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| + | == Ultimate Rockets Daryl Morey on Omer Asik and Jeremy == | ||
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| + | <html>General manager Daryl Morey insists he is not looking to deal guard Jeremy Lin and center Omer Asik in the wake of signing Dwight Howard | ||
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| + | He has cited Lin s ability as an attacking guard as a good fit with Howard. He has talked about the value of Asik s defense off the bench. | ||
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| + | On Saturday, he added another reason. | ||
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| + | The reality is James (Harden) and Dwight (Howard) want to play with Jeremy and Omer,[http://wiki.fatuch.com/index.php?title=Usu%C3%A1rio:Taylor167#165_years_of_freedom_celebrated_in_V.I. 165 years of freedom celebrated in V.I.], Morey said. I ve been kicked down to assistant GM. They re going to be here. | ||
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| + | With Howard to supplant Asik as starting center,[http://www.linksdebatte.de/index.php/Benutzer:Qwerty468#Celebrate_Ziggy.E2.80.99s_big_day_with_free_wedding_cake Celebrate Ziggy’s big day with free wedding cake], Morey was more specific about what Asik can bring. | ||
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| + | When we didn t have Omer out there last year, we (stunk),[http://tigawiki.org/index.php/User:KevinLee493#Ballot_review_halted_after_group_calls_police_to_report_.27tam Ballot review halted after group calls police to report 'tam], Morey said. I mean, we were terrible. That was where we lost games. When we had Omer out there,[http://oldt.info/Usuario:Taylor151#Offices_close_for_Emancipation_Day_and_Fourth_of_July_0 Offices close for Emancipation Day and Fourth of July 0], we were a top-10 defensive team. Now we have a defensive player of the year and Omer. That position is so important if you re going to have a solid defense. Now we have two of the best in the league. I m very excited. | ||
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| + | Said Howard: Omer might not really see the total big picture right now,[http://marketing-craigslist-facebook-twitter-youtube-ebay.info/blogs/viewstory/2070228 Parachute Coney wins his third straight race on S], and I totally understand. He s a young guy and he wants to really be respected. I would tell him when I see him, You ve done a great job on this team. I m going to help you and this team get better. He s a big piece to us winning a championship if we re going to make that run. He and Jeremy Lin will be very good playing with me. I m going to do whatever I can to make those guys lives better. I realize how much they mean to this team.</html> | ||
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| + | == Senate finds cash to restore 8 percent == | ||
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| + | <html>ST. THOMAS - Senators passed legislation Friday that will close the budget gap and ensure the restoration of the government employees' 8 percent pay cuts takes place in July. | ||
| + | The bill passed at Friday's legislative session includes a number of measures proposed by Gov. John deJongh Jr., as well as severe budget cuts aimed at closing the territory's projected $23.6 million budget shortfall projected for Fiscal Year 2013. | ||
| + | Senate President Shawn-Michael Malone said the Senate's plan includes three parts: revenue enhancement, expenditure reduction and cash flow support. | ||
| + | All 15 senators participated in the process to craft the bill, Malone said. | ||
| + | The senators also worked closely with deJongh's financial team, and Malone said Friday that the deJongh administration is supportive of the Senate's plan. | ||
| + | The measure makes an across-the-board cut of 3 percent to all government departments and agencies in the current fiscal year. | ||
| + | It also cuts $10 million from the FY 2013 budget's miscellaneous section. | ||
| + | "In total, the allotment and miscellaneous section reduction gives you the equal amount of the deficit,[http://www.aoyagi3chome.com/blog/2012/02/mw3marqueenoob.php#comments WAPA awards scholarships_0]," Sen. Clifford Graham said Friday. | ||
| + | The 4 percent of annual rum revenues - about $2.8 million - to be set aside to pay down the debt service on the Diageo bonds faster will be kept in the General Fund for FY 2013, Graham said. | ||
| + | The bill also includes a provision to transfer $3.5 million from interest earned on debt service to the General Fund. | ||
| + | Other measures | ||
| + | Senators also approved deJongh's request for a $40 million line of credit to help the government's cash flow issues, but added a twist. | ||
| + | Instead of opening the line of credit with a local banking institution, senators are making the government borrow the money from the Government Employees Retirement System. | ||
| + | It is not a traditional loan, rather the money would be available as needed to cover any shortfall in a given month or pay period and would be repaid right away. The authorization is for FY 2013 and FY 2014. | ||
| + | According to the legislation,[http://www.ec-labo.com/wiki/index.php/%E5%88%A9%E7%94%A8%E8%80%85:Qwerty672#Ultimate_Texans__Arian_Foster.2C_J.J._Watt_part_of_NFL Ultimate Texans Arian Foster, J.J. Watt part of NFL], the loan's interest rate cannot exceed 9 percent. | ||
| + | Other measures in the bill passed Friday include: | ||
| + | - Appropriating $12 million to cover health insurance for government retirees and employees through the end of the current fiscal year. | ||
| + | - Giving the Bureau of Corrections an additional $3 million to meet the Corrections Bureau's obligations, including food service vendor payments and payments for housing mentally ill prisoners in off-island facilities. | ||
| + | - Transferring $1.2 million from Workers Compensation to pay the interest owed on the Unemployment Trust Fund loan. The federal government has loaned the territory millions to cover unemployment benefits, and now the interest on the loan is due. | ||
| + | - Authorizing the government to issue the 2012 property tax bills at the 1998 assessment levels to expedite revenue collections. | ||
| + | Override | ||
| + | The Senate overrode one of the governor's vetoes at Friday's session. | ||
| + | The new law will allow GERS to hire retirees through June 30, 2015, as contract employees. | ||
| + | DeJongh vetoed the measure in May, saying that it creates an unfair exemption to the law prohibiting retirees from returning to government service while still receiving their annuity benefits. | ||
| + | Graham, who offered the override Friday,[http://www.0817zg.com/index.asp Ultimate Astros » First pitch- Astros GM Luhnow discusses Norris, Harrell as trade deadline nears_0], said GERS still is transitioning to a new system and needs its recently retired employees to help out until all the issues with the new system have been addressed. According to Graham, using former employees will save the government millions of dollars by not having to hire outside technical consultants to test and stabilize the system. | ||
| + | Marine tax | ||
| + | Senators passed a bill Friday to give the V.I. Port Authority all of the proceeds from the Marine Terminal Tax. Currently, 70 percent of the proceeds go to the government's General Fund and 30 percent go to the authority. | ||
| + | The Marine Terminal Tax, implemented in January 2012, is a $1-per-passenger charge assessed to every cruise ship that comes into the St. Thomas-St. John District. | ||
| + | The switch will not begin until Oct. 1,[http://wiki.unhnu.com/index.php?title=Usuario:Taylor416#Capsule_reviews_of_feature_films Capsule reviews of feature films], 2014. | ||
| + | Port Authority Executive Director Carlton Dowe previously told senators that the money would be leveraged to finance projects to maintain and improve the territory's deteriorating ports. | ||
| + | Other bills passed | ||
| + | Other bills passed at Friday's session include: | ||
| + | - A bill to make rental automobile insurance secondary to the liability auto insurance held by the driver. | ||
| + | - A bill establishing a dual credit program between the University of the Virgin Islands and the V.I. Education Department. | ||
| + | - A bill to mandate the establishment of policies and programs to assess and award academic credits for prior learning or experience. | ||
| + | - A bill changing the Morris F. de Castro Fellowship from a loan to a grant. | ||
| + | - A bill to expand the scope of chiropractic treatment allowed under the law. | ||
| + | - A bill providing a 90-day amnesty on all fees, penalties and interest on back property taxes. | ||
| + | - A zoning bill to change Parcel No. 41-5-2 Estate Frydenhoj from R-2, residential low density, to B-4,[http://improve.org.au/member/193007/ Meet the Houston Burger Masters], business residential area to allow for warehouse and storage services. | ||
| + | - A bill to give the responsibility for certifying private career and technical schools or programs to the V.I. Board for Career and Technical Education. | ||
| + | - A bill appropriating $103,750 in FY 2013 to the U.S. Virgin Islands Little League District to participate in the 2013 baseball regional tournament. | ||
| + | - A bill to allow money earmarked for the V.I. Education Department's Longitudinal Data System to remain available until expended. The bill also has a section that allows the V.I. Property and Procurement Department to access bond money deposited by a contractor who later was terminated for poor performance. | ||
| + | - A bill to amend the law defining first-degree arson. Under the current law, first-degree arson can only be charged if the fire was set at night. The bill changes the definition to allow the charge to apply to a fire set at any time. | ||
| + | - Contact Aldeth Lewin at 714-9111 or email alewin@dailynews.vi.</html> | ||
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| + | == Everclear brings back memories with Summerland == | ||
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| + | <html>| | Everclear headlines the Summerland Tour. (Mike Damante) | ||
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| + | There is something endearing about Everclear front man Art Alexakis. While many bands love to relive the glory days to collect a check based off nostalgia,[http://www.linksdebatte.de/index.php/Benutzer:Taylor294#Ultimate_Rockets__Rockets.2C_Howard_speak_of_championsh Ultimate Rockets Rockets, Howard speak of championsh], Alexakis seems to mean well. He put together the 1990s alt-rock themed Summerland tour that came to Proof Bar on Sunday. | ||
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| + | Yes,[http://miharu.aki.gs/blog/2010/03/post-44.html#comments WAPA to pursue power deal with biogas producer], there were plenty of rehearsed rock n'roll cliches from all the bands,[http://calendula-zeitung.de/redaktionswiki/index.php?title=Benutzer:Qwerty510#Alaska_Airlines_increases_fee_to_check_a_suitcase Alaska Airlines increases fee to check a suitcase], but Everclear seemed to enjoy themselves the most. Alexakis seems to care about the rock music that took the airwaves by storm in the 90s and has no trouble spearheading that revival for a summer show that took most of the crowd back it its high school days. Everclear kicked off its set with seminal favorite So Much for the Afterglow and continued with a set heavy in the hits like Everything To Everyone , Father of Mine ,[http://www.chinapaper.org/home.php?mod=space&uid=147023 ], I Will Buy You A New Life and the closer that included a jam session from all the bands on the bill, Santa Monica. Alexakis took a few breaks to strum up some Led Zeppelin riffs and even played a little bit of Sweet Home Alabama before reminding the crowd that we all need a little rock n'roll in our lives. | ||
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| + | The current incarnation of Live, sans the original lead singer, came across as more of a Live cover band you d see at a bar like Sherlocks. Filter and Sponge did a solid job bringing back memories with a handful of recognizable radio songs. The crowd was made up of fans who are mostly pushing their mid 30s, frat-boy types,[http://www.zlogonje.com/ Ultimate Astros With chance to win, Astros fail to e], the 94.5 The Buzz crowd and guys wearing MMA shirts and their Midtown-centric girlfriends. | ||
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| + | The tour has good intentions when you strip down the preconceived notion of washed up bands trying revitalize their relevancy. Alexakis and company are just trying to have some fun and at the end of the day, isn t that what rock n'roll is about?</html> | ||
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| + | == The Top 5 Dow Performers Since the Recession Bottom == | ||
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| + | <html>The Great Recession provided one of the greatest buying opportunities in the history of the stock market. When the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) traded at multi-year lows during 2008 and 2009, investors could have randomly selected a portfolio of blue chip stocks and would likely have extraordinary percentage gains at this point in time. | ||
| + | A handful of Dow stocks,[http://taoc.dk/wiki/index.php/Bruger:Taylor541#The_Many_Different_Ways_to_Invest_In_a_Company The Many Different Ways to Invest In a Company], however, have performed especially well and have helped drive the index all the way to 15,000. Here are the top five performers since the March 6, 2009 close, when many Dow stocks hit bottom. | ||
| + | 1. American Express (AXP) | ||
| + | Price Return: 627 percent | ||
| + | Additional Dividend Cash Return: 33 percent | ||
| + | American Express, one of the world’s largest credit card providers, is the Dow’s best performer since the recession bottom. With consumer spending up and rising demand for credit cards instead of cash, the entire credit card service industry has been one of the fastest growing industries over the last several years. Additionally, the card companies were never hit with severe regulations like the banking industry was, which helped facilitate organic growth over the last several years. | ||
| + | 2. Home Depot (HD) | ||
| + | Price Return: 349 percent | ||
| + | Additional Dividend Cash Return: 28 percent | ||
| + | The Home Depot is a home improvement retailer that operates over 2,200 full-service, warehouse style stores primarily in the United States. The company has reaped the benefits of the housing recovery, which has driven demand for its building materials, garden products, and other goods. Consequently, Home Depot has performed especially well over the last twelve months, with the stock hitting an all-time high in May 2013. | ||
| + | 3. Bank of America (BAC) | ||
| + | Price Return: 315 percent | ||
| + | Additional Cash Dividend Return: 5.5 percent | ||
| + | Bank of America, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, was hit especially hard during the mortgage crisis. Shares plunged to below $3 in early 2009, as investors feared the company would go bankrupt or become nationalized. However, the government’s $20 billion bailout of Bank of America, part of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), saved the day for Bank of America shareholders. The company has since returned to full profitability. | ||
| + | 4. Disney (DIS) | ||
| + | Price Return: 302 percent | ||
| + | Additional Cash Dividend Return: 13.3 percent | ||
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| + | 5. UnitedHealth Group (UNH) | ||
| + | Price Return: 266 percent | ||
| + | Additional Cash Dividend Return: 13.1 percent | ||
| + | UnitedHealth is a diversified healthcare company that provides care delivery, health financial services,[http://www.wlkj.net/home.php?mod=space&uid=269470 ],care management, and other services. In addition to a stronger economy, the company has reacted positively to “Obamacare,” which will require every American to have health insurance.</html> | ||
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| + | == Cleveland Browns and NFL P.M. links- Greg Little's play key == | ||
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| + | Cleveland Browns and NFL P.M. links: Greg Little's play key at wide receiver,[http://wiki.juenger.com/index.php/Benutzer:KevinLee219#NFL_Training_Camps_2013-_Daily_Updates.2C_Rumors_.26_Analysi NFL Training Camps 2013- Daily Updates, Rumors & Analysi]; Jordan Cameron's chance to emerge<br>CLEVELAND, Ohio -- front office has placed an emphasis this off-season on improving the wide receiver position.They brought in and to provide depth and production to one of the worst receiving corps in the NFL last season. <br>In 2012, Browns receivers accounted for just 11 touchdowns, which ranked 25th out of 32 teams in the NFL. To make matters worse, their leading receiver from last season,[http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/29/diaper-needs-put-stress-on-moms/#comments Giants S Will HIll admits four], ,[http://nightofknights.com/node/26#comment-5348635 NFL head injuries averaging 16 days for recovery], will miss the first two games of this year after violating the NFL s substance abuse policy.Along with Bess and Nelson, and will be counted on to replace Gordon s production in those first two games.Although Little is only entering his third year in the league, he will be the most tenured member of the Browns receiving corps this fall. <br>Little has come under fire the last two seasons for his lack of focus. Little totaled 18 dropped passes in 2011 and 2012, though he seemed to turn a corner in the second half of last season. In the last 11 games,[http://wiki.mootiro.org/index.php/Usu%C3%A1rio:Taylor499#.27Scandal.27_star_Kerry_Washington_marries_NFL_player 'Scandal' star Kerry Washington marries NFL player], he only dropped two passes.Little certainly has the physical build, at 6-2,[http://xpdlxdzs.imotor.com/viewthread.php?tid=887114&extra= Kendal Thompson out of Oklahoma QB derby after injuring foot], 220, to be a top-flight NFL receiver. Mike Krupka highlighted that in an article he wrote :Little is a gifted athlete. He can high point the ball and has great leaping ability. He shows his pedigree as a running back upon catching the ball: running hard, initiating contact and/or making players miss for YAC (Yards After Catch). He can definitely get separation from press coverage and has the size to beat cornerbacks consistently on the outside or linebackers over the middle.<br>Little will need to up his production and cut down on the drops if the Browns have any hope of competing in the always-competitive AFC North. <br>NFL Story Links <br>A spotlight on the Browns tight ends, including Jordan Cameron, who should get new opportunities this season. <br>()Which undrafted wide receivers have the best chance of making the Browns final roster?<br>()The Browns could have the best set of offensive tackles in the league. ()Jimmy Haslam has reaffirmed that the Browns are not for sale. ()A Cleveland Browns fan left a peculiar request in his obituary. ()Eight Browns players made it on the AFC North all bargain team. ()The Giants have given wide receiver Victor Cruz a lucrative extension. () <br>The NFL is considering banning players who were academically ineligible in college from partaking in the NFL combine. <br>()Another NFL player is arrested -- New York Giants LB Dan Connor. (/Associated Press)EA Sports has removed Aaron Hernandez from both Madden 25 and NCAA Football 14. ()The Browns' improved defense should help ease the transition to a new regime. ()-- By Jacob Gries, Plain Dealer reporter | ||
