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Stocks got slammed Friday by worse-than-expected quarterly results, but the damage may be limited because Wall Street was already expecting a nasty earnings season.
The current estimates—as well as actual reports—now anticipate a 1.8 percent profit decline among the S&P 500 companies for the third quarter, the first decline since 2009.
The big surprise so far has been the extent of the earnings hits felt by the technology sector, with its international exposure and the slowdown in PC sales.
Sixty percent of the S&P companies that had reported as of Thursday saw earnings per share above estimates, Thomson Reuters says. But that is below the typical 62 percent and below the recent average of 67 percent.
Even more of a concern is that a substantial number of companies have bombed on revenues, with top line misses an unusually high 58.6 percent, above the recent trend of 45 percent and 10-year trend of 38 percent, according to Thomson Reuters.
"I still feel like it's telling us what we already know," said Thomas Lee, chief U.S. equity strategist at J.P. Morgan. "Earnings stink because the global economy slowed down. Europe is in recession, and China slowed down."
Stocks earlier this week flirted with 2012 highs, even as a number of major companies saw earnings or revenues—or both—fall short of estimates. But the tide turned Thursday as stocks traded slightly lower while investors digested Google's big earnings shortfall and its shares weighed on indexes.
By Friday, however, a series of blue chips led the market lower, with misses by Dow stocks Microsoft, General Electric and McDonald's smacking their stocks and taking the Dow sharply lower. GE is the minority shareholder of NBCUniversal. (Read More: Track Earnings Here)
But strategists make a case that some of these stumbles are already in the price of stocks.
"We surveyed clients two weeks ago," said Tobias Levkovich, chief U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup. "Eighty percent told us earnings estimates are too high."
Going into the earnings season, analysts had expected the companies that had exposure to foreign currencies, China and Europe to be the most likely to misstep. The domestically oriented companies, the theory went, would be less inclined to miss because of a slightly stronger U.S. economy and an increasing willingness by American consumers to spend.
But McDonald's profit pain also came from the U.S. The global fast food chain's earnings fell about four percent, due to the stronger dollar's impact on international result but also "broad competitive activity" in the U.S.
McDonald's revenue in the U.S. in stores open 13 months grew by 1.2 percent while globally, restaurant revenue rose 1.9 percent, the slowest pace since 2003.
"I think the U.S. surprised the most on same store sales, as well as on the margin front," said Lazard Capital Markets restaurant analyst Matthew DiFrisco on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street." "I think that's what's weighing on the shares."
U.S. restaurant chain Chipotle also saw sluggish trends in its restaurants, and its earnings miss sent its stock skidding in a double digit decline Friday.
The earnings performance of financials, health care and staples has been the best.
"We started off strong, as the financials generally had a really good earning season," said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Wealth Management. "The staples look like they've done well but again we're early in the season." According to Thomson Reuters, financial companies beat earnings estimates 72 percent of the time this quarter, while consumer staples beat 70 percent.
But on a revenue basis, 82 percent of health care companies had negative surprises, while 83 percent of industrial companies had misses, and 67 percent of materials companies' revenues came up short, according to the Thomson Reuters data.
"The revenue line has been the place where things are more challenged," said PNC's Stone. "That's what most people expected. The global economy was soft. Companies have been doing a pretty good job managing that. When you get a soft top line you're going to get more misses."
One of the laggards in terms of positive surprises has so far been technology.
"It's definitely worse," said J.P. Morgan's Lee. "People were caught by surprise. They always look at sequential growth, so when sequential momentum is down, it's bad."
Technology stocks beat 44 percent of the time and missed 33 percent of the time, according to Thomson Reuters. Revenues were below expectations at 56 percent of the companies that reported.
The misses by tech companies have been across the board, both impacting Internet names like Google, which is trying to maximize mobile revenues, and companies that rely on PC sales, like Microsoft and Advanced Micro Devices . This puts the pressure on tech favorite, Apple, which reports earnings Thursday and is positioned in mobile, tablets and PCs.
Tech sector earnings growth, both from actual reports and expected ones, has stalled to a paltry one percent for the third quarter, way down from the double digit growth expected just a couple months ago, according to Thomson Reuters.
Lee said Microsoft's next version of windows, expected this quarter, could help drive some of a new upgrade cycle.
For now, he said corporate buyers in the U.S. appear to be holding back because of concerns about the so-called "fiscal cliff." The cliff would be the economic impact of the expiration of Bush tax cuts Jan. 1, and automatic spending cuts if Congress does not reverse them in the lame duck session after the election. (Read More: Budget Cuts Loom and Main Street Shudders)
"I think there are real good reasons why earnings should be troughing right now. We know the global data's been really, really sluggish, and so that's the reason why industrial and tech earnings are as weak as they are," Lee said. "I don't think that means that's what tech earnings will look like two quarters from now."
Stocks that have missed by five percent or less have seen their stocks turn higher, a sign that earnings misses are "baked in," Lee said. Of 72 companies that reported, those missing by five percent or less have seen their shares outperform the S&P, Lee noted. That is contrary to historical trends and suggests the bad news is already in the stocks.
"What we've seen is some of these high quality names end up being bought on the dips, the pullbacks," he said. Lee noted that many money managers are underperforming and they are pressed to match the benchmarks before the end of the year. The S&P 500 is up about 14 percent year-to-date.
The energy sector has yet to report, and analysts had expected the biggest decline in that group's earnings. Analysts are looking for the areas with biggest expected earnings declines and revisions, as potential sectors for upside surprises.
"Earnings estimates for the third quarter have been coming down pretty much all year. For the second quarter it was a tough market, but it's been a good market as a whole," said Stone, who also sees a possible trough in the third or fourth quarter.
"Fourth quarter seems to be firming up for the global economy," he said.
Lee said companies are rightly cautious but that the slowdown in profit growth appears temporary. "I would have to give them credit, which means profits are not going to get smashed, like you would worry about if they were tripping over their skis. You're not giving up demand. It's just deferred demand," he said.
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that's the latest jbl eon 600 series. now rated at 1000 watts. priced at 60k a pair i think.
Manufacturers nowadays rate and advertise the PEAK power, not the program/rms power.
guys hingi lang ng advice about sa Jbl prx 715, kaya ba ng pair nito ang whole court mostly for speech, puppet show and onting music playbacks lang.currently using pair of AD dual 15" prx copy, Okay na okay naman to sa whole court malinaw at naririnig kahit hanggang dulo 500-1000+ na tao usually ang crowd. pero ambigat kasi plus amplifier pa and bulky TIA
Kaya sir pero medyo hirap na I think. Natry ko kanina FBT Himaxx60a sa covered court. Kayang-kaya ng 1pair ang fullband setup!
UP ko lang to mga master, So wala na bang makakabeat sa Samson Auro d412 at Samson Auro 415? I think eto na talaga ang pinaka-affordable na branded powered/active speakers na U.S made na gusto mag start ng small Pa set-up. If you have any brands na pasok sa budget na 30kPHP pasabi na lang po, Hehe, Kasi kapag wala na talaga eto na kukunin ko this week.Samson Auro 412 - P25650 (pair)Samson Auro 415 - P29700 (pair)
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i think the samson auro d412 and 415 400w active speakers have been replaced by the samson auro x12d and x15d 1000w. they are lighter and more powerful than their predecessors. . . and are more expensive. http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/pa-cabinets/auro/aurox15d/
do you think Behringer B112D is a good buy? I believe it is.Co-Philmusic forumers, feedback on my findings sana short details:- High-Power 1000-Watt 2-way PA - priced at 13k a piece = 26k pair
B0s panalo ito at nasa 11k + each lang ito sa Joint Venture.
@tjlimjoco - ilang tulog na lang, mapapasakin na sya.Question Co-Philmusic forumer, nakaka-iyak ba talaga ang tunog ng JBL?ako kasi, iniisip ko: Fender, Yamaha, JBL - ang top three.then others is: Behringer or Mackiesamson or alto: comes lastdon't take it from me, i mean, newbie lang ako, comments naman dyan
I saw an opportunity earlier this week that was too good to pass. JB had a 30% off sale on Alto and Laney speakers. Since I have been wanting to get active speakers for a long time, I checked them out. My wife and I compared both the Alto TS112A and Alto TX12. THe salesman was trying to push the TS as according to him it is a better speaker with 800 watts compared to the TX which has only 600 watts with a price difference of only P3,000. Looking at the specs online, peak pala yung sinasabi nung salesman. Another difference between the two is that the TS has 2 inputs while the TX has only one. But then, I think that the TX is a safer bet kasi yung line/mic selector is a switch, while with the TS, it's nakashare sila sa knob. Kung hindi marunong ang gagamit (like the kids) baka malagay sa "line" while using the mic or vice versa.So to make my decision. we listened to them side by side using the music in my phone which we hooked up to their mixer. Both my wife and I, and even some of the other store staff, agreed that mas buo and sound and better and quality nung TX12. I then wondered why the salesman kept insisting that the TS was better.Now here comes the funny part. When I told the guy that I would get a pair of the TX, he said that there were only 3 units of the TX series, but 2 of them were reserved for a regular client. Yun pala ang reason. Kaso lang, walang downpayment na iniwan, so I talked to the manager who made a spot decision to sell the 2 units to me para sure na may benta sila because hanggang Dec 31 lang ang sale.As far as the SQ of the Alto TX12 is concerned, maganda compared to my previous hi-fi system. We tried it using a variety of music sources and genres like techno, disco, oldies, jazz, ballads, and of course, karaoke. Sabi nga nung isang pamangkin ko, parang kumakanta daw sya sa bar pag slow songs, pero nung kumanta sya ng medyo mabilis, feeling daw ny ay nagcoconcert sya hehe.Sorry for rambling. Masaya lang kasi ako sa regalo ko para sa sarili ko itong pasko.
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The change is in write_lib_obj() in host.c Changes for the 3.1 release (the cctools-4 release): - Changed the trap instruction for the i386 to 0xf4 a "hlt" instruction and changed it to 5 bytes instead of 6 bytes to match the "jmp" instruction size. - Added support in cmpshlib(l) to check the m88k and i386 architectures branch instructions. - Added fat file support. Switch over to error functions in libstuff and routines in there. Changes for the 3.0 release (the -55 compiler release): - Fixed a bug that caused looping if an #alias was seen before either the #private_externs or #nobranch_text. The problem was that in new_state() in parse_spec.c the oddball data structure was not set up for the #alias directive and caused a memory smasher. Changes for the 3.0 release (the -51 compiler release): - Changed mkshlib to treat all errors as fatal and exit non-zero and without creating any files (two line change in main() in mkshlib.c). 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Changes for the Warp ?? release (the -26 compiler release): - Fixed bugs where the a file was to be created and the create failed because the file was read-only. The fix was to unlink all files before creating them. Changes for the Warp ?? release (the -25 compiler release): - Added the -s spec_file option to cmpshlib so it can check the #nobranch_text (global const) symbols that are not #private_externs. Also data symbols that are #private_externs are not reported. - Changed mkshlib to leave around the the branch object and source when it works successfully. Changes for the Warp ?? release (the -24 compiler release): - Added two prints to cmpshlib to say what it is checking. - Added all approprate ld flags to mkshlib. - Changed to always use branch.o and branch.s so scattered loading will have a constant object file name to use. - Changed to use one array for all ld flags. - Removed the prototype for map_fd from cmpshlib.c . Changes for the 2.0 impulse X.X release (the -23 compiler release): - Added an fsync() call right before the host file is written ifdef'ed OS_BUG to work around the kernel not flushing the modification time correctly. Changes for the 2.0 impulse X.X release (the -22 compiler release): - Added the -segaddr option to mkshlib(l). Changes for the 2.0 impulse X.X release (the -21 compiler release): - Changed the name of the shared library full reference symbol from .shared_library_reference<target base name> to the target base name up to (but not including) the first '.' . This is so the name for "/usr/shlib/libsys_s.A.shlib" will be "libsys_s" etc. Changes for the 2.0 impulse X.X release (the -20 compiler release): - Fixed a bug where the rounded area of a host shared library object was not zeroed and then ld(1) would complain that the string table did not end in a '\0'. - Changed the file definition symbol names to include the base name of the target shared library. This caused a bug where libNeXT and libsys both had a file named pointers.o in them and the -20 version of the link editor would treat this as a multiply defined symbol. Changes for the 2.0 impulse X.X release (the -19 compiler release): - Added the -segprot option to mkshlib to pass through to ld(1). - Changed -segcreate to -sectcreate but still recognized -segcreate. - Added code in target.c to check for the existence of all objects before running ld(1). - Updated for the changes to CPU_TYPE and CPU_SUBTYPE with the changes to <sys/machine.h> - Added an object to the host shared library that a defined symbol in it will reference all objects in the library. Changes for the 2.0 impulse 0.01 release (the -17 compiler release): - Changed #alias from using the -a option of the 1.0 link editor to using the -i option of the new link editor. This involved causing the original name to become a private extern automaticly and to be seen in the target file. - Changed to using a section for initialization to match the removal of loader defined symbols in the new link editor. To do this without a .section directive in the assembler required writing the entire object file so while I was at it I made it write the entire host shared library archive which makes it much faster. Also added a library identification object in the target shared library to propagate the LC_IDFVMLIB load command for use with the new link editor. Also bought the code up to ANSI C (both the mkshlib and cmpshlib code) with respect to prototypes, header files and the library functions they use. Removed all a.out style shlib related code from both programs. - Added the -minor_version argument to mkshlib. Changes for the 0.96 release (the -16 compiler release) - Added the -f option to not write out the host library. Changes for the 0.91 release (the -10 compiler release) - Added allowing the '-' character in object file base names. - Fixed the data_size in the shared library struct to reflect the size of all other segments besides the text (a kluge but will get the correct overlap checking). Also added a S_FVMLIB marked segment to the __.FVMLIB object for all segments of the shared library. Changes for the 0.83 release (only a binary of cmpshlib was released) - Fixed cmpshlib to handle Mach-O symbols. Changes for the 0.83 release (the -9 compiler release): - Added the #undefined directive which passes -U <symbol name> to ld for each symbol listed. And removed the -u option (it now prints a warning). Changes for the 0.82 release (the -8 compiler release): - Fixed a bug that didn't get the cross references for undefined private externs between library members. - Added -segcreate options to be passed through to ld. - Fixed a bug in two error() messages that were missing an argument and caused a core dump. This happened when a private_extern was also in the branch table or nobranch_text (parse_spec.c line 231 and 237) - Changed the Makefile to install in /usr/local/bin. This directory gets cleaned before release. Changes for the 0.82 release (the -7 compiler release): - Removed bsearch.c and linking with it. (This must link with the ANSI C libc release 0.81 or better or bsearch will be undefined). - Change from using strtol() to strtoul() when parsing #address. 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STOCKTON - City officials pulled back the veil on months of secret negotiations late Friday, revealing a plan set on restructuring millions of dollars in debt and bringing Stockton out of its bankruptcy.
STOCKTON - City officials pulled back the veil on months of secret negotiations late Friday, revealing a plan set on restructuring millions of dollars in debt and bringing Stockton out of its bankruptcy.
Yet it remains very much a work in progress.
At stake is nearly $300 million in publicly held securities issued on the bond market to buy a new City Hall, build the prized waterfront sports complex and pay $125 million for a less tangible pension bill.
Stockton's ultimate exit from bankruptcy - filed June 28, 2012 - in a best-case scenario may come in six months, City Manager Bob Deis said in a report to the City Council.
Uncertainty also remains a factor in play, he added.
"While we can influence the timing, we are not in a position to control this timeline," Deis wrote. "This at least is the beginning of the end."
The City Council on Thursday will hold a public hearing on Stockton's so-called plan of adjustment and a sprawling 228-page accompanying disclosure statement.
A 33-page report by Deis is filled with financial graphs stating revenue projections for years to come and some terms of the city's restructured debts.
With the council's approval Thursday, Deis in early October will file the plan of adjustment with U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein, and creditors will then have time to ask questions and challenge it.
Creditors who object could trigger a trial, such as one that ended April 1 with Klein finding that Stockton was eligible for bankruptcy protection.
The process also calls for the creditors to vote their acceptance or rejection of the plan. The holdouts may be forced to accept a "cram down" resolution, in which the judge imposes a deal on both sides. Negotiations haven't stopped, even as the draft plan became public.
The city is compelled to present a fair plan, or the judge could kick Stockton out of bankruptcy court, stripping the protections and advantages of Chapter 9.
The bankruptcy has been a huge strain on Stockton, Deis said.
"It was absolutely necessary in order to unwind some of the unsupportable obligations which the city had made in years past," he said.
The document on public view summarizes settlements announced one at a time in the past year with some creditors and deals struck with labor groups and city retirees, noting millions in savings Stockton already achieved.
"Out of the 19 major creditors, we have deals with 14 as I write this report," Deis said.
By forcing 1,100 city retirees to pay for their own health insurance, the city reduced a $538 million obligation to a one-time payout of $5.1 million.
Negotiations continue with Assured Guaranty Corp., one of the city's largest creditors, which led the challenge to Stockton's right to pursue bankruptcy protection.
Assured insures a $125 million pension obligation bond and the $41 million in bonds issued to buy the 400 E. Main St. building, what was to house City Hall but seized by Wells Fargo Bank for a lack of payment.
Papers published Friday say the city and Assured have sketched "the outlines of a negotiated settlement." The firm's executives have yet to review the terms, but Deis holds out hope that by Thursday he may deliver an agreement to the City Council.
A spokesman for Assured declined to comment Friday.
Under the plan, the city seeks to retain the arena, ballpark, three parking garages and the Stewert-Eberhart Building, which houses parts of the Police Department, the papers say.
The marina, built with an $11 million state loan, may become a casualty. The city continues to negotiate with the state's Department of Boating and Waterways, but the marina may turn into a state park, papers say.
The city remains steadfast to leave untouched its relationship with the California Public Employees' Retirement System, which provides pensions for city employees under a contract.
Deis explained in the staff report that this stage of Vallejo's bankruptcy remained hidden from the public. But Stockton is banking on voters passing Measure A, a 3/4-cent sales tax measure, so the plan of adjustment is an open document.
Voters need to know how the proposed sales tax will help bring Stockton out of bankruptcy, restore the financial footing of the city and fund the Marshall Plan on Crime, Deis wrote.
"It is abundantly clear that we need the passage of Measure A on Nov. 5, 2013, to maintain our city's viability," Deis wrote. "The alternative would be brutal."
Read the plan here (PDF).
Contact reporter Scott Smith at (209) 546-8296 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/smithblog.


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Fans can send personalised Hungry Shark mobile messages
We are pleased to announce details of a new agreement that will let fans send personalised Hungry Shark mobile messages.
Hungry Shark has taken the digital world by storm – the hugely addictive game sees players taking the role of a shark as it attempts to become the biggest and baddest predator in the sea by eating up everything in its way! The app has built up a massive worldwide following with 35m downloads recorded via iOS and Android over the last two years. New content is released regularly and the Hungry Shark pantheon includes Parts 1, 2 and 3 as well as a trilogy of all three games for iPad that can be hooked up to HDTV; Part 1 has been the No.1 free app in 48 countries and Part 2 has hit the top spot for paid apps in 17 countries. Fans are currently waiting with baited breath for the impending release of new game Hungry Shark Evolution.
Mishme will be tapping into the game's global fan base with its messaging service app for Android and iOS and its most recent Facebook app, all of which allows users to send friends and family animated mobile messages and tweets and Facebook posts that are brought to digital life by an avatar of the game's Great White character….and a few other partially digested avatars. Launch will tie in with the release of Hungry Shark Evolution. The Mishme team has very much enjoyed getting its teeth into this brand, Steve Wright and J. Easterby-Wood from Mishme commented, "It's a fun edgy brand with a whole lot of bite, and perfect for next generation communication technology apps".
This latest deal adds to an existing agreement with Battle Ant for Hungry Shark plush, whilst AT New Media is also looking to work with partners across sectors such as collectibles, plush, and resin figures that are interested in creating products based on the game's innovative and distinctive range of shark characters.
"We are delighted to have Mishme on board," says Simon Kay of AT New Media, "mobile messaging is a fantastic use of the license and illustrates the strength of the Hungry Shark brand. It is a hugely addictive game that has built up a very strong fanbase in a short time and also features a range of fantastic characters, two attributes that make the property extremely attractive from a licensing point of view."
If you are interested in learning more about AT New Media and our licensing services for Hungry Shark and other digital licensing projects, please contact us


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Carefully engineered for maximum performance combined with user-friendly functionality. Menumaster Light Duty Microwaves are the ideal solution for low volume areas such as staff rooms and self-service positions, up to 50 uses per day. Designed to outperform and outlast domestic microwaves, Menumaster microwaves benefit from powerful magnetrons which speed up cooking, thereby reducing waiting times and improving output. Despite its commercial build, these microwaves are exceptionally easy to use and clean, thanks to their simple dial control, digital display and stainless steel finish.
Engineered for a simple 'self-service' operation. Commercially-certified for commercial use (IEC 60335-2-90)


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Michael Meagher represented the constituency of North Kilkenny from 1906-1918. On 6 February 1908 he put a question to Augustine Birrell, who was Chief Secretary of Ireland at the time. Meager enquired as to why police were sent to a grass letting at Viewmount on the previous January.
He questioned, "I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that forces of police were sent from Paulstown, Gowran, and Gores-bridge to assist at a grass-letting at 1103 Viewmount, County Kilkenny, on 22nd January; will he state by whose authority such action was taken; was a breach of the peace apprehended; if so, on what grounds; and, seeing that Kilkenny is one of the most peaceable and law-abiding counties in the United Kingdom, and with a view to prevent a breach of the peace and feelings of bitterness between the authorities and the people, will he see that conduct such as this will not be allowed in future."[1]
Birrell replied: "A letting by auction of grazing lands at Viewmount was announced for 22nd January. The police authorities had reason to apprehend that the auction might be interfered with, and consequently four policemen were sent to the place for the preservation of the peace. It is the fact that the county of Kilkenny generally is in a most peaceful condition, but in this particular instance precautionary measures were called for. In reply to a further Question the right hon. Gentleman said the police would not have been sent to the auction had not threatening notices been posted."[2]
To read more about Viewmount House click here.
To read House of Commons Debates 1803-2005 I click here.
[1] Millbank Systems, compilers. Hansard 1803-2005. House of Commons Debate 6 February 1908 vol 183 cc1102-3 http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1908/feb/06/viewmount-grass-letting#S4V0183P0_19080206_HOC_272 : accessed 9 December 2011.


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County Jail
Arrests and bookings
Cameron Alvarez, 22, Herington, arrested by sheriff's deputies March 12 on a charge of probation violation on a Dickinson County warrant.
Alan Hatton, 45, Peabody, arrested by Peabody police March 12 on a charge of failure to appear on a Peabody municipal warrant.
Cary Leonard, 47, Peabody, arrested by sheriff's deputies March 7 on a charge of indecent liberties with a child.
Amanda Marler, 34, Hillsboro, arrested by Hillsboro police March 10 on a charge of failure to appear on a Newton municipal warrant.
Eveleo Newton, 52, Marion, arrested by Marion police March 8 on a charge of domestic battery.
Remaining from previous weeks:
Todd Beneke, 29, Herington, jailed since July 24.
Devan Clark, 26, Toronto, since Feb. 28.
Christian Czarnowsky, 18, Marion, since March 6.
Justin Fitzmaurice, 25, Wichita, since Feb. 25.
Kendall Harding, 18, Herington, since Feb. 21.
Troy Harlin, 46, Wichita, since Feb. 25.
Cyle Wilson, 20, Marion, since Feb. 3.


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For all the latest on the new phone, check out our Samsung Galaxy S3 hub page.
After the iPad 3 being called the new iPad, rumours were brewing that Samsung might be going down the same route with its premium Android phone, the new Galaxy S. Thankfully, it's now a safe bet that it will actually be called the Samsung Galaxy S3, as the source for this particular titbit is actually Samsung itself, through its Unpacked Mobile 2012 app.
In the below screengrab, you can actually see "galaxy s3" in the keywords.
To be honest this makes us happy campers, as we like to be able to differentiate products by name. Having a higher model number for successive generations of a product line helps to avoid confusion and ensures you get the exact model you're looking for. It also means we don't have to add year or generation cues (we're looking at you, MacBook Air, iMac and iPod). We liked having an iPad 2, and even the iPhone 4S wasn't too bad.
What are your thoughts on a series sticking to the same name throughout its incarnations? Let us know in the comments.
Via: Engadget


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It's a job seeker's market, and companies are having a hard time finding quality candidates to fill open positions, which is costing businesses thousands.
"With unemployment rates hovering around historic lows and a growing demand for skilled workers, recruiters must be creative in order to reach top candidates," said Janelle Bieler, vice president at Adecco. "Increasingly, recruiters are having to seek out passive candidates – those who already have a job and are not actively looking."
Recruiters have to do this because there are now more job openings than unemployed people to fill them, according to Jobvite's 2018 Recruiter Nation Survey, and 74 percent of recruiters believe hiring will be even more competitive in the coming year.
"Relying on the population of active job seekers is simply not enough," Bieler said, "and using traditional channels alone, such as job boards, won't cut it. Recruiters must learn to leverage alternative platforms, such as social media, in order to tap into a larger pool of candidates."
To find and attract top talent, recruiters must become marketers. Here's how.
1. Build and promote your employer brand.
"Today, employer brand is more important than ever, as nearly one-third of young people say they will preemptively reject a company with poor reviews," said Rachel Bitte, chief people officer at Jobvite. "Recruiters must strategically consider how to position what it's like to work at their company."
Recruiters need to monitor and promote their employer brands to entice top talent. According to the Jobvite survey, recruiters believe the best ways to grow an employer brand are social media (47 percent), a company career website (21 percent), and marketing and advertising (12 percent). [Read related story: Hiring in the Digital Age: 3 Modern Recruitment Trends to Adopt]
Once you promote a solid employer brand, you need to have meaningful conversations with job seekers.
"Figuring out ways to cut through the noise and reach passive candidates through meaningful exchanges is key to deepening your talent pool and hiring the best workers," Bitte told Business News Daily.
2. Use conversational recruiting.
"As our world has become more connected than ever, recruiters must expect to reach candidates where they spend most of their time – on their devices, whether that's [via] texting, chatbots or Instagram," said Bitte.
Along with reaching candidates where they are, Bitte said recruiters need to have personalized conversations with them on an ongoing basis. "We call this conversational recruiting, and it's the key ingredient to attracting talent in today's tight labor market."
3. Use social media to post openings.
While recruiters need to be marketers, the days of posting job openings to bulletin boards and local newspapers are long gone. You should focus instead on digital platforms such as social media.
"Whether it's LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, or even Snapchat or Reddit, if your ideal candidates frequent it, you should be there too, participating in the right conversations," Bitte said. "Clever use of keywords or hashtags, or even enlisting brand ambassadors to spread your message to their own networks, can help get your company in front of the talent that will care the most."
The Jobvite survey revealed recruiters' most-used social channel is LinkedIn at 77 percent. They also use Facebook (63 percent) and Instagram (25 percent) to promote job openings. Social media is also helpful because hiring managers can target posts to reach their ideal candidates.
"Reaching job seekers today is less about broadcasting to a huge audience and more about engaging a targeted group of quality candidates right for your company," said Bitte. "The best conversations today are informal and not scripted, promoting quick, two-way engagement with the candidate."
As technology keeps evolving, so does every industry, including recruitment. Recruiters need to stay up to date with the latest practices to attract the right talent.
"Technology has changed the game – everything happens at a much quicker pace, and recruiters must keep up," said Bieler. "Adopting a marketing mindset allows recruiters to be more strategic in attracting and engaging the most qualified candidates for open positions."


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Thanks for all the wonderful responses—I loved the in-depth discussions of some of ours books. If you're not a Haikasoru completist already, I hope you check out some of the contest entries and use the comments as recommendations for further readings. And now, the winners:
Brockton e. for his thoughts on Mardock Scramble. Apparently, we've turned him into a gambling addict! Sorry, Brockton.
Alex, for his love of the world-building in Loups-Garous. That book is one of my favorites as well, and I always felt it a bit under-appreciated. So I'm glad he liked it!
Kate C., who is a fan of Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse. Listen to what she says; I'd love to publish more j-horror.
Carrie L. who wants the nation of Navidad to be real. The Navidad Incident is a great book—hardcover magical realism! Impress your friends!
And finally Seth E. for his extensive comments on the process of novelization and Ico: The Castle in the Mist.
Thanks for all your great comments; it was a wonderful well to celebrate our anniversary! Winners, we'll contact you this afternoon.


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Our Decadent Elites
Watching Season 2 of "House of Cards." Not to be a scold or humorless, but do Washington politicians understand how they make themselves look when they embrace the show and become part of its promotion by spouting its famous lines? Congressmen only work three days a week. Each shot must have taken two hours or so—the setup, the crew, the rehearsal, the learning the line. How do they have time for that? Why do they think it's good for them?
"House of Cards" very famously does nothing to enhance Washington's reputation. It reinforces the idea that the capital has no room for clean people. The earnest, the diligent, the idealistic, they have no place there. Why would powerful members of Congress align themselves with this message? Why do they become part of it? I guess they think they're showing they're in on the joke and hip to the culture. I guess they think they're impressing people with their surprising groovelocity.
Or maybe they're just stupid.
But it's all vaguely decadent, no? Or maybe not vaguely. America sees Washington as the capital of vacant, empty souls, chattering among the pillars. Suggesting this perception is valid is helpful in what way?
I don't understand why members of Congress, the White House and the media become cooperators in videos that sort of show that deep down they all see themselves as . . . actors. And good ones! In a phony drama. Meant I suppose to fool the rubes.
It's all supposed to be amusing, supposed to show you're an insider who sees right through this town. But I'm not sure it shows that.
We're at a funny point in our political culture. To have judgment is to be an elitist. To have dignity is to be yesterday. To have standards is to be a hypocrite—you won't always meet standards even when they're your own, so why have them?
I wonder if the titans of Wall Street understand how they look in this.
At least they tried to keep it secret. That was good of them!
They are America's putative great business leaders. They are laughing, singing, drinking, posing in drag and acting out skits. The skits make fun of their greed and cynicism. In doing this they declare and make clear, just in case you had any doubts, that they are greedy and cynical.
All of this is supposed to be merry, high-jinksy, unpretentious, wickedly self-spoofing. But it seems more self-exposing, doesn't it?
And all of it feels so decadent.
No one wants to be the earnest outsider now, no one wants to play the sober steward, no one wants to be the grind, the guy carrying around a cross of dignity. No one wants to be accused of being staid. No one wants to say, "This isn't good for the country, and it isn't good for our profession."
And it is all about the behavior of our elites, our upper classes, which we define now in a practical sense as those who are successful, affluent and powerful. This group not only includes but is almost limited to our political class, Wall Street, and the media, from Hollywood to the news divisions.
They're all kind of running America.
They all seem increasingly decadent.
What are the implications of this, do you think?
They're making their videos, holding their parties and having a ball. OK. But imagine you're a Citizen at Home just grinding through—trying to do it all, the job, the parenthood, the mowing the lawn and paying the taxes. No glamour, all responsibility and effort. And you see these little clips on the Net where the wealthy sing about how great taxpayer bailouts are and you feel like . . . they're laughing at you.
What happens to a nation whose elites laugh at its citizens?
What happens to its elites?


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Makers Vs. Takers: Romney's "47 Percent" Rhetoric Echoes Fox News
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Mitt Romney's remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who he said are "dependent upon government" echoed right-wing "makers vs. takers" rhetoric -- an argument that has been repeatedly promoted on Fox News.
Romney Dismisses "47 Percent Of Americans" Who "Pay No Income Tax" And Won't Respond To "Our Message Of Low Taxes"
Mother Jones Reports On May 17 Recording At Romney Donor Dinner. In a September 17 post, Mother Jones reported that Romney, to an audience of donors, disparaged those who don't pay income taxes and receive government benefits. Mother Jones posted video of Romney saying:
ROMNEY: There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what.
I mean, the president starts off with 48, 49 -- he starts off with a huge number. These are people who pay no income tax. Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. So our message of low taxes doesn't connect. He'll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. I mean, that's what they sell every four years. And so my job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives. [Mother Jones, 9/17/12]
Analysts: Romney's Argument Is One Of Makers vs. Takers
Wash. Post's Klein: "Romney Is Arguing That About 47 Percent Of The Country Is A 'Taker Class.'" Ezra Klein wrote at The Washington Post's Wonkblog:
In his comments, Romney says that "these are people who pay no income tax," but they are people "who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it."
In other words, Romney is arguing that about 47 percent of the country is a "taker class" that pays little or nothing into the federal government but wants to tax the productive classes for free health care, food, housing, etc. [WashingtonPost.com, 9/17/12]
TheGrio: Romney's "Basic Argument" Is That Obama Supporters "Simply Take From The Rest Of Americans." Zerlina Maxwell wrote on the news site TheGrio:
The message is one that Romney has said on the campaign trail repeatedly, one that he insists he will continue to say, and one that is a tenet of conservative thinking.
Romney's basic argument is that there are large segments of the country -- Obama supporters -- who are freeloaders and don't contribute to our society. This "47 percent" simply take from the rest of Americans -- in Romney's framing they are taking from the wealthy like the people in attendance at the Romney fundraiser -- and they take disproportionately from government benefits. This entire premise is false of course; wealth inequality is at record levels and it's really the rich that take disproportionately from government by way of tax loopholes and government subsidies. [TheGrio, 9/18/12]
Michelle Malkin: Romney Shouldn't Apologize For Saying That Election "Is About America's Makers Vs. America's Takers." Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin tweeted: "This election is about America's makers vs. America's takers. Romney should NEVER be defensive or apologetic about making that clear." [Michelle Malkin, via Twitter, 9/17/12]
Fox Has Repeatedly Pushed "Makers Vs. Takers" Rhetoric
Fox Message Testing: "Entitlement Nation: Makers Vs. Takers." In May 2011, Fox Business ran a week-long attack on the social safety net called, "Entitlement Nation: Makers Vs. Takers." The series labeled beneficiaries of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid "takers." In one segment, host David Asman said the series' title "embodies the great divide in this country between the folks who actually make things, and those who actually take what others make." [Media Matters, 5/24/11]
Fox's Greg Gutfeld's Class Warfare: Occupy Protesters Are "Takers," Tea Partiers Are "Makers." On The Five, co-host Greg Gutfeld said that "the Tea Partiers are, in a sense, makers; Occupy Wall Street are takers," adding that the "hardcore activists" in the Occupy movement "want to take your wealth." [Fox News, The Five, 11/7/11, via Media Matters]
Fox's Bolling Hypes Conservative Group's Study To Pit "The Takers" Against "The Makers." On The Five, co-host Eric Bolling said that a study by the conservative Heritage Foundation showed that "the takers outweigh the makers." [Fox News, The Five, 2/9/12, via Media Matters]
Bolling: "People Who Are Takers Are Almost More Than 50 percent Of America." Discussing comments made by radio host Rush Limbaugh, Bolling said on The Five: "Let's talk about what Rush said. He said it's a group that goes to work every day, works hard, pays their taxes, just wants to be -- wants to have a voice in the way things are going. The problem is that kind of defines the Tea Party. It looks like a conservative. It looks like the Tea Party. The problem is, it's almost not a majority anymore. People who are takers are almost more than 50 percent of America." [Fox News, The Five, 3/22/12, via Nexis]
Bolling Condemns "Takers" And "Makers" Rhetoric As "Class Warfare" -- Despite Pushing It Himself. Ignoring his own pitting of "makers" against "takers," Bolling said on The Five, seeming to refer to Occupy Wall Street protesters: "[T]his is class warfare. Anytime you highlight the takers, the makers, the haves, the have-nots, the 99 percent, the 1 percent, that's what they're playing. That's the game they're playing." [Fox News, The Five, 2/16/12, via Media Matters]
Fox's Dobbs: Occupy Wall Street Is "Forever Trying To Pit The Makers Against The Takers." In criticizing the children's animated film The Lorax for allegedly "demonizing the so-called 1 percent and espousing the virtue of green-energy policies," Fox Business host Lou Dobbs said, "Where have we all heard this before? Occupy Wall Street, forever trying to pit the makers against the takers." Fox Business, Lou Dobbs Tonight, 2/21/12, via Media Matters]
Fox Guest Discusses When "The Makers In Society Begin To Think That They Are The Suckers Because There So Many Takers." After Fox Business host John Stossel told guest and radio host Charles Sykes that he had purchased federally subsidized flood insurance that he "shouldn't have gotten," Sykes replied: "Well, that's a key, I think, is that sucker principle. At what point do the people who play by the rules, the people who saved, who work hard, who don't dip into the public trough, at what point do they look around and see everybody else getting the transfers, the benefits and say, 'If I don't get in line I'm a sucker'? And that's where I think we have the tipping point, when the makers in society begin to think that they are the suckers because there so many takers, and we have encouraged it across the board." [Fox Business, Stossel, 5/24/12, via Hulu]
FoxNews.com Writer Warns Of "America's Coming Civil War Between The Makers And The Takers." In a July 12 FoxNews.com column, Arthur Herman declared that "another civil war is coming, with the 2012 election as its Gettysburg":
Call it America's coming civil war between the Makers and the Takers.
On one side are those who create wealth, America's private sector--the very ones targeted by President Obama's tax hikes announced Monday.
On the other are the public employee unions; left-leaning intelligentsia who see the growth of government as index of progress; and the millions of Americans now dependent on government through a growing network of government transfer payments, from Medicaid and Social Security to college loans and corporate bailouts and handouts (think GM and Solyndra). [FoxNews.com, 7/12/12]
Right-Wing Media Built Mitt Romney's 47 Percent Line
Romney's Attack On The 47 Percent Was Crafted By Right-Wing Media. The right-wing media have repeatedly attacked those who do not pay federal income taxes, denigrating them as "slovenly" and "lazy" and even suggesting that they not be permitted to vote. [Media Matters, 9/18/12]
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Phara is the best! She did an amazing job on my project and made it easy for me to make decisions. I am very happy with all the design aspects and all the finishes chosen. I love her creativity and passion for design. The project came together perfectly.
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I have known Phara for more than a decade. She helped design my 2,000 sq ft retail space. She understood my vision for a very modern, fashion forward yarn store and was incredibly flexible and budget-concious. She also incorporated ideas presented by a class of graduate students at OSU that made my store their semester project. She has a vision, she has the resources, she's buttoned up with her planning. She does what she says she will do - on time, on budget - even if she has to go without sleep to make it happen! But most importantly, she's fun and easy to work with, start to finish.
When I decided to build a lake home a while back, I realized after several conversations with my contractor that I had no clue how to articulate my ideas for what I wanted my home to look and feel like. He recommended Phara Queen and after the first meeting I was blown away. Not only did she take the VERY obscure visions and very few pictures I gave her and turn them into great ideas, she made them into a reality. For me it's very simple, every time someone steps foot on my Oklahoma lake front property and says "I feel like I'm in Mexico", I know that Phara was THE connection between my terrible articulation and a beautiful piece of property.


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I am starting to use nnCron LITE and at the moment I am very happy with the small footprint and the big possibilities of this little piece of software.
I have been using Forth commands in my cron.tab, I have followed the examples and the examples works fine. But I am trying to find a list of Forth available commands with full syntax (and examples, if is possible) and I cannot find. I have use "!WORDS" but i am getting only a messy list of commands without any kind of parameters to be used.
Can anyone tell me where I can get this information? I have been searching in this forum and googling and I haven't got it.
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Evonik is one of the world's leading specialty chemicals companies. Profitable growth and a sustained increase in the value of the company form the heart of their strategy, which is supported by their owners, RAG-Stiftung (74.99 percent) and funds managed by CVC Capital Partners (25.01 percent).
Their specialty chemicals activities focus on high-growth megatrends—especially health, nutrition, resource efficiency, and globalisation—and their goal is to enter attractive future-oriented markets.
In 2011 Evonik's roughly 33,000 employees generated sales of €14.5 billion and an operating result (EBITDA) of €2.8 billion. More than 70 percent of sales are generated outside Germany, providing convincing evidence that our business is global.
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CEED 2015 Application Process
CEED 2015 Application Process
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India has announced the exam dates for Common Entrance Examination for Design (CEED-2015)
The CEED will be held on Sunday, December 07, 2014.
CEED is conducted for taking admission to Master of Design (M.Des.) program offered at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad & IIT Kanpur and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) program in Design offered at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad and IIT Kanpur for the academic session 2015.
Eligibility : Candidates must either have completed or be expecting to complete any of the following, by July 2015:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Architecture / Design/ Interior Design or equivalent (4 years programmes after 10+2)
Professional Diploma in Design (NID/CEPT or equivalent of 4 years duration after 10+2)
B.F.A. (4 year professional programme, after 10+2)
G.D. Art (5 year programme after 10th) with one year post qualification, professional experience
Master's degree in Arts / Science / Computer Applications (2 year programme after 10+2+3)
Candidates with 3 years Bachelors degree are not eligible
The candidate is responsible for showing eligibility while seeking admission to the specific programme in which they are interested
There is no age limit and a candidate can appear for CEED any number of times
To Apply : CEED Application Form must be submitted online, through the website The non-refundable application fee is Rs. 2000/- for men of General and OBC category, and Rs. 1000/- for SC/ST category, physically disabled (PD), and all women candidates
Women (All Categories) Rs. 1000/-
Candidates who claim to be in SC/ST/OBC category have to produce valid certificates issued by appropriate authorities
Fees can be paid via: State Bank of India Collect Facility via Internet Banking/Credit Cards/Debit cards
Instructions for Filling the ONLINE Application Form:
The applicant has to upload their photograph, signature and other documents
Paper copies of the form or any other documents must NOT be submitted CEED 2015 Online Application Interface requires that copies of your photograph and signature be uploaded as electronic files
Please upload good quality photographs
Poor quality of photographs submitted will lead to rejection of your CEED application, without any refund of the application fees
The CEED Score Card will include the photograph you submit and also a photograph that will be taken at the time of the exam
Scanned copy of your PwD certificate (pdf file) issued by an appropriate authority for PwD category (Appendix D)
Scanned copy of your eligibility certificate (pdf file); degree certificate if the course is completed or the certificate from the Principal of your college (Appendix E) if the course is not completed
Admit Cards
Admit cards will be available for downloading from the CEED website from 07th Nov 2014 to 06th Dec 2014
Please take a clear printout (in color) of the admit card before coming to the examination centre
Examination Centres
Bengaluru, Bhopal, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram
After submission of the application, request for change of examination city will be accepted till 30th October 2014 with a fee of Rs. 500/- to be paid in the form of demand draft in favor of 'IIT Bombay', payable at Mumbai
Date for applying online: Monday, August 04, 2014 to Monday, September 01, 2014
For more information visit : http://www.gate.iitb.ac.in/ceed2015/


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Soak up the atmosphere in lively Birmingham! Stay in serious style at the luxury Radisson Blu Hotel, known for its cutting-edge design and city centre location, just minutes from excellent shopping and a host of cultural attractions. Visit the fascinating National Sealife Centre and the National Indoor Arena, or take a day trip to Shakespeare's birthplace and the beautiful Cotswolds.
Birmingham has become a shoppers' paradise – and with luxury shops, boutique designer shops and the big high street names in a variety of different centres, shopping is one of the city's top attractions.
At the heart of the city is the Bullring shopping centre. Designed around the old market this modern shopping mall has more than 160 shops including high street names galore as well as a wonderful Selfridge's store. You'll see the "bubble-wrap" building close to the old church by the train station. There are 25 cafes and restaurants if you need to grab a bite to eat.
Once you've exhausted this area then head down to the canal and the Mailbox. This luxury shopping centre housed in an old Royal Mail sorting office is a dream for anyone looking for high end names (it's also just across the road from the hotel so it's easy to pop over for a couple of hours). The Mailbox is being refurbished and will open with a new Harvey Nichols and Emporio Armani in Spring 2015, so check with the concierge before you head over there, as some shops may still be open when you staying.
If you're looking for something a bit more independent then your best bet are the little streets around Corporation Street, the Great Western Arcade which is a real Victorian Arcade, or the Jewellery Quarter for some genuine design talent.
Look out for Grand Central Birmingham in 2015 – the new shopping centre above the train station which will have more than 60 popular outlets and one of the largest John Lewis stores in the UK. Happy shopping!


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
In the opening minutes of the game, it looked like the Southington football team was still resting after their battle with Glastonbury. A penalty and fumble pinned their backs against their own endzone.
On fourth down, the football bounced off the turf in the endzone and Nate Bonenfant was barely able to regain possession and kick it over the fingertips of Hall's defenders.
A few plays later, Hall was celebrating a 7-0 lead.
On Saturday, Oct. 27, the Knights fumbled on each of their first two possessions, and it looked like they'd soon be celebrating a two touchdown advantage.
Coach Mike Drury signaled for his defense in desperation.
"We got pinned down in our own zone. The ball was slipping out of our hands, and it's the little things that we have to do in a game if we want to come out as the winner. I just think we weren't as focused as we wanted to be, but the kids responded and tightened the ship up. They knew what they had to do."
The defense led the way. On a fourth down just outside Hall's red zone, David DiNeno intercepted a pass and returned it 80 yards to tie the score, 7-7. It was just what the Knights needed to get started.
"It felt great," DiNeno said. "They were in our red zone and it felt great to stick it to them and show them that we were there to win. They scored first, and we had to really show them that we couldn't let that happen again."
On Hall's next possession, the defense forced another turnover. At the start of the second quarter, Corbin Garry secured Southington's second interception of the day. Justin Rose had a fumble recovery and an interception. Mike Lange and Stephen Barmore secured interceptions. Southington forced seven turnovers in total, and ran away with a 48-10 victory.
"They play with intensity, and they play together with the scheme that we've developed," said Drury. "They really buy into it, and they're flying around. They're just playing with intensity. If you do all those little things, and do your job on top of it, you can have a solid defense."
For the first time this season, Southington runners struggled with a pair of early turnovers and just 58 yards of rushing for the day, so the Knights turned to their passing game. Hall never knew what hit them. Barmore completed 16 of his 25 passes (.640) for 342 yards and four touchdowns. He connected with Garry six times for 183 yards, and three catches resulted in Southington scores. Anthony Bonenfant (90 yards) scored a 51 yard touchdown reception, and Connor John (69 yards) averaged 13.8 yards per reception.
"It feels great to air it out. Obviously, the running game was a little slow to develop. When you can't run, you throw. I'm just glad that I was able to perform and help my team," said Barmore. "Over the course of seven weeks, eventually something's got to click. I think everyone was on the same page today. We were really communicating well, and it obviously showed."
Garry was the main threat for the Knights, averaging 30.5 yards per catch. His 39-yard score in the second quarter gave Southington the lead for good. An 18-yard strike capped Southington's scoring in the fourth quarter, but it was a broken play in the third quarter that put the game out of reach for Hall.
Garry positioned himelf under a tipped ball, shrugged off two tackles, and scampered 80 yards for a score.
"I wasn't the intended receiver. It was Alex Jamele who was the intended receiver," Garry said. "I just was shocked that it came to me. I said, 'Alright. Let's make a play.' I ran down the field and flipped a few tackles and that was about it."
With the victory, Southington improved to 7-0 with three games remaining. They'll try to keep the momentum going this week at Simsbury (5-2). The Trojans are coming off of a 21-12 victory over Newington.
"Simsbury is the type of team that runs that option really well," said Drury. "They've been doing it for a long time. We've just got to play really disciplined football defensively. They're big up front, and they're strong. We've just got to win that battle up front."
Kickoff is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.
To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at jgoralski@ southingtonobserver.com.


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Daily Archives: March 2, 2012
Theda Bara in a publicity shot for A Fool There Was (1915, dir. Frank Powell)
"I was held up as one who delighted in the lure of destruction and evil-doing…hardly a day passes that the postman does not bring me letters written along similar lines. Many of them attack me most unmercifully. Some intimate that no woman could portray [femme fatales] without having had the actual experience.
Here is a letter I received during the past few months:
You are a menace to the human race. Man is a mere toy in your hands or those of women like you. Your type inevitably leads to ruin and destruction. Those glittering eyes are like those of the serpent, except they are more dangerous.
Such letters hurt. It is impossible to accustom myself to them. Why do people hate me so? I try to show the world how attractive sin can be, how very beautiful, so that one must be always on the lookout and know evil even in disguise. I am a moral teacher then. But what is my reward? I am detested.
People seem to forget that I am only an actress; that an actress should never show her real self to an audience, else she ceases to be an actress."
–Bara, quoted in The Pittsburgh Press (April 1916)


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Anyone remember those chips in the early '90s, Pizzarias Pizza Chips from Keebler? Here is the commercial for them I found on youtube. I ate these things all the time when I was a kid. Something about the taste of these. They just tasted exactly like pizza, or I should say, what Americans think pizza should taste like. I'm not sure why these were taken off the market. Were they secretly made from asbestos? They were an incredible product and you can find many food related message boards with fans crying for Keebler to bring them back. Now that I'm vegan, they'd have to come back with a vegan version before I'd touch them and even then I wouldn't eat them every week because they would go against my mostly whole food diet.
So with the memory of these chips and their "classic" pizza taste I set out to make a pizza sauce that would make me say, "Now that's what pizza sauce should taste like!" During my experimentation, there were three things I discovered that make a great pizza sauce. Sugar is important to cut the acidity of the tomato sauce. The perfect ratio I found was 1 teaspoon of sugar for every 8oz. can of tomato sauce. Second was garlic and onion powder. Forget adding real onion or garlic. For a concentrated flavor, which I was looking for, there is no replacement for onion and garlic powder. Last and most important was what I didn't add, basil. It is my opinion that for a pizza taste, basil AND oregano just doesn't work together. Something about the two together cancel each other out and instead the sauce just wound up tasting like regular ol' spaghetti sauce. Oregano has this wonderful brightness to it that just screams pizza. I also added a little marjoram, very similar to oregano, to help brighten it up even more, also very key.
Going back to the Pizzaria chips I wanted to give the sauce a slight pepperoni taste like I remember the chips had. To achieve that I added a pinch of smoked paprika and old bay seasoning. Pizza sauce perfection was achieved. If you don't want a slight pepperoni-ish taste you can leave out the smoked paprika and old bay seasoning.
I recommend making up a batch of pizza dough, slap this sauce on it and sprinkle nothing more than some nutritional yeast flakes and almond flour on top and bake it up. Have it with a big salad! This sauce would also be great to dip bread sticks in. But if you are too lazy to make dough, just do what they suggest in this vintage Ragu Pizza Quick ad, just slap it on some bread and throw on some vegan cheeze!
Have I made you hungry for pizza yet!? Pizza! Pizza! Pizza! GO TO RECIPE >


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Porsche is continuing its sustained success in the U.S. with a world premiere and a North American premiere planned for the upcoming 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show.
The U.S. continues to be Porsche's largest market, with more than 28,226 vehicles delivered in the first ten months of this year. This represents a gain of 13 percent compared to last year during the same period, when 24,934 vehicles were sold. In October 2012 alone, 3,211 Porsche cars were delivered to customers in the U.S., a substantial increase of 41 percent over last October.
The world premiere of a compact sports car at the Los Angeles Auto Show will add impetus to this trend. Porsche will reveal the new vehicle to international media at 12:05 pm on Nov. 28 during a press conference at the Porsche show stand.
Celebrating its North American debut at the show is the 911 Carrera 4, which is distinguished by its prominent broad rear section and a red light strip between the rear lights. The typical Porsche all-wheel drive layout, which emphasizes power to the rear wheels, guarantees maximum driving performance on a wide variety of road surfaces and in all weather conditions. The 911 Carrera 4 was unveiled at the Paris International Motor Show in September.
With these two U.S. sports car premieres, Porsche hopes to generate ideal conditions for continued sales success and growth in the world's largest Porsche market.


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A former city of New Bern tax clerk has been charged with embezzlement. Susan Rae Sutton, 28, of Vanceboro, is charged by the State Bureau of Investigation with two felony counts of embezzlement of over $9,000 by a public officer or trustee.
A former city of New Bern tax clerk has been charged with embezzlement.
Susan Rae Sutton, 28, of Vanceboro, is charged by the State Bureau of Investigation with two felony counts of embezzlement of over $9,000 by a public officer or trustee.
District Attorney Scott Thomas said his office was notified by city officials of apparent discrepancies in tax office accounts in mid-2012 while Sutton was employed as a tax clerk there.
�I contacted the State Bureau of Investigation to have them conduct the investigation,� Thomas said. �They have completed their investigation and developed probable cause to charge Ms. Sutton with two felony counts of embezzlement by a public officer or trustee. The warrants alleged that she embezzled $5,766.22 in 2011 and $3,270.05 in 2012.�
One charge covers the period of March through November 2011, and the other covers the period from January through May 2012, according to the warrants prepared by SBI Agent Steven Combs.
Mayor Lee Bettis and the New Bern Board of Aldermen were informed of the charges during a closed session of the board Tuesday night.
Guarded in his comments to protect the former employee�s presumption of innocence, Bettis said, �We were advised that this was coming. We need to let the district attorney and law enforcement do their jobs. Once this winds its way through the legal system and I know the outcome, I�ll have a stronger statement on the issue. Let Scott Thomas, who is great at his job, see what the facts in the case show.
�I think there was a suspicion of irregularities, but nothing confirmed, and I don�t have anything on the investigation at all,� Bettis continued. �I haven�t been questioned by law enforcement.�
Sutton, who began working as a tax clerk for the city in July 2008, was terminated May 28, 2012, for unacceptable conduct by an employee, said Colleen Roberts, New Bern�s public information officer. She began work making $12.12 per hour and was being paid $12.73 per hour when she left.
After turning herself in to authorities and being served with the warrants Tuesday, Sutton made her first appearance in Craven County District Court Wednesday morning with her attorney Kelly Greene.
She was released on her written promise to appear June 5 to answer to the charges in the case, which is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Robert McAfee.
Embezzlement by a public officer or trustee is a Class F felony and, in this case, carries a maximum punishment of 16 to 20 months in prison per count.
Sue Book can be reached at 252-635-5665 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter@SueJBook.


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This is a companion piece to the MidnightDBA video T-SQL: CASE Statement.
In short, a CASE statement is a simplified set of IF statements. Instead of using several IF statements, you can have a single statement that evaluates several criteria against a piece of data.
Simple CASE
Let's take a simple example. We want to return the word "one" if @x = 1. First let's do this with IF statements:
DECLARE @x tinyint = 1
IF @x = 2 SELECT 'Two'
ELSE IF @x = 1 SELECT 'One'
ELSE IF @x = 0 SELECT 'Zero'
ELSE SELECT 'Other'
And now the same thing, with a CASE statement:
DECLARE @x tinyint = 1
SELECT CASE @x
WHEN 2 THEN 'Two'
WHEN 1 THEN 'One'
WHEN 0 THEN 'Zero'
END AS number
This doesn't look like that big of a deal. With IF, we have to write a few more characters, that's all. But this is our simple example. Now let's do the same thing with the ContactIDs of a few rows in AdventureWorks:
SELECT ContactID
, 'Two' AS number
FROM Person.Contact WHERE ContactID < 10 AND ContactID = 2
SELECT ContactID
, 'One' AS number
FROM Person.Contact WHERE ContactID < 10 AND ContactID = 1
SELECT ContactID
, 'Zero' AS number
FROM Person.Contact WHERE ContactID < 10 AND ContactID = 0
SELECT ContactID
, 'Other' AS number
FROM Person.Contact WHERE ContactID < 10 AND ContactID NOT IN (0, 1, 2)
And now using CASE:
SELECT ContactID
, CASE ContactID
WHEN 2 THEN 'Two'
WHEN 1 THEN 'One'
WHEN 0 THEN 'Zero'
ELSE 'Other'
END AS number
FROM Person.Contact WHERE ContactID < 10
The CASE statement is more compact and easier to use, yes. But it also performs better here: we're making one call to the Contact table with CASE, as opposed to the four calls we had to make with IF.
Note that this last example has an ELSE statement after all the WHENs. ELSE is not required, but you wind up using it often. Use ELSE for the case where all of your WHEN statements evaluate false.
The simple CASE demonstrated above has limitations: You can only compare a single parameter – in this case, ContactID – for equality against a number of values. This means that all of these WHEN clauses are invalid:
SELECT MiddleName
, CASE MiddleName
WHEN NULL THEN 'Unknown' -- Ineffectual. NULL can't be = NULL.
WHEN LIKE 'R%' THEN 'R-something' -- Syntax error. You can't use = LIKE [value].
WHEN < 'B' THEN '"A" name' -- Syntax error. You can't use = < [value].
END AS Middle
FROM Person.Contact WHERE ContactID < 10
Searched Case
For greater flexibility, we have the searched case. Here's an easy example:
DECLARE @x tinyint = 1
, @y varchar(10) = 'Howdy!'
, @z bit
WHEN @x > 2 THEN 'x is greater than 2. This is false.'
WHEN LEN(@y) = 10 THEN 'y is 10 characters long. This is false.'
WHEN @z IS NULL AND @y LIKE 'H%' THEN 'Z is null! Y starts with the letter "H"! This is true!'
ELSE 'Apparently we don''t know what''s happening.'
END AS statement
Each WHEN statement is independent; it can make whatever evaluations we want (e.g., =, <, >, IS NULL, IS NOT NULL, LIKE, and so on) on any available values. The first true WHEN statement is the one that returns a value; all others are ignored. The example above returns "Z is null! Y starts with the letter "H"! This is true!"
So let's say we're dividing up the customer list between a few employees…we want to contact everybody about a big new promotion. We're prefer to email those with non-U.S. phone numbers (if they have an email listed), and divide the rest up between two interns:
SELECT LastName + ', ' + FirstName ContactName
, Phone
, EmailAddress
WHEN Phone LIKE '1 (11)%' AND EmailAddress IS NOT NULL THEN 'Email'
WHEN Phone LIKE '1 (11)%' THEN 'Foreign Call Group'
WHEN Phone < '500' THEN 'Call Group 1'
WHEN Phone >= '500' THEN 'Call Group 2'
END AS Call_Group
FROM Person.Contact
ORDER BY Call_Group, ContactName
The first WHEN statement checks for international phone number and non-NULL email address. If this statement is false, SQL evaluates the next WHEN statement, and so on. In this way, each row is given the correct grouping value, and our resultset looks something like this:
|Abercrombie, Kim
|Call Group 1
|Achong, Gustavo
|Call Group 1
|Adams, Carla
|Call Group 1
|Adams, Jay
|Call Group 1
|Abel, Catherine
|Call Group 2
|Acevedo, Humberto
|Call Group 2
|Adams, Frances
|Call Group 2
|Agcaoili, Samuel
|Call Group 2
|Ahlering, Robert
|Call Group 2
|Alberts, Amy
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Note that – much like a subquery – CASE is not limited to the column list of the SELECT statement. You can use a CASE statement in the WHERE and JOIN…ON clauses. Generally speaking, though, it's much easier, readable, and more performant to stick to AND/OR syntax in those cases.
Mini Cheat Sheet (straight outta BOL)
Simple CASE function: CASE input_expression WHEN when_expression THEN result_expression [ ...n ] [ ELSE else_result_expression ] END Searched CASE function: CASE WHEN Boolean_expression THEN result_expression [ ...n ] [ ELSE else_result_expression ] END
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Jen McCown