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L'ho visto oggi per caso su Facebook..non l'avevo mai visto prima...
Il video di Paul McCartney che introduce John Lennon alla cerimonia del "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" nel 1994..
Un bel discorso, una lettera all'amico scomparso, molto commovente, mi era capitato di leggerlo, qualcuno l'aveva pubblicato nel mio gruppo sempre su Facebook, ma il video è una novità assoluta!
E così mi sono cercata il discorso..e ve lo pubblico così com'è...tradurlo sarebbe come rovinarlo...e sono certa che ne capirete ugualmente il significato...
Ed eccovi anche il video...un vero gioiellino..
Paul McCartney inducts John Lennon.
"Thank you. Thank you, New York. Thank you. It's a privilege for me to be able to do this tonight, and come here, so I've got some random memories in the form of a letter to John.
Dear John,
I remember when we first met in Walton, at the Village Fate [?] - it was a beautiful summer day, and I walked in there, and you were on the stage, and you were singing "Come Go With Me" by the Del Vikings. But you didn't know the words, so you made them up. "Come go with me to the penitentiary," it's not in the lyrics. I remember writing our first songs together. We used to go to my house, my dad's house, and we used to smoke Taifu tea with this pipe my dad kept in a drawer. It didn't do much for us, but it got us on the road. We wanted to be famous. I remember the visits to your mum's house, Julia - she was a very handsome woman, very beautiful woman - she had long red hair, and she played a ukelele. I'd never seen a woman who could do that. I remember having to tell you the guitar chords, 'cause you used to play the ukelele chords. And then on your 21st birthday, you got 100 pounds off of one of your rich relatives up in Edinburough, so we decided we'd go to Spain. So we hitchhiked out of Liverpool, and we got as far as Paris. We decided to stop there for a week, and eventually got our hair cut by a fellow called Jurgen. And that ended up being the Beatle haircut. I remember introducing you to my mate, George, my schoolmate, and him getting into the group by playing "Raunchy" on the top deck of the bus. You were impressed. And when we met Ringo, who had been working the whole season at Butlin's Holiday Camp, he was a seasoned professional. But the beard had to go, and it did. Later on we got a gig at the Cabin Club in Liverpool, which was officially a blues club. And we didn't really know any blues numbers. We loved the blues, but we didn't know any blues numbers, so we had to do little announcements like, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a great Big Bill Broonzy number called 'Wake Up Little Suzy." They kept on passing up little notes: "This is not the blues, this is not the blues. This is pop." We kept going. And then we ended up touring with a bloke called Larry Ponds, who gave us our first tour. Thank you, Larry. And we all changed our names for that tour. I changed mine to Paul Ramone, George became Carl Harrison, and although people think John didn't really change his name, I seem to recall he was Long John Silver for the duration of that tour. Bang goes another myth. And we'd be on the van touring later, and we'd have the kind of night where the windscreen would break. We'd be on the motorway going back up to Liverpool. It was freezing. So we'd have to lie on top of each other in the back of the van, creating a Beatles sandwich. We got to know each other. These were the ways we got to know each other. We got to Hamburg, and met the likes of Little Richard, Gene Vincent.... I remember Little Richard inviting us back to his hotel. He was looking at Ringo's ring, he said, "I love that ring," he said, "I've got a ring like that; I could give you a ring like that." So we all went back to the hotel with him, and we never got a ring. We went back with Gene Vincent to his hotel once, and it was all going fine until he reached out in his bedside drawer, and he pulled out a gun. And we said, "We've got to go, Gene - we've got to go." And we got out quick. And then came the USA, New York City, where we met up with Phil Spector, the Ronettes, Supremes, our heroes, our heroines. And then later, in L.A., we met up with Elvis Presley. For one great evening, we saw the boy. We saw him on his home territory, and he was the first person I ever saw with a remote control on a TV. He was our hero, man. And then later, Ed Sullivan. By now we wanted to get famous; now we were getting really famous. I mean, imagine meeting Mitzy Gainer in Miami. And later, after that, recording at Abbey Road. I still remember doing "Love Me Do," because John officially had the vocal, "love me do," but because he had the harmonica, George Martin, in the middle of the session, suddenly said, "Will you sing the line, 'Love me do?'" It was the crucial line. I said, "OK." And I can still hear it to this day, John [miming harmonica], "Waaaah, waaaah," and I go, [voice wavering] "Love me do-o-o-o." Nerves, man. I remember doing the vocal to "Kansas City." When I couldn't quite get it, 'cause it's hard to do all that stuff, screaming from the top of your head. John came down from the control room, he took me to one side, he said, "You can do it - you've just got to scream, you have to leave the top of your head - you can do it." So thank you, thank you for that; I did it. I remember writing "Day in the Life," and the little look we gave each other as we wrote the line, "I'd love to turn you on." We kind of knew what we were doing, you know - a sneaky little look. Oh boy. And after that, there was this girl called Yoko. Yoko Ono, who showed up at my house one day, and it was John Cage's birthday, and she said she wanted to get a hold of a manuscript to give to John Cage, of various composers, and she wanted one from me and John. So I said, "Well, it's OK with me, but you'll have to go and see John." She did. After that, I set up a couple of machines - we used to have these Brunelle [?] recording machines - I set up a couple of them. They stayed up all night, and they recorded "Two Virgins" on that. Well, you took the cover yourselves [?], nothing to do with me. And then, after that, there were the phone calls to you, the joy for me of, after all our business shit that we'd gone through, actually getting back together and communicating once again. And the joy as you told me about how you were baking bread now, and how you were playing with your little baby, Sean. That was great for me, because it gave me something to hold on to. So now, years on, here we are - all these people - here we are, assembled to thank you for everything that you mean to all of us. This letter comes with love from your friend, Paul. John Lennon, you made it. Tonight you're in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. God bless you. Yoko and Sean."
Paul McCartney.
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Call for Artworks, until Jan 27 2012 @ The GoDown
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The GoDown is calling for artworks from visual artists based in Nairobi for the annual Manjano competition. The exhibition is running under the theme "Nairobi". The works should be submitted under the categories of practicing and student artists with cash prizes being awarded for the top 3 positions in each category. Deadline for submission of works is 27th January 2012. The Exhibition will open at the Village Market on 16th February 2012 and run until the 26th of February.
Artists' expressions in paintings, sculptures and mixed media are invited on the theme "Nairobi" for the annual Manjano Exhibition. The theme aims to draw out artistic expression that explores the diverse aspects the city of Nairobi – its people, the city environs and urbanscapes, the colours, textures and moods of Nairobi, the activities and lifestyles of its inhabitants, feelings the city evokes, etc. Here are the rules for the submissions:
1. A maximum of 2 pieces of work may submitted for selection in the Manjano Exhibition
2. The works should have been executed within the course of last year (i.e. since January 2011 and not any earlier).
3. Works may be submitted under any of the following 2 categories: Student or Practicing Artist.
4. Selected works will hang in the Manjano Exhibition and shall be judged. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top 3 positions in each category.
5. Deadline for submission of works is January 27 2012. Works should be submitted at the GoDown Arts Centre, Dunga Rd, next to Giro Bank.
Manjano is organized under the auspices of the GoDown Arts Centre. For further enquiries contact:
Manjano Committee c/o Lima Mbai 555227, 555770
Email: email@example.com
Or connect on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/278133812246209/
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datz gr8,what if am an upcomig musician or apoet can i write about da theme n submit ma manuscript 4 competation? Or wat am i suppossf 2 do. i'll b very gr8ful if u let me know.
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Indianapolis, IN (SportsNetwork.com) - Lance Stephenson recorded his first career triple-double, Paul George came through with another big night and the Indiana Pacers extended the best start in franchise history with a 95-79 drubbing of the Memphis Grizzlies at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Stephenson tallied 13 points, matched a career high with 11 rebounds and dished out a personal-best 12 assists in a superb all-around effort that catapulted the Pacers to 8-0 on the young season. George, named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week earlier Monday, justified that selection by racking up a game-high 23 points along with seven boards.
Four other Indiana players scored in double figures, and the Pacers outrebounded the Grizzlies by a 45-32 overall margin while pulling away in the second half.
"Paul George is playing at an all-world level," Grizzlies head coach Dave Joerger remarked. "They're an elite team, there's no question."
Marc Gasol paced Memphis, which has alternated losses and wins in each of their first seven outings, with 15 points. Zach Randolph finished with 12 in the setback.
This matchup between two teams that reached the finals of their respective conferences last season was no contest at all, with the red-hot Pacers leading virtually start-to-finish to remain the NBA's lone remaining unbeaten.
Indiana closed out the first quarter with a 6-0 run and held the Grizzlies to a 27.3 percent shooting percentage for the period in building an early 23-16 advantage. The margin grew to double digits just over a minute into the second, when Stephenson's bucket from beyond the arc put the Pacers up by a 28-18 count, and went to 12 midway through the frame after Ian Mahinmi converted a conventional 3-point play for a 38-26 score.
The Grizzlies managed to close the gap some prior to the break, with Gasol sinking 1-of-2 foul shots with under a second left to cap an 11-6 swing that brought Memphis within 46-39 at intermission.
Memphis would get no closer, however. Stephenson buried another triple to begin the second half, while George Hill netted five points during an 8-2 spurt later in the third quarter that staked Indiana to a 61-46 lead.
"Lance was a force out there with his triple-double," said Pacers head coach Frank Vogel. "But the most impressive thing about it to me, clearly, is only one turnover. Twelve assists, one turnover. He's been one of our most efficient players all year and that trend continued tonight."
The Pacers went into the fourth quarter up comfortably at 72-55, then ripped off eight consecutive points to begin the stanza to create a 25-point differential with under 10 1/2 minutes to go. Indiana was ahead by at least 15 the rest of the way.
Game Notes
Indiana is the first team to start out 8-0 since the Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans each did so in 2010-11 ... Memphis forward Quincy Pondexter did not return after breaking his nose in the second quarter ... Hill ended with 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting ... The Grizzlies have lost three straight on the road to begin a season for the first time since 2009-10 ... Memphis rookie Nick Calathes, serving as the backup point guard with Jerryd Bayless (knee) sidelined, set career highs with six assists and 25 minutes played.


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A stylish and chic digital bracelet-style watch with LED lights to display time and date. Wear it as a watch or bracelet, press the button next to the face to show the time. With a large screen, stainless steel back and other nifty features, this watch will surely attract a few onlookers. Be the envy of your friends and colleagues with this futuristically designed watch.
- Unisex style suitable for men and women
- Transparent plastic LED bracelet watch band
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- One-piece bracelet watch
- Flexible bracelet that accommodates different wrist sizes
- One button to set up the time and date
- Display type: LED display, 12 - hour system
- Time and Date Display: Press once, it displays time; Press twice, it displays date
- Time and Date Setting:
- a. Long press the button about 6 seconds, and then leave hold of the button.
- b. Hours numbers(the upper two numbers) blinks and then short and quick presses on the button to set the hours;
- c. Repeat the same method(as step a. and step b.) to set the minutes
- d. When the time adjustment is done, press down the button for 6 seconds; Repeat the same steps as step a. b. and c. to set dates
- e. After the adjustment is done, hold down the button for 3 seconds, the watch automatically exits the setting
- Inner circumference: 6 3/4 inch (unstretched)
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Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR) is seeking a fuel price hike of up to 15% in order to finance its investment program in the coming years that will require billions of dollars, Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported Wednesday.
The hike in fuel prices will take place from next year onward, but Petrobras is still evaluating if there should be a one-off increment in February or if the hike should be divided into two phases, with the first part in February and the other in August.
The increase in prices will hit gasoline and diesel, according to the report, which didn't say where it got its information.


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RIFT's first expansion sets sail!
As Storm Watchers will already know, today is the day that RIFT: Storm Legion arrives on our shores. Trion's first expansion for their flagship MMO features ten extra levels, two huge new continents to explore and a whole ship-load of new quests, puzzles and stories. We'll also finally be able to create our own homes, taverns, castles and whatever else we can imagine with Dimensions.
To celebrate the launch, Trion have also produced a launch trailer. Using a machinima-style approach, the video introduces Queen Miela, the Storm Dragon Crucia and the neutral city of Tempest Bay, along with several of the zones and creatures we'll encounter.
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I generally drink my coffee black. Once the kids are tucked in, though, I sometimes like to satisfy my sweet tooth with my cup of joe. Since running to Starbucks isn't an option at nighttime, I steam some milk and create my own coffee drinks at home. One of my favorites is a mocha, and the "recipe" is just three ingredients—decaf espresso, steamed milk and a teaspoon or two of chocolate ganache. For a spicy treat, add a dash of chili powder. I'll get you started with this easy recipe for homemade chocolate ganache. I think you'll agree it's the perfect sweet escape after a long day.
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makes about 2 cups
1 cup heavy cream
2/3 cup sugar
6 ounces finely chopped bittersweet chocolate
Add cream and sugar to a small pot. Bring to a simmer, but do not let it come to a boil. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until sugar has dissolved. Add chocolate to a deep heat-proof bowl. Pour hot cream mixture over chocolate and stir with a rubber spatula until combined and chocolate is melted. Transfer to a glass or BPA-free plastic container and let cool slightly before covering and storing in refrigerator. Will last for up to one month, refrigerated.


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I thought that mules were as big as horse as far as hoof size? The size of the shoe is only 3 in across and 4 in. the other way. But I'm no expert hence the question,
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LAKE PLACID - Placid Boatworks is back in business, three months after a fire gutted its building, destroying its inventory of 30 boats and all of its canoe molds.
The small canoe-making business is working out of the former Hunter Designs building off of Cascade Road in Lake Placid until its building on Station Street can be rebuilt, which likely won't be this summer. This structure was destroyed by a fire on Jan. 25. The building is owned by Placid Boatworks owner Joe Moore and his wife, Jan Wailing.
Moore said that his crew has made six 12-foot SpitFires and just finished its first 15-foot RapidFire Monday. The models are the two most popular sellers, Moore said. Both are high-end, lightweight solo boats.
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Placid Boatworks owner Joe Moore works on a new canoe recently in his shop on Cascade Road in Lake Placid.
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Prior to the fire, Placid Boatworks made five models of canoes: four solo boats and one tandem. They plan to build at least four of those models again but are working their way back, one at a time.
For the staff, it's been a busy three months as the business gets back on its feet.
Moore said he's had to work at least part of every day of the week, generally putting in 60-hour weeks. His small crew has put in similarly long hours, though they aren't working seven days a week.
"The late spring hasn't hurt us this year," Moore said. "Normally, I'd be biting my fingernails on a spring like this, but it's actually given us time to get things done and get us back in production. We're actually fortunate this year that it's a late spring."
The process of rebuilding started with reconstructing canoe molds for the boats. As part of that process, the crew needed old versions of the canoes. Moore got those by asking the public for old boats.
"We had (dozens) of people for each model offer their boat up," Moore said. "Of course, we'll built a new boat for them out of the new mold. So they'll get a brand-new boat out of the deal, so we started out with the two most popular ones, the SpitFire and RapidFire."
The crew started out by building a SpitFire mold, finishing the first boat on Easter, which fell on March 31 this year. They started making RapidFires this week.
"We're getting over the hump now; that's the nice part," Moore said. "We're actually getting to the point where we're starting to do something. And it's taken us months to get to that point, you know, where we're actually not just building the tools, where we're actually building the product."
Remarkably, Moore said he expects to be able to manufacture canoes at the same weekly pace as other years. The business makes about 100 to 125 canoes per year.
"The goal now is (three) a week right on through the rest of the year," Moore said.
Moore said that after the fire, people in the community asked him if he would consider taking the insurance money and getting out of the business. That never crossed his mind, he said.
Instead, Placid Boatworks is already back in business. The showroom with paddlesport gear is being assembled, the shop is open to the public, and Moore is taking orders.
"Everyone has been really supportive and really great about offering help," Moore said. "It's been extremely nice and gratifying to have that support. It kind of gives you the impetus on those days when you don't feel like going and doing it."


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The committee charged with picking a spot for the new City Hall wants it to remain downtown along the riverfront.
The committee charged with picking a spot for the new City Hall wants it to remain downtown along the riverfront.
With a few members missing Thursday, the 13-person committee unanimously chose the four-block City Hall/Civic Center area as the general area for a new proposed City Hall, which city leaders want to bid for construction by fall 2014.
The committee's recommendation now goes to the City Commission for final approval.
But despite having four conceptual drawings for where the new building could go along the river, the committee decided not to select an exact configuration for the new building.
Former Fargo Mayor Bruce Furness, co-chairman of the committee, said it would be unwise for the group to dictate exactly where the new City Hall should go because of the other projects in the works downtown, like a possible Fargodome-backed convention center and a floodwall on Second Street.
City leaders want a 60,000- to 70,000-square-foot building to replace the cramped and aging current City Hall. The budget is about $8 million to $12 million, which will likely include some state aid.


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Police are hunting two masked men armed with a knife and a meat cleaver who held up a Northcote Subway restaurant on Saturday night.
One of the men terrorised a customer with the meat cleaver while his accomplice demanded cash from staff.
The masked men entered the St Georges Road store just after 8pm.
One man approached a Thornbury customer, aged 42, who was eating at a table and forced him to the floor, before robbing him of his wallet and mobile phone.
His accomplice approached the staff and demanded cash at knifepoint.
The pair ran from the store and were last seen jumping over a side fence into a nearby laneway.
No one was injured.
Detectives from the Darebin Crime Investigation Unit have released CCTV footage of the robbery and are appealing for information.
Both bandits were about 177 centimetres tall. One was of muscular build with olive complexion. He was wearing a light-coloured long sleeved top and baseball cap, cargo pants and white runners. His face was covered with a black scarf.
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Man received a phone call quite early this AM. Was Mr. Bad Business Man (Mr. BBM) who does not follow RV driving rules. (HUGE LONG SIGH HERE)
He informed us that he will be writing a personal check to cover Tana's repairs. He did inquire how we found the repair shop, and asked Man if he was happy with the shop. Man replied, yes, I am pleased with the shop, as he does specialize in fiberglass repairs and proudly showed us some photos of his work including some Big Rig repairs, in with fenders duct taped in place, out like brand new.
Man asked a number of very specific questions about the work on the brakes (and bearings) done by Mr. BBM and received detailed responses. Mr. BBM was quite surprised by Man's knowledge, asking where Man learned all this. Man's response, I read forums, lots of forums. I read, I learn .
Man feels that Mr. BBM will follow through on promise to pay. I want to see the bill marked "Paid In Full". OKKKK, call me Ms. Skeptic. I earn the name. SIGH
Man feels the brakes were adjusted and repairs were done by Mr. BBM. Mr. BBM was fully informed of our hopes to run the mountains, and that our safety is of upmost concern.
So, after a good night's sleep for Moi and a not so good night's sleep for Man, and after a phone call from Mr. BBM this AM, we are focusing on all the other work and appointments that must be handled before departure.
Thanks for all the supporting messages from friends. Tana, Man and Moi appreciate it! Special mention to the MOC members, as they understand our distress so well.
*By the way, Mr. BBM did not charge us for the brake adjustments and bearings work he claims he did. Stay tuned, I may change his name from Mr. BBM yet.
Tana and Big Butt at our favorite fall camping campground near Jackson Michigan a few years ago.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tana update
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Hooooray, hooooray and hooooray. You get the idea but so jealous of Nov 9th.
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In episode eight of New York Originals, Jamie visits PJ Clarke's, the bar where "One for My Baby" was written, and the Park Slope ballroom where Al Capone was nicknamed "Scarface." Jamie heads to East Tremont to visit one of the few independently owned sporting goods stores left in the City. Also on the menu are visits to a classic Jewish Steakhouse on the Lower East Side and Holtermann's Bakery, opened and family-owned since 1878.
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I'd never thought about having three children. You tend not to when you become a mother after a certain age, well aware how lucky you are to be having a baby at all.
But seconds after my second baby was born, I felt an overwhelming urge to do it all again. "See you back here in 18 months," the midwife joked as she handed me our minutes-old son for the first time, his wrinkled feet curled to meet his nose, his eyes blinking up at me.
"That would be nice," I found myself saying, speaking from the heart, as you do when you've recently emerged from an inhibition-free primal experience like childbirth.
The maternal inklings which rose up in that euphoric postpartum moment could easily be explained away by new-baby bliss, complete delirium and a rapid natural injection of oxytocin, which can make a woman partial to sentimentality over rationality. But, far from losing steam in the ensuing months of all-night feeding vigils and giving my all to two little boys born 19 months apart, the urge to be a mother again has only intensified. The problem is, in my case at least, it takes two. And my other half, utterly devoted as he is to our two little boys - and largely because of that - would prefer to leave it at that.
And so I pine for an unconceived baby, clinging to every moment with my existing two more than I probably should, conscious that this will, in all likelihood, be the last hurrah. Instead of celebrating when our three-year-old names colours, or the baby holds a cup in his own chunky hands, I ache. "Not too fast, my darlings. You have all the time in the world!" God help me when they start to spell.
It's selfish, I know. What about all the women who can't have babies at all, or can't have any more for a litany of reasons and circumstances? And here am I losing sleep over stopping at two. But is it not just as selfish to deliberately ward off a pregnancy just because you don't feel like it? To not bring another baby into the world when you theoretically could, because one or the other of you thinks it will be a hassle?
We could always flip a coin, like one friend did. She had three children and yearned for a fourth, so she suggested it to her husband, who was adamant they weren't having any more. "I couldn't let it go," she says. "I felt like I was being selfish. I've got three healthy kids. Why do I want more?"
She lost the toss, but got the baby.
"I decided not to nagm but I couldn't help myself. He finally agreed, saying, 'I think we need a fourth child because you want it so much more than I don't want it.' You can't underrate nagging." Or bribery, like the woman who traded her husband a surfing trip with the boys in return for a third child.
Another friend - whose husband refused more IVF after their twins were born - conceived their third baby naturally. Their "happy accident", they call her.
They say most women have one less child than they would like. But while it might be an irrepressible biological pull for some women to keep breeding regardless of the sense of it, they're not always the ones driving it. As we're usually left to do the heavy lifting of parenthood, with etched memories of cracked nipples and life-sucking exhaustion, women are often quite happy to keep a lid on the offspring. It can be their pie-in-the-sky men trying to convince them otherwise.
"Picture this," a friend's husband said to her when she decided she was done after one baby. "We're at the beach and the kids are playing together and we'll have our life back. It'll only be hard at the start." Having conceived at 44 through IVF, she lacked the energy to go again. "The thought of getting up four times a night, and with a toddler during the day - at my age, it's too much," she said. After her husband promised to help with night feeds, they agreed to implant another of their frozen embryos, and their second baby is due any day. "I'm still freaking out about it," she admits. "It feels like going back to the beginning again."
Oh, to go back to the beginning again. The drudge and utter exhaustion are the most minuscule trade-offs for the life-altering moments of new motherhood. Sneaking into their rooms at night to watch them sleep. Crawling along the floor in a tiger suit (me, not them), their wonderment and positivity infectious. I can't bear the thought that this will be the last time I ever breastfeed, to never again experience the breathtaking awe of looking into my new babies' eyes. They have given me the most significant moments of my life.
I haven't chucked out the baby clothes and the baby bath is only out on loan. I don't expect I'll need them. But to hang on might soften the blow. It's not as if we would regret having more children. Does anyone ever? But there's always a risk we might regret not.


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IRVING, Texas - East Carolina junior punter Trent Tignor and redshirt freshman outside linebacker Montese Overton have earned Conference USA Player-of-the-Week honors after helping the Pirates to a 24-14 league road victory at Southern Miss Saturday. The honor marks the second and third for an ECU player in 2012 as inside linebacker Jeremy Grove was cited Sept. 3 for his play against Appalachian State in the season opener.
Overton keyed a Pirate defense in his first collegiate start with team-bests in tackles (10), solo stops (4) and TFLs (2.5), while also adding a pivotal 16-yard fumble return for a touchdown. He posted four first-half tackles before adding six in the second stanza to help limit the Golden Eagles to -4 rushing yards in the final 30 minutes of play. Overton picked up inside linebacker Kyle Tudor's strip of USM quarterback Anthony Alford at the 16-yard line and sprinted into the endzone to cap ECU's 21-point third quarter scoring effort.
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As you can see, the fans were chomping at the bit to get in the stadium for the possible series clinching game 2 from Jim Patterson Saturday night versus the Kennesaw State Owls. We set the record last night with 5,351 people in attendance in what was one of the more raucous games I have ever been to. What more could we do? How bout putting another 656 people in the house! The CardNation broke the long-standing attendance record, ha, and were even rowdier tonight with a total of 6,007! I wanted to put together a post with some pictures and include the last minutes of the game plus the dog-pile celebration as the Cards win the game 7-4 and win the Louisville Super Regional and advance to the College World Series. I hope you enjoy!


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The site [awmproxy.net] is real, and amusing.
It's hosted by Leaseweb. It uses Google Analytics, with Google ID 'UA-3816538-24'.
I wonder if you can specify the IP address range of the "proxies" you'd want.
First off, to see if any machines that you're responsible for have been cracked.
Secondly, penetration tests. Why bother with SQL injections and such if you can just rent half a dozen pre-cracked boxen there.
Publish some leaked secrets and get your accounts repeatedly frozen. Blatantly engage in electronic fraud, computer intrusion and spamming, and bill for these services via credit card with impunity.
Idiot. There's no conspiracy here. Wikileaks got the attention of the press and authorities very quickly. This rent-a-bot site is just now making news, and when the payment processors get word of it, they will cut off business.
CAPTCHA: Stoned. You must be smoking something...
> when the payment processors get word of it, they will cut off business.
Huh? Call up a credit card company and tell them they are allowing people to rent botnets by using said credit card. They will have no idea wtf you are talking about, and they certainly wouldn't care. It will take courts/governments to get them to stop accepting the charges for these services. And even then it its a one-off thing. Credit card companies don't have a toggle button that turns off CC payments that go to botnet managers.
call up a credit card company and talk to one of the call centre folks on the ground about cyber security... yeah, good luck with that.
if you were to ask to speak to a manager, saying that their services are being used by criminal gangs to commit fraud and money laundering, you'll get a bit further.
or better yet if you introduce your self as Special Agent Mug Funky (or whatever your DL says) and state that you are currently investigating a possible crime then maybe you might get some action (and if you are actually SA Funky it might be legal to do so
Interestingly, AWMproxy says it accepts payment via PayPal, MasterCard, and Visa.
Do they accept payment in bitcoin and is the botnet big enough to mine more BTC/hr than the rental cost in BTC/hr? Hmm.
is the rental cost below ~15 cents per hour? probably not.
yeah, it comes down to whether these trailer parkers with 0wned boxes have serious GPUs. the answer to that is no, and if they did i'm sure the "owners" would be mining the btc themselves.
No, and obviously not since you can only use the machines as a proxy.
No, and obviously not since you can only use the machines as a proxy.
Ah, I misread, I thought the proxy site was purchasing botnet time for resale as proxies.
If you don't love the free market, why don't you go back to Russia, you Commie!
Ah... oh..... I see.
So people who don't like corruption and injustice should move somewhere it's even worse or they should just stfu and love the garbage they're steeped in, right?
So can you rent the botnet, and run a program that disinfects the botnet systems? Seems like that'd be a nice bit of white-hattery...
So can you rent the botnet, and run a program that disinfects the botnet systems?
No, it'd probably just disinfect the inside of the virtual machine that the botnet has installed. Or at least that's how it'd be if the botnet is as professional as Amazon's EC2 botnet [amazon.com].
I like his idea though. If you can't clean the infected machine, at least install an additional program that warns the user they've been infected with a nasty virus. At least enough to catch the attention of the IT dept or home user. Not that I've ever used a botnet before, but are we sure they're virtualizing to the point of total OS abstraction?
They don't have to virtualize at all. Proxy != VM
Some vulnerability in their software could theoretically be used to execute arbitrary code on the host to clean the machine, and yes, that would be neat. It would be hard to compete with the other botnet software trying to do the same, however.
Also, I bet they would double-charge your Visa. Or worse.
Maybe Wikileaks should have been a botnet.
Yeah you can buy whatever you want with MC/Visa: nazi/white supremacist paraphernalia, a donation to the KKK, some botnet time, whatever, just don't try to donate to Wikileaks or buy anything of questionable copyright status!
Donating to white supremacist causes is covered by the first amendment.
It's not actually illegal to be an asshole. Sure, a KKK member legally can't turn down a black man's job application based on his race, but he's within his rights to feel that the law should be changed to allow him to do so. This same right protects a lot of good stuff as well.
Buying botnet time is probably illegal. Buying pirated goods is illegal. Donating to Wikileaks shouldn't be illegal, but the government probably considers them a 'terrorist group' or something, and donating money to terrorist groups is certainly illegal. Buying cigarettes overseas and not paying tariffs on them is illegal (oops!). You can do tons of illegal stuff with your Visa or Mastercard - sometimes you get caught, and sometimes you don't.
And how, exactly, is the KKK not a terrorist organization? They've actually been known to -- get this -- terrorize black people. They've bombed houses and churches, lynched people, and burned crosses in people's yards to scare them.
From a legal standpoint, a terrorist organization is not a group that terrorizes people.
A terrorist organization is a group of people the government has chosen to put on the list of terrorist organizations.
Now, don't get me wrong - I have no love for the KKK - but it's been quite a while since they went around lynching people and bombing churches and whatnot. If they started it up again, they'd be put on the list.
And who cares for that "legal standpoint"? Which actually is just a deliberate euphemism for "standpoint of those in power", and completely unrelated to the standpoint of those among us, who still have their own opinions. (99.99% don't.)
Yes, since it's by "those in power" one has to act like one cares, until one can stab them in the back. But nobody who can still be considered an individual actually does.
Wow, incoherent much?
I can't tell what your post has to do with my comment. You seem to be advocating some sort of vigilante action, but I can't tell if you're wanting to stab politicians or KKK members.
I'd be more worried about someone using to crack open systems for credit cards and bank account info, personally.
I'd think that if they're taking payment via credit card then they damned well should be traceable by some means.
Because we all know that no one would think to use anonymous prepaid cards [panamalaw.org] to pay for such services.
Can you distribute virtual machines across a bot network?
I wonder if you could rent a botnet to attack other botnets?
Botnet rental: $3.
DDoS'ing your credit card company: Priceless.
There's some things money can't buy.
If you cut off the payments then the blackhats will have to find something else to make their evil millions.
Of course, the problem is that PayPal, Visa, Mastercard and others like their revenue stream too much, they like their 1% cut of the spammer's ill gotten gains. They won't stop while any cash cow that can still be milked.
If I was Bill Gates and serious about taking down this monster, I would use a lot of cash to keep it fully rented for a month, and within that month send out specially crafted ads, that can be traced back to its originating IP, this way we can find out exactly who is infected with this IP address. This IP address person can be contacted through their ISP and let it be known they are part of a botnet, and allow them to download a free tool from MS to clean up their machines, of course...there would be resist
Ahhh...but the ninjas would never sneak in,
the computer, and proceed to hunt down all family members so this sort of ignorance would never happen again....
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Don't know anything about DMAE research, but I do know that anecdotal, self-reported feelings of "overall well being" are always suspect in terms of sorting-out placebo effect versus actual benefit.
I really have 5 cats. And my hair is very thin, so it rarely obstructs my vision...
Hi and welcome fellow heathen Stephan :)
We have something in commen, I also am interested in the neurosciences.
So much can be understood by studying how the human brain works.
Suddenly, lots of seemingly magical and mystical things make perfect sense :)
Do you read Dan Dennett? He is my favorite writter, thinker. Dan is the man :)
Philosphy without science backing is to me, not of much value other than being intellectualy
stimulating. Dan is both a scientist and philosopher :)
Look forward to seeing you around in the forums, you sound like an interesting guy :)
Indeed understanding the human mind can explain why we believe things we believe. I haven't read The God Gene yet, but I am reading The Invisible Gorilla right now. It doesn't deal with faith in particular, but the cognitive issues they discuss are relevant.
I have read Daniel Dennett (but not Breaking The Spell). His work is interesting.
Did you read Dennett's "Consciousness Explained"?
His ideas in that book blew me away. It was one of the most intellectually stimulating
books I have ever read!
Since you are into mind and consciousness, this is one I would think is already in your library :)
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Shakespeare once said, "If music be the food of love, play on." But what if this "food of love" risks the player's life? This is case for the young musicians who make up the Jafraa orchestra at the Palestinian returnees camp in Homs, Syria.
Led by music teacher and children's coach Amer Shanati, the band counts 45 to 55 children from ages seven to 17 years. Though music is often described as the language of the world, it pays a heavy price in war-torn Syria to survive. Most of their "relatively expensive" instruments are either borrowed or donated due to the poverty of the residents of the camp. Their music is a welcome distraction from the noise of bombardment and fighting that takes place outside besieged Homs.
Jafraa is 100 per cent dependent on social media to broadcast their performances as Syria lacks any kind of public musical activities since the government prohibited musical productions at the provincial and state levels. Shanati mainly uses Jafraa.Music [2] on YouTube and Jafraa.homs [3] on Facebook to post the band's work and to show the world that beyond the horror in Syria, there are still talented people who deserve not to be forgotten in the chaos.
In the few emails that I exchanged with Shanati, he expressed his enthusiasm and pride for Jafraa, which performs "committed art", a term that in Syria means the music of classic singers and musicians who enriched the Arab world's musical culture for generations, like Mohamed Abdel Wahab [4], Fairuz [5], Umm Kulthum [6], and Wadih El Safi [7], among many others. These young players are making magnificent efforts to underscore their talent by playing the 1969 classic song by Um Kulthum "Alf Leila wa Leila" (One Thousand and One Nights):
Shanati introduces the band on Facebook page [3] as follows [ar]:
فرقة_جفرا_للفن_الملتزم فرقة موسيقية غير تابعة أو مموّلة من أي جهة حكومية أو مؤسسة من مؤسسات المجتمع المدني أو جمعية
أو مشروع على اختلاف انتماءاتهم..
فرقة جفرا أُسّستْ منذ عام 2007 بجهودٍ ذاتية متواضعة لتغني اللحن والفن الأصيل
تتألف من مجموعة كبيرة من الأطفال و الشباب يقوم الأستاذ "عـــــامر شناتي" بتدريبهم في غرفة صغيرة في مخيم العائدين/حمص/سوريا.
ولكل من هؤلاء الأطفال حلمه في الحياة العملية سيجتهد ويدرس لتحقيقه , ولكن ستبقى جفرا هي ركنهم الدافئ والخاص يحلقّون مـن خلاله في فضاء اللحن الأصيل والكلمة الملتزمة لينثروا عبرهما معاني الحب والسلام والجمال لكل من حولهم ..
وعليه تقبل فرقة جفرا للفن الملتزم فقط تبرعات و إحياء حفلات برعاية أشخاص أو مؤسسات لغايات إنسانية و ثقافية أخلاقية بحته
دون أي شــــــــروط تُفرض على الفرقة …
The Jafraa band of "committed art" is an orchestra which is not affiliated nor funded by any party, civil community institution, association or any other project.
The Jafraa band was established in 2007 with modest intentions to perform melodies and original art. It consists of a large group of children and young people led by Amer Shanati, a music teacher who trains them in a small room in the returnees camp in Homs, Syria.
Each of these children has a dream for his future; however, Jafraa will remain their warm and private corner from which they fly into space, with melody and committed music to spread the meaning of love, peace and beauty around them.
The Jafraa band accepts only donations and concerts sponsored by people or institutions for humanitarian and cultural purposes, purely without any conditions imposed on the band.
The band takes its name from a famous poem about a pretty young Palestinian girl named Jafraa [9] (or Jafra) who captured a poet's heart. Despite uncertainty around the story, generations considered Jafraa an icon of beauty and love in the Palestinian culture from which Shanati and many of his little heroes are descended.
Answering a few questions about how Jafraa is operating, Shanati responded modestly:
I use social media to ease the delivery of the voice of children to the world where is no media coverage exist in our neighborhood. Our followers reactions are significant, give us hope and we feel happy to know that they are waiting every new video we upload.
Nevertheless financial aid is very tiny, but it is important, even though I know the reason of material lack and extreme poverty. We are still looking for more funds so that we can own our musical and audio equipment and become more independent with a spacious room to accommodate a larger number of children. We are suffering from the slow Internet connections and power outages which complicate our communications and hamper our future plans; however, we aim to continue despite the difficulties.
Our work is a message to show that we insist on living our lives, although it seems impossible, and despite the restricted potential for growth we need to show to the world our talents to help us grow instead of being defeated.
I dream of developing this band to a higher level of fine musicians and of finding more talent to help the children overcome the recent crisis that has affected them psychologically.
Back to Shakespeare's quote: "If music be the food of love, play on / Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting / The appetite may sicken, and so die."
It's doubtful that he was talking about physical death. I wish all talent of the world better circumstances than those of the little Syrians in the Jafraa band, who give hope, a tiny light at the end of Syria's dark bloody tunnel.


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late 14c., from Old French bargaignier (12c., Modern French barguigner) "to haggle over the price," perhaps from Frankish *borganjan "to lend" or some other Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *borgan (cf. Old High German borgen; Old English borgian, source of borrow). Another suggestion is that the French word comes from Late Latin barca "a barge," because it "carries goods to and fro." There are difficulties with both suggestions. Related: Bargained; bargaining.
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In an effort to alleviate the devastating effects of smoking and comply with the law, the Fremont Police Department implemented a comprehensive program enforcing tobacco control laws in the city with help from an enforcement grant from the Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control Section.On April 16, 2011; May 1, 2011; June 4, 2011; and June 11, 2011, officers from the Fremont Police Department conducted additional Youth Decoy Operations. A total of (226) purchase attempts were made on these dates. There were (15) incidents in which merchants illegally sold cigarettes to minors, ages 15 to 17. The officers witnessing these transactions issued citations in all (15) cases. The overall sales rate of selling tobacco products to a minor was 6.6%. The sale of tobacco products to a minor (under 18) is a misdemeanor, which carries a penalty up to a $1000 fine, depending on prior offenses.Officers of the Fremont Police Department will continue to conduct these activities. For more information or to report a violation, please contact Sergeant Mark Dang at (510) 790-6800, ext 11134, or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Corinne's fifth blog of her visits to Dr. Peterson is her most comprehensive yet. First, an improving Corinne gives a summary of her work to date with Dr. P, then we get a blow by blow of her visit, and lastly the 'Queen of Questions' hits up Dr. Peterson with her long list of questions, and as always, he responds.
Let me begin with a summary of my first four visits with Dr. P.
June 2009: I traveled by RV (my husband drove) because I was partially bedridden and wanted to "stop and smell the roses" along the way. This visit was stretched out over ten days and quite intensive, involving numerous tests including a lumbar puncture, MRI, Spect Scan, exercise stress test, 24-hour HR/BP monitor and multiple lab work.… Read More


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The Mets' romp of the Dodgers on Sunday afternoon had a defensive highlight in addition to the offensive fireworks put on by New York – a sixth inning triple play that snuffed out a potential Dodgers rally.
Matt Kemp hit a grounder to Eric Campbell at third, who threw to second baseman Daniel Murphy to force out Adrian Gonzalez, who fired the ball over to Lucas Duda at first to force out Kemp. Duda then threw home to Travis d'Arnaud, who proceeded to tag out an aggressive Yasiel Puig to complete the 5-4-3-2 triple play and end the Dodgers' threat.


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Traffic barrier caps 2011
April 10th: the caps are installed! They are on 9th Street SW between 5th and 6th Avenues, next to the light rail transit tracks. Many thanks to all the participants and my crew, The Happy Hookers! We had 19 participants and 39 caps. By Wednesday, April 13th there were only 10 caps left, and by Sunday the 17th they were all gone…
See the story on the Calgary Herald's fashion blog!! aFASHIONado cap story
We're also on Yarnbombing, my mentors' site. Thanks!
See also local artist Angela Inglis's art pick of the week!
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Aw! Wish I could be there to see them up close!
Damn, wish that happened when I worked right on the ground level there! Looks awesome.
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They look amazing……………….wish I could see them all. Brilliant work ………You did us proud.
I am so proud to be a knitter of one of the caps, red, white and bleu and a orange pompom on top.
It looks very nice.
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AWESOME!!! they look great.
Went by there this morning on the train and it appears that they are all gone. Maybe I wasn't looking in the right spot, but didn't see any of them. They were there last week.
Yes, unfortunately they didn't last very long…oh well! I was thinking of doing the project again next year….
[…] industrious, anonymous stitchers include the Calgary Art Bomber and the Happy Hookers, who recently covered a row of traffic barriers with warm caps, and a group of German guerrilla knitters who covered the cold metal bars of a Berlin subway train […]
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[…] I present to you: Calgary Art Bomber's Traffic Barrier Caps 2011 […]
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When one thinks about how much credit and blame we give to voters for what goes on in this country, it's sobering to sometimes compare what Americans believe with our political reality.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll taken last year showed that 75 percent of Americans think there is too much money in politics. An almost identical number of them think that the amount of money in elections gives wealthy Americans more influence over politicians.
The numbers included the overwhelming majority of Democrats (8 out of 10), the overwhelming majority of Republicans (7 out of 10), and the overwhelming majority of independents (8 out of 10.)
In addition, non-buyers beware: Two-thirds of those polled think that politicians change their positions to appeal to or reward their donors. Only one-third thought that the money just flowed to the candidate who already agreed with the donors.
Who's that working for? In a USA Today poll this year, more than three of four Americans say the way Washington works is causing serious harm to the country.
These feelings about money and Washington aren't the result of toxic blend of attack ads during the first presidential election since the Citizens United decision in the U.S. Supreme Court. That decision opened the floodgates to negative attack ads funded by big-money interests. But similar polls found similar results in the years leading up to it.
So what gives? If the voting public feels so strongly about something, wouldn't the representatives they select reform the system?
No. They don't and they won't.
Consider: The most powerful person to speak out against the Citizens United decision was the President of the United States. Organizing for Action (OFA) -- the nonprofit off-shoot of the Obama campaign -- is precisely the type of "dark money" group derided by foes of the Supreme Court ruling. It says it will voluntarily disclose donors -- all of them? Just the major ones? Just the major ones who consent? The fox is watching the henhouse.
Former Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps has joined with Common Cause, a progressive group that is concerned with media consolidation and money in politics. Copps stopped by the Camera this week to talk about, among other things, a tool he thinks the government already has to give the majority of the American people what they want.
The FCC requires "true identity" disclosure of all advertisers, political as well as commercial.
"You could name the PAC 'Citizens for Amber Waves of Grain' but you have no clue what that means. It could be a chemical company that's refusing to clean up its toxic dump," he said.
The Communications Act already names the "true identity" rule. The law says citizens have a right to know who is saying what. All the FCC has to do is enforce it.
-- Erika Stutzman, for
the Camera editorial board


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Carlos Slim topped the list, with an estimated net-worth of $73 billion.Last week, Forbes came out with its annual list of the world's wealthiest people. And, once again,
So how did Slim get all of that money? He got it by controlling the majority of Mexico's telecom industry.
Slim purchased Telmex, Mexico's state telecoms company before it was privatized, in 1990. Since then, he's continued to grow his Latin American telecom monopoly. This is thanks largely in part to his abundant connections with political officials in Mexico, who have let Slim put a stranglehold on the Mexican telecom industry without asking any questions.
However, it looks like Slim's vast wealth could soon be taking a hit.
Yesterday, the Mexican government announced a sweeping new proposal to crack down on the telecom monopolies and tycoons like Carlos Slim.
The bill, which is part of Mexico's most ambitious economic reform package in a generation, would establish a telecom industry regulator, with a wide array of powers to curb companies' control of markets, while opening more room for competition in the marketplace.
Thanks to Slim's Mexican telecom monopoly, competition in that marketplace has been killed, driving up the prices for Mexican consumers. America Movil, Slim's pan-American telecom provider, controls nearly 70 percent of the cellphone market in Mexico.
Under the new proposal, the regulating body of the telecom industry could classify any company with more than 50 per cent of the market share as "dominant". "Dominant" companies would then be subject to a variety of sanctions, including fines, pricing regulations and forced asset sales.
But why is this happening now? Why have lawmakers in Mexico finally decided to chip away at Carlos Slim's empire?
It's because they've realized that Libertarian capitalism, left unchecked, inevitably leads to monopoly. Slim's telecom takeover was left unchecked, and he ended up gaining a virtual monopoly in the industry, at the expense of the Mexican people.
Unfortunately, here in the U.S., we've allowed our telecom industry to turn into a virtual duopoly, with AT&T and Verizon having a stranglehold on the market.
As a result, Americans are being squeezed dry when it comes to their cell phone plans.
With AT&T, a cellphone plan with unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and 5GB of data costs about $140. On Verizon, a similar plan would run you around $130 per month.
Meanwhile, across the pond in Europe, lawmakers and citizens caught on to the monopolistic tendencies of the telecom industry, and enforced the European version of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
As a result, there is plenty of competition in the cellular market in Europe, which means lower costs for the consumer.
In the United Kingdom, a plan comparable to the AT&T and Verizon plans that cost well over $100 is just under $70 per month on Orange, one of Europe's larger cellphone carriers. And, even if you were to increase the amount of data in your plan on Orange, you would still being paying less than on AT&T or Verizon. And on continental Europe, the cost could be as low as $20 a month.
As of 2009, American cell phone customers paid, on average, $635 per year for service. Compare that to an unbelievable $131 per year in the Netherlands and Finland, and $137 per year in Sweden.
In France, the average citizen pays about $33 per month, for what the New York Times described as, "Internet service twice as fast as what you get on Verizon or Comcast, bundled with digital high-definition television, unlimited long distance and international calling to 70 countries and wireless Internet connectivity for your laptop or smartphone throughout most of the country."
So, Europe caught on to monopolies in the telecom industry and did something about it. And now Mexico is trying to do the same thing, to help ensure more competition in the marketplace and lower prices for consumers.
Isn't it about time that we did the same thing? I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of paying hundreds of dollars for cell phone service, when dozens of nations throughout the developed world are paying far less.
In an effort spearheaded by Richard Nixon, we used the Sherman Act to break up AT&T's Bell System into seven different companies, known as the "Baby Bells".
This left the market open for new players to jump in offering new services and new prices. AT&T was broken up, and in the end, it was good to all the investors involved. In fact, the value of AT&T and all its former subsidiaries tripled after the break-up.
Unfortunately, Ronald Reagan functionally stopped enforcing the Sherman Act, monopolies and oligopolies began to return with the "M&A Mania" of the 1980s, and the "Baby Bells" that had been successfully broken up began merging together yet again, forming bigger and bigger telecom companies.
If we were to give the telecom and internet oligopolies the same treatment today that Richard Nixon gave AT&T in the 1970's, then maybe we Americans could enjoy the same super-fast internet speeds and super-cheap rates that most of the rest of the developed world enjoys.
It's time to break up the telecom industry once again, and this time, make sure it sticks.


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The Associated Press
Apr. 14, 2013
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Prince Fielder homered for the second straight game, Torii Hunter hit his first clout since joining Detroit to help back Justin Verlander and the Tigers snapped the Oakland Athletics' nine-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory Saturday.
Jhonny Peralta followed Fielder's leadoff shot in the fourth with a three-run homer.
A's nemesis Verlander (2-1) outpitched Oakland lefty Brett Anderson before a sellout crowd.
Verlander struck out six and walked three in six innings, allowing one run and three hits.
Anderson (1-2) allowed three home runs to match a career high. He was tagged for seven runs on eight hits in 5 2-3 innings, struck out two and walked three.
NEW YORK (AP) — Nolan Reimold, Ryan Flaherty and Nick Markakis hit solo home runs, and Baltimore stopped the Yankees' four-game winning string.
Nate McLouth doubled twice, singled and made a nifty catch in left field to back Jason Hammel (2-1).
Orioles reliever Brian Matusz, Darren O'Day and Jim Johnson each pitched a scoreless inning. Johnson closed for his fifth save, shutting down a team that tagged him in last year's AL playoffs.
Travis Hafner and Vernon Wells hit solo homers for the Yankees. Phil Hughes (0-2) was booed off the mound after giving up three long drives in three-plus innings.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Mark Reynolds hit a grand slam in a big fifth inning and Zach McAllister pitched into the seventh, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 9-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.
Reynolds had an RBI single to give Cleveland a 3-2 lead in the third inning. He connected off White Sox ace Chris Sale in a six-run fifth and tied a career high with five RBIs.
The loss was Chicago's fifth straight, all on the road. The White Sox are 0-5 away from home for the first time since 1972.
McAllister (1-1) allowed three runs in 6 1-3 innings and retired 16 of 17 at one point.
Nick Swisher hit his first homer with Cleveland.
Sale (1-1) gave up Swisher's home run in the first and allowed a career-high eight runs in 4 1-3 innings.
BOSTON (AP) — Shane Victorino had a well-placed RBI single into a five-man infield in the 10th inning that lifted the Red Sox to a win over Tampa Bay.
David Ross had a solo homer for Boston, which snapped a two-game losing streak.
Junichi Tazawa (2-0) pitched one inning for the win.
The Rays went 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position.
Jacoby Ellsbury singled with one out off Brandon Gomes (0-1), stole second and advanced on catcher Jose Lobaton's throwing error. Victorino then hit a hard grounder into the unusual infield configuration that second baseman Ben Zobrist made a diving stop on to his right, but was unable to make a throw home.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — After finding out Jose Reyes likely will be sidelined until the All-Star break, Toronto got its first win from R.A. Dickey.
The NL Cy Young Award winner allowed one run and five hits in 6 1-3 innings, and Jose Bautista backed him with a two-run homer.
James Shields (1-2) was a hard-luck loser for the Royals, pitching a two-hitter with six strikeouts and three walks.
Acquired from the New York Mets after going 20-6 last season, Dickey was 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA in his first two starts for Toronto. Against the Royals, the knuckleballer struck out four, walked two and hit a batter, throwing 64 of 100 pitches for strikes.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Albert Pujols hit a two-run double off Jose Veras with two outs in the ninth inning, Josh Hamilton hit his first home run for Los Angeles and the Angels stopped a five-game losing streak.
Jose Veras (0-1) came on in the ninth to protect a 4-3 lead for Lucas Harrell and walked No. 9 hitter Luis Jimenez with one out. J.B. Shuck flied out, Mike Trout reached on a two-out infield single to the left side and Pujols followed with a drive inside third base and down the left-field line, giving the Angels their first win in five home games this season.
Left-hander Michael Roth (1-0), promoted earlier in the day from Double-A Arkansas, pitched two perfect innings with four strikeouts to win in his major league debut.
Hamilton had gone 10 games and 37 at-bats without a home run.
SEATTLE (AP) — Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre each hit two-out, RBI singles in the eighth inning to lift Texas over Seattle.
Joe Ortiz (2-0) pitched two innings for his second win in three days. Joe Nathan pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save in four chances.
Jason Bay had two hits and an RBI for the Mariners, who have lost four of five.
Mariners starter Joe Saunders remained unbeaten at Safeco Field with a no-decision despite a strong performance, allowing an unearned run on three hits in seven innings.
Carter Capps (0-1) walked Craig Gentry to lead off the eighth and then got two outs before Andrus broke the 1-all tie with his hit to right. Andrus then stole second and kept going to third when Capps' pitch went to the backstop, and scored on Beltre's single.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Harvey didn't allow a hit until Justin Morneau homered off the right-field foul pole with two outs in the seventh inning and led the Mets over the Twins.
Harvey (3-0) pitched past the seventh for the first time in 13 career major league starts, allowing one run and two hits in eight innings with six strikeouts and two walks.
Before Morneau's homer — his first this season — Minnesota's only hard-hit ball came on Eduardo Escobar's lineout to first base in the third.
Making his first start since elbow surgery in December, Twins starter Scott Diamond (0-1) allowed all four runs and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings.
New York scored all its run in the fifth, when the Mets got seven straight hits for the first time since Aug. 1, 2001, at Houston. Marlon Byrd led off the inning with a 414-foot home run that landed in the second deck.


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Sunday, December 05, 2010
Cincinnati Bearcat Mascot Arrested for Throwing Snowballs
The Cincinnati Bearcats mascot was arrested Saturday for disorderly conduct after he refused to stop throwing snowballs at the crowd.
As you'll see in the video below, the dude in the suit (identified as Robert Garfield) began chucking snowballs at folks in the stands during Cinci's loss to Pitt. When an officer asked him to stop, Bearcat guy got pissed and shoved the officer, causing them both to fall to the ground. He was then arrested and a "back-up mascot guy" replaced him in the second half.
No word yet if Bearcat will take on the Bobcat in UFC: 985.
6 comments:
- Jeff said...
this. is. awesome.
- December 05, 2010 12:10 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
remember how i keep worrying about the oldest at college ending up on youtube???
well, she's good friends w/ this guy, hangs out w/ him at games, etc. she forwarded the links to the vids before the game was over. fortunately, she didn't end up in any of the vids, but only by accident.
though, i suppose, if she WAS going to end up in a youtube, this one would have been more tolerable than some of the other possibilites.
rumor has it his sentence will involve community service- shoveling snow?
- December 05, 2010 1:34 PM
- srudoff said...
i thought cincy was ohio's bcs team?
wasn't that their slogan recently?
- December 05, 2010 5:06 PM
- Andy said...
The best part is the SiC's daughter in the background.... "you guys should stop recording that, it really isn't funny...."
- December 05, 2010 5:53 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
You guys are playing Miss.State in the Gator Bowl. Should be a good test.
- December 05, 2010 6:51 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
does sound like her
- December 05, 2010 7:27 PM


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doesn't really matter to me. i certainly wouldn't want to be sucking on a dick that's going to unhinge my jaws or have one up my ass that is going to rupture my insides.
doesn't really matter to me. i certainly wouldn't want to be sucking on a dick that's going to unhinge my jaws or have one up my ass that is going to rupture my insides.
Big dicks are nice to look at, but that's about it for me. Yes, my ex was very large and it was uncomfrotable giving head and I would NOT take that monster up my butt, so I do prefer very average in size.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
I look at penis size like I look at his income: all things being equal, the bigger the better.
People tend to read that wrong, though. They think that makes me a size queen, or a gold digger. Neither, actually. That "all things being equal" part is essential. I'm not going to ditch a great guy to get with some random guy with a larger dick or salary than his. Just that if I had power over time and space, and I could make his dick (or salary) larger without changing anything else, I would. But those are both low-priority things in the grand scheme. I'd rather have a small-dicked, low-salaried guy with a great sense of humor that I clicked with than a well-hung, independently wealthy dickweed.
It's all internet/porn hype and in reality the average size dick you can hope for is 6 inches. PERIOD. Anyone who claims they have been with lot of guys over 8 inches is a LIAR. And at the end of the day the size is unimportant because there are so many other things needed for good sex let alone an ltr. Dick size just doesn't add up.
This may be a litle bit off subject but I remember reading in one of the Health threads that after an operation or major trauma, the size of your penis looks and feels smaller than it was before. Anyone remember anything like that? I have tried the search with negative results.
Harke's not here, so I'll just speak for him. "There are two types of gay men - size queens and liars."
I prefer guys to dicks
^Another kicking English grammar post
The size matters zilch... Knowing how to you use it for pleasure matters the most.
Cumming from someone that knows.
One friend on here once taught me that, "big dicks are for big assholes." I just got that.
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favour."
I don't think dick sizes actually matter to me. The personality and face matters to me more than his body parts.
It really doesn't bother me at all. In fact, the only bad sex I've ever had is with guys who were too hung up on their size insecurities to enjoy themselves.
I don't know about other guys, but to me a smaller dick can feel just as good as a big one.
I guess unless you're so loose it's like throwing a sausage down a hallway...
i'm a top , and i like guys with smaller dicks.
hot, cute jock with a small cock is a turn on for me.
come now, my child. if we were planning to harm you, do you think
we'd be lurking here beside the path in the darkest part of the forest?
^ no centipedes, no yeasts proof rejected.
come now, my child. if we were planning to harm you, do you think
we'd be lurking here beside the path in the darkest part of the forest?
If I were with someone who cared about the size of his dick, he'd better be mighty impressed with himself.
I want it to be average or slightly over.
Really small or really big ruins it for me. Sorry but that's just the way it is. Grid is more important than length.
Nothing wrong with having a preference.
You don't need to have sex to have children.
I prefer a guy with a cock that's average to a bit shorter. IME bigger cocks don't get very rigid, they just expand a bit and remain plump and pliable......I'll pass. Now a guy with a smaller cock gets so hard he can chip a tooth...........that's what I'm talkin' 'bout
Well, there's two reasons that doesn't apply to me. And SFW? I'm sure she'd rather have a guy with a five-incher that took the time to bring her off over a guy with a seven-incher who didn't give a rat's ass.
Then doubly blessed, I guess. But if she was in a relationship with a five-incher who was caring, I sincerely doubt she'd dump him to go find a nine-incher who was caring. I've found that most people don't expect perfection in their mates. They look for someone they can mesh with, and if they do that well, they're usually just fine with whatever they come with. And if that means backne, or a weird laugh, or an obsession for building model ships, or a less-than-impressive manhood, they usually accept that as part of the entire package.
I've never really given it a huge amount of thought. I prefer them smaller, always have done.


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Facing lawsuits, resignations, and a massive stock hit, Zynga has reportedly laid off roughly 100 employees from its studio in Austin, TX, with similar downsizing possible for its Chicago and Boston offices. According to reports, employees were dismissed this afternoon and given two hours to leave the premises.
Ars Technica reports that even if it shrinks or closes those three offices, though, it would still retain 16 working offices in locations like San Fransisco, Seattle, Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan. The 100-personnel figure comes from a tweet from San Francisco designer Justin Maxwell. The reports of layoffs in Boston and Chicago come from unconfirmed word from Gamasutra.
The company has had a rocky few months. Following a major stock loss, the company was hit with a class-action suit and investigation into insider trading. Chief Operating Officer John Schappert subsequently resigned, and the company gave stock options to retain employees.
Shacknews has contacted Zynga regarding the reports, and will update as more information becomes available.


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As homemade gifts go this holiday season, does it get better than this?
"I never, never, ever said this in front of my son before," says Vin Del Negro, his boy Vinny sitting beside him.
"I'm very proud of my son."
It's a few hours before the Clippers will win a record-setting 12th-straight game on his son's watch, and old school is in session.
Vincent Augustine Del Negro names his middle child Vincent Joseph because "there's only one Vincent Augustine," he says. And amen to that.


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Beckett giving up fewer hits has absolutely nothing to do with anything. tRA doesn't care about how many hits a pitcher gives up, and that's the whole point of DIPS theory. The pitcher doesn't control how many balls in play against them are converted into outs. Lester has a .340 BABIP against him, when he's typically in the .290 range. What does that tell us?
More hits are falling in than usual. That doesn't mean that Lester's not as good as Beckett, just that more hits are falling in. That's something Lester doesn't have control over.
Beckett has a LD% of 22.4 as compared to Lester's 20.5. That means hitters are making harder contact against Beckett than they are with Lester. Lester's also striking out 4.3% more hitters faced than Beckett is, while maintaining a slightly lower walk rate.
You're complaining about a metric that has Jonathan Lester as being 0.1 Runs Above Average better than Josh Beckett. Talk about nitpicking.