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Metro West Mission
Metro West is one of those spots that will go down in wake legend, for well-deserved reasons. Everyone who's anyone's hit it. It's a mellow drop that doesn't even really require an ollie, and therefore the possibilities are endless. So on my recent trip to Orlando I figured it would be a good place to set up a little photo shoot and make things happen.
Well actually, it wasn't quite that simple. First we were trying to ride a few other spots and got shut down. Once we finally settled on winching, it was an obvious choice, suggested by Jen GilanFarr, but then we had to find a winch. About 2000 phone calls later we found a winch, but no car it would fit in. Then Jen could no longer come. And then…well, you get the idea. But once we pulled into the Wendy's parking lot and set up not one, but two winches on the opposing shore, well it was on.
The riding crew consisted 50% of the population of female wakeskaters in Orlando, Steph Wamsley and Renee Jaquess as well as dudes Matt Hooker, Andrew Pastura and their crew. Steven Campbell would show up later, and the members of the media such as Darren Manzari and Roland Lugo would take a couple hits at it too. Since Toe Jam had just concluded, it was pretty clear with this crew in tow, some ish would go down.
Of course the thing with winching is it's a lot of work. And trying tricks multiple times takes a lot of swimming, climbing and pulling on the rope. It's pretty common that even with skilled riders, nothing will be landed in a session. This was one of those sessions. But before you ask why I would even bother writing a story or using photos about people not landing tricks, let me explain. Actually, that's the point of this story. Cause you see, Metro West is old news. What isn't is the tricks that were being tried.
Steph and Renee are doing everything in their power to build a name for women's wakeskating, and so they didn't even bother with trying to ollie the drop. Steph came so close to a kickflip (remember what a monumental thing it was when Aron Gore kickflipped it a few years ago) and Renee was popping perfect shuvs. Neither of them landed in their few tries, but don't worry, it will happen before the summer is up.
For the dudes, Matt Hooker was trying heelflips. It wasn't happening, but he was so close, I give that one to him his next visit to the spot. Andrew didn't ride but you know he would have switch hardflipped it (or something equally absurd.)
But after a few hours it seemed that the tricks were just too tech and it wasn't the day. This session might be a total bust. Impressive, but a bust. The Scene One Film crew was packing up to leave. Enter Steve Campbell. He immediately began trying to frontside flips. Now we all know he's got this trick, so it was no surprise when he stomped the hell out of it after only a few tries.
So lets recap: girls trying kickflips and shuvs. Dudes trying heelflips. Frontside flip: STOMPED. And it was only April. Not to be redundant, but this is gonna be an amazing year.


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Poor Bogo.
Another Pacific Division team came into Winnipeg tonight, fatigued from an extra minutes affair against Minnesota just 24 hours previous. The Jets had capitalized on poor goaltending in their season and home openers, and were looking to turn in a more effective game against an already injury-weakened and tired Ducks team. A "60 minute effort" as people on TV say, as though the glove dryers have remained off to date.
Instead, it was a game of pure frustration for the Jets. We heard a lot about effort, about wanting the puck, and about the little things again. But for all their access to the game and their view from above, the on-the-fly analysts seems to misunderstand the simple reality of the game – the Ducks isolated Jet puck carriers with Boudreau's well-established puck pressure system, and the Jets never adjusted to give puck support or to open the gap behind the defenders through re-groups. Turnover City. Breakout Breakdown. Trapped in a Neutral Zone. Pick your movie title, but let's all hope they don't keep making them like those damn Hangover films.
Teemu Night in Winnipeg
I wasn't listening, but I assume "In the Box" is scarier than we think. Or he was doing a Duck impression.
Teemu got everything the fans could give him – a couple standing ovations, the "Yeah!" then "boo!" cheer every time he touched the puck, and more Selanne jerseys than anyone knew existed peppering the crowds. Unfortunately, we didn't see him pot one – even just to put us out of our misery.
It was the last time, and even if it wasn't a memorable game, it was a memorable night. Thanks again, Teemu.
The Good
By eye, Jacob Trouba had the sort of game that shows he's among the Jets' best 6 defenders. He showed good awareness for the game – jumping up in the dying minutes on a short-handed rush, making some patient reads when he got isolated, and making some good outlet passes in a game where those seemed to be in short supply.
He and Stuart had an absurd zone-start of 1 Ozone to 10 Dzone draws, but there were a lot more defensive zone draws to go around in general. Still, not the best circumstances for a 19 year old.
Andrew Ladd got a couple goals, including a 1st period tip when Blake Wheeler took a shot on the powerplay like it was 2011. His other goal was created by using the space behind the Ducks' defenders, which is the space in which their aggressive system is most vulnerable. The Jets most common entry was a simple chip in the neutral zone when they got stood up, and in doing that simple play, they forced Anaheim to retreat all the way to their net to begin defending again. In this case, Ladd found Wheeler trailing in space, who missed the net. The puck bounced out front and Ladd still had space of his own, thanks to three Ducks lined up in front of the crease.
Many people are going to call Pavelec a bright spot in the game, and he did make 30 stops. Once again we heard about how he was keeping them in it. At one point, the colour guy on the ol' t.v. said he had great "battle," but honestly, he created half those battles for himself, and his rebound control was such that the Jets had to swat pucks back to the Ducks in situations where a better goalie gives them a better play (like a faceoff, or a rebound into a quiet space on the ice). The Ducks were generating offence on throw-ins from the blue line and going in for the inevitable rebound. The Clitsome high-sticking penalty was defending Winnik from getting to a puck that just never should have been there. It's always an adventure with Pavelec, but at some point that has to be recognized as a problem.
The Bad
Olli Jokinen dives into his own net while TSN taunts Jets fans with the memory of better players.
To go back to Trouba – the math tells us he had the worst shot attempt % among defenders in the game. In his defence, no one was over 50% for the Jets, but Trouba's 37% is only a touch lower than the 40% he brought into the game. He's not being given an easy assignment – his zone starts and partner are enough to give him a pass for the game – but he's still better by eye than math (as we can expect for young players).
Speaking of problems on the back-end, how about those turnovers by Grant Clitsome? He's fresh off injury reserve with (I believe) one practice yesterday and a morning skate today. The team was eager to get him in because of the struggles of Postma and Stuart together, but it may have been a game early. Clitsome was tenative with the puck in a high-pressure game and skated into pressure more often than out of it. Brutal game for Clitsome.
Jim Slater. Just. Come on. Give the guy a map, or a compass at least. How is he supposed to find his way out of his own end?
Peluso came in for Thorburn for the game, and Noel immediately cut the minutes of the fourth line. Peluso got 3:51, and still the announcing crew managed to talk about his offensive game. That comment came on a play in which he couldn't create a passing lane in the neutral zone, so carried in as the third skater. The weak-side forward (Tangradi) had to turn away from the line, and Slater was standing with his legs in the splits by the time Peluso crossed the line. Now without help, Peluso shot a 70 ft wrister on net and began playing defence as the TSN crew lauded his shot. He might be better than Thorburn, but it doesn't mean he belongs on an NHL roster.
Scheifele's minutes were low again this game, behind Jokinen and Little, while Kane was double shifted when the Jets needed a goal and led all forwards in the game with 22 minutes. In all those 22 minutes, Kane failed to get a puck to the net, though he made 7 attempts.
It was frustrating for every Jet out there. A lack of puck support meant the Jets failed to beat the Ducks' isolating pressure on the puck. The Jets were always 1 on 2 or 3 with few or no options. When we talk about a team 'maturing,' it can mean the ability to use the spaces that other teams give, rather than needing to create from particular spaces. The Ducks give space, but it's always behind the closest attacker, so it takes trust from the puck carrier and awareness from those without the puck to take advantage. Otherwise, it's a blind play to no one at best, and a pure turnover at worst.
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"You need someone else's eyes to talk for you when you can't turn around."
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results only necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Want a logo maybe like the presidential seal but with a fitness twist.
the product is for an end user fitness enthusiast
cardioforceone .com or cardioforce1.com
Starting an internet program for fitness enthusiast. The program is a series of guided workouts created by a personal trainer with the voiceover instruction played over music. There is a presidential theme inherent in the program. I cannot divulge specifics but suffice it to say it has to do with designing logo where the trainer developed workouts at a high level for Presidents, cabinet members, High Level CEO's and very high profile people.
- very prestigious
- it can be quirky and fun if doen correctly
- classy would be nice
- Will be reasonably $$ product but it must seem expensive
- powerful font is probably a good idea
- could utilize my name and logo found at http://www.resultsonly.com
- If someone wants to veer off the presidential seal I would like a few other ideas that might make me go a differerent direction ex. the designer had thoughts of something I didn't have in mind but is still a pertineent and good idea (I might have blinders a little bit on this one)
- if using a replica of the seal could put different things in the eagles claws
Not silly
probably not cartoony unless it is a very well done cartoon
I command a pretty high lvel of respect in the industry and there are only a few people in the world who can say they have trained the people I have been lucky enough to work with so that must be kept in mind and remain constant throught the theme. Anything that does not command respect and power I will probably have to reject
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ASUS Unveils the Prime, the World's First Quad-Core Android Tablet
Subject: Mobile | November 9, 2011 - 01:00 AM | Matt Smith
Tagged: tegra 3, tegra, tablet, quad-core, kal-el, eee pad, asus, Android
ASUS Eee Pad Prime
Rumors have been swirling around the ASUS Prime tablet and dock, successors to the popular ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, for months. Today, many of those rumors can rest, as ASUS has taken the wraps off the tablet's official specifications.
The big story for enthusiasts is the tablet's NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. Provided that the product makes its anticipated December release (the exact date has yet to be announced), this will be the first tablet to hit the market with Tegra 3 as well as the first Android tablet to sport a quad-core. You can read some more details that Ryan discussed about Tegra 3 and its five (5?!?) cores, by checking out this post from September.
NVIDIA Kal-El / Tegra 3 Processor
As the follow-up to the Transformer, the Prime offers many of the same features including the keyboard dock. However, the Prime is improved across the board. The tablet is just 8.3 millimeters thin, making it the thinnest tablet on the market (the next thinnest is the 8.6mm Galaxy Tab 10.1, while the iPad 2 is 8.8mm). Weight has been reduced to 586 grams (1.29 lbs), down from 680. The rear-facing camera now sports an 8MP sensor, the battery in both the tablet and the optional dock is slightly larger, and base storage is now 32GB, with a 64GB model available as an optional upgrade. Even the display has been improved via a new brightness enhancement function that promises to make the tablet easier to use in sunlight.
Even the design has been upgraded. Unlike the Transformer, which has a plastic back, the Prime has a "spun metallic" finish. It will be available in amethyst gray and champagne gold.
The battery tests from ASUS put the Prime at 12 hours of life on its own and 18 hours with the keyboard dock while playing back 720p video with all ports enabled and the screen brightness at 60 nits.
Despite all of these improvements, the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer will not be going away. In fact, it will be remaining at its current price. Instead, the Prime is entering the market as a "premium" product built to compete directly with the iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1. The base Prime model with 32GBs of storage is $499, while the 64GB model is $599. As with the original, purchasing the optional keyboard dock will set you back another $149.
ASUS claims that the Prime will in fact ship with Android 3.2 in its initial release with an over-the-air updated to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) as soon as it has been "optimized, tested and approved". They weren't willing to put a date or time frame on that release but they are planning on using the 4.0 OS revision at the launch event coming in December; that seems to indicate to us we may have it in time for CES in January 2012.
When PC Perspective reviewed the Transformer, I called it "the best Android tablet on the market today." The thinner, lighter, more powerful Prime should be a significant improvement to an already excellent product. My only concerns were with the dock itself, which was sometimes finicky and added a fair amount of bulk. It'll be interesting to see if the Prime can address those concerns.
My only question is will the dock from the original work with this new one? Or will the new thinness make that impossible?
They said the dock is new and re-designed, so I doubt it would work.
What I would like to know, will 3G/4G be available for the transformer prime?
No plans announced for that.
I recall Asus had told that they were going to maintain accessory compatibility with all the future eeePad products.
Hmm, I honestly don't remember that. Do you know where that might be published at all so we can check on it?
Thanks for the reply. I am planing on getting one but I need to know if I have to buy a mifi or something. I would rather have it in the device.
It's great hardware, but with all the different Android platforms with widely differing graphics horsepower, will there be any software that takes advantage - besides tech demos from nVidia?
Put another way, why would a developer make a game that could *only* run on a single tablet made (so far) by a single manufacturer?
Until Android somehow solves this 'Balkanization' issue, I'm waiting before I pull the trigger...
That is a fair enough thought process and I can't blame you for taking that route. For the rest of the non-Apple world though we need to see hardware move before we will see software move.


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November 5, 2008
Barack Obama's historic rise to the presidency, including winning Indiana's 11 electoral votes, has students, faculty, and alumni reflecting on the election's significance.
The Democrat won Indiana, something that had not happened since 1964. While those on campus reflect on the election and its impact, a couple of Wabash alums were actively involved in the winning campaign.
Jeremy Bird '00 was General Election Director for the state of Ohio, winning that state helped seal the Obama win Tuesday night. Bird also was the field director for South Carolina, a state which played a pivotal role in the Illinois Senator's nomination fight with Hillary Clinton.
Bird spent election day in the 'bolier room' in Columbus, Ohio, "watching the numbers come in, troubleshooting issues, redeploying our troops, dealing with legal issues, and just making sure our operation was humming," the Wabash religion major said. "It's been a long 20 months, but it has been more than worth it."
Wabash Magazine will have a full feature on Bird's campaign work in the fall issue due out near the end of November. Brock Johnson '07 worked for Clinton during the primary season then joined the Obama campaign as an 'advance team" member.
Students gathered at Baxter Hall Tuesday night to watch television coverage. Democrats and Republicans were joined by faculty members to discuss the changing electoral map. Undoubtedly, the election will be a classroom topic for days to come.
The analysis has already begun. Several Wabash professors weighed in on Obama's victory. Some were interested in the nuts and bolts of how and why Obama won the long election, others were more philosophical.
Professor of Political Science David Hadley has taught and been involved in politics at the state and local level for many years.
"Obama's campaign committed financial and human resources to the campaign," Hadley said. "You have to go back to the fact that the Obama campaign saw something in Indiana, I assume from the primary election results, that gave them reason to believe that they could, with a real commitment of resources, win the state. Add to that the fact that the campaign had the resources, both financial and human, to invest in Indiana, and you get what must be considered a stunning result. I would guess that one of the things the Obama campaign saw in the primary results was the strength he had in some of the traditionally overwhelmingly Republican suburban areas around Indianapolis. This indicated that combined with his strength in Lake County, Indianapolis, and may Terre Haute, he had the opportunity to win significant numbers of younger, middle class voters who were stirred by his candidacy."
Hadley had two classes canvass the Crawfordsville community prior to the election. Much like previous years, the poll which showed McCain winning the city by about three points proved accurate. The student poll hit the presidential and congressional election by under two percent.
Veteran political science professor Phil Mikesell said Obama stirred some vivid memories. "Watching the victory celebration and listening to Obama's speech, I couldn't help but reflect that I had also heard (in the crowd) M.L. King's "I have a Dream" speech in 1963. There has indeed been change. In the day-to-day and up-close world of policy analysis and politicking, we often lose sight of the bigger picture. As the saying goes, "If someone had said to me on that summer day 45 years ago … well, no one would have said it then, because we couldn't have imagined such a thing."
Political Science Instructor Paul Vasquez found himself thinking about McCain's political mistakes. He said selecting Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate had to be near the top of the list. "She lacked the governing experience and ability when dealing with the national media," Vasquez said. "A Republican such as Mike Huckabee would have been stronger on both measures, while energizing conservatives without alienating as many independents. Moreover, the excitement Palin brought to McCain's effort could have been achieved somewhat by giving her a prime convention speech and perhaps announcing that she would serve as his Secretary of Energy. A maverick move such as this would have allowed her to focus on issues she knew better during interviews, while giving her a platform to campaign for a McCain-Huckabee ticket in the fall."
Vasquez also wondered if negative campaigning took a blow with Obama's election. "This election was a big setback for negative attacks on candidates' character," he said. "While John Kerry's election bid in 2004 was torpedoed partly by groups like the Swift Boat Veterans, the public did not appear to lend much credence to frequent inferences that Obama was a friend of terrorists or explicit charges that he was a socialist. The fact that Senator (Elizabeth) Dole lost her seat representing North Carolina amidst unfair claims that her rival was godless appear to support that conclusion as well.
The historical significance of Obama's victory struck long-time Professor of Political Science Melissa Butler. "When Lyndon Johnson signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, he noted that this would cost the Democratic Party for a generation," she said. "In 1968, the Democrats self-destructed at their Chicago National Convention. Richard Nixon won in November and used a "Southern Strategy" to begin to forge a new electoral coalition based on what Ben Wattenberg called the 'unyoung, unpoor and unblack.'
"Last night we came full circle as an African-American stood right there in Grant Park, (ground zero of the Democratic Party's 1968 implosion), with an electoral victory helped along by the votes of what may be a new and lasting electoral coalition of young people, of African-America and Latinos, made a magnanimous and inclusive victory speech."
But some were looking beyond the political significance of Obama's win to its impact on our democracy.
"It is difficult to say exactly what a Barack Obama presidency will mean for American democracy," Director of the Malcom X Institute Tim Lake said. "Indeed, it is doubtful if anything about how our government works will change. Neither is it certain as to what it means for Americans of all hue, class, region and gender to have elected Obama to the highest office in the land. The answer to these concerns will depend less upon Obama and more upon what we do as American citizens with a globalized sense of our humanity and common destiny.
"As the first decade of the 21st century wanes, what is rousing about Obama's election is the hope it springs that the lofty virtues of democracy might not as yet give way to the petty aims of tyrants, oligarchs, and plutocrats. Certainly, race matters in American democracy and it will continue to matter in Obama's presidency, however, the question of the 21st century is the very survival of democracy itself. And, here, what we do will matter most of all."
Butler compared the emotional impact for African Americans to that she felt as a Catholic in 1960.
"I thought back to the 1960 election and how much John Kennedy's victory meant for me as a child growing up in an almost exclusively Irish-Catholic neighborhood in Philadelphia," Butler said. "Most Wabash students might be surprised to hear this, but in the 1960s, Catholics were, to an extent, on the margins of society. Kennedy's success, with all his enormous gifts, meant that we, too, had arrived. We were really a full part of America. I can imagine that many African-Americans will experience the same kind of joy this year."
Finally, Hadley had some unusual historial analysis.
"Warm weather and Indiana presidential voting? Apparently it is the case that the temperature on election day in Indiana has reached or exceeded 74 degrees four times since 1900," Hadley offered. "The Democratic candidate for President won three of those (2008,1964, and 1932). The fourth time, 1916, the Democratic candidate lost by eight-tenths of one percent.
In photos: Top left, Gary James and Sean Clerget each had reason to celebrate Tuesday night. Clerget's man Mitch Daniels won re-election as Indiana Governor while James' organizing work for Obama paid off. (Photo by Elijah Sanders '10) Center right, Brent Kent '08 discusses returns with Paul Vasquez. (Kim Johnson) Bottom left, many students turned out to watch the results. (Sanders). On home page, Jeremy Bird in his office during the Pennsylvania primary. (Hewitt) Lower right, Tony Scheetz '10 and Jay Horrey '09 keep an eye on the electoral count.


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Is the End of the Bull Run Near?
Pimco's Mohamed El-Erian speaks with WSJ's Francesco Guerrera about whether or not we are seeing the end of the bond bull run. Photo: AP
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NWSB Insider and Seattle SuperSonics blogger Chris Hall brings us his top five Sonics all-time starting lineup. This list is the best of the best to ever play the game of basketball in the greatest basketball city in North America. Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Jack Sikma, Dale Ellis, and Dennis Johnson. The coaching nod goes to the great Lenny Wilkins. A great trip down memory lane by Chris.
NBA Team wars: Episode five
May 14, 2013 By Chris Hall
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It would be so great to see the Phoenix Suns land LeBron James.
They'd be getting one of the best players to ever play the game and instantly become title contenders, and possibly the favorite depending on who else would come on board with him.
It would be the greatest coup in the franchise's history, adding a ten-time All-Star, four time MVP, two-time champion and surefire Hall of Famer while still in his prime.
Chances are it's not going to happen.
While the Suns are often mentioned when it comes to James' free agency, they are done so in a "that would be interesting and it's possible" kind of way. You don't see any of the in-the-know folks predicting James will leave South Beach for the desert.
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And whether he comes to the Valley or not, that is a big deal.
Just one year ago the Suns appeared to be nothing short of a train wreck. Sure, they had hired Jeff Hornacek and Ryan McDonough and hopes were high that they would eventually build something, but no one expected it to happen anytime soon.
The team was expected to lose a lot of games, which would then bring them a high pick in one of the most loaded drafts in recent memory. The Suns would have to land their star via the draft, because no top free agent in his right mind would want to play for them.
Then they traded for budding star Eric Bledsoe. Then they turned Luis Scola into useable parts in Miles Plumlee and Gerald Green. Goran Dragic developed into an All-Star (minus the actual nod itself), and the Suns won 48 games.
They've since added three more players via first-round draft picks and have plenty of cap space to bring in anyone they'd like, assuming they want to play in Phoenix.
And therein lies the rub with regards to the pursuit of James.
Most reports have James either staying in Miami or leaving for Cleveland, which makes sense on a lot of levels. In the Heat he has a team that has been to four straight NBA Finals and is in great position to keep adding to that total. In the Cavs he has a chance to further his legacy, as returning to the team he bailed on just four years ago and leading them to a championship would surely win over a good many people who still for some reason doubt his motivation and desire.
Both teams have an emotional edge over the Suns, who for all intents and purposes probably offer as good a chance to win as either, if not a significantly better one altogether. But a player like James is good enough to turn any team into a contender, and it's not like the Heat and Cavs are bereft of talent.
James will win wherever he goes, and he knows that. And if winning won't determine with whom he signs on the dotted line, the Suns have little chance of inking him to a contract. It's not their fault, as they've done everything they can to put themselves in position to land The King.
Even if they don't, none of this will be for naught.
Having their name mentioned as a legitimate option for the best player on the planet goes a long way toward rebuilding a reputation. And let's be honest, the Suns were in desperate need of a makeover in that department.
While the entire process may not yet be complete, it is well underway. The national perception of the Suns is significantly better now; now they can get a meeting with the agent for the best player in the game. Soon, maybe, they'll even get a chance to woo the player himself.
Maybe they'll get LeBron James. They probably won't.
But there's something to be said for being part of the conversation rather than laughed out of it. Credibility is something the franchise desperately needed, and James hearing them out brings it.
Not long ago James listened to a pitch from the woebegone L.A. Clippers, and while he didn't sign there, it helped convince Chris Paul that L.A.'s "other team" was a viable option for his services. The struggling Knicks failed to land James, but did enough to make Carmelo Anthony want to play there. The 12-win Nets also whiffed on LeBron, but months later they traded for (and kept) Deron Williams.
While James did not sign with them, his listening to them provided each with something that cannot really be measured, but is undoubtedly there and impactful.
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The best way to get a macro view is to assimilate as much data as possible. I know oil traders who track the number of construction cranes sold worldwide as an input in their crude demand models. And sometimes the best data comes from companies that are leading indicators of the broader economy. That's why every hedge fund manager follows Fedex and UPS, even if they don't trade them.
Looking at what certain companies say and how their stock is doing is another way to feel out the market. When the inimitable Jeff Matthews broke down Williams-Sonoma's earnings call in March 2009, he was exactly right that about the big picture. Here's what he said, in its entirety:
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
"We Believe We Have Stability"
You wouldn't expect much out of Williams-Sonoma these days.
What with the evaporation of high-paying Wall Street jobs and the kind of buyer who can afford to spend $635 on a chafing dish—which calls to mind one of the best moments in movie history, from Hot Shots!, no less—not to mention the evaporation of low-paying manufacturing jobs and the disappearance of that so-called "aspirational buyer," you wouldn't think there would be much of a market for the kind of foofy, "consumer discretionary" items Williams-Sonoma, and its Pottery Barn affiliate, are famous for.
Yet all good economic cycles must, eventually, end: even the bad ones.
And if this down-cycle is ever going to start to turn back up, it has to first stop going down.
So we were intrigued to hear on the company's conference call this morning the following from Sharon McCollam, the Williams-Sonoma COO:
What we would say about the current environment is we believe we have stability and we are seeing the October/November trend be our baseline. We see it's volatile. But that's what we're seeing.
Now, whether Williams-Sonoma is an appropriate thermometer to measure the health of the American consumer may be debatable.
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So today I want to let you know about a new piece of data I'm looking with an eye towards Web Bubble 2.0: the stock prices of companies from Web Bubble 1.0. Over the next couple weeks I'll be breaking down why I'm watching each one, and why I think they could catch some bubble mo-mo. Let's be clear, I'm not buying, shorting or recommending you do anything with any of these other than track them. Think of these stocks as a thermometer on just how hot the bubble is getting. Facebook's IPO should push up the multiples of anyt company that can cast itself as 'social'. And it may even inspire scavenging and rollups of already public Internet companies that have long been left for dead. There have already been micro-cap buyouts like that of Answers.com.
Before we get to the names I want to remind you of just how heated the Web frenzy was twelve years ago—and mention a shady stock promoter technique I haven't seen in a while. There was a time when putting out any kind of press release with a mention of 'dot-com' could pop a stock 50%+. It got so ridiculous that companies would announce 'partnerships' that were little more than reseller agreements and see their market cap double. And that garbage is back in a slightly different way. While looking at Zynga's chart on Google Finance recently, this is what I saw:
The 'A' result in the news about Zynga smelled of penny stock promoter nonsense. Clicking through revealed this press release from Berkshire Hathaway's Business Wire, republished by TheStreet.com:
Rounder's 'Facebook update'? They are making a Facebook poker app. That is something anyone with an internet connection can do for free. And they worked in they're knocking off Zynga's virtual goods system, to game prime placement from Google.
Now this isn't particularly consequential on its own. The stock, which popped 16%, has a market cap of under $1.5 million. But if you see similar sorts of press releases from already public companies like the ones I'm highlighting, and it starts to really juice their stock price, that will be a great indicator that we're right back where we were 13 years ago. In the meantime, I'm buying the stocks of companies that supply Apple as a play on the bubble. (To find out which Apple Suppliers are on my Top 10 List, be sure to check out my new e-book for $20 or sign up for Revolution Investing where we're giving the book away in five weekly installments.)
Two things I want you to notice: the S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025 SPX was a better bet vs IPO for all save one name, and YTD all but one is beating the broader markets.
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Vilsack expressed a desire to work with Congress on a new revenue guarantee proposal. Is that reflected in the proposed budget?
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What about energy programs?
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Jake Sorofman works for rPath, a provider of automated application deployment tools. You can contact Jake at [email protected]
Modern manufacturing is a direct consequence of a forced transformation -- a transformation resulting from changing economics and massive product and supply chain complexity. The same sort of transformation is taking place today in enterprise IT -- forced by similar challenges and following a very similar arc.
Manufacturing has evolved from manual to automated, ad hoc to repeatable, from art to science. Manufacturing has been forced to "industrialize." Aiding in the effort are product lifecycle and supply chain management tools for streamlining manufacturing process and linking together previously isolated stages in the value chain.
Several factors drive manufacturing complexity:
- Many inputs. Raw materials and product sub-assemblies are sourced through direct and indirect means. Inputs must be made available for production runs.
- Many actors. Each phase of the manufacturing process involves many different roles and individuals who must work in harmony to produce the end product.
- Massive scale. The volume of units shipped and diversity of product lines drive massive scale in the volume of raw materials, work in process and finished goods.
- Constant change. Changes in the specification and availability of inputs must be communicated and propagated downstream, while changes in demand are communicated and propagated upstream.
- Frequent specialization. End products must be tweaked, tailored and localized to satisfy diverse market requirements.
Manufacturing is a useful analogy for the transformation taking place in enterprise IT. After all, these same challenges -- many inputs, many actors, massive scale, constant change and frequent specialization -- could just as easily describe the state of IT today.
Manufacturers have addressed manufacturing complexity by creating a centralized infrastructure for controlled reuse of standardized components, collaboration between roles, and automation of key processes. They have created, in effect, a "hub" that automates and streamlines how inputs become outputs in a way that is efficient and scalable and based on principles of standardization and reuse. They have integrated these standardized components all the way back through the supply chain.
IT has no such hub today, relying instead on independent, often duplicative efforts and disconnected, fragmented processes to construct and maintain a system. For IT today, scale and change are compounding at the same time budgets contract and business line expectations increase. IT is undergoing a forced transformation -- from art to science -- much like manufacturing organizations of the past.
The transformation for enterprise IT should follow a similar path, where a centralized hub becomes the control infrastructure for managing IT system construction and change. This hub becomes the basis for managing and reusing standardized system components -- components that are integrated back through the software supply chain.
You may think of this like a Rubik's Cube, where the colored blocks represent reusable software components which -- when combined -- represent a new system. These components are managed centrally and reused liberally to construct new systems. All the components and the systems themselves are deeply modeled and version controlled, ensuring that they're well-defined and controlled throughout their lifecycle. When updates are made to the components, change is flowed through the hub and cascaded en masse to hundreds or thousands of deployed systems.
With a software distribution hub, key challenges for IT become surmountable:
- Many inputs. System software components are standardized and versioned, giving IT control over what software is put into production. The software supply chain is fully integrated from the deployed business services all the way back to the original sources of the enabling software -- custom, commercial and open source. Changes to software and configurations flow seamlessly from the sources to the consuming systems.
- Many actors. Rather than duplicating efforts, working at cross-purposes and creating conflicts in production environments, all contributors to the IT value chain are in perfect coordination. Standardized components are reused, not recreated. Where they're reused is tracked. Changes to these components -- in dev, test or production; by OS, middleware or application teams; or by third party software providers -- are seamlessly propagated from their source, through the hub, and into production.
- Massive scale. Traditionally, adding systems meant adding people. With the software distribution hub, scale can grow at near zero marginal cost. Reuse of system components means massive leverage on the management of software in production.
- Constant change. With change flowing through the hub, introducing change at any layer of the stack is simple, free of conflict and reversible. Changes to custom, commercial or open source software -- or to configurations or business service definitions -- seamlessly flow from their source to their destination.
- Frequent specialization. One-size-fits-all gives way to customized systems, as standardized components are mixed and matched to address diverse business requirements. Because these components are controlled and managed centrally, there's no added management overhead for this sort of system diversity.
Legacy manufacturing processes were forced to transform under the weight of complexity, scale and changing economic conditions. The same transformation -- by the same forces -- is underway for enterprise IT.
Today's approaches are too slow, costly and chaotic to address modern system complexity and IT budgets. The only viable solution is a new approach -- a distribution hub, with deep integration from the business service back through the software supply chain -- that takes the cost and complexity out of managing IT environments in an age of massive scale, accelerating change, and elusive op ex budgets.


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SAN JOSE — Prosecutors said the young Sureno hitmen were gunning for status and the gang tattoos that come with the killing of rival Nortenos.
An older shot-caller picked the victim: Homer Bejarano Resendez, a 45-year-old man chosen because he had the wrong affiliation for the West San Jose neighborhood where he lived. He was gunned down in front of his home in March 2008, and on Tuesday, a Santa Clara County jury handed down the last two convictions in the case after a monthlong trial.
Richard Orestes Guerrero, 39, and Israel Eduardo Lopez, 22, each face 50 years to life in prison when they are sentenced in January after being convicted of first-degree murder.
"When Lopez was arrested, he confessed that he was just putting in 'work,'" deputy district attorney Kevin Smith stated in a news release. "His 'work' for the gang was killing a 45-year-old man sitting on his front porch and nearly killing a 13-year-old girl who was doing homework while her grandmother watched a Sharks game."
Resendez's slaying was one of 12 homicides in a bloody, seven-week stretch that occurred during a spike in gang violence.
Prosecutors said evidence revealed Guerrero, known as "Sapo," had the power to order hits for the city's largest Sureno subset and sent the men to kill Resendez.
On March 8, 2008, Lopez, known as "Youngster," and two other men drove to Resendez's home on Cape Cod Court in a stolen Honda. Lopez, who was 18 at the time, shot Resendez four times with a .357 Magnum.
Another shooter, Miguel Calzada, missed his target and was previously sentenced to 21 years in prison. The driver of the car, Arturo Tadeo Hernandez, was sentenced to seven years. Calzada and Hernandez are about the same age as Lopez.
When the hit men struck, Smith said bullets flew into the front room of the house and narrowly missed the young girl and her grandmother.
Police investigators talked to witnesses and used cellphone records to connect the killing to the Surenos. The three in the car were arrested in June 2008. Guerrero was taken into custody after a five-hour standoff at his Sunnyvale home that October. In his garage, investigators found the murder weapon.
Guerrero and Lopez were found guilty of first-degree murder, shooting into an inhabited dwelling and assault with a firearm on the teenage girl, all with enhancements for the use of a firearm and committing a crime for the benefit of a gang.
"Guerrero told the jury that he is a proud Sureno," Smith said in the release. "The jury, by their verdict, has given him the additional label of murderer."
Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.


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Former University of Florida All-American Mark Merklein, perhaps the most decorated men's tennis player in UF history, is returning to Gainesville as an assistant coach, head coach Bryan Shelton announced on Friday. Merklein will join Shelton and volunteer assistant Scott Perelman on the Gators' coaching staff beginning this summer.
Amer Delic, who served as the assistant coach this season, has taken a job as the Director of Tennis at The Polo Club in Austin, Texas.
"As sad as we were to see Amer leave, we are thrilled to welcome Mark back to Gainesville," said Coach Shelton. "Mark had an amazing collegiate career here and went onto have a great professional career and has become an exceptional coach at the highest level. Mark is highly respected in the tennis community as being a great guy and our guys are going to enjoy working with him and learning from him. Coach Perelman and I can't wait to combine with Mark and lead this program to the top."
"For me, it's something that I've wanted for a while," said Merklein. "Especially now with Bryan there, a guy that I played on the tour with and looked up to. He was kind of a mentor for me, and now we get to work together to get the program into the top 10 and challenge for national championships. That's what my plan was when I went to Florida as a player and now I want to do that as a coach."
Merklein, who lettered at Florida from 1991-94, was the first Gator to earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles and was a two-time individual national champion. In 1993, he teamed with David Blair to win the NCAA doubles title and a year later he dominated the NCAA singles draw, dropping just one set the entire tournament on his way to claiming the singles title.
"The people and the relationships that I had at Florida, from Jeremy Foley to the coaching staff to the athletics staff, I felt like I was part of something," Merklein said. "When I left I even said to everyone, including Mr. Foley, that it was a goal of mine to one day come back and coach and win national championships. I've said it so much now, it's time to actually do it and put the work in. I'm excited to do that alongside Bryan."
His four All-America honors are the most in school history and he was also selected as the 1994 SEC Player of the Year and was a three-time All-SEC selection. He finished his career ranked first in overall wins (now ranks fourth), first in singles wins (now third) and second in doubles victories (now 10th). Merklein was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame in 2005.
For the past two seasons, Merklein has served as an assistant coach with the University of Michigan men's tennis program, helping the Wolverines finish second in the Big Ten back-to-back years and reaching the NCAA Tournament each time. Prior to his stint in Ann Arbor, Merklein spent six years as a national coach with the USTA Player Development Center in Boca Raton, Fla., and three seasons as a volunteer coach for the Gators from 1998-2000.
Merklein played on the ATP professional tour for 12 years, 1994-2005. He achieved career-high rankings of No. 35 (doubles) and No. 160 (singles) in the world, capturing four doubles titles during his career. Merklein coached tennis professional James Blake (ranked as high as No. 4 in the world) for two years, and was responsible for Blake's complete fitness and nutrition program in addition to coaching.
Merklein also has international playing experience, competing for the Bahamas at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia (quarterfinalist), and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He also played for the Bahamas' Davis Cup team from 1999 to 2005.
Merklein, 40, and his wife, Giulia, have two daughters, Gina and Olivia.
Born: June 28, 1972
Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla.
College: University of Florida (1991-94)
Coaching Experience:
University of Florida (Volunteer Assistant), 1998-2000
USTA Player Development Center (Head Coach), 2006-11
University of Michigan (Assistant Coach), 2012-13
Coaching Highlights
Former head coach of USTA Player Development Center in Boca Raton, Fla. (2005-11)
Coached men's tennis pro James Blake (ranked as high as No. 4 in the world) for two years
Playing Career Highlights
Played in 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games (Bahamas)
ATP Tour Professional (1994-2005)
Bahamas' Davis Cup team (1999-05)
NCAA Doubles Champion (1993)
NCAA Singles Champion (1994)
Four-time NCAA All-American
1994 SEC Player of the Year
Inducted into University of Florida Hall of Fame (2005)


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In the answers to Qiaochu's post on defining representations of finite groups over the algebraic integers, it came out that which fields a representation of a finite group is defined over might depend on whether you require your representation to be free or just projective. If your representation V is defined over a number field K, it contains a projective submodule V' for the integers O of K such that V'\otimes_O K=V, but it's not at all clear if this can be chosen to be free.
Luckily, there is a very nice theory of algebraic number theory that says that any projective module over the ring of integers of a number field becomes free when you extend scalars to the Hilbert class field. So, since all representations of finite groups are defined over cyclotomic fields (in fact, you just need the roots of unity for the orders of elements in G), every representation has as an integral basis in the Hilbert class field of a cyclotomic field. Which is.....?
Edit: while the class numbers are interesting that's not the question I asked. I want to actually what the Hilbert class field is, or something about it. For example, is it cyclotomic (seems unlikely, but cyclotomic fields are nice...)?


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I was especially excited to wake up this morning and see Nick pull in with his AWESOME Fuso in our drive way with the frame pieces. Seeing the size of the Fuso, I wished we had bigger pieces to move just so we can see the crane in action, too!!
So remember from our previous post with our Google sketchup of our kitchen with a steel frame?...the frame will act as a load bearing structure between our kitchen and living room so we can open the space up and have an island!
so here are some photos of Dylan & Nick dry fitting the pieces in the space for the first time to see how it all looks and fits....nervous?? I AM!!
Ta-da! Instant framing, done!
It was as simple as lining up the pieces, screw in the bolts and voila! Totally exciting to see what it actually look like in our space!! I was hopping around like a 5 year old filled with excitement when they were doing all this.
Next on the list....ride the Fuso and get the frame powder coated! Yesssss....


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In 1956, following several years of work, two astronomers at the U. S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and two astronomers at the National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, England) determined the relationship between the frequency of the Cesium atom (the standard of time) and the rotation of the Earth at a particular epoch. As a result, they defined the second of atomic time as the length of time required for 9 192 631 770 cycles of the Cesium atom at zero magnetic field. The second thus defined was equivalent to the second defined by the fraction 1 / 31 556 925.9747 of the year 1900. The atomic second was set equal, then, to an average second of Earth rotation time near the end of the 19th century.
The National Earth Orientation Service (NEOS) as the Sub-bureau for Rapid Service and Predictions of the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS), located at the U.S. Naval Observatory, monitors the Earth's rotation. Part of its mission involves the determination of a time scale based on the current rate of the rotation of the Earth. UT1 is the non-uniform time based on the Earth's rotation.
The Earth is constantly undergoing a deceleration caused by the braking action of the tides. Through the use of ancient observations of eclipses, it is possible to determine the deceleration of the Earth to be roughly 1.5-2 milliseconds per day per century. This is an effect which causes the Earth's rotational time to slow with respect to the atomic clock time. Since it has been nearly 1 century since the defining epoch (i.e. the ninety year difference between 1990 and 1900), the difference is roughly 2 milliseconds per day. Other factors also affect the Earth, some in unpredictable ways, so that it is necessary to monitor the Earth's rotation continuously.
In order to keep the cumulative difference in UT1-UTC less than 0.9 seconds, a leap second is added to the atomic time to decrease the difference between the two. This leap second can be either positive or negative depending on the Earth's rotation. Since the first leap second in 1972, all leap seconds have been positive (click here for a list of all announced leap seconds). This reflects the general slowing trend of the Earth due to tidal braking.
Confusion sometimes arises over the misconception that the regular insertion of leap seconds every few years indicates that the Earth should stop rotating within a few millennia. The confusion arises because some mistake leap seconds as a measure of the rate at which the Earth is slowing. The one-second increments are, however, indications of the accumulated difference in time between the two systems. As an example, the situation is similar to what would happen if a person owned a watch that lost two seconds per day. If it were set to a perfect clock today, the watch would be found to be slow by two seconds tomorrow. At the end of a month, the watch will be roughly a minute in error (thirty days of the two second error accumulated each day). The person would then find it convenient to reset the watch by one minute to have the correct time again.
This scenario is analogous to that encountered with the leap second. The difference is that instead of setting the clock that is running slow, we choose to set the clock that is keeping a uniform, precise time. The reason for this is that we can change the time on an atomic clock while it is not possible to alter the Earth's rotational speed to match the atomic clocks. Currently the Earth runs slow at roughly 2 milliseconds per day. After 500 days, the difference between the Earth rotation time and the atomic time would be one second. Instead of allowing this to happen a leap second is inserted to bring the two times closer together.
The decision to introduce a leap second in UTC is the responsibility of the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS). According to international agreements, first preference is given to the opportunities at the end of December and June, and second preference to those at the end of March and September. Since the system was introduced in 1972, only dates in June and December have been used.
The official United States time is determined by the Master Clock at the U. S. Naval Observatory (USNO). The Observatory is charged with the responsibility for precise time determination and management of time dissemination. Modern electronic systems, such as electronic navigation or communication systems, depend increasingly on precise time and time interval (PTTI). Examples are the ground-based LORAN-C navigation system and the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS). Navigation systems are the most critical application for precise time. The newest satellite navigation system, the Global Positioning System (GPS), is used for navigating ships, planes, missiles, trucks and cars anywhere on Earth. These systems are all based on the travel time of electromagnetic signals: an accuracy of 10 nanoseconds (10 one-billionths of a second) corresponds to a position accuracy of about 10 feet.
Precise time measurements are needed for the synchronization of clocks at two or more stations. Such synchronization is necessary, for example, for high speed communications systems. Power companies use precise time to control power distribution grids and reduce power loss. Radio and television stations require precise time (the time of day) and precise frequencies in order to broadcast programs. Many programs are transmitted from coast to coast to affiliate stations around the country. Without precise timing the stations would not be able to synchronize the transmission of these programs to local audiences. All of these systems are referenced to the USNO Master Clock.
Very precise time is kept by using atomic clocks. The principle of operation of the atomic clock is based on measuring the microwave resonance frequency (9,192,631,770 cycles per seconds of the cesium atom. At the Observatory, the atomic time scale (AT) is determined by averaging 60 to 70 atomic clocks placed in separate, environmentally controlled vaults. Atomic Time is a very uniform measure of time (one tenth of one billionth of a second per day).
The USNO must maintain and continually improve its clock system so that it can stay one step ahead of the demands made on its accuracy, stability and reliability. The present Master Clock of the USNO is based on a system of some 60 independently operating cesium atomic clocks and 7 to 10 hydrogen maser atomic clocks. These clocks are distributed over 20 environmentally controlled clock vaults, to ensure their stability. By automatic inter- comparison of all clocks every 100 seconds a time scale is computed which is not only reliable but also extremely stable. Its rate does not change by more than about 100 picoseconds (.000000001 seconds) per day from day to day.
On the basis of this computed time scale, a clock reference system is steered to produce clock signals which serve as the USNO Master Clock. The clock reference system is driven by a hydrogen maser atomic clock. Hydrogen masers are extremely stable clocks over short time periods (less than one week). They provide the stability and reliability needed to maintain the accuracy of the Master Clock System.
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is used to determine Universal Time (UT) based on the rotation of the Earth about its axis. VLBI is an advanced technique used for observing with radio telescopes. The information gained using VLBI can be used to generate images of distant radio sources, measure the rotation rate of the Earth, the motions of the Earth in space, or even measure how the plates are moving on the surface of the Earth. Measuring the Earth's motion is critical for navigation. The most accurate navigation systems rely on measurements of satellites which are not tied to the Earth. These systems can provide a position accurate to a few feet, but the position of the Earth relative to the satellite must also be known to avoid errors of hundreds of feet.
The U.S. Naval Observatory has been in the forefront of timekeeping since the early 1800's. In 1845, the Observatory offered its first time service to the public: a time ball was dropped at noon. Beginning in 1865 time signals were sent daily by telegraph to Western Union and others. In 1904, a U.S. Navy station broadcast the first worldwide radio time signals based on a clock provided and controlled by the Observatory.
A time of day announcement can be obtained by calling 202-762-1401 locally in the Washington area. For long distance callers the number is 900-410-TIME. The latter number is a commercial service for which the telephone company charges 50 cents for the first minute and 45 cents for each additional minute. Australia, Hong Kong, and Bermuda can also access this service at international direct dialing rates. You can also get time for your computer by calling 202-762-1594. Use 1200 baud, no parity, 8 bit ASCII.
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