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This data collection provides information on the characteristics of a national sample of housing units, including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, and vacant housing units. Unlike previous years, the data are presented in eight separate parts: Part 1, Work Done Record (Replacement or Additions to the House), Part 2, Worker Record, Part 3, Mortgages (Owners Only), Part 4, Housing Unit Record (Main Record), Recodes (One Record per Housing Unit), and Weights, Part 5, Manager and Owner Record (Renters Only), Part 6, Person Record, Part 7, Ratio Verification, and Part 8, Mover Group Record. Data include year the structure was built, type and number of living quarters, occupancy status, access, number of rooms, presence of commercial establishments on the property, and property value. Additional data focus on kitchen and plumbing facilities, types of heating fuel used, source of water, sewage disposal, heating and air-conditioning equipment, and major additions, alterations, or repairs to the property. Information provided on housing expenses includes monthly mortgage or rent payments, cost of services such as utilities, garbage collection, and property insurance, and amount of real estate taxes paid in the previous year. Also included is information on whether the household received government assistance to help pay heating or cooling costs or for other energy-related services. Similar data are provided for housing units previously occupied by respondents who had recently moved. Additionally, indicators of housing and neighborhood quality are supplied. Housing quality variables include privacy of bedrooms, condition of kitchen facilities, basement or roof leakage, breakdowns of plumbing facilities and equipment, and overall opinion of the structure. For quality of neighborhood, variables include use of exterminator services, existence of boarded-up buildings, and overall quality of the neighborhood. In addition to housing characteristics, some demographic data are provided on household members, such as age, sex, race, marital status, income, and relationship to householder. Additional data provided on the householder include years of school completed, Spanish origin, length of residence, and length of occupancy.
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- United States. Bureau of the Census. AMERICAN HOUSING SURVEY, 2003: NATIONAL MICRODATA. ICPSR04591-v1. Washington, DC: United States. Bureau of the Census [producer], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-06-12. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04591.v1
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State College, Pa. — 5 February 2013 — AccuWeather reports while the pattern of spotty, nuisance snowfalls will continue this week, there is a chance that two storms join forces to target part of the Northeast with substantial snowfall Friday.
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*Get's even more ridiculous as he High fives Rel.* Ya, glad your ready for horror! Cuz this pain train gots no breaks! *Chuu chuu.* xD . In all seriousness glad to be on board. Now that I sent ya my Main character I Will be making my monster soon Rel. Just wanna respond to G PAW first.
Reading through the previous group game...I already have a monster in mind, but am curious about how the last game progressed :)
Love the science experiment gone wrong! I may have to do something with the college of mad scientists, for this character to roam around in!Needless to say, I am excited you're joining us, KS, and don't worry about a slow post rate! :) ... Oh and your monster is totally approved!
Glad you like it! I'll send it over to the monster thread!
Heya. I pulled out these pieces of myself and it didn't hurt too much. You want 'em?Show more...Name: Jessica MalyAge: 23Character Type: Main CharacterOccupation: Remaining shut away in her recently purchased home, Jessica has yet to truly become involved in the town. With her capital, she could easily start a business with a bang, but she is plainly not the entrepreneurial type. Whispers tend to be that she probably won't do anything but continue to be crazy, and probably cultivate a cat collection.Physical Description: A tall, yet soft-seeming woman, in form as much as style, she's prone to causing some consternation among those who much prefer to know what to make of a person. With a face that rarely betrays more than a distant reverie, and body language that is slow and aimless, she is at once beautiful and distinctly not right.Personality: Seemingly stuck in a limbo between here and somewhere else, it's apparent to most that Jessica is perhaps not entirely as lucid as others. But while not quick or assertive, she is also not dull. Her input is thoughtful when it comes, albeit often strangely detached. And while fragile, she is anything but skittish, drifting through stressful events with the same airy listlessness as on any rainy weekend afternoon. Whether this is naiveté, depression, or something else altogether is not so obvious, but Ms. Maly's is an awkward presence, to be sure.History: Unknowingly the daughter of a former cultist, Nathaniel Maly, Jessica felt drawn to Nightwood Falls the moment the first brochure caught her eye. Drifting off a bus from somewhere northward one day, with the inheritance of her father's significant wealth and clearly no sense of direction, she toured the area on foot, purchased a home the second day, and for eight months has lived essentially oblivious to the strangeness of the place. She has a sense of something in the lake looming over the sleepy town, but in her world this is no cause for unease. She assumes everyone has the same feeling and that's just how lakes are. It's kind of comforting, really.Quirks:Odd Thinker - Having a way of viewing subjects through an unusual lens, she may be useful in situations where the usual lens is out of focus.Medicated - Jessica's medication is intended to keep her hallucinations at bay, yet it also leaves her somewhat difficult to frighten or distract.Flaws:Drug Dependency - A crutch too easily compromised.Hallucinations - Sensitive to her current thoughts and emotions, these images, when unleashed, range from flames engulfing oblivious strangers on the street, to toothy maws waiting in water, to tempting men at the corner of her eyes, to a sky full of eyes rather than stars. Distracting or misleading at best.Link your O&O: Profile / ThreadSpecify Ons: Sexual frustration, choking, voyeurism, exhibitionism, large penises, deep penetration, and somehow the scent of rainSpecify Hard Offs: Vore, anal sex and wasteSexuality: HeterosexualContent Level: HellDeath? (Y/N) Degree of Death? (Normal, Nightmare, Hell): Yes (Nightmare)Face Claim?: Maria ChoinskaSurprise GM Events?: YesConnections?: For plot changes, I'm definitely open to her being somehow taken in by the Knowing, or monsterified. Monstrosized. Monstromorphosed. If she dies, I think I like deaths that are made creepy in their mystery, but also definitely those that just seem impossible. Impalement would be pretty poetic for me her, too. Or death by something only she can see, in front of onlookers. But I'm just throwing out ideas. I believe in being at the DM's mercy.Knowing Version?Show more...Name: Jessica MalyAge: 23Character Type: KnowingOccupation: Ms. Maly is very comfortably retired on a grand inheritance.Physical Description: Tall and intense. Having changed her looser, more modest clothing for dramatic lacy dresses and long coats, the once charmingly lanky girl appears quite astonishing in an all new way.Personality: A severe and aristocratic young woman, full of grace and preoccupied with her own problems, which are none of your business.History: N/A? (What leads to her joining the cult I wouldn't yet know myself. This is just to represent the direction I'd go if she did.)Quirks:Sleepless -Since her initiation in to the cult and embracing of her unhindered mind, she simply hasn't slept, yet everything seems fine. Apart from living partially in an otherworldly dreamscape, of course.Seer - Jessica is perhaps especially close to the will and intent of the darkness over Nightwood Falls by way of her vivid visions. The unseen follows her everywhere she looks, whether she fully understands what she sees or not.Flaws:Busy Mind - The seer's world is a complicated one, burdened by the backdrop of the unseen, and elements of the real may well be drowned out in the noise.Overconfident - Jessica has become quite convinced that she is somehow chosen above the other Knowing, destined for the greatest reward.Link your O&O: Profile / ThreadSpecify Ons: Sexual frustration, choking, voyeurism, exhibitionism, large penises, deep penetration, and somehow the scent of rainSpecify Hard Offs: Vore, anal sex and wasteSexuality: HeterosexualContent Level: HellDeath? (Y/N) Degree of Death? (Normal, Nightmare, Hell): Yes (Nightmare)Face Claim?: Maria ChoinskaSurprise GM Events?: YesConnections?: If she dies, I think I like deaths that are made creepy in their mystery, but also definitely those that just seem impossible. Impalement would be pretty poetic for me her, too. Or death by something only she can see, in front of onlookers. But I'm just throwing out ideas.Monster Version?Name: The Dark LongingAge: 23Character Type: MonsterOccupation: Monster (Lair: Any room not occupied in the last day; otherwise within the lake)Physical Description: Its shape is subtly wrong, like a clay effigy of a person. Its skin is shockingly wrong, grey and malleable like something more synthetic than flesh. Its bones are like stiff rubber, and its shadowy hair is unmoving in any breeze.Personality: It watches, unblinking, from within the water, from the back of the closet, from beneath the bed. In distant dark or nearest shadow, its gaze finds the strongest and the calmest among them, studying, reading, longing to steal them away. It knows what they desire and what they fear, and with that intimate knowledge comes obsession. When it has chosen a victim, all else is scenery.History: N/A? (What leads to her becoming changed I wouldn't yet know myself. This is just to represent the direction I'd go if she were.)Quirks:Telepathic Sense - Reading of desires, fears, and to some extent impending actions. The latter takes some focus—it's not going to predict the action of an out-of-sight character or more than one at a time.Malleable - With unnaturally elastic flesh and flexible bones, this creature can fit in many unexpected places and endure many hazards that would otherwise break bones or tear muscles.Flaws:Repelled by Faith - Whether divine intervention or telepathic disgust, the creature recoils from those possessed of strong faith, leaving them and those within sight of them alone for that night.Blind to Apathy - The passionless, the careless, the fearless, the asexual, the unconscious, they might as well not exist. Lovers laying together after an encounter, with nothing but satisfaction on their minds, for example, are invisible to its senses.Link your O&O: Profile / ThreadSpecify Ons: Sexual frustration, choking, voyeurism, exhibitionism, large penises, deep penetrationSpecify Hard Offs: Vore, anal sex and wasteSexuality: HeterosexualContent Level: HellDeath? (Y/N) Degree of Death? (Normal, Nightmare, Hell): Yes (Nightmare)Face Claim?: Maria ChoinskaSurprise GM Events?: YesConnections?: This monster is not an extremely formidable one on its own, but might be useful to the Knowing or to other monsters, if they have the intelligence to cooperate.Show more...Name: Emily RyanAge: 16Occupation: What do they do?Character Type: VictimBrief History: Emily's lost half her weight in three years on her bicycle, and rushing through wooded countryside has become something of an addiction. For the last four days, her family has been camping several miles to the west, and on the condition that she always had her phone, she's been tentatively allowed to ride up to a mile. But where's this river lead? There's something about it... Cool, there's a waterfall! Well, that looks like a cute little town...Who can play?: Me, myself, and fateSexuality: HeterosexualSurprise GM Events?: YesLink O&Os: Profile / ThreadSexual ONs: Smooth features/androgyny, confidence, teasing, bulges, clothed sexDeath? (Y/N) Degree of Death? (Normal, Nightmare, Hell):] Yes (Nightmare)Specify Hard OFFs: Tentacles, vore, anal sex and wasteConnections?: She has the legs to move pretty fast and isn't exactly a stand-and-screamer. If something's obviously fucked up enough, she's out of sight. But at the same time, she's extremely curious by nature and genuinely wants to believe in the impossible, the weirder the better. So until people actually start dying, I imagine some internal conflict keeping her around. For death, I don't know. I'm more interested in winging it with her than setting out with a plan, so I'm at the story's mercy. I also don't have a monster idea for her, but if someone else does, they're free to take over if that happens.
Just as a note, I've got a Gargoyle monster already, but if you'd like we could work together on differentiating the two creatures so we're not overly redundant.
Name: Kelby DaigleAge: 25Occupation: Kelby works as a low-wage workerCharacter Type: NPC or VictimBrief History: After High-school, Kelby never truly acclimated to life after he found out that he simply was not suited to College of any sort. Brought up in the country it was easy for him to get addicted to drugs and other such things that twisted his mind to find out his true pleasure, rape. For the most part he was content with slowly eroding his mind as he cornered his female victims under a hood and while under influence, used them to perform his ecstasy. Transforming his outlook to that of a bully that likes getting his way and feels good when he makes someone's day bad. He has gone through multiple jobs to support this hobby of his and has traveled to that of a small town to set his sights on more easier targets. Who can play?:WhomeverSexuality:HeteroSurprise GM Events?: YesIF VICTIM: Link O&Os: N/ASexual ONs: This particular character enjoys sadism and rape and enjoys cornering females that are easily afraidDeath? (Y/N) Degree of Death? (Normal, Nightmare, Hell):] Yes. Hell.Specify Hard OFFs: He does not like it when people stand up to him.Connections?: Open to a possible new Knowing member, but he will start as a Victim. Open to other connections that fit his criteria above. This fellow is designed to be a despicable person, so the disclaimer is that he will be role played as such. Though he has no abilities other than not having been caught yet as a rapist.
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Wow, thank you, Rel! You're so encouraging. Welp, I really only meant the other two versions as "what ifs", just so you'd see I had something to go to if needed. Wasn't trying to decide between them. Buuuut now that you've brought my attention more strongly onto the Knowing version, I think I'll flesh her out and run with that. Really becoming an all-female cult, huh?
I actually got some inspiration to rework my monster as a New Jersey Devil, so the only similarities will be that they become statues during daylight (or rather, mine will) and that they'll be in the general proximity of the Church.I'll be PMing you a revised Monster Sheet shortly (in fact, possibly before you even read this post!)
I've switched up my gargoyle to the New Jersey Devil. He still turns to stone during the daylight, but has limited flight capabilities so won't be terrorizing the skies too much, and is more of a wild card than before.
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If you want to display the comprehensive configuration of all the modules you can use the command:
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Since the output of that command will probably turn out to be very long, you should better page it with:
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Blacklisting, when referring to Kernel modules, is a mechanism to prevent the kernel module from loading. This could be useful if for example the associated hardware is not required to be used, or if loading that module causes problems: for instance there may be two kernel modules that try to control the same piece of hardware, and loading them together would result in a conflict.
Some modules are loaded as part of the initramfs. Template:Codeline will print out all autodetected modules: to prevent initramfs from loading some of those modules, blacklist them in Template:Filename. Running Template:Codeline will list all modules pulled in by the various hooks (e.g. filesystem hook, SCSI hook, etc.). Remember to rebuild initramfs once you have blacklisted the modules.
mkinitcpio -M | sed 1d | sort | uniq
Using files in Template:Filename
Create a Template:Filename file inside Template:Filename and append a line for each module you want to blacklist, using the Template:Codeline keyword. If for example you want to prevent the Template:Codeline module from loading:
However, there is a workaround for this behaviour; the Template:Codeline command instructs modprobe to run a custom command instead of inserting the module in the kernel as normal, so you can force the module to always fail loading with:
Using kernel command line
You can also blacklist modules on the kernel command line (e.g. in GRUB, LILO or Syslinux) using the following syntax:
Examples using GRUB
The following commands can help determine the dependencies of a module from the module itself.
- Format the contents of Template:Filename and show what kernel modules are currently loaded:
$ lsmod
- Use Template:Codeline to show information about Template:Codeline:
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In something of a surprise, former Sen. Scott Brown will not run for the Senate seat recently vacated by incoming Secretary of State John Kerry.
Brown's decision effectively keeps the seat in Democratic hands. Brown, who lost his seat to Elizabeth Warren in November, was the only viable Republican candidate to challenge Democratic Reps. Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch.
Markey is considered the heavy early favorite in the race. According to a recent poll from Public Policy Polling, Markey leads Lynch 52 percent to 19 percent. The Democratic primary is expected to be held on April 30.
There was some speculation Brown would sit out this round to run for Massachusetts governor in 2014. If he entered this race, it would have been his third in three years — and another loss could have meant a crushing blow to his political career.
Brown was first elected to the Senate in 2010 in a special election after the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Here's Brown's full statement:
"Representing Massachusetts in the United States Senate was the greatest privilege of my life, an experience that takes second place only to my marriage to Gail and the birth of our daughters. It was a higher honor than I had ever expected, and in the time given to me I always tried to make the most of it.
"When I was first sent to the Senate in early 2010, it wasn't exactly welcome news for President Obama or many other Democrats. Yet among my best memories from those three years in office are visits to the White House to see the President sign into law bills that I had sponsored. I left office last month on the best of terms with colleagues both Republican and Democrat. I had worked well with so many of them, regardless of party, to serve the public interest just as we are all supposed to. All of this was in keeping with the pledge I made at the beginning to do my own thinking and to speak for the independent spirit of our great state.
"Over these past few weeks I have given serious thought about the possibility of running again, as events have created another vacancy requiring another special election. I have received a lot of encouragement from friends and supporters to become a candidate, and my competitive instincts were leading in the same direction.
"Even so, I was not at all certain that a third Senate campaign in less than four years, and the prospect of returning to a Congress even more partisan than the one I left, was really the best way for me to continue in public service at this time. And I know it's not the only way for me to advance the ideals and causes that matter most to me.
"That is why I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for the United States Senate in the upcoming special election."


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Choosing the right display
Professional grade vs. consumer gradeWhen selecting a video display, you may find that "professional grade" or "commercial grade" models cost significantly more than televisions you can buy at the local high street electronic retail outlet. The primary difference is that professional grade displays are built to stay on 24/7 for weeks and months at a time without breaking down. They may also offer features such as video-wall processors, scheduling options, and lockable control panels not normally found in consumer-grade televisions. Professional grade also offer a 3 year onsite warranty and support as part of the package.
The most popular video display options
Liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) are a legacy choice for flat-panel video displays. These flat-panel displays consist of a liquid containing crystals sandwiched between filtering layers of glass or plastic. When electric current is passed through the material, the molecules of the liquid crystal twist so that they either reflect or transmit light from an external source, usually a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL). LCD displays have now largely migrated to newer LED technology. They can offer high brightness and are lighter making them easier to install and maintain. They are also the best choice for 24/7 applications because of their lower power consumption.
LED displays are actually LCD TVs that use LEDs as their light source, instead of traditional CCFLs and have become the most popular display option. In fact, these displays are often referred to as LED LCDs. LED displays tend to be brighter and perform better than LCDs. They lose less energy, run cooler and weigh less. Choose from slim edge-lit displays with a thicker bezel, or backlit displays which are thicker with a thinner bezel, but can offer enhanced picture quality through local dimming – where the LEDs behind the screen can vary in power individually to give blacker blacks and whiter whites.
Plasma flat-panel displays use small cells that contain electrically charged ionised gases, which fluoresce when electrically charged. Although plasma displays are waning in popularity and are available only in larger sizes— generally 42 inches and up—their deep blacks and high contrast ratios make them a good choice when implementing large displays that are intended to be eye-catching.
Other video display options
Older cathode ray tube (CRT) displays are still around; usually they're older Analogue TVs or VGA monitors. They're bulky, generally offer lower resolutions, and look very dated but can be a low-cost option in areas where appearance is secondary.
A front or rear LCD/DLP projector is a compact device that projects an image on a screen. These devices are handy for trade shows, meetings, or anywhere it would be impractical to bring along a full-sized monitor.
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays are the displays of the future. They're lightweight, thin, and energy-saving but not yet available at a price that makes them practical for general use.
Video-wall specific displays
These can be LED video cubes or rear projection cubes that are designed to be stacked on one another for a virtually seamless video wall display.
Factors to consider when choosing a display
Picture quality
Plasma displays reproduce colour more accurately with deeper blacks and display moving images with remarkable clarity. They provide excellent performance with their high-contrast levels and colour saturation, and have the edge when it comes to viewing angles. In fact, plasma screens have as much as a 160° viewing angle, whereas LCDs display at 130–140° angles. However, they also carry the risk of image burn-in (the permanent disfiguring of a screen image caused by the continuous display of a high-contrast object). LCD displays, on the other hand, don't have quite the colour accuracy of plasmas, but they're brighter and have a sharpness advantage with a higher number of pixels per square inch. These additional pixels make LCD technology better at displaying static images from computers or VGA sources in full-colour detail. Applications with large amounts of data and written material display particularly well on LCDs. What's more, there's no risk of image burn-in.
With LCD screens, there are essentially no parts to wear out. They last as long as their backlights do, with displays lasting, on average, 50,000–75,000 hours. That's why LCD screens are especially good for applications such as digital signage or displays that require around-the-clock use. Plasma screens, however, use a combination of electric currents and noble gases (argon, neon, and xenon) to produce a glow, which in turn yields brilliant colour. The half-life of these gases, however, is only around 25,000 hours. The glow they produce grows dimmer over time. They're also prone to burn-in or ghosting of images, although this is less of a problem with newer models.
Power consumption
Early plasmas had a very high power consumption; some as high as 5W per square inch. These values are now down in the 0.3–1.0-watt range, depending on screen size. LCDs typically run in the 0.1–0.3-watt per square inch range, and LEDs are even lower. Manufacturers are now required to provide power consumption information, but keep in mind that there are two values for consumption, default and calibrated, so be sure you're comparing like values.
Making the choice
In general, plasma produces a clearer picture with a wider viewing angle and a better response time for fast motion playback, making it a good choice whenever you need a large screen to show a very visually active display, for instance, in applications displaying sports footage or active advertisements. LCDs are better at displaying detailed, static information. Because LCDs are brighter, they're ideal for venues with lots of ambient light. They're also the best choice for 24/7 applications because of their lower power consumption. For these reasons, LCDs are preferred for professional AV display installations.


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Over 100 people came to the last Planning Commission meeting--60 spoke FOR the Zoning Overlay and only 3 spoke for the developers. At this next meeting, the Commission will finalize its recommendation to the City Council. It is possible that more will speak against rezoning, so we must be there!
Berkeley's Planning Commission and City Council propose to place a Zoning Overlay on Berkeley's existing Historic District. This area includes Berkeley's Old City Hall, New City Hall, Berkeley High School, Veteran's Memorial Hall, and the Berkeley Main Post Office at 2000 Allston Way. The Zoning Overlay would limit the area's use to community, cultural, and civic purposes. It will make the Post Office less vulnerable to developers and help the USPS realize the value that Berkeley places on its public services.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Technology stocks tumbled Friday as the Nasdaq Composite Index shed 110 points with shares of Microsoft Corp., Facebook Inc and Google Inc. leading the retreat.
The Nasdaq COMP, +1.05% dropped 2.6% to close at 4,128, its lowest level in eight weeks. The benchmark also turned negative for the week with a fractional loss, and was down 1.2% year-to-date.
Microsoft MSFT, +0.58% fell 2.8% to close at $39.87, one of the worst performers on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.52% which was off 159 points. Cisco CSCO, +0.40% also weighed on the Dow. The stock shed 1.6% to close at $22.71. Facebook FB, +1.42% dropped 4.6% to close at $56.75.
Shares of Micron Technology MU, +3.31% which rose early in the session a day after the semiconductor company beat Wall Street's earnings and revenue estimates, turned negative, shedding 6% to close at $22.58.
Newly split Google stocks were in the red after posting gains on their first day of trading on Thursday. The Class A Google shares GOOGL, +0.89% were down 4.6% to close at $545.25, while the nonvoting Class C shares GOOG, +0.88% were off 4.7% to close at $543.14.
On the upside, shares of GrubHub GRUB, +6.43% the online food delivery company, jumped 30.8% to close at $34 as the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
The session began on an upbeat note for Micron as executives at the Boise, Idaho-based chip company painted an upbeat picture of the memory-chip market and reported a sharp gain in sales.
"We've seen pretty good demand signals on the memory side," Micron President Mark Adams said. "We feel pretty bullish for the memory market for consumer and client devices," he added, as he also pointed to strong demand in the server and networking market.
Micron has been going through a transition following its acquisition of another memory chip company, Elipida, which was widely expected to strengthen its market position, and a fire that damaged the plant of rival Hynix, which limited supply of DRAM chips.
On the call with analysts on Thursday, Adams said the DRAM market "has normalized following the recovery of one of our competitor's fabs in China." Still, he added, "DRAM market conditions remain favorable. And inventories in the channel remain relatively tight below normal levels."
Topeka Capital analyst Suji De Silva raised his price target for the stock to $27 from $25. "With healthy supply-demand balance and pricing, Micron margins improved and we expect the company to sustain these higher margin levels going forward," he told clients.
"We also believe Micron demand is firming across multiple end markets, supported by the company's product development efforts," he added.
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Packed with lovely pastel-coloured houses, beautiful cathedrals, trendy cafés and interesting shops, the historic neighbourhood La Candelaria is the vibrant heart of Bogotá. Although the neighbourhood lies in the middle of the city, it has a friendly laidback small town atmosphere.
According to locals, La Candelaria is one of the few places in the capital where people really seem to know each other and take the time to sit down over coffee or play a game of chess. This is where the Spaniards founded Bogotá in 1538. They built colonial-style churches and houses and constructed wide boulevards and cobblestoned streets. This neighbourhood is perfect for a long leisurely stroll. And although in the following centuries the city has grown and modernized, La Candelaria still oozes history.
Musicians, acrobats and comedians entertain the public with their acts. Balloon and pineapple sellers flog their wares as children enjoy a ride on a decked out llama. This is the Plaza de Bolívar where the residents of La Candelaria gather to enjoy a friendly chat, sip a glass of freshly squeezed juice at one of the stalls or simply watch the colourful crowd. Don't forget to visit the impressive Catedral Primada, which overlooks the square. This enormous neo-classic temple was built in 1823; previous cathedrals constructed on this location had collapsed due to poor construction or were destroyed in earthquakes. This is the biggest cathedral in Colombia and one of the largest in South America.
Bogotá boasts around 80 museums and the best 3 are right in La Candelaria. The Museo del Oro (Gold Museum) offers an impressive display of Colombia's heritage. More than 34,000 gold objects are showcased and most artefacts are antiquities. The Casa de la Moneda, housed in the beautiful historic mint, takes visitors back in time as they learn everything about the history of money. The Museu Botero is also housed in a lovely antique mansion and displays the work of the amazing Colombian artist Fernando Botero.
It only takes 15 minutes to ride the tram or cable car to the top of Cerro de Monserrate. On foot and accompanied by the pilgrims who make the climb every Sunday to honour the statue of Christ in the church, the climb takes a bit longer. No matter how you reach the top, this 3200-metre-high mountain will reward you with a magnificent view of the city. In addition to the view there is also a market, several cafés and even a few outstanding restaurants.


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Tonight is the final late-night opening for our 2011 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. It is now sold out, so if you haven't already bought a ticket then your next opportunity for a late night visit won't be until October when the 2012 exhibition opens at the Museum and the last Friday of that month! It's popular because it's such a great exhibition.
However, we have another excellent exhibition open late tonight - Scott's Last Expedition. And a few tickets are still available by phone or at walk-up, so why not make it a part of your Friday night out?
If you have never been to After Hours with Mastercard, the first thing you will see when you cross the threshold into the magnificent terracotta Central Hall is the red-lit Diplodocus standing guard over our pop-up restaurant, the Blue Bar, and you will hear jazz spilling out from one of the alcoves. There is a hostess on hand to seat you if you want to have a meal.
Above: At After Hours, the Central Hall's BIue Bar restaurant offers a choice of three bowl platter menus from smoked haddock pie to chicken paella and vegetable tagine... somewhat different to the menu at Captain Scott's table in the Terra Nova hut recreated in a stylised form in our Scott exhibition, below.
If you just want to catch an exhibition and a drink at our After Hours evenings, then you have a number of options: turn right, down Fossil Way to our Red Bar, or go straight ahead, to the Gold Bar. And, if you are coming to the Mastercard bar, turn left down Dinosaur Way.
Humans being what they are, their eating and drinking offers a fascinating way of relating to the past. For example, this week the luncheon menu from the Titanic, the one served on the day it hit the iceberg - also 100 years ago this year - has been in the news. Reading it, one is instantly transported back to that era so readily that one can hear the tinkling of the piano in the dining room or think about the steerage passengers' conditions once you see that corned beef, vegetables and dumplings were on the menu, in addition to all the fancy fare.
Above: Scott's last expedition supplies included Fraser River salmon, Dutch Edam cheese and Huntley & Palmers biscuits. The original products are on display in our exhibition.
Being able to actually see one of the real menus for yourself would add in a powerful extra dimension to the impact. So it proves, when you visit Scott's Last Expedition and see the handwritten menu cut into the shape of an Emperor penguin, with the signatures of Scott's men who ate the meal on the back. That and the original orange tins, worn with age, of Huntley and Palmers Digestive Biscuits (Plain), or the green tin of Lyle and Sons' Golden Syrup; the box of caster sugar; the jam and cocoa; the Fraser River salmon - just some of the original artefacts (shown above) from the mammoth load of supplies the expedition took to Antarctica.
Suppliers were generous to the expedition: Abram Lyle and Sons gave 450kg of golden syrup, Henry Tate & Sons 2,300 kgs of sugar, Huntley and Palmers donated large amounts of digestive biscuits and Beaches gave a range of jams, including 130 kgs of blackcurrant. Frys and Sons donated a range of chocolate and cocoa.
Scott's cubicle is recreated in our Scott exhibition and shows where he wrote his famous diaries.
Scott's prodigious diaries show how and when these supplies were used. For example, the biscuits were used as sledging rations and, when mixed with pony meat, they became the famous 'hoosh' of which the expedition grew so fond (particularly when eating it was a matter of life or death during their travels in Antarctica).
The impact of this close-up experience is heightened in our exhibition when you turn a corner, and see footage of the unloading of those supplies from Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, as part of Herbert Ponting's evocative film of the expedition, The Great White Silence. We've just announced a Scott competition which gives you the chance to win a pair of tickets to our Scott exhibition and to see Ponting's film screened at the BFI cinema on 21 March.
I remember a teacher once saying to me 'nothing remains of a civilisation except its art'. Sometimes all that remains of an historical event is its artefacts, so why not take the opportunity of engaging with Scott's Last Expedition at After Hours this Friday through the medium of its artefacts?
You can also take part in what promises to be a fascinating debate on the contemporary issues facing the great white continent, The Scramble for Antarctica?, which is part of our series of Scott evening events


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For those outside of 401(k) and other employer-sponsored retirement accounts, exchange-traded funds are rapidly taking the place of mutual funds as the product of choice for investors searching for diversification at a low price. Not only can ETFs provide a diversified vehicle for capital appreciation, they can also provide healthy and impressive dividends for the income investor. What should you know about these dividend ETFs and how do you add these products to your portfolio? [see 101 High Yield ETFs For Every Dividend Investor]
What Is a Dividend ETF?
A lot of Wall Street lingo is tough to understand for those not working at a trading desk, but on the surface, a dividend ETF is easy to understand. Just as stocks may or may not pay a dividend, ETFs are the same depending on the index they track. Take for example, the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF ( SDY), which seeks to replicate the performance of the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index.
This index is comprised of roughly 82 companies from the S&P 1500 that have increased their dividends each year for at least 25 years. Because SDY follows an index based on dividends, it might be well suited for the dividend investor since its annual distribution yield is over 3%.
An ETF doesn't have to track an index based solely on dividends in order to be a dividend ETF. The Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLF) tracks a basket of companies in the financial sector with many paying little or no dividend, yet XLF still yields nearly 2%. Even broad market ETFs can provide meaningful income streams, like the SPDR S&P 500 ( SPY), which pays roughly 2%.
With a large amount of ETFs paying a dividend, an investor can find a product in nearly any sector with a dividend yield with some of those yields reaching into the double digits [Download How To Pick The Right ETF Every Time].
Why Not Simply Purchase Dividend Stocks?
Simply put, diversification. In order to gain the diversification that comes with a dividend ETF, you would have to purchase a large amount of stocks. The SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) has 501 holdings, while the iShares Russell 2000 Index ( IWM) has over 1,900. That's a lot of stocks for the individual investor or even smaller financial firms.
You would not only have to track hundreds or even thousands of stocks, you would have to rebalance your basket of securities quarterly, semi-annually or even more frequently depending on the index you're replicating. The S&P 500 is a market-weighted index and as it rebalances quarterly, your self-made ETF would have to do the same if it were tracking this index.
The other advantage to dividend ETFs is lower volatility. Because of the large amount of holdings within the fund, volatility is greatly reduced [Download 101 ETF Lessons Every Financial Advisor Should Learn].
What's Wrong with Dividend ETFs?
Market insiders and the financial media like to label investment products as both good and bad, but in reality, it's probably more accurate to say that some products are not well suited for some investors while others are a better fit. For investors looking for the simplest products, individual dividend-paying securities are likely the most appropriate because ETFs, although simple on the surface, are sometimes complicated under the hood. We won't explore the deep complexities of ETFs, but there is one potential downside worth mentioning not only with dividend ETFs but all ETFs.
ETFs are designed to track an index, but how they accomplish this objective varies. Take a look at two emerging market ETFs. The Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ( VWO) has a three-year return of 18.66% and an annual dividend yield of 2.16% [see 5 Important ETF Lessons In Pictures].
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ( EEM) has a three-year return of 14.27% and a yield of only 1.66%. Although not largely dissimilar, comparing multiyear performances to the broader category and the actual index reveals results that are significantly different. Consider this question: which countries would you include in your emerging markets index and at what weighting? Should South Korea or Taiwan have a place in the fund or would they be better suited in an ETF holding developed countries?
How about technology? Technology is a vast and varied sector and the makeup of an index could cause one fund to perform quite well while another might perform poorly despite tracking the same sector. With the vast amount of choices available to you, examining the holdings of each fund while also considering the expense ratio should be near the top of your research criteria.
How Should I Use Dividend ETFs in my Portfolio?
Investing entirely in ETFs is a strategy growing in popularity as ETFs continue to rapidly gain market share, though most portfolios aren't entirely dedicated to these products.
Using a dividend ETF to gain a relatively stable source of income is an obvious choice and, as stated earlier, the vast diversification of dividend ETFs versus traditional stock purchase is a major advantage. But there's another way to use these products to your advantage: dividend ETFs are a great way to decrease overall portfolio volatility [see also High Yield ETFdb Portfolio].
Take, for example, the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Sector Index Fund ( IDU), which seeks to replicate the performance of the Dow Jones Utility Index. Investors know that the utilities sector generally offers two key advantages: yield and stability. IDU has an annual dividend yield of 3.41% and a beta of only 0.85. Finding dividend ETFs in defensive sectors can reduce overall portfolio volatility but they also serve as an easy way to increase defensiveness during times of market downturns.
Not Just A Check
Dividend ETFs don't only serve as a means of reliable income; growth investors use these products to reduce portfolio volatility and protect capital in times of market uncertainty.
Don't take the path of the inexperienced investor and look only at the dividend yield. Dig deeper and see how each name in the space has performed relative to their peers and the index they follow.
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Team Star Fox is back for their most intense combat yet, as they engage a new threat by air and by land! A few years after disaster was barely averted on Dinosaur Planet, Lylat Central Command gets wind of a new threat spreading throughout the solar system. The Star Fox team is sent in to engage this new enemy but what begins as a standard combat mission quickly takes a drastic turn. Classic team members, Fox McCloud, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare and Falco Lombardi, join forces with some new faces to create the most formidable team in the history of this celebrated series: the Star Fox armada.
Don't bring the assault without reading out guide. Walkthrough, secrets, and more.
Discounting 2002's Star Fox Adventures, the mostly overrated, poor-man's Zelda cum collect-a-thon for GameCube, there hasn't been a "real" Star Fox game in about eight years. By "real," I mean a space shooter like the original SNES game or its N64 sequel. In theory, Namco and Nintendo's Star Fox: Assault is the true sequel that fans have been waiting for. Of course, in theory, communism works. In theory. Read More »
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The bushy-tailed hero and his buddies are back to battle a new evil in the skies and on the ground. Read More »
Also known as: StarFox Assault, Star Fox Armada
Release Region: United States
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: February 24, 2005
Publisher: Nintendo
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech soccer team will begin its hunt for an Ohio Valley Conference championship on Sunday when it hosts Jacksonville State in its OVC opener. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m. CT on the Tech soccer field.
The Golden Eagles are coming off an extended period of rest, not having seen action since September 9. Tech dropped a 1-0 decision against Western Carolina in its last contest, despite holding the Catamounts scoreless for 77 minutes. Tech's next match against Lipscomb was cancelled due to inclement weather.
"We are looking to try and take this second half of our season and keep it rolling going into conference," said head coach Daniel Brizard. "It's going to have been 14 days since we played our last competive match so we've been trying to amp up practice a bit."
The match, which will mark the first of a three-game home stand, will also be Tech's annual Think Pink match in support of breast cancer awareness. The players will toss out t-shirts before the game to the fans.
The Golden Eagles will look to Ellie Iaciofano, a junior forward for Tech, to continue her hot play. She has scored four goals in her last four contests and leads the Golden Eagles with five goals and 11 points.
Tech will also rely on the grit and determination that freshman goalkeeper Jordan Brown has provided so far through the season. Brown, who has racked up 49 saves so far this season, ranks second in the OVC in stops and will look to continue her development heading into the OVC schedule.
Scouting Jacksonville State
- JSU has been off to a hot start, owning a 7-2-1 non-conference record heading into OVC play.
- The Golden Eagles are 3-4-3 all-time against the Gamecocks, winning the last match-up 2-1 at Jacksonville, Ala. in double-overtime.
- Courtney Hurt leads JSU with five goals on the season, good for a tie with Tech's Iaciofano for first in the OVC.
- Goalkeeper Katelyn Geddings ranks third in the OVC with 45 saves, four behind the Golden Eagles' Brown.
Daniel Brizard on the Gamecocks
"We expect no different from JSU than what we've faced all year. They have some confidence with some wins coming into this match. We expect nothing but a hard fought conference match from them. We can't control what they do. We can only control what our players do and how we approach the game. If we do the things we are capable of doing, it will be a quality match."


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In July 2013, I wrote about what is known about the earliest members of each of the current Swinfield lineages. Since then further research has connected Family 33 to Family 5. Family 44 has been joined to Family 12. So we are down to only four or five distinct groups which can be traced back to the middle of the 18th century, whose roots lie in that small area to the west of Leicester either side of the A5 (Watling Street). Last weekend, whilst at the Exodus genealogical conference at Hinckley Island, I was in the heart of Swinfield country. More photographs could be taken of churches and graveyards where our ancestors were baptised, married and buried. It is amazing to remember that they walked through those doors and stood around those fonts more 250 years ago.
So where did the Swinfields live in the previous century during the Civil War from 1642-1660? What did they witness then and how did they live? Parish registers reveal that the name appeared frequently then at
|Markfield church
|St Magnus the Martyr, London
|Shackerstone church
Wills have survived for 14 Swinfields in the 16th and 17th centuries. Seven of those were for the family of fishmongers, the earliest dating from 1558, who lived and worked in the area of St Magnus the Martyr in the City of London very close to Fishmongers Hall. There must have been close connections with those in the Midlands as William, who died in 1593, left his cloak, his buff jerkin and a hat to his brother Richard who still lived at Odson, Leicestershire. I suspect that this would be the hamlet of Odstone
|Will of William Swingfelde fishmonger of London 1593
Of the Leicestershire testators, we have documents for three brothers, William, John and Ralph who lived at Heather, Ibstock and Donington and died from 1633 to 1658. They left bequests to each other and may have been the grandsons of William of Sutton Cheney who died as early as 1570. All these places are less than 10 miles apart.
|Will of George Swinfield of Appleby Magna 1680
In the next generation, John's sons and nephews (the children of his brother Ralph) all had land in Appleby Magna. The family would have been very familiar with the spectacular boy's school, built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1697 for Sir John Moore, Lord Mayor of London in 1681.The question now is "did the Swinfields come from London or Leicestershire?"
This is where the Swinfield Gathering will be held on Sunday, 22nd September 2013. We are coming home.
This is where the Swinfield Gathering will be held on Sunday, 22nd September 2013. We are coming home.


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Full List: 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards Nominees
The Awards from the UK's leading theatre website are the only UK event for the theatre industry voted for purely by the ticket-buying public. Nearly 12,000 theatregoers have cast nominations for their favourite performances and productions across 26 different award categories.
Voting in the 2012 Awards started after our Launch at Cafe de Paris on 2 December 2011. Voting closed on 31 January 2012, with over 70,000 people taking part this year - smashing last year's record of 46,000.
A major year for musicals
In the battle of the big musicals, screen-to-stager Ghost the Musical goes head-to-head with the RSC's musical adaptation of Matilda, which opened in the West End after a sell-out season at Stratford-upon-Avon, with both grabbing nine nominations each.
In addition to competing for the Best New Musical, the shows' stars are running neck and neck in all the musical performance categories: Best Actor in a Musical (Ghost's Richard Fleeshman vs Matilda's Bertie Carvel), Best Actress in a Musical (Caissie Levy vs the four young girls who alternate as Matilda), Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (Andrew Langtree vs Paul Kaye) and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (Sharon D Clarke vs Lauren Ward).
The two blockbusters share key members of their creative teams with Matthew Warchus (Best Director) and Rob Howell (Best Designer) duly nominated for their work on both productions. Matilda's composer and lyricist, comedian Tim Minchin, is also singled out for London Newcomer of the Year for his musical debut.
Several of the year's other big musicals are also nominated, including Crazy for You, Betty Blue Eyes (with six apiece), Rock of Ages, Shrek the Musical (with five apiece) and Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of The Wizard of Oz (with four).
Also in the running for Best Actress in a Musical are: Amanda Holden (Shrek), Clare Foster (Crazy for You), Emma Williams (Love Story) and Sarah Lancashire (Betty Blue Eyes). Additional Best Actor in a Musical nominees are: Nigel Lindsay (Shrek), Oliver Tompsett (Rock of Ages), Reece Shearsmith (Betty Blue Eyes) and Sean Palmer (Crazy for You).
Les Miserables, which won three awards in the 2011 Awards for its 25th anniversary celebrations, receives three nominations for the 2012 Awards: co-stars Alfie Boe and Matt Lucas (who reprised their O2 birthday gala performances in a limited West End season this year) compete for Best Takeover in a Role, and the Cameron Mackintosh production battles other long-runners Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera, War Horse, We Will Rock You and Wicked for Best West End Show bragging rights.
The play's the thing
Waving the flag for big-hitter plays are the Donmar Warehouse's revival of Anna Christie and the National's One Man, Two Guvnors, with five nods each. One Man's James Corden (a two-time host of the Whatsonstage.com Awards in 2008 and 2009) and Anna Christie's Jude Law are both nominated for Best Actor in a Play, one of this year's toughest fields, where the other nominees are Benedict Cumberbatch (Frankenstein), Kevin Spacey (Richard III), David Tennant (Much Ado About Nothing, Wyndham's) and James Earl Jones (Driving Miss Daisy).
One Man, Two Guvnors is also tipped for Best New Comedy and earns nominations elsewhere for Jemima Rooper (Best Supporting Actress), Oliver Chris (Best Supporting Actor) and Nicholas Hytner (Best Director). And Anna Christie is shortlisted for Best Play Revival and Best Supporting Actor (David Hayman), while its leading lady Ruth Wilson faces stiff competition from Eve Best (Much Ado About Nothing, Globe), Kristin Scott Thomas (Betrayal), Samantha Spiro (Chicken Soup with Barley), Vanessa Redgrave (Driving Miss Daisy) and Tamsin Greig (Jumpy), who won this past year's Whatsonstage.com Best Supporting Actress prize for The Little Dog Laughed.
Richard Bean (One Man Two Guvnors and The Heretic) is one of two playwrights nominated in two different categories. His Royal Court play, The Heretic, is up for Best New Play, competing with Grief, the latest stage play by Mike Leigh, whose Hampstead production of his 1976 play Ecstasy is shortlisted for Best Play Revival.
Sheridan Smith, who last year won the Whatsonstage.com and Olivier Best Actress in a Musical gongs for Legally Blonde, is nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Play for Flare Path. Hers is one of four nods for Flare Path, including Best Play Revival and Best Director for Trevor Nunn, who has overseen this year's full in-house programme at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and is jointly nominated for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Big names, big events
This summer's West End production of Much Ado About Nothing, reuniting Doctor Who's David Tennant and Catherine Tate, caused such a stir that it has been nominated for Theatre Event of the Year, as well as Best Director (for Donmar Warehouse artistic director-in-waiting Josie Rourke) and Best Actor for Tennant. The 1980s-set Much Ado battles it out with Jeremy Herrin's period production of the same play (and opened just a week earlier) at the Globe for Best Shakespearean Production.
The always-eclectic Theatre Event of the Year category also pays tribute to the RSC's 50th anniversary season and reopening of its Royal Shakespeare Theatre home after a four-year, £112 million makeover. Other events in the running are: the Bush Theatre's 24-hour cycle of 66 Books, Michael Sheen and Bill Mitchell's The Passion for the National Theatre of Wales, Headlong's 9/11 milestone Decade and The Phantom of the Opera's 25th anniversary spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall.
The London Newcomer of the Year shortlist fields wide-ranging nominees from across plays and musicals. In addition to Tim Minchin for Matilda, there is Danielle Hope (The Wizard of Oz), X Factor winner Shayne Ward (Rock of Ages), musician-turned-actor Johnny Flynn (The Heretic), former EastEnder-cum-Strictly Come Dancing victor Kara Tointon (Pygmalion) and Kyle Soller (The Glass Menagerie, Government Inspector and The Faith Machine).
Other big names on this year's shortlists include: Danny Boyle (nominated for Best Director for his return to the stage with Frankenstein), Catherine Tate (Best Supporting Actress for Season's Greetings), Mark Gatiss (Best Supporting Actor for Season's Greetings), Doon Mackichan (Best Supporting Actress for Jumpy), Niamh Cusack (Best Supporting Actress for Playboy of the Western World), Tara Fitzgerald (Best Takeover in a Role, Broken Glass) and outgoing Donmar boss Michael Grandage (Best Director for King Lear and Luise Miller).
Scores on the doors, next steps
Venue-wise, for another year, the National Theatre leads the shortlists with 22 nominations (including the five for One Man, Two Guvnors, four for Frankenstein and two for London Road), followed by the Royal Court with ten, the Donmar Warehouse and the RSC with nine, the Open Air Theatre with seven, the Theatre Royal Haymarket with five, Hampstead Theatre with four and the Old Vic and Shakespeare's Globe with three.
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HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — Under the new collective bargaining agreement, screw-ups drafting, trading and signing free agents carry greater consequence than ever before. Teams can no longer simply spend their way out of mistakes. A more severe luxury tax, a crushing repeater tax and annual restrictions on exceptions, plus other roster-building limitations are changing the way front offices think — and hire.
More organizations are looking out of the box to find new minds with new ideas from differing backgrounds to better evaluate talent. The Memphis Grizzlies last year hired then-ESPN.com columnist John Hollinger as vice president of basketball operations, a move straight out of baseball's "Moneyball."
Hollinger is a leader in the advanced statistical analysis movement increasingly carving out significant space in nearly every NBA front office. For all teams, and especially tight-fisted small market franchises like Memphis, determining the subtleties and nuances of a player's game and how that player benefits the team structure, at what position, for how long and for how much is paramount to sustainability.
"With the rules set up the way they are, there's minimal room for error," Grizzlies CEO Jason Levien said during the playoffs. "You've got to be very thoughtful in your approach to how you build your team."
Last week, Yahoo! Sports reported that the San Antonio Spurs, one of the league's legendary talent evaluating organizations, particularly internationally, dipped into the ESPN work force after hiring respected recruiting analyst Dave Telep. He worked as a senior analyst for the network and owns and operates Dave Telep Scouting Services. As a recruiting analyst, Telep watches more high school and college basketball in a year than most people will in three lifetimes.
He can provide the Spurs reams of information on the character and talent development of players across the United States from a young age, theoretically giving San Antonio an edge in future drafts. Think of the coming day when the Spurs' Big Three really will ride off into the sunset and the organization will once again — gasp! — draft in the top 20 or even 15 and will be seeking a franchise-type player to remain relevant.
The longtime Mark Cuban–Donnie Nelson-led Dallas Mavericks didn't raid ESPN this summer, but they did make a significant hire that underscores the critical nature of talent evaluation in today's practically hard-capped NBA. Gersson Rosas was lured away from the Houston Rockets to take over as the Mavs' general manager, a title vacated in 2005 by Don Nelson when he stepped aside as GM/coach.
"I think I bring a strong basketball evaluation perspective, a strong process-oriented focus," Rosas said. "The responsibility that Mark's given me is to support the positive things that are going here, evaluate the areas that we need to improve on and continue the efforts of the staff to improve that."
Unlike Hollinger and Telep, Rosas, 35, did rise through an NBA front office — from video coordinator and scout with the Rockets to becoming the GM of the Rio Grande Vipers, Houston's NBA D-League team that won two titles under his control. Like Hollinger, Rosas is a proponent of cutting-edge analytics and technology as key player-evaluation tools. And like both men, Rosas was hired to implement his areas of expertise to strengthen Dallas' talent evaluation processes.
In consecutive summers, Dallas did not land its top free-agent targets. They also don't possess a base of young talent, leaving them a franchise in flux since shifting roster-building strategies following the 2011 championship and ratification of the new CBA. In chasing titles throughout the 2000s, Dallas often overspent to get players it wanted and used first-round picks as trade chips. Still, they've also missed badly on first-round selections such as Mo Ager (2006), Rodrigue Beaubois (2009), Dominique Jones (2010) and Jared Cunningham (2012).
With Dallas now looking up in the Western Conference, drafting well and finding the best-suited, most cost-effective free agents are imperative to building a sustainable roster. That was implied in the Mavs' surprising hire of a rising, young executive to be their GM
"Where this team is, the focus on the draft, on trades and free agency is paramount, and we've got to make sure that our processes are thorough, that they're very detailed and that we can make the best, educated decision that you can make," Rosas said. "This isn't the type of business where you bat a thousand. You want to make the right decisions for the right reasons. Sometimes, unfortunately, they won't go your way, but we want to be prepared when all those opportunities present themselves."


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In legislation on genetically modified organisms and co-existence, Croatia is far behind the EU - and a de facto ban ensures that co-existence will not become a topic in the near future. After the passing of the first legislation on GMOs in 2003, a Genetically Modified Organisms Act was adopted in 2005. This act, however, does not cover co-existence and traceability.
At the moment, no legislation on co-existence is foreseen in Croatia, whereas the implementation of the Genetically Modified Organisms Act ensures the traceability of GMOs. Moreover, the labelling of products containing GMOs already is obligatory, according to the Consumer Protection Act, and the EU threshold for labelling was adopted in the Decree on thresholds (see also Traceability and labelling).
In spring 2004, the national GMO laboratory found that 0.5 to 0.7 percent of conventional corn seeds actually were genetically modified. Croatia had neither authorised nor conducted risk assessments on the GMOs that were present, and it was concluded that the unauthorised transgenes could spread to other maize plantings. Based on the Consumer Protection Act, the MAFWM decided to plough down maize fields grown from the tested seed. Affected farmers were compensated approximately 1,000 euros per hectare, and the government officially charged the company responsible for importing the unauthorised seed.


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Gigantic petrie dish?
Hi all,
My question is this;
How likely is it to grow other organisms in your "newly-being-created" starter?
I am doing a 100% rye starter and I kept the lid on after each time I fed it. tonight will be the 4th feeding and possibly go from seed culture to barm. (I am following Reinhearts Sourdough starter recipe in BBA but with the amounts halved.)
I had a friend come over last night who has made sourdough before and told me to take to lid off or I will grow mould and then went on about Ergot-with all seriousness. So now I am a little concerned. :S Should I throw it all out and start again?
Since leaving the lid off, a skin has been created and even though its bubbling it isnt rising much. As I said, tonight is feed 4.
What should I do?
Should I do what sour dough lady does and use pineapple juice?
Here it was yesterday before I threw away half and fed it.
and here is where my starter is at the moment
It smells quite good. sour, just like a sourdough. not bad at all. :S


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Got me my new 2005 Nemi the other day in good time for a lovly little session in upto 27 mph in the UK.....
What can I say !
out of the bag, things look alot neater than last year (if possible)...the bag itself is one brilliant little piece of stitching, new zips new pockets 2 straps and new much better graphics.
First things first, the struts are fully and expertly profiled having more rings sewn into the base of the strut to give a more exact profile I would imagine....
All the valves have stopper balls too including the LE and with an 8m in cold weather, they were appreciated ! needless to say they worked brilliantly. Even down to the vavle base being bigger and easy to squeeze the air out in 3 degrees C.
The canopy has these much heared of triangluated panels that make the kite look really really nice. the single colour really highlights the engineering of the kite which has a definate and strong appeal to me. The more I look the more I like !
In addition to that the logo's are 100,000 times better ! A nice understated with intent look really suits.
The LE connectors are the same but the TE are loops making it 50% kook proof and if you look at the colours of you lines its fully kook proof.
The LE itself is a hell of alot thinner and when pumped up she is as rigid as any kite I have had the pleasure to launch and land. The LE has also got these attachment points that are about 40 cm appart....must be either for the ASS or something in the pipeline ? who knows, in short its a 5th Line position.
Once in the air, the first thing you notice is how light she feels on the bar compared to last years nemi's. Dont get me wrong, there is bar pressure there and plenty enough to feel the kite anywhere it is in the window, just not so much as to tire you out at all. the sheeting range has improved ad infinitum. Plenty of space on the depower line and depower response is instant...Zero lag.
Stability wise it continues to be the most stable thing aside from an S ARC I have ever flown, last years nemis had loads of punch in them and this little number proves that the punch has been refined into a powerband. no sudden bar jerks or power spikes, just smooth power that ramps up the more you put into flying or powering the kite...Very very Impressed.
She flies forward in the window, not at the edge but quite forward and upwind was easy as with my Mach 2's but more positive on the bar. The kite hold masses of power for pop and rails loading moves too boot.
Turning wise - Excellent, finally a kite that wont spank you in high winds due to being too fast. I flew her on a 55 cm swivel bar and she was not to sketchy and fast, just stable , predictable and exactly where you expect her to be when you have comleted your move almost begging to do it again - Bloody perfect. Oh yeah ! Turning......sorry got carried away !
The turning circle is tight with nice smooth power through the turn...my first half hour on the water was spent riding up the waves and smacking them hard with a downturn transition....the kite behaved flawlessly and responded very very quickly to the bar, turned a nice tight circle and it flew fast through the window generating nice power for the carve and exit.
The wind lulled for a while so I took the opportunity to put her overhead and try to luff her using only the bar - I could not. Sat overhead beautifully all the time.
Later the wind picked up so I was able to jump her....Big result here....Hang time on an 8 meter ? loads of it, it was the first thing that hit me, secondwas that she is LOTS easier to jump than last years models. no need to put loads in to get loads out....this kite boosts with the best of em...goes well high and floaty !!! oh so floaty....You'd think they took a lesson from takoon !
Anyway, cant think of much else to write so I'm off now.....Got to tell you tho, that is one HELL of a kite.


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5 Creative Uses for Clipboards at Home
The ubiquitous, utilitarian clipboard. Often spotted in classrooms, board rooms and waiting rooms, its classic but sturdy chipboard and metal clap composition naturally lends itself to well, holding things.
Be it artwork, a calendar or a collection of necklaces, we've rounded up five ways to reimagine this inexpensive office supply staple for the home.
1. Over a desk, a clipboard is perfect for organizing bits of mail, notes and inspiration. From The Pretty Blog.
2. Clipboards are also a great way to display a pretty collection of necklaces. From Design Indulgences.
3.The new (Instagram friendly!) calendars from Artifact Uprising come equipped with their own clipboards for display. $25 from Artifact Uprising.
4. As a part of my January Cure, I used clipboards as an alternative to framing a collection of art prints.
5. A clipboard with a menu affixed works well propped up on a counter top or table, as seen on Martha Stewart.
(Images: as linked above)