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Vision Media's Attempt To Silence Critic May Be Exposing More Questionable Activities
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Paul Alan Levy, who is representing 800Notes, alerts us to the news that all of this attention has helped dig up other reports about the company, including the fact that similarly questionable pitches have come from other companies with different names (WJMK, United Media, Vision Media and Great America HD)... but the very same address as Vision Media. Rather than Hugh Downs, those other pitches involved media personalities like Walter Cronkite and Mike Douglas -- both of whom ended up suing the company over being misled. This reminds me that we received a similar pitch ourselves a year or so ago, but I have no idea if it was from the same company (and tragically, I can't find that voicemail any more).
Of course, none of this would be getting as much attention if the company wasn't trying to silence 800Notes and its users from saying why they felt the pitches were questionable.


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Eldora Mountain Resort has separated its alpine and nordic ski passes for the 2014-2015 season, according to the ski resort's website.
Season passes went on sale today for the Boulder County ski resort, but a posting on the website says, "Eldora alpine season passes include access to the alpine area only. Season passes for the Eldora nordic center sold separately next fall."
An adult full pass was going for $399 and a family full pass going for $999, according to the website.
Officials with Eldora have not returned calls for comment.
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Monday, February 23, 2009
The Oscars-Narcissism and Rhodesians
"Hey, here's a star arriving now!"
"Fousesquawk, over here!"
(Tip of the hat to Hardrockhaven.com)
I wasn't going to watch the Oscars last night. I usually don't. As it was, I ended up watching the last couple of hours simply because there wasn't much else going on. I had gone out for Pollo Loco and finished off a bottle of wine with dinner. The blog was slow, so I figured what the hell. Might as well see who makes the biggest ass out of him/her self this year.
First the compliments: It was nice to see Jerry Lewis, who has been in ill health for many years, receive recognition for his humanitarian work. I also thought it was nice to see the Indian film industry (Bollywood) get attention with the movie, Slum Dog Millionaire (which I haven't seen yet. In fact, I haven't seen any other movies and probably won't.) And how about those hot Indian babes? (I know. I'm a sexist. Save the cards and letters.)
By the way, I heard a few references to Mumbai. If anyone mentioned the slaughter that took place there, it must have been in the first hour when I wasn't watching.
Now the bad news. As always, it was an exercise in narcissism and mutual ass-kissing playing to the monumental egos of the "stars". Thank God I missed the pre-Oscars with all those boobs prancing into the theatre and showing off what they were wearing. Angelina Jolie was wearing huge emeralds probably stolen from some temple in the jungles of South America, while some babe named Jenny Beer or something like that was outfitted in a shower curtain. I always get a kick out of watching the close-up audience shots of some star listening with rapt attention to whoever has the mike and is giving one of those "save the world" speeches. Jolie was doing that while making sure we all saw that obscene emerald on her hand matching the obscene ones hanging on her ears.
I was also dumbfounded by all the Rhodesians who were either receiving awards or handing them out. (I can always tell a Rhodesian by the accent.) Every five minutes there was another Rhodesian who had forgotten to comb his hair on the stage. Even the producers of Slum Dog were Rhodesians. They're taking over, I tell you. Where is Robert Mugabe when we need him? Of course, a lot of what I call the *Mox Nix awards went to mostly Rhodesians. Award for best cinematography? A Rhodesian. Best documentary? A Rhodesian. Best actress? A Rhodesian. Best grip? A Rhodesian. Even the MC, some guy named Jack Hughes or something like that, was a bloody Rhodesian. I missed who got best supporting actress, but I bet it was some Rhodesian.
I'll tell you another low point-which usually is done well-but not this year. The list of those who passed on. This year, the names and photos passed so quickly, and the lettering was so small, it was hard to keep up. Of course, Charlton Heston's name got little or no applause. (He was a conservative, you know.)
As for who made the biggest jerk out of himself (at least in the part I watched), it had to be none other than Sean Penn (who I wish were Rhodesian). He got best actor for his portrayal of Harvey Milk. Of course, Penn used his soapbox to tell us about some hateful signs he saw when he arrived (about what I have no idea). Then the man who cozies up to Hugo Chavez told those of us who voted against Proposition 8 that we "would stand in shame before our grandchildren".
Second place would have to go to Bill Maher (also a jerk), who just had to take a shot at believers with his reference to "silly Gods who cost us greatly."
So the 181st Oscars is in the books-"one for the ages" as they say in Hollywood. Somewhere Cary Grant is rolling in his grave.
Say....wasn't he a Rhodesian?
* Mox Nix- a bastardization of macht nichts-in German meaning something that doesn't matter.
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- Lance Christian Johnson said...
Of course, Penn used his soapbox to tell us about some hateful signs he saw when he arrived (about what I have no idea). Then the man who cozies up to Hugo Chavez told those of us who voted against Proposition 8 that we "would stand in shame before our grandchildren
I thought that was well said...mainly because he's right. People will one day be as appalled by Prop 8 as they are appalled by how mixed-race marriage was once illegal. Geez Gary, the way you're acting, you'd think that somebody told you that you couldn't marry the person you loved or something.
Second place would have to go to Bill Maher (also a jerk), who just had to take a shot at believers with his reference to "silly Gods who cost us greatly."
The truth isn't always pleasant to hear.
- February 23, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- Gary Fouse said...
As someone who is in a mixed-race marriage myself, I do not see the comparison.
As for Maher, it may or may not be the truth, but why did he have to take such a gratuitous slap at people of faith?
- February 23, 2009 at 8:38 PM
- Lance Christian Johnson said...
Why should you see the comparison? Nobody's telling you that you can't marry the person whom you love. If she's sick in the hospital, you get to be there with her.
However, it was once illegal to marry outside of your race, and the proponents for keeping it that way cited very similar arguments that the pro-Prop 8 crowd cite today (tradition, how the kids will be affected, etcetera).
Lucky for you, you were born in the right decade, huh? (And attracted to the opposite sex.)
Regarding Maher, I don't even disagree that he's a jerk - but he's my kind of jerk (on this issue, at least).
- February 23, 2009 at 9:53 PM
- Findalis said...
I was surprised that no one bashed Israel there. What were they thinking?
- February 23, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- Ingrid said...
Gary, I agree with you once again. The best of the show was Beyonce.
- February 24, 2009 at 1:03 AM
- Gary Fouse said...
I missed Beyonce. In fact I missed all the songs.
- February 24, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Ingrid said...
Findalis, I am sorry, but with all the Jews there why would there be any Israel bashing? I am tired of all the movies about Nazi Germany getting awards.
- February 24, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- Gary Fouse said...
Perhaps I can give some insight. Yes, Hollywood is very well represented by Jewish people-and that is not a knock. They should be proud that they have excelled in any particular industry. Yet, the Jewish community is very divided. Not all Jews are strong supporters of Israel. There is also a segment which other Jews refer to as "self-hating" Jews-who go out of their way to oppose anything Jewish including Israel. As a non-Jew, it is a term I am not comfortable with, so I leave it to Jews to make that judgement.
My overall point, which you can see for yourself in the videos I post is that in the US and Canada there is a resurgence of anti-Semitism-largely fueled by radical Muslims and their allies on the radical left. Whatever one thinks of Israel vis-a-vis the Palestinians, we cannot stand by and watch this anti-Semitism grow and not speak out. That is what I am doing.
- February 24, 2009 at 2:18 PM
- Findalis said...
It is acceptable to bash Israel these days, Ingrid. Hell it is acceptable to be anti-Semitic too. I was sure Sean Penn was going to cry about the poor PalArabs while he was up there. Next time I guess.
- February 24, 2009 at 2:24 PM
- Lance Christian Johnson said...
It's acceptable to be anti-Semitic? I'm sorry, but that's asinine.
And no, I'm not denying that anti-Semitism is a problem, but to say that it's acceptable doesn't even approach a reasonable statement.
- February 24, 2009 at 6:32 PM
- Gary Fouse said...
I think I know exactly what you and Findalis are saying. The three of us know that it is not acceptable to be anti-Semitic. But in certain quarters, you hear it. Sometimes it is disguised as anti-Zionism. Other times, it is more explicit. I have recently been exposed to it, seen it and heard it. In certain quarters, such as certain universities, it is acceptable.
Have you taken the time to watch the videos I post? I don't bother with the ones that simply chant, Free Palestine". The ones I post have definite anti-Semitic chants or overtones.
It is a problem and it is growing.
- February 24, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- Lance Christian Johnson said...
I don't disagree with what you just wrote, Gary, but saying that and saying that anti-Semitism is acceptable is one giant leap into crazy town.
- February 24, 2009 at 8:35 PM
- Gary Fouse said...
Are we talking past each other? What I am saying is that in certain quarters, anti-Semitism is CONSIDERED acceptable. I condemn it.
- February 24, 2009 at 9:08 PM
- Kirsti said...
We may be. Again, I'm not contradicting what you're saying, I'm contradicting the statement made by Findalis. What you're saying and what she said is not the same.
- February 24, 2009 at 10:14 PM
- Findalis said...
Of course it is acceptable. The trouble is Lance you aren't Jewish are you. You don't have to put up with it. You don't have to hide the Star of David around your neck or stop wearing the Kippur on your head? Do you? You aren't faced with violence for wearing such articles. I have been, and know others that have been attacked for the wearing of such articles. Yet the police will do very little, the media is silent on these attacks. It is open season on Jews in the West.
- February 25, 2009 at 12:36 AM
- Ingrid said...
Findalis, it's not okay to bash anyone, but people do it just as some bend over backwards thinking they are doing the right thing. This is a way of life in a free society. All my childhood years I heard negative things about people of other races and religions. I raised Lance. Enough said.
- February 25, 2009 at 2:56 AM
- Lance Christian Johnson said...
You're right. I'm not a Jew, so it's very possible that I'm not as sensitive to the issue as I should be. Not only that, but I don't doubt your stories.
However, when you say "acceptable," that comes across as very different as simply stating that anti-Semitism exists. I can tell you that as a teacher, I have a great deal of affection for some of my Jewish students. There is no way that I'd tolerate any kind of anti-Semitism in my classroom, and I can't imagine any other teacher at my school allowing that sort of a thing to happen.
If it is as widespread as you're making it sound, then this is one of the most insidious conspiracies to ever come around. Perhaps it is though. All I know is, I don't hear a lot of anti-Semitism where I live - even when there aren't any Jews around to hear it.
- February 25, 2009 at 7:14 PM
- Gary Fouse said...
I know I shouldn't keep barging in on your comments to Findalis, who doesn't need to speak. But maybe you should attend one of these MSA-sponsored anti-Israel events. "Apartheid Week" is coming to many campuses March 1-5. Or read about the events at York University, SFSU, UCLA, UCI, and so many other universities.
- February 25, 2009 at 8:09 PM


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SPOKANE, Wash. - Nanda McCormick scored the lone goal Sunday as the Gonzaga University women's soccer team handed UC Santa Barbara a 1-0 shutout loss at Martin Field in Spokane, Wash.
The Gauchos, who dropped at 3-0 decision at No. 18 Washington State on Friday, are now 3-5-2 on the season. The win by the Bulldogs extends their unbeaten streak to six games in a row and their overall record to 6-2-1.
Both squads were scoreless until the 64:20 mark, when McCormick scored her 18th career goal. Off of a Gonzaga corner kick, Lauren Dascenzo tipped the ball before it was knocked into the net by McCormick.
The Gauchos threatened to tie the game late. In the closing minutes, UCSB drilled three shots that barely missed the net.
Goalkeeper Jessie Thalman posted two saves en route to the victory as well as her fourth shutout of the season. Thalman has now posted 10 career shutouts, ranking her second on the career shutout list. Her four shutouts this season rank fifth in the single season record books. UCSB goalkeeper Cassi Franklin, making her first start, suffered the loss after posting one save and allowing the lone goal of the match.
Gonzaga held the slight shot advantage of the afternoon, 11-9, and both teams posted an equal number of shots on goal with two a piece. The Gauchos held the 6-4 corner kick edge, including a 5-1 advantage in the second half. Midfielders Sarah Stoltz and Sami Svrcek tied for the team-lead in shots with two apiece.
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LG readies 3D laptop
Talks up specs not specs
Posted in Personal Tech, 19th July 2010 10:09 GMT
LG will release its first 3D notebook next month.
The R590 3D uses an unspecified Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeFoce GT 335M graphics chip to present stereoscopic 3D images on its passive 15.6in display.
Despite admitting there's a "dearth" of 3D content, LG has nonetheless equipped the laptop with a 3D Blu-ray drive, though since it's only optional, buyers of lesser models will have to make do with the R590's bundled 2D-to-3D conversion software from TriDef.
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Portland State University (PSU) and Portland Community College (PCC) have streamlined their co-admission agreement to make it easier for students to take classes on both campuses, live in PSU residence halls and complete their degrees.
PSU President Wim Wiewel and PCC District President Preston Pulliams plan to sign the agreement at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at PCC's Downtown Center, 722 SW 2nd Ave., Portland.
The two institutions started co-admitting students in winter 2001 after statewide research on enrollment patterns showed students were enrolling in multiple schools on their own without the benefit of a structured degree pathway, a trend called "swirling." The agreement gives those students more coordinated support to meet their educational needs.
"Co-admission makes financial and academic sense," said PSU President Wim Wiewel. "It gives students a more flexible educational path, strengthens the link between PCC and PSU and helps more students complete a bachelor's degree, which is key to the economic future of our region."
Since the agreement began, 7,204 students have been co-admitted to PCC and PSU. Of those students, 2,748 have graduated with a degree from PSU. Last fall 1,057 students transferred from PCC to PSU, up from 669 in fall 2007.
"PCC is a critical gateway to higher education in our community, and we're excited to strengthen PCC's relationship with our most important higher education partner," said PCC District President Preston Pulliams. "Forty percent of PSU's Spring 2011 graduating class also attended PCC. The streamlined co-admission agreement demonstrates our commitment to making the educational process easier for these students and to increasing student outcomes."
The new agreement establishes application deadlines, allows students to apply online and opens PSU housing to co-admitted students on a space available basis.
PSU has co-admission agreements with five other community colleges: Chemeketa, Clackamas, Clatsop, Mt. Hood and Clark College in Washington. Students at Columbia Gorge, Tillamook Bay and Oregon Coast community colleges may also be co-admitted to PSU, because of other community college affiliations.
Students can apply for co-admission online at www.pdx.edu/admissions/applycoadmit.


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By the time federal prosecutors brought down crack-cocaine kingpin Ricky "Little Ricky" Jivens Jr. in 1991, his crime network had been linked to as many as 20 slayings since 1989.
Click here to launch the slideshow.
So brazen was his reign of terror that "a New York-style wise guy" told a federal court jury Jivens had offered a fellow inmate $3,000 to have U.S. District Judge B. Avant Edenfield executed and was paying police for help with his cocaine gang.
It was Edenfield who sentenced Jivens to spend life plus five years in a federal prison where parole was no longer an option.
His victims included an Ardsley Park resident who was shot dead while walking his dog so that the shooter could earn membership to the gang and a downtown restaurant day manager shot outside the Pink House on Reynolds Square.
Those slain also included several members of Jivens gang and other local drug gangs.
The indictment against Jivens and 17 co-defendants resulted from a joint probe by federal Drug Enforcement Agency-Savannah police task force.
It would later lead to trials and convictions of at least two Savannah police officers for conspiring with the Jivens gang.
The stories that follow in this slideshow show the path of his rise and fall. While all the players stories may not be here, the main ones are. Ricky Maurice "Little Ricky" is serving life in the U.S. prison system.


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Hello I am creating a clan called the Conquer Kings (CK). Currently we only have 3 members and are trying to add many more. We are going to be a competitive clan that plays alot of team games together, as well as playing big games amongst ourselves, but yet still has a social and forum side to it as well. So if you consider yourself good at team games and want to join this clan send me a PM, but only if you meet these requirements..
1. Premium Membership (strongly advised)
2. Rating above 4.0
3. At least 95% of turns taken (possibly flexible giving a few points on most of these)
4. Must be an active member in the clan in games and posting.
5. Willingness to meet and play with other clan members
6. Being male isnt a requirement conquer kings is just the name
If you think this clan is something you would be interested in PM me and we may possibly set up some games to see what you got..
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BANGKOK -- Tokyo's Nikkei 225 led Asian stocks higher Tuesday as the yen weakened after a possible candidate for Bank of Japan governor voiced support for easier monetary policy. Investors shrugged off a nuclear test by North Korea.
The Nikkei, which was closed Monday for a public holiday, jumped 1.9 percent to close at 11,369.12 as the weaker yen boosted export stocks. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.3 percent to 1,945.79 while benchmarks in Indonesia, Thailand and India rose.
Markets in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan were closed for Lunar New Year holidays.
European stocks dropped in early trading. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.2 percent to 6,262.76. Germany's DAX lost 0.3 percent to 7,510.98. France's CAC-40 was 0.3 percent lower at 3,640.74. Wall Street could be headed for a day of losses: Dow Jones industrial futures fell 0.2 percent to 13,895 and S&P 500 futures shed 0.2 percent to 1,509.40.
The yen has dropped almost 8 percent against the dollar this year after Japan elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in December. Abe has been calling for Japan's central bank to ease monetary policy more aggressively to help spur economic growth.
Japan's central bank governor Masaaki Shirakawa, who has appeared at odds with Abe's views on monetary policy, is resigning next month, giving the government an opportunity to find a successor more sympathetic to its aims.
Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda voiced support Monday for Abe's economic policies including the introduction of a 2 percent inflation target but kept mum about speculation he may become the next BOJ governor. In an interview with media organizations including Kyodo News, Kuroda said the BOJ's introduction of the target, proposed by Abe, was "epoch-making" and should be achieved "in about two years."
The Bank of Japan holds a two-day policy meeting starting Wednesday but analysts said no new initiatives were expected in light of the impending leadership change.
Markets, meanwhile, were unfazed by a nuclear test conducted by North Korea on Tuesday. Pyongyang said it successfully detonated a miniaturized nuclear device at a northeastern test site.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished nearly unchanged at 4,959, with investors remaining tentative ahead of earnings reports due out this week from major companies including Rio Tinto Ltd. and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
"It's a good chance to see if the rally we've had is actually justified," said Evan Lucas of IG Markets in Melbourne.
Among individual stocks, Nissan Motor Co. fell 3.8 percent in Tokyo. The company on Friday reported a 35 percent plunge in October-December profit as global sales languished.
Benchmark oil for March delivery was down 24 cents to $96.79 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.31 to finish at $97.03 a barrel in New York on Monday as the euro strengthened against the dollar.
In currencies, the dollar rose to 94.03 yen from 93.70 yen late Monday in New York. The euro fell to $1.3379 from $1.3389.
The euro has strengthened recently, raising concern it will hurt exports from the 17 euro countries. French President Francois Hollande has suggested the eurozone needs to manage its exchange rate. ECB President Mario Draghi indicated the bank does not seek any particular exchange rate, which is set by markets, but is monitoring the stronger euro's effect on inflation.


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Students will get an extra 10 minutes of math each day at Central Park Elementary in Roseville.
Bethune Elementary in Minneapolis wants to cut suspensions by 12 percent over the next school year.
Piedmont Elementary in Duluth is helping parents of preschoolers expand their children's vocabularies to get them ready for reading.
The strategies are a first look at how some of Minnesota's 127 lowest-performing schools plan to boost student achievement under a new accountability system that gives educators much more flexibility in building a roadmap toward improvement.
State education officials say the new system offers a better, potentially faster fix for struggling schools than the requirements under No Child Left Behind, which branded almost half of Minnesota's 2,255 schools as failures and mandated such unpopular steps as hiring tutors and firing principals.
"Now, it's not just about what these schools are going to do to improve. It's about how they're going to improve," said Steve Dibb, who directs the Minnesota Department of Education's school support division.
The Star Tribune obtained draft copies of the improvement plans that the state's newly designated priority and focus schools presented to the department this fall. Those schools receive federal poverty aid and received the lowest scores under the new state ranking system.
The newspaper's analysis of those plans indicated that many schools have conducted extensive reviews of their weaknesses and come up with detailed strategies to address their problems, with some even naming specific administrators responsible for making sure the goals are met. Others have simply tweaked local plans already in place.
What's different
Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), hundreds of Minnesota schools were required to write improvement plans, which typically weren't implemented until the second half of the school year.
The state's new accountability system, created when a federal waiver freed the state from NCLB mandates, requires fewer schools to come up with plans, many of which went into effect this month.
"We will be constantly looking at these plans, asking schools to see what's working and what's not working," said Keith Hovis, a spokesman for the Education Department.
Many schools' plans cite strategies to improve curriculum for special education students and those who are learning English. Others seek to improve math scores, which declined across the board last year after the state imposed tougher new standards.
Brooklyn Center's secondary school, designated as priority, wants to increase the percentage of math-proficient students from 23 percent in 2012 to 33 percent next year.
To do that, the district wants to establish a math lab curriculum tailored to English learners, offer more after-school help and train middle school teachers on the "flipped" classroom model that lets students watch lectures online so classroom time is freed up for more interaction with teachers.
Home-grown solutions
While school administrators still don't like that the state is assigning labels to struggling schools, they say the new accountability system allows them to come up with home-grown solutions rather than a prescribed federal fix.
"I think our plans show there's a more effective way to improve, a more respectful way, that allows us to really home in on our issues," said Brooklyn Center Superintendent Keith Lester.
Many of the plans for Minneapolis' 36 priority and focus schools reflect the district's priorities, such as evaluating teachers, adapting instruction to meet student's individual needs, and increasing parental involvement. St. Paul, which had 17 similarly designated schools, submitted plans that are modified versions of one required of all district schools.
Officials from both metro districts said that plans reflect a coordinated effort to align local, state and federal requirements.
"Still, this is a very different approach than what we've had in the past," said Matthew Mohs, a St. Paul Schools director of funded programs. "I think what most people will notice with these plans are greater levels of specificity."
Will it work?
While state education department officials are confident the new school accountability system will ultimately produce better results, it's far from perfect.
For example, the most recent Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment scores for the 2011-12 school year weren't available when the state was doling out priority and focus schools designations this spring.
When the most recent test scores were factored into a second round of state rankings this fall, some schools made huge gains in academic performance.
Kenny Community School in Minneapolis, for example, saw one of the biggest increases in overall scores in the metro area while Sheridan Hills Elementary in Richfield experienced a similar gain in its score that measures how well the school is closing the achievement gap between white and minority students.
Still, both schools remain stuck with the respective focus and priority labels and must set aside 20 percent of their critical Title One funds for improvement plans.
Many schools already had improvement plans in place, either initiated on the local level or as a consequence of receiving additional federal money, and bristle at the idea of labels.
''We don't need a law or label to compel us to improve student achievement," Mohs said. "We've got a lot of change going on with or without these labels."
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Former Nigeria coach Austin Eguavoen has quit top Nigerian club Enyimba citing personal reasons.
"I have put in my resignation from Enyimba," revealed Eguavoen, who joined Enyimba early this season after he quit as coach of Nigeria Olympic team following the failure to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.
"I am leaving on personal grounds, but I will first wait for the club chairman to return so that the team manager can forward the letter of resignation to him."
This was Eguavoen's second spell at the two-time African champions after he led them to win the 2009 Federation Cup.
On Monday, Enyimba, six-time league winners and twice cup winners, were upset by lower league Prime FC in the quarter-finals of this year's Federation Cup.
Both players and officials were placed on half salary following their shock cup ouster.
The club are currently third on the NPL table with 52 points, six points behind leaders Enugu Rangers with four rounds of matches to be played.
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In a unanimous opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the disbarment of Knoxville attorney M. Josiah Hoover, III by the Board of Professional Responsibility.
In five separate cases, Hoover was found to be negligent in the representation of his clients or otherwise in violation of his professional obligations. In one instance he filed a proof of claim in a bankruptcy case without ascertaining the status of the proceeding, and the client later discovered that the bankruptcy had been discharged before Hoover filed the claim. In another, his failure to file a brief resulted in the dismissal of an appeal. In the third, Hoover neglected to communicate with his client and failed to prepare for a key deposition. In the fourth, Hoover brought suit in a federal court in West Virginia, and was found to have violated court orders or procedural rules on twelve separate occasions. Afterward, the West Virginia court barred Hoover from bringing any future cases in that district and imposed monetary sanctions, which Hoover failed to pay. In the final instance, the Circuit Court for Blount County imposed sanctions against Hoover for filing a frivolous claim on his own behalf. Hoover's prior disciplinary record included eight instances of misconduct, including a thirty-day suspension in 2008 for failure to perform services in a timely manner and failure to communicate with his client.
The Supreme Court concluded that disbarment was an appropriate sanction, finding that Hoover had caused serious injury both to his clients and the legal system by repeatedly failing to perform services for his clients and violating his professional duties.
To read the M. Josiah Hoover, III v. Board of Professional Responsibility opinion authored by Chief Justice Gary R. Wade visit TNCourts.gov.


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Soooo amped...make it happen tanny. uconn and nyjets joining forces? my brain might collapse from overstimulation
Jets are bringing in my friend from Uconn today Andre Dixon.. he is probably going to fall to the 6th-7th round
Soooo amped...make it happen tanny. uconn and nyjets joining forces? my brain might collapse from overstimulation
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From New Brunswick right?
Dixon will have to deal with questions about his two suspensions; he missed the first two games of the 2007 season for violating team rules and time at the end of the 2008 season following an arrest for drunken driving. His strong running, receiving and blocking effort, however, make him a solid value in the mid-to-late rounds as a third-down back (or possibly more) if teams are satisfied with his answers.
Inside: Good vision as an inside runner, able to sidestep would-be tacklers in the hole. Often used on draw plays because of his ability to pick his way through traffic with excellent vision and set up defenders in space with his shoulder to elude them. Turns sideways through creases if needed, smelling the first down marker or goal line. Not a true power back but is willing to lower his pads and will carry tacklers for a couple of yards when they try to bring him down from behind.
Outside: Could be more patient on stretch plays; will get the corner but turn it inside too soon. Lacks an elite burst before or past the line or breakaway gear once in space. Lacks elusiveness when running east-west.
Breaking tackles: Runs with a lean inside but his lanky frame isn't built to blow up defenders. Will run through arm tackles at the line, forcing linebackers to make a play.
Blocking: Stands up to blitzing linebackers on the edge or in the middle. will throw a shoulder instead of extending his arms, but can still anchor and sustain. Also uses his shoulder to chip or double inside or outside. Will cut block to give his quarterback a passing lane over the middle, at times missing badly by diving before the oncoming linebacker reaches him. Not a lead blocker.
Receiving: Not used as often in this regard for UConn as he will be at the next level. Has the ability to adjust to poorly thrown balls, whether high, low, or wide. Shifty in the flat; able to make defensive backs miss if they do not break down. Inexperienced in route-running.
Intangibles: Despite not being a captain, Edsall and his teammate considered Dixon the "heart and soul" of the team. Plays tough on the field. No issues about work ethic, but suspensions open up character concerns.
Proj. Round 6-7
Yeah from New Brunswick, played against him in football used to date a girl I know


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Southlake Golfer swings her way to Finals in Augusta
10-year-old Emma Costa, a junior member at Timarron Country Club in Southlake, TX, caught all of our attention over the weekend. The young talent advanced from the regional qualifier to the finals of the Drive, Chip & Putt Championship in Augusta, GA. The tournament is put on by the Masters Tournament Foundation, the United States Golf Association, and PGA of America.
Come April 6, 2014, the day before practice rounds begin for the Masters Tournament, Costa will be representing North Texas at Augusta National Golf Club. Out of over tens of thousands of 7-15 year-old boys and girls that competed, Costa finished in the top 88 in the country. Costa has been working hard all summer as she competed in as many tournaments as possible in preparation for this moment.
Along with her regional win, Costa receives three tickets to the Masters practice round. She's already designated one ticket for her caddy - her mom.


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TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology rallied from a 14-point deficit to take the lead in the second half, before Indiana University-South Bend responded to earn a 54-51 women's basketball victory in the season opener for the Fightin' Engineers.
IU-South Bend improved to 6-1 on the season with its fourth straight victory. Emily Strilich and Maegan Callaway had 12 points each, and Nichole Sly contributed 10 points for the Titans.
Senior Lauren Meadows (Indianapolis/Brebeuf) led all scorers with 15 points on four three-pointers. Junior Gracie Gibbs (Parker, Colo./Ponderosa) added 12 points, and sophomore Carrie Morris (Altadena, Calif./Mayfield) also reached double figures with 11 points.
Other key contributors included senior Kelsey Ploof (Noblesville) with eight points and seven rebounds, and senior Sheree Williams (Bluffton, S.C.) with five assists and four rebounds.
IU-South Bend jumped out to a 25-11, before Rose-Hulman closed the first half on an 8-0 run over the last 2:30 to close within 25-19 at the break. Morris and Meadows opened the run with field goals, Morris buried a three-pointer and freshman Jamie Loving (Normal, Ill./West) closed the spurt with a free throw.
In the second half, IU-South Bend maintained a four-point lead at 35-31 with 11:45 remaining, before Rose-Hulman responded to take the lead at 36-35 on a layup by Gibbs with 8:50 left. The Titans answered with six straight points to regain a 42-36 advantage.
Rose-Hulman rallied to within two points at 44-42 on a three-pointer by Meadows with six minutes left, but IU-South Bend gained two more six-point leads down the stretch.
The Fightin' Engineers closed to within two at 53-51 with seven seconds left on a layup by Ploof. Sly gave the Titans a 54-51 lead with one free throw at the 3.5 second mark, and Rose-Hulman's last chance full court pass was stolen to secure the IU-South Bend win.
Rose-Hulman returns to action against Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham next Friday at 8 p.m. in the Wilmington College Invitational.


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There are few people at UC Hastings who haven't benefited from the diligence and affability of Carol Christensen of the Records Office.
The recipient of the 2013 Rummel Award, an annual acknowledgement of a staff member who has gone "above and beyond" in service to the school, Christensen has managed hundreds of thousands of exams, administered students' grades and bar certifications, and served as an invaluable resource to busy professors and frazzled students. She never fails to deliver on the law school's strategic goal of providing service excellence to the UC Hastings community.
Christensen has also helped to implement dramatic changes since coming to UC Hastings--first in the 1980s, and then, after a stint teaching English in Latin America and working as a translator and writer, beginning again in 2001. Having managed the transition to computerized take-home exams, she recalls how students used to come to campus, sometimes from hours away, to pick up a test. "Nowadays," she says, "it's a good feeling when a student tells me, 'Ihave to fly to France before the exam,' and I can say, 'No problem!'"
She regularly goes above and beyond to make the near-impossible happen. When Professor David Jung and Professor Elizabeth L. Hillman approached her to organize a joint exam for their Torts and Civil Procedure classes, she cheerfully undertook the challenge of coordinating the schedules of almost 100 students.
That characteristic willingness to help has earned Christensen many fans among the faculty. "No matter how often I need her to send me a copy of a student's exam, she responds promptly and helpfully," says Jung, one of four faculty members who nominated her for the award.
The Rummel Award, and the Rummel Scholarship, is funded by the UC Hastings Foundation.
Read more from UC Hastings magazine here.


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Renowned for his pessimistic views Jeremy Grantham's latest quarterly update will surely go down as one of his most depressing yet as he predicts the end of the US growth engine and hard times ahead.
The GMO founder and influential commentator's latest quarterly update reads like a wake-up call to those in the financial community who are still of the belief the US will return to its former glory – and he didn't even need to mention the US fiscal cliff.
'The US GDP growth rate that we have become accustomed to for over a hundred years – in excess of 3% a year – is not just hiding behind temporary setbacks. It is gone forever,' he said.
'Yet most business people (and the Fed) assume that economic growth will recover to its old rates.'
Going forward, he believes the US' GDP growth is likely to be about only 1.4% a year, with adjusted growth about 0.9%.
Driving the low growth are several long-term trends, he says, poor demographics with an annual population growth at less than 0.5% going forward - down from 1.5% in the 1970.
Manufacturing is also no longer the driving force in the US economy and despite strong productivity, is on its way to accounting for only 5% by 2040. He also pointed to declining growth in service productivity for the next 20 years.
'Critically, the tech boom and bust and the following housing boom and housing and financial busts helped camouflage the recent unpleasant economic development lying below the surface: the steady and important drop in long-term US growth.'
He also held little hope in US financial leaders effectively dealing with the issue in the short-term.
'Investors should be wary of a Fed whose policy is premised on the idea that 3% growth for the U.S. is normal. Remember, it is led by a guy who couldn't see a once in a 1200-year housing bubble!'
'Keeping rates down until productivity surges above its last 30-year average or until American fertility rates leap upwards could be a very long wait!'
Resources squeeze
The rising cost of resources is also a major factor for the US' growth levels going forward. Fracking will be helpful to growth for a few years, he said, but will be modest over longer periods.
'If resources increase their costs at 9% a year, the US will reach a point where all of the growth generated by the economy is used up in simply obtaining enough resources to run the system.'
'It would take just 11 years before the economic system would be in reverse! If, on the other hand, our resource productivity increases, or demand slows, cost increases may decelerate to 5% a year, giving us 31 years to get our act together.'
'I believe, though, that it is highly unlikely that productivity will exceed the rising costs of resources and so the squeeze on growth will continue. The interaction between these two series will make for some incredibly volatile periods.'
Global growth
Other developed economies will be in a similar situation to the US but are likely to end up through 2050 with growth about half a percent lower in population effects and therefore in total growth.
'Similar forces will serve to drive down global growth from 4.5% at its recent peak in 2006 and 2007 to around 3% by 2030 and between 2.0% and 2.5% by 2050, all on the assumption that nothing unexpectedly serious goes wrong on the resource, climate, and "all other bumps in the road" categories.'
'We need to move aggressively with capital – while we still have it – and brain power to completely re-tool energy, farming, and resource efficiency. We need to do all of this to buy time for our global population to gracefully decline. It can certainly be done.'
You can read Jeremy Grantham's latest full quarterly update by clicking here.


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SalesForce.com has announced the release of its newest application for BlackBerry users, Chatter Mobile, and the update of it's Sales Cloud 2 product. Salesforce.com is one of the leading providers of sales and field service automation software, customer Relationship Management tools, and Cloud computing.
If you or your company are users of SalesForce.com's Sales Cloud product, give a peek at Chatter Mobile. Chatter mobile is available for the iPhone, iPad, and BlackBerry, while Android support is coming soon.


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Being a social media guru I always like to check out what is trending on Twitter each morning and get a good laugh or some extra knowledge in where I can. Sometimes complete strangers, established or not, on Twitter can entertain me for a few moments. Check out this example of a pretty good trending hashtag on Twitter this week that gave me some chuckles in my morning read. The hashtag was inspired by the twitter account @midnight: late night game show thing hosted by @nerdist on @ComedyCentral!
If you have seen the movie you know why this is very sick, sad and quite frankly…still funny.
Malcolm in the Middle of the Human Centipede #sadtvshows @midnight
— Seth-Prime Urbina (@SethPrimeUrbina) January 28, 2014
Oh…so they went to college? Sounds about right.
All my children stopped calling me #sadtvshows @midnight
— Jon Owens (@dropkickjon) January 28, 2014
Where is the fun in that?
Friends (Without Benefits) @midnight #sadTVshows
— Dustin Belt (@dbeltwrites) January 28, 2014
Leave me a comment or tweet @knetbooks using the hashtag #MFH to tell us your favorite hashtag and we will feature you in a future blog! Happy Friday…..enjoy your weekend 🙂


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Mini observations
Giles Turnbull
Like Scott McNulty, I've taken delivery of a shiny new Mac mini this week, and I'm also in the process of tweaking it to my liking, which means a lot of installing and messing about with bookmarks, web site login details, and preference panels.
Setting this machine up is more interesting, even more challenging, than I had expected. I deliberately did not use the Migration Assistant to import everything over from my old iBook, because I want to use this machine differently and organize the files on it in different ways.
Also, I want to try and keep it a 'clean' as possible; I've still got the iBook for messing around with. The Mac mini is going to be for long-term storage, music and photos, and other things best suited to a G4 processor. I intend to look after it.
What I've noticed over the last few hours of downloading and installing is how much I had become a creature of habit on my iBook. Having the new machine offers a chance to change my ways and break out from some routines.
Another noticeable thing: the Mac mini remains cool to touch after several hours of intensive disk-thrashing. A laptop would be burning up the table by now.
Finally, a story that demonstrates the power of the mini's cute size:
Around mid-afternoon, a neighbour called round to collect something I'd borrowed, and asked about the tiny cardboard box open on the kitchen worktop.
"Another one of your gadgets, Giles?" he asked.
"Yeah," I replied, "it's my new computer."
My neighbour's eyes boggled.
"You can get a whole computer in a box that small?" he asked.
"Come and see," I smirked, and showed him the new Mac mini in the next room. I pointed at the tiny box and said: "There. That's the computer."
I don't think my neighbour will mind me describing his expression at that moment as one of dumbfounded astonishment.
"But - but - my computer's only three months old and it's - it's much bigger than that. It comes up to here," he added, putting a flat hand against his knee.
I smirked again.
"Yes. Small, isn't it?"
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'The Russianvs play by different rules'
All this outcry has done little except prove the exceedingly dubious moral fibre of very powerful elected political figures the world over. People who brag openly about transparency one day and murder to prevent it another day. I'm no longer convinced the Russian rules are really that different from our own.
Russia is willing to assassinate people quite openly just to set an example. Julian Assange is relatively safe from the US, because if the US wants to kill him, they'll want to do it either legally or secretly. Russia has very few of such qualms.
The US better not kill Assange because then future leaks probably wouldn't be redacted and past leaks would probably be re-released unredacted. The names of confidential informants would be released directly into the open. Future leaks would still happen because this stuff wasn't leaked by Wikileaks, it was leaked by the army guy that stole them. He could have just emailed the documents to a thousand random email addresses and every newspaper in the world, including our enemies. He could have posted a torrent link on Slashdot and had it downloaded 10,000 times before the gov noticed it, by people here that have the expertise to distribute it reliably. Wikileaks is just publicizing and making convenient what would be out there anyway. The guy who actually leaked these things couldn't possibly have redacted them himself, and he couldn't have asked for help from the govt. So governments should encourage leaks to go through Wikileaks.
I don't know if Russia will kill him. He might be making himself hard to find.
Also, we still don't know what the Insurance.aes256 file really contains. I'm pretty sure that if something happens to Assange, we'll get to know. It might be bluff, but it might not...
In my opinion, there's something conscious and subconscious going on here, with respect to the vitriolic calls for assassination, and so forth.
The conscious thing is simple: "we want to kill him because he released sensitive shit that's detrimental to us, either personally or strategically".
But I sense an unspoken outrage here, not so much at the content of the cables, but at the disruptive nature of what those in power see as a "flagrant violation of the rules". There have been countless examples of this throughout history...American revolutionaries employing guerrilla tactics against an enemy fighting an old-style war, to name but one.
Ultimately, I think the way this stuff goes down, in the old world, is that news outlets get ahold of a bunch of sensitive shit, and then they schedule lunch with the people on the ass-end of the offensive shit, and they say "look, do some stuff that helps us and we'll release A, B and C, but we'll gloss over D, E and F." And I think this happens largely because media are either for-profit concerns, or else funded by the governments. They can only go so far in exposing the truth.
Wikileaks, in the new world, has basically said "Fuck that. We're not going to play by the old rules. We're releasing all this stuff, but if you want you can help us redact some of it." They can only do that because they have little financial stake in the outcome of their actions. And I think that among the people used to the old system, this is an affront to the assumptions of people well-versed in these well-developed social and cultural mores. And furthermore, I think vast swaths of the public go along with the outrage simply because they really don't want to know "the truth". They'd rather accept some version of the truth that doesn't upset the apple cart, because they have more mundane concerns like putting their kids through school.
The lesson from all this, IMO, is that Wikileaks, basically, is the Internet (metaphorically because of what it represents). It's a game-changer. Since the mid-90's, when we saw this new communications medium emerge, this is what we all envisioned: information in control of the masses, citizen journalism, etc. and so on. It has finally emerged in the form of Wikileaks (and if they are destroyed, it will re-form under a different guise. The implication is this: the way the world works is going to change. This diplomatic cable leak will be remembered as a moment that the old-accepted rules started to be trampled on.
No matter what, it's going to be fascinating how it all shakes out. And, some people might die, lose their jobs, increase or decrease in terms of relevance. But ultimately life will go on. It always does.
One final comment related to the above poster: really, Wikileaks isn't leaking this information at all. The Guardian is. The New York Times is. Der Spiegel is. Le Monde is. Wikileaks just dumped the documents. But it's these news organizations that are making money off packaging all the supposedly damaging information into bite-sized chunks that the average consumer can digest. Yet, I haven't heard any calls for the assassination of the editor in chief of the New York Times.
I think vast swaths of the public go along with the outrage simply because they really don't want to know "the truth".
An insightful post for the most part. But with this statement, I'd say instead that vast swaths of the public don't want to have to figure out what the truth is, don't know how or don't want to spend the time or are just plain incapable of reasoning through such a process, and so they've decided that their "team" has got a line on the truth (Reps or Dems or whatever), and so they'll just
If you want to play James Bond, you better expect to get your hair mussed.
I hear polonium-210 works better when its stirred into a drink rather than shaken
I support transparency, but I get the impression that Assange is a hypocrite and egotistical douche. Assassinate him and you turn him into a hero/martyr. Given that his organization is still fairly secret, it could continue to run without him.
Given that his organization is still fairly secret, it could continue to run without him.
Maybe, but I wouldn't count on it. I wish he would just release everything he has already. Apparently the next big release will cause scandal and humiliation in major banks, and it's killing me that the release of such information could depend on Assange's life.
Probably his best shot is to send the decryption key for the insurance file [wired.com] as a threat to someone like the state department and let them shut these idiots up a
Assange is a distraction and knows it. Chasing him wastes law enforcement resources and he knows that too. Wikileaks, the organization goes on while idiots chase their tails by chasing him. Moreover, if Wikileaks goes away, 10 more Wikileak clones will arise.
Governments, apparently, never learned the lesson of Napster. When Napster went, other free music sites were created. When those went, distributed torrent sites were created. When torrent sites go, another as yet unknown solution will occur.
With cameras, computers and the internet, almost nothing can be hidden anymore. Information leaks in the USA can't be stopped, except by regaining the respect and trust of the American people. In a wired world, the only way to do that is to play it straight, not lie and do what you say you'll do. As of yet, no political organization or movement in the USA is up to that task. When they appear, I'm sure they will be regarded as dangerous radicals by the mainstream media.
When torrent sites go
Hahahahaha, everything you say is true. These clowns cannot even shut down http://thepiratebay.org/ [thepiratebay.org] after years and years of litigation and actually throwing individual people in jail. The media shitstorm around Wikileaks is getting more amusing every hour. Say what you want about Assange, but if his goal was to draw attention to factual info leaked into the wild by US government employees, then he succeeded beyond even his own wildest dreams.
Say what you want about Assange, but if his goal was to draw attention to factual info leaked into the wild by US government employees, then he succeeded beyond even his own wildest dreams.
Other than the narrow focus on the US government, that is precisely what his goal has been. He even said so about a year ago:
---Bank Of America Set [businessinsider.com]
Information leaks in the USA can't be stopped, except by regaining the respect and trust of the American people.
I do not think there is a government in operation since three burly cavemen got together and beat the others of the tribe into line that had "the respect and trust" of the people. And the more educated, rich, and free a nation is, the more that suspicion is widespread. Come to think of it, I'd rather never have the government of the US gain the respect and trust of the people -- that means all divisions have been erased; all debate has ended. Possibly because people are just too poor, ill-educated, and s
I get the impression that Assange is a hypocrite and egotistical douche.
He's not though. From the interviews I've seen he seems reasonable enough and even made sure to remove names from the Iraq docs. People always say he's an ass but I've never seen anyone actually justify it.
In truch the Russians probably are pissed because he got his hands on some documents without greasing the usual government officials' hands like the rest has to do. A bit like the MAFIAA, but on a whole new level.
His refusal to wear a condom despite his sexual partners begging that he do precisely that, as he sleeps with multiple strangers in a short period of time is one reason I think he is a douche.
And while he wants to keep informants secret, as that location of his servers (to protect the information) he won't disclose how much money has been donated, how he spends the money, why he doesn't disclose all leaks given to him, etc.
And I've never watched a minute of Fox News. Please stop with the ad hominem attacks.
That might protect Assange from the US government but it wont protect him from Russia.
I support transparency, but I get the impression that Assange is a hypocrite and egotistical douche.
He may be a douche, but he is emphatically not a hypocrite. He's written several essays [wordpress.com] about what motivates him and why he's chosen the tactics that he has. You may not agree with his reasoning, but to his credit, he has been nothing if not consistent in his behaviour.
I support transparency, but I get the impression that Assange is a hypocrite and egotistical douche.
I'd imagine if I were the target of an international smear campaign, I could be made to look like a hypocritical, egotistical douche too (as opposed to a hypocritical, SEMI-egotistical douche.)
My point is: don't let the character assassination distract you from what's ACTUALLY important, which is of course, not Assange's character.
Prof Tom Flanagan said Barack Obama should "put out a contract and maybe use a drone or something" to rid the world of Mr Assange.
"Put out a contract?" Yeah, then maybe he should chew on a cigar while hanging out of a suicide door on a car as he fires two tommy guns from either arm? And then maybe he should cut off a horse's head and put it in Manning's jail bed? I'm sure after that contract is transmitted out to Kessel, Boba Fett will freeze Assange and deliver him to Sarah Palin. "Put out a contract?" He's the leader of the United States, not a gangster -- although I'm sure there'll be comments asking for the difference of the two.
Yeah put out a contract for drones. Obama should offer one billion dollars to the first drone to kill Assange. Well, you'd have to offer it to the drone before it detonates itself while targeting Assange
And this guy's an adviser to the Canadian PM? What kind of advice does he provide? "Well, sir, I think you should grow wings and save the internet or at least threaten to break its kneecaps if it doesn't shape up."
"Put out a contract?" Yeah, then maybe he should chew on a cigar while hanging out of a suicide door on a car as he fires two tommy guns from either arm? And then maybe he should cut off a horse's head and put it in Manning's jail bed? I'm sure after that contract is transmitted out to Kessel, Boba Fett will freeze Assange and deliver him to Sarah Palin.
Actually, that sounds freaking awsome. I *wish* the world worked that way.
And this guy's an adviser to the Canadian PM? What kind of advice does he provide? "Well, sir, I think you should grow wings and save the internet or at least threaten to break its kneecaps if it doesn't shape up, eh."
There, fixed that for you.
The problem with this is the first statement is usually what you really meant to say. You shoot it out in the heat of the moment when all your mental filters are distracted. Flanagan may now say that he doesn't advocate hunting down another human and murdering them, but the fact that he said it in the first place shows that the thought is prominent in his subconscious.
Yeah, then maybe he should chew on a cigar while hanging out of a suicide door on a car as he fires two tommy guns from either arm?
If you'll excuse me, I need to make a call to an artsy type friend with this idea... I owe ya one!
It's a poor joke in poor taste. He's already retracted all that [www.cbc.ca], and even critics of the current Canadian government on the opposite side of the house have said that Flanagan was probably joking. He was stupid for putting it that way, of course, but he wasn't serious.
The thing is, some other people have suggested targeting him "like the Taliban" and are apparently serious.
Given Canada's previous history of what happens to Prime Ministers who make silly decisions, I'd say that Mister Flanagan must have advised him on how to avoid getting a pie to the face.
And this guy's an adviser to the Canadian PM? What kind of advice does he provide? "Well, sir, I think you should grow wings and save the internet or at least threaten to break its kneecaps if it doesn't shape up."
Former adviser. Media outside of Canada likes to leave that part out, I guess because it makes it seem like our government is reacting to WikiLeaks.
No one in Canada takes him seriously, he just goes on CBC and says outrageous things. It's pretty amusing that he was taken seriously internationally.
out of fear in Moscow that WikiLeaks is prepared to release damaging personal information about Kremlin leaders
I wonder what the basis for that assessment is. My assumption would be that they're more interested in seeing what gets disclosed to them, instead of having to wait for the information to be released like everyone else. If you take that a step farther, they can potentially figure out who is talking to them in the hopes of recruiting them (nicely or otherwise) as assets for their own "wiki", so to say. I'd actually have been surprised if the FSB hadn't been observing WikiLeaks far before now.
That is why they have Insurance [wired.com]?
"Recanted" in this case most likely means "Harper threw a fit when he heard what I said, so I'm taking it back before I get blackballed". There's a reason why he's a former head of staff and a former adviser, i.e. he's a political loose cannon if let near a camera or microphone and not the type of person Harper wants anywhere near him, lest his chances of ever getting a majority be destroyed.
But in the first paragraph he admits he did make the statement. If he didn't want it reported he shouldn't have said it. Making "glib" comments gets you into the news.
Clearly that doesn't fit the situation. But you know, we are told since childhood that being honest to others in your dealings and relations is the best policy. Meanwhile, our world leaders are constantly playing dirty, lying, cheating games at every turn.
if assange does anything that irritates russian intelligence (kgb fsb or whatever) the very next day he'll be an unfortunate victim of a very peculiar, uncommon and comically spectacular accident. russians aren't the half-assed weak-sauce fascists that the americans are.
the very next day he'll be an unfortunate victim of a very peculiar, uncommon and comically spectacular accident.
I am sure the woman will be spectacular but the "accident" fairly mundane. Lets do it on the balcony daaaahling. Such a lovely night.
Julian: thats a hint. If is a woman you want drop in at the Daily Planet [dailyplanet.com.au] next time you are in Melbourne. I am sure you can afford it and they do proper QA.
Perhaps if governments stopped doing and saying such embarrassing things in written or recorded form this wouldn't be such an issue?
But that would mean less power and money for them, and we can't have that. What gets me is how much the heads of other states are drooling over the prospect of the Russians assassinating people that work for Wikileaks. It's almost like they're too cowardly to take the next step into corruption that they so wish for, so are waiting for an already wholly corrupt government to do their dirty work for them.
I'm still processing this but I think Rubin makes some good points here [tnr.com].
This is the typical rubbish of someone who thinks Wikileaks aims at the US. It doesn't.
I'm pretty sure Rubin doesn't know that Assange won the 2009 Amnesty International Media Award for exposing extrajudicial assassinations in Kenya. And Rubin doesn't know this because he doesn't care the fuck for who is murdered by whom in Kenya. Instead he thinks that Wikileaks is evil and out to destroy the US because it exposes what some US diplomats think about Putin. What an ignorant self-important wanker.
Las Vegas probably already is taking bets.
Wonder how long they give him?
Certain people with a lot to lose are certainly quietly planning, and not necessarily on damage control.
I notice that a lot of people seems to conveniently forget their "Morals" when it's their neck on the chopping block. Julian has not mass murdered anyone yet he appears to be more hated than Saddam, Hitler, or Chavez right now.
Unless Julian himself did the work of taking these documents from officials by hacking or circumventing some security he should not be considered guilty of anything. The person's at fault are those that handed these documents over to him. They are the one's at fault.
I notice that our government officials are very good at making laws that "appear" to kosher with the constitution when they actually are NOT. Lets make it simple. If you don't like the first Amendment and its freedom of the press then you just make a law that says possession of "classified/government/secrect" information is illegal as heck. This way, you can maintain your image of supporting the Constitution while not having to fear it. You can classify the fact that they take a crap each morning as a security precaution and make it a capital offense if that information is given to the press!
Everyone has gone mad and we are feverishly giving our leaders far too much power!
Why is the focus on Wikileaks and it's leader? This is a great case of shooting the messenger. Bradley Manning [guardian.co.uk] was the solider who stole the information. How he disseminated it is not the point. Granted: Wikileaks posted the information, but if Wikileaks didn't exist they would have just posted it elsewhere. Do you think that if a dozen newspapers suddenly got this information in the mail, they wouldn't have posted it? I doubt it. And are the owners of the newspapers who posted the information being targeted by the federal government? I haven't heard anything about that.
Stopping Julian Assange isn't going to solve the problem. Better idea: infiltrate Wikileaks and corrupt the information before it arrives. Let them post garbage. Ruin their reputation.
Wikileaks is actually hosted in a data center in an underground bunker [cnn.com] in a Swedish mountain. That was a good move. They actually need that level of protection.
The data center operator, Bahnhof, is fully behind Wikileaks in this. "The company's data center is "a kind of metaphor" for Bahnhof's commitment to resist any sort of intrusion, physical or legal. We're proud to have clients like these," he says. The Internet should be an open source for freedom of speech, and the role of an ISP is to be a neutral technological tool of access, not an instrument for collecting information from customers."
are the ones who are protesting the loudest. Forced, premature FOIA is a bitch.
Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt.


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PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Delaware rowing squad got big efforts from its Novice Eights and Varsity Eights crews during the opening day of 76th annual the Dad Vail Regatta on the Schuylkill River Friday.
The Novice Eights crew of coxswain Tatiana Gomez, Laura Peterson, Olivia Brady, Kristina Harmon, Kristen Reisor, Meghan Gerber, Savanah Wolfson, Lian Cancryn, and Marisa Gilliatt won its heat with a time of 6:58.320 to advance to Saturday's semifinals at 8:03 a.m. The Blue Hens, who finished ahead of Saint Joseph's, Army, and Geneseo, posted the sixth best time out of 26 boats to advance. Should Delaware finish in the top two of its semifinal race on Saturday morning, the Hens would advance to the finals later in the afternoon.
The Novice Eights crew was one of four Delaware boats that competed at the nation's most prestigious regatta on Friday. The Varsity Eights crew was fourth in its heat, the Varsity Fours crew finished fifth in its heat, and the Second Varsity Eights boat posted a fifth place showing in its heat.
While the Second Varsity Eights and Varsity Fours did not advance, the Varsity Eights crew moved on to the repache round where it placed third out of six teams Friday and advanced to Saturday's semifinals at 10:05 a.m.
The Varsity Eights boat of coxswain Jamie Noce, Denise Cirelli, Kat Francis, Jenny Kohler, Catherine Manner, Annie Waskover, Calla Cissel, Hannah Scholes, and Lily Guttentag rowed to a time of 6:51.086 to finish fourth out of five teams in its heat. Bucknell won the heat in a time of 6:31 followed by Fordham and Middlebury. Delaware then placed third in the repache with a time of 6:55, trailing winner Fairfield (6:52) and Lehigh (6:54) and finishing ahead of Penn State, Villanova, and Pittsburgh.
The Varsity Fours crew of coxswain Hayley Diverio, Megan Kirby, Kathleen Garrity, Jenn Boone, and Danielle Weader placed fifth out of six teams in its morning heat with a time of 7:46.173 as Massachusetts won with a time of 7:14.374. The Hens finished 27th overall out of 34 competitors.
The Second Varsity Eights crew of coxswain Sarah Tenenbaum, Shannon Taylor, Corey Holloway, Kate Flood, Kristen Van Iderstine, Carly Alexander, Angela Quinn, Meredith Murphy, and Sam Noel closed out the day with a fifth place finish in its heat with a time of 6:47.032. Drexel won the heat with a time of 6:29.285 with Delaware ranking 10th out of 16 competitors overall.
Delaware's top finisher at the 2013 regatta was the Varsity Eights crew, which placed 17th overall.
Varsity Fours (Heat): 1. Massachusetts, 7:14; 2. Drake, 7:26; 3. Lafayette, 7:33; 4. Lehigh, 7:42; 5. Delaware, 7:46; 6. Jacksonville, 7:51.
Varsity Eights (Heat): 1. Bucknell, 6:31; 2. Fordham, 6:33; 3. Middlebury, 6:36; 4. Delaware, 6:51; 5. Chicago, 6:56
Varsity Eights (Repache): 1. Fairfield, 6:52; 2. Lehigh, 6:54; 3. Delaware, 6:55; 4. Penn State, 6:59; 5. Villanova, 7:00; 6. Pittsburgh, 7:11.
Novice Eights (Heat): 1. Delaware, 6:58 (advances to semifinals); 2. Saint Joseph's, 7:03; 3. Army, 7:05; 4. Geneseo, 7:24.
Second Varsity Eights (Heat): 1. Drexel, 6:29; 2. Fordham, 6:37; 3. Duquesne, 6:41; 4. Purdue, 6:42; 5. Delaware, 6:47; 6. Lehigh, 6:58.


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Interviews: Khan Academy Lead Developer Ben Kamens Answers Your Questions 24
by null etc.
Joel Spolsky has famously stated that he prefers software engineers who come from highly accredited universities, preferably Ivy-league. His thought is that one has to distinguish oneself in order to be granted admission to such places. Do you think that Joel's opinion, and those of other elitist employers, will change with the introduction of free, quality online education?
Kamens:Yes. It's not just access to education, it's the ease with which somebody can demonstrate their ability. Ask any developer if they'd sleep better at night having just hired:
A) somebody from a no-name school with an impressive github profile and side projects
B) somebody from an impressive school with no github profile nor side projects
Then take everybody who answered B and keep them away from me. And here's the thing: I'm confident Joel agrees. Joel's most famous edict when it comes to hiring is making sure somebody's "Smart and Gets Things Done." There was a time when a college degree was the best credential for Smart and Gets Things Done. In many hiring situations, it still is.
In the programming world right now? Not so much. There are too many chances to prove your ability before you graduate for that name on your degree to carry all the weight. Sure, between two otherwise equal candidates, neither of whom have littered the internet with blog posts and side projects and bits of their code, highly accredited universities can still help differentiate. It's a helpful filter, especially when sorting through thousands of otherwise similar resumes.
Even at Fog Creek 6 years ago, graduating from a top-tier university only gave you one point (out of 6 possible) in the initial resume screening process...which was the most trivial part of an otherwise lengthy recruiting pipeline designed to figure out if you're Smart and Get Things Done.
Short version: yes, this is changing and will continue to. Quality online education will hopefully continue advancing alongside easier and easier ways to demonstrate your skills to the world. At Khan Academy, we've hired people from all sorts of colleges (even three high schoolers!) who've demonstrated tremendous skill way before a degree credentials it. We'll continue to do so.
Platform For Schools
by GeneralSecretary
I've heard that KhanAcademy has a platform for schools. Students can learn using Khan Academy and teachers can monitor their progress and help students where they need it most. When I last heard about this the platform was a pilot program being launched at select schools. Are there plans to make this platform generally available? or even open source?
Kamens:It's actually for any teacher in any school right now, for free. Our "teacher toolkit" is the best place to start, w/ videos of other schools' usage and tips from their implementations.
When a teacher signs up and gets their class on Khan Academy, they'll get the exact same platform our pilot classrooms receive. Same product a parent would get if they signed up with their child. Those teachers in the pilot program you mention aren't using anything special.
The significant difference is our ability to personally engage with specific teachers and classrooms. We're a small team and have to focus on a (relatively) small number of classrooms. We use these few pilots to get feedback, learn from students, try to understand how our product can empower teachers, etc. But any changes we make as a result are then given to all students around the world.
by GeneralSecretary
It seems to me that the problem with online education is being able to prove what you have learned. I can learn Calculus online at Khan Academy or at my local community college. I'll probably learn Calculus better at Khan Academy and for less money. But, I cannot use that knowledge to get a degree nor would I have any other way of proving my knowledge to other schools or potential employers. Do you have a solution to this problem?
Kamens:It's a big deal. The MOOCs have already started tackling this. Coursera, Udacity, and edX are working with colleges to provide official credit for their online classes.
There's more than one way to work this issue. The MOOCs are attempting to build an educational brand that's valued in much the same way as, say, Stanford. They can then hand out stamps of approval that serve as signals for employers or colleges who're trying to assess candidates.
There's also the github model. Github doesn't bill itself as an accreditation machine. It doesn't try to hand out branded stamps of approval. But talk to employers about the power of github profiles and you'll hear an interesting story. And they're not the only ones. Sites like Stack Overflow have managed to build systems of reputation that send meaningful signals (disclosure: I'm biased about Stack Overflow).
Bottom line: your question represents an *enormous*, world-changing opportunity, and Khan Academy has some important choices to make. The team is sprinting on this problem as I type.
Where are all the CS courses?
by Anonymous Coward
Where are all the "traditional" Computer Science courses? I'm not asking about the "interactive manual" type courses like how to do loops in Python - there are a ton of materials about that all over the web. I'm asking about theoretical computer science, such as Turing completeness, Chomsky hierarchy, abstract data types, compiler design, that kind of stuff which is the backbone of a university computer science education. The reason I'm asking is not to diminish the value of hands-on courses, but because many (including myself) were not able to get a "traditional" CS degree, coming into programming jobs from other disciplines (or no degree at all) and are largely self taught. Self teaching is great when it comes to practical stuff early on, but once you move on to more senior roles you start feeling the gaps of not understanding the theory behind your tools, design, and implementation, as much as you should.
I'd encourage you to check out the computer science section we have. While it's not the high-level content you mention, it's far from those "interactive manuals" you see around the web. John Resig and his team have built something pretty special.
That being said, the most honest answer we can give when asked about missing content is that we've chosen to focus on a few topics (like core math) until we nail them and the experience built around them.
We're opportunistic when we find an incredible person to help us teach other areas while the rest of the team focuses on core math. Examples would be Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker's Art History content and Vi Hart's brilliant and somewhat indescribable videos.
We are building quite a content team. There's little we don't hope to cover one day. Just not focusing on higher-level CS *yet*.
Explanation vs exploration: Pedagogical challenge?
by fantomas
I've heard a criticism of the Khan Academy pedagogic approach is that it is explanation based (effectively the old model: the teacher talks, the student listens, the student carries out an exercise, listens again) - while schools are moving towards exploration based learning (where students are encourage to try and approach problems from different angles supported by teacher-as-facilitator). To what extent does Khan Academy replicate a very old fashioned rote-learning form of education (albeit delivered and presented via a new media with minor improvements like pause and rewind), and in what aspects does it offer significant new pedagogical advances in learning?
Kamens:Dangit, I just listened to Sal answer this exact question at a dinner yesterday. Now you're gonna make me feel like I'm a puppet. I'll do my best to break free of these puppet shackles and answer with my own words.
The fundamental belief of Khan Academy is that students should engage with content they need on-demand, at their own pace. We agree that any curriculum that forces all students in a class to follow the same, preordained "watch this video, do this exercise, watch this other video" path isn't using technology in a meaningful way. So we design our product and work with teachers to help students feel ownership of the learning process.
Our classrooms see varying implementations, but the best of them try hard to help students move at their own pace. Some students might never need to listen to Sal say a word. They can master content by experimenting on their own. Absolutely. Fine. By. Us. Others may benefit from rewinding one of Sal's videos over and over and over until a concept clicks. But not every student masters content at the same speed.
It takes a fearless teacher to embrace this controlled chaos in a classroom. I've seen it happen. I have the highest respect in the world for those teachers able to do it. They're simultaneously ready to help mentor a student who's stuck working on fractions and another who may've advanced all the way to trigonometry. They let one student run free on her own while giving another strong encouragement to try the next challenge. Watching these teachers in action is a sight to behold.
Khan Academy exists to give students the freedom to engage with the content they need while giving teachers immediate feedback about who's working on what and where they need help. We think we can help teachers by making this acquisition of core skills a more personalized, efficient process.
In doing so, we hope to move teachers _up_ the value chain so they can focus on exploration-based learning and targeted coaching with the rest of their class time.
I personally think that'd be a significant advance in learning. And FWIW, we consider anybody who fights for exploration-based learning to be an ally of Khan Academy.
Plans to make KA easier for researchers to use?
by Anonymous Coward
I'm a middle school teacher experimenting with using KA with my classes. I think it is an amazing tool, especially for differentiation -- helping teachers to help their students who are behind have successes in math and, ideally, work towards getting caught back up to their peers. I think it can allow math teachers to do more interesting and fun (non-drill) types of work in the classroom, such as focusing more on students learning by doing open-ended, authentic, rich projects with each other. The key word there is that I *think* it must be helpful to the type of classroom described above. I want to know it is, and as part of our practice in Ontario, Canada, it is encouraged that teachers engage in personal inquiry projects to get more data on whether what we think is working actually is. It is difficult to get the data I need out of KA. We're having to do a lot of manual grabbing of student usage times and populating spreadsheets with that. Any plans to extend the external API to allow more sophisticated queries? Or, perhaps plans to provide a tool allowing more extensive data dumps which researchers can use? And if you don't have plans at the moment, does this post influence that? ;-) With a more thorough access to student data, I expect there will be researchers who will be more interested in investigating KA in their research and fleshing out the actual benefits (and also any issues that might be addressed). My students and I thank you!
Kamens:Holy crap, I should've just pasted your first couple sentences in response to the previous question! Would've been way more authentic.
Ouch. This one hits home. I want our API to support this type of thing, and I know it's far from perfect. Can you make sure the specific API queries you need are requested here? We haven't had time to do everything we want, but we're always on the lookout for big API wins that'll enable the community to build cool stuff. Thanks for being an early API adopter. Sorry you've had trouble. Please know that we want to help.
The large data dump request is a bit more complicated due to student privacy issues, but it's on our radar.
lead dev
by vlm
I always ask coder/tech types whats their coolest hack / coolest piece of code. Not something else someone else did, not some giant overall project or vague thing like "world peace" just your coolest isolated to one individual "thing" hack. Something they did personally not hired someone else to do, or something their boss did. Maybe in your LOB its an amazing caching technique, or an astounding way to compress video or whatever. Or some astounding workflow thingy. A short story just a paragraph no more. The kind of thing a /. audience would respond with "cool!" when they read it.
Kamens:While I can't promise "amazing" or "astounding" I can at least make you cringe. A couple years ago we had to take Khan Academy down for maintenance. Was gonna take a couple hours. We put up a cutesy little "Shhhh...we're studying!" page to let users know we'd be back soon.
We were Google App Engine novices at the time. The method we used to display that "Shhh...we're studying!" page did something we didn't expect: it returned a caching header that told all downstream clients to cache the page. For 365 days. For _all of our URLs_. And this was _entirely_ our fault (not App Engine's).
Once the disaster died down we switched back to www.khanacademy.org and modified our URLs in a different way to avoid any remaining caches. Surprisingly, our traffic didn't take a hit and everything recovered nicely. But we wondered for about a year if anybody was still seeing that "Shhh...we're studying!" page.
by Niris
As someone who is currently a senior in computer science and looking for summer internships, what is it that Khan Academy developers look for in perspective interns? I've looked over the blog posts from some of the past interns, and their projects all seem pretty amazing. Is it possible for someone who doesn't have a fair amount of professional level experience to jump in to the internship program with Khan Academy? Disclaimer: I currently have an application in for the internship program, hence my curiosity :)
Kamens:Side projects. Blogs. Having built or written things that others find useful. Being passionate enough to find us and ask interview questions on slashdot.
A past filled with creating value will go a long, long way. Rooting for you.
Jude the Obscure
by Quirkz
Discussions about online learning tend to remind me of the book Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy. It's been a couple of decades, but from what I remember it's the tragic story of a poor working man who dreams of pursuing education/knowledge but who can only barely scrape by with the essentials and can rarely afford even the occasional book. Do institutions like Khan Academy mostly or completely erase that scenario in the modern day? Would a modern Jude have been able to educate and better himself? Are there other obstacles that replace the cost as a barrier to taking this free learning and finding advancement or satisfaction?
Kamens:Ever read The Diamond Age? We give a copy to all interns on their first day. Our long-term sci-fi dream is to remove exactly these obstacles. If we can get one small step closer to The Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (sounds like it would've helped this Jude)...well, that's a dream.


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Data Gravity Pulls In $30 Million
CEO: Paula Long
Data Gravity (http://datagravity.com) raised $30 million in venture capital in January in its second round of funding. The new investment round, led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, brings total investment in the company to $42 million.
The Nashua, N.H.-based startup is developing technology to transform stored data into information without the need for complex software packages. The company expects to launch its first product in 2014. Data Gravity CEO and co-founder Paula Long was a co-founder of EqualLogic, which in 2008 was acquired by Dell.


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In the early 1980s, University City resident George Allen was charged with and convicted of raping and murdering court reporter Mary Bell.
Last year, after serving 30 years in prison, Allen was released from prison as new evidence came to light which could have helped Allen's defense and which a judge ruled made his trial unfair.
A Missouri appeals court upheld a lower court's ruling vacating the conviction and St. Louis circuit attorney Jennifer Joyce chose not to re-try the case.
"Many people believe he's guilty, many people believe he's not guilty. I really don't know whether he's guilty or not. He was not exonerated of the crime but what the court found in his habeas proceeding was that he did not receive a fair trial, and I agree with that," Joyce said.
Jennifer Joyce joined William Freivogel, Director of the School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, and Mark Smith, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of The Career Center at Washington University in St. Louis, for our monthly legal roundtable.
Joyce said, "I consider the George Allen case to be a colossal failure of the justice system. Both the victim and George Allen were failed in that case. There were documents that the police department had that they never gave to the prosecutor in that case and so the prosecution, in turn, could not give them to the defense council."
Further, Joyce said members of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners and Chief Sam Dotson are eager to participate in discussions that would bring about a "comprehensive system for getting all of these into one spot and getting all of those turned over to the prosecutor." She said it's necessary to make clear recommendations and hold people accountable for following them.
Also discussed on the program were a proposal to set up separate courts for gun violence in St. Louis and treating marijuana possession crimes differently.
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That RedC poll and the 'Financial outlook'… January 23, 2013Posted by WorldbyStorm in Economy, Irish Politics.
One other finding in the Red C / Paddy Power poll from the week before last, the findings on expectations of personal financial situations in 12 months time wouldn't exactly inspire confidence that the population expects matters to improve significantly.
Much Stronger – 4 per cent, A little Stronger – 17 per cent, Stay the same – 26 per cent, A little weaker – 29 per cent, A lot weaker – 24 per cent.
Well over fifty per cent think it will worsen, effectively 4 in 5 think it will worsen or stay the same. It raises the question as to who are this 21 per cent who think otherwise?
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by this i mean, how does one know when they're being sensibly and fairly turning someone down as opposed to just being picky and superficial?
i dont know if im saying this right... i had the idea right in my head but its hard to get out here.
basically, i feel too superficial and picky at times when it comes to potential interests. on one hand, i hope thats not the case because i want to be fair and give chances, but on the other, what am i supposed to do if im not attracted to said person, in that way? or theres not enough attraction? is it possible to be somewhere in between?
any advice/ experience(s) are welcome... or just random talk i suppose is fine. whatever :P