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You make your way along the red carpet through a cool art space, free to peruse the latest avant garde exhibition, before making your way upstairs to the AOB lounge.
This is a long room topped with high ceilings and filled with a ragtag mixture of comfy chairs and new sofas where a small bar in the corner breezily dispenses low priced drinks to all.
Be tempted by the tapas menu as you unwind in the charismatic setting of the AOB lounge.
The smooth lines of the Art Space also make it an ideal party or launch venue and both the Club and Art Space are available outside opening hours for your unique function.
The Mercantile Hotel is on the National Register of Historic Places and situated in the heart of The Rocks where glimpses of Sydney's unique heritage abound at every turn. Only minutes away are the famous Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and the bustling City Centre.
At night, you'll be entertained by our Irish and Bush Bands whilst sipping our famous draught Guinness in our Molly Malone Bar. You may even wish to browse through our James Joyce Gallery.
The Macquarie Hotel, incorporating Econolodge Boutique Accomodation, Schwartz Brewery, The Mac Live Venue and Raval Kitchen, Cocktail Bar & Venue is located on the corner of Goulburn Street and Wentworth Avenue, Surry Hills. A heritage listed hotel with a warm funky feeling, great ambience, a focus on customer service and the best music in town, The Mac (main bar) serves up free entertainment 4 nights a week with ticketed events all week upstairs in the unique 1920s styled Raval. Enjoy the ambience in our newly renovated public bar with one of our in-house award winning brewed beers from our very own microbrewery.
Sydney's only purpose built entertainment venue, it is genuinely unsurpassed in its facilities and flexibility. Its comfort, stunning levels of finish and functionality combine aesthetically into the venue you need. The venue you wished for. The venue you can have. Party on with great dance music from sydney's top dj's all night.
Upstairs, an air of modern distinction. A classical pillar free space of height and depth both of which can be adjusted to create a multitude of environments. The mezzanine circles above, a sanctuary from the excitement, a promenade for conversation or the perfect VIP space. The intelligent lighting and lasers will vitalise or hypnotise and the sound, of course is perfect.
A polished gem in the Kings Cross renaissance, Sapphire Lounge brings sophistication to Sydney's notoriously fickle bar set, possessing both the appeal of an intimate lounge and an enticing night spot. Frequented by jet set celebrities and high profile sports people, and evoking the sophistication of the ultimate place to be; Sapphire Lounges striking design, luxe décor and seamless functionality combined with an excellent array of music is great for sipping a cocktail, nibbling on canapés or simply dancing the night away.
Originally operating as Soni's restaurant with funky cocktail bar 'Madame Fling Flong' upstairs, the venue has now changed hands, with new proprietors licensee Matt Kennedy and head chef Chris Bell retaining the name yet changing things up with a brand new tapas-style restaurant and front bar.
The duo met through their love of fresh produce and the slow food movement, and currently cultivate a plot of land north of Sydney on which they grow a large proportion of the new menu's fresh ingredients. Chef Chris Bell produces the house-cured charcuterie, pickles and hand crafted cheeses, and infuses oils with home-grown herbs and fruits. By growing our own ingredients locally and producing menu items from scratch, we're ensuring a freshness and authenticity of cuisine.
The style of dining, whilst not strictly European, is derivative of the tapas and pinxos bars of Spain and the Basque region
Tone is Sydney's newest small bar, performance space and restaurant located in one of the oldest warehouse spaces in Surry Hills. Designed to cater for discerning music lovers, artists and party people, Tone has been restored to the original 1920s aesthetic with a contemporary twist through street art laden walls, state of the art lighting design and a truly world class P.A. system.
Our mission is simple – to provide a rich experience in a quality environment with great food and drinks at reasonable prices. We love music. We love art. We love food. We love a good drink.
You will be impressed at what you will find at the AB Hotel. Fastidious attention to detail combined with award winning service, top shelf products, and an entertainment schedule set to revolutionise Sydney's hotel scene make The AB Hotel an experience you must not miss.
The AB Hotel has been transformed into a veritable feast for all senses. The venue is comprised of seven different areas, each with its own theme. Opulent décor, designer furniture and seductive lighting feature throughout.
Highly regarded as one of Sydney's social focal points, The Balmain Monkey Bar is set to a backdrop of rich flavours, a comfortable atmosphere, lively entertainment & a service level second to none.
Located in the centre of Balmain, our venue incorporates a main bar, function rooms, bistro with adjacent courtyard area, tab & bottle shop facilities.
Combining the elements of sophistication, relaxation and modern decor, the Balmain Monkey Bar is a great place to meet old friends or find new ones.
We look forward to seeing you here!
Moulin Rouge Downunder, was born
Moulin Rouge Downunder, was born
A single word that best describes the Burdekin is 'Stayer'. Trading since 1847 this ever popular watering hole has survived 2 recessions, several street upgrades and countless renovations. It's charm, authenic high ceilings, warm decor and easy to access location make it a must to visit when you're in Sydney.
North Annandale has great live music all weekend…it's a great place for you and your friends to have an awesome night out. Don't miss Poker Night, TAB lounge and we have a huge range of pokie machines.
The Alfred Hotel is a classic Sydney watering hole. With a late night license and an inexpensive bistro, the pub is popular with students from nearby Sydney University, nurses from the RPA hospital and Camperdown locals. The pub was built in 1939 and is often referred to as the "Grose Farm Hotel", its former name.
The unique horseshoe-shaped bar and art deco features give the pub its warm and friendly character. The popular bistro serves $7 steaks and burgers, with patrons able to enjoy their meals in a large and attractive courtyard, filled with striped banquette seats and fenced with bamboo.
Hidden behind the historic sandstone and stained glass facade of this heritage listed building is a stylish, warm and welcoming traditional Italian ristorante. Spanning three levels, Amoroma Ristoante Pizzera offers a dining experience to suit any occasion.
Located at the gateway to Australia's finest heritage district this distinguished building, completed in 1886, was designed by architect William Wilkinson. it was the site of the English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
Superbly located in the heritage precinct of Sydney, Amo Roma features floor to ceiling glass windows enabling you to relax and fully enjoy the surroundings. A warm ambience, innovative Italian cuisine and excellent service always ensures a memorable dining experience at Amo Roma.
The private dining room, cocktail lounge and outdoor terrace occupy the entire top floor, making it perfectly suited for private functions and special occasions such as Wedding receptions and Corporate bookings. The dining area has marble open fireplaces, polished floors and striking gothic windows. For cocktails, the capacity is 150 and for fine dining, the capacity is 80 guests.
The middle level seats up to 30 guests and features a view of our Head Chef and his team at work. This area is perfectly suited to Group bookings.
The Annandale Hotel is known for it's music. They have been host to a mass of the biggest artists Australia wide as well as Internationally.
Some of the great Aussie bands who have graced the stage of The Annandale Hotel are Jet, Dallas Crane, The Mess Hall, Rocket Science, Radio Birdman, Magic Dirt, Dan Brodie, COG, Butterfly Effect, Spurs For Jesus, Dave McCormack, The Hard Ons, 78 Saab, Bodyjar, Frenzal Rhomb, Celibate Rifles, The Cops, Betchadupa, Decoder Ring, Nunchukka Superfly, Eskimo Joe, Gerling, Jebediah, Machine Gun Fellatio, One Dollar Short, Dappled Cities Fly, Rose Tattoo, Shihad, End Of Fashion, You Am I, The Lost Gospel, The Beautiful Girls, The Hoodoo Gurus, Sleepy Jackson, Architecture In Helsinki, Front End Loader, Six Ft Hick, The Tremors, Gelbison, The Mark Of Cain, Sarah Blasko, The Beautiful Girls, Spiderbait, Skulker, The Cat Empire, The Cruel Sea, Thirsty Merc, The Living End, The Spazzys and many more.
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the multi-award winning liquidity waterfront restaurant & bar typifies the relaxed outdoor style of s
liquidity also caters for large groups, corporate functions, special events & celebrations.
Located in Bay Street, Glebe, just at the edge of the citys CBD, The Australian Youth Hotel is the perfect location to escape the Sydney inner-city hype and enjoy the atmosphere, service and style that makes The Australian Youth Hotel one of the finest pubs in Sydney.
The Australian Youth Hotel is also home to Nude - an exciting new addition to Sydneys nightlife. Looking to host a party, function or corporate event? The let us take the stress out of making your event a success!
The Fringe Bar is an iconic Paddington Local that has been reopened with edgy and down to earth finishes. Its grungy ambiance and quirky backdrops creates an atmosphere with a kick that entices you to explore its world. With a lounge around feel, eclectic chandeliers, ornate mirrors and luxuriant photos, Fringe brings to the table a taste that everyone can relate to. With table service, food, and a knock out cocktails, The Fringe is the perfect spot for lunch or dinner throughout the week! With copious looks comes a list of weekly themes, DJ's, live entertainment and partys sure to entertain! Available for afterparties, functions, events and bookings.
The Easteren - the definatintion of Ambience, opulence, recreation & pleasure. The Eatern is proving to be a venue of pur impressive luxury, pleasure & unfaltering hospitality. Taking it's historic origin & evolving it further into a distinguished social scene.
Renovated and relaunched, this pub is a sleek Darlo drink spot. Climb upstairs for alfresco terrace bevvies or descend into the polished Velvet Underground lounge for a cocktail session.Pronounced 'beech-um', the ground floor bar is decked out in wall-to-wall wood and is dotted with comfortable chocolate couches and ottomans. Weekends see substantial crowds pour into the street level bar. Warmer nights are perhaps best spent in the second-floor courtyard, if you can get in early enough to secure yourself a table. Downstairs in the basement, you'll find the appropriately named Velvet Underground bar. Plush red velvet seating, luxe designer wallpaper and cushioning have turned this spot into a decadent lounge for cocktails and intimate chats. Try the Quintessential, which blends 42 Below passionfruit vodka with vanilla, elderflower cordial and white cranberry juice. There's also a range of bar snacks, so you can nibble your way through a mezze plate while chilling out to the DJ's soulful house sounds.
Located in the fabulous W Hotel, in the fabulous converted Finger Wharf at Woolloomooloo, the Water Bar is stylish, classy and classic.
Grab your mates, an armful or cocktails and lounge on the ten-seater leather ottomans or have a lie-down on a chaise lounge and stare up at the ceiling fans whirring, the glass elevators purring and the waiters gliding. The sheer size of this amazing building is part of the charm of the bar, plonked as it is right in the heart of the place. You can reserve roped off areas and booths for a
private knees-up or just hang out in the open to watch the life of this jet-setters' hotel pass you by.
An iconic, three-level pub in the heart of Newtown, home to one of the best rooftop terrace bars in Sydney.
With sweeping cityscape views, mouthwatering food, standout cocktails and live music, Zanzibar is the perfect place to kick back and have a few.
Main Bar
Monday to Saturday - 10:00am to 4:00am
Sunday - 10:00am to 12:00am
Rooftop Bar
Monday to Thursday - 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Friday to Saturday - 12:00pm to 12:00am
Sunday - 12:00pm to 10:00am
The Welcome Hotel, Rozelle, is one of Sydney's finest pubs. Check out our fantastic menus, be it bar food or the Irish influenced restaurant experience you're after. Browse our news and events pages and find out why The Welcome Hotel is more than just a pub with a reputation for a superb restaurant. Even better, join one of our societies and get involved with the craic yourself. Looking to host a party, function or corporate event? Then let us take the stress out of making your event a success! Any occasion can be celebrated at The Welcome Hotel. We can cater for intimate meals to large cocktail functions. If you are planning a party, function or corporate event, make sure you have a chat with one of our helpful function staff to discuss your requirements and customise your event to perfection
The Woollahra Bar's subtle, chic vibe makes it the perfect fit for after work or pre dinner drinks, a relaxed night in with friends, or a quick martini on your way to dinner at the fabulous Bistro Moncur. One of the East's most popular bars, serving chilled beers, fine wines, cool cocktails and bar snacks with smiles instead of attitude. There's a brilliant line-up of free live music with 'Jazz Juice' on Thursday and Sunday evenings too… check out their website for details.
Zachary's is located in the hub of Kings Cross on Bayswater Road and has various areas available for groups, parties or events. Priding themselves on the friendly, no attitude, casual environment, Zachary's plays sultry sounds, produces fantastic food and serves boutique tap beer alongside great cocktails.The best thing about Zachary's is that there's no need to rush, as both the bar and kitchen stay open throughout the night (3am on Friday and Saturday).
I welcome you to AKI's to experience fine Indian cuisine. Drawing on influences from the major food regions of India, our dishes use only the best local produce and combine classical traditional recipes with a modern interpretation creating a true culinary experience. Our commitment to regional cooking sees a combination of tandoori flavours from the north, classics from my native Chennai and seafood dishes from Goa on the west coast.
AKI's is available to host all your functions. It is perfect for an intimate little function in a relaxed setting and for bigger functions as well. Menu's can be designed to suit your requirements with attractive drink packages available as well.
The restaurant can be exclusively booked for the following number of people for these particular sections of the restaurant:
For all things sport head to Sports Bar! Catch all the action of your favourite sport live on over 50 LCD screens. Plus there's great food and Australia's first paperless TAB right in the middle of the action.
Sports Bar is open 24/7 so you'll never miss a minute.....
Nestled underneath the Broadway Shopping Centre, this trendy bar is popular with work crowds and uni students alike. Modern decor makes it perfect for a casual drink or even a private function.
The Paddington Arms is starting to grow its reputation as a Paddington bar with a great atmosphere and an establishment that can accommodate the late night drinkers.
This great bar has undergone the Paddington face lift and has created seating at the entrance to allow patrons to watch the busy street wander by.
This Paddington bar provides a salvation off Sydney's ever popular Oxford Street.
Weather you're visiting in for the weekend, shopping or simply getting amongst the Paddington lifestyle, the "Paddo Arms" is a great place to have a few drinks, enjoy a meal or enjoy a late night and work the dance floor.
The bar is very convenient and provides a great amount of seating space to enjoy all your refreshing drinks and bar meals.
When it comes to planning bar functions, corporate events, or end of year celebrations and Christmas parties, we are all looking for a venue that will guarantee it is a night to remember.
Don't let the image of bowls as a game played by old folk fool you! Lawn Bowls at The Paddington Bowling Club is a great game for both young and old – in fact, the whole family can join in! Beware though, old age and treachery can beat youth and inexperience!
PBC is the perfect venue for Hen's Days, Buck's Days, Birthday's….in fact, we can cater for any special occasion. Visit The Paddington Bowling Club at www.paddobowls.com.au
Paddy Maguires Irish Pub is well situated in the heart of Sydney. Located in Capitol Square on George St, we are less than a 2 minute stroll from Central Station, Chinatown, Paddy's Markets, Entertainment Centre, Darling Harbour and of course the Capitol Theatre.
We cater for every need at Paddy's with live entertainment 5 days a week, all major sporting events shown live on our many large plasmas, or even if your just after a hearty meal and a cheeky pint before a show!
Pink Salt Double Bay's seductive 'pink chic' has won the patronage of both locals and bar enthusiansts.The Warm interior boats French Chandeliers, an abundance of soft cushions atop inviting white leather bench seating, white marbled bars and a signature pink metallic feature wall. This sexy ambience is the perfect compliment to the mouth-watering cuisine and cocktails served by theri attentive staff.Whether it's a cosy drink with friends or a celebratory function, Pink Salt Double Bay offers the perfect concoction od style and fare.
Located in the heart of the vibrant Kings Cross, Empire is your after dinner, after party, after hours venue.
Walk in, take a seat and watch the world go by. Open everyday of the week, Ground Bar is perfect for afternoon catch ups or pre-dinner drinks!
Feeling Energetic? Head upstairs to Mid Bar! Enjoy a game of pool, or hit the dancefloor with some of Sydney's best DJs every Friday and Saturday night.
Perched of the top floor of the hotel, Plantation Bar gives you the perfect opportunity chill out with your mates in our VIP lounge overlooking the Cross, or host your own private birthday, event or function.
With 3 massive levels incorporating four different bars, from functions to frivolity, Empire is your only destination.
At the Porterhouse we are determined to provide a friendly athmosphere, superior cordial service in a uniquely traditional Irish setting.
As Sydney's most progressive Irish Pub we are constantly striving to meet the ever changing needs of Sydney siders, in an ever changing world, seek at the one place where you'll receive, friendy service and a chat, a great pint, unrivalled atmosphere and of course the 'Craic'.
The Porterhouse Hotel also offers short and long term accommodation from $150 per week.
An intimate bar and restaurant during the day and a vibrant cocktail bar in the evenings. The warm ambience and professional service delivered by welcoming staff make this bar one of the hidden gems of North Sydney.
The Corner is perfect for all types of functions and can cater for up to 90 people.
One of the jewels of Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, loutus is a sophisticated, award-winning bistro and cocktail bar with a well deserved reputaions for outstanding service. Loacted in leafy Potts Point, Lotus has been hugely popular with discerning locals and visitors alike.
Soni's Newtown is a stylish and comfortable restaurant/lounge in the heart of King Street Newtown. With its combination of European surrounds, Mediterranean mezze fare and friendly staff, Soni's Newtown aims to be different from the rest. Our venue offers the perfect place to meet friends, or for some people watching or late night dining, with a menu available from 4pm to midnight.
Alternatively, why don't you drop in and see us on your way home for a quick bite and a drink, to help you wind down after a hard day at work? Our full waiter service means all you need to concentrate on is which yummy mezze dish you wish to sample and what drink would best suit it.
We also invite local businesses to book our Function Room as a venue for their next team meeting or product update - seating is available for up to 16 people. As part of the service, we provide wireless internet connectivity to ensure you can easily access any important information while you're away from the office. Full waiter service will be available so you and your team can relax, indulge in our quality food and enjoy Soni's Newtown vibe at the end of your meeting.
Vegas Hotel & Mandalay Room is the perfect nightclub, bar and functions venue in Kings Cross, Sydney. Experience our state of the art SportsTAB & Keno facilities; choose from 3 modern, comfortable lounge areas; view 15 plasma TVs showing 'All the sports, All the time' , Enjoy FREE wireless internet connection 24 hours a day 7 days a week and enjoy great service with a smile.
The Quarrymans Hotel is the Home of Craft beer in Sydney. We have 26 different beers to choose from all of which are Locally and 100% Australian made. The venue is also home to the Drunken Fish restaurant which sources local produce from the Fish markets.
Themed trivia
Live Music
Meet the Brewer
And Functions
One of its kind in Pyrmont, Oscars Lounge bar has been built with an eye for detail. In stylish retro design, the area is peppered with velour lounges, lamps and designer poofs. It has a homely, comfortable feel to it and if you're not careful, you could end up part of the décor yourself.
For the beer lover Oscars has a wide selection of imported beers on tap including Hoegaarden, Bohemian Pilsener, Leffe and Stella Artois as well as a selection of premium Australian draught and bottled beers including Beez Neez and James Boags.
Or you can plant yourself in one of the sun drenched bay windows and sip on a classic or original cocktail.
With a great selection of Gourmet Pizzas, bar snacks and nibbles, you'll be settled into that couch for the afternoon.
For sports lovers we have 4 plasma screens tuned into all the big games
Make Oscars your Pyrmont home away from home!
Located in Woollahara, Sydney, come visit us and treat yourself to great food and company!
Centennial Hotel is more than a restaurant. We are a modern, spacious hotel with two bars and a restaurant. We strive to create a true taste experience with impeccable service for our guests. Tradition, hospitality and variety are the main ingredients of our guests' dining experience at Centennial Hotel.
Our open kitchen with its wood fire oven & grill combined with the open plan wood-panelled dining room, skylights, birch-lined garden and wide low bars, creates a chic and 'buzzy' atmosphere.
The Bank Hotel on King Street in newtown is back after a $5million overhaul. Blue satin drapes, muted chocolate hues, mirror-skirted fireplaces and a bar edged by vast slabs of back-lit, honey-hued onyx bring a new ambience to the Bank. With cocktails, wine and Thai-influenced food it's agreat place to hang out with friends.
When The Woollahra Hotel opened its doors in 1993, became an overnight institution. Recently renovated it now includes a striking semi-circular slatted wooden roof, The crowd is an eclectic mix, and the experience here - as reflected by a string of awards and reviews – is simply not to be missed!
Having recently undergone extensive renovations, this Paddington favourite offers a refined dining experience within a casual local setting. The ground floor flows seamlessly from bar to dining, with a public bar at the front (perfect for a casual drink with friends), and a large dining space at the back, complete with Oyster & Caviar Bar. With Executive Chef James Metcalfe at the helm, diners can expect a Modern European menu, brimming with only the best seasonal and local produce. Upstairs, Bellevue Terrace offers the perfect place to enjoy a cocktail and relax of a weekend.
Ideally situated for a pre- or post-cinema bite, this bar/eatery entices with a menu chock-full of Italian nibbles and great pizzas. With a name like Martini, it seems rude not to indulge in a cheeky wee cocktail while you're at it. The lighting is attractively muted and the decor is modern, but the most inviting feature has to be the balcony overlooking Norton Street. Beware, cinemagoers: the views of Leichhardt's nightlife from above may prove to be more interesting than the film.


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What is IT? "Information Technology" is the term but the reality is that when we say IT we mean the "internal development of technology". This department made a lot of sense when IT consisted of a lot of arcane programming and complex networking, in a world where no-one understood what "integration" really meant or why it was important for transactions to be atomic and for people to understand what two phase commit actually meant.
But does that world exist anymore? In particular I mean is there a point to having a great big IT department with IT management and Enterprise Architecture in a world where businesses change and where technology is an integral part of any modern business strategy in the same way as staff are. Has anyone heard of an "HR Project Manager" who organises the resources for a project? I certainly haven't, I've heard of HR admin or support for a project but the project management is left to the leader of the project. Why isn't IT going that way?
We have cloud computing, SaaS and all these other bits so doesn't that mean that with Mashups and the like that the IT department of the past is doomed?
Now this should be where I say "no" and then explain why, but instead I'm going to say "yes".
You see when I go into most IT departments they are mainly self-sustaining beasts, they have philosophies and leadership all of their own and more often than not have a CIO who is as close to the leading edge of technology trends as the CFO they work for. The IT department drives customisations, by providing the ability for the business to do it without the explanation as to why they shouldn't. The IT managers and IT project managers are often so fixed on a particular technology that they are an active barrier to the company changing its approach.
Its the IT department and its holistic henchmen of Enterprise Architecture who provide the barriers to cloud adoption and who promote the use of internal solutions, solutions they control and customise, over external provision. As the business starts to take control of business architecture and lay out the financial model for IT rather than simply a wish list of requirements its hard to see what the point of traditional project managers or enterprise architects is in this new world. Particularly in a new world where the business can just look at a SaaS solution and say "yup, that'll do" rather than complete a long project of customisation and installation.
As infrastructure becomes completely virtual the need for "experts" who can buy and install "the right server" disappears.
So what is required in future IT, is there any need for IT professionals? Well yes of course there is for several reasons
1) Everything will never come in a package
2) You'll aways need to integrate stuff
The key point is that differentiation is what IT people should focus on and start handing over responsibility for the commodity stuff to the business departments that use them. Finance should take control of the finance packages, HR should run the HR packages both as integral parts of their business. Sales should take control of their CRM and marketing packages. This switch of control would help accelerate the move to SaaS and away from customised solutions where they don't add value.
I'm not arguing here for a decentralised IT department, I'm arguing for the externalisation of IT and its management by the business and not by IT professionals.Yes sometimes the IT department helps drive the change, but very rarely from what I've seen, as the business becomes more tech-savvy than the old school tech managers its time for the business to take control back.
So what is left in IT? Well for me its the bits of IT that really add the value, the bits genuinely concentrating on where the business sees potential for ROI. In other words its the solution folks in IT, the real technologists who pull together various pieces and add a touch of development to create something that really differentiates the company. I'd guess this would be less than 20% of IT spend today, so my proposal is simple.
So what does that really mean? Well it means that current IT back office systems are really going the way of networks, mobile phones, land-lines and the like and moving out of technology and into procurement. In future the business will procure SaaS for back-office rather than ask IT departments to deliver it. The old IT department will be left doing "just" the differentiating parts.
So in other words the end result of this revolution is going to be that IT spend is split between procurement of services via normal business challenges and the commissioning of differentiating services. This should mean that the IT department is more about custom build than about package delivery, which is a marked difference over today.
So yes the current IT department is going away, but its replacement is going to be focused on smaller and more specific areas of the business and focused where innovation delivers actual value. This is not something that most IT departments will be happy with as it commoditises much of their current work. This is why in the coming change there will be many IT departments where the change will be extremely traumatic.
I firmly believe this change will happen and that traditional IT departments will be the biggest barrier in their inability to recognised the difference between business value and IT cost.
So will you be first against the wall when the revolution comes?
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Medical Marijuana Bill Stalled in Committee
Medical Marijuana Bill Stalled in Committee
3/11/2012 10:23 AM EDT Tags: drugs, assembly, sb129, marijuana
A long awaited and much needed medical marijuana bill has finally been filed in the Kentucky Assembly. State Senate Bill 129, the Gatewood Galbraith Memorial Medical Marijuana Act was filed on January 31, 2012 by Senator Perry Clark of Louisville. The bill is simply written. It reschedules marijuana in Kentucky from Schedule I dangerous and having no medical value, to Schedule II dangerous but having medical value. This allows physicians to prescribe the drug for qualifying conditions to be determined by the doctor. The bill allows for cultivation of 5 marijuana plants and possession of up to 5 ounces per month. The regulation of distribution is left up to the Pharmacy Board.
The bill caught activists and patients completely off guard. Activists have been writing and petitioning the Assembly for years to get this bill and they immediately sprang into action. They have been organizing over the internet and are pressing their own legislators and all the members of the Assembly individually and as a group to support and pass this legislation. Senator Kathy Stein of Lexington immediately signed on as co-sponsor and the bill has been sent to the Senate Judicial Committee where it has run into a bit of trouble. The Committee Chair, Senator Tom Jensen has so far refused to bring the measure up in committee. Without his calling up the bill it could be dead for this year. Senator Jensen has not been forthcoming with his reasons for holding up the bill. He could be thinking that the bill will die in committee and disappear. I'm afraid that is not going to happen. Now that a bill has finally been filed legislators can expect to see it from here on out till it becomes law. If a legislator wanted to get rid of this bill so he won't have to deal with it, it might behoove him to get it over with rather than drag it out for another year or years, as could be the case.
After listening to Drug War propaganda for their entire lives I imagine there is some trepidation among legislators regarding their support for marijuana law reform but it is unfounded. There as yet has not been any type of voter backlash directed at legislators. With an approval rating of 81% in nationwide polls, medical marijuana legislation should not be controversial and patients should not have to wait another year to access this effective medicine.
The course of action for supporters of SB129 will be for them to prevail upon Senator Jensen to end his obstructionism and bring the bill up and pass it favorably out of committee. There can be no moral justification for the Assembly to not get this bill passed this year. For the members of the Assembly to ignore the suffering of our sick and disabled citizens and to make them suffer unnecessarily is appalling and a black mark against what should be a concerned and caring leadership.
Whatever the reason for the Judicial Committee not taking up SB129, the lack of action is sending a message to the citizens that their leaders are indifferent to their suffering. The Assembly may be able to wait another year , but those of our citizens with life threatening conditions might not be around when the Assembly finally gets to it.


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Giant AAA games tend to dominate the discourse during E3 week. But sometimes it's only the indie-developed titles that give you the buzz you're looking for.
Say you're a fan of great animation, Wu-Tang style hip-hop-inflected feudal Japanese soundtracks and turn-based strategy. Nothing shown at Microsoft's de-press event scratched your itch. But 17-Bit's Skulls of the Shogun has you covered. This trailer shows off a bit of the humour and combat that the indie title will be bringing to Xbox Live later this year.


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This picture has absolutely nothing to do with this post. Jim Sturgess just looked all nice & jaunty. Also, he's lacked blog-time lately, and how else will people find me, if not through "Jim Sturgess Images" searches?
Isn't it weird how even though blogging is, like, this totally optional thing, you can still suffer hardcore guilt whenever you ignore it for a few days?
Or at least I do.
Guilt guilt guilt.
Feeling slightly bummed by my first real week back with Second Novel and discovering IT STILL HATES ME. We're working through our issues, but it's not easy or pleasant or even barely tolerable. Also, BEA (BookExpo America) is happening right now, so I'm a frumpy green monster of jealousy. 95% of my favorite authors are in attendance, whooping it up and collecting free books and exchanging blissful rainbow smiles made of candy.
And I am here. With Second Novel.
Who is mocking me and whispering evil taunts into my ear canal like, "You'll never be invited to BEA, because you have to conquer me first and you will NEVER conquer me because I AM INVINCIBLE and you are a WORTHLESS TADPOLE! SUCK ON THAT, CRAPNUGGET!!!"
Second Novel is really starting to tick me off.
And yet the only way to beat it is to spend more time with it. Which feels a little unfair. Sometimes I wish my occupational desires ran more along the lines of shrimp boat captain or wedding photographer or lion tamer.
But I digress.
So my Shameful Bookfest officially ends today. Which means I have only a few hours left to finish the The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party which, apart from having THE GREATEST TITLE IN RECORDED HUMAN HISTORY, is also INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING and therefore NOT THE BEST NOVEL to save until last.
I'm thinking perhaps I re-read too many princess books in between the novels on my self-imposed Required Reading List. The chances of me finishing this challenge on time are not looking positive.
Er, whoops?
But the awesome thing about Octavian Nothing is that it's set in Revolutionary Era Boston, which I've just learned tons about! Pretty sweet timing, no? (By the way, I still have lovely intentions to post about Boston/LeakyCon. My blogging skills just crumble once I get in Serious Writer Mode. It's difficult to do both at once. Or, maybe, I'm just lazy. You decide.)
But I'm digressing again. And . . . am TOTALLY ABOUT TO ONE-UP MYSELF:
I've watched that video waaaay too many times to admit to in a forum my husband reads.
Ah hem.
Jane Eyre! And Uglies! Which I READ! And loved! Both of them!
I've decided to discuss them in bullet points, because it's my blog, and I can do whatever I like.
• You were right! I should have read this years ago. I loved it. And I'm already looking forward to reading it again. And, you know, renting the movies. And reading the related books, like The Eyre Affair and Jenna Starborn and such.
• No, I am not obsessive. Why do you ask?
• Mr. Rochester is HOT. Hot hot HOT. Like, molten core boiling lava on burned toast hot. I knew he was supposed to be Mister Dark, Mysterious, and Brooding, so I expected that also meant silent. But he was a talker! And funny! A welcome surprise.
• Unfortunately, I already knew about The Thing In The Attic (it's hard to work with books and NOT know the secrets to classic novels), but I didn't know about the very end. So I was relieved to discover it was a happy one. I confess I much prefer happy endings with a true love that lasts forever and ever and ever, as opposed to those challenged by untimely death or lasting bitterness or stupid television plot devices that make characters CHEAT or BREAK UP just to keep the ball rolling. No! Give me kissing and endless devotion. I'm a sap like that. Bravo, Charlotte Brontë!
• Speaking of Charlotte, what do you guys think of her other novels? Should I read? Do they have happy endings? Or are they more Emily Wuthering Heights-ish?
• Whee! What fun! Why do I have to read Octavian Nothing? I want to read Pretties instead!
• Um, why can't I think of anything intelligent to say?
• Seriously, it's as if my brain has shut off.
• It's all, "JIMSTURGESS JIMSTURGESS JIMSTURGESS." Which is totally unhelpful.
• Oh drat. Just believe me when I say I really, really liked this book, okay? And I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.


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Here are the speakers and topics:
Josh Heupel - Oklahoma - QB Play
Decent talk, but everybody in the Big 12 was there and he wasn't going to give out anything too good.
Brandon Doman - BYU - QB Play
I liked listening to him a lot and how he described reads on Shallow and its variations.
Rod Olson - Coaches of Excellence - Motivating the 21st Century Athlete
I have to re-do my paper on Coaching Styles and Motivation because I got a lot of great info from Coach O.
Joey Wiles - St. Augustine H.S. (FL) - Defending Multiple Formations with Quarters
Good, but I would have liked more X's and O's.
Jim Kunau - Orange Lutheran H.S. (CA) - Building Champions for Life
Some good info about building a program and getting the best from your players.
Taver Johnson - Ohio St. - DB Play
Very good DB fundamentals and drills.
Vic Shealy - Kansas - DB Play
Maybe my favorite speaker. I really liked the WR tendencies he talked about (being on/off the ball) and using that info to adjust coverages.
B.J. Anderson - Houston - Pass Protection
He was great about answering my questions (why you must sit in the front row for any clinic or talk). I got a lot of information from him about half-man, half-slide protection vs. different fronts.
Ashley Ingram - Navy - Navy Offense
I liked how he talked about watching film to make sure you are getting 1 and 1/2 steps with your motion man (more than that - gives defense too much time to adjust).
Here is the link:
I try to write fast, so let me know if you have any questions or comments on the notes.
Football Coach Academy had a great website link here: Hoop Thoughts. Bob Starkey, the LSU Women's Basketball Coach, has a ton of leadership info on his blog posts, with much of his material from football coaches.
Brophy has Noel Mazzone Arizona State cut-ups on 2 and 3 man Snag here.
Strong Football by Coach CP on 4-3 DL Play here.


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I was wondering if someone can help me to create an AutoIT script which can create a ticket in a TopDesk environment.
The API is wel documented, but i have not enough knowlegde at this moment to get this up from the ground. If someone could help me or if i could hire / pay someone to help me with this, that would be great.
Information about the API can be found here: https://developers.topdesk.com/
Is there a place where i maybe can hire AutoIT professionals to help me with this?
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By Ascer
1. Description.
oAuth 2.0 is security system implemented by Google a few years ago. You are able to connect into your Google accounts and manage documents. In this UDF i show you how to pass first authorization process., this allow you to automate most of functions using API interface. 2. Requirements.
Google account. oAuth.au3 Download 3. Possibilities
;============================================================================================================ ; Date: 2018-02-10, 14:21 ; ; Description: UDF for authorize your app with oAuth 2.0 Google. ; ; Function(s): ; oAuth2GetAuthorizationCode() -> Get Code for "grant". ; oAuth2GetAccessToken() -> Get "access_token" and "refresh_token" first time. ; oAuth2RefreshAccessToken() -> Get current "access_token" using "refresh_token". ; ; Author(s): Ascer ;============================================================================================================ 4. Enable your Google API.
4.1. Video Tutorial not mine!
YouTube 4.2 Screenshots from authorization process (Polish language)
Go to https://console.developers.google.com/apis/dashboard and accept current rules.
Next create an new project
Enter name of you new project and click Create
Google will working now, please wait until finish. Next go to enable your API interface, we make if for Google
Take "Gmail" in search input and after click in found result.
Click Enable interface, Google will working now.
Create your login credentials
Select Windows Interface (combobox), User credentials (radio) and click button what is need bla bla
Type name of a new client id for oAuth 2.0 and click Create a new Client ID.
Next configure screen aplication, type some name and click Next. Google will working now.
Last step on this website is download source with your credentials in *Json format.
Now you received a file named client_id.json, it's how it look in Sublime Text:
5. Coding.
Now we need to call a some function to get access code.
#include <oAuth.au3> Local $sClientId = "167204758184-vpeues0uk6b0g4jrnv0ipq5fapoig2v8.apps.googleusercontent.com" Local $sRedirectUri = "http://localhost" oAuth2GetAuthorizationCode($sClientId, $sRedirectUri)
Function will execute default browser for ask you to permission.
Next Google ask you to permission for access to your personal details by application Autoit
Now you can thing is something wrong but all is ok, you need to copy all after code= . It your access code.
Let's now ask Google about our Access Token and Refresh Token
#include <oAuth.au3> Local $sClientId = "167204758184-vpeues0uk6b0g4jrnv0ipq5fapoig2v8.apps.googleusercontent.com" Local $sClientSecret = "cWalvFr3WxiE6cjUkdmKEPo8" Local $sAuthorizationCode = "4/AAAPXJOZ-Tz0s6mrx7JbV6nthXSfcxaszFh_aH0azVqHkSHkfiwE8uamcabn4eMbEWg1eAuUw7AU0PQ0XeWUFRo#" Local $sRedirectUri = "http://localhost" Local $aRet = oAuth2GetAccessToken($sClientId, $sClientSecret, $sAuthorizationCode, $sRedirectUri) If Ubound($aRet) <> 4 then ConsoleWrite("+++ Something wrong with reading ResponseText." & @CRLF) Exit EndIf ConsoleWrite("Successfully received data from Google." & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("access_token: " & $aRet[0] & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("expires_in: " & $aRet[1] & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("refresh_token: " & $aRet[2] & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("token_type: " & $aRet[3] & @CRLF)
Important! When you received error 400 and output says: Invalid grant it means that your previous generated access_code lost validity and you need to generate new calling previus code. When everything is fine you should received a 4 informations about your: access_token, expires_in, refresh_token and token_type. Access_Token time is a little short so you need to know fuction possible to refresh it (tell Google that he should generate a new Token for you)
#include <oAuth.au3> Local $sRefreshToken = "1/ba8JpW7TjQH3-UI1BvPaXhSf-oTQ4BmZAbBfhcKgKfY" Local $sClientId = "167204758184-vpeues0uk6b0g4jrnv0ipq5fapoig2v8.apps.googleusercontent.com" Local $sClientSecret = "cWalvFr3WxiE6cjUkdmKEPo8" Local $sRedirectUri = "http://localhost" Local $aRet = oAuth2RefreshAccessToken($sRefreshToken, $sClientId, $sClientSecret) If Ubound($aRet) <> 3 then ConsoleWrite("+++ Something wrong with reading ResponseText." & @CRLF) Exit EndIf ConsoleWrite("Successfully received data from Google." & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("access_token: " & $aRet[0] & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("expires_in: " & $aRet[1] & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("token_type: " & $aRet[2] & @CRLF)
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If you followed all this above steps im sure that you received all informations required for coding your Google API (Gmail, Dropbox, YouTube, Calender etc. See next thread: [UDF] Gmail API - Email automation with AutoIt!
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1. Description.
Automate communication with Gmail API using oAuth 2.0 security. 2. Requirements.
Google Gmail account. Finished Authorization process. Look here 3. Possibilities.
;======================================================================================================================== ; Date: 2018-02-12, 11:46 ; ; Bug Fixs: 2018-02-17, 7:31 -> Fixed problems with adding items to array and minor bugs. ; ; Description: UDF for using Gmail API interface. This UDF requires oAuth.au3 and Gmail account. ; ; Function(s): ; gmailUsersGetProfile() -> Information about your account. ; gmailUsersLabelsList() -> Get all available labels ids. ex. "INBOX", "UNREAD" ; gmailUsersLabelsGet() -> Get information about specific label id. ; gmailUsersMessagesBatchDelete() -> Delete many messages emails by id. ; gmailUsersMessagesBatchModify() -> Set status for many messages ex. "INBOX", "UNREAD" ; gmailUsersMessagesDelete() -> Totaly delete email from ur account. ; gmailUsersMessagesGet() -> Get all information about specific email. ; gmailUsersMessagesList() -> Get list of last ~100 emails. ; gmailUsersMessagesModify() -> Modify single message. ; gmailUsersMessagesTrash() -> Put email in trash. ; gmailUsersMessagesUntrash() -> Restore email from trash. ; gmailUsersMessagesSend() -> Send email to single or group recipients. ; gmailUsersMessagesAttachmentsGet() -> Download attachment by id. ; ; Author(s): Ascer ;======================================================================================================================== 4. Downloads.
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i am currently trying to add a function to my project that can send SMS, i have gone with Twilio for the sms service that use a REST API.
I have never worked with an API before, and could use some help.
I can get my function working with using cURL.exe and copy past command from the website with the following code. And thats great unfortunately i am have issue with character like æøå when sending a SMS appears like a box or ?. this does not happen if i do it from the website so it looks like a Unicode issue in curl.exe.
I have done some searching on the forum and understand that i should be able to implement this curl command with the WinHTTP UDF from @trancexx so i don't need a third part exe and it might fix my charater issue.
Unfortunately i really don't understand how i am to change curl commands to the WinHTTP and i was hoping some good maybe give me an example i could learn from.
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_SendSMS("00000000","SomeOne","SMS body info") Func _SendSMS($SendTo,$SendFrom,$Msgtxt) $AccountSID = "ACbb765b3180d5938229eff8b8f63ed1bc" $AuthToken = "Auth Token number" $Data = '"https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/'&$AccountSID&'/Messages.json"'& _ '-X POST \ --data-urlencode "To=+45'&$SendTo&'" \ --data-urlencode "From='&$SendFrom&'" \ --data-urlencode "Body='&$Msgtxt&'" \ -u '&$AccountSID&':'&$AuthToken&'' ShellExecute(@ScriptDir&"\curl.exe","-k "&$Data) ;~ curl 'https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACbb765b3180d5938229eff8b8f63ed1bc/Messages.json' -X POST \ ;~ --data-urlencode 'To=+4500000000' \ ;~ --data-urlencode 'From=Reception' \ ;~ --data-urlencode 'Body=Test Body' \ ;~ -u ACbb765b3180d5938229eff8b8f63ed1bc:[AuthToken] EndFunc


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Elderberry Berry
Elderberry (Sambucus) is native to regions where there is temperate to subtropical climates in both the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere where it is found in Australasia and South America.
The leaves of the Elderberry are pinnate and are long and green. It has large clusters of small white flowers that grow into clusters of black and red berries. There are many subspecies of the Elderberry and they are found in different places all around the world.
The Elderberry berry is used primarily as a food, with extracts of the Elderberry being made into syrups to flavor drinks and also to make pancake syrup.
History and Origin
The black Elderberry berry has been used for medicinal purposes for many centuries now and it has been called by many other names. The Elderberry berry is cooked before it is consumed since it contains a chemical quite similar to the properties of cyanide when raw or uncooked.
Ancient Uses
During ancient times, the Elderberry has been used as a poultice to treat superficial wounds, skin irritations, burns and cuts. It was also used as a medicine for colds and the flu when taken internally. It was also used to relieve nasal congestion.
Modern Uses
Elderberry berry is known to relieve many illnesses, such as colds and the flu, since it has properties that can loosen mucus and loosen sinuses. There have been studies regarding the ability of the Elderberry berry in shortening the duration of the flu for about 3 days. There is also ongoing research regarding the effectiveness of Elderberry in the treatment and cure of the H1N1 virus.
Elderberry berry is also an effective diuretic. It is also seen to lower blood sugar levels and can benefit diabetics as well. This herbal remedy also has laxative effects that can relieve constipation and also ease many illnesses of the gastrointestinal system. Elderberry berry is known to stimulate the immune system and can interact with immunosuppresants.
Aside from medicinal and herbal properties, the Elderberry berry is a known ingredient in many food stuffs. It is one of the basic ingredients in soft drinks (such as Fanta Shokata that is quite popular in India) and also as an added ingredient in pancake syrups instead of using blueberries. There are also Elderberry berry marshmallows and a French liqueur made form Elderberries as well. Elderberry berry is also made into wine and marmalade. Elderberry berry is available in dietary supplements such as capsules, syrups, lozenges and also as tinctures.
Side Effects
It is very important to note that Elderberries are poisonous when eaten raw. Ripe berries (pulp and the skin of the berries) are safe to eat however. Most of the plant's parts have a cyanide producing glycoside that can cause a buildup of cyanide in a person's body. Children must be cautioned against eating and playing with the Elderberry berry and the wood from the Elderberry tree. Teas made from the leaves of the Elderberry tree is also considered dangerous.
Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers are cautioned against taking any dietary supplements made from the Elderberry berry. If you would like to try the therapeutic goodness of this herbal remedy, ask your naturopathic doctor or herbalist regarding the appropriate dose and side effects before proceeding.
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Ganthuli, Govardhana: October 22, 2003
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Who was the last male monarch who had not previously been Prince of Wales? Don't know the answer off the top of your head? Neither did Arthur Chu, who ended his 11-game winning streak on Jeopardy! last night when he incorrectly answered the final question of the night.
Chu lost to Diana Peloquin, someone who the controversial Jeopardy! star calls "a bit devious" (in a good way). We caught up with him over the phone to see how he's feeling, who his favorite movie villain is, and who he took some selfies with before heading back home to Ohio.
What happened last night?
Well, I lost. I think Alex Trebek actually pointed it out; he saw how I was feeling that day. I was really fatigued, and I was sort of losing my mojo. And Diana, to her credit, picked up on the strategy I was using, and she used it herself to great effect.
You said she picked up on your strategy — was she the first competitor to do that?
Other people tried to do it, but I think some people weren't prepared to play in a way different than they'd practiced. Diana had the advantage that she watched me for a whole day before having to play because she was an alternate the day before, and so she had that time to prepare and she's also a little bit devious. She's a very clever person, I hope she does well in her future games.
You have this title as a Jeopardy! villain, do you remember the first time you saw a mention of that in media?
There was someone who wrote a tweet, I think they were being tongue-in-cheek, they posted a picture of my face and were like, 'This is the face of a Jeopardy! villain, can anyone stop him?' And that meme sort of ran out of control.
You've humorously embraced that title of villain. Did it get to you at first, or was your initial reaction, "oh, that's funny"?
It's really more of an antihero thing. People are saying, antiheroes are big now, people say I'm the Walter White of Jeopardy!, or like I was Moneyballing Jeopardy!. It was something that made Jeopardy! different for a while and I think a lot of people appreciated that. There was this awesome video by these Taiwanese animators that shows me as literally a super villain with super powers. I loved that. I said, that justifies this whole media thing by itself.
If you could be any TV or movie villain, who would you be?
I always sympathize with Syndrome in The Incredibles because it totally was like, if you don't have super powers, why not use your brain to try to figure out a way to give yourself super powers? I don't see why that's a bad thing. Ken Jennings might have just been much naturally better than me at Jeopardy!, but shouldn't we be encouraging people that if you don't necessarily have the natural talents to exceed at something without trying, than succeed at it by trying. So the fact that The Incredibles showed the bad guy Syndrome as evil because he wanted to give everyone the chance to have super powers, that never sat well with me. I see it from the other perspective: If you can use your brain, and figure out inventions or tricks to compensate for your natural disadvantages, that's what science is about, that's what progress is about.
So do you have any natural talents?
[LAUGHS] There's no way to get money in Jeopardy! without knowing the answers to questions. But it's just like any other sport. It's not just about athletics, it's about the playbook. Everyone who plays in the NFL is good enough to play in the NFL for the most part, and then it comes down to which team was better coached, which team had the better strategy going into the game, which team used their resources most effectively. And I don't see a game show as being any different.
Who could you tell about your winning streak after the taping?
I ended up telling my family over Christmas, because I had to explain why I could afford to buy my brother a TV. [LAUGHS] A lot of my friends said they were sure that I'd lost on my first episode; they said they were sure the way I was promoting it, like telling everybody to come watch it with me, like, 'that must have been his only game, he must want people to support him.' [LAUGHS]
What category would you ace, no question?
[LAUGHS] A category on, let's see, text adventure computer games from the 1980s. I would smoke that category. That's something I know way too much about compared to how important it is in life, but that's one of my expert categories.
What entertainment are you into, what are you watching?
My wife and I really liked Orange is the New Black, we really liked Alpha House on Amazon, and Betas, also on Amazon. Actually, one of the best things about Betas is this quote, where there's a character named David Chu, and he says this awesome thing that I wish I'd thought of it earlier. But this would be my quote for people who don't like watching me play on Jeopardy!: 'That sounds like a 'you' problem, like a Chu problem.' So that's my tagline.
Do you talk to Diana?
I messaged her on Monday, saying, 'are you ready for what the media is going to do to you on Wednseday?' because I hadn't anticipated the story about me would blow up so big. And she was like, 'No, I have no idea what to do! I'm freaking out!' And I was like, 'you'll be fine.' [LAUGHS] What was really cool was that I happened to run into her mom and her best friend in the airport when I was going to fly back to Ohio after the taping and they actually, they had nothing but good things to say. We took some selfies and everything and it was cool.
So how are you feeling?
Obviously, I wish I had gone on to be Ken Jennings. But we can't all be Ken Jennings. In fact, the evidence suggests most of us can't be Ken Jennings. I don't know how he did it. I like to think I'm the best mere mortal in Jeopardy!. There's Dave Madden, then there is Ken Jennings, who isn't human. It's like if we were doing basketball rankings, I'd be the best normal basketball player in history and then you'd have Michael Jordan and you know, Ken Jennings would be like, God or something.
You're like the the Jeopardy! champion of the people, basically.
Yeah, yeah. I've had people say that. They're like, Ken Jennings seemed like he wasn't trying, it seemed like it was easy for him. Whereas for you, this guy was saying to me, for you it seemed like you struggled a lot. So it was much more human, it made me feel like I could do that. And I was like, that's the message I want to send to people.
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Kristi Wallace of the Alaska Volcano Observatory examines a lake sediment core from southern Alaska that shows intricate layering indicating environmental and climatic changes over centuries.
A long-term global cooling trend ended in the late 19th century, a reversal in temperature that cannot be explained by natural variability alone, according to a new study.
The finding stems from 2,000-year-long continental-scale temperature records inferred from tree rings, ice cores, lake sediments and other so-called proxies from around the world.
The records show variations in temperature caused by changes in Earth's orbit, output of solar energy, and volcanic eruptions, noted Nicholas McKay, a climate scientist at Northern Arizona University and study co-author. Volcanic eruptions, for example, inject particles in the atmosphere that reflect some of the solar radiation back out to space.
Read: Warming fastest since dawn of civilization, study shows
"The 18th and 19th centuries would probably have been colder than the 20th century no matter what just because there has been a bit less volcanism in this century, but the amount of warming we've seen is extremely unlikely to have happened solely due to natural processes," he told NBC News.
In fact, he and colleagues note in the study — published Sunday in Nature Geoscience — that the natural factors that drove the Earth's long-term cooling are still present today, despite the fact that we are in a period of rising global temperatures.
The "hockey stick"
The record is consistent with other recent temperature reconstructions that show the reversal in long-term cooling coinciding with the acceleration of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity during the industrial revolution at the end of the 19th century.
Gerald North, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University, told NBC News in an email that the new study seems to fit the emerging consensus of a gradual cooling of the past 1,000 to 2,000 years followed by "an abrupt warming since 1900."
"Each year we have more evidence corroborating these same findings," he said. "It is 15 years since the first paper ... known as the 'hockey stick' paper. We have no credible evidence that they got it wrong."
The researcher behind the iconic 1999 "hockey stick" graph, Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann, was not part of the new study, but he told NBC News in an emailed statement that the work of McKay and his team "adds to the growing body of scientific evidence that the recent warming is likely unprecedented even further back in time."
Mann added, "While the study doesn't attribute causality to the warming, there is an extensive body of research that shows that we can only explain the anomalous recent warming with human impacts, i.e. burning of fossil fuels and resulting increase in greenhouse gas concentrations."
Regional temperature variations
One distinguishing feature of the new study, noted McKay, is that it highlights variability in temperature around the globe at any one time. For example, a rise in temperatures known as the Medieval Warm Period followed by cooling during the Little Ice Age was pronounced in Europe and North America, less so in the Southern Hemisphere, he said.
While the paper isn't the first to look at regional climate reconstructions, it is the first so well organized, noted David Anderson, a paleoclimatologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center. And, collectively, the regions show the end to the cooling trend on a global scale. "It is truly no debate," he told NBC News.
The ability to see the regional variability in response to forces on the global climate — from human burning of fossil fuels to volcanic eruptions — will be increasingly important as humans try to mitigate and adapt to future climate change, McKay added.
John Roach is a contributing writer for NBC News. To learn more about him, visit his website.


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Jerusalem artichoke
|Jerusalem artichoke
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|Scientific classification
|H. tuberosus
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|Helianthus tuberosus
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The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple or topinambour, is a species of sunflower native to eastern North America, and found from eastern Canada and Maine west to North Dakota, and south to northern Florida and Texas.[2] It is also cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.[3]
Helianthus tuberosus is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5–3 m (4 ft 11 in–9 ft 10 in) tall with opposite leaves on the upper part of the stem but alternate below.[4] The leaves have a rough, hairy texture. Larger leaves on the lower stem are broad ovoid-acute and can be up to 30 cm (12 in) long. Leaves higher on the stem are smaller and narrower.[5]
The flowers are yellow and produced in capitate flowerheads, which are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) in diameter, with 10–20 ray florets and 60 or more small disc florets.[5]
The tubers are elongated and uneven, typically 7.5–10 cm (3.0–3.9 in) long and 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) thick, and vaguely resembling ginger root in appearance, with a crisp texture when raw. They vary in colour from pale brown to white, red, or purple.[3][6]
Food use
Native Americans before the arrival of the Europeans cultivated Helianthus tuberosus as a food source. The tribes who first grew it traded it to other tribes in other regions. The tubers persist for years after being planted, so that the species expanded its range from central North America to the eastern and western regions. Early European colonists learned of this, and sent tubers back to Europe, where it became a popular crop and naturalized there. It later gradually fell into obscurity in North America, but attempts to market it commercially have been successful in the late 1900s and early 2000s.[5][7]
The artichoke contains about 2% protein, no oil, and a surprising lack of starch. It is rich in the carbohydrate inulin (76%), which is a polymer of the monosaccharide fructose. Tubers stored for any length of time will convert their inulin into its component fructose. Jerusalem artichokes have an underlying sweet taste because of the fructose, which is about one and a half times as sweet as sucrose.[7]
Jerusalem artichokes have also been promoted as a healthy choice for type 2 diabetics, because fructose is better tolerated by people who are type 2 diabetic. It has also been reported as a folk remedy for diabetes.[7] Temperature variances have been shown to affect the amount of inulin the Jerusalem artichoke can produce. When not in tropical regions, it has been shown to make less inulin than when it is in a warmer region.[8]
Despite its name, the Jerusalem artichoke has no relation to Jerusalem, and it is not a type of artichoke, though the two are distantly related as members of the daisy family. The origin of the name is uncertain. Italian settlers in the United States called the plant girasole, the Italian word for sunflower, because of its resemblance to the garden sunflower (both plants are members of the genus Helianthus). Over time, the name girasole (pronounced closer to ʤiraː'zul in southern Italian dialects) may have been changed to Jerusalem.[9] The English later corrupted girasole artichoke (meaning, "sunflower artichoke") to Jerusalem artichoke. Another explanation for the name is that the Puritans, when they came to the New World, named the plant with regard to the "New Jerusalem" they believed they were creating in the wilderness.[7] There have also been various other names applied to the plant, such as the French or Canada potato, topinambour, and lambchoke. Sunchoke, a name by which it is still known today, was invented in the 1960s by Frieda Caplan, a produce wholesaler who was trying to revive the plant's appeal.[7]
The artichoke part of the Jerusalem artichoke's name comes from the taste of its edible tuber. Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer, sent the first samples of the plant to France, noting its taste was similar to that of an artichoke.[citation needed]
The name "topinambur", in one account, dates from 1615, when a member of the Brazilian coastal tribe called the Tupinambà visited the Vatican at the same time that a sample of the tuber from Canada was on display there, presented as a critical food source that helped French Canadian settlers survive the winter. The New World connection resulted in the name topinambur being applied to the tuber, the word now used in French, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish.[10]
Jerusalem artichokes were first cultivated by the Native Americans long before the arrival of the Europeans; this extensive cultivation obscures the exact native range of the species.[2] The French explorer Samuel de Champlain found domestically grown plants at Cape Cod in 1605. He then brought the plant back with him to France. By the mid-1600s, the Jerusalem artichoke had become a very common vegetable for human consumption in Europe and the Americas and was also used for livestock feed in Europe and colonial America.[7] The French in particular were especially fond of the vegetable, which reached its peak popularity at the turn of the 19th century.[7] The Jerusalem artichoke was titled 'best soup vegetable' in the 2002 Nice Festival for the Heritage of the French Cuisine.
They have also been called the "Canadian truffle". In France they are associated, along with rutabagas, with the deprivations of the years of Nazi Occupation during World War II, where the rationing and scarcity of traditional foods made them a regular part of the French diet until at the end of the war they returned to their customary role as animal feed.[11]
Cultivation and use
Unlike most tubers, but in common with many other members of the Asteraceae (including the artichoke), the tubers store their carbohydrate as inulin (not to be confused with insulin) rather than as starch. For this reason, Jerusalem artichoke tubers are an important source of inulin used as a dietary fiber in food manufacturing.[12]
Crop yields are high, typically 16–20 tonnes/ha for tubers, and 18–28 tonnes/ha green weight for foliage. Jerusalem artichoke also has potential for production of ethanol fuel, using inulin-adapted strains of yeast for fermentation.[3]
Jerusalem artichokes are easy to cultivate, which tempts gardeners to simply leave them completely alone to grow. The quality of the edible tubers degrades, however, unless the plants are dug up and replanted in fertile soil. This can be a chore, as even a small piece of tuber will grow if left in the ground, making the hardy plant a potential weed. In fact, the plant can ruin gardens by smothering or overshadowing nearby plants and can overtake huge areas if left untamed. Commercial fields growing sunchoke which then change to other vegetables or crops often must be treated with glyphosate to stop the spread of the sunchokes. Each sunchoke root can make an additional 75 to as many as 200 tubers by fall end.
The tubers are sometimes used as a substitute for potatoes:[13] they have a similar consistency, and in their raw form have a similar texture, but a sweeter, nuttier flavor; raw and sliced thinly, they are fit for a salad. Their inulin form of carbohydrates give the tubers a tendency to become soft and mushy if boiled, but they retain their texture better when steamed. The inulin cannot be broken down by the human digestive system,{a confusing statement since the colon is part of the digestive system}[14] but is metabolized by bacteria in the colon. This can cause flatulence and, in some cases, gastric pain. Gerard's Herbal, printed in 1621, quotes the English planter John Goodyer on Jerusalem artichokes:[15]
which way soever they be dressed and eaten, they stir and cause a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented, and are a meat more fit for swine than men.
Jerusalem artichokes have 650 mg potassium per 1 cup (150g) serving. They are also high in iron, and contain 10-12% of the US RDA of fiber, niacin, thiamine, phosphorus and copper.[16]
Jerusalem artichokes can be used as animal feed, but they must be washed before being fed to most animals. Pigs can forage, however, and safely eat them directly from the ground. The stalks and leaves can be harvested and used for silage, though cutting the tops greatly reduces the harvest of the roots.
|Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
|304 kJ (73 kcal)
17.44 g
|9.6 g
|Dietary fiber
|1.6 g
0.01 g
2 g
|Thiamine (B1)
(17%)0.2 mg
|Riboflavin (B2)
(5%)0.06 mg
|Niacin (B3)
(9%)1.3 mg
|Pantothenic acid (B5)
(8%)0.397 mg
|Vitamin B6
(6%)0.077 mg
|Folate (B9)
(3%)13 μg
|Vitamin C
(5%)4 mg
(1%)14 mg
(26%)3.4 mg
(5%)17 mg
(11%)78 mg
(9%)429 mg
|Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database
In Baden-Württemberg, Germany, over 90% of the Jerusalem artichoke crop is used to produce a spirit called "Topinambur", "Topi" or "Rossler".[17] By the end of the 19th-century, Jerusalem artichokes were being used in Baden to make a spirit called "Jerusalem Artichoke Brandy", "Jerusalem Artichoke", "Topi", "Erdäpfler", "Rossler", or "Borbel".
Jerusalem artichoke brandy smells fruity and has a slight nutty-sweet flavour. It is characterised by an intense, pleasing, earthy note. The tubers are washed and dried in an oven before being fermented and distilled. It can be further refined to make "Red Rossler" by adding common tormentil, and other ingredients such as currants, to produce a somewhat bitter and astringent decoction. It is used as digestif, as well as a remedy for diarrhoea or abdominal pain.
Pyramid scheme
In the 1980s, the Jerusalem artichoke also gained some notoriety when its seeds were planted by midwestern US farmers at the prodding of an agricultural pyramid scheme. There was little market for the tuber in that part of the US at the time, but farmers were assured it would soon appear on the commodities market. The only profits were realized by the initial distributors and the first few levels of farmers (who sold their seeds to subsequent levels of the pyramid). As a result, many of the farms that had planted large quantities of the crop were ruined.[18][19]
- ↑ The Plant List, Helianthus tuberosus L.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Helianthus tuberosus
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Purdue University Center for New Crops & Plants Products: Helianthus tuberosus
- ↑ Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; & Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario. Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, p. 170.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gibbons, Euell. 1962. Stalking the wild asparagus. David McKay, New York
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Levetin, Estelle and Karen McMahon. Plants and Society: 231. Print. 2012.
- ↑ Puangbut et al. "Influence of planting date and temperature on inulin content in Jerusalem artichoke." Australian Journal of Crop Science. p. 1159-1165. web. 2012.
- ↑ Smith, James Edward (1807). An introduction to physiological and systematical botany. p. 108f.
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- ↑ Handbuch des speziellen Gemüsebaus, page?
- ↑ Méreuze, Didier (11 July 2015). "Topinambour, ouvre-toi !". La Croix (in français). Retrieved 14 January 2016.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Artichoke". Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Peter Barham. The Science of Cooking. p. 14.
we do not possess any enzymes that are capable of breaking down larger sugars, such as raffinose etc. These 3-, 4- and 5-ring sugars are made by plants especially as part of the energy storage system in seeds and beans. If we ingest these sugars we can't break them down in the intestines, rather they travel down into the colon where various bacteria digest them - and in the process produce copious amounts of carbon dioxide gas<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Gerard's Herbal, cited in Davidson A. (1999). The Oxford Companion to Food, first edition. Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-211579-0.
- ↑ USDA Agricultural Research Service, http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data//SR20/reports/sr20fg11.pdf
- ↑ C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V.: Topinambur - Energiepflanze für Biogasanlagen. In: Newsletter "nawaros" 11/2007, Straubing.
- ↑ "Jerusalem Artichoke", Commercial Vegetable Production Guides, Oregon State University
- ↑ Joseph Anthony Amato, The Great Jerusalem Artichoke Circus: The Buying and Selling of the Rural American Dream, University of Minnesota Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8166-2345-7 ISBN 978-0-8166-2345-7 (paperback), ISBN 0-8166-2344-9 ISBN 978-0-8166-2344-0 (clothbound)
External links
- Helianthus tuberosus – Plants for a Future database
- Jerusalem artichoke – Ohio Perennial & Biennial Weed Guide
- NutritionData, Complete nutritional info.
- Purdue University Alternative Field Crops Manual: Jerusalem Artichoke
- CS1 français-language sources (fr)
- Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from Collier's Encyclopedia
- Articles with unsourced statements from August 2007
- Pages with broken file links
- Interlanguage link template link number
- Helianthus
- Flora of North America
- Plants described in 1753
- Crops originating from North America
- Root vegetables
- Perennial vegetables
- Energy crops
- Ethnobotany


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Feel My Legs, I'm a Racer 2010
Feel My Legs, I'm a Racer hill race (5th year anniversary!) Sunday March 28th, 8am
Meet at Sunset Blvd / Griffith Park Ave (where Silver Lake Farmers Market is)
background and FAQ from 2009
More soon, but wanted to get the hills up so people know! This so exciting. The Finishers patch is so dope. Come get it! The race will be followed by the Crucial Vegan Friendship picnic (Brian Farhy Commemorative edition) where your friends can meet you and you can grub hard. The picnic starts at 1pm and hopefully we'll be done by then.
1. Mt Washington drive / Self-realization (Mt. Washington)
2. Eldred st (Highland Park)
3. Amethyst st (El Sereno)
4. Thomas st (Lincoln Heights)
5. White Knoll/Marview (Echo Park)
6. Echo Park ave/Baxter (Echo Park)
7. Micheletorena (Silver Lake)
8. Silver Lake blvd/Duane (Silver Lake)
9. Fargo st (Echo Park)
10. Stadium way/Academy/Boylston (Elysian Park)
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To commemorate the 100th birthday of the New York Public Library, and its central branch, the Stephen A. Schwarzman building, lets take a look back at the library through the years.
Before the Beaux-Arts building designed by architecture firm Carrère and Hastings was built, the two-block section of Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd Streets was home to the Croton Reservoir. The reservoir was torn down in 1899 to make way for the library. To read more about the demolition of the reservoir, and subsequent building of the library, click here.
Construction began in 1902, and was no small feat. When completed, the library was the largest marble structure in the country up to that time. This photo, from the NYPL's digital photo collection on the central building, shows exterior marble underway in 1905.
|Photo: NYPL digital collection
The library opened to the public on May 23, 1911 with an elaborate ceremony presided over by 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft. Those flags are massive.
|Photo: LOC digital collection
In 1919 the building served as a backdrop for a WWI victory parade along Fifth Avenue. Every stationary part of the building and street appears covered in shields, spears, and eagles. Shields and crossed spears often signify the defense of freedom, and eagles have long been associated with power and the U.S. I'm guessing that's their significance as decorations. If anyone knows otherwise, please email me.
|Postcard:Pisark's cards
In the mid-1930s the NYPL established an outdoor reading room and called it the Bryant Park Library at Central Building. Much like our current reading room, patrons could enjoy books, magazines and newspapers outside in the park. The 1930s reading room was located on the Upper Terrace, just behind the main library building, and staff librarians were on hand to assist patrons.
|Photo: BP photo collection
The library gets a scrub in 1945, seen here from 42nd Street looking east toward 40th Street. The World's Tower building on 40th Street looks huge in comparison to surrounding structures; the Empire State building is off to the right, just behind the Engineer's Club building (recently designated a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission).
|Photo: MCNY digital collection
Librarians and archivists: making research easier for 100 years and counting.
|Photo: NYPL digital collection
The Bryant Park lawn (no chairs!) and rear facade of the library, May 1984.
|Photo: BP photo collection
In 1988 the NYPL put two floors of additional library stacks beneath Bryant Park's lawn, seen here in a rendering by Hanna Olin, the design firm responsible for BP's redesign.
|Photo: BP photo collection
Around this time last year, Improv Everywhere paid a visit to the the reading room, and re-enacted (sort of) the opening scene from Ghostbusters.
The NYPL has been hosting a number of events in celebration of the centennial, most over this past weekend. The library also has a special exhibit called "Celebrating 100 Years" on view until December 31, 2011. Here's a NY Times review.


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What's the deadline for submitting artifacts to my ICC drf?
Artifacts should be uploaded and submitted within your ICC drf during or shortly after you complete each ICC course requirement. That way, you don't have to worry about losing your artifacts or forgetting to submit them. ICC portfolios will be checked periodically during your time at Ithaca College and you will be notified if you are not progressing toward completion of your ICC portfolio.


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The Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday announced that they had reached a combined $21 million settlement with Legg Mason subsidiary Western Asset Management related to a purchase of prohibited securities that resulted in losses to the accounts of nearly 100 employee benefit plans and investment funds.
The SEC on Monday announced sanctions against the Pasadena, Calif.-based investment advisor for concealing investor losses that resulted from a coding error and engaging in cross trading that favored some clients over others.
The settlement and related SEC charges require Western Asset to restore a total of more than $17.4 million to employee benefit plans and other accounts and require the company to pay more than $3.6 million in penalties.
According to an SEC order instituting settled administrative proceedings, Western Asset serves as an investment manager primarily to institutional clients, many of which are ERISA plans.
"Western Asset breached its fiduciary duty by failing to disclose and promptly correct a coding error that caused the improper allocation of a restricted private investment to the accounts of nearly 100 ERISA clients," the order states. "The private investment that was off-limits to ERISA plans had plummeted in value by the time the coding error was discovered, and Western Asset had an obligation to reimburse clients for such losses under the terms of its error correction policy. Instead, Western Asset failed to notify its ERISA clients until nearly two years later, long after the firm had liquidated the prohibited securities out of those client accounts."
The DOL said in announcing the settlement that the investigation found that from Jan. 31, 2007, through June 12, 2009, Western Asset used funds from accounts covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to purchase approximately $90 million of securities that were prohibited for purchase and ownership by such accounts.
"Specifically, Western Asset purchased Glen Meadow Pass-Through Trust Securities for 99 ERISA-covered accounts that were under its management. The investigation determined that the company's own compliance system recognized that the terms of the securities prohibited their ownership by ERISA-covered entities. However, Western Asset overrode the system, allowing the accounts to improperly purchase and hold the securities in their portfolios," according to DOL.
DOL determined that the company's management and compliance personnel became aware of the issue by October 2008, but failed to immediately correct the error or inform their clients about the situation. "This violated the company's own policies," DOL said. "The accounts continued to hold the prohibited securities until June 2009, at which time they were sold, resulting in significant losses."
DOL said that its investigation also found that from 2007 through 2010, Western Asset arranged 514 cross-trades involving ERISA-covered accounts. "Western Asset sold fixed-income securities from client accounts, including ERISA-covered accounts, to various broker-dealers. The company then repurchased the same securities from the same broker-dealers on behalf of different clients at a mark-up and without obtaining independent offers."
Cross-trade transactions are prohibited by ERISA, except under certain circumstances, to protect employee benefit plans from an investment manager's conflicts of interest. The department's investigation determined that as a result of unfair pricing involving these cross-trades, certain ERISA-covered accounts suffered more than $6 million in losses.
"Western Asset violated its fiduciary duty to act solely in the best interest of its plan clients," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits Security Phyllis Borzi, in a statement. "Its failure to follow not only the law, but its own rules, cost hard-working employees millions of dollars."
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I am unable to prove exactly one trace identity that appears in the appendix of Peskin and Schroeder's QFT book. Can someone help me?
The theorem [Appendix A.4 eqn (A.28)] says that the order of $\gamma$ matrices inside of a trace can be reversed:
Can someone help me with this trivial thing...?


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Nigel Koh is coming off the biggest win of his career Monday night (Gil Talbot).
Scene Setter
The No. 3 Harvard men's squash team travels to New Haven, Conn., for the College Squash Association Team Championships. The Crimson will open the three-day event with No. 6 Rochester for the second consecutive year after besting the Yellow Jackets, 6-3, in the quarterfinals in 2012.
The seedings for the championship are determined by the most recent edition of the CSA rankings, which has the Crimson at No. 3 behind No. 1 Trinity and No. 2 Princeton. No. 4 Yale, No. 5 Cornell, No. 6 Rochester, No. 7 Franklin and Marshall College and No. 8 St. Lawrence round out the teams competing in the Potter Cup.
Harvard will begin the tournament against No. 6 Rochester, which it beat 5-4 Dec. 1 after Ali Farag earned the clinching win for the Crimson. Harvard will face either Princeton or Franklin and Marshall in the second round.
We are the Champions
Harvard clinched a share of the Ivy League title Monday night, defeating archrival Yale, 6-3, at the Murr Center Squash Courts on senior day. In his final home match, co-captain Zeke Scherl earned the clinching win at No. 7 to give Harvard a piece of the Ancient Eight crown for the first time since 2006. Brandon McLaughlin earned his team-leading 12th win of the year at No. 2, while Matt Roberts and Gary Power both earned their 10th win of the season.
Related Article: Scherl's Win Gives Harvard an Ivy League Title Share for First Time Since 2006
About No. 3 Harvard
After Monday night's win over Yale, the Crimson finished the regular season 15-2 overall and 6-1 in the Ivy League with its only two losses to No. 1 Trinity and No. 2 Princeton by identical 5-4 margins. Brandon McLaughlin (12-1) paces the team in wins, while No. 1 Ali Farag (11-0) is right on his heels. Overall, seven players have reached the double-digit victory plateau, and the team has a combined record of 133-24 for an .847 win percentage.
Harvard has faced five of the other seven teams in the tournament field, going 3-2 against teams ranked in the top eight in the country. Harvard topped Yale, 6-3, Cornell, 6-3, and Rochester 5-4, while suffering setbacks to the aforementioned Bantams and Tigers.
About No. 6 Rochester (Team Page)
The Yellow Jackets brings a 9-5 mark into the CSA Team Championships, dropping all five matches to team's ranked ahead of them in the polls. In addition to falling to Harvard 5-4, Rochester suffered setbacks to Princeton (7-2), Trinity (5-4), Yale (6-3) and Cornell (6-3). Faraz Khan leads the team with a 12-2 record, including an 8-2 standing at No. 3 on the ladder. Adam Perkiomaki is second on the team with 11 wins, while Neil Cordell, Andres Duany and Oscar Lopez all have 10 wins to give the team a collective .641 win percentage.
Series History Against the Yellow Jackets
Harvard leads the all-time series, 5-2, after its win earlier this season. The Crimson is currently riding a three-game win streak in the series, taking a pair of meetings last season, as well.
National Champions
The Crimson has won the Potter Cup 30 times, the most national championships of any team at Harvard and the most squash titles all time. It's most recent title came in 1998 to cap a string of eight consecutive national championships.
Previous Squash National Champions
Harvard – 30 (Last: 1998)
Trinity – 13 (2011)
Yale – 12 (1990)
Princeton – 11 (2012)
Navy – 3 (1967)
Zeroing In
Harvard swept its first three opponents of the season for the 21st time in program history before finally losing a match to No. 6 Rochester. The three consecutive sweeps to begin a year is the longest streak since Harvard swept the first four matches of 2006-07. Harvard's program record for consecutive shutouts to begin a season is six, which it did it 2004-05, 1991-92 and 1972-73. The program record for shutouts in a season is 12, set by the 1991-92 team and equaled by the 1994-95 squad. Thus far, Harvard has swept 10 of its 17 opponents.
Coach's View
Assistant coach Luke Hammond is now blogging to give fans an inside perspective of the Harvard men's and women's squash teams. The blog will be periodically updated throughout the season, recapping the latest results and highlighting other interesting tidbits about the squad.
Related Link: Harvard Squash Blog
Undefeated Ali
Junior Ali Farag is a perfect 27-0 in his Harvard squash career. The Egypt native went 16-0 last season, including an 11-0 mark at the No. 1 position, en route to the individual CSA title and is off to a 11-0 start this year.
Leading the Way
Mike Way, The Gregory Lee '87 and Russell Ball '88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard University, returns for his third season at the helm of the Crimson. In just over two seasons, his teams have posted a combined 40-12 mark, including a 16-4 record last year. Both of his assistants, Reg Schonborn and Luke Hammond, are back for 2012-13, as well.
Up Next
With team played finished, the Crimson will play individually at the CSA Individual Championships March. 1-3 in Hartford, Conn.


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"And for those of you with children – please keep them close, okay?" He glanced towards Ann. "Believe me, you don't want to lose her down there."
"No," I said, "of course not."
"That's what I hoped to hear!" The guide winked.
On the way down Ann held my hand tightly. Except for the one light bulb right above our heads the world seemed to be made of metal bars and the dark stone of the shaft.
Not five minutes later we stood at the entrance to a vast cave that seemed to be a world of its own; heaps of stones appeared like small hills, in between them reflections revealed ponds of different sizes.
"Imagine what this kid must have felt like, when he crawled in here to discover all this?" The guide waved his hands around while he spoke. "There's a rumor that he was fleeing from his abusive father or something of the kind, but probably he was just fooling around like children do. He must have come in somewhere near the top of the cave and then falls down right into the middle of this planet!"
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