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Edition Peters company history
Franz Anton Hoffmeister On 1 December 1800 the conductor and composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812)entered into partnership with the bookseller and organist Ambrosius K?hnel (1770-1813) for the purpose of establishing a 'Bureau de Musique' in Leipzig. This initial venture extended its activities to printing and music engraving as well as including publishing facilities combined with the sale of musical instruments and sheet music. The publishing side of the business was launched with collections of Haydn's String Quartets, Mozart's Quartets and Quintets as well as the first edition of J.S. Bach's Keyboard Works in 14 volumes to which J.N. Forkel contributed the first Bach monograph ever to be written. As early as 1802, the publishers succeeded in acquiring piano and chamber music from Beethoven, in addition to the composer's First Symphony and Second Piano Concerto.
Carl Friedrich Peters
In 1806 the business passed into the sole ownership of A. K?hnel when it was officially registered under the name 'Neuer Verlag des Bureau de Musique'. Forkel augmented the Bach series by the addition of the composer's Organ Works. Other additions comprised Gerber's Dictionary of Musicians and educational works for piano and violin written by celebrated Viennese/Parisian academicians of the day. In 1812 the range was enhanced by works representative of the early Romantic School, such as those of Weber and Spohr.
Following K?hnel's untimely death, the firm was acquired by the Leipzig bookseller Carl Friedrich Peters (1779-1827), who traded from 1 April 1814 under the name 'Bureau de Musique de C.F. Peters'. Despite the economic malaise that followed the War of Liberation (1813-15), catalogues were issued by the publisher, new additions being Theodor K?rner's War Songs and John Field's Nocturnes. Negotiations conducted with Beethoven involving the publication of a complete edition of the composer's works fell through. After a long illness, C.F. Peters died in 1827. The business went to his seven-year-old daughter and was acquired from her in 1828 by her Guardian, the manufacturer Carl Gotthelf Siegmund B?hme (1785-1855). A great lover of music, B?hme widened the publishing activities with a large number of new acquisitions besides attracting Carl Czerny to the staff as editor of the Bach series, including the Solo Concertos, Brandenburg Concertos, the Orchestral Suites and the Art of Fugue. B?hme also played an active role in the formation of the first confederation of music publishers for the purpose of securing legal protection. A most influential body, this alliance included such names as Andr?, Breitkopf & H?rtel, Hofmeister, Peters, Schott and Simrock.
In compliance with B?hme's last will and testament, the business was converted into a charitable foundation under the control and supervision of the Leipzig City Council. During this period the business was managed by Theodor Whistling, but when he resigned in 1860 the Board of Administrators resolved to dispose of the firm to the bookseller and music dealer, Julius Friedl?nder. Friedl?nder introduced substantial improvements to the process of music engraving and drew the attention of the public to 'cheap yet critically accurate editions'. Max Abraham In 1863, Dr. Max Abraham (1831-1900) became partner, assuming active management. Pursuing definite aims, Max Abraham, who became sole proprietor in 1880, succeeded in realizing two ideas that gave new far-reaching aspects to music publishing: Edition Peters and the Peters Music Library. Originally, publications in Edition Peters were distinguished by the use of lime green covers for editions that were not affected by copyright restrictions, while pink covers were used for original works acquired by the publisher that were. Today, however, this distinction is less rigidly observed across the Peters Group. From the time of their first appearance in 1867, these editions were regarded as a universal token of quality in the music profession. The Peters Music Library, a unique musicological reference library (access to which was granted to everyone free of charge) was founded in 1894, a foundation being created to provide for its continuance. Peters Music Library Year Books published from 1894, and contributed to by leading musicologists, gained world fame as sources of invaluable reference.
The range of works published in Edition Peters underwent a rapid process of expansion. In addition to the growing number of classics in the form of instrumental, vocal and choral works appearing in scores, piano reductions and other forms, the Edition was complemented with many original works written by contemporary composers of the time, including d'Albert, Brahms, Bruch, Busoni, Dvor?k, Flotow, Franz, Goldmark, Gade, Grieg, Liszt, Loewe, Lortzing, Meyerbeer, Moszkowski, Raff, Sinding, Smetana, Vieuxtemps and Wagner. Dr. Abraham named his nephew Henri Hinrichsen (1868-1942) as his successor who, after starting as confidential clerk in 1891, had meanwhile become a partner.
Henri Hinrichsen
After Dr. Abraham's death in 1900, Henri Hinrichsen continued to manage the enterprise as sole proprietor, achieving considerable success. Among the most important acquisitions were Wolf's Lieder, the Kaiserliederbuch, works by Mahler, Reger, Pfitzner, Schoenberg, the J. Rieter-Biedermann Publishing House (founded in Winterthur in 1849) and seven Symphonic Poems by Richard Strauss. The publication of Urtext editions of the classics was developed considerably during this period. In 1931 the eldest son, Max Hinrichsen (1901-1965), became a partner. The next two sons, Walter Hinrichsen (1907-1969) and Dr. Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen (1909-1940) also occupied executive positions in the company.
Max Hinrichsen
Max Hinrichsen went to London in 1937 where he established Hinrichsen Edition Limited and introduced his own independent series of publications comprising editions of old English masters, educational works, the Musical Year Book and contemporary literature. A much-respected figure in London's musical circles, he also acted for a time as impresario, organizing and promoting concerts and musical artists. Some time after Max Hinrichsen's death the company was renamed Peters Edition Ltd., the name it bears today, making more evident its role as a publisher of Edition Peters. Not long thereafter the Hinrichsen Foundation was established as its beneficial shareholder, with the purpose of distributing its profits in the form of grants to qualifying individuals and musical organizations. The firm has played a significant role in the constant renewal of the edition while maintaining a commitment to the publishing of contemporary music.
In 1939 Geheimrat Dr. Henri Hinrichsen and Dr. Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen were forced to yield to the Nazi Regime and the Leipzig company was confiscated and administered by the so-called Trustee of Jewish Property. Walter Hinrichsen had emigrated to the United States in 1936, but along with many other members of the family, neither Dr. Henri Hinrichsen nor Dr. Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen survived the Holocaust.
From 1939 the Leipzig company was managed by Dr. Johannes Petschull. In 1940 he acquired the firm of Henry Litolff's Verlag (Braunschweig) on behalf of C.F. Peters, and relocated it to Leipzig. After the end of the war he eventually received a license from the Soviet military authority to continue publishing. However, in 1948 the firm was formally confiscated by the East German authorities and turned into a state owned and managed enterprise. During the subsequent forty years, driven by goals and disciplines quite different from those of the western companies, it built on its background by producing a large number of high quality Urtext editions and was notable for a very substantial publishing program of contemporary Eastern European composers. Walter Hinrichsen Following his appointment as U.S. Music Officer for the American Zone in Germany from 1945 through 1947, Walter Hinrichsen founded C.F. Peters Corporation in New York in 1948. Owing to the atmosphere of uncertainty in Germany, he set about reprinting the main works in Edition Peters, followed shortly afterwards by the publication of contemporary U.S. composers, many of them today ranking among the most prominent. Within the American music publishing field, he achieved legendary status for his unstinting support of his composers and his tireless efforts to generate enthusiasm for their works. Simultaneously Max Hinrichsen was republishing Edition Peters in London. This subsequently caused a famous case in the English High Court that confirmed the inheritance of Edition Peters by the surviving Hinrichsen heirs. C.F. Peters Corporation, New York, remains one of the premiere publishing houses of America with an unrivalled history of involvement in and support for American contemporary music.
In 1950 the two brothers formed a partnership with Dr. Johannes Petschull (1901-2001), who had since reached the west, and established a West German Peters company in Frankfurt. Despite the enormous difficulties of the post-war years, the first major list of works soon appeared, comprising some 900 titles. The Frankfurt firm continued to grow from this base over the years and succeeded in re-establishing Edition Peters as one of the most significant music publishers in West Germany. It has produced many high quality new editions of the core repertoire in the tradition established under Max Abraham and Henri Hinrichsen, while also developing the catalogue by publishing contemporary music. In 1971 the management of M.P. Belaieff, founded in 1885 in Leipzig, passed into the hands of the Frankfurt house of C.F. Peters. Along with it came an exhaustive repertoire of Russian composers ranging from the national era down to the present day. Further expansion was made in 1974 when the Schwann Edition, part of the Schwann publishing concern (originally founded in Neuss and headquartered in D?sseldorf since 1878) was acquired. In 1989 the Frankfurt house acquired the firm of C.F. Kahnt, founded in 1851 and widely recognized for its publication of Gustav Mahler.
Following the reunification of Germany in 1989, the Leipzig firm came into the hands of C.F. Peters, Frankfurt. although most of the activities of the company have since been transferred to Frankfurt, a small Peters office remains today in Leipzig as a sign of the Peters companies' deep respect for the rich heritage from which they sprang and an invaluable source of information on their rather unusual history.
Today's catalogues clearly reflect the development that has taken place since the Second World War. Each of the companies has undertaken a substantial share of the production of the Edition Peters catalogue; each has in addition developed its own contemporary publishing policy in ways most appropriate for its own field of activity. Today the companies work very closely together, managing their activities so as to maintain and develop the Peters tradition for today's world on behalf of their composers and customers. Between them they make available on a global basis over 15,000 titles ranging from the renaissance to the avant-garde compositions of today.
Learn more on buy sheet music online from http://www.editionpeters.com/searchcategory.php?supercategory=BRN00013&branch=BRN00013&wcategory=&treecode=TRE00000&super=BRN00013.


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Video games regulators in South Korea say MMO publishers there have obstructed an investigation into "jackpot items," predicated on the idea that players risking in-game currency for random-item payoffs is in fact a form of gambling.
While publishers have cooperated so far as to provide the virtual items' names and virtual costs involved, they haven't coughed up the payout percentages to the government. For those who live in U.S. states with gaming commissions, this is somewhat like the audited figure that's intended to give slot machine parlors a modicum of transparency. Instead it ends up providing humorous double-entendre billboards like "Loosest slots in Central City."
Back in Korea, publishers say such payout info is proprietary and a business secret. Government officials think the MMO publishers are hiding something.
South Korean Game Rating Board Targets Jackpot Items in MMO's [Game Politics]

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Diddy Reveals Biggie was Supposed to be in London
Sean 'Diddy' Combs reveals that The
Notorious B.I.G. wasn't supposed to be in
LA on the night of his death. This
confessional was released in conjunction
with the Biggie movie in 2009.
Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace Meet
Watch Tupac's Mom, Afeni Shakur, and
Biggie's mom, Voletta Wallace, meet for
the first time at the 1999 MTV Video Music
Awards. They are introduced to each other
on stage by actor Will Smith. Their
meeting provided closure to the Biggie
Tupac East Coast West Coast feud.
Biggie's Mom and Son Interviewed on Notorious Movie Set
The Notorious B.I.G.'s mom, Voletta
Wallace, reflects on her son's life and
the movie. Her grandson, Christopher
Wallace Jr., who plays his father in the
Notorious movie, is also featured.
Meet The Real D-Roc, Puffy Says Lil' Kim's Character Not Accurate
Meet the real D-Roc who took the fall for
Biggie. Sean 'Puffy' Combs also admits
that Lil Kim's role in the movie is not
accurate when compared to the Notorious
B.I.G. true story.
Biggie Describes How He Hooked up with Bad Boy
The Notorious B.I.G. and Craig Mack
discuss how they came to sign with Sean
'Puffy' Combs and Bad Boy Records. Puffy
appears with them for the interview.
Biggie Speaks About Tupac's Death
Rapper Biggie Smalls talks about Tupac
Shakur's death in an interview included in
Nick Broomfield's 2002 documentary Biggie
& Tupac.
T'Yanna Wallace Reflects on Her Notorious Father
More than a decade after Biggie's death,
The Notorious B.I.G.'s daughter T'Yanna
talks about her father and how his life
has helped to convince her that dreams can
come true. She also talks about some of
the fictional aspects of the film.
2Pac Talks About New York Shooting and Feud
The Tupac Biggie feud is discussed during
this Tupac Shakur video interview. 2Pac
discusses the shooting at Quad Studios, an
incident that he has claimed The Notorious
B.I.G. knew was going to happen. In other
interviews, he has also said that he slept
with Biggie's wife Faith Evans. Contains
explicit language.
The Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
See the Notorious B.I.G. Juicy music video
featuring Biggie's daughter T'Yanna. She
and his mother Voletta appear with him
near the end of the video.
Biggie Funeral Procession Footage
Real footage of The Notorious B.I.G.'s
funeral procession from the Nick
Broomfield documentary Biggie & Tupac.
Some of the same footage was used at the
end of the 2009 Notorious B.I.G. movie.
Notorious Trailer
The Notorious movie trailer for the film
about the life of rapper Biggie Smalls,
who was killed in a 1997 drive by


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Hyundai, Kia recall 1.9M vehicles for switch, air bag
Corporate siblings Hyundai and Kia are recalling almost 1.9 million vehicles in the U.S. to fix two problems, one involving air bags and the other, faulty brake light switches.
The switch recall covers almost 1.7 million vehicles -- almost all of both makers' 2007 to 2011 models used the same switch. This recall is in addition to a 2009 recall for a similar brake light switch defect that can lead to several problems.
Separately, Hyundai is recalling about 194,000 of its 2011 to 2013 Elantra compacts to fix an air bag problem in which a bracket can come loose and injure occupants when the bag deploys.
The faulty light switch can lead to four potential safety problems, according to documents posted on the National Highway Safety Administration website: the brake lights may not go on; the cruise control may not turn off when the driver presses the brake pedal; push-to-start buttons may not work on vehicles equipped with them; and a feature that stops the driver from shifting out of park without a foot on the brake may fail.
"Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash," NHTSA said in the documents.
It was not known if the problem has caused any crashes or injuries. Messages were left Wednesday with Hyundai and Kia spokesmen.
Like many automakers, Hyundai and Kia try to use the same parts in as many cars as possible to get a better price from parts suppliers and make manufacturing simpler. But when something goes wrong, it can cause a massive recall. In this case, both auto brands are owned by the same company and use the same underpinnings for their vehicles.
For the switch recall, Hyundai and Kia will notify owners in the next two months, and dealers will replace the switches free of charge.
The air bag problem in the Elantra is that a support bracket can come loose when the side air bags are inflated and cause injuries. In April 2012, an Elantra owner told NHTSA investigators that a side air bag inflated in a crash and sliced the driver's left ear. NHTSA traced the problem to cars that had auto-dimming rear-view mirrors installed after arriving at U.S. ports. Technicians installing the mirrors could dislodge the bracket, the investigation found.
Hyundai will notify owners in the second quarter and dealers will install industrial adhesive strips to keep the brackets in place.
Contributing: Fred Meier, USA TODAY


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#6 from 2013: The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development - Changing Rules for Realistic Solutions: Getting Stuff Done
Our Top Ten Blog Posts by readership in 2013
This post was originally published on February 21, 2013
There is a silent struggle going regarding how you do governance reforms in development. It is between the prevailing tendency and a small but growing band of practitioners saying things need to be done differently. The prevailing tendency is the packaging of experts-devised best practice packages that we take from country to country…model anti-corruption laws, model designs for the civil service, procurement systems, and financial management systems and so on. Our highly trained experts are invested in their solutions, and the modern global system has a growing array of policy networks on every issue under the sun, and they amass and disseminate norms of ideal practice. So, donors and their experts move from one country to another, offering money, loans, and these packages. So, how are things working out? Not very well is the answer. To use an Americanism; we are not getting stuff done that much when it comes to governance reforms, whatever the sector. Isn't it high time we changed our ways?


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Canucks' Kesler has broken foot
Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Canucks center Ryan Kesler will be sidelined indefinitely after tests taken Wednesday revealed the standout forward has a fractured right foot.
Kesler originally suffered the injury while blocking a shot in a win at Dallas last Thursday, but initial x-rays came up negative and he participated in the club's next three games. However, a CT scan performed on Wednesday discovered the fracture.
Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault told reporters he did not know how much time Kesler would miss, though he said he expected the nine-year veteran to be out at least a month.
Kesler, one of the league's top two-way centers and a 41-goal scorer in 2010-11, also missed the Canucks' first 12 contests of the season while recovering from surgeries to his shoulder and wrist. He had recorded one goal and four assists in seven games since returning.
The 28-year-old also won the NHL's Selke Trophy, which recognizes the league's best defensive forward, following the 2010-11 campaign.


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President Obama can't be in the battleground state of Ohio selling his Keynesian politics every day, but U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) was running on the same platform back when the president was still organizing Chicago communities. See how easily Sherrod Brown could teach a course singing the praises of Obama's failed economic policies.
Like President Obama, Sherrod Brown believes more centralized power in Washington, D.C. is the answer to every problem – and he's happy to attack anyone vaguely conservative who argues otherwise. When it comes to free trade and a national "industrial policy," Sherrod is a constant force pulling Obama even further to the left.
Sherrod Brown and Barack Obama are never able to explain how America can afford the crushing new Obamacare tax or the other entitlement programs the Left holds sacred, so I wrote a web app that lets YOU solve the deficit spending crisis. Try out SoakTheRich.us and challenge your friends to help, too!
Take a look at my previous Big Government coverage for more specifics on Sherrod Brown's fight for socialized medicine, his Socialist voting record, and the depth of his dedication to union bosses.
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Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing one of my favorite digi stamp sets from MHKDesigns, The Tulip of Thanks has to be one of the most elegant sets! Here is my card for today, enjoy.
|Using color to create a sense of depth.
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the versatility of stamp sets and variety of digital papers she has to offer.
|Enlarging the tulip becomes the dominate image and placing it in the foreground.
The tulip behind main image is lighter showing it to be in the background.
Left: showing detail of the detail this stamp provide. Notes the hints of gold for an even more elegant look. Right: Showing the gold foiled sentiment yet the tulip still steals the show.
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Performance Anxiety - Snap #309
We've all been there--at the moment on which everything depends, the moment of truth, with sweaty palms and shaky knees. This week, stories about people who face their fears ... or choke.
The Yips
Steve Sax of the L.A. Dodgers started out as the youngest person in the league, but quickly became the Rookie of the Year. Until the Steve Sax Syndrome befell him just two years into his career.
Steve's new book is called Shift: Change Your Mindset, Change Your World. He's also a renowned motivational speaker.
Producers: Stephanie Foo and Renzo Gorrio
Nashville Try-out
Aengus Anderson drove his motorcycle across North America for three months, and asked more than two-hundred and twenty people the same question: "What's the hardest decision you've ever had to make?" Here's the answer he got from a man named David Cameron , selling hot-dogs under a rainbow umbrella in Montgomery Alabama. Listen to more from The Decisions Project.
Producer: Anna Sussman
San Quentin Slam
When Jamie DeWolf is asked to perform at San Quentin Penitentiary, he's forced to confront his fears in front of his toughest audience yet in lockdown. Hear the poem they did that day on Jamie DeWolf's C.D "Vaude Villian". His partner that day was Geoff Trenchard.
Written and Performed by Jamie DeWolf
Producers: Mark Ristich and Pat Mesiti-Miller
Petrarchan Poetry
Ladies love roses, but sometimes, super-sappy Petrarchan romance isn't the best way to a woman's heart. Mike Deni, the lead singer of the band Geographer, tells a tale from his writerly days. All the music used in this piece is by Geographer.
Producer: Stephanie Foo
Notes From the Fun Factory
Freelance writer Doug Cordell is hungry for any job to use his skills, but when a new employer is calling, he goes through the looking glass into another world: writing for a children's show. Doug Cordell is an Emmy-nominated television writer, essayist and radio performer living in the Bay Area. This piece, "Notes from the Fun Factory," is adapted from a forthcoming novel.
Producers: Jamie DeWolf, Anna Sussman and Mark Ristich
Kenyan Comedy
Stand-up comedian John Ramsey spent a year in Kenya, and while he was there, he wanted desperately to be able to perform one stand-up comedy routine.
John has a website where you can see more of his work...and please, do yourself a favor and check out John's full performance on Churchill Live right here. It's hilarious.
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It's been quite a year for The Royal Ballet – here are just a few of my highlights:
New work
Six new creations were staged, two carrying on The Royal Ballet tradition of narrative works: Wayne McGregor's evocative and poetic Raven Girl and Liam Scarlett's dark and compelling Hansel and Gretel. Christopher Wheeldon took us to a beautiful other world in Aeternum and Alexei Ratmansky worked with the company in the more abstract but romantic 24 Preludes. We celebrated Britten's centenary with Kim Brandstrup's intimate and intriguing Ceremony of Innocence at the Aldeburgh Festival and in November we welcomed British-born David Dawson, who created the atmospheric The Human Seasons. In addition we added an exhilarating new full-length work to the repertory with Carlos Acosta's exuberant Don Quixote, already an audience favourite.
Heritage works
Heritage works also played a major part as we celebrated Frederick Ashton in February – it was particularly wonderful to see Monotones after so long – and in March Kenneth MacMillan's masterly Mayerling was given powerhouse performances by no fewer than five terrific casts.
Orchestral delights
We enjoyed the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House playing newly commissioned scores by Gabriel Yarad and Greg Haines, and storming through the centenary celebratory performances of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring under Barry Wordsworth's baton.
Awards and international audiences
A clutch of awards were won celebrating the success of productions, choreography and dancers, and the Company got seriously mobile with performances in Rio de Janeiro, Snape, Derry, Monte Carlo and Tokyo. The Company's performances of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Don Quixote and The Nutcracker were seen in 300 cinemas in the UK and over 1,000 cinemas in 29 countries worldwide.
Chance to Dance
It was a delight to see the youngsters of Chance to Dance tackling the complexities of Kenneth MacMillan's The Rite of Spring with gusto and great aplomb, as well as the professionalism and charm of The Royal Ballet School White Lodgers in helping to bring Peter Wright's Nutcracker to life. The future certainly looks bright.
Joiners and leavers
Our world-class roster of Principals led the Company in sparkling style and although we said goodbye to some of our well-known and familiar dancers we also welcomed some new ones who will surely be part of the Royal Ballet family for years to come.
Finally, great performances are the pinnacle of the combined efforts of a great many people. Not just through the extraordinary artistry and dedication of the dancers on stage but also through the efforts of the entire artistic and administrative staff and the behind-the-scenes technicians in every department of the Opera House. That, for me, is an unseen highlight which can't go unmentioned.
What were your Royal Ballet highlights of 2013?


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Eight JMU faculty members nominated for statewide honor
James Madison University has nominated eight individuals for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia's prestigious Outstanding Faculty Awards. The awards recognize superior accomplishments in teaching, research and public service.
The nominees are:
• Dr. David Bernstein, professor of computer science
• Dr. Brenda "B.J." Bryson, professor of social work
• Dr. Frances Flannery, associate professor of philosophy and religion
• Dr. Daniel G. Gallagher, professor of management, who currently holds the CSX Distinguished Professorship in Management
• Dr. Teresa Harris, professor of early, elementary and reading education
• Dr. Brian T. Kaylor, assistant professor of communication studies (Rising Star category)
• Dr. Gina MacDonald, professor of chemistry and biochemistry
• Dr. Steven J. Whitmeyer, associate professor of geology and environmental science (Teaching with Technology category)
Outstanding Faculty Award winners will be recognized in February during a ceremony in Richmond. Each recipient will receive an engraved award and a $5,000 check underwritten by the Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion Resources.
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Decorating for the Holidays is a little bit more special for me this year. Both sides of our family will be here for Christmas... or at least sometime around Christmas to meet the baby. So, I want our house to feel like the Holidays when everyone (including the baby) arrives.
My theme this year is a 'Handstitched' Holiday. I've never had a theme for my Christmas decorating, but when I was looking for material for the stockings I found a blanket that looked like a knitted sweater. It had exactly the look I was going for - cozy and classic. From the blanket I made a pillow and stockings. It also inspired my gingerbread cookies.
Stay tuned for the next week to see more details and step-by-step instructions for created your own 'handstiched' holiday.
Here is a close up of the knitted blanket that became my stockings and pillow. I'll post the DIY directions later this week.
I potted paperwhites... they should be in bloom by Christmas!
On the mantle, I perched a faux bird amongst the cedar sprigs... it drives Mr. Darcy crazy! I think he can smell the feathers.
This was my first attempt at making a gingerbread house - it was harder than I thought it would be, but a lot of fun.
I "handstitched" these gingerbread cookies to look like the knit blanket. Stay tuned for decorating how-to!
Fresh cedar draped on our banister - I only use fresh garland and wreaths in our house. It makes the holidays feel more special with 'real' decorations.
Our packages even have a 'hand-stitched' feeling with yarn, cotton ribbon and stitched burlap.


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Georgia Imhoff Award goes to Paul Tamburello
Since opening Little Man Ice Cream on July 4, 2008, Paul Tamburello has donated $100,000 to charitable causes not just in Colorado but throughout the world.
And for that he was given the 2013 Georgia Imhoff Outstanding Philanthropist Award. It was presented to him by Imhoff's widower, Walt Imhoff, and daughter, Stacy Ohlsson, at a party hosted by Blacktie Colorado, which Imhoff started in 2001 with Kenton Kuhn, Blacktie's chief executive officer. Georgia Imhoff died from pancreatic cancer in 2009.
Little Man's chief philanthropy is Scoop for Scoop, where for every scoop of ice cream sold, Tamburello donates money equivalent to the purchase of one scoop of rice to be distributed to the hungry in developing countries.
The Georgia Imhoff Outstanding Philanthropist Award is presented every other year, at a party Blacktie throws in honor of those profiled in writer Nancy Koontz's popular feature, "Have You Met?"
Little Man Ice Cream is located at 2620 16th St. in Denver's Highland neighborhood. It's named for Tamburello's father, whose nickname was Little Man.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314, email@example.com and @joannedavidson on Twitter


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To genuinely understand our community, know that it is based on three core values: Wisdom, Honor and Civility. In Ascendant Justice, we now believe that these three core elements are what should truly separate us from the average community. Why these three things? Because the leadership of Ascendant Justice and its members firmly believe in the following principles:
- Through humility, we seek wisdom.
- In victory or defeat, we play with honor.
- We are family in Halo, elevated through civility.
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This thing is awesome. I sold my rc18r and I always missed the small onroad. Now the traxxas version of a onroad rally is gonna be even better!
HV Summit, ERBE, Shash 4x4, Revo 3.3, Rally VXL
fine line between hobby and mental illness
Just put my name on one. It looks like it will be almost the same price as the vxl revo and slash
HV Summit, ERBE, Shash 4x4, Revo 3.3, Rally VXL
It's listed at TH just not in stock yet.
I have a local carpet track by me and wondering how this will do on carpet.
JESUS says: "Fix it B4 it Breaks!"
I am getting one because i have been looking for a rally car that has the toughness and guts to do on and off road. the Tamiya df03 ra is cool but it is limited to how much power you can put into it. i have been reading in other forums that people are melting gears and it is not as tough as it should be.
I'm thinking about getting one along with spare parts to turn it into a MERV. I already have a Revo 3.3 for the off-road stuff. And if Traxxas comes out with a 1/10 scale, it would be too expensive for me.
It would be cool to have access to an old go-cart track to race around on--it appears many of the shots in the video are from one.
Stupid question perhaps...but what's a MERV?
If you can't beat it....destroy it!
Mini E-Revo
i will get one too, time to sell the rest of my stuff.
Sony Action Camera, My new toy
I'm seriously interested in one.
^^ me too im goin to the HS tomorrow to see when they get then in
BB Merv 4s EMaxx MMM 6s
Revo 3.3
Associated RC8
At first I didnt want one. I thought it would be too small, and I was really looking into a 1/10 TC.
Now that I look at it, and read about it more, I kinda want one. I will not be racing with my TC, just bashing around the winding paved paths of my college campus. Scale doesnt matter anymore, and when I looked at a size comparison between a rustler and the rally, it wasnt as small as I imagined. I trust Traxxas alot more for quality than other companies, and since its built off of the erevo styling or whatever, I know that it will stand up to my abusive driving style
I think it would be alot of fun! I really want one now!
I am lucky I don't have any money.
amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!Originally Posted by CoolestDinosoar
my wife wants insteadof a merv, so i imagine ill get one as well and it will be fun to zoom around with them, she is deathly afraid ill run over her's with a larger scale rc!!!
rustler vxl 2.4
I want one..
Don't have a LHS, Pre-Ordered mine from Tower $240 with Super Saver Club, No shipping no tax. Already have a 1/16 Slash and 1/16 Revo so I have plenty of batteries can't wait. Needed something to run on my dead end street and parking lots.


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Dear Hockey Jebus, with your original hockey mullet high up in hockey heaven,
You who hangs out all day with Tim Horton and Maurice Richard playing street hockey.
You and the other Hockey Gods make the decisions on who wins what,
While trying to ignore the Gods of Heavy Metal—who make a hell of a racket down the hall.
You saw it in your infinite wisdom to deny the Oilers a Cup in 2006 for reasons we will come to understand in time.
You thought it best to allow Pronger to leave town, before we all wasted money buying his Jerseys.
You showed us your wisdom by allowing most of the good Oilers to become injured,
And allowing the newer, better Baby Oilers to rock 'n roll for the last month.
Well, it's crunch time Hockey Jebus.
All we ask is a thrashing of the Flames tonight and the Canucks on Thursday.
Let that be enough to guide the Oil into the playoffs, where the Oil can play a visibly concerned Red Wings squad.
In exchange we will do whatever you ask, drink whatever you ask, KILL whoever you ask or build a 1,000-foot statue in your honour in the middle of the Whitemud,
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Russia end 12-year drought
Russia beat Argentina 81-77 in a thrilling finale to win the bronze medal in Olympic men's basketball, breaking away in the last minute to end a 12-year medals drought.
In a game dripping with tension between two evenly matched teams that had 17 lead changes and was tied a dozen times, young Alexey Shved caught fire from the outside to lead the Russians to victory.
"How sweet it is," said Russia coach David Blatt.
Russia used a third-quarter hot streak to take an 11-point lead but Argentina closed the quarter with seven straight points to make it 61-57.
Shved, 23, scored seven points in a row for Russia to snap a 64-64 deadlock and lift them to a 71-66 fourth-quarter lead.
A pair of three-pointers for Argentina by Andres Nocioni and Manu Ginobili tied the game 72-72 and a twisting, left-handed reverse layup by Ginobili gave the Argentines a 77-76 lead and the inside track for the medal with 44 seconds left.
Shved then stepped up and drilled a three-pointer to put Russia ahead 79-77 and after a three-point try from the corner by Nocioni rattled around the rim and out, a fastbreak layup by Vitaliy Fridzon completed the scoring.
"I played two games bad but the third game is my game," said Shved, a long-haired guard who struggled with his consistency in the tournament.
"It is one of the best moments in my life. When you come to an Olympic Games and win a medal - not every athlete can do this."
Andrei Kirilenko, the veteran forward and leader of the team, was excited about Russia's return to the podium for the first time since taking bronze at the Sydney Games in 2000.
"I feel like it's a gold medal," he said. "I think we did a very good job today. In the second half when we fell down we stayed together to get that win."
At the buzzer, the Russians collapsed one after another into a heap at the top of the key to celebrate.
Shved led all scorers with 25 points, 13 of them coming in the pressure-packed fourth quarter, with former NBA All-Star Kirilenko adding 20 and Fridzon contributing 19 points.
Ginobili, with 21 points, was top scorer for Argentina, whose medals streak was snapped after claiming gold in 2004 and bronze in 2008.
"It was a very tough game. It could've gone for either one," said Ginobili. "In the last seconds anything can happen. At the end their shots went in and ours went in and out."


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Dawes Pauses for a Breather in a Busy Festival
At South By Southwest Music in Austin, Texas, members of the acclaimed Los Angeles rock band Dawes talk about their musical style and vying for attention at the festival.
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Clowning Around in LA
Lorenzo Pisoni is a clown. I mean that. In a good way. He stumbles through his professional predicament, inflicted upon him from birth, in his mirth-making, back-breaking one-man pratfall of a show, Humor Abuse, now playing at the Mark Taper Forum. If you're not in LA, catch Lorenzo at The High Bar, explaining away a… Life in the circus.


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Reality TV parents Michelle and Bob Duggar changed the name of their TLC show to 19 Kids and Counting this week, and it's all because of little Josie Brooklyn.
Dubbed a "micropreemie," Josie Brooklyn Duggar was born after 25 weeks, reported People magazine. The 19th addition to the Duggar family came last month on Dec. 10, and according to her parents, she's a miracle.
Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar feel lucky to have little Josie, who, born early, might have never made it years ago, said the many-times-over dad.
At birth, Josie who was diagnosed with preeclampsia, weighed one pound, six ounces. Babies born between 22 and 26 weeks are called "extremely premature," according to WebMD. She now weighs just over two pounds, and her parents say she's doing well.
Josie is currently in intensive care at the Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., where the Duggars have moved 17 of their 18 other children to be closer to her. Their oldest son Joshua, 21, has started his own family and lives on his own.
They're not sure what to expect, and doctors have cautioned them about the unpredictability of premature babies.
"Doctors tell us, 'never trust a preemie,' because you can't know what is going to happen," Jim Bob Duggar told People. "It is a very day-to-day thing. It is the hardest thing we've ever been through."
Josie's arrival will be part of the latest season of the TLC hit show and air on Jan. 31, and the show will premier a new season in February.


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LMC Truck Light Install On Chevrolet C-10 Truck - Bright Lights, Big C10 - Tech
LMC Truck Makes It Easy
The nature of customizing a classic pickup to extract the utmost in personal enjoyment has always been to upgrade the truck in as many areas as possible. This includes trick body modifications to clean up stock styling and custom color changes to make it prettier than the average bear. Under the hood, the base model 6-cylinder engine typically found in most vintage trucks gets swapped out for a modern V-8, and the stick shift transmission often makes way for an automatic. To cope with the increased demands of the old truck's newfound acceleration, drum brakes are abandoned for discs and the primitive straight axle gets dumped for an independent front suspension.
It probably sounds like we have covered everything, but interestingly there's one very important detail that always seems to get overlooked; it's the truck's lighting system. Unlike the electrical system where a stock low-amp generator or alternator gets tossed out along with everything else that isn't up to date, the stock incandescent headlights always seem to escape scrutiny. A good case in point to illustrate how even the late-model classic trucks that come standard equipped with many of the modern improvements we discussed aren't exempt is the '73-80 Chevrolet C10.
This brings us to the latest offerings from the folks at LMC Truck of Lenexa, Kansas. Made exclusively for the '73-87 range of GMC and Chevrolet trucks, LMC Truck's Euro Style lighting not only addresses the problems associated with standard incandescent sealed beam headlights they also provide a fresh new look. The '73-80 C10 models came factory equipped with dual 7-inch round, 12-volt sealed beam headlights. Incandescent sealed beam headlights were originally introduced to the market in 1940 as 6-volt bulbs permanently encased behind a disposable glass Fresnel lens. In 1955, Chevrolet and GMC trucks upgraded to 12-volt versions of the original 6-volt design with dual and quad round headlight variations until 1980. With age the quality of light deteriorates with incandescent sealed beams. Age not only affects the sealed beam it increases resistance in the stock wiring harness, and compounds the problem.
The folks at LMC Truck approached the headlight issue from both sides with a simple solution that replaces the sealed beam with a halogen bulb and supplements the stock wiring with a heavy-duty wiring harness that is 100 percent reversible. At the heart of the heavy-duty wiring harness are two relays, one for high beam and one for low beam. This arrangement removes the load from the stock headlight switch and provides a strong electrical current that eliminates flickering and delivers bright light. One hundred percent reversible means if the owner decides to sell his truck without the heavy-duty harness and halogen lights he can easily remove it and then transfer the parts to his next truck. To match the headlights' Euro styling LMC Truck designed an LMC exclusive side marker and parking light package that accentuates the Euro styling while it improves the intensity of light for the turn signals and side markers. The installation of LMC Truck's Euro Style lighting package for all '73 -80 C10 and Big 10 trucks is easy for anyone to do, and requires a minimum amount of basic tools.


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Apple Patches Java Flaw Exploited by Flashback Trojan
Mac users with Java installed should act quickly to install the latest version of Java from Apple. The security flaw is already being exploited by the Flashback Trojan in drive-by download attacks.
Apple updated Java to version 6 update 31 for OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion) on Apr. 3. The update addressed 12 vulnerabilities in Java, which could be exploited by malicious Websites to run code using the privileges of the current user, Apple said in its security notice. Oracle fixed the same security flaw for Java for Windows, Linux, and Unix back in February.
The new Mac malware, a variant of the Flashback Trojan, did not require user interaction to infect computers. Malicious Websites exploited a specific Java vulnerability (CVE-2012-0507) that allowed Flashback.K to download itself on to Macs without user awareness in a drive-by download attack. Once installed, the malware displayed a dialog window to ask the user for the administrative password, according to an analysis by researchers at F-Secure. Even if users didn't enter the password, it was too late, as the malware was already resident on the computer.
The Flashback.K is "one of the first cases of drive-by exploitation we have seen for OS X," Chester Wisniewski, a senior security advisor at Sophos, wrote on the Naked Security blog.
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DAHLONEGA, Ga. - The sixth-ranked North Georgia Saints (33-10, 13-5 PBC) used two dominant efforts Sunday afternoon in order to sweep Georgia Southwestern (27-25, 9-13 PBC).
GSW's Rachel McElroy led the Lady 'Canes as the sophomore finished the day going 2-for-5 with 1 RBI.
Game 1: UNG 11, GSW 3 (6 innings)
McElroy got the Lady 'Canes on the board first as her single up the left side drove in Avery Purser in the second inning.
UNG pulled ahead when the Saints scored a pair of runs in their half of the second inning.
Southwestern tied up the contest in the top of the fourth inning when a double by Mason Moreland drove in Ashley Clifton as the Lady 'Canes pulled even, 2-2.
North Georgia quickly answered as the Saints poured in six runs off five hits in the home-half of the fourth inning to take a commanding 8-2 advantage.
UNG extended their lead by adding three more runs in the sixth inning as the Saints coasted to the easy 11-3 victory in six innings.
Southwestern's starting pitcher Allison Pastor (13-8) was credited with the loss as the junior gave up 11 runs off 11 hits in 5.2 innings of play.
Game 2: UNG 4, GSW 0
The second contest had less offensive fireworks than the first, but North Georgia used a dominant effort on the mound in order to shut out Georgia Southwestern.
UNG's starting pitcher Courtney Poole had an outstanding effort on the mound on her way to earning her league-best 19th win of the season as the freshman shut out GSW giving up only three hits while striking out 12 Lady 'Canes.
North Georgia scored a pair of runs in the second and fifth innings on their way to a 4-0 victory to earn the sweep on the day.
Ashley Cavender (9-11) was credited with the loss for Georgia Southwestern as the right-hander gave up four runs off seven hits with three strikeouts.
Georgia Southwestern returns to Lady 'Cane Field on Tuesday as GSW hosts Albany State in doubleheader action in the 2013 home finale starting at 5 p.m.


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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The Manager is going to be the death of us (if not the team)
The fact that he even has a job with the team headed into this year, and that he's decided that it is best for him and the team if he hangs out and lets all of the newcomers to the team have the opportunity to sniff his glorious carcass for the next nine months drives us insane. The notion that every time we tune into a game this year, we'll get to see The Manager propped up in the dugout like the corpse of a once-great man is enough to make us want to take a year and really get into the CFL.
We know better than to try to parse The Manager's thoughts on the best way to run the team, because madness is sure to follow. And yet, we just can't help it. We can't keep ourselves from reading the crazy-ass things that he throws out there, almost willy-nilly: Hill and Lind need to stay where they are in the lineup; Vernon's confidence will get tore down if he loses the cleanup spot; it's going to be easier to manager the rotation now that Doc's not here; Brett Cecil might be on the outside looking in. It's all such crazy-ass shit.
We could get into a whole deeper discussion as to what this means, and whether if our current frustration with The Manager makes us feel stupid for ever having revered him. But since GROF already went there splendidly and eloquently, and we prefer not to pick those scabs in our psyche just yet, we'll let it slide for now.
For the time being, we're just going to try to find the positive. We're going to put our trust in AA and Bruce Walton (who we're convinced is going to be awesome) and Brian Butterfield (who is and always was awesome). We're going to look for solace in the quiet turmoil.
Because we might not last the year if we really started to put any energy into The Manager's last stand.
22 comments:
- The Ack said...
I said it on GROF's post and I'll say it again here:
It makes no sense to me that you and I and everyone else knows more about who is actually on the roster & what they bring than he does.
Now, I'm not so fucking vain that I think I know more about the game than Clarence The Manager does....but for god sakes, how can he not recognize anyone? Does he not follow baseball - even his team - over the winter? He just shuts his shit down and says "Yeah, I'll see 'em in the spring"?
And does he weild full and unquestioned control over roster decisions? Tallet a favorite for the rotation when spilling over with young arms in a rebuilding year? Full time AB's for Bautista? Wells in the cleanup spot for the sake of his precious confidence?
I need to stop now lest I completely lose my mind (like CTM).
- February 23, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- KP said...
I'd like to offer an anecdote...
Back in grade 7 I had this enormous crush on a girl and finally got up the nerve to ask her to go out with me. (Whatever the hell that would entail in grade 7 at a rural Ontario public school with 90 kids.) I knew there was no way she'd say yes and I was savvy enough to know that I would get a whole heap of cliches to ease the crushing blow my heart was about to receive. So I came up with as long as list as I could of things she might say, such as "I like another guy", "I think we are better off as friends", "Maybe if you showered", you know, the usual stuff.
As it happened she said no and the list I made offered little solace at the time. But looking back I got a chuckle out of how many I got right.
So to cope with this season I think I'm going to make a list of Gastonyms to ease my inevitable frustration with the upcoming season.
Item 1: "We're just gonna let him work through it."
- February 23, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
You know, I almost feel bad for shitting on the decision to lead off JoBau, because I actually would love to see that dude succeed.
(His ever-changing facial hair is a source of endless amazement for yours truly.)
Still, I can;t help feeling like The Manager's approach to running this team is something like: "This is the way we did it in my day, so fuck you and fuck y'all. You're all gonna miss me when I'm gone."
I swear, I'm going to climb up to the Level of Excellence this year with a scraper and scrape off The Manager's name and number.
- February 23, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- Adam said...
I'm seriously scared if opening day rolls around and there are still talks of Bautista leading off.
- February 23, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- Ian H. said...
The sad thing is, the damage won't be over at the end of the season - he's coming back as a consultant.
That money would be better served putting Ice Cold Wayne's name on the Level of Excellence.
- February 23, 2010 at 11:51 AM
- Dustin McGowan's Sideburns said...
Meh... I dont know that The Manager coming back next year as a "consultant" with the team really means jack shit. Honestly, its like Martin Brodeur getting chosen for the Olympic team. Granted, in his prime, he was awesome, but at his age, he was a "nostalgic selection". You cant even compare him to Luongo in terms of skills at this point in their careers. Luongo should have been the starter, period.
But, back to my point. The Manager isn't going to have shit dick all to do with anything AA does. In the 90's The Manager had a good thing in Toronto, but those days are LONG gone, and AA and company are giving him the "last lap" they feel (for some unknown reason), that he deserves.
I honestly doubt that if The Manager progresses through this season giving ABs to the veterans at the expense of the young players on the team that AA is building around, something is going to have to give. If AA is the messiah of this franchise, I highly doubt he will stand idly by and watch The Manager oppose his well planned directives for this team.
Ive already seen a couple instances where The Manager has subtly stepped on AA's toes just to see AA laugh it off. (ex. the Delago debauchle at the State of the Team address). I doubt it will last long.
Anthopoulos hasn't worked this hard throughout his baseball career to be torn down by a delusional hitting coach turned manager who has no business coaching this team.
It's mind numbing to me that this organization feels they owe The Manager something, but that simple truth is, they're riding with him, at least for now... whether to our chagrin or not.
Make no mistake though, if The Manager keeps rocking the boat, he'll be thrown overboard faster then Pedro dropping Don Zimmer. (which was funny as hell by the way).
I just cant imagine AA keeping his cool long if things get confrontational and The Manager goes directly against AA's directives for the franchise.
Just my opinion.
- February 23, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- Bwilly said...
Its somewhat of a rant, sorry, i trimmed it down a bit after.
Its easy to shit on Cito, but in all honesty its starting to get a little sickening. Yeah maybe he's not the greatest, but he's what we got.
JBau leading off isn't fantastic, but who else can Cito throw there? (seriously out of JBau/Wells/Snider/EE/Agon/Hill/Overbay/Buck who do you put there?). Cito didn't put this team together, yet he gets shit on for saying JBau will lead off?
Yes we have alot of kids that could be in the rotation, yes we're rebuilding but because of that Tallet doesn't get a chance to earn a spot out of spring training? Odds are we're going to need him to make starts this year anyways. He's a fuck of a good guy, he bailed us out last year why not let him have the chance to earn a spot out of SP and start one of the kids down at AAA, is it really going to stall there development? if anything it'll make things easier to control their innings. I'm not saying Tallet should be in the rotation the whole year long, but I think the guy at least deserves a chance at starting the season in a rotation for the first time.
- February 23, 2010 at 12:29 PM
If I start following the CFL, I am cheering for the Alouettes. I've learned my lesson re: Toronto teams.
- February 23, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- SP said...
Tao, you starting a fantasy league I here?
- February 23, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- Dustin McGowan's Sideburns said...
I'm in for fantasy if you need teams
- February 23, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- Dustin McGowan's Sideburns said...
@ Bwilly
I'm with you on Tallet. I thought he pitched pretty well last year as a fill in starter when we needed him, and I have no prob with him in the rotation. He actually looks a bit like one of the kids now that he's shaved off the facial hair... wonder if he was trying to confuse The Manager into thinking he's Dirk! haha
(in case you haven't seen it)
- February 23, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- mike in boston said...
If AA is the messiah of this franchise, I highly doubt he will stand idly by and watch The Manager oppose his well planned directives for this team.
unfortunately there is no evidence to support this hypothesis. all the evidence suggests that AA was given the job on the condition that he support Cito through the end of this year.
there is no good on the field justification for keeping Cito this year as the manager. the players don;t like him, he doesn't like developing young guys, he doesn't believe in 21st century baseball analysis or strategy, he's cocky and picks fights with the top prospects, he's vindictive. no one starting out as a GM would have Cito manage unless they were told they had no choice in the matter.
people in the media need to start asking AA about things like batting order, lefty-right splits, the starting rotation etc.
- February 23, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- mike in boston said...
Wells admitted last year that his confidence was at an all-time low so this seems like the perfect time to stick him in the 6 or 7 spot until the all-star break before re-evaluating. keepin mind, though, that Cito is an idiot. If we could find a way to get him to muddle up Snider and Wells we'd be all set offensively.
- February 23, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Shit, I'd put Wells in the five hole, regardless of what his confidence level is. He's a hacker, so let him hit a little further down in the lineup and take his wild cuts.
- February 23, 2010 at 1:29 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
I'd be tempted to lead him off.
- February 23, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Wells presses when he's in a pressure situation, and thinks about himself when he's not going well. Last thing you need in the cleanup spot. I'd try him at leadoff if he'd ever shown an interest in taking the walk, but otherwise, 5-6.
Tallet is far more valuable as a long man/ spot starter. He doesn't belong in the rotation any more than Bautista deserves to lead off.
If the team goes into the shit, Beeston will kick Cito upstairs. I think he might have already if not for the clubhouse rebellion last September. Management had noo choice but to take his side in that, for appearances sake if nothing else. He is part of the World Series mythology here, which is about all they have left to sell until this team gets better.
- February 23, 2010 at 1:52 PM
Get a 9 sided die and assign each player a number. Roll it to determine batting order. Do this for 81 games and do the traditional strategy for 81 games and then compare the results.
- February 23, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
The "Wells-Can't-Hack-The-Pressure" movement stops here!
Here are Wells' career OBP/SLG/OPS in high leverage, medium leverage and low leverage situations:
High - .342/.468/.810
Medium - .326/.489/.815
Low - .327/.454/.781
Now, he did look awful last season, I'll confess. (.567 OPS in high leverage). But last year was an especially crap year.
Stop booing Vernon!
- February 23, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Wells will tear it up this year and, when he is placed on waivers, the White Sox will make a claim.
- February 23, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Didn't realize Wells was that good before last year, when he WAS awful. I guess part of it is expectations. He is 5th in the league among outfielders in RBIs over the past five seasons, I read somewhere. So maybe Cito isn't retarded ... on this point anyway.
- February 23, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- Mark said...
Didn't Cito say in the paper that Bautista hit 20 HR's one time and he thinks he can do it again?
Maybe that's why he keeps talking about Bautista leading off. He thinks he's someone else.
- February 24, 2010 at 9:11 AM
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Flash: Berkeley's Ashkenaz Robbed at Gun Point at Midnight; Two Employees Wounded;One Suspect Still At Large (BPD Press Release)
The Berkeley Police Department (BPD) is investigating the shooting of two employees during a robbery on March 16, 2013 at approximately 12:05 a.m., at the Ashkenaz Music and Dance Center, 1317 San Pablo Avenue.
Two armed suspects entered the crowded business and demanded cash from the employees. During the robbery two employees were shot and wounded.
BPD officers arrived on scene within moments and attempted to stop a subject who was fleeing from the area. The subject ran into a yard and officers quickly surrounded the block.
Due to the violent nature of the crimes committed, BPD's Barricaded Subject Hostage Negotiation Team (BSHNT) was called in to search for the suspect. As a safety precaution residents in the area were notified of the incident and asked to stay inside their homes.
Berkeley Officers, working with an Alameda County Sheriff's Office K-9 Deputy, conducted an extensive yard-to-yard search of the area looking for the suspect. During the search a suspect was located behind a building in the 1300 block of San Pablo Avenue and taken safely into custody.
BPD's Robbery and Homicide Detectives are investigating this robbery. One suspect remains at large.
The injured employees were transported to a local hospital and treated for their serious injuries.
BPD is urging anyone who may know anything about this incident to call the BPD Robbery detail at (510) 981-5742 or the 24 hour BPD non emergency number of (510) 981-5900. If a person wishes to remain anonymous, he/she can call Bay Area Crimes Stoppers (BACS) at (800)-222-TIPS (8477). Any information may be critical to solving this crime.


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lock, stock, and barrel
This phrase, meaning completely or thoroughly, is another phrase originally referring to firearms. In this case, it refers to the three major parts of a musket, the firing mechanism or lock, the stock which rests against the shoulder, and the barrel. The phrase was originally reversed, first appearing in an 1817 letter by Sir Walter Scott as stock, lock, and barrel:
Like the High-landman's gun, she wants stock, lock, and barrel, to put her into repair.
The current sequence dates to 1842 in William T. Thompson's Major Jones's Courtship:
All moved, lock, stock, and barrel.
(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)
Copyright 1997-2019, by David Wilton


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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, it is clear that the New York gallery world has suffered a colossal blow, with scores of galleries devastated, countless works of art destroyed, and heaps of historical material washed into the Hudson. It is impossible for these events not to prove the ultimately ethereal and fleeting nature of artworks. It is from this perspective that I started to rethink one of the Modern's recent acquisitions that is currently on view, Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawing #50 A, 1970.
Beginning in 1968, LeWitt created a series of works called the Drawing Series. Each piece consists of a simple set of instructions or a diagram to be followed and executed directly onto the wall (such as the instructions below for a wall drawing owned by the Tate). These works are purposefully temporal and can be produced not only by the artist himself, but also by other draftsmen, such as studio assistants. In this series, the artist places emphasis on the concept of the work rather than the physical manifestation. LeWitt wrote, "When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair."[1]
On September 10, 2012, three members of the installation staff at the Modern joined one of the draftsmen from the Estate of Sol LeWitt and began to execute Wall Drawing #50 A. The instructions are simple: "A wall divided into four parts by lines drawn from corner to corner. Each section with three different colors made of parallel lines superimposed. Color pencil." This is the first execution of the work since the Museum acquired it in 2010. The installation process for the 24' x 16' wall took five-and–a-half weeks (672 man-hours), and it is estimated that the drawing is composed of over 14,800 separate lines…to marvelous effect.
Between 1968 and his death in 2007, LeWitt created more than 1,270 wall drawings. Since his death, the works have continued to be executed, abiding closely to LeWitt's specifications, though differing slightly each time due to the draftsmen's interpretations of his instructions. In a sense, every new installation is a collaboration between a space, a draftsman, a wall, and LeWitt himself, composing posthumously. There is something wonderful and comforting about the fact that these works can't be ruined, they can be created and destroyed a million times over, but they will not be lost. They exist as ideas.
[1] Sol LeWitt, "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art," Artforum 5, no. 10 (June 1967).


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C-10 Led Brake Lights
In a day and age when almost every new vehicle on the road has taillight lenses bigger than a basketball, there doesn't seem to be a lot of drivers who are real bright. Couple this with either a cell phone stuffed in their ear or eyes glued to a dash-mounted TV screen, and the odds of getting rear-ended are real good. For classic truck owners with smaller original equipment taillights, the chances are even greater. Even in brand-new condition, the effectiveness of a stock truck taillight fixture with a typical 1034 tungsten dual-element bulb is not all that great. Add years and years of UV exposure from the sun causing the lenses to fade and haze up and the taillight beam becomes almost invisible. Sure, you can adapt much larger taillights from another vehicle, such as a '65 Ford Mustang, to the rear of your truck, but nothing adds "old man smell" to a classic truck faster than a pair of big goofy taillights. The development of light emitting diodes (LEDs) in recent years has been a great boon to increasing the visibility of truck taillights, but additional problems arose, the least being poor aesthetics, but more importantly, possible legal annoyances. In a worst case scenario, a guy gets pulled over by the police for illegal (not DOT approved) taillights, and the cop doesn't stop writing the ticket until he's gone from one end of the truck to the other looking for violations.
Of course, the bottom line is no one wants some idiot plowing into the rear of their customized classic truck, so we thought we'd share what we believe is a great solution with our valued readers. Starting from the inside out, we installed a pair of Dakota Digital's latest offering, LED taillights for '60-66 Chevrolet Fleetside pickups. Our subject vehicle was Custom Classic Trucks' newest addition to our stable of project trucks, a '66 Chevy shortbed Fleetside. After being bought brand-new in Yucaipa, California, the '66 spent all its life frying on Southern California's high desert. Amazingly, the truck still has what's left of its original paint, but although intact, the original taillights were deeply hazed, with the light buckets packed full of desert silt.
The first step of the Dakota Digital LED brake and taillight installation was to remove the stock lenses by removing the two CAD-plated Phillips head screws attaching it to the taillight fixture. For replacement parts such as the lenses, mounting screws, taillight bezels, and gaskets, we turned to the fine folks at Brothers Trucks in Corona, California. Often as not, the quality of aftermarket replacement parts can sometimes be a disappointment. To the contrary, the quality of parts we obtained from Dakota Digital and Brothers far exceeded our expectations. The Dakota Digital LED fixtures exhibited the precision of custom-made street rod components, while the Brothers' parts were flawless and faithful reproductions.


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Energy industry analysts are trying to assess the implications of a new executive order that effectively gives the government control over the nation's natural resources in the event of a national emergency.
The measure was signed by President Obama on Friday.
According to the order, "the domestic industrial and technological base is the foundation for national defense preparedness. The authorities provided in the Act shall be used to strengthen this base and to ensure it is capable of responding to the national defense needs of the United States."
Executive departments and agencies responsible for plans and programs relating to national defense should "be prepared, in the event of a potential threat to the security of the United States, to take actions necessary to ensure the availability of adequate resources and production capability, including services and critical technology for national defense requirements." Read the executive order.
The order "is either a serious power grip or another sign that inside the deep recesses of the White House, they are preparing for war," said Phil Flynn, an energy analyst at PFGBest.
In a blog Monday published by the Huffington Post, book author Edwin Black suggested that the move may have been made in anticipation of an outbreak of war between Israel, the West and Iran.
White House spokesman Jay Carney, asked Monday about some commentators' suggestions that the order implies the White House is prepping for a way with Iran, said at a press briefing:
I think it was a fairly standard and routine piece of business. The President's approach to our dealings with Iran, I think, has been made clear.
Carney summed up that policy as:
... aggressively pursuing a policy focused on tightening sanctions against Iran, increasing the pressure on Iran, and increasing the isolation of the Iranian regime, because this President believes we have the time and space to do that, to see if that diplomatic approach and sanctions approach can produce the desired result -- because, as he said from this podium, it's easy to talk about war, but you need to talk about the potential implications and consequences of war.
Oil markets, in particular, have been increasingly concerned about tensions with Iran, which had threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz, key to global shipping, in the wake of U.S. and European sanctions on the country in the ongoing dispute over Iran's nuclear development.
Black said the March 16 order is based on the Defense Production Act of 1950 and reads as a near-verbatim restatement of President Bill Clinton's 1994 Executive Order 12919 and several other orders of prior presidents.
The order "clearly had no repercussions in the commodity markets (yet)," said Christopher Ecclestone, a mining strategist at Hallgarten & Co. LLC. "I suspect it is either gum-flapping in the run-up to the election and/or a routine refreshing of an old order."
Still, the move "might be bad for the energy industry as it grants the federal government the right to assume control of energy and place it under the Secretary of Commerce's oversight if 'someone' felt there was a national threat," said Beth Sewell, managing partner at Quantum Power & Gas Services.
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The Spring 2019 Citizens Police Academy NOW FULL!
Have you ever wanted to learn more about your Arvada Police Department? You can by attending the Arvada Police Department's Citizens Police Academy (CPA).
CPA instructors include police officers and other police department employees who lecture, teach and provide hands-on participation in such areas as traffic stops, crime scene investigation, building searches, and officer survival. Other topics covered include internal affairs, media relations, preserving evidence, SWAT and dispatch. One of the most exciting aspects of the CPA is an optional ride-along with a police officer.
Class size is limited, so complete your application early. If you have any questions, please call Alicia Montero at 720-898-6660.
One academy class (spring only) is held each year.
"The Citizen's Police Academy will give you more admiration for all that the police department does for our community." - Bob R.
Apply to the Citizen's Police Academy
To ensure acceptance in the Arvada Police Citizen Police Academy, please complete the following application and registration process:
- Step 1) Application - Fill out the online application form that follows. Fields marked with a red asterisk (*) are required to submit the form.
- Step 2) Letter of Acceptance - Once your application has been processed and accepted, you will be sent a Letter of Acceptance approximately two weeks prior to the start of class. This letter will provide you with the beginning date, time and location of the first class.
- Step 3) Participant's Permit/Promise to Release - Along with the letter of acceptance, you will receive the "Participant's Permit/Promise to Release" form. You will need to thoroughly read this form, date and sign it, and bring it with you to the first night of the class.


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How to Get Out of Debt
If you're living with a large debt, putting together a budget — an itemized account of income and expenses — is only the first step to getting your financial house in order. You may need to take some bold measures to manage your debts.
Cut deals with your creditors. Ask your creditors to lower your monthly payments on a temporary or permanent basis, reduce the interest rate on your debts, or let you make interest-only payments for a limited period of time. Whenever you talk with a creditor, explain why you're calling and exactly what you're asking for. If the first person you speak with says no to your request, politely end the conversation and ask to speak with a manager or supervisor.
Before you approach any of your creditors, you've got homework to do.
Create a list of all your debts and the relevant information pertaining to each debt.
Review your budget to figure out how much you can afford to pay on your debts every month, starting with the ones that are the most important. Don't allow a creditor to pressure you into agreeing to pay more than you think you can afford.
Borrow money to pay off debt. Consolidating debt may not sound sensible, but it can be a smart debt-management strategy. To do it right, all the following should apply when you consolidate:
The interest rate on the new debt is lower than the rates on the debts you pay off.
The monthly amount of the new debt is lower than the combined monthly total for all the debts you consolidate.
The new debt has a fixed interest rate.
You commit to not using credit again until you've paid off the new debt.
Get help from a credit counseling agency. The advice and assistance of a credit counseling agency can be a godsend when you have a lot of debt and are confused about what to do.
Be sure to work with a nonprofit, tax-exempt agency that charges you little or nothing for its services. Don't mistake a debt settlement firm for a credit counseling agency. The goal of debt settlement firms is to profit off of financially stressed consumers, not help them improve their finances. They charge a lot for their services, and many of them don't deliver on their promises. Consumers who work with debt settlement firms often end up in worse financial shape than they were before.
A reputable credit counseling agency can
Help you set up a household budget.
Evaluate a budget you have already created to suggest changes that will help you get out of debt faster, avoid the loss of assets, and so on.
Negotiate lower payments with your creditors and put you into a debt management plan.
Improve your money management skills.
File for bankruptcy. When you owe too much relative to your income, your best option may be to file for bankruptcy, especially if you're concerned that one of your creditors is about to take an asset that you own and don't want to lose.


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WORCESTER, Mass. – UMBC sophomore Corinna Darelius (Rye, N.Y./Rye) won the 1-meter diving competition and freshman Emily Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina) broke the school record while earning a bronze medal in the 200-yd. IM as the Retrievers competed on the first day of the 2014 America East Swimming and Diving Championships at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Reigning champion New Hampshire leads the standings with 290 points while UMBC and Vermont are level in second-place with 183 points. Binghamton (154 pts.) and Maine (137 pts.) round out the standings after the first of three days.
Darelius captured gold in the low-board diving event after winning a silver medal a year ago at Maine. After pacing the competition in the prelim round with a score of 252.00, the sophomore put up a score of 235.30 to take the top spot on the podium. Junior Emily Fay (Haverhill, Mass./Haverhill) claimed her first career America East medal by finishing fifth in the finals.
After originally breaking the school record of 2:02.87 set by Jennifer Kotonias in the event's morning prelims with a time of 2:00.69, Escobedo dropped her time even further at night. The freshman claimed her first career conference medal by clocking in at 2:00.63. Classmate Kayla Lilly (Natick, Mass./Medfield) placed sixth in the finals race with a time of 2:06.73.
UMBC opened the first night of finals by taking third-place in the 200 freestyle relay. The team of sophomore Kristie Langford (Port Hope, Ontario/CDCI West), freshman Lauren Day (Kingwood, Texas, Kingwood), and seniors Erika Ronning (Western Spring, Ill./Lyons Township), and Talor Tadena (Orangevale, Calif./Bella Vista) combined for a time of 1:34.84.
Sophomore Stephanie Romano (Arlington, Va./Yorktown/Towson) also garnered a bronze medal in her first America East event. The mid-year transfer touched in at 5:00.60 to finish third in the 500 free while Langford touched eighth.
In the 50 free sprint, senior Ronning finished sixth with a season-best time of 23.86.
To round out the night, the 400 medley relay team of senior Klara Pavelkova (Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnasium Pripotocni), Escobedo, Tadena, and Ronning set a new school record and won a silver medal. The Retriever quartet finished with a time of 3:43.37 to push past the previous UMBC mark of 3:44.25 set in 2011.
The Retrievers hit the pool for day two of the America East Championships on Saturday morning beginning at 10:00 a.m. with the trials for the 400-yd. IM.


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Bowling fans have picked country star Taylor Swift as their 2010 choice for celebrity induction to the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame.
Swift barely beat pop star Justin Bieber to secure her lane in bowling history. The pair were among nine celebrities the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America nominated for their public support of the sport.
Swift has been spotted and photographed bowling with friends.
The association, in making the announcement Wednesday, said this is the first year they've opened up the celebrity induction process to fans. Nearly 1.3 million votes were cast online.
Here are the results:
1. Taylor Swift - 613,324 votes
2. Justin Bieber - 608,015 votes
3. Bill Murray - 21,451 votes
4. Jeff Bridges - 14,754 votes
5. Pauley Perrette - 9,472 votes
6. Kim Kardashian - 3,628 votes
7. Dwight Howard - 779 votes
8. Chris Paul - 663 votes
9. Jimmy Fallon - 623 votes
We just want to say we are bummed that NBC's Jimmy Fallon ended up at the bottom of the list. We think he would have made an excellent inductee and has a perfect platform on late night to let the world know about his place in the hall.
The BPAA even pointed out these reasons for his nomination:
Jimmy Fallon – The former Saturday Night Live star turned late night talk show host regularly conducts zany segments with celebrity guests including Grapefruit Bowling with Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore's bowling ball lick and a perennial show favorite – Human Bowling.
See? Doesn't he sound like a much more fun choice America?
We've been singing his catchy tune "Get Two Beers and Jump" from last night's show, and could just see Jimmy altering to something like "Get Two Beers and Bowl (or Roll)."
If you missed Fallon's song inspired by Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater, here it is:
The museum, which moved from St. Louis last year, is based in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Arlington. Swift's photo and plaque will be displayed at the site later this summer.
Congrats Taylor.


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Pam Heller Black '87
A two-time, first Team All-america selection, Pam set MWC career scoring records in both field hockey and lacrosse, Her career total of 257 points in lacrosse continues as the school record ten years after graduation and is among the highest in national history. Pam was also the first MWC field hockey player to score 100 career points.
Inducted October 24, 1997


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Is there a single scenario (other than compatibility with ancient JVMs) where using
synchronized is preferable to using a
Lock? Can anyone justify using
wait or
notify over the newer systems?
Is there any algorithm that must use one of them in its implementation?
I see a previous questions that touched on this matter but I would like to take this a little further and actually
deprecate them. There are far too many traps and pitfalls and caveats with them that have been ironed out with the new facilities. I just feel it may soon be time to mark them obsolete.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- - The Army is trying to thin out the ranks of civilian helicopter instructor pilots at its main flight training base in Alabama with a 250-pound weight limit.
New military rules set to take effect Monday at Fort Rucker set the weight limit for instructors for a major contractor.
Court documents filed by the Army say the rule is needed partly because heavier pilots increase costs since more fuel is required to keep them aloft.
The Professional Helicopter Pilots Association Local 102, a union that represents civilian pilots at Fort Rucker, filed a federal lawsuit trying to block the new weight restriction, but a judge refused Friday to intervene, said union attorney Robert Weaver.
Aside from the union, the suit was filed by six flight instructors whose weight ranges from 252 to 272 pounds, including their flight suits and boots. None of the men would be eligible to continue working if the rule takes effect, the complaint said.
The civilian trainers work for URS Federal Support Services Inc., an Army contractor that was not named in the complaint.
Jim Bloxsom, whose weight is listed at 256 pounds in the complaint, is among the instructors who are suing. He said heftier pilots do increase fuel costs, as the Army claims, so bigger teachers are generally paired with lighter students.
Bloxsom said the new rule isn't fair because it doesn't cover instructors who work for Fort Rucker contractors other than URS or military pilots, who sometimes weigh more than 250 pounds.
Plus, Bloxsom said, he only teaches students in a ground-based simulator that doesn't require aircraft fuel.
"It shouldn't affect me in the simulator ... and it should apply to everyone across the board," he said.
Pilots who weigh 250 pounds aren't necessarily fat since many work out, Bloxsom said, but some are overweight.
The Army trains scores of helicopter pilots annually at Fort Rucker, located in the state's southeastern corner. Much of the work is performed by employees of URS, which the lawsuit said employs about 400 people as instructor pilots, teachers or support personnel.
The military told the company in September it wanted to impose the weight restriction, and URS began a weight monitoring and control program on Oct. 1, according to the complaint. The military at the time agreed to delay the limit until April 1 but still has not explained the new rule, the union claims.
The Army, in asking a judge to let the rule take effect as scheduled, said trucks are sometimes required to remove fuel from training aircraft to lighten them because of the weight of the teachers.
"Other commercial helicopter organizations maintain weight limitations of less than 250 pounds," the military argued in court documents.
Employees who weigh more than 250 pounds will be placed on paid leave for as long as they have days off to take, the suit said, but they will lose seniority after two years and won't be allowed back to work until their weight falls below 250 pounds.
The lawsuit was first reported by The Dothan Eagle.


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To answer the question in the title of this paper, we believe, for reasons outlined below, that the current decline in world net oil exports is probably the start of a long term trend, as a result of declining production and/or increasing consumption in key exporting countries.
EIA data show a small decline in world net oil exports from 2005 to 2006, led by a 3.3% per year decline rate in net exports from the top three net oil exporters--Saudi Arabia, Russia and Norway. Furthermore, recent data suggest that the net export decline is continuing, and probably accelerating.
The Export Land Model and Two Case Histories
In previous articles posted on The Oil Drum we outlined a simplistic export model for a hypothetical country with Ultimate Recoverable Reserves (URR) of about 38 billion barrels (Gb), labeled the Export Land Model (ELM). The model showed the effect on net exports of a country that hit peak production and started declining at 5% per year. The exporting country consumes 50% of its production, and that consumption is increasing by 2.5% per year. The 5% decline rate is loosely based on the post-peak Texas decline rate of about 4% per year. The ELM is shown graphically below, Figure One.
Figure 1
While this is a simplistic model, it has some important lessons for us.
First, assuming ultimate recoverable reserves of 38 Gb, and assuming that Export Land peaked when it was about 55% depleted, Export Land would have about 17 Gb of remaining recoverable reserves, after peaking. The model shows that only about 1.7 Gb, or 10%, of remaining post-peak recoverable reserves would be exported.
Second, the overall exponential net export decline rate, about 29% per year over the eight year net export decline period, is much more rapid than the production decline rate of 5% per year, because net exports in a given year are the net difference between two exponential functions: exponentially declining production and (generally) exponentially increasing consumption.
Third, the net export decline rate in a given year accelerates with time, from an initial year over year change in net exports of -12.5% to a final year over year change in net exports of -47.6% (last year of net exports).
So, how does the simplistic ELM compare to real world case histories? Actually, two recent case histories, Indonesia and the UK, showed sharper net export declines than the ELM. Figure Two, shows the year-over-year changes in net exports, from the start of the most recent production declines to the (apparent) final year of net exports (EIA, Total Liquids).
Figure 2
Note the differences between the overall production decline rates and net export decline rates for the three regions:
|Production Decline
|Net Exports Decline Rate
|- 5%/year
|- 28.8%/year
|- 3.9%/year
|- 28.9%/year
|- 7.8%/year
It's also interesting that the UK and Indonesian net export declines were so similar, given the radical differences between the two regions. The UK is characterized by high per capita income, high energy taxes and a minimal increase in consumption (+0.2%/year over the net export decline period). In contrast, Indonesia is characterized by low per capita income, energy consumption subsidies and a fairly rapid increase in consumption (+4.1%/year over the net export decline period).
Note that once production in a given exporting country starts declining, the net export decline rate is a function of: (1) consumption as a percentage of production at peak production; (2) The production decline rate and (3) The rate of change in domestic consumption.
The UK and Indonesia net export declines were similar to the ELM because of their relatively high consumption as a percentage of production at the most recent peak, in the 50% to 60% range. However, regions with lower percentages of consumption, relative to production, will almost certainly also show accelerating net export decline rates, once production starts declining.
The Top Five Net Oil Exporters
The current top five net oil exporters--Saudi Arabia, Russia, Norway, Iran and the UAE--account for about half of world net oil exports. From 2000 to 2005, they showed a combined 3.7% per year increase in consumption.
From 2005 to 2006, their combined consumption showed an accelerating rate of increase, to +5.3% per year. From 2005 to 2006, the top five showed a net export decline rate of -3.3% per year. Based on year to date data, it is a near certainty that this net export decline rate will accelerate from 2006 to 2007.
We are presently working on generating a range of projected future production curves for the top five, using the logistic method, and consumption curves, using a Monte Carlo analysis based on observed growth rates. This will result in a range of nine points at which production = consumption for each country, in terms of time and production rate, with eight points centered on the middle cases for both production and consumption. We will then plot predicted total net exports for the top five, showing the worst case, middle case and best case in terms of the time at which production = consumption. We also plan to show, for the sake of argument, a plot showing indefinite flat production, versus increasing consumption.
In aggregate, the net export decline rates will not be as severe as the UK and Indonesian case histories discussed above; however, the models will show that the net export decline rate accelerates with time. While some smaller exporters are increasing their production and their net exports, once the large net exporters start showing an accelerating rate of decline net exports, it is very doubtful that smaller exporters can offset the decline from the larger exporters.
While overall world oil production is important, oil importers are focused on two things: their domestic production and world net oil export capacity. In our opinion, we should base our plans on the very real possibility of a rapid decline in world net oil exports.
Jeffrey J. Brown is a Dallas-based independent petroleum geologist.