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wind and fly fishing????
one thing that really burns me while i am fishing is the wind. I know it effects casting when using lighter lures on spinning rods, but it must really effect casting a fly rod. last year the few times i was out trying out fly fishing it was not all that windy so it wasnt an issue. however this year i am planning on doing a lot more fly fishing and i know that i will encounter some winds that are really gonna mess with me sonner or later. just wondering if there are any techniques or things to look for when fly fishing in the wind, or is possible to fly fish succefully in the wind. If so, what are the limits? thanks.
be gentle on the hook set, i am a newbie to fly fishing
First and foremost, keep the wind blowing on the off-shoulder.
In other words, keep the line going back and forth on the other side of your body than the wind is coming.
If you are a righty and the wind is coming from the right, turn around a bit and throw your backcast to the fish, or else with lighter rods (trout weights for example) reach across to the other side of your body. If you are lucky and practice enough you can change hands and fish lefty.
A tailwind is not so bad, just make the backcast tight, sharp and level while making the forward cast lighter, a little rounder than usual and a little higher to let the wind give your arm a break.
A headwind can be tough unless you have developed a very tight high-energy loop. This is where a lot of practice learning to concentrate the loop energy pays off, and where hauling and double-hauling can really help out.
The best thing you can do is use your head when the wind is strong. Keep the wind quartering from behind your off-shoulder. Consider moving from a spot if you can't get the wind angle you like.
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Another method I have used is one which lefty Kreh has shown... If you are right handed and the wind is coming to your right (left if left Handed).... Strip out 40 to 60 feet of line... and then "side cast " low into the wind..about only 30 feet of line..that's all you need. If done right, the wind will not blow the side casted line into you...once the rod is loaded with only that short line...one or two false side casts...IMMEDIATLY bring the rod hand up to the side of your head as you begin the forward cast...done high.... the line will then blow harmlessly over your head and out to the left...but as the wind grabs it it will result in a type of parachute cast... sort of a long high arc out in front of you.
Another method to keep the line away from you with wind blowing from your right - rather than casting off shoulder which can be difficult to learn - if you hold your hand in a normal back cast position - elbow about 90 degrees and hand opposite your ear, the rod would be in a vertical plane if wrist is pointing towards the front. Now rotate the wrist outwards so reel points off to the right - note that the rod tip will now be canted over the left shoulder - you can increase the cant by bending the wrist a bit to increase the angle. If you cast with the wrist in this position, the line will be moving back and forth on the left side of your body but your hand position will be in a traditional casting position on the right side of your body - something you have already learned. If you must cast into the wind you just need to work on a very tight dynamic loop as Juro indicated
Sounds like everybody has their own opinion on how to cast when it's windy! I, of course, have my own, which is the opposite of what some have posted here.
Personally, I cast best in the wind when I'm casting with it and my backcast is going into it. I don't know exactly why, but it must be something in my casting stroke. In the Bahamas in December I was casting close to 100 feet with the strong winds without any trouble. I was honestly just having fun casting because I was putting the fly out longer distances than I ever have been able to before. When I tried to cast into the wind, I didn't do very well in comparison.
In general though, one rule that I think is almost always true is that you need to keep your casting hand on the downwind side of your body when casting across the wind. Otherwise you'll constantly be fighting to keep the line from blowing into your head. I said "almost always" because it depends on the strength of the wind, the caster's skills, the casting distance, and a bunch of other variables!
I would also say that you should really try to punch the cast into the wind, especially when it's time to lay the line on the water. Bring your hand down towards the water as you finish your casting stroke and finish it quickly, rather than letting the fly gently plunk down on the water. You want the line to kind of whip down on the water so it doesn't blow your fly around. If you're casting with the wind you don't need to worry about this as much since the wind will naturally straighten your line/leader.
I took up float tubing this year, and all of this went out the window. I can't get my casting stroke right yet in the float tube when it's windy!
My passion for catching fish is eclipsed only by the fish's passion not to be caught.
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David Dickinson[1] was born Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 7 Oct 1741,[2] son of George and Sarah (Spofford) Dickinson.[3] He died in Keene, Cheshire Co NH, 3 Mar 1809.[4]
David was "of Ashburnham" when he married first at Bolton, Worcester Co, 16 Jul 1767, Persis Wheeler.[5] Persis was born Concord, Middlesex Co MA, in 1744, the daughter of Jonas and Persis (Brooks) Wheeler. She died Carlisle, Middlesex Co MA, 15 Jan 1782.[6]
David married second, Lydia Hapgood on 25 Feb 1784.[7] Lydia was born Harvard, Worcester Co MA, 4 Jul 1757, the daughter of Shadrach and Elizabeth (Wetherbee) Hapgood. She married, first, 4 Apr 1776, Abraham Munroe.[8] She died 16 Dec 1834 in Keene, Cheshire Co NH. According to both Hapgood books, Lydia and David Dickinson had two sons, Abraham and William.
The History of Ashburnham states that David moved to Shelburne, Franklin Co MA, in 1777. While there he served as a private in the American Revolution.[9] His brother Amos was an officer from Ashburnham.[10]
Two of his children's baptismal records are online at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society: David, son of David and Persis, baptized 2 Apr 1769 at Ashburnham; and Calvin, son of David and Persis "Dickerson," baptized 23 Jul 1780 at Acton MA. Persis's death in her 37th year was recorded at Carlisle.[11]
Stearns names another daughter, Sally.
David was, therefore, known to be in Ashburnham in 1769 and 1771, in Shelburne in 1777, in Acton in 1780, in Carlisle in 1782, and in Harvard in 1784. Possibly after marrying Lydia, he stopped moving around; at any rate, he was still in Harvard, Worcester Co MA in 1790, 1/4/2. Either 20-year-old David was counted as under 16, along with brother Calvin and half-brothers Abraham and William, or he was not with his family in that year. The family was near Lydia's father, Shadrach Hapgood.
In the 1800 census, Harvard, Worcester Co MA: David Dickinson was named as the head of the household, although only the wife and her sons are listed, 02000/00010; nevertheless, David was still living.
By 1810, the family had moved to New Hampshire, and the father David had died. 1810 Keene, Cheshire Co NH: Abraham Dickinson, 00100/10100; Wm Dickinson, 00200/20101. Note that Lydia is with son William here. In 1820 Keene, Cheshire Co NH, hese names are listed consecutively: Lydia Dickinson: 000000/00001; Abraham Dickinson: 200010/21010; William Dickinson: 200010/12010.
Children of David Dickinson, with his first wife, Persis Wheeler:
i. David DICKINSON was born ca 2 Apr 1769 in Ashburnham, Worcester Co MA. David died in Clermont Co OH, in 1832/1835. 1800 census: Ontario Co NY, Northampton Twp, page 322: David Dickinson, 10010/10100.2 1810 census: Steuben Co NY, page 64: David Dickerson, 21110/31010. 1820 census: Clermont Co OH, Ohio Twp: David Dickinson, 110101/12201/3. 1830 census: Clermont Co OH, Ohio Twp, page 214: David Dickison, 00011/00021001. In say 1795, he married Anna GILBERT, daughter of Elisha and Hepzibah (–?–) Gilbert, in prob Ontario Co NY, present Addison Twp, Steuben Co NY. She was born on 11 Aug 1776; her birth was registered in Middletown VT. Anna died probably in Clermont Co OH. They had the following children:
i. Charles C (~1798-1840s)
ii. Nancy Ann (1799-1869)
iii. Harriet (1802-1873)
iv. David W[heeler?] (1805-1870)
v. Elizabeth (1807-1899)
vi. Caroline (ca 1812-aft 1837)
vi. William Francis? (1813-aft 1856)
vii. Jane (1815-1905)
ii. Sally DICKINSON. Born about 1771.
iii. Calvin DICKINSON. Born on 23 Jul 1780 in Acton, Middlesex Co MA.
Children of David Dickinson, with his second wife, Lydia Hapgood:
i. William DICKINSON. He was born in say 1785 and was living in 1840. Children listed here are probably either his or his brother's.[12]
a. Daughter, 1804-1810 possibly Louisa, 15 Jan 1808; m Stephen Chase
b. Daughter, 1804-1810
c. Son, 1810-1815 Oren, ca 1809; m 1840
d. Son, 1815-1820 Daniel, b 8 Mar 1812; m 1839 Emily M Smith
e. Daughter, 1815-1820 possibly Susan, ca 1819; or Lydia H, m 1841
f. Daughter, 1820-1825 possibly Delilah H, ca 1824
g. Daughter, 1820-1825 possibly Corinna, ca 1826; m 1852
h. Son, 1825-1830 George Johnson, d 16 Oct 1832
ii. Abraham DICKINSON. He was born in Keene, Cheshire Co NH, ca 1787 and was living in 1850, said to be age 63, born in NH, as was his wife, "Mrs A." He died in Keene, 18 Jul 1855. Children listed here are probably either his or his brother's, except the ones in bold, who are identified at Ancestry.com. Most records are from the usgenweb site.
a. Daughter, 1804-1810 possibly Louisa, 15 Jan 1808; m Stephen Chase
b. Son, 1810-1815 Emory, 25 Dec 1810
c. Daughter, 1810-1815
d. Son, 1815-1820 William, 23 Aug 1816; m Sarah Greenwood
e. Daughter, 1815-1820 possibly Delilah, ca 1824, or Susan, ca 1819
f. Son, 1820-1825
g. Daughter, 1820-1825 possibly Corinna, ca 1826, m 1852; or Lydia H, m 1841
h. Son, 1825-1830 Francis, b 28 Jul 1828
[1] Both this family from Rowley, Essex Co MA and the descendants of Nathaniel Dickinson from western MA used spellings Dickinson and Dickerson interchangeably.
[2] George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1981, pages 94, 95, 98.
[3] Stearns, Ezra S.. History of Ashburnham Massachusetts From the Grant of Dorchester Canada to the Present Time, 1734-1886 with a Genealogical Register of Ashburnham Families. Ashburnham, MA, USA: Published by the town, 1887, p 681.
[4] http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ote/nh/keene.htm.
[5] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007). Recorded at both Bolton and Ashburnham.
[6] Carlisle VR.
[7] Harvard VR
[8] The Hapgood Family: Descendants of Shadrach 1656-1898, by Warren Hapgood, and Genealogy of John Wetherbee of Stow and Marlboro, MA, by Ethel Wetherbee Mazza
[9] Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter, 1896-1908, p 740: "Dickerson, David. Receipt dated Shelburne, Sept. 22, 1777, for mileage, etc., from Shelburne to Stillwater, paid said Dickerson and others by the Selectmen of Shelburne; Capt. John Wells certifies that the men whose names appear upon the receipt went out of town with him."
[10] Revolutionary War, MA Soldiers & Sailors, pages 734, "Amos Dickason," 735, "Amos Dickenson," and 743, "Amos Dickinson," all three times as a Lieutenant for Ashburnham or Worcester Co MA or with the same captain.
[11] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).
[12] 1820 Keene, Cheshire Co NH, Abraham Dickinson: 200010/21010.
1820 Keene, Cheshire Co NH, William Dickinson: 200010/12010.
1820 Keene, Cheshire Co NH, Lydia Dickinson: 000000/00001.
1830 Keene, Cheshire Co NH, Abraham Dickinson: 1111001/1011101.
1830 Keene, Cheshire Co NH, William Dickinson: 1011001/0210201.
1840 Keene, Cheshire Co NH, Abraham Dickinson: 00121001/00100001.
1840 Keene, Cheshire Co NH, William Dickinson: 00100001/00011. Daniel
1850 Keene, Cheshire Co NH: Abram Dickinson, 63 VT, Mrs A Dickinson, 64 MA, Mary A, 35
Next generation, all in 1850 Keene, Cheshire Co NH.
Oren Dickinson, 41 NH (all b NH), Mrs O, 31, Ellen, 13, Wallace, 11, Elmer, 9, Fanny, 7, James, 4, Charles, 1, Wid. A Wilson, 55.
Daniel Dickinson, 36 NH, with Mrs D, 36 VT, Daniel, 10 NH, Ellen, 4 NH, Joseph, 28.
William Dickinson, 33 NH, Mrs W, 30, George, 3.
Susan Dickinson, 31 NH, Corinna, 24, in household of Josiah T Hayden.
Delilah H Dickinson, 26 NH, in household of Stephen Chase.
Emery Dickinson, 38 NH and Mrs E, 24.
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@ marnanel: Sounds like you are best finding another country.
Come to Canada, at least we respect and are knowledgeable about other countries and cultures. The condescension of your child's teacher and your bank is not worth tolerating.
Bailout, schmailout.
For I wrote a book, you see, .... It was about how, if you sack too many people, or you underpay and impoverish too many people, there aren't enough customers left to sell things to, and the economy goes to hell. I wrote it in 1998 and nobody attacked any one of the arguments. They tiptoed away from the argument. They were above such things.
And lo, it has come to pass. Americans too impoverished to buy houses had stopped making their payments, and cash their creditors owed to lending entities further up the money chain could not be paid either, and like bird flu the illness swept across the planet, and here we are. And I was right; and Michael Costa and Peter Costello and all the neocons and Friedmanites and Tim Blair were wrong. And we are now in big trouble.
Decide how long Alan Greenspan should spend in gaol. For he nearly wrecked the world, in my view, with his one percent interest rates and house loans to fools as dumb as Barney in The Simpsons, ... Decide how long George Bush should spend in gaol for squandering a trillion dollars (thus far) on two needless unending wars and another trillion thus far bailing out his upperclass coke-sniffing accomplices who like him couldn't add.
And, boy, they really couldn't add. They thought the dollar could be floated for instance, and China's command economy with its fixed undervalued currency and low house prices was doomed to fail. They thought they'd won the Cold War against such barbarities, and socialist command economies didn't work. And they borrowed money from China, trillions of dollars from China, to prove their system worked better. China, which quietly won the Cold War by lending it to them, if you care to add up the figures.
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Work: boring and demoralizing. My problem? I crave an early-stage environment. A code maintenance monkey I am not. So, maybe it's time for a change of focus in my work . . . I just don't enjoy development unless I'm doing something original.
Work: boring and demoralizing. My problem? I crave an early-stage environment. A code maintenance monkey I am not. So, maybe it's time for a change of focus in my work . . . I just don't enjoy development unless I'm doing something original.
Hmmph - one of the code reviewers (supervisory) said not to work too hard this weekend ;) I just can't win - I want to be mad, but how can I be now? Well shit, it's a beautiful day: marine layer burned off early, it's noon and already sunny and warming up. Ocean's blue, palm trees green, yadda yadda.
Shit, kaffe doesn't like my Qube.
So I've been waiting for more than a week for some code review from two people . . . code goes to QA Monday . . . Friday the reviews come in. Thanks for waiting a whole week to respond and thereby totally fucking my weekend! Yay! Too bad much of it was "well I suggested you do this but now I don't like it." Great, now I get to undo, refactor, and re-test all weekend long.
So I finally set up the Cobalt Qube 2 at home - the web and email servers are now running there instead of on my workstation. Crap, sendmail is a pain in the ass. The Qube 2 actually has packages for MySQL, PHP, (old) Java, etc., which is super cool. I'm slowly updating it though - I guess the original distro was based around an old Red Hat version on a 2.0 kernel . . . thank god for GNU.
Enigmail, a nice PGP plugin for mozilla, works nicely if not perfectly. The problem (as ever) is key management. Grrr.
Palladium: sheeyit, what nonsense.
Long time no entries. I think I'll set up a log/diary on my own server, I might have more motivation to keep things up to date there . . . or not. Whatever.
So we've been in Santa Barbara since early April. It feels good to be here - things are just generally nice. The beach is great ;) and the water's getting warmer.
TOOLS conference here this month. Bummer, it's all about .NET and Eiffel - two worthless (in my opinion) technologies. Worthless because . . . well, Eiffel's a polished turd, and .NET's just evil. Miguel de Icaza evidently will be giving one of the keynotes. His inexplicable fixation on .NET is just sad. So, here's a conference in my own backyard on a topic I'd ordinarily like (the object orientation and all that), and the focus of the conference sucks.
I just started using my new Kinesis ergo keyboard . . . my typing speed has returned to the realm of mere mortals . . . it will be days before I am used to this well enough to code acceptably. but it does feel nice . . . good thing I got one for work *and* one for home. I already remapped alt and ctrl - the good folks at kinesis, I think, are not X Windows users, or vi users ;) But geez, having enter and space right next to each other, both using my big fat right thumb - that's really getting me. Numbers are going to be a problem.
soon i'll be getting an ergo keyboard, probably a kinesis "concave" thing. actually 2, one for home and one for work - and if i'm lucky they'll spring for it at work. i typically find myself in ergonomically evil situations - feet up on the desk, keyboard in lap, hands crunched in together and wrists at an awkward angle . . . i'm starting to feel some pain in my left wrist after typing for 3+ hours. this is a bad thing.
finally, i've got my car back. dad and i drove up to monterey friday, spent the night there, drove over to soquel saturday morning to serious auto to pick up my car - they put a hard dog rollbar and 15" rota subzero wheels on it. we chatted with them about car geek and technology geek stuff until about noon, and then drove down hwy 1 back to santa barbara.
anyone that lives in or visits california should drive hwy 1 between monterey and san luis obispo. depending on the number of stops you make and the traffic, it'll take 4 or 5 hours. it's the most breathtakingly beautiful part of coastal california, period. plus there's some ass-kicking fun curves.
back at work, zooming along, less time for diaries and other web diversions . . . ;) it's good to be back at it.
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Thread: Foxface stung another fish?
10-13-2012, 01:06 AM #1Member Molly
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Foxface stung another fish?
So yesterday was watching my fish and noticed my carpenter's flasher wrasse harassing my foxface. About an hour later I noticed that the wrasse had a big sore on the top of it's head and was swimming eraticly and breathing hard. Today he seems to be acting normally and still eating well but still has the wound on his head. This thing appeared in less than an hour and covers most of the top of the fish's head. The only thing I can think of that could have happened was that he got stung by the foxface. Has anyone everh had something like this happen before?
I've never personally had it happen, but it is entirely possible. The venomous spines of the Siganid family are there for self defense. While this is mostly for defense against predators, I'm sure they would also act as a nice defense against other fish that would harass them.Considering a Marine Aquarium? A Breakdown of the Components, Live Rock, Cycling a Marine Tank
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Color can be tricky in a book of family pictures. Too many color pictures on a page can make for a wearying experience for the reader. Norma Strube Rue reined it in quite nicely in The Family Strube. She used two techniques to make color work successfully in her book. They are today's Ideas:
- When using more than one color photo on a page or a spread, choose photos whose colors are similar and harmonious together. Clashing colors don't look any better together on a page than they do in the mirror when you dress yourself badly. There's not much chance that an orange polka-dotted shirt will look good with your red plaid pants, is there? Well, they don't want to spend eternity on the same page with each other either, even in separate pictures!
- Norma carried a color theme through her book even on pages which had only neutral photos. She did so by using a two-tone scheme for her text, keeping the main body of text black, but using a dark reddish color for titles, captions and such. This creates a strong unity throughout her book no matter what kind of pictures are on any particular page-spread. And it looks terrific!


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Young engineers will construct LEGO robots for competition in
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May 25 application deadline: Free robotics camps
By Christi Fish
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(May 18, 2009)--This summer, the Interactive Technology Experience Center (iTEC) at The University of Texas at San Antonio will offer two free robotics summer camps, giving Alamo City children the chance to escape the heat while learning about robot design, programming and teamwork.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The two-week camps, scheduled for 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m, Monday-Friday, at the UTSA Main Campus, are open to elementary and middle school students who have completed the third through eighth grades. While the camps are geared for all children, iTEC wishes to target those students that are "at risk" or those students with learning challenges.
The first session, June 15-26, is open to elementary school students who have completed grades three through six. The second session, June 29-July 10, is open to middle school students who have completed grades six through eight. Sixth grade students can attend either camp session.
On the first day of both camps, participants will be divided into groups of four and assigned a mentor who has competed in regional or international robotics competitions. Additionally, each group of students will receive access to a LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics kit, which they will use to build and program a LEGO robot for some friendly end-of-camp competition.
There is no cost to attend UTSA's summer robotics camps. Applications will be taken until May 25. Space is limited and a $25 deposit per camper is required to reserve a space. The deposit, due by the first day of camp, is fully refundable on the last day of camp, provided the camper has attended 90 percent of his or her sessions.
Additionally, iTEC will provide a continental breakfast and a lunch to all camp participants. Parents need only register their children in advance and supply transportation each day to the UTSA Main campus.
>> Download a camp application at the UTSA College of Engineering Web site (Click on the summer robotics camp news headline). To learn more about the robotics camps, e-mail Moses Thompson, iTEC program manager, or Mary Stowers.
A four-year project established in 2007 with funding from the AT&T Foundation, iTEC seeks to inspire youth by helping them understand how engineering, science and technology shape our lives and the world. Focus areas include robotics, telecommunications, scanning electron microscope applications and design for manufacturing.


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GNT's threads on pegwarmers in the various toy sections above has me wondering:
How much downsizing of SW product area has occurred in the local stores you frequent?
In my area, TRU has only 4 pegs dedicated to POTJ figures. Target has about 6 pegs for POTJ. WalMar about the same as Target. KayBee has 2 pegs! It's so bad that if you blink as you walk by, you'll miss what's there.
It's a drought here. How about you?


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The tomb of Samuel the prophet is traditionally located on a hill west of Jerusalem
The tomb of Samuel, the prophet, who led the Israelites and anointed Saul, is traditionally located on a high hill west of Jerusalem.
Benjamin of Metudela visited the site when he traveled the land in 1173, noting that the Crusaders had found the bones of Samuel in a Jewish cemetery in Ramla on the coastal plain and reburied here, overlooking the Holy City. Scholars tell us that the Crusaders mistakenly believed Ramla to be Samuel's burial place, confusing it with the biblical Rama, north of Jerusalem. The traditional tomb site, which became known as Nebi Samwil ("the prophet Samuel"), may have been Mizpah, where Samuel was appointed leader of the Israelites (1 Sam. 7:5-6). Over time practically every ancient Jewish traveler mentioned the place and its synagogue. Today too, a synagogue is located at the tomb, along with a panoramic view from the roof, and fascinating remains spanning some 1,500 years.


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I think it is great that he bought his kids a swing set.
Nothing wrong with taking care of your kids.
I think it is great that he bought his kids a swing set.
Nothing wrong with taking care of your kids.
Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard for it.
"Five in the hole is better then 250 circling overhead." - Jase Robertson
My thoughts are that his spending will be just like this play set. Full of good intentions but in the end will have zero return and nobody will use it.
"Communism only works in Heaven, where they don't need it, and in Hell, where they already have it" Ronald Reagan
Hate to burst everyones bubble...BUT the story on the swingset was that it came from a Brookings S.D. company that is a big Obama fan, and it was a donation to the family. Have no way of confirming that, but it was a big story on the Sioux Falls TV stations when it was first set up at the White House. I'd doubt they would smear themselves with that much egg, by not checking the story out.
The eastern part of Sodak, from Aberdeen down through Watertown, Brookings and Sx Flls is quite liberal...as I like to refer to them, "Minesoooooota Lite".
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
That play set was built right here in Brookings South Dakota, probably by people I know personally. So, I'm glad he went shopping for the kids, thanks Mr. President!
Thanks UB, we don't mind the label here. My sister-in-law is a state senator from here. She's VERY liberal!
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The release from the white house said that the Obamas had some parent to parent conversations shortly after the election on things they could do to minimize the effects of their forthcoming "move" on their daughters. They decided to buy a playset as one of their actions and ordered it and paid for it last fall. If they did actually pay for it themselves, it was a departure from prior Presidential policies. The incoming President has a budget for redecorating the residential quarters at public expense. The playset installed by the Obamas was not the first in the white house and I suspect and hope it will not be the last. There is no rule that all Presidents have to be old enough to be grandfathers.
Truman was "given" a one lane bowling alley for a birthday present but it was moved for use by other staff. Nixon installed a bowling alley for himself that was paid for by "friends" and Gerald Ford had a swimming pool installed, at tax payer expense, to replace the one that Roosevelt had built but that was converted into a press room by Nixon, who didn't swim. A children's garden was donated by the Johnsons and the children that have occupied the WH since then have added their handprints in concrete.
Personally, I hope that the WH continues to have children as occupants and that it will always be child friendly. I want Presidents who know who they are really working for.
Jeff Goodwin
Given that the usual suspects at the NEA gave the speech rave reviews leads me to believe they don't put much stock in his education-related promises, as their knee-jerk response would typically have been to stomp up and down like wet hens about what he said.
His rhetoric, however, is at odds with his actions...given that with the stroke of his pen, Obama just killed the Washington DC school voucher program after this school year. In his defense, it was part of the porkulus package and he didn't have much choice. His spokesflack insists that Obama will find a way to get it re-funded. Add it to the list of promises. We'll see.
At least Obama isn't a raging hypocrite like the Clintons. Obama put his kids in a tony private school and at least pays lip service to public school alternatives. While the Clintons stuck Chelsey in a private school all the while pimping for public schools and whoring themselves to the NEA.
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Glad he bought his own playset. If he'd used our money, he may have spent $70,000. You know. Creating jobs and jumpstarting the economy.
qualified to teach Science & Math in our country's national interests" there would have been some meat on the table, & you would have heard an outcry. & to that he could have added "We will also supplement salaries for those with IQ's higher than the norm". More outcry.
As for charter schools, it is my belief that government schools should have competition - charter schools & vouchers are the only answer.
Marvin S
Everyone's friend is No One's friend
Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
Um, given all the places these kids WON'T be able to play for the next four years, 3500--or 7000--of his own money doesn't seem that big an indulgence. So what if it's big enough a couple of 2nd graders can get lost in it for a while (and maybe forget the secret service is watching).
3500 approaches what it might cost to run a dog JH through MH assuming your dog crashes and burns once in a while and you sleep in a Motel 6 rather than at a rest stop, and 7000 might be not even a year of putting a dog with a pro.
Good grief. Let the man buy a nice swingset for his kids.
Gotta say I'm happy with some of you stood up for the kids when you could have taken the usual tone or just kept quiet. That's nice.
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Rand Paul was opposed by the GOP establishment when he ran in KY... But the Tea Party support carried him to Victory. He still acknowledges that support
Ted Cruz in TX was heavily opposed by the GOP establishment, but again, the Tea party stepped up and helped carry him to victory. He is going to be a very good Senator if he continues to stick to his principles.
The list goes on, but those are the most well known, just like the ones you mentioned are the most vilified. 2010 is not that far off. 2014 will be very interesting.
Bill Davis
"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold
"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin
Ok it was media driven, but who drove the media to the boat?
There is a rift afoot in the Republican Party. All the kings horse's and all the king's may not be enough to put it back a gain. The battle between the Republican establishment and the Tea Party is becoming more nasty by the day. Any hope of reconciliation is dimming. The party is sewing what it reaped by embracing and glorifying the Tea Party minions. Remember, they are the people that never played well with others. Getting them to make peace with the establishment stands about of chance of them cozying up to Obama.
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Book Report: Catch 22
The book Catch-22 by Joseph Heller has a reputation as one of the greatest books of the 20th century. One of my family members bought it, and I recently finished reading it, and would like to state my opinion.
While the book is well-written, I didn't really find it enjoyable. On the other hand, there wasn't any particular obstacle to stop me from finishing to read it (unlike some books I recently tried to read by Tom Wolfe), so I guess it could have been worse. The humour in the book is sarcastic and dry, and I usually did not find it funny.
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Has anyone used Print Artist? A friend of mine really likes it but she lives far away, so she can't show it to me. I have used Photoshop Elements before, and did like it. But I haven't scrapbooked for a couple of years and I'm having trouble getting back into it. I have a young son now, so part of the problem is I just don't have large chunks of time like I used to. I'm starting to wonder if using a program with its own pre-made templates might be the way to go.
Any thoughts?
Thank you!
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Rock the Vote tries out new strategy for ObamaCare
posted at 2:50 pm on December 18, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
I don't share Sammy's outrage over this NSFW strategy to proseltyze the youth of our nation into ObamaCare, but I do find it amusingly ignorant on at least two points. Besides, it's not even all that original. Ad-hoc efforts like this pop up once in a while on YouTube, although perhaps not on such an established site like Rock the Vote (which is also supposedly non-partisan). It could be hard time for cougars, poachers, and others looking to hook up or try out some of the more exotic menu items from GLSEN's curriculum if RtV succeeds:
Why ignorant? First, the young people to whom they're preaching largely avoid buying health insurance, and for good reason. They don't need to spend $3600 per year (Minnesota's average in 2007) to cover a couple of doctor visits every year. They're better off buying catastrophic health insurance, rather than the mandated comprehensive coverage under ObamaCare, and use HSAs to pay for their health care with tax-free cash. That's what Keith Olbermann does, after all, and he's a lot older than the RtV target audience.
Who benefits from this push? The young adults don't; they're going to pay a lot more than they receive. Insurance companies will benefit by forcing them into the system, reducing the risk and spreading the costs over a wider base. I don't consider insurance companies evil, but many of the ObamaCare advocates do — and yet they're pushing their followers to subsidize slight declines in health insurance premiums for the older generations in America. It's just like Social Security, only with a worse payoff in the end.
Finally, the irony of this campaign is that young adults would probably remain healthier if they abstained in the first place. Maybe sleeping with cougars and hot Colombian women sounds good, but promiscuity in practice means greater transmission of disease, especially during flu season. Don't tell Joe Biden, but it's even more risky than public transportation!
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There used to be more dive bars in this city. The Safari Lounge, the One Up, Splinter's. I got to thinking about this over a short glass of bourbon at one of the city's last dives — Muldowney's Pub on Empire Street.
It's the first Monday of the fall and Lou Brady, owner and nightly fixture at the end of the bar, is wearing his Dallas Cowboys jersey while America's Team is getting its clock cleaned by the Chicago Bears. At Lou's right is Brenda Hickey, his bar manager and a 20-year Muldowney's veteran. She doesn't so much finish his sentences as cut him off with her own answers to my questions.
Muldowney's is a clean dive bar with excellent bartenders. They don't take credit cards and they don't put up with any bullshit.
I used to sling drinks at a similar bar, the long-gone Talk of the Town. When my shift started at 4 pm, it was old men and working stiffs. After 8 pm, the kids came in to drink stupid shots and try to pass bad fake IDs. It's a bit like that at Muldowney's, where they'll stick a candle in a pickled egg for you on your birthday. But the old days, and the old timers, are mostly gone.
"There were a lot more 'bar' bars in the city back in the day and we all, more or less, shared the same customers," Brenda says. "If you had a problem with an individual, you would actually call another bar and tell them 'watch out for the jerk in the red sweatshirt.' "
It was easier to park in the city back then. Rents were lower. And no one called it Downcity. "I refuse to call it Downcity," she says. "It's downtown. When did that happen?"
It probably happened around the same time hipsters got wise to the allure of the dive bar. Cheap drinks. Incisive bartenders. Stories on every stool. In those days, old men or blue-collar guys coming in after turning wrenches all day sat on those stools. "You don't have that clientele anymore," Lou says.
Most of the old-timers can't take the loud music (Muldowney's has bar bands and karaoke), so they've retreated to VFW and American Legion bars. They've been replaced with young girls with tattoos and young men smitten with the staff. "If I had a dollar for every kid who brought their mother in to meet me . . . ." Brenda says.
Still, there is the occasional throwback, the reminder of what used to be. Chip Coli plays three or four spots on Keno and tips the bartenders with his winnings. He likes to listen to the music at Muldowney's and "dwell on the lyrics." He is 56 years old and has liver cancer, though he looks healthy. I ask him why he keeps drinking.
"You have to live your life," he says.
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Ask anyone who's hunted it, and they'll tell you that mid-century modern furniture is not easy to find in this town. There's a few designers who bend that way, but not a ton. We did a story about a year and a half ago on designer Angie Hranowsky, who offered a rare example of mid-century architecture + furnishings in her own home. http://www.charlestonmag.com/feature/vintage_glamour).But these stories are few and far between.
Some general hallmarks of the mid-20th century style are use of organic elements; low, horizontal lines (in both architecture and furniture design); and simplicity. Frank Lloyd Wright was very influential, as was Scandinavian design. That's not really a comprehensive explanation, but many of us grew up with it so envisioning it is easy. I think of the Brady Bunch house. And though East Coast ranch houses tend to be a boxier incarnation than California versions, they grew out of that same era. We just don't see much of the remnants of that trend. We managed to relocate the bungalow to our burbs, but Pacific architecture has, for the most part, remained relatively foreign here. Maybe we're loyal to our centuries-old styles? Maybe we lack the hills to build into so naturally and organically? Interesting ideas.
In the meantime, I found some cool chairs over the weekend at a shop in my neighborhood, Cose Belle on Beaufain Street. I stroll by on my way to the gym on weekends, and this past one, I happened in. I was surprised to find several hot little numbers. There were some buffets and occasional tables, too, but I thought I'd snap a few photos of the chairs to give a quick idea. A few were very well-priced—it isn't easy, after all, to find a handsome vintage chair for under $300. But hey, pricey or not, bring on the mid-century!
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Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Facebook (FB) shares are down $1.05, or 2%, at $54.52, after the company this morning announced in filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission a follow-on offering of shares of 70 million, 27 million of which would be from the company, and another 41 million in sales by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other holders.
Facebook has 1.87 billion shares outstanding, making the offering a fraction of 1% dilution. Zuckerberg's holdings would drop from 485.6 million of Facebook's class B common stock to 444 million shares, still leaving him with 75% of class B shares, and 56% of total voting power in the company.
S&P Capital IQ's Scott Kessler this morning reiterates a Buy on Facebook stock, writing that "we are not concerned by this news," as the sale by Zuckerberg still leaves him with a substantial stake, and it appears he's selling "to satisfy taxes related to the exercise of an outstanding stock option."
Shares of Oracle (ORCL) are $1.50, or 4.4%, at $36.10, after the company last night slightly exceeded fiscal Q2 expectations and forecast this quarter's results in line with consensus.
This morning's rise is a nice reversal of an initial slump in the stock after hours. There are no ratings changes this morning, that I can see, but there are increases in estimates and price targets.
MKM Partners's Israel Hernandez, reiterating a Buy rating, and raising his target to $41 from $36, writes that "Oracle's results after recent disappointments showed progress on several fronts: stability in core software business and maintenance, progress on Fusion Applications, upside in Hardware … While Oracle still faces secular challenges on several fronts, the results and in-line outlook suggest that the worst may finally be behind Oracle with new product cycles providing an opportunity to reaccelerate growth. "
And Nomura's Rick Sherlund, reiterating a Buy rating and a $39 price target, writes that Oracle's most watched sales metric is new license and cloud subscription revenues […]This was essentially in-line with the Street expectations, which we view as favorable after a few disappointing quarters in February and May."
The Street continues to prepare for BlackBerry's (BBRY) fiscal Q3 report expected tomorrow morning, before the bell.
One note, from Brian Blair of Wedge Partners, takes the form of an open letter to the management, urging the company that in order to survive, "You need to completely leave behind the high end of the market and attack the low end with vigor, touting your famous keyboard as a primary differentiator and offering consumers migrating from feature phones access to the most important services of the Internet."
BlackBerry shares are up 8 cents, or 1.3%, at $6.14.
The Street continues to react to a report yesterday that DRAM maker SK Hynix (000660KS) may increase its manufacturing capacity in 2014, threatening prices of the chips for all vendors.
Mark Newman, who follows Samsung Electronics (005930KS) and Toshiba (6502JP) on behalf of Bernstein Research, writes that "there is once again concern that SK Hynix is adding DRAM wafer capacity.
"This could not be further from the truth as the company has already been saying for months that they would need to replace its very old M10 fab that cannot support technology migration once SK Hynix reaches 20/21nm and beyond."
Micron Technology (MU), whose shares had sold off on that report, are today up 19 cents, or 0.9%, at $22.
Speaking of chips, Cowen & Co.'s Tim Arcuri this morning offers up findings of a panel he hosed at one of the firm's recent conferences, in which the topic was "3-D NAND" flash memory. He thinks Samsung may have 10% of its production in 2014 in 3-D NAND, which may, he thinks, spur others, such as Micron and Hynix. to accelerate their own time frames for the new technology.
In case you missed it, The Wall Street Journal's Farhad Manjoo this morning writes that research firm eMarketer is estimating that mobile ad spending doubled this year, so far, to $9.6 billion, and "is set to skyrocket over the next few years," a big relief to Facebook and Google (GOOG) and other firms that had been threatened with the end of revenue as users moved to mobile devices.


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While our beloved Bulldog breed seems to not be amoung the top pure breed dogs in shelters, they still are there and need rescued. Every day in communities across the US a bond is broken. It's the bond between people and their pets, resulting in millions of pets being surrendered to shelters each year. And little has been known about the reasons why until now. In a recent study conducted by the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (NCPPSP) and published in the July issue of the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (JAAWS), researchers went into 12 selected animal shelters in the United States for one year to find out why. The results of the study show that the top seven reasons for relinquishment for both dogs and cats are the same. "These commonalties suggest that there may be similar ways to address relinquishment in dogs and cats," says Pam Burney, NCPPSP president. "For people who work in a shelter all day, there isn't always time to look at these issues. We have impressions of what's happening, but now we have objective data that will help us develop specific programs to address the issues that have been identified."
Specially trained researchers completed confidential individual interviews with pet owners who were relinquishing their dogs or cats to animal shelters. Pet owners were allowed to give up to five reasons for relinquishment. Interviewers did not, however, prioritize the responses. They simply recorded them in the order stated. Characteristics of Pets Being Relinquished In addition to the reasons for relinquishment, the study collected data on the pets being relinquished.
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Characteristics of Pet Owners Surrendering Pets During the confidential interviews, researchers also gathered data on the people surrendering the pets. "Owners represented a broad range of age, ethnicity, education, and income level, indicating continued efforts will need to reach wide and far into communities across the country," say Dr. Mo Salman, the article's senior author.
The NCPPSP Regional Shelter Survey was designed, implemented, and analyzed by six members of the NCPPSP Scientific Advisory Committee. Regional investigators were encouraged to select shelters that were likely to be representative of those in their locations. The selection was also based on a shelter's ability to dedicate time and resources to the project.
The publication of this article represents the first such scientific and public release of relinquishment data from the NCPPSP's ongoing research into pet population issues. "The council has undertaken several important studies to better understand the issue of unwanted companion animals. This problem cannot be solved unless we truly understand it," says Burney. "Without this new data, individuals and organizations can have a clear idea of how to approach these issues most effectively."
As with all research, there are limitations. According to the authors, "the study was designed to describe the animals submitted to shelters. Thus, this set of data has no comparison data from the general pet-owning population. Many factors undoubtedly influence pet relinquishment, and some critical factors may have be omitted. This study represents a beginning of systematic data collection to examine this complex problem. The study is not designed to deal with animals other than those entering shelters, and influences cannot be drawn beyond this population."
The National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (NCPPSP) is a coalition of 11 of America's foremost animal organizations concerned with the issue of unwanted pets in the United States. It was established to gather and analyze reliable data that further characterize the number, origin and disposition of companion animals (dogs and cats) in the United States; to promote responsible stewardship of these companion animals; and to then recommend programs to reduce the number of pets in shelters in the United States.


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Over 95% of businesses unknowingly host compromised endpoints, despite their use of firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), antivirus and web gateways. This situation-the new status quo-results from criminals leveraging multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, commercial-quality toolkits and social media to perpetrate next-generation threats. These threats move "low and slow" and use several stages and channels to duck traditional defenses and find vulnerable systems and sensitive data.
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Ecuador: Chevron Bets on Arbitration Case
As a $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron is getting close to a ruling in Ecuador, the US oil giant and its lawyers are betting a pending international arbitration case can avert the cost of an unfavorable ruling in the South American country.
Last week, U.S. federal judge Leonard Sand dismissed an attempt by the government of President Rafael Correa to block an international arbitration in the lawsuit.
"The decision …was important because it preserves Chevron's ability to continue with the arbitration in a neutral forum," says Ed Kehoe, co-head of the International Arbitration Practice at U.S. law firm King & Spalding and an attorney for Chevron in this and other arbitration cases. "It is quite significant because what Ecuador was attempting to do was stop Chevron from being able to challenge the treatment it has received in Ecuador from the government in the international forum."
Chevron has repeatedly denounced the lawsuit proceedings in Ecuador as unfair and tainted by everything from bias from the court-appointed expert who came up with the $27 billion number to government interference and bribery. It also denounced the indictments against two Chevron attorneys involved in the case.
"What makes this case unique is not that it's simply a dispute with each side having an argument," Kehoe says. "It is blatant favoritism by the court and court-appointed expert with the government of Ecuador standing behind it with its thumb on the scale of justices."
Under a 1997 U.S.-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty, a U.S. company is allowed to file an arbitration claim if it is denied protection as an American investor, he points out.
Chevron isn't the only one complaining about the lack of judicial fairness in Ecuador. "Legal certainty is far and away the biggest question mark for any company considering a significant capital investment in Ecuador," says Patrick Kilbride, director of Western Hemisphere affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to withdrawing from The World Bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) effective in January this year, Ecuador has renounced nine bilateral investment treaties, he points out.
"Across the region, we're seeing that the absence of rule of law has a chilling effect on inward investment," Kilbride says. "It's not limited to Ecuador, but Ecuador has clearly been a case study with some of the lowest annual FDI inflows in the region."
According to a Latin Business Chronicle analysis, Ecuador has South America's third-lowest FDI rate compared to its GDP. Only Paraguay and Venezuela have lower rates. "Annual FDI inflows to Ecuador have been generally anemic," Kilbride says.
Instead, Ecuador is becoming a global leader in arbitration claims. Ecuador now has the world's second-highest number of pending arbitration claims, according to Chevron spokesman Kent Robertson.
"Looking strictly at the policy climate toward investment, you have to wonder whether the government really wants new foreign investment," Kilbride says.
The lawsuit against Chevron dates back to 1993. It was originally filed in the United States, but was thrown out here in 2002. Then the case was re-filed in Ecuador. The lawsuit claims that Chevron is responsible for environmental damage in Ecuador because of Chevron unit Texaco's operations there from 1964 to 1990.
When Texaco left Ecuador completely in 1992 it undertook a $40 million remediation and reached an agreement with the government that it would be free from any future lawsuits. However, the current government of Ecuador has violated that agreement and has repeatedly – and openly – supported the lawsuit against Chevron.
Chevron has countered that any environmental damages are the fault of Ecuador's state oil company PetroEcuador, which is infamous for its poor environmental track record. Chervon has also complained about the unfair treatment it has received by the judicial system in Ecuador and asked that the case be thrown out. However, the case will likely result in a ruling as soon as next month.
Due to the court's bias – and pressure from President Correa – the most likely outcome is against Chevron.
However, the chances that Chevron actually is forced to pay the $27 billion is less likely if the U.S. oil company wins its arbitration case. In the meantime, the case will also delay any international rulings against it, Kehoe says. The plaintiffs will likely try to get various U.S. and international courts to force Chevron to pay damages if the Ecuador courts finds in their favor.
An international tribunal has only recently been appointed for the arbitration case and now the process starts whereby both parties will be arguing over the initial hearing and the tribunal has to set a schedule. The case will then feature testimony and documents from each party. "We will move promptly to move the case forward," Kehoe says.
Meanwhile, Chevron has a second arbitration case pending against Ecuador in connection with a lawsuit against that country. In that case, Chevron says that Ecuador had illegally profited from an agreement Texaco had to provide oil to Ecuador at below market prices. Ecuador, in turn, sold some of that oil globally to make a profit, Chevron says.
Chevron filed its lawsuit in Ecuador originally, but no court would handle the case. "After 11 years, Chevron filed an international arbitration case in Hague [since] it was denied of justice," Kehoe says. "When a court system refuses to rule in your case you have to do something."
He expects a ruling on that case within a month or two. A hearing in the case was held in Washington, D.C. in April last year.
Meanwhile, Kilbride says Ecuador can boost its investment climate immediately if it truly wanted to.
"Ecuador holds its fate in its own hands," he says.
In 2003, the United States announced it would negotiate free trade agreements with Ecuador and its Andean neighbors. Today, Peru's agreement is in place and Colombia's awaits Congressional consideration. Meanwhile, Ecuador and Bolivia have gone the opposite route. And instead of signing FTAs, Ecuador renounces BITs. Bolivia has lost its tariff preferences; the same could happen to Ecuador, Kilbride says.
"Ecuador could turn this around tomorrow by reaffirming its commitment to international arbitration and the bilateral investment treaties it renounced," he says. "Not to mentioning honoring the commitments made by previous administrations. Investor confidence begins with rule of law."


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Famed for making the colorful clogs that bear its name, Crocs (CROX) has been hit by bad earnings.
At $13.69, the footwear maker's share price plunged $3.28, or 19.3% to $13.70 after being temporarily halted.
In a press release issued after the closing bell, the company said it earned 48 cents a share, excluding one-time items, on revenue of $364 million, falling short of the 64 cents a share on sales of $365 million expected by Wall Street.
And if that wasn't enough, Croc's outlook for the current quarter sharply missed analysts' expectations.
Crocs has in recent years changed its strategy, opting to reach customers directly by opening its own stores. The company is also aggressively fighting to prevent counterfeit goods in China.


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This is one of my favorite trolls, because you can set your watch by how long it takes for someone to post a link to the Jitterbag and saying, "here you go, Gramps."
Oops, that was supposed to be "except when you have a sitter." And then, unless you are insane, you will get the hell out of the house.
Everything will become so needy you will have no time at all.
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You can get it (Calculus Made Easy) for free: http://books.google.com/books?id=BrhBAAAAYAAJ
The people running the UC system now come from the world of business. Most are Republican appointees (look up the list of regents) with little background in education or the public sector. They see the UC as a brand, and that brand as an asset to bring in revenue. That's why they're destroying it.
This story attracts the usual solipsistic ignorance of IT drones about what other people actually do. Excel is simply more advanced than Google Spreadsheets. For many casual spreadsheet users, that doesn't matter. But accounting and finance (especially for firms doing business internationally) requires a lot more than figuring out sums and averages.
At least we'll get the Heat Miser.
Trust me, if we can solve LA at rush hour, quantum computing, protein folding and FTL travel will be a breeze.
My god, there are a lot of smug/reactive, insular and almost anti-intellectual neckbeards on this thread.
That works.
Well, that's one game. Another is "he (or she) who dies with the most offspring, wins." Which has been around a lot longer as a game.
The science and craft of political triangulation is such that popular votes are always going to be somewhat close. That, to some extent, is deceptive. If the popular vote was the way that elections were decide, both candidates would have campaigned quite differently.
What is surprising is how close the races in the "battleground states" *wasn't.* Only Florida was a squeaker - in all the rest, Obama won by a rather decent margin. Historically, the popular vote lead in this race is a bit larger than usual, and the largest for a re-election since Reagan.
SCOTUS / Roe V. Wade is one reason why so many women voted for Obama.
He has set himself up on the wrong side of history. This is another moment in which the old Republican strategy has bit them on the ass. Gay marriage used to be used by Republicans to divide Democrats. Now it's a wedge issue in the other direction.
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