
|Posted Aug 8, 2006 3:51 am
|Route Climbed: He Devil - Up Northwest Ridge, Down East Ridge Date Climbed: August 9, 2005
|I took the short-cut over Goat Pass and then climbed up the Northeast Ridge of He Devil. It took longer than I thought to hike over there. The ridge was fun and not too difficult. There was a wildfire two canyons south of us and the air was really smoky. I wanted to continue on the ridge to climb She Devil but an incoming thunderstorm made me change my mind. I would like to go back and climb the rest of the Seven Devil Mountains.
|Posted Aug 13, 2005 8:02 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge from Sheep Lake Date Climbed: July 5th, 2003
|Just climbed She Devil on our trip... will be back for He Devil this summer.
|Posted Feb 19, 2005 2:43 pm
|Route Climbed: South face Date Climbed: August 7, 2004
|Came up the south face of She Devil from the saddle between She Devil and The Ogre. Found a wide ledge with an overhand across the SW face that took me to a high point on the main west ridge; from which I proceeded to the top.
On the top I met Klenke and Cash and had lunch. After pictures I headed across the back of Baal to The Tower of Babel. All the peaks were busy with people on this day.
|Posted Sep 27, 2004 1:46 pm
|East Ridge She Devil Date Climbed: 19 August 2004
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2004
|With Fred.
Traverse from Tower of Babel and Baal.
Played "Ring around the Mountain" with a mountain goat on Baal.
The sole of Fred's mountain boot came off on the summit, so we had to descend, rather than going on the He Devil.
Hurray for duct-tape, safety pins and webbing!
|Posted Aug 21, 2004 10:40 am
|Martin Cash
|Route Climbed: East Ridge, 5.8 variation, She Devil traverse. Date Climbed: August 7, 2004
|Free soloed this variation as part of a 2.5 day, 8 mountain traverse of the range with Paul Klenke. Trip report here: Seven Devils Plethora.
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Liam Maguire became Canada's unofficial hockey trivia expert in 1981. Since then he has made many appearances across the country at speaking engagements and on television and radio. He hosts an online show called Puckchat.com and works for the Ottawa Senators on pre and post game radio broadcasts. While Liam plays hockey in a local men's league, his real hobby is answering everything and anything about hockey. He proposed to his wife at Montreal Forum's centre ice on September 10, 1993. They were married the following year on the same day. No other couple ever got engaged on Forum ice during the entire 71 years, 3 months and 17 days of the building's existence. Maguire lives in Osgoode, Ontario.


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This patch integrates pldb into core.logic, using the technique suggested by David Nolen of adding the pldb db to the substitution metadata. This worked really well. I've tested this integration against the threatgrid codebase, and with the exception of a couple edge cases where we were using facts-for directly for testing, it is a drop in replacements for pldb, requiring only the namespace change of pldb -> clojure.core.logic.pldb.
I moved logic-dbs into the clojure.core.logic so that they could automatically be included in the various run macros and the existing pldb/with-db bindings. I've also added run-db macros that allow explicit declarations where that is desirable. This seems reasonable to me, but I'm open to suggestions.
My working branch: https://github.com/orb/core.logic/tree/pldb
This doesn't remove the old rel/fact code. I'm not sure what way you want to take that. Also, I need to add docs when we're happy with the look of things.
Would prefer to just switcheroo if possible, and then ask people to give the new stuff a spin. If everyone is OK with then we can cut a release. Has anyone else contributed code to pldb besides yourself? Just need to make sure we have CAs for everyone. Might need to get a verbal something from them on clojure-dev as well.
Craig Brozefsky is the only other pldb contributor. He does have a CA.
Patch 2 removes all the old rel code/tests. I forgot to turn off emacs whitespace cleanup, so I trivially touched a lot of lines with trailing whitespace that didn't need to be. I usually go back and fix up the commits, but if it's ok, maybe we can just put in the whitespace cleanup too so it'll be easier to work with in the future.
I'll send a patch 3 with the doc updates later.
Can we get a new Patch 2 updated to apply to HEAD? Thanks.
This patch (0001-remove-old-defrel.patch) is from the current master (335226f).


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I'm thinking its about time the Straw Hats had a bounty increase.
-They're in the New World now and with such small bounties no one is really going to respect them.
Right now Luffy is sitting at a 400 million Beli. And I believe that puts him at the 2nd highest Supernova bounty(excluding Law) after Kid.
- This is good enough. He's made a name for himself, everyone knows Luffy, the brother of Ace, son of Dragon and grandson of Garp
-But the rest of the team they need an increase.
Zoro is at 120 million which puts him near the bottom of the supernovas, even behind Jewelry Bonney. I think Zoro should have at least a 200 million bounty so he can be tied with Killer of Kid Pirates
Sanji should be close to Zoro and not 77 million which puts him at 4th on the team even though he is the 3rd strongest member. From what I've seen he should be a supernova as well
Robin and Brook's bounties should increase as well. to at least 100 million
Nami, Usopp and Franky's bounty are quite low but seeing their new abilities they should make it to 70 million easy
As for Chopper, who has a tiny 50 beli bounty he needs an increase to at least 50 million. But that might be a running gag for the whole show.
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Oct. 12
Lock it up
4 p.m. — 900 block of N. Beneva Road. Burglary. A man parked his van at a grocery store, left his wallet under the seat and took his debit card inside to make a purchase. He said he thought he had locked the vehicle but must not have because his wallet, containing his driver's license and Social Security card, was missing when he returned. The man told police he was sure that was the last place he had left the wallet.
Cashing out
5 p.m. — 1300 block of Boulevard of the Arts. Petit Theft. A manager reported that $96 was missing from the petit cash box. The cash, in increments of four $20s, one $10, one $5 and one $1 was discovered missing around 2:20 p.m. on the above date. The manager told police that the cash box, located in an unlocked drawer in his desk, was locked when he found it but the lid was looser than it used to be. There were no pry marks evident on the cash box. Besides office staff, security has access to the office. No further action was taken at the time.
Oct. 15
Bright eyed and 'bush'-y tailed
4:47 a.m. — School Avenue. Trespassing. A security guard found a homeless man sleeping in the bushes by a parking garage. The officer checked to see if the homeless man had any warrants and issued a trespass warning.
Wheeler and dealer
9 p.m. — 2700 block Coconut Bay Lane. Theft. A woman parked her car outside her apartment complex, and in the morning, the car's wheels were missing. The suspect, or suspects, had jacked up the vehicle and removed the two right side wheels. The suspect left behind a small black jack, which the police officer checked for fingerprints, but could not find any. It appears that the car was wiped down so there would be no fingerprints left behind. A similar incident occurred the day before.
Oct. 16
Breakfast of champions
7:05 a.m. — 500 block Kumquat Court. Open Container. A police officer observed a man holding a 16-ounce can of Steel Reserve beer. The man told the officer that the beer was from the previous night, and it was empty. The officer picked up the beer car and observed that it was a quarter full.
Keen observation
12:30 p.m. — 2500 block Clematis Street. Burglary of Structure. A woman left her home, and when she returned several hours later, she saw that her bedroom light was on. She knew that she had turned off the light when she left. The woman noticed that a window shade was up, and upon closer inspection saw that the screen was not in place and part of the window was missing. An officer found that the jalousie window had been broken and removed. The window appeared to have been hit with an object and popped off the frame, and the suspect then used a lawn chair to climb through the window. The officer took fingerprints and told the woman about safety measures she can take in the future.
Hit and run
8:08 p.m. — 1900 block Main Street. Car Crash. A four-door Nissan car was parked illegally on Main Street when the driver of Chevy pickup truck tried to park near the car and crashed into the driver's door. The driver of the pickup truck, described as a woman with long dark hair and wearing a turquoise shirt, left the scene. An officer searched the area but was unable to find the truck or the driver.
What a tool
11 p.m. — 2700 block Hillview Street. Burglary of a Vehicle. Officers responded to a call of a possible burglary in progress. The homeowner told police officers that he saw a male looking into his car, which was parked outside his home. The suspect then walked to a pickup truck and tried to open the locked toolbox. The homeowner yelled out, asking the suspect what he was trying to do to his vehicles. The suspect ran off and headed toward Tuttle Avenue. The homeowner followed the suspect for a while, and then he returned home and called the police.
Oct. 17
Leaving on bad terms
8:04 p.m. — 1300 block Main Street. Threats. A bar manager fired a worker, and the former employee was upset about the firing. The former employee made several threatening statements to the manager and said the place would go out of business soon. The manager believes the former employee also stole from the business. The manager said he would conduct an audit of the inventory and make a report after he knew what was missing.


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Rays Should give Crawford an Extension
Mark Carlson / AP
On September 30,2009 Carl Crawford, the veteran player of the Tampa Bay Rays made it be known through the Tampa Tribune in an interview with writer Marc Lancaster that he would be open to discussions of an contract extension past the 2010 season. The news was viewed with excitement in the stands of Tropicana Field as it was made known by one of the Rays most popular players that he basically sees an upward change in the franchise and would love to further explore where this team is heading in the coming years.
"We are very pleased to hear C.C.'s comments," Tampa Bay Rays Executive Vice President Andrew Friedman told the St. Petersburg Times on September 30th when Crawford announced he would be willing to discuss a possible extension to stay with the Rays. "Consistent with our policy, we do not speak publicly about contract negotiations but obviously we have a tremendous amount of respect for Carl both on and off the field. He has been a big part of our past success and I expect he will be a big part of our future success as well."
Andrew, you bet your sweet booty you want to keep one of the most exciting players in baseball right where he is right now. Considering the Rays have a $10-11.5 million club option to consider before the beginning of the 2010 season, you can bet they will exercise that option and possibly make amends to keep C C well beyond the 2010 season. And if for some reason the deal does go sour in any way, you can expect an endless bulk of boos and article written until the cows come home about the Rays biggest PR blunder of your administration.
But first off, most Rays fans have to heed a bit from getting overexcited by the comments knowing that the pace at which Crawford performed in 2009 hitting both personal and club record in several categories during the season, he might have to give the Rays a bit of a " local discount" to have the Rays retain him past the 2010 season. And right now, without knowing the expected payroll amount set by Rays owner Stuart Sternberg, Crawford might be the biggest question mark right now.
Granted he has made comment showing an olive branch out to the Rays organization, and wants to stay here and hopefully be a part of another winning team that thrust hard into the playoffs, but can the Rays retain him without damaging their payroll expectations and fit him perfectly into the team plans all the way through to maybe 2014?
Because of his upward mobility daily in the Major League Baseball All-Time charts, he is quickly establishing himself as a potential Hall of Fame caliber player, with a long career still in front of him. And if you were to compare him with the best active players at his position, he would surely command a $15 million plus a year salary in the big cities like Chicago or New York. So would Crawford be willing to give the team that deep of a discount to play for a potential winner, while also adding to his own reputation in the American League.
Crawford finally got to experience that winning feeling with the Rays in 2008, and it just might be in the Rays best interest to surround him with the best talent they can afford to again hit that plateau before the team hits a wall and might have to cut back, maybe as soon as 2014. I know that is a long time away, but it is micro-seconds in baseball years. The career of a Major League player is long in comparison to some sports, but the risk factors are extremely higher considering the daily grind of 162 games a season.
But would the Rays use his "leg fatigue" as a bargaining tool, when in reality he has appeared in 150+ game for his fifth season of his career. And if you consider what he can do once he hits the base paths, well Crawford might leave this game as one of the best who ever laced up a pair of Nike's by the time he calls it a career.
Crawford is only the third American League player in this decade to reach the 60+ steals mark joining Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury ( 69/2009) and the Angels Chone Figgins (62/2005). To further illustrate what he can do on the base paths, you only have to look at the May 3,2009 game against the Boston Red Sox to see how he can command a game all by himself. His 81.9 percent stolen base attempts rank first among active MLB players. He also became one of only 25 players since 1900 to steal 60 bases and get 60 RBI in the same season. And he is 1 of 6 to accomplish that in the last 20 years.
Crawford currently has the 6 highest stolen base totals in Rays history, and has hit the 50+ steals mark a record 5 times, which is the best among active players. And he is only the 16th player since 1900 with 5-50+ steal seasons. And he has been clocked going from first to second in 3.1 seconds, which is a bit faster than recent Hall of Fame member Rickey Henderson in his prime.
But Crawford is not a one-dimensional player. He has also made some incredible plays on defense and might be one of the most under rated outfielder in the game since the Golden Glove are not awarded by just his field position( leftfield) but by the outfield in general. The best example of how Crawford can turn a game around might be in the May 6th contest against the Boston Red sox where he stole a total of 6 bases, and became only the fourth player to ever accomplish that feat. He was even the first to do it since June 30, 1996, when Eric Young of the Colorado Rockies was the last to hit that plateau.
These statistics might even make the Rays job harder to consider that he has just turned 28 this August 5th, and his 353 stolen bases rank 7th best since 1900. His 92 triples ranks him 12th since 1900, and the most since Cardinal Stan Musial. His 1,244 hits rank him 8th best since 1900. Such feats have seemed to come easy to the young outfielder who played in his 1,000 Major League game on June 27, 2009 against the Florida Marlins.
Hard to believe that the Rays All Time leader in runs, runs scored, hits, at bats, stolen bases, doubles and triples, games played and RBI has only played in 1,000 contests. And let's take a look at his triples for a moment, he is currently third among active players with only Yankee outfielder Johnny Damon (95) and Philly shortstop Jimmy Rollins (94) having more than Crawford's 92 triples. But he was also 4th in the American League with 41 infield hits in 2009.
And if all of the above information was not mind boggling enough for Rays Vice President of Baseball Operations and Silverman to consider, here are another few facts that point to the special place Crawford is heading in the coming years. He has now hit above .300 for the fourth time in the last five seasons for the Rays. This season he had a career high 51 walks and his 2009 On-Base Percentage of .364 is 34 points high than any other time in his career.
Add onto that package the fact he hit his 500th RBI on September 20th against Toronto's Roy Halladay with a 2-run homer. At the end of the 20
09 season, Crawford was 10ht in hits (185), 9th in multi-hit games with 54 this season, and 5th in triples with 8 in 2009. Crawford has become the quintessential Rays player, and a good foundation for the club both in character and in his on-field behavior.
The 3-time American League All Star even took fans and players breath away in this season's All Star game in St. Louis with his catch high above the AL Bullpen fence to rob the National League's Brad Hawpe of a potential go-ahead home run in the 7th inning of that game. As Crawford stood there with MLB Commissioner Bud Selig that night, you saw the boyish charm of Crawford, and so did the rest of the MLB community.
I guess the best thing right now is to let Crawford's comments to Lancaster om September 30th begin to close out this blog:
"I don't like worrying about it," Crawford said to the Tampa Tribune, "and you can sit there and say you're not worried about it, but to not know what your future's going to be in the next five or six years or so is definitely … it makes you scared at times."
"I just hope we can do something. It's uncomfortable worrying about it. I don't like playing cautious. You'd be a liar if you say you didn't play cautious when you have to go through contracts and stuff like that. I want to just be able to play baseball, don't worry about nothing else."
So it is your court now Rays front office. This is your time to shine and to make this contract extension a show of good faith and prosperity you hope this team embodies for the next 5 or 6 years. Crawford should be the backbone of the Rays squads in that time period, and if he is not, it might be a clear indication of the team desire to scale back and let the next generation of Rays players get their shots.
It is so hard to for someone like me to adequately decipher and assess a monetary value to Crawford since his stock has risen every season since 2003, and he just might be hitting his prime right now in his career. But if you look at the numbers he has obtained in a period of 5 full seasons now, the numbers are staggering, even without the addition of dollar signs to his name. And if the Rays can get his at a reduced price and regain that winning feeling, it is a huge plus for the Rays franchise to have a player like Crawford at the forefront leading these Rays onto the field.
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I honestly can't imagine the Rays letting Crawford go. Yes, there are financial constraints. But he's been the face of the franchise for so long. And, as you point out, he's anything but a one-dimensional player. If I had to bet, I'd say they'll pay up and keep him.
You know I thought the same thing when they resigned Scott Kazmir to an extension two years ago……..Now he is an Angel.
If Crawford left, it would equal to me, Derek Jeter leaving the Yankees.
A sense of the team would go with him, which will bring bad karma ( in my opinion).
Rays Renegade
I hope Crawford does stay with the Rays. The Rays are a young and fun team to watch. My brother Vic and I were going thru all the current players that came first thru the Rays organization. There are plenty of these players l
I was watching Carlos Pena tonght on MLBTV
If he did get traded, the backlash would be felt like a termor all the way to L A.
The Rays front office can not take another publicity hit like that since the trade of Scott Kazmir. They will not fold up and go away, but the fans will be sure to voice and show their disapproval, me included.
He is the first of the Rays crop that has stayed, but there are plenty who have come through the system in other places right now.
Rays Renegade
Cliff – it is frustrating – we want them to keep players who are not only fan favorites, but who also can help the team succeed. But then our teams can cruelly remind us that baseball really is a "big business". I hope that the Rays understand what they have in Crawford and do what is necessary to keep him
Believe me, I know it is big business.
And that is one of the sad things about today's baseball empires.
Sometimes the business end gets so complicated you forget the personal, and one of your guys is gone on to another team.
I know the teams doesn't have a crystal ball, or even a psychic who could look into "who will hit, who will not", but sometimes you wish they did to keep the good guys.
Rays Renegade
The Rays have a great young core set in place, and with Kazmir already gone, I don't think they should let Crawford get away.
By the way, I love your profile picture.
As some so elegantly stated before, it is a business, and you never know what they are going to do anymore.
With the budget needed some sort of "downsizing" before the 2010 season, there are many place where this could happen.
Burrell and Crawford might be the first two decisions, after that, Aki and some fixes for the Bullpen might be high on the agenda.
Rays Renegade
That is as blunt as anyone could put it, and total in line with my thoughts too.
I would hate to see this team disbanded at all before they get another chance to try and provide some more "magic".
But we do not pull the purse strings, even if it is some of our money that makes it possible.
Rays Renegade
I have decided to change the picture every two days during the off season to bring some sort of new image to the page every couple of days.
Even if I am posting every day, sometimes the simple things can bring you back again…..and again.
The photo was taken after I did the taping for the "Braveknobs" in-game video with ex-WWE wrestler Brian Knobs of the Nasty Boys fame.
I had fun in the video, and Brian had fun lifting me up 6 inches off the ground like a bench press barbell.
Rays Renegade
Heehee, that is so funny!! I thought he looked like a wrestler but I thought maybe he was a Ray that I missed or a new signing. Silly me.
I like to call him our obnoxious and beer-guzzling 10th man.
He is actually pretty funny and a great out-going guy out and about after the games.
Well, when he isn't getting kicked out of Fenway Park that is….(lol)
Rays Renegade
That is funny!!! Thanks. I need cheering up.
Getting rid of CC would actually be a kick in the butt for the Front Office. They already have a bunch of fans who are unhappy. From where I sit, i think that to trade another "fan fave" would be a PR disaster worse than the one when Kaz left. The team doesn't need that. They do need CC.
I totally agree that trading CC is like trade Jeter. Or Seattle trading Ichiro.
I would like to agree with Ginny, but after the trading of Kaz, I think they're inclined to do whatever the purse strings dictate…
Outside the Phillies Looking In
Believe me, Seattle will not ever trade Ichiro, but they could add Matsui since he will probably not fit into the Yankees plan in 2010.
C C leaving because of the Rays front office not responding with a good offer would be a stake to the heart.
I know it would greatly effect how I view the Rays 3rd Floor any any activity from that point on.
Even though they do not care what I think.
I think both sides will do what is needed to get this done and show good faith all around….If not, it will be a radioactive situation.
Rays Renegade
I hate to agree with that, but that is the fiscal reality of being a smaller market team.
The Pat Burrell fiasco has crippled the playroll, and he has to be dealt with, or the fan base relaxed to a point where we understand if he is not useful, he will be jettisoned like a bad piece of fish into the bay.
CC will be a high priority on the agenda because he has that high threshold of beginning to show his stardom.
Hopefully, we can address it without breaking the baks, and making each party happy for years to come.
Rays Renegade
I can't make everyone leaugh, but I am glad I made you smile today.
Just part of the charming service provided by me sometimes………….maybe.
Rays Renegade
I gotta agree with ya here. He's the face of the franchise and you need that leadership he brings. Plus, dude, I was at Busch when he made that catch… if he could crush my soul with one defensive gem, he can crush anyone (or any team)'s.
I felt for you that day.
First Erin Andrews and then Carl Crawford makes that catch in front of a stunned Bobby Ramos in the Bullpen area.
We all know if he played anywhere else he would get a Gold Glove and maybe even a huge contract.
But he is being real and willing to work to stay here and grow something positive………..money can not buy that kind of loyalty.
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To return evil for good is devilish; to return good for good is human; to return good for evil is Divine - Alistair Begg
Not digging Zev/Justin at this point. I know there's no rule you have to help teams but somehow I think the Globetrotters would drop them in a heartbeat if it meant gaining an edge. They were ahead and there were teams behind them. Maybe they need to remember the U-Turn is out there
Everyone's checked in except the goths and cowboys (still working on the clue).
We get an official TBC at the end of the episode. Pretty good first one, and I'm not crazy about AS seasons in general.
Loved the first location and all the tasks this episode. I don't care for the U-Turn in general and think it stinks that someone gets one right off the bat. Too bad the lead for all the last place teams (originally on the last flight anyway) is gone. Glad the cowboys are still in it, though
Only team I'm not rooting for at this point is Zev/Justin. The only thing I remember about them in the first place is that they were eliminated for losing their passports.
Isn't this deja vu? Mel is injured, Ronald is yelling at Christina.
Only difference is the cowboys are back in the twilight zone while everyone else is off on the next leg.
I don't even think the Globetrotters tried. M/L and J/C did but didn't get it; however I think Z/J gave them the answer without them even attempting to finish it and are expecting to be re-paid for it. Here's hoping Flight Time and Big Easy U-Turn them for their help. Remember season 10? Everyone followed the brother team and when the last of their crew got help somewhere else they ditched them.
Now I remember why I never liked Ron.
I think I doomed my cowboys by declaring them my favorites. Jet is going to let that clue beat him.
And did I see Kent pat the mat greeter guy on the butt as he left?
It was me. I let the dogs out.
To return evil for good is devilish; to return good for good is human; to return good for evil is Divine - Alistair Begg
Except for the Cowboys being behind, it was a great first episode!!!
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(LONDON, ENGLAND) – The
final American male boxer, welterweight Errol
Spence (Desoto, Texas), fell in quarterfinal action on Tuesday at the 2012
Olympic Games in London. Spence faced 2009 World Championships silver medalist Andrey Zamkovoy of Russia for a spot on
the medal stand, and it was the Russian advancing to the semifinal round with a
16-11 victory.
Spence claimed a spot on
the quarterfinal round following a successful protest of his bout against
India's Krishan Vikas in the second
round. The 22-year-old hoped to use the momentum in his bout with Zamkovoy,
which was a rematch from a March bout. Spence won the earlier match-up but he
didn't have the same success in London.
The American boxer got off
to a somewhat slow start in a tactical first round for both boxers as Spence
looked to solve his Russian opponent. Zamkovoy held a 4-3 lead after the first
but Spence became more aggressive in the second round, pressing the action
against the Russian. Yet it was Zamkovoy holding a 9-7 advantage with one round
remaining. Spence came out quickly in the final round while Zamkovoy looked to
tie him up and hold throughout the final three minutes. He tried to fight out of
the Russian's lock and land shots in the final round but he wasn't able to
score enough to overcome his deficit and Zamkovoy won a 16-11 final decision.
The loss eliminates Spence, the final male American boxer in contention at the
2012 Olympic Games, from the tournament.
"I started a little bit
slow, I could have started a little bit faster then what I did. Overall, he's a
good fighter. He was just the better man today," Spence said. "I took
me a little while to feel him out. Usually in my fights, I start real slow and
feel my opponents out, but today it kind of hurt me."
The two remaining female
competitors, flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston,
Texas) and middleweight Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) will compete in semifinal action on Wednesday. Esparza will
face reigning World Champion Cancan Ren of
China at 1:30 p.m. London time (6:30 a.m. ET) while Shields faces Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova at 2:30 p.m. London time
(7:30 a.m. ET).
U.S. Result
152 lbs: Andrey Zamkovoy, RUS,
dec. Errol Spence, Desoto, Texas/USA,
Errol Spence Quotes
"I'm using to fighting
southpaws. The Indian guy (Spence's last opponent) was a southpaw and I'm used
to fighting southpaws at home. You'd always rather fight orthodox guys."
"It doesn't make it
difficult (losing after getting a second chance with the protest). I thought I
won the fight (against the Indian boxer) anyway so it wasn't difficult. I was
really disappointed that I left the tournament the way I did when I fought the
Indian boxer. But having a guy be better than me tonight is not a
disappointment. He was just the better man and I'd rather go out like that then
the way I did against the Indian boxer."
"There was a little bit of
pressure there, but it didn't affect me in the ring. I didn't think about it
once I was in the ring."
"I plan to come back and help the
amateur program in 2016. I'm kind of disappointed that I'm out of the tournament.
I'm just glad it was a better guy beating me rather than the way it happened
"Fighting international fighters is
always unusual because of the awkward style that they have and that made me
start out late but I don't take anything from him. He fought a good fight and
he was the better man today."
"My corner told me that I needed to throw
more punches and stop waiting for him to throw and then I'd throw. Initiate the
"I felt more comfortable, I've been
more aggressive this tournament. I have an aggressive style, that's just the
way I fight. I wanted to come forward and I was trying to figure him out in the
first round but I should have picked up the pace and when I did, it was too
"Everybody here is tough, everybody
here is the best in the world. I didn't feel the pressure, I had a little bit
of confidence because I beat him in March so I had a little bit more confidence
but he stepped it up a little bit."
"It's a big eye opener but it's kind
of too late because I'm turning pro. I got a lot of experience and I'm happy I did
because the experience was great. I met a lot of people and I think I gained a
lot of fans and hopefully they will follow me."
"I was happy (after the decision was
overturned) that I got to fight again and I got a second chance because I didn't
want to be known for that loss."
USA Boxing, as the
national governing body for Olympic-style boxing, is the United States' member
organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) and a
member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).
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Singers Jordin Sparks and Jason Derulo have been a hot topic of romantic speculation for nearly a year. In January of 2012, after Mr. Derulo made it official.
"I'm taking it one day at a time," Derulo told People Magazine. "It's been really eye-opening. It's given me a chance to look at everything and realize how blessed I truly am."
"We are together," said Derulo.
Derulo's other half, Jordin Sparks, sat down to chat with 92.3 NOW/New York and dished a little more on the high profile relationship.
"If I'm going to be completely honest," Jordin says, marriage "comes into conversation multiple times a day… we talk about the future and it's not a conversation that scares us. There's a ton going on, [so] not anytime soon, but it's one of those things that we have discussed."
One thing that did frighten Jordin: Jason's broken neck. "As long as I'm living," Jordin says, "he will never attempt another back-tuck!"
"That's when we started getting really close," she says. "When he broke his neck, he needed help with a lot of things and I tried to be there as much as I could."
She continued to praise Jason's drive, saying he stayed strong throughout his ordeal and even helped to motivate Jordin.
"As soon as the doctor said it was OK for him to be in the gym, he was in there — broke neck, neck brace and everything — in there trying to lift weights. He was on an exercise bike and doing weights at the same time because he couldn't run. I was like 'I gotta step my game up!'"
-Joe Cingrana, 92.3 NOW/New York


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Patrick Howley
Daily Caller
Feb 19, 2013
Democratic Colorado state Rep. Joe Salazar apologized Monday for suggesting some women are so unjustifiably afraid of being raped that they are liable to start shooting wildly.
Salazar, arguing in favor of disarming college students, said Friday on the Colorado House floor that women fearing rape may suddenly and haphazardly "pop a round at somebody."
"It's why we have call boxes; it's why we have safe zones; it's why we have the whistles — because you just don't know who you're gonna be shooting at. And you don't know if you feel like you're gonna be raped, or if you feel like someone's been following you around or if you feel like you're in trouble when you may actually not be, that you pop out that gun and you pop … pop a round at somebody," Salazar said.
This article was posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 6:15 am


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President Barack Obama won re-election to a second term Tuesday night, handily defeating Republican challenger Gov. Mitt Romney in the electoral college vote and taking six of seven so-called "swing states," with Democrats retaining their majority in the Senate and Republicans theirs in the House of Representatives.
With Florida and its 29 electoral college votes still too close to call as of Wednesday afternoon, President Obama has 303 electoral votes versus 206 votes for Governor Romney. In the popular vote, Obama has received 60.19 million votes, or 50.4%, to Romney's 57.47 million votes, or 48.1%.
In the Senate, the final tally shows there will be 53 Democrats in the 113th Congress, compared to 45 Republicans and two independents (51 are needed for a majority). In the House, the Republicans will have at least 234 seats (218 needed for a majority) while the Democrats will have at least 192 seats; there are still nine House seats without a clear winner as of 3:00 PM Eastern time on Nov. 7. In the states, five new Democratic governors were elected Nov. 6, yielding a total of 18 Democrats, while the GOP picked up four new governorships, giving the Republicans a total of 30; precincts in Washington state and Montana are still counting votes in their governors' races.
In his acceptance speech early Wednesday morning, Obama, 51, said, "We know in our hearts that for the United States of America the best is yet to come," but for advisors and their clients, what is sure to come before year's end is the package of debt, deficit and tax issues collectively called the fiscal cliff that must be addressed by the current Congress, even if only to extend the cliff deadlines into the New Year to be dealt with by the 113th Congress.
However, with Tuesday's election results, we now not only know which party has control of which house and which new faces we will see in the Capital—notably Elizabeth Warren of CFPB fame who won her Massachusetts Senate race—but also have a clearer focus on who will be leading the key congressional committees that oversee issues of particular import to advisors and their clients.
As Karen Tumulty wrote in Wednesday's Washington Post, the election may have "sorted out winners and losers, but it left intact a polarized governing structure in Washington that has been unable to produce much more than gridlock over the past couple of years."
In his day-after blog for AdvisorOne, Investment Adviser Association Executive Director David Tittsworth (left) writes that "perhaps the biggest irony of the elections is that, after all is said and done, we're essentially ending up back where we were on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue."
As for the individuals who will help shape the agenda for advisors of all kinds in Washington, Tittsworth notes that it will fall to Obama "to figure out who will replace Tim Geithner and Mary Schapiro (both of whom are likely to call it quits in the near future), and whether Hilda Solis (and Phyllis Borzi) will continue at DOL and Gary Gensler at the CFTC."
But with his 25 years of experience traversing the halls of power in Washington as a congressional aide and advocate, Tittsworth notes that "you can call me a coward for not making predictions about who will be appointed and what their agenda will be," but that his experience has taught him that "such political appointments are extremely difficult to predict—and that predicting those appointees' ultimate track record is even more tenuous."
A statement released late Tuesday by the Financial Services Institute congratulated Obama on his victory, with FSI President & CEO Dale Brown (right) urging Obama to "carefully consider the closeness of the election results as he evaluates his regulatory policy priorities for a second term. Clients and their independent financial advisors and financial services firms need a healthier, more business-friendly regulatory environment."
Promising to "remain vigilant in our advocacy efforts," Brown wrote, "We have many advocates in elected and regulatory positions who understand our needs and our importance to hardworking American investors. Let's get to work."
In an interview Wednesday, Dan Barry, managing director of government relations and public policy for the Financial Planning Association, said that many "tax and budget and fiscal issues were put on the back burner until after the election," but that with the election decided, "everybody will be going full tilt dealing with the fiscal cliff, the Bush tax cuts and the AMT."
As for the election itself, Barry quipped that it feels like "we've been on the Western Front" for the last four years and that on Tuesday, "the electorate just handed out more shovels." With plenty of experience inside the Beltway, Barry suggested that on the pressing fiscal issues facing the country, the two parties will be "forced to compromise to get something done," but that beyond dealing with the fiscal cliff this year, the cooperation "won't lead to any new form of bipartisanship." He worries that "coming to an understanding" on the fiscal cliff won't lead the parties to "compromise on anything more than they have to."
On the issues most affecting regulation of advisors, Barry (left), aaid "I don't expect too much to move because of the election." What's more important, he suggested, will be "Who's the SEC chair, who's the chair of the House Financial Services Committee?" He expects "more hand-to-hand combat" in the Congress, with Republicans "nipping around the edge of Dodd Frank," such as on funding for the aforementioned Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
On the overrall impact of the elections, Barry said that "on the margins, Obama has a bit more leverage than he had before," and despite Obama's election night offer to Romney to have discussions with the President on "how to move the country forward," he suggested that Romney's national political ambitions may well be at an end: "It will be hard for Romney to come back four years later and say he could win" when in 2012 "Obama was beatable."
Phillips Hinch, assistant director of government relations at the FPA (right), said in a separate interview with AdvisorOne on Wednesday that prior to the election he had spoken to some Republican congressional staff members who thought that "Obama would blink again and extend for another year" the Bush-era tax cuts. However, Hinch said that Obama's re-election "clearly changes the dynamic." He says that now "it wouldn't be surprising to see some softening on the Republican side; they may not be willing to raise [income tax] rates" but rather offer "to get rid of some deductions, but they don't have the leverage they need" now to do so.
The bottom line? "The only way taxes don't increase on the wealthy is if they hammer out a framework for tax reform in the future, so it would be silly to have new tax rates" in the interim. "I wouldn't call it a deal, but a framework" for tax reform, but Hinch is skeptical that "they can get that done in the time they have." Moreover, he says, "Democrats would have to be willing to go over the cliff to reset tax rates—that's not an appealing outcome."
In what may be the first inkling of prospects for such a "framework" in the Congress, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, released Wednesday the text of a planned speech in which he says his party is "willing to accept new revenue" to address the nation's growing debt and avoid a partisan battle over the coming fiscal cliff.
In the text of the speech, the Speaker begins by saying, "if there is a mandate in yesterday's results, it is a mandate for us to find a way to work together on solutions to the challenges we face together as a nation." Later, he says, "Just weeks away now looms the so-called fiscal cliff, a combination of automatic spending cuts and tax increases mandated by law."
Boehner says that "For purposes of forging a bipartisan agreement that begins to solve the problem, we're willing to accept new revenue, under the right conditions." He prefaces that statement by saying "There is an alternative to going over the fiscal cliff, in whole or in part.
"It involves making real changes to the financial structure of entitlement programs, and reforming our tax code to curb special-interest loopholes and deductions. By working together and creating a fairer, simpler, cleaner tax code, we can give our country a stronger, healthier economy."
Following, AdvisorOne reviews the leadership positions of some key congressional committees. And in addtional reporting later, AdvisorOne will explore the regulatory, investing and economic impacts of Tuesday's election.
The House or Representatives, where all 435 seats were up for re-election on Tuesday, remains in Republican hands, where the GOP will hold at least 233 seats while Democrats will hold 191 seats. Eleven House races are still too close to call as of Wednesday morning; 218 seats are needed for a majority.
In the Senate, Democrats retain their majority, with 51 seats held to 44 for the Republicans; there are also two independents that will sit in the 113th Congress, with three seats still too close to call.
As for specific committees in Congress that have oversight of issues of particular interest to advisors and their clients, here's how the leadership is shaping up in the new Congress.
Appropriations Committee
In the 112th Congress, this committee was chaired by Daniel Inouye (right), D-Hawaii, with Thad Cochran, R-Miss., as ranking minority member. Neither man faced election Tuesday, so will likely remain in their positions in Appropriations.
Banking Committee
Chaired in the 112th Congress by Tim Johnson, D-S.D., who was not up for re-election this year, the balance on this committee will remain the same. Ranking Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., was also not up for re-election.
Committee majority members Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio; Robert Menendez, D-N.J.; and Jon Tester, D-Mont., all won their re-election battles. Two other majority members, Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and Herb Kohl, D-Wis., decided to retire this year, but both seats remain in Democratic hands. Republican member Bob Corker, R-Tenn., also won his re-election bid.
While only speculation at this time, Elizabeth Warren, the brains behind the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and long a Wall Street critic, topped Republican Sen. Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race, and could find herself a candidate for this committee.
In an interview Wednesday, Dan Barry of the FPA said it would be "interesting" if Warren did find a seat on the Banking Committee. Specifically, with Warren's "reputation as a firebrand" and current chairman Johnson, "who's much more moderate" and hasn't had an "aggressive agenda," Barry thinks "it will be interesting to see how that dynamic plays out."
Budget Committee
The chairman of this committee in the 112th Congress, Kent Conrad, D-N.D., did not seek re-election, but Democrats held the seat in Tuesday's election. Speculation before the election was that Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., would be the new chairman of the Budget Committee.
Finance Committee
Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., does not face re-election until 2014. Ranking Republican Orrin Hatch handily won re-election in Utah.
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, also doesn't face re-election until 2014. So too does Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., ranking Republican on the Committee.
Appropriations Committee
Harold (Hal) Rogers (left), R-Ky., chairman of the committee and 32-year veteran of Congress, won his re-election bid in a landslide.
Ranking member Norm Dicks, D-Wash., is retiring this year; the most senior member is Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, who is also the most senior woman in the House. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., also seeks the position of ranking Democrat. Both women retained their seats in Tuesday's election.
Budget Committee
Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who chairs the Budget Committee in the 112th Congress, lost his vice presidential bid but retained his House seat in Tuesday's election. Republican Scott Garrett of New Jersey also won his re-election from New Jersey's 5th Congressional District.
Ranking member Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. was re-elected in Maryland's 8th Congressional District.
Financial Services Committee
This committee is chaired by Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., who won re-election in Alabama's 6th District.
The committee's ranking Democrat in the 112th Congress is Barney Frank of Massachusetts who decided not to run for re-election this year. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., would take over Frank's spot should seniority decide the matter; she won her re-election bid Tuesday in California's 43d Congressional District.
However, she could be challenged by Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who is the next-senior Democrat. She retained her congressional seat on Tuesday.
View complete election coverage on AdvisorOne's Election Impact 2012 home page.
View IAA Executive Director David Tittsworth's blog, "The Morning After," for this Washington insider's reflections on the election, and view AdvisorOne and Research magazine editor Janet Levaux's musings on what advisors can learn from Obama and Romney about communicating with clients.
For additional pre-election coverage of the key House and Senate Committees, view this archived article on AdvisorOne: 11 Key Congressional Committees for Advisors to Worry About


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The Costa Rica Gold Museum has an extraordinary collection of gold objects that reflect the worldview, social structure, and the gold of the pre-Columbian people of Costarrican territory.
The exhibition consists of 1600 pieces of pre-Columbian gold dating from 500 to 1500 AD. The introductory area interprets the cultural evolution of pre-Columbian cultures. This space also shows the development of metallurgy in Costa Rica, its stages and styles.
At the exhibition of gold pieces the visitors can appreciate the different uses and meanings of the gold.
This is a great place to visit while in San Jose and to learn about the Costarrican past cultures.
For ticket information visit www.museosdelbancocentral.org


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This all flies in the face of a MotorTrend report from last year stating there would be no PDK for the 991 GT3. It would seem that since then Porsche has changed their mind regarding the PDK. The real question will be whether Porsche will still offer a manual for the 991 GT3 which we think they definitely should offer the option. If Insideline is to be believed, only 1 transmission will make it to production and based on the latest video chances are that will be the PDK.
The styling of the car is coming along very nicely. We can't wait for more details and will bring them to you as soon as we have them.


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Loney sees walks, average on the rise
Dodgers first baseman patiently waits for balls to drive
After walking about 7-7 ½ percent of the time in his first three seasons in the Majors, James Loney's walk rate stands at 14 percent to go along with a .324 batting average through the first 10 games of the '09 season.
"I'm just trying to get good pitches to hit," Loney told the Los Angeles Daily News. "You never want to give away at-bats, but I'm looking for something I can drive. Sometimes, I'll see a pitch that I might be able to hit, but maybe that isn't the pitch I want to hit. In that situation, you just want to be 100-percent sure."
"[Hitting coach] Donnie [Mattingly] is predicting great things for this kid," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said. "That isn't to put any pressure on him, although he wouldn't know it if you did, anyway. I think what Donnie has tried to stress with him is just to use the middle of the field. He gets into trouble when he tries to pull. When you use the whole field, you get more pitches to pull. If you try to pull everything, the pitchers can pitch you one way."
Johnson now batting second: Washington manager Manny Acta has moved Nick Johnson and his high on-base percentage to the second slot in the lineup.
"I always want to have a deep enough lineup that I can have Nick hit second in my lineup," Acta told the Washington Post.
"Nick is an occasional power guy. He's not a 35-40-home-run type of guy," Acta said. "He's a line-drive hitter who takes walks, gets on base all the time. You can hit and run with him, do a bunch of things. He's just a good hitter to be in that spot."
Martinez not worried about facing batters: Joe Martinez is recovering from being hit in the head by a line drive. The Giants pitcher suffered a concussion, three hairline fractures and internal bleeding after being hit. But he is out of the hospital and thinking about returning to the mound.
"One of my buddies texted me," Martinez told the San Francisco Chronicle. "He said, 'Nice job -- first time on SportsCenter, getting hit in the head.' It was a little bizarre. I didn't think I'd be in that position."
"I don't think it's going to be a big deal," Martinez said of returning to the mound to pitch. "I've been hit 100 times before, never in the head like that, but my arm, chest and knee. It's not something you think about when you're out there. It's part of the game. I'm not worried about getting out there mentally facing hitters. I just want to make sure I'm ready physically."
Ichiro moves up the hitting ranks in Japan: Ichiro Suzuki became the all-time hits leader for a player born in Japan when his fourth-inning single on Thursday night gave him 3,068 base hits. Suzuki moved out of a tie with Isao Harimoto, who was at the ballpark to witness the event and was given a standing ovation from the crowd.
"Mr. Harimoto, in 1995 -- 14 years ago -- told me, 'The only guy who could break my record is you.' For him to have that vision of the future, for him to say that to a player that has only one year under his belt, I'm amazed," Ichiro told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
"Although I didn't get the record just in Japan, I still want to express my respect for his record and what he did there," said Ichiro, who now has 1,808 hits in the U.S. to go along with 1,278 hits in Japan.
Backe makes progress in bullpen session: Brandon Backe threw 60 pitches during a bullpen session on Wednesday. Backe, who's on the disabled list with a strained rib cage muscle, threw 20 of those pitches under game-like conditions. Though Backe didn't have a setback, he was unable to go 100 percent due to the muddy mound at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
"I feel pretty good," he told the Houston Chronicle. "I was pretty cautious out there today. The mound is pretty reminiscent of the game [when] I got hurt. It would have been stupid of me to throw the ball hard and test it out with the mound the way it was."
Jackson eager to face one of the best: Conor Jackson is looking forward to Sunday, when the Diamondbacks will face former teammate Randy Johnson in San Francisco.
"We're facing a shoo-in Hall of Famer, and anytime you're facing a guy who has that status, it's always an exciting at-bat," Jackson told the Arizona Republic.
Wagner makes strong impression on recovery trail: Billy Wagner, who is recovering from major arm surgery, threw 23 pitches during a rehab outing in Florida while members of the Mets organization were on hand to watch. Wagner threw fastballs and changeups during his throwing session.
"We're just observing where he's at," Guy Conti, rehabilitation pitching coordinator for the Mets, told the New York Daily News following the 36-minute session. "This is a very long process. It's a matter of us putting our eyes on him. I haven't seen him since the end of last season. He's in tremendous shape, as you can tell."
Nady faces potential lost season: Xavier Nady may need season-ending surgery on his right elbow. Nady, who is being examined in New York, left Tuesday's game after experiencing sharp pain in his elbow. An MRI on Wednesday indicated a tear in the elbow.
"It's tough because I love taking the field with this group of guys," Nady told Newsday. "I feel like I'm letting down the organization. It hasn't necessarily sunk in today."
Kinsler proud to honor Robinson with cycle: With a single, double and home run already in the books for Ian Kinsler when he hit the ball into a gap on Wednesday night in the sixth inning of the Rangers' game against Baltimore, the Texas second basemen knew he was going to try for three bases.
After diving headfirst into third base, Kinsler became only the fourth Texas player to ever to hit for the cycle, joining Gary Matthews Jr. (2006), Mark Teixeira (2004) and Oddibe McDowell (1985) in the exclusive club.
"It's more special on Jackie Robinson Day," Kinsler, who also scored five runs, drove in four and stole a base, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "He could do everything in the game. It was a weird thing that I was playing second on Jackie Robinson Day, and it happened."
Walters ready to make debut: P.J. Walters, who was St. Louis' Minor League pitcher of the year in 2007, made his Major League debut on Friday against the Cubs.
"Every game is a big game," Walters told MLB.com.
"Last year in Memphis wasn't exactly the way I planned it, but I learned a lot of things," Walters said. "And then I was able to work this winter and in the spring and got things back the way they should be. Going down there and being able to throw, have hitters in the box, it's a lot easier to tell how good what you're doing is."
Fukudome find magic potion for home runs: Kosuke Fukudome has hit safely in six of his last seven games with a .429 average, four doubles and eight RBIs to go with three home runs. After hitting 10 home runs last season, he already has three in 2009.
"I don't know how many I can hit," Fukudome told MLB.com through interpreter Hiro Aoyama. "But it would be nice to have more."
"Maybe it's because I'm eating rice before games," Fukudome said, smiling.
Wood prepares to be ready when needed: Kerry Wood didn't get his first chance for a save with his new team until the ninth game of the season, but that didn't in any way affect how he prepared for each game.
"No matter how much or how little work you get, you've got to be ready to go when the phone rings and it's your turn to pitch," Wood told MLB.com. "I try to stay even-keel down there."
Thornton got nerves out of the way early: Matt Thornton says his 0.00 ERA through his first five outings is a direct result of his work for Team USA early in the spring in the World Baseball Classic.
"It's really paying off for me," Thornton told MLB.com. "If I didn't have that big-game experience already, I probably would have been a little rusty, and the nerves would have gotten to me. I already got that out of the way."
Ponson trying to avoid early shower: When the Kansas City Royals signed veteran Sidney Ponson this offseason, they did so with the idea that he could stay on the mound deep into games.
"I'm here to throw innings," Ponson told MLB.com. "Hopefully, the deeper I go in the game, that means the better I'm pitching. You know, normally [if] you don't pitch good, you'll be taking a shower in the third or fourth inning."
Eyre finds success in comeback: Willie Eyre, who started the season on the disabled list, joined the Texas Rangers on Wednesday after being activated from the DL. Eyre, who hadn't pitched in a Major League game since August 2007, threw two scoreless innings on Wednesday night against Baltimore.
"I'm excited to be here," Eyre told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "It's been 18 months since I've been here. It's good to be back here. It's definitely going to be exciting to get back out there. There's a lot of adrenaline I'm going to have to hold back."
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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initials and year of birth
I'm pretty sure mine doesn't require any explanation.
My username is in honor of the original Red Stockings of 1869. They aren't the direct ancestors of the Reds, but they are the spiritual founders of pro baseball in Cincinnati and the Reds franchise has always claimed them. It's a great cornerstone for Reds baseball and as they say we need our myths.
Whenever I join a message board I usually try to think of a double entendre for a handle. My coach once called me a screwball in high school (I deserved it, ), so that was the first decent one that came to mind.
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Mine was the best thing I could come up with at the time.
What if this wasn't a rhetorical question?
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
I'm west of you (in location)....most of you anyway especially when I started posting 14 years ago with a lot of these guys
And with a infield base-hit up the middle in his first Reds plate appearance, I'm in!Originally Posted by Me
I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
Mine was self-explanatory when I joined the board. Now that I live in Tennessee, not so much.
Reading comprehension is not just an ability, it's a choice
I used this name when I first signed up for a message board - it was a University of Kentucky board and people in college had called me Flounder due to a little resemblance to the Animal House character. Flounder was taken so I added UK to it.
When I joined this site, I was NKYRedsFan, but then I noticed there was a KYRedsFan, so, to get rid of the similarity, I created a new account and just used this name since I couldn't think of anything better
Tasty beer with the name 'Red' in it.
"....the two players I liked watching the most were Barry Larkin and Eric Davis. I was suitably entertained by their effortless skill that I didn't need them crashing into walls like a squirrel on a coke binge." - dsmith421
Seg used to call Dion Sanders "Reverend Doo-rag" and I thought it was funny at the time.
Mine's a rejected band name. I've never been in a band.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
This one goes back a long time. When I signed up for AOL Instant Messenger 13 years ago or so, I needed to come up with a name. At the time I was really into riding my BMX bike on dirt jumps and trails. My name is Doug. Of course, someone already had 'dougdirt' so I added 24 at the end for my favorite player ever, Ken Griffey Jr. But whenever it is available, I just stick with dougdirt.
Our small farm--Foxfire Farm. and the 123 since just "Foxfire" was taken.
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