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FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures pushed into positive territory Friday, with gains fueled by a larger-than-expected rise in October nonfarm payrolls as investors weighed the final piece of major economic data to emerge ahead of next week's presidential election.
After hovering near unchanged earlier Friday, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average US:DJZ2 climbed 39 points, or 0.3%, to 13,204.
S&P 500 Index futures SPZ22, -49.48% rose 6.2 points to 1,429.40, while Nasdaq-100 futures US:NDZ2 added 5.5 points to 2,690.25.
The Labor Department said the economy added 171,000 jobs in October, but the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% from 7.8% after falling sharply from above 8% in September..
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had forecast nonfarm payrolls to rise by 120,000 in October, with the jobless rate seen at 7.9%.
Payrolls for August and September were revised higher.
Strategists said the pace of job creation remains lackluster, but the improving trend reinforces expectations the economic recovery remains intact.
"Over the past week we have seen GDP, the ISM report, construction activity, confidence and the employment report point to a strengthening U.S. economy. With the unemployment rate trending downwards and the economy adding jobs this is boosting incomes and the feeling of job security," said James Knightley, an economist at ING Bank in London.
In addition to gauging the strength of the U.S. economy and handicapping the next move by the Federal Reserve, traders will also likely weigh the data in terms of its impact on the close-fought election battle between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. See: U.S. jobless rate is a presidential concern.
"The data is clearly risk positive, although some may argue that it hurts Romney's chances which neutralizes some of the risk impact," said Alan Ruskin, currency strategist at Deutsche Bank in New York, in a note.
Earnings season remains in full swing. Dow component Chevron Corp. CVX, +0.53% CVX, +0.53% said Friday that third-quarter profit fell to $5.25 billion, or $2.69 a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of $2.83 a share. Shares of Chevron fell 1% in premarket trade.
Shares of LinkedIn Corp. US:LNKD rose 8.1% in premarket trade. The business-networking site late Thursday reported third-quarter results that easily topped Wall Street estimates, boosted by a revenue jump and a growing user base. See: LinkedIn sales jump as user base grows.
Shares of Starbucks Corp. SBUX, -1.63% jumped 8.9% in preopen action. The coffee retailer late Thursday said it was raising its quarterly dividend by 24% to 21 cents a share and nudged higher its 2013 earnings guidance.
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European shares also turned higher after the U.S. jobs data. See: Europe Markets.
Nymex crude-oil futures CLZ22, +0.35% fell 22 cents to trade at $86.87 a barrel in electronic trade. Gold futures GCZ22, +0.58% fell $17.60 to $1,697.90 an ounce. Read: Gold futures slip, but find support above $1,700.
The dollar index DXY, +0.26% rose 0.3% to 80.323. The euro EURUSD, -0.4357% fell 0.5% to $1.2877, while the dollar USDJPY, -0.17% gained 0.5% to ¥80.56. See: Dollar gains in 'restless' pre-payrolls trade.


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Harry Potter and his magic wand have taken a back seat to Katniss Everdeen and her bow and arrow as Amazon announced last week that "The Hunger Games" trilogy has now outsold all seven of J.K. Rowling's series about the boy wizard.
How can books whose premise that a central government, in retaliation for an uprising 75 years ago, randomly picks boys and girls aged 12-18 once a year and forces them into a battle to the death surpass in sales one of the biggest cultural icons of the past decade? (Admittedly, the final Harry Potter movies stunk it up worse than the final Star Wars films.)
When the Harry Potter series made its debut in 1997, a decade before The Games, there was outrage and book bannings across the nation because of its content. Critics said the first book, Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone, contained Satanic subtexts because of the wizardy while supporters likened the books to fairy tales like Cinderella. As the series progressed and the tone turned darker, more debate ensued about whether children should be allowed to read them.
As of last year, J.K. Rowling's magical creation had sold 450 million copies. Not too bad considering the opposition to it or maybe because of it. Adults never seem to learn that when you tell kids something is bad for them, it only increases their enthusiasm for it.
Enter The Hunger Games series, which includes the original book plus Catching Fire and Mockingjay.
In The Hunger Games, the kids aren't just forced to compete against each other in schoolyard games like Quidditch as in the Potter series, they are made to knife or bludgeon each other to death in their post-apolcalyptic nation Panem, where the countries of North America once existed.
And what do these kids' parents, aunts, uncles, and neighbors do? Sit back and enjoy the show. The whole event is televised for all to watch. Sure it's bad for the 24 kids chosen each year for The Games but hey it's all good entertainment, right?
Maybe, like Harry Potter, the books have more to say about us than we realize. Are we really the type of society to sit back and watch while our government does the unthinkable right in front of our eyes, even forcing active participation? Do we enjoy seeing the devastation wrought when people don't stand up when our neighbors' rights are thrown over?
In The Hunger Games, the "show's producers" insert obstacles into the game to make it more entertaining for the "at-home" audience. The horrors unleashed on the players during the Games - the wolf-like creatures called Wolf Muttations, and Tracker Jackers, genetically-altered wasps trained to attack anyone who disturbs their nest - just made for better story.
Perhaps The Hunger Games aren't all that different from the reality show Survivor (except the death part, of course) or Keeping Up with the Kardashians. As long as it's entertainment we're all good.
But, it still strikes us as telling that a decade ago libraries were banning a mostly-innocent tale of magic wands and haunted castles and to date no one has uttered a peep about a popular book series with a plot so dark that if a student turned in a plot-synopsis for an essay, they would be shuttled off to the school shrink.
The question is: have adults finally given up worrying about what kids read or have we all turned a little darker?
We'll ponder that one while we take a break from reading Fifty Shades of Grey, which is also bounding up the all-time best-seller list.


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POSCO: The Next Big SteelBy Mel Duvall | Posted 2002-06-17 Print
South Korea's POSCO has become the world's most-efficient steel producer, exploiting its geography and inventory management to pull ahead of U.S. competitors.
At the turn of the 20th century, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie made an observation that would portend the difficulties U.S. Steel would face at the turn of the 21st.
"Pittsburgh," Carnegie told a gathering of steelmakers in Cleveland in 1895, "is no longer the best point to manufacture iron and steel in the United States. The reason is easily given and will be obvious to the dullest comprehension."
At the time, Carnegie was arguing the best place to locate a steel plant was on Lake Erie or Lake Michigan. That would lower costs of shipping ore from Minnesota. Pittsburgh was closer to the coal deposits of West Virginia, but as Carnegie pointed out, it takes two tons of ore and only one ton of coke to make a ton of steel.
That simple equation remains a deciding factor in the global steel industry today.
"By far, the biggest cost factor in making steel, is the cost of getting ore into your blast furnace," says Patrick Cleary, a steel industry analyst with London-based research firm CRU Group. "Technology certainly plays a role, but most companies know what to do with the ore once they have it."
In fact, the largest steelmaking companies in the world today have built facilities directly on the ocean, with access to deep harbor berths. From there, raw materials can be moved in by huge container ships from the richest and most economical sources in the world, such as Australia, Venezuela, Brazil and Africa.
Access to cheap labor and energy resources are certainly factors in the cost of producing steel, but the biggest single factor is the cost of obtaining and transporting raw materials.
Look at Arcelor, recently formed from the merger of three European steel makers, Arbed, Arceralia, and Usinor. The Luxembourg-based steel giant estimates that purchasing and shipping raw materials makes up about half the cost of producing a typical $210 ton of steel, so it puts as many plants as it can on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.
Energy sources, such as electricity and natural gas, make up 6% of the cost, labor 6%, and other costs such as maintenance, information technology and administration make up the remaining 38%.
The company commonly regarded as the most efficient steel producer in the world today, POSCO of South Korea, has exploited the advantage of geographic positioning to the fullest. Prior to 1966, the Republic of Korea barely had any steel-making capabilities at all. Its output was a mere 185,000 tons, produced from a collection of small, obsolete furnaces. Looking for a way to vault the largely agrarian country out of its Third-World status, the government of the day decided to build a world-class steelmaking facility, with $296 million in government funds and Japanese investment. Under the guidance of General Tae-Joon Park, a retired Korean army general who was already running a profitable tungsten mining company, a site for the project was selected at Pohang on Korea's Pacific coast line.
The advantage of the site wasn't its location near iron ore or coal deposits—Korea had none of any consequence—but the fact that its shore was next to deep water meant the largest container ships in the world could load and unload materials directly to and from the plant.
POSCO completed a second major integrated facility at Kwangyang Bay in 1987, and added a mini-mill, which uses a much more efficient electric arc furnace, in 1994. Last year POSCO, which went into private hands in October 2000, became the largest steelmaker in the world, producing 27 million tons of steel products at about $180 per ton; that's enough to manufacture about 100,000 compact cars a day.
POSCO, however, will not hold that title in 2002, as the combined operations of Arcelor will produce about 45 million tons. POSCO, though, is also one of the most profitable steelmakers, earning $634 million in 2001, a year in which few steel companies made money. The prior year, POSCO had a record profit of $1.6 billion.
At an estimated production cost of about $175-$180 for a ton of hot rolled coil, POSCO has a clear advantage over U.S. Steel, at about $240 per ton. U.S. Steel must absorb $30 to $40 a ton in healthcare benefits for long-time employees. POSCO also beats Arcelor, whose production costs are estimated by CRU Group, a London research firm, at $210 per ton, Corus (Britain) at $250, Nippon Steel (Japan) $240, and even innovative U.S. mini-mill operator Nucor, at $210 per ton.
"Their harbor facilities give them a tremendous advantage, but that isn't the only one," adds Frank Koelble, associate director of the Industrial Economic Research Institute at Fordham University. Koelble has followed the industry for more than 40 years, and helped research a book with the Rev. William Hogan, former director of the Fordham institute, called The POSCO Strategy: A Blueprint For World Steel's Future (Rowman and Littlefield, 2001).
"They were able to start fresh, so they could tightly interconnect every process, from the delivery of coke and ore, to the blast furnace, and on through casting and rolling. They've been able to wring out every inefficiency, because one piece of the puzzle is so closely connected to the next."
POSCO is also regarded as a front-runner in computer technology. In 1999, it launched what it called its Process Innovation initiative, which aimed to move all aspects of the company's interactions with customers onto the Internet, from sourcing raw materials to ordering steel.
Various aspects of the initiative, including the ability to book and monitor shipments on POSCO's fleet of 44 ships through a Web browser, have already been completed. The entire project, which is being built on top of Oracle's enterprise planning software and i2 Technologies' supply chain platform, won't be finished until 2004.
To date, POSCO has invested $159 million on the initiative, and Chairman Sang-Boo Yoo says it has generated $247 million in savings.
Understanding customer demand better also has allowed POSCO to reduce inventory from the one million tons on hand at the end of June 2001, to 510,000 tons as of April 17, 2002. POSCO has not escaped the toll on steel prices, however, with sales in the first quarter of 2002 slipping 3.3% to $2.08 billion (that's 2.66 trillion Korean won).
The Process Innovation initiative is self-admittedly a pet project of Sang-Boo Yoo, who told investors earlier this year that the initiatives would "improve the company's competitiveness so that it can endure all types of change."
Even so, few analysts give POSCO an edge over U.S. Steel, in technology. Frank Voelker, chief executive of Alstom Power Conversion, has done work upgrading systems inside POSCO, U.S. Steel, and most of the European mills. He rates U.S. Steel as high as POSCO and perhaps higher than most of its competitors.
"They're producing the product, as far as production levels and quality, that's as good as or better than their more modern counterparts," he says. Koelble, who has extensively toured both companies' facilities, agrees: "The Gary and Mon Valley (U.S. Steel) plants are second to none. But one thing that is clear about this industry, is that technology isn't always a savior."
U.S. Steel Chairman Thomas Usher, for instance, says there is little the company can do about the lack of a seaside plant. The capital investment that would be required can't be justified at today's steel prices. Even if it could, he's not so sure he would abandon the company's existing mills.
"I'd love to have a seaport, paid for by the government, just like POSCO," says Usher, sitting back in his spacious office overlooking the Pittsburgh skyline and the rolling Allegheny River valley. "But I'd rather be right where I am today—on the doorstep of my customers in Chicago and Detroit."
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The two Koreas agreed to send three delegates each to the village of Panmunjom, a traditional point of contact on their border, for talks on Sunday aimed at paving the way for higher-level negotiations, Seoul's Unification Ministry said.
Pyongyang conveyed its decision to the South through a hotline between the two sides that was reopened on Friday, the ministry said. The hotline was severed in March as military tensions soared on the divided peninsula.
The two nations unexpectedly reached a snap agreement on Thursday on opening a dialogue, with South Korea responding to a North initiative by offering a ministerial-level meeting in Seoul on June 12.
A spokesman for Pyongyang's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea then suggested initial lower-level talks Sunday in the Kaesong joint industrial zone.
The South's Unification Ministry – using the newly reopened hotline – agreed but said Panmunjom would be a more appropriate venue.
The proposed agenda for the North-South talks involves the reopening of Kaesong, the resumption of tours to the North's Mount Kumgang resort and renewed cross-border family reunions.
The Kaesong complex, established in 2004 as a symbol of inter-Korean cooperation, was the most high-profile casualty of the recent tensions.
Operations ground to a halt after the North pulled all its 53,000 workers out in early April. The South withdrew its managers and officials soon afterwards.
As the two Koreas explored ways to resume dialogue, both sides stopped short of saying whether the thorniest issue – the North's nuclear programme – would be on the ministerial talks' agenda.
But the South is widely expected to touch on the issue when the ministerial talks occur.
The North's decision to hold talks in Panmunjom came just after a US-China summit began in California, at which the North's nuclear programme will be high on the agenda.
Analysts said North Korea's surprise shift signalled a desire to initiate a wider dialogue in the future involving the United States.
"The North wants to create an atmosphere conducive to resuming dialogue with the United States" Professor Yoo Ho-Yeol of Korea University said.
Professor Yang Moo-Jin of the University of North Korean Studies said the North was seeking to prevent the United States, China and South Korea from agreeing to put concerted pressure on Pyongyang through ongoing and planned summits.
President Park Geun-Hye plans to visit Beijing for a summit late this month.
Pyongyang has repeatedly insisted that its nuclear deterrent is not up for negotiation.
The last working-level talks between North and South Korea were held in February 2011, and there have been no inter-Korean talks at the ministerial level since 2007.
The North's nuclear test in February resulted in tightened UN sanctions and triggered the cycle of escalating tensions that saw Pyongyang threaten pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the United States and South Korea.
China, the North's sole major ally and economic benefactor, has been under pressure from the United States to restrain its neighbour, and both Washington and Beijing welcomed the tentative talks agreement.
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"Octomom" Nadya Suleman is going to strip. As if rolling around in SpaghettiOs for a porno wasn't bad enough, Octomom continues to work hard for the money. Nadya Suleman has reportedly booked a gig to strip at T's Lounge, located in West Palm Beach, Fla. It's a multi-night stand where the mother of 14 will do two shows a night from July 11 through July 15. Two per night, huh? She's quite the multi-tasker, from her birth litters to her jobs.
TMZ reports that the good news –unless you have a fetish for MILFs- is that Octomom will only go topless. She will not shed her bottoms nor will she do any lap dances. So she's just going to show off her fun bags and shake her covered butt. There's really no other reason to see the gateway to her birth canal than for novelty or laughs, is there? Is she still wroth a couple of crinkled singles?
Many porn stars feature dance to supplement their income and promote their blow up dolls and life-like rubber vaginas, but is supposedly using the stripper gig to help promote her porn flick. Looks like Octomom's stint as a porn star has inspired her to go a step further.
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PITTSBURGH: Where most saw misery and chaos, Clint Hurdle saw something else entirely.
The day Hurdle took over as the Pittsburgh Pirates manager in December 2010, he spoke about electrifying the city. He preached optimism then went out and practiced it every day while talking about a vision that went far beyond returning a moribund franchise to respectability.
It�s why Hurdle isn�t satisfied after leading Pittsburgh to a 94-68 record and its first playoff berth in 21 years. It�s why he doesn�t view tonight�s wild-card game against Cincinnati as the culmination of three years of patience, progress and pragmatism.
Press Hurdle on how detailed he allowed his vision to get and he leans forward for emphasis.
�To win a sixth World Series,� he said.
First thing�s first.
The team that spent all summer defying expectations now must find a way to do it again when it hosts the first playoff game in Pittsburgh in 7,660 days. Coming off a weekend sweep in Cincinnati that gave the Pirates home-field advantage for the one-and-done wild card, Pittsburgh has to press reset while trying not to get caught up in the kind of hype not seen in the city since Barry Bonds bolted for San Francisco 21 years ago.
�What happened over the weekend,� Hurdle said, �doesn�t matter.�
Neither does the six months that came before it, though Hurdle believes his team has all the hallmarks required to make sure this postseason appearance will extend beyond a cameo.
�I like the grit factor,� he said, �and the lessons we�ve learned.�
Lessons hard won on a roster that is baseball�s version of Ellis Island, a mixture of veterans looking to revive their careers and an exciting young core that includes MVP candidate Andrew McCutchen and ace-in-training Gerrit Cole.
Perhaps it�s fitting that left-hander Francisco Liriano (16-8, 3.02 ERA) will start the team�s most important game in a generation. Allowed to walk in free agency after an underwhelming stint with the Chicago White Sox in 2012, the Pirates signed Liriano to a two-year deal last winter that turned out to be one of the best bargains in baseball.
Fueled by a slightly overhauled delivery and a devastating slider, Liriano rediscovered the form that made him an All-Star in 2006. Even more, he�s found a home in a clubhouse that wasn�t always the most welcoming in the majors.
�In the beginning, when people came here, it was more of a rehabilitation center,� McCutchen said. �I mean it�s true. Guys came here toward the end of their career, saying this is going to boost them up, maybe they can have a big year so they can go somewhere else.�
Not so much anymore.
The arrival of pitcher A.J. Burnett in 2012 and catcher Russell Martin last winter signaled a sea change. Both players have World Series rings. Both still had something to prove. Both wanted to be part of something significant.
They weren�t alone. Former AL MVP Justin Morneau agreed to leave the Minnesota Twins after a decade to spend the final month of the season in Pittsburgh. Journeyman outfielder Marlon Byrd raced from New York to PNC Park for a chance to reach the postseason for the first time in his 12-year career.
Their paths, much like Liriano�s, shadows the franchise�s fall and subsequent rise. Once considered one of the game�s future stars, Liriano spent five years searching for a new identity after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2007. He�s found one in a ballpark where he is 8-1 with a 1.47 ERA this season.
�He�s a Pirate,� Hurdle said. �There�s a lot of Pirate in every guy in there. They�ve got a flawed manager though.�
Maybe, but one that has proven to be a perfect fit in Pittsburgh. Regardless of what happens today, Hurdle believes his team has turned a corner.
The Reds � equipped with postseason experience, as they�ve made the NL playoffs three times since 2010 � will try to make sure the Pirates have to wait another year before taking the next step. Cincinnati spent much of the season as the third team in a three-way race with St. Louis and Pittsburgh for the NL Central title.
Despite looking lifeless at times down the stretch, the Reds received a jolt by the return of right-hander Johnny Cueto. The 27-year-old missed most of the season with back problems but has been solid since his return on Sept. 16. The Reds are also likely to have in their lineup Brandon Phillips, their star second baseman who left Saturday�s game with a leg injury.
Cueto � with less on the line of course � has been clutch vs. the Pirates. He is 13-4 with a 2.37 ERA in 21 career starts against Pittsburgh, numbers that are even better at PNC Park, where he is 8-2 with a 1.90 ERA.
�I don�t know how to explain it,� Cueto said. �I just do my job.�
If he can find a way to do it one more time, the Reds will play in St. Louis on Thursday. If not, baseball�s unlikeliest success story will continue, just the way Hurdle envisioned.
�I think we�re a perfect snapshot of our city,� Hurdle said. �We�re not perfect. We get down, we�re going to get up. We get knocked down again, we�re going to get up again.
�We�ll continue to fight for what we believe in.�
AP Sports Writer Joe Kay in Cincinnati contributed to this report.


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Of course there will be some stitchy stuff following me to New Zealand. Taking 3 LHN ornaments to stitch and a kit I have around since ages. Name just slipped.Plus some wool.
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"Assault Weapons" | "Large" Magazines
August 8, 2016
"Assault Weapons" and "Large" Magazines
- The congressionally-mandated study of the federal "assault weapon ban" of 1994-2004 found that the ban had no impact on crime, in part because "the banned guns were never used in more than a modest fraction of gun murders." (Urban Institute[1]) Rifles of any type are used in only two percent of murders. (FBI[2])
- "Murder rates were 19.3% higher when the Federal [assault weapon] ban was in effect."[3]
- Americans own over fifteen million AR-15s and buy hundreds of thousands of new ones every year. (National Shooting Sports Foundation)
- AR-15s are the most commonly used rifles in marksmanship competitions, training, and home defense.
- Total violent crime has fallen to a 44-year low and murder to an all-time low, while ownership of the firearms and magazines that gun control supporters want banned has risen to all-time highs. (FBI,[5] ATF[6])
- AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles are not the fully-automatic, military-grade firearms they are often claimed to be by gun control supporters and the media.
- Ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds are standard equipment for many handguns and rifles that Americans keep for self-defense.
- The terrorist attacks in France and Belgium show that gun bans—including those on semi-automatic firearms and standard-capacity magazines—don't prevent crime. In both countries, the ownership of firearms, including semi-automatics, is severely restricted.
- Gun control supporters are wrong to claim that "assault weapons" are used in most mass shootings. While the media focus on this false narrative, mass shootings have been committed with firearms of all types, and without firearms of any type.
Second Amendment – Firearms that gun control supporters call "assault weapons" and ammunition magazines that they call "large" are among the arms protected by the Second Amendment. Because they're among the arms that are most useful for the entire range of defensive purposes, they're "in common use" for defensive purposes, a standard articulated by the Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).[7] This is true, regardless of which of gun control supporters' ever-expanding definitions of "assault weapons" one uses.[8]
More "assault weapons" and "large" magazines, less crime – From 1991, when violent crime hit an all-time high, to 2014, the nation's total violent crime rate decreased 52 percent, to a 44-year low, including a 54 percent decrease in the murder rate, to an all-time low.[9] Meanwhile, Americans bought 160 million new firearms,[10] including millions of so-called "assault weapons," including more than fifteen million AR-15s, and so many tens of millions of "large" handgun and rifle magazines that it seems pointless to attempt a count.[11]
Different guns, same old tune – In the 1970s, gun control supporters predicted that crime would rise unless Congress banned all handguns.[12] In the 1980s, they said the same thing about compact, small-caliber handguns.[13] For a quarter-century, they've said the same thing about "assault weapons" and "large" magazines[14] and Right-to-Carry laws under which people carry semi-automatic handguns and "large" magazines for self-defense.[15]Every one of these predictions has been proven false.[16] Nevertheless, they have expanded their definition of "assault weapon" to include virtually all semi-automatic shotguns and detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles, comparable handguns, and various fixed-magazine rifles, and continue to press for a ban on magazines.[17]
Study for Congress and follow-up studies – The congressionally-mandated study of the federal "assault weapon" and "large" magazine "ban" concluded that "the banned guns were never used in more than a modest fraction of all gun murders" before the ban, and the ban's 10-round limit on new magazines wasn't a factor in multiple-victim or multiple-wound crimes.[18] A follow-up study concluded that "AWs [assault weapons] and LCMs [large capacity magazines] were used in only a minority of gun crimes prior to the 1994 federal ban," "relatively few attacks involve more than 10 shots fired," and "the ban's effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement."[19] Another follow-up study found "gunshot injury incidents involving pistols [many of which use magazines that hold more than 10 rounds] were less likely to produce a death than those involving revolvers [which typically hold five or six rounds]" and "the average number of wounds for pistol victims was actually lower than that for revolver victims."[20]
History of semi-automatic firearms – Semi-automatic firearms were introduced in the 19th century. The first semi-automatic rifle was introduced in 1885, the first semi-automatic pistol in 1892, and the first semi-automatic shotgun in 1902.[21] Semi-automatics account for 20-25 percent of the approximately 350 million privately-owned firearms in the United States today and the percentage is rising, because semi-automatics account for over half of the 10-15 million new firearms bought annually.[22] Semi-automatics fire only one shot when the trigger is pulled—like revolvers, bolt-actions, lever-actions, pump-actions, double-barrels and all other types of firearms except fully-automatics (machine guns).[23] Thus, semi-automatics cannot "spray fire" and they're not designed to be fired "from the hip."[24] They aren't "high-powered,"[25] there are no devices that convert them into machine guns legally,[26] they aren't equipped with "grenade launchers" and "rocket launchers,"[27] and they certainly aren't "weapons of mass destruction."[28]
Origin of the issue – The most popular semi-automatic firearm that gun control supporters call an "assault weapon," the AR-15, was introduced in 1963, but gun control supporters didn't decide to call it and other semi-automatic firearms "assault weapons" until 1984.[29] Gun control activists began campaigning against "assault weapons" only after they realized that their previous campaign to get handguns banned had failed.[30] In 1988, an anti-handgun activist group recommended to other such groups:
[A]ssault weapons . . . will . . . strengthen the handgun restriction lobby . . . . [H]andgun restriction consistently remains a non-issue with the vast majority of legislators, the press, and public. . . . Assault weapons . . . are a new topic. The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. . . . Efforts to restrict assault weapons are more likely to succeed than those to restrict handguns.[31]
ATF 1989 importation ban – The anti-handgun group also recommended that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) adopt guidelines to prohibit the importation of "assault weapons."[32] The following year, ATF banned the importation of 43 models of semi-automatic rifles that it had previously approved for importation.[33]
Because federal law requires ATF to approve the importation of any firearm that is "particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes,"[34] the agency took the curious position that "target shooting" meant only "organized marksmanship competition." Furthermore, ATF ignored the portion of the law requiring approval of the importation of firearms that are "readily adaptable to sporting purposes."
In 1998, ATF expanded its ban to include any semi-automatic rifle capable of using a detachable magazine that could hold more than 10 rounds.[35] Gun control supporters periodically insist that the importation restrictions be tightened.[36]
California's and New Jersey's bans – California banned "assault weapons" in 1989, and New Jersey banned "assault firearms" in 1990. New Jersey's ban included the Marlin Model 60 .22 caliber squirrel rifle, which an anti-gun New Jersey politician called a "people-killing machine." Both states allowed owners to register and keep banned guns already owned, but only about 10 percent of owners complied with the registration requirements.[37] Several other states subsequently banned "assault weapons," "assault pistols," and/or "large" magazines.[38]
Clinton "assault weapon ban" – President Bill Clinton campaigned for a federal "assault weapon" and "large" magazine "ban" proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.,), saying people "can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans."[39] Crime reports and felon surveys showed that "assault weapons" were used in only 1-2 percent of violent crimes, and in the 10 preceding years murders committed without guns outnumbered those with "assault weapons" by about 37-to-1.[40] Nevertheless, the Clinton/Feinstein "ban" on new manufacture of "assault weapons" and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds was imposed from 1994 to 2004.
Pushing for an expanded ban – As the scheduled 2004 expiration of the ban approached, gun control supporters campaigned to have the ban not only extended, but also expanded, the Brady Campaign calling California's ban the "model for the nation."[41] But because "assault weapons" are used in only a tiny percentage of murders, California's murder rate increased every year for five years after its 1989 ban, 26 percent overall, while in the rest of the country murder increased 10 percent. During the first five years after California expanded its ban in 2000, the state's murder rate increased 10 percent, compared to a five percent decrease in the rest of country.[42]
Nevertheless, in 2013 Feinstein introduced a ban much more restrictive than the one in effect between 1994 and 2004.[43] Whereas her 1994 "ban" merely prohibited manufacturing or assembling one of the targeted firearms with its full complement of standard external attachments, her 2013 bill would have banned the manufacture of the same firearms altogether, as well as banned the manufacture of other firearms not addressed in the 1994 legislation. Her 2013 bill would have banned the manufacture of any semi-automatic shotgun or detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifle that had any "characteristic that can function as a grip," as well as various fixed magazine rifles and self-defense handguns, and prohibit anyone from selling or otherwise transferring a magazine that holds more than 10 rounds. The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Million Mom March have proposed that pump-action firearms be banned as "assault weapons" too.[44]
Semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 are the most popular rifles in the United States for home protection and defensive skills-based firearm training and marksmanship competitions,[45] and they're increasingly popular among hunters.[46] Ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds are standard equipment for many handguns and rifles designed for defensive purposes, they're commonly used in handguns kept for protection at home and carried for protection away from home, and they're commonly used in defensive skills-based firearm training and sports.[47]
[1] Roth, Koper, et al., Impact Evaluation of the Public Safety and recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994, Urban Institute, March 13, 1997.
[2] FBI, Crime in the United States 2014, Expanded Homicide Table 8.
[3] Mark Gius, An examination of the effects of concealed weapons laws and assault weapons bans on state-level murder rates, Applied Economic Letters, Vol. 21, No. 4.
[4] Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Annual Firearm Manufacturers and Export Reports.
[5] 2014 is the most recent year of data available. See the FBI UCR Data Tool for crime data for years prior to 2014 and FBI Uniform Crime Reports Section, Crime in the United States 2014, Violent Crime Table 4 for 2014. Annual FBI national crime reports prior to those posted on the FBI's website are on file with NRA-ILA. See also Claude Fischer, A crime puzzle, The Public Intellectual, May 2, 2011.
[6] Note 4.
[7] See the Court's decision. The Court said that "the inherent right of self-defense has been central to the Second Amendment right," which is "the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation," including "all instruments that constitute bearable arms." It struck down D.C.'s handgun ban, saying the "handgun ban amounts to a prohibition of an entire class of 'arms' that is overwhelmingly chosen by American society for the lawful purpose" of self-defense. Explaining its deference to the firearm preferences of the American people, the Court cited its decision in U.S. v. Miller (1939), that the Second Amendment protects the right to arms that have a "reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia" and, citing the decision of the Tennessee Supreme Court in Aymette v. State (1840), arms that are "part of the ordinary military equipment" and/or that could be used to "contribute to the common defense." The Miller Court said that citizens called into militia service were traditionally expected to appear "bearing arms supplied by themselves and of the kind in common use at the time."
[8] Gun control supporters have tried to add more types of firearms to their lists of guns they want banned as "assault weapons." For example, the federal "assault weapon" and "large" magazine "ban" of 1994-2004, authored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), defined "assault weapons" to include detachable-magazine, semi-automatic rifles having two or more external attachments named in the law, and comparable shotguns and handguns. But, in 2013, Feinstein proposed S. 150, which, because of the bill's definition of "pistol grip," would have banned firearms regardless of their number of external attachments, as well as certain fixed-magazine, semi-automatic rifles. Other gun control supporters have proposed that pump-action shotguns and pump-action rifles be banned as "assault weapons" too. (Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, LCAV Model Law to Ban Assault Weapons (2004 version, no longer online, but on file with NRA-ILA) and Donna Dees-Thomases and Carolynne Jarvis, "Why wait to tackle gun violence: Germany's timely action should serve as example for America," Detroit Free Press, Aug. 8, 2002.)
[9] Note 5.
[10] Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Firearm Commerce in the United States 2014 and Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Reports. For a projection of the number of new firearms purchased in 2013 and 2014, compare the ATF to FBI, NICS Firearm Background Checks: Year, by State/Type (second through fifth data columns).
[11] According to Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who sponsored the federal "assault weapons" and "large" magazine "ban" when he was in the House of Representatives, 50 million "large" magazines were imported during the 10 years the "ban" was in effect. (Schumer press release, Schumer Moves to Renew Federal Ban on Assault Weapons, May 8, 2003.) Magazines that hold more than 10 rounds are standard-equipment, supplied with millions of semi-automatic pistols and rifles manufactured and sold each year.
[12] In the 1970s, the Brady Campaign (then called the National Council to Control Handguns) predicted: "There are now 40 million handguns owned by private individuals in the United States—about one gun for every American family. At the present rate of proliferation, the number could build to 100 million by the year 2000 (which isn't as far off as you think). The consequences can be terrible to imagine—unless something is done." (NCCH pamphlet, "There is now a nationwide, full-time, professional organization to battle the gun lobby!," no date, circa 1975.) A few years later, the group, renamed Handgun Control, Inc., updated its prediction, saying, "Right now over 50 million HANDGUNS flood the houses and streets of our nation. . . . HANDGUN production and sales are out of control. . . . If we continue at this pace, we will have equipped ourselves with more than 100 million HANDGUNS by the turn of the century. One hundred million HANDGUNS. Will we be safer then?" (HCI pamphlet, "By this time tomorrow, 24 Americans will be murdered," circa 1979 or 1980.)
[13] In the early 1980s, the National Coalition to Ban Handguns said "rifles and shotguns serve a sporting purpose. . . . It is the concealable handgun that threatens and intimidates the citizens of this country—not the rifle and not the shotgun." (NCBH pamphlet, "20 Questions and Answers," circa 1981.)
[14] For example, in 1989, the Brady Campaign (then known as Handgun Control, Inc.) said that "assault weapon" legislation introduced in the Senate "will stop the importation, sale, and domestic manufacture of these killing machines." (HCI fund-raising mailer, no date.) In 1994, after the federal "assault weapon" and "large" magazine "ban" passed the Senate, the Brady Campaign said, "We Want a Nationwide Ban on These Weapons of Destruction!," calling it "an Important Tool in the Fight Against Crime." (HCI ad urging passage of H.R. 3527, introduced by then-Rep. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Roll Call, April 18, 1994.) Just before the "ban" expired in 2004, the Brady Campaign said, "The threat is so immediate and deadly that state and local governments should rapidly enact local laws to restrict assault weapons in case Congress and President Bush fail to renew and strengthen the federal law. . . . With the Federal Assault Weapon Ban set to expire on September 13, 2004, the safety and security of our communities is in jeopardy. . . . The imminent expiration of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban poses a serious public safety threat to local communities across America as deadly weapons like the AK47 (sic) could again flood our streets." (Brady Campaign, "Assault Weapons Threaten Our Safety and Security," 2004 version.)
[15] In 1987, in reaction to legislation proposing a Right-to-Carry law in Florida, gun control supporters began predicting that such legislation would cause crime to rise. The number of RTC states has risen from 10 to 42, accounting for three-fourths the U.S. population, and through 2014, the nation's murder rate has fallen to an all-time low.
[16] Note 6.
[17] Note 2 and NRA-ILA S. 150 Fact Sheet.
[18] Jeffrey A. Roth, Christopher S. Koper, Impact Evaluation of the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994, Urban Institute, March 13, 1997.
[19] Christopher S. Koper, An Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003, Report to the National Institute of Justice, June 2004.
[20] Reedy and Koper, "Impact of handgun types on gun assault outcomes," Injury Prevention, Sept. 2003.
[21] Rifle, a Mannlicher; pistol, a Schoenberger; shotgun, the Browning Auto-5.
[22] Note 7, ATF.
[23] See, for example, the definition of "semiautomatic rifle" under federal law, 18 USC 921(a)(28).
[24] Violence Policy Center, Bullet Hoses: Semiautomatic Assault Weapons—What Are They? What's So Bad About Them, Ten Key Points about What Assault Weapons Are and Why They Are So Deadly, point 8.
[25] Semi-automatic rifles and shotguns use the same ammunition as many other rifles and shotguns, and semi-automatic handguns use ammunition that is shaped differently, as compared to revolver ammunition, but comparable in power. For example, the standard .223 Remington cartridge, for which the AR-15 is designed, has a muzzle energy of approximately 1,280 ft.-lbs., as compared to the most popular deer hunting cartridge, .30-'06 Springfield, at approximately 2,800 ft.-lbs.
[26] In 2013, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), promoting her gun ban bill, S. 150 (see note 2), said that she looked at publications in 1993 and 2012, that guns today are "more sophisticated and technologically advanced," and that "there are even devices which can be put in them legally, which make them fully-automatic." (C-Span, Senators Feinstein and Blumenthal React to NRA, Dec. 21, 2012, beginning at 8:53.) The claim is false. Federal law prohibits converting a firearm to fire fully-automatically.
[27] Feinstein's S. 150 (see note 2) defined a semi-automatic rifle as an "assault weapon" if it had a "grenade launcher" or a "rocket launcher," but this was entirely for propaganda purposes, as such devices are restricted under the National Firearms Act, thus not standard to semi-automatic firearms.
[28] Promoting her federal "assault weapon" and "large" magazine "ban" of 1994-2004, Feinstein said "[W]eapons of war have no place on the streets of our communities. . . . [W]e need to classify semiautomatic weapons as those of mass destruction." (Congressional Record, July 29, 1993.)
[29] The Brady Campaign has implied that the "gun industry" invented the term "assault weapon" in 1986. (Brady Campaign, "The Assault Weapons Ban: Frequently Asked Questions," (eighth question), version no longer on the group's website.) However, in 1984, when the group was known as Handgun Control, Inc., it referred to a rifle as an "'assault' weapon" in a newspaper ad. (Handgun Control, Inc., "Within the Next 50 Minutes Another One of Us Will Be Murdered by a Handgun," copy on file with NRA-ILA.)
[30] In 1974, two anti-handgun groups were formed, the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, the name of which states the group's purpose, and the National Council to Control Handguns, the purpose of which was explained by its leader, Nelson Shields, in 1976. Shields said, "The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns being produced and sold in this country. The second problem is to get handguns registered. And the final problem is to make the possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition—except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors—totally illegal." (Richard Harris, "A Reporter At Large: Handguns," The New Yorker, July 26, 1976.) See also Molly Ball, How the Gun Control Movement Got Smart, Atlantic, February 7, 2013: Gun control supporters' "major policy goals were to make handguns illegal and enroll all U.S. gun owners in a federal database."
[31] New Right Watch, since renamed Violence Policy Center, Assault Weapons and Accessories in America, Conclusion. The group was formed and is led by a former communications director of the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, renamed Coalition to Stop Gun Violence in 1989.
[32] Ibid.
[33] ATF, Report and Recommendation of the ATF Working Group on the Importability of Certain Semiautomatic Rifles, July 6, 1989.
[34] 18 USC 925(d)(3). The standard is questionable, in light of the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (see note 1) that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for defensive purposes.
[35] Department of the Treasury Study on the Sporting Suitability of Modified Semiautomatic Assault Rifles, April 1998.
[36] NRA-ILA, House Democrats Ask Obama to Expand Rifle Ban, January 29, 2016.
[37] California's ban prohibited new sales, but allowed people to keep "assault weapons" already owned, if they registered them within a year-long amnesty. When the amnesty expired, only about two percent of the 300,000 "assault weapons" estimated to be in California had been registered. (Seth Mydans, "California Gun Control Law Runs Into Rebellion," New York Times, Dec. 24, 1990; Sandy Harrison, "Few guns registered under new law: deadline nears on assault rifles," Los Angeles Daily News, Dec. 26, 1990; Carl Ingram, "Senate Favors More Time for Assault Guns Firearms," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 26, 1991.) The amnesty was extended, but few additional registrations ensued. New Jersey's registration amnesty period was largely ignored as well. (Wayne King, "New Jersey Law to Limit Guns Is Being Ignored," New York Times, Oct. 26, 1991.)
[38] Hawaii, 1992; Connecticut, 1993, expanded in 2013; Maryland, "assault pistols in 1994, expanded to "assault weapons" in 2013; Massachusetts, 1998; New York, 2000, expanded in 2013. Several of these states and Colorado limit magazine capacity.
[39] Ann Devroy, "President Rebukes Rifle Association; Group's Opposition to Virginia, New Jersey Gun Controls Criticized," Washington Post, March 2, 1993, p. A9.
[40] FBI Supplementary Homicide Reports.
[41] Brady Campaign, "Assault Weapons in America: Military Guns in Civilian Hands" (no date) and Assault Weapons: Mass Produced Mayhem, Oct. 2008, p. 20.
[42] Note 5, FBI UCR Data Tool.
[43] Note 2 and NRA-ILA S. 150 Fact Sheet.
[44] Law Center Against Violence (now Legal Community Against Gun Violence), Banning Assault Weapons: A Legal Primer for State and Local Action, April 2004, p. 49. "Million Mom March" founder Donna Dees-Thomases and Carolynne Jarvis propose a pump-action ban in "Why wait to tackle gun violence: Germany's timely action should serve as example for America," Detroit Free Press, Aug. 8, 2002.
[45] AR-15s are by far the most commonly used rifle for defensive firearm training conducted by Alias Training and Security, Costa Ludus, CSAT, Defense Training Int'l, EAG Tactical, Gunsite, Insights, Vickers Tactical, Viking Tactics, Thunder Ranch, and many other schools. AR-15s are the dominant rifles in Three-Gun, U.S. Carbine Association, DMR, NRA Service Rifle, NRA America's Rifle Challenge, Civilian Marksmanship Program Service Rifle, and similar competitions centered on defensive firearm skills.
[46] While originally designed to use .223 Remington, a small caliber similar to the .222 Remington varmint-hunting cartridge, new AR-15 models have been designed to use other calibers, such as .308 Winchester, 6.5mm Grendel, 6.8 SPC and .300 Blackout. With modern projectiles, all such calibers are suitable for hunting deer and similar game.
[47] As examples, standard magazines designed for the ubiquitous Glock 17 9mm pistol hold 17 rounds, and standard magazines for comparable Beretta and SIG pistols hold between 15-20 rounds, while standard magazines for the AR-15 and comparable rifles hold 20 or 30 rounds.
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With quick release, Krol on Tigers' fast track
JUPITER, Fla. -- Ian Krol pitches like he's in a hurry to get somewhere. It's not hurting his path to a full-time job in the big leagues.
He has what Brad Ausmus calls a quick arm. It doesn't mean he lights up a radar gun with a hard fastball; plenty of pitchers who throw hard have a long delivery to build that velocity. Krol has a quick delivery and a quick release, which not only allows him to hide the ball but gives him a little bit of deception.
JUPITER, Fla. -- Ian Krol pitches like he's in a hurry to get somewhere. It's not hurting his path to a full-time job in the big leagues.
He has what Brad Ausmus calls a quick arm. It doesn't mean he lights up a radar gun with a hard fastball; plenty of pitchers who throw hard have a long delivery to build that velocity. Krol has a quick delivery and a quick release, which not only allows him to hide the ball but gives him a little bit of deception.
"Yeah, it's sling-shotty," Krol said. "It's kind of like short-arm. It was never like that when I was a starter [until last year]. It was long and everything was slow and to the plate. Now it's quick. I think it's because I did change my arm angle from three-quarters to a little higher. Also throwing harder, trying to get a little more out of the fastball."
That's nothing, however, compared to the quick pace he employs when he gets rolling with those pitches. As he worked through the Marlins order in the seventh inning, his pace was more Monday morning rush-hour than lazy Sunday afternoon. As soon as he'd get the ball back, he'd be ready to deliver it again.
"I like to go at guys. I don't waste any time," Krol said. "I like to get in and get out. Back in the Minor Leagues, I was a starter and they would have to chart pitches, and I would be so quick that they couldn't chart the last pitch."
The quick delivery kind of came about naturally. The quick pace was clearly intentional, and it reflects his personality.
"Always rapid fire," Krol said, smiling. "Come in, guns blazing."
The combination makes it easy to miss a pitch or two. Blink and he might have an 0-2 count. The way he's pitching, though, has the Tigers' attention. He had their attention before he put on the uniform.
Four years ago, the Tigers used a blockbuster trade to bolster their left-handed relief, acquiring a relatively unknown pitcher named Phil Coke as part of the Curtis Granderson trade to the Yankees that also brought Max Scherzer over from Arizona. It was a move that paid off soon after, and essentially saved their bullpen in the 2012 postseason once Jose Valverde lost the closer job.
Now, as the Tigers deal with the ripple effects from the Doug Fister trade and talent evaluators scrutinize starting prospect Robbie Ray, Krol lurks as potentially Detroit's next big piece on the left-handed side of the bullpen. After Coke's struggles with health and effectiveness last season, and Drew Smyly's move back to the rotation, Krol could quietly be as much of a key to the Tigers' bullpen makeover as closer Joe Nathan.
He's not waiting around to show what he has.
Krol threw 19 pitches in retiring the Marlins in order on Sunday, but the inning was seemingly over in just a couple minutes. He played pitch-and-catch with catcher James McCann on right-handed hitting leadoff man Marcell Ozuna, who struck out on a 90-mph fastball. His next right-handed batter, Casey McGehee, took a fastball and breaking ball for an 0-2 count before grounding out.
The one left-handed hitter Krol faced, Greg Dobbs, worked the count full, fouling off two fastballs to stay alive. Krol finally retired him on a breaking ball that was too close to the outside corner for him to lay off, popping it into left field.
"My breaking ball has come a long way," Krol said. "I've been able to throw it in different counts. Today, I threw a 3-2 breaking ball. I've been able to locate it, throw it for strikes, backdoor it inside. That was the main goal I focused on in the offseason."
The breaking ball helps him against right-handed hitters. The quick arm and pace gives him a deceptiveness against everybody. So far this spring, he's been particularly tough, having thrown four scoreless innings of one-hit ball with a walk and five strikeouts. As the Tigers go along, the 22-year-old seemingly has a chance to become Detroit's big lefty.
Unlike Coke, Krol comes on board with relatively little Major League experience. He didn't reach the big leagues until midseason last year, and his usage left him with just 27 1/3 innings over 32 appearances. Tigers scout Mike Russell had a report ready on him when the Tigers began talks with the Nationals on acquiring a starting pitcher.
Ausmus, meanwhile, had a scouting report on Krol before he became a manager. He did his research on the Nationals roster while he was a candidate for their job opening, which eventually went to Matt Williams.
He saw the stats and heard the opinions. Seeing Krol up close, however, has still been a learning experience, including the pace.
"The way he pitches, it seems like he's kind of a gunslinger," Ausmus said. "He's going out there six guns shooting. He's ready to go, and he does not seem like he's intimidated by a situation or afraid of a hitter. Those are intangibles that are sometimes tough to come by in young pitchers."
If the pace doesn't sufficiently show Krol isn't pitching scared, the approach does. He does not buy into the notion of a lefty specialist.
"To be honest with you, every at-bat is important," Krol said. "Left-handed, right-handed, doesn't matter. You're trying to go out there and do your job. But for me, I think I should be able to go out and get righties out as easily as I can get lefties out. It shouldn't [just] be a lefty-on-lefty situation. I'll go in there and face everybody. Every pitch is as important as the next one."
Every pitch is big for him this spring. Every pitch is coming quickly. So could his opportunity.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason.


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【Market View】1HOct. DDR3 4GB Contract Price Stays Flat, Market Outlook Uncertain
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1HOct. DDR3 4GB Contract Price Stays Flat, Market Outlook Uncertain
According to DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, benefitting from continual inventory replenishment for the holiday season as well as account balancing at the end of 3Q, DDR3 4GB contract price stayed flat in 1HOct. DDR3 2Gb contract price fell slightly, by US$0.25 to US$10.50. While concluded transaction volume was low, as it is the quarter's beginning, DRAM manufacturers were not under pressure to ship, hence the price cut in exchange for shipment situation did not reoccur. From the market perspective, while PC OEMs have been replenishing their inventory since September, they are generally unoptimistic about 4Q shipments as the global economic outlook remains uncertain. As for the contract market, DDR3 2Gb chip price reached a new low today, arriving at less than US$1. This is a reflection of both lower than expected demand after China's National Holiday and the general pessimism towards DRAM market potential. TrendForce expects that as the market remains in a state of oversupply, conservative attitudes towards contract prices will continue to prevail.
DRAM Manufacturers Push for 4GB to Become Mainstream, DDR3 4GB Shipments to Exceed DDR3 2GB in 4Q
As the global DRAM market was affected by disappointing economic growth and chip oversupply in 2011, chip price has been on a downward slide since the beginning of the year. After Japan's March 11 earthquake initiated rumors of supply chain disruption, price increased to this year's high of US$36.5. However, with the gradual recovery of the industry, the European debt crisis, the rising U.S. unemployment rate, and the overall shrinking of consumer markets, DDR3 4GB price began decreasing dramatically in May, with the current price of US$19.5 representing a nearly 47% decrease. On average, memory accounts for 6-7% of PC unit cost; the current DRAM price is merely 3.8% of total PC cost, a proportion higher only than the low of 3.6% reached during the global financial crisis in 2008. Furthermore, DRAM manufacturers are pushing for DDR3 4GB to become the mainstream of the market, as 4GB price is nearly 10% less than the price of two 2GB modules combined. Thus, a portion of PC OEMs have already quietly increased the memory capacity of some of their models to 4GB in anticipation of holiday season demand. Looking towards 2012, total content per box may increase to an average of 4.2GB, mainly due to the rise of ultrabooks and the introduction of Windows 8. 4GB may become the mainstream specification for ultrabooks next year, which will benefit the overall memory market significantly as ultrabooks are expected to have 10% market share in 2012. As for Windows 8, although its impact on content per box will be limited, it may stimulate a wave of upgrades; Microsoft's next-generation operating system and the highly discussed ultrabook will be mutually beneficial.
TrendForce expects global NB content per box to gradually increase from 3.5GB in 3Q to 3.7GB in 4Q, representing a 3% growth, and DDR3 4GB shipment volume will surpass that of DDR3 2GB. As a large portion of DRAM makers will be mass producing 4Gb chips via 30nm process technology in 4Q, cost may be reduced by 20-25%, which will undoubtedly benefit DRAM makers already in the red.
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This one comes to us from Springfield, Mass., where 34-year-old Timothy Forbes turned himself in yesterday on a series of charges for allegedly starting a fight after a middle school Catholic Youth Organization basketball game. Police have identified Forbes as an assistant coach with the Springfield Heat, which lost in the finals to the Migs, but Heat officials have denied Forbes had any role as the team's coach.
According to WWLP and NBC Connecticut, among other sources, Forbes was enraged following his team's loss and instigated a fight with the Migs coach. In the midst of that scuffle, he then bit the Migs coach's ear, allegedly removing part of it in the process.
The victim, a fellow 34-year-old Springfield resident, was rushed to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield and had his ear reattached. He was released shortly thereafter.
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Five Steps to Throw and Go Chili
The beautiful thing about my throw and go chili, is even a college kid can knock it out of the park. My son who is home from college is doing it right now! Here's how we roll!
- Mix it up. I mean literally Want some Italian pork sausage in it? Brown it up. Venison? That'll work. Personally I like about 2 parts spicy Italian with 1 part turkey or burger.
- Brown it and dump it in a big pot with one can of Mrs. Grimes Chili Beans. They come in a load of flavors. Again, mix it up. Mix your beans and your burger.
- Green peppers, onions, heck whatever's in the fridge that looks like you can sneak past the family, Dump it in! (peppers, onions, garlic, cut up dill pickles) all rules are off!
- Stir it up, maybe pour in a little tomato juice (if you have some) and simmer it.
- Most important? Boil up a little whole wheat pasta and put a handful in the bottom of the bowl. Pour the chili over it, sprinkle with some cheese (or put a little ranch dressing on the top) Crack a beer open and enjoy.
Recipes and directions are for church fundraiser cook-books and franchise drive thrus. I say fire up the stove. Turn up your self confidence and keep stirring and tasting till it's done!
Now you know how we roll when I make chili? We have a pot on the stove. You coming over?