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#1 China and the price of oil09-13-2012, 11:03 PM
China's aggressive stockpiling of oil will have serious political and economic ramifications in the US, effects that could influence election outcomes and gasoline-pump prices in both the near term and long term, according to industry expert Chris Faulkner, CEO of Dallas-based Breitling Oil and GasIt's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
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As the forum software along with my deteriorating DSL connection will not allow linkages here is the article.
You can also google epmag.com/Production/Phantom-Demand-China-Drive-Oil-Prices-Up
According to the International Energy Agencys (IEA) China 2012 Update, the country has completed four stockpiling facilities and has begun construction of eight more, for a combined capacity of more than 300 million barrels as part of its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) plan. A planned third phase is expected to boost total SPR capacity to approximately 500 million barrels by 2020. Added demand, according the IEA, could amount to 50 million barrels this year alone.
In light of this, how will oil prices be affected for the short term, this year and more importantly for the long term as China forges ahead with stockpiling?
"This could not come at a better time if you are looking at it from a higher-demand perspective, said Chris Faulkner, Breitling Oil and Gas CEO. "Purchases by China are much needed bright spots in an otherwise grim outlook for near-term oil demand amid uncertainty about the future GDP of the Chinese economy and the EU debt crisis, which has pushed oil prices in the recent months.
"Their buying spree is unprecedented, he continued, and because of it, "oil is heading to $120 a barrel and gasoline at the pumps to $4. It could mean President [Barack] Obama's swan song.
Chinas stockpiling could have an effect on the US presidential election, he explained. The biggest issue affecting the American people, and in turn the president, in an election year are high gasoline prices. The fact that we are coming into mid-September with oil hovering at $100 a barrel is going to put the national average for a gallon of gas near $4. That is a serious problem for President Obama.
If you look at supply and demand models and factor in the EU debt crisis, oil prices should be coming down, and that would also mean gasoline should follow. The reason these are not? I believe its because China, the worlds second-largest consumer of oil, has been building up its oil reserves at a rate not seen since 2008 and thus creating phantom demand in the marketplace, he emphasized.
One way that China has been creating this demand is by mimicking the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to shield it from large price swings and to protect its energy needs during a crisis.
They have already stockpiled 90 million barrels during the first two quarters of 2012. This is in addition to the oil imports they need to meet their domestic energy demands. China is also finishing up constructing the second phase of SPR facilities that will store an additional 200 million barrels of new oil and enable them to have stockpiles equivalent to 100 days of net imports by 2020. They will continue their buying spree in the near term, Faulkner said.
Its my understanding that China is planning a third-phase facility that will take the overall storage numbers to just over 600 million barrels of oil. If this were to take place, it would allow China to become the second-largest accumulator of crude oil in the world, behind the US. All of this leads to additional demand by what will soon become the biggest user of oil on the planet, he continued.
China has its attention on protecting the country against price swings in worldwide crude prices. It also knows its demand will continue to rise in the long term. As other world economies start to rebound, oil prices will also rise.
Oil prices remain near $100 a barrel. If we factor in that demand is down, the EU debt crisis is pounding on all of the European countries, and Chinas own demand and GDP are down in the near-term, this doesnt bode well for cheap oil prices in the future. China is on a buying spree when prices are cheap and when they have room to store oil for the proverbial rainy day. Lastly, China has had no oil storage and thus no shield during an energy crisis. Beijing bureaucrats know that energy is the lifeblood to their GDP and economy, he noted.
If anything were to happen to disrupt incoming oil to China, even in a very near-term scenario, they would have serious troubles. So, this is another safety net the Chinese are building for themselves, he added.
Faulkner expects China to continue buying oil to store well beyond 2013 on its way to putting 600 million barrels in storage.
One thing of interest here is that the US has really enabled China to continue its buying spree and at a hefty discount. Remember that China is not part of the Iranian oil embargo. The crude that China buys from Iran, which is becoming ever more isolated as a result of a US-led sanction program, is coming with major price concessions as Iran has very few choices when it comes to countries willing to buy its oil.
China is forcing Iran to take Chinese yuan for the oil it purchases. Since China does not allow the currency to freely trade on international markets, they are in fact just trading dollars with themselves, boosting their economy and garnering the oil they need for cheap. Its a win-win situation for China, he emphasized.
Lastly, consider that Beijing has leaned on its three state oil companies to enter into long-term arrangements to purchase oil from other countries, and this will restrict the country from reducing its purchases even if there were a declining domestic demand. All of this points to a long-term buying spree, he continued.
Oil prices will likely continue to rise, Faulkner predicted. I am bullish on oil prices right now in the near term. I think China will continue on its buying spree, and I feel the American economy is at the turning point of spinning out some positive signs of economic recovery. I think we are looking at plus-$100 oil going into 2013.
I would also consider India in the picture when analyzing future oil demand. Currently, India is forecast to be a major demand driver behind world oil consumption. However, they lack any real strategic petroleum reserves. The country has announced they are targeting reserves of about 50 million barrels equal to little more than two weeks of supplies by the end of this year. However, so far they have failed to amass even 10 million barrels, he added.
I feel certainly as India begins to plan for the future that they, too, will begin building SPRs of significant quantity. Lets not forget the real probability of quantitative easing taking place and what they will do to oil and gas prices forcing them immediately higher, he said.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
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Interesting stuff.
If - IF - the U.S. were to develop it's own resources and actually become energy self sufficient to the point that we no longer imported Middle Eastern oil, would the price of domestically produced oil be the same as foreign oil? In other words are the marketing forces that establish international oil prices so powerful that they would force an artificially high price on a new America, who neither exports nor imports oil?
After 40+ years in the industry here are my views. Some are built on more solid ground than others. I'll try to evaluate them as I go.
The price of oil will always be based on the world's supply/demand numbers regardless of where it is produced. (100%) Not so on the price of natural gas.
The US will be a long time (decades) getting anywhere near energy independent barring cold fusion or some equivalent scientific breakthrough. (95%) The constant lament by politicians re: Energy independence is just another piece of rhetoric with no basis in facts. There is just no current way for it to occur.
The broad application of the US volume of natural gas to transportation will do more in reducing the costs of that transportation than anything else the country can do. (100% IF the politicians will get out of the way. The best help they can offer - This.
Greater likelihood - 50% because the politicians know the public will never look at that vid in anything but very small numbers and therefore never push the idea.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
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Input method for various languages (m17n)
You can install a package ibus-m17n to enable to input various languages on X windows.
(m17n stands for "multilingualization")
apt-get install ibus-m17n im-switch bus-qt4 ibus-gtk im-switch -s ibus
as user, in console on X windows:
in "Input method" tab, chose the input method you want to use, and press "+Add" button.
In the section of "Other", latn-post is usefull for imputting many Western European languages.
(for writing characters like: áàãâäāªéèěëíìïöóòōüúñçćčšśźž)
See this page∞ to check if your language is supported.
list of language specific input methods∞
list of languages supported without specific input method∞
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A three-month-old boy was declared dead in the hospital Tuesday morning after police found him unresponsive with his father, Baltimore Police said.
The father said he put the infant in bed with him at a home in the 4000 block of the Alameda around 8 a.m., police said. He woke up two hours later to find the baby cold and unresponsive, according to police. The baby was taken to the hospital but declared dead shortly before 11 a.m.
Police identified neither the son nor the father.
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Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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Location: Republic of Vermont
Posted: Tue 24 May 2011, 14:27
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Nothing I can think of, except frustration, Nooby
Thanks for the back up, but I'm afraid one person agreeing with this idea every 2 years does not a plurality make.
ps, just think of all the signatures that could be devoted to something else, the reduction of explanations needed in the forum, the fewer times irritated regulars would snap out "Google is your friend". Not to mention, the reduction of noobies dropping Puppy linux because they can't find an answer to a problem in the forum threads -- which was the topic of this thread's OP.
such a small thing....
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Posted: Tue 24 May 2011, 16:31
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IMO the subject of this thread smacks of sensationalism.
Understand that people mostly wander on a forum to get some questions answered, then they leave, they're not looking to make it a lifestyle.
And who knows how many people lurk and never think to post, only they know why.
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Posted: Wed 25 May 2011, 17:14
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OK, time for the OP to remount the soapbox ..
When I took to analysing the forum membership roster all that time ago, I was genuinely alarmed by the extreme skew in the distribution of active membership life, hence this thread. Given the exceptional quality of support on this forum one might expect yer average happy user with that first question answered to have quite a few more, over time. In most cases this was not happening; to me at least, this was a very strong hint that something might be gravely wrong, and perhaps right-able. (Following nooby's 2-year-bump I have relented only sufficiently to tone down the title a bit, now having suffered gentle rebukes from such diverse luminaries as Lobster and puppyite, both. :-) ).
The lack of any clear consensus beyond 'Don't worry, be happy' on this thread back in 2009 led to the formation of the beginners' 'Puppy needs your help too' thread in an effort to dig deeper and find out what might be going wrong / how to fix it. Analysis of the truly superb response to that thread has made clear,
inter alia
, that two issues above all have been off-putting to newcomers and the real biggie is the struggle they have to find the information they seek. (The Eternal Curse of all Linux??) I'm therefore bound to agree with vtpup and nooby that the search opportunities need to be made much more obvious to the raw newcomer -
but ideally at square one
(and likewise IMHO puppyite's excellent FAQ).
There is a snag, though. The Kennels has benefitted enormously from peppyy's generosity and wellmindedness in hosting the Puppywide search (I seem to have a problem with that G-word for some reason) and long may this continue, although I am sorry - and consequently all the more grateful to peppyy - to see he has been absent from here for quite a while. Such philanthropic hosting incurs not only cost but
- I'm mindful of the travails of Caneri, Raffy et al - even Barry - and there is an obvious problem in incorporating helpful links in the ISO, where ideally they should be, if their continuity cannot be guaranteed with fair confidence.
Ideas, anyone?
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Location: Republic of Vermont
Posted: Thu 26 May 2011, 11:37
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In the ISO? nah.
The suggestion, a simple one I made 2 years ago, was only to change the search button in the Puppy forum heading above. -- see look up at the top of the page....
That could always be changed back to the old lousy search, if no one wanted to host the "well minded" page, or ot it could be altered to point to any current URL for it.
In fact the code for that button doesn't have to point to any particular private web page, at all. It could point to Google, with the included expression "site:murga-linux.com" which limits search results to this site.
For those who want the old forum search, a button below the new "Search" button could point to the old method and be labeled "Painful Search", as I mentioned a couple years ago.
Just think of all the wasted time and words that would have been eliminated.
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Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Sun 31 Jul 2011, 18:32
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From someone that could be considered as "gone" according to the original post:
There is no need to panic. My reasons, in no particular order
- If Puppy were only used by the people that contribute to it, that would be enough. Marketing? Market share? why?
- I know many people that use puppy and have never been on this forum. And some others that still use it and no longer come here. I am a perfect example. No longer around here, but always carrying puppy and using it frequently.
- The Linux Pro Magazine from June 2011, had Puppy Linux on the DVD. I would consider it a great measure of popularity and a good testament to the people that work on it.
Long live Puppy.
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Posted: Sun 31 Jul 2011, 22:41
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Hi rarsa,
Thanks for dropping by.
We can not interest you in Debian Pup?
. . . or Android Pup (not yet available or even pre planned)?
How about kick starting Saluki?
Tempted by our two 64 bit offerings?
Oh OK I admit it . . . trolled through your sites
to find your current directions . . .
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2011, 12:09
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newbies either flee due to limited software packages or they learn to make their own.....
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Location: California
Posted: Wed 17 Aug 2011, 20:15
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Most Puppies work so well and there is so much documentation available that most don't need to come here. The number of unregistered visitors may be an indication.
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Location: Athens, GA USA
Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2011, 19:48
Post subject: Got to agree with Bligh...
Bligh wrote:
Most Puppies work so well and there is so much documentation available that most don't need to come here. The number of unregistered visitors may be an indication.
My experience is that of Bligh; and I am an old (nearly 60) computer user, an engineer (Metrologist), and computer professional most of my life - in fact, I helped write email when we made ARPAnet into "The Internet". I am very picky about bugs. I have a bad attitude and am a dead-end cynic about technology - most of it is shipped broken, and it was never designed right to start with.
This is my first post, but I have been using Puppy for 4 or 5 years now.
Puppy Linux is, without doubt, one of the finest pieces of software I have ever seen and used, and I have written beaucoups software friends. The first clinical pharmacy software, the first JIT software for Textile Plants, etc. Puppy has always WORKED JUST FINE OUT OF THE BOX WITH NO EXCUSES, NO WORKAROUNDS, NO BULLHOCKEY, and done everything asked of it without a whimper.
No, I have not tried to modify or improve it - IT'S NOT BROKE. Yes, all my hardware is top notch, hand built by me, and 100% plain vanilla - but at the very top edge of the technology envelope, or the bottom edge. I am sending this on a 12 year old HP ze5468CL with a Pentium 4 - nothing else runs on it like Puppy - yes, SUSE9 is still on it, and Win2000. But Pup is the best, from a CD.
I use Puppy at our lake house on mom-in-law's mega-fast HP, her husband was a NASA scientist - Puppy makes Vista look like the garbage it is. Last week I was mowing the yard, came in for a beer, and SHE WAS USING PUPPY - liked it better. Never used Linux in her life, almost 80 years old!! She said, "This is just so much faster and EASIER." She booted it from CD on her own, from watching me! Had moved her email messages and bookmarks ON HER OWN, from the Vista partition - JUST USING PUPPY'S TOOLS AND INSTRUCTIONS!!!! Who the heck else in the Linux world, or ANY world, can say that??
This prolix note is to say, you guys have nothing to worry about with a product like this. I am so impressed I am starting to look into the different variants of Puppy and how to make a custom version. I currently run Ubuntu Studio "Natty", that is 50%+ Debian on my quad-AMDX4 (16 total cores), OMG you won't believe it fast DAW. I mainly do music and video work now that I'm retired. But Puppy makes me ask, "Why the software overhead"? I use Windowmaker and GTK/GNU interface (can't get over the old NeXT I had...) and had everything the way I liked it in about 20 mins. when I lost a HD and used Pup to get going FAST. My system was restored and the replacement drive installed in less than an hour. Knoppix is great, but Puppy is GREATER.
You get my point. Don't overthink to the point of being hypercritical of something you have gotten really, really right. Yes, there's room for improvement, but NOT MUCH ROOM.
You have kept it simple enough to keep working right. Made good parameters and stuck to them. And made good choices that support your philosophy - but users CAN install other progs they need, and that also works. What's not to love in this world of half-fast technology that is usually all talk and no walk.
I swear all subsequent posts will be brief. Thx.
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Location: Down-Under in South Oz
Posted: Mon 05 Sep 2011, 23:41
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@ fudoki,
That was a very interesting and enjoyable read, especially about your mother-in-law's efforts and the fact that she chose to try Puppy....so many are afraid of anything outside the 'comfort zone', but she obviously didn't find Vi$ta a comfortable zone!
I hope BK sees your post..
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Location: Washington State, USA
Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2011, 00:04
Post subject: Why I use Puppy (amonst others)
Subject description: opinions on Puppy usage
Now that I have read through the whole thread (whew)....
I've been playing with Puppy since version 2. At that time I was a Win user, because that is what my computer came with. I knew it well. I've been around since the CPM days. Before that, mainframes. I never ran Puppy full time for any reason, but I knew what it was capable of, and I kept my eye on it.
I only switched to Linux full time just a few years ago. Prior to that, I did a lot of reading about Linux and a lot of distro hopping until I found one I liked. I've used that ever since. (I still distro explore quite a bit.) I've always kept a recent copy of Puppy nearby.
I've always liked Puppy, but I never used it full time until recently. It was a work issue that caused me to use Puppy on a regular basis. The reason was that Puppy was (I mean IS) the only fully functional Linux distribution that will operate off a USB stick and not just be a mirror of a live CD. It has real permanence in the real sense of the word.
In all that time,
this is the first forum I have ever signed on to
. I have read through plenty of them. That should tell you something.
It is recently that the Puppy package manager and available packages have really fleshed out. Puppy's appearance has gotten more consistent and didn't look like an application aggregate. I didn't like the cartoonish icons, but they do grow on you after a while. Puppy, now, has better hardware handling that some of the major distro's I've tested. There is all sorts of little tweaks and helps embedded all over it. This wasn't there in the early days.
What I am saying is that there is less reason for anyone to come to the Puppy forum for help. It is a much more robust, attractive, accessible, and useful distribution than it was in the beginning. Puppy's strength is that it is a fully usable operating system that is easily to install and run from practically any medium. Anyone with a brain can recognize that and always keep a copy nearby, even if they don't use it their main operating system.
I really doubt that DistroWatch, surveys, and download counts are going to give you an accurate picture of Puppy users. They use Puppy in as many varied ways and for many varied reasons as there are ways to install Puppy. The real question should be, do you have a copy of it and why.
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Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2011, 00:07
Post subject: Correction
I need to correct:
Do you keep a copy of Puppy nearby, and why?
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Posts: 9
Location: Athens, GA USA
Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2011, 02:04
Post subject: Pup on USB stick
Have been carrying around a 2Gb USB stick with Puppy on it for over a year now. It's an amazing convenience. When you ask a friend, "Can I use your computer for a couple minutes" and they see you have your own OS, they are amazed. There have been several Puppy "converts" who watched me bring up THEIR computer in seconds, do what I needed to do, saved my own files, and stuck them back in my pocket!
This kind of stuff grows on people, I know it did on me. Now I carry my "Pup Stick" (great marketing name for pre-installed Pup - if you guys want to use it to raise $$$, it's yours) with my truck keys and Swiss Army knife.
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Location: Chickasha Oklahoma
Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2011, 09:03
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As a Puppy user for some 4 odd years now, I am apt to agree about the "It aint broke" analogy..
However, I also must point out that no other distro allows the "tinkerer" in me to "dig around under the hood" like Puppy..
A "run as root" system, with a ton of modifiable scripts, and a willing and helpful forum, makes Puppy the "cats meow" for the geek in me..
In 2007 I went from a full M$ background to being a Linux noobie, and never looked back..
True, many users never see a need to post here..
But, for those who like to "push buttons", this forum is a godsend...
As is Puppy...
So easy to fix it when I bork it...
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I don't know what's up with the popularity or numbers, but I know even I have managed to interest more than a few others in Puppy. One comment I got back from another forum (specializing in another topic entirely, by the way) was something along the lines of, "Thanks for turning me on to Puppy, asterisk! Puppy is made of win! RAAWR!!"
I would take that as a sign of considerable enthusiasm.
Intensity and fun matter, too, and shouldn't be forgotten in a wash of suspect numbers. Constant hand-wringing over whether or not Puppy can be a blockbuster hit with the Linux-running masses or with any group at all runs the risk of neglecting that which already makes Puppy a delight and a brilliant little system.
I actually think Puppy could do quite nicely for those few Windows power users who aren't too set in their ways to give Linux a fair shake. I know one of the nicest things about Puppy when I first tried it was that there was nothing that even vaguely resembled Clippy, or any kind of condescending, "I know better" tone in dialogues and messages, and it didn't nanny me. (Even Ubuntu, circa vers. 8.04 threw a significant amount of that annoying crap at me.)
Finally, ROX Filer is indeed incredibly awkward if you've been weaned on Windows Explorer, and I was certainly befuddled by it for a couple of weeks, but once accustomed to it, it's perfectly functional.
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From a purely marketing standpoint, I suggest that the name, Puppy, is a choice that conveys a secondary, immature image. A stronger name might change the general feeling and impart a stronger sense of confidence.
Ah. Then I suppose I shouldn't suggest
PEE: Puppy Enterprise Edition
Counterpoint: No one seems to begrudge Google when they toy with their logo either for a geeky celebration or some holiday or historical event. A slightly light-hearted name or logo can stave off a perception of the project being pretentious. In other words, the Puppy logo and name, with its overt playfulness, is sort of like the opposite of Steve Jobs's iconic turtleneck. Sure, the turtleneck, jeans and showmanship work for some, but they also have a
effect on others.
Anyway, a "sense of confidence" would matter much more if Puppy were targeted at institutional or commercial install bases. It isn't targeted at them, though, and I think I much prefer it that way. Inevitably, distributions targeted at those groups end up as "kitchen-sink" distros in order to satisfy every single use case with one distro, and that is the antithesis of Puppy.
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If you really miss the old way, add a second button next to it called "Painful Search" and add the old url.
Ladies and gentlemen, a genius resides among us.
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I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Now that the holidays are behind us, it's time to get busy making quilts! :) The response I've received from those wanting to donate quilts has been AMAZING, but we still need a LOT more! This blog post will give you all the details about these special quilts.
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My husband and I are EMTs and my heart is aching knowing a little of what these men and women are going through, and what they'll have to deal with for the rest of their lives. Thank you so much for being willing to share your time and talents with those who put their lives on the line every day they go to work!
*** If you would like to send in a quilt for something other than this school shooting, PLEASE DO SO!!! I am now collecting donated quilts to be distributed to people who are affected by future natural disasters and human-caused tragedies. These quilts can be any size quilt, and can be quilted, tied or a rag quilt. PLEASE HAVE THEM COMPLETED! Unfortunately, because we are going to be donating so many more quilts, I don't have the time or resources to complete unfinished quilts that are sent in.
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I can't f'n wait for Tebow to be off this team.
Good Luck Jacksonville.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow was so frustrated when the starting job was conferred upon Greg McElroy early last week that he told the coaches he didn't want to be used in any Wildcat packages Sunday against the San Diego Chargers, multiple Jets sources told ESPNNewYork.com.
Tebow was active, but did not play in the 27-17 loss at MetLife Stadium.
In Tebow's absence, wide receiver Jeremy Kerley -- a former high school quarterback -- ran the plays for the first time all season. The Wildcat has been Tebow's package, and was the reason Jets coach Rex Ryan and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano said he was brought to New York.
Tebow has been frustrated all season by his lack of playing time, but it culminated Tuesday upon hearing he would be passed over for a starting opportunity when Ryan decided to bench Mark Sanchez. Tebow was disappointed and upset enough to say he didn't want to be used situationally, sources said. He told the Jets coaches early in the week, giving Kerley time to take the practice reps. Soon reports emerged speculating the backup was looking to play outside of New York next season.
In the postgame news conference, Tebow was asked who told him he wouldn't be playing in the Wildcat and Tebow responded, "It just kind of happens."
Ryan said during his news conference that they wanted to use Kerley because of the element of surprise. Afterward Ryan, through a team spokesman, said it was a "coach's decision" when asked specifically if Tebow had opted out.
The Jets had all three quarterbacks active for the Chargers game for the first time all season. Tebow did not play a single snap either as a punt protector or on offense. He was active, according to a source, in case McElroy was hurt. Jets coaches didn't want to play Sanchez at home, wary of possible fan reaction.
"I also wanted to give Kerley a shot at running some Wildcat things," Ryan said. "We knew they wouldn't expect him to throw the ball, and that was the case."
Tebow was Sanchez's backup all season, and was inactive with two fractured ribs during the Cardinals game on Dec. 2 when Sanchez threw three interceptions and was replaced by McElroy. The second-year quarterback out of Alabama threw a touchdown pass and the Jets won 7-6.
Tebow was frustrated that he'd missed that opportunity as well.
After Ryan announced McElroy would start on Tuesday, Tebow was clearly miffed at his locker during his usual Wednesday news conference. The Jets announced Thursday that Tebow wouldn't be available in his usual Friday spot, and he ducked quickly in and out of the locker room that day.
After the loss to the Chargers, Tebow again appeared more detached, but didn't betray much emotion when answering reporter questions.
"It's been disappointing, obviously (the season) didn't go as we thought, as I had hoped," Tebow said. "But sometimes in life you have that. Sometimes you have setbacks and you have to look at them as an opportunity to step back up and keep working and figure out what to do."
ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen reported that Tebow will likely play for the Jaguars next season. The Jaguars were the only other NFL team in the hunt for Tebow when Denver acquired Peyton Manning last year during the offseason. It's where he is originally from, and where his family lives. When asked if he was looking to play elsewhere, Tebow avoided the question.
"We've just got to find a way to beat the Buffalo Bills next Sunday," Tebow said.
But he was less evasive when asked if he could be a starting quarterback in the NFL. It's something he hasn't done since last season when he led Denver to the playoffs. The Jets haven't advanced his career. In fact, Kerley's 42-yard pass on Sunday topped Tebow's 39 passing yards all season. Despite the fact that the Jets haven't trusted Tebow to pass the ball or run the offense, Tebow is clear that it's a role he wants.
"I believe in my God-given ability to play this game of football and I think I can play it for a long time," Tebow said, "and I look forward to playing it some more."
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I can't f'n wait for Tebow to be off this team.
Good Luck Jacksonville.
Teblow is in no position to be dictating to the coachingg staff. Show this POS the door asap!
Good for him for finally standing up for himself. Bunch of crap what this coaching staff did to him.
They have no qb and there is no one in this draft also they have no money to spend. If I was the jets I would transform my whole offense around tebow for next year and give it a shot, the defense is good enough. If it don't work so be it after next year a lot of bad contracts come off the books and they can go after a real qb
And I am not a tebow fan at all
Can't we use this to void his contract?
I did feel awful for Tebow after seeing the coaching staff overlook him for so long but, after seeing all these reports this week about his awful practice play and his minimal improvement over the season, now his complaining and taking himself out of the game, I don't feel bad for him anymore. He should of chose to go home to Jacksonville in March.
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Good for tebow. He wants out of this pathetic organization. Dont blame him.
No chance does Tebow ask not to play.....not in his DNA
Once again the NY media trolling with the best of 'em
Ahhh....the plot thickens.
Then why was he even active? He didn't want to play. And I thought everyone wanted to play for Rex
Great discipline, Rex.
Get Rex the hell out of here NOW!!!


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That was how the company debuted that iconic car half a century ago, chopping the prototype into three pieces to get it up the elevators to the 86th-floor observation deck.
But a dark cloud hangs over the festivities. This year is on track to be the biggest ever for recalls. General Motors GM, -1.26% and Toyota Motor TM, -0.91% are recalling over 6 million vehicles each, and last month Toyota settled criminal charges with the Justice Department, paying a $1.2 billion penalty.
The recalls hit GM particularly hard. Five years after the federal government bailed out the automaker at a cost to taxpayers of $11 billion, GM looked as if it had turned a corner, with some exciting new models that got glowing reviews.
But now it faces the same issue that kept buyers out of its showrooms for years: reliability. That's also haunting Ford, which took $5.9 billion in government loans to refurbish factories, and Chrysler, which the U.S. government sold to Fiat.
That's why, despite the giant steps they've made, cars produced by the Detroit Three still lag behind many of those made by the Germans and Japanese.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 22 million vehicles were recalled in the U.S. in 2013. Manufacturers have recalled nearly 13 million so far in 2014.
Much of this comes from an abundance of caution — and legal butt covering. As The Wall Street Journal reported, in the wake of the Toyota settlement, "the potential for huge fines and criminal prosecution" are prompting companies to recall first and ask questions later.
But manufacturers wouldn't recall vehicles for nothing. As automakers move to global platforms with complex supply chains, advanced electronics, and more rapid development of new models, the probability, and actuality, of defects is rising.
According to Time.com, since 2004, GM, Ford and Chrysler had more recalls by far than other automakers. GM led the pack, recalling a model for a specific issue 756 times. Ford was second with 559 recalls, and Chrysler had 411. (Toyota came next with 342 recalls over the past 10 years.)
So, together, the Detroit Three had more than 1,700 recalls over the past decade. That's appalling.
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The landing of the X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle aboard the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) in July generated a lot of buzz, but it was more than just a technological achievement. It also heralded the addition of autonomous drones to the aircraft carrier's arsenal. Defense scholar Daniel Goure says that drones and the capabilities they bring to the fight against adversaries on the high seas might also help protect the carriers from those closer to home who would reduce their numbers.
Fleet size and composition is always a popular topic in Proceedings , and our pages have featured several articles in recent months advancing different shipbuilding plans or debating whether vessels such as the littoral combat ship can fulfill its assigned missions. But Captain Robert C. Rubel, Dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the Naval War College, warns against getting too caught up in arguments over ship characteristics while ignoring the bigger picture. He attempts to bring strategic logic to the discussion "in the hope that it will provide insights that will inform force design, including ship and weapon characteristics, organization, and personnel management." Professor Rubel outlines what the future might hold for the Navy as it deals with various threats around the world. The key, he says, might be to adopt the concept of strength in numbers and build small ships to form multiple flotillas that could navigate closer to shore and in tight bodies of water better than their larger brethren in the Fleet.
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Hood River County planners are combing through Wal-Mart's proposed super center schematics to determine if the project meets key design elements.
"There are a lot of significant standards that they're going to have to comply with, it's not a guarantee by any means," said Eric Walker, county senior planner.
For example, he said one of 11 key tests during a site plan review is "compatibility," whether the height, bulk and scale of the building will fit in with surrounding land uses. Walker said that condition will likely face a challenge since the 185,000-square-foot structure will be built at the junction of Frankton and Country Club roads, an area which is enveloped primarily by residences and a few small businesses.
Scott Franklin of Pacific Land Designs, Wal-Mart's developer, said since the 16-acre parcel is already zoned for commercial use, the submitted site plans go far beyond existing criteria to mitigate the visual, wetland, landscaping and traffic impacts brought by a large-scale business.
"We made a concerted effort to address the concerns that were brought up in the pre-application process and during public hearings," said Franklin.
For example, Franklin said that a wetlands issue was raised because Phelps Creek runs through a portion of the proposed site. However, he said that Wal-Mart plans restore the creek, which has been relocated at least once since the '60s, back into its natural channel. In addition, he said 80 parking stalls were eliminated to allow for restoration of the surrounding riparian area.
He said another point of concern was that the 12-acre parking lot would be a "sea of asphalt" and would be ugly to look at and flood the storm drain system during heavy rainfall. To offset those arguments, Franklin said existing trees on the east side of the property were primarily preserved and numerous tree wells and other plantings were placed throughout the lot. In addition, he said Wal-Mart has proposed that storm water runoff from the parking lot be channeled into an underground chamber and then fed gradually into the central water system to prevent flooding.
Franklin said Wal-Mart is also proposing to plant a row of trees along the southern boundary of the development and to place the garden center on its northern edge so it is more aesthetically pleasing when viewed from County Club Road or nearby Interstate 84. He said the 550-foot length of store front will also be broken up with columns, canopies and a breezeway.
"We feel it's a good application and is something the county can be proud of because what we're going to end up with is a store that has a nice appearance," said Franklin.
He said Wal-Mart's traffic survey has shown that when the store is built there will be 8,790 trips per day along Frankton and Country Club roads, with about 1,500 of those from vehicles passing through the area. To keep that traffic volume flowing smoothly, Franklin said that a stop light would be needed on Cascade Avenue and Wal-Mart has proposed moving the intersection with County Club Road about 500 feet south to prevent any blocking of the freeway off-ramp at Exit 64. He said that according to state standards the current two-lane roadway would still be sufficient for the projected increase in traffic if a center turn lane is built to access the main driveway off Country Club. He said Wal-Mart is also proposing two additional access points on Frankton, which would be widened to accommodate sidewalks and a bicycle lane.
Wal-Mart: the process from here
Senior Planner Eric Walker said the county will compare Wal-Mart's site plans to its zoning criteria during the 30-day review period which began when the national retailer submitted its formal building application on Dec. 17.
If the county finds areas where the plan has inconsistencies or elements that have not been adequately addressed, Mike Benedict, planning director, will outline these issues in a letter that will be posted to the applicant by mid-January.
At that point, Walker said Wal-Mart officials will have 150 days to provide the requested information and, once the application is deemed to be "complete," it will be forwarded to the planning commission for review.
At that time a public hearing will be scheduled and Walker said written comments centered on Wal-Mart's proposed site plan are now being accepted and will be entered into the formal record.
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There are two kinds of fried sweet goods traditional for May Day over here, doughnuts and May Day fritters (tippaleivät/struvor), which Americans at least would recognize as funnel cakes. The fritters are really more authentic, but as I don't have an army to feed and happen to prefer doughnuts, the choice had to be made.
This was my first time making jam-filled doughnuts, so some research had to be done into how to accomplish this miracle of haute cuisine. In the end, it turned out to be surprisingly simple.
As for the mead, every year I astound myself by managing to not blow up bottles or wind up with a flat sugar syrup instead of this wonderfully refreshing fizzy delight. I wouldn't call this foolproof, because I've seen the former happen (my mother is still traumatized fifteen years after the fact). I do believe the recipe comes from the side of the bag of brown sugar, except I use more lemons.
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2 eggs
150 ml sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp ground cardamom
500 ml lukewarm milk
50 g fresh yeast
150 g butter, softened
~1½ l flour
raspberry jam
1-1½ l oil for frying
Beat the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk and blend with the egg mixture. Blend salt and cardamom with about half of the flour and stir into the liquids. Work in the softened butter, then add the rest of the flour, a little at a time until you have a soft, springy dough. (You may need a bit more flour than specified, but try to use as little as you can as this will make the doughnuts softer.) Cover and let rise for about 40 minutes, until doubled in size.
Divide the dough in two, roll out to a thickness of about a cm (scant ½-inch), and cut out circles with a cookie cutter or glass. Flatten these a bit, dot a teaspoon or so of jam onto half of the dough rounds, then top each with another round and pinch the edges of the two rounds together firmly. With a cookie cutter (or glass), trim off the edges so you have a neat, round jelly-filled disc. Repeat with the other dough-half and then the scraps. Cover with a towel and let rise while you heat the oil.
Fry in hot oil for about a minute and a half on each side, until nicely browned. Drain on paper towels, then toss in a plastic bag with some caster sugar to coat.
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250 g caster sugar
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4 l water
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Morning Five: 05.20.14 EditionPosted by rtmsf on May 20th, 2014
- National Championships have their benefits, especially for second-year head coaches whose name has been recently bandied about NBA circles with the word "Lakers" involved. Reports surfaced on Monday that Connecticut's Kevin Ollie, a man who was fighting for a long-term contract from the university as recently as 18 short months ago, is set to sign a new five-year deal that will reportedly pay him more than twice his current salary (nearly $3 million per year). It goes without saying that a coach in his early 40s who already has a title under his belt is a hot commodity, and Ollie will join many of his elite peers in take-home pay in very short order, as this deal will put UConn's leading Husky among college basketball's top 10 coaching salaries, according to USA Today.
- From one end of the coaching spectrum to the other, as Oregon State announced on Monday its hiring of Montana's Wayne Tinkle as its new head basketball coach. Tinkle heads to Corvallis with a solid resume, having led the Grizzlies to three NCAA Tournament appearances in his eight seasons and never finishing below .500 while there. He will inherit a program that has proven to be one of the absolute toughest at which to win in Division I basketball. The Beavers last made the NCAA Tournament in 1990 (!!!), and have not achieved a .500 Pac-10/12 record in over two decades (1993). Further compounding the difficulty that Tinkle will face is that all five of last season's starters from an 8-10 squad have moved on. Perhaps Tinkle is the guy to finally lead Oregon State out of the basketball wilderness, but it will be no easy task.
- One of the starters who left Oregon State this offseason was shooting guard Hallice Cooke, a rising sophomore who logged the second-most percentage of available minutes for the Beavers last season and nailed a team-high 45.6 percent of his threes. Cooke announced on Monday via Twitter that he will transfer to play for The Mayor at Iowa State for the rest of his collegiate career. Fred Hoiberg's 12th transfer in his fourth season in Ames exhibits again just how well the popular coach has used the free agency transfer market to fill the holes on his roster (UNLV transfer Bryce Dejean-Jones will hold down Iowa State's shooting guard spot during the intervening year). Although Cooke will not become eligible to play for the Cyclones until the 2015-16 season, his three-point prowess figures to eventually fit very well into Hoiberg's spread-the-floor offense.
- Kevin Ollie wasn't the only head coach to receive an extension this week, as Xavier's Chris Mack — a coach who was reportedly considered as a top candidate for several other jobs this spring — signed an extension that will keep him at the school through the 2019-20 season. In Mack's five years at the school, he's compiled an impressive 111-57 overall record that includes four NCAA Tournament appearances and two trips to the Sweet Sixteen (2010 and 2012). Although Xavier has had a multitude of excellent coaches over the years from Pete Gillen to Skip Prosser to Thad Matta — it was in no small part due to Mack's recent success that Xavier was invited to become a member of the new basketball-centric Big East. It will certainly be tough for Xavier to keep a talent like Mack on campus all the way through the term of his new contract, but the commitment is worthwhile for a coach who has proven he has the chops to win at a high level.
- Even on a busy Monday of college basketball-related news, the most interesting nugget of the lot may have come from a decision by the State Employees of North Carolina public workers union to allow student-athletes at the state's 17 public universities to join its collective bargaining organization. Players at schools like North Carolina, NC State, Charlotte and others would be affected, but the bigger picture question is whether this move represents another arrow directed at the disintegrating notion of athletes as amateurs. This of course comes on the heels of the NLRB's recent decision to classify a group of Northwestern football players as employees with the right to organize its own union, and although any holding in that case would only apply to private schools like NU and others, the sea change is coming whether the NCAA likes it or not.


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What Is Urology Medical Software?
Common Features of Urology Medical Software
Benefits of Urology Medical Software
Market Trends to Understand
Urology medical software includes specialty-specific EMR solutions that have customized features to meet the needs of a urology practitioner. Some of these features include:
Urologists need a system that supports them in treating their patients in a discreet and respectful manner, while maintaining all the functionalities of generic and specialty EMR or electronic health record (EHR) solutions. Therefore, software that's specifically designed for urology practices will be ideal, as it's highly customized for the industry.
The successful adoption of urology medical software will reduce overhead manual tasks, prevent human errors, increase customer satisfaction levels and drive revenue. In addition, advanced systems facilitate electronic payments to reduce payment issues for patients.
Urology medical solutions are deployed either on-premise or in the cloud. Both of these deployment models have their pros and cons. However, there is a gradual shift toward subscription-based cloud deployments in recent years. By deploying cloud-based solutions, users can save their capital expenditure and simultaneously reduce the excess costs of maintaining hardware infrastructure. However, we suggest that urologists should evaluate their requirements before considering any solution.
Features commonly found in urology medical software are generally urology-specific versions of features found in all EMR software. These features can include:
|Urology SOAP notes templates
|Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach, urology EMRs have dozens of customized templates for every condition imaginable, including cystoscopy, hematuria, incontinence, infertility, prostate screening and/or cancer, sexual dysfunction, UTI and vasectomy. These templates can often be customized, but most physicians prefer simply taking advantage of the ample number of pre-existing templates already at their disposal.
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|Urology-specific EMRs use the unique vocabulary of urologists, incorporating the terminology into the system. They provide more assistance on ICD-10 and CPT coding and billing for common urology encounters, while avoiding the clutter of thousands of codes unrelated to your practice. Since these systems tie into the administrative and clinical workflow, they also know what procedures have been performed and which treatments prescribed, making the claim process faster and more accurate.
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In addition to these features, a strong management system will support medical billing and scheduling as well as improve office workflows, efficiency and patient correspondence.
Listed below are some of the common benefits that buyers can expect after successfully implementing urology medical software:
Improved efficiency in the practice. With the automation of manual tasks, such as appointment scheduling, medical charting, billing and writing prescriptions, medical staff can focus on more important tasks, namely ensuring patient retention, running promotional campaigns, writing blog posts and reviewing patient medical history. The software also enables urologists to access their EMR from remote devices. In addition, some solutions enable medical staff to share automated reminders for a revisit with their patients.
More quality time with patients. When urologists and their support staff spend less time on manual tasks, they can see more patients. With an e-prescription feature, urologists are able to quickly send prescriptions to pharmacies, which further reduces the scope of manual errors.
Increased revenue. Urology medical software provides the required documentation to support claims sent to insurance companies. Well-documented insurance claims have a lower rejection rate, which ultimately helps increase revenue. Moreover, advanced systems facilitate digital payments and credit card transactions, both of which provide additional conveniences to the patients.
Improved patient experience. The software documents a patient's medical history, lab and pathology test reports as well as the past medication profile to help urologists prescribe the correct medication and dosages. Moreover, patient portals help patients schedule appointments, pay outstanding bills and generate health reports.
Increasing adoption of cloud-based software. The adoption of cloud-based systems are on the rise. With a cloud-based system, urologists and their staff are able to access patient records, import new patient data and manage appointments online. As upfront costs are generally lower with a cloud-based model, these systems are very appealing to urologist practices. While HIPAA compliance and the security of patient data in the Cloud is a concern for some, vendors are tackling these issues head on, to ensure sensitive data remains secure.
Mobile device support becomes popular. The growing popularity of online EHR urology software is also driving innovation in the ways medical professionals access patient records. Vendors are increasingly offering robust mobile technologies that make it easier to manage a practice on the go and increase mobility in the office. Many have developed mobile versions and some are even developing native apps for popular mobile operating systems (such as iOS, Android and Windows). For example, meridianEMR—a leader in urology EHR—offers a native iOS app, meridianMobile, that gives users access to real-time data and has the ability to schedule office visits and review appointments. The app also runs on the iPod Touch and the iPad, working for any user with the meridianEMR Version 5.2.3 or higher.
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