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All across Europe people are waking up to an inconvenient truth: The cushy, lifelong government and employer pensions they've enjoyed for more than half a century are unsustainable.
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Although it lagged the U.S. by several years, Europe also experienced a baby boom after World War II followed by a "baby bust" resulting in its own Generation X when the boom ended and birthrates fell.In addition, thanks to medical advances, Europeans have enjoyed increases in life expectancy similar to those seen on this side of the Atlantic, and the continent is also feeling the impact of having fewer individuals in the workforce to support the benefits being paid out to an aging population of retirees.
The difference is that the U.S. began coming to grips with these challenges decades ago. Federal legislation in 1978 allowing the creation of 401(k)s signaled the recognition that employers and the government (through Social Security) had limits on what they could afford to provide and that individuals needed to bear some responsibility for generating the income required to support a lengthier retirement.
When it was announced that by 1983 Social Security would be insolvent, i.e. unable to pay out the benefits that had been promised because it would not collect enough in payroll tax to cover its promises, the tax rate was raised. Most folks didn't like the idea of paying more, but they did it. We have also gradually raised the "full" retirement age for Social Security benefits.
In other words, we've been making adjustments and introducing new incentives to encourage people to save more- from tax-deductible IRAs to Keoghs for the self-employed to Roth accounts. But until relatively recently, the average European has clung to or insisted upon the "big brother" model which essentially held that their employer or the government or some combination of the two owed them the retirement income they had been promised. Demographics and financial reality be damned. Two years ago when French President Nicolas Sarkozy signed legislation raising the retirement age from 60 to 62, it touched off violent riots in the streets.(1)
But the facade has been stripped away by the perfect storm of economic events the world has recently experienced. The global credit crisis, recession, tumultuous stock and bond markets and bankrupt government coffers finally forced Europeans to face the facts.
In a major survey of 9,000 individuals- 1,000 in nine countries- Transamerica's non-profit Center for Retirement Studies in collaboration with parent company Aegon has uncovered a seismic and pessimistic shift in European attitudes about retirement.(2) Seventy percent of those polled believe future generations of retirees will be worse off. Just 16% of French workers are optimistic about retirement and 41% of Hungarians estimate that they will need more income when they retire than they are currently earning in their job. Catherine Collinson, president of the Center for Retirement Studies, says events of the past few years have caused underlying assumptions to change. "Now governments, industry and people are scrambling to come up with a solution."
Guess what? Some of the things we've already put in place here in the U.S. are looking rather attractive. Collinson says she was surprised when some of her European colleagues described the United States as being "in the vanguard" of retirement planning.
Some European firms- especially in the U.K.- have already adopted "shared-risk" plans which, like 401(k)s require employer and employees to make contributions and do not guarantee more than a minimum benefit at retirement. If your investments happen to turn out better than that, good for you.
Moving workers to a less paternalistic retirement system will be slow and painful. Attitudes have been ingrained for decades. For instance, according to Collinson, there is "a general recognition of the need to work longer and delay retirement to help bridge the shortfall in retirement savings and affordability." But it's going to take time for this to affect behavior. As you can see from the graph below, when asked about how they envision their transition to "retirement," 30% of all respondents (across all 9 countries) said they would stop working immediately and completely.
Notice that in France, 45% of those surveyed plan to stop working immediately. At the opposite end of the spectrum, only 18% of U.S. workers say they will cease work entirely when they "retire." More than half will "change" their work patterns, which includes working part-time- a concept that is largely- and literally- foreign to Europeans.
Regardless of nationality, one thing that individuals agree on is that their employer is the top resource they are counting on to help them prepare for retirement: 44% of employees believe the company they work for should be required to contribute to their retirement plan. One out of four thinks their employer should provide a menu of benefits and let employees choose the ones they want and 10% say their employer should just make a retirement plan available, but does not have to contribute to it.
"Despite challenges in the retirement landscape," says Collinson, "people are adjusting their expectations." Among other things, they're realizing that "retirement is not an entitlement. You have to work for, prepare for and take a practical approach" to it. In response to the question, "Do you feel you are personally responsible for having sufficient assets in retirement?" a surprising 69% said "yes"- ranging from a high of 84% in the U.S. to a low of 50% among Polish workers.
But before you get all smug and uppity, recall that the federal deficit here in the U.S.is roughly $15 trillion. In 2010 and again last year, Social Security did not collect enough in payroll in order to cover the benefits owed to current beneficiaries; it had to use interest on the bond in the Trust Fund to make up the shortfall. Medicare is a train wreck. Americans may be slightly ahead of the retirement curve in some respects, but we certainly don't have this figured out by a long shot. For all we know, the next break-through retirement plan concept could come out of Hungary!
"There's a tremendous advantage to forming a global [dialogue] where we can learn from each other's experiences, identity and implement solutions and share outcomes,' says Collinson. Indeed. As the song goes, "It's a small world after all."
1. In what is viewed as largely a gift to unions, last June Sarkozy's liberal successor, Francois Hollande, signed a measure allowing certain workers to still be able to collect benefits at age 60. According to government estimates, this will cost the already-strained French retirement system the equivalent of more than a billion dollars next year and nearly $4 billion by 2017. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303753904577450000181349894.html
2. The 9 countries include the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands, Poland, France, Sweden, Germany, Spain and Hungary.
Ms. Buckner is a Retirement and Financial Planning Specialist and an instructor in Franklin Templeton Investments' global Academy. The views expressed in this article are only those of Ms. Buckner or the individual commentator identified therein, and are not necessarily the views of Franklin Templeton Investments, which has not reviewed, and is not responsible for, the content.
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Sophomore season should see Gennett usurp Weeks at second base
Here's a breakthrough on the good-news front for Milwaukee fans: The Brewers are planning on starting a second baseman who can actually play the position.
Scooter Gennett is the preferred choice at this spot for 2014, and why not? He hit .324 with a .356 on-base percentage in 213 at-bats for the Brewers last season. And Gennett was a better defender than previously advertised. In fact, he was very good at second base.
This will be an abrupt departure from the previous second-base policy of this club. For years, the position had belonged to Rickie Weeks, who has made improvement defensively, but remained a substandard second baseman.
The theory was that Weeks would be so far above average offensively as a second baseman that he would more than compensate for any defensive shortcomings. That occasionally worked out, as in 2010 and in Weeks' All-Star season in '11, prior to a serious ankle injury.
But over the past two seasons, Weeks' offensive performance has not compensated for anything. He hit .209 in 2013 with an on-base percentage of .306. A torn left hamstring ended Weeks' season in August, but it opened the door for Gennett to get regular playing time. Gennett did not waste the opportunity.
Weeks will be owed $11 million for 2014, the final season of a four-year, $38.5 million contract. The Brewers have been endlessly patient with him, loyal to him, and they have rested their faith on his remarkable potential. But Weeks is 31 now, and that page has to be turned.
And now, at last, a viable alternative has emerged at second base in Milwaukee.
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke made the second-base pecking order clear in a media session at the Winter Meetings.
"I think he has proved that he should have the opportunity to play every day and see where he is," Roenicke said of Gennett.
The manager was then asked where that left Weeks.
"Well, we'll see," Roenicke said. "I just saw Rick, and he's doing really well physically. But to say that, 'Scooter, you're on the bench and Rickie is our everyday guy right now,' I don't think that's real fair to Scooter.
"We may end up needing both of them; you don't know what's going to happen. And we've got to get Rick back to where he was. When I first came over in 2011, before he hurt the ankle, he was a tremendous player, leading off and driving the ball, getting on base, stealing bases. So hopefully we can get him back."
Gennett, 23, is listed at 5-foot-10 and 180 pounds, both of which might be slightly generous estimates. But as one Major League scout says: "He does not play small." He does not have outstanding speed, but he is an aggressive, heads-up baserunner. The Brewers might like Gennett to become more selective at the plate, but he consistently gets the bat on the ball, rarely striking out.
But as impressive as the .324 average was in his first extended look at Major League pitching, Gennett may have made his most positive impression with his glove. He was not only making the expected, routine plays at second, he was making all manner of difficult plays -- with regularity.
In a season that was discouraging for injuries, pitching shortcomings in the first half that took the Brewers out of contention early and the entire Ryan Braun situation, Gennett was an extraordinary plus for the Milwaukee club. The Brewers can now point to second base and, for the first time in a long time, safely describe it as a point of defensive strength.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com.

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1. Pergo - installer said that since we do not have any ventilation underneath the kitchen floor that they cannot gurantee that the Pergo will stay in place. They suggested that they open up a window underneath the room in order to circulate air and then they would suggest laying Pergo down.
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a. Create quantum_l2network database in mysql with the following command:
a. Create quantum_l2network database in mysql with the following command:
mysql -u<mysqlusername> -p<mysqlpassword> -e "create database quantum_l2network"
mysql -u<mysqlusername> -p<mysqlpassword> -e "create database quantum_l2network"
b. Enter the quantum_l2network database configuration info in the quantum/plugins/cisco/conf/db_conn.ini file:
b. Enter the quantum_l2network database configuration info in the quantum/plugins/cisco/conf/db_conn.ini file:
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A Cisco Plugin Framework for Quantum Supporting L2 Networks Spanning Multiple Switches
Configuration for Quantum 2.0 - Folsom release to achieve Nova network parity with Cisco plugin framework. This requires use of the OpenVSwitch plugin as sub-plugin.
Pre-requisites If you are using a Nexus switch in your topology, you'll need the following NX-OS version and packages to enable Nexus support:
- NX-OS 5.2.1 (Delhi) Build 69 or above.
- paramiko library - SSHv2 protocol library for python
- ncclient v0.3.1 - Python library for NETCONF clients
You need a version of ncclient modified by Cisco Systems. To get it, from your shell prompt do:
git clone firstname.lastname@example.com:CiscoSystems/ncclient.git sudo python ./setup.py install
For more information of ncclient, see: http://schmizz.net/ncclient/
Plugin Installation Instructions
1. Make a backup copy of quantum/etc/quantum.conf.
2. Edit quantum/etc/quantum.conf and edit the "core_plugin" for v2 API:
core_plugin = quantum.plugins.cisco.network_plugin.PluginV2
3. MySQL database setup
a. Create quantum_l2network database in mysql with the following command: mysql -u<mysqlusername> -p<mysqlpassword> -e "create database quantum_l2network"
b. Enter the quantum_l2network database configuration info in the quantum/plugins/cisco/conf/db_conn.ini file: [DATABASE] name = quantum_l2network user = <put_db_user_name_here> pass = <put_db_password_here> host = <put_quantum_mysql_host_here>
Nexus switch sub-plugin configuration
To turn on support for Cisco Nexus switches:
1. Uncomment the nexus_plugin property in /etc/quantum/plugins/cisco/cisco_plugins.ini to read:
[PLUGINS] nexus_plugin=quantum.plugins.cisco.nexus.cisco_nexus_plugin_v2.NexusPlugin
2. Enter the relevant configuration in the /etc/quantum/plugins/cisco/nexus.ini file. Example:
[SWITCH] Change the following to reflect the Nexus switch details nexus_ip_address=<put_nexus_switch_ip_address_here> Interfaces connected from the Nexus Switch to the compute hosts ports, e.g.: 1/10 and 1/11 ports=<put_interfaces_names_here_separated_by_commas> Port number where the SSH will be running at the Nexus Switch, e.g.: 22 (Default) nexus_ssh_port=22
[DRIVER] name=quantum.plugins.cisco.nexus.cisco_nexus_network_driver_v2.CiscoNEXUSDriver name=quantum.plugins.cisco.tests.unit.v2.nexus.fake_nexus_driver.CiscoNEXUSFakeDriver
3. Make sure that SSH host key of the Nexus switch is known to the host on which you are running the Quantum service. You can do this simply by logging in to your Quantum host as the user that Quantum runs as and SSHing to the switch at least once. If the host key changes (e.g. due to replacement of the supervisor or clearing of the SSH config on the switch), you may need to repeat this step and remove the old hostkey from ~/.ssh/known_hosts.
4. Verify that you have the correct credentials for each IP address listed in quantum/plugins/cisco/conf/credentials.ini. Example:
Provide the Nexus credentials, if you are using Nexus switches. IP address, username and password. If not this will be ignored. [10.0.0.1] username=admin password=mySecretPasswordForNexus
In general, make sure that Nexus switch used in your system, has a credential entry in the above file. This is required for the system to be able to communicate with those switches.
OpenVSwitch sub-plugin configuration
By using the OpenVSwitch plugin as a sub-plugin, parity with pre-Folsom Nova networking is achieved. VLAN mode must be enabled. To use it together with the Nexus device sub-plugin perform the following steps:
1. Update /etc/quantum/plugins/cisco/l2network_plugin.ini so that the [MODEL] section contains a single item:
2. Update /etc/quantum/plugins/cisco/cisco_plugins.ini so that the [PLUGINS] section of the configuration file contains the following configuration:
3. Update the /etc/quantum/plugins/openvswitch/ovs_quantum_plugin.ini file to set the "sql_connection"
sql_connection = mysql://<username>:<password>@<mysql_host>/ovs_quantum?charset=utf8
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tenant_network_type = vlan enable_tunneling = False network_vlan_ranges = default:<vlan_min>:<vlan_max>
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State police charged a man caught fleeing a Pike County home he allegedly had just burglarized Monday, and then charged his two lookouts.
Joseph Wright, 31, Kristin Strouse, 28, and Jessica Rombousek, 36, all of Matamoras, are charged and awaiting future district court appearances.
Police give the following account:
State police responded at 10:40 a.m. to a West High Street burglary call in Milford Township. Police learned a maroon Jeep Grand Cherokee had fled the scene, and that a man later identified as Wright had fled that same scene on foot and was being chased.
State police then learned Eastern Pike Regional Police had apprehended Wright and found jewelry in his rear pocket. Wright admitted the jewelry was from the home he'd fled.
At 1 p.m., state police learned Wright had been involved in several previous Matamoras burglaries and that the vehicle which had fled Monday's burglary scene belonged to Rombousek.
At 3:15 p.m., police interviewed Strouse, who said she, Rombousek and Wright had driven to the residence. She said she and Rombousek were lookouts while Wright burglarized the residence.
Strouse said she and Rombousek saw a truck pull up to the driveway, tried unsuccessfully to alert Wright and then drove away. She said they then drove toward where they saw Wright in police custody.
Wright was placed in Pike County Correctional Facility in lieu of $250,000 bail while Strouse and Rombousek were placed there in lieu of $150,000 bail.
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State police charged a man caught fleeing a Pike County home he allegedly had just burglarized Monday, and then charged his two lookouts.


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New Jersey can expect more thunderstorms today as a frontal boundry remains in place acting as a conveyor belt bringing the storms our way.
The storms should not be as strong as Monday's when at least 2 inches of rain fell in many central and northern counties.
The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down in Union County during Monday morning's heavy thunderstorms.
PSE&G's outage map shows Montclair, Newark, Paterson, East Brunswick, Carteret, Hopewell & East Orange as still having outages. Most JCP&L outages have been restored according to its outage map.
A Flash Flood Watch is still in effect through tonight for Mercer, Hunterdon, Sussex, Morris, Middlesex, Warren. Somerset, Camden, Gloucester, Burlington and Salem counties in anticipation of storms that develop during Tuesday with heavy rains, winds and possible hail.
A Flood Warning continues for the North Branch Rancocas Creek in Pemberton, where the creek is expected to remain around flood stage until Wednesday afternoon.
Storms on Wednesday should be less severe and by Thursday the Fourth summer weather returns with sunshine and temperatures near 90 with high humidity.
The Union County tornado lasted from 9:17 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. and is a category 0 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale.
The twister had a maxiumu wind speed of 85 MPH and took a path from Berkeley Heights to Summit touching down in Berkelely Heights near Garfield Street. It passed northeast through New Providence and lifted in Summit near Evergreen Avenue.
There were no fatalities from the tornado.
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Tioga Environmental Consultants is adding new staff and ramping up for an increased workload, due at least in part to new commercial regulations expected next year on lead-based paint in commercial facilities.
Tioga Environmental Consultants founder and president Maggie Strom, center, testing water samples with Larkin Myers and Richie Fletcher.
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The Memphis-based environmental services firm provides investigative services like lead-based paint testing, mold sampling, asbestos testing, and soil and groundwater testing. It also performs environmental compliance and permitting services like regulatory compliance for manufacturing facilities and industries, property transaction services such as Phase I and Phase II's, and site assessments.
Tioga president Maggie Strom has been involved in environmental consulting in the Mid-South since 1998. She and Tioga vice president Larkin Myers had worked together at a larger architecture and engineering company, the Pickering Firm, that decided to close its environmental business office near the end of 2009.
So Strom and Pickering's environmental business office director, Mike Donohoe, decided to form their own venture to continue serving those clients.
"We had a great client base and a lot of experience doing this work here in Memphis, so it seemed like a natural thing to continue with it," said Strom, who named the company after a piece of land of Tioga County, Pa., that her family owned and where she has spent many summer vacations. "It's where my love of being outdoors, the nature and the environment comes from."
In January of this year, Myers bought out Donohoe's portion of the business to become co-owner and vice president. She had worked with Strom at Pickering for six years as a civil engineer, project manager and associate principal owner until taking a year sabbatical to leave town and care for her grandmother. She returned to Memphis and joined Tioga in 2011.
"It's been a great transition for me from doing engineering design work like designing storm water structures (while at Pickering) to now doing more pollution prevention for storm water structures," said Myers, who also previously worked in Little Rock for a civil engineering firm that did land development work.
Tioga handles between 50 and 100 lead-based paint inspections per month, primarily on homes built before 1978 in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. Lead-based paint inspections are required on all mortgage transactions for homes built before 1978 involving federal funds.
The company could see a heavier workload next year, when new commercial regulations are expected for lead-based paints.
"Right now all of the lead-based paint issues are associated with residences, but new commercial regulations on lead-based paint are expected in the next year," Strom said. "The main issue with lead-based paint is lead poisoning with children, and we do a lot of work already with child-occupied facilities like day cares and churches."
Homes should always be tested after renovation projects to make sure no lead dust is left behind.
"About half of our services go to lead-based paint and asbestos inspections," said Myers, who points out that a general contractor is called in for removal of the contaminated areas. Tioga then completes a clearance test to make sure that no lead dust remains on the property.
Tioga just hired a new lead-based paint inspector, bringing the total to four, and the company now has one part-time and seven full-time employees.
The other half of Tioga's business comes from property site investigations for commercial transactions, groundwater studies, and regulatory compliance and permitting for mostly industrial clients.
"We commonly see petroleum contamination from underground storage tanks, as well as VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and metal contamination at industrial sites," said Strom, who handles most of the work with hazardous materials, facilities and compliance, while Myers manages storm water, oil, and waste water issues and planning duties.
"We've taken a lot of business growth measures over the past year," said Strom, who was selected this year to participate in the Small Business Chamber's E200 Emerging Leaders program. "It's been a very exciting program, and we've gotten so much out of it. The support system that the city and the county provide for small businesses is really ideal."
Tioga was also just selected for the Economic Gardening program by EDGE.
"We feel fortunate to be selected, and we hope to target our growth in certain directions and maximize our reach," said Strom, who expects to next hire a geologist, a couple of environmental scientists and another technician in the near future. "We're looking to expand our staff while also expanding our services."
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Matt was spouting off last night about another contestant on Showtime's "Big Brother After Dark," when he unleashed this gem: "You don't know how bad I want to be like, mother--, f**king try and cross me, nigga."
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The condition and appearance of your home are also critical factors in getting the best price for your home. We'll personally walk through your home with you and advise you of what you can do to properly stage your home most effectively. Some areas are much more important and more likely to pay off than others! Often, the buyer is motivated by emotional responses as much or more than financial issues. There are usually things we can point out to you that are easy and inexpensive, yet go a long way toward triggering those "buy" emotions.
As your Portland real estate partner, Park Place Real Estate will negotiate furiously on your behalf throughout the entire process to ensure that your best interests are protected.
Once we have prepared a Comparative Market Analysis and reviewed it with you, we will need to determine the most appropriate price to market your home at. Everyone selling a home has different goals that need to be factored in when calculating the selling price. Is your goal to get the maximum sales price for your house, and if so, are you willing to have your house on the market for many months? Is your goal to sell your home quickly, and if so, are you willing to sacrifice some of your potential profits to sell more quickly? Would you like to establish a balance between selling your home quickly and selling at the top end of market value?
Market conditions will play a role in setting the sales price of your house as well. We will factor in how quickly houses are selling in your area, current interest rates (which impact the buyers looking at your home), the strength and desirability of the local school system, and finally whether it is a buyer's or seller's market. We'll then recommend a price at which to list your home which takes into account your goals as well as the local market.
If you're thinking about remodeling your kitchen, or finishing your basement, you probably want to get your investment back when you sell your home. But when it comes to payback value of home improvements, some are definitely more profitable than others. As a general rule, kitchen and bathroom projects usually get a nice return on investment, typically 90% or more. Things like adding rooms or finishing basements tend to pay back the least. Finishing a basement usually returns less than 50%, so it's not a project likely to show profit at selling time.
There are a number of factors that go into determining how well a project will pay back. Payback value depends a lot on the current market conditions in your neighborhood. If the market is hot and homes are selling fast, you can expect a higher payback value than you would get in a slow market.
The type of project you do and how it fits in with other homes in the area can have a big influence on payback too. If you put your money into the wrong type of improvement, you won't get your money back. But if you're smart about what you do, you can add value to your home which will make marketing it in the future even easier. The payback will be better on improvements that are in demand and conform to your neighborhood's standards. Adding a second bathroom in a neighborhood where most homes have two bathrooms will give a high return on investment. Building a large addition that makes your home twice as big as the other homes on the block probably won't pay back very well. Likewise, the popularity of a project will factor into how much it pays back. An improvement heavily customized to your wants and needs won't pay back as well as something more common to other homes in the neighborhood.
Another factor to consider is the cost of the improvements. If you can do the work yourself, you can save significantly on the cost of the project and greatly improve the chances of getting a good return on the investment.
The list below is compiled from several published surveys and shows typical payback for some popular remodeling projects:
If you are considering selling your home sometime in the next 24 months, contact us to discuss your improvements and whether they make sense for your needs and how they will impact the marketing of your home.
If you have had your home on the market for several months and haven't seen much activity or any offers, chances are that one or more of the reasons below are to blame.
Your price is too high
No doubt about it, the most common reason for a home not selling is that the asking price has been set too high. The reasons for setting your price too high to begin with are many. Regardless of the reason though, if you've priced your home too high, you've set yourself up for a number of obstacles to selling your home. Even if you do get an offer for the overly high asking price, the deal may fall apart before closing because the buyer may have problems financing at too high a price when the appraisal report is sent back to their lender. Look at other homes for sale, ones as similar and as close to yours as possible. If they are going for less than you are asking, you may be priced too high. The fact is, your home is competing against those other homes, and what buyers are willing to pay is what will determine final sales price.
The condition of your home
Your home has to compete against other similar homes on the market, as well as competing against shiny brand new homes. The more you can do to make your home look appealing to a buyer, the better your chances for a quick sale. Look at your home with a critical eye – put yourself in the buyers position. A buyer doesn't want to have to do anything except move in. Your best "bang for the buck" in improving the condition of your home are paint and flooring. Make sure that all of the paint is in great condition, both inside and out. Repainting doesn't cost too much, and will usually make the biggest impact on buyers. Make sure all of the flooring looks good too. You may want to consider putting in new carpet. Again, it's not that expensive but it sure does make an impact on buyers coming to look at your home.
Location, location, location
It's the oldest cliché in the world, but it's true. When it comes to real estate, it's all about location! When it comes to homes, things like how good the schools are, crime rates, visual appeal of the neighborhood and noise or the smell of pollution can all effect how desirable the location is. If you're in a bad location, we can help to minimize some of the impact by suggesting improvements to the house. But the only really reliable way to overcome a bad location is with a lower price.
The market is slow
You'll hear it described as a slow market, or a buyer's market, or maybe a cold market. But it all means the same thing- home sales in the local area are slow. There are too many homes for sale and not enough active buyers. There are several things you can do to combat a slow market. The most effective strategy is to sell at a lower price. Buyers expect to find bargains during a slow market. You can also offer to pay some concessions to help a buyer that might not have a lot of cash.
Your home isn't easily accessible
To get your home sold quickly, it's important that other agents in the area show it to as many potential buyers as possible. When a busy agent is compiling a list of homes to show a buyer, the agent will naturally tend to show those houses that are easiest to gain access to first. If you have several days and times during the week, especially weekends, which you do not allow showings then the likelihood of agents wanting to show your home will not be very good. The easier it is for an agent to show your home the more likely it will be to have a lot of buyers come and take a look.
In a perfect world, you sell your old home and buy the new one on the same day. Given that it can be difficult to always time it that way, here are some things to keep in mind as you negotiate the sale of one house with the purchase of another.
Selling First
Buying First
It happens. You're only thinking of selling, and suddenly the right home shows up. Now you have to sell your old home quickly. Here are some tips on making things work in your favor:
A home warranty pays repair or replacement costs for the mechanical systems and built-in appliances that break down in a home. Warranties can be purchased by either the buyer or seller in a real estate transaction. When the seller is paying for the warranty, it is usually paid for and goes into effect at closing. The coverage period is normally one year. Usually, central heating and air conditioning systems, electrical, plumbing and major appliances are covered. It's important that you read the policy closely and understand what is and is not covered. The cost for a one year home warranty typically runs between $300 and $450, depending on the size of the home and the specific types of coverage. In addition to the policy premium, there is normally a deductible of $50 - $75 to pay when making a repair claim. One of the more commonly used warranty companies in the Portland Metro area is Fidelity Home Warranty (www.homewarranty.com)
There are some very good reasons to pay for a home warranty when selling your home. Providing a warranty can help set your home apart from the competition. Buyers will appreciate having a warranty and will feel more comfortable about buying your home without worrying about hidden problems. Providing a warranty can even result in a higher price, offsetting the cost. Certainly it can make it easier for a buyer to make an offer. These assets make the home warranty an excellent marketing tool.
In addition to marketing advantages, you could also avoid getting sued down the road. When a major appliance, heating or air conditioning system goes bad shortly after a home is sold, it's not uncommon for the buyer to blame the seller. Unfortunately, this can and does lead to lawsuits. Providing a home warranty with the sale of your home can go a long way towards preventing these types of suits.
If you are buying a home and it doesn't come with a warranty, you may want to consider paying for one yourself. The first year after buying a home is a time when most people don't have a lot of cash on hand to cover problems that might arise. Having a one year home warranty in place can provide peace of mind during this time, and if something does break down, could really save your budget.


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Profumum Fiori di Ambra
Ambre Nuit
Ambre Narguile
Annick Goutal - Ambre Fétiche
Armani - Ambre Soie
Atelier Cologne - Ambre Nue
Balmain - Ambre Gris
Dior - Ambre Nuit
Etro - Ambra
Hermès - Ambre Narguilé
Histoires de Parfums - Ambre 114
L'Artisan Parfumeur - L'Eau d'Ambre Extrême
Maître Parfumeur et Gantier - Ambre Précieux
Mona di Orio - Ambra
Montale - Blue Amber
Parfum d'Empire - Ambre Russe
Parfumerie Générale - L'Ombre Fauve
Profumi del Forte - V.V. Ambra Mediterranea
Profumum - Ambra Aurea
Serge Lutens - Ambre Sultan
Tauer - L'Air du Désert Marocain
Tom Ford - Amber Absolute
Thread: Your favorite amber?
These days I'm becoming more and more enthusiastic about amber-centered fragrances, and I'm keen to hear what your favorites are in this sweet and spicy category. There are so many good amber scents out there, but which one(s) do you enjoy the most or consider the best example(s) of this oriental note? Maybe I didn't even list your favorite?
My own vote goes to the incredibly rich, classy and balanced Ambre Précieux just ahead of brilliant spicy Ambre Sultan...
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Profumum Fiori di Ambra
Ambre Nuit
Ambre Narguile
Les Nombres d'Or Ambre by Mona di Orio for me just edging out HdP Ambre 114.
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) Polo vintage (Ralph Lauren) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
Ambre Sultan reigns supreme.
I don't find Ambre Narguile very ambery. Its in the name, but I don't get that when I smell it. It may have vanilla, benzoin, etc. but the overall effect is gourmand to me rather than amber.
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Ambra Di Luna, Ramon Monegal.
Precieux is miles ahead of anything else in the amber category -- totally gorgeous
"Profumi del Forte" Versilia Vintage - Ambra Mediterranea or HDP - Ambre 114
Where's my Ambrarem?!?
Aside from that, Ambra Mediterranea
Ambre 114.
...Ambre Précieux...!
l voted for Ambra Mediterranea, but Amber Absolute & Ambra Aurea come close.
l would also give a special mention to Ambra Nera by Farmacia SS. Annunziata; this one deserves a lot more love than it gets.
"What is this secret connection between the soul, and sea, clouds and perfumes? The soul itself appears to be sea, cloud and perfume..." - from Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
Royal Amber by Micallef
Those of you who have experienced both Ambre Precieux and Ambre 114, how do they compare? Why would somebody prefer one over the other?
These are my picks (in no particular order)
Histoires de Parfums - Ambre 114
Maître Parfumeur et Gantier - Ambre Précieux
Parfum d'Empire - Ambre Russe
Profumi del Forte - V.V. Ambra Mediterranea
Serge Lutens - Ambre Sultan
Tauer - L'Air du Désert Marocain
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Very tough call, but Ambre Sultan and L'air du desert Marocain just edge it.
Ap, as, vvam, ba
Ambre 114
Montale Blue Amber
Ahhhh amber one of my least favorite fragrance notes.
Bond no. 9: NY Amber and Harrods Amber are the only amber dominated fragrances I have smelled and I don't like the feeling it gives me.....
But those are two suggestions for those who haven't tried.
Some contenders would be:
Ambre Russe by Parfum d'Empire
L'Air du Desert Marocain by Tauer
Ambre 114 by Histoire de Parfums
Ambre Fetiche by Annick Goutal. Really hard to choose between AF and Ambre Precieux.
Ambre Precieux, Amber Sultan and LDDM are all excellent choices along with Ambre Nuit.
My current top twenty five
1. Oud Wood
2. Herod
3. Pardon
4. Santal 33
5. Tonka Imperial
6. Pure Malt
7. Straight to Heaven
8. L'air Du Desert Marocain
9. Envy
10. Terre D'Hermes
11. Colonia Oud
12. Jubilation XXV
13. Royal Oud
14. Bois d' Argent
15. Tobacco Vanille
16. Sycomore
17. Amber Absolute
18. 1270
19. Baroanda
20. Allure Homme Edition Blanche
21. Rose 31
22. Dior Homme Intense
23. Reflection Man
24. Grey Vetiver
25. Noir Extreme
Thanks for participating, everybody! It's been really interesting to follow the voting, and it seems Ambre Sultan is a pretty clear winner ahead of L'Air du Désert Marocain, Ambre Précieux, and Amber Absolute. I can't say the top three-to-four surprised me very much - I am, however, quite impressed with the solid performance of V.V. Ambra Mediterranea given its very limited distribution and availability. At the same time, I am surprised to see especially Ambre 114 and Ambre Russe getting significantly fewer votes than I would have expected considering the amount of love and admiration they receive in posts, threads, and reviews here on BN and elsewhere. Very interesting.
Thanks again - and do feel free to go on voting, guys. The poll stays open!
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+1 Ambra Nera by Farmacia SS. Annunziata - thanks for the mention teardrop!
This is the best amber out there IMO. Personally I found Ambre Precieux extremely dull, and Ambre Sultan's actual amber wasn't at all as lush as I had hoped - both heavily overrated. But that's just me being grumpy
Wish I had some Ambra di Luna today.
Prada Amber Pour Homme Intense
So many great Amber fragrances. But here would be my top 5:
1. Armani Privé Ambre Orient
2. Bond No. 9 New York Amber
3. Histoires de Parfums Ambre 114
4. Annick Goutal Ambre Fétiche
5. Tom Ford Amber Absolute
Current Winter Favorites:
1. House of Matriarch - Blackbird
2. Brückner - Aoud 1
3. Armani Privé - Oud Royal
4. Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 - Generation Man
5. Creed - Royal Oud
6. by Kilian - Straight to Heaven
7. Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 - Mortal Skin
8. Creed - Royal English Leather
9. Ormonde Jayne - Black Gold
10. by Kilian - Cruel Intentions
"What is this secret connection between the soul, and sea, clouds and perfumes? The soul itself appears to be sea, cloud and perfume..." - from Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
Amber Absolute - Tom Ford
Un Air d'Arabie Amber - Dorin
ointments and perfume delight the heart....
Amber Pour Homme Intesne - Prada


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Exactly. Kesler's value is apparently incredible.....according to all the pundits.mathonwy wrote:The thing is Meds, all of the media pundits were in agreement that Kesler's trade value would never be as high as it would be this trade deadline.Meds wrote:While I am extremely disappointed that there wasn't more done here, I am giving MG a pass on deadline day moves. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't when it comes to making a trade.....barring an out of the park fleecing, but it's not likely to happen as Garth Snow didn't have much to offer us right now, even IF one of our players would waive to go to the Islanders.
We just saw what he got for a top 10 goaltender. A project and a 3rd line center.
If he had given up Kesler for Pittsburgh's offer, the one without Maata, would anyone here be happy with that move? I wouldn't have. Even if he gets 2 first round picks out of the Penguins it wouldn't be enough because they are likely to be picks that fall between 24-30 overall.
If nobody is offering anything worthwhile, then why force a deal just for the sake of making a deal? That's stupid.
Luongo's deal was somewhat forced, but that was by the situation, not just because Gillis felt the need to shake things up.
And you have two traditional hockey rivals reported to be in on Kesler.
With so much leverage, for whatever reason, GMMG still wasn't able to get a deal done.
Comparing the returns for Luo versus the potential returns for Kesler is an unrealistic comparison due to Luo's contract.
The bottom line is GMMG couldn't make the deal happen and the Canucks leverage has decreased because of it.
But Detroit, even with Datsyuk and Zetterberg out of the lineup, were unwilling to give up a player, a prospect, and a 1st rounder. They said the asking price was too high.....at least according to TSN Twitter.
Holmgren has confirmed he made no offer for Kesler.
The Penguins were interested and made an offer, but it wasn't one that any of us thought was good enough.
What if I'm trying to sell my car. Everyone, friends, experts, passersby, all of them tell me it is worth $20K. And I know I need to make at least $18K on this if I'm going to let this go and get something else. You come along and think it is only worth $15K. And you say you really really want it. And I say that I really want to sell it. But you won't give me more than $15K. We haggle, you are willing to come up to $16K and no further. You won't budge. You really really want my car. And I wanna sell it to you. But you won't pay what everyone says it is worth. You won't even get within range. So I say I'm sorry, I want to make this happen but I just can't if you won't at least get closer to the actual value. I can't put a gun to your head (legally), same goes for you. We part ways.
Now, did I fail to make it happen? Or did you fail to acquire it? Who didn't get it done?
It doesn't matter what everyone comes away saying, there was no deal to be made because you wouldn't pay the asking price, even though I was willing to lower it. You still refuse, in that scenario you were the one who stalled the deal.
Same goes for Gillis. He didn't stall the deal, nobody was willing to pay the price.....and from everything the pundits have said, Kesler was the hottest commodity on the market. And nobody was paying.
We don't know about the other deals that may or may not have been in play for other players. But same scenario applies.....what if you actually are willing to pay the price for my car and now my car won't start for you. It evolves a mind of its own and says it won't start for you if I sell it to you and then gives me a list of names I can sell it to. But none of them will even entertain my price.
Done and done.
Where Gillis failed was when he didn't trade Edler prior to July 1st of 2013. Edler's value was high, he had no NTC and probably.....but again, in the cap crunch market we were entering I think it was unattainable.
There will be movement this draft day for sure, and there will be more movement in the off-season as the cap is going up.


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A total of 3287 illegal immigrants have been apprehended by police during the weekend reported national police headquarters.
On Friday 1516, on Saturday 847, and on Sunday 924 illegal immigrant have been taken into custody.
Most migrants have been captured in the southern part of Csongrád county - on Sunday 659 migrants have been taken into custody, including 77 children in the county bordering Serbia, 81 of them Syrian citizens.
Csongrád County Prosecutor's Office spokesman said a Serbian man has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for smuggling; he wanted to transport 11 Syrian migrants to Vienna for EUR 700.
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Plans are in the works to create a time capsule for the 9/11 Tribute at Washington Township's Red Run Park.
Plans are in the works to create a time capsule for the 9/11 Tribute at Washington Township's Red Run Park.
A 9/11 Tribute time capsule subcommittee headed by Anne Conrad is currently working on compiling a list of items to potentially include within the capsule. On Wednesday, the committee — which also includes Dan DeDona, Paul Lochstampfor, Jeff Rock and Linda Zimmerman — met to discuss what they would like to see preserved.
Hopes are to have the 9/11 Tribute completed so it can be dedicated on Sept. 11, 2013. The tribute will house three artifacts from the 9/11 terrorist attack sites — an 1,088-pound steel I-beam from New York City's World Trade Center, a stone from the Shanksville field where Flight 93 crashed and a piece of limestone from the Pentagon.
What to include
Ideas being bounced around for inclusion in the time capsule include copies of government constitutions — including federal, state, Waynesboro Borough and Washington Township — newspaper clippings, a postage stamp, 2013 coins, a picture of Waynesboro Area Senior High School's class of 2013, an almanac and a list of tops for 2001 and 2013 — including most popular baby names, favorite movies, songs and winners of the Super Bowl and World Series.
Conrad noted that items with print or words would need to be placed on acid-free paper to ensure they can survive until the capsule is opened. No definitive date has been determined for a time capsule dedication or how many years may pass until it is opened.
A theme the committee members would like to be showcased within the capsule is why a 9/11 Tribute is being built in Rouzerville. The hopes are to create a bulleted list that can be included detailing the process of how the 9/11 Tribute has come to fruition.
"We're very touched here locally by 9/11 because we live so close to all three 9/11 terrorist sites," said Conrad.
Public input
The committee is also looking for input from residents of the Waynesboro area. The committee would like people to go online at — www.tribute911.org — and tell their stories about how they were affected by 9/11/2001. The two questions include:
How did 9/11 affect you personally?
Did you help out or volunteer your time during the aftermath of 9/11? If so, share your story.
Cannon and war memorial
The cannon and war memorial honoring Waynesboro residents who have served the United States in times of war, originally located on Old Route 16, Rouzerville, have been relocated to their new home at Red Run Park beside the 9/11 Tribute.
The cannon, which was repainted and restored by Dave George and Sons, was moved to the park last Friday and the war memorial was moved Thursday.
The Rouzerville Ruritan was responsible for maintaining the memorial and cannon at its previous location.
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The grange thanks the local businesses for their support of the 16th annual calendar.
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Be honest: You can't find Mali on a map, can you?
Now, you've probably heard of Timbuktu. I don't know why. Maybe because the name is catchy, like Katmandu. (No, that isn't in Mali; that's in Nepal. You're welcome.)
Also, Mali sounds too much like Bali, which you probably can't find either, unless you're into taking vacations to beautiful and exotic places. (It's in Indonesia; and it is no relation to Bali Hai, which is a mythical place that was actually part of the island of Kauai in the musical "South Pacific.")
But you might want to bone up on Mali because it's about to become the latest killing ground in the global war on terrorism.


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What is your most FUNNY/STUPID answer in your examination/quiz?
My friend once put Do we care? on a question that says "How do you feel about the teachers of our school?"
To do random stuff
Question: what is the difference between an infrared and a bluetooth?
My answer: Infrared = RED
Bluetooth = BLUE
This question appeared on my final exam last year and since i didn't listen on the day he lectured this..
I just make a stupid answer
"Tongkat-ALI" - The ultimate aphrodisiac for men :D
This was from my old grade 8 math studies.
Question: (Forgot the exact numbers, but I tried. xD)
Sam and Kyle go to a pond and catch 30 fish.
Kyle has 5 times more fish than Sam.
How many fish does Kyle have?
My answer: A lot.
... I was stupid back then. A miracle I passed. 0.o
my friend once wrote an entire essay on how exams ruin kids lives, for an english exam, and then wrote "only smarties have the answer" for her science! lol she was lucky they didnt end up counting for much!
needing to get organised!!
THIS IS THE BEST TOPIC Cant' stop laughing!!!
Dur Wille Zer Macht
ceinorey1 wrote:
Write the question and your answer..
hahahaha, that's so funny!
la la laaa
ceinorey1 wrote:
Write the question and your answer..
good one! maybe your teacher wants you to expand it a little more....
*sigh* there's nothing much to do...
X-ATMO92 wrote:
Here's something I found funny. Some of you might not get it; it's a bit of a long read...
DUDE! I love the kid who wrote this! genius! XD
la la laaa
i forgot the question but i started drawing for my answer.
on one final exam it didnt matter how i did since my average was high enough anyway so i put "C" for all 100 questions and some how i got and 74%
have not been on this site in over a year wounder if its still the same?
ok so i read this off the internet:
so everyone knows that on a scantron sheet, when in doubt, choose "C"....
well this kid puts C down for all his answers and gets a 0/100....
His professor sent him an e-mail the following day:
Dear Michael,
Every year I attempt to boost my students' final grades by giving them this relatively simple exam consisting of 100 True/False questions from only 3 chapters of material. For the past 20 years that I have taught Intro Communications 101 at this institution I have never once seen someone score below a 65 on this exam. Consequently, your score of a zero is the first in history and ultimately brought the entire class average down a whole 8 points.
There were two possible answer choices: A (True) and B (False). You chose C for all 100 questions in an obvious attempt to get lucky with a least a quarter of the answers. It's as if you didn't look at a single question. Unfortunately, this brings your final grade in this class to failing. See you next year!
May God have mercy on your soul.
Professor William Turner
P.S. If all else fails, go with B from now on.
B is the new C
REMEMBER B IS THE NEW C!! haha
la la laaa
A while back I had a question on a small hand-made quiz that said "Can you explain the properties of (don't remember what)?"
I simply put "Yes I can," since the teacher didn't cover it and expected us to actually read the textbook. The teacher watched his wording from then on. (I still got no marks for the question...)
Snapping some necks
This one is pure genius.
( ゚∀゚)ハハ八八ノヽノヽノヽノ \ / \/ \
i just put down... refer to the textbook....


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BBC News followed the Pope's visit to London, both from the venue in Twickenham and also with a live link up to Holy Rosary and St Anne's School in Leeds. The school choir had the honour of providing the music, and chose to sing Jubilate Deo and a medieval setting of the Ave Maria from the
When Pope Benedict XVI visits the UK later this month he will hear over 400 children from the Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme who will be singing at events in London and Birmingham.
On Friday 17th September, the Holy Father will attend an event called The Big Assembly to
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I've been aware of Blogger's atrocious timeout/relog cycle for several months now, but in a rush yesterday morning I managed to get snared by it anyway. If you enter the dashboard and create or edit posts, after some period of time (two hours?) any attempt to save or publish will send you to a login screen requesting that you re-enter your name and password. Then it will send you back to the dashboard without saving/publishing what you have written! Trying to back out won't help you either--the stuff is simply lost. So before other users attempt to do the same after a particularly long session, ctrl+n to replicate or ctrl+c after highlighting your html text before rolling the dice on whether or not Blogger will send your afflatus into the netherworld.
After spending a couple hours messing around with some numbers for a post I'd been working on, I'd to leave for work and hit 'save' before doing either of the two suggested above. My ramblings were unrecoverable and in a fit of rage I damaged the card table chair that serves as the throne to my home workstation. Screeching in anger also caused voice strain for a day. Don't become a victim of Google's beta-syndrome like I did--copy and replicate the page before going to save or publish.
Tax-deferred variable annuity account a bad idea (October 14, 2006)
Catching the end of a mutual fund radio show this morning, I heard that there are a good number of people out there (reportedly some 70,000 with a single insurance company that escapes my name) with tax-deferred variable annuity retirement accounts.
Don't open one up. If you've a putatively trusted advisor or insurance agent who suggests you do so, boot him. His conduct is a dereliction of fiduciary duty and will earn him greater revenue through the extra cost but do you no good. If you have opened one, taking the 10% penalty now to pull it out is still likely the right move if the sum isn't enormous.
It makes absolutely no sense to open one, unless you've maxed out all your other tax-deferred options (like 401k, IRA, etc), and even then it's sub-optimal, because if life expectancies have been increased drastically by the time you retire (SENS breakthrough, for example), your monthly stipend will be infintesimal. You'll pay extra fees (in the general range of 1%-4%) on top of the mutual fund fees/commissions that the annuity provider will invest you in (or allow you to choose to invest yourself in). Then, at some point past the age of 59.5, you'll be able to begin collecting an annuity until death based on your life essentials at the time of election. So you'll pay extra to eventually enter into an annuity you would just as well enter by cashing out your 401k or other tax-deferred retirement account (without the extra fees) at the same age and sticking it into an annuity at that point.
Cutting gas consumption (July 6, 2006)
Since I've been in the process of buying a home, I've become increasingly parismonious in several areas of existence. Most of notable of those has been in the arena of driving. After looking up and coming up with ways to trim fuel usage while covering the same geographical distance, I decided to fully institute what I'd come up with to see how much I could do to stretch each drop of gasoline.
The results were quite satisfying. I've a '97 Ford Taurus with over 100,000 miles on it. On my last tank I went 372 miles on 11.73 gallons. That's 31.7 mpg. The EPA puts the car's average fuel economy at 23 mpg (I do slightly more highway, somewhere close to 60%). To bump up my efficiency 38%, I:
- Inflated all tires to 42 psi.
- Never topped 55 mph.
- Kept engine rpms under 2,000 at all times.
- Never used the AC.
- Cracked the driver's side window an inch, leaving all others up.
- Eased the accelerator slightly during accelerations to cause a premature gear shift (it's an automatic).
- Studied traffic signals assiduously as I approached from a distance, attempting to minimize the use of braking by speeding up or coasting depending on the point in the intersection's cycle.
Maybe undertaking all of that is absurd to get an extra 100 miles out of a tank, thereby saving me a whopping $12 per tank. So you're financially healthier than I am--rub it in why don't you! Particularly unacceptable to the average driver is the abstention from the AC or windows, especially in the thick of a Kansas summer (and the ride is a bit longer due to slower highway speeds, although that can be compensated for by timing traffic signals if you're zealous enough to do so).
Still, 40% of oil consumption in the US goes to passenger vehicles. Conceivably, if all drivers got a third more from each tank without driving any fewer miles, we'd be able to shave a couple million barrels of daily oil consumption--more than we import from either Mexico or Saudi Arabia.
For an astute buy? (June 9, 2006)
Is Toyota really worth fifteen times as much as Ford? Twelve times more than GM? In spite of yet another credit downgrading and a brutal session for the market, it climbed a little at the end of the week. Ford's market cap is less than $13 billion but it has $21 billion of cash and equivalents on hand. Something individual investors might want to consider. Two of the three indicators I use in my 'correlation meta-analysis' point to a recovery.
Efficient fuel usage (May 2, 2006)
American vehicles account for a tenth of the world's daily oil consumption. But even with a 17% year-over-year rise in the price of gasoline, consumption continues to grow:
In the first quarter, the real price of gasoline averaged about 17% more than a year earlier, and U.S. gasoline consumption was up just 0.3% -- fairly close to flat.Historically, domestic gas consumption grows at about 1.5% annually. That consumption has only been reduced by 1.2% of the expected amount assuming only an inflationary price increase yields an elasticity of less than .1. Part of this stems from driving necessity. It also comes from the fact that, as psychologically painful as the gas price may be to the average consumer, it represents a small fraction of personal-consumption spending--only about 3%. On a micro level, gasoline costs are just a nuisance. But if prices rise to four or five bucks a gallon, and a couple more percentage points of discretionary income are diverted to fuel purchases, it will likely begin shaving off a couple of percentage points of GDP growth.
While enterprising entrepreneurs are taking big risks that we all stand to benefit enormously from, there are several things that can be done in the name of gasoline parsimony that require very minimal lifestyle changes:
-If able, keep your windows up and blast the vent. Failing that, drive with the windows down in the city and suburbs. Use air conditioning on the highway. The AC lowers fuel economy by about 10% irrespective of speed. Drag from downed windows decrases fuel economy by about 10% when you hit 45 mph. At 55 mph fuel economy plummets 20% or more.
-Watch the RPM. Keeping it under 2,000 when accelerating saves a substantial amount of fuel. Doing so nets me sixty miles more a tank (I drive a V-6 '97 Taurus). Yes, people will on occasion ride your tail as they honk and gesticulate wildly, but that makes the strategy all the more satisfying.
-If you drive an automatic, ease the accelerator a bit as you build speed. This will cause the auto transmission to upshift earlier than it would otherwise.
-Cruise the freeway as slowly as is affordable. Dropping from 65 mph from 75 mph reduces fuel costs 13%, and going from 65 mph to 55 mph saves another 12%.
-Keep your tires inflated to the upper limit of the recommended PSI range.
-Fill up in the early morning or at night and on cooler days during the week. It'll cut down on gas evaporation.
-City planners: Start with an understanding that every time the light changes at an intersection, deadweight loss is created, because there must be an interregnum in which the signals for all directions must be red. Minimize the number of signal changes. From this, realize that having a commuter wait five minutes at one light and then cruise through the rest of the intersections on his drive in is exponentially more fuel efficient than having him wait thirty seconds each at ten different lights. Create an almost perpetual green along main thoroughfares. Drivers will have to wait a few minutes to come from the rivulet onto the major road, but after that it's quasi-highway.
-Install countdown systems in all electronic crosswalk signal devices. This serves as an enduring yellow light that will increase traffic flow and save fuel.
-Drastically increase drunk driving punitions. I rode my bike twenty miles roundtrip to and from work for almost two years. Then a couple of years ago I was hit from behind by a car, driven by an inebriate with a blood alcohol level of .24, that knocked me within inches of my life. Now I burn a gallon of gas every weekday.


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Geno Smith has potential but not the overall game to be a top-10 pick
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At the league meetings earlier this month, I asked two general managers I respect greatly to assess the quarterback class in this year's draft, and both had similar responses.
They don't like it.
"Are we trying to like these guys more than we should?" one of the general managers said. "I don't love any of them."
Not even Geno Smith?
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"No, not even him," he said. "I want the guy at the top to jump out at me on tape, the wow plays, the big throws, the kind of guy you know will be your guy for the next 10 years. I don't see that from him. Can he be good? I am not sure he can. Can he be special? Doubt it. And if you are taking that guy at the top, you want special."
I watched a lot of Smith on Saturdays during the college season. He looked impressive. He had a good arm, made a lot of nice throws and led a high-flying offense at West Virginia.
So as I dove into his tape this week, I did so with an open mind. Were these general managers being too harsh? Was all the talk that Geno Smith should be a top-5 pick accurate?
After studying him closely, I will say this: There is a lot to like, but if I were the GM making the pick Smith wouldn't be my choice in the top 10 or even the top 20.
There are too many flaws.
In fairness to Smith, he played behind a horrible offensive line at West Virginia last year. He was pressured on a regular basis. But the flip side is he played with two outstanding receivers in Tavon Austin, a likely first-round pick, and Steadman Bailey, a likely second-round pick.
In the games I studied, Smith made some impressive throws. He also did some nice things when he moved away from pressure. He moved and reloaded without running. I like that.
But I wanted to like him a lot more than I did. I am a quarterback guy. This league is all about them now. They are 70 percent of the game.
I just didn't get that from Smith. I didn't see a future star. Maybe work can change that. But only time will tell. Here is breakdown of what I saw after studying Smith in several categories.
Arm Strength
When I watched him on television, I thought Smith had a big, powerful arm. After studying his tape, I will say his arm is just OK. He can make all the throws, but there are too many plays where he doesn't seem to have the zip you want from a big-time passer.
That doesn't mean his arm isn't NFL good enough. It certainly is that. But it would have to rank in the middle of the league's passers in terms of arm strength right now. Good, not great.
There were several plays where it appeared he tried to use just his arm, rather than stepping into throws. That's when the ball fell short or skipped to a receiver. I saw him do that on several deep outs.
He also seemed to try and finesse the deep balls, rather than sticking them with a nice throw. Sometimes, he got away with it because of the speed of the college defensive backs. But that won't work in the NFL. He has to be stronger with those throws and drive the football.
He threw a touchdown pass to Bailey against Texas Tech, and even that looked to be a little more of a touch pass than it should have been.
He did make a nice strong throw inside against Oklahoma State to Ryan Nehlen for a touchdown, showing off his arm as he fit it between two defenders. So he can do it. I think some of the problems are from his mechanics, when he just tries to use his arm.
This is one area that impressed me. He took a beating at times, but kept getting up and making plays. It's tough to play quarterback behind a line as bad as he had. The pressure was relentless at times.
What I really liked was when I watched him scramble. Smith kept his head up and made plays when he scrambled. This wasn't a quarterback who just tucked it and ran. There were times, however, when he felt what I call "phantom" pressure. There wasn't anyone around him, but he felt it and moved out of the pocket.
That could be because of the poor line up front and the many shots he took. But that's not a good thing. You have to stay on the spot as long as you can if there isn't anybody flushing you out.
But this isn't an area of concern for the most part. He keeps his eyes down the field when the pressure is coming at him. And he can move and reset to throw without taking off to run. That's a plus.
Ability to see the field
Smith does move his head from side-to-side when he is reading the field. I like that. For a young player, he did a solid job at times coming off receivers. But there were other times where I wanted more.
There seemed to be times where he just wouldn't pull the trigger on an open receiver, and came off to a safer throw. That would scare me moving forward. You have to take the chances when they are there.
One such play came against Oklahoma State. On that play, he play-faked to a back out of the shotgun, then faked a reverse to Austin from left to right and set up to throw. He had Bailey wide open in the middle in front of the safeties and behind the linebacker who took a false step on the reverse fake. But he didn't throw it.
He also had J.D. Woods deep on the right sideline wide open, but never threw it. He instead waited for Austin to get into the right flat and he threw it to him for a short gain. That was a safe decision. That isn't what top-level quarterbacks do.
Another time against Iowa State, he had Austin wide open on a cross and held it too long. Eventually, Austin crossed the field and Smith tried to hit him with a soft throw that was easily batted away.
This was a trouble spot for me. His footwork needs a lot of work. He just seemed to use his arm for too many throws. That's a problem. A good quarterback has to step into his throws. That's where the velocity comes from most of the time. Too many times Smith didn't use his legs the right way. And his passes floated.
Most of these bad throws came on intermediate or deep passes. He did a nice job of setting and firing on the short passes. That isn't to say he won't drive it some of the time, but I saw some bad habits.
Against Iowa State, he had Bailey on a deep post for what should have been an easy score. But he tried to touch pass the ball with his arm and it floated. Bailey made a nice adjustment to make the catch for a big gain, but that should have been a touchdown.
Smith has worked to improve his footwork, and scouts at his Pro Day said it was noticeably better. But what happens in the heat of the battle? Does he go back to being more of an arm thrower?
This was a problem at times. Some of it, like I said above, is due to the poor mechanics. But some of it was waiting to throw to open windows all the time. The anticipation wasn't there. You have to feel receivers coming open. At times, Smith seemed to wait and wait and wait and wait.
This is a danger area for NFL quarterbacks. Windows are small and they open and shut quickly. He has to be better at anticipating them coming open, not waiting for them to do so. Some scouts wonder if he can improve that.
At other times, Smith would come off his primary receiver and throw to the other side and skip a pass because he didn't use his body the right way.
There were too many times where I expected passes on the receiver's hands, but they were a little off the target, and the receiver was forced to make a tough catch.
Smith is a case of a guy being forced up the draft boards. I would take him in the second round. He is in need of some refining. I hear he's a great kid who loves to put in the work, which could make the transition a lot easier. But as far as a top-10 pick, I wouldn't do it. There are simply too many flaws in terms of what I want from my quarterback on the next level. There is growth potential with this kid, but that's not what you want when you draft a kid high in the first round. I just wanted to see more.
So somebody has a different opinion on Geno?
Great thread lol. Next.....
Get off his dick already, we get it. You don't like him. No one cares.
we get it. you don't like geno smith. it's obvious by now. I note that you go for all the anti-geno articles, you don't TOUCH the pro-geno articles.
Pete Prisco has the sloppiness to be a top-10 beat reporter, but just not the ability.
What? Geno is not Andrew Luck? Shocking. Give me a C potential QB over any other position please.
He just loves to be a douchebag
Perhaps I'm the only one that actually appreciates the posting of this article. The more data the better, IMO. Even if Prisco doesn't know what he's talking about, he did take the time to break down (apparently) a lot of film. The more of these kinds of analyses we see, the more informed we can be.
Pretty damning article.
Of all the things he talked about it's only anticipation that really concerns me.
I don't know that 'feeling the windows' can ever really be learned.
Hey, I'm not complaining about the posting, but Pete Prisco is to analyzing college QB's as Steve Spurrier is to a shoe salesman..
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