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Astros Press Release
Astros acquire three in five-player trade with Oakland
Club continues to stock organization with young talent
HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros have acquired first baseman Chris Carter, right-handed starting pitcher Brad Peacock and catcher Max Stassi from the Oakland A's in exchange for shortstop Jed Lowrie and right-handed reliever Fernando Rodriguez, General Manager Jeff Luhnow announced today.
Two of the players acquired in the deal, Carter and Peacock, have Major League experience. Stassi , 21, and Peacock, 25, are top catching and pitching prospects, respectively. Carter and Peacock have been added to the 40-man roster. Stassi will be in Spring Training as a non-roster invitee.
The deal is part of the Astros ongoing efforts to rebuild the organization with bright, young talent. The combined winning percentage of Houston's domestic minor league clubs was tops in baseball in 2012 after finishing last in 2010 and 2011. This morning, ESPN.com's Keith Law listed the Astros as the fourth-best minor league system after ranking them 27th prior to the 2012 season. Law has the St. Louis Cardinals listed as the top system.
"This trade gives us power, pitching and catching," Luhnow commented. "Three valuable commodities that will help improve our organization."
The right-handed hitting Carter, 26, hit 16 home runs with 39 RBI in just 67 games for the N.L. West Division champion Oakland A's in 2012 with a .350 on-base-pct. and a .514 slugging pct. He played the majority of his games at first base for the A's last season, but also saw duty as a designated hitter. He has also started 22 games in left field in his ML career. posted a 12-9 record in 28 appearances (25 starts) at Triple A Sacramento in 2012 with 139 strikeouts in 134.2 innings of work. He pitched well in a brief Major League stint in 2011 while with the Washington Nationals, going 2-0 in three appearances (two starts) with an 0.75 ERA (1ER /12IP ) while allowing just seven hits for a .167 opponents batting average. Peacock , who was acquired by the A's as part of the multi-player deal that sent left-handed pitcher Gio Gonzalez to the Nationals, was ranked by Baseball America as Oakland's top pitching prospect for 2013.
In 2011 while in the Nationals system, Peacock was one of the top starters in minor league baseball, posting a 15-3 mark with a 2.39 ERA in 25 combined appearances at Double A Harrisburg (10-2) and Triple A Syracuse (5-1) en route to earning Washington's Minor League Pitcher of the Year and Eastern League Pitcher of the Year honors. He allowed just 98 hits in 146.2 innings of work for a .188 opponents average. Peacock also was named a Baseball America Minor League All-Star in 2011 and played in the All-Star Futures Game.
The 21-year-old Stassi , who was originally selected by Oakland in the fourth round of the 2009 June Draft, hit .268 with 15 HR and 45 RBI in 84 games at Single A Stockton in 2012 en route to being named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star. Stassi , who was in Major League Spring Training camp as a non-roster invitee in 2012, has been listed as the A's top catching prospect by Jonathan Mayo (mlb.com), John Sickels (Baseball Prospect Book) and others. In 2010, he was named as the Best Defensive Catcher in the A's organization by Baseball America.
Lowrie hit .244 in 97 games for the Astros in 2012 with 16 home runs and 42 RBI after being acquired in an offseason trade with the Red Sox. Rodriguez was 2-10 in Houston last season in 71 appearances out of the bullpen with a 5.37 ERA.
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Office of Naval Research poured significant $ into the question
It is thought that the tech is progressing faster than the ethical understanding!
As of 2014, US DoD
- “prohibits lethal fully autonomous robots“
- semi-autonomous weapons cannot attack a target without human authorization
What about military rescue operations?
Are there ethical considerations in automated rescue?
Is this the same as civilian rescue operations?
Bot ethics can be categorized as
Operational ethics
Functional ethics
Full ethical agency
Are some of these harder/easier than others?
One expert claims military robots can be more ethical than humans
Can you think of an argument for that?
Or a counterargument?
Leading figures have signed petitions to slow down on fully autonomous weapons development
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This week Instant Goddess has found a new show-stopping jewellery label based here in Hong Kong and available on ETSY but wait for it at VERY affordable prices. Jazaar is the name of the label and of course Instant Goddess is besotted!
Top left: Gypsy Bohemian Silver Metalwork Necklace $400; top right: Rhinestone Statement Necklace $302.55, bottom left: Glam & Glitz bracelets $184 and bottom right: Ariana Gemstone Statement Necklace $184
J Crew…we love you
What’s there not to LOVE about J Crew’s free shipping and returns to Hong Kong?! Yes, I know we have our very own J Crew store here in the IFC, but let’s face it, it’s a tad on the small side and so too are the range of sizes on offer. Whereas online you have the full collection and range of sizes plus not forgetting all from the comfort of your armchair.
Instant Goddess is very much liking the sound of the Minnie pant, billed as J Crew’s “magic pant” as it’s “sleek, chic and slim fitting” and “it goes with just about everything” which sounds like an Instant Goddess hit if there ever was one. Perfect for this time of year and of course, we’re liking that it comes in a stretch twill for maximum comfort with a side zip for that smooth finish at the front.
Left: Minnie pant $950, top right Moroccan tile jacket $3050 and bottom right Thomas Mason embellished shell $2050 all from J Crew
Mango Magic
This ethnic beaded jacket popped into my inbox this week…new in from Mango and reminding me of the lesser spotted Mango in Hong Kong. Although you’re hard pressed to find a Mango store these days in Hong Kong, you can in fact buy online. And if you currently buy 2 or more items you get an extra 20% off with the code 6EXTRA1.
Shipping notes: shipping costs $100 and is free if you spend over $1500 and takes 2-5 working days.
Bead ethnic jacket $599 also available in blue from Mango
River Island makes a swim for it
If you have a holiday on the horizon and need to top up your beachwear, River Island’s holiday shop is well worth a visit. It screams Ibiza, Versace, and more Ibiza thanks to its collaboration with Pacha which promises instant poolside glamour. Worthy of particular note is the fine selection of standout one pieces plus fab cover-ups…ooh and don’t forget the embellished flat sandals, also extremely noteworthy!
Top left: Green scarf print mesh insert swimsuit £35 (approx. $400), top right Gold reversible beach bag £28 (approx. $320), bottom left Embellished sandals £35 (approx. $400) and bottom right Print baroque print jersey kaftan £30 (approx. $345) all from River Island.
Aqua embellished drawstring kaftan £35 (approx. $400) and Pink embellished drawstring kaftan £35 (approx. $400) both River Island
Shipping notes: standard delivery takes up to 10 days and costs approx. $120
Shoe of the Week
The gong this week has to go to Jimmy Choo’s Cinderella slipper given the launch of Disney’s latest Cinderella movie last week which whipped my four year old daughter and all her pals into a very excited frenzy. It has to be said that, us mums, were pretty excited too and not disappointed.
Notwithstanding the jaw dropping price, how comfortable can these jewelled encrusted numbers, really be?! Given my own extensive personal experience of tottering in jewel encrusted shoes, I’d say they’re probably hard as a board with all that stiff gem work. But if the shoe fits (and you have a Prince in your sights)…buy two pairs…after all it’s fashion not function, Princess!
Jimmy Choo Cinderella slipper £2995 (approx. $34300)
Midweek Meal Inspiration
Image courtesy of The Detox Kitchen
And, yep, we’re still on the Red Carpet Detox, (yes yawn…Instant Goddess is officially boring herself now) BUT we are still managing to find tasty and oh-so-very healthy recipes. Could this be a diet for life? This week we’ve been lapping up the Roasted Pollock with Parsnip Chips and Mushy Peas! Yum!
For more recipes, check out the recipe section on the Detox Kitchen.
For the three week Detox program hop over to the Sunday Times for all the recipes.
Yogi tea saying of the week: “Love those around you to love yourself”.
Instant Goddess saying of the week: “Love has to be in the air”
Until next time Goddesses and remember you are ALWAYS, ALWAYS worth it XX
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A military police officer argues with protesters outside the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo on Thursday after the judges ruled invalid legislation that banned former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq from running for the presidency.
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Obamacare Repeal Could Threaten Kids’ Health Coverage In Arizona : Shots – Health News : NPR
Should Everyone Have Health Insurance? » Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!
Average Health Insurance Cost for Subsidized Policyholders Less Drastic
Why You Should Still Sign Up for ACA Health Insurance
Bernie Sanders Zings Tom Price on Access to Health Care – The Atlantic
City employees face 3 percent health insurance hike – News – The McDonough County Voice – Macomb, IL
The big insurers most likely to reject your home insurance claim
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Massachusetts Governor to Pitch Health-Insurance Penalty for Employers – WSJ
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Health Insurance for All? – LewRockwell
On Individual Health Insurance Reform, Actuarial Details Matter
What is ‘public option’ health insurance? | Minnesota Public Radio News
Dayton proposes ‘public option’ for health insurance | Duluth News Tribune
House Passes Bill Denying Millions of Women Health Insurance Coverage for Abortion | The Daily Dot
Health insurance: Beyond premium, check out the ways it can cover you in case of hospitalisation – The Financial Express
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Originally published July 12, 2012 at 1:22 PM | Page modified July 13, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Airfare up 5.5 percent so far this year
An industry group says the price of airlines tickets rose 5.5 percent during the first half of this year.
The Associated Press >
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goethe and auschwitzby Douglas Messerli
Wolfgang Kohlhasse and Konrad Wolf (screenplay based on Wolf’s War Diaries), Konrad Wolf (director) Ich war neunzehn (I Was Nineteen) / 1968
It is mid-April 1945 in which Wolf’s fascinating film begins. From the viewpoint of the Russian troops near Berlin, we hear a young man with a P.A. system speaking in German to Nazi soldiers who have not yet surrendered. They are told not only of the hopelessness of their cause, but that if they surrender they will be protected, saved from certain death. There is no one visible on the scene, a forlorn-looking lake, except for a small boat upon which a gallows has been constructed, a body hanging from it with a sign around its neck: “DESERTEUR Ich bin ein russen knecht,” “Deserter! I am a Russian lackey.”
Indeed the young man speaking on that P.A. system, Lieutenant Gregor Hecker (Jaecki Schwartz) might almost see himself in the dead man’s visage, for Hecker, whose family escaped at the beginning of the war to Moscow, now fighting with the Red Army, is of German heritage, a nineteen-year-old boy who was born, much like director himself, in Cologne. His German background and his ability to speak German is why he has been assigned this role, and probably why he is traveling, like a human mascot, sleeping against the shoulder of Wadim (a Russian teacher turned soldier) (Vasilil Livanov), and sitting, at other times, next to the music-loving Sasha (Alexej Ejboshenko), Gregor’s easy-going superior.
Throughout all of these early scenes Wolf creates tension simply by throwing his major figure into a series of vast responsibilities that nearly overwhelm the nineteen-year-old—and any sympathetic audience. Berneu, at first, appears almost like a ghost town, with only a young, frightened girl (Jenny Gröllmann) left. She has just witnessed the dead body of the woman she has lived with, a suicide victim, and is terrified of what may lay ahead for her in a city of occupation troops.
Well she should have been when one realizes, that, in fact, thousands of German women were raped by the Soviet occupiers, their fathers and husbands shipped out and lost in Russian Gulags. The closest Wolf’s film comes to this truth is the immense hostility with a Soviet woman soldier (Galina Polskich) greets the young girl when she comes to beg a place to stay near Gregor—certainly comprehensible when we realize he is the only German-speaking male left. Terrifying the child, the Red Army woman gloats, “now, she too, is frightened.”
Gregor is sympathetic, but also clearly confused. What is his relationship with the German girl, with the German language he speaks, and the German people of whom he is now in charge? If he is now rules a kind of a “ghost-town,” he is also clearly haunted by its ghosts.
Due to Soviet cinematic restrictions—previous films by Wolf had been delayed or confiscated—the director does not honestly pursue any Soviet misconduct save the unnecessary murder of one discovered ex-Nazi. Here the Soviets, typified by Gregor, Wadim and Sascha, are presented as heroes attempting to find a way to save the Germans more suffering and to help them build a new country out of the horrors of the old. We might well describe this film, accordingly, as utter propaganda, were it not that one might imagine the East German audience of 1968 could read between the lines.
And those important gaps in the film’s story do not diminish the questions it does address: how to rebuild a nation of individuals who have been so perversely hateful, sadistic, destructive? To give Wolf credit, I Was Nineteen does explore some of the events of the concentration camps, presenting them through a kind of pseudo-documentary of the gas-chamber showers and descriptions of concentration camp life between cuts of the young Gregor showering, surely in an attempt to wash his own association with his German roots away. A later characters explanation the rise of Nazism as the German’s endless history of obedience to all leaders, and an declaration by one concentration camp survivor of the war as being a product of the manipulation of industrialists and corporations, however, is clearly inadequate. What Wolf makes clear is that Germany, East or West, can never free itself for rest of its history from the World War II events. If Germany might be associated with Bach, Goethe and other great artists and thinkers, it will also now be associated forever with Auschwitz. Any attempt to explain what happened to students of the future cannot escape the inevitability of speaking about both:
Goethe and Auschwitz. Two German names. Two German names in every
language.
Through the character of Gregor, Wolf continues throughout this film to explore the tears of sensibility between the Germans and the Soviets—less in political terms than in very personal emotions, the pull of his roots and his detestation of his countrymen’s actions. Throughout this film, we encounter various types of Germans, including the honor-bound soldiers of a garrison about to be captured. Sent to try to convince the Nazi enclave to surrender, Wadim and Gregor nearly lose their lives. But ultimately, the Germans are necessarily convinced to abandon their impossible position. Logic, even in this absurd world, wins out.
In another scene, as their truck once again overheats, Gregor walks a short distance to a stream of water, suddenly discovering a lone German soldier, now blind, waiting in his overturned vehicle, certain that Gregor is one of his returned comrades. The painful confusion of this misled and certainly dying soldier, can only, once again, reflect Gregor’s own pulls between his native language and his role in life. Only the taste of a cigarette he hands the lost soldier reveals his origins: the tobacco is from the Caucasus mountains. But even then, the blind survivor presumes he has been serving as a German there. Finally, Gregor, no longer able to speak, walks off.
At a final outpost, where Gregor has been once again enlisted to broadcast to straggling German soldiers to give themselves up, we witness a similar standoff. This time reason again prevails, as dozens of Nazis surrender and are brought into protection at the farm where the Soviets have holed up. But, at the last moment, SS troops speed up in trucks, shooting down and killing their own men in order to prevent them from turning themselves in. In the shootout, Sascha is also killed.
Confused and passive for much of the film, Gregor suddenly accepting his own German background, also declares his allegiance not just to Soviet forces but to a kind international determination to track them all down, to destroy any Nazis still ready to destroy those who do not embrace their blind fury.
Throughout Wolf’s film, no matter how one might feel about its cultural forgetfulness, we are moved by his sensitive attention to the human beings caught up in this tragic battle: focusing on simple everyday acts, people simply speaking to one another and participating in the necessary activities of drinking and eating, singing, listening to music, washing, reading. Food is particularly important. In nearly every scene in the film, characters, Russians and Germans, eat, sometimes serving up simple meals, at other times, as in the grand Russian celebration, cooking up prodigious amounts of food. No matter how divided Wolf’s figures are politically, he presents them as human beings simply trying to survive. It is through that nobility of human expression that Wolf’s cinematic art ultimately becomes something more than a propagandistic tract.
Los Angeles, December 28, 2012
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Originally published Friday, January 4, 2013 at 8:47 PM
WA Lottery
These Washington lotteries were drawn Friday:
The Associated Press
These Washington lotteries were drawn Friday:
Daily Game
8-4-7
(eight, four, seven)
Keno
01-02-03-04-09-10-12-15-17-21-26-30-47-52-53-55-56-67-78-79
(one, two, three, four, nine, ten, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-six, thirty, forty-seven, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-five, fifty-six, sixty-seven, seventy-eight, seventy-nine)
Match 4
11-13-14-24
(eleven, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-four)
Mega Millions
01-02-23-25-55, Mega Ball: 39
(one, two, twenty-three, twenty-five, fifty-five; Mega Ball: thirty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $39 million
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $60 >
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Performance Monitoring
Duration
12 hours
Overview
The Performance Monitoring Basics course describes the processes required to identify situations where total system performance is degraded. It also examines the use of RMF and OMEGAMON to identify and resolve individual problem conditions and identify where performance can be improved.
Audience
System programmers and operations and performance analysts requiring knowledge of MVS; this material addresses performance and capacity planning issues and can be instrumental in evaluating service level agreements, batch windows, online response times, and other system throughout indicators.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the MVS operating system and TSO/ISPF
Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify situations where total system performance is degraded
- Recognize how RMF and OMEGAMON are utilized
Course Content
Introduction to Performance Management
Basic Work Units
System Degradation Versus Individual Task Degradation
The Role of Various Performance Monitors
Performance Monitor Components
Enqueues and Reserves
Enqueue and Dequeue Processing
- Enqueue and Reserves
- Enqueue Serialization Scope
- Reserve and Release
- Common Enqueue Types
- GRS Commands
- IEF099I Processing
- GRS Processing
- Common Enqueue and Reserves
Work Load Manager
Workload Manager vs. IPS/ICS Setup
Goal Types
- Response Time Goal
- Average Response Time Goal
- Percentile Response Time Goal
- Discretionary Goal
- Velocity Goal
- System Goal
- Importance
- Performance Index (PI)
SRM - System Resource Manager
System Resource Allocation
Performance Group Versus Domain
Performance Group Selection
Sample PGN Selection
Multi-programming Level
Operator Controls
DASD, Part 1
DASD Subsystem
I/O Flow
Interpreting RMF DEV Display
DASD, Part 2
Missing Interrupt Handler
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Introduction to Basic Storage Principles
Storage Types
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- Swap-Out Reasons
- Storage Shortages
Methods of Improving Service
LLA and VLF
VIO
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Originally published Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 6:54 AM
Prosecutor: Maine man knew of Zumba prostitution
An insurance agent accused of helping a Zumba dance instructor run a prostitution business was deeply involved and consulted frequently with her - especially on days when patrons visited, a prosecutor told jurors on Wednesday.
Associated Press.
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I went to a meeting last night to discuss how the liberal Christians on Presbytery are going to handle the discussion on the latest overture from Assembly about the homosexuality debate. Travelling home with friends we drove past the park next to the Arthur Street School. I noticed a glowing light among the trees. On a second glance it looked like a man who appeared to be handling fire. Perhaps it was someone practicing juggling with firesticks. No one else saw it. When I mentioned it they advised me to ring the police when I got home. There is a school next door and it could potentially be an arson attack.
The police call centre is a stupid idea. I rang the police station and the officer who answered the telephone transferred me. The call centre is not in Dunedin and the person I spoke to did not know where Roslyn was. If I want to tell the police about suspicious behaviour why can’t I tell the local police station?! Honestly!
I have heard that The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is reasonably good. It is like the old television verson in quality except with current special effects doing the spaceships. The film ends on the way to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe – similar to the original radio version and the books – leaving it open for a second movie.
Another friend observed that New Zealand historically has been ten years behind the U.S. in trends. This means that in the future we could have conservative Republicans. We’re going from a Whiggish administration to the neo-Victorians again. Io preserve us!
Today’s title is the answer to ConcertFM’s competition question, what did Jonathan Lemalu study at university before his opera singing career took off. It’s too late to send it in now as the quiz closes 12noon on Friday NZT.
Apr 29, 2005 @ 02:38:17
Another friend observed that New Zealand historically has been ten years behind the U.S. in trends. This means that in the future we could have conservative Republicans.
Hmmm… I’d put the Americans at about 25 years behind, not 10 years ahead. They’re currently indulging in a spot of Muldoonism while their economy teeters on the brink. One can only hope that they manage to hold on for a while and that the Congress they elect next year realises their situation before things go totally pear-shaped and the world catches a cold.
And while the opinions I’ve heard of the H2G2 film have been mixed, the negative ones seem to complain that it isn’t particularly faithful to the books. Considering that the books, television series, radio serial and the computer game (or so I am told) are all rather different from each other a case could be made that the movie is definitely in the spirit of other adaptations…
Apr 29, 2005 @ 03:35:48
You’d be surprised how much trouble you have to go to trying to get people to move unlit barriers off the road.
Drunk people had put them on the one way system outside St Davids and weren’t letting people move them and were throwing bottles at the cars that didn’t turn aroudn and drive the other way up the road.. the police said it was a DCC problem, DCC said it was a state highway (department of transportation problem)
This place is begining to spiral into beurocratic hell
May 04, 2005 @ 22:49:45
Conservative Republicans
I doubt if NZ will ever develop an equivalent of the current (religious/social conservative-dominated) Republican party as:
1) NZ doesn’t have nearly as broad a base of entrenched conservatism.
2) NZ’s small size forces it to be relatively cosmopolitan.
3) MMP means that religious/social conservatives are less likely to get a multiplier effect from economic conservatives, isolationists, etc than under a 2-party system.
Also, you must remember that the Republicans’ social conservatism is a fairly recent phenomenon – caused by the pro-Civil Rights/Dixiecrat split in the Democrats in the late 1950s, with most of the Dixiecrats defecting to the Republicans and eventually outmaneuvering/outnumbering the more socially liberal Republicans. Whether this is stable, or will lead to a split or a backlash from the more moderate Republicans is yet to be seen.
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Jerry Brewer
Durant's sizzle makes you dream
Kevin Durant is a Tracy McGrady/Kevin Garnett cocktail. No, he's Dirk Nowitzki with a better hairdresser. Actually, he's a 6-foot-9 Michael...
Seattle Times staff columnist
Kevin Durant is a Tracy McGrady/Kevin Garnett cocktail.
No, he's Dirk Nowitzki with a better hairdresser.
Actually, he's a 6-foot-9 Michael Jordan.
The praise never stops. The comparisons get more creative by the day. We'd call it hyperbole, only there's one problem: He's that good.
No wonder Durant is so quiet. Why talk when everybody else speaks so well for you?
"He is kind of a cross between George Gervin and Bob McAdoo," says Lorenzo Romar, University of Washington basketball coach.
"Kevin Durant is a more athletic Danny Manning," ESPN analyst Jay Bilas says.
"He's more of a big man than McGrady, a better shooter than Lamar Odom, more perimeter than Garnett," ESPN.com columnist Pat Forde says. "Intriguing dude, obviously."
Durant, who likely will become a Sonic on Thursday, is the most gushed-over NBA prospect since LeBron James. King James, Durant's idol, entered the league four years ago with hype that only a few legends — Patrick Ewing, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson — can understand.
Durant isn't quite on that level. Greg Oden figures to beat him out for the NBA draft's No. 1 overall spot, but not even Oden inspires Durant-caliber reverence.
Oden is a big man with tons of subtle substance. He gets more respect than awe. Durant is a forward with a fascinating skill set. You figure there's nothing he can't do. Those types of players always charm us more.
Oden best fits the traditional model of team-building, but the story of a dominant big man gobbling up championships is a common tale. Durant makes us dream the grandest dreams.
He takes us to a land where versatility matters most, where the game flows better, where it regains its visual appeal.
Watching Jordan threepeat (twice) captured the nation's imagination more than watching Shaquille O'Neal threepeat. Los Angeles Lakers fans let Kobe Bryant get away with his many mistakes because Bryant is basketball's most enthralling talent.
Durant met with media members Sunday after a 45-minute audition for the Sonics. A reporter asked him to spread his arms to see his 7-foot-5 wingspan. He looks like he could stand at halfcourt and dunk on both rims at once.
The Sonics need this guy to be there at No. 2, even though Oden is a better fit. Team management should be praying Portland takes Oden.
As I've said previously in this space, the gap between these two players is small. So it's not about talent. It's about sizzle.
"Before the lottery, I thought the only team that should draft Durant over Oden at No. 1 was Seattle," says Dan Wetzel, a Yahoo.com sports columnist. "If they're ever going to build an arena, you have to have excitement. This guy will bring more excitement than any guy in the draft since LeBron. He's mesmerizing to watch."
He's "Carmelo Anthony with a much deeper jump shot," Wetzel says of Durant.
"A better Carmelo," he adds. "Obviously, Carmelo is stronger than Durant, but the comparison is that they're both too big for small forwards and too quick for power forwards.
"But Carmelo wasn't as mean as Durant when he was a freshman."
The competitiveness is what fuels the Jordan comparison. Off the court, Durant is a nice, respectful kid. On the court, he's a beast.
"When I watch him, I see someone who gets lost in the game," Romar says. "He doesn't just try to get his points and go home. He wants to win badly. He's diving on the floor, blocking shots, pulling down rebounds in traffic."
As a Texas freshman, Durant averaged nearly two blocks and two steals a game to go with 25.8 points and 11.1 rebounds. He joked that he came to college as a terrible defender and turned into a solid one.
He dreams of being a Tayshaun Prince-like defensive player as a pro. Durant understands he's equipped with special talent. He wants to be the rare prodigy who exceeds his hype.
"A bigger Dr. J," Portland assistant Maurice Lucas calls Durant.
Durant blushes when praised.
"It's an honor for me to be mentioned like that," Durant says. "I haven't done anything yet. I haven't put on an NBA jersey. I haven't played an NBA game. I haven't had an NBA practice. If I become that good, I'll be happy with it."
But here's the thing: What if he's not like any of these guys? What if he's something different and more wonderful?
"There is no legit comparison for him," says Jonathan Givony of Draftexpress.com. "He is going to change the way people think about the small forward/power forward position, much the way Dirk did the past two-three years and Garnett did before him. I've never evaluated a more talented player on tape in the five years I've been doing this."
Introducing the incomparable Kevin Durant.
Jerry Brewer: 206-464-2277 or [email protected]. For more columns and the Extra Points blog, visit seattletimes.com/sports
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In an ocean of sand known as the Mojave Desert, lies a city that bills itself as 'The Entertainment Capital of the World' and when describing Las Vegas, that's not too far from the truth.
For over sixty years, Vegas has been America's dirty little (not-so) secret, considered a monument to hedonism, spectacle and indulgence. But there are many sides to this entertainment behemoth and although sin is definitely one of them, romance can be found throughout the city. In this case, romance doesn't have to be a quiet dinner next to a roaring fire. It can be fun, exciting, decadent, and yes, even a little bit naughty.
There are many hotels along the Vegas strip that have different themes and vary in size from the small to the enormous. We stayed at The Planet Hollywood Resort ( ), which is a great choice as it's big and flashy both inside and out, but not so gargantuan that it takes twenty minutes to walk through the lobby. By Las Vegas standards, it's also easy on the wallet; the savings can then be used at their Spa by Mandara. Their popular service, 'The Ceremony of Love' is a couples bathing ritual and dual massage; It comes highly recommended.
Planet Hollywood also boasts the Miracle Mile Shops which is a mall connected to the property, where couples can browse for many items to spice things up including infinite amounts of chocolates and two different lingerie stores, 'Fredericks of Hollywood' and 'Victoria's Secret'.
To do something active and exciting together, walk down the strip and make a stop at Vegas Indoor Skydiving ( ). This is a truly unique experience where you and your significant other can have all the fun of actually jumping out of a plane without the fear. An instructor gives a quick lesson on the moves involved in doing the activity and then after getting into some flight suits, you're off floating over a large fan that simulates a skydive. It's something that will be talked about for the rest of the trip.
Once you're done floating six feet off the ground, go 55 stories up at the top of The Palms Hotel for one of the most romantic views high above the city. Ghostbar is a stunning spot to have a drink and ogle the brightness of the Las Vegas nightlife.
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Originally published Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 5:30 AM
Sunday TV Picks: ‘The Good Wife’ on CBS
TV picks for Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, include “The Good Wife” on CBS; “19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards” on TNT and TBS; “Bob’s Burgers” on Fox.
Tonight in Prime Time
‘The Good Wife’
Fans of this drama are passionate about the comings and goings of Alicia Florrick (Emmy-winner Julianna Margulies), and with good reason. This is a well-cast, well-written legal drama. If you haven’t been watching, you might want to give it a look. 9 p.m. Sunday on CBS (seattletimes.com/tvlistings).
Also on Sunday
“19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards,” 5 p.m. (TNT and TBS): Celebrating the year’s finest acting achievements; actor Dick Van Dyke will receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.
“Monster Squad: The Giant is Real,” 8 p.m. (Discovery): Footage of where the giant squid lives is revealed.
“Bob’s Burgers,” 8:30 p.m. (Fox): Tina tracks the “Mad Pooper’’ running wild at the middle school.
“Masterpiece Classic,” 9 p.m. (KCTS): “Downton Abbey — Season 3”: The Crawley family faces another test; newcomers try to fit into the close-knit circle of servants.
“Oprah’s Next Chapter,” 9 p.m. (OWN): L.L. Cool J discusses his marriage, career, abusive childhood and home invasion.
“O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” 9 p.m. (IFC): A mysterious lawman tracks three escaped convicts searching for buried treasure in 1930s Mississippi. Based in part on Homer’s “The Odyssey.’’ >
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S.E.C. is no ordinary weekend youth rally.
S.E.C. is designed to prepare young people for a life of evangelism. We are all to be dedicated to the cause of Christ, and we are to edify all those that we come in contact with. The board members of S.E.C. pray that this event will better equip young people from all around the southeast to be and do exactly that.
There will be in depth studies and Bible classes to teach young people how to teach others. This will benefit those in their lives at home and abroad.
We invite you and your youth group to join us as we increase our knowledge and understanding of God’s Word and His Way (Matthew 6:33).
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As it is such an important Capellan world, Betelgeuse is home to the regiment of Warrior House Kamata, crack troops fanatically devoted to the cause of House Liao and more than willing to defend their sacred soil to the last trooper.
[3025] A relatively small but diversified company, Firmir Commercial began as a manufacturer of science and medical orientated laser systems in 2340. With the formation of the confederation and the gradual changes in social conditions, Firmir Commercial expanded its interests to include laser audio and visual entertainment systems, providing leisure goods at remarkably low cost to individual consumers.
Increasingly, with the onset of the Succession Wars and the decline in average income and living standards, Firmir’s ability to make inexpensive entertainment equipment has guaranteed its place in the hearts of consumers. Today, Firmir’s tri-dimensional projection systems are considered prestigious luxury items throughout the Inner Sphere. Firmir is one of the few corporations to engage in direct trade with other Successor States without the high export duties levied on other firms dealing in non-Capellan markets.
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- Star Type: M2I
- Position in System: 2
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One wonders what other shadow-shapes could be commissioned: the more restful mottle of sunlight through leaves, reflections from ripples, who knows? These are just a little bit “Snow White lost in the forest…”
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Written by Scott Ritter; Originally appeared at TheAmericanConservative.com.”
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At the forefront of new inventions and new product launches for 2010, the world's largest electronics show, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, ended this week. If going in everyone was talking about advanced telephones, on the way out the big buzz was all about 3D.
With or without connection to the dizzying success of the movie Avatar, the first televisions with 3D processors will hit the market this year already. Together with the special glasses that will be included, we will be able to watch three dimensional content at home. Hollywood is now beginning to develop the special broadcasting channels for them.
The television market has not begun to scratch the great potential of HD (high definition) and "green" LED lighting, and already an additional growth engine is bursting onto the scene.
3D will bring early adapters - those who don't care about paying huge prices as long as they get the most advanced equipment - running to stores.
When investing in various technology niches, until today the focus was telephones and computers, but it seems that the Consumer Electronics Show [CES] put a third platform that provides content strongly on the map - the television. It’s a platform that until recently was considered not "sexy" and boring, that besides the width and depth of the screen did not undergo major revolutions.
Today, more than ever, we are near to the convergence of the three platforms, with connection to broadband Internet, the glue that holds them all together.
Among public Israeli companies, there are several which will benefit directly from the new age, which will apparently arrive in the next few years to the digital TV niche. Among chip companies, there are Marvell Technology Group (Nasdaq: MRVL), Sigma Designs, and Zoran Corp. (Nasdaq: ZRAN). They all provide HD processors and other solutions to TV manufacturers, and Orbotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: ORBK) provides the inspection systems for various LCD screen production lines.
Shares in Orbotech, which I hold in my portfolio tracked at "Globes", frustrate me because since the summer they have stuck in a very narrow band, more or less around $10, despite the fact that Orbotech's main niche, LCD screen inspection, has never been as hot as it is now. It is clear to me as well that the acquisition of major US competitor Photon Dynamics, for $290 million at the end of 2008- timed at the eve of the major crisis seeming almost suicidal, will very soon prove to be a brilliant move.
With the TV industry going through major technological revolutions, there is no doubt that the inspections niche is gaining in importance daily , and Orbotech controls about 80% of this market. It's been known for a while that huge investment is planned in existing and new lines. This is not just because of the technological revolutions which became the story of the day in Las Vegas, but because of demographic revolution. Hundreds of millions of households, mainly in China and India, will switch in the coming decade from "ancient" CRT televisions to thin LCD screens.
I assume that if Orbotech published a shelf prospectus for raising up to $150 million, nearly half its current market cap, then it has in its pipeline many good things to tell potential investors in an offering that will take place in the coming months. I expect to hear some of them today at the Needham & Company growth conference in New York.
Disclosure: Author holds shares as part of his portfolio tracked by "Globes".
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - - on November 17, 2009; Reprinted on Seeking Alpha with permission
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Ha. "Most Girls" arrived in the spring of 2017. ~ Marcy Donelson
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S&P’s Valuation and Risk Strategies research group has identified six post-IPO laggard companies with a similar profile to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO) that could follow the same path of looking for strategic investors or partners.
“The Valuation and Risk Strategies research team decided to review companies that, since their IPO, have fallen in value by more than 79% but now expect a turnaround from loss to profit between 2011 and 2012. According to Capital IQ Estimates, although the firms in our review have not expressed the intent to tap into any strategic Wall Street alternatives and have had share prices substantially below their debut price, they are forecast to return to gains after likely operating in losses this year.”
As a result, the companies may have some appeal to investors that recognize and are willing to take on the existing risks.
The companies are Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), optical communications component maker Opnext (OPXT),window and door manufacturer PGT (PGTI), real estate service provider Market Leader (LEDR), financial information supplier EDGAR Online (EDGR) and enterprise mobility service provider iPass (IPAS).
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About the Movie. Asaph Polonsky’s debut feature ONE WEEK AND A DAY provides a nuanced perspective on loss that is humorous, touching, and above all else, life affirming.
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Considering the Federal Reserve in January announced that it would keep key interest rates low at least through 2014, yield-hungry investors may have to look hard for investments with attractive yields. They may find some solace in what many refer to as hidden jewels - master limited partnerships (MLPS). Keep in mind that MLPs are not corporations, but they do trade on stock exchanges. They pay distributions instead of dividends. The investor is referred to as a unit holder instead of as a shareholder.
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA): At a market capitalization of $11.45 billion, the company was trading around $32.62 per unit at the time of writing. The Houston-based company last year paid a distribution of $4.10 per unit, which yields 5.3%. Its price to earnings ratio is $18.22. This is slightly below the industry's price to earnings ratio of $21.18.
PAA is attractive because of the steps it takes to increase its productivity. In January, Plains All American announced that it will build a cryogenic gas processing plant at its multi-product Ross Complex near Ross, N.D. The plant is scheduled to go online in the spring of 2013.
The company has also expanded its crude oil storage capacity by about 30% at its terminal in Cushing, Okla. This is important because Cushing is a hub in the distribution of crude oil in North America.
Plains All American has an operating margin of 3.6% and a gross margin of $5.19.
Given the company's expansion, especially in key areas for gas processing, it is a buy.
Energy Transfer Products (ETP): Units were trading around $49.17 at the time this article was written at the end of January. The company's 52-week trading range is $38.08 to $55.50. At the current market price, the company is capitalized at $10.31 billion. The company's capitalization is three times that of the industry's average of $3.76 billion. It had revenues of $6.49 billion, compared to the industry's $1.6 billion.
Its price to earnings ratio is $37.51. Its earnings per share were $1.31 last year, and it paid a distribution of $3.58, yielding 7.3%. Unit holders will receive a quarterly distribution of $0.89375 per unit ($3.575 annualized) for the 2010's fourth quarter on Feb. 14.
The company's yield was comparable to one of Energy Transfer Product's competitors - Eaton Corp. (ETN) Eaton's distribution was $1.36, yielding 2.8%. Genesis' operating margins were .32%, while gross margins were 5.99%.
Energy's distributions have remained the same at about $3.58 since the second quarter of 2008. The average yield for the top 10 MLPs is about 5.3%. So, the company's 7.2% yield is higher, making it a buy.
Eaton Corporation : Eaton was trading around $49.57 as of the week ending Jan. 27. It had a 52-week range of $33.09 to $56.49. The corporation's capitalization is $16.57 billion. Earnings per share were $3.69 last year. It was paying a $1.36 distribution, which had a yield of 2.8%. Eaton, which has paid annual distributions since 1923, announced in January a quarterly distribution increase of 12%. That amounts to an increase to $.38 per share from $.34 per share. The distribution increase stems from the company's strong 2011 results and its 2012 outlook. Unit holders of record at the close of business on Feb. 4 will receive the distribution payment on Feb. 24.
Operating margins were $10.17, and gross margins were 30%.
The company released its fourth quarter earnings report at the end of January. While it was profitable, it missed estimates. Eaton reported revenue of $4.03 billion, but the company was expected to earn $4.16 billion. That translates to a net income increase to $362 million from $280 million when compared to the same period in 2010. Its net income per share increased 30% to $1.07 from $.82.
Company officials chalked up the earning miss to December revenues falling short of expectations by $200 million. They also pointed to a lower tax rate as a contributor to the miss. Eaton's price to earnings ratio is $13.42.
Genesis Energy (GEL): Units were trading around $28.98 at the time of writing. That was close to the company's 52-week high of $29.83. Its 52-week low was $20.85. At the current market price, Genesis has a market capitalization of $2.09 billion. Its earnings per share last year were $.73 and it paid a distribution of $1.76. The yield was 6.1%.
Genesis continues to expand its business. Last year it completed a $205 million transaction to buy several crude oil pipeline systems in the Gulf of Mexico. It bought them from Marathon Oil Company. The systems include Eugene Island Pipeline System,
Odyssey Pipeline L.L.C.
In January, the company announced it will pay a regular quarterly distribution of $0.44 per unit for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011 on Feb.14, 2012. The distribution represents an increase of about 10.2% over the 2010, fourth quarter quarterly distribution of $0.395 per unit. Furthermore, that is an increase of about 3% over the distribution paid with respect to the third quarter of 2011. This marks the 26th consecutive quarter in which Genesis has increased its quarterly distribution.
Investors should consider going long on GEL.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP): Units were trading around $85.39 at the time of writing. This is approaching the company's 52-week high of $90.00. Its 52-week low is $63.42. Kinder Morgan is significantly capitalized at $28.55 billion. It pays a 4.64% distribution that yields 5.31%.
The company grossed $8.21 billion in revenues, which far above the industry's $1.6 billion revenue figure. Kinder Morgan's revenues are expected to be bolstered further due to a $140 million expansion investment. In January, it inked an agreement to expand its coal handling facilities along the Gulf Coast. It has also signed a long-term agreement with Arch Coal. The company operates five business segments and reports all of them producing higher annual segment earnings that were 10% more than 2010. They totaled $3.64 billion.
In January, the company declared a quarterly cash distribution per common unit of $1.16 ($4.64 annualized) payable on Feb. 14, 2012. Unit holders of record as of Jan. 31, 2012 will receive the distribution. This represents a 3% increase over the fourth quarter 2010 cash distribution per unit of $1.13, or $4.52 annualized. Since its current manager took over in 1997, KMP has increased the distribution 42 times.
Several factors present growth opportunities. They include the increasing demand for export coal and the company's push to increase the use of renewable fuels.
The steady distribution increases and expansion efforts make this MLP a buy.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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Due to fears surrounding the stock market fall nearly half a decade ago, financials still remain heavily discounted today. As an investor relations consultant, I see strong upside for smaller under-followed firms Investors Heritage Capital (IHRC.OB) and Citizens Financial Corporation (CFIN.PK) as press coverage improves. These companies are heavily undervalued, and I plan on emphasizing this in a later focus piece.
In the meanwhile, larger insurers will receive a disproportionate amount of attention. In this article, I will run you through my DCF analysis on UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and then triangulate the result with an exit multiple calculation and a review of the fundamentals compared to Aetna (AET) and CIGNA Corporation (CI). I find meaningful, but not exceptional, upside for the company.
First, let's begin with an assumption about revenues. UnitedHealth finished FY2011 with $101.9B in revenue, which represented an 8.2% gain off of the preceding year. Analysts model a 10.9% per annum growth rate over the next half decade, and I view this as reasonable since it is more or less in-line with what is expected for the S&P 500.
Moving onto the cost-side of the equation, there are several items to consider: operating expenses, capital expenditures, and taxes. I model OPEX at 92.5% of revenue, capex at 0.9% of revenue, and taxes at 34% of adjusted EBIT (considering non-cash depreciation charges).
We then need to subtract out net increases in working capital. I estimate that this will hover around 0.3% of revenue.
Taking a perpetual growth rate of 2.5% and discounting backwards by a WACC of 10% yields a fair value figure of $66.80, implying 25% upside. This is just around the threshold that I consider merits calling the investment a "value play", so it is not exceptionally undervalued.
All of this falls within a strong context:
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From a multiples perspective, UnitedHealth is also fairly attractive. It trades at a respective 11.3x and 9.9x past and forward earnings versus 8.8x and 8.1x for Aetna and 9.5x and 7.7x for Cigna. Assuming a multiple of 13x and a conservative 2013 EPS of $5.33, the rough intrinsic value of UnitedHealth's stock is $69.29.. The company delivered a strong close to 2011 with a 54% growth over 2010 in the fourth quarter. By increasing investment spending and taking reserved approach to Medicare and Medicaid, the company is reducing risk while taking advantage of core opportunities.
Cigna will benefit from the Health Spring acquisition, which offers significant cost and revenue synergies. The firm now has the capability to upsell ASO-based enrollees in its Commercial business. Strong fourth quarter momentum and fourth quarter increases in scale make render the company undervalued. Assuming a multiple of 9x and a conservative 2013 EPS of $6.22, the rough intrinsic value of the stock is $55.98..
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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Poem Day 5: “I wonder if “ April 5, 2012 I wonder if The poem that was here has been archived for submission. If you’d like access to it, leave a comment or send me an email. For now, enjoy this photo of my cat. Photo of my littlest cat, K2. Advertisements Share this:Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related
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A piece by Morgan Stanley (MS) yesterday entitled: "Global Equity Strategy: Our Top Global Dividend Ideas" (MS client log-in required) could prove especially valuable to Seeking Alpha's dedicated income investors. Given Morgan Stanley's expectation of weak equity market returns in the developed world, their analysts contend that dividends will be an even greater proportion of total equity returns in subsequent periods. The logarithmically scaled graph below shows that the nominal compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of investor returns from dividends in the United States since 1901 has been 4.9%, or over half of the total nominal CAGR of domestic equity investments of 9.5%.
Over the last generation, dividends have been relatively less important to total returns of equity holdings than they have been historically. In the 1980s, falling discount rates from a disinflationary environment favored price gains over dividend yields. In the 1990s, outsized gains in growth and technology stocks driven by a record economic expansion and the ushering in of the Internet Age, saw price returns outdistance the dividend yield component of equity returns by a record amount. Low absolute returns in the 2000s perhaps shielded from view the fact that, without the dividend component, total equity returns would have been decidedly negative. Investors who have went through this three decade period where dividends were relatively less important to total equity performance have potentially underestimated the import of dividend payers prospectively.
In the United States, the dividend yield relative to U.S. Treasury securities stands at least at a fifty year premium. The graph below shows the market dividend yield divided by the government bond yield. The current ratio of 1.4x is much higher than the historical average of around 0.5x. Some could contend that this makes U.S. equities relatively cheap, while others could contend that this signals that U.S. dividend yields are likely to fall given the economic risk priced into U.S. government bond yields. I am decidedly in the former camp given the high levels of liquidity on U.S. corporate balance sheets, and historically low payout ratios (28% ex-buybacks versus long-run average of 56%). Dividend yields favor equities over returns from traditional fixed income by the greatest margin in at least half a century.
Morgan Stanley listed sixteen stocks who have a consensus 2012 dividend yield above its median bond yield on the respective company's outstanding debt issues, and where Morgan Stanley has a overweight rating on the stock. Low bond yields signal that the credit markets believe that the company can continue to internally finance their operations, or that bond investors will lend the company incremental money at low nominal rates, lessening the company's need to reduce its dividend. The sixteen companies listed below are in descending order by the difference between dividend yields and bond yields.
- Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO) 5.83% dividend yield versus a 2.2% bond yield;
- Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) 3.38% dividend yield versus a 1.01% bond yield;
- Chevron (CVX) 3.32% dividend yield versus a 1.05% median bond yield;
- General Mills (GIS) 3.33% dividend yield versus a 1.37% median bond yield;
- Pfizer (PFE) 3.84% dividend yield versus a 2.1% median bond yield;
- Nucor (NUE) 3.79% dividend yield versus a 2.22% median bond yield;
- PepsiCo (PEP) 3.06% dividend yield versus a 1.63% median bond yield;
- Centurylink (CTL) 7.43% dividend yield versus a 6.01% median bond yield;
- Emerson Electric (EMR) 3.32% dividend yield versus a 1.97% median bond yield;
- Phillip Morris International (PM) 3.69% dividend yield versus a 2.35% median bond yield;
- U.S. Bancorp (USB) 2.45% dividend yield versus a 1.11% median bond yield;
- Colgate-Palmolive (CL) 2.34% dividend yield versus a 1.02% median bond yield;
- Staples (SPLS) 3.33% dividend yield versus a 2.05% median bond yield;
- Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) 3.66% dividend yield versus a 2.46% median bond yield;
- Saint Jude Medical (SJM) 2.32% dividend yield versus a 1.13% median bond yield;
- General Electric (GE) 3.29% dividend yield versus a 2.24% median bond yield.
The sixteen names above actually form a widely diversified portfolio with exposures in energy, (DO, CVX) information technology , consumer staples (GIS, PEP, PM), healthcare (PFE, SJM), materials (NUE, FCX), telecommunications , industrials (EMR, GE), and financials . Twelve of the sixteen names are in the Dividend Sweet Spot of between 3% - 6%, which has produced higher total returns on average over time. Only Centurylink, the wireline telecommunications company, has a dividend yield of above six percent, and it is also singularly the only below investment grade rated company listed given its challenging and secularly declining business model.
On a second screen, Morgan Stanley listed stocks with attractive and sustainable dividends and an overweight rating by MS analysts. The screen included companies with a market capitalization of greater than $2 billion, a dividend yield of between 2.25% and 6%, and analysts estimates of growing dividends, a dividend payout ratio of less than 75%, a net debt/cap less than 15%, and a free cash flow yield of greater than 5%. GE, PFE, PM, CL, EMR, NUE are again included on this second screen, which also includes Honeywell with a 2.8% dividend yield (HON), Accenture 2.8% (ACN), Las Vegas Sands 2.3% (LVS), Baxter 2.7% (BAX), ACE Limited 2.7% (ACE), LyondellBasell Industries 3% (LYB), Archer Daniels Midland 2.3% (ADM), Marsh & McLennan 3% (MMC), Cardinal Health 2.4% (CAH), Marathon Petroleum 2.5% (MPC), Western Union 2.4% (WU), Invesco 3.2% (IVZ), Interpublic Group of Companies 2.3% (IPG), and Lear 2.9% (LEA).
The aforementioned ADM, CL, EMR, NUE, and PEP are all also members of the Dividend Aristocrats, companies that have paid increasing dividends for at least twenty-five years. The Dividend Aristocrat investing style can be approximated through SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY). My earlier analysis demonstrated that companies with this dividend payout profile have produced higher average returns with less volatility of returns over a long time period.
After a thirty year hiatus, dividend investing is likely to move back to the forefront for domestic equity investors, and dividends will again form a large part of your total return from equity investments. I hope this article gives Seeking Alpha investors several approaches to thinking about how to construct a solid and sustainable dividend portfolio.
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According to Bloomberg, bullish commodity wagers have risen to 16-month highs, as the Federal Reserve's commitment for a further monetary stimulus continues to drive prices higher. The biggest gainer is copper, whose holdings increased 25-fold to 17,509 contracts. Its prices are hovering near a four-month high, as the stimulus bolstered the prospects of an improvement in demand. However, whether the prices will continue their upward trajectory remains a debate. Let us first analyze the perspectives of both sides before drawing a conclusion. Later, we will recommend investors on how to play copper while hedging their positions.
No - It Can't!
The most important argument presented by analysts who are expecting this trend to reverse is the huge amount of copper stockpiles in China. According to an estimate by Standard Chartered analyst Judy Zhu, copper stacks have grown by 20% last month, since July, which has increasingly raised speculations about a drastic reduction in metal's demand in China. Consequently, these bigger inventories are meant to lead to lower prices.
Even if the stimulus leads to a pickup in economic activity, which means demand for copper will eventually improve, the high stockpiles might take a long time to get cleared, and until then, demand for the red metal is expected to remain low.
The market also remains wary about the conditions of the property market in China, which is the top user of copper, for construction. However, recent economic indicators are spelling the startup of a possible recovery.
Yes - Why Not?
Opponents of the aforementioned point of view believe that there are certain drivers in the industry that will keep Dr. Copper moving upwards. In addition to the third round of quantitative easing (QE3), according to which the Federal Reserve is going to inject $40 billion into the U.S. economy, each month, so as to improve the weak employment market, the European Central Bank (ECB) has also announced secondary market purchases to keep bond yields low to support struggling Eurozone countries. In addition, copper also received support from the weak dollar, which is currently floating near 7-month lows.
According to a recent Credit Suisse report, all three main indicators of real estate activity in China - building starts, building completions, and sales volumes - have turned upward, increasing speculation that China's construction sector has bottomed. If that is indeed the case, it could spell a possible bottoming of the basic materials sector in the near-term, which is heavily dependent on China.
Investment Advice
We expect copper prices to somewhat drop as a result of high stockpiles, before surging later as a result of surging demand. Hence, we remain bullish on Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) due to its handsome dividend yield, cheap valuations, and balance sheet strength. Furthermore, positive news from the automotive and housing sectors is leading to an inevitable conclusion that a demand surge is likely. The following table compares FCX with copper players Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM) and Southern Copper Corp. (SCCO). Please read our previous article to know why FCX is our favorite bet amongst copper players.
Source: Yahoo Finance
Long position(s) in copper equities like FCX can be hedged by taking a short position in the copper ETF, iPath Dow Jones UBS Copper Total Return Sub-Index ETN (JJC).
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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Usually, when you first move in by yourself, you end up living in quite a small living space – or you could be a millionaire kid and move into a penthouse, but if you’re here you definitely are not a millionaire kid. Nice to meet you, btw!
You can make a small living space look bigger with the help of an interior designer, but how got money for that, right?! There are also some tricks that can help you make your living space look bigger and it all has to do with illusion and physics.
1. Light colours
It’s a well now fact that light colours can make a room look bigger. But don’t let yourself lured in the all white walls trap. From my own experience, I tell you that white painting on the walls can turn into a nightmare – it gets dirty very fast and easy (no kids needed, you’ll do it by yourself)and you will end up painting your wall every tree months because they get dirty very fast. Instead of white, choose pale warm colours like yellow, pink, camel or any other colour.
Feel free to go white with the doors and windows, it won’t be too much white and they will stay white for a long time – no need to repaint them.
Don’t go just for the walls, but for the curtains as well! Having a light colour curtain will brighten up your room and also will keep the sun away.
2. Add dimension
This is an easy trick that we use for clothing as well: vertical stripes will make you look skinnier, while horizontal stripes will make you look thicker. Have that in mind when you are choosing a stripped item to decor your home with.
3. Glass & mirrors
Mirrors are know for reflecting our beauty, but they also can make a living space look bigger. You can put a tall mirror on door, or in a living room.
Transparent glass – such as chandeliers – will also help you make your living space look bigger. Opt for chandeliers or a see through glass door.
4. Clean the windows & let the light in
Easy like that. Not to mention the oddly satisfying feeling of looking through a crystal clear glass. A clean window will look like your windows are always open and it will also let a lot of bright light in, which will make any small living space look bigger.
5. Bring some contrast
We’ve talked about pale, light colours for the wall, doors, windows and curtains. That doesn’t mean you have to keep everything pale, because you will end up with a dull living space.
Add some contrast: dark or bright colour items will do the trick. The contrast will add dimension to your living space and it will bring it to life.
6. Leave breathing space
A small living space can easily get crowded easily with lots of things.You don’t want to do this, it will make your small living space even smaller. If you know that you can resist the temptation to put lots of things wherever you find a free spot – add some big potted plants, they will keep you away from adding items and they will give you oxygen as well, so double win!
I hope that you found these easy tricks of how to make a small living space look bigger useful.
You can find lots of inspiration online, as well in the below Pinterest board – where you can also find all the pictures that I got my inspiration for this article.
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We've now entered the silly season of Spanish pride.
When the Spanish finance minister Luis de Guindos announced last night at London School of Economics that "Spain doesn't need a bailout at all," the audience burst out laughing, demonstrating once and for all that even economists can appreciate a good joke if it's delivered with chutzpah.
Even the finance minister's interpreter was stifling a giggle. Timing is everything in comedy.
Of course, Señor de Guindos didn't fly all the way from Madrid to London just to tout the Party line in person. He was asking for money; specifically, for investors to buy into Spain's "bad bank" of toxic assets, which is one of the Troika's conditions attached to the €100 billion bailout.
Naturally, de Guindos wants Spanish investment on terms favorable to Spain. I believe I speak for private investors everywhere when I say, "Um, no."
Señor de Guindos had previously assured the Spanish parliament that private investors will make up "at least 55 percent" of the "bad bank." I hope he didn't mean the ones that just fell into the aisles laughing at LSE. Apparently, the scheme requires Spanish banks to transfer their bad mortgage and real estate development loans to the toxic entity in exchange for Spanish bonds, which can then be posted as collateral with the ECB in exchange for cash.
This is the devaluation of the euro by other means - and that's fine. But why should investors be interested in discounted mortgages -because that's what this is, the Great Spanish Property Fire Sale- when the Spanish housing market has yet to see bottom, much less hit it?
Fig. 1: Comparative Eurozone House Price Indices
In fact, it is this very stumbling block which places the Spanish bailout in jeopardy. The number of commercial real estate transactions in both Spain and Italy have fallen 90% since the crisis began, as outside investors sit on the sidelines and wait for rock bottom. There's an eight year backlog in supply. "Buyer's Market" hardly begins to describe the situation.
Over the last year, the average asking price of Spanish property has decreased from €267K to €244K - an 8.5% reduction, according to the Tinsa House Price Index, which tracks real estate conditions in Spain. The price of Spanish inland property has decreased 25.9% since 2007. Year-over-year price decline is 11%.
Coastal property suffered even more, posting a 37.2% decline. According to the August 15th report:.
Fig. 2: Y-O-Y losses by region
(Source: Tinsa Quarterly Report)
Those of my readers who enjoy the benefits of a Classical education will appreciate the similarities with the Roman housing market during the last days of the Roman Republic.
Marcus Licinius Crassus - by all accounts the richest Roman of them all - organized numerous fire-fighting units in Rome. At the time, the Seven Hills of Rome were filled with closely packed, ramshackle tenements made of cheap wood. When a fire would start anywhere in the city, Crassus' fire-fighting units would quickly go running to the site. Crassus would then show up in person and begin haggling over the price of the house with the distraught owner. If the owner agreed to Crassus's "fire-sale" price, the Roman Senator would signal his fire-men, who would immediately put out the fire. If the owner was stubborn, the fire-men would sit and watch the place burn.
After another half-hour or so, Crassus would make a new, lower offer. By this time, the fire would be in real danger of spreading to the adjacent buildings, adding considerable peer pressure to the negotiations. If the owner still held out, Crassus' men would wait another half-hour, and so on.
Fast-forward to today: Spain is burning, the investors in London are currently in Crassus's position, and the Troika represents Spain's neighbors.
The chances of de Guindos succeeding are slim to none. (It would have to be at least a 75% off sale to attract investors, as the original loans were made at bubbly valuations.)
However, for the sake of argument, let's assume the intrepid Finance minister does succeed. Sooner or later the losses on the loans will have be written-off. Will it really matter if the losses are realized by the Spanish government or the Spanish banks? Aren't the two really the same thing, at this point?
Conclusion
The original logic behind the housing boom in Spain was that Europeans would flock to the Costa del Sol and Tropical, as well as towns like Zafra and Baeza for vacation. Originally, they did. Spanish property apparently offered a risk-free, tax-free, high-return investment. Unscrupulous real estate agents during the Boom had little difficulty pitching "hot projects" at ridiculous premiums to credulous Anglo buyers, many of whom went to Spain to buy a holiday house and came home with investments they had no intention of making. Time to pay the piper.
As with Ireland, the key is the transfer price. Look for Spanish REITs to start popping up all over the place in 2013, as the Spanish government/banks balk at the low-ball offers from London. Investors may wish to take advantage of Spanish pride and the resulting bailout turbulence by initiating short positions in the iShares MSCI Spain Index (EWP).
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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It's fun but wonder how fun it will be when I actually have to quilt a real item! I'm hoping it will keep on being fun! I have quite a few small projects to start on. I'll finish working on my practice piece and then move onto the real deal! At least they are only my projects!!!!!!
The election happened tonight....all I can say is I'm glad it's over and as to the outcome......no comment!
Looking great, I'm sure you'll soon be in the swing of things! Look forward to seeing your achievements 😊
Looks great Jane!!! ☺ As for the election, I concur and so very proud to be Western Canadian.
You did a fantastic job. Practice, Practice, Practice - that will be your motto. Now, look online for a company called Renee's and you will wish you had never pinned. They sell clamps so that you don't have to pin. They are red.
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On May 25 we started the $33,000 American Portfolio with the goal of seeking home run potential with acceptable risk. Let's get an update.
The $33,000 American Portfolio
Investing in America's largest farm just sounds good, and that is what Boswell has been to us. Our play on California water rights has trended steadily higher since we got aboard, and paid a dividend too. If we never "sell the farm" and take profits on this one that is just fine - Boswell carries its land and water rights at decades old valuations and the Boz could rise for a long time and remain undervalued.
6 shares BWEL @ $717.00 = $4,302 (13.04% of the portfolio)
Last close $865, Dividend $24, $5,214 total, +$912 +21.2%
Waterfurnace Renewable (WFIFF.OB) and Alliance Grain Traders (AGXXF.OB)
Our plays on housing/energy-efficiency and amino-acid-laden pulses have done quite well, but
Houston Calgary, we have a problem. Canadian equities/currency/economy/housing may be in trouble, so we sold.
We got a nice capital gain on Waterfurnace and a better gain and a dividend on Alliance. We will be keeping our eyes on both of these plays as we still like the companies.
200 shares WFIFF @ 15.28 = $3,056 (9.26% of the portfolio)
Aug 22 close $17.10, $3,420 total, +$364, +11.9%
150 shares AGXXF @ 10.78 = $1,617 (4.90% of the portfolio)
Aug 22 close $16.68, Dividend $22.50, $2,524.50 total, +$907.50, +56.1%
We no longer have Solazyme in our portfolio, but we wanted to revisit the Soul and see how its done since we closed our position on July 23rd:
Alrighty then. We love Solazyme whole-heartedly and would like to re-enter at this low level, but two things keep us from doing so. One is that we sold this company based on technical analysis (see the link above) and by the reasoning of that analysis SZYM is not ready to turn around. Two is that insiders are selling a lot, even down here:
Romney! It has been a rough ride on the Arch Coal train since we got aboard, but that all changed after the first Presidential debate.
We had two open option positions in Arch. The first is the put we sold with an October 20 expiration and $7 strike. That date came and went with Arch safely above $7 so that put expired worthless, meaning the entire price we sold for was a profit. Nice work if you can get it : )
The second position was the out-of-the-money calls we bought with an $8 strike and January 2014 expiration. Those OTM calls are now (Romney!) in-the-money and we sold half. Say it with me: Romney!
When we started the portfolio Arch was at $7.36, we doubled down on the calls when Arch got clobbered. We still have the original investment and got a swing trade out of it too (a nice gain although it was not quite the double we thought it was). The puts were secured with $5,600. We will use the price of $1.43 (our double down price) as the basis for the calls sold (leaving the remaining 8 calls with the original basis of $2.13).
8 contracts ACI Oct 20 2012 $7.00 Put @ $1.40 = +$1,120, +20%
8 contracts ACI Jan 2014 $8.00 Call @ $2.33 = +$720, +62.9%
Amazon (AMZN) and Salesforce.com (CRM)
Our only two bearish bets have yet to play out, but these contracts don't expire until 2014. We expect an all-at-once move in the tradition of Netflix (NFLX) when/if the fall does cometh:
1 contract AMZN Jan 2014 $150.00 Put @ $16.90 = $1,690 (5.12% of the portfolio)
Last Trade: $8.00, $800 total, -$890, -52.7%
1 contract CRM Jan 2014 $100.00 Put @ $14.90 = $1,490 (4.52% of the portfolio)
Last Trade: $8.66, $866 total, -$624, -41.9%
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (SPPI)
We liked this company right up until they approved an enormous buyback - you know, because the shares are so undervalued - while the CEO fled for safety.
Tens of millions of shareholder dollars are being used to buy shares. Good thing for the sellers that the company is spending all that money, otherwise they might be in a real fix.
Enough said, we got out:
Closing the position turned out to be the right thing to do as Spectrum has continued to fall. We had to buy 2 puts back for $570 each. The graphs at the bottom are the graphs of asking and bidding prices, we were hurt by Spectrum's drop in share price but also by the spread between bids and asks.
The SPPI Nov 17 $17 puts are bid at $2.90, Spectrum currently trades at $15.88. We will sell 2 puts for $580 and secure them with $3,400 cash.
$3400 + ($290 X 2) - ($570 X 2) = $2,840
-$560 -16.5%
Antares (ATRS), Ibio (IBIO), MannKind (MNKD), Pluristem (PSTI)
We had common stock in some smallish biotech plays:
- Antares 400 shares
- Ibio 2,900 shares
- MannKind 900 shares
- Pluristem 700 shares
Then MannKind, which is now our favorite speculation in the market, raised money with a secondary offering and the price took a beating.
So we sold:
- Antares 400 shares ($2,128 basis/ $1572) = -$556, -26.1%
- Ibio 2,900 shares ($2,668 basis/ $3045) = +$377, +14.1%
- Pluristem 700 shares ($2,366 basis/ $2,772) = +$406, +17.2%
And used those $7,389 in proceeds to pick up 3,750 more shares of MNKD at $1.97, making it our largest position.
MannKind 4,650 shares ($9,745 basis/ $8,695) = -$1,050 -10.8%
We will have more to say about MannKind, but we like it quite a bit and think getting in under $2 is going to look very good over the next 18 months.
Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA)
Our Arena puts expired October 20th with Arena trading at $9.19:
The $13 Oct 20 Puts are bid at $4.20 for ARNA, which currently trades at $9.52. We will sell 3 puts for $1,260 and secure them with $3,900 cash.
$9.19 X 300 = $2,757
$1,260 +$2,757 -$3,900 = +$117, +3%
Arena drifted a little lower in the time we had it but that was more than offset by the time premium we got for selling the put, leaving us a modest gain.
Tabulations: A Love Story
Let's add up all of our closed trades so far:
- SZYM Put: +$2,200
- ACI First Put: -$741
- ACI Second Put: +$1,120
- ACI Calls: +$720
- WFIFF: +$364
- AGXXF: +$907.50
- ATRS: -$556
- IBIO: +$377
- PSTI: +$406
- SPPI Puts: -$560
- ARNA Puts: +$117
So that's a total gain of $4354.50
Where We Stand
So here is where the portfolio stands:
- $18,447.50 Cash
- $8,695 MNKD 4,650 shares
- $5,190 BWEL 6 shares
- $1,816 ACI 8 Calls
- $866 CRM Put
- $800 AMZN Put
So that's a total of $35,814.50 for a gain of $2,814.50 or 8.5%
Outlook
Between snow-hurricanes and elections we don't mind being mostly on the sidelines. We'll look for opportunities related to those two events for some good entry points in the coming days and weeks.
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Never mind exams, never mind marks on a piece of homework, never mind memorizing verbs- the ultimate test of ones progress with a second language is given by very small children, and their disapproving eyebrows when you don’t understand is far more hurtful than those of a teachers.
I’ve babysat a couple of times while I’ve been in Switzerland- this was my third time, and with a family that I’d only ever seen at a local eating place before [that’s how they met the Wehrlis, actually. It’s a small village!]
I’ve always really liked babysitting- it’s a relatively simple way to earn money, and the kids [however difficult] are always fun; It’s always an honour to be trusted with other people’s kids. I think I’m also a little bit nosy- I like seeing how people live, what books they have on their shelves, how they arrange their kitchens. [Especially if I don’t know the family; especially when it’s in another country].
This particular family lived in quite possibly the more gorgeous house I’ve seen so far. It, like so many Swiss houses, was wooden and old and set in the tangled back alley ways of Ennenda- reached more by crooked footpaths than roads. Inside there were three or four floors, reached by narrow staircases worn smooth by years of feet climbing them. The decor reminded me of a lot of our friend’s houses back home- there were wind chimes and bundles of herbs and bookshelves and a big sofa couch bed in the middle of the living room. Roughly three minutes after I arrived I was pulled [barely out of my coat] onto this sofa couch bed by the two little girls [one under ten and one under five] to read a selection of picture books. But oh no, wait, I needed a tour of the house! The parents were leaving to go to a party over the street, but they first showed me the little tea tray with a teapot and some chocolate and almonds and a selection of herbal teas that they’d laid out on the kitchen table for me, and then they left, with a promise to return at half past ten. It was Friday night, so I wouldn’t have minded staying later, but it was very thoughtful of them! I hope my parents don’t read this- I’m sure they’ll be shocked by what scandalous wild weekend parties I’m having. Such debauchery, so much alcohol and drugs. Such a cool teenage daughter [I thought to myself whilst drinking herbal tea and doing homework to the sounds of two kids snoring upstairs].
But anyway, regarding those two children, there is nothing guaranteed to bruise your ego more than a seven year old correcting every single pronunciation error you make whilst reading a picture book. Like, at least five times a page. And we’re talking books with four words to a page!
The older girl could speak High German, and she was delightfully astute when it came to talking to me. The younger girl spoke Swiss German, and I, as ever, was smugly proud at how much I understood. And yes, I maintain that I did understand what I was getting into when I let her give me a ‘hair makeover’. Totally. No regrets. Although as I was leaving two birds definitely flew down and tried to nest on my head, so she has a bright and promising career as a hairdresser!
When they were both tucked into bed [probably at least half an hour later than normal] I told them about the kiwi bird. In Switzerland kiwifruit are known as just ‘kiwi’s’, and I remembered Gabriella saying that her kids at the wild kindergarten were interested to hear about the kiwi bird. The older girl was very interested, and asked lots and lots and lots of questions about if I’d ever seen one in the wild, and where they lived, and what they ate and so on. It got to the point where I began to suspect that she might have an ulterior motive- perhaps the motive of trying to stay up as late as possible [Runa, their usual babysitter, had warned me of such a crime], so I turned off the light and just sat quietly with them for a while. When the younger one had drifted off to sleep I crept downstairs and made myself a cup of tea and sat and did some work on my computer for a bit [it’s amazing how productive one can be without internet], until the mum came home. We chatted for a bit before I left to walk home [only five minutes away]. The two little girls really were adorable, and their family ‘vibe’ was really similar to that of a lot of our family friends back home [well, as far as what one can know from an evening of babysitting!]. And now I know what I should do next time I need to practice my German- just ask a seven year old!
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What an interesting week! Five fun-filled days living, breathing, eating, drinking, and sleeping (well, maybe not as much sleeping as I should have done) the Open Source Life.
I and about a dozen fellow professors and a few grad students participated in the Professor’s Open Source Summer Experience (POSSE). It was all about contributing to open source through teaching open source development. See my page on the TOS Wiki for my thoughts on the week.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Echelon Corporation (ELON) today announced they are partnering with eMeter®, A Siemens Business to integrate the EnergyIP Platform with Echelon's Control Operating System (COS) software. This development provides utilities with mission critical operational and business insight to the complex relationships among devices, premises, customer accounts, users, applications, networks and services that must be managed in any Smart Grid.
"Echelon understands the value of the timely information and is dedicated to helping utilities increase efficiency by making the most of their meter data," said Anders Axelsson, senior vice president, Strategic Accounts & Business Development at Echelon. "Pre-integrating and maintaining the data integration with periodic testing reduces complexity and the time to go live for end customers."
"eMeter is excited to be working with Echelon, given their broad experience and deep understanding of the value and complexity of working with large amounts of customer data," said Shannon Amerman, vice president of Technology Alliances at eMeter, A Siemens Business. "We believe the eMeter-Echelon integrated solution will lead to reduced costs and improved customer satisfaction for our utility customers.":
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WHY FAILURE?
One of the biggest reasons why many people never achieve much is because they fail. They fail over and over again until they give up. This often could be not because of low competence or poor character or lack of responsibility but a plan that does not work. What else could always contribute to failure?
1. Inability to organize details. A good leader or someone having an opportunity has to learn and master details. They have to know how to be master organizers. They must never be too busy to do anything which may be required of them in their capacity. When you admit to be ” too busy” you basically admit to be inefficient.
2. Unwillingness to be servants. ” The greatest among ye all shall be a servant of all”. One must be willing to render humble service. Avoid ordering or asking others to perform your duties whenever possible. You must learn to be a servant if you really want to succeed.
3.Working for money. This means working just for the sake of money. Working not because you have a dream or goal or plan or passion. Often, this will just push you to self sufficiency. You will however not be able to aid others. Let money work for you. You can do this buy buying assets and increasing your asset column.
4. Inability to invest in yourself. When you fail to invest in yourself, you also fail to improve your worth, your income, your successes ,your privileges, your competency, your performance, your efficiency, your personality, your knowledge and your character. Always work on your personal improvement. This way, you will never fear competition nor imagination to be the best. Remember, without imagination, you can never create higher grade plans.
5. Selfishness. Selfishness is like a virus. It eats success slow until it kills. Selfishness could include killing self esteem of others, claiming honors belonging to others, being mean, doing little or keeping to yourself what would benefit others.
6. Disloyalty. Being disloyal is like being lesser than dust. Who has ever seen a successful disloyal master? I ever joined a group lead by a disloyal untrustworthy leader. It failed! Be loyal if you desire success.
7. Expecting to be paid for what you know rather than what you DO with what you know. An engineer’s knowledge will never be paid unless employed to solve problems. Its is key to note that we are paid for problems we solve. Moreover, note that tittles does not matter much. A competent leader require no “title” to have respect.
8. lack of the right emotional state. If we are very committed to what we do, nothing can really bar us from achieving it. If a student is committed to get an A in chemistry, not much or rather, nothing can bar him or her from achieving.
These are some of the common faults that lead to definite failure.
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Hub was driving me to work today. It was a typical Michigan January morning. Temp was hovering around freezing and there was a thick fog enclosing everything. The trees had a layer of ice outlining all the branches. It was really quite pretty and we were companionably silent, until
Hub: "You know, it's a Cullen kind of morning."
Me: " ! " Thinking 'WTF?' "Did ... you ... just ... make ... a Twilight reference???"
Hub: "Yes, yes I did," quite proudly. "You know, it's gray and the branches are kind of twinkly. It's the kind of weather the Cullens like. A vampire-y kind of weather."
Me: "There's no sex like metro-sex."
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Hahaha! That's hilarious.
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Hey. Had a nice night after a god awful day yesterday, very nice. Also got the mixes back for the two songs we recorded on Saturday, unfortunately we aren’t happy with the mixes so it will be another couple of weeks until anyone hears them. Sorry :(.
Got to brave it and go to college today, not fun at all. Just another 2 hours and 20 minutes of my life wasted when i could be doing something much more productive.
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Senate Democrats Propose Loans for Coal-Based Fuel Plants
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
Published: June 13, 2007
As the Senate began debate Tuesday.
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date night!
A little random
Last night BMW and I walked the Chrysler Greenway, (only about 1/4 km of it) from her house in Kingsville and ended up at the coolest little restaurant: Mattawas Station. It was the old Kingsville Train Station, built by that crafty Hiram Walker in 1889 to 'better serve his business'.
It was restored and converted into a restaurant in 2008 – just the coolest little place – oh, and great food and local wines. Yum! It was so neat that we took the Greenway (converted railroad tracks) to get there… next time I'll take pics.
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I know that you all are relieved to know that my mother discovered a few more pages of my Grandfather's history. I have never read the additional pages (11 I think), and there is a smaller part 2, as well as other little stories such as the first time he attempted to borrow money from a bank. I've decided not to read ahead, just to keep things interesting. I really hope we are nearing the end of the dental desriptions!
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Tonight is date night, steak night, great night – we haven't had one in a while so I'm looking forward to that. Tomorrow William has his 'man-date' with Nick (William lost a golfing bet, Nick's the bartender at Sutton Creek). When I was telling my mom about the man-date she asked me if Nick was gay.
Oh how I laughed – if you've ever met Nick, or heard of Nick stories, you know he is certainly not gay… yes he takes good care of himself, yes he does tend to change outfits several times in one evening, yes he and William are golfing together, then going out to dinner and a movie alone, but he is not gay!
So that's funny.
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A little bit into date night last night (no horseradish for me btw) William and I decided to take a break from watching DVR'd shows and venture into the hot tub.
He opened it up, and I was um, naked, save a touque, (if you don't know what a touque is, look it up, and I say that a true Canadian needs a 'u' in the proper spelling) and a little um, drunk, with my red wine in one hand an a nice Cuban (not illegal here) cigar in the other. Then I slipped in the slush on the deck.
I've realized that my mind works pretty fast… 'what to do?' I thought on the way down… drop the wine, the cigar or both? Land on my hands?
I couldn't decide fast enough and ended up dropping the cigar in the snow, landing with all my weight just below my left knee and spilling the entire glass of wine. Not elegant, not graceful, not sexy.
It looks like a medium sized animal was slaughtered beside the hot tub. Awesome. And my the lump and bruise on my shin is just another example of why I was never really meant to be a supermodel. Super.
Ha!
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THere were 5 games on the NHL schedule Wednesday night, with only one Eastern Conference matchup and a battle of the titans in the West. Here is a quick tour around the league:
March 20, 2013; Anaheim, CA, USA; Anaheim Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin (23) helps defend goalie Jonas Hiller (1) block a shot against Chicago Blackhawks center Andrew Shaw (65) during the third period at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
- Nazem Kadri had 3 assists to lead the Maple Leafs to a 4-2 win over the Lightning. Toronto jumped out to a 4-0 lead on goals by Joffrey Lupul, Dion Phaneuf, Tyler Bozak and Nikolai Kulemin before Tampa got on the board. The Lightning rallied but it was too little too late as Radko Gudas scored his first NHL goal to break James Reimer‘s shutout bid almost 8 minutes into the third, and Cory Conacher added another with 3 minutes left.
- Devin Setoguchi had a pair and Mikko Koivu and Kyle Brodziak added singles as the Wild jumped back ahead of the Canucks for first in the Northwest with a 4-2 win over the Red Wings. Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored for the Wings. Niklas Backstrom turned aside 36 shots for the Wild as they were outshot 38-19.
- Colorado stunned the Stars and in the process prevented Dallas from moving within a point of 8th, with a 4-3 win. Dallas took a 3-2 lead into the third but Ryan O’Reilly and Chuck Kobasew tallied in the final frame to give the Avs the win. Mark Olver and Gabriel Landeskog also scored for the Avs to tie it up earlier in the game after falling behind 2-0 in the first. Jaromir Jagr and Trevor Daley had given the Stars the early lead, and Ray Whitney broke the 2-2 tie before the end of the second, setting the stage for Colorado’s comeback.
- Logan Couture scored twice and added one in the shootout to give the Sharks a much needed win in Edmonton. Tommy Wingels had the game tying goal after Couture had narrowed a 3-1 Oilers lead to 3-2. Sam Gagner, Shawn Horcoff and Ryan Jones scored for Edmonton, who now sit 3 points behind the 8th place Sharks.
- The Ducks scored 3 times in the third period to shock the Blackhawks 4-2 in a battle of the top two teams in the Western Conference. Bobby Ryan tied the game at 2 with just 5 and a half minutes left, and Teemu Selanne scored the winner just over a minute later, and Sheldon Souray iced it with an empty netter. Peter Holland had given the Ducks an early lead just under 90 seconds in, but a shorthanded goal by Jonathan Toews and then a power play marker from Nick Leddy had the Hawks on to going into the third. The win moves the Ducks within 3 points of Chicago for first overall, with a game in hand.
That concludes our tour around the NHL for a moderately busy Wednesday night. As usual, Thursday is a busy night around the league with Boston facing Ottawa and Toronto facing Buffalo among the 9 games, many of which have Eastern Conference playoff implication. Check back tomorrow for a full recap.
Topics: Anahem Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Wild, NHL Recap March 20 2013, Tim Murray, Toronto Maple Leafs
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Let’s go Royals. ~Kansas City fans everywhere all through October
What a loss.
Our dad was an avid royals fan. For us Barmann siblings, the Royals are a part of our hearts and souls, an everyday part of our childhood, as much a part of our family as we each are, and a gift from our dad from further back than we can remember.
Or at least since 1977.
Robbie Barmann has worn these socks every day since this picture was taken.
And Jim too circa 1980 and not just because Rob did. Dad must have dressed these guys for their pictures.
Watching the Royals in the post season this October has been incredibly full of joy, especially after losing our dear dad on Sep 18th. In some strange way, it kept us close to him and celebrating all that was good in our family. I’ll remember this baseball season as an integral part of the start of his life in heaven.
His brick placed at Kauffman Stadium for his 75th birthday in 2010.
The last baseball game he attended in person, celebrating Rob’s 40th birthday in May 2014. I sat with him that night thinking that it may be the last time. I bought him a cane to take in to the game because he was wobbly and he was so thankful. He was always thankful. He walked on my arm on the way out and I am thankful for that.
I love you dad. You gave us the Royals to love and so, so much more.
What a loss.
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December 15, 2006
Major California ruling on lethal injection protocol
Though I think the biggest news on Friday was Governor Jeb Bush's order of a moratorium after Florida's recent botched execution, the blogosphere is mostly buzzing about District Judge Jeremy Fogel's ruling today that the California's application of its lethal injection protocol violates the Eighth Amendment. How Appealing has all the MSM coverage here, as well as this link to the opinion. Blog commentary is available at TalkLeft, and at Crime & Consequences, and at Volokh.
Lethal injection guru Professor Debby Denno was kind enough to send me this insightful analysis of Judge Fogel's ruling:
Judge Fogel's decision is bold and incisive. It is the most comprehensive decision in the country to determine that a state's lethal injection protocol, in its current form, is "intolerable" and unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. The decision goes into impressive detail explaining the reasons for the court's conclusion, as well as all the evidence that the court reviewed to reach it.
To remedy California's intolerably flawed lethal injection process, Judge Fogel put the onus squarely on the Governor's office. The Governor can meet that challenge in several ways. The Governor could establish a commission on lethal injection like that ordered by Gov. Bush of Florida. Or the Governor could order hearings of the type requested by Mr. Morales in his recently filed challenge to the California Department of Corrections' failure to conduct administrative hearings before promulgating the lethal injection procedures.
Whether the Governor's Office can respond to the challenge it has been given and promote the development of a protocol that rectifies the problems that have dogged lethal injection remains to be seen. I credit Judge Fogel for a well-reasoned decision that takes the design of an execution protocol away from the Department of Corrections and encourages the Governor to institute a meaningful review that can address the currently grievously flawed system.
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Wouldn't it be nice if public officials just did what they should, rather than waiting for judges to tell them what they have to do?
Posted by: Tom McGee | Dec 16, 2006 11:59:57 AM
"Wouldn't it be nice if public officials just did what they should, rather than waiting for judges to tell them what they have to do?"
As evidenced by the fact that it is taking three separate federal judges to tell California that it's prisons are overcrowded, I don't think that is going to be happening soon. But there are some good examples like Gov. Bush (wow I never thought I would say that in my life) and Gov. Ryan from IL.
Posted by: da_2_b | Dec 18, 2006 10:41:45 AM
It would be surprising if California falls behind Florida and IL as far as progressive views on the law of lethal injection.
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Why Register?
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- You will be able to tell us whether you are interested in being assessed. We only have 25 assessment places, so do register early if you are interested.
- Some aspects of the course are only accessible through registration, e.g. the Moodle discussion forums
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By registering and opting for assessment, you will be agreeing to complete the 3 activities and will receive feedback on these activities from George, Marion or me. At the end of the course you will receive an Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development (OCSLD) Certificate. Details of the activities can be found on the Moodle site. Once you have registered, click on each of the tabs for each week to access these, but please remember that the site is still being developed so there could be changes to the content before the course opens on May 21st.
This is a ‘massive open online course’ (MOOC), and offers you the freedom to decide whether you wish to be assessed (and receive a completion certificate), how you want to engage with the course and how much you want to interact with the content and other participants.
My Reflections at this Point
This is an exciting but rather daunting process. We have had lots of interest, with people from all over the world expressing interest in different aspects of learning and teaching in Higher Education.
I am beginning to realize the amount of work that must go on behind the scenes in the other MOOCs I have attended 🙂
We have deliberately chosen to distribute the course across different platforms – WordPress (for the Home site), Moodle (for the course), Blackboard Collaborate (for the live synchronous sessions) and we are still discussing whether or not to have a separate wiki site, or to go with the wiki in Moodle. The reason for this decision (i.e. the different platforms) is that we hope to introduce participants new to teaching in HE to the idea that learning can take place in a variety of online spaces.
Access to our WordPress site has been open pretty much from the word go, and now access to the Moodle site has been opened, despite the fact that neither of these is yet ready. For me, this is a new way of working and takes a bit of getting used to (heart in your mouth stuff!).
Finally, we are conscious that the course has been designed to attract people for whom this way of working and the technology involved might be completely new –so we have to achieve the right balance between providing enough structure and support and encouraging open academic practice and independent learning – one of the many tensions involved in designing a MOOC.
That’s it for now.
We hope lots of people will register and find the course useful, and that you won’t hesitate to comment or ask questions as we continue to get ready for this MOOC.
Wishing you the very best for your launch. Heart in mouth stuff, indeed! 🙂
Thank you Jenny for the information and this MOOC. Looking forward to it.
Hi Brainysmurf and Robert – many thanks for your interest in this and for taking the time to post a comment. Much appreciated 🙂
Jenny
This is an interesting initiative for OxfordBrookes to take on and I am keen to work through the course to see how it all operates in the MOOC environment.
Kind regards
Gail
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Angela's Dad Suddenly in Everything
My So-Called Life was a show full of awesome actors. One I always really liked is Tom Irwin, who played Angela’s father, Graham. I was always disappointed that he never seemed to do anything else that I ever saw/was interested in seeing. This seems to be something of a problem for a lot of television actors after the show they’re on ends. Sure, most shows have someone who goes on to do lots of stuff (Jared Leto), but a lot of good actors just kinda disappear. Anyway, I was happy that I got Brian Krakow in Roswell, Angela was in the bad Terminator film, and some Rickie in my Raising the Bar. But recently I seem to have been deluged with Tom Irwin.
First he showed up as a judge in the tail end of Eli Stone’s first season. Which was cool, that would qualify as one of those random little ‘cameo by someone I remember from something else’ things, like Rickie on RtB. But then who shows up in the premiere of Lost to lawyer up Kate but Graham Chase, and he was back this week too. And speaking of this week, he had a pretty huge guest spot on this week’s ep of 24. Each of these roles has been bigger than the last, which leaves me wondering if these are the first steps of a full-on career resurrection. Which would be really cool, and give me some hope of seeing Nicholas Brendon again.
-Jerk
Did somebody say Nicholas Brendon? He really needs to get back on my television!!!
I had noticed Irwin popping up, too. Maybe he’ll have a more permanent spot somewhere when the fall lineups are announced?
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Tonight at 7 p.m. on Portland’s Community Television Network, Mayor Michael Brennan will field questions from the public in a new call-in show. Joining him on the air live will be Pamela Plumb, chairwoman of the Portland Charter Commission, the group that recommended the restoration of the publicly elected mayor position in the first place.
With Plumb, Brennan plans to talk about the vision for the new mayor position, what he’s got on the horizon in the coming year and what challenges he’s faced. (Here’s a story I wrote recently about the same topic, for background.)
He’ll update viewers on or around the first Thursday of each coming month, as well. The live call-in shows will be aired on Portland’s Channel 5, or — once it’s been recorded — on the channel’s website at ctn5.org. (Of course, if you’re watching the recorded version through the website, you can no longer call in live.)
That number, if you want to ask Mayor Brennan something during tonight’s 7 p.m. program, is 775-1313.
Here’s what the mayor said about the new show in a statement released today:
I am looking forward to tonight’s conversation and hearing from the public. Since my inauguration, I have been mindful of the vision the Charter Commission had when they created this position and now a year into my term, I am excited to talk about how the idea in concept has translated into my day-to-day effort to improve quality of life in the city.
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The three goals cancelled out Mohamed Diame’s excellent first-half finish in the home side’s first shot in anger after Arsenal had dominated the first 20 minutes. The visitors had come flying out the traps from kick-off and got straight into their passing rhythm.
But some hesitancy at the back from both Aaron Ramsey and the reinstated Per Mertesacker saw Diame stride into the box on the left, before nutmegging Ramsey and hitting a true shot around Vito Mannone from a tight angle. Great goal from their perspective, but it was a sucker-punch for Arsenal after totally dominating proceedings yet conceding from West Ham’s first real attack.
The equaliser came when Giroud fed Podolski down the left channel, then immediately made a bee-line for the near post. Podolski’s cross was true enough to get a GIF file dedicated to it, with Giroud on hand to toe-poke home and open his EPL account.
But like our previous late-first-half equaliser this season (Gervinho against Chelsea), it failed to spur the players on heading into the second half.
West Ham enjoyed their best patch for about 15 minutes which saw Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan really grow into the game. Carroll gave Mertesacker and Thomas Vermaelen a real work-out as he headed down balls for Nolan to feed off (if you think that’s some kind of bizarre sexual imagery, that’s your problem) and Nolan missed a gilt-edged chance to put his side back in the lead when he had the goal at his mercy.
We eventually got to grips with the game again, but not to the level where you thought the result was in the bag. In fact, I was only just coming to terms with yet another draw when Giroud sprung the Hammers’ defence, unleashing Walcott on the break to sprint clear and hit a juicy finish past Jussi Jaaskelainen at his near post.
Theo sprinted to the travelling Gunners support and was clearly ecstatic with his effort. My cynicism won’t let me decide on whether it was a ‘harr, look at me, striker extraordinaire’ vindication aimed at Arsene Wenger, or the fact he legitimately glad to put Arsenal in the lead, but it was a goal that out of nowhere put us well and truly in the ascendancy.
That momentum was capped when Walcott gathered the ball in midfield and stabbed it Santi Cazorla’s way. Rather than bore you word for word in describing what followed, just have a look at this:
It was a thing of beauty and just sums up what a player we have on our hands.
Mannone – 6.5: Was brave in the box and took some punishment, but had a few let-offs, particularly against Carroll.
Jenkinson – 6.5: Not as effective as he has been in attack but did okay at the back.
Mertesacker – 7: Huge improvement to defence with him in it. Still some shaky moments here and there, including when Diame scored, but good to have him back.
Vernaelen- 7: Resisted the urge to bomb forward for the most part and held his own during the hosts’ spell of pressure.
Gibbs – 7: Combative in defence and always looking to counter. A good game cut short by another niggle.
Arteta – 7: Efficient in his distribution and scrapped about when West Ham was in the ascendancy.
Ramsey – 6.5: At fault for the first goal and a lot of the pressure we were put under in the second half was also down to some flakey tackles. But came into the game a bit more once we had taken the lead.
Cazorla – 8.5: An absolute wizard. Apart from a quiet spell early in the second half, he was everywhere for us, dictating play in the first half and on hand to hit an absolute howitzer past Jaaskelainen. A total boss signing.
Podolski – 7: Works like a trojan down the left. Found space brilliantly and hit a textbook cross for Giroud to equalise. Yet to get a full 90 minutes this season.
Gervinho – 6: A no-show last night. Didn’t create much and his touch was off.
Giroud – 8: Awesome to have the Premier League monkey off his back and it was a great little finish off Podolski’s cross. Battled brilliantly with the Hammers defence in the air and hit a lovely through-ball for Walcott to score.
SUBS: Santos – 6.5: Had none of his positioning difficulties like we saw against Coventry and generally covered well for the injured Gibbs.
Walcott – 7.5: His best showing this season, ignoring Coventry. A great finish for the goal which shows he can still play as a ‘right striker’ rather than through the middle, which frankly doesn’t suit him. Goal clearly sparked him up and I hope it’s a sign of things to come, as a starting place could be around the corner.
Koscielny – 6.5: Came on for Podolski late on and helped carry the load in a five-man back line.
The Hype Meter has made a small recovery after the horror show against Chelsea last week. The win puts us in fifth position, behind Chelsea, Man City, Everton and West Brom. Manchester United, level on points with us, plays later tonight.
After the match, Arsene Wenger was effusive about his side’s chances to come up big at season’s end..
Overall, another case of us scoring goals when it matters despite not playing particularly well. The first half was a wonderful case of this team starting on the front foot, but West Ham’s physical approach chipped away at our momentum and at one point I thought we’d be lucky to draw.
Some serious let-offs at the hands of Nolan means we should also be aware that there was an element of luck in this win as well, and on this showing West Ham should avoid the relegation dogfight.
Nevertheless, it’s a good scoreline to run away with just before yet another interminable international break. I’ll welcome it with open arms in the meantime as it might give me more time to write some more analysis articles, which I’ve been missing out on lately. It seems the blog is dedicated to match reports these days, so it will be good to shove some variety down your throats.
Be sure to leave your thoughts on the West Ham result in the comments. It’s been quiet around these parts lately, though that’s mostly my fault.
Back again soon. Thanks for reading.
Loads of goals comin from differential placers. Which is good for us.We Dont have to rely on one dick head for goals. If poldi, giroud, gerv and walcot can provide between 50 and sixty goals dat will be very great. ”4get about Judas we’ve got faithful 11, the ARSENAL is bigger than u” COYG
omg LOL
Quiet, you!
Big win for us and Poldi is a master at those crosses and has some assist for Giroud already alongside walcott
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If you haven’t registered to vote yet in Virginia, today, October 12th, is the last day to do so before the November 2nd election. Voter registration forms are available at the library and as long as they are postmarked by today’s date, you should be ready to participate in this November’s election. You can also drop off your completed form at any Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. But, that has to be done today if you want to be eligible to vote this November.
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First, I would like to thank everyone who posted a comment in the, "Pretty and Professional" post. I appreciate all of your comments and your perspectives on the situation. It helped me greatly to be able to post about it...so thanks again!
Second, I will post "how I did-its" this weekend...as I stated in my dress post, I just sewed the dress...I didn't take any construction pics...so I will have to make some samples to show you how I made the box pleats on the bottom of the dress.
Tonight I was on Style.com because I read an article about Carolina Herrara in this month's More Magazine and admittedly I was looking for a little inspiration...not that I don't have a list of dresses that I want to make now...but I was looking anyway! What I found in Carolina's section was interesting but it wasn't floating my boat...
So I changed directions and tried Chado Ralph Rucci...I mean if you can't find any inspiration from this man...*throwing my hands up in the air* there is just nothing there to help you! *sigh*
Then I got to this picture:
photo credits:
If you've been reading my ramblings for any length of time, you know that I LOVE fabric. Nothing makes me happier than a great piece of fabric...especially one that has some detail to it...a piece of fabric that once cut up can be transformed into something magical and unique!
So even as I've attempted to try sewing patterns other than my TNT, time and time again it's the fabric that makes the garment sing...
And I have some even more amazing pieces of fabric waiting on deck for their chance to become a garment, because it's all about the fabric, baby!!!
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I'm with you on this. Rarely does a picture of an outfit inspire me. It always starts with the fabric for me. Some things just sit up and tell me what they want to be! The orange satin dress I am making for JCC jumped into my hands at the store and when I got it home, it opened Threads magazine and all but pointed to the Go Patterns dress. Today I saw purple and chocolate paisley jersey that demanded to be made into a Diane Von Furstenburg style wrap dress. What's a girl to do?
You like fabric?? Really, I hadn't noticed!! :)
Can't wait to see what's up next.
Carolyn, I know exactly where you are coming from. All I need to do is look at my stash and I get inspired and excited--that's what tempted me to buy certain fabrics in the first place. The fabrics speak to me telling me what they want to be. Because the fabrics talk to me a lot, my stash is quite large. When looking at ads and editorials in the fashion magazines, it's usually the fabrics that motivate me, not the designs. The designs are the direction the fabrics are telling me to follow.
LOL I just love that upper left fabric. Your are very good at combining fabrics, not my strong suit and I love seeing what you put together.
do re mi,
Let the fabric sing. It's a visceral kind of inspiration. Has to do with the tactile as well as the visual, don't you think?
Hear, hear! Thank goodness for our proximity to the garment district, right?
I agree that it's all about the fabric! I love my fabric! :-) And I just read your "pretty and professional" post. I think that people who dress with flair probably have personalities with flair. You could dress like the rest of them in the "executive professional" but your personality can't be trapped. So don't fight it! Adorn yourself if whatever finery complements your mental style and shine!
jodi (new to stitchers guild and thanks for a great blog!)
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Events for October 30, 2010
Saturday, October 30
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Can’t make it to Washington D.C. for the Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30th? Too lazy to go to Civic Center Plaza for the San Francisco DIY Satellite Rally to Restore Sanity? Then get up early and head down to Ez5 Bar in …
Can’t make it to Washington D.C. for the Comedy Central “Rally To Restore Sanity / March to Restore Fear” hosted by The Daily Show’s John Stewart and The Colbert Reports’ Stephen Colbert?
Pretend that you’re there by going to San Francisco’s Civic Center at …
Join us for a day of family-friendly, non-scary, low-sugar, inexpensive Halloween fun! Put on your costume and join the revels.
Don’t miss:
Ghoulish Games
Live entertainment
Creepy Crafts
The …
Your Christmas shopping can officially begin at Chronicle Books as they are having one of their gigantic book sales this weekend.
Hundreds of titles and thousands of books are on sale for 65% off… not “up to” 65% off – they’re all 65% off! And although …
The Ferry Building Marketplace celebrates its eight annual Harvest Festival October 29th – 31st, 2010, with a range of free events including varietal Honey Tasting, Live Music, Face Painting and a Barnyard by the Bay.
Sat Oct 30
10 am Breakfast with Nigel Walker of Eatwell Farm
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This wonderwell of a kid’s store is holding a FREE Halloween Party this year. Paxton Gate’s Curiosities For Kids is celebrating with a costume parade, games, and a workshop where we’ll make “shrunken heads” out of apples.
Come show off your finery and share in some spooky fun! …
Join us for the 4th Annual Taraval Street Fair this October 30th, a Saturday, from 11- 6. The focus is on the Sunset this year, and the Taraval Parkside Merchants Association has been working diligently to involve more Taraval and Parkside merchants in this …
The San Jose Museum of Art will celebrate El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with a free community day. The popular annual family event features a variety of hands-on art activities, demonstrations, and performances that reflect the traditions associated with this …
The Sunnyvale Downtown Association and the City of Sunnyvale present the 2010 Sunnyvale Howl’oween Pet Parade & Faire, in Downtown Sunnyvale.
PARADE HOURS: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
PET FAIRE HOURS: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Parade and Faire Highlights:
* Best Pet Costume
* Best Human Costume
* Best Combo …
Celebrate El Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) at this family event with hands-on art activities, demonstrations, and performances that reflect the ever-evolving communal traditions associated with this lively holiday. SJMA’s annual inter-cultural, modernized festivities for El Día de los Muertos have …
Christopher Shein, Bay Area Permaculturist, Merrit Hort. Instructor, and BASIL co-founder will be doing a fall seed saving workshop. Learn to save your money and diversity by saving your seeds
How are you spending Halloween? How about a free 24 Hour Horror Movie Marathon?
As the director of Hostel and Cabin Fever, Eli Roth knows a thing or two about horror flicks. Well, behold ELI ROTH’S MIDNIGHT MOVIE MARATHON, a fundraiser event for CELLspace, the non-profit collaborative art …
Never been here? Well, it’s something else: motorcycle shop + tattoo parlor + breakfast cafe + full bar = GODSPEED!
It’s a place that’s been known as much as a Gearhead Speed Parlour and a hangout for the East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club as a breakfast …
Come celebrate fresh food and community in West Oakland with the grand opening of the newest community market farm at Fitzgerald and Union Plaza Park. Come and check out the new site and enjoy music, food, and family-friendly activities!
The Twentieth Annual Farley’s Pet Parade and Costume Contest. Parade starts at 1pm
Each year the parade and contest grows in size and grandeur. Come and participate and celebrate. The parade begins at 18th and Arkansas and ends at Texas St. There the Captain Casual Blues …
Street closure in Santa Rosa. Machines are taking over!
Come see a special performance as man-made mechanical wonders from local SURVIVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES wield their power in the street in this FREE public event.
Founder Mark Pauline describes the event as, “In an explosion of ungovernable rage, …
Dr. Martens invites you to a Rocky Horror Picture Show experience presented by the cast of Barely Legal See scenes from the movie performed live, sing along to the Time Warp and finish off your last minute Halloween shopping.Yes, Rocky Horror Picture …
Journey to the End of the Night is a FREE street game of epic proportion. Players race through the haunted cityscape of San Francisco to a series of checkpoints, while avoiding being caught by chasers.
Last year over 600 participants showed up at …
The Japan Center Mall and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) have partnered to bring you a very special series of free events in Japantown Peace Plaza to include four film screenings and two karaoke contests, from October 2010 – January 2011.
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Teen improv group Creatures of Impulse, directed by Mark Duncanson, opens its season with chills, thrills, teenage screams.
“Nightmare” is unpredictable long-form improv in a show designed to present a uniquely scary Halloween experience. This is the final night of a three-day showcase.
YOU SHAPE …
Come find out what lurks in the woods after dark at “Fear Oaks” a haunted house with 800 sq ft of terror for adults and older children. Animated and static props and live actors bring our darkest night fears to life to multiple “woods” settings.
Admission: …
Join us for an evening of gender-bending, vice-blending performance; challenged cliches and sabotaged song lyrics. Tributes to Joe Tex, twists on James Brown: No one is as they appear.
The enigmatic JUBA Kalamka on-board to be a featured performer, as resident VJ/DJ, Dandy Dixon, drops the …
The Irish Times (formerly Norton’s Vault) is hosting a Halloween Party on Saturday, October 30th. Come in costume and get a free drink. One drink per person and the free drinks are only given out from 8pm to 8:30pm
What better way to kick off the official start to Halloween with a midnight showing of Michael Jackson’s (oc)cult classic video “Thriller” in 3D! Yes, 3D glasses will be handed out at the door at the Madrone Art Bar in advance of a special midnight …
Every Saturday
Come try the 7-minute National Fitness Campaign Workout and see what Core Training, Squatting, Pushing, Lunging, Pulling, Agility and Bending can achieve.
On-site staff will be available every Saturday and Sunday in April, 8am-5pm.
Bootcamps held every 2 hours (8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm), so be on …
Come and play outdoors, in nature. Enjoy inverting, reverting and melting into the ground. Join us on weekends for a rejuvinating morning flow
and meditation for body, mind, and spirit.
Purusha yogis teach free yoga on Saturday mornings in Alamo Square Park at 9:00am as part of the Purusha Seva …
The Golden Gate Bridge is turning 75 in 2012 and every Saturday during the summer, you can join Sports Basement for a guided run through Presidio National Park.
The route will change weekly, but will always feature breathtaking views of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. …
In celebration of the reopening of the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center, the Movement in the Parks Program brings you a limited series of free Zumba classes on Saturdays, November 3 – December 15, 2012 from 10:30am-11:30am.
>> Please note there is no class on November 24th.
RSVP … …
Enjoy meeting complete strangers or bring a partner while engaging in dance styles from the Caribbean.
You will be given an introductory class on Cuban Salsa as well as the romantic Bachata from the Dominican Republic.
No better way to enjoy this dance than outside …
Bring your family, friends, a blanket or low lawn chair, and a picnic to enjoy free professional theatre by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. This year the festival features Henry V, the Bard’s exciting tale about the rise of a young king and the glories and costs … …
Join a series of free outdoor screenings in downtown Berkeley this summer, as the Pacific Film Archive projects onto the wall on Center Street.
This August, they bring you Cerebral Cinema — some brain-addled beauties from the silver screen. These smart-ass films won’t raise your IQ, …
Come one, come all to a free family or animated movie night in the garden at Saint Leo”s Church on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland.
The movies are shown every Saturday in the month of July in 2012 – July 7, 14, 21 and 28 on the …
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Duh! Now I know why India don't win any medals in the Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth games. Some of the going on in the hallowed sanctums of Indian sports:
This guy, the hot-air of a local lawn tennis body molested a sports-enthusiastic girl and traumatized her and her family driving her to commit suicide. Here's something to chuckle about la affaire tennis . Some people never improve.
This rake, the chairman of the hockey committee openly and shamelessly asked women for sex if they wanted to be in the team. He thought he would never be found out.
This chairman, a political big wig was presiding over a committee that is to organize the commonwealth games in India and supervised the buying of toilet rolls for Rs 4000 ($ 88) each. (Must have been coated with gold dust.)
There has been concern in India about why we weren't winning any Olympic medals despite having 1.2 billion people. China wins 51 gold, 21 silver and 28 bronze adding to a total of 100. In a poor showing India won 3 in all, that too, against all odds.
Why has India performed below standards in sports? The answer lies in another word beginning with "s", i.e., sex. Indian men think women who take to sports are all available and can be easily induced into bed with an offer of a position in the team. Right?
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Kyle O’Gara Sets His Sights on Firestone Indy Lights in 2013
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (SFHR) development driver Kyle O’Gara took a big step in his career at Kentucky Speedway on October 18 when he strapped into a Firestone Indy Lights car for the first time.
At 17 years old, O’Gara turned just under 100 laps on the 1.5-mile tri-oval to pass his rookie orientation test for the Firestone Indy Lights series.
“I was a little nervous but it was just another step in the right direction for my career,” O’Gara said. “Getting used to using the clutch coming out of the pits and shifting was a big learning curve since I’m used to driving midgets which stay in one gear.”
O’Gara drove a car prepared by Fan Force United/ SFHR Development, with assistance from sponsors Service Central, SFHR Development, IUPUI and RW Motorsports.
SFHR IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden was on hand with open wheel veterans Sarah Fisher and Tyce Carlson to lend guidance.
“It was great to be part of a big day for Kyle,” Sarah Fisher said. “From a coaching standpoint, he was consistent. He got right to the driving line and continued to bring the speed up to a level that his engineer Mike Colliver was impressed with.”
Mike Colliver, who served as an engineering consultant for the test, noted O’Gara’s consistency during the test.
“Kyle settled right in and did exactly what we asked of him,” Colliver said. “He gave great feedback. We were able to do a lot of short runs to make changes on the car so he could see how it adapted to the changes. If he didn’t get up to speed as quickly as he did I wouldn’t have been able to do that.”
O’Gara’s quickest lap was just under 189 mph, which would have put him in the top-ten for qualifying at the last Firestone Indy Lights race at Kentucky Speedway.
O’Gara felt right at home driving at Kentucky Speedway, the site of Sarah Fisher’s first IndyCar pole and SFHR’s first IZOD IndyCar Series win.
“It meant a lot to me for my first open wheel test in a rear engine car to be at Kentucky Speedway,” O’Gara said. “It’s a track I’ve always dreamed of driving at and it has a lot of great memories for SFHR.”
In 2013, O’Gara and SFHR Development are working toward a partial oval schedule in Firestone Indy Lights in addition to a mixed USF2000 and USAC schedule.
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Issue 4 in 2015 will include several articles in a collection edited by Uday Chandra and Kenneth Bo Nielsen titled Rethinking Resistance: Subaltern Politics and the State in Contemporary India. The special examines critically examines the development of subaltern studies in India.
The first article in this issue is now available for free download at the JCA website. “Subalterns and the State in the Longue Durée: Notes from ‘The Rebellious Century’ in the Bhil Heartland” by Alf Gunvald Nilsen (DOI:10.1080/00472336.2015.1034159).
In this article, as the abstract has it:.
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Last weekend I had the honor of photographing the birthday party for one of my sweet little client’s who turned one! He had such a fabulous party with the perfect little decorations, amazing food from Food+Fun and even a photo booth!
Here’s a peek (ok, a very LARGE peek!) into our fun afternoon! Happy first birthday Mr. August. <3
Thanks for letting us be a part of such a special day for you all! xoxo Stephanie
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Day 7 – Napier
Today’s drive from Taupo to Napier was one of the most beautiful drives we have taken thus far in New Zealand. We pulled over by a scenic point along the road which was recommended and saw the most gorgeous waterfall (please see the picture below). Upon arriving in Napier we stopped at the beach to admire the aqua blue ocean, went to the highest point (Bluff Hill), toured Mission Estate Winery (which is the oldest winery in New Zealand), and took a walking tour of the city. Napier is known as the Art Deco Capital. In my opinion, it has a similar vibe to Miami. We ended the day bathing in the salty waters at Ocean SPA.
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January 11, 2011 at 9:30 am
thanks for sharing your trip with us. the waterfall is outstanding. have fun.
January 11, 2011 at 5:22 pm
No problem… we’re happy to share our journey 🙂
January 11, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Fantastic pix! The country certainly looks beautiful, especially the waterfalls.
January 11, 2011 at 5:23 pm
It’s amazingly gorgeous… very similar to Hawaii 🙂
January 11, 2011 at 4:01 pm
i believe at this point I would cancel the rest of my trip and just stay in NZ 🙂 it’s cold, grey and snowing like crazy in Chicago 😦
January 11, 2011 at 5:22 pm
LOL!!!!
January 11, 2011 at 4:02 pm
oh wait nevermind… 6mos from now it will be snowy in NZ…
January 11, 2011 at 5:23 pm
True… 🙂
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Pete and Repete swimming
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After dinner the girls decided to enjoy a Leisurely swim. There is supposed to be a light show at 9 followed by fireworks.
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A few days ago I posted about Pamela Jessop and what has happened with her since the FLDS Yearning for Zion Ranch was raided by Child Protective Services in cooperation with officers of the law. She’s the girl who recently had a hearing in which CPS admitted that they had incorrectly placed her in foster care.
According to Jessop they were completely aware of her age when they took her, particularly considering the fact that she showed them her birth certificate which they completely ignored.
She thinks that the only reason they did it was to get her baby and place it in foster care so that it would not be born on the FLDS ranch. Texas officials deny that she showed them any documents demonstrating that she was 18 and that she was also happy to remain in foster care since that would allow her to stay with her one-year-old son.
According to the story on CNN her attorneys are considering a federal lawsuit against Texas officials for violation her civil rights. They certainly have every reason to do so and as much as I hate the ACLU and would love to see the socialists disbanded they are bound to get involved.
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I sort of figured it would start to pan out this way.
Earlier today a three judge court of appeals ruled that the State of Texas had no right to remove children from the Yearning for Zion ranch belonging to the FLDS because it in no way proved that they were in imminent danger. They panel stopped short of ordering that the children be returned to their parents but they did give the lower court 10 days to vacate an order placing the children in custody.
The way that the law works in Texas is that CPS has the authority to take immediate possession of a child or children if they have reason to suspect that their is an “immediate danger to the physical health or safety” of the child that warrants their removal.
According to the ruling CPS obtained an emergency order to take custody of the children based on reports from a hot line caller that said she had been raped and impregnated on the ranch. Those calls have pretty much found to have been false and there is apparently no useful information on the “informant” that the state supposedly had on the ranch. As a matter of fact I haven’t heard a word about the so-called informant in weeks.
The court also said that CPS didn’t make any kind of effort to determine if they could do anything aside from removing the children and the entire thing was pretty much based on religious persecution. They also said that the lower court and CPS treated the ranch as one single household and was incorrect in doing so.
One thing I find pretty interesting is the fact that I read a report yesterday that I had forgotten to post about. It had to do with CPS officials showing up with a couple of sheriff’s deputies getting turned away from the ranch because they had no search warrant. Apparently someone from CPS got wind that they might not have gotten all of the kids the first time.
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Sgt. John F. Thomas(Right) & Sgt. Ronnie L. Shelley, Sr.(Left)
33 & 34 years old from Valdosta, Georgia
2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard
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I stepped out to pick up some ice for the barbecue today and was at the store when I got a Tweet that Teddy Kennedy is in the hospital with the symptoms of a stroke. Aren’t they the same symptoms as an alcoholic? Maybe I’m wrong. Hell, there weren’t any details when I first received the alert so I simply assumed the asshat had driven off of a bridge somewhere.
Anyhow, he was admitted to the Cape Cod emergency room around nine this morning. If I have time this afternoon I’ll post more.
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So the State of Texas has figured out that two of the girls that they have in custody that have given birth while in custody are actually adults.
One of the girls is 22 years old and said that she showed state officials a Utah birth certificate to prove it. They held her in custody anyway citing the fact that her long hair and no makeup made her look young. After she gave birth on Monday officials immediately took the child and are saying that even though it may be proved she is an adult (it now has) they will most likely keep the child in custody. I have bitched about DFACS (our local child services) for years and the fact that they don’t seem to have to follow the same laws as other government agencies. Since what they are doing is “for the children” they seem to be able to skirt around search warrants and other cool stuff like that.
She looked young? I know plenty of women that would kill to have that problem. How the fuck are they suppose to identify themselves and prove they are adults if the State of Texas ignores birth certificates and driver’s licenses as they did with Louisa Jessop, who was born in 1986. How else are you supposed to prove your age? Carbon dating is a bit hard on a person.
Just like the government to ignore facts to make something fit their story. Originally I was llfor getting these kids out of there but this has become a fucking boondoggle over the last six weeks that just highlights government intrusion and inefficiency. Why don’t you guys go catch some criminals and leave these people the fuck alone?
There are still 24 others that the state disputes are minors and if it turns out that they aren’t then that means the number of pregnant minors or minors with children in custody is around five or six. Oh by the way that number is lower than the state average of teen pregnancies, which is what you would expect from a close-knit religious community. It’s a bit hard to say they are doing something wrong if they have less teen pregnancies than your neighborhood.
I don’t agree with the FLDS or their policies of basically subjugating women and children to the will of their religious leaders but this is NOT an issue for the government to deal with. Perhaps they need to be a bit more worried about Joe Baron, a pastor from a church in the Dallas area that was arrested in a sting this week after he thought he was meeting a teenager after driving 200 miles. Of course he states that he wasn’t soliciting sex, he just wanted to buy her a coke…
With a condom in his pocket and a webcam in his car…
I always carry a condom when I take teenagers out for a coke…
Fucking dirtbag.
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According to the Global Times he says:
“. “This is evidence that Palestine is our land, and the Israelis are invaders and occupiers who should be fought,” he said referring to Israel’s 60th anniversary. .”"
One commenter at The Global Times (the only one) asked the question:
Why is everyone so afraid of this Great lion sheikh Osama bin Laden? This man is hiding deep in a dark cave. Why do Bush and Cheney and the Great lion Sheikh Osama Bin Laden want everyone to be very afraid? Come on people use your common sense why are you taking orders from someone hiding deep inside a dark cave. What kind of drugs you people on?
Really that’s more than one question. The fact is we should be very afraid of Osama Bin Laden as well as the rest of the Islamic extremists until we have wiped them off the face of the earth. We are in the midst of a holy war and unless we are watchful they will hit us again.
The other question, about Bush and Cheney wanting everyone to be afraid is easy to answer. Government wants to control you and the greatest things that politicians like Bush, Cheney, Clinton and Obama want is to control as much of or lives as humanly possible. As long as we keep voting these guys in to power they are going to keep assuming it’s OK with us. Democrat and Republican alike they are all about big government and big spending.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Sierra Vista firefighter and emergency medical technician Chris Davila presented that flag to Fire Chief Randy Redmond as fellow firefighters looked on. Monday, May 5, 2008, was Davila’s first day back on the job with the department after being gone for nearly nine months, with seven of those months deployed as a Navy Reserve corpsman serving with a Marine unit near the Jordanian and Syrian border area in Iraq.
And, as luck would have it, on his first shift saw him responding to a blaze in Sierra Vista. “Right back to work,” he said with a laugh.
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I’m a bit late with this but better late than never I suppose.
In this weeks show:
Are ‘sanctuary city’ policies deadly? We investigate.
Our interview with Andrew McCarthy, author of the new book Willful Blindness, on the nexus between terrorism and illegal immigration.
100% Preventable! Americans continue to pay the bloody price for open borders. When will the madness end?:,
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Damn.
This dude must be on prozac to have 21 wives. Of course the nice pliable women of the FLDS don’t have an original thought in their head so I guess Wendell Loy Nielsen doesn’t any issues with it.
In addition to his 21 wives he has 36 children ranging in age from 6 months to 21-years-old. Dude gets around don’t he?
CNN and other news stations have been reviewing some of the documents from the church including what’s called the Bishop’s List. Basically it’s a list of all the members of the Yearning for Zion ranch, their ages, marital status, children and addresses.
Some of the documents that have been released suggest some questionable family relationships as well.
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I have this week’s up a bit early. They released it a couple of days ago to coincide with May Day…
Our weekly video podcast/vlog on illegal immigration and border security issues. In this weeks edition…
May Day 2008: Chicago!
Our coverage of the third annual Pro-amnesty tantrum here in Chicago. This is the official blogburst for the week, we plan on taking the weekend off and enjoying the heck out of it!
Our other May Day coverage:
When Socialists Attack!
May Day or Che Day? You Decide.
Chicago May Day March: A Pictorial
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Too bad decapitation is cruel and unusual punishment…
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“If it doesn’t challenge you, it will not change you.” – Urban Meyer
Can you believe a die hard Wolverine is quoting a Buckeye? If you understand sports and rivalries you will know what I am talking about. I am reading a book by Ohio State’s coach, Urban Meyer called, Above the Line. The book was referred to me by a friend. We were talking about coaching (I coach high school boys basketball) and leadership and he said it would be worth picking up despite your disliking of the boys in red.
The quote above is not just a good quote but it is a motto to life. As a former college basketball and semi-pro player I have always loved a good challenge. For instance, say I had a bad game, instead of sitting in pity at all of the things I could have done better, I take it upon myself to study the film, get back in the gym and work on how I can become better. This approach has helped me grow tremendously in life. – Taking on a challenge and allowing the challenge to help transform my life.
“Average leaders have quotes. Good leaders have a plan. Exceptional leaders have a system.” – Urban Meyer
As you may know, we are already a week into #2016. This week I have been reflecting a lot on life, my health, leadership, my many hats I wear, friendships, goals, relationships and my marriage. Here is what I need to keep in front of me in #2016: #Challenges – I look at challenges as goals I can accomplish. With each goal that is before me, the goal is a challenge that I want to accomplish in a timely matter before the year ends.
I have to be frank with you. I absolutely love where God is leading me. I am learning more and more about myself, my character, my identity, my work habits, what gets me fired up, my weaknesses and my strengths than I ever have. I find this to be a wonderful discovery gift to my life. I read more than I ever have, I ask more questions, I am more confident in who I am and in my leadership. I believe my growth is a result of my competitive drive and the hunger to be the best I can be.
What does all of this mean?
- Set more S.M.A.R.T. Goals (Specific. Measurable. Actionable, Relevant. Timely. Goals.)
- Find ways to challenge yourself.
- Get some time to yourself to reflect on what you want to accomplish this year.
- Know what your dreams are.
- Come up with plans, systems and strategies to get you where you want to be in life.
- Find a word, a phrase, a quote, maybe even a hashtag that will remind you of what you are chasing after this year. (For example: My hashtag is #BetterThanYesterday. My phrase: You are more than average, so work and act like it.)
- Work hard, be consistent, build momentum and make great things happen this year!
P.S. In #2016 work on being less condemning to yourself. Instead, speak more positive life changing words. Don’t let a failed challenge discourage you. Treat a failed challenge as an opportunity to learn and grow from what didn’t go right. This is your year. So is 2017, 2018, 2019 and so on…
“You will not be successful as a leader if you are constantly changing directions.” – Urban Meyer
P.S.S. You got this!
Question: What challenges are you looking forward to this year?
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SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) – IMAN Islamic Center is a Shia organization based in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. Its mission is:
- To educate members about the Islamic faith according to the teaching of Ahlu Al-bait school
- To commemorate the Islamic events, observe Muslim holidays and service congregational religious practices
- To promote coordination and unity among members of the larger Muslim community.
- To increase understanding of the Islamic faith among the general public by offering information resources and participating in interfaith dialogs.
- Work with the community youths to integrate the Islamic and Ahlulbayt teaching and morals in their daily life; school, work and activities.
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Better than a “Butter Cake”
B Patisserie (2821 California Street @ Divisadero St. SF)has quickly become one of my favorite bakeries in SF. Although there are many that I go to for one fantastic item (Knead on 24th for the Pomme d’Amour for example), B has not one but TWO great items which I can not get enough of. One is the decadent Banana Chocolate croissant, which is gooey, comforting and tender an flaky as well. if you are lucky enough to get one of these hot out of the oven, you will not be able to eat this without making a mess. Globs of molten banana, rich melted chocolate and shards of whisper-light croissant flakes will be stuck to your hands, shirt, pants, seat, etc. It is absolutely worth it, and this is coming from a decidedly non-chocolate lover!
Even better is their renowned Kouign Amann (queen-ah-mon). This sounds very fancy, but it’s literal translation is “Butter cake”. Hailing from Btittany, this is supposed to be a Breton cake made with bread dough layered with butter and sugar. In the hands of the team at B, it becomes a fluffy, crispy, flaky crown of puff pastry-like dough with a sugary top. Perfect with a cup of coffee. if you get this to go, PLEASE make sure you eat one as soon as you step outside the door, before you get it home. Although it may still be good when you get home, it will be almost magical eaten hot from the oven!
The shop itself is very nice, and they have much more than these two items; scones, various pastries, sandwiches, salads, coffees, etc. It’s very popular, clean and chic, but I prefer to act like a complete pig in the privacy of my car or house, away from the judgmental eyes of normal eaters.
The resume of co-founder Belinda Leong is very impressive as well. After graduating from the culinary program at City College of SF, she started her career at Gary Danko on the savory team, while helping out in he pastry department. After various stints at places throughout Europe and the US including Pierre Herme and Fauchon, she then became the pastry chef at Manresa. If you like pastry and are near SF, do yourself a favor and make a trip here.
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Shakespeare in Delaware Park’s Macbeth opens July 22nd – Featuring All-Female Cast
Shakespeare in Delaware Park (SDP) is pleased to announce the second production of the 2010 season of free professional outdoor theater. After a beautiful start to the 35th Anniversary season, the crowd pleasing Much Ado About Nothing closed Sunday July 11th entertaining record breaking audiences. Shakespeare in Delaware Park will now continue with Macbeth, featuring an all star female cast. This popular tragedy opens July 22nd and runs Tuesdays through Sundays until August 15th at 7:30pm. This all star cast features Kate Konigisor as Macbeth and Josie Divincenzo as Lady Macbeth. Both of these talented actresses are originally from the Buffalo area, who moved to further their acting careers in New York City and California. SDP is honored to have both ladies return to the SDP stage for this exciting production. .
Macbeth also stars: Pamela Mangus, Katie White and Lisa Vitrano. Directed by Eileen Dugan, fight choreography by Steve Vaughn, costume design by Dixon Reynolds and set design by Lynne Koscielniak and Dyan O’Connell . As a “must-see summer event,” Shakespeare in Delaware Park reaches more than 40,000 audience members each year and is proud to be celebrating 35 incredible years of high-quality professional theatre which remains FREE for the public to enjoy..
Much Ado About Magnificent Theatre: Shakespeare In Delaware Park Celebrates its 35th Season
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Thirty five years ago Saul Elkin had an idea to set a Shakespearean play amongst the beautiful foliage of Delaware Park . Though that particular run was successful, he never dreamed that he was about to embark on this artistic journey for over three decades. Today Shakespeare in Delaware Park is the nation’s second largest free outdoor Shakespeare festival, second only to New York City. It attracts over fifty thousand audience members yearly and continues to grow in popularity. “Thirty five years have been a gift,” stated Elkin in a recent interview.
When Elkin first came to Buffalo, he was certainly not a novice in the professional theatre. He already held graduate degrees from Columbia and Carnegie Melon universities, performed on and off Broadway, and was hired as the Theatre Department Chairperson at University of Buffalo. His genius, passion and drive are the qualities that propelled Shakespeare in Delaware Park to the cultural institution it is today.
This year Elkin opened the season with William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, which runs until July 11 before it makes way for the second show of the season, Macbeth. About a half hour before the show opened, he graciously spoke with me about his views on theatre, directing and education. His love of the art is clearly a direct reflection for his love of life. “I don’t feel any older,” he laughed. And then he got a twinkle in his eye when he mentioned his talented daughters, both professional artists in their own right (Rebecca is an actor and drama therapist; Emily is an accomplished cellist). “My greatest happiness is that they’re both performing artists,” said Elkin.
In the middle of our conversation he blushed when an audience member wanted to praise him. “My family and I want to thank you,” said the patron. “We were watching you rehearse in the park last week, and we want to tell you that coming to your shows every year has been a big part of our lives.”
This is the very magic that Elkin casts on wide audiences. His uncanny ability to make Shakespeare accessible is second to none. This year, for instance, he took creative liberty and set Much Ado in the post-war 1940′s era. The production is complete with dancing and the live music he loves from that time period. A chorus of four singers and an on-stage accompanist not only captured the attention of the large audiences on the hill, but even the interest of people who weren’t even at the festival. They were walking dogs or jogging along Hoyt Lake, and they stopped in their tracks– spellbound.
But Elkin said the success of the company is not all his. “In brief, however much I prepare, invent, or conceptualize, I try not to see the final product in my mind’s eye. I try to cast [the plays] well and then open the door for the actors and designers to invent and surprise me– and they always do,” he said.
Lisa Ludwig, one of Buffalo’s first-rate actors and Managing Director of the company, is playing the lead female role of Beatrice in Much Ado. As she prepared for her performance back stage, in her 1940′s Katherine Hepburn-like costume, she shared how wonderful it is to work on the production. “What can I say? I love working with Saul,” she said. “And there is nothing like looking out at the audience on a perfect summer night when the sun has just set and the citronella candles are flickering and [I have] this moment of knowing how lucky we are to have Shakespeare in Delaware Park in Buffalo,” she added.
Much Ado About Nothing runs until July 11, 2010. (There will be no show on July 4). Both plays of the season, Much Ado and Macbeth, run Tuesdays through Sundays, and start at 7:30 pm. On Tuesdays the directors will hold discussions with audiences a half hour before curtain. Also, pre-show live music is performed at 7pm on Wednesdays. It is best to get there early, as audiences flock to the hill in order to set up lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets. In the wise words of the Bard himself, “Joy’s soul lies in the doing.” Hazzah!
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Katie your card is gorgeous! I love the lavender ribbon on your and all the beautiful embellishments!
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After many half-starts and false-starts… thinking and not thinking… reacting and resolving to not react… the words I would like to say about the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris earlier this week, just won’t seem to materialize.
Too many thoughts, too much talk in general out there… too much of the news cycle, too much that I’d like to say, but can’t in good conscience, because the gist of it is all still half-baked.
And yet, as someone who writes about Paris regularly — over at my site Paris: In And Out — and still feels a strong connection to that city, despite our frequent differences over the years… well, it almost seems incumbent on me to at least mention a little of what’s come to mind.
So, here’s my own small contribution to a conversation that’s been understandably heated, frenzied, impassioned, pained, and far more anguished than soundbites in news cycles will express.
Until this week, I may or may not have ever heard of Charlie Hebdo. I never followed them, and from what I’ve seen of their cartoons, I doubt I would have had much interest in doing so. People are free to say and draw what they wish, and I support their liberty to do so. However the tone of the caricatures on their magazine covers was so far from what I myself would say or draw, it was as if we existed in parallel universes, and never the twain would meet.
It wasn’t that I object to provocation and controversy. I’ve spawned a bit myself, over the years. It was just that the provocation seemed purely for its own sake — and for the sake, quite frankly, of pissing other people off and overtly antagonizing them. I am not French (not recently, anyway), so I can’t say what was truly in the hearts and minds of the creators of that content, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have lasted a week in a job there. I would have quit out of distress at how far they pushed things.
Of course, it’s always dangerous to tell the folks pushing out the limits of the collective margins to “back off”. Because the creators living on the edge often make it possible for the folks in the center to live that much more freely. It’s precisely the antics and undertakings of those who are far wide of the center, which often make the center that much cozier. And safer. And more civilized.
A great example is in the gay community, which has been divided for many years about the role and presence of drag queens. Some say they’re too flambouyant and “out there”. How… embarrassing. Stone butches are often viewed askance as “ersatz men” by mainstreaming lesbians who desire with every fiber of their beings to be accepted as the couple next door and arrange play-dates between their kids and the neighbors. At the same time, those glitzy tassels on the fringe of the gay community were the very ones who took on the cops at the Stonewall Inn, in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. Without their resistance and rioting, a lot of people would still be living in misery — both queer and the straight folks who love and care about them.
So, when it comes to either vocally condemning or supporting controversially in-your-face drama mongers on the margins, I’m reticent. I’m not so quick to add my voice to the #JeSuisCharlie / #IAmCharlie hashtag “conversations”. But neither am I all that eager to condemn their approaches. There are plenty of other folks who will do that, for now and all time. Some with bullets. Some with pen and ink.
Suffice it to say, my heart goes out to Paris. It’s no fucking fun living with the aftertaste of that horror, and who knows how long till things can return to normal– or if they ever will? The friends and colleagues I have there… I think of them often, these days, looking at how close to them all the action has been… I think about my Muslim friends in France, and I wonder if they are safe. And as for the people I know who are planning a trip of a lifetime to the City of Light, well there’s nothing that kills the mood like feeling like you need to look over your shoulder on a regular basis.
I don’t know what the answer is. I don’t agree with a whole lot that went on before, during, and since the attacks and subsequent manhunts. But who am I to judge? Who am I to say? All I can do is wish folks well and do my best to not harm others while exploring the outer limits of my own liberty.
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I normally like to find one showstopper from a somewhat obscure, new or at least etsy-affiliated designer to feature each Friday. But the dazzling jewelry coming out of breakout brand Holst + Lee is just too good to wait until Monday. Plus, the line is based right here in Brooklyn, and its tribal-meets-trendy-meets-techno vibe more than qualifies as one of a kind.
Check out Natalie Holst + Rochelle Lee, the duo behind the brand, along with some of their latest + greatest:
The beauty is in the details here - and these two ladies have spared none in the name of style. The magnetic closure, crazy color combinations, inspired hardware + varied textures make these pieces irresistible to everyone from supermodels to superstar athletes.
The fact that they've exploded (recent collaborations include mara hoffman and cut25 for spring 2012!) means that their line is now available on shopbop, which also means that each piece will cost you a pretty penny. But hey - if you want to rock something this cool, you have to pay up. Unless, of course, you have the skills to attempt a DIY version...
I mean, all it takes is some thread, some hardware + an insane eye for style. Simple, right?
Enjoy your weekend! xo
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This is a sponsored article through Lunchbox, all opinions 100% my own
My tween son was once a Thomas the Tank Engine fanatic, it was crazy. When he was three all he wished-for was a Thomas the Train track and engines. So that Christmas, he received three train track sets, all identical. We saved all three; one for our home, one for grandmas and one for the car. No joke. It is what a mom does when her little boy is fascinated by a steam engine that’s blue and red. Zoe and I also had a fun-filled day out with Thomas last year as well.
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Day at the Beach
Today in Marquette, Michigan we were blessed with unseasonably warm weather, 81 degrees! I believe this is a new record for this day in the Upper Peninsula, the former record being 72 °F / 22 °C (1968).
I had been hoping for a cool day suitbale for a hike, rooting around in the garden and moving into an Autumnal Mode. But who am I to complain. Soon the Upper Peninsula will be covered in ice and snow, as in this photo taken as I walked around the Glacier Glide Art Show last winter.
The shot is of the sunset side of Presque Isle moving toward the Lombardi Poplar trees and stacks of the power plant in the Upper Harbor area. In the summer, this is the best beach for finding weathered pieces of beach glass. In the winter, as you round the point heading toward the parking lot, you are often hit with a blast of wind causing you to test your skills at walking back to wind in snow shoes.
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Decorating any room of the house typically calls for people to select their furnishings carefully. They must think about their lifestyles and particular needs when it comes to furnishing their homes. While some people like to buy furniture that is already assembled, others find it more pleasurable to buy pieces that can be assembled at home. Putting together furniture allows people to feel productive and in control of how their homes will look. Even more, families soon discover that ready to assemble furniture is durable, attractive, and practical for their lifestyles.
Selecting Cabinets for the Kitchen
When a person buys or remodels a home, he or she may select RTA kitchen cabinets. Available at many retailers and online stores, these fixtures come in a wide variety of styles, colors, and dimensions. Rather than schedule a time for a retailer to deliver the kitchen cabinets, people enjoy the convenience of buying these fixtures that are already packaged in flat boxes, making them easy to load and unload from a car or pickup truck. These boxes can be set aside in a corner or against a wall and unpacked as people are ready to assemble these furnishings. They do not have to worry about making room for delivery men or starting the installation project when it is inconvenient for their family’s schedule.
Putting Together RTA Cabinets
Once the boxes are unloaded and people prepare to assemble their kitchen cabinetry, people are encouraged to make sure that they have all the needed tools on hand for the job. While these fixtures are not difficult to put together, they do require that people have a basic understanding of assembling furniture and can follow a simple set of instructions that is packed inside the boxes. Thus, it may benefit shoppers to purchase a screwdriver, hammer, and other basic hand tools if they do not already have these supplies at home.
It also is advisable that people follow the instructions step by step, paying careful attention to every detail. Skipping over a step or failing to include the necessary components, such as the screws, nails, and knobs, could result in the cabinetry looking unsightly and not opening and closing as they should once they are installed. Some people may be tempted to rush through the assembly; however, they can be assured of cabinets that look nice and function as they should if they take their time and put these fixtures together correctly. With proper assembly, their cupboards should endure years of use.
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Email List Hygiene: Remove four kinds of bad addresses to improve deliverability
Your email database is the foundation of your email marketing. Haphazardly adding names can invite irrelevant subscribers and invalid email addresses — which weaken your foundation.
Inspired by our upcoming Optimization Summit, I went back to my notes from our recent Email Summit to reinforce what I learned about email deliverability. I found some great information on bad email addresses and list hygiene from an expert panel.
Jack Hogan, CTO and Co-Founder, Lifescript, a women’s health website, presented his team’s work with FreshAddress, an email list hygiene provider. Austin Bliss, President, FreshAddress, was also on hand and noted:
“People make typos all the time… You want to keep that address out of your list because it’s not going to help you. And no amount of deliverability tweaking later is going to help you if the initial email address is bad.”
Hogan and Bliss highlighted four types of bad email addresses removed from Lifescript,” Hogan says..
Lifescript mainly collects email addresses from people subscribing to its newsletters — but it still saw these bogus addresses in its database. Even though this does not make sense, it happens.
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You can find out more about email deliverability at our upcoming webinar:
Improve Email Deliverability: Tactics for Handling Complaints and Boosting Reputation
(Thursday, April 21, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EDT)
Related resources
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I’ve run across several of these situations before, but simply corrected them and moved on—only to encounter them again. I can print out this post for future reference. Thanks.
We have tried Fresh Address and a few other companies but they are very expensive. I was reading another blog on the same topic and a few of the commenters had used Email Answers. We tried them and found found there service to be excellent and about 1/4 of the price of most other email hygiene companies. We have been using them for about 8 months and are very happy with their service. Here is a link to an infographic I just found about their process, . It explains what they do in detail.
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Imphal, October 20: When it comes to the question whether one recognizes the value of time in this society, the answer, definitely will be no. Hardly any function in the state start off at the exact time as scheduled, except those functions attended by the Governor. The interaction programme among the Booth Level Officer(BLOs) of Imphal […]
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Jiribam, October 20: Responding to the call of Jiribam District Demand Committee (JDDC), employees working in various Government offices under Jiribam Sub-Division have launched a pen down strike since yesterday. In continuation of its ongoing agitation over the demand for upgradation of Jiribam Sub-Division to a full-fledged revenue district, JDDC had earlier called for a pen […]
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Hueiyen News Service: Imphal, October 20: A meeting of the State Cabinet today gave its approval to upgradation of Imphal Municipal Council to the status of a Corporation and establishment of Ward Development Committee offices. According to information received by the press, necessary Acts for upgradation of Imphal Municipal Council to the status of Corporation would […]
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Imphal, October 20: Teachers under the Autonomous District Council (ADC), Chandel staged a sit in protest at the Indoor stadium ,Japhou Bazar, Chandel Dist Head quarters today. Speaking at the sidelines of the agitation, HT Pollingson Anal, President, ADC Chandel branch said that the arrear for the financial year 2001 to 2005 have not been released […]
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Imphal, October 20: The meeting of the four women organizations held today at Manipur Press club has unanimously resolved that the government should take up every possible step to procure goods from outside the state along the NHs of the state and the economic blockade initiators should come up with other means to achieve their demands. […]
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Imphal, October 20: To be constructed with the stated purpose of ensuring adequate supply of petroleum products in the State, the proposed POL Depot at Malom, Imphal would have a storing capacity of 21,975 Kilolitre of petroleum products. The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh would be laying the foundation stone of the proposed POL Depot during […]
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Imphal, October 20: The 34th Kha-Manipur Drama Festival, 2011 which was jointly organized by Langmeidong Dramatic Union, Langmeidong and Manipur State Kala Akademi, Imphal concluded yesterday. In all 12 theatre groups participated in the festival. The results of the competition held in the festival have been declared and the prizes would be distributed on October 24. […]
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Imphal, October 20: Acting on credible information, Imphal West District Police Commandos reportedly arrested one active member of KCP (MTF) from Samurou Bazar at around 9.45 am yesterday. In a press note, Senior SP of Imphal West District has identified the arrested KCP (MTF) member as Naorem Jillagamba alias Jilla alias Hitler (46) s/o late Naorem […]
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IMPHAL, October 20: In an attempt to prevent frequent public hardship arising out of blockades, strikes and other forms of agitations, several valley-based civil society organizations today unanimously drafted a number of resolutions urging the government for immediate intervention during any such eventualities. In the meantime, they have further declared to launch a massive public […]
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IMPHAL, October 20: The state cabinet meeting held this evening under the chair of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi at his official Bungalow has approved the upgradation of Imphal Municipal Council to the status of Corporation. The cabinet further approved the placement of principals in the higher scale of Rs. 4500-150-5700-200-7300 rectification date of placement, Manipur […]
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IMPHAL, October 20: Altogether 18 militants belonging to seven different underground organizations have laid down their arms before Chief Minister Okram Ibobi today in a home coming ceremony held at HQ IGAR (South), Mantripukhri, Imphal. The surrendered militants were 11 cadres of Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF), namely army no. 1014 s/s Capt Lunkholal Lalboi […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 20: Free medical tests were conducted for veteran journalists of the state today at JN School of Nursing, Porompat, Imphal east. A release of Manipur Veteran Journalists’ Union stated that the managing director of the institute Dr Brajamani Mangang and his team thoroughly conducted various medical tests for various veteran journalists, namely Naorem […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 19: The 3rd phase Bruce Lee’s fighting method ‘Jeet Kune-DO’ Martial Arts Manipur team trial selection will be held on October 23 at 8 am at Tentha Khongbal Multi Complex, Thoubal district for the 24th sub-junior/junior/senior national Jeet Kune-do martial art championship 2011 on November 26-27 at Talkotara Indoor Stadium, New Delhi. All […]
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LAMKA, October 19: In the first of its kind in Churachandpur, the District Level Water & Sanitation Committee, DSWC, organized a total sanitation campaign under the code name Swatchhta Utsav today from about 11 am at Synod Hall during which the importance of maintaining proper sanitation with a clean surrounding was emphatically stressed. The occasion […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 19: The patient’s relatives who had assaulted one post graduate student in the Paediatric department following the death of a patient-a one year old have tendered unreserved apology. The family members regretted the inconvenience caused to the general public. The settlement was brought about in the office of the medical superintendent, Prof H. Shanti. […]
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SIRTE/CAIRO, Oct 20: Muammar Gaddafi was killed on Thursday as Libya’s new leaders declared they had overrun the last bastion of his long rule, sparking wild celebrations that eight months of war may finally be over. Details of the death near Sirte of the fal-len strongman were hazy but it was an- nounced by several […]
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NEW DELHI, Oct 20: Mem-ber of the Union Planning Commission BK Chaturvedi has stated that the 12th Plan will emphasise on connecti-vity in the North East region. Interacting with the media on the concluding day of the Economic Editors’ Conference at Shastri Bhawan here today, Chaturvedi said that road connectivity in the region will be […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 20 : Subsequent upon failure of the M/S CRS Livestock Farm, Irilbung to re-pay loans taken from North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi), all assets and properties of the farm including land have been attached by the financial institute. The livestock rearing farm was established by one Kh Chaoba after taking a […]
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Imphal, Oct 20: Taking grim note of unruly elements disrupting gathering of ‘Save Sharmila Repeal AFSPA’ campaigners at New Delhi yesterday, the working committee of the Apunba Lup cautioned all concerned to refrain from such act in the future. “We condemn strongly the unwanted act triggered by vested interests. It was an act against humanity,” […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 20: Alto-gether 18 cadres of seven different UG groups laid down arms before Chief Mi-nister Okram Ibobi today and surrendered to the Government. The surrender function christened home-coming ceremony was held at Hqs IG AR (S) at Mantripukhri. It was attended by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi, Deputy Chairman of State Planning Board Bijoy […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 20: Expressing the prolonged imposi- tion of economic blockade on the highways and counter-blockade are against the very principle of peaceful co-existence in a multi-ethnic society like Manipur, the armed Military Defence Force (T) has made a fervent appeal to all concerned to call off the ongoing economic blockade. An MDF (T) statement […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 20: Atleast 1717 goods laden vehicles left Jiribam for Imphal today along NH-37, reports our Correspondent. The vehicles were escorted by police commandos and IRB and MR personnel. The goods loaded vehicles included 349 trucks of FCI rice, 322 trucks of cement, 73 diesel tankers, 57 trucks of wheat, 35 kerosene tankers, 24 […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 20: A plant health clinic for Senapati district was opened at District Agriculture Office today. Deputy Commissioner PK Jha, Additional Director of Agriculture Department, Dr O Nobo Singh and Senapati ADC SL Punia were the chief guest, president and guest of honour of the inauguration ceremony. Speaking at the occasion, PK Jha mentioned […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 20: A two-day workshop cum training programme on ‘Sericulture Development’ organised by Imphal sub-station of North East Institute of Science and Technology Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has commenced from today at the Sub-station’s Lamphelpat premises. Health Minister L Jayantakumar and CSIR-NEIST (Jorhat) Director Dr PG Rao were respectively the chief guest […]
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IMPHAL, Oct 20: Around 100 hectares of paddy field at Tolloi village has been carried away by strong water current as massive landslide occurred at the origin of Thoubal river due to heavy rainfall. According to a belated information received from Tolloi Village Authority, the heavy rainfall lashed in the village on October 2 and […]
The interaction programme among the Booth Level Officer(BLOs) of Imphal East District and the Electoral Rolls Observer of Imphal East, KK Chhetry which was supposed to start at 10 am in the office of the District Election Officer Imphal East began two and half hours later at 12:30 pm today
Since the programme was scheduled to begin at 10 am, many of the Booth Level officers from near and far off places gathered at the place before the scheduled time. But since the Electoral Rolls Observer did not arrive on time, the BLOs waited for him. Among those who waited for the Electoral Rolls Observer, a number of media persons also were on the list.
As the clock struck 11:30 some of the BLOs began to lose patience and started grumbling among themselves. Some of them even left the meeting place disgusted. Finally, the Electoral Rolls Observer, KK Chhetry arrived at 12:30 and started the interaction. Interestingly there were none in the group who dare to speak up against the late arrival of the Observer and unnecessary wasting of precious time.
It is worth mentioning that in almost all the programmes conducted either by the state government, Ministers or any organization, no programme ever starts on schedule. The media persons who have got various other programmes to cover for the day are made to wait for hours.
AIDS consultative workshop held: A one-day district level consultative meeting on National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), Phase-IV was held at the Indoor Stadium of Senapati district headquarters today.
Organised under the aegis of District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit, Senapati in collaboration with Organising Committee on NACP-IV (Manipur), the inaugural function of the consultative meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner of Senapati district PK Jha as Chief Guest and Chief Medical Officer of Senapati district Dr Simpson Sareo as President of the function.
Speaking at the occasion, PK Jha observed that detection of over 30,000 positive cases of HIV in Manipur which has a total population of about 27 lakhs people is very alarming. To minimize the problem of HIV/AIDS in Manipur, collective effort among the NGOs, public leaders and Government officials is essential.
It may be noted here that till August 31, 2010, 36,372 positive cases of HIV have been detected in Manipur, while in Senapati district alone, 1,428 positive cases have been reported till June 31, 2011.
District AIDS Control Officer, Senapati district Dr H Loli, other district level officers and representatives of NGOs and public leaders were present during the consultative meeting.
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Details of the death near Sirte of the fal-len strongman were hazy but it was an- nounced by several officials of the Natio-nal Transitional Council (NTC) and backed up by a photograph of a bloodied face ringed by familiar, Gaddafi-style curly hair.
“He was killed in an attack by the fighters. There is footage of that,” the NTC’s in- formation minister, Mahmoud Shammam, told reporters. Wes- tern-hara. said. “There was a lot of firing against his group and he died.” Mlegta said.
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Interacting with the media on the concluding day of the Economic Editors’ Conference at Shastri Bhawan here today, Chaturvedi said that road connectivity in the region will be planned under phase A and phase B.
A total length of 6000 kilometres of road in the region will come under phase A while the next phase will seek to cover 3000 kms.
Chaturvedi further said that under the rail sector, connecting all the State ca-pitals in the region will figure high in the 12th Plan.
The Jiri to Tupul rail line will be finalised by 2014 while the Tupul to Imphal rail line project will be comple-ted by 2016.
Admitting that air connectivity in the region is poor, the Planning Commission Member said that work has been taken up to improve this sector.
Meanwhile, Finance Mi-nister Pranab Mukherjee who opened the two day conference said that four factors have been triggering inflation seizing the country at the moment and identified them as increase in prices of petroleum products, increase in minimum support prices for some agriculture produces particu- larly rice and pulses, rise in non-food manufacturing inflation and seasonal factors.
He conceded that rate of inflation pegged at a high of 9.72 percent as on September this year is threatening to slow down economic growth and the UPA Gover-nment is determined to tac- kle the issue by concentrating on three key options available before it.
The Finance Minister however downplayed the inflation factor and added that growth outlook in the region of 8.1 percent for the current year is still appropriate.
Pranab Mukherjee predicted that inflation will come down by December in the face of the monetary policy starting to have an impact. “A good Monsoon will go on to help,” he added.
The inflation, as calculated through the Wholesale Price Index should remain moderate at about 6 percent by March 2012.
Touching on the same line Dr C Rangarajan, Chairman of Prime Minister Advisory Committee said that inflation in food prices has impacted on other manufacturing goods.
To tackle the issue, the Government has three options before it, he said and enumerated them as relaxing supply constraint, release PDS items in a systematic manner and streamline distribution.
Dr Rangarajan added that inflation should be studied through wholesale price index and consumer price index – the price that the consumer has to pay while making purchases.
Apart from Pranab Mukherjee, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Jaipal Reddy, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India, Nandan Nilekani were among the personalities to address the media.
Source: The Sangai Express
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Tuesday was many of our last full days on the island, so we opted to do one last big family event: a visit to Paradise Cove Luau, located at the Ko Olina resort area (just a few blocks down from Disney’s Aulani).
It had been years since the last time I’d been to one (the last one I can recall was when Liann, Jenni and I visited the Polynesian Cultural Center) so it was kinda fun to partake in, as cheesy as they can be.
We had gotten the military discount tickets, so we were kind of far back, but you could still see pretty well – and since we arrived about 1.5 hours before the festivities were to begin (they suggest early, so you can partake in an array of activities) we had lots of time to scope out the area.
Around the complex, there were stations for lei-making, hula lessons, temporary tattoos, canoe rides and more.
Since the sun was still up, we took advantage of the lush surroundings for some more pics, too.
It really was beautiful out there. It’s obvious why Disney would choose to be out here, too.
About 45 minutes before the show officially started, the performers did a little presentation about the roasted pig.
Between that part and dinner, mom and I went over to the bar (drink tickets were included in the admission) and we ordered (virgin) lava flows! Yum, wish I had grabbed a pic of those…here’s a stock one so you can visually enjoy one too:
The show itself was well done – my favorite parts were the Tahitian dancers and the fire dancer…and the food wasn’t bad either
I actually really enjoyed the fish they served (random).
It really was a fun night and I am glad were able to all get together before everyone headed back to their respective homes. This trip back to Hawaii was short, but full of wonderful memories so I am thankful that I was able to be a part of it all.
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Any Hawaii questions? I’d be glad to answer them in a future post
Isn’t Hawaii just the BEST?!?!?!?!! Wow this looks so lovely. I’ve been to Hawaii 3 times but somehow have still NEVER been to a luau. I don’t know why, that just seems like CRAZY TALK! I must go.
Yes, I wish I was there again, already, haha
Luaus are fun with big groups!!
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New menu item ....
At Seattle’s Safeco Field a new delicacy has been added to the concession menu. Grasshoppers. Toasted in a chili=lime salt seasoning to make them crunchy and zesty. Wonder how Mr Miyagi feels about that.
I thought crickets were more nutritious. Maggots are around 50% protein. Yum!.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Mikie didn’t mind. He’s good at posing. Although he did say no to the wig.
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I write primarily on a computer or by hand. From time to time, however, I write on a white board.
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Measuring national well-being, children and young people’s well-being in the UK, October 2015 This release presents the latest findings on children’s and young people’s well-being. There are 31 measures of well-being for children aged under 16 years, and 28 measures of well-being for young people aged 16 to 24 years. The children’s measures of well-being are also accompanied by an in-depth analysis of children’s mental health as an aspect of well-being.
Around three-quarters of children (aged 10 to 15) rated their happiness yesterday as high or very high, and four-fifths rated their life satisfaction as high or very high in 2014.
- Over 80% of young people (aged 16 to 24) rated their life satisfaction as high or very high in 2014 to 2015.
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Triggered by the desire to harness China’s offshore oil potential China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL) plans to expand its ocean engineering fleet with as much as fifty new vessels, China daily reports citing COSL’s manager of the shipping department Cai Dian.
According to him, China’s largest integrated oilfield service provider will use the new vessels to support the company’s offshore oil projects in the aftermath of China’s first deep-water drilling rig’s operation kick off near islands in the South China Sea.
The announcement on fleet expansion has sparked considerable interest of various Chinese shipyards that are still having tough time competing with foreign counterparts amid low demand for newbuildings on the market.
COSL operates the biggest fleet of offshore oilfield service facilities in China, comprising108 vessels, which include drilling rigs, working vessels, oil tankers, chemical carriers, seismic vessels, surveying vessels etc.
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Beirne v. Fitch Sanitarium, 167 F. Supp. 652 (S.D.N.Y. 1958)
November 28, 1958
Anne Kiernan BEIRNE and Patrick Beirne, Plaintiffs,
v.
FITCH SANITARIUM, Inc., New York Medical College, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals, Dr. J. P. McLaughlin, Dr. Louis W. Maraventano and Dr. Robert S. Bickley, Defendants.
United States District Court S. D. New York.
Krause, Hirsch, Gross & Heilpern, New York City, for plaintiffs. Hyman Gold, New York City, of counsel.
Samuel B. Lemkin, New York City, for defendant Dr. Louis W. Maraventano.
*653 DAWSON, District Judge.
This is a motion by plaintiffs Anne Kiernan Beirne and Patrick Beirne seeking an order authorizing them to sever the above-entitled action against the defendant Dr. Louis W. Maraventano and to enter judgment against said defendant for certain sums of money.
This action was instituted for the recovery of damages for permanent personal injuries sustained by Anne Kiernan Beirne and for medical expenses and loss of earnings arising from the alleged negligence and malpractice of the several defendants. The plaintiff Patrick Beirne sued for loss of services of his wife.
The customary pre-trial discovery proceedings were had and various depositions taken. The action was sent out for trial before the undersigned. Various pre-trial conferences were held. As a result of these conferences considerable negotiations took place resulting in the parties reaching an agreed settlement. The only aspect of that settlement material to the instant motion is that the defendant Maraventano agreed to pay the sum of $10,500, within a reasonable time.
Following these negotiations the parties entered into a written stipulation, which was signed by all the attorneys, settling plaintiffs' cause of action upon certain terms and conditions. The aggregate payment to be made by the defendants to the plaintiffs was $44,000, and as part of this settlement the stipulation specifically provided "That the defendant, Dr. Louis W. Maraventano, pay to the plaintiffs and/or their attorneys the sum of Ten Thousand Five Hundred ($10,500) dollars." All the defendants, with the exception of Dr. Maraventano, have made the payments prescribed in the stipulation but he has failed to make any payment. Plaintiffs, therefore, seek the entry of a judgment against said defendant Maraventano.
The primary issue before this Court is whether a judgment can be entered against a party who has failed to fulfill his part of a settlement stipulation entered into before the Court.
More than five months have elapsed since the parties entered into this settlement and repeated demands have been made upon Maraventano and his attorney for payment in accordance with the stipulation. Attempts to communicate with Maraventano have apparently been fruitless. He has allegedly concealed himself in his home and refuses to respond either to phone calls or to personal visits by plaintiffs' attorney.
There has been no claim made that the stipulation was not duly entered into by attorneys representing Maraventano. All the facts point to the conclusion that this stipulation was entered into by all parties in good faith. Since this motion has been made the Court communicated with the attorney for Maraventano. He has advised the Court that he had been specifically authorized by his client to settle the action and to agree on his client's behalf that Maraventano would contribute the $10,500 to the settlement. What has apparently happened is that, for one reason or another, Maraventano no longer is willing to fulfill his obligation under the settlement agreement. This action places this Court in the position of deciding whether or not Maraventano's actions are to be condoned.
The settlement stipulation provided that upon the payments by the various defendants, and the delivery of releases by plaintiffs, an order was to be submitted discontinuing the action. The settlement and stipulation was orally approved by this Court and was filed in the court record. Though no formal judgment was entered at that time the settlement and stipulation had the cloak of the Court's approval. It was negotiated during and encouraged by the pre-trial conference, which is an integral and useful aspect of the procedures of this court.
The stipulation of settlement was entered into by Dr. Maraventano's attorney. While it is well established that an attorney, in prosecuting or defending his client's action, has implied authority *654 to take such steps as he may deem legal, proper and necessary in the control and management of the action, it does not follow that he has the power to compromise an action without the express authorization and knowledge of his client. In fact, it is clear under the applicable law that an attorney has no implied authority to settle or compromise a claim.[1] Petition of Trinidad Corp., 2 Cir., 1955, 229 F.2d 423; Ricketts v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 2 Cir., 1946, 153 F.2d 757, 164 A.L.R. 387; Hilditch v. American Bumper Corp., D.C.E.D.N.Y.1926, 15 F.2d 451; Jacobsen v. Overseas Tankship Corp., D.C.E.D.N.Y.1950, 11 F.R.D. 97; Rosen v. Grand, 2 Dept. 1958, 6 A.D.2d 799, 175 N.Y.S.2d 441; Accarino v. Hirsch, 2 Dept. 1958, 6 A.D.2d 795, 175 N.Y.S.2d 435. However, from the Court's knowledge of the progress of the settlement negotiations and of the statements made by Maraventano's attorney to the Court, the Court is convinced that the attorney was authorized by his client to agree to this settlement. Moreover, plaintiffs' attorney made repeated efforts to contact Dr. Maraventano in order to collect the agreed amount of the settlement. Dr. Maraventano did not respond in any way. It is a client's duty to express disapproval of a settlement within a reasonable time, if he has a basis for disapproval. If he does not object he makes the settlement his own. In this action there has been no claim either that Dr. Maraventano did not know of this settlement, or that he objected to it. Further, Maraventano's counsel informed this Court that he had authority to settle this claim. Such settlement was arrived at in good faith and was fair and equitable. A reasonable compromise, even if unauthorized, under special circumstances, should not be disturbed by the Court. Holker v. Parker, 1813, 7 Cranch 436, 11 U.S. 436, 3 L. Ed. 396; In re Gsand, 3 Cir., 1946, 153 F.2d 1001.
Compromises of disputed claims are favored by the courts. Where the parties, acting in good faith, settle a controversy, the courts will enforce the compromise without regard to what the result might or would have been had the parties chosen to litigate rather than settle. Hennessy v. Bacon, 1890, 137 U.S. 78, 11 S. Ct. 17, 34 L. Ed. 605; J. Kahn & Co. v. Clark, 5 Cir., 1949, 178 F.2d 111.
The rules of law governing settlement agreements are well settled and beyond dispute. Generally, a settlement agreement may be enforced by motion in the original action. McKenzie v. Boorhem, D.C.W.D.Ark.1954, 117 F. Supp. 433; Eastern Display & Carton Corp. v. Presto Beverage Corp., Sup.App.Term, 1st Dept. 1956, 153 N.Y.S.2d 806; 15 C.J.S. Compromise and Settlement § 48 (1939).
Therefore, the action against defendant Maraventano is hereby severed from the above action, and under the established doctrine set forth above plaintiffs are entitled to a judgment effectuating the stipulation of settlement. The attorney for the plaintiffs stated in open court that he was ready to waive interest and costs. The judgment should be for the amount of $10,500, as provided in the stipulation of settlement.
Let judgment be entered accordingly.
NOTES
[1] This apparently differs from the English rule and the rule found in a very few jurisdictions in this country. See, Chown v. Parrott, 14 C.B.N.S. 74, 143 Eng.Rep. 372 (1863); Strattner v. Wilmington City Electric Co., 1901, 3 Pennewill, Del. 453, 53 A. 436; Bonney v. Morrill, 1870, 57 Me. 368.
The basis for the line of reasoning followed by the overwhelming majority of American cases appears to be based on the theory that an attorney is a limited agent and when a client hires him he confers upon him the powers necessary for the conduct of the action, but the right to conclude it for less than full value is the client's alone.
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The current website is very old and only has pictures of the farm, basic details about their cheeses and contact details. It will need to be completely replaced.
There are four Work Packages within this work stream being delivered across four timeboxes:
Two teams are involved in delivering the website. The Story of Cheese Work Package is being delivered by Chestertons'’ own Information Technology (IT) department (the IT Team). They are reasonably good at agile ways of working but have not gained much real life experience as they have been limited, to date, by Chestertons'’ basic website.
The remaining Work Packages are being delivered by an IT website development company that specializes in online sales called Web&Go. They are very experienced with agile ways of working and, in particular, they use Kanban for everything they do. Their office is across the narrow access road near Chestertons'’ new premises.
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» Word is that a major restructuring is happening: New CEO Scott Thompson (no relation) reportedly plans to cut back heavily at the company, which analysts see as a key example of tech company excess, in an attempt to focus on the things the company does well. While the company has had some recent success (their Open Graph collaboration with Facebook has been a boon, for example), the company has not undeservedly built a reputation of acquiring other companies (for example, Delicious) and letting them languish under the corporate structure. It used to be mentioned in the same breath as Google, but now it’s more likely to be mentioned in the same breath as AOL. Would cuts bring Yahoo back to life?
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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster we talk about regional changes in American English with University of Pennsylvania linguist William Labov [la-BOVE]. Imagine a situation like this:
WILLIAM LABOV: "Someone says 'gee, I got to find a coffee shop,' and someone said 'but you already had your coffee.' The people who would normally expect that 'copy shop' would be different from 'coffee shop' are quite confused when they enter an area where both are pronounced with the same vowel."
RS: "As were we right now."
AA: "So copy -- there are some Americans who say 'coffee' and 'copy' the same?"
WILLIAM LABOV: "Well, the vowel will be the same; the 'p' and 'f' differences are hardly worth noticing in rapid speech. But the vowels will be identical for the people who come from Pittsburgh or from Montreal.
"People have a great tendency to think our language works better than it does. So when we ask people to keep track of the number of misunderstandings that occur in the course of a day, there are quite a few. But if you ask them to remember them, they don't."
AA: Yet there may be more and more misunderstandings. Professor Labov says many local dialects are dying out and regional ones are growing stronger.
WILLIAM LABOV: "We have plenty of real-time studies to show that these changes are moving on so that the dialects of the United States are more different from each other now than they were 100 years ago."
RS: "That's so surprising, given that we travel so much."
AA: "And given that we hear each other so much more now through radio and television."
RS: "And even the Web."
WILLIAM LABOV: "Well, one of the things that social psychology has told us, and many other branches of study, is that listening passively to the radio and television doesn't change your behavior. You're influenced by the people you speak with in daily interaction face-to-face."
AA: "Now you've done a lot of research on the influence of women as a driving force in sound change, have you not?"
WILLIAM LABOV: "Yes, the difference between men and women is really important, and it's an astonishingly powerful force in most of the changes that we've talked about. In about 90 percent of them, women are way ahead of men -- a full generation ahead."
RS: "Now what is your explanation for -- you say it's who you interact with. But we are very mobile people. We go from coast to coast. We take a job in one city and then another. We're taking our language with us and interacting with people on business trips and such."
WILLIAM LABOV: "Well, almost everybody will tell you, 'Oh, I'm a regular chameleon. I change my speech according to who I'm talking to.' That's a great exaggeration. The fundamental pattern that you learned as a child stays with you pretty much for the rest of your life."
AA: "Now, Doctor Labov, I'm curious, let's take an example like Southern California or other parts of the country where there's a large number of immigrants, and so you've got different languages and different sounds and dialects all coming together. What effect are you seeing?"
WILLIAM LABOV: "Well, people used to think that the American dialects are the result of all the immigrants coming in. And that turns out to be just the opposite. Gender has a big influence on the way you speak, your social class, what city you're living in.
"But the language spoken by your parents has almost no influence in most areas, so that the people whose parents spoke Italian or Yiddish or German or Irish, now in the second or third generation will speak almost the same. That's the powerful assimilationist tendency in the United States.
"There is one exception to that, and you mentioned Southern California. For the first time we are getting a native type of English which shows a certain amount of ethnic difference, and that's the people whose parents spoke Spanish and who may have grown up themselves speaking Spanish."
AA: "Can you give us an example or two?"
WILLIAM LABOV: "Let's take the pronunciation of a word like card, and old. Most Americans will sometimes drop the d in old, and you'll see this when you read a novel, 'good ol' Joe,' o-l apostrophe. But Americans never drop the d when it comes after an r, so you don't talk about a 'car game' for a 'card game.' Nobody will say 'I had a har time' for 'a hard time.' But Latino speakers will do this.
"These are small differences. We still don't know what the future holds for us with the large Asian group that's coming in the United States. But in every community there are some groups who assimilate totally and become absolutely natural speakers of that local dialect, and others who become native speakers but not really local."
AA: University of Pennsylvania linguist William Labov is the project director for the forthcoming Atlas of North American English. You can learn more about this project from a link at our Web site. The address is voanews.com/wordmaster. And our e-mail address is [email protected]. With Rosanne Skirble, I'm Avi Arditti.
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