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Incentive auctions: Preparing for the Avalanche of Data
It's begun! The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today launched an important new proceeding that, together with a lot of hard work and some policy leadership, will allocate much-needed radio spectrum for broadband. Called "incentive auctions," the concept is relatively simple – ask the broadcasters how much they want for their licenses, decide which broadcaster "bids" to accept, repackage that spectrum and auction it off to mobile carriers.
We at Cisco know first-hand the pressures our carrier customers face, as consumers continue to adopt more and more powerful mobile computing devices – phones, tablets, laptops and more. Cisco's Visual Networking Index has illuminated for policymakers the dimensions of the transition by consumers to data and video. In the US, Cisco projects mobile data will increase 16 times from 2011 through 2016, to 1.7 exabytes per month, up from an estimated 0.2 exabytes per month in 2012.
All those packets use radio spectrum, and as we've seen this year from the acceleration of deal-making among holders of spectrum, there is a scramble on to find enough spectrum to ensure that consumer demand can be met. Even with these deals, carriers must have more spectrum, and the next place where it will be found is the UHF television bands.
Incentive auctions represent the first time a regulator will create a market mechanism to allow broadcasters to exit their spectrum in exchange for compensation, permitting the FCC to repurpose that spectrum for mobile broadband.
Among the key issues to watch:
- Will the FCC be able to keep this proceeding on track to culminate in auctions in 2014? By then, spectrum needs will be critical.
- How quickly will the FCC articulate clear and comprehensive rules that will allow broadcasters to make an informed judgment about whether to participate?
- Has the FCC correctly implemented Congressional direction to permit unlicensed use in guardbands to the extent technically reasonable to present interference to adjacent bands? Have they proposed too much unlicensed? Not enough?
- And one issue Congress will be watching closely. Does Congress think that the sum total of the FCC's proposed rules mean that the FCC will realize enough money to fund the new public safety broadband network at $7 billion, in addition to deficit reduction?
The undertaking begun today is huge. The FCC, which invented spectrum auctions back in the 1990s, will now call "incentive auctions" to life. They are the world's experts on these topics and there will be a lot of detailed conversation in the next months. Cisco, carriers and consumers will be watching.
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When 'Machine-to-Machine' Revolution Meets 'Smart Cities': A Glimpse into the Discussions inside San Diego Public Sector + Tech Community
A "Smart Cities" special event was organized in San Diego on June 27 by the Daniel Obodovski, a Director at Qualcomm. Daniel serves as the Co-Chair of a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Special Interest Group (SIG) of CommNexus San Diego, a non-profit technology industry association that works to accelerate the formation, growth, and success of the technology industry in the San Diego region.
The M2M SIG is focused on wirelessly connected devices, which fall outside of the mobile phone and tablet space, commonly referred to as "the Internet of Things" (IoT) – the wireless connectivity between the virtual and physical world around us. The M2M SIG addresses a spectrum of issues of the machine-to-machine area including: time-to-market challenges, new business models, market opportunities, technology constraints and solutions. This is a new SIG within CommNexus San Diego, and it aims to connect the best carriers of expertise with developers, entrepreneurs and investors. Forums such as this "Smart Cities" special event are one example of how they make these connections.
The "Smart Cities" special event assembled a panel of experts to discuss the existing solutions that make cities smarter, plans for the future, technology challenges and ways companies and city governments can address them, and last but not least, based on the example of the City of San Diego. I joined San Diego tech visionaries: Eric D. Martinez, Project Engineer, Demand Response, Emerging Technologies Department – San Diego Gas & Electric; Jacques Chirazi, Program Manager – Clean Tech at City of San Diego; and David Lee, Graduate Researcher – MIT Sensable City Lab.
After a lively, thoughtful discussion, a few takeaways emerged:
- Major sectors of the economy are undergoing a transformation – much of it driven by new requirements, which in turn impacts such things as traffic management, data analytics, and machine-to-machine communication. The resulting transition from traditional proprietary networks towards Ethernet and IP is accelerating the growth of this multi-billion dollar market.
- Manufacturers need solutions that intelligently connect all parts of the value chain so that they can share information with every department, employee, partner, and customer quickly and easily. As an aside, and in response to this trend, Cisco solutions are being designed to fundamentally change the competitive landscape by providing intelligent, timely information and collaboration capabilities in context, continuous innovation, a differentiated customer experience, supply chain agility and operational excellence.
- Manufacturing, transportation, utilities, automotive, oil and gas, mining, military, service providers and other sectors are undergoing a transformation driven by new requirements around factory floor automation, traffic management, data analytics, smart grid, smart cities and machine-to-machine communication. We are moving fast towards a world in which all devices, machines, and vehicles are becoming connected and integrated with traditional enterprise networks and service providers.
- Public sector leaders are only just getting around to acknowledging this M2M revolution, the IoT, and the implications for the delivery of government services.
As the result of the current state of affairs, objects that gather and communicate data are becoming ubiquitous. In the IoT, which Gartner cites as one of the "Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012," objects embedded with sensors, actuators, or tags can communicate over wired and wireless networks.
Where will the first big breakthroughs be showing up? From this event in San Diego there seemed to be no doubt about it: the connected vehicle. Not surprising that this should be a key focus for Cisco. In an important Cisco IBSG white paper, "Connected Vehicles: Service Providers at a Crossroads," we can see clearly how that future is beginning to look, especially as seen from the standpoint of the service provider.
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Winners and losers from the Conservative Political Action Conference
Sunday, February 13, 2011; 11:59 PM
The Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual rite of passage for Republicans with an eye on the presidency, concluded over the weekend with Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) emerging as the winner of the gathering's 2012 straw poll.
But sometimes winning can actually be closer to losing - as in Paul's case - and losing (or at least not finishing in the top few in the straw poll) can mask a winning performance at the three-day convention.
Below is the Fix's look at some of the less obvious winners and losers from CPAC.
l Mitt Romney: For the former Massachusetts governor, the expected front-runner in the 2012 nomination fight, his goal with his CPAC speech was to do no harm. He did far better than that with a very well-received address and a strong second-place finish in the straw poll. If any of the top-tier candidates strengthened their hand at CPAC, it was Romney.
l Mitch Daniels: The Indiana governor's sobering speech about the danger of the country's growing debt was a sharp contrast to the red-meat heavy addresses of his potential rivals for the 2012 nod. Although the speech was received politely in the hall, it was met with effusive praise by the party's smart set, the national media and, interestingly, the Drudge Report.
l Michele Bachmann: No candidate benefited more from the absence of social conservative rock stars Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee than the Minnesota congresswoman. Bachmann's speech kicking off CPAC had the crowd on its feet and she was regularly surrounded by a cadre of admirers everywhere she went at the convention.
l Rick Perry: The Texas governor may have had the toughest speaking slot of the three-day conference, as his address came directly after Paul delivered his remarks. As hundreds of Paul-ites were shuffling out of the room, Perry took the stage to tout his now-familiar message about states' rights and anti-Washington rhetoric. By the end of the address, he had the crowd in the palm of his hand - proving again that if he reconsiders his past pledge not to run for president, he will be a formidable force.
l Chris Christie: The New Jersey governor - and national conservative sensation - didn't address the CPAC crowd but still managed to tie for third place in the straw poll, beating out a number of 2012 wannabes who did deliver speeches.
l Ron Paul: Yes, he won the straw poll for the second straight year. But his speech - heavy on talk of defunding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as odd pronouncements such as "Government should never be able to do anything you can't do" - displayed the limits of his reach within the GOP. Paul is a sensation, but among only a sliver of the Republican electorate.
l Rick Santorum: CPAC attendees should have been a perfect fit for the former senator's brand of social conservatism. And, for those who watched his speech, Santorum (Pa.) did just fine. But, the room was less than two-thirds full during his remarks - an attendance issue that highlighted his potential difficulties in breaking through in the crowded field.
l Orrin Hatch: On one hand, the Utah senator's willingness to face down his conservative critics at CPAC is worthy of admiration. On the other, the rocky reception he received could presage problems for him next year as he seeks the nomination. Asked about his vote for the Troubled Assets Relief Program in 2008, Hatch acknowledged that voting for the legislation was "probably" a mistake before pivoting to note that the country would have gone into an economic depression without TARP.


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INDEPENDENCE — Approximately 10 percent of offenders at River North Correctional Center in Independence are now regularly attending River North Men's Fellowship Church, according to the facility's new chaplain.
R.B. Anderson is conducting services while also in training at River North, after having recently been hired by the River North Ministry Council (RNMC) to the part-time chaplain position.
INDEPENDENCE — The River North Ministry Council voted at its Oct. 31 meeting to advertise for the hiring of a chaplain to serve at the new River North Correctional Center in Independence.
Council members voted unanimously to begin advertising the position in area newspapers this week. Applications will be reviewed on Nov. 30, and interviews will begin Dec. 2.
Aug. 30 marked the beginning of a new chapter for P.U.S.H. Ministries, as it moved from Rooftop of Virginia to Chelsi's Place in downtown Galax.
The move is a turning point for the ministry, which has seen fast growth with Rooftop since they joined forces more than a year ago.
When P.U.S.H. partnered with Rooftop, Pastor Jill Burcham said that the original goal was to start their Surrogate Daughter program, an ongoing estate sale to financially assist the senior population with financial problems.
The Rev. Dr. Helen Beasley of the Episcopal/Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Galax recently received her Doctor of Ministry degree from the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria.
With five years of difficult class work behind her, Beasley said she is excited to utilize what she learned to usher in a new level of spiritual healing within her church.
Beasley was one of 17 graduates in this summer's commencement ceremony, the highest number of students to graduate from the program at one time, according to the seminary's newsletter.
INDEPENDENCE — Members of the recently established River North Ministry Council (RNMC) has made it their mission to install a prison chaplain at River North Correctional Facility by the day the first inmate arrives, but the biggest challenge facing the group is finding individuals and groups to pledge funding for the position.
RNMC, including pastors and residents of the Twin Counties and surrounding areas, met Aug. 22 at Independence First United Methodist Church to elect an executive council and discuss other new developments.
INDEPENDENCE — River North Correctional Facility is anticipated to provide a significant boost to local businesses and increase employment in Independence and Grayson County when it opens this fall, but another significant way it has already impacted the county is by unifying many area churches and religious groups with a common goal of ministering to inmates.
Local churches are uniting to bring a four-night youth event back to Galax on July 21-24, this year with a focus on extreme sports and skateboarding.
A Galax ministry is helping the elderly, the hungry and young men in need of life skills with a variety of innovative programs.
Also included in P.U.S.H. Ministries' list of programs is Chainbreakers, a series of classes specifically tailored to teach important life skills to young men in the community.
P.U.S.H. Ministries is looking to the community for help to fight hunger in our community with its "Feeding the 5,000" program.
The ministry's food bank helps provide food for more than 130 families each month.
According to Pastor Jill Burcham, the program is named after a story in the Bible where Jesus miraculously feeds 5,000 of his followers by breaking apart five loaves of bread and two fish.
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WASHINGTON -- President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill, who are holding up a government spending bill in an attempt to eliminate money for the healthcare law, not to "threaten to burn the house down simply because you haven't gotten 100% of your way. "
"My message to Congress is this: Do not shut down the government. Do not shut down the economy," the president said in a late-afternoon appearance in the White House briefing room. "Pass a budget on time. Pay our bills on time. Refocus on the everyday concerns of the American people."
Obama spoke hours after the Senate passed a measure that would keep the government running until through Nov. 15, using existing spending levels and retaining budget cuts implemented earlier this year. Democrats in the chamber stripped out a measure that would have ended spending on Obamacare.
The bill faces major obstacles in the Republican-led House, where conservatives want to use Monday's midnight deadline to pass a spending bill to achieve their long-sought goal of undermining the healthcare law. After more than three years of preparation, the centerpiece of the Obamacare program, insurance marketplaces, is due to open for business on Tuesday.
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"Those marketplaces will be open for business on Tuesday, no matter what, even if there's a government shutdown," Obama said. "That's a done deal."
House Republican leaders were deliberating Friday on whether to attach new provisions to the Senate spending bill, such as repealing a tax on medical devices or instituting a one-year delay of the requirement that individuals have health insurance. Both measures might find support in the Senate.
Obama cast the debate as largely political posturing, accusing House Republicans of being motivated by a desire to appease the tea party. But he noted that a shutdown would have real effects, including on military families and, he noted, young congressional aides. "I realize that a lot of what's taking place right now is political grandstanding but this grandstanding has real effect on real people," he said.
The uncertainty just days before the deadline had some in Washington predicting that some government offices would be forced to close Tuesday, the first government shutdown since the 1996 budget standoff between President Clinton and then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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This one would come with a follow-up punch. On Oct. 17, when the government is due to hit the limit it can borrow unless Congress and the president agree to raise it. If that ceiling is not raised, the United States could default on its obligations. After two bruising debt ceiling fights in as many years, the White House has said it won't negotiate with Congress on the issue.
"We're not going to do this under the threat of blowing up the entire economy," Obama said. "I will not negotiate over Congress' responsibility to pay the bills that have already been racked up."
Obama said the threat of a default is "far more dangerous than a government shutdown," calling it a possible "economic shutdown" with global ramifications.
"We don't fully understand what might happen, the dangers involved, because no Congress has ever actually threatened default," he said. "But we know it would have a profound destabilizing effect on the entire economy, on the world economy, because America is the bedrock of world investment."
[Updated, 1:52 p.m. PDT Sept. 27: A spokesman for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) responded to the president's remarks by accusing him of playing politics. "Grandstanding from the president, who refuses to even be a part of the process, won't bring Congress any closer to a resolution," Brendan Buck said. "The House will take action that reflects the fundamental fact that Americans don't want a government shutdown and they don't want the train wreck that is Obamacare."]
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Cook the Book: Farro and Shrimp Salad
Coming up with truly satisfying main course salads is always something of a struggle for those of us with heartier appetites. A big pile of dressed greens and vegetables topped with a bit of meat always tastes great when the weather warms up but, more often than not is a meal that needs to be supplemented with at least a few slices of crusty bread to sate most big eaters.
This Farro and Shrimp Salad from Recipes from an Italian Summer solves the main course salad conundrum by incorporating wonderfully nutty, chewy farro into the mix. This quick cooking ancient grain works even better in a cool or room temperature preparation than straight out of the pot and absorbs the light, lemony vinaigrette beautifully. Mixed with just cooked shrimp, crunchy cucumbers and carrots, and peppery shredded arugula, this salad is just right for those days when you are hungry enough to sit down for a big meal but temperature in the kitchen isn't conducive to intensive cooking session.
I made my version without tarragon since it is one ingredient that my local market never seems to have on hand. But any herbs that you might have in the fridge or growing in your window box would do nicely, lemon thyme, chopped chives, or even mint would make a great addition to the dressing.
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- 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
- 1 tablespoon apple vinegar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon, strained
- 1 sprig flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 1 spring tarragon, chopped
- Scant 1 1/4 cups cooked farro or spelt, drained
- 11 ounces cooked, peeled shrimp
- 1 carrot, finely grated
- Generous 1 cup shredded arugula
- Salt and pepper
Put the cucumber slices in a bowl and drizzle with the vinegar. Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, parsley, and tarragon in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Put the farro, shrimp, carrot, cucumber, and arugula into a salad bowl, pour the dressing over the salad, stir, and serve.
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June spike an anomaly as online retail sales slump to lowest ever July growth
LONDON UK – August 22, 2019: Following a month of improved sales in June, retailers failed to maintain the positive momentum in July, with online sales growth slowing to just +4.4% Year-on-Year (YoY) and falling by -5.7% Month-on-Month (MoM), according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index.
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LONDON UK – July 18, 2019: With excellent weather and the start of the sale season signalling the arrival of summer, online retail sales rose by +8.5% Year-on-Year (YOY) in June, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index.
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Moses Obeid's mystery $1.5m debt
The son of former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid failed to declare in a court affidavit a $1.5 million debt to a family trust loan account, despite being a trustee, a corruption inquiry has heard.
Moses Obeid had used the sworn affidavit, which contained a personal balance sheet showing total assets of $55,500 and liabilities of $39,000, to seek a favourable court order in a Supreme Court case in February, 2012, the inquiry was told.
But he had no explanation why he had omitted the $1,538,000 debt.
"I can't answer that. I don't know," he told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Thursday.
"I would have thought anyone who owes $1.5 million can't be unaware of that," said Commissioner David Ipp.
Asked by counsel assisting, Geoffrey Watson SC, if he now acknowledged his sworn affidavit was wrong, Mr Obeid replied: "Possibly. I don't know until I speak to the accountants."
Saying he was not a "detail person", Mr Obeid said he was not aware he was a trustee, and did not know the interest arrangements or the term of the loan.
As for repayment arrangements, he said: "At some point in the future, I'm sure the trust will expect it to be repaid."
Asked if the deal was a "sham", he replied: "Look, Mr Watson, I don't agree with that. You are asking the wrong person."
"I am not," said Mr Watson. "I am asking you as a trustee."
Mr Watson also said Moses Obeid's wife had her own loan account in which she owed more than $4 million.
Questioned about his 2010 tax return, which Mr Watson said showed income of $101,000 but $167,000 in day-to-day living expenses received as a non-taxable benefit through the trust, Mr Obeid said: "We pay our tax. I can't tell you how it is structured."
The trust funded "good" homes and $100,000 cars for all of Eddie Obeid's nine children and paid their mortgages, the inquiry heard.
The ICAC is inquiring into claims centring on Mr Obeid and his former colleague, ex-Labor resources minister Ian Macdonald, including whether they rigged a 2008 tender process for coal exploration licences in the Bylong Valley, 150km west of Newcastle.
Moses Obeid on Thursday agreed that decisions taken by Mr Macdonald stood to benefit the Obeid family to the tune of $75 million.
He quibbled about a suggested potential profit of $100 million.
When taken step by step through four properties in the Bylong Valley, and the potential profit that the Obeid family could gain from each, he agreed on the approximate $75 million figure.
Mr Watson said information he received from Mr Macdonald in May/June of 2008 about the opening up of coal exploration licences in the area was not available to the public until September 9 that year.
Moses Obeid rejected Mr Watson's assertion that the Obeids had decided their "best line of defence here is to dump it all (the blame) on Mr Macdonald".
Despite Commissioner Ipp's call for restraint, there were some testy exchanges, with Mr Watson several times accusing Mr Obeid of lying.
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The California-bred horse faces the challenge of the Belmont Stakes in his attempt to win be the first Triple Crown winner since 1978.
NEW YORK -- California Chrome, product of a $10,000 breeding investment and the latest contender for horse racing's Triple Crown, is another example that in the "Sport of Kings," the winner's circle is not just for high pedigree horse royalty and wealthy owners.
"When you have the fastest horse, you're the king,'' says Terry Finley, president of West Point Thoroughbreds of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., which will send Commanding Curve into Saturday's Belmont Stakes as California Chrome tries for the first Triple Crown in 36 years.
Dan Rosenberg, owner of Rosenberg Thoroughbred Consulting of Midway, Ky., says an Englishman once told him the "Sport of Kings" reference is misleading.
"If you are playing tennis or golf or cards or any other sport against the king, you dare not win,'' says Rosenberg. "But your horse could beat his horse on the race track."
California Chrome beat them all at the Kentucky Derby in Louisville and the Preakness in Baltimore. The last test is in the longest of the three races over five weeks, the mile and a half Belmont, which gets underway at 6:35 p.m. ET after Frank Sinatra Jr. sings New York, New York. If California Chrome, accustomed to a month between races, can make it here, he'll win the first crown since Affirmed in 1978.
Twelve horses since Affirmed have won the first two legs. All have fallen short here, where California Chrome will have to overcome his modest pedigree and his state of birth. No California-bred horse is among the 11 who have won the Triple Crown.
TRIPLE CROWN: Dozen who failed 'Race of a Champion'
The owners of California Chrome aren't racing aristocrats. Steve Coburn is a press operator with a Nevada firm that makes magnetic strips for credit cards and hotel keys. Perry Martin owns a materials testing laboratory in the Sacramento, Calif., area.
Formerly small-time investors in horse ownership through a syndicate, Coburn and Martin spent $8,000 to purchase a mare, Love the Chase. For $2,000, a "stud fee" in racing lingo, they bred her with Lucky Pulpit, who had won three times in 22 starts from 2003-2006.
"Well, we got a pretty good deal," Coburn said this week during his first visit to New York.
The horse they got was California Chrome, named after his birthplace and his white marking -- four white feet and a white blaze on his forehead, called "chrome" in horses.
At age 3, he now has about $3.5 million in race winnings and a recently signed endorsement deal with the shoe firm Skechers (sneakers, not horse shoes). Coburn said before the Derby in May, with his horse on a winning streak, that he and Martin said "hell no" to a $6 million offer -- they won't disclose from whom -- for a controlling 51% interest in California Chrome.
When Coburn and Martin bought their mare, one bystander at the barn wasn't impressed and told them, "'You guys are real dumb asses if you buy this filly.'"
Hence the name of their racing group, DAP Racing -- Dumb-ass Partners.
WINNER?: Thirteen reasons California Chrome can win the Triple Crown
They have stuck with their horse and his handlers, 77-year-old trainer Art Sherman and his assistant/son Alan.
"We're just everyday guys. We work every day. ... We believed in our horse,'' says Coburn, 61, who has sported a cowboy hat and walrus mustache at each race. Win or lose, he plans to be back at work Tuesday.
'Good horses come from everywhere'
This isn't the first such tale in racing.
*Seattle Slew, 1977 winner of the Triple Crown, was purchased as a yearling for $17,500 at an auction in Kentucky by husband and wife Mickey and Karen Taylor. He had a logging business. She had been a flight attendant. They were track enthusiasts. and he had promised her a horse for their anniversary.
*Funny Cide, winner of the Derby and Preakness in 2003, was purchased for $75,000 by a group of high school pals in New York. They called their operation Sackatoga Stable, for the upstate communities of Sackets Harbor and Saratoga.
At West Point Thoroughbreds, which puts together investor syndicates to buy race horses, Commanding Curve was purchased for $75,000 at a 2-year-old sale in Ocala, Fla.
"He was not one of the higher priced horses there. ... There were probably 200 horses that sold for more money," says Finley, a U.S. Military Academy graduate who founded West Point Thoroughbreds.
Commanding Curve now has $542,434 in winnings in seven starts, an average of $77,491.
"In the horse industry, the rich guys, they get a shot to buy every good horse," Finley says. "So when you go to the sale and you're representing a partnership like I am, you're really looking for value.
"I say thank God our business is like that. ... Good horses can and do come from everywhere."
$10 million or $30 million horse?
But pedigree counts when it comes to price tags.
Current breeding stallion Tapit now commands a stud fee of $150,000 (based on producing a live foal who stands and nurses), according to Blood-Horse.com. His offspring include the 3-year-old filly Untapable, who has won $936,600 this year.
For Coburn and Martin, their mare and stallion came cheaply for a reason. The pairing of Lucky Pulpit and Love the Chase was not highly regarded in the breeding market, particularly because of their California heritage.
Of the 11 horses that have won the Triple Crown, eight were born in Kentucky and one each in Virginia, Texas and Florida, birthplace of Affirmed.
LEGENDS: Horses who have made history
California Chrome's father, Lucky Pulpit, was the son of Pulpit, who was the son of A.P. Indy -- who in 1992 won the Belmont and the Breeder's Cup Classic, the richest race in North America with its $5 million purse.
"Once in a while, there's a gene that passes through a horse that (makes him) extra special," Art Sherman says.
First foals, as California Chrome was with his parents, tend to be small and immature," Sherman says. And yet, "He's a first foal that turned out to be a superstar."
Craig Bandoroff, owner of Denali Stud in Paris, Ky., which sells thoroughbreds on consignment, has warmed to California Chrome's lineage.
"When you start to study it, there are some ingredients there that give indication that he probably is a little better bred horse than his direct lineage indicates. I would say he's an overachiever, that's for sure," says Bandoroff.
"What's kind of interesting about California Chrome is he has some real good breeding on the female side. ... Some breeding pundits will tell you that's one of the keys to a successful mating.''
After California Chrome won the Preakness, Sherman tossed out the figure that Chrome was worth $30 million.
That's an "extremely unreasonable" number, says Team Valor International founder and CEO Barry Irwin, whose horse, Animal Kingdom, won the Derby and took second in the Preakness in 2011 and won the Dubai World Cup in 2013. Animal Kingdom became a breeding stallion this year.
"He did a lot of stuff that other horses didn't do, and his pedigree is -- it's not a great pedigree, but it's a recognizable pedigree. I mean it's at least a Kentucky, real world pedigree," says Irwin.
"He's a $10 million horse. So maybe this California Chrome, if somebody went crazy, they might pay $15 million or $18 million. But 30, I don't see it."
Living the dream
If California Chrome does turn out to be worth $15 million to $18 million or more, what a great return on $10,000.
Coburn's take on how much his horse is worth? "I haven't got a clue," he says.
But just as he said it was a "done deal" before his horse won the Derby, Coburn says California Chrome will win the Triple Crown.
"California-breds, they don't give much credence to them," says Coburn. "But I think this horse has shown that he doesn't know that he was born in California, and he really doesn't care."
Coburn also has a good feeling about the Triple Crown because he's living the dream, literally.
He says that three weeks before Chrome was born he saw him in a dream. Chrome was born on Feb. 18, also the birth date of Coburn's late sister, Brenda, who died of cancer at 36.
Coburn knows it has been 36 years since a Triple Crown winner:
"I always said that (Brenda) is the colt's guardian angel."
USA TODAY Sports' Reid Cherner dishes on all the changes we've seen in the past 36 years.


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Reading 2: Goodwill Ambassador to the World
Eleanor Roosevelt had a passion for learning about people and places. She once wrote:
It was not until I reached middle years that I had the courage to develop interests of my own, outside of my duties to my family. In the beginning, it seems to me now, I had no goal beyond the interests themselves, in learning about people and conditions and the world outside our own United States. Almost at once I began to discover that interest leads to interest, knowledge leads to more knowledge, the capacity for understanding grows with the effort to understand (Roosevelt, 412).
Roosevelt not only entertained guests from the United States but from all over the world. In 1965, Dr. Franz Jonas president of Austria, described his 1952 visit with her while serving as Mayor of Vienna:
After the sightseeing tour, we were invited for lunch at Mrs. Roosevelt's home at Val-Kill and I was looking forward a great deal to meeting the venerable former First Lady. I immediately felt at home in Mrs. Roosevelt's country house. It was furnished in a style which we Viennese would call gemutlich [an Austrian word meaning warm, home-like feeling]. As I recall, also present at that lunch was a Lebanon representative to the United Nations. Mrs. Roosevelt was so animated and natural a hostess that I soon forgot to be conscious of my limited knowledge of the English language. She made me feel that a topic in which she was not interested simply did not exist. She spoke of various world matters with such assurance and such matter-of-factness that it was evident she had studied the problems thoroughly. Her main interest seemed to be the question of peace and international understanding. But equally important to her seemed to be the question of schools and education in the United States (Hershan, 80).
Roosevelt's passionate interest in the world's people was fulfilled by her appointment in 1946 to the United Nations General Assembly by President Harry S. Truman. This work required her to travel extensively for several years. She frequently commuted to New York City by train. From there she boarded a plane or a ship and traveled to many countries over the years. She became chairperson of the UN Human Rights Commission, and in two short years she became the principal author and foremost proponent of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was her work in drafting this document and in gaining its acceptance that she considered the most important work of her life. It took a bitter struggle to get it passed by the United Nation's General Assembly. Much of the opposition to the document came from the Soviet Union and other communist countries. In the end, however, there were no votes against the adoption of the Declaration in 1948, but several countries did abstain from voting.
1. How did Eleanor Roosevelt explain how her interest in people led to other interests?
2. What kind of atmosphere did visitors to Val-Kill find?
3. What did Roosevelt consider her greatest accomplishment? Why do you think it was so important to her?
4. From your knowledge of history, would you have expected the Soviet Union to be opposed to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
5. What qualities do you think Roosevelt possessed that made her a particularly valuable delegate to the newly organized United Nations?
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What will the Republican Party look like in 10 years?
What will the Republican Party look like in 10 years?
To me, this a very interesting question. The current Republican Party has become entrenched, uncompromising and unwilling to work with anyone not in complete agreement. Lee Atwater has been replaced by Karl Rove and with it the Republican center has shifted further to right.
Our system is set up on the premise of compromise. At the core of our governmental system is a willingness to work together toward a higher goal. There are simply no statesmen remaining in political power on either side. Ronald Reagan and Tip O�Neal couldn�t have been further from one another ideologically; however, the two found common ground and worked together. Where is that today?
The Democratic Party is still one of this nature. Need proof? Back in 2001 12 Democratic senators voted for President George W. Bush�s tax cuts. 12! When was the last time 12 Republicans voted for anything President Obama has sent to the floor?
Beginning with the attempt to impeach President Bill Clinton, the Grand Old Party has used every tactic in the book to remain in control. From investigations to shutting down the government to constantly using filibusters, which used to be reserved for rare occasions, Republicans seem more intent to disrupt the working of Congress and threatened the power of the office of the presidency than actually solve problems.
While these tactics have been successful on a smaller scale, national election victories have been elusive for the Grand Old Party. Republican candidates for president have lost four of the last six elections with one of its two wins in serious question.
So what is the problem? Why can�t they win the big one? Who would�ve ever thought that Obama would win so thoroughly last November? It seemed the stage has been set up perfectly for the Republicans. Poor economy, wars dragging on and, lest we forget, Obama is still a minority. Yet what happened?
I believe we will begin to see a transformation of sorts in the Republican Party. What I see happening is a conflict on the horizon. And maybe conflict is too strong a word, but a changing of the guard may be coming.
The �Old Guard� cannot win any longer. This has become increasingly clear. The extreme conservatives can and always win in local elections. By extreme conservative, I am referring to conservative fiscally, socially and politically. These guys are cut from the Jesse Helms cloth. Molded by years of Rush Limbaugh ranting, Jerry Falwell (who spawned Ralph Reid) worshipping, Ronald Reagan idolizing and �good ol� days� remembering, this group has been in power on the right for quite some time.
However, more than anything else, what the past two presidential loses has shown is that this line of thinking can no longer win at a national level. I believe we are already seeing the seeds of change in the party�s display of Marco Rubio. I think Rubio may well represent the future of the GOP, still staunchly conservative fiscally and politically, but far more liberal socially.
I believe as we move forward we will begin to see more and more right-wing candidates that fit this mold. The rub will be how the �old guard� deals with these �right-wing liberals�?
We have already seen the Tea Party cause significant disruption for moderate conservatives with their extreme politics. Could we expect anything less if a Republican candidate came out in favor of, say, gay marriage? Be interesting to see what would happen, wouldn�t it?
One of the advantages the Republicans have enjoyed during the last few decades has been that its core thought, acted and voted as one. The Democrats have always been sort of like warring tribes. Some are there for this and some are there for that, but it�s pretty rare that all liberals agree on everything or even most things.
The only way Democrats have been able to compete is when they have a charismatic candidate that can bring all the warring tribes together � for example, Clinton and Obama. The problem for the Republicans is that our nation generally doesn�t support counterrevolution. Staying in one spot or looking back, as a general rule, doesn�t work for Americans. Right or wrong, most Americans like feeling as though we are moving forward, not stuck in the mud.
From a social standpoint, the Republican Party has been behind history for the last century. On every major social moment from women�s suffrage to civil rights to gay rights to immigration, the GOP has been behind. This is what is stalling the party for the future. Many voters, myself included, tend to be conservative-minded fiscally but cannot crowd intothe small corner the current Republican Party attempts to paint everyone into these days.
How the GOP handles immigration could go a long way toward deciding its fate over the next 20 years. Most Latinos tend to be conservative. They are fairly conservative socially. They tend to be a family-oriented, church-going group. So why do they always vote Democratic? I can tell you it�s not because of gay marriage. It�s due to the uncompromising manner in which the GOP handles immigration. No path to citizenship and automatic deportation will ingratiate the party to the Latinos.
�Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.�
Funny, it doesn�t say anything about a path or whatever, does it? It should be very interesting to see what happens in the next decade. I personally like Rubio and hope he goes on to bigger things, but more importantly, I hope he changes the Republican Party and updates its thinking and practices.
Richard Clark is Regional Desk Chief for ENC Communications� daily newspapers, including The Free Press. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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3 minutes 1. Explain that today they will be learning about hair. 2. Say, "Did you know your hair is dead?" a. Students may respond. Let them react for a minute in case they have a comment to make. 3. Explain, "When your hair grows, it starts at the bottom of something called a follicle. Then it grows up and by the time it is long enough to poke out of your skin, it is dead! That's why it doesn't hurt to cut your hair!"
10 minutes Materials: Hairy Facts handout 1. Hand out Hairy Facts handout to students. 2. Ask for volunteers to read each fact or s/he can assign a reader and have them go around the room reading. 3. Use examples for the different facts for the "Hair Section": a. Hair on your head keeps you warm in the winter. b. Eyelashes keep dust out of your eyes when it's windy out, or you are at the beach. c. Eyebrows help keep sweat out of your eyes when you are exercising, or water out of your eyes when it is raining. d. Hair grows from a root in the bottom of a follicle, which is like a flowerpot, from cells and protein, which are like the seed. 4. Explain we all have different kinds of hair, but it is science that causes this. It is out of our control and not a bad thing at all! a. When describing melanin (or pigment), use marker/colored pencil as an example. When you draw one stroke, the color is light, but when you keep coloring in the same place over and over, the color gets darker. Well, melanin is just like the pencil/marker strokes and our hair is like the paper. The more pencil strokes (or the more melanin), the darker the color (or the darker the hair color).
5-7 minutes 1. Explain that we just learned about hair. If we have a round follicle: what kind of hair do we have: curly or straight? Ask the same question regarding oval follicles. a. Students should respond, "Straight" and "Curly" respectively. If students respond incorrectly, go over round and oval follicles again. 2. Ask, "What gives hair its color?" a. Students should respond, "Pigment" or "Melanin". If students do not know or answer incorrectly, repeat the fact again. 3. Ask about yourself, "Do I have round or oval follicles?" a. Answers vary depending on hair color/type. b. Reinforce material by saying, "Right! I have (round) follicles because I have (straight) hair!" and "Correct! I have (a lot of) melanin because I have (dark) hair!"
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2-3 minutes (varies) 1. While students finish drawing, ask out loud, "So what is a follicle?" "What does melanin do?" "If I have curly hair, what kind of follicle do I have?" etc.


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How Republicans lose by winning
It's the predominant paradox of contemporary American politics: If Republicans prevail in this year's midterm congressional elections, it will be because of their party's sharp-edged stances on topics like abortion and Benghazi, Obamacare and immigration, gay marriage and the minimum wage — issues that energize the GOP's core base of support.
But if Republicans lose the race for the White House in 2016, it will be because of their party's polarizing, out-of-step stances on those very same issues, which alienate much of the broader electorate the GOP needs to win a national contest in a country whose demographics and political realities are shifting under its feet.
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Establishment Republicans had a good night in Tuesday's round of primaries, but they did so in part by adopting positions at odds with the long-term need to broaden the party's support and move away from litmus-test issues. A wide range of Republicans see the party courting the same disaster it did in 2012, playing a base game that will keep it shut out of the White House.
( Also on POLITICO: Georgia Senate runoff: Nasty, brutish — and long)
"The Republican Party has essentially now two wings: a congressional wing and the national wing," the veteran GOP pollster Bill McInturff said at a recent Pew Research Center forum on so-called millennial voters, those from 18 to 29 years of age. The congressional wing is thriving, especially in the South, in districts that are 75 percent, or even 80 percent, white, and where every incumbent's worst fear is a challenge from the right.
But McInturff summed up the national party's prospects with an old line from Mr. T in "Rocky III": "Prediction? Pain!" He said the party's "genetic instinct" is that younger voters don't vote, and too many Republicans don't understand the coming demographic wave. "Why am I a Republican?" he asked. "I believe in the power of markets. The marketplace is, you will lose — keep losing national elections — until you keep up."
The Republicans have faced this problem before, most recently in the 2012 presidential contest. A prolonged GOP primary in which contenders sought to prove their conservative bona fides — and a subsequent airing of nominee Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments — left the party vulnerable to Democratic attacks. But the ideological divide within the Republican Party, and between its most conservative wing and the wider electorate, is sharper and starker than ever.
( Also on POLITICO: Payback: GOP incumbents learn how to win)
Republican House members seeking reelection may well benefit from their lockstep opposition to raising the minimum wage this year. But three past and future presidential contenders — Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum — recently called that a losing proposition in the longer term. "Republicans may benefit from near-term tail winds this fall," as Pawlenty put it, "but the demographic reality is that diverse voters have a diminishing view of Republicans and that needs to be addressed."
Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), under challenge from the tea party wing in safely Republican states, may help themselves this year with their support for a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks. But the hangover from their party's identification with such a position may well produce a backlash in battleground presidential states two years from now.
Republican House members seeking reelection may well benefit from railing against the Affordable Care Act, which nearly half of voters in a new POLITICO poll of the most competitive House districts and Senate states favor repealing outright. But overturning a law that has now enrolled millions of Americans, and given many of them health coverage they could not obtain before, will not be a winning proposition in 2016.
( Also on POLITICO: McConnell takes victory lap)
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) may make hay with his coming House hearings on the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. But even such prominent conservative voices as Charles Krauthammer have warned that Republicans risk playing with fire if they are seen as playing politics with a tragedy.
The Arizona Republican Party may satisfy its most vocal wing by censuring Sen. John McCain, as it did this winter, for an insufficiently conservative record on immigration. But congressional Republicans' refusal to grapple with a comprehensive immigration overhaul that provides a path to legal residence for the millions of undocumented immigrants already here will not help the party in the most competitive districts around the country, where the recent POLITICO poll showed nearly two-thirds of Republicans back a comprehensive approach.
"The Republicans in Washington are just treading water," Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "They think, we're getting a wave, we just have to sort of bob along, the wave is going to carry us along. I get nervous when I see that." Kristol went on to criticize "the failure of the Republican leadership, especially in the House, to have an agenda, to push the issues, to go populist."


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Valdez man Nicolas Huff was air-flighted to an Anchorage hospital Monday after he apparently shot himself in the chest with a small caliber firearm during a two-hour standoff with police.
Police declined to state the caliber of the bullet shot.
Huff, age 27, had barricaded himself in his parent's home on Chalet Dr. in Alpine Woods after Valdez police attempted to make contact with Huff during an investigation into a domestic violence report.
The saga began at 9:22 a.m. according to a city press release, when police responded to a report of a possible domestic violence assault.
According to Sheri Pierce, the city's public information officer, a female that had been badly beaten was located inside her vehicle in the parking lot of the Eagles Rest apartments near the Mile 4 area of the Richardson Highway. While the alleged victim did not make the initial call to police, officers made initial contact with Huff at 10:20 a.m. after the victim was sent to Providence Valdez Medical Center.
"The victim was contacted and transported to Providence Valdez Medical Center for treatment of injuries sustained in the assault," a city press release issued early Monday evening said. "The victim is reported to be in stable condition."
Trouble with Huff began as soon as police arrived at the Chalet Dr. residence.
"They tried to make contact with" Huff, Pierce said as the saga unfolded Monday. "He would not allow them entry into the house."
The press release said Huff also indicated that he was armed.
Police then established a perimeter around the home and initiated contact.
City officials also alerted area residents that entry to and from Chalet Dr. was restricted during the standoff as armed police surrounded the home and blocked off the street.
"They have taken the perimeter," Pierce said as the drama was still unfolding, "and they don't want anyone in the area."
At 12:29 p.m. police heard what was described as "gunshots" coming from the home.
"The officers heard gunshots in the house," Pierce said.
Huff then voluntarily "exited the residence with a confirmed self inflicted gunshot wound to the chest area," the press release said.
An ambulance was already on standby during the standoff. The shots were heard at 12:29 according to Pierce. EMTs made contact with Huff at 12:31 and the ambulance was on its way to the hospital by 12:35.
"He's surrendered," Pierce said shortly after the incident. "He has a self-inflicted gunshot wound."
The bullet alleged passed through Huff's chest and exited through his back.
Police referred the case to the District Attorney's office for possible charges against Huff.
"Contact has been made with the District Attorney and charges by VPD are pending at this time," the city press release said. "Further information regarding charges will be released as available."
Pierce had no additional information on the case Tuesday morning and no information regarding the full nature of possible charges may be brought against Huff.
"They were talking to the DA and at this point had not pressed any charges," she said in an interview Tuesday morning.
Valdez Police Chief Bill Comer had not returned phone calls to the Valdez Star by press time regarding the incident.
The investigation into the initial domestic violence complaint against Huff is ongoing according to Pierce; she declined comment on questions regarding possible kidnap charges but did state the initial assault occurred at the same house where Huff allegedly shot himself.
"It occurred at the residence on Chalet," she said of the domestic assault.


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January is training camp season for pro road teams, and the Garmin-Transitions squad just wrapped up a two-week camp in Spain. Riders tested out new Felt bikes, endured a bit of rain, and put in some long miles together as they got reacquainted before the 2010 season heats up.
Technically, the season is already underway, and the squad already has two wins in Australia in the books. Some of the riders missed the first half of camp while they were competing at the Tour Down Under stage race in Australia, the first race of the 2010 ProTour series, but everyone was together in Calpe, Spain, last week as the team dialed in their Felt DA time trial bikes on a 5-kilometer circuit. They tested new wheels and adjusted their positions.
Riders also underwent physiology testing to help team doctors determine individual training plans for each of the team members. The doctors take the data they obtain through testing and then consult with each of the riders, who utilize their Garmin 500 to keep track of things like heart rate, cadence, speed and elevation while training.
Next up for the Garmin-Transitions squad is the Tour of Qatar, February 7-12.


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Everything is gone, its only the canines and the little prey there is left.One moment we were living in peace with the humans in this village, we would hunt with them and everything was perfect. Then all at once it happened, the humans were dying in their sleep and sleep walking into the forest.They would never return from the forest, if they did then it was weeks later and they were dead, lifeless corpses bent on killing us. We don't know what happened exactly that day, but we know now how dangerous it is to sleep alone, we have to stay close to each others hearts. There is no room for distrust in the other canines for I believe we will be the next to fade.
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Car bomb explodes near Egypt interior minister's convoy
CAIRO — A car bomb apparently targeting the Egyptian interior minister's motorcade exploded in eastern Cairo Thursday, leaving four people injured, state media reported.
The interior minister, Mohammed Ibrahim, is safe, according to the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper.
Al-Ahram said no one was killed in the blast near the minister's residence in Nasr City.
Egyptian state news agency EgyNews said four security personnel were injured, with one policeman having a leg amputated as a result of his injuries.
An Interior Ministry statement said the explosion caused injuries to security guards and some bystanders.
It occurred about 10:30 a.m. as the minister's convoy passed through Mostafa El Nahas Street in Nasr City, it said. Security agencies are investigating, the ministry added.
It's not yet clear who was behind the attack. Official news agency MENA cited a security source as saying the bomb was remotely detonated.
Cairo has witnessed wide unrest on its streets since former President Mohamed Morsy was ousted in July and an interim administration was installed by the military.
A crackdown last month by Egyptian authorities on Morsy supporters left hundreds of people dead.
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Either Fates hates me or Fate really enjoys seeing me squirm, jump up and down in frustration or etc. because seriously when does this ever happen to normal people?
Last week I got into a heated (very loud and public) argument (fight is more of the word... there was some pushing) with...
Boy Who Walked Away.
Boy Who Broke My Heart A Year And Some Months ago.
Boy Who Apparently Harbors Short Term Memory Loss Because He Acts Like Nothing Happen!
Boy Who's In Two Of My Classes But Hardly Acknowledges Me!!!
Or should I say then?
Anyway, like I was saying we got in a fight. About what you say? Get this, A BOOK.
Yes, I your crazy/lovable/wonderfully confused blogger got in a fight with her crush for two and a half years finally grew some balls and had a more than one syllable conversation (correction: fight) with the boy of her dreams/nightmares over. A. BOOK.
In the words of my idol, Jessica Darling: Susan Falludie Bullshit!
I mean how dumb and twisted not to mention hellishly ironic is that???
A lot. To much to seem even the slightest sane for reality. Though I must admit reality has never been my strongest subject of expertise. Oh hell what do I know about reality anyways? Nothing. Zip. Zero. In fact I'm pretty sure I lost the sight of reality at the age of three. So maybe the whole scenario could have been predicted.
Enough of my babble. Here's what happen as I witnessed and lived through it:
Scene: Nine something in the morning (I'm sorry I don't look at the clock every second). My AP Lang class had begun and in walks the teacher announcing to us all to find the other people in our book group (earlier the teacher had given us a list of five books to choose from and we had to pick one to read, test over, then have a group discussion with the other people that had chose the book as well).
If I had been smarter and thinking with my heart I would have read the Holocaust book that caught my true attention but no. Unfortunately, I happen to be absent the day my class originally picked their book for which they had the disadvantage of choosing a book that they picked on their own terms and not of their friends (everyone couldn't talk to their friends and negotiate a mutual book they were all reading) but this is where my advantage was. My teacher had already made a list of kids who picked a book and she let me an this other girl that hadn't been there pick having seen all the names of the people that had already been placed in reading the books. So naturally, like the sneaky devil I am, to a gander at the names under each book and eventually found Boy Who Walked Away, looked at the book he chose to read and chose the same one seeing it as a ploy to talk to him. Okay, mind you this had been like what? Four weeks ago? Five? I have no idea and don't give a crap. All I can do to explain to you readers is that I was, in a way... under the influence... of love.
I know, gag me.
But I was under the influence of the idea of talking and even if that didn't happen I was at least near him in a confide circle with him. Anyway this desion had happen before I had ever came up with the resolution and getting over Boy Who Walked Away. So of course that day I was paying the price for my actions and ultimately my opinions, tendency to voice them out, and that big red fat arrow pointing down on me that says Victim on it that only Boy Who Walked Away can read!!!
Back to scene: My AP classmates eagerly go and find the people in our reading groups and line up the chairs in little circles having at most five people in each. In my circle, other then Boy Who Walked Away and I, are three girls, lets call them... Strawberry, Glasses, and Blue Eyes and one boy, let's call him BOB.
Strawberry: So guys who liked the book? She flips her Strawberry blond hair.
Glasses: Heh. It was alright.
Blue Eyes: It was kind of confusing but okay, I guess I'm just sort of indifferent.
Strawberry: Me, too.
BOB: I really liked it, actually.
Strawberry looks at Boy Who Walked Away who is right next to him. He's wearing a dark gray Polo, jeans, and flip-flops he wears almost everyday (so I've noticed, sue me!). He's seated in a relaxed, imposing position with his arms crisscrossed against his chest that I could imagine a king of a mighty land could pull off. Strawberry: So what about you, (insert his name here)?
Boy Who Walked Away: (Makes a bit of a face.) I hated it. It was completely a waste of not only my time but of everyone elses time that had to read this god for saken book!
I should mention my mouth had begun on the pretence of forming a disbelieving O by this point and my eyes had become involuntarily shrewd-like. I don't care who the person is if anybody bashes a book that I really took a delight in reading right in front of my like that I will not be afraid to speak my mind. Oh shall had keepith thou mouth shut and haveth become invisible.
Strawberry caught my look and possibly remembering how much I had told her while reading the book how I really liked it, asked me next for my opinion of the book.
Strawberry: Have anything to say to that, (insert my name here)? DO you want to say anything against (Boy Who Walked Away)?
I should have said no and maybe I would have if not for Boy Who Walked Away had looked straight at me where I was sitting right next to him (he moved his desk next to me! I did not desk stalk him!) and give me a smirk-grin that reminded me a little creepily of It Started with A Kiss Zhi shu when he thinks Xiang Qin is just a little dimwit with nothing to say and no guts to speak against him then Boy Who Walked Away leaned against his chair with both arms relaxing under his head and said,
Boy Who Walked Away: Yes, (insert my name here) what do you think?
That's when I the sheep puffed up with all the pride I had and blew it in the face of the lion He Who Walked Away.
Me: I really liked reading this book, actually. I said with a bit of a prissy tone.
Boy Who Walked Away: Really? (one eyebrow up the other down)
Me: Yes, really.
Boy Who Walked Away challenged me: Okay, why did you like it so much?
Me: I loved the way the words just flew out of the page... in a continuous stream.
Boy Who Walked Away interrupted: She complained too much.
Me: She was trying to get her point across... and to tell you the truth the way many of the women in Muslim societies are treated like -like property!- is a point that should not be taken light-
BOB: You're a feminist, aren't you?
Me: A little bit, I guess. Especially when I'm passionate about something in particular-
BOB: Yeah, you seem like it...
Boy Who Walked Away said to BOB: Shut up. You're not in this.
Everyone in the group besides myself and Boy Who Walked Away gape at him.
Boy Who Walked Away: One of the other things that also annoyed me: She blamed her religion for almost everything! I was like: Really?! Are you serious!? This woman is unbelievable!
Me: She was at a lost for most of her life! ...Religion can seriously mess up a person if pressured too much! I felt connection to her while reading this book... be-because-because I also have felt doubts of G-God and the devil-
Boy Who Walked Away: Her story was incredibly too long!
Me: But-!
Boy Who Walked Away: It put me to sleep and I for one hope I never have to meet her one day because surely I would have to slap some sense into her and for having me read her terrible novel!
Me: But-!
Boy Who Walked Away: And what was with that mother of hers?! Letting herself being beaten by her mom. Hell, if my mother ever did that to me-
Me frustrated: (insert his name here) I can't believe you!
We were both yelling (he, letting his overbearing, arrogant self unleash and me, just a loud speaker)and the whole class including the teacher had stopped talking amongst themselves and were now staring at me and Boy Who Walked Away fight. My teacher, in fact, was looking clearly amused and a bit fascinated. The woman probably had never seen two teenagers get into such a heated fight over a book before.
Finally the teacher announced that all the groups were to write together a summary of the book they read and read it to the rest of the class that didn't read it. Our group managed to do this while Boy Who Walked Away kept contradicting my opinions and making me flustered and more frustrated the more. No matter what happen between us I would always become a weak minded sort around him and he knew he was weakening my stance on the book but I refused to let him win so I kept on fighting him.
Once we finished the summary that was very short and did not do the book justice whatsoever Strawberry asked all of us who wanted to go up in front of the class and read it.
Glasses: Ugh. Not me.
Blue Eyes: I rather not.
Strawberry: Well I don't want to do it.
BOB: I'll do it!
Strawberry, Glasses, Blue Eyes: NO!
Strawberry: You were in detention for the past three weeks during school-
Glasses: I doubt you read the whole book, BOB.
BOB shrugs.
Boy Who Walked Away: Whatever, I'll do it. (Takes the paper with summary from Strawberry.
Strawberry: Uh, NO. Definitely not you. (Takes the paper back)
Boy Who Walked Away: What? Why not?
Strawberry: You've spent the whole class hour telling everyone how much you hate this book.
Blue Eyes: You'll probably end up forgetting about the summary and go up there and start bashing the book.
Boy Who Walked Away: That's ridiculous.
Me: I'll do it if no one is going to do it.
Strawberry: Okay. (She gives me the paper)
I start to get up but then feel a hand on my shoulder pulling me down into my chair. It's his hand.
Boy Who Walked Away: Oh no way! If I can't go up there she can't go up there! That's completely unfair!
Strawberry: I think it's safe to say that (insert my name here) is more reliable than you, (insert his name here).
Boy Who Walked Away: Biased!
Strawberry: No your biased!
Boy Who Walked Away: Yes, and (insert my name here) is, too!
BOB: I said I'll do it!
Boy Who Walked Away and Strawberry: NO!
It was right around that time that I snuck away from Boy Who Walked Away's vision and hurried to the front of the classroom to give our group's summary.
When Boy Who Walked Away noticed he stood up as well and then...
Crossed him arms against his chest like an imperial lord...
And then...
Leaned against the wall facing adjacent to where I was standing...
Just like he used to do in freshmen year.
Always, always at the beginning of class he did this and would do it throughout class if our teacher in ninth grade didn't tell him to sit. I haven't seen him do this in any of the two classes I have with him so this was the first time he did this for a while.
At that instant I felt like I was in ninth grade again. When these kind of scenarios weren't so rare and completely surprising.
I wanted so badly to walk over to him and slap him for reminding me of the old days... and then I wanted to kiss him for just the same reason.
Thankfully I still have some tiny grip to reality enough to not ever do that!
After swallowing the hard clump is my heart I began to read under his shrewd gaze. I made a point to reading every single word and not add anything to it just in case Boy Who Walked Away noticed and tried using that for material for another fight. Once I was finished the teacher, obviously thinking about my and Boy Who Walked Away's fight earlier asked me then:
Teacher: So, do you have anything to add to the book. Was there anything you liked about the book, hated... what?
This woman wanted me killed.
I began repeating the reasons to her of what I told my group and mostly Boy Who Walked Away.
That was when Boy Who Walked Away started shaking his head at me from across the room.
He was just so distracting! Finally before I could finish saying all my reasons I got aggravated enough to throw up my arms and say:
Me: DO you have something to add to the book, (insert his name here)?
Boy Who Walked Away: (Grinning and smirking.) Absolutely.
Me: Go ahead then!
I made my way across the room and right next to him where my chair was but instead of sitting I chose to stand up and look at him condescendingly with my arms crossed, too. A minute passed by before I became distracting to him when I started to shake my head at his views.
But like always he was much smarter and clever.
He stopped in mid-sentence on his rant...
Turned his whole body to look at me...
And said...
Boy Who Walked Away: You. (He pointed at me with his finger even though I was right next to him.) You sit down. (And then pointed at my seat.)
Me: (Speechless with my mouth agape.)
Classroom: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
I push him. And grudgingly sit down with no worthy comeback.
And now we haven't really talked since.
But today we got new assigned seats and somehow... in Fate's dimented mind... Boy Who Walked Away sits in back of me now!
Fate just doesn't want me to get over him even whenever I have such an appealing new crush now...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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Either Fates hates me or Fate really enjoys seeing me squirm, jump up and down in frustration or etc. because seriously when does this ever happen to normal people?
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Starksboro man killed in Route 4 vehicle crash
SHERBURNE — Vermont State Police are seeking help from the public in learning more about the crash that killed a Starksboro man in Sherburne on Friday afternoon.
Marland Brewer, 47, of Starksboro was killed in a two-vehicle head-on crash on Route 4 in Sherburne just east of the Killington Skyship gondola and Mission Farm Road on Dec. 14.
Troopers were called to the scene at 4:33 p.m. and told that a driver in one of the vehicles was entrapped. Traffic on the road was closed while police dealt with the accident.
VSP Sgt. Mark Perkins said police determined that Brewer was driving a 1998 Dodge pickup westbound on Route 4 when the vehicle travelled left of the center line into the eastbound lane. The pickup reportedly collided with a 2003 Mitsubishi truck driven by Earl L. Smith, 47, of Loudon, N.H., causing the Mitsubishi to exit the roadway and overturn. Police report the weather and road conditions were clear at the time.
Brewer was pronounced dead at the scene and Smith was airlifted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., for a fractured wrist, dislocated hip and concussion.
Police said alcohol appeared to be a factor in the crash. They were also investigating any possible involvement Brewer had in a hit and run crash in the Bristol area earlier that afternoon.
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I'm thinking about tree structures, and I feel that I don't like them. It's like when you have a shop, then you try to put all products to tree-like catalog, and then you need to place one product to multiple categories, now you have multiple routing, bla-bla. I don't feel like everything in the world could be put to a tree.
Instead, I like idea of tags. I would like to store everything with tags. With tags I could do much more. I can even simulate trees if I want. I want to have tag-based filesystem!
But hey - modern OOP paradigm with inheritance is based on tree. I want to see how it is when you don't have such basement.
Closest thing I found is mixins in some languages. Do you know what else is also about this ideas?


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Men who have low testosterone do not make enough of the male hormone called testosterone. This hormone allows men to produce sperm and to develop and keep normal physical male traits. Low testosterone is also called testosterone deficiency or hypogonadism.
Low testosterone can lead to problems such as loss of sex drive, muscle weakness, erection problems, infertility, and weakened bones.
Many things can cause this problem, such as:
Low testosterone also can be present at birth.
A blood test is usually done to find out if you have low testosterone. If your doctor thinks low testosterone could be related to another medical problem, he or she may do other tests.
Since testosterone normally decreases with age, your doctor can help determine whether your symptoms are from low testosterone and whether you could benefit from treatment.
Treatment may depend on the cause. Low testosterone that causes symptoms usually is treated with testosterone hormone. This is called testosterone replacement. You can get it in different ways, such as in a shot, through a patch or gel on the skin, or in a tablet you place between your cheek and gum.
Testosterone replacement may improve your sexual desire, increase your muscle mass, and help prevent bone loss. Many men with low testosterone levels report that they feel better and have more energy while taking testosterone.
Testosterone may be used to treat some men who have erection problems.
Side effects of testosterone replacement may include:
Testosterone replacement can increase your risk of heart attack or stroke. Talk to your doctor about this risk before you start treatment.
Some experts are concerned that testosterone could increase the risk of prostate cancer. Your doctor may recommend regular exams and blood tests to check for problems.
Testosterone can affect your fertility. If you are trying to have a child, you may want to ask your doctor about how this medicine can affect your chances of conceiving.
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Halo Waypoint released a massive amount of new Halo 4 screenshots for us to feast our eyes on. These include campaign shots (beware that spoilers might follow in several of those in reference to the Dawn and Infinity missions), multiplayer mode War Games and cooperative mode Spartan Ops.
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- The former president of US Fidelis has been sentenced to eight years in prison on state charges of stealing and fraud.
Darain Atkinson was sentenced Monday in St. Charles. He was sentenced to eight years on federal charges on Sept 25, and the terms will be served concurrently.
The 47-year-old co-founded the auto service contract seller with his 42-year-old brother, Cory Atkinson. The younger Atkinson is sentenced to four years on state charges and 40 months on federal charges, also to be served concurrently.
The Wentzville, Mo.-based US Fidelis collapsed in 2009 and filed for bankruptcy in 2010 amid accusations of fraud. Prosecutors say the company misled customers about warranty coverage and fraudulently withheld refunds.
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