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Loesche has received an order for two cement mills (cement/slag) from the South Korean company, Yojin Construction & Engineering Co. Ltd. The two vertical roller mills a modern and reliable, and will be used in the company's new clinker grinding plant in Thilawa, Myanmar.
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Man accused of attacking delivery driver arrested again
Jonathan Wilson accused in Rochester armed robbery
Updated: 5:24 PM EDT Jul 12, 2014
The man accused of attacking a pizza delivery driver in Somersworth faces a new charge, this time for an armed robbery in Rochester. On Saturday, Rochester police arrested Jonathan Wilson in connection with a robbery at the Shell gas station on Milton Road.Police say Wilson and another man held up the store on June 25, while several customers were inside. They say Wilson had a cloth over his face and carried a long-barreled hand gun. The other suspect, described as a white man with a heavy build and blond hair, remains on the loose. He was dressed in a blue shirt with white stripes and carried a sawed-off shotgun with gray camouflage.Wilson should appear in court on Monday to face a charge of armed robbery.
Rochester, NH —
The man accused of attacking a pizza delivery driver in Somersworth faces a new charge, this time for an armed robbery in Rochester. On Saturday, Rochester police arrested Jonathan Wilson in connection with a robbery at the Shell gas station on Milton Road.
Police say Wilson and another man held up the store on June 25, while several customers were inside. They say Wilson had a cloth over his face and carried a long-barreled hand gun. The other suspect, described as a white man with a heavy build and blond hair, remains on the loose. He was dressed in a blue shirt with white stripes and carried a sawed-off shotgun with gray camouflage.
Wilson should appear in court on Monday to face a charge of armed robbery.
New Hampshire man accused of beating pizza delivery driver

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Our pal Luke: charming, witty, fun, and ever-so-slightly unethical. From his intense desire for Charleston Chews and his childhood pal Aaron's "muscle pullover hoodie" to helping himself to unpaid-for fast food lemonade, Luke's always willing to share his experiences with minor larceny. And so, to celebrate these trivial transgressions, Christy and Ann are here to bring you a collection of TBTL clips about petty theft in the TBTL universe. In addition to Luke's antics, we cover Jen's story of a nefarious yard gnome theft ring and debate strategies for minimizing vehicular property damage. Plus, stories of our own petty thefts (and you thought we were such angels!).


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That race was epic! Huge thanks to @v8power383 for getting these going again, they are a blast with multiple drivers.
Also a big commendation to @jasondull1986 for stepping up at tue last minute to fill in the codriver seat. Jumping over from another sim with very little practice, and none on my set up. Hold your head up high mate.
Actually very surprised to come away with the win. At the last 'safety car' we made a tyre pressure change which made a difference to our fuel consumption, but we didnt know that. So the plan was to throw jason back in the seat and run until we could pit and fill the car to get home. On the old numbers this was 33 laps to go. About half way through the stint we had a loom at the number and could see we wouldnt make it, so I started fuel saving big. Was only with three laps to go that I could get back to full throttle attack, but we had the pace anyway over the other cars even fuel saving. For it to come down to the last few laps was amazing.
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Epic race guys and great to be a part off. I really struggled with getting any pace out of that beast but full credit to @t_b_williams He drove an unreal final stint will doing some heavy fuel saving and I can't believe he pull it off. Great to meet another Rooz member and I'll be back for le man.
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Epic indeed! It was hilarious to see my two rookie co-drivers getting edgy several hours before they were scheduled to drive! Thankfully both of them knew the Spa track so it was just a case of getting to terms with the mighty Cadillac which is now definitively in my mind the sleeper GT3 vehicle of choice!
Big thanks to V8 & Spidey who really made this thing happen in a big way.
I would like to apologise for some slightly out of control racing with some of you guys, there were a few times I was cringing for not quite enough racing room being given, Blue was one, Tuddy another, so thanks for putting up with a couple of rookies who were fighting like hell to make a race of it. They had no malice intended, they just didn't quite have the car control to go wheel to wheel. Hopefully they'll continue on with racing now & get there.
Congrats to TB & JasonD, fabbo win in the first race of the year!
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I for one would like to apologize for my dodgy net . Thanks for putting up with it guy's, back markers did a good job of letting us through, we had a good strategy by running full fuel , we could get 31 laps with a lap left in the tank but didn't factor in tyre pressures at the end . The M6 wasn't the fastest car but was very consistent , could sit on low to mid 22's for most of the stint then drop to 23's with 10 lasps of fuel left .
Bloody good work TB on the chase down , I just couldn't push any harder due to no grip .
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While Brick-and-Mortar Stores Struggle, Nordstrom Opens a NYC Flagship with Chanel and More
Lately we've been hearing a lot about the fall of the American department store. Henri Bendel shut its doors in January of this year, and Barneys, a NYC staple, filed for bankruptcy in August. While online sales soar, traditional department stores just can't keep up and are losing revenue fast. That's why this update to the NYC department store saga came as quite a surprise…
Seattle-based department store chain Nordstrom is finally opening a NYC flagship store in Midtown on October 24. The project, which was originally slated for 2012, will be the first full-sized Nordstrom in the city. (The company opened up a men's store there in 2018.) The seven-story, 320,000-square-foot flagship on 57th and Broadway, which some outlets have estimated as a $500 million investment, is seen as a last-ditch (and risky!) effort to buoy the company's revenue, according to The Seattle Times.
Photo courtesy of Andy Bao / The Seattle Times
Part of Nordstrom's bet is that this sleek and official flagship will boost the company's reputation. While Nordstrom is known in the U.S., it doesn't yet have full global standing. And even its reputation in the U.S. is slightly less prestigious than the company would hope. While Nordstrom has always carried designer brands, it's always been considered somewhere between Macy's and Saks—something like a staple for the upper-middle class rather than a true luxury center.
Photo courtesy of Connie Zhou, Nordstrom
Although Nordstrom's brick-and-mortar sales have fallen in recent years, the company's growing online sales have kept it afloat. In this new store, Nordstrom will be attempting to bring these two experiences together by offering classic brands, such as Chanel, with brands that are primarily known for their trendy online presence and direct-to-consumer model, such as Everlane and Reformation.
Photo courtesy of Andria Cheng / Forbes
"We like to say we have everything from Vans to Valentinos," Teri Bariquit, Nordstrom's chief merchandising officer, told CNBC. "Customers buy Nikes with their Guccis. … We want to be a place for everyone."
We're excited to see how it pans out, though the whole endeavor is certainly a gamble. What are your predictions for Nordstrom's fate in NYC? Tell us below!
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21st century is the century of rapid technological advancements and changing landscape around the world. The world is not the same it was a decade earlier. It has grown rapidly to become highly modernized and advanced, which has ultimately led to a change in lifestyle of the people. The education systems are also changing and new means and methods are being adopted around the world to meet the growing demand of educators. Since things have changed now, the basic requirement among children to be able to read, write and solve mathematical problems is also changing. The kind of jobs that existed earlier is vanishing now. With the coming up of technologies like, automation, internet of things and robotics, most of the skills required in manufacturing jobs are also changing rapidly. The current situations demand more emotional and cognitive abilities along with problem solving and critical thinking amongst students to become better employees and do not risk losing out jobs in future.
Apart from the ability to read and write properly, the parents should focus on building emotional quotient too amongst their children. Also having a critical thinking and the ability to apply logic and reasoning to situations is what is going to help them in future to sustain the pace of advancement. Though having a good command over language is required but the most important skill set would change in the coming future. Skills like, leadership, communication, critical and logical reasoning, teamwork etc. are going to be the role players. The world is adopting automation rapidly and for humans to be as effective as machines, they definitely need to posses these skills along with the necessary subject and technical knowledge of the domain they are working in.
For children to be ahead in the game it is necessary to start training them at the earliest and the need to reform the education system in such a way so as to incorporate these necessary skills will help in the longer run to benefit from it meaningfully. Parents from their end should also realize the importance of giving the right support system and environment for their children to grow and develop the necessary skill set. Making children familiar with the technologies and advancements and keeping them updated about all the developments taking place is important for them to realize their own potential and develop their interest accordingly.


A teacher who has worked in a variety of schools reflects on what his colleagues have had in common.
As a high school history teacher who is married to a middle school math teacher and is about to welcome our first child into this world, more than ever I value parents who entrust their children to the care of educators. We have an immense responsibility to teach and prepare other people's children for future success in a caring, safe environment.
Over the years, I've met, worked beside, and learned from teachers of all ages and from all types of schools. Despite the differences between us and between our institutions, we find common ground on what we want parents to know about us.
We care deeply about our students, and we want them to succeed—not just academically but in every facet of their lives. If a student is struggling, we'll do whatever we can to help turn things around. On a bad day, a student might need just a pat on the back and a little encouragement. At other times, helping students calls for staying after after-school activities to offer one-on-one support. If the need arises, we'll contact an academic support team, as well as parents, to create a plan of action.
In whatever scenario, know that we'll be wondering if that child is feeling better. We'll follow up to make sure the student knows how much we care, beyond the subject we teach. We show as much by cheering on students during their games, attending theatrical performances, complimenting artwork, and appreciating other notable achievements.
Contrary to what some may believe, no teacher likes seeing a student struggle endlessly. In an ideal world, we would love it if every child excelled in every subject without difficulty, which would also make our jobs easier and less stressful. However, meaningful learning seldom comes without effort for anyone.
Therefore, it's critical to avoid demonizing stress, struggle, and anxiety, which in heathy amounts are essential ingredients of lifelong learning. At certain times, it's true that teachers want students to experience pressure, but not out of a twisted desire to see them squirm—we want them to gain resilience and resourcefulness in the face of adversity.
When your student encounters difficulty or anxiety with a unit of study or an assignment, please resist contacting the teacher right away—intervening may deprive your child of a chance to develop resilience, self-advocacy, and trouble-shooting skills. Instead, encourage your child to advocate for themselves. This could include seeking help from a classmate or initiating a one-on-one meeting with a teacher.
We do want to hear from you if your child experiences sustained struggles and in the case of developments such as health difficulties, the loss of a loved one, or an updated learning profile.
We appreciate that students have other classes and commitments beyond what we teach and expect of them. To the best of our ability, we work hard to ensure that we're assigning appropriate amounts of work. If a student comes to us in advance of a due date with a scheduling conflict, many of us are likely to grant extension requests.
In dire circumstances such as urgent family matters or an emergency visit to the hospital, we think only of the student's well-being and not the missed work. When the student is ready to return to school, we're happy to help them catch up at a manageable pace.
We love what we teach and try to stay current on developments in our fields: reading the latest literature, enrolling in academic courses and programs, and attending meetings and conferences. We also take time to consider what and how and we teach. In fact, we tend to spend much of our "time off" in the summer planning out how to do a better job in the fall. We take our disciplines seriously, and we work to instill similar enthusiasm in your children.
This often leads to our rethinking how to engage student interest while helping them see for themselves the real-world relevance of what and how they learn.
Lastly, know that we love what we do, and we work hard every day to make sure that students know that. We want them to feel supported, and we want them to feel secure in knowing that when they stumble (as they all do), we'll be there to help them learn and grow from their mistakes—the best and only way to learn.


June | 2017 | The Indie Spot!
I don't think I have any writing techniques. I don't do any of the things good writers should or are supposed to do. I don't write every day, don't set a certain time to write. If there is a certain time, it's late at night. I seem to be more creative at night, and I'm not a morning person anyway. That may come from working third shift for a while when I was younger.
I don't have a space where I write. I used to but my home office went away when we made it into a bedroom for my mother-in-law. I think we'd planned to put a smaller desk in my library but my husband is a bit of a pack rat. That room is full of boxes stored with who knows what. Plus, I needed more shelves that my hubby never got a chance to build. Maybe one day I'll get that space back. But I don't let it stop me; I write from my recliner in front of the television.
I find that sometimes it takes me a while to get started but once I get started and the muse starts to flow, I also have a hard time stopping. Work gets in the way since I have to get up early. It's hard for a night person to work days. I'm hoping to retire next year and that won't be a problem.
I don't write the type of books where I need to do a lot of research. Basically, I mainly research places or areas. I do have one book in process that's set during World War II. I researched that era a long time ago where I published articles for a writer's resource site. The idea for the site was to have articles on all types of different things from guns and petticoats. My articles were on the World War I and World War II eras. You can find these articles on my website at kimcoxauthor.com.
Anyway, when I'm writing, I mark it on the manuscript where I need to research. I try not to stop when I'm writing the first draft or I'll lose my flow. Either before or after the second edit, I'll do the research.
I normally make my towns fictitious but based on actual towns. See the blog article on locations.
No, I don't normally outline. I did with BEFORE WE WED. I did a brief chapter by chapter outline and it's the only book I've ever done that with—about three-quarters of the way done, I had my first bout with writer's block. I knew where I was and where I wanted to end but not what to do between. It was getting long and needed to end but there was so much more that would go between where I was and THE END.
It was the first and probably the last time I outline. I normally start writing and around chapter three, I stop and do a short synopsis. I tend to lose interest if I know too much about where I'm going.
No. I do have noise going in the background. Sometimes it's music from the CMT station but usually it's a television show that I rewind once I'm done writing. I'm a very focused person, so the television doesn't bother me when I'm writing.
Yes. But not right away. Usually about the tenth time of having to go back and look for hair or eye color that I decide to find pictures. I have a Character Info file for both of my series. You can also find a Series Casting Board for both on my Pinterest group at https://www.pinterest.com/kimwrtr. Also see my blog article on Hollywood Character casting.
I like writing both but only recently started creating series. I have found it easier to jump on the next book when I'm writing a series. I have two series started. One is a romantic suspense series and the other is a paranormal mystery series. The romantic suspense will have at least three books (has 2 now) and the paranormal mystery will have about eight (has 4 now). I also have a few standalone novels started, and I hope to release one the end of this year and one or two more next year, along with book 3 of the romantic suspense series.
When evidence of John's guilt is found, he swears he's innocent. But how can he prove it? As if an arrest and pending trial aren't bad enough, his ex-wife refuses to let him near their seven-year-old son, and has their shared custody agreement rescinded as part of his bail agreement. But when Jon Jon is injured, Jon breaks the agreement and his bail is revoked.
Kim is hosting a giveaway, where FIVE lucky winners will receive one of the following prizes: (1) ebook copy of "ALL THIS TIME" and a $10 Amazon Gift Card or (4) ebook copy of ALL THIS TIME.
This entry was posted in authors, Blog Tours, Writing and tagged 4 Wills Publishing, authors, Beem Weeks, books, indie authors, indie books, indie writers, Kim Cox, Nonnie Jules, Novels, Rave Reviews Book Club, RRBC, The Indie Spot, writers on June 29, 2017 by beemweeks.
Today, I am taking part in Rave Reviews Book Club's "Pay It Forward" day. What this means is, I am promoting a member of the book club here on The Indie Spot.
Now, here's one of those interesting coincidences: The author I am promoting today is D. L. Finn, whose book, No Fairy Tale, is the book I just happen to be currently reading.
D. L. is an independent California girl, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. In 1990, she and her husband packed up their kids, dogs, and cats, and relocated to the Sierra foothills in Nevada City, CA.
To say D. L. is a reader is a major understatement. She immerses herself in all sorts of books, crossing genre lines that include romance, horror, and fantasy. With vivid imagination, D. L. has long treasured creating her own reality on paper. So, when the family's move placed her among towering oaks, high cedars, and fragrant pines, her creativity blossomed into a solid skill for telling stories that others are thrilled to read.
Her creations include three indie children's books and an autobiography with poetry (which is the book I'm currently reading).
In 2016, No Fairy Tale was awarded the New Apple Annual Book Awards Official Selection in the Memoir Category! In 2017, the book became a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards (NGIBA) in the poetry category.
Though D. L. has endured difficult situations in her life, which has included addiction and abuse, she has risen above the turmoil to become one of the better writers in the indie author movement. Her words have a way of pulling the reader into the stories unfolding on the pages. Her poetry is simply beautiful.
It has been my pleasure and honor to introduce this author to the readers of this blog. It is my sincere hope that those who take the time to read this piece will become better acquainted with D. L. Finn and her work.
Let's now take a closer look at this writer's work.
You are invited into D.L. Finn's life, written through a princess's viewpoint. While it's usually assumed in fairy tales that the princess is beloved by all, this is one princess who doesn't feel loved. She dreams of a moment when her father will walk through the castle door, sweep her up in his arms and proclaim how much he misses her. That never happens. Instead, she is introduced to a new step family. Just like in the fairy tales, this is where the story takes a dark twist; where addiction, abuse and adolescence thrive together in retched misery. From her lowest point as a hopeless fourteen-year-old girl who gives up all hope– comes a spark of faith. This is where she begins her quest for a happy ending.
When Janine's parents win a vacation to a private island, it's the same week as her and her twin brother's 16th birthday. Cool! She can't wait to lounge on the beach and let the staff pamper her! Much to her disappointment, though, they leave the island to go sightseeing on a boat. Unlike the rest of her family, bouncing around the ocean isn't her idea of fun. Even when her brother gets their dad to stop the boat to investigate the neon sea creature that he is sure is following them–nothing. Losing her new red hat is the highlight of her trip until an unexpected storm hits, and they shipwreck on an uncharted island. After tending to some wounds from the crash, they search the island in hopes of finding human civilization. Although they don't find what they are looking for, it appears they aren't alone. When they return to their campsite—a fully cooked dinner is waiting for them! Why? And a better question is why did they eat it? It was as if they stepped into a fairytale– or nightmare. Who is on the island with them and what do they want?
What a way to spend Christmas Eve! Thirteen-year-old Aimee is sick and missing her dad, who died in a car accident last year. While the rest of her family are outside playing in the snow, she is alone by their Christmas tree. Aimee sighs as the tears begin to fall. She wishes she still believed in Santa Claus. Then she could ask him to change the last year. Yeah, right, she thought. She turns away from the tree, and falls asleep. Later that night, Aimee awakens to a strange noise. Clink! Clink! Clink! Her fever must be higher than she thought, because she can't believe what she is seeing running down her purple blanket! But everything happening to her is very real, including the fact someone wants her dead. Aimee is thrust into a world of magic, wonder and greed. Her journey takes her from her snowy rooftop, to the streets of New York and the North Pole with the promise to return her father to her family. Who could she trust when things aren't always what they seem?
This entry was posted in authors, Blog Tours, Writing and tagged An Unusual Island, authors, Beem Weeks, Book Clubs, books, D. L. Finn, Elizabeth's War, No Fairy Tale, Nonnie Jules, Rave Reviews Book Club, RRBC, RRBC Pay It Forward, The Indie Spot, Things On A Tree, Voice of Indie, writers on June 23, 2017 by beemweeks.
Gearing Up For the 2017 #RRBC Writers' Conference and Book Expo!
Once again, Rave Reviews Book Club is taking the lead on cutting edge ideas for promoting indie authors. Picking up where we left off last year, this year's Writers' Conference & Book Expo promises to be bigger and better! If you are an indie author and you're still figuring out the marketing landscape, then this event is one you don't want to miss.
Simply follow the links below for all the latest information you'll need to know to be involved.
This is the year for bigger and better here at RRBC. Don't miss this golden opportunity to reach a new audience while gaining new skill sets designed to help indie authors succeed.
This entry was posted in authors, Books, Writing and tagged author marketing, authors, Beem Weeks, book club, books, marketing, Nonnie Jules, publishing, Rave Reviews Book Club, RRBC, writers on June 12, 2017 by beemweeks.


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Legal Insurrection: Key Numbers In Unemployment Report Not So Good
Posted on January 7, 2011 | 1 comment
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion analyzes today's employment report and the results are not good despite the headline decline in unemployment from 9.8% to 9.4%. (Reposted with permission. Original post here.)
Needless to say, administration supporters will be touting that the unemployment rate released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning dropped from 9.8% to 9.4%. Politically, this is good news for Obama, at least in the short run.
Dig just a bit deeper, and you will see that 0.2% of that drop (or half the total drop) was from a decrease in the "participation rate" from 64.5 to 64.3 of the population. So half of the good news reflects that people have dropped out of the work force and have given up looking for work.
To put this in context, I ran a chart from the BLS website historical statistics database, showing the participation rate over the past 20 years, which shows that we are at a 20-year low:
The other disheartening statistic is reflected in the chart combining the unemployment, marginal and discouraged workers (in short, everyone who is not working but currently or at one time wanted to work, or who is employed part time because full time work was unavailable). Combine all those and the total is 16.6% up from 16.3% November not seasonally adjusted (seasonally adjusted it is 16.7% down from 17%). This is the highest number since 1994 (first year data available):
Here are two other charts showing the depth of the problem. The first shows the average length of unemployment (in weeks) and the second the median length of unemployment:
While the drop in the unemployment rate from 9.8% to 9.4% is good political news, it's hard to see any real improvement below the surface.
This gives further evidence that the American economy is still in decline. All that government stimulus accomplished nothing except for putting us further in debt.
Posted in Economics, Stimulus spending
Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, Discouraged worker, economics, Economy of the United States, Employment, jobs, Labor force, unemployment, Workforce
Irish bonds fall, CDS and insurance rates hit new highs. Spain's economy suffering. Sovereign debt crisis continues.
A couple of news stories in the ongoing sovereign debt crisis.
Bad news for Ireland:
The cost of insuring Irish debt against default hit a fresh record Friday with investors fearing that Ireland's draconian budget cuts will slow economic growth and further weaken public finances.
Spreads on Irish five-year sovereign credit default swaps topped 6.10 percentage points Friday, according to data provider Markit, after having briefly touched 600 basis points Thursday.
This means that investors will have to pay EUR610,000 annually to ensure EUR10 million Irish debt against default. Some market watchers note that CDS trading starts to dry up at these levels as investors worry about being caught on the wrong side of the trade.
CDS are tradable, over-the-counter derivatives that function like an insurance contract for defaulting on debt. If a borrower defaults, the protection buyer is paid compensation by the protection seller.
The Irish 10-year yield spread over German bunds, which show how large a premium investors demand to hold Irish bonds versus more-stable German debt, also hit a record of 5.31 percentage points Friday.
Bad news for Spain:
The Bank of Spain on Friday said it estimates third-quarter gross domestic product in the country was unchanged from the prior quarter. That follows a gain of 0.2% in the second and 0.1% in the first quarter. In a monthly economic bulletin, the Bank of Spain said the economy likely grew 0.2% on an annual basis in the third quarter. Official third-quarter GDP data will be released by the National Statistics Institute on Nov. 11. The Bank of Spain said growth was likely stymied by government austerity measures and the effects of consumers tightening spending as value-added taxes went up from July 1.
Today, the Dollar is up as traders sell Euros. Even with the Dollar up (which usually hurts commodity prices), gold and the other precious metals are rallying to record highs. Traders are looking for safety as the chances of an Irish default increase. Furthermore, we are seeing in Spain that "austerity" is a bitter but necessary medicine.
After years of liberal government spending and big deficits, Ireland and Spain (along with Greece and Portugal) are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Unfortunately, the United States is not that far behind them.
Posted in big government, Economics, Gold, Government spending, Sovereign debt crisis, Stimulus spending
Tagged 2010 European sovereign debt crisis, Bank of Spain, big government, Credit default swap, Default (finance), Deficit, economics, Government, Government debt, government spending, greece, Gross domestic product, Ireland, Irish people, Markit Group, spain, United States
Britain to fire 500,000 public sector employees. But not really.
Posted on October 21, 2010 | 1 comment
As mentioned earlier, Britain is finally taking action to stave off a credit crisis and possible bankruptcy. Some are reporting that Britain will be firing 500,000 public sector employees.
For example, The Week reports:
David Cameron is laying off 500,000 government employees.
However, that will not be the case. As the Mail reports:
500,000 public sector jobs to go
1 in 10 public sector jobs to go as government gambles on private recovery
According to the story, this 10% reduction will take 4 or 5 years:
But they make clear that the Government has adopted the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecast that 490,000 jobs in the public sector will go by 2014/15.
If the average public sector employee works for 40 years, 10 percent of them would retire within 4 years. In other words, the government will likely lay off very few people. Instead, the British government simply will not fill vacant positions.
This is great news, on the one hand, because the British are working to solve their financial problems and this job reduction it is quite easily achievable because it does not actually require firing many people. However, let us not be under the misapprehension that the British government is making a tough choice here. Do not believe the talk that half a million will be laid off. That is simply untrue.
Posted in big government, Government spending, Jobs, Stimulus spending
Tagged British government, Danny Alexander, David Cameron, Employment, George Osborne, Government of the United Kingdom, Office for Budget Responsibility, Public sector
Enumerated Powers Amendment for the Constitution
In addition to repealing the 16th and 17th Amendments and getting rid of the Federal Reserve (all of which began in 1913), I propose this new Amendment:
The federal government shall have no powers beyond those specifically enumerated in the Constitution or absolutely required for the enforcement of those enumerated powers.
The general welfare and commerce clauses do not give the federal government any powers beyond those specifically expressed elsewhere in the Constitution.
All commitments and liabilities of the United States must be honored and paid out either immediately or in their due course. No new commitments or liabilities from unconstitutional programs may be added after the ratification of this amendment.
If anybody has suggestions to improve this amendment, feel free to comment below or email me from the contact page.
Posted in big government, Constitution, Federal Reserve, Federalism, Government spending, politics, Redistribution, Regulation, Socialism, Stimulus spending, Taxes
Tagged amendments, big government, constitution, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve System, Government, Government debt, government spending, income tax, Law, Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, socialism, taxation, taxes, United States, United States Constitution
Britain takes action to save country from bankruptcy. United States still has its head in the sand.
Marketwatch reports:
Britain will stick to its timetable for making the largest cuts in government spending in decades, the chancellor of the exchequer said Wednesday, vowing that the sweeping measures would bring the country "back from the brink" of bankruptcy.
Critics charge that the plan to cut spending by 83 billion pounds ($130.4 billion) between 2011 and 2015 threatens to send the economy back into recession, just as a recovery is losing steam.
Delivering the long-awaited, comprehensive spending review to parliament, Osborne said the austerity plan "is a hard road, but it leads to a better future."
The plan will reduce spending across government departments by an average of 19% over four years and is expected to result in 490,000 public-sector job losses over that period.
There is no doubt about it; these cuts will be painful, but not nearly as painful as doing nothing and going bankrupt. Too many governments, political leaders, and populations have their heads in the sand. Action needs to be taken to stave off a credit crisis. Those countries that do so may feel some short-term pain, but they will be at a competitive advantage five or ten years from now.
Meanwhile, the US has not cut a dime from its budget. Instead, all the talk in the current Congress and the White House has been about more stimulus. Hopefully, this will change on November 2.
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Sovereign debt crisis spreading to first world countries.
I've written about the sovereign debt crisis numerous times already. See here, here, here, here, and here. But so far, I've only written about those "at-risk" countries such as Portugal, Greece, Spain, and Ireland or individual states such as Illinois. In other words, the sovereign debt crisis has so far been limited to "small" countries or states. Debt defaults among these countries or states certainly would cause problems and a sharp decline in financial markets, but likely wouldn't break the bank. But if this crisis spreads to larger, more financially important countries, it would obviously have a much larger impact, possibly one similar to the stock market crash of 1929.
Marketwatch reports that the sovereign debt crisis may in fact be spreading to a first world nation:
There's no 'B' in PIIGS, but Belgium could eventually cause headaches of its own for the euro zone if a bitter and protracted political fight prevents the country from hitting its deficit-reduction targets.
Belgium, in northern Europe, has seemed an unlikely candidate for sovereign-debt troublemaker. From a fiscal perspective, the country, whose capital Brussels is the home of the vast EU bureaucracy, has been associated more with the so-called core of the euro zone than the troubled "periphery."
But an increasingly bitter political divide along linguistic lines has left Belgium without a government since April and is beginning to raise some concerns.
Belgium, which has enjoyed solid growth, appears on track to reduce its budget deficit to 4.8% of gross domestic product this year from 5.6% in 2009, economists said. The nation's deficit is among the lowest in the euro zone and compares well with other core countries, including Germany at 4.5% of GDP, France at 8% and the Netherlands at 6%.
But if a government isn't formed soon, the 2011 fiscal target of a reduction to 4.1% could be in jeopardy, said Philippe Ledent, an economist at ING Bank in Brussels. That in turn would make it all the more difficult for Belgium to meet its target of bringing its deficit down to 3% of GDP, the EU limit, in 2012.
In reality, a 4.1%, 4.8%, or 5.6% don't seem too bad, especially considering the 10.6% deficit here in the US for 2010 and 8.3% deficit expected for 2011.
Belgium's deficit figures raise few alarms, but government debt stands at around 100% of GDP, which compares more closely with Greece and Italy.
U.S. debt, by comparison, also stands at about 100% of GDP.
The financial markets are starting to notice Belgium's problem:
Belgium has had no problems selling its government bonds. Borrowing costs have risen, however, with the yield premium demanded by investors to hold 10-year Belgian debt over benchmark German bunds standing at around 0.8 percentage point, up from around 0.4 percentage point around the same time last year.
But borrowing costs are far from problematic, Ledent said. Belgium's premium remains nowhere near comparable to Spain's, for example, which is at around 1.6 percentage points, much less Ireland's at around 4 percentage points.
The cost of insuring Belgian debt against default is up sharply since the April elections, but well off the peak seen in mid-June. The spread on five-year sovereign credit-default swaps was at 119 basis points last Thursday, according to data provider CMA. That means it would cost $119,000 a year to insure $10 million of Belgian government debt against default for five years.
The spread stood at around 60 basis points in mid-April before the latest round of political turmoil and peaked at 149 basis points in late June.
"Up to now, there has been no strong impact [on borrowing costs], but I'm not sure it will continue like that," Ledent said. "If in two, three, four months we still don't have any government, financial markets will consider that we won't reach the [budget] target and then there could be an impact on the spread."
How long can countries like Belgium or the United States continue to borrow at low interest rates? These are countries with deficits exceeding 4% of GDP, in Belgium's case, or 8-10%, in the United States, with debts equal to 100% of GDP. Logic tells us that in these countries, either taxes have to rise significantly or government spending has to fall sharply. Neither Belgium nor the U.S. is doing much to reduce their deficits and even less to cut government spending. Both countries, along with all other nations, are hoping for and relying on an economic recovery to lift their finances. What if we enter another recession? What if the recovery is slower than they expect, as it has been so far? All this talk of deficit reduction will be gone and we'll be looking at even larger deficits and debt levels.
Worse yet, what happens when investors demand higher interest rates? As mentioned above, Belgium is already paying an extra 0.4% interest on its debt. That does not sound like much, but with government debt at 100% of GDP, the deficit increases by 0.4% just from the interest payment. This is an additional cost on government at a time when it needs to reduce its costs. It increases the deficit just as the country is trying to reduce it. Furthermore, this creates a self-fulfilling prophecy: worries of a debt crisis will cause a country's interest payment to rise and deficit to increase, thus increasing the chances of a crisis.
So I will repeat what I've written many times: The sovereign debt crisis is far from over. In fact, it is just beginning.
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TARP was a waste of money, despite what the Treasury Department tells you.
The Treasury announced that the total cost of TARP would be just $50 billion. In their perverse logic, the Administration and media played this up as a government success story. But we really should look at TARP as an investment. Congress approved spending $700 billion for TARP, of which only $296 billion was spent. Looking at TARP as an investment, the government lost 16.9% over a two year period. And they call that a success!
What else could the government have done with the $296 billion? Since TARP was signed into law on October 3, 2008, the following instruments have produced these returns:
TARP Troubled Asset Relief Program -16.9%
SPY S&P 500 9.1%
TLT iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treas Bond 15.7%
IEF iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury 19.3%
SHV iShares Barclays Short Treasury Bond 0.7%
GLD SPDR Gold Shares 57.8%
XLF Financial Select Sector SPDR -18.8%
All major markets (stocks, long-term bonds, intermediate-term bonds, short-term bonds, and gold) posted positive returns. In some cases, very good returns. As you can see, I added the Financial sector into that table, which declined slightly more than TARP. Most of TARP's investment were in the financial sector. The small difference is largely a rounding error because I am looking at XLF's return up to today whereas the Treasury is using expected returns as of some future date. And that is assuming you trust their accounting…
But this raises the question of why they invested in the worst performing market sector? Those of us who argued that they were throwing good money after bad were correct. Maybe Treasury lost less money than we expected, but we were still correct in predicting negative returns on this investment.
Of course, the government claims that TARP saved the financial system from utter destruction. Oh, to live in a world where you can make outrageous claims without any proof. Next thing you know, the government will claim that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus bill, "created or saved" millions of jobs, even though the unemployment rate has remained steady near the 10% level.
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Sovereign debt crisis continues. Irish debt rating cut by Fitch.
Posted on October 6, 2010 | 1 comment
A follow-up to yesterday's blog titled "Sovereign debt crisis far from over. Moody's may downgrade Ireland again."
Fitch Downgrades Ireland's Rating on Cost of Banking Bailout
Fitch Ratings lowered Ireland's credit grade to the lowest of any of the major rating companies and said there's a risk of a further reduction.
Ireland was cut to A+ from AA-, reflecting the "exceptional and greater-than-expected cost" of the nation's bailout of its banking system, Fitch said in a statement today.
The move comes a day after Moody's Investors Service said it may cut the country's rating. Ireland may have to spend as much as 50 billion euros ($69 billion) to repair its financial system, pushing the budget deficit this year to 32 percent of gross domestic product. Fitch said the rating could be lowered again if the economy stagnates and political support for budgetary consolidation weakens.
Ireland has injected about 33 billion euros into banks and building societies, including 22.9 billion euros into Anglo Irish Bank Corp. Anglo Irish may need up to an additional 6.4 billion euros of capital and a further 5 billion euros in the event of unexpected losses. Irish Nationwide Building Society may need a further 2.7 billion euros.
Fitch said the "timing and strength" of the recovery is critical to reducing the budget deficit. While the economy is rebalancing, "ongoing distress" in real-estate markets and uncertainty over the global economic outlook "weigh on growth prospects and fiscal outlook," it said.
Irish consumer confidence plunged the most in more than four years last month due to the mounting burden of bailing out Anglo Irish and the surge in sovereign borrowing costs.
"Ireland has experienced a great panic," said Austin Hughes, chief economist at KBC Ireland. There is a "risk that a sense of apocalyptic gloom may trigger a freeze in spending."
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Sovereign debt crisis far from over. Moody's may downgrade Ireland again.
Posted on October 5, 2010 | 3 comments
In a follow up to The sovereign debt crisis is far from over. In fact, it is just beginning. and Ireland bails out banks. Deficit 32% this year. Sovereign debt crisis continues., Moody's may downgrade Ireland's debt rating yet again. Marketwatch reports:
Ireland's Aa2 credit rating is on review for possible downgrade, Moody's Investors Service announced Tuesday, citing the rising cost of recapitalizing the nation's crippled banking sector, as well as an uncertain domestic outlook and rising borrowing costs.
If Ireland's rating is cut by Moody's, it would "most likely" be by one notch, which would leave the nation with an A rating. The agency said it intends to complete the review within three months.
Hornung said the review will pay close attention to the government's revised four-year fiscal plan, which is scheduled to be presented in early November. Ireland's government has said it intends to bring its budget deficit down to less than 3% of gross domestic product — the European Union limit — by 2014.
In the second of those two posts, I had said that the bank bailout was a temporary stop-gap measure and that Ireland still has fiscal problems that need to be solved. At this point, there is no way to know if Ireland will develop a plan to bring down its budget deficit to 3% of GDP or if that is an empty promise. Additionally, there is no guarantee that such a plan would succeed.
Much depends on the economy. An economic recovery would certainly help Ireland achieve its goal, but another recession would make this virtually impossible. Moody's is concerned about this situation, just as I am, and is prepared to downgrade Irish debt if the government's plan disappoints.
People have this false assumption that since the sovereign debt crisis is no longer on the front page, the situation has been solved. Far from it. These at-risk countries still have huge deficits to contend with, even larger debts to maintain, high unemployment rates, and an angry population that is increasingly rioting in the streets. The problem is far from over and, I suspect, we will still be talking about it years from now.
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Ireland bails out banks. Deficit 32% this year. Sovereign debt crisis continues.
The debt crisis finally forced Ireland into making a decision. Ireland had to choose whether to let its banks fail or bail them out. Neither choice was pleasant and both would have had severe repercussions. Not surprising, Ireland took the easier way out. Marketwatch reports:
The cost of bailing out nationalized lender Anglo Irish Bank could soar to as much as 34.3 billion euros ($46.6 billion), the country's central bank said Thursday, as it also unexpectedly told Allied Irish Banks to raise a further €3 billion.
The new figures, along with the money already injected into other banks and a possible further capital increase for Irish Nationwide Building Society, could see the total cost of the industry bailout hit as much as €50 billion.
In a highly-anticipated assessment of the cost of the financial crisis, the Central Bank of Ireland said it expects Anglo Irish to need €29.3 billion in total, but added the figure could rise by another €5 billion under a "stress scenario."
The bank has already received €22.9 billion of that total after suffering massive losses as the country's housing market and construction industry collapsed, dragging the whole economy down with it.
Here's the key section for those watching the debt crisis and the increasing socialism and economic fascism occurring around the world:
The extra cash for the banking system means the deficit in 2010 will soar to around 32% of gross domestic product, compared to a previous estimate of 12%. The government will announce a new four-year budget plan in November to ensure it can meet this commitment.
A 32 percent deficit!!! That has to be some kind of record.
But what choice did Ireland have? It could have let the banks fail, which would have sent the country to economic turmoil. Instead, it chose to socialize the banks' debts and is risking the creation of a huge moral hazard. Ireland chose to trade short-term chaos for long-term chaos.
In reality, Ireland is hoping for an economic recovery that will lift its economy and help it reduce its deficit and pay off some of the debt. But will that recovery come soon enough? Will it be strong enough? Will the Irish government and Irish banks suddenly develop the fiscal discipline that it has lacked so far?
I don't blame Ireland for the choice it made. The problem was not the choice it had to make last week, it was the choices it and other governments, including the United States, have made over the previous decades of loose money, free spending, and debt accumulation.
But we must remember, this story is far from over. It has simply shifted from one of a gushing flesh wound to a slow and festering wound that has not yet been repaired. I repeat: The sovereign debt crisis is far from over. In fact, it is just beginning.
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As already indicated, financial leverage relates to the financing activities of a firm. The sources from which funds can be raised by a firm, from the point of view of the cost/charges, can categorized into (i) those which carry a fixed financial charge, and (ii) those which do not involve any fixed charge. The sources of funds in the first category consist of various types of long term debt, including bonds, debentures, and preference shares. Long-term debts carry a fixed rate interest which is a contractual obligation for the firm. Although the dividend on preferences is not a contractual obligation, it is a fixed charge and must be paid before anything is paid to ordinary shareholders. The equity shareholders are entitled to the remainder of the operating profits of the firm after all the prior obligations are met. We assume in the subsequent discussion that all preference dividends are paid in order to ascertain the operating profits available distribution to ordinary shareholders.
Financial leverage results from the presence of fixed financial charges in the firm's stream. These fixed charges do not vary with the earnings before interest and taxes EBIT operating profits. They are to be paid regardless of the amount of EBIT available to pay after paying them, the operating profits (EBIT) belong to the ordinary shareholders. Financial leverage is concerned with the effects of changes in EBIT on the earnings available to equity is defined as the ability of a firm to fixed financial to magnify changes in EBIT on earnings per share. In other words, financial leverage Involves of funds obtained at a fixed cost in the hope of increasing the return to the shareholders.
Favorable or positive leverage occurs when the firm earns more on the assets purchase the funds, than the fixed cost of their use. Unfavorable or negative leverage occurs when does not earn as much as the funds cost. Thus, financial leverage is based on the assume the firm is to earn more on the assets that are acquired by the use of funds on which a of interest/dividend is to he paid. The difference between the earnings from the assets fixed cost on the use of the funds goes to the equity holders. In a way, therefore, use interest sources of funds provides increased return on equity investment without additional requirement of funds from the shareholders. Financial leverage is also, therefore, called as on equity. However, in periods or persisting adversity when earnings are not presence of fixed charges. Simply that the shareholders will have to bear the burden, leverage/trading on equity will operate in the opposite direction such that the earning's instead of increasing, will actually fall as a result of the used funds carrying fixed cost.


THE Rev. James Cleveland and Dorothy Norwood, two gospel singers who have been prominent since the 1950's, came to the Apollo Theater for three shows last weekend. Although they sang together in the Caravans and the Gospel Chimes in the 1950's, and have worked together frequently since then, Miss Norwood and Mr. Cleveland didn't sing together Friday night. But they did succeed in making believers shout, clap and dance.
Mr. Cleveland is a major figure in modern gospel; he gave the music dynamic arrangements that maximize the drama of every song. Nowadays, his voice is nearly worn through - a husky shell of his old robust baritone - and while he preached and talked to the Apollo audience, he saved his singing voice until the last few songs of his set.
But like a wily general, Mr. Cleveland knows how to deploy his forces brilliantly. He performed with the Cleveland Singers, each of whom was a stunning soloist - the fluent tenor Michael Harris, the gutsy alto Betty Griffin, and the soprano Cleopatra Kennedy, whose solos climbed up to an operatic high E-flat. The three sang close harmonies, each phrase shaped with a flourish by Mr. Cleveland, and cut loose with a melismatic flourish now and then; bolstered by the Triboro Mass Choir, they also built up sweeping crescendos that -suddenly - dropped to a virtual whisper.
Dorothy Norwood also talks as much as she sings. She tells stories about the way faith provides consolation and, as the music rises, breaks into song until a chorus peaks with a gritty shout. Friday, however, she didn't carry through the momentum of individual songs; her set pleased listeners without galvanizing them.


New Years Day Concert Scarborough Spa.
After the run-away success of Andre Rieu in recent years he has made the New Year Viennese concerts even more popular.
Everyone loves a good tune, and the Strauss family can always be relied upon to provide one. Their lilting waltz melodies, breath-taking polkas and stirring marches always put a spring in the step even when sitting in the Grand Hall.
Add to these favourites a host of other composers who found fame and fortune in Vienna – such as the glorious melodies of Franz Lehar – and first class musical entertainment can be guaranteed.
Its all happening at the Spa in Scarborough.


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It took a one-of-a-kind player to stop a Grand Slam coronation at the last possible moment.
ByPeter Bodo
WATCH: Medvedev becomes just third Russian man to win a Grand Slam singles title
NEW YORK—Daniil Medvedev made good on the promise he made on Friday to "throw everything, leave everything" he had onto the court in Arthur Ashe Stadium in Sunday's US Open final. His mission: to win his first Grand Slam title in three finals, even though that road led through Novak Djokovic, who was on a quest of his own. A win would make Djokovic, the top-ranked player in the world, the first man in 52 years to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam.
This time, the stuff Medvedev threw and left out there was sufficient. He's a Grand Slam champion now, while Djokovic's dream of slamming grandly evaporated as inexorably as the beads of perspiration that the competitors sprayed onto the court. Medvedev produced his most effective day as a server when he most needed it (the damage was already done when he faltered momentarily near the end). He stood toe-to-toe and slugged it out with the game's most punishing puncher and came out ahead, winning in two hours and 16 minutes, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
"Amazing," Djokovic said of the 25-year old Russian's performance in a brief runner-up speech designed, it seemed, to make sure the emotions that had him trembling and in tears moments earlier would not get to him. "Amazing match."
Medvedev understood the crushing disappointment Djokovic felt in those moments, and did his best to soften the pain for his opponent in his own remarks,
"I'm sorry for you fans and Novak," Medvedev told some 22,000 spectators who clearly had come out to see history made—and let it be known with their tireless support for Djokovic. "As we all know what he was going for today, I just want to say anyway that what you accomplished this year, and throughout your years—I never said this to anybody, but I will say it to you today—you are the greatest tennis player in the history."
After winning in straight sets, Medvedev called Djokovic the greatest tennis player of all time.
This final needed no additional historical meaning, yet even before it began there were resonances that it would transcend the particulars of the moment. Djokovic is 34 years old, his fellow members of tennis's Big Three, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, are 40 and 35, respectively. Both missed this US Open due to injury. Had Djokovic been successful in his historic crusade, it probably would stand as the high-water mark of the trio's domination.
Medvedev's victory doesn't wipe out that idea; it isn't an all or nothing proposition. But Djokovic's 11th-hour failure to complete the Grand Slam—his once-in-a-career chance, he admitted the other day—also points to an inevitable transition. Slowly, the Big Three have been floating back down to earth. This result attests to it. This year, and this event, might have been a generational leave taking, a sunset slam.
"Of course they are going to take over," Djokovic said after the match, of the generation that includes Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Matteo Berrettini. He believes that the transition to a new generation is already underway, although it won't stop him from continuing his drive to become the most successful men's Grand Slam singles champion ever. He's currently tied with Federer and Nadal with 20 majors apiece, but he's also the youngest of the three, the healthiest, and best—by far—all-around performer.
"Daniil, I don't know if he's No. 1 now, or is soon-to-be No. 1," Djokovic said, "Look, it's normal. The older guys are still hanging on. We're still trying to shine the light on the tennis world as much as we possibly can. But the new generation, if you want to call them this way, is not anyone new. It's already established."
Medvedev joined 2020 titlist Dominic Thiem in breaking through for his first major at Flushing Meadows.
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Medvedev might strike the casual fan as an odd candidate to occupy the osprey nest in the rankings in Djokovic's wake. The Serbian star has the look and bearing of a classic tennis champion; Medvedev, though, isn't straight of central casting—unless you're looking for someone to portray a graduate student in bio-engineering.
Medvedev is slender (but oh how much power he makes!), with already thinning and receding hair. He's no Federer when it comes to style or grooming, and even less like the silky smooth champion in tennis substance.
The way Medvedev presents, you could more easily take him for the crafty champion of a local club rather than a Grand Slam tournament. He awaits serve standing straight up, holding the racquet close to his chest and upward. When he hits his bolo forehand, he sometimes holds his right arm awkwardly bent at the elbow and close to his body, the way an awkward amateur might.
When it comes to serving, players typically go through their routine with the diligence of airline pilots running pre-flight instrument check. The elaborate set-up, the interminable ball bounce, the long pause before the toss—these are anathema to Medvedev. He just walks to the serving notch, bounces the ball once or twice, or not at all, and quickly throws it up and whacks it in a continuous, speedy and violent motion.
This rough-hewn game earns him no style points, but plenty of the scoreboard kind. That slovenly (there's no better word) serve largely carried him to the win Sunday. Granted, Djokovic was feeling the pressure and unable to find his A-game for lengthy periods in the match. Still, Medvedev smacked 16 aces, or more than five per set (by contrast, Djokovic tagged just six in total). Medvedev won an outstanding 58 percent of his second-serve points against the best returner in tennis.
"He was hitting his spots very well," Djokovic acknowledged. "Not just aces."
Medvedev's serve, like pretty much every part of his game, is like no other.
Tactically and strategically, Medvedev is also an original. He will stand as far as 20 or more feet behind the baseline to return service, a tactic that confuses opponents but cannot always be implemented due the lack of space. That was a more commonly occurring problem back when Medvedev was fighting his way up through the minor leagues, and it made him feel, in his own words, "discriminated against."
Medvedev's generational peers—Zverev, Tsitsipas and Berrettini, who could be described as tennis' Little Three—are more conventional players. Zverev made a great leap forward with his game last year at this event, which was held without fans allowed on site and under strict health protocols due to the pandemic. He came within two points of claiming the title, but lost to Dominic Thiem.
Zverev, ranked No. 4, really made his bones as a major contender with his come-from-behind win over Djokovic at the Tokyo Olympics, where the 24-year old German went on to earn the gold medal—an achievement that he, and many other top pros—put right up there with winning a Grand Slam title. Zverev has a smooth game free of eccentricities. He hasn't always used his powerful serve and 6'6" height to best advantage, at least partially because he's so mobile. He can beat most players from the baseline.
For some time in 2019 and 2020, though, Zverev had trouble keeping that atomic serve under control. His penchant for double-faulting became a significant weakness. He seems to have put all that behind him.
"Once you lose your serve and you're down a break against Zverev, it's really tough to come back," Djokovic said after his narrow, five-set win over the German star after the semifinals. "He's serving so precise, so strong."
Slowly, the Big Three have been floating back down to earth. This result attests to it. This year, and this event, might have been a generational leave taking, a sunset slam.
Then there's Tsitsipas, 23 years old and ranked No. 3. He almost stopped all the fuss about a Grand Slam in its tracks at the French Open, where he took the first two sets of the final against Djokovic. But, with legs fresher than he had tonight, Djokovic roared back to win.
Tsitsipas has had some hard luck in majors, but lately he seemed to be turning that around. Although he has loads of charisma, he squandered much of the goodwill he'd built up as a figure of sympathy with overly long bathroom breaks that led to charges of gamesmanship, and accusations that he and his team routinely violate coaching rules during matches. It wouldn't be so bad for him if many of his peers, led by Zverev, believe that the criticisms are accurate.
Tsitsipas was ushered out of this tournament 18-year old sensation Carlos Alcaraz, leaving him with a lot to think about, or perhaps simply to re-think.
Berrettini has been gradually wedging himself into this variegated, but on Sunday Medvedev established himself as the clear leader of that pack. He's the first one to win a major title. He can also claim distinction as the only player in history to have stopped a Grand Slam from happening at the very last opportunity. That's a distinction that may last forever. Medvedev expects to dine out on it for some time, and believes it will do wonders for his confidence and future in the game.
"I beat somebody who was 27-0 in a year in Grand Slams. I lost to him in Australia, and he was going for huge history [here], and knowing that I managed to stop him," he said. "It definitely makes it sweeter and brings me confidence for what is to come on hard courts. Let's see about other surfaces."
He's already sounding like a man with plans.


Hunter photographs four separate muley bucks prior to taking them.
I felt like I was dreaming. One peek over the cut bank confirmed he was a shooter, at least for a Midwestern whitetail hunter like me. There, 23 yards below me lay a plump-bodied buck with tall, chocolatey antlers. Best of all, he was clueless I existed. So, I carefully set my bow in the quivering prairie grass, trading it for my Nikon digital camera.
I'm a firm believer in taking the first high-percentage shot opportunity that presents itself, but this encounter was entirely different. I felt compelled to capture a few images of the bedded buck rather than end the encounter abruptly.
After the shutter clicked three times, I traded camera for weapon and transitioned from photographer back to hunter. At full draw, the buck soon appeared in my sight housing as I bent at the waist to account for the steep declined angle, a stiff crosswind pushing my sight pins back and forth over the kill zone. When all felt right, I released as my top pin floated right of his spine.
The buck sprung from his bed, bolted up the cut bank 70 yards away, ran across the flat prairie, and then dropped over the bank behind me. I ran 80 yards to the edge to regain my visual. As I scanned back and forth, I spotted the buck already down 25 yards away, but with his head erect. I sent a finishing arrow through the grass and into his lungs. He sprung, then bolted into a creek bed.
My guide, Rick Richards of Western Ranch Outfitters, and I soon peeked over the edge and spotted the lifeless buck floating in the creek. I'd done it. I'd stalked in close, photographed the buck, and then took him with my bow. It was the beginning of a trend.
Two falls later I was back in South Dakota and hunting a friend's cattle ranch. While scouting during my first morning, I spotted an old warrior — obviously the dominant buck — guarding a doe harem. All other bucks, even ones with higher-scoring antlers, submitted to him. I scored a few pictures of him during my first morning hunt.
While he postured and nudged other bucks away from his does, I photographed him from a few hundred yards away. He was in the middle of a wheat field with no opportunity for an approach.
For several days, he remained in that field. Finally, after five days, a wicked snowstorm brought punishing winds that drove most of the deer off the field and into surrounding canyons. I worked as much ground as possible and saw lots of deer, but I just couldn't locate the big old buck.
While slipping through some trees later that morning, I spotted a young buck near some does a few hundred yards away. I was sure I'd witnessed him trying to sneak into my target buck's doe harem the previous day. So, I decided to approach.
Temperatures were warming, and the snow was becoming squeaky, so I inched along at a snail's pace to cut noise. Grunting in the cedars ahead was obviously being emitted from a mature buck. I hoped it was him.
Minutes later, I caught glimpses of his unmistakable double-forked tines. I intuitively made an aggressive move, walking straight into the group of deer with only one cedar blocking me from their view. The buck was now only 25 yards away and still grunting, so I knelt and prepared to shoot.
The buck stepped out from behind the cedar, and when he paused, I shot. My hit was marginal, and to this day, I don't know why; it was a chip shot, and my pin was right where it needed to be.
Long story short, I caught up with that buck the following day and put the finishing touches on the business I'd started. Obviously, that sage old buck earned my respect.
An arduous 2016 hunting season boiled down to my final hunt of the year. I had a Nebraska muzzleloader deer tag, which was valid for mule deer or whitetails.
After securing permission to hunt some private ground, I studied a group of muleys from afar via spotting scope. The deer appeared to be bedding in a pine forest by day and visiting an adjacent standing cornfield by evening. Of the 17 deer in the group, only one buck was worth shooting. I shot some images of the buck one evening when he was beyond shooting range.
A few evenings later when the wind direction permitted, I moved in and popped up a portable blind along the field edge.
On cue, the deer began filling the field during the last 20 minutes of shooting light. With 16 deer in the field, I wondered if my buck had chosen to dine elsewhere.
Then, like a ghost, he appeared and trotted toward the field on the same trail the other deer had traveled, which was 183 yards away. I grunt-stopped him. Before I could shoot, he started trotting. I grunt-stopped him again, settled the crosshairs and let my muzzleloader bark. When the smoke cleared, he was lying in a heap.
After hunting diligently for seven consecutive days on both private and public lands in South Dakota last fall, time was ticking when I encountered a solid buck courting a doe as I drove my pickup between vantage points. I didn't think he made the cut, so I contentedly watched and photographed as he nudged her about. They eventually disappeared, and I moved on.
The following day, I was within half a mile of the location where I'd seen the buck and doe the previous day, and I spotted a bristled-up buck that looked to be a shooter from 600-plus yards away.
I cut the distance in half with my truck, parked, and then hustled to get my decoy and bow ready. I started walking away from the truck when a doe and the buck crested a hill less than 100 yards away. I deemed him a shooter and nocked an arrow.
They paid me and my truck little attention. When he stopped broadside at 61 yards, I sent an arrow downrange. It connected tight on the shoulder crease. He ran 60-some yards, stopped and paused with stiff legs that quickly collapsed from underneath him. When I approached, I realized it was the same buck I'd photographed the previous day.
Since I'm an outdoor writer, I try to capture as many details with my camera as possible to help illustrate my stories. And while I've captured thousands of neat photos, mule deer continue to be one of my favorite subjects. So, it's not coincidental that I've photographed my last four muley bucks before and after taking them.


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Watch Guns N' Roses Play With Slash's Son On Drums
Slash's son played drums during a recent Guns N' Roses soundcheck. Watch the videos below!
Another killer video of London joking with his very proud dad. ❤ #SLASH and #london #notinthislifetimetour2017 #soundcheck #family #hershey @classlessact
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In celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of their ground-breaking debut album, "Appetite For Destruction", Guns N' Roses has announced "Guns N' Roses Was Here", an exclusive retail event in partnership with Maxfield and Bravado that will live in the famed Los Angeles boutique August 11-18.
"Guns N' Roses Was Here" gives past, present and future GN'R fans a new interpretation of their celebrated 1987 album with limited-edition capsule collections. Maxfield and Bravado sought out top collaborators ranging from unexpected streetwear brands to designers deeply rooted in GN'R's style, to bring new life to the classic artwork that has transcended time.
Peter Utz, chief branding officer of Maxfied, said: "Music has been a crucial influence in my life since a very young age. Maxfield's first iteration of this type of model evolved with our close friends DAFT PUNK and the results surpassed all expectations. After that, it felt natural to try and work with artists I have always admired and Guns N' Roses was at the top of that list. Their interpretation of this series will be dedicated to limited-edition pieces created specifically for the occasion. It's been incredible to work with the designers, GN'R and their management team to celebrate such an iconic album. A very special thanks to Fernando Lebeis for all of his dedication to making this happen"
Cult streetwear brands Off-White, Palm Angels, Enfant Riches Déprimés join classic GN'R-inspired designers Amiri, Kelly Cole and MadeWorn to create an unprecedented curated collection that will excite long-time fans of the band as well as engage the next generation of fans. "With my capsule collection, which was inspired by the band, my aim is for another generation to feel the impact they had on me, through the clothes" stated Virgil Abloh, creative director for Off-White while Francesco Ragazzi of Palm Angel "loves music and being able to have my brand connected to something so iconic like Guns N' Roses is a milestone for me and Palm Angels. It's part of the culture."
As a longtime fan of the brand, Mike Amiri, founder and creative director of Amiri was especially compelled to participate and stated: "As a brand, we rarely find the synergy needed to participate in an effective collaboration. A good amount of the Amiri aesthetic is directly influenced by my love for the band and I'm really proud to be working on a project so close to my heart."
As Axl Rose has worn many of Kelly Cole's t-shirt designs, Kelly stated that he "wanted to make something that stayed true to what we do aesthetically, and also bring the GN'R feeling and iconography into it."
Here's The Riot's new Tonight We're Alive was released on June 24th, and it is one of 2017's best EP's already, and it definitely will appeal to Guns N' Roses fans.
"Love Makes Me Crazy" sounds radio ready. The verses are Nirvanaesque with a Grungy riff before the triumphant synth driven chorus that sounds like Imagine Dragons with balls.
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Congress responded to the financial accounting scandals of the new millennium by enacting the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which required the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to study filings by issuers and report on the extent of off-balance sheet arrangements, particularly those involving leases. In 2005, the SEC reported that there "may be approximately $1.25 trillion in non-cancellable future cash obligations committed under operating leases that are not recognized on issuer balance sheets, but are instead disclosed in the notes to the financial statements." Accordingly, the SEC Report requested the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") to craft new rules to record more lessee liabilities on the balance sheet. In 2016, the FASB issued sweeping new rules that affect virtually every firm that leases assets "such as real estate, airplanes, and manufacturing equipment." In a dramatic change in approach, every lease for more than 12 months will be capitalized and recorded on the lessee's balance sheet as reflecting both a "right of use asset" and a corresponding liability. The new rules move away from the formalism of bright line rules and toward an affirmative obligation to record economic substance. This article provides an overview of the history, policy and mechanics of the new rules, which are likely to have significant economic impact on many firms.


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Draft solar water heating framework drawn
Johannesburg - Government has come up with a draft national solar water heating framework aimed at popularizing the idea of solar water power, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said on Thursday.
The minister said South Africa, as well as the rest of the continent, had long under-utilized the power of the sun while adding that the global climate needed to be looked after.
"We are all here to make it possible that our planet is in safe hands," she told delegates gathered at a Solar Water Heating conference.
She said that as a country, South Africa has in the past relied much on coal and oil which came cheaply and as a result other energy forms were not explored.
"We are now in a situation where tough choices have to be made regarding our energy, power shortages in the past," said Peters.
She said renewable energy technologies help to mitigate climate change and that South Africa is looking at a way of reducing "over dependence" on fossil fuels and that alternative energy sources could help in the creation of about 100 000 jobs.
She said the continent lagged behind in implementation of solar water heating mainly due to the high costs involved.
"Investments in renewable energy in Africa remains a challenge," she said.
The framework is intended to ensure that government's target of installing a million solar powered geysers in households as well as commercial buildings is reached in the next five years.
"I think the target is easily achievable. We want to save people money," she said.
According to Peters, a typical residential solar water heating system reduces the need for conventional water heating by about two fifths.
She said that government has made big strides in developing Renewable Energy Feed In Tariffs (REFIT) to incentivise the industry.
Delegates at the conference are expected to make inputs into the draft.


He's dying to get rich... With the aid of wily maidservant Mosca, Volpone convinces the wealthy citizens of Venice that he is on his deathbed – prompting them to shower him with gifts in the hope they will become his sole heir. Buoyed by success, the pair persuade merchant Corvino to offer his wife to bring Volpone back to health. Meanwhile, three English tourists get involved in other schemes. How will it all end? A rollicking new version of Jonson's classic comedy. **** (AllEdinburghTheatre.com, 2017).


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Original Galaxy Note's AT&T, T-Mobile Variants Get Their First Official CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightlies [Update: Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Too]
Still toting the original Galaxy Note? Still tired of the saturated colors of TouchWiz and an outdated version of Android? CyanogenMod's download center holds some good news for you, then. The Galaxy Note's AT&T and T-Mobile (US) variants got their first official CyanogenMod 10.1 nightlies today, just under a month after its younger brother, the Galaxy Note II.
Of course, like any other CM10.1 nightlies, these will bring your device closer to a true Android experience, while also offering the enhancements, customization, and features we've grown to expect from the CyanogenMod team.
T-Mobile Sending Small OTA Updates To The Galaxy Note And Relay 4G, Android 4.0 To The Blaze 4G
Galaxy S Blaze 4G
Galaxy S Relay 4G
Looks like it's OTA Monday for T-Mobile! The carrier just updated its support docs for three different handsets – the Galaxy Note, Relay 4G, and Blaze 4G – with details of incoming updates. While the first two devices are just receiving minor security enhancements, the latter is getting a major bump from Gingerbread to ICS. Here's a brief rundown of what to expect from each OTA:
Galaxy Note (T879UVMA1) – Security Enhancements
Galaxy S Relay 4G (T699UVMA2) – Security Enhancements
Galaxy S Blaze 4G (T769UVLF5) – Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Mobile Hotspot Icon location fix, Add Email option fix
For all the Blaze owners out there, this may look all too familiar.
Leaked Photos Show Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, With Galaxy S III-Style Physical Buttons
We've been hearing more than a few rumors about a new member of Samsung's popular Galaxy Note series, supposedly due for a Mobile World Congress reveal in February. Italian site DDay.it has posted leaked shots of the device in question, and there's no longer any doubt that the Galaxy Note 8.0 is indeed real. Most interestingly, it's laid out more like a super-sized smartphone than a tablet, breaking from the Galaxy Tab design of the 10.1-inch version from last year.
[CES 2013] Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Gaining LTE Powers, Coming To Verizon This Month
Samsung's on stage today at CES announcing all the devices (TVs, cameras, smart fridges and microwaves... seriously). Among them is a shiny new LTE version of the Galaxy Note 10.1. No word on how much the unit is going to cost but it will be arriving on Verizon sometime this month.
There's also no word yet on how much the plans will cost, but we can likely expect it will launch with comparable prices to the myriad other LTE tablets with Share Everything plans.
Jelly Bean Update For The Original Galaxy Note Confirmed To Bring Enhanced Premium Suite With Multi-Window, Air View, And More
Ever since Samsung released the Note II with awesome new features like Multi-Window and Air View, owners of the original Note have been wondering if they would ever see these enhancements. Considering the Galaxy S III started receiving its Premium Suite update about a week ago, we all assumed that the Note would be next. Samsung has now confirmed that with a new microsite highlighting all of the features of the Jelly Bean Premium Suite for the phablet that started it all.
CyanogenMod 10.1 Nightlies Come To The International Galaxy Note (n7000) And Note II (n7100)
You know what time it is? Time for more CM 10.1 nightlies! This go around everyone's favorite custom ROM is rolling out for everyone's favorite phablets: the international Note (n7000) and Note II (n7100). The oversized handsets got their first taste of CM10.1 yesterday, and the latest build just hit CM's download site a bit ago.
Definition: A "nightly" is a bleeding edge release that is built on a daily basis, usually at night after a full day's worth of new code has been committed.
Samsung Exynos 4 Exploit Discovered: Root And Full Access To RAM Possible In A Single App
There's some disturbing news today on the Android security front: an vulnerability has been discovered for Samsung's Exynos 4-powered devices. While the related exploit is useful for the mod scene in that it can be harnessed to gain superuser permissions and root pretty much any device running on an Exynos 4 chip, it's also got some rather disturbing implications. According to an XDA member with the handle "alephzain", who developed the exploit, using this security hole can also grant an app access to all physical memory on a given device - basically, anything stored in RAM is fair game.
T-Mobile's Galaxy Note II Official Today For A Wallet-Emptying $370, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Available 'In The Coming Weeks'
Today's the day, T-Mobile folks: the Galaxy Note II can be yours for the low, low price of... $370. OK, so maybe that's not low at all. If you want to get it cheaper, Wirefly's your best bet. Still, if you prefer to walk in to a T-Mo store and walk out with a brand new behemoth in your pocket, you can do that - you'll just have to pay extra.
Samsung Releases Unity Extension SDK For Galaxy Note S Pen Game Integration
Device-specific hardware tends to get overlooked by the third-party development community, but the S Pen from Samsung's Note phones might be the exception. There are a lot of Note users out there and it has a stylus that's actually worth using. Samsung is now offering game developers a way to better utilize that feature with the Unity Extension SDK, which can be downloaded from Samsung's developer site.
In case you're not aware, Unity is a 3D game engine that's used by a number of popular titles.
CyanogenMod 10 Nightlies Now Rolling Out For The T-Mobile Galaxy Note
If you have a Galaxy Note on T-Mobile, you're probably worried about things like device updates, considering T-Mo basically ditched it after only a couple weeks of availability. Worry not, because the CyanogenMod team is here to save the day: just one week after the custom Jelly Bean build showed up for the AT&T and International versions of the Note, CM10 Nightlies are now available for T-Mo's variant of the device.


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Q: What is the best way to display inline two paragraphs? I created this code that displays the paragraphs in second line ... is there a better way to do this?
JSFiddle
HTML CODE:

Primul paragraf

Al dolea paragraf

Code css:
    #first
{
width:130px;
background:red;
    display:inline;
    float:left;
}

#second
{
    width:150px;
    background:blue;
    float:right;
    display:inline;
}

Thanks in advance!

A: If you're looking for two distinct pieces of content to live next to each other, check out a simple grid layout.
If you're trying to mush two distinct pieces of content into one line, then you're using non-semantic HTML, and you should switch to using a different heirarchy of tags to accomplish your content-smushing.
I believe I understand you correctly that you're looking for  - essentially - a two column layout. I strongly recommend the css-tricks "Don't Overthink It Grids" layout, and I'm using a slightly (slightly) more complicated grid layout in production sites.

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Blackhawks' goalie coach Jimmy Waite playing an underrated role this season
The Blackhawks' goaltending has been excellent so far this season. Some of that is coaching.
By JeHossa's Witness@shepardprice Feb 16, 2021, 11:18am CST
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Chicago Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton and goaltending coach Jimmy Waite arrive to the NHL Global Series Challenge 2019 match
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The Blackhawks' goaltending is eighth best in the NHL so far this season, with a .915 save percentage across all strengths.
Kevin Lankinen has done a lot of the heavy lifting with a .925 save percentage in 11 games, saving 2.01 goals above expected. Malcolm Subban has pitched in well with a .917 save percentage. Both are top 25 goaltenders in save percentage.
That's despite the Blackhawks' defense giving up the seventh most expected goals against per 60 (2.37) and ninth most high-danger chances against per 60 (11.09) at 5-on-5. On the penalty kill, the Blackhawks have given up the 13th most shots on net per 60 at 54.19. Yet the Blackhawks' penalty kill is No. 11 in the league at 81.1 percent.
Most of what's making the Blackhawks good is that goaltending provided by Lankinen and Subban.
Neither were expected to be this good coming into the season, however. Lankinen had just a .909 save percentage in the AHL last season and Subban, before this season, had a career .899 save percentage in 66 NHL games.
So — besides the inherent talent of the goaltenders being displayed this season — what's changed?
An underrated factor may be the Blackhawks' long-time goaltending coach, Jimmy Waite. A veteran of 11 NHL seasons — including 8 in Chicago with a 14-23-7 record, 3.64 goals-against average and .860 save percentage — Waite has been on staff with the Blackhawks since 2014-15. He replaced his brother, Stephane, who went from the Blackhawks to the Canadiens). Since Jimmy Waite took over, the Blackhawks goaltenders have the fourth-best save percentage in the NHL at .913.
Now, a lot of that is due to Hall of Very Good (if not Hall of Fame) goaltender Corey Crawford, who had a .920 save percentage in 277 games during that span. Still, that .920 marks an improvement over the .914 mark Crawford had as the Blackhawks' starter before Waite became the goaltending coach.
It's worth noting that Waite has helped produce multiple goaltenders throughout the NHL. Since the '14-15 season, the Blackhawks have had 13 goaltenders play at least one game. Four have gone on to play more NHL games elsewhere: Scott Darling, Antti Raanta, Anton Forsberg and Robin Lehner.
Of the eight goaltenders who have played multiple NHL games under both Jimmy Waite and another goaltending coach, five have had their best season under Waite's guidance (the other three are Cam Ward, Jean-Francois Berube and Robin Lehner).
That even includes Crawford, whose best statistical season was '17-18. He had a .929 save percentage, two shutouts and saved 13.11 goals above expected that season in 28 games. He also had his best argument for the Vezina Trophy in '15-16 when he finished with a league-leading seven shutouts, .924 save percentage and 13.85 goals saved above expected.
Waite has achieved this with his netminders despite never having a top 10 defense. The best the Blackhawks have finished was 18th in '14-15 with 2.2 expected goals against per 60 at 5-on-5.
This season has been the best the Blackhawks have been since '16-17 and again, they're allowing 2.37 expected goals per 60, which is 25th in the league. They've been dead last the last two full seasons they've played and the Blackhawks goaltending finished 18th and 8th, respectively, at 5-on-5 team save percentage. They're 12th this season.
So maybe Chicago's goaltending situation was never as bad as it was made out to be in the offseason. Part of that might be the goaltenders the Blackhawks have to work with, and some of that could be Waite.
Very few goaltending coaches earn name-brand recognition in the NHL, despite it perhaps being the most important position coach. Mitch Korn with the Islanders and Ian Clark with the Blue Jackets may be the two most recognizable names currently and Francois Allaire was one of the best.
But maybe Waite has earned that recognition. After all, if turning a .909 AHL save percentage (Lankinen) and a .899 NHL save percentage (Subban) into a .925 and .917 so far this season isn't a sign of great coaching then maybe nothing is.