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FOOTNOTES * As most stockholders and readers of financial pages know, Lewis Gilbert frequently attends the annual meetings of the many companies in which he owns stock: his intense concern for his own and other shareholders' interests has made him a cogent questioner of management on such occasions. This year at the General Motors Corporation annual meeting he engaged in a conversational exchange with Chairman Frederic J. Donner and Executive Office partner John Schumann, who is in charge of our world-wide services to GM. A condensation of their remarks is reprinted below, because it centers upon constructive services—a subject close to all our hearts (and workdays). Mr. Gilbert quoted from a letter to Fortune magazine by Father J. E. Cant-well of St. Louis University: "Older auditors were not content to make the income balance the outgo. They always added their observations on the condition of the business, and made recommendations as to what they thought ought to be done about it. This work was considered an important part of the audit . . ." If this is not being done today, "the profession," Father Cant-well wrote, "should be revised backward to the old style." "As far as General Motors is concerned," Mr. Gilbert said, "I should like to hear from my good friend, the auditor, as to his comments on Father- Can twell's observation." Mr. Donner said he would like first comment. "It happens that I was breaking my business teeth in auditing about forty-three years ago . . . (As) an older auditor today, at least a renegade auditor . . . I don't think that forty-some years ago they did as well what I would call the analytical side of auditing . . . advising management whether there were trends, situations... that needed consideration." Mr. Donner noted that General Motors had always "looked on our auditors as being equally concerned with giving us advice as they are merely telling us the condition of the accounts." He invited Mr. Schumann to comment. "We consider it our responsibility," Mr. Schumann said, "not merely to do the things that Father Cantwell was talking of, but . . . to render the most constructive service we can." * Contributions are still coming in to the University of Illinois Foundation to finance a Weldon Powell Professorship in Accountancy at the University. They have been received from hundreds of Weldon's partners and associates at H&S, DPH&S (Canada), other firms, and from his countless friends throughout the profession. When plans for the professorship were announced last winter, the Haskins & Sells Foundation undertook to grant an amount at least matching all other contributions. Contributions and their matching grant totalled more than $100,000 at time of publication of this issue. * We hope the following book review will be the first of many to come. All members of H&S families are invited to share their non-technical reading with the rest of the Firm in this way. Marion B. 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That Richard was among other things courageous, magnanimous, and possessed of rare leadership qualities is almost incidentally shown throughout the story. It is precisely the flashes of opposite characteristics that make the portrayal realistic. Since many epic events become so in retrospect, and virtues and faults tend to magnify in retelling, the story is particularly interesting because it does not orient events to their historical contexts and the ingredients of character are described in a simple way that makes them both ordinary and timeless. Miss Lofts' etchings of secondary characters—the lute player, Richard's mother and his wife, an abbot, a deformed princess, common soldiers, and sundry knights, are equally memorable. The only deficiency in this work is the lack of a more complete picture of the chivalrous Saladin. Although his kingdom was threatened by conspiracies which could succeed only in his absence, Richard's sole 18


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Blake Pucsek is the captain of the 2010 Crimson heavyweights (photo courtesy David Silverman).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Following yet another undefeated dual season, some of the varsity personnel of the Harvard heavyweight crew has changed, but the aspirations remain the same in 2010 as the fourth-ranked Crimson seeks more dual success, a return trip to the Eastern Sprints podium and an IRA medal.
Last season's Crimson finished second in the varsity eight and the Rowe Cup overall team points competition at the Eastern Sprints, earning medals in four events. Harvard went on to advance to the varsity eight grand final, finishing fifth, at the IRA National Championships, while the freshman eight won Sprints and IRA silver.
The 2009 season was capped by a four-race sweep in the 144th Harvard-Yale Regatta, as the varsity and freshman eights each finished with 7-0 dual records. It was the 20th perfect dual campaign in the 47-year tenure of Harry Parker, The Stone Family Head Coach for Harvard Men's Crew.
In 2010, members of both last season's undefeated boats will be called upon to guide Harvard to its simple goals of rowing fast and winning often. Five oarsmen return from varsity eight: captain Blake Pucsek, fellow seniors Richard Anderson and Noah Bruegmann and juniors Anthony Locke and David Wakulich.
Half of last season's final second varsity rowers return, as well as coxswain Joseph Lin. Ben French, Chris and Mark Fuller and Duncan Gilchrist all helped the Crimson take fifth place in the IRA grand final. Ryan Bucke and Ivan Posavec also contributed to Harvard's 4-2 dual record at second varsity.
Key to the Crimson's chances will be not only the performance of the returning varsity rowers from the boats coached by Parker and assistant coach Wayne Berger, but also the emergence of the sophomores who are stepping up from last year's successful freshman season. Freshman coach Bill Manning welcomes in 24 new rookies to try to replace that outstanding group.
The Schedule
A new academic calendar brings changes to Harvard's rowing schedule. The most notable switch is moving the Harvard-Yale race from mid-June to May 29, which is the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, two weeks after Sprints and a week prior to the IRA regatta.
The beginning of the schedule has also changed. Before facing fellow Eastern power Brown—the rival that edged the Crimson for the Sprints gold last season—in the season opener as in previous years Harvard has added another strong opponent, Cornell, to the schedule. After visiting the Big Red and Bears, Harvard will compete in home races against MIT and Princeton, Navy and Penn and Northeastern, with trophies on the line in each regatta.
This Weekend
Harvard travels to Ithaca, N.Y., to face Cornell in the season opener Saturday. A newcomer to the Crimson's dual schedule, the Big Red is not an unfamiliar foe. Cornell has been competing at crew since 1873, 21 years after the inaugural Harvard-Yale race, and had an outstanding 2009 season. The Big Red went 11-0 and finished fourth at Sprints and ninth at the IRA National Championships. Cornell opened the season with a win against Bucknell at last weekend's Ithaca dual Regatta.
Saturday's Racing Schedule
8:50 a.m. – Third Varsity Eight
9:20 a.m. – Varsity Eight
9:50 a.m. – Second Varsity Eight
10:20 a.m. – Freshman Eight
10:50 a.m. – Second Freshman Eight
Harvard Lineups
Varsity Eight
Cox: Kelly Evans, 8: Patrick Lapage, 7: Matthew Edstein, 6: Sam O'Connor, 5: David Wakulich, 4: Nick Jordan, 3: Michael DiSanto, 2: Anthony Locke, 1: Blake Pucsek
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Joseph Lin, 8: Phil Matthews, 7: Christopher Fuller, 6: Mark Fuller, 5: Spencer Livingston, 4: Ivan Posavec, 3: Connor Griffith, 2: Benjamin French, 1: Elihu Reynolds
Third Varsity Eight
Cox: Alex Sopko, 8: Kyle Gordon, 7: Alex Soutter, 6: Richard Anderson, 5: Karl Hirt, 4: Lukens Orthwein, 3: David Paresky, 2: Jack Morrissey, 1: Andrew Hamm
Freshman Eight
Cox: David Fuller, 8: Peter Scholle, 7: Justin Mundt, 6: Parker Washburn, 5: James O'Connor, 4: Jason Phillips, 3: Eli Shikaloff, 2: Alex MacIntosh, 1: Josh Hicks
Second Freshman Eight
Cox: Colby Wikason, 8: Matthew Vincent, 7: Nolan Pollock, 6: Shaw McKean, 5: Tom Hanson, 4: William Polachek, 3: Mick Malowany, 2: Luke Phillips, 1: Chris Goldstein
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Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an Independent who has been New York City's 108th mayor since January 1, 2002, and founded Bloomberg LP, a powerful financial news and information company, in 1981.[1] The company made $8 billion in profits in 2012.[2] His long-term partner is Diana L. Taylor.[3]. Bloomberg is also co-chair of the Campaign to Fix the Debt (see more below).
Bloomberg, a Democrat turned Republican, was "at one point one of the single biggest contributors anywhere to Republican candidates."[4]
In 2012, Bloomberg, at an estimated net worth of $25.0 billion, ranked at #10 on the Forbes 400 list of billionaires in the United States[5] and at #20 on the list of the world's billionaires.[6]
Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem."
Bloomberg is listed as a chairman of the campaign to Fix the Debt, along with former New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg and former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.[7]
Bloomberg pushed the "No Budget, No Pay" bill stunt backed by Fix the Debt partner organization Comeback America Initiative,[8] which passed the U.S. House in January 2013, but was promptly denounced as unconstitutional.[9]
Bloomberg has long been sympathetic to the deficit reduction crowd. In a March 2012 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg complained about the President asking millionaires and billionaires to do more to fix the debt calling it "class warfare," and backed the $4 trillion Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan. He also expressed support for the expiration of Bush tax cuts for all income levels, which would have been a large hike on the poor and middle class.[10]
In 2011, Bloomberg proposed his own $8 trillion deficit reduction plan that would entail steep cuts to Social Security and Medicare and proposed to raise the retirement age.[11]
This article is part of the Center for Media and Democracy's investigation of Pete Peterson's Campaign to "Fix the Debt." Please visit our main SourceWatch page on Fix the Debt.
|About Fix the Debt
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem." Through a special report and new interactive wiki resource, the Center for Media and Democracy -- in partnership with the Nation magazine -- exposes the funding, the leaders, the partner groups, and the phony state "chapters" of this astroturf supergroup. Learn more at PetersonPyramid.org and in the Nation magazine.
Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest
From 2010 to 2012, Bloomberg LP spent $2.5 million lobbying on financial issues, a fact not disclosed in his Fix the Debt biography. Most of Bloomberg LP's lobbyists previously held federal government jobs.[12] His long-term partner is Diana L. Taylor, who is the state banking superintendent for the State of New York[13] as well as a board member of Citigroup with an annual compensation of $316,250 in 2011,[14] and of Brookfield Properties. Citigroup lobbies on corporate tax reform.[15] Bloomberg has long been sympathetic to the deficit reduction crowd. In a March 2012 op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg complained about the President asking millionaires and billionaires to do more to fix the debt calling it "class warfare," and backed the $4 trillion Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan. He also expressed support for the expiration of Bush tax cuts for all income levels, which would have been a large hike on the poor and middle class.[16] Bloomberg pushed the "No Budget, No Pay" bill stunt backed by Fix the Debt partner organization Comeback America Initiative,[17] which passed the U.S. House in January 2013, but was promptly denounced as unconstitutional.[18] In 2011, Bloomberg proposed his own $8 trillion deficit reduction plan that would entail steep cuts to Social Security and Medicare and proposed to raise the retirement age.[19]
Political Contributions and Lobbying
In 2012, Bloomberg gave heavily to two SuperPAC's, the Mayors against Illegal Guns Action Fund, and Americans Elect, a superPAC which ran ads for independent nominee for Senate Angus King.[20] Bloomberg's contributions to Americans Elect totaled $500,000.[21]
From 2010 to 2012, Bloomberg LP spent $2.5 million lobbying on financial issues. Most of Bloomberg LP's lobbyists previously held federal government jobs.[22]
Political Positions
Bloomberg holds a variety of different political positions that are generally centrist, drawing from both Democratic Party and Republican Party positions on different key American issues. He tends to be more liberal on social issues and some economic issues, such as public welfare and income inequality, while being a fiscal conservative.
Social Issues
On the major issue of abortion, Bloomberg is considered pro-choice. He supports abortion rights, stating: "Reproductive choice is a fundamental human right and we can never take it for granted, on this issue, you're either with us or against us." He has criticized pro-choice politicians who support pro-life candidates. His comments may have been directed at New York Senator Chuck Schumer, a supporter of abortion rights who supported Bob Casey, who is pro-life, in the 2006 Senate election.[23]
Bloomberg tends to be liberal about his policies towards many social issues; for instance, Bloomberg supports governmental funding for stem cell research, calling the Republican position on the issue "insanity,"[24] while also supporting same-sex marriage with the rationale, "I think anybody should be allowed to marry anybody."[25]
However, he continues to support the strict drug laws that have been established in New York City and enforced by the New York Police Department (NYPD), despite having admitted to smoking marijuana in the past and "[enjoying] it."[26]
Domestic Issues
On crime, the decline in New York criminal activity that occurred throughout Rudy Giuliani's tenure has continued. Bloomberg, however, is against the death penalty, stating, "I'd rather lock somebody up and throw away the key and put them in hard labor, the ultimate penalty that the law will allow, but I'm opposed to the death penalty."[27]
In addition to his anti-crime work, Bloomberg is an avid supporter of gun control, stating, "I don't know why people carry guns. Guns kill people." As mayor, he increased the mandatory minimum sentence for illegal possession of a loaded handgun. In regard to the change, Bloomberg commented, "Illegal guns don't belong on our streets and we're sending that message loud and clear, we're determined to see that gun dealers who break the law are held accountable, and that criminals who carry illegal loaded guns serve serious time behind bars."[27] Bloomberg formed Mayors Against Illegal Guns in May 2007, an organization made up of 210 mayors who support gun control.[28]
Bloomberg has also shown involvement in education reform as mayor, replacing the school board set up by the state with direct mayoral control over public education. He raised the salaries of teachers by 15 percent while the test scores of students in the city and the graduation rate rose as well. Bloomberg is opposed to the promotion of students to the next grade level for strictly social reasons, stating that students should only be promoted when they are adequately prepared for the next grade level. He favors after-school programs to help students that are behind. As mayor, Bloomberg strengthened the cell-phone ban in schools.[29]
In dealing with the global warming debate and New York's role in it, he has enacted a plan called "PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York" to fight global warming, protect the environment, and prepare New York for the projected one million more people expected to be living in the city by the year 2030.[30] Bloomberg has also been involved in motivating other cities to make changes, delivering the keynote address at the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit and stating, "[W]e now know beyond a doubt that global warming is a reality. And the question we must all answer is, 'What are we going to do about it?'" Bloomberg also talked about how he would go about fighting climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, using cleaner and more efficient fuels, and encouraging public transportation.[31]
On issues of domestic and homeland security, Bloomberg has attacked social conservatives on immigration, calling their stance unrealistic: "We're not going to deport 12 million people, so let's stop this fiction. Let's give them permanent status."[32] He supports a worker ID database that uses DNA and fingerprint technology to keep track of all workers to verify their status.[33] Bloomberg believes that law-abiding immigrants should be given citizenship and supports the congressional efforts of John McCain and Ted Kennedy in immigration reform. Regarding border security, Bloomberg compared it to the tide, stating, "It's as if we expect border control agents to do what a century of communism could not: defeat the natural market forces of supply and demand . . . and defeat the natural human desire for freedom and opportunity. You might as well as sit in your beach chair and tell the tide not to come in. As long as America remains a nation dedicated to the proposition that 'all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,' people from near and far will continue to seek entry into our country."[34]
Bloomberg believes that the September 11, 2001 attacks were not intended to be solitary events. When he assumed office, he set up a Counterterrorism Bureau that works with the NYPD intelligence division to gather information about terrorism affecting New York worldwide. He feels that funding for Homeland Security by the federal government should be distributed by risk, where cities that are considered to have the highest threat for a terrorist attack would get the most money.[35] Bloomberg is also a supporter of the USA PATRIOT Act.[36]
Economic Issues
Economically, Bloomberg tends to be conservative, expressing distaste for taxes. He has stated, "Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them, so they're a necessary evil."[37] As mayor, he did raise property taxes to fund budget projects. However, in January 2007, he proposed cuts in property taxes by five percent and cuts in sales taxes, including the elimination of taxes on clothing and footwear. Bloomberg pointed to Wall Street profits and the real estate market as evidence that the city's economy was booming and could handle a tax break.[38]
Bloomberg's fiscal conservativism also led him to eliminate the previous $6 billion deficit when he assumed office. He balanced the budget of New York City by raising property taxes and making cuts to city agencies, excluding the police and fire departments.[39]
As a businessman, Bloomberg is respected by the business community and governs with a pro-business platform. He is in favor of providing tax breaks to big corporations. As mayor, Bloomberg lobbied the CEO of Goldman Sachs to establish its headquarters across from Ground Zero by promising $1.65 billion in tax breaks. Regarding this deal, Bloomberg stated, "This [New York City] is where the best want to live and work. So I told him [CEO of Goldman Sachs], 'We can help with minimizing taxes. Minimizing your rent. Improving security. But in the end, this is about people.'"[40]
He has had a less cordial relationship with unions as mayor. In 2002, when New York City's transit workers threatened to strike, Bloomberg responded by riding a mountain bike through the city to show how the city could deal with the transit strike by finding alternate means of transportation and not pandering to the unions.[41]
Bloomberg is a staunch advocate of free trade and is strongly opposed to protectionism, stating, "The things that we have to worry about is this protectionist movement that has reared its head again in this country. . . ." He worries about the growth of China and fears the tightening gap between the United States and other countries: "The rest of the world is catching up, and, there are people that say, surpassing us. I hope they are wrong. I hope those who think we are still in good shape are right. But nevertheless, the time to address these issues is right now."[42]
Bloomberg puts a strong emphasis on public health and welfare, adopting many economically liberal policies. As mayor, he made HIV, diabetes, and hypertension all top priorities. He extended the city's smoking ban to all commercial establishments and implemented a trans fat ban in restaurants.[43] He also launched a program called Opportunity NYC, which is the nation's first-ever conditional cash transfer pilot program, designed to help New Yorkers break the cycle of poverty in the city. He instituted a $7.5 billion municipal affordable housing plan, the largest in the nation, that is supposed to provide 500,000 New Yorkers with housing.[44]
Bloomberg is concerned about poverty and growing class divisions, stating, "This society cannot go forward the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing."[45]
Foreign Policy
Initially, Bloomberg strongly supported the war in Iraq and the rationale for going in. He stated, "Don't forget that the war started not very many blocks from here," alluding to Ground Zero. In regard to the global War on Terrorism including Iraq he said, "It's not only to protect Americans. It's America's responsibility to protect people around the world who want to be free." His enthusiasm seems to have lessened somewhat over the course of the war, however. In August of 2005, he said, "I think everybody has very mixed emotions about the war that was started to find weapons of mass destruction and then they were not found."
Draft Bloomberg 2008 (aka Unite For Mike)
The Draft Bloomberg 2008 committee, which is based out of New York City, Boston, and Washington DC, promotes a Mike Bloomberg candidacy, regardless of election vehicle or political party he chooses to run under. This is the most heavily trafficked site promoting Mike Bloomberg for President (according to alexa). So far the group has received significant publicity due to its close ties to Kevin Sheekey, New York City's Deputy Mayor, in social networking sites like the Draft Mike Bloomberg Facebook group.[46]
This unaffiliated Draft Bloomberg group launched its bloomberg08nyc.com New York City Draft Bloomberg 2008 campaign lead by Karin Gallet, Andrew MacRae and Michael White.[47][48] In December 2007, the Draft Bloomberg 2008 campaign site relaunched as UniteForMike.com, providing a blog and collecting signatures for the Draft Bloomberg 2008 movement.[49] The site included blogs, forums, videos, news, and commentary as well as up to date information on the activities of the Draft Bloomberg for President movement.
- Ex Officio Trustee, Museum of Jewish Heritage [50]
- Ex Officio Trustee, Metropolitan Museum of Art [51]
- Ex Officio Trustee, American Museum of Natural History [52]
- Ex Officio Director, Lincoln Center [53]
- Ex Officio Trustee, Carnegie Hall [54]
Contact Information
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Articles and Resources
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- Bio: Michael Bloomberg, Office of the Mayor, New York City.
- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, CityMayors.com.
- Topic: Michael Bloomberg, New York Times.
- Profile: Michael Bloomberg, BBC News.
- Michael Bloomber, NNDB.com.
- Michael Bloomberg in the Wikipedia.
- #34, Bloomberg, Michael Rubens, Forbes 400, 2004.
- Katie Couric, Leaders and Revolutionaries: Michael Bloomberg, TIME 100, 2007.
Articles by Michael Bloomberg
- "The Changing Gun Debate. The Feds ducked responsibility on guns. Good thing America's mayors stepped in," Newsweek (MSNBC), April 30, 2007 (issue).
External Articles and Commentary
- Michael D. Shear, "N.Y. Mayor Is Eyeing '08, Observers Say," Washington Post, March 26, 2007.
- Carol J. Loomis, "Bloomberg's money machine. There's power in that name. The man, Michael Bloomberg, runs New York City and may have even grander ambitions. The company, Bloomberg LP, is a prodigious success and just keeps getting stronger," Fortune (CNNMoney.com), April 5, 2007.
- Andrew Ross Sorkin, ed., "Is Michael Bloomberg Worth $13 Billion?" Deal Book Blog/New York Times, April 10, 2007.
- "NRA Magazine Cover Depicts NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg as Octopus, Raising Anti-Semitic Concerns," Associated Press (Fox News), April 18, 2007.
- Michael Saul, "Living like this is killing the city. Mayor unveils monster proposal to make our town more ecofriendly," New York Daily News, April 23, 2007.
- June Kronholz, "Could Bloomberg Shake Up Race? Voter Frustration Could Open Door To Independent Presidential Run," Wall Street Journal Online, May 1, 2007.
- kowalski, "Mike Bloomberg, Guns, and the Tiahrt Amendment," RedState Blog, May 5, 2007.
- Reihan Salam, "I Still Like Mike," The American Scene, May 9, 2007.
- "Chuck (Schumer): Bloomberg can't win White House if Clinton is Dem nominee," Newsday, May 10, 2007.
- "Hagel-Bloomberg In '08? You Never Know. Senator Says Today's GOP Is Not The Party He Joined; Considers An Independent Ticket In '08," Face the Nation/CBS News, May 13, 2007. re Chuck Hagel
- "From CQ Today: Hagel Hints at Independent Bid for White House in 2008," Congressional Quarterly (New York Times), May 14, 2007.
- Jim Carney, "Will Bloomberg Run for President?" TIME Magazine, May 14, 2007.
- Azi Paybarah, "Bloomberg: Neutral in 2008," New York Observer, May 14, 2007.
- Chris Cillizza, "Hagel Continues Flirtation With Independent Bid," The Fix Blog / Washington Post, May 14, 2007.
- Michael Gormley, "Bloomberg Again Nixes Presidential Run. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Again Rejects Supporters Who Want Him to Run for President," Associated Press (ABC News), May 14, 2007.
- Fred Siegel and Michael Goodwin, "The Mystery of Michael Bloomberg. Why does a popular but mediocre mayor think he should run for president?" The Weekly Standard, May 14, 2007.
- Ralph Z. Hallow, "Bloomberg poised for third-party campaign," Washington Times, May 15, 2007.
- Joe Gandelman, "Is A Bloomberg-Hagel Independent Ticket In The Offing For 2008?" The Moderate Voice, May 15, 2007.
- Chris Smith, "The Mayor and His Money. Michael Bloomberg may be the first politician to use his vast fortune not just to get elected but to actually govern. In a city ever more defined by the gap between rich and poor, that's pretty weird," New York Magazine, 2006.
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Albany, N.Y. – Albany senior center John Puk converted a free throw with 0.4 seconds left to give the host Great Danes a 73-72 double overtime victory over a courageous UMBC squad at SEFCU Arena.
UMBC appeared to have the final possession of the second overtime as they had the ball with 35.7 remaining. Senior forward Chase Plummer's (Plainfield, N.J./St. Patrick) trey with 4.3 seconds remaining was a little strong and sophomore forward Malik Garner was charged with fouling Puk on the rebound battle with 0.4 seconds remaining.
After Puk hit the first of two free throws, UA was called for a lane violation as they attempted to miss the second shot on purpose. UMBC ran a final play, where America East Player of the Game Rodney Elliott (Baltimore, Md./John Carroll) set a screen in the middle of the floor for junior forward Devarick Houston (Jonesboro, Ga./Mays). On the play, Elliott was knocked to the floor and Plummer's long distance pass was jarred loose from Houston as the clock expired.
Three Retrievers were brilliant in the effort versus the defending conference champions. Elliott scored 22 points in 46 minutes of action, while Houston and freshman guard Bryan Harris (Oxon Hill, Md./Southern) scored career highs. Houston netted 19 points and added a team-best seven rebounds and six blocked shots, while Harris added 18 points.
The epic battle featured 16 lead changes and 15 ties and Albany's largest lead of the night was four points.
The end of regulation and overtime saw the hosts rally to knot the score and send the game to extra periods. In regulation, Elliott had extended UMBC's advantage to 61-58 on a foul line jumper with 37 seconds left. But UA guard Peter Hooley capped his brilliant second half by draining a left wing trey and with 21 seconds left and sending the contest to overtime.
Harris gave UMBC a 69-67 lead, hitting a rare pair of Retriever free throw attempts with 49 seconds left. But Great Dane forward Sam Rowley hit a driving layup with 31 seconds to play and send the contest to a second extra frame knotted at 69-all.
In the deciding extra period, Elliott tied the game at 72-all with 1:10 to play, by hitting one of two free throws, setting up the bizarre final sequence.
Elliott hit 8-of-14 shots from the floor and 4-of-7 from behind the arc and extended his double figures scoring streak to eight straight. Houston was 7-of-11, including 3-of-4 from behind the arc in 44 minutes of action.
Both teams struggled from the floor in overtime, as UMBC made just 3-of-12 shots, but Albany converted just 1-of-7. Ten of Albany's 12 overtime points came from the charity stripe.
UMBC (4-11, 0-2 America East) hit 38.8 percent from the field for the game (26-of-67), but did drain 10-of-27 (37 percent) from behind the arc. Albany (8-7, 2-0) converted four fewer field goals (22) and treys (6), but converted 23-of-27 from the free throw line. The Retrievers sunk 10 of 13 attempts in 50 minutes of action.
After falling behind 6-2, UMBC shocked the host Great Danes with an 11-0 run and took a 13-6 lead on a Harris field goal with 11:11 to play in the first half. The Retrievers maintained the advantage for most of the stanza, but Albany ended the half on a 7-2 run and took a narrow 27-26 lead into the break.
A pair of Harris free throws gave the Retrievers a six-point advantage at 48-42 with 8:36 to play, but a subsequent 7-0 Great Dane surge restored a lead for the hosts with 5:47 remaining.
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It is speculated that This is one of the sets available to characters that are boosted to level 80 under the revamped Scroll of Resurrection program.* Most sets have more than one option for each slot to accommodate different specializations.
Full list of sets created for this purpose: Beastsoul (hunter), Shadowstalking (rogue), Dreadsoul (warlock), Wildsoul (druid), Magesoul (mage, derp), Ebonsoul (death knight), Valiant (warrior), Zealous (paladin), Seraphic (priest), Stormbinder (shaman).
*As of Patch 5.3, all items exclusive to the SoR promotion (minus the deprecated Relic-type items) are now purchasable from vendors in Cataclysm starting zones in order to bridge an item level gap between Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm content. Sweet, sweet vindication after all this time.


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Boulders laugh, trees talk, and practically each patch of ground has meaning, in Atala Toys experience. Faeries, angels, ghosts, orbs, and spirits of place are just some of the life forms with which she helps us attune-and shows us how to record their image! Readers will cherish her rare combination of esoteric wisdom and practical guidance. With substantive clarity, she explains time travel, portals, dowsing, negative and positive vortexes, balls of energy known as merkabahs, ley lines, and orbs-the plasma of some life form visible to human eyes or to cameras, many of which are nature spirits who enjoy being around happy energy and so are often seen at parties and spiritual gatherings. EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER ONE The Haunted Hotel The grand old Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, is known as the second most haunted hotel in America surpassed only by a New Orleans hotel where such activity increased after Hurricane Katrina. I unexpectedly discovered the Stanley Hotels very active energy when, on a nature photography shoot in Estes Park, I booked a night in the hotel simply because it had an online special. On check-in, looking at me strangely, the clerk asked if I preferred a room in the old part of the hotel. Because she seemed to be directing me to it, I said yes. Quaint would be nice, I thought. Upstairs in the room, I sensed some energies, but that is usual for me when I travel, and I thought nothing of it. I opened the window. Despite its good strong fit, it slammed shut three times within fifteen minutes. This caught my attention, but Id had a busy week at a show, and I bluntly requested that all energies please leave me alone. I needed to rest. I was starting to unpack when what sounded like a tour stopped outside my door. Curious, I opened the door to discover a guide explaining to a crowd of tourists that this was the most haunted floor of the hotel. She was leading a ghost tour! Well, of course I had to take the tour and I changed my schedule accordingly. It turned out this was the hotel where Stephen King had stayed and that had inspired his book The Shining. The resident spirits included a staid old housekeeper who would settle down in bed to separate a couple if they were not married; the
attentive, celebrity-loving, hospitable wife of the original owner; a lecherous former landowner who could still, even in ghost form, steal jewelry right off the hand of the wearer; a grumpy alcoholic caretaker; and a number of children, maid servants, and other ghosts. These had all been seen by numerous guests and employees. The guide told us that a Colorado university professor had done a scientific study of the hotel and produced a paper about what he called the Stanley Effect. The guide said the professor believed the combination of minerals on which the hotel was builtlimestone, quartz, and pyrite plus the electrical power plant situated at a lake nearby, augmented the frequency at which paranormal events are brought into the human energy range. In essence, the combined elements were connecting the two frequency worlds, human and spirit, and amped up the ability of the ghost realm to affect the physical realm. Often some of the ghosts would join the tour and that happened on mine. I smelled old-fashioned rosewater, which the guide explained was the ghost wifes favorite scent. Then I saw the ghost standing by the tour director at the entrance to a haunted bedroom. She was acknowledging me in a friendly manner, possibly because I was someone important in that particular group, being an author. When the group went inside the bedroom, I happened to stand behind the bed. I watched with interest as the friendly ghost came in toward me and sat down on the bed, right in front of me, leaving a depression from her rump and a scent of rosewater in the air. The tour guide was also aware of this occurrence and pointed it out to the group. The tour ended on my floor, and I went back to my room, ready to take a brief nap. However, the ghost and her rosewater scent came in with me. By now I had been consciously working with spirits for many years. I knew how to turn off the ability to see them and turn the ability back on. The tour had provided me with the opportunity to experience the ghosts, and now I just wanted to sleep! So I grumpily thanked the ghost for her hospitality but asked if she would please leave and take her friends with her. There was a slight pause and then the ghost replied politely, Well, all right, dear, I just wanted to make sure you were comfortable! I replied I was, thanked her again, and she and all her friends left.
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Times fly very fast. It's a year and a month since I came to the US. I think nobody forgets their first flying experience, especially if you are a bride travelling alone with heavy duty baggage. Haa… how I wished I travelled light! Since I travelled alone I had to trolley two mammoth check-in suitcases, a tightly zipped hand luggage (which would tear itself out if somebody lifts it fast), handbags, a hand purse and jerkins, all by myself. I felt like I did not have strength to push the trolley even until the check-in counter. It was like pushing two overgrown, utterly adamant boys on a small unfitting trolley. When my turn came to check-in the luggage, the lady in the counter sweetly said 'Ma'am both your check-in luggage are overweight. Please make changes, and then I will help you'. I gasped. I was requested to move to… Continue reading »


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Ten things you may not know about CSU at Wyoming
With a special thanks to the sports information directors at the respective schools, here is my weekly installment of 10 things you may not know — about Saturday's "Border War" rivalry game between Colorado State and Wyoming.
1. Wyoming lists Saturday's game as the 105th meeting, while Colorado State calls it the 104th meeting. The difference is, Wyoming includes the first game, on Nov. 30, 1899, while CSU does not count it because it was a forfeit victory — even though it was a win for CSU. Wyoming says it chooses to include that 1899 meeting because research shows that the game did indeed start before a disagreement led to a forfeit.
2. The Bronze Boot traveling trophy that goes to the winner was an actual military boot worn by CSU alumnus Dan Romero in Vietnam. The Bronze Boot trophy dates to 1968.
3. Wyoming trails in the "Border War" series 44-55-5 (by its count) but leads in the series since the end of World War II by a 39-28 margin — including victories in the past four meetings. Wyoming last won five straight in the series from 1969-73.


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These roters and brakes are supurb. I put them on my Lexus SC 430. Only a few week now but I can feel the difference in smooth, secure stops. I will be putting them on my wife's Lexus RX 350 when shee needs new brakes as well, she has a heavy foot!! Won't be long.


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Steelers' Cody Wallace fined for grabbing Dolphins DT's privates
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The NFL has fined Pittsburgh Steelers center Cody Wallace $17,875 for two infractions, including $7,875 for striking Dolphins defensive tackle Randy Starks in the groin, during last weekend's 34-28 loss to Miami.
Wallace later claimed he was trying to reach for the football when he jammed his left hand under the rear end of a face-down Starks, who hadrecovered a Ben Roethlisberger fumble. TV replays appeared to tell a different story.
FTW:Starks reacts to being grabbed
"I heard of stuff like that happening. It's the first time it happened to me," Starks said Tuesday. "If I knew exactly who it was at the time, I probably would have got thrown out."
Wallace, a fourth-year pro out of Texas A&M, also was fined $10,000 for striking an opponent late on another play.
In other fine news from Week 14:
• Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller was fined $25,000 for his latest roughing the passer penalty on Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. The league said Miller "unnecessarily struck the quarterback in the helmet area with his facemask."
• Baltimore Ravens linebacker Courtney Upshaw (unnecessarily struck a defenseless player in the chest area with the hairline of his helmet), Dallas Cowboys defensive end George Selvie (struck the quarterback below the knee area) and Bills safety Jairus Byrd (struck the quarterback below the knee area) were fined $15,750 each for roughing the passer.
• Cowboys defensive back Orlando Scandrick was fined $21,000 for a head shot on Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall, who was fined $15,000 for a uniform violation, having worn orange shoes in Monday night's game.
• Houston Texans safety D.J. Swearinger and New Orleans Saints punter Thomas Morstead were fined $7,875 each for face mask penalties.
• Indianapolis Colts safety LaRon Landry was fined $7,875 for ripping off the helmet of Cincinnati Bengals running back Giovani Bernard.
•Arizona Cardinals end Darnell Dockett was fined $7,875 for stepping on the hand of St. Louis Rams guard Chris Williams.


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text: Konrad Lorenz, the famous animal behaviourist felt very much at home in this idyllic landscape. Grey geese, ravens, kingfishers and ibis have established themselves as free flying emblems of Grünau im Almtal. The focal point of this wide, mainly densely wooded valley is the Almsee and there are numerous wide trails and circular tours to be explored, taking one to three hours, around the lake and along the valley. The region also conceals other smaller lakes, ancient spiritual sites and beauty spots where you can take a break. An ideal choice for a peaceful holiday in the midst of pristine nature and well located for excursions all over the Salzkammergut region.


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Xbox Live users have logged over 2 billion hours in multiplayer games since 2002
Xbox Live users have logged over 2 billion hours in multiplayer games since the service launched 10 years ago, according to Microsoft. The grand total is 2,081,054,696 hours in multiplayer with 603,549,497 hours spent on entertainment apps such as BBC iPlayer, Netflix, and Sky. The hours spent on single-player games while logged into the service or just loitering were not made available. Last week, the service an all-time record when 442 million hours were spent on the service due to the release of Halo 4 and Black Ops 2. Microsoft announced last week 270 billion achievement points had been earned since the service launched, 122,265,266 friendships had been forged, and 4.5 billion achievements had been earned. Thanks, Videogamer.


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Outsourcing occurs when a company contracts out a portion of its business to another company; these jobs would have traditionally been done by in-house employees. It's important to make a distinction between outsourcing and offshoring. Jobs can be outsourced to local companies that specialize in that particular area. Offshoring, though still a form of outsourcing, is when a company outsources portions of its work to be done overseas. This is a growing trend as companies find that outsourcing and offshoring lead to greater efficiency and cost savings as they don't have to pay salaries and benefits to employees, and instead pay contract fees for completion of duties. This also allows companies to allocate greater resources to parts of the company that they excel at.
Long gone are the days when a company's production facility was attached to its main office. A large number of companies send their production offshore due to cheaper production costs overseas. Keep in mind that cost savings aren't the only factor leading outsourcing and offshoring of manufacturing activities. As employment trends in North America have changed over the years, so have skillsets. In many cases it is determined that the quality of the product may actually be better by relocating operations to areas where skillsets required to efficiently manufacture products are available. This doesn't necessarily mean that a company's entire product is manufactured offshore either. Some companies outsource a particular portion of their product to be manufactured or assembled offshore, with the remainder of assembly occurring right at home.
Call Centers
Everyone's received phone calls from telemarketers or customer service agents coming from outsourcing companies – perhaps even coming from overseas. Considering the infrastructure required to accommodate large volumes of telephone calls, there's no surprise that many companies that do surveys, advise customers of promotions or provide product support, outsource these tasks. Given the potential cost savings involved with offshoring these tasks, there's also little surprise that many companies have opted in this direction. However, many consumers have found this to be a frustration as they encounter communication difficulties when dealing with foreign call agents. A large volume of call center outsourcing has been relocating back to home soil in recent years as companies try to avoid aggravating their consumers, and therefore damaging their reputations.
The term freelance writer literally refers to someone who is not an employee of an organization, but rather provides their writing services on a contractual basis. As an extension to that, many outsourcing companies providing marketing services also create marketing copy for the clients they serve. This is a common trend as it has become more efficient for everyone from newspaper, magazine and book publishers to websites, marketing companies and even universities find it more economical to locate writers who will work on a contract basis rather than as permanent staff. This also allows writers greater freedom, since they can complete assignments on their own time and work for more than one employer concurrently.
Graphic Design
In the same vein as writers, graphic designers are also often hired on a contractual basis as opposed to as full-time staff. Freelance graphic designers design content for web and print for all kinds of organizations. Additionally, many outsourcing companies also provide design services to their clients, which is often much more efficient than bringing on an entire design department when your company may only need the occasional mail-out or website design update. For many non-publishing industries, their design needs tend to be cyclical and short term.
Information Technology Support (IT)
In a high-tech world, it's easy to provide IT support from almost anywhere in the world. Help-desk agents and support staff are indeed often found offshore. It's fairly simple to walk customers through their technical difficulties over the phone, or support staff can easily access your computer through the network and make the necessary modifications to get your computer up and running as it should be. It literally makes no difference if the person assisting you is in the next office, or on the other side of the world.
Security guards are absolutely everywhere – the mall, the bank, at school, concert halls, and night clubs. You may even see some high-profile people with their own security guards, or perhaps in large condominiums or gated communities. However, this position is one that's rarely done by an employee of the location being guarded. Private security firms are typically contracted for the majority of security duties, as they carry the necessary insurance and can offer adequate training and support to their staff.
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What makes a job ideal for outsourcing? Typically these are jobs that fall into an extreme – requiring either little skill or very highly skilled workers. These are jobs that are typically not deemed to impact the overall function of the company, which is important because organizations typically lose some of the control over these functions when they outsource them. Jobs that are sporadic, or can be completed more efficiently or cheaply elsewhere are also prime targets. In modern day, we typically see outsourcing as a bad thing. The stereotype is that outsourcing takes jobs away from local workers and gives them to foreign workers. In some cases this may be true, though keep in mind that some of the low-skilled positions may not easily be filled by the local workforce for lack of interest in doing the work. Also, when an organization uses a local outsourcing company, the jobs stay right in the community, simply being handed off to another organization that might be able to do a better job.


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Photos from our Rhine river cruise from Basal, Switzerland to Amsterdam, Netherlands. If you were on the cruise and would like to download some of the photos, send me an email ( colclaser at mac dot com ) and we'll figure out best way to do that. The trip was great and you could not ask for a better group of people to travel with on the river.Read More


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Proposed college housing could affect traffic, neighbors
One of Omaha's oldest and most established neighborhoods could soon get hundreds of new neighbors.
A new building proposal would house up to 600 University of Nebraska-Omaha students near 69th and Cass streets.
The 10 apartment buildings, reaching four stories high, would replace Temple Israel, which is already moving. The private contractor also wants to build a three-story parking garage.
Omaha City Councilman Pete Festersen said Campus Crest, an out-of-state developing group, visited Omaha Monday.
The eight acres of land being used by college students has neighbors worried about traffic, parking and overall behavior.
"The impact of having that many more people here in this area around the neighborhood is something we want to consider very carefully," Festersen said.
Festersen said the only entrance to the apartments would be on Cass Street, making nearby Underwood Avenue even busier.
"It's a lot of students in a small area," said resident Doug Mossberg.
The apartments would sit next to the Omaha Community Playhouse. President Tim Schmad said he's keeping an open mind.
"If it's good for the neighborhood, good for UNO and good for the playhouse, then I'm all for it," Schmad said.
Campus Crest did not return KETV NewsWatch 7's phone call. Festersen said the proposal will come before the planning board in March. He said he will stay in contact with the nearby residents to see what will and will not work for them.


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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Happy, Happy Birthday, Babyyyyyy.
Four years ago on February 26, 2008 at 12:39 a.m., I posted my first Willow's Web Astrology post on this site. It's been quite the ride since - personally and on the planet, in general.
Time is definitely a relative concept at this point. I couldn't tell you whether I've been writing for four months, forty years, or four millenia. Four years is the Earth Time they say has passed, so that's what we'll go with.
I didn't plan to post the first WWA article at a particular time or on a particular date, as many astrologers would have. The original format wasn't even my own. Another astrology site was looking for an astrologer/writer to write a monthly forecast, and I wrote a couple to send in. When that astrologer passed on them, I held them for a while until asking my friend Saviabella for instruction on how to start my own site. (Thanks, Savia.)
As I said, there was not much planning or foresight. I just slapped the first two articles up when the mood struck, when I was impelled to do so, all messy-like. And yet, the exact aspects and positions are uncanny. You can see clearly from the chart for Willow's Web Astrology's "birth" the workings of the universe through the lens of astrological intelligence.
This is a Pluto on zero Capricorn site. That's pretty apparent, I'd say, and it kind of speaks for itself. The site's Jupiter is also in Capricorn.
Willow's Web Astrology site had its birth during the Uranus in Pisces - Neptune in Aquarius mutual reception, and it was certainly meant to be in existence for these times - a true "straddling the ages" navigational enterprise. The site's Aquarius North Node is conjunct Neptune in Aquarius, and Chiron in Aquarius is exactly semi-sextile Uranus in Pisces, increasing the theme.
Willow's Web Astrology site has a Pisces Sun in the 4th house tightly trine a Scorpio Moon in the 12th. You'd never know, would you? (sarcasm) In addition to the Scorpio Moon, the site has a Scorpio Ascendant with true Black Moon Lilith on the 29th degree of Scorpio in the 1st house.
The site came into existence with Mercury and Venus forming an exact conjunction in Aquarius in the 3rd house. The Mercury-Venus conjunction is loosely conjunct Chiron in Aquarius and square the Scorpio Moon.
The site has Mars in Gemini in the 8th house exactly trine the Aquarius North Node in the 3rd house and sextile the Leo South Node in the 9th house.
Saturn was retrograde in early Virgo at the time, tightly conjunct the Virgo Midheaven, trine Pluto in Capricorn, and sextile the Scorpio Moon.
The site's 2012 Solar Return chart looks to me like a "go balls out" sort of chart, but along pristine channels with pristine filters. Who would expect anything less?
I was introduced to one of the major Sun sign astrologers a few months ago - a Canadian woman who has gained her reputation by writing syndicated Sun sign horoscopes for newspapers and magazines. She'd written a book letting people know that they are more than just their Sun signs (sort of ironic) and was doing a talk in the city where I live to promote it. I normally wouldn't have known about it, but I was asked to go by an astrologer friend who, it turns out, is this woman's long lost cousin. Talk about weird.
I was introduced to her as a blogger and as one of the better astrological writers out there, and her reply was, "But have you actually written anything?"
What she meant, of course, was have I written a book? Because for a lot of people, if you haven't written a book, you aren't considered a real writer. (This despite all the shite books published these days.)
How can I explain what this site is, what this writing is, to people who don't believe you're legit unless you have a publisher? I don't have a publisher. I don't have a book to sell. I'm not sure I ever will - not because I couldn't write one but because I don't know that a book is the way to go. I don't have a fancy website. I didn't even bother migrating to WordPress, the blog site considered more pro. I'm not a member of the associations or societies. I don't attend the conferences. I can't name drop any big name astrologers I've had dinner with recently (I'm more likely to have throwdowns with them, anyway). I'm outside the scene - or maybe at the edge of the scene, practising a form of astrology that doesn't fit neatly into pre-structured channels.
And I guess that remains a struggle with this site: working and writing as a professional astrologer, and as a DIY punk astrologer, when the markers that would indicate career success - along with the parity with other astrologers who have those markers - are not apparent to a lot of people. When what I do here is diminished in the minds of people who look for daily blog hits in the hundreds of thousands, shiny, new books sitting on bookstore shelves, a book tour, a lecture circuit, magazine articles, candid photos taken with gurus-of-the-day, television appearances, a tiny picture of my face in every newspaper in the country.
I just can't get all that jazzed about that stuff, you know? Maybe it's the site's Leo South Node in the 9th house (publishing).
Despite its generally much lower prestige value, I can't imagine anything could usurp the relevance and potency of finger-on-cosmic-pulse blog/internet writing. I mean, what a weird and wonderful thing. Though I would love to have the usual indicators of "success" just to shut people the fuck up and put them in their places, I can't imagine anything more interesting than writing astrology on my own site, in the moment, as it happens.
Is it a waste to write this way? To offer it up, article after article, to the worldwide web? I don't think so, but I can't be sure. What I do know is there are reasons I started writing this way, there are reasons I'm still writing, and I guess I'll just keep going until I'm advised to stop!
Here are some of the articles I particularly like from the past 365 days:
From December 27, 2011: Saturn in Libra (Not Quite) Trine Neptune in Aquarius and Saturn Retrograde: Neptunian Relationship Fodder From the Anaretic Degrees
From December 6, 2011: Uranus Direct on Zero Aries (The Fukushima Degree) at the Gemini Full Moon Eclipse
From December 1, 2011: Mars in Virgo Hot or Nots
From November 6, 2011: Weeping Willow Designs with Mars in the Last Degrees of Leo Opposite Stationing Neptune in Aquarius and Closing Out a Creative Cycle
From November 2, 2011: Scorpio on Not Letting it Go Too Soon
From October 23, 2011: Via Combusta Scorpio New Moon October 26 Opens Into the Dark Half and Sets the Tone for Saturn in Scorpio 2012 - 2015
From September 18, 2011: New Social Authority For the Pluto in Libra Generation and Blazing the Plutonic Trail Through Relationship Constructs Past
From July 10, 2011: Ceres Stations Retrograde at Zero Aries Conjunct Uranus and Buying Organic Is a Revolutionary Act
From June 27, 2011: Warning: You're About to Read a Plutonic Punk Astrologer. Proceed at Your Own Discretion.
From June 14, 2011: The Law of Attraction Fukushima-Style
From June 6, 2011: Saturn Stationing Direct in Libra Says: Time to Get Very Serious About Who You Have in Your Life
From May 24, 2011: Neptune Stations in Pisces and We Head to the Gemini New Moon Entryway Into the Cardinal Grand Cross/Triple Eclipse Summer of 2011
From May 8, 2011: Canada Day Cardinal Grand Cross Eclipse: Well, Golly Gee Whiz. Look Who's Fuelling the Global Nuclear Industry
From April 18, 2011: Pluto in Capricorn Retrospective: It's All Just a Norman Rockwell Painting, Isn't It?
From April 1, 2011 (April Fool's Day post): A Message From Our Starry Brethren at the Galactic Centre
From March 20, 2011: The Sun Conjunct Uranus at the Zodiac Birth Point Marking Astrological New Year and the "Odyssey Dawns"
From March 9, 2011: The Precession of the Equinoxes, Shifting Astrological Eras and '2012'
15 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Many Happy Returns. Your views on life are thought provoking.
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
Albert Einstein
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)
This quote comes to mind.
- February 26, 2012 at 9:48 AM
- Ruth said...
DIY Punk Astrology? That's the book title right there!
Seriously I think the generosity you show with the richness and detail of your posts is astonishing. I would actually say that you should collect and publish some material. Not only because you deserve any royalties that come your way but because certain people might then stumble across you a different way. I personally didn't know anything about astrology until I blundered into it in the 'Mind, Body, Spirit' section of a bookshop.
Thanks for all your wonderful work. In times of despair I often turn to this blog. It gives me a bigger, difficult, complex and sometimes hard-to-digest picture, but I always feel more thoughtful and perhaps even wiser because of it.
- February 26, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- Willow said...
Thank-you, folks!
Ruth, I definitely wouldn't rule out publishing some stuff. I just don't like the diminishing of this type of writing in favour of books, etc.
But yeah, I've often thought it would be nice to have a hard copy for people, if they'd like one.
- February 26, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- Joie de Vivre said...
Willow, congrats! Ruth is correct; your posts need to be deseminated for public consumption..."What's the Word?...Willow's Web"
I wondered how your words bewitched me and the results are in...W.W. Natal chart v. de Vivre chart:
Merc. opp. Sun
Venus opp. Sun
Mars sex. Mars
Saturn conj. Merc.
Node conj. Mars
It was kismet...and a swift kick in my ass...:)
Many Happy Returns, Willow! You are Canada's Punk Treasure!
- February 26, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- shannon said...
Happy Birthday Willow's Web!
What you've done here, i believe is better than publishing a book, it is a living , breathing, in the moment, prodigiously written, refreshing and mind bendingly fabulous work. Your posts have helped me navigate some of the roughest seas of my life, your readings have been seminal and crucial to helping me survive the last 4 years....
We are giving you a standing ovation gal, while tippin me hat!
with love and gratitude
- February 26, 2012 at 1:49 PM
- Willow said...
Awww, thank-you, guys! I appreciate your WWA birthday wishes.
And shannon, thank-you for expressing in your wonderful words what I was trying to say about blog writing. The fact that it is so alive and responsive. I'm so happy and honoured to have been any help to such a fabulous and formidable woman such as yourself. Mwah!
- February 26, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Jason said...
Happy 2nd Birthday willow.
Wow I didnt realize people were so- like, people in astro world. It thought it would be more of a zen community. But human psychology says bullshit is across the board. Ive even had to learn blind people can be jerks..
Im on the fringe of your fringe then :)
Every little bit helps, even if were paving the way for people after us to get used to and see astrology as the great spiritual life confirming art it is.
I guess capitalisim ruins almost everyone.
- February 26, 2012 at 8:02 PM
- HoBad said...
Sun in Pisces, Moon in scorpio = "the psychic spy" I call it.
Suzi and Charles Harvey write in their book the greatest strengths of this pairing are "ability to understand great mysteries" and "ability to help and heal others who are in real despair"
"Bravo" I say.
ps: liz taylor was a pisces sun, scorp moon.
- February 26, 2012 at 8:44 PM
- Debs said...
Happy birthday, Willow's site!!
And I think you're verysuccessfulthanks. Writing because the desire is within you to do so is way way better and more respectable than writing to gain approval or attention-- I see attention-whorey writers on the web all the time, and it's sickening to say the least.
I do think, though, that you have the skills and talent and brains and sense for publishing not just a book but an endless series on what YOU enjoy and find important... and people would read it.
:) Deb
- February 26, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
i try it with a short one...
seems as if i always need to post more than one time to bring it on the wall!
wwa is simply great and the most beautiful astro-work i could find, because you give words the underlying and hidden truth.
books are baggage. not many people are able to carry a lot these times. (i mean also the unmaterial baggage)
blog is puls, is present, authentic.
and for me, which i need to translate a lot.... i couldnt do that with a book - type almost every sentence in to translate.
and i love to possibility to ask the author. thats real rich exchange.
thanks for being here these stormy days, willow.
häppy b-day wwa, angi
- February 27, 2012 at 1:40 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, i hear you about those cultural "sucess markers," i have the same dilemma, i don't think i care enough about that paradigm anymore. And synchronicity, have you read dharmaruci's latest blog post? Some similar observations there about not fitting the dominant paradigm either. Whew, i feel a whole lot better. Thanks!
- February 27, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- Anonymous said...
I rarely, if ever, comment ~ but now feel compelled to tell you how much I've enjoyed your posts for the past several years. I especially love the fact that while astrologically accurate and insightful, you're not afraid to reveal a little "mood du jour" in the readings
Thank you, girl!! Keep it up. (please)
- February 28, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- Brenda Johnson said...
Only getting to this blog entry now - but happy solar return/birthday Willow! Moon in scorpio hey! Yup - as well as saturn in virgo in early degrees - got that one too! I think the comments have really covered the response to your writing - its graciousness, bare honesty sludging through the deep and pervasive social and mind conditioning.
It seems that when you maintain this integrity, it evolves organically with the true nature of who we are and big gifts/rewards for this integrity - this is why it is so soulful and comforting because you take your sword to the lies, it allows people to KNOW TRUENESS - not opinions, working it through at the ground, connected with natural world, core laws of nature somehow. Its visceral.
There is so much bait out there for not knowing ourselves - distractions, comfort , security, riches, ego fulfillment - endless. Your website has the equivalent effect as some ancient teachings and keeps us focused on joy, love, friendship, self care - So happy you are doing what you are doing in the way you are doing it. (fyi - often refer people to blog, on radio show and fb page to get the real story!) The sleuth. Thanks. Keep it up!
- March 5, 2012 at 6:37 AM
- msfullroller said...
Happy Birthday WWA!!!
Sis, your blog and a couple other astrology blogs are the only ones I check and read on the regular. Your willingness to go deep and give us the nitty gritty appeals very much to me. (Pluto/Uranus conjunction rising in Virgo) I also like the blog format because like Anon said, we get to have interaction with you that we would not have if your writing were in a book. Having said that, if you did write a book esp an ebook, I'd most definitely buy it.
Keep doing yo thang girl! You are successful because you are helping people...you've definitely helped me. I bet many, many folks read your writings but don't comment. I read all of your posts but don't comment much. I love your blog because you keep it real.
- March 5, 2012 at 11:35 PM
- Willow said...
Thanks for the birthday wishes!
Yes, I think the blog is successful. I'm happy with it - just pointing out that some of the cultural ideas about success (and especially successful writing) are a bit limited at this point!
Also that internet/blog writing and book writing are two different animals, and book writing is not higher on the totem pole, in my mind.
- March 6, 2012 at 2:14 PM


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After seeing David Heinemeier Hansson ask the "Groovy on Rails" project not to use that moniker (since it isn't Ruby, it isn't Rails, and it has a completely separate codebase), I figured I'd play it safe and ask him directly whether "JRuby on Rails" would be acceptable. We intend to run Rails unmodified, and we're trying to be as "Ruby" as possible, so it seemed to me that since JRuby on Rails is the same under the covers, the extra "J" wasn't that big a deal. David agreed:
As long as Rails remains virtually unaltered and fully functional, I suppose JRuby on Rails isn't too bad. I'm a tad protective of the term Ruby on Rails, though, and I want to make sure that there's no confusion about what it refers to. But I can't immediately see any confusion points here.
So the JRuby on Rails name should stick, and we have cautious approval from the Rails creator himself to use it. Huzzah!