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How much technological progress has there been in structures? An attempt is made to measure this using panel data on the age and rents for buildings. This data is interpreted through the eyes of a vintage capital model where buildings are replaced at some chosen periodicity. There appears to have been significant technological advance in structures that accounts for a major part of economic growth.
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Wall Street banks angling for Dodd-Frank loophole
While all eyes were on the Supreme Court and Obamacare, a quieter battle was being waged against the president's other major initiative, the Dodd-Frank financial reform act. Wall Street has already watered down or delayed most of Dodd-Frank. Now it wants to create a giant loophole, exempting its foreign branches from the law.
Yet the overseas branches of Wall Street banks are where the banks have done some of their wilder betting. Four years ago, bad bets by American International Group's London office nearly unraveled the U.S. financial system.
One advantage of being a huge Wall Street bank is you get bailed out by the federal government when you make dumb bets. Another is you've been able to choose where around the world to make the dumb bets, thereby dodging U.S. regulations. It's a win-win. Wall Street wants to keep it that way.
When the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the main regulator of derivatives (bets on bets), recently proposed extending Dodd-Frank to the foreign branches of Wall Street banks, the banks screamed.
"If JPMorgan overseas operates under different rules than our foreign competitors," warned Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan, Wall Street will lose financial business to the banks of nations with fewer regulations, allowing "Deutsche Bank to make the better deal."
This is the same Jamie Dimon who chose London as the place to make highly risky derivatives trades that have lost the firm upward of $2 billion so far - and could leave American taxpayers holding the bag if JPMorgan's exposure to tottering European banks gets much worse.
JPMorgan's risky betting in London is added proof that unless the overseas operations of Wall Street banks are covered by U.S. regulations, giant banks will hide irresponsible bets overseas. Even now, no one knows how badly JPMorgan or any other Wall Street bank will be shaken if major banks in Spain or elsewhere in Europe go down.
Squadrons of Wall Street lawyers and lobbyists have been pressing all the agencies charged with implementing Dodd-Frank to go easy on the Street for fear that if regulations are too tight the big banks will be less competitive internationally. Translated: They'll move more of their business to London and Frankfurt, where regulations are looser.
At the same time, the Street has been warning Europeans that if their financial regulations are too tight, the big banks will move more of their business to the United States, where regulations will (they hope) be looser.
After the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (a global financial regulatory oversight body) came up with a new set of rules in 2010 to toughen bank capital and liquidity requirements, European officials threatened to get even tougher. They approved a new system of European regulatory bodies with added powers to ban certain financial products or activities in times of market stress.
This prompted Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, to issue - in the words of the Financial Times - "a clear warning that the bank could shift its operations around the world if regulatory crackdown on the industry becomes too tough."
Blankfein told a European financial conference that tougher regulations in Europe than in the United States would tempt banks to search out the cheapest and least intrusive jurisdiction in which to operate.
"Operations can be moved globally - and capital can be accessed globally," he warned.
Someone should remind Dimon and Blankfein that four years ago they and their colleagues on the Street almost eviscerated the American economy, and that of much of the rest of the world. The Street's antics required a giant taxpayer-funded bailout. Most Americans are still living with the results, as are millions of Europeans.
Wall Street can't have it both ways - too big to fail, and also able to make wild bets outside the United States.
If Wall Street banks demand a free rein overseas, the least we should demand is that they be broken up here - so they're not too big to fail anywhere.
© 2012 Robert Reich Robert Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at UC Berkeley and the author of "Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future." He blogs at www.robertreich.org. To comment, go to sfgate.com/chronicle/submissions/#1.


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Just wanted to share a peek of the photo session with the littles. I know that I am biased- but I think they are cute as a bug's ear! This was our first session with a real live photographer. (Instead of the department store teeny, tiny studio and 12 year old wanna be photographers.) Three kids is two too many to shove into one of those little rooms, so we opted for outside shots at my Granny Sadie's farm. That farm is home to me. It is the one place that I have left in my life that hasn't changed over the last 30 years. It was really special for me to have my children's pictures captured there- on those hills where I ran as a child, in those barns where I played hide and go seek with my giggling cousins, on the rock wall that my great-grandfather lovingly maintained for decades. I will treasure these forever!
Special thanks to Lizzie Loo Photography for such great pictures!
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New England shrimp season ends with a whimper
Season officially ends at 11:59 p.m. Friday
The Gulf of Maine shrimp fishing season is coming to an end with a whimper.
The season officially ends at 11:59 p.m. Friday, although boats for the most part stopped fishing weeks ago because of a lack of shrimp in the Gulf of Maine.
This year's harvest will go down as the smallest since 1978, when the fishery was shut down altogether.
Through Wednesday, boats from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts had netted and trapped about 662,000 pounds, with Maine fishermen accounting for about 80 percent of the catch.
By comparison, last year's harvest came in at 5.3 million pounds. The 2011 catch topped 13 million pounds.
When regulators set the quota for this season, scientists warned that the shrimp population was in rough shape because of warm ocean temperatures.


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Averaged 88.3 percent from the foul line during rookie season ... Was third among Ivy League rookies in scoring (11.0 points per game) ... Played in all 29 games ... Made at least three 3-pointers in nine games this season ... Drained at least one trey for 15 straight games (Nov. 17-Jan. 8) ... Scored in double figures in 16 games this season ... Averaged 9.9 ppg in Ivy contests ... Named preseason Ivy League Newcomer of the Year by Lindy's ... Buried three from long distance and finished with 12 points in victory at Mercer (Nov. 20) ... Scored seven points and picked up three rebounds in win over Colorado (Nov. 28) ... Netted 21 points, making 5-of-8 from long distance, while coming down with three rebounds against Fordham (Dec. 1) ... Buried five treys for second straight game and came down with five rebounds at Michigan (Dec. 4) ... Tabbed Ivy League Rookie of the Week Dec. 6 ... Scored 15 points, making five shots from the floor and was 4-for-4 from the line in win over Boston University (Dec. 11) ... Made two treys, scored 12 points and blocked a shot at No. 4 Connecticut (Dec. 22) ... Hit several key baskets down the stretch and finished with 18 points, shooting 5-of-7 from the field and 6-of-6 from the line, against Monmouth (Dec. 29) ... Tallied 17 points, hitting five baskets, and dished out a career-best four assists against MIT (Dec. 31) ... Earned second Ivy Rookie of the Week honor Jan. 3 ... Scored a career-high 23 points, on seven field goals and three treys, in win at Boston College (Jan. 5) ... Scored all 16 of his points in the second half, shooting 3-of-4 from long distance, in win at George Washington (Jan. 15) ... Tabbed Ivy League Rookie of the Week for third time Jan. 17 ... Led Harvard with 13 points, drilling three treys, in victory over Dartmouth (Jan. 22) ... Buried 3-of-5 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points against Cornell (Jan. 29) ... Drilled three treys and came down with four rebounds at Princeton (Feb. 4) ... Hit two 3-pointers in double-overtime victory at Penn (Feb. 5) ... Tallied 14 points in only 22 minutes against Yale (Feb. 11) ... Grabbed a career-high six rebounds and scored 12 points at Brown (Feb. 25) ... Shot 5-of-8 from long distance en route to a 21-point effort against Penn (March 4) ... Hit two treys and was 4-of-10 from the floor, finishing with 10 points, at Oklahoma State in NIT (March 15).
Lettered in basketball and track and field at Northfield Mount Hermon … Previously attended Seminaire Ste-Trinite … Captain basketball team and was named team most valuable player in 2009-10 … All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference Class first team as a shooting guard … Was high school teammate of fellow Crimson freshman Matt Brown … Was named Montreal Basketball League most valuable player and played in conference All-Star Game in 2008 … Three-time Quebec champion in mountain biking … Under-19 junior national team member, finishing seventh at World Championships in New Zealand in 2009 … Under-17 Quebec team member, placing first at nationals in 2008 and second in 2007 … Inducted into Cum Laude Society.
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This was Castle Frostbite's portcullis just before we left for our trip:
The state of things last week:
And today:
I could show you a graph of our bank account balance correlating to the picture series above, and you'd see a rather significant downward curve. The corner of the porch and entry area had rotted to the point that the floor had developed a four-degree tilt, so it was high time to Get Shit Fixed. As always, once the handyman started ripping out stuff, he found more rot, so he ripped out more stuff, and so on. At some point there was a cement truck involved, but now there's a solid foundation underneath that spot, not just logs dropped into dirt.
The job isn't finished yet—the outside needs a new wooden stair set, and the inside of the new entry area still has two interior walls to be finished—but it's coming along. And now I can actually get bulky things into the house via the front door instead of having to cart them around the house to the sliding glass door of the living room.
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It was a process the scope of which can't even be imagined but it's done; we've moved all the content from HealthTalk to EverydayHealth.com and I'd like to thank everyone who worked so hard to get it all done. I'd also like to thank all of YOU who kept checking back to Life with MS to see if we were back and running over the past week or so. This is your community and I'm glad you have stuck with us! This new platform affords us so much more exposure and will make us even stronger. It's a very exciting time.
Change, however, is something we with MS fear. But if nothing else, multiple sclerosis teaches us that change is something with which we're going to have to learn to deal/cope/accept. All of the HealthTalk content you have grown to expect is here at Everyday Health and then some; make sure you have a look around the place. I've just started navigating my way around and there are loads of great information and resources.
We'll keep blogging here on our multiple sclerosis blog. In fact, Everyday Health will be adding more bloggers in the near future. Being that many of us with MS have "other issues" as well, this will be of great help to us. But it's not just the blogs…it's so much more.
Because of the short break, we're off schedule for several of our regularly scheduled postings (How's your MS today, Book Club Blog and the like) we'll just pick up from here and move forward together.
Again, a huge thanks to all who made this migration happen, but even more, a thank you to our readers and those of you who comment for making "Life with MS" such a popular and special place. It's a new chapter for all of us… let's move on together!
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VisIC Technologies raises $10M to speed up market adoption
VisIC Technologies, an innovator of efficient power electronics based on Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors, says that it has closed USD 10 million in a Series D round of financing lead by a private investor.
The electrification of automotive vehicles has been growing at an unprecedented pace in the recent past and will continue to grow for the foreseeable future. GaN power devices get the maximum performance out of high power, high voltage power conversion systems inside hybrid and electric vehicles. The improved size, weight, efficiency and heat management of the on-board charger and the DC/DC converter, designed with GaN power devices, all contribute to faster charging and longer driving range. High performance power supplies for telecom systems and datacenters are using GaN power devices to reach new levels of density and efficiency, bringing down the electricity costs of the operators significantly. "GaN technology opens a new space in power electronics - from shifting the performance envelope up to the point of new topologies development. We are delighted to see VisIC offering specifically rugged GaN devices with negligible fast transient dynamic RDSon," said Ivan Feno, Principal Power Design Engineer from Bel Power Solutions, in a press release. "The insulated thermal pad is another welcome feature enabling the increase of the power stage reliability and density. Ultimately, 1200V rated GaN devices might be an attractive alternative in the 1200V segment dominated by SiC technology today." VisIC's technology offering in combination with ongoing R&D designs by large players in the power electronics industry, made it possible to close this round of funding on favourable terms. "We are very excited by the level of enthusiasm of VisIC's investor, who believes in the enormous potential of VisIC's GaN products. With the new funding, we can expand our portfolio further to address more market segments. Furthermore, we will increase our technical support team to assist our growing worldwide customer base," said Tamara Baksht, VisIC Technologies' founder and CEO.
Jenoptik to acquire 100% of Spanish company Jenoptik is strengthening its position as a full-service provider of automated manufacturing solutions via the acquisition of Spanish company INTEROB. The contract was signed on January 25th and is expected to close in the coming weeks. The purchase price was slightly less than twice the revenue in 2019.
Broadcom to supply wireless components to Apple Certain subsidiaries of Broadcom have entered into two separate multi-year statement of work agreements with Apple Inc.
TowerJazz, Cadence, and KPI to open analog design lab TowerJazz, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI), the national technical university of Ukraine, and Cadence Design Systems, are collaborating to open a new analog circuit design lab in Ukraine.
STMicro CEO: 'We closed 2019 with a solid fourth quarter' The semiconductor manufacturer reported 2019 fourth quarter new revenues of USD 2.75 billion, gross margin of 39.3%, operating margin of 16.7% and new income of USD 392 million.
Car supplier Harman plans to close German site The automotive supplier Harman apparently wants to stick to its plans and close the plant in Straubing (Germany). Between 625 and 700 jobs are affected.
Camtek receives orders for 34 systems from five manufacturers Camtek says it has received orders for 34 systems for 2D inspection of CMOS image sensors from five different manufacturers, of which 25 are from two customers.
Changes to Next Biometrics' management Next Biometrics' CFO, Knut Stålen, will step down from his position on the last day of February 2020. Knut Stålen has been with NEXT Biometrics since 2014.
Foxconn and Heraeus sign MoU Foxconn Technology Group and Heraeus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a strategic cooperation within the space of 5G.
BAE to pick up Collins Aerospace's GPS business and Raytheon's ATR business BAE Systems has reached definitive agreements for the proposed acquisitions of Collins Aerospace's military Global Positioning System (GPS) business and Raytheon's Airborne Tactical Radios (ATR) business.
JEOL Ltd. acquires Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions JEOL Ltd. , manufacturer of semiconductor equipment and other industrial instruments and equipment, announced the acquisition of Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions Inc. (IDES), an entrepreneurial venture specializing in technologies related to transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
NEXT receives major order for Indian government program NEXT Biometrics has received an order for UIDAI and STQC certified fingerprint biometric readers in India with a value of USD 750,000.
Cadence completes acquisition of AWR from NI Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has completed the acquisition of AWR Corporation from National Instruments Corporation.
Fiat Chrysler and Foxconn plans EV joint venture A new competitor in the industry for electric vehicles are in the making.
Collins Aerospace inks multimillion-dollar space contract Collins Aerospace Systems has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin to provide critical subsystems to support production of NASA's Orion spacecraft fleet for Artemis missions III through VIII.
Imagination Technologies expands with new European design centre Imagination Technologies has opened a new design centre in Timisoara, Romania. The centre will focus on IP designed for artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision.
AKI Electronic becomes Schurter Electronics As part of the further integration into the Schurter Group, AKI Electronic spol. s r.o. changes its name to SCHURTER Electronics spol. s r.o.
From Bosch to Silicon Mobility - Kallenbach takes the helm Automotive semiconductor company, Silicon Mobility, has appointed former Robert Bosch GmbH executive Rainer Kallenbach as CEO of the company as of January 6, 2020. The current CEO Bruno Paucard will remain with the company as COO and on the Board of Directors.
NEXT Biometrics reorganises - reduces headcount NEXT Biometrics says it is executing a program to optimise the organisation and cost base with its strategic priorities and market opportunities; which also translates to layoffs
LPKF delivers laser system to semiconductor industry customer In December, LPKF delivered – for the first time – a highly automated version of its LIDE system for integration into a semiconductor fab to an unnamed semiconductor manufacturers.
ROHM company SiCrystal & STMicro ink wafer supply deal ROHM and STMicroelectronics have signed a multi-year silicon carbide (SiC) wafers supply agreement with SiCrystal, a ROHM group company having a top share of SiC wafers in Europe.
Cadence expands collaboration with Broadcom Cadence Design Systems says it has expanded its collaboration with Broadcom Inc. for the creation of semiconductor solutions targeting next-generation networking, broadband, enterprise storage, wireless and industrial applications.
Marvell expands R&D footprint in India Marvell has announced the addition of its new facility in Bangalore, part of Marvell India Private Limited, the company's second largest research and development (R&D) effort spanning three sites – Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad.
imec spin-off raises €4,5 million in funding MICLEDI Microdisplays, the latest spin-off of imec, has raised EUR 4,5 million seed capital from imec.xpand, with participation of PMV and FIDIMEC.
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Isn't the title an odd linguistic structure?
Regardless, on Sunday my fixed gear frame snapped when Megan and I were riding to Lomita to meet up with Jack, Brian, Max, Jenny and Kiecker. We picked up Alec on the tall bike and we were riding through Redondo Beach when I saw a big JESUS sign someone had put up against a pole. Like all good citizens, I took democracy into my own hands (foot, more specifically) and kicked it over as we rode past. Yes, sometimes I am still 15 years old. I know this. Three blocks later I got an odd wobble in the front end. I say odd because this bike wobbles often. After pulling over and inspecting it I found that the lug was cracked all the way through. Uh-oh. We were close to Vege House so we road slowly the rest of the way. After eating, it only took leaning hard on the bars for the tubes to separate. Is this a sign?
I've been riding this bike for almost three years, after someone in the A-house gave it to me in lieu of one month's rent. Not sure how many miles I've put on it, but easily several thousand. Many of those riding in LA with friends, at events, etc. I put on the Jam Master Jay sticker almost straight away. The frame deserves a proper memorial, but we have not thought of anything yet. Will keep you updated.
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bikes for rent is a totally fair trade. i wish someone would pay me rent in bikes.


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I'm curious...if you could travel anywhere in time, where would you go? Why?
I recently came across a particularly thorough version of this prompt in Serve God, Save the Planet by J. Matthew Sleeth, MD. I share his words with you now and invite your response:
"I have a time machine. It will take you anywhere in time you choose to go. Wherever you go, you will be safe. You will speak whatever language you need to and will have whatever money or currency you need. You will be gone for one month. Wherever you go, you may choose the specific socio-economic group and situation you wish to live in. However, if the place you choose has a system of injustice, you are not allowed to make changes. When the time machine returns you to the present, the only things you can bring back are your memories."
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Time Travel Question
I'm curious...if you could travel anywhere in time, where would you go? Why?
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I would travel to Lake Placid to watch the "Miracle on Ice". I still get chills when I watch that highlight on TV.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — At Tommy's Country Ham House, a popular spot downtown for politics and comfort food, not much has changed since 2007, the last time conservatives here made it crystal clear to politicians how they felt about what they see as amnesty for people who entered the country illegally.
"What we need to do is put them on a bus," said Ken Sowell, 63, a lawyer from Greenville, as he ate lunch recently at the diner. "We need to enforce the border. If they want to apply legally more power to them. I don't think just because a bunch of people violate the law, we ought to change the law for them."
Six years ago, the intensity of that kind of sentiment was enough to scuttle immigration overhaul efforts led by President George W. Bush and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, both Republicans.
Now, as a new bipartisan group of eight senators, including Mr. Graham and Mr. McCain, try again — this time with President Obama as their partner in the White House — members of Congress will have to overcome deep-seated resistance like that expressed in the restaurant if they are to push legislation forward.
Republicans are betting that opposition from Tea Party activists and the party's most conservative supporters will have less impact because of the dire electoral consequences of continuing to take a hard line regarding immigrants. The senators on Monday released a blueprint for a new immigration policy that opens the door to possible citizenship ahead of a Tuesday speech on the subject by Mr. Obama in Las Vegas.
There is some evidence that the politics of immigration may be changing. Sean Hannity, the conservative host at Fox News, said days after the 2012 presidential election that he has "evolved" on immigration and now supports a comprehensive approach that could "get rid of" the issue for Republicans. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a rising star in the Republican Party, is pushing his own version of broad immigration changes — and getting praise from conservative icons like Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed.
But the Republican-controlled House remains a big hurdle. Speaker John A. Boehner on Monday was noncommittal about the emerging proposal, with a spokesman saying that Mr. Boehner "welcomes the work of leaders like Senator Rubio on this issue, and is looking forward to learning more about the proposal."
Representative Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas and a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, said that "when you legalize those who are in the country illegally, it costs taxpayers millions of dollars, costs American workers thousands of jobs and encourages more illegal immigration."
And if the lunch rush conversation at Tommy's is any indication, many Republican lawmakers will soon return home to find their constituents just as opposed to the idea as they were before. Concern about immigration varies regionally. But in many Congressional districts around the country, the prospect of intense opposition carries with it the threat of a primary challenger if Republican lawmakers stray too far from hawkish orthodoxy on the issue.
"The people who are coming across the border — as far as I'm concerned, they are common criminals," said Bill Storey, 68, a retired civil engineer from Greenville. "We should not adopt policies to reward them for coming into this country illegally. I have all the regard for them in the world if they come through the legal system, but not the illegal system."
Charlie Newton, a construction worker in the Greenville area, praised the work ethic of Hispanic co-workers, but said he opposes any laws that would provide benefits to illegal immigrants, including help becoming citizens.
"I think we need to help our own people before we keep helping somebody else," he said.
The president's proposals are expected to include more border enforcement, work site verification systems that allow employers to check the status of their employees online, and a road map to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants now living in the country. Democratic senators could begin work on a bill in the next couple of weeks.
In the Fourth Congressional District in South Carolina, which includes Greenville, the formal arrival of such a plan is likely to anger the constituents of Trey Gowdy, a Republican House member who was elected in the 2010 Tea Party wave and is now the chairman of a key subcommittee that will deal with immigration.
Mr. Gowdy has already taken a hard line, signing on last year to the "Prohibiting Backdoor Amnesty Act," which aimed to reverse Mr. Obama's plans to delay deportations for some young illegal immigrants. The congressman will be under pressure to change his mind from the White House and its allies, including groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. But when he goes home to Greenville, Mr. Gowdy may find that his constituents want him to hold firm in his opposition.
"If you had to go find the heartburn, you'd find it in Greenville," said Katon Dawson, a former chairman of the Republican Party in South Carolina. Mr. Dawson, who supports comprehensive immigration changes, said the matter was likely to become a hot-button issue again, as it was in 2006 and 2007.
"All I'd ever hear is, 'Why don't you enforce the laws that we already have?' And then I'd hear, 'Why don't you just build the fence?' " Mr. Dawson said, describing the comments he expects to hear again during the immigration debate.
Mr. Gowdy referred questions about the immigration debate to the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Representative Robert W. Goodlatte of Virginia. But veterans of South Carolina politics say the reaction in his district, and others like it across the country, will help determine the fate of the national legislation.
Bruce Bannister, the Republican majority leader of the South Carolina House of Representatives, said much of that response will depend on how the White House and its allies in Washington frame the debate.
"The amnesty provisions that got everybody fired up — I think you're not going to see states like South Carolina ever support that, even though we recognize that shipping or sending home all the folks that came here illegally is almost impossible," Mr. Bannister, who represents Greenville, said.
Josh Kimbrall, a conservative radio talk show host in South Carolina, agrees with Mr. Bannister. Mr. Kimbrall supports immigration law changes, but says Republicans like Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain allowed their effort in 2007 to be portrayed in a bad light by opponents.
"It's how you message it," Mr. Kimbrall said. "In Greenville, it's the rule of law. As soon as the word amnesty is thrown in, very few people are willing to go along."


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Hey guys. I know you've been missing the updates, I've been missing them too. My office space has been under renovation for the last four odd weeks, and it's finally done. A lot of that time I was doing cons, true, but the last two weeks I've been relegated to a portion of the dining room table, which let me tell you… is not a proper work space. That really threw a kink into my system, and if that weren't simply bad enough, now that I actually AM set back up semi-properly and truly raring to work, my darling computer Alice has gotten something mucked up to the point where so much of her processing power is in use that my cursor skips, effectively ruining any hope I have of doing art. I'm working on resolving that problem.
Assuming I can IT my way out of figuring out what driver error is causing between 5-15% of my CPU to be eaten up by System Interrupts, even then I am facing a mountain of backlogged commission work. I love doing this comic as much if not more than you guys love reading it, which is quite a lot based on some of the emails I get. However, I owe my clients the work first.
I am sorry that you guys are having to put up with delay after delay. It drives ME mad, and I can only imagine how disappointing it must be for you who have supported and encouraged me all these years. Please rest assured, FK isn't dead. I'll be back to update more. I'm just having a really bad bout of shitty timing right now. I'll be back as soon as I can.


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Authorities investigating a series of illegal horse disposals used DNA evidence to find and arrest a man Friday in connection with two cases, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities investigating a series of illegal horse disposals used DNA evidence to find and arrest a man Friday in connection with two cases, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said.
Robert Deleon Decker, 27, was arrested about 1:30 p.m. on suspicion of illegal disposal of a carcass, said Deputy Les Garcia, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. Decker was released from the San Joaquin County Jail later in the day, authorities said.
The Sheriff's Office has investigated five reported cases of illegal carcass disposals since January, Garcia said.
Detectives submitted DNA taken from one of the dead horses to the University of California, Davis, Veterinary Forensics Laboratory, where lab technicians produced a match, officials said. No further information on the analysis was given.
Investigators identified the horse owner and developed enough information to obtain a warrant for Decker's arrest, Garcia said. Authorities connected Decker to two illegal dumpings, authorities said.
On Jan. 16 in the 19900 block of North Atkins Road in Lodi, residents found a dead horse in a driveway with her hind legs tied. On April 2 near North Dry Creek and East Liberty roads in Galt, in Sacramento County, a dead gelding was found in a vineyard.
Neither of Decker's horses appeared to have been tortured or mistreated, authorities said, but others dumped in San Joaquin County in recent months were. A Clements rancher had two horses dumped on her property in just over two months earlier this year. One of the horses was emaciated and had its lips cut off, the rancher said. The other had its throat slit and its tail cut off.
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How to manage engagement and participation - the democratic process in a web2.0 context
By mdangeard, 10 years 51 weeks ago.
eCairn recently published a very interesting analysis on what happens when you open a site and ask people to contribute ideas. They mention Dell Ideastorm and the Obama administration Citizen's Briefing Book from the Obama administration, and I have to agree with the conclusion: you have to know what to expect when opening up the doors to input with no filtering. And where and how you "listen" to your audience makes a difference:
A new essay by Xavier Comtesse - Direct Territories
By mdangeard, 11 years 11 weeks ago.
After his essay on Direct Economy, Xavier Comtesse (www.thinkstudio.com) is coming out with a new essay (in French for now) on Direct Territories. Here is a short summary of the essay:
Territories as defined by government have become disconnected from the ecosystems in which people and business live and work. New ways of communicating have created an additional layer on top of these territories and ecosystems, ultimately defining new territories in which we have to coexist.
Top 150 social media blogs
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My friends at eCairn just released that Top 150 social media blogs list, ranked based on a relevance formula that mix topic and topology relevance - not crowdsourcing, actual science:
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Just downloaded the Firefox extension from Reframeit.
93% of americans want companies to have a presence on Social Media Sites
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Interesting article from the New York Times:
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By Robert Link, 11 years 17 weeks ago.
Not the first time I've been late to the party, and if you haven't already seen Howard's 2005 TED Talk, take a look now.
Around minute 9 Howard says,
How Brands and their evangelists should manage blogs
By mdangeard, 11 years 19 weeks ago.
Just like with the internet websites of web1.0, companies are slowly getting into social media and web2.0: many companies today have blogs, and try to establish a presence in the blogosphere through them, with the help of evangelists who monitor what is going on and mix with the crowd to spread messages. As a sign of this, Inc Magazine reports that "31% of the CEOs of their Inc500 companies maintain a blog or social network and for the most part they love them."
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P2P Foundation has announced an Open Everything topic area at the P2P Foundation wiki, and CoCo is pleased to spread the word. From the Open Everything home page:
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This week's Economics Focus on The Economist is entitled Commons Sense and talks about the study of the commons and the IASC conference.
Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom are quoted, and the article comes to the conclusion that the study of the "traditional" commons might teach us something about how to handle new commons including many global commons such as the atmosphere or the world's oceans:
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Attention travelers: Your high-flying status with Delta Air Lines may take a dive with the airline's new frequent flier rules.
Delta announced a new spending requirement Thursday for gaining elite status in the airline's SkyMiles program.
In addition to racking up Medallion qualifying miles or segments, passengers will have to spend a minimum dollar amount on tickets each year for each rung on the mileage ladder. For silver status, the spending requirement is $2,500. Gold status requires $5,000 in ticket purchases, $7,500 for platinum and $12,500 for diamond status.
The change starts on January 1, 2014, for membership status in the 2015 program.
"Adding a revenue component to the SkyMiles Medallion program ensures that our most valued customers receive the best program benefits and a more exclusive experience," said Jeff Robertson, vice president of the SkyMiles program, in a statement.
Tim Winship, publisher of Frequentflier.com expects a mixed reaction to the change among travelers,"depending on which side of the fence you find yourself on."
It's a win for business travelers who easily qualify for the programs through company-paid flights, Winship said, because fewer elite members means better odds for upgrades.
But travelers who have been using cheap flights as a status strategy, may get bumped down — or out — of the game, Winship said.
Justin Cook, a sales trainer from Orlando, Florida, flies nearly every week in the mid-Atlantic or the Southeast. Cook is a Delta Diamond Medallion member — the highest level — yet he estimates his company spends between $8,000 to $10,000 a year on his air travel, shy of the $12,500 requirement.
By 2015, he suspects he could drop two levels to gold status.
"I will actively be looking into other airlines to see if they will match my status."


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cepPolicyBrief: Concise 4-page reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including a brief summary and economic and legal assessments.
cepInput: Impulse to current discussions of EU policies.
cepStudy: Comprehensive examination of EU policy proposals affecting the economy.
The European Commission has proposed a "Product Safety and Market Surveillance Package" containing, in particular, a proposal for a Regulation on consumer product safety and a proposal for a Regulation on the regulatory market surveillance of products. With its proposal for a Regulation on market surveillance, the Commission wants to prevent, by way of effective and EU-wide market surveillance, the distribution of products which represent a risk to any aspect of public interest protection, such as health, safety, consumer protection and the environment.
The Commission wants to grant all EU citizens the right to have a payment account with basic features (basic account), make it easier to switch banks, particularly across borders, and improve the transparency and comparability of fees.
The Commission is considering a partial harmonisation of the insolvency law of the Member States. This is intended to facilitate the reorganisation rather than liquidation of businesses and provide entrepreneurs with a "second chance".
The Commission revises the legal framework for cross-border insolvencies. There should (preferably) be integrated insolvency proceedings by applying just one (national) insolvency regime in each case.
The Commission wants to expand Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) and at the same time commit companies to greater transparency. Large and medium-sized companies should therefore be required to report on "non-financial risks" on one hand, and on the other, report on its diversity policies for the appointment to management and supervisory bodies.
The Commission intends to govern economic policy reforms of Member States more strongly. It wants to introduce a "Convergence and Competitiveness Instrument" that commits Member States to the implementation of reforms for financial support in turn. Moreover the Commission wants to establish "ex ante coordination for major economic policy reforms" in EU law.
The European Commission argues in favour of an early agreement on Climate and Energy Policy to 2030. The discussion centres on the question of the number and definition of targets and how these can be achieved, efficiently and effectively, taking account of competitiveness and security of supply.
The EU Commission argues in favour of including all major "economies and economic sectors" into an international climate change agreement with legally binding emission reductions and introducing carbon pricing for international aviation and maritime transport.
The maximum permitted size and weight of commercial vehicles is regulated EU-wide. The Commission now wants to permit exemptions to the maximum limits to allow more aerodynamic tractor cabs and streamlining devices on the rear (flaps) in order to reduce fuel consumption and thus greenhouse gas emissions. The maximum weight of commercial vehicles with electric and hybrid-engines will also be increased because these are heavier than conventional trucks and this reduces their permitted load.
The right to the freedom of movement for workers is granted to all EU citizens by way of Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and the Regulation on the freedom of movement [VO (EU) No. 492/2011]. Nevertheless, many EU citizens consider themselves subject to obstacles when it comes to the exercise of this right. The Commission therefore wants to enhance enforcement of the freedom of movement for workers.


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December 9, 1999
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Underscoring ongoing efforts to strengthen linkages between P-12 and higher education, individuals from three New Jersey universities were recognized this week by President Bill Clinton for outstanding efforts to encourage underrepresented high school students to pursue collegiate study in math, science and engineering.
Ten individuals and five institutions on Monday received the 1999 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring in recognition of their long-term commitment to increasing opportunities for women, minorities, and disabled students in math, science, and engineering. The awards include a $10,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
"New Jersey accounts for one-fifth of these prestigious national awards, which demonstrates the higher education community's exceptional commitment to improving educational opportunities for students while they are still in high school," said James E. Sulton, Jr., executive director of the Commission on Higher Education. "These programs have successfully encouraged underrepresented students to enroll in college and pursue degrees in math and the sciences, opening the door to scientific and technical careers they might not have considered otherwise."
Dr. Sulton noted that the individual and institutional awards complement a number of state-level efforts to improve collaboration between P-12 and higher education, including state-funded precollege programs and increased communication between the Commission on Higher Education and the State Board of Education. He noted that earlier this week, the two boards co-sponsored a summit on high school to college transitions that involved 150 education leaders and stakeholders.
"The extraordinary dedication of New Jersey's award recipients has made a positive difference in the lives of high school students," said Commissioner of Education David C. Hespe. "Thanks to their efforts, thousands of students have been prepared for challenging, rewarding careers. Those who follow in their footsteps will have a chance at a brighter future."
The Douglass Project for Women in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering was recognized for its three-year hands-on science program, which has served 900 young women in grades 9-11. The Douglass program also includes peer and faculty mentoring, undergraduate research, internships, and academic enrichment programs for college women.
Ajay Kumar Bose, a professor of chemistry at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken was recognized for precollege and undergraduate summer research programs he has offered since 1972. The collegiate program has encouraged more than 400 students to pursue careers in medicine and chemical sciences. The precollege component establishes relationships with high school teachers, helping them to convey the excitement of chemistry through experimentation. Through his "Equipment of the Month Club," Dr. Bose also lends sophisticated equipment to inner city schools.
Harold Deutschman, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology, was recognized for 29 years of initiating, directing and teaching precollege programs that encourage students to enter college and pursue careers in science, mathematics and engineering. Dr. Deutschman has mentored over 2,500 students, primarily minority students from the greater Newark area. More than 95% of these students have enrolled in college and 70% have majored in science, mathematics, or engineering.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The No. 30 Georgia College & State University women's tennis team (8-10) dropped its third-straight match Wednesday, falling to Brenau University 7-2.
The Bobcats dropped all three in doubles play, as Diane Danna (Paris) and Bertille Lion (Lyon, France) were overtaken 8-6 by Lyn See Choo and Kate Mazackova in the No. 1 spot. The Bobcat French duo fell to 9-9 on the season as did the freshmen pair of Kayla Barksdale (Martinez, Ga.) and Michelle Lingner (Dunwoody, Ga.). The Georgia College freshmen went 9-8 (7-5) in a hard-fought tiebreaker loss to Jolene Wong and Liubov Orlova, while Adriana Acuna (Peachtree City, Ga.) and Linda Mosa (Stockholm, Sweden) were retired 8-2 by Eline Nagles and Hannah Thompson at third doubles.
In singles play, the No. 48 ranked Danna downed Choo 6-1 and 6-4, improving to 12-4 overall. Mazackova defeated Barksdale 6-4, 6-3 in the second position, while Lion claimed third singles 7-5 and 6-4 against Wong, advancing to a team-best 13-4 for the season.
Slotted fourth, Lingner surrendered a pair of 6-1 sets to Thompson, while Mosa dropped her sets 6-0 and 6-1 against Orlova. At sixth singles, Nagles took Acuna 6-1 and 6-2.
The Bobcats are back in action Thursday, April 8 traveling to Anderson University for a 3 p.m. start time.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


text: Three points Bob Finnan's weekly look at what's hot, what's not, what you didn't know -- and what you might not want to know -- about the NBA. 1. How close was the league's scoring race heading into Saturday's games? Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony was leading the NBA in scoring with a 29.729 average. LeBron James was second at 29.727. 2. It was fun watching Anderson Varejao play against Lakers big men Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum on Thursday. They wanted nothing to do with how hard Varejao played. Of course, most players don't. 3. Some thought Varejao was overpaid. Those people must not watch the Cavs play. He's a very unique player. Rumor mill - Pacers power forward Troy Murphy is on the Cavs' radar. The Pacers are rebuilding and might be open to trading Murphy. But they might be reluctant to trade him for Zydrunas Ilgauskas. But things could chance by the Feb. 18 deadline. - When forward/center Anderson Varejao reached an agreement with the Cavs last year, several media outlets (including one near and dear to us) reported it was a $50 million deal. In all fairness, it was basically a deal for the full mid-level exception. All that was guaranteed was about $37 million. If Varejao picks up an option, it's worth $42 million. With bonuses, it could be worth $50 million. - An NBA personnel man said he expects Ohio State guard David Lighty to return for another season with the Buckeyes. He said the former Villa Angela-St. Joseph High star is a marginal NBA prospect right now. - The Cavs want to use Ilgauskas as trade bait, but want that team to buy out his contract so he can return to the team after 30 days. There are no guarantees that will happen. It would be very risky to trade Z and not get him back. - The Cavs definitely want Wizards forward Antawn Jamison. One league source questions the Wizards' willingness to help the Cavs. There are some natural competitive issues there, fueled by the playoff losses and the Larry Hughes signing in 2005. Again, things can change. - There are reports the Wizards are asking for Ilgauskas, power forward J.J. Hickson and a first-round pick for Jamison. - The Raptors likely will trade forward/center Chris Bosh by the deadline. "He's done everything but send them a postcard," one source said. Many expect Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo to be proactive in trade talks. - Another major star could change teams by the deadline: Suns forward/center Amar'e Stoudemire. A source said the Suns have several deals on the table for him. - The Trail Blazers are secretly shopping point guard Andre Miller. - The league is pushing for a hard salary cap in the next collective bargaining agreement. It will try to clamp down on some of the loopholes and special provisions like trade kickers, being able to use "retired" players in trades like the Cavs might do with Wally Szczerbiak and Lorenzen Wright, and trading a player, letting him get bought out and returning in 30 days, as they might do with Ilgauskas.


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Okay - not really sure if Fabulousness is a word - but I made it one for today! I got married a little over a week ago and wanted to share with you a few things about the wedding day - first - the food!
As the Food Hussy - I knew when I got married I only needed 3 things: cute boy (check), pretty dress (check) and FANTASTIC food (CHECK!).
So here's the rundown of what we had...
First - Cakes by Chris & Dani! Although this was dessert - they were set up first and they were sooooo amazing! I worked with Chris at my last company and he would always bring cupcakes in. I was lucky enough to sit next to him and I said, "If I ever get married - you're making the cupcakes!" Then a year or two later - I GOT MARRIED!
I love Chris's strawberry cupcakes so those were a must-have. That's all on the bottom tier with pink & blue frosting to match our colors. Then he told me about these chocolate peanut butter heaven cupcakes...he said I had to have them. Thank God I did! They were chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter filling and then chocolate ganache and broken peanut butter cups on top. Yeah - those were gone in about 3 minutes!
It was a bit of a cupcake war - people were trying to be polite and wait to take cake until I gave the okay. Once I said "ok" to one person - the people attacked the platter like they'd never seen food before! I was smart enough to put one of each away for myself before the festivities began.
The cupcakes were amazing and I'm so glad I was able to have a good friend participate!
(Personalized painting came from Etsy)
Next up - the real food! Matt from Virgils was my pick. I really did NOT want a traditional caterer and I did want someone from a local restaurant. I narrowed it down to a few choices but Matt won me over pretty quickly!
I knew we wanted just appetizers - combine that with a vegetarian friend and an egg-allergic fiance to contend with.
Matt was fantastic! He was flexible on the menu and completely took care of everything for me! He provided the plates, flatware and even a freshly-made berry iced tea!
We had these great pinwheels too! Some were vegetarian and others had smoked salmon in them! So fresh! I definitely snagged a few of these before they were gone!
You can't go wrong with fresh fruit and then Matt had such a great presentation style as well. He arrived while I was getting ready and then finished the layout while we were up the hill at the ceremony. We came in to beautiful food and a happy crowd!
Mini-panini sandwiches were a huge hit! There were Reubens among others...I was busy dancing and socializing and didn't get to try near enough of everything. But everybody kept going back for more and there were definitely plenty members of the "clean plate club"!
The big hit - not surprisingly - was the Mini Mac & Cheese cups (some with bacon and some without). These went so fast - and I made sure to grab one pretty early on. So glad I did - it was creamy and rich but not too heavy. I'm a Mac & Cheese addict and this was perfection in a cup!
There was also a ton of delightfully seasoned shrimp with individual cups of cocktail sauce (not shown). Larry is a shrimpaholic and I think he ate half this plate shown on his own. So appreciate that the tails were removed as well! It makes for much easier eating when dancing to Pitbull!
All in all - I couldn't have been happier with my catering choice. Matt was responsive and flexible and so friendly. He even came out and went through the selections with the vegetarian to be sure she knew what was for her. And for my hubby - there was only 1 item with eggs and we were told right off the bat. Virgil's Cafe in Bellevue is my new favorite place in Cincinnati!!!!
Lastly - since Larry is allergic to eggs - we had a grooms pie! It was a Hershey's Chocolate Creme Pie made by Edwards Desserts. We discovered this at Burger King and then found whole pie versions for sale at Meijer and Biggs. w00t!
The kitty cat cake toppers (of course I had to) are also from Etsy.
So that sums up the wedding food for The Food Hussy! I would encourage all brides to think outside the box when planning their wedding! Find friends that have special talents (can't forget Jen Reed she took all the photos - amazing!) and enjoy the day!


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Keith Wright led all scorers with 22 points (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Keith Wright recorded his ninth double-double of the season, scoring 22 points and collecting 14 rebounds, as the Harvard men's basketball team outscored Brown, 54-25, in the second half to earn an 85-78 win Saturday evening at Lavietes Pavilion. Wright also added a career-high five blocks as the Crimson tied its program record with its 15th straight win at home, established during from the 1945-46 to 1946-57 seasons.
After trailing by 24 points, 53-29, the Crimson tallied 56 points to Brown's 25, and in the process, established a new Harvard record for comebacks. The 24-point comeback also stands second in Ivy League history and storming back from a 22-point second-half halftime deficit ranks fourth in NCAA history.
Harvard improves to 12-0 at Lavietes Pavilion this season, establishing a program record for home wins in a season. The Crimson now stands 18-4 overall and 7-1 in the Ivy League, tying the Harvard record for best start in conference play (1970-71). Kyle Casey added 19 points and three blocks for the Crimson, while Christian Webster scored 18 and Brandyn Curry chipped in with 10 points and five assists.
The loss drops Brown to 9-13 overall and 2-6 in the Ancient Eight. Sean McGonagill led the Bears with 18 points, while Garrett Leffelman tallied 14.
Harvard, which trailed 53-31 at the break, shot 68 percent in the second half and was 8-of-11 from long distance in the frame (.727). The Crimson owned a 35-24 advantage on the boards and blocked nine shots as a team, a season-best.
Wright made a layup after getting fouled, but missed the free throw as Brown led early, 3-2. Wright hit another basket on the Crimson's next possession, but the Bears answered with a trey to remain on top, 6-4. The Bears scored three of the next four baskets to open a 12-6 advantage by the first media timeout at 15:49. Brown continued to play strong offensively and led Harvard, 19-9, with 14:09 remaining in the first half. Oliver McNally snapped the run by the Bears with an open jumper on the Crimson's first possession coming out of a timeout. Wright sank a hook shot to make it 21-13 in favor of the Bears, but Brown answered with two from the line to go back up by 10, 23-13.
A tip in by Wright got Harvard within 27-17 with 8:41 left to play in the first. Wright added a two-handed dunk, and then Curry made a running layup, but Harvard still trailed, 32-21, with 7:28 remaining. Matt Brown buried a jumper from the left corner, getting the Crimson within nine, 32-23. Wright made two from the foul line with 4:43 to go, making it 39-27 in favor of the Bears. Brown, which shot 63.3 percent from the field in the half, opened up a 48-27 lead with 2:15 to play and led, 53-31, heading into halftime. The Bears also made 8-of-12 shots from beyond the arc (.667), while the Crimson sank 13-of-29 buckets (.448). Wright paced Harvard with 14 points and seven rebounds in the stanza.
After Brown scored the first basket of the second half to claim a 24-point lead, Harvard tallied the next six points to get within 55-37. Then Wright hit two free throws to make it 55-39 in favor of Brown. On the Crimson's next possession, Casey grabbed the ball off a missed jump shot by Webster and slammed it home for two more points. Webster buried a trey the next time Harvard had the ball, as the Crimson continued to chip away, 58-44. With 13:48 to play, Webster hit another 3-pointer, cutting the deficit to 62-49. Laurent Rivard continued Harvard's success from long distance, hitting a shot from beyond the arc from the right wing, getting Harvard within just 10 points, 62-52.
Webster made a steal on the Harvard defensive end and made a layup, cutting the deficit to eight. Wright made a dunk on a fast break moments later to cut Brown's lead further and then Curry drilled a wide open trey with just under nine minutes remaining to give Harvard its first lead of the half, 65-64, as the Crimson outscored the Bears, 34-11, to open the second half. Brown scored on its next possession to regain a lead, 66-65, but the Crimson came right back with a trey by Webster and a layup with contact by Casey, as Harvard led, 70-66, with 6:58 remaining.
Harvard opened up a 73-66 advantage with 5:40 left when Curry made a jumper in the paint. Curry drilled a trey on Harvard's next time down the floor, giving the Crimson its largest lead, 76-66. With 53.8 ticks left on the clock, Casey connected on two free throws, putting Harvard back up by 10, 79-69. Brown got back within six, 81-75, but Rivard hit two from the charity stripe after being fouled to clinch the game.
Harvard will head back on the road for the next four games, beginning with a matchup at Cornell Friday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.


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Car brochures today have all sort of covergently-evolved into a certain bland sort of slickness. Sure, there's some minor typographic differences and photography, but one's pretty much like the other. But this wasn't always the case. Back in the day, if you weren't selling something fast or sleek, you had to find other ways to make it appealing. Like using illustrations and weapons-grade charmonium, as seen in this brochure for Honda's tiny pickup, the T360.
Since little Kei-car pickups have been on my mind lately, I thought this would be a good time to share this old brochure. Not being able to read Japanese, I'm a bit baffled by a lot of what's going on here. Like this scene:
So... the truck's great for transporting your gigantic fishbowl over unimproved roads, which is then great for following giant flirty ladies in the back of other trucks as they get on the highway? Um, that's like my NUMBER ONE truck use case, right there.
And get this— this brochure is like a kid's pop-up book or something. These pages have little tiny sub-pages to give the illusion of the truck receding in the distance.
Oh, oh, oh look at this— they have vellum pages so the truck can superimpose over these other images. I get one must be to show it's got the same wheelbase as Honda's little S600 sports car, but the bed one? Is that like a ride comfort thing? Or are they just tapping into every kids' I'm-driving-my-bed-all-over-the-world nighttime fantasies?
Either way, I'm a sucker for this stuff.


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Muscles tensed, heart pounding with an adrenaline rush, head down and eyes fixed on a thicket of greenbrier and dewberry growing amid the crown of a fallen white oak, nose filled with the sweet aroma of a woodcock, the only thing your bird dog is waiting on is for the flushing of the bird and the crack of your shotgun. It's mid-December and the woodcock have returned to Louisiana!
Louisiana Woodcock Hunting
Louisiana consistently has more woodcock hunters than any other southern state. Louisiana hunters spend more days afield hunting woodcock than hunters in any other southern state and they harvested 10,500 woodcock during the 2012-2013 woodcock season. Based on annual LDWF (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries) hunter surveys, the long-term average number of woodcock hunters in the state each year is 5,050.
What makes woodcock hunting so attractive in the state of Louisiana? Great opportunities! Louisiana represents important wintering grounds for woodcock with some of the highest numbers of wintering woodcock found within the state (Straw et al. 1994). Additionally, several wildlife management areas in the state, as well as private lands, are managed to enhance woodcock habitat and woodcock hunting opportunities; this means birds and great places to hunt them.
Not only that, but studies on wintering ground habitat use on WMAs in the state provide the most up-to-date information on how to effectively manage for woodcock. As with any wildlife, numbers of woodcock are directly tied to habitat, with more individuals found in quality habitat than in poor habitats.
Natural History
The American woodcock (Scolopax minor) is a shorebird that has forsaken the marshes for forested habitats. In the day time, woodcock prefer to spend their time in thickets with rich moist soil within the forest. This habitat provides protective cover as well as areas where they can feed on their favorite food, earthworms. Beginning at sunset, woodcock fly to fields. These fields may be agricultural fields, pastures, clear cuts or fallow fields and are used for courtship displays and feeding. Nocturnal fields should be moist and contain patchy cover; thick, uniform ground cover is undesirable for woodcock.
Females are larger than males, with females averaging 7.3 oz. and males 5.8 oz. Female's also have longer bills (over 2 ¾ inches) than males (less than 2 ½ inches).
Worms are the staple diet of the woodcock throughout the year. The woodcock uses its long bill for extracting worms from the soil. The upper mandible (bill) is flexible and the woodcock can open the tip of the bill below the soil surface to seize its prey. Woodcock have been known to eat their weight or more in earthworms within a 24 hour period. Evidence of woodcock feeding can be seen by looking for probe holes in the soil. During dry periods, woodcock will turn over leaves with their bill and feed on slugs, sow bugs, as well as insects and their larvae.
Woodcock generally begin to depart from their northern breeding grounds in October. Woodcock occupy the wintering grounds in Louisiana from November to February with maximum numbers arriving in mid-December.
Reproduction and Nesting
There is limited nesting in the extreme southern part of the woodcock's range, which occurs from January to February. On the northern breeding grounds (where most reproduction occurs) woodcock nest from March to May. Woodcock typically lay 4 spotted eggs in a depression on the ground, often under bushes or at the base of small trees. The female incubates the eggs for 20-21 days. The young are precocial, meaning they are able to walk within a short time of hatching and are able to feed themselves, they still need the mother to brood them, especially during inclement weather. Broods tend to break up between 6 and 8 weeks after hatching.
American woodcock management regions, breeding range, Singing-ground Survey coverage, and winter range. Figure from: Case and Associates (2010).
Population Management
Woodcock are managed on the basis of two management regions or populations, eastern and central. These regions are biologically justified because analysis of band recovery data indicate there is little crossover between regions (Cooper and Rau 2013).
Each year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with numerous partners, coordinates three surveys to assess the population status of American woodcock:
- Singing-ground Survey, which provides an estimate of population trends
- Wing-collection Survey, which provides an annual index of woodcock recruitment
- Harvest Information Program, which provides data on the number of hunters, harvest, and days spent afield each year.
The Singing-ground Survey covers a major portion of the breeding range in Canada and the U.S., while the Wing-collection Survey and Harvest Information Program only sample U.S. hunters (Cooper and Rau 2013).
For more information, see the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2013 American Woodcock Population Status Report.
Habitat Management
Diurnal (daytime) habitat for the woodcock consists of thickets with relatively sparse ground cover up to 6 inches above the ground for easy foraging, and dense cover greater than 6 inches above the ground to provide protective overhead cover. The soils must be moist and rich containing abundant earthworms for feeding. This type of habitat can be created by making patch clearcuts of approximately 5 acres in size, small group selection cuts within the forest, or even single tree selection. Remember the woodcock's need for moist soils. This is where habitat management needs to be conducted if woodcock are to be attracted; hard dry soils will not provide suitable habitat for woodcock.
Woodcock use nocturnal (nighttime) habitat for both courtship displays and feeding. Old fields containing patches of cover, such as brush, make good nocturnal habitat for woodcock. Nocturnal habitat can be maintained by mowing, burning, herbicides, and encouraging native shrubs. Burning can create some of the best habitat for woodcock because it removes layers of grass and dead vegetation, but will leave a few scattered stalks and patches of cover that provide concealment for feeding woodcock. Current research conducted on Sherburne WMA to determine what habitat management treatments create optimal nocturnal habitat for American woodcock were recently completed by Dr. Jeff Duguay (LDWF), Dr. Kim Marie Tolson (University of Louisiana at Monroe) and graduate student Cody Haynes (ULM). Two field seasons of data indicate that early successional habitat consisting of small trees can be set back by mowing or burning. Based on this research, however, sites should not be mowed in consecutive years. Consecutive annual mowing results in too little debris and encroachment of grass. A good strategy may be to mow a site one year and the next year either burn the site or allow it to remain fallow.
Woodcock Hunting on Public Lands
Interested in hunting woodcock in Louisiana? There are ample woodcock hunting opportunities on public land in Louisiana. Wildlife management areas (WMAs), national forests and wildlife refuges, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' land offer woodcock hunting opportunities. Woodcock distribution varies from year to year depending on soil moisture and temperature. In most years, land in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River floodplains offers the best woodcock hunting. Some of these properties include Sherburne WMA, Indian Bayou Area, and Dewey Wills WMA. However, hunters should not overlook the upland areas which can offer very good hunting as well. Some of these include the Kisatchie National Forest, Clear Creek WMA, Bodcau WMA, and Sandy Hollow WMA. For more information, read more about Louisiana's public lands.
Fun Fact
American woodcock have many local names, including bogsucker, Labrador twister, timber-doodle (probably the most well-known), big-eyes, blind snipe, brush snipe, swamp bat, mud bat, and so on. But in Louisiana the woodcock is known as bécasse (bay-Cass), this is from the French bécassine meaning a snipe.
Literature Cited
Case, D.J., and Associates (editor). 2010. Priority Information Needs for American Woodcock: A Funding Strategy. Developed for the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies by the Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Support Task Force. 16pp.
Cooper, T.R., and R.D. Rau. 2013. American woodcock population status, 2013. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, Maryland. 16 pp.
Straw, J.A., Jr., D.G. Krementz, M.W. Olinde, and G.F. Sepik. 1994. American woodcock. In Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Management in North America, eds., T.C. Tacha and C.E. Braun, 97-116 Washington, D.C: International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.


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Here we go again... Another Twitter application has now been released for BlackBerry. Twitter apps are taking over App World. Today we are announcing the release of TweetCaster.
Here is the full list of features available:
- Multiple Twitter account support
- Simultaneously post to Twitter and Facebook
- Retweet with or without comment
- Manage Twitter lists
- Advanced profile editing
- Nearby/Geolocation functionality
- Save and manage drafts
- Advanced search
- Full trending topics
- Share tweets to email, Facebook, and BlackBerry® Messenger
The UI looks pretty good and the features list is bountiful, however the price for Premium is crazy! I would not be surprised if they never sell one. Their are so many other, better, twitter apps out there for cheap or free. I wish the app good luck, and yall should make sure and try the free version!


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