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Stained glass for days
One of the highlights of Barcelona is definitely the architecture created by Mr Guadí. Absolutely breathtaking. There is really nothing quite like it. I still remember the moment I walked out of the metro station, turned around and got the first glimpse of the Sagrada Familia. I was completely speechless and my mind just shat itself from being so taken back. The building was larger than life yet you could still see the intricate details on the building. Incredibly surreal.
The Sagrada Familia
The interior of Sagrada Familia was equally just as stunning as its exterior. All the stained glass were so pretty and it was so beautiful to see Mother Nature shining its rays through the temple, which created such a warm and calm atmosphere.
Climbing the towers of Sagrada Familia
DC and I opted for a package entry (29 euros) which included an 'express pass', guided audio and access to the towers. Since the building was still a work in progress, there wasn't much of a view after climbing all the way up there. Nevertheless, it was still an experience and definitely a work out climbing all those stairs.
Park Güell
Another Guadí landmark which we were able to squeeze in was Park Güell (entry fee of 25 euros) and of course, it was uh-mazing. Plus it was a great way to see the city whilst having getting comfy on those artist ceramic seats.
I'd recommend for you to go first thing in the morning to avoid the crowds but more importantly, you get to enter the museum without lining up as there is a limited entry of 400 visitors every 30 minutes.
Casa Batlló
Casa Milà
Unfortunately, we didn't get the chance to visit every Guadi museum as we were tight on time and the average entry fee for each museum was approx 25 euros pp. I guess we will just have to come back to Barca to tick a few more Guadi museums next time.
El Xampanyet
Order everythang off the menu
When you visit Barca, I don't care how long or short you are there for because if there is one place you but eat at, it is El Xampanyet. Hands bloody down, best restaurant in Barcelona and also one of the best meals I had throughout my 6 week trip in Europe.
The restaurant gives off an old school Spanish bar where you stand around, have a drink and enjoy tapas. The food is so authentic and the flavours were spot on. Nothing was too rich, salty or sweet. Unfortunately the restaurant does not take bookings so I recommend for you to arrive 15 mins before they open their doors. DC and I went for dinner, and within 5 minutes of the restaurant opening, the entire place was c-o-m-p-l-e-t-e-l-y packed out from the tables to the bars to the free standing areas.
I don't want to hype this place up too much for you but.. SERIOUSLY dude, you need to give this place a go. If the restaurant is full, you can go next door to another bar where there is generally more seating available and the food is also meant to be quite good too.
Oh jamon, come to momma
How cute are these mini paellas!
Eat ALL the tapas when one is in Spain
Another must have no matter where you are in Spain is of course tapasssssssss. A really (dangerously) fun restaurant is El Nacional in Barcelona, which is also nicely situated near Casa Milà and Casa Batlló. Oh man, it's basically a gigantic and beautifully decorated room filled with four different bars and restaurants. Who needs to go on a bar crawl when you can just move from bar to bar at the same place, especially when the food at El Nacional is so dam delicious. Tapas game, strong.
Braised pork rib with gravy and mashed potatoes
Whilst we are on the topic of food (because what else is there to possibly talk about), back in the old days, the King believed that everyone should have the right to feast like a king irrespective of whether you are wealthy or poor. Due to this, restaurants back then offered a 3 course lunch special with a glass of wine for a very cheap price. Fast forward to the present, although this is no longer a law, a lot of restaurants in Barcelona still carry on this tradition. You can find the same lunch special for 6 to 15 euros pp, depending on where you go. Obviously, the more you pay, the more value you will get.
We went El Casal which had the 3 course lunch special with wine for 12 euros and dam.... we struggled to finish all the good food. Originally we thought that because of the lunch special, the size of the dishes would not be that big. Oh how famous those last words became. Each dish was a proper size and the main, was a real main. So if you are in Barcelona, you would be doing yourself a injustice if you don't give these lunch specials a go.
Another city in Spain, another day filled with jamon...
La Boqueria Food Market
As mentioned in my post of Madrid, food markets across Europe is a must. One of these includes La Boqueria in Barcelona. No matter which way you turn, you will see loads of different food, fresh and cheap fresh produce, so many inviting colours, and an endless amount of food stalls. It is definitely one of the best food markets I have been too because the variety at La Boqueria is just endless.
So unfortunately we have come to the end of this post as well as an end to my travels around Spain. Cant wait to explore other areas of Spain - please let me know if you have any recommendations on where to go next in Spain, would love to adventure out to more regions across Spain.
Next up - Portugal.
Until then, gotta go eat!!

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And doubtlessly, as generations pass, especially in the Information Age, new ways to address mental health issues will arise with a rigorous scientific process attached to them, expanding our understanding of how our brains and minds function.
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I wish to thank you all for hanging in there with me as I found a way to balance. (smile)
Sometimes we just have to walk through the thing! (shock face)
I truly appreciate your patience and support. (smile)
A special shout out and thanks to TC and DC for your words of encouragement today! I felt The Lord talking to me through you. (smile)
I pray that God blesses you with the desires of your heart!


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The Richmond Chamber of Horrors
The Richmond Chamber of Commerce, erstwhile defenders of land speculators and global oil corporations, just can't let go of politics. They should rename themselves "Richmond Chamber of Horrors."
There was a time when local chambers of commerce were interested in the greater community good, particularly focusing on the needs of the whole community and small businesses that don't have the in-house marketing, management and political savvy of larger corporations. Following is a definition of chamber of commerce I found on Answers.com:
Any of various voluntary organizations of business firms, public officials, professional people, and public-spirited citizens whose primary interest is in publicizing, promoting, and developing commercial and industrial opportunities in their local area, and usually also community schools, streets, housing, and public works.
At the local level, chambers of commerce strive to develop and publicize business opportunities in their communities, as well as work for the betterment of local schools and other community institutions. Local chambers of commerce offer a range of programs and services to their members, including information and advice on timely business matters, opportunities for networking, and a variety of publications. Local chambers of commerce also provide their members with numerous forums—task forces, committees, special events, and so on—in which to express their specific views and concerns, whether pertaining to the challenges facing small businesses or to the issues surrounding international commerce. Depending on their geographic settings, local chambers of commerce can be small or large in terms of their membership and scope of activities.
There is nothing in this definition about local chambers of commerce becoming political powers unto themselves and campaigning for specific candidates and against others. With more challengers than winners in every election, the Richmond Chamber manages to alienate in every election more than half the community leaders who have the motivation to offer themselves for public service.
The Richmond Chamber of Commerce apparently strives to style itself after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which with the American Petroleum Institute, is being paid by Big Oil as its mouthpiece trying to discredit climate change. Many large companies, including Nike and Apple, have resigned in protest. Apple wrote:
We would prefer that the Chamber take a more progressive stance on this critical issue and play a constructive role in addressing the climate crisis. However, because the Chamber's position differs so sharply with Apple's, we have decided to resign our membership effectively immediately.
Several years ago, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce decided to get more political. This worked as long as the Richmond Mayor and City Council members met the Chamber's litmus test for "business friendly candidates" (read "boosters of Chevron and land speculators"), but when the Chamber ran an all-out campaign against Gayle McLaughlin, they lost the key to the Mayor's Office. And now they can't figure out why Richmond's mayor is not altogether enthusiastic about hanging around with the Chamber leadership. So now we have a Chamber leadership that has alienated itself from the City leadership, not necessarily a good thing for Richmond small businesses who need all the help they can get from anyone who has something to give.
Regarding the proposed General Plan, almost every change area identified in the plan "up-zones" property all over Richmond, increasing the allowable density and versatility of potential development in areas that are served by infrastructure, services and public transit. Not a word of encouragement, however, about that from the Chamber, which is so utterly focused on a handful of Northshore properties that they can't see anything else.
Following is the latest rant from the Richmond Chamber of Horrors:
A Message from
the President
A message to the Richmond Chamber
Membership and the Community
Richmond City Councilmember Tom Butt and Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, on March 9, 2010, made a motion to down-zone, to open space, valuable industrial land located on Richmond's northern shoreline. Councilmember Butt and Mayor McLaughlin believe that all of the land on the northern shoreline should be open space and parks. However, they want to avoid having the City buy the land to make it into parks and open space. Instead, they want to re-zone the land so that the property owners will no longer be able to develop the land, and the land will become open space and parkland merely because the City won't let the property owners do anything else with it.
The motion failed, but the Richmond Chamber of Commerce is alarmed and shocked that any elected official could believe that it is just and moral for the City to create parkland by eliminating the development rights of property owners without any compensation to those property owners. The Chamber is also concerned that this sends a message to developers, investors and businesses everywhere that they should avoid investing in Richmond, because if they do, they risk having the City take away their investments arbitrarily. Finally, the Chamber is worried that, once again, radical environmental interests mostly from outside the City, although (obviously) with some local support, are willing to put their agenda ahead of most of Richmond's residents, who would benefit from the jobs and tax revenues that would flow from development in Richmond.
City Councilmembers Nat Bates and Jim Rogers voted against Mr. Butt's motion, and the Chamber salutes them for that. City Councilperson Maria Viramontes has written the following editorial:
Imagine a thoughtful approach to preserving and planning the shoreline. I guess, Mr. Rogers, we will never live to see that day. Instead, what we get, as usual, is Mr. Butt's accusation that any council-member with a different point of view is owned by developers. Of course, the Mayor never corrects Butt's personalizations, lies of wrongdoing etc., and, as usual, anyone with a different point of view gets the gavel from her.
However, Mr. Butt's, policy of "Manifest Destiny" -- a policy the Mayor shares -- translates in real life to: we can take any private land without compensation through the technical land use trick of down zoning. Oh well, poor them, is their attitude; these poor individuals who own private land, too bad they got in the way of "Manifest Destiny". After the Butt and McLaughlin zoning tinkering is done; the land is worthless and maybe twenty years from now the city or park district might get around to buying it.
I believe in open space, and I have raised and fought for millions of dollars for it. If you want open space, buy it. If you are going to use eminent domain you should be honest about it and have the integrity in the process to pay people equitably for their land. But, of course, Butt and Mclaughlin are "progressives." I call it something else.
The shoreline is our most precious asset, for sustainability in its own right and for the gift of service for human kind.
The City began because of the shoreline, and marine activity was the first economic activity sustaining Richmond families.
It is still providing livelihoods for families, if allowed. But, then, some members of the Council don't understand the need for creating a general environment that promotes work for Richmond Families...they are too busy with "Manifest Destiny" for that concern.
Their eye is on international resolutions and the global economy rather than what happens to Richmond Families.
Of course, when they can come down from the clouds to Richmond, their first discussion on the agenda is what to do with Chevron's land when it leaves.
So much for the strategy of keeping major employers in Richmond, beyond giving them a plaque. They think that a few small boutique developments on a few blocks will make up for the lost jobs to the community and the lost tax base for the city which is always challenged to pay for services for our residents.
Literally, this is their plan. Wake up Richmond.
As Council members, we have seen it and touched it and unfortunately, the policy of "Manifest Destiny" will result in reducing the middle class in Richmond and driving low income families out of town...then I guess they will finally be happy.
These are not shoreline wars. I am an environmentalist of long standing. This is a cultural and economic equity war, and not everyone has figured out where they stand in it.
Judy Morgan
Richmond Chamber of Commerce


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For the second consecutive month, existing-home sales rose, as three of the four major U.S. regions saw an increase in sales last month, the National Association of REALTORS® reported 12/19/18.
"The market conditions in November were mixed, with good signs of stabilizing home sales compared to recent months, though down significantly from one year ago," says Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist. "Rising inventory is clearly taming home price appreciation."
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Friday, July 11, 2008
The Media Begins To Catch On To Immelt's GE's Failures
GM Should Be Put To Death
On Tuesday, my old squash partner, Paul Ingrassia, wrote "That 70s Show: Detroit," focusing on why GM might go Chapter 11. He, like the breakingviews.com crowd, dwell on GM's need for about $10-15B in new equity at a time when it only has about $6-8B.
Much is made of the need to cut costs, grow, import the production of overseas-designed smaller vehicles.
But I have a different idea. My partner says it can't happen, at least due to political ramifications.
Here is what should happen. GM's inept CEO, Rick Wagoner, should send the following letter to shareholders,
"Dear Shareholders,
This is a tough letter to write. It's an admission of failure. My and my management team's failure of you, our owners.
We just can't see a future in which we'll be a fitting investment for you anymore. We've lost too much market share, have too high a cost structure in the US, and just too many problems to overcome before the economy returns to a higher growth phase.
I could tell you we'll be trying really hard to fix things. Sell Hummer- but who would be stupid enough to buy it now?
Winnow our brands and focus on the profitable cars. Hope to get more clawback in costs from the unions....again.
But honestly, we'd just be bleeding you of your cash on our balance sheet, to no good end.
We should not even file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Instead, I'm going to dissolve the firm.
First, we'll package the models and brands GM owns which actually make money and have growth potential, and auction them off to the highest bidder. We'll sell our remaining stake in GMAC, as well as hire bankers to sell whatever attractive real estate we still own.
After that, we'll dismiss our workers- salaried and hourly- and hold a board meeting to hire a closing specialist to assist us in shutting GM down.
Our objective will be to raise the most cash, then distribute it among our creditors and other claimants. If anything is left, you, our owners, will receive it.
We will also offer for sale the GM name and stock market ticker. Whatever will raise money, we'll do.
I am sure the union leaders and various elected political officials will try to stop us from closing GM down. They'll argue for jobs, the effects of our closure on various vendors, cities, etc.
But really, this is all nonsense. Employees deserve to work at a firm with a future. GM is no longer that firm. Governmental entities need to let private enterprise conduct its business as it sees fit.
And the board, my managers, and I all agree, it is time for GM to die.
Thank you for allowing me to serve you these past years as CEO. I am sorry I failed.
-Rick Wagoner,
(The Last) CEO, GM"
That is what I think would be best for GM's owners and the economy.
Then the CEOs of MBIA and AMBAC could learn a lesson and follow suit.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
From The Road-What Recession?
But, as luck would have it, I have a 'live' post that dovetails with today's pre-written one.
This morning, I'm in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Now, I don't normally associate West Virginia with the sort of populace and state that normally floats above recessions. It's a state with ample sources of coal, much natural beauty, but not known for a balanced economy.
So, if there's a recession, shouldn't I be seeing it in the state of the Mountaineers?
Well, here's what I've seen in the last 20 hours.
First, I will admit, the University of West Virginia is located in Morgantown.
That said, I don't see any sign of economic trouble in this hilly mecca.
First, people are smiling! And spending...and spending....and spending!
My daughter and I had two light afternoon/evening meals, and in both cases, the restaurants were busy for the hour at which we visited.
We dropped by a Darden chain's Olive Garden around 8PM, and the parking lot was full. There was a 10 minute wait....on a Wednesday night!
We chose to order take-out instead, and, so people-watched for about 20 minutes. It was instructive.
Older couples, young couples on dates, young families....all streaming in and out. Taking food OUT.
Yes, people so well off they ordered more than they could eat. Some didn't look like that could be possible, but consider the implication. These diners were not skimping. No, they bought more than they could finish.
The big box stores plaza was busy, too. Wal-Mart was bustling. Traffic on the roads is brisk and busy. People are well-dressed and clearly living ordinary, busy, spending-oriented lives.
The teens are sporting new-looking, attractive clothing, accessories, and cell-phones, of course, are everywhere.
The Hampton Inn at which we are staying was busy for the lobby breakfast this morning. Last night, the lot was full.
Sound like a recession in the Appalachians to you? No, me neither.
Nobody was going through garbage cans for food. Cars are newish. People are well-fed and -clothed, including whole families dining out.
Just a datapoint from the road.....
It's A New Economy Now!
Almost two weeks ago, in the Monday, June 30 edition, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial entitled "There Is No 'The Economy,'" by Zachary Karabell, President of River Twice Research.
Perhaps the most interesting example of Mr. Karabell's point is this passage,
"To begin with, someone in the upper-income brackets is living a different life than those in the lower-income brackets. The top 20% of income earners spend more than the lower 60% combined. The wealthiest 400 people have more than $1 trillion in net worth, which exceeds the discretionary spending of the entire federal government. These groups are all American, yet it would be stretching the facts to the breaking point to assert that they share an economic reality. On the upper end, the soaring price of food and fuel hardly matter; on the other end, they matter above all else. The upper end does matter quantitatively, but the group of people on the lower end is vastly larger and therefore has more resonance in our public and electoral debate.
Look at housing, widely regarded as a national calamity. The regional variations depict something different. In Stockton, Calif., one in 75 households are in foreclosure; in Nebraska, the figure is one in every 1,459; and the greater Omaha area is thriving. Similar contrasts could be made between Houston and Tampa, or between Las Vegas and Manhattan. Home prices have plunged in certain regions such as Miami-Dade, and stayed stable in others such as San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Houston, bolstered by soaring oil prices, has a 3.9% unemployment rate; the rate in Detroit, depressed by a collapsing U.S. auto industry, is 6.9%. The notion that these disparate areas share a common housing malaise or similar employment challenges is a fiction."
Doesn't this explain why we don't seem to be in a recession? As Mr. Karabell points out, it would take a major economic problem to plunge enough of us, as consumers, into an American-wide recession. Sure, pockets are hit hard, income-wise and geographically. But hardly the entire nation.
He goes on to note,
"We hear continual stories of the subprime economy and its fallout on Main Street and Wall Street. All true. Yet there is also an iPhone economy and a Blackberry economy. Ten million iPhones were sold last year at up to $499 a pop, and estimates are for 20 million iPhones sold this year, many at $199 each. That's billions of dollars worth of iPhones. Add in the sales of millions of Blackberrys, GPS devices, game consoles and so on, and you get tens of billions more.
The economy that supports the purchases of these electronic devices is by and large not the same economy that is seeing rampant foreclosures. The economy of the central valley of California is not the same economy of Silicon Valley, any more than the economy of Buffalo is the same as the economy of greater New York City. Yet in our national discussion, it is as if those utterly crucial distinctions simply don't exist. Corn-producing states are doing just fine; car-producing states aren't.
The notion that the U.S. can be viewed as one national economy makes increasingly less sense. More than half the profits of the S&P 500 companies last year came from outside the country, yet in indirect ways those profits did add to the economic growth in the U.S. None of that was captured in our economic statistics, because the way we collect data – sophisticated as it is – has not caught up to the complicated web of capital flows and reimportation of goods by U.S.-listed entities for sale here."
To me, this seems crucial as we read and hear about various companies thriving or doing poorly in the last twelve months, or the next twelve. Different sectors of our economy are, in fact, seeing different conditions and having different financial performances.
Finally, to conclude and reinforce his point, Karabell writes,
"In truth, what used to be "the economy" is just one part of a global chess board, and the data we have is incomplete, misleading, and simultaneously right and wrong. It is right given what it measures, and wrong given what most people conclude on the basis of it.
The world is composed of hundreds of economies that interact with one another in unpredictable and unexpected ways. We cling to the notion of one economy because it creates an illusion of shared experiences. As comforting as that illusion is, it will not restore a simplicity that no longer exists, and clinging to it will not lead to viable solutions for pressing problems.
So let's welcome this new world and discard familiar guideposts, inadequate data and outmoded frameworks. That may be unsettling, but it is a better foundation for wise analysis and sound solutions than clinging to a myth."
As business people, Mr. Karabell's viewpoint is enormously important to understand. Simply reading US macroeconomic statistics doesn't really capture what is happening to the wealth and incomes of our country anymore. So much of our economic welfare is intentionally tied to other people in other parts of the globe.
What, in my youth, was taught as a sort of minor external 'leakage,' foreign investment, sales and purchases, is now critical to a US economy which deliberately constructs supply chains across the globe.
It also means we should be wary of declaring recessions, or even widespread US economic trouble, on the basis of economic measures which, as Mr. Karabell observes, reflect a now-vanished, insular US economy in which personal incomes and wealth are closely aligned with those of domestic production activity.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Ted Forstmann Interview
I wish I could say it was an enlightening interview, but it's really not.
Forstmann's apparent big idea is that low interest rates earlier this decade spurred commercial and investment banks to do bad things with money which they would not have done, had the hurdle rates been higher.
Is this really news? Do we actually need Ted Forstmann to tell us this in a special interview?
Honestly, this is the story of every financial services bubble for the past thirty years, beginning with the 'purchased money' bank borrowing problems of the 1970s that drove John Bunting's First Pennsylvania Bank under.
Whether it's cheap money or just a banker's desire for faster growth, the underlying risk in all financial services businesses is that above-average growth must, over time, come from greater risk-taking.
Yes, this time investment and commercial banks have added to the mess with CDOs. But these instruments had to be bought by somebody, as I noted in this post.
Then Forstmann solemnly tells us,
"There's trillions and trillions of dollars that slosh around between all these places and if one fails..." He doesn't finish the thought."
Yes, Ted. That's called our 'fractional reserve' banking system. Bankers are allowed to reserve only a portion of deposits and lend the rest out. That is how banks make money.
Obviously, as investment banks added trading and asset management, they both underwrite and hold the same sorts of instruments.
Oddly, what Forstmann fails to suggest is moving the trading in all these bad instruments to regulated exchanges. Which, by the way, is what Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs CEO Hank Paulsen has already begun to engineer.
Forstmann thinks that "we're in about the second inning of this."
What, specifically, is "this?"
Forstmann doesn't provide a metric by which to measure and indicate when the credit market abnormalities will have abated. So, I guess when you can't really measure something, your call is likely to be right, because you can point to whatever convenient measure fits your assessment at the moment.
Given Forstmann's prior success with leveraged buyouts in the private equity business, I wish he had bestowed upon us some wisdom involving how someone, and who that someone would have been, could have prevented the current credit market debacle.
How would Forstmann have ideally prevented CDOs and SIVs from being created? How would he have halted the lending of cheap money during the "Greenspan put" years early in this decade?
How does Forstmann reconcile our capital markets, such that people like him were free to make literally billions of dollars in creative financial deals, yet, now, he implicitly calls for curbs on, and criticizes, the financial creativity of others?
Ted Forstmann was a successful private equity pioneer, no question. He is a wealthy man- you can't argue that he isn't. He clearly did some clever things which created value for somebody, and certainly, for Ted Forstmann.
Does this give him special insight into today's capital markets? Or how to prevent them ever being cyclical? How to prevent other financiers from engaging in excess?
Do we know that Ted Forstmann, if he were 30 years younger, would not be embroiled in the middle of the current capital markets mess? Did her perhaps do things with private equity which, when he did them, due to smaller scale and impact, worked, but, now when others emulate his creativity, fail due to larger scale and impact on financial markets?
These seem to me to be the interesting questions that went unasked and unanswered in the Journal's interview with the wealthy proto-private equity tycoon.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
More Details On Jerry Yang's Bungled Negotiations with Microsoft
If you've ever wondered whether some large company CEOs are operating way over their heads, this article answers your question.
The details regarding the extent of Jerry Yang's blunders in the initial discussions of Microsoft's bid, about which I first wrote here, are staggering. That Yang, after driving Yahoo further downhill after Terry Semel's departure last year, would hold out for a higher price than Microsoft's already-insanely generous offer, was unbelievable. As I wrote in that prior post,
"...it's been at least March of last year before the stock's price was, even for short periods, routinely above Microsoft's offer price. Jerry Yang's resumption of the CEO role last summer has cratered his firm's stock decisively since then."
But Yang isn't alone. I also wrote in that post,
"As for Microsoft, I pity their shareholders. If they didn't have half of this offer in cash on their balance sheet already, would any bank lend them all of the money for this takeover bid? Could even Goldman float a bond issue to fund this for them at reasonable rates?
If anything, I think it reminds us, per my many posts on Microsoft, Gates and Ballmer (see appropriate labels), that the company has been very sloppily managed in a financial sense."
Yang's arrogance managed to save Ballmer's shareholders- so far.
Now Ballmer thinks he can go back, with new partners, and dismember Yahoo, keeping the search engine for himself and letting his acquisition partners take their respective pieces of the ailing Yahoo.
Interestingly, though, the Yahoo senior people who dealt with Ballmer and heard his ideas referred to his plan as,
"filling his Internet hole," simply to compete with Google.
Yang's stubbornness on price robbed his shareholders of their just dessert of an overpriced offer by Ballmer to let them exit their misery at the hands of Jerry Yang and his inept management team. This is a great example of how someone who may have been instrumental, long ago, in dreaming up and implementing a value-creating idea, such as Yang, a Yahoo co-founder, can become not only useless, but counter-productive to value creation and realization in the firm's later life.
Ballmer is in a similar situation. He obviously added some value to Gates as they initially created the PC software industry in the 1980s.
But since 2000, Ballmer has been a liability for Microsoft, doing nothing to improve his shareholders' situation, either.
Ballmer escaped making a big mistake once, already, thank to Yang's stupidity and arrogance, thinking he and his team could seriously create more value than the Microsoft offer.
However, now it looks like he won't necessarily escape a second time. The complexity of the deal he now envisions could well make buying all of Yahoo look good by comparison when the dust settles.
Should be an interesting summer to watch these two firms.


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Vaughn's Fly Box Picks:
Kamalame Resort is again a location with lots of varity. The offshore fishing is good and you should have some large baitfish patterns. There are also opportunities for Jacks, Snappers and Barracudas. Kamalame bonefishing guides suggest the following fly patterns: bright gold gotchas #2, #4; pink gotchas #4; pink puffs #4. There are several new patterns available for these bones and I would try a few is size 6 also. Notice the guides picked bright colors. Remember sink rates are everything in the Bahamas so have you flies with different weights of eyes for the different depths of the water. Permit are around but not a targeted species so a few crab patterns would be useful and the bones like them too.
Andros Island, located approximately 150 miles east of the Florida Keys, is a premier bonefish destination. This Bahamian Island, which is over 100 miles long and in places up to 40 miles wide, consists of vast areas of flats, creeks, cays, cuts, mangroves, and fertile fishing grounds. Kamalame Cay, situated on the northeastern part of the island, allows access by skiff to numerous flats that are relatively close to the resort's dock, or alternately by trailering the boat to the Joulter's Cays or to the West Side of Andros. When fishing at Kamalame there are numerous options from which to choose. You can start your day from the resort's dock and fish the oceanside flats and inland creeks along the eastern shore of Andros, all the way to Majestic Point. These flats hold large and aggressive ocean bones that feed around the sandy and coral shorelines adjacent to the deeper water. The inland waters and lagoons are accessed by the creeks, and smaller schooling fish can be targeted along the mangroves.
The Marina Rooms
Unique cottages that overlook the marina. Complete with a spacious bedroom and shower room, these accommodations are nearest to the main office and Great House for easy access to all of the wonderful amenities for which Kamalame is famous.
The Beach Rooms
Consist of a single large room enhanced by a comfortable seating area. Each room has its own private entrance with a connecting door allowing access to the adjoining room – perfect for families or groups of friends. These beautifully furnished rooms come complete with a fully stocked wet bar, Roman soaking tub, ocean views, and a covered veranda.
Beachside Octagonal Cottage Suites
All feature a large bedroom with muslin curtains and French doors encompassing three sides that open to reveal your own expansive ocean view. Designed for absolute privacy, these suites are perfect for comfort and seclusion. Laze in a comfortable lounge chair and watch the pristine ocean surf caress the shores of the Caribbean.
Pigeon Plum
A premium 1-bedroom villa suite that includes a separate cozy sitting room, a large wet bar, a Roman soaking tub with shower, a spacious living room, a kitchenette, and a wrap-around covered veranda that overlooks the beach. Pigeon Plum is the perfect honeymoon villa that also works well for a small family.
Driftwood and Mahogany
The finest 2-bedroom beachfront villa suites. They have large central living rooms, three full baths with soaking tubs, wet bars, and kitchenettes. Elegantly furnished and decorated in old-world charm, these villas are ideal for families or two couples.
Kamalame Cove
With three spectacular ocean vantage points, this nearly 7,500-square foot private peninsular villa sits on four secluded acres attached to the mainland of Andros Island by a narrow strip of beach. The Cove features a massive open-air Great Room that overlooks the sea on three sides. With a separate wing of four elegantly appointed bedrooms, each with a private bathroom, this private island retreat that is the Cove gracefully caters to 8 guests and affords the utmost in seclusion. A heated private freshwater swimming pool, full-time kitchen and house staff, and access to all the resort's many activities will help make for an extraordinary experience. Kamalame Cove is a unique totally private separate entity from Kamalame Cay, but still allows for the guests to have access to all the resorts activities.
All rooms include hairdryers, shampoo and amenities, plush bathrobes, insulated ice buckets, and a stereo CD system. Additionally, Kamalame provides a complimentary food and beverage bar in each room, fully stocked with soft drinks, beer, snacks, and fruit. The fresh baked cookies placed in each room every afternoon continue to be a big hit. The open-air Great Room, which overlooks the Caribbean, provides a stunning setting for a relaxing hour of cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, followed by the culinary delights of Artie Johnson, the superb chef whose succulent menu is meticulously prepared with Bahamian accents featuring fresh fish, lobster, conch, fruits, and vegetables. The 50-foot heated freshwater swimming pool, adjacent to the beach and surrounded by palm trees, has a self service Tiki bar fully stocked with beverages. The Tiki bar provides a comfortable and shaded setting where one can relax in a comfy chair and read or catch a nap. The immaculate grounds of the resort are accessed by golf carts which wind along sandy paths throughout the island.
Anglers targeting the flats fish from Maverick skiffs with 75 hp Yamaha engines. The off-shore enthusiasts fish from a 24 foot Pathfinder V-hull center consol and is rigged and outfitted with tackle.
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Groundwater-related subsidence is the subsidence (or the sinking) of land resulting from groundwater extraction, and a major problem in the developing world as major metropolises swell without adequate regulation and enforcement, as well as being a common problem in the developed world. One estimate has 80% of serious land subsidence problems associated with the excessive extraction of groundwater, making it a growing problem throughout the world.
Groundwater is considered to be one of the last 'free' resources, as anyone who can afford to drill, can draw up merely according to their ability to pump. However, as seen in the figure, the act of pumping draws down the free surface of the groundwater table, and can affect a large region. Thus, the extraction of groundwater becomes a tragedy of the commons, with high economic externalities.
The hot desert areas of the world are requiring more and more water for growing populations and agriculture. In the San Joaquin Valley of the United States, groundwater pumping for crops has gone on for generations. This has resulted in the entire valley sinking an extraordinary amount, as shown in the figure. It has been argued that there is little consequence to subsidence in a wide, flat, agricultural basin, since the settlement is uniform. However, no large-scale change due to subsidence of the magnitude seen in the San Joaquin Valley is likely to be without some negative impact, since the hydrology of the area is now greatly changed. Other regions of the world, such as New Orleans and Bangkok, are now subject to severe flooding due to subsidence associated with groundwater removal. Total settlement, and therefore the potential impacts of the settlement, can only be determined by surveys and GPS measurements.
Not all groundwater-related subsidence is benign. In Mexico City, the buildings interact with the settlement, and cause cracking, tilting, and other major damage. In many places, large sinkholes open up, as well as surface cavities. Damage from Hurricane Katrina was exacerbated due to coastal sinking, associated with groundwater withdrawal.
The cause of the long-term surface changes associated with this phenomenon are fairly well known. As shown in the USGS figure, aquifers are frequently associated with compressible layers of silt or clay.
As the groundwater is pumped out, the effective stress changes, precipitating consolidation, which is non-reversible. Thus, the total volume of the silts and clays is reduced, resulting in the lowering of the surface. The damage at the surface is much greater if there is differential settlement, or large-scale features, such as sinkholes.
The only known method to prevent this condition is by pumping less groundwater, which is extremely difficult to enforce when many people own water wells. Attempts are being made to directly recharge aquifers but this is still a preliminary effort.


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"Be such an enlightening presence with others that they can feel the love and the joy and the emergent wisdom of their own inner radiance." ~Shelly Prillerman Harrell
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"If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment." ~Carlos Santana The FOCUSandFLOW Life Question: What do you carry in your heart? SPH says: "Release any negativity that is poisoning your heart and blocking your joy." ~Shelly Prillerman Harrell
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"That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility." ~Rumi The FOCUSandFLOW Life Question: What is troubling your heart? SPH says: "Unburden your troubled heart with the tranquility that comes through living in truth." ~Shelly P. Harrell


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SBBJ Education Loan Scheme Overview:
State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur was incorporated in 1963 and operates mainly from Rajasthan. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur's banking portfolio comprises of home loans, car loans and special loans for educational organizations, business houses, traders against collateral of property and tour operators. The bank also offers working capital finance, which consists of trade finance, term loan, deferred payment guarantee and loan syndication as well as project finance and export credit.
Features and Benefits of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Education Loan:
Objective/ Purpose of Loan:
The SBBJ Educational Loan Scheme aims to offer financial support to meritorious students, helping them to pursue higher education in India and abroad. The emphasis is on the fact that a meritorious student, regardless of his/her financial status, is provided with an opportunity to pursue education with financial support from the banking system with reliable and affordable conditions.
Amount of education loan:
The amount of loan offered for education purposes to students is up to 10 lacs for education in India, and up to 20 lacs for pursuing education abroad.
Interest Rates:
Interest rates are subject to changes from time to time. Currently for a girl student the interest rate is 0.50% lower than that offered to regular customers. If the student wishes to pursue his/her studies in prime institutions, the rate of interest will be up to 1.00% lower. A 1% concession on interest may be offered by the bank, provided that the interest is paid back during the study period. The minimum interest charged on a loan of up to 4 lac is 11.25 % per annum.
Processing Fees:
There are no additional charges or processing fees on education loans offered by State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ).
Repayment Tenure:
Repayment of the loan is to begin one year after the completion of the course or six months after the student gets a job, whichever happens first. The student is expected to pay a minimum amount equivalent to the EMI on a monthly basis. However, more than the stipulated EMI can be paid back without any prepayment penalty. Repayment of the loan is in equated monthly instalments for tenures as given below:-
- For loans which amount to 7.5 lakhs and below, the tenure is up to a maximum of 10 years.
- For loans above 7.5 lakhs, the tenure is up to 15 years.
Maximum loan limit:
The maximum loan limit is not applicable for education loans up to 4 lacs. But for loans above 4 lakhs taken for studying in India, the maximum loan limit is 5% and for studies abroad the maximum limit is 15%.
Graduates, post graduates, persons going for professionals courses, having employment opportunities can apply for State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur education loans. The maximum amount of loan for pursuing studies in India is 7.5 lac INR and for studying abroad it is 15 lacs INR.
For education loans which amounts up to 4.00 lacs, no security is required. For an education loan which falls within the range of 4.00 lacs to 7.50 lacs, a third-party guarantee is required. Also, for loans above 7.50 lacs, an equitable mortgage of landed property or any other tangible security is mandatory.
Expenses considered for State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur education loan:
The following expenses are considered as payable under education loan offered by SBBJ:
- Fees for attending college, school or hostel.
- Fees payable for Examination, Library and Laboratory.
- Travel expenses for studies abroad.
- If applicable, Insurance premium for student borrower.
- Caution deposit, Building fund, refundable deposits along with proof in the form of institution receipts.
- Cost of books, equipment's, instruments as well as uniforms.
- Amount required to purchase computer/laptop at a reasonable cost, if it is required as a part of completion of the course.
- Other expenses required as part of the course such as study tours, project work, etc.
Eligible courses in India and Abroad:
Courses that are eligible under this scheme are:
- All courses that have employment prospects.
- Graduate, Postgraduate, and Professional courses.
- Courses which are approved by UGC, Government and/or AICTE etc.
Documentation required:
In order to apply for State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur education loan documents that are to be submitted are mark sheets of last qualifying examination, concise statement of assets and liabilities of the co-borrower, schedule of expenses for the specified course, Proof of admission to the course, 2 photographs of the borrower, last six months' bank account statement of borrower, IT assessment order which is not more than 2 years old, statement of assets and liabilities, property documents offered as security (if applicable), copies of foreign exchange permit if applicable, etc. A new customer needs to provide identity proof and address proof.
- The student should be a citizen of India.
- The student should have been admitted to a higher education course in recognized institutions in India or abroad.
State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur education loan comes with a central scheme for interest subsidy which is applicable only for courses pursued in recognized Technical/Professional courses in India. . The subsidy is only offered to students who wish to pursue a degree/diploma in India and is also available for integrated courses. Interest subsidy claims will be disbursed on a half-yearly or yearly basis. The scheme also benefits those students who belong to economically weaker sections, and have an annual gross parental/family income of up to Rs.4.5 lacs per year.
State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Education Loan FAQs:
- How can I avail a SBBJ educational loan? The loan can be availed through the Bank's branches by filling the appropriate forms and submitting the required forms.
- Can I avail a second education loan for higher studies? Yes. A second education loan can be availed once the earlier course is completed, through the same branch from which the first education loan was taken.
- With a moratorium period in place, how can my repayments be determined? If interest is not paid during the moratorium period, the outstanding interest during the moratorium period will be added to the loan amount when the borrower starts to repay the loan. The EMI on this amount will be determined at this time.
- Should interest be paid during the study period? Payment of interest is not necessary during the study period but if interest is paid consistently, the borrower is eligible for a 1% rebate in interest rate, which will be reduced from the loan amount when repayment commences.
- Does income of parent/guardian affect the education loan criteria? No. Education loan is considered based on quality of course/ institution funds, requirement for studies and future income prospects only.
- Planning to Take an Education Loan? Here Are a Few Tips
- Education Loan for Engineering Students in India
- Education Loan for Working Professionals in India
- PAN Card Mandatory for Education Loan
- Top 5 banks Providing Education Loan for Medical Students
- Top Education Loan Providers in India for Foreign Education
- What Makes You Eligible for an Educational Loan?
- Whom to Consult For an Education Loan: Bank or NBFC?
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Click the Guide Me button below for a guided walkthru of adding schedule items!
Add Schedule Item
To add a session to your event, click 'Add Schedule Item'.
- Date: fill out the day and start/end times
- Hide from Checkout: hides the event from the checkout page
- Schedule Item is Required: makes the session required for all registrants
- Type: Single or Multi (Multi allows you to add sub-sessions)
- Name: the name of the session
- Description: a description field to provide more info about the session (2,000 character limit)
- Speakers: if you've already added speakers you can tie a speaker to the session. For more information on adding speakers, click here.
- Place: the location where the session will take place.
- Track: tracks allow you to group sessions into different categories
- Format: the structure of the session (e.g. panel, keynote, breakout, etc.)
- Quantity: allows you to put a cap on the number of attendees
- Price: add a cost for attending the session
- Availability: make the session available for all registrations, or selected registration types. For more information on registration types, click here.
Click 'Save' to finish adding the session.
Add Schedule Page Info
Schedule page info is a way for you to add additional context about your sessions. For example, if the agenda is not yet finalized, you could add additional information explaining this to attendees.
To add schedule page info, click the down arrow next to 'Add Schedule Item', then click 'Add Schedule Page Info'.
Give the info a title and description, then click 'Save' when finished.
Note: only one info item can be added. The info is intended to apply to all sessions.
Import Schedule Items
You can also import schedule items into a Registration event using a CSV file by clicking 'Events' from the main menu, clicking 'Events' again, and then clicking on the name of the event. Then click on 'Edit Event', 'Schedule', then 'Import Sessions'.
Download the import template by clicking 'Download valid CSV file format', fill out the template, then return back to the Registration system and import your file back into the system to add your schedule items.
Editing Your Schedule
You can edit your schedule at any time by clicking on the event from the event list, then click the 'Edit Event' section, and select 'Schedule'.
Under the Actions menu, you can either edit or delete schedule items or schedule page info.


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Autumn Leaves - Who doesn't wish that they could fly through the air on a leave like these sweet little House Mouse critters?
This is my card for the Crafts 4 Eternity leaves challenge.
I colored the sweet image with Copics. The image is so large that there really wasn't much room left. LOL
I used some Bakers twine on the edge. My DP that is mostly covered by those sweet mice is K and Company.
For the sentiment, I pulled out several distress inks and had fun blending them before I ran them through the Cuttle bug using a Tim Holt tattered banner die. The sentiment is Studio G.crafts4eternity.blogspot.com


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Aviation Safety Legislation
The Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 (PL 111-216) was signed into law on August 1, 2010. For a summary of the provisions included in this new law, please click here.
Who's Flying Your Plane?
Do you know who is really flying your plane? For more information on our campaign to raise awareness of the code-share practices exhibited by US airlines, click here
Safety Improvement Items
- Pilot Records Database
- Flight Crewmember Mentoring, Leadership, and Professional Development
- Crew Member Training, Stall and Upset Recognition and Recovery Training, and Remedial Training Programs
- Regional Air Carrier Ticket Disclosure
- Flight and Duty Time Limits
- Safety Management Systems
- Crew Member Screening/Qualifications
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If you wish to show your support of our cause, please consider purchasing a red bracelet. Click here for more information.
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To leave a guestbook message to the families of Continental Flight 3407, please click the link to the right
Denise Lockie Friday, 12 February 2010 04:02
My heart goes out to the passengers and families of Continental 3407 on the First Anniversary of a horrific airline disaster. A disaster that could be avoided with experienced Pilots. I am overcome with sadness today remembering the events. My deepest sympathy...Denise Lockie Flight 1549 Survivor
Katie Friday, 12 February 2010 03:45
I am so sorry for your loss, and want to thank you for standing up to the "understood status quo" when it comes to pilot fatigue & the airlines placing greater value on the dollar than human life; things get the way they are due to slow desensitization - my heart breaks for you all and I pray God will bless your efforts to wake up the ones who can do something about it. Facebook is a very effective site to spread this message, do you have a site there I can link to or become a "fan" of?
Shawn Friday, 12 February 2010 03:38
My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
Dianna Friday, 12 February 2010 03:30
You have inspired me to write to my Senators from Vermont. Please except my sincere gratitude for all you are doing to make it safe to fly. Our prayers are with all of you for your loss.
Kathleen Friday, 12 February 2010 03:24
Thank you for your efforts to increase pilot training. I travel alot for my job and am always amazed at the number of customers traveling every day, and I feel it is absolutely necessary to have pilots who can receive proper training. I hope to join you in your efforts to make this happen! God Bless you and all families affected by this tragedy.
Rebecca Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:53
Hold steadfast to your faith and know that I am praying for each of you as you walk the walk. Words simply cannot express the love, admiration, and hope I have for you all! Rebecca "Becky" Gonzalez
ralph paduano Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:31
I know Mike Loftus,the father of Madeline Loftus,we flew airplanes together at CAL and PBA airlines...My condolences to You and your family!!!
Peg Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:02
Robin, Jennifer, and your other flight 3407 family members and friends, my heart still has not healed for the wonderful perople on that flight. There is hardly a day that goes by that I dont remember Darren, Ernie, Jerry and Steve. I will wear red tomorrow, I will turn my porch lights on and I will walk the memorial walk in memory of my 4 co-workers. I have sent my letters to the senators and the president as you suggested. I cannot imagine your hurt. I thank you for your endeavors for flight safety. I am banning flying because I cannot feel safe any longer - knowing what I know now because of your efforts in your fight for airline safety. Until then, I pray for you and yours from the bottom of my heart. Rest in peace, Darren, Jerry, Ernie & Steve!
Chris Monteleon Thursday, 11 February 2010 15:52
Well be walking with you in spirit and our thoughts and prayers are with you, especially tomorrow, February 12. Chris Monteleon, Executive Director Assn of FAA Whistleblowers email@example.com
Anon Thursday, 11 February 2010 15:34
For all of those touched by this tragedy, you continue to remain in our thoughts and prayers. The families from American Eagle Flight 4184
Carol Burger-Weinman Thursday, 11 February 2010 11:40
I am sorry for each and every one of your losses. I have sent the 4 emails to senators and the President. You are an inspiration to me
Jeff Kotas Thursday, 11 February 2010 11:01
To the families, I have thought of you every day for a year. I am humbled, proud of and grateful for your commitment to us. I wrote the following letter to the Syracuse newspaper and hope that it will be printed, and I hope you know how very sorry so many people are for your loss. Sincerely, Jeff Kotas To the Editor: Flight 3407 from Newark to Buffalo crashed one year ago, taking the lives of all 49 people on board plus one person on the ground. The victims included Dawn Monachino and Jennifer Neill, and Jennifer's unborn son. Jen and Dawn were traveling home from a business meeting I hosted in Newark. They were both bright young women on top of their game, and both spent the last two days of their lives among a small group of colleagues who had become very close friends. I sent them off on a shuttle to the airport knowing they were safe, but as we all know, nobody on that plane or on the ground under its path was safe. Despite intense efforts by the victims' families not enough has been done to make us safer. The crash of Flight 3407 was no accident. It reveals a deep systemic failure, and under the status-quo it is likely to happen again. The families of flight 3407 need your help to change the status-quo. They want to cut the odds that this will happen again, but they need our help to do it. Please visit www.3407memorial.com today to find out more. I will close with a quote from the site: "None of us wish for another family to go through the pain and suffering we have been through and we are doing everything in our power to promote positive change in the aviation industryâ€Â. Please take a minute or two to visit the site as we remember that terrible day. And, thank you to the families whose strength and character inspire us as they fight this battle on our behalf. Jeff Kotas
Chris and Anne McIntyre Thursday, 11 February 2010 09:51
Our prayers are with all the families at this time.We want to see the legislation passed to help prevent such tragedies from occuring again.We will contact our lawmakers in support of all your efforts
Nimet Manji Thursday, 11 February 2010 09:47
How anxious we were, the minute the flight was mentioned on the screen, we could not wait to see him. Every second that passed we felt more and more anxious. The moment we over heard what had happened, we did not want to believe. A part of us died that day, and even though we cannot compare your loss to ours, but we can surely say we are feeling what you might be.... we will alway be there for you. May the Lord give the departed soul eternal peace and may he give you all the courage to go on....Amen! Our prayers and love for you will alway be there..
Robin Smith Thursday, 11 February 2010 09:12
Bernie Thursday, 11 February 2010 05:38
My thoughts and prayers are with you all. You are all an inspiration to us
Ellen Wednesday, 10 February 2010 22:15
Sending my thoughts and strength to you. I hope that something can be done to change the culture of financial influence in Washington. It is sad that the government has failed to provide adequate oversight with regard to these airlines. I wish you well in your efforts to improve airline safety and am sorry you have suffered such profound loss. You honor those you lost through your work.
Debra Wednesday, 10 February 2010 17:09
My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. I work for a different airline that had to deal with a similar crash a few years ago. I keep hearing th pilots say that we need to change the work rules for fatigue but what we MUST do is STOP allowing pilots to commute to work like the FO did in the Colgan crash. The pilots never want to talk about fatigue when it comes to commuting but I know MANY like the COlgan FO who will commute all night to get to their base. Make airline REQUIRE their employees/pilots to have their domicile in their base. Pilots are responsible for their own controlled fatigue as well.
Aaron Wednesday, 10 February 2010 16:41
Your strength and your drive to make the skies safer for us all is inspiring... and I am grateful. You are all in my thoughts and prayers every night, and every time I step foot on a plane. May God bless you and bring you comfort in this time of tragedy. My porch light will be shining bright Friday night.
Kim Emes Wednesday, 10 February 2010 11:45
Scott and Families, As a private investgators, I would avail my services to you and the families if the need arises. Kim R. Emes KRE Security/Investigations, Inc. Hamburg, PA 18526 610-562-0971
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Why would you do that?!Posted: October 3, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: epic, fail, fire balls, funny, joke, LOL, must watch, postaday2011, postaweek2011, stupid Leave a comment
FUCK FUCK FUCK THE STEERING WHEELPosted: June 21, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: epic, fail, funny, holyshit, joke, life's a joke, LOL, must watch, postaday2011, postaweek2011, streeing wheel, wtf Leave a comment
I get the feeling that this is going to get a lot a lot a lot of views in the future.
You have a death wish punk?Posted: June 8, 2011 Filed under: Rants, Video | Tags: fail, funny, interesting, parody, party rock anthem, postaday2011, postaweek2011, short story 1 Comment
I was going to do a really boring post. But something happened right before I reached home.
So I was at a cross junction. The traffic lights were red. There was a car beside me which suddenly revved up it's engine.
Then he let the brakes go, the tires screeched, he zoomed forward at an amazing speed.
And he travelled 5 meters.
Before he slammed the brakes because he realized that he was looking at the wrong traffic light, he almost got himself killed cause well, the traffic light turned green, but not for his direction.
Then, he reversed slowly back into his place. All the pedestrians turned and stared at him. A middle age guy laughing in his car cause of the screw up he made.
Of course, when the traffic lights turned green for real, he didn't try that same antic again cause he just embarrassed the balls out of him.
So yeah, it was pretty interesting and funny at the same time. That's a classic example of fail + you have a death wish.
Alright, now for the boring part. Skated again, so. I'm really really tired. I'm going to sleep right after writing this post. So uhhh. Since the work is pretty much from morning to night. I MIGHT, not be able to write any posts for the next 3~4 days.
BUT, of course, being the awesome me, I SHOULD be able to squeeze some time before I head off and before I jump into lala land. We'll see about that! So since it's a pain in the ass to make another post for this. Here's a pretty interesting parody of the addictive, Party Rock Anthem.
Even fails look beautiful in slow-moPosted: May 28, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: fail, funny, postaday2011, postaweek2011, random, skateboard, slow mo Leave a comment
I wish there was more epic fails. But this works~
Obama's limo gets stuckPosted: May 24, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: epic, fail, funny, joke, LOL, obama, postaday2011, postaweek2011 1 Comment
Epic grind failPosted: May 11, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: epic, fail, funny, grinding, LOL, postaday2011, postaweek2011, retarded, wtf 1 Comment
This is the fail video I promised you. S, L and A.
Wipeout!Posted: May 3, 2011 Filed under: Video | Tags: epic, fail, funny, joke, LOL, postaday2011, wipeout 4 Comments
Ah shit, I nearly forgot to blog.
Let's just start with something light and funny ^^


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Between touch-ups, "brighten dull tones" with a peroxide-free temporary dye such as Roux Fanci-Full Temporary Haircolor Rinse, which "fades with each shampoo."
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These stunning customizable cufflinks feature a 10 karat yellow gold letter (you can choose any letter you wish) on a solid sterling silver circle. The background has a sandblasted finish and the border is shiny, creating an eye-catching contrast, making the gold letter pop.
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"Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to be right."
"Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted."
"There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men."
"The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world."
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
"I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the crew were very good and the fact that we shot in LA in the real Hollywood, studios and houses. We shot in the bed of Mary Pickford, and you cannot be any more accurate than that, so that helped a lot."
"Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things."
"If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq."
"Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city."
"A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past."
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As the 2018 Oscarswrapped, the stars—and their fashions—headed to Vanity Fair's annual after-party. Rest assured—it was as glamorous as ever.
Following the usual party protocol, actors and actresses, models and moguls lined the blue and white carpet at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills Sunday night, dressed to the nines in designer garb.
While the famous faces struck poses solo or alongside their significant others, the most A-list partner of the night was the Oscar statue, which this year's winners toted to the soirée with pride.
As to be expected of the recurring bash, there was no shortage of style as stars sported vivid colors, embellished fabrics and creative cuts.


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Silk combo Alexander Wang dress is so simple at first sight. His clothing always look simple but stylish the same time.
It retails at Saks, Barneys and eLuxury for $365, what maybe too much for simple summer dress. Therefore, I offer you an affordable alternative by dELiAs Marina dress:
This cotton is not exactly the same, but resembles Wang a lot. So for summer, I think it's a good option :)
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Filing for county and township offices will begin at noon Monday and end at noon March 3.
The Crawford County Election Commission's office, located behind the Crawford County Courthouse in Van Buren, will be open from noon until 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Members of the local Republican and Democratic parties will be on hand to accept candidate filing fees and provide appropriate forms.
Members of those parties will be at the election commission office again March 3 from 8 a.m. until noon to assist local candidates in filing with their respective political parties.
Democratic candidates may file by contacting Crawford County Democratic Committee Chairman Bill Taylor at (479) 650-9955 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Feb. 24-28.
Republican candidates may file at SPMI at 1701 Main St. from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 24-28. A member of the local Republican Party will be present to accept filing fees and provide appropriate forms.
Republican candidates wishing to file should contact Republican Party of Crawford County Chairman Mark Shaffer at (479) 414-3320 or email to email@example.com. They can also contact Secretary Dorothy Cox at (479) 259-5476 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Candidates may obtain filing information from the Crawford County Clerk's office. For more information call the clerk's office at (479) 474-1312.
After filing with the county Republican or Democratic party, candidates must provide written evidence of filing fee payment and additional paperwork to the county clerk before noon on March 3.
Candidates for state representative, state senate or state-wide office, or federal positions, should contact their state political party headquarters and file their forms with the secretary of state.
Candidates for judicial positions and prosecuting attorney also should contact the secretary of state's office.


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With the White House race nearing an end, it's time for America's political pundits to face that fact that millions of voters will in fact be worried about Mitt Romney's Mormon faith on Election Day.
Many will be offended by what they believe are the intolerant, narrow teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on marriage. Others will be worried about Mormonism's history of opposing abortion rights.
"There really is a large group of people in America who won't vote for Mitt Romney for president because he is a Mormon," noted Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes, in a recent Institute on Religion and Democracy lecture.
"It's a very large group and there is a name for them — liberals."
This isn't the God-and-politics story most media insiders wanted to talk about during the 2012 campaign, said Barnes, who also works as a commentator for Fox News. The religion hook this time around was supposed to be clashes between Romney and Trinitarian Christians who consider Mormonism, at best, a sect or, at the worst, a "theological cult" with its own prophet, scriptures and unorthodox doctrines on the nature of God and other eternal matters.
But a strange thing happened somewhere during the campaign. According to a number of political polls, the overwhelming majority of Christian conservatives quietly decided they could vote for the Republican nominee without endorsing his views on heaven, hell and the mysteries of the Godhead.
In one Gallup survey this past summer, potential voters were asked: "If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be a Mormon, would you vote for that person?" While 10 percent of Republicans answered "no," this negative stance toward Mormon candidates rose to 18 percent among self-declared "independents" and 24 percent among Democrats.
Another piece of pre-election research — the American National Election Studies (.pdf), by a scholar at the University of Sydney — found that anxieties among evangelical Protestants have actually declined somewhat in recent years, with 36 percent expressing an "aversion" to Mormon candidates in 2007 and 33 percent feeling the same way in 2012.Meanwhile, anti-Mormon attitudes among non-religious voters rose from 21 percent in 2007 to 41 percent in 2012. Among voters who called themselves "liberals," this aversion to Mormons rose from 28 percent to 43 percent during that same period. Political and religious liberals, according to this study, are now 10 percent more likely than evangelical Protestants to harshly prejudge Mormon candidates.
The key for many Protestants is that, after decades of trying to Christianize American history, it has become very hard for them not to think of the president as a kind of "religious mascot" instead of as a politician, said the Rev. Russell D. Moore, speaking at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. A recording of this forum, entitled "The Mormon Moment: Religious Conviction and the 2012 Election," was later posted on the Internet.
"I heard someone in recent days say, 'I would never vote for anyone who is not an authentically professing evangelical Christian,' " said Moore, who leads the seminary's school of theology. "If that's the case, then as far as I can see, you have about three candidates in the last 100 years or so … that you could possibly vote for: William Jennings Bryan, Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush."
Instead of focusing on a shopping list of doctrines, religious voters will need to focus on a more practical question when they enter voting booths, said Moore. They should ask: "Between these two people — President Obama and Gov. Romney — who is going to do the best for the common good and in protecting the United States of America and all the other questions that we've got to keep in mind?"
Meanwhile, admitted Barnes, there are "small pockets" of evangelicals in the Bible Belt who remain convinced that members of their flocks must not compromise by voting for a Mormon. However, most religious conservatives have concluded that they fear Romney's faith less than they fear a second term for Barack Obama.
The experts also know that, "just as a matter of political geography, the few holdouts, if you want to call them that, tend to be in states where Mitt Romney probably doesn't need their votes," said Barnes. "He will carry states like Tennessee and South Carolina and Georgia … very easily."


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Mailing‐List Chicken Littles
Watch out for privacy alarmists who argue that businesses ought to get consumers' permission before trading information about them with other businesses. Consumers do not need cumbersome regulation of the information that businesses use to design and market new products. Junk mail and credit reporting have their drawbacks, but the benefits of easily available credit and shopping at home far outweigh their costs.
If such a proposal were adopted, collections of data about consumers' behavior would become more scarce. That would retard competition: Small businesses that could have used that information to target potential customers and compete with larger and better‐established firms would be locked out. Ultimately, that would hurt consumers.
Credit‐reporting agencies burdened with red tape would find it harder to collect data on people's buying habits and payment practices. That would again hurt consumers, making more of us bear the costs of others' fraud and making credit harder to get and more expensive.
Indeed, if the privacy restrictions were already law, consumer‐credit reporting might never have developed. We still would be stuck in the days when you could get credit only from a local storekeeper in your home town, and poor people could not get credit at all. New Information‐processing technologies will produce many unforeseen benefits for consumers– business offerings tailored to the needs of diverse customers that no one knew existed before. New privacy restrictions would mean that most of those new ventures would never get off the ground.
Under new privacy restrictions, firms that could afford to send direct mail would no longer be able to target it effectively. That would lead to fewer, more expensive options for those who shop at home because their mobility is restricted– the elderly, the disabled, rural residents and anyone without a car.
We should not pass laws rooted in irrational fear of new technology. Businesses always have used information about their customers to provide better services.
Why would we want to rewrite privacy law? One theory is that we should "own" information about ourselves– so, if a business collects that information, it must ask our permission before it uses it. But if I buy a lawn mower from Sears, at least two entities are involved in the sale– Sears and I. It makes no sense to say that I "own" information about the sale and Sears doesn't. If Sears collects information about lawn mower sales, creating a valuable database, the value of the list should belong to Sears.
Proposals that would restrict the free flow of information under the guise of privacy have a certain emotional appeal. Spurious concerns about privacy spring up because it is fashionable to fret about the dangers of the Internet or any other new technology.
To feed those fears, privacy alarmists obscure crucial distinctions between different types of information. Customers have a right to expect that medical information will be kept private. And information collected or created by the government (Social Security numbers, drivers' license information, and tax information) should not be sold commercially, because of the danger that government will abuse its unique power to collect or use that information. But there is simply no reason to fear trade in information about the sale of shoes or garden tools.
Privacy advocates frequently rely on myths about how businesses actually use the information they collect. Businesses consider collections of information about their customers very valuable and try to keep the information private. They sell that information only through a third party called a fulfillment house, which uses it to generate mailing labels. The marketer who buys the mailing labels does not see the original information. The fulfillment house must also keep the consumer information secret to protect its reputation.
We should not pass laws rooted in irrational fear of new technology. Businesses always have used information about their customers to provide better services. When people lived in the same small town from birth to death, storekeepers relied on their personal knowledge of their customers' needs to improve their businesses. Today, more and more transactions take place between strangers over electronic networks.
The information about those transactions will naturally be stored on electronic networks, too. In principle, that is nothing new. In practice, access to more information will give businesses extraordinary opportunities to be more responsive to their customers– if they are permitted to use it.


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For the Norwegian author I went with Knut Nærum, I think he is hilarious, he is the author I read some Easter Crime books of here.
This book is called PEER, and is a sort of child friendly, shorter and more updated version of Peer Gynt by Ibsen with songs since the author thought the original lacked that.
Unfortunately I only knew a couple of the songs in this book, but the opening made the whole book worth reading. The opening is from Beauty and the Beast, the song the villagers sing about Belle only here they are singing about Peer. I won't lie I started singing out loud in this sequence and it was well written and flowed nicely like a song should, not at all like badly written songs by relatives for a special party. The book in it self was short and written like the play but I did enjoy it. I read it on a Sunday while Mister M struggled to stay awake reading whatever he was reading and eventually I was reading accompanied by Mister M's snoring. A quite enjoyable day.
Speaking of Mister M, he likes this Finnish author and he has read most of his books although in Finnish so I can't borrow them from him so I thought I could borrow the ones from the local library, and (not the one about the hare because Mister M can't remember if the hare fares badly and I don't want to read about a dead hare), somehow I managed to borrow two books Mister M has never read.
Arto Paasilinna, who I for some reason call Pasinen.... Or Pasonen.
Adam og Eva was a good book, I liked this one more than the other. Adam is divorced with a load of kids and is struggling with his battery business, he owns a lot of back taxes and in the middle of this he is inventing a new kind of battery. He meets the drunken lawyer Eva who helps him financially while he finishes his battery, but not everyone wants him to succeed. The oil-business is not too happy and sends an assassin to kill him.
The pace of this book was fast and the twists was fun and the characters unusual, I loved the book until it's final chapter, then I hated it, but I do think it ended how it should have.
Herre min hatt, was not quite so enjoyable in my opinion, it felt a bit half finished, like it should have another 50 pages or so.
This book is about God, he is tired and wants a vacation, so he asks Gabriel and St.Peter to find a replacement for a year or so and Birger Ryynänen is chosen. He is a crane driver and often prays in his little crane high above the city, if he is not reading something.
There are a lot of fun twists here too even if I am not quite happy with how heaven is pictured or how heaven is managed. But I do like the idea of heaven being situated in Finland in an old big wood church in Kerimäki.
Then I read two books (I have not yet read the third) from Jonas Jonasson, a Swede.
And these books were rather fun! I am not sure I have a favourite out of the two, they are both good, but in Analfabeten som kunne regne one of the main characters is female, the other females in the other books were not main characters I think. This book starts in South Africa and ends in Sweden with a girl who can read and can write and count and a man who does not exist and his brother who does and his angry girlfriend and a nuclear bomb which also does not exist but also does....
Well I can't explain it, just read it...
Morder-Anders og hans venner (samt en og annen uvenn)
I think this book is the book I might have snorted out loud when reading, I like reading about shady characters and some cartoon violence and twisting and turning and unlikely events.
Morder-Anders is as his name implies a murderer but he is not a murderer by trade, he is a torpedo and hits people in their knee if he gets paid for it, but things are not going so well because he can't differentiate between right and left... And then he meets a receptionist and a priest who does not believe in God and together they join forces....
I wish I found an Icelandic book, but the librarian could not find one from the top of her curly head and I did have plenty of books so I thought I could not finish all of them in time, which I didn't, I still have one book left, Hundreåringen som klatret ut gjennom vinduet og forsvant.
I have now read
16 17 of 52 books.
I hurriedly read the last of the humour books and I just finished in time to take it back to the library.
I liked it, and funnily enough Paasilinna was mentioned in this book, that the events were almost taken from one of his books which I found rather amusing. Other than that I can say that I probably would have liked this better if I had read it before the other two. I have a tendency of getting "sick" of a writer's style after a while and even if it was funny and good written I think I would have liked it more if I had read it before the others. But I still think it is better than the "analfabet" one.
This book is about a hundred year old man who gets up and leaves through the window of his own birthday party and disappears. Then he meets people and things happen. Here we also get two timelines and hear about the man's life and it is rather entertaining. I haven't seen the movie, but I might. I would recommend all of these books to read if you want a funny fast reading unbelievable novel.


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Engage Your Core
I was watching the US Golf Open this past weekend and I heard one of the runner-ups talking about why he missed a critical putt during the final round. "I just didn't engage my core as I stood over and putted the ball" he told his inquisitor. His comments reminded me of what my physical therapist told me a few months ago after I went to see her about some back pain I was experiencing. "Engage your core by tightening your abdominal muscles when you are doing different activities like walking, stretching and lifting weights" she told me. I guess she forgot to include my golf swing. Engaging and strengthening core or abdominal muscles is a popular activity today. Yoga Read More


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Many more ladies joined Yasmin Le Bon on the red carpet for the 2010 Marie Claire Prix de la Mode Awards in Spain last night.
Judith Masco looked stunning wearing an asymmetrical Cortana Alta Costura blue devore gown which really caught my eye.
Anne Igartiburu wore a cream Alberta Ferretti embroidered silk Georgette dress from the Fall 2010 collection which we've seen on Australian actress/singer Natalie Imbruglia.
Amaya Montero opted for a sleek sophisticated look by wearing a black velvet Giorgio Armani Fall 2010 gown.
Katerina Strygina wore a black Hannibal Laguna strapless gown with his trademark peplum on the waist.
Laura Medina was very sexy in head-to-toe beige Gucci, whilst Rossy de Palma made this Azzedine Alaia Fall 2010 look very comical.
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Happy Mother Goose day, everybody! On this day celebrating nursery rhymes, I'm of course thinking of one of my favorites: This little piggy.
Almost every parent I know has played this fun little game with their kids, tickling a different toe for each "piggy," then giving all-over tickles as the piggies go, "wee, wee, wee, all the way home."
While this is a fun and silly little game, it becomes less enjoyable if your child is experiencing toe-pain.
Pain in the toes can be a big deal for kids as the business of childhood is running and playing and, unfortunately this kind of foot problem is quite common. Children are very prone to developing two
problems that affect the toes—ingrown toenails and athlete's foot (a fungal infection that can develop between the toes.)
Ingrown toenails are very painful because the sharp nail (usually on the big toe) grows into and cuts the skin of that toe. Repeated impact (like from kicking balls or outgrowing shoes) can inj
ure the nail and alter the course of its growth, causing this condition. Obviously, kids are often at risk of developing this problem.
Athlete's foot is a fungus that can be picked up anywhere; it thrives in moist, sweaty socks and does its best when proper foot hygiene is not followed (something kids are often guilty of). If left untreated, it can spread quickly and cause serious discomfort.
When our children are young, we read them Mother Goose rhymes and play with their piggies. As they grow up, it's our duty to protect those piggies (and the rest of our children's feet) from pain. I hope you will allow me, as your Houston podiatrist, to help keep your children walking, running and playing without discomfort.


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How To Destroy Angels – The Space in Between
How to Destroy Angels is a musical group featuring Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor, his wife Mariqueen Maandig and Atticus Ross. Rob Sheridan is the group's art director. The Space In Between is the second song to be released from the group, following A Drowning.
The music video has been directed by Rupert Sanders.Also tagged blood, candle, cigs, door, fire, flower, phone, shoes, television, Trent Reznor, water, window


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