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Debbi catches up with Brad Peacock who will be in the mix to earn a starting spot in the rotation next year.
Davey Johnson meets with the media prior to the Nats-Phillies game and talks about pitcher Henry Rodriguez.
John Lannan and Wilson Ramos reflect on Wednesday's win 7-5 win over the Phillies
Tommy Hunter tells Jim Hunter about his injury that forced him to leave his start in the O's 6-4 win
Adam Jones talks about beating the Red Sox 6-4 Wednesday night
Jim Palmer and the O's Xtra crew break down the Birds' 6-4 victory over Boston
Tom Davis asks Mark Reynolds about his two homers in the O's 6-4 win
Jim Hunter asks Buck Showalter his thoughts on the O's 6-4 win over the Red Sox
Davey Johnson meets with the media following the Nats' 7-5 victory over Philadelphia
Bob, F.P. and the Nats Xtra crew reflect on the Nats' 7-5 win over the Phillies
Debbi Taylor catches up with Danny Espinosa to ask him about his 21st home run in the Nats' 7-5 win
Davey Johnson discusses beating the National League East
Debbi Taylor asks Danny Espinosa to reflect on his rookie season and hitting 20 home runs
Davey Johnson talks about his young pitchers' performances in Tuesday's doubleheader
Drew Storen discusses reaching the 40-save mark after Tuesday's doubleheader
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OMAHA, Neb. (May 22, 2013) – The semifinalists for the inaugural Gregg Olson Award were named on Wednesday, and ETSU senior right-handed pitcher Kerry Doane (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) was one of the forty-six players to make the list, which honors college baseball's "Breakout Player of the Year."
Doane – who was recently named Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Year and to the National Pitcher of the Year watch list – is 12-1 with a 2.06 ERA (30 ER/131.0 IP) and leads the NCAA in complete games (11) and innings pitched. Meanwhile, Doane holds a share of the NCAA lead in shutouts with four and his 12 wins are tied for second nationally.
The two-time A-Sun Pitcher of the Week recipient went 7-0 with a 1.43 ERA (11 ER/69.0 IP) in nine home appearances (eight starts) and went 8-1 with a 2.37 ERA (20 ER/76.0 IP) and seven complete games in nine starts against conference foes.
Doane tied the ETSU single-season complete games record, while his four shutouts this season tied Jeff Andrews (1978-81) for the single-season and all-time school marks.
The Buccaneer pitcher was one of four A-Sun players to land on the list as Florida Gulf Coast's Michael Suchy, North Florida's Michael Renner, and Stetson's Austin Perez joined Doane as a semifinalist.
About the Award
The award is named after former Auburn Tiger star pitcher Gregg Olson, who became one of the top collegiate players in the nation after an initial season filled with only mixed success. Olson went on to become a two-time All American, first round draft pick, American League Rookie of the Year and MLB All Star. Like Olson, these players have elevated their game to an elite level and in many instances their team has mirrored their success as a direct result.
Initial nominations were made by sports information/media contacts and the semifinalists were determined by made by an independent panel. A list of finalists is scheduled to be announced on Monday, June 3rd in conjunction with the conclusion of NCAA Regional play. The winner of the 2013 Gregg Olson Award will be named in Omaha, Nebraska during the College World Series which is to be held this season at TD Ameritrade Park from June 15-June 25/26. 2013
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Our waiting room is always full, or at least it seems like it. Sometimes the nurses and hospital docs get a little miffed at me when I am pushing hard to get patients out of the ED as fast as possible. I don't look for a diagnosis quite so much as a disposition, and once there, I try to move the patient and get the next one back.
And this is why. Bad things happen in the waiting room. Apparently a runaway jury has decided to upgrade it from malpractice to homicide. Great. It won't stand, but it does usefully reinforce the point that I like to make: Quality ER care is of necessity Timely ER care.
Patient's Heart Attack In Hospital Waiting Room Is a Homicide
Coroner's Inquest Followed Death Afer 2-Hour Wait in ER
September 14, 2006
The official ruling by a coroner's jury in Lake County, Illinois that the cause of death for a 49 year-old patient who died in a nearby medical center was the "result of gross deviations from the standard of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in this situation." The jury determined that the patient's 2-hour wait in the hospital's emergency room was a homicide.


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ICE.com is committed to providing customers with the best value, quality, service and selection of jewelry available.
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4. Social Media Promotions (see our Beautiful Moms contest in FB - http://bit.ly/bdQe02 )
The aesthetic does not need to conform to the aesthetic of the ICE.com website (although it should have include the brand / logo).
Some buzz words / keywords that describe the look we are going for are:
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Rudyard Kipling was in London in 1892 when he met Wolcott Balestier, an American author and publisher. He married his sister, Caroline, and the couple moved to Brattleboro, Vermont, her family's home. He lived there for seven years, producing some of his most famous works including the two Jungle Books. "An American" was part of one of his most prized poetry collections, "The Seven Seas," published January, 1897. It may have been written as he was becoming disillusioned with life in Vermont and with his brother-in-law, a falling out that led to his return to England in 1896. The poem speaks in the voice of the "America Spirit," characterized by Kipling as contradictory, childish, and grandiose but nonetheless almost fearless before "th' embarrassed Gods" or "the iron hand of Fate." This printing was made in 1951 by Carl Rollins at the Dyke Mill, a printing press in Montague, Massachusetts. Rollins may have seen some parallels between the America at the turn of the century, tremulously poised at the brink of empire, and the America of 1951, victorious from World War II but newly insecure in the teeth of the Cold War.
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Warhead wrote:(What happens to Immortals in this case? The seed defies normal understood physics and whatever power gaming turgid trash Colette and anyone else cares to mention and gravitates towards the nearest suitable mass to germinate as normal. Then the Immortal regrows).
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Well technically Warhead is right, even according to normal physics it is impossible to completely destroy an immortal core, or anything for that matter, because information must always be preserved, meaning that theoretically I should be able to collect the residual Hawking radiation that used to be the immortal core and regrow it.
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Small group lunch last Friday with some interesting wines, tasted blind.
1983 Henri Magnien Gevrey Chambertin – hope must spring eternal for some extreme optimist to haul out this superannuated village wine with any serious hope of it being drinkable, much less decent. Interesting to watch the other more polite tasters trying to find something nice top say about the wine. I called the waiter over after a couple of tastes and asked him to go dump it, it was deader than Cleese' parrot. I doubt any of the minority of decent wines from this troubled vintage made it past the millennium alive. Oh well.
1999 Louis Jadot Beaune Prem cru – this was an example of a wine that DID make a decent showing. Medium colour, some nice raspberries in the nose, medium sweet entry, balanced and drinking well now, and for a good price.
2003 Unti Syrah Dry Creek – hard one to nail. 15% Grenache noir and 15% alcohol gave us a hot country wine that wasn't easily guessable as a Sonoma Syrah. I was thinking Aussie, based on the nose alone, but after tasting was perplexed as it was lighter bodied. Not bad, but not my style of Syrah.
1995 Guigal Cote Rotie Brun et Blonde – this is my style of syrah and in fact was the bottle I brought. The Unti was poured first for some reason and the minute I smelled it I called a halt and asked where my wine was as it should be tasted first, so we left the Unti and went on to this one. Very good nose with Jsome raspberry and tapenade, but I thought it had slightly low fruit and slightly high acidity (which actually went well with the course we had with it, a large marrow bone). Not really tired yet, but I think it was better a couple of years ago. Some nice floral elements came out in the nose after airing.
2001 Ch. La Conseillante – a pleasant sweet fruit, obviously claret nose with yet more raspberry fruit detectable, on top of plum, not complex on palate, but pleasant and supple. Not sure what holding this wine will get you – I'd like to have seen some more complex flavours develop but not sure it has it in it. Don't know if I'd risk long ageing if I owned it.
2001 Philip Togni Cabernet – I love these wines (I am sitting on a 94/95/96 vertical wondering when the time will have come to try it) but found this wine much more forward than the older cabs have been. It showed bright cassis fruit with hints of cinnamon, and was quite sweet across the palate with a long smooth finish. It had excellent length with long lingering taste impressions. It sure has a future, but is so drinkable now that I'll bet a lot of this won't be allowed to make old bones.


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Victoria's Yallourn power station could be shut for days after fire
The Yallourn power station in eastern Victoria could remain closed for several days after a fire forced the plant offline.
The station supplies a quarter of Victoria's energy and yesterday's blaze shut down its operating units.
The fire comes amid union plans to step up industrial action at the site over a pay dispute.
Energy Australia had locked CFMEU members out of the power station.
George Svigos from Energy Australia says it is investigating the cause of the fire and assessing what needs to be done to fix the generators and get the station back online.
"These are highly complex machines and we need to make sure we've got the right plans in place to do this safely and securely," he said.
"We're really at that stage now of scoping that work."
The CFMEU's Luke Van Der Meulen says the timing of the fire and the escalating industrial action is coincidental.
He says union members will meet on Monday to discuss their next step.
"Our aim is to negotiate an agreement with the company and get on with our lives, have our members back at work and have an agreement in place," he said.
"That'll continue to be our goal."
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Large or small, companies of all sizes use social media for marketing. As a case in point, three entrepreneurs who are co-founders of start-up companies, along with a representative of @Walmartlabs were given the opportunity to share their own social commerce success stories at Business Insider Social Commerce Summit held last week in New York.
The foursome were featured panelists in a session entitled "Product Discovery + Demand Generation: From Blah, Blah, Blah To Ka-Ching! : Cracking The Product-Discovery Code." Part of the focus was on how each used social media to distinguish themselves, build their brand and generate sales activity.
The panelists were:
- Katia Beauchamp, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Birchbox;
- Chris Bolte, VP of Demand Generation, @WalmartLabs;
- Brian Lee, Co-Founder & Chairman, ShoeDazzle;
- Jason Ross, Co-Founder & CEO, JackThreads.
For Beauchamp, success came as a result of a blogger outreach. "We had a list of bloggers we intended to reach out to, that's really what kicked things off. When we sent out the first few boxes, it just went crazy. It was totally organic growth," she said.
Beauchamp added that Facebook and YouTube have both been channels that benefited the company. "Facebook has been incredibly powerful, but YouTube was eye-opening…People were creating videos and showing what a Birchbox was. It's an authentic conversation about product."
Brian Lee had his sights set on not a group of people, but one person in particular, Kim Kardashian. His banking on her popularity and huge fan base put Shoedazzle on the map.
Eventually, however, the Kardashiam glitter wore off and it took bringing in other celebrities to keep things rolling. "Every month or two we have a new celebrity come in and design our shoe for us. We get a new celebrity to design a shoe and get all her fans to come join," said Lee.
In regard to a social media platform that has been kind to Shoedazzle, Lee said," For us it was absolutely Facebook, no question."
Jackthreads co-founder Jason Ross paid homage to Thrillist, which publishers a daily email newsletter filled with offbeat recommendations. "Any time Thrillist wrote about our brand, their readers were signing up for our site. They created a trusted editorial voice for their audience. We joined forces with them in 2010," he said.
Ross cited the company's use of Facebook and Twitter as a way to engage with customers and expressed interest in Pinterest due to its huge growth and the attention currently being paid to the site.
That's the story from three startups. Representing one of the largest companies on the planet, Walmart, was Chris Bolte, VP of Demand Generation at @Walmartlabs. Bolte said that Walmart is using social analytics for supply chain management purposes. "We see where products are spiking" and "whether there was negative or positive sentiment" around them he said. "Then we can tweak supply to those stores, relay that to managers and it closes the curve with supply and demand."
As you can see from these examples, there is no one-size-fits-all social commerce solution. What works for one is not necessarily what worked for the other. In reality, it's a case of what works is what works for you, whether that be a blog, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, up-and-comer Pinterest, or a combination of tools and approaches. As for @Walmartlabs, well, that's something else altogether – social commerce taken to an entirely new level.


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Were talking to Mets pitching prospect Robert Whalen today. Rob was kind enough to take some time to answer a few questions for me.
The soon to be 20 year old righty was selected by the New York Mets in the 12th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft out of Haines City (Fla.) High School. However, don't let his low draft selection fool you as he's quickly climbed up the Mets prospect list thanks to a combination of a killer curve, a great pitching savvy, and a bulldog mentality on the mound.
Robert's 1.87 ERA was the second-lowest in the Appalachian League last season and was also the best mark in the entire Mets organization. He allowed just one home run all season and allowed three earned runs or less in all but one of his starts while posting a 9.5 K/9 and a 4.5 K/BB.
Without further ado, meet Rob Whalen…
Joe – Let's get started, Rob… First off, you'll be 20 years old in a couple of weeks, so let me be the first to wish you a Happy Birthday. You've got to be one of the happiest guys on the planet as you work your way to the major leagues to play for the team you grew up rooting for all your life. If you can put it into words for us, what has this whole experience with the Mets been like for you?
Rob – Thanks Joe I really appreciate it. You definitely hit the nail on the head, Being with this organization has been amazing and very surreal. Growing up rooting for this team, I would always joke around saying I'll be a Met one day, and for that to actually happen is a dream come true itself.
Joe – Congratulations on such a great 2013 season. You've put yourself right onto our top prospects list with a dominating performance at Kingsport that saw you post a team leading 1.87 ERA and 0.926 WHIP. What can you tell us about your season, and what did you learn?
Rob – This season was a lot of fun for so many reasons. Obviously, for personal achievements it was amazing to be able to win the Sterling Award. It was a tremendous honor and something I will never forget.
The biggest thing for me this season was just being happy to be out there pitching again. I didn't pitch at all after I got drafted so all I cared about was going out there having fun and let the rest take care of itself. As for what I learned, I learned quite a bit from our pitching coach Jonathan Hurst. He was a big part in the development of my sinker and changeup. Two pitches this season that were huge for me.
Joe – There are about 125 pitchers in the entire Mets organization, and out of all of them, Baseball America rated your curveball as the best they've seen in the Mets' system. How did you feel when you first found out?
Rob – When I first found out that Baseball America ranked my curve as the best in the system, I was a little surprised because we have so many pitchers that have tremendous stuff. Obviously I was happy, but I also thought it was funny because so many "reports" after I got drafted said that I had "zero" secondary pitches, and that I'd be "at best, a bullpen arm." So for me it was kind of like a "Hey, take that!" sort of accomplishment for me to all the doubters.
Joe – You got to play with a lot of talented young players like yourself in Kingsport. Which player impressed you the most and is someone Mets fans should be really excited about? Tell us what impressed you about him.
Rob – I did get a chance to play with some really good players this season in K-Port, the ones that stood out the most to me were OF Victor Cruzado, SS Amed Rosario, 1B Dominic Smith and 1B Zach Mathieu.
I didn't really know Cruzado too much but he had a great season, one of our most consistent hitters from both sides of the plate, he can run, plays solid defense and just a great guy overall.
Rosario is obviously a big name kid and deservedly so. He has all the tools. He struggled at first, but continued to pick it up as the season went along and that's what stood out. His confidence never left and he stayed positive and remained a great teammate throughout his struggles.
The same can be said for Zach Mathieu. His numbers weren't very good, but this kid works his tail off. He was always at the field early doing extra work in the cage, trying to get his swing back on track. Unfortunately, it didn't happen as fast as he wanted but he works so hard and when it is right, he's got scary good power and he was by far our best defensive first baseman. For a big guy his footwork around the bag was impressive.
As for Dom, this kid has such a sweet looking swing, the power off his bat is unreal. He's a great kid and his future is bright.
Joe – What are some of the fun things you did during your offseason? What TV series do you enjoy? Whats's the best movie you watched in 2013?
Rob – My offseason has been a good one. Quiet and relaxing. Haven't done a whole lot, but I'm returning to my hometown in Pennsylvania on Jan.22 for a week and I'm excited to see all my old friends and family.
Also, will be doing a pitching clinic for my old travel ball team while I'm there and I'm really looking forward to giving back to those younger kids and try to instill in them some of the great things I've learned with the Mets.
As for TV/Movies, I'm a huge Netflix guy. My main shows are Sons Of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, and Dexter. Best movie I saw in 2013 had to be Fast 6. Love the series.
Joe – Have the Mets given you your assignment for this year, do you have a hunch who you'll be pitching for to start the new season?
Rob – I haven't heard anything regarding where I'll be pitching this season. I feel I'm ready for a full season of work and would love to pitch in Savannah this season and ultimately reach High A St.Lucie. Something I believe I can do.
Joe – What are your baseball goals for 2014 and what would you like to improve upon?
Rob – My goals for the 2014 season are simple. They are to stay healthy, make all my starts and keep making strides forward. As long as the ball is in my hand I control my own destiny. I would love to improve my changeup consistency, and command inside. I also have to be quicker in the stretch with runners on first who were getting too good of jumps of me.
Joe – As a Met fan, were you as disappointed in Mike Piazza getting snubbed by the BBWAA as many of our Metsmerized readers were?
Rob – I really feel bad for Piazza. To keep the guy out of the HOF is a shame. It's all off of pure speculation. Writers have had 7 years to prove he's used PEDs and they haven't been able to do so. No excuse not to vote him in. They are playing judge, jury and executioner – and that's not right.
Joe – I think it's awesome that you chat with fans on Twitter and embrace the social aspects of it. Do you have any favorite Mets sites that you like to read when you are online?
Rob – I just try to be as interactive as I can be because I know what it's like to be a Mets fan. I don't really have a favorite site, I check your site a lot and MetsBlog a little bit, but I try to read blogs that are truthful and are putting out correct information. Y'all do a great job and I enjoy the articles you guys put out!
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Rob, thanks for taking the time to answer a few questions for our readers. I look forward to seeing you pitch again this season as we follow your career with great interest and the hope that your journey takes you all the way to Flushing, NY in the future.
You can all follow Rob on twitter at @RobWhalen38. He's a fun guy who loves life, baseball and the Mets, oh and the Walking Dead which just made him my new best friend.
(Photo credit: Robert Whalen, polkpreps.com)


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I will be posting the script for me and Tony.ROM's fan movie, Tron 1.5.
Part 1:
A lightcycle duel takes place on an old OS. Macintosh. The two winning programs in the yellow cycles step out and walk off the grid. Tony.ROM comes racing out onto the grid to one of the winning programs.
Hikaru.EXE: What's my record now?
Tony.ROM: It's amazing!!! 452 games won!!!
Hikaru.EXE: Are you serious?! You're user must be dying to win a game!
Snes9x over intercom: Excellent job programs. Return to Bunker.56 to save.
Meanwhile in the real world...
Hikaru: Maybe my program installation is to tough.
Tony: Yea. But I'll get it one day...
Teresa: Your mom says that it's time to go now.
Hikaru: Later.
Tony: Later.
Hikaru's computer...
Norton.AVI: Some Oem's have entered the computer. Administrator's settings prohibit Oems.
Norton.AVI on intercom: Attention Oem's! If you do not move to the nearest exit port and return to your original server, prepare to face immediate derresolution.
A moment of silence...
Norton.AVI: Derezz them...
Windows: Attack reformat. Target: Norton.AVI.
Norton.AVI: But, Windows? Why?
Windows: The personal settings have been changed Norton.AVI. Oem's are allowed. You are a malfunctioning program. You also have one message from MCP(2):
MCP(2): You disapoint me. I thought I could trust you. It's too bad I will have to derrezz you because of your betrayal. I still haven't figured out why you decided to go into hiding. Anyway prepare for derrezzolution, Sark.
(End Of Line)
Norton.AVI: Noo!!! Not Sark... Not Sark. No...
The ENCOM server...
MCP(2): I'm so glad Dillenger checkpointed me daily. Luckily I won't be having any more User problems. Now I must find a new right hand program. iexplorer.exe, find me a program to replace Sark's functions.
(End of Line)
iexplorer.exe: Affirmative MCP(2).
Tony's OS. Macintosh...
two days later...
Tony.ROM: Hikaru.EXE! You've been selected in an online competition for best automated Gamebot.
Hikaru.EXE: Woh... I didn't expect to get this far as being programmed only last week in the user world.
Tony.ROM: I'm surprised too!.
Snes9x: Hikaru.EXE. The exit port is ready for you. Tony.ROM, Get back to work!
Tony.ROM: Give me a break! I'm going with him!
Snes9x: Who else is supposed to run the game grid?
Tony.ROM: Use the old Roms!!!
Snes9x: Oh crud...
Tony.ROM: Sometimes that Snes9x can be such a pain!
Hikaru.EXE: Your telling me.
The internet...
Hosting User: Gamebots Kane.EXE, Prophet.EXE, get ready for Lightcycle battle#1!
Next contesetants battleing... Hikaru.EXE and March.EXE! Get ready!!!
Tony.ROM: Your next!!!
Hikaru.EXE: I can't wait!!!
Hosting User: The lightcycle race is over already. Kane.EXE is the winner!!!
Hikaru.EXE! March.EXE! Report to the game grid immediately!
iexplorer.EXE watches the whole lightcycle race.
Hosting User: THAT WAS AMAZING!!! HIKARU.EXE IS THE WINNER!!!!!
Hikaru.EXE step off the gamegrid.
iexplorer.EXE: Hikaru.EXE, you are requested by the MCP(2).
Hikaru.EXE: The MCP(2)?! Okay.
Tony.ROM: Hikaru.EXE has been gone quite a while...
Hosting User: Hikaru.EXE, report to the game grid immediately!
Tony.ROM: Oh no...
Tony.ROM: HIKARU.EXE!!! HIKARU.EXE!!! HIKARU.EXE!!! Where could he be?
Tony.ROM spots Searcher.EXE.
Tony.ROM: Searcher.EXE, hi. Could you locate Hikaru.EXE?
Searcher.EXE: Hikaru.EXE has been transfered to the MCP(2).
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Part 2:
The ENCOM server...
iexplorer.EXE: This is the ENCOM server.
Points to the MCP(2)'s tower.
iexplorer.EXE: That is the MCP(2)'s tower. There, the MCP(2) awaits you.
On the way to the MCP(2)'s tower...
An Oem is running down the street with important stolen data...
Hikaru.EXE holds out a digital grenade and the Oem takes it by accident, derezzing in the explosion.
The MCP(2)'s tower...
MCP(2): Welcome Hikaru.EXE.
Hikaru.EXE: Greetings MCP(2). Why have you brought me here?
MCP(2): I have selected you to replace SARK's functions. SARK betrayed me. He fled to your user's computer. Why, I do not know. I shall now give you your functions. If you refuse, you shall be derezzed. Do you refuse?
Hikaru.EXE: Why me?
MCP(2): You shall discover that later. Do you refuse?
Hikaru.EXE: No, MCP(2).
MCP(2): I am now reprogramming your function.
Hikaru.EXE's circuits turn red.
MCP(2): Now tell me your function.
Hikaru.EXE: I carry out the will of the high and mighty MCP(2) and train gamebots to play in the games and derezz trying. All users and subjects who reject the MCP(2), I will derezz personally.
MCP(2): From now on, you shall be known as the new and improved SARK. As for your first task, bring me .dat file 6355129 from the fCon server. Since your user's father is the executive C.E.O. there, and he kept the emergency access code on his son's computer, I figure you know the access codes being programmed on that computer.
Hikaru.EXE: Yes MCP(2).
MCP(2): Go.
(End of Line)
The entrance to the Encom server....
Tony.ROM: Let me through!!!
Throws discs at guards.
Whacks some Icps with disc and rod.
Comes to the gate to the MCP(2)...
Get's shocked by force field.
Tony.ROM: Ow!!!
Gate Guardian: Do you have the access code?
Tony.ROM: No. I don't. But where could I find it?
Gate Guardian: I don't know where you find the code, but I know programs with the code.
Tony.ROM: Gigabyte! Locate programs that recently accessed this gate.
Gigabyte: One program located: ICP Kernel31925.
Tony.ROM: Gigabyte, find ICP Kernel31925's location.
Gigabyte: He's on this server. At block C12930.
Block C12930...
ICP1: HEY! Your not authorized to be here!!!
Tony.ROM throws disc and fires an LOL at massive swarm of ICPs.
Kernel: You can't be here! Who are you? Why have you come?
Tony.ROM: My name is Tony.ROM. I need the access key to the MCP(2)'s tower.
Kernel: The MCP(2)? I hate him. That MCP calculates he can just barge in here and use my ICPs as his guards and soldiers? But he has to much power to be derezzed. I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused you. Here, take this code and use it well.
Tony.ROM leaves.
Kernel: We are supposed to be the second strongest force on the system and a child penetrates our defenses!!! Request some more ICP programs from ENCOM, and request a new function instructer.
The MCP(2)'s tower...
Tony.ROM: MCP(2)!!! Where's Hikaru.EXE!!!
MCP(2): Tony.ROM, you mean SARK?
Tony.ROM: SARK? Oh no. How could you? I mean you can't do this!!!
MCP(2): This is to easy. He didn't even suspect a thing. With that data, I can take over the world again, from a whole new perspective.
(End of Line)
Tony.ROM: No...
The fCon server...
Hikaru.EXE is seen walking back to the tower with the fCon server blowing up in the background and derezzing.
MCP(2)'s tower...
Hikaru.EXE: I've brought .dat file 6355129.
Hikaru.EXE looks at Tony.ROM.
Hikaru.EXE: Tony.ROM?! What are you doing here.
MCP(2): SARK! Derezz him!
Hikaru.EXE and Tony.ROM battle but no one derezzes.
MCP(2): That's enough SARK.
Tony.ROM: Do you realize what you just did?
Hikaru.EXE: No, not really.
MCP(2): I would love to hear you two argue, but I have business to attend to. (End of Line)
MCP(2): Digitize.
All of the ICPs and MCP(2) digitize out of the ENCOM server.
The digitizing bay...
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HONOLULU, Hawaii (Dec. 22, 2012) – In need of a win to break its current four-game losing streak, the ETSU men's basketball team will have quite a challenge waiting during the first round of the Diamond Head Classic, hosted at the Stan Sheriff Center on the campus of the University of Hawaii.
The Buccaneers will open against Top 5-ranked Arizona, facing off with the Wildcats at 10:30 p.m. (EST) on Saturday evening. The game will air live nationally on ESPNU, while also being available on the web at Watch ESPN.
While this game will be a challenge for the short-handed and inexperienced Bucs (2-7), ETSU does hold a 1-1 record all-time against Arizona, which includes a win in the last meeting between the two schools back in the first round of the 1992 NCAA Tournament.
For more on Saturday's game, read the game notes below, or click on the game notebook link above. For more on ETSU men's basketball throughout the 2012-13 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.
We are "ETSU"
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
Buc bits
After several years of quality returning players and at least some level of certainty regarding what to expect heading into the winter months, the 2012-13 ETSU men's basketball team will enter the new campaign with several questions and concerns. ... The loss of standout seniors such as Adam Sollazzo (Tampa), Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) and Tommy Hubbard (Boston) will be hard to overcome, considering that group combined for a total of 3,091 points in their careers ... A year ago, the Bucs enjoyed quality wins such as a road victory over Atlantic 10 Conference foe Charlotte, and finished with a respectable 17 victories on the season ... The team finished fourth in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings at 10-8, reaching the league tournament semifinals. ... This season, the Bucs' top two returning starters were guards Sheldon Cooley (Tampa) and Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.), who both combined to score 19.7 points per game a year ago. ... However, both Cooley and Dubose have been dismissed from the team for violation of team rules and policies ... Along with those two, fellow guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) and forward Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) are the only other ETSU seniors to be returning after playing significant minutes last year, but Poderis is now lost for the season with a left foot injury and will be forced to redshirt, while Jones missed the first seven games of the year for academic reasons ... Jones returned against Ole Miss on Dec. 14 ... With so few returning, experienced players, ETSU will be looking to some unproven returning players, as well as a recruiting class that includes three incoming freshmen and a pair of junior college transfers, to come in and make an immediate impact. Sophomores Rashawn Rembert (Tampa) and John Walton (Memphis), along with redshirt freshman Lester Wilson (Knoxville) are expected to increase their production this year, while true freshmen guards Petey McClain (Mobile, Ala.), Mario Stramaglia (Birmingham, Ala.), and Yunio Barrueta (Miami, Fla.) will look to blossom into early contributors. ... On the interior, Walton will need help from junior college transfers Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard (Georgetown, S.C.) and Hunter Harris (Nashville) ... While they may have plenty of questions entering the season, the Bucs' schedule has not provide much patience for development ... ETSU has faced teams such as North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss and Georgia in the opening weeks of the season, and will host 2011 Final Four participant VCU (Jan. 2) just days before the start of the Atlantic Sun Conference slate. ... The team will also enjoy a Christmas holiday trip to the Diamond Head Classic, but will face nationally-ranked Arizona in the first round.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 18, 2012) – A 34-6 offensive run to end the first half and another 12-0 burst midway through the second half was too much for the ETSU men's basketball team to overcome, as the Buccaneers dropped a 72-51 decision to an offensively streaky Charleston Southern squad inside historic Brooks Gym. ... In a non-conference battle between two teams that met earlier this season – a 59-57 win for ETSU back on Nov. 20 – the home-standing Bucs burst out to a 12-3 lead and looked good. However, at that point CSU ignited its offense and finished the first half with a 37-18 advantage. ... ETSU rallied in the second half to get to within eight points at 49-41, but Southern responded once again by outscoring the Bucs 23-10 the rest of the way to seal the victory. ... CSU got a game-high 25 points from guard Arlon Harper, while Jeremy Sexton and Cedrick Bowen pitched in 15 and 14 points, respectively. Meanwhile, ETSU freshman forward Lester Wilson (Knoxville) scored in a team-high 16 points, while senior guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) netted 13 in the losing effort. ... Shooting 47 percent from the floor and an impressive 43 percent from 3-point range, Southern also held a 42-28 advantage on the boards and hit on 72 percent of its free throws in a statistically impressive performance. ... Meanwhile, ETSU was a disappointing 6-of-29 from 3-point range (21 percent) and committed 14 turnovers in the game. From the field, the Bucs were just 21-of-59 (37 percent) and took only five free throws the entire night.
ETSU's history at the Diamond Head Classic
The ETSU men's basketball team will be making its third trip to Hawaii's Christmas tournament -- previously known as the Rainbow Classic. The Bucs are 2-4 in their two earlier trips to the tournament, with a win over eventual SEC Tournment Champion Georgia back in 2007 as the team's major highlight in previous visits to the islands ... Here is a breakdown of the team's previous games in the event:
vs. IUPUI (L, 81-85)
vs. Lamar (W, 75-62)
vs. American (L, 66-71)
vs. Georgia (W, 76-58)
vs. St. Mary's (65-89)
vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (80-82)
The series versus Arizona
The Bucs are 1-1 all-time against the Wildcats, having won the last meeting between the two schools 87-80 back in 1992 during the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Atlanta, Ga. ... ETSU's lone loss to Arizona occurred in the 1991 Preseason NIT, a 88-79 defeat in Tucson, Ariz.
Shuffling starters the "new normal" for Bucs
ETSU head coach Murry Bartow has used eight different starting lineups in the team's nine games this season ... Injuries and dismissals have left the ETSU coaching staff searching for the right combination to start games, as the team currently stands 2-7 on the year.
Bartow atop list of second generation coaches
Murry Bartow's coaching lineage is undeniable ... As the son of the late Gene Bartow, he had the fortunate opportunity to grow up learning from one of the most successful basketball coaches in college history ... Setting off on his own career, Bartow has carried on the tradition. ... His 60 percent winning percentage at ETSU makes him the winningest ETSU head coach by percentage, and his 181 wins at ETSU ranks second on the Bucs' all-time list ... In addition, Bartow's 284 career victories ranks No. 1 among second generation coaches ... Along with his father's 647 career wins, the Bartow men have combined for 931 victories, ranking fourth on the all-time win list for Father/Son coaches.
ESPN names Wilson to nation's Top 25 freshmen list
While circumstances have forced the ETSU men's basketball team to struggle in the early going this season, talented redshirt freshman forward Lester Wilson (Knoxville) has still given the Buccaneers reason for hope. ... Wilson, who is averaging 18.1 points per game, was listed as one of the Top 25 freshmen in college basketball Thursday by ESPN hoops writer John Gasaway. The list – which included players such as UNLV's Anthony Bennett, UCLA's Jordan Adams, Michigan's Nik Stauskas and Duke's Rasheed Sulaimon – had Wilson ranked at No. 25. ... Currently the Atlantic Sun Conference's third best scorer, Wilson has posted four 20-plus point games so far this season ... Of those contests, he scored a career high 27 points in the win over Milligan back on Nov. 29, after scoring 26 in the Bucs' previous win over Charleston Southern on Nov. 20.
Talented Bucs still face obstacle with experience
At no time in the tenure of ETSU head coach Murry Bartow have the Buccaneers had less experience ... Currently, the team has nine players who are eligible and healthy enough to play, of that group there are only five total years of Division I experience ... On average, that's less than a half year of experience per player ... With four freshmen and two junior college transfers that means 66 percent of the team is competing in their first season of Division I basketball.
Walton on his way up the depth chart
After playing limited minutes a year ago, forward John Walton (Memphis) has been impressing the ETSU coaching staff during the preseason and through the first five games of the 2012-13 campaign ... After hinting that Walton would demand more playing time this year, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow has started the 6-foot-7 sophomore in the Bucs' first two games this season ... at Virginia Tech, Walton responded with career highs for points (8), rebounds (5) and minutes played (30), and then bested or matched those marks with another eight points and eight rebounds in the win over Charleston Southern ... He set new career marks for points (15), rebounds (9) and minutes (30) in the win over Milligan (11/29).
Three-point streak for Bucs dates back nearly 20 years
Since Feb. 16, 1987, the Bucs have made at least one 3-pointer in 774 consecutive games. ... In that game back on Feb. 16, 1987, the Bucs were 0-for-8 in a loss to Davidson.
Junior college transfers set to power Bucs' inside game
With the signing of junior college transfers Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard (Georgetown, S.C.) and Hunter Harris (Nashville), the Bucs are hoping to have added some strength -- and beef -- to their inside game this season ... At 6-foot-5, 250 pounds, Gadsden-Gilliard is a rare combination of size and agility, while Harris is a high energy player who can rebound and block shots at a high level ... With the loss of senior post Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.) for the season due to a foot injury, the expectations for Harris and KGG have only risen. ... In the win over Charleston Southern, KGG and Harris combined for 18 points and 12 rebounds.
Bucs have tradition of postseason appearances, success
The ETSU men's basketball team has enjoyed its share of postseason success and ranks as one of the nation's most prestigious basketball programs ... The Buccaneers have earned berths to the NCAA Tournament nine times (1969, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010) and NIT twice (1983, 2007) ... In 2011, the Bucs made their first ever appearance in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, winning twice and advancing to the semifinals of that event ... It was the program's 12th postseason tournament appearance all-time.
ETSU picked among nation's best "Prestige" programs
Since the beginning of the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball – marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 – the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to ESPN.com's "Prestige" ranking released back in 2008 ... Since that time, the Bucs have only added to their list of prestigious honors … The Buccaneers -- who have enjoyed nine NCAA Tournament trips, one NIT and one CIT berth, 14 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85 -- ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun Conference team, as well as former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. In addition, the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as programs such as Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson, California and Florida State.


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Barrie Rutter & Nina Kristofferson On ... Medea
He was awarded the country's most prestigious arts prize when named Creative Briton of the year in 2000.
He holds Honorary Doctorates at the Universities of Hull, Bradford, and Huddersfield.
His theatre credits include: Henry IV, Henry V, Coriolanus and The Taming of the Shrew (for the Royal Shakespeare Company); The Mysteries, The Crucible, Guys and Dolls, The Oresteia, The Rivals, Animal Farm, Martine and The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus (for the Royal National Theatre).
Nina Kristofferson assumes the title role of Medea in Northern Broadside's new production.
She has worked widely in opera, television, film and theatre.
Past theatre credits include: Sweet Inspiration (European tour), Romeo and Juliet (The Nurse Theatre), I Cover the Waterfront – The Spirit of Billie Holiday (Nottingham Arts Theatre).
I join the cast of Northern Broadsides, currently touring their production of Medea across the UK, in rehearsals a couple of weeks ago. Barrie Rutter, director and founder of the company, is calling out insightful comments to the cast – a particular highlight of these, "Don't do soap opera!"
To one side of the rehearsal space, lies a mosaic of printed papers: there are colourful costume sketches; evocative diagrams of the set, by pictures of Viking longboat skeletons, oars jutting from either side; paintings by artists like Klimt; a photograph of Joan Crawford posing in costume by George Hurrell; all of which will surely have their role in influencing the production.
The elegant sketches reveal floor-length dresses and men's jackets in Edwardian-style that have been chosen, not necessarily for a full representation of the period, but because "the timeless Edwardian look just suits what we're doing".
In a break in rehearsal, Barrie points out to me key details of the set: Medea will emerge up through steps and chain herself to the skeletal, antler-like chariot design of the stage, which he says is deliberately "reminiscent of the Argonaut", that will stand for her house in the production. The stage floor will be lined with hides, these themselves pulled apart to reveal a bloody red-stained floor, as the dramatic crux of the tragedyunfurls.
After rehearsal breaks for lunch, I join Nina Kristofferson, who plays the title role, and Barrie Rutter in a quiet space to delve into their thoughts on Medea.
Nina is collected, crisply spoken and warm, with a naturally regal bearing that will no doubt carry her through the role of Medea well. Barrie is a tall and forthright, rather fiercesome man with magnificent eyebrows and a piercing glare. I begin with my first, rather simple question. Why Medea?
"Tom Paulin, (the writer of this new adaptation) sent it to me a year ago, and I decided that Icould do something with it, I liked it. I was originally going to do something with it in Autumn '10, but with the success of Othello moving into the West End, we had to curtail what was going to be our Autumn Tour." But Barrie is happy about bringing it forward in the year:
"I've got a long history of Greek tragedy and comedy. I just love the style of the plays. I love presentational acting, that sort of existentialism that goes on in Greek plays. I don't let it become a psychological wank."
As Barrie goes on to explain, Tom Paulin's version also appealed to the Northern Broadsides, because "it's a new one. We've never used an existing one. Blake Morrison's done Antigone, we've had a new Oedipus… we've always commissioned new versions of it, which they deserve." I ask him, does he think that's important for theatre?
"Yes, I do. Because of the ones that I've read, they've been too scholarly, not for performance. This has been written to be performed."
The nature of classical texts, so familiar to theatrical audiences and dramatists, often results in their drastic overhauling for performance. Does Barrie have a specific vision for this new Medea?
"No. No, it's just developed. Because I'm not deconstructing the play there's no need. I mean, Heiner Muller did a version years ago, called Medea Material, where he set it on a post-Holocaust landscape, full of waste, and he took bits from everywhere... But we're not doing that. I don't have a particular vision at all, it'll turn out how it turns out."
It's the turn of Nina Kristofferson to claim some of the spotlight, and so I ask her, how is she approaching the incredibly challenging role of Medea? She answers with an infectious laugh:
"With great difficulty! I don't really have a set way of approaching it. I've been given a lot of guidance... The story is very deep, so you have to think not even about the truth of it, but just let the theatricality of it take prominence. That's really helped me shape the voice and bring out the truth of the character." In terms of the performance itself, which requires her presence onstage for the entirety of the performance, she explains, "You really have to stay alive for the whole thing, to give it the energy it deserves."
In response to my next query, how Nina is going to make Medea appealing, or at least understandable, to the audience, Barrie is quick to hop in with a challenge: "Who says she has to be? Ha, I'm going to throw your question right back at you!" Nina agrees, in a somewhat calmer tone, that Medea "doesn't have to be, she's being truthful, to herself and the situation." To explain his interjection, Barrie goes on:
"We have to admire, don't we, in that existential way, the performer, and the performance. We get sucked into Macbeth, he talks directly to us, so he charms us in that theatrical way, even though we know he's killing everybody. Richard III is exactly the same. You have to charm an audience in the sheer sense of theatre... Nina most of all, because she's going to kill her kids! Sympathy will sometimes be there, sometimes will not, people in the audience will disagree with others in the audience..."
What Barrie does see as important, above sympathy, is a clear representation of Medea's internal switch between emotions. "She says, 'I mustn't do it', and she means it. And then she says, 'But I must do it.' There's the schizophrenia, but the schizophrenia is in poetic form…So I've encouraged Nina to be very definite, red on that bit, blue on that bit, red again, and then blue."
Nina corroborates this approach to the text."It's worked extremely well, it does help with the clarity of the role. It's gear changing. It's speed."
This approach is particularly rooted in the conventions of Greek drama, as Barrie elaborates. "Often when we go into turmoil, we've no words at all. We are speechless. Greek tragedy is never speechless. You know, the Greek tragic mask had ever open eyes, so it couldn't turn away from anything, and the ever open mouth, always ready to comment on anything... And because ours isn't a deconstructed version of it, that still remains."
How has Nina gone about creating her character then?
"I came with very little to the table, because I didn't want to have any preconceived ideas about the rolethat might have sent me in the wrong direction. I came completely naked, and open, to the process, which has informed the way I've performed the character. So the investment of the truth is there, and that enables me to do the eight shows, rather than trying to dredge up the truth of trying to kill somebody, which is impossible!"
Barrie picks up from here, continuing, "Nina will confirm that I never use the word 'character'. I use the word 'characteristics'. Characteristics, yes, but never character. Because good, or bad, or indifferent, she's Medea. There's no astral plane of rehearsals, through which you climb an astral ladder, and don an astral mantle, and say 'Now I am Medea'... That's all bollocks.You see film actors talking that way a lot. The psychological… All that indulgence that goes on. The skill of acting is much more about technique.It's great that Nina particularly, with the most to do and say in the titular role, didn't come with any preconceived ideas, because it would have taken three weeks to get them out of her." In response, there is a, low, girlish giggle of amusement from Nina.
She adds, "There was a lot of fighting at the beginning... You see, I have my demands, and so does Barrie. But then Nina concedes, "You have to look to one body, one person, to bring everything to a whole. If Barrie wasn't strong, it could go in all kinds of directions."
This firm handle on the outcome of Medea follows right through to the length of the production (87 minutes, apparently):
"It doesn't need to be any longer than 90 minutes in any Greek tragedy… They're all between 85 and 100 minutes in modern times... And if they're any longer, that's indulgence."
Adopting Barrie's Yorkshire tones, Nina cheekily pipes up,"We're having none o' that!" before bursting out with laughter.
And what are her final thoughts on Medea? "It's not going to be your usual theatre, but then, that's a good thing. You don't go to the theatre to see the same old same old, that's not informative and that's not engaging. You're going to be informed in a different style and you're going to be entertained – kept on the edge of your seat!"
- Barrie Rutter and Nina Kristofferson were speaking to Vicky Ellis
Medea is at Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond until 20 February after which it tours at Everyman Theatre, Liverpool; Viaduct Theatre, Halifax; Citizens Theatre, Glasgow; Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; New Vic Theatre, Newcastle under Lyme and The Lowry, Salford.


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Monday, March 05, 2012
Bill Gates To Succeed Warren Buffett? Not A Chance…
Well, Barron's—which a few years ago identified David Sokol in a cover story on the subject—now says it's Ajit Jain, the reinsurance genius who has added more value to Berkshire Hathaway than anyone but Warren Buffett himself. (Barron's keys off Buffett's statement that the Board has had "a great deal of exposure" to the guy.)
6 comments:
- Jeff Matthews said...
Anonymous: thanks. Corrected.
- Anonymous said...
Actually, it's *not* hypocritical at all.
If he left his fortune to Howie, *that* could be called hypocritical.
If he designated Howie CEO, or CIO, despite an obvious lack of qualifications, *that* might also be called hypocritical, or at least kinda dumb.
Asking his son to be Chief Preserver of 'the Culture,' as Board Chairman, isn't hypocritical at all, and it's fairly easy to understand his motivations, though you may not agree with his decision.
I kind of like your thoughts about CEO succession, though, and I think your thoughts about Abel are pretty reasonable.
- Anonymous said...
See Buffett's comments on CNBC two Mondays ago. He said categorically that it was not Sokol at any time, and that the current Guy has been the #1 Guy for several years now. So we're supposed to believe that Buffett picked the #2 man at Mid-American several years ago as his CEO successor at Berkshire?
- Jeff Matthews said...
Yes, I caught the Buffett comments on CNBC. a) I don't buy that Sokol was never the guy, b) I don't see why Abel's rank excludes him, for the reasons expressed.
- TT said...
I don't understand your conclusion, Jeff. Berkshire was always a "collection of investments" advantageously purchased by Buffet to accrue returns greater than those of the market. The only reason why Berkshire remains Berkshire is because of Buffet. Unless I'm missing something and conglomerates are back in fashion a'la the late 1960's, it is difficult to believe that these businesses operating under the umbrella of Berkshire would mean a higher valuation for them or for Berkshire shares. The Berkshire brand is Buffet and without him, this special entity ceases to be.
Furthermore, the only "edge" that Berkshire offers to to sellers is the hands-off approach to management that Buffet pioneered. The only "edge" that Berkshire offers to shareholders is the Buffet/Munger special sauce: picking strong franchises with moats at fire sale prices. Sometimes, shareholders get particularly lucky in that Berkshire can get lower prices than other private equity or buy-out shops because it is Buffet doing the buying. I don't see that persisting in this day and age...and frankly the ability for Buffet to get great prices in a companies up for bid has been on the wane. Certainly with Buffet gone, the Berkshire discount disappears probably forever.
Indeed Jeff, I can only surmise that the succession to Buffet/Munger will be messy and confusing and bad for shareholders. Buffet's secrecy about this is foolish and out of step with his own tenets of good investment. Above all, shareholders require transparency about leadership since so much of Berkshire's value is wrapped up in the personality of one man. Splitting the leadership in a trice (actually in quarters) will ultimately lead to fights and fall outs. None of these successors: CEO and the two investment officers will be happy "working" for the other until (like Highlander) there can only be ONE.
I can only conclude that Berkshire remaining Berkshire after Buffet dies is nothing but wishful thinking. If I were a shareholder, I would be advocating for a clean break from the Berkshire investment style of the past. If you aren't going to clone Buffet or keep him alive in a vat so he can make investments in perpetuity, you may as well pursue a break-up strategy or a game-plan that emphasizes Berkshire's size advantages. In any case, nobody will believe you can persist in outsized investment returns with three different people running the company...none of whom having Buffet's folksy persona, ruthless instincts, or luck.
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TT, I think you need to re-read the "conclusion" you disagree with. It's not far off your own.


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If the enforcement laws are nuts, but still needed for the monopoly to be effective, why is the part before the "but" there -- where people say they support the copyright monopoly, but are firmly rejecting the laws needed keep it in effective existence for a few more years?
For I believe that the copyright industry is actually right that these ridiculous laws are needed to sustain the copyright monopoly. General-purpose networked computers, free and anonymous speech, and sustained civil liberties make it impossible to maintain this distribution monopoly of digitizable information. As technical progress can't be legislated against, basic civil liberties would have to go to maintain the crumbling monopoly. And these are the laws we're seeing on the table.
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For what is the copyright monopoly, anyway? It is a set of monopolies from the era of guild-regulated commerce, when privately dictated monopolies were the norm and the expected. Specifically, the eldest tradesmen in every guild dictated what, where, and how trade happened within that craft. The copyright monopoly is a remnant from this era that should have been thrown out with the establishment of free enterprise laws in the 1850s.
Also, it is not really one single monopoly, but five quite different ones that are lumped together under a common umbrella term.
The first two types of copyright monopoly are commercial monopolies on duplication and public performance. These are the monopolies usually broken by today's free communication, the monopolies that can't coexist with today's technology and sustained civil liberties.
Then, there are two kinds of moral rights - droits morals. There is the right for the creator to prevent any performance, derivation, remix, satire, etc. of a piece that they do not approve of, and there is the right for a creator to be credited as such.
(I actually support this last right -- the right to credit. But does it really require legislation? The social, corporate and academic penalties for plagiarism are much higher than those of the law. Why is that particular law needed, then?)
The fifth monopoly isn't technically part of the copyright monopoly, but is frequently called "copyright" anyway. It is the so-called "neighboring rights" that were the result of the record industry's corporativization as IFPI in then-fascist Italy: the duplication monopoly over specific recordings. This, too, is broken by today's free communication.
I sometimes hear the old guard say that there would be no culture if there was no copyright monopoly. That is an outrageous insult to creators all over the world today. We create not because of a monopoly, but because of who we are; we have created and shared culture since we learned to put red paint on the inside of cave walls. Today, about eight years' worth of video are uploaded to YouTube every day.
People today create not because of the copyright monopoly, but despite it.
The second common question is how the artists shall get paid. That, too, is a red herring. First of all, it is not a policy problem, and second, it is not a problem at all.
This pretense from the old guard goes well in hand with the origins of the copyright monopoly. It was never for the artists at all. When the copyright monopoly was first created on May 4, 1557, it was a means of censorship of political dissent. It lapsed in 1695. When it was reinstated in 1709, it was at the request of printers and distributors who had gathered their families on the stairs of English Parliament to claim that no culture would be printed or distributed if they didn't get their monopoly reinstated.
Nobody at the time thought to claim something as preposterous as the copyright monopoly being a precondition for people wanting to create culture. It never was.
On the contrary, it is a guild-era instrument. To show a parallel, buttonmakers in France in the 1600s went berserk when tailors bypassed them and made buttons out of cloth instead. They demanded the right to invade people's homes and search their wardrobes for violations of the guild privileges. Sound familiar?
Another parallel also happened in France, where certain popular printed cloth fabrics were monopolized. People manufactured them anyway, and the nobility responded with increasingly harsh punishments for violations of their monopolies, up to and including death by torture. Even the death penalty didn't stop that copying. How far is the copyright industry prepared to go? They never answer that question.
Any law must be necessary, effective, and proportionate: it must identify a real problem that needs legislation, it must solve that problem, and it must not create worse problems in the process. No aspect of the copyright monopoly meets these three legislative quality criteria. Therefore, I reject the concept as a whole.
I reject and oppose this monopoly that was never for the creators, but always for the distributors: a guild whose time is up and obsolete, and which has no business trampling on our civil liberties.
Let's see more people drop that part before the "but". If the copyright industry is right in saying that these laws are required to maintain the copyright monopoly, and I think they are, then that just underscores how we should stop pretending to endorse this guild-era monopoly, and instead say it is time for it to go.
And nobody will think the worse of you for stating that opinion. Quite the opposite. Nobody expects an honest politician or corpsuit.
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