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Driss Ben-Brahim Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:
Driss Ben-Brahim, co-Portfolio of the Man GLG global macro fund, is to retire soon. He will continue to co-manage the Fund until October 31st, 2012, and then transition to an advisory role until the end of the calendar year, according to a client release from Zenith Investment Partners. The remaining portfolio manager, Jamil Baz, will be the sole manager of the fund after Ben-Brahim's departure.
Man Group confirmed Ben-Brahim's early retirement to the press last week. That same week, the firm announced the hiring of PIMCO's former global head of portfolio management Sudi Mariappa. The latter will manage GLG's absolute return fixed-income offering.
Zenith, an independent investment research provider based in Melbourne, says in today's announcement that the Man GLG global macro fund will retain its "Highly Recommended" rating, due to the high level of confidence in Baz.
Baz joined GLG in 2008, the same year as Ben-Brahim. Before that, he was an executive vice-president with PIMCO, the fixed income manager, where he managed global portfolios.
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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 2.32% in January, as the risk-on sentiment returned to the market, propelling the MSCI AC World Index (Local) up 7.36% during January.
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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The assets under management (AUM) of the global hedge fund industry stood at US$2,309.2 billion as of January 2019, up roughly 0.7% during the month, in contrast to how the industry lost 6.3% of its assets in 2018.
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By Alex Gavrish, Etalon Capital Ltd; author of "Story Investing".
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B. G., Opalesque Geneva: "ESG metrics today are terrible," Peter Kellner, social entrepreneur, activist and ESG investor, tells Matthias Knab on Opalesque
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Private equity appears to be preparing for the worst. 89 percent of private equity fund managers expect a prolonged downturn sometime in the next two years, according to the findings of a newly released survey from BDO.
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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Many market prognosticators have said ESG will be the future of investing. Millennials are increasingly putting pressure on institutions and companies to do better and build with sustainability in mind. Yet, skepticism remains about whether ESG strategies will t
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In the week ending February 8th 2019, Bloomberg revealed that six out of seven strategies tracked by the firm have advanced. Hedge funds gained 2.9% in January, the first positive return since July, as the rally in stocks offered managers some relief. Also
Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The alternative investments industry has improved when it comes to gender diversity in management positions, but there is still a ways to go according to a new report from KPMG. The sixth annual Women in Alternative Investments study looks at the efforts asset m
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In the week ending February 1st 2019, Ray Dalio's Bridgewater fund topped all other hedge funds in 2018 in terms of total net gains, according to data provided by LCH Investments.
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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Growth equity firm Edison Partners has led a $7 million round into Bipsync, a software solution for investment research founded by Tiger Cub Danny Donado. FINTOP Capital also participated in the round.
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Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Commonfund, a $24.8 billion asset manager for endowments, foundations, and pensions, has cut back its allocations to hedge funds citing a desire to preserve liquidity as managers struggle to take advantage of market moves.
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B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The partners at Alloy Investments, a New Jersey, U.S.-based fund manager, believe that the current investing paradigm is broken, which means that very few active managers reliably outperform benchmarks and m
By: Jones Day, LLP
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An article recently published about the grossly underfunded Kentucky State Retirement System suggests that gambling on high fee hedge funds and private equity funds, and the use of placement agents, were primarily to blame. For many readers
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Currently: Cash Looking to: Short @ 123.05As of 2/17/19 at 10:58pm EST: 122.05UPDATE: Last week, I suggested selling longs / getting short of TY futures at 123.05 with stops > 123.50 and a tgt of 121.TY futures traded above resistance put forth in last week's report. The monthly chart of TY futures here still tells us that TY futures should pull back in price in the coming months before another sharp move higher commences.We would be shorting at 123.05 with stops on a close above 123.50 and with a tgt of 120.25 for covering / getting long. The upside target will be 124.30 for the long trade.
Currently: Cash Looking to: Short @ 123.05
As of 2/17/19 at 10:58pm EST: 122.05
UPDATE: Last week, I suggested selling longs / getting short of TY futures at 123.05 with stops > 123.50 and a tgt of 121.
TY futures traded above resistance put forth in last week's report. The monthly chart of TY futures here still tells us that TY futures should pull back in price in the coming months before another sharp move higher commences.
We would be shorting at 123.05 with stops on a close above 123.50 and with a tgt of 120.25 for covering / getting long. The upside target will be 124.30 for the long trade.


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Thanks to recent improvements, the Tech Trails now qualify for national and international cross country ski races, one of only six such systems in the nation, according to the team that did all the hard work.
"The competition portion has been brought up to Olympic and international standards, a process called homologation," says Jim Schmierer, forester and instructor in Michigan Technological University's School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (SFRES).
"Now, we've improved it to the point where we are one of only six trails in the nation of this caliber," he says. The others are located in Utah, Maine, New Hampshire, Alaska and Vermont.
The improvements mean the Tech Trails are on a short list of locations for future competitions like the US Senior Nationals and Junior Olympic Nordic ski races that have been held here in the past. A Michigan High School Athletic Association event and the Central Collegiate Ski Association Championship are slated for this winter.
"The sprint portions and the 3.3K to 12.5K race courses have all been improved," Schmierer says. "We did trail widening, grade improving, culvert work, hazard tree and stump removal—and it was all done very quickly."
Local trail expert Jeff Parker said the Olympic and international standards required them to increase the width of race-section climbs, for example, to nine meters wide.
"That way, two skiers skating [transferring weight from one ski to another] can pass another skier," he says. "Other improvements included the Cemetery Loop, which was our most difficult loop. We think we'll get more skiers using it since we changed the grade."
Schmierer cites a total team effort—"a loose confederacy," he calls it—that all came together with this wooded gem as their common cause.
The trail improvement team included another local trail expert, Jim Meese, who, according to Dave Nordstrom, associate athletic director for facilities and operations, "does amazing things. If not for him and Jeff [Parker], we wouldn't have the trails we do. They have a passion for it."
Also on the team were logger John Cowell, a 1996 Michigan Tech alumnus; SFRES forester and instructor Jim Rivard; and the University's cross country and Nordic ski coach Joe Haggenmiller.
"We've incorporated our work into our courses, too," Schmierer says. "It's a great field class, and I'll be teaching a forest recreation course here."
The trail improvements have also been an exercise in reforestation, as Schmierer and his cohorts have planted "at least ten trees for every one we cut down over the years." The newly planted trees are species native to the area: red, white, and jack pine and tamarack.
For the immediate future, Parker stresses that forest improvements are a top priority across Pilgrim Road, as well as thinning some red pine closer to the trailhead. Schmierer expects to work on older bridges, too.
The trail team will be using many volunteers and student groups to clean up the Trails even more, including picking up rocks. Soon, grass will cover the spots where trees were taken down.
"By then, you won't even know we were here," Schmierer says.


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Funny how they say history tends to repeat itself. As always the old becomes new and technology no matter how much it moves forward doesn't always seem to get away from this idiom. In thousands of offices all around the world there are billions of widget makers struggling every day to figure out simple and easy as ways to communicate via the written word. Unfortunately, most of them assume the only answer is the modern word processor.
Now there was a time when the word processor meant a 20 pound device with the really small screen and a not quite detachable keyboard. Like a typewriter minus the White Out. As computers came into play one the first issues ever tackled was a good word processing solution that could replace the the electronic typewriter and single tasking electronic word processors of the day.
This was a fine and dandy solution up until there was some bifurcation of formats between WordPerfect, which was the giant of word processors at the time and Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word at that time was oddly enough the new kid on the block. /little did we know that soon it would take over the world and be the planet's go to word processor. I personally am not a big fan of Microsoft Word mostly because it has grown into a large program without any usable features added since about Word 6 (Office 4.2). However, as more and more people buy Microsoft Word the need for Word compatibility continues to grow. The odd thing is the majority of the people who use Microsoft Word only use it as a glorified electronic typewriter.
Most of the people using Microsoft Word are not using the features that require such a large program. In fact almost all of them basically need a simple easy-to-use text editor with spellcheck. I would say about 90% of the people who use Microsoft Word are really using the comparable feature set of WordPad or TextEdit.
Knowing this to be true I have personally boycotted the modern word processor and continue to write all of my communications in my generic text editor. My text editor of choice is TextMate, however there are a slew of other options on the market both free and paid for all platforms available including the modern smartphone.
So what does this all mean? It means that I'm going to be putting together a series of articles and tutorials that will teach people how to go back to the text editor as their word processor of choice. Thus eliminating the need for costly programs that hog up gigabytes of data on your hard drive, drain your battery, eat up lots of processing power to sit idle and require proprietary data formats. Yes I'm talking about Microsoft Word but this also includes iWork and a bunch more.
So be on the lookout for these things coming soon. Check back on this website often as well as follow my twitter feeds and Facebook posting.
I'd like to give a shout out to my friend Brett Terpstra who will be providing some of the tools that I used to get a lot of work done via simple text editing. If you're fanatical notetaker or just person that loves the store tidbits of information I highly suggest you check out NVAlt which is Brett's Fork of Notational Velocity.
I also want to give a shout out to John Garcia for his #Progressis social media campaign for giving me the inspiration to write this post and begin this series of tutorials that I'll be producing concerning better living through text. Progress is going back to the simple text editor as a way of communicating better, faster, stronger.
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This morning i had a lucid dream and from it a lot of questions
7. February 2013 (Thursday Morning) 4th lucid dream ???
I am in the front of the building where i used to live with my childhood friends, in front of the window of one of my neighbors, out of nowhere i think about lucid dreaming and realize i am dreaming, the world gets a bit whoozy so i crouch down and focus so i stabilize it, i take some time observing the world, looking at my body, soaking it all in, picking up some pebbles off the ground, then look around me again, even though the world is pretty clear i say clarity now and try to focus it even more, but it stays the same, then i get up. In front of the neighbouring building there is an old man sitting on the front steps (he's one of my customers where i work) so i go over to him and pinch his cheeks and he smiles then he gets up and starts tagging along and starts to get annoying, now in the dream even though lucid i was convinced that he was some sort of virus that i copyed from some sort of racing game(maybe linked to the dream i was having before?) and now he invaded my dream, i check my hand and it's all bend and stuff then i fly up trying to get rid of him but he just flies with me having a smug smile that he has so much power, i fly down and focus to make him go away thinking "dissapear!" but he's still there then turns into a child kinda of in a mocking manner, so after all of this i go back in front of the initial building where i became lucid and start thinking how much time do i still have left cause my alarm might go off and wake me up anytime, the world gets woozy again as i realize i am waking up so i focus and lay down and manage to stabilize it so i just hang around there for a bit then … i wake up ... 6:45am, 95 min before my alarm wakes me.
1. Why was not aware that the old man DC wasn't really real and wasn't a virus in my dream
2. How can you be fully aware of the fact you're dreaming, and of reality and still kind of be in the mindset of your dream character ?
3. Was it really the mindset of my character or was he really a virus, and by that i don't mean an actual virus, i mean is he a part of my subconscious that represents all my fears and anxieties and that's what made him so strong in my dream so when i became lucid he sort of rose against me ?
and lastly
4. Are we really lucid dreaming if our minds can be polluted so easily by the dream narration? if it was dream narration in the first place.
5. Was this a lucid dream ?


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2016 Chevy K5 Blazer is cars SUVS that became the latest generation which is considered able to dominate off-roader market. Chevy K5 Blazer will be produced with several improvements which hopefully will repeat the success of its class. The all New Chevy K5 Blazer changes to confront the growing SUV market competition tight. Chevy K5 Blazer will offer the latest display of the more modern and stylish. We will discuss about the changes 2016 Chevy K5 Blazer SUV adventure as a car.
2016 Chevy K5 Blazer Specs Design
2016 Chevy K5 Blazer is rumored to have undergone changes in the design view of the outside. Exterior design 2016 Chevy K5 Blazer will offer a more stylish design and modern. According to information circulating, the All New Chevy K5 Blazer will undergo revision in the door that have two styles. Chevy K5 Blazer model will be available in two-door and four-door mid-size. Chevy K5 Blazer latest will offer some color that is the solid Blue Metallic and Solid Glossy White. To the front of the changes on the front grille design with two long-shaped square and one line that features a double square headlamp using the LED light tech HID and fully equipped with fog lights on the side of the rubber bumper. For the wheel of Chevy K5 Blazer will offer 19 inch size. American Outlaw Buckshot with impressive quality. Interior design for 2016 Chevy K5 Blazer is a sophisticated and modern design. New Chevy K5 Blazer will give cabin are coated with high quality leather. To increase the value of leisure and fun inside the cabin, Chevy K5 Blazer will provide features and high-tech equipment such as seat adjuster and airbags system, System LCD touch screen with Android Operating System.
2016 Chevy K5 Blazer Engine
2016 Chevy K5 Blazer SUV car is offering some strong and powerful machine. The first engine Chevy K5 Blazer V6 3.7 liter will use that can produce power up to 322 horsepower and is coupled with a 6 speed manual transmission. The second engine is more powerful and aggressive uses V8 engine 4.0-liter that can generate power 397 horsepower combined with automatic transmission 7 acceleration.
2016 Chevy K5 Blazer Release Date and Price
2016 Chevy K5 Blazer SUV car that offers a lot of changes and some variant of the machine that has an impressive performance. Chevy has yet to provide official information about the release date of 2015 Chevy K5 Blazer. But according to rumors circulating, Chevy K5 Blazer will be launched at the end of December 2015 and by early next year. As for pricing information 2016 Chevy K5 Blazer is expected to sell about $ 42,000.


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Ben Sheets appears to be headed to Oakland, yup, as far away from Citi Field as possible. That's Oakland, a team, that does things on the cheap.
I can't say how serious the Mets were, but they couldn't have been that intent on getting.
Who's left?
Jon Garland, John Smoltz, Jarrod Washburn and Chien-Ming Wang. Garland and Washburn are starters, and could pass as No. 5s, but didn't we open the offseason thinking the Mets needed a No. 2?
Wang won't be available until May and Smoltz would go to the pen.
The Mets are also looking at bringing back Fernando Tatis to platoon with Daniel Murphy at first base.


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This week the U.S. Senate is expected to approve the Marketplace Fairness Act, which will force online retailers to charge state sales taxes.
While the most un-compromising, no-new tax advocates, including North Georgia Congressman Tom Graves, are opposed to this, conservatives with common sense are supportive, realizing this is about leveling the playing field between online retailers and Main Street businesses.
Graves released a statement saying that "States that want their businesses to be more competitive in the marketplace should engage in a race to the lowest tax rate rather than seek to level the playing field by imposing higher taxes and new burdens on competitors and consumers."
In theory, Mr. Graves' sentiment is great, reduce taxes. But in practice we'd ask how are states supposed to fund schools, roads and prisons? One day we might be able to do away with our own state sales tax, but until then, we advocate for seeing that Main Street businesses are treated fairly.
From our position at the Progress on Jasper's Main Street we can't see any reason that Amazon.com with its billions in revenue shouldn't pay the same taxes as Jasper Drug Store or Coco's Cottage.
Originally internet retailers were let out of collecting sales taxes in states where they didn't have a building by a 1992 Supreme Court ruling. The sentiment at the time was this perk to online businesses would foster growth in e-commerce (obviously this worked) and also that internet retailers wouldn't have to pony up to maintain schools and roadways in places where they don't have any physical presence.
But a lot has changed since then. Now, it's the businesses with brick and mortar that need a boost. For higher-ticket retail items people are aware you can go to a store, test a $500 item, get advice from a salesman face-to-face, then go home and order it online to save 4 percent by not paying (Georgia) sales tax. It really isn't fair.
A lot of online businesses offer extremely low prices. In addition to not charging sales tax, they cut costs by not employing our neighbors here in Pickens County, nor do they support social groups, church choir trips, youth sports or give out candy to kids at Halloween. They do lobby in Washington, however, which may explain the warmer feelings regarding them by lawmakers.
Not only do we encourage our congressional members to support making these online companies pay the sales tax, we also encourage our readers supporting local businesses directly, by considering all the advantages they offer us in Pickens County, Georgia -- even if a cheaper price can be found online.
Requiring these online businesses to pay sales tax would have an immediate positive impact.
State funds coming to local school systems and for local paving have dried up. Seeing that the dot-coms pay their share of the sales tax provides a new source of state revenue, which might save a teacher's job and help keep our county property taxes down.
Differing estimates say that the internet sales tax could generate between $11 billion to $23 billion a year –divided among the states based on their residents' purchases and tax rate.
Three arguments are generally lobbed against requiring online businesses to pay:
• First it's a new tax and people don't want any new tax -- Not true. The sales tax already exists. This just makes sure everyone pays their share.
• It will be too hard for online businesses to figure out how to charge it. Again, not true. First, businesses that generate less than $1 million a year in online sales are exempt. So it will have no effect on anyone selling a bass boat on Craigslist.
And if a company can figure out how to sell more than $1 million a year online, it can figure this out.
• Finally, it's not going to be popular with the people – likely true among online shoppers. But this is a case of supporting communities and fairness.


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PokerNations needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 22 designs submitted by 3 freelance designers.
Businessman turned Professional poker player turned businessman. I'm building a social network aimed at poker & gambling enthusiasts
Poker players, gambling enthusiasts and industry members
We need a few badges to display on certain members profiles on our social network. The column they'll occupy is only 200 pixels wide, so keep that in mind.
We need the following six badges to place on member profiles:
Think one of those blue-starred designs with the Official lettering on the inside. This will be used to recognize the Official profile of certain high-profile companies and individuals in our industry, so our members know they're dealing with the real McCoy and not an imposter
Obviously for site admins
no description necessary
-Community Team
This is for special members on our site that don't act as moderators, but do serve as helpers and guides to newcomers
-Team PokerNations
This will be a badge for members who've joined our poker team. We're looking to build a global/international group of players to represent our brand in poker events
-PokerNations Girls
We'll also be selecting a group of international girls to help represent our brand at industry trade shows and events
Please consider that our companies logo should be incorporated into at least the Team PokerNations and PokerNations Girls badge designs. If you can incorporate them into the other badges as well, that's appreciated but not 100% necessary. You can view my profile to see the contest that decided our logo design.
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In the Fifth Rules of Holes, you were encouraged to seek help from others in order to extricate youself from the Hole. And it should have been clear in that Rule that you want to seek out those that can actually help you. Not everyone, or just anyone, will be able to help you get out of a Hole. Hopefully, you have a mentor, or will take the opportunity to enlist a mentor. Just be selective.
Being selective will help you with Rules of Holes #5: Drawing more people into the
Hole with you is not likely to get you out.
You need someone that knows how to keep from being sucked into the Hole with you. From experience, or training, or good fortune, the ideal candidate will have learned how to avoid and even escape a Hole. You need THAT person to help you get out. That person will be better equiped to help you without getting sucked in themselves. Drawing inexperienced others into the Hole with you most likely will not serve to get you out, it only makes the Hole more crowded and confusing. Of course, there are those that would draw others into the Hole just so they can clamor over their bodies in order to escape, leaving them behind. But often that is just committing career suicide. It might work once at the cost of leaving a lot of ill will, and a lot of folks hoping, or even working, to see you fail.
You need to be strong enough that you can gently rebuff those that would be pulled into the Hole with you, and would not be able to get out themselves. Folks are generally curious, they will want to look at your Hole, they may even want to experiment with escape techniques. But if they don't have proven escape and avoidance skills, they will just be in your way, making it more difficult for you to get out of the Hole. Additional baggage that you now have to look out for since drawing them in with you was your responsibility. You could have declined their offer to help, instead seeking out someone that could truly help you without getting pulled in by your plight.
In order to escape your Hole, seek help from those capable of assisting without becoming trapped themselves.
(I am in the process of compiling a more complete list of 'Rules of Holes', and in upcoming weeks, I'll share them with you. And if you have developed your own 'Rules of Holes', i invite you to share them with us.)


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I'm a casual player, haven't played in a while and looking to start up again. I've never rated myself, but I'm guessing I'm a 3.0. I'd like to play week days after 6:30 or weekend mornings. Send me a message if you're interested!
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Hey Max,
I'd be down to play on weekdays in the evening, not sure what my skill level is but I am guessing I am around a 3.0 myself.
Let me know.
Thursday 6:30pm sounds great!
Let's meet there then, sound good?
Hey Max - I'm also just getting back into it and would be up for playing. I'm right near SBCC but can do other courts, am free weeknights too. Let me know if you wanna play.Karan
Hey Karan
I'm down to play at 630 if you still want to hit tuesdsay
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According to Ken Davidoff in Newsday, the reputation of Mets Ass't GM Tony Bernazard has taken a 'pummeling,' amid rumors that he is the primary culprit in the firing of Willie Randolph.
In a fascinating, well-researched, story for Gotham Baseball Magazine, Mark Healy talks with a variety of credible sources and concludes:
"Bernazard was never really on board with the hire, but waited until he had consolidated his power to start sowing his seeds of discontent. For nearly two seasons, Bernazard has been undermining the skipper in the clubhouse and in the front office."
…though rather lengthy, healy's report is a must-read…
In his report for Newsday, Davidoff writes:
"Take this for what it's worth, but Wednesday, I received two phone calls from industry contacts – the first, a longtime friend of many Hispanic players, and the second, a scout from an American League team. Both, unsolicited, brought up Bernazard, both professed to not know him and both offered the same sentiment: 'I hear he's a really bad guy.'"…Early Tuesday morning, when the hatchet fell on Randolph and the two coaches, Bernazard could be seen in the team hotel, giddy as a schoolgirl with a new dress."
Meanwhile, according to WFAN, a beat writer approached Bernazard before yesterday's game asking questions about his role in the decision to fire Randolph. Bernazard refused to comment, and then had the reporter removed from the field, courtesy of the team's public relations department.
What's more, in a recent report for ESPN.com, Buster Olney wrote that a Mets front office member would often tell players about negative evaluations from Randolph, which were intended to be private.
According to Davidoff, "Bernazard is the natural suspect. The story is quite feasible."
Meanwhile, according to Joel Sherman, at his blog for the New York Post, "Don't be conned by the Met spin. The owners and their pet p.r. man were totally involved in Randolph's firing and how it was handled."


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Combine Results
Grade95.0 ?
4.41 SECTop Performer
39.0 INCHTop Performer
120.0 INCHTop Performer
Blue Star = Combine Top Performer
Draft Analysis:
Mayock's take: "I look at Robert Griffin and say, what are the odds of his success? And I think he's already surrounded in Washington D.C. with more talent than Luck is going to have in Indianapolis. They signed a couple of receivers, they re-signed Fred Davis, they have Chris Cooley. That's a strong infrastructure for RG3. ... He will embrace the limelight and make plays."
|Draft (Round)
|Future Hall of Famer
|Top Pick
|A once-in-a-generation type prospect who could change how his position is played
|Immediate Starter
|An impact player with the ability/intangibles to become a Pro Bowl player. Expect to start immediately except in a unique situation (i.e. behind a veteran starter).
|Eventual Starter
|A quality player who will contribute to the team early on and is expected to develop into a starter. A reliable player who brings value to the position.
|Draftable Player
|A prospect with the ability to make team as a backup/role player. Needs to be a special teams contributor at applicable positions. Players in the high range of this category might have long-term potential.
|Free Agent
|A player with solid measurables, intangibles, college achievements, or a developing skill that warrants an opportunity in an NFL camp. In the right situation, he could earn a place on a 53-man roster, but most likely will be a practice squad player or a camp body.


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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Cloth Diapering a Toddler
After being over 10 pounds at birth, Brendan continues to be a big boy. He's been over 30lbs for over a year now and outgrew many of his one size diapers long ago. This lead to a difficult time finding CD's that both fit him well and worked to my satisfaction. The only one size diapers that still fit well for us are the Blueberry Minky diapers that I've had in my stash for two years now. The rest of my stash is now made up of toddler size fitted diapers made by a WAHM for Piddle Poodles. These diapers give me the rise my son needs, as well as the fit around the waist without digging into his skin. Of course, the larger fitted diapers also make it difficult to find covers that work over them. I've found the only commercially available cover that fits well are the large Thirsties covers. In addition, my son now wears a lot of wool and fleece pants since they work double duty as a cover and as pants. Of course this also gives me a great excuse to buy beautiful wool yarns to knit into longies for him!
Brendan has been in cloth ever since he was around 11 weeks old. It's amazing to think that when we first began cding he was just beginning to fit in the smallest setting of his BumGenius 3.0's, and now he literally is bursting at the seams in almost all CD's. Cloth diapering a toddler has proven itself as an adventure in itself, but at the cost of toddler size disposable diapers I see the financial savings each time I pass by the diaper isle at the store.
By Katrina W.
9 comments:
- Phamos said...
Best OS for older/bigger kids that I've found is Knickenappies. Happy Heiny's also makes an XL pocket that my 33-lb not-yet-two-year-old has plenty of room to grow in. Been disappointed in the supposedly 40-pound BabyKicks, Thirsties Duo 2, and Fuzzi Bunz Perfect Size large.
- January 18, 2011 at 6:43 AM
- Wendy @ ABCs and Garden Peas said...
Cloth diapering a toddler is an adventure, isn't it? I can't believe I'm breastfeeding a toddler already, too! When he was a newborn, I had trouble imagining he'd ever be a toddler...and now poof! Here we are in the blink of an eye! :)
- January 18, 2011 at 9:56 AM
- Julie said...
Thank you, thank you for posting this! I have just been wondering what to do myself with my 2 year old who is 36 lbs and fits in NOTHING! I'm going to check out those you mentioned, and like you am hoping that ds figures it all out by 3!
- January 18, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- Vered said...
Thanks for this post :-) My 2 year old is a big boy too - he has been around 35 lbs for about half a year - although he has slimmed down in the waist since starting to walk at 18 months. His waist is 22" naked, 24" with a fitted on.
Pocket wise - HHs are still great on him (although the new design is a bit smaller) but I have moved towards fitteds. Sbish have XL fitteds that are VERY big.
Most covers are on the largest setting which means that I need snap covers for most of them for the snaps that touch the skin. I recently ordered a custom cover from Zookies and it is wonderful to finally be able to use the middle (center) snaps again.
I'm hoping our potty training goes well - I leave him diaperless when at home and most times he goes in the potty but if he has a diaper on he goes in it 98% of the time.
- January 18, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- Anna said...
My toddler isn't so big, and he has mostly been in disposables. But since I'm using cloth for the baby, I'd like to use it more for him. But it seems like somewhere around the age of 2 by kids start getting these incredibly disgusting bowel movements from time to time. The acidic smell burns the nose, it's either super thick and creamy or not so thick and gritty- almost impossible to wipe off the bum. I can't imagine how hard it would be to get out/off of the prefolds. I always count myself as so grateful that I can just chuck that in the garbage, that I'm a little scared to get further into the cloth. Anyone else have that issue? How do you deal?
- January 18, 2011 at 2:49 PM
- Tawnya said...
Just wanted to encourage you not to stress about the potty training. It will happen. My eldest daughter wanted to start potty training at 15 mos then lost interest and finally really got it down during the day at about 34 1/2 months. My younger daughter started potty training by her choice at about 21 1/2 mos & is day trained in weeks. She one day just wanted to wear underwear and that was it. All kids are so different. However, I agree about diapers getting quite challenging when the kiddos get so big.
- January 19, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- wendyroo said...
I ordered some Antsy Pants to see how they work for my toddler son as training pants for road trips and stuffed with inserts for at night. We have not gotten them yet, but I think it will work well that they pull on rather than him having to lay down. They also come in several toddler sizes.
- January 19, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Amanda Mock said...
Cloth diapering a toddler is definetly and adventure! We have had good luck since she is only 30 lbs at 2.5, so most of the OS diapers still fit. Excited to use my itty bitty fluff in just 11 days for DS!
- January 19, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- Emily Dulin said...
I have some large Thirsties covers. My son is only 2 months old, but I'm happy to know that I will have something that will fit him when he gets older.
- January 22, 2011 at 8:14 AM


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A Scout patrol is the basic unit or grouping of Scouts. Scout troops are composed of one or more patrols. Generally around eight members, a patrol is likely composed of Scouts who are close in age and rank to one another. They may even have been recently formed from a Webelos Den after bridging.
A patrol is expected to have its own meetings and activities in addition to ones at the troop level. At troop meetings and at troop events, the patrol participates together, often in good-natured competition with other patrols. They are expected to have a name, as well as Patrol Yell and a Patrol Flag, all of which a Scout Badge is required to know to advance to the Tenderfoot Rank.
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When you make a cult favorite comedy like Broken Lizard's "Super Troopers," it's probably inevitable that you'll get out of a speeding ticket or two.
"[Co-star Steve Lemme] was going like 120 miles an hour, and the cop pulled him over and [Steve] thought he was screwed," says "Super Troopers" co-star Kevin Heffernan, whose latest comedy, "The Babymakers," opens Friday. "And then the cop walked up to the [car] and he's like, 'Do you know how fast you were going—"Super Troopers"!' And then he lets him out of the ticket, takes a picture with him by the side of the highway. The kid turned into a giddy kid."
Ordinary problems also receive an extreme solution in "The Babymakers," in which Tommy (Paul Schneider) and other dimwitted criminals (including Heffernan and director Jay Chandrasekhar) plot to steal Tommy's sperm from a sperm bank. The plan starts after Tommy realizes he can no longer provide any functional sperm so he and his wife (Olivia Munn) can conceive.
At the Four Seasons Hotel, the 43-year-old, suburban Chicago native Chandrasekhar and Heffernan, 44, talked about a particularly memorable, sperm-heavy scene in "The Babymakers," a revolutionary new approach to the Olympics and what kind of pleasurable sounds are appropriate for network TV.
You've talked about "The Babymakers" being like "Ocean's Eleven" with sperm. How many people do you know who saw "Ocean's Eleven" and said, "It was good, but … just not nearly enough sperm"?
Kevin Heffernan: "Needs more sperm!" I don't know, Clooney and Matt Damon, Brad Pitt.
Jay Chandrasekhar: What about them?
KH: Well, there's some people that might want some of that sperm.
JC: Yeah, it would have been a better movie with sperm. Well, now you get to see it.
There was just so much off-camera sperm.
JC: [Laughs] I'm sure there was!
KH: We put it on camera. That was the piece that was missing.
Kevin, you are in a memorable scene in "The Babymakers" with probably more sperm than anyone has seen in one place. How long did it take to gather all that?
KH: [Laughs] Chandrasekhar is like a machine. He can pump out a lot of stuff.
JC: I have a very ample load.
Is that a day, a month?
KH: What is that for you, Chandrasekhar?
JC: Uh, it was a couple weeks. You have to shoot the scene close enough to the evacuations so that it stayed fresh.
KH: [Laughs]
That was one thing that went through my mind when I saw it: "That is still fresh."
JC: You don't want it rotting.
KH: That was the fresh sample room. There's a sign on the door it says, "Fresh sample room."
JC: "Fresh sample storage." [Laughs]
KH: Just so you know that it's not frozen or anything. There's a sign.
Kevin, I read you have a law degree. Is that right?
KH: I do, yeah.
Do you think you will ever practice again?
KH: I doubt it, unless things go horribly awry in the film industry.
If you ever did practice again, I was wondering how much that scene could come back to haunt you.
KH: [Laughs] I know, I know. It's like, put it in my commercial. "Hire me to be your lawyer." And show me flopping around in semen.
Some people would probably go for that.
KH: They might, I don't know. "Oh, that's the guy from 'Super Troopers,' OK."
How many lawsuits do people bring to lawyers involving an accident at a sperm bank?
KH: Or some sort of fertility issue perhaps. "I'm the guy! Look at me. I'll get involved in your case intimately!"
The Olympics will be happening when the movie comes out. If you had to participate in an Olympic event, which one would you choose?
KH: Jay's very anti-Olympics, just so you know.
JC: I think they have a bunch of sports that nobody cares about. And that NBC trumps up this excitement, but look, I'm clearly in the minority here.
I'm right there with you.
JC: People get excited about learning what a tough road it was for this farm boy to get to the Olympics. I get it. If I had to be in the Olympics, I suppose I would do the javelin throw.
JC: It seems sort of military. It seems dangerous. It could go anywhere.
And that appeals to you?
JC: Particularly with me throwing it. I've never thrown a javelin. What kind of sport is that? It's hilarious.
KH: It's an ancient sport. Ancient Greece.
JC: It's a hilarious sport. It's also still around.
KH: It's a 2,000-year-old sport.
JC: They still do it? I love it.
It's very difficult to keep up with in the years that the Olympics aren't happening.
JC: Right. Like, who's your favorite javelin thrower?
KH: Javelinest?
JC: Nobody has an answer. Nobody. If I were in charge of the Olympics, I would probably try to put something for the javelin guy to aim at. Not just length but see if you could spear something.
Like what?
KH: Like a swimmer.
JC: Yeah, get one of those runners out there and see if you can … that's a sport.
KH: I think that's the way it used to be in ancient Greece. You were naked and you threw javelins at runners.
JC: Naked would do it. Naked would be exciting.
What about you, Kevin?
KH: Archery. I like archery. That would be kind of fun. I'm a big fan of that movie "Brave."
JC: Have a satchel of sticks on your back.
KH: Yeah, why not? (Makes sound of shooting an arrow.)
Should we also get rid of that lame target and have you shoot at a runner?
KH: We could; that's fine with me. But I have no problem with the target.
Who's your favorite archer?
KH: Robin Hood. Love Robin Hood.
JC: I like William Tell.
KH: You do.
JC: Yeah. But we're out of archers already.
KH: The girl from "Brave."
JC: The girl from "Brave," yeah.
KH: Hawkeye.
And Katniss. It seems like everyone's been talking about archery this year. But it is like, "Choose among these five."
JC: You could become the most famous archer if you decided to devote yourself to it. "[Bleepin'] Farva's an archer!"
KH: Like the archer comic. "Archer Comedian Kevin Heffernan!" That'd be pretty cool.
JC: And his partner, the javelinest. Jay the javelinest.
KH: The naked javelinest.
Who immediately becomes the most famous.
JC: I could do it overnight.
KH: If you sat on a field next to a javelin thrower and you watched them throw the javelin, you'd be like, "Oh my God."
JC: I have no doubt. I'm impressed. That's why I want to be a javelinest.
Maybe you should start with someone who's not as fast as a runner.
KH: Like me. [Laughs] "Heffernan, go run around on the end of the field."
JC: Yeah, but then you'd have a bow and arrow and you'd fire that back at me wildly.
To have the events compete against each other, that would be great.
KH: Javelinest vs. archer? That'd be fantastic. That'd be really good.
JC: [Laughs] That would be an Olympics to watch!
KH: That's where "Hunger Games" came from, I guess, right?
In using scenes of adult movies in "The Babymakers," how much do you regret not using "Ted Mosby: Sex Architect"?
KH: [Laughs] Yeah, I know, it should have been in there. "Ted Mosby Sex Architect" was like the tamest porn movie that you could make.
JC: What was that?
KH: That was the "How I Met Your Mother" episode that I did. And so it was like, eight o'clock on CBS, we had to walk a fine line about doing a porn story. It was still fun, it was good, but you could only do a certain type of moaning and things like that.
JC: Were you the architect?
KH: I was the porn star sex architect.
Not just an architect.
KH: Sex architect.
JC: I never saw that. I've never seen that episode.
What's the line of what you can and can't do for moaning on network television?
KH: I don't know but they recorded some moanings to put in, we were sitting on the set on a couch, it was like the actors or whatever and the sound guy and they were like, "OK, moan." And we were like, "Ohhh, yeah!" "Don't say words." "OK." "Ohh!!!" "Too big, too big. Take it down."
You can't say "Yeah."
KH: They have censors. You couldn't do certain things. You didn't know what the line was but you just did what they told you.
Jay, earlier today you mentioned being turned on by French wigs, and in "The Babymakers" characters are turned on by melons on a magazine cover. What's something else that gets you going unintentionally?
JC: Black panthers.
KH: What?
JC: I find them very sleek and feminine.
KH: Have you ever masturbated to a black panther?
JC: No, but I may do so after this interview.
Thank you for waiting until after it's over.
JC: I'm going to try. I'm going to try.
On how Chicago shaped Chandrasekhar as a comedian: "I think because of Chicago's improv and sketch history, that's sort of how I thought comedy should be done based on that, and that's why we started [Broken Lizard], which is super Chicago-influenced. As opposed to just doing stand-up."
On real-life dumb criminals: "I always feel like any criminal who doesn't have a mask on is dumb. Particularly the ones who don't realize that all mini-marts have cameras. I find that so hilarious. Or bank robbers without a mask. You're like, 'Have you seen no movies?'" (JC)
On the current state of "Community," of which Chandrasekhar has directed episodes: "I think losing [creator] Dan Harmon is tragic. He's really quite a visionary comic. There were issues that are internal there that I had nothing to do with, but I know that the cast is great and I know that the writers they kept are also great. I'm going to do two [episodes] of them in the fall. I have a feeling that it's probably going to be fine."
On comedy on TV: "I think there's this ever-expanding need for more. Hulu is getting into it and Netflix is getting into it and Amazon is getting into it, and they all want their own TV shows. So it's a great time to be working in television. We're both actually working in television now. And I've been lucky to work on 'Community' and 'Happy Endings' and 'Up All Night,' and some of the best comics working are working on these shows." (JC)
Guilty pleasure movies: "I love bad action movies. I love 'Tango and Cash.' I'll go see any Van Damme movie, anything like that. … 'The Expendables [2],' I'm going to go see the [bleep] out of that." (KH) "I really honestly am into … French movies with women in wigs and that white makeup and the mole. When they're hot, I find it ridiculously a turn-on. I accidentally walked into a theater in San Francisco and there were all these French women on the screen with these big wigs on, and I was like, 'Dear, lord.' … The poster was very provocative. It was two women with wigs, nose to nose. Like, 'we'll see what happens.' … I might do a French wig movie next … Just me with a bunch of French women with wigs, that would be good." (JC)
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Larger-than-life personalities don't like to compromise, especially where half-million-dollar, open-air sleds are involved. And so the late, great Murcielago Roadster seemed rather comical with its flimsy cloth roof, which limited the car's top speed to an infeasible 100mph. As a result it rather unkindly came to be known as the "toupe."
Fortunately, Lamborghini's carbon-bodied Aventador has spun off its own roadster derivative, and this time around the LP700-4 Roadster utilizes some genuine engineering for its two removable roof panels.
Weighing a mere 13.2 lb each, the panels are constructed with an outer composite material wrapped around a high-pressure resin-transfer molded section. Not only do they offer an elegant visual solution, they're also stressed members, bolstering torsional rigidity when snapped in place.
Even with its roof panels tucked into the small storage compartment in the nose, the al fresco übercar boasts a staggering stiffness of 22,000 nM per degree. By comparison, the Murcielago only offered 20,000 in its coupe form, no less.
What's more, the difference in rigidity between the open and closed Aventador is so nominal, Lamborghini claims they yielded almost identical lap times during testing.
Strapped into the Lamborghini flagship in the pitlane at Miami-Homestead, with the V12 rumbling mere inches behind my head, we were unlikely to verify the lap times given the lead/follow format. Furthermore, the roof was in place due to debris on the track, but the effect is still dramatic: after all, this wedge-shaped spacecraft incorporates a healthy dose of theater; first razzle-dazzling the driver with a missile launcher-style starter button. Then there's also an enormous TFT tachometer and all the sights and sounds you'd expect from the V12 engine under glass.
Volume levels in the cabin are surprisingly hushed in "Strada" mode, but switching to "Sport" or "Corsa" opens the exhaust valve earlier, allowing the mechanical percussion of 12 naturally aspirated cylinders to fill the cabin. Lower the rear window - an awkward maneuver requiring you to reach a switch behind the steering wheel - and a beautiful cacophony tickles your tympanic membranes, altering the soundtrack with the thrum of valvetrain chains and the whoosh of air being sucked into the combustion chambers.
Working up to speed, the Aventador reveals a fidgety, challenging personality that requires full focus on car placement - all the way from turn-in to apex to exit. Unlike McLaren's "brake steer" system, which squeezes the inside rotors to help rotate the vehicle, or Ferrari's e-Diff, which apportions torque to either rear wheel, the Aventador's rear-biased all-wheel drive Haldex system demands patient positioning and thoughtful throttle input. Gas it too early and the nose drifts wide, understeering like a Subaru Impreza STi. Overdo the right pedal after weight transfers to the front, and the tail readily kicks out.
In its standard setting, the ESC curtails the slip angle rather conservatively. But again you simply flip the switch on the dash to "Sport" mode, and car rotation makes it easier (and hairier) to slither around the track. A characteristic exaggerated by neck-snapping gear shifts, which are strong enough to trigger the stability control.
The carbon-ceramic brakes have a violent, seatbelt-stretching impact on the Aventador's deceleration, but jumping from car to car revealed a fingerprint-like individuality to each specimen's personality: not only does the pedal's point of engagement vary wildly, so do handling characteristics and on-limit behavior. In fact, the racetrack was such a smorgasbord of different vehicle dynamics it was almost a relief to hit public roads. Almost.
Beyond the purview of Lamborghini executives, the first task was to test the launch control, which required a straight steering wheel, Corsa mode, and ESC in the "off" position. Stab both pedals, and the V12 howls to 3000rpm; lift the brake, and the single clutch dumps massive torque to all four wheels, catapulting the Lamborghini on a mad dash to the manufacturer's claimed 2.9sec to 60mph. And it won't quit until 217mph - the same terminal velocity as the coupe, incidentally.
Once you surrender to driving license preservation and simmer into mundane mode, it becomes virtually impossible to blend into traffic. Children gawk, cellphones hover and any semblance of anonymity is lost. And while we had every intention of testing the street-appropriate "Strada" mode, its molasses-like throttle response and lazy shifts simply wouldn't do for South Beach; with limited time in this over-the-top supercar, enduring the single clutch transmission's tendency for bucking and lurching was preferable to a neutered version of this otherwise feral creature.
And therein lies the Aventador Roadster paradox. It's a supercar that's as conflicted as they come. Sure, it's engineered for blinding speed and retina-detaching cornering, but it's better suited to the boulevard than the racetrack, as evidenced by use of the nimbler Gallardo Superleggera for the Lamborghini's Super Trofeo race series. But don't tell that to an Aventador Roadster driver; after all, it's hard to care about naysayers when you're already smitten by its fighter jet silhouette and addictive engine note.
2014 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster
Engine 6.5L V12 DOHC 48v, variable valve timing, auto stop/start, cylinder de-activation
Transmission seven-speed automated manual with single-clutch
Brakes six-piston calipers, 400mm carbon-ceramic rotors front, four-piston, 380mm rear
Suspension horizontal monotube dampers with Ohlins pushrod system
Wheels & Tires 19x9" f, 20x12" r with 255/35 ZR19 f, 335/30 ZR20 r
Exterior active spoiler
Power 691hp at 8250rpm
Torque 509 lb-ft at 5500rpm
0-62mph 2.9sec
Top speed 217mph
Weight 3582 lb (dry)
Economy N/A


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The Supreme Court's same-sex marriage opinions are not an easy "read," and there is lingering confusion about their implications. Here are some of the highlights and some remaining questions.
Proposition 8
First, the court's holding in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Proposition 8 case, was in some respects quite technical. At the same time, however, its implications for citizen-led ballot initiatives are stunning.
In Hollingsworth, the court held by a 5-4 decision that the official proponents of Proposition 8 (the initiative amending the California constitution to define marriage as an opposite-sex institution) did not have "standing" to appeal the federal district court's decision, striking it down. This was so even though the state of California refused to defend Proposition 8 and explicitly permitted its proponents to defend it. After losing at the district court, these proponents appealed to the Ninth Circuit, losing there as well.
The Supreme Court, in its opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, held that because the Proposition 8 proponents had nothing more than a "generalized grievance" — because they simply wished to "vindicate the constitutional validity of a generally applicable California law" — they could not appeal the case. The Ninth Circuit's opinion had to be vacated. The Supreme Court did not apply this rationale to the district court case. Consequently, there is legal confusion about the effects of the district court's opinion.
Technical doctrinal points aside, the court's opinion has ominous implications for citizen-led ballot initiatives. To wit, if a state's executive powers refuse to defend a popularly passed law or constitutional amendment, it is not clear who can. The law will fall upon challenge, no matter how many millions of citizens supported it and no matter the percentage by which they won. It is unclear, after Hollingsworth, who could defend Proposition 8, and that is a disturbing result.
The second case, U.S. v. Windsor, likely has more implications for the future of same-sex marriage under the Constitution. Windsor involved two women, Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, deemed married by the state of New York. On the death of Spyer, Windsor was required to pay federal estate taxes under Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which held that, for purposes of all federal laws, "marriage" is the union of one man and one woman. Consequently, the spousal exemption from estate taxes did not apply to Windsor.
The court spent the vast majority of its opinion, written by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, upon the substantive question: Is Section 3 of DOMA constitutional? The court answered "no," and Section 3 was struck down, but for what precise reason it is hard to say.
Hollingsworth v. Perry
It first appeared as if the court might strike down Section 3 on "federalism" grounds — i.e., the notion that Congress had legislated in an arena reserved to the states: defining marriage. Certainly, the court spoke emphatically about the state's leading role in the family law arena. But after this discussion, the majority stated that it was "unnecessary to decide whether this federal intrusion on state power is a violation of the Constitution because it disrupts the federal balance." Rather, Section 3 was unconstitutional because it was enacted for the "purpose" of "impos[ing] a disadvantage, a separate status, and so a stigma upon all who enter into same-sex marriages made lawful by the unquestioned authority of the States."
Congress and President Clinton, who was president when the 1996 act became law, intended to "demean" and to "injure" the couple, and to "humiliate[]" any children they were raising. How did the Court discern these subjective intentions? From the very title of the law, and from a few selected passages of the legislative history wherein some members of Congress spoke of defending long-standing and morally respected understandings of marriage.
The court's "reasoning" here is virtually impenetrable. The majority appear to hold that Section 3 violates the Fifth Amendment's due process clause. But they never pursue the usual due process inquiries (Is same-sex marriage necessary to achieve "ordered liberty" in the United States? Is it an inescapable part of our "history and tradition"?) that would in any case yield the opposite result.
The majority also appear to find a violation of the Constitution's equal protection guarantee. But they likewise fail to pursue the usual accompanying questions: What kind and level of "right" is at stake? And do people wishing to marry a partner of the same sex merit treatment as a "suspect class," in which case it should be harder for the government to justify treating them differently?
In the end, as University of Notre Dame law professor Gerard Bradley articulated, only one thing appears to be surely linked to the holding: Kennedy "believes, fervently, that any singling out of homosexuals and lesbians from a class of persons to which they otherwise properly belong is to demean and to stigmatize them — and doing that violates the Constitution." Linked to this, Kennedy and the majority are wedded to the notion that sexual expression is a crucial part of identity formation and self-esteem.
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Following these cases, the most significant question about the future of marriage is surely whether Windsor "set the table" for coast-to-coast same-sex marriage. The answer, without any attempt to be cheeky, is probably this: It depends on what Kennedy wants to do going forward. His opinion for the majority could easily be applied to any state law refusing to recognize same-sex marriage. As Justice Antonin Scalia writes in his dissent: "In sum, that court which finds it so horrific that Congress irrationally and hatefully robbed same-sex couples of the 'personhood and dignity' which state legislatures conferred upon them, will of a certitude be similarly appalled by state legislatures' irrational and hateful failure to acknowledge that 'personhood and dignity' in the first place." (I would add that this feature of the majority opinion bodes ill for religious exemptions to same-sex marriage laws as well.)
But Chief Justice Roberts reminds us that the majority acknowledges that "'[t]his opinion and its holding are confined to those lawful marriages,' — referring to same-sex marriages that a state has already recognized." Further, the majority's insistence upon state sovereignty over family law should confirm states' freedom to preserve opposite-sex marriage.
The future is unknown. At the very least, Hollingsworth and Windsor call on us — lawyers, pastors, citizens and relevant experts of all kinds — to better crystallize our arguments on behalf of marriage, to display the human face of our claims, and robustly to give witness to what marriage is and is meant to be. In light of the Supreme Court's willingness to defy logic, common sense and even the norms of constitutional law, even excellent legal arguments by themselves cannot save us.
Helen Alvaré is a law professor at George Mason University.
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Combine Belgium's famous Circuit de Spa with a race prepped SWB 1964 Porsche 911 and a slightly crazy but very talented driver and this is what you get. From the growl of the Porsches engine to watching the car drift sideways through the Eau Rogue (see video below) we can't get enough of this video.
This footage is a few years old but when we came across it again on Reddit today, we had to post it. The combination of under steer and wild driving is hard to resist and makes this one of our favorite in car videos we've ever seen.
We did a little research on the driver, Pascal Pandelaar, who co-drove the car and didn't come up with much besides this forum post in which he explains "You have to deal with constant 4 wheel slides to be quick" in the bias ply equipped Porsche. Despite his wild driving style as of last year he hadn't crashed yet in any of the eight Circuit de Spa 6 hour races he has competed in.
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Ballet. Portugal's National Ballet is making a special appearance for us with a new version of one of the absolute classics from the history of dance.
Portugal's national ballet Companhia Nacional de Bailado (CNB) is making a special appearance with one of the principal classics of dance history: Swan Lake. This version from 2013 has been created by choreographer Fernando Duarte, who is also solo dancer and ballet master at CNB.
The music and story adheres to Tchaikovsky's masterpiece. In particular, it is the second, "white" act from the original version with its abstract presentation of the swan woman and the method of using the entire corps de ballet which set the trend. Duartes new choreography follows this classical tradition while the stage design has been created by film director Edgar Pêra and the costumes bear the signature of Portuguese fashion and costume designer, José António Tenente.
This guest performance is part of an artistic exchange in which GöteborgsOperans Danskompani will make a guest performance at the CNB home stage in Lisbon with the dance programme Spirit by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Saburo Teshigawara. The exchange is initiated by Adolphe Binder, Artistic Director of GöteborgsOperans Danskompani.


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Another North West Coach in the spotlight today. Current Seattle Mariners head coach Eric Wedge was a perfect candidate for the Mariners job after he was let go by the Indians in 2009. Since then, Wedge's grit and experience has shown through in the Mariners organization. The Mariners front office and fans alike love the guy and hope he can turn the team around back to their winning ways.
Northwest Coach Profiles: Eric Wedge
January 11, 2012 By Danny Ferguson
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Like many of its peers, iQ Credit Union had grown overwhelmed in keeping up with the rapid pace and myriad regulatory changes.
For some time, the $452 million credit union explored ways to manage expenses associated with compliance, said Roger Michaelis, president/CEO of the cooperative in Vancouver, Wash.
"We're trying to control operating costs just like everybody else," Michaelis said. "We were struggling with how to continue to respond to noninterest income activity and stay in compliance without exposing the credit union to a bunch of outside risk."
When more than a dozen Washington state credit unions got together in 2010 to research the viability of leveraging shared resources to meet the industry's growing compliance needs, iQ CU was among them.
Those talks, which included more research and analysis on what potential services and products were top priority, led to the recent creation of Northwest CU Collaboration, a new regulatory compliance CUSO.
The new entity was formed by the $1.1 billion Gesa Credit Union in Richland, iQ Credit Union, the $346 million Salal Credit Union in Seattle and the $1.7 billion Washington State Employees Credit Union in Olympia.
The first general areas of focus for the CUSO may include compliance training for staff, compliance reviews for marketing materials, legal reviews, vendor reviews and compliance audits, according to the credit unions. In addition, the partners said they foresee the potential for other joint services beyond compliance and other credit unions eventually may be offered opportunities to use the CUSO's services. Representatives from each of the four owners will serve on a board of managers.
While Northwest CU Collaboration is currently operating, it is scheduled to start offering services by the third quarter.
When Mark Allen was overseeing the first mortgage unit at WSECU for about five years, he recalled the bombardment of new regulations. Allen is WSECU senior vice president of mortgage and investments and CEO of One Washington Financial, one of the credit union's CUSOs. In 2010, WSECU, along with many others in the industry, were in the midst of what Allen described as a regulatory storm.
"With Dodd-Frank, we needed to think about doing things differently to keep our future costs down," Allen said.
To get the CUSO concept going, seven credit unions initially committed to the idea, Allen said. After a second meeting, a consultant was hired, along with CUSO legal guru Guy Messick, an attorney with Messer & Lauer PC, to explore the feasibility. Eventually, the four current CUSO owners moved forward by contributing seed money to get Northwest CU Collaboration up and running.
That initial period of feedback from Washington credit unions helped to shape what the CUSO would offer. Allen said they heard from smaller credit unions with staffers that were limited in what they could do in the area of compliance control given their multiple roles. The consistent theme was everyone needed help and were looking for solutions, he pointed out.
Michaelis from iQ CU wondered if the initial capital outlay in the CUSO would pay off. Indeed, Allen said the three credit unions that dropped out of creating Northwest CU Collaboration were reluctant to go to their boards to ask for capital to help fund the CUSO.
"One of the things we struggled with was having to add an operational expense. But this as a way to invest in our future," Michaelis said. "Compliance is a large expense. We do our best, but if we make a mistake, the penalties are so severe."
In addition to hiring more staff to stay on top of compliance and using the services of an attorney to read and write disclosures, Michaelis said the costs grew.
"None of these things were producing income," he pointed out. "The Dodd-Frank bill swept everyone in the same corner."
To oversee Northwest CU Collaboration, Terri Salinas was hired as the CUSO's director. She previously worked as corporate counsel at the $10 billion Boeing Employees Credit Union in Tukwila, Wash., and vice president of risk management at Gesa CU. Salinas will be responsible for creating the business plan and structure for the new CUSO.
While the CUSO will focus primarily on regulatory compliance, Allen said preliminary talks have taken place about adding services beyond that space, mostly in the back office.
"The general feeling now is let's figure out how to do this part well first," Allen said. "We're all faced with things like fee income pressure, loan demand–we all have the same issues to grapple with."
That bond is set to play a part in how the CUSO might expand.
Allen recalled how some had concerns about how a collaboration model would work given the number of people involved. Others wondered if there would be job eliminations.
"There was a lot of mutual concern and rightfully so," Allen said. "We spent a fair amount of time addressing it. We see this as another career opportunity for some."
At press time, Northwest CU Collaboration's board of managers was scheduled to meet to review the business plan. Salinas said there will be discussions on whether additional staff is needed. A search for office space is also underway.
"This was a two-year process with a number of credit unions talking about how to deal with future costs," Allen said " It wasn't easy to get through but regulatory compliance is an important area to focus on in a collaborative way."


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Oroville is a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California. With a population in the greater urban area of 40,000, it is the seat of Butte County. A relaxed place, it boasts a massive dam that has created the man made Lake Oroville. There are excellent outdoor activities including boating, hiking, biking, and fishing.
Get in
By bus
There are three main bus methods to get to Oroville.
By car
You will most likely need a car once arriving in Oroville, so it is better to arrive with your own first. Oroville straddles Highway 70 and has four exits off this main thoroughfare.
By train
During Gold Rush times, there were several trains a day down to Sacramento and San Francisco. Today, sadly, there is no service whatsoever.
Get around
There is meager public transportation in Oroville. There is a small bus line that is relatively new and gaining and reliability, but it primarily serves the downtown area.
Taxis are scarce and not to be seen running around. You actually have to call a taxi to come to your specific location if you want one and they are not cheap.
While the immediate downtown area is pleasant to walk, to go anywhere else will require your own car. If you don't have one upon arrival, there are several rental offices in town such as Enterprise and Hertz.
There are no items specific to Oroville that warrant special attention of purchase. Here are a few places where more basic items can be found.
Oroville is not lacking in drinking options, which is probably a tribute to its bawdy Gold Rush past. The issue is more that the vast majority of bars fall under the "dive" classification.
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It was only natural that I plant a fig tree when I moved to the South, says Anne, the gardener. What I didn't know was I could have been growing a fruiting dwarf fig "up North" if I had planted it in a container and moved it indoors during the winter.
A dwarf black fig, Ficus 'Petite Negra,' is a fig bred just for containers. This fig grows to five feet tall and four feet wide. It has those bow-downs and bends in its branches that make it look old and charming.
Winter treatment
You can trim it back, if it won't fit in your house when you take the container indoors for winter, but you will lose the first fruit set. Figs will set fruit on branch growth from the year before, called old wood. This is the first crop in the summer. It is also the crop most likely to be lost with a late freeze. A second, fall, crop develops on growth that occurs in the spring and summer, called new wood.
In hard-freeze areas, move the potted tree indoors after the first frost but before a hard freeze. The frost will send it into dormancy. Water it only occasionally through the winter. It will not need any fertilizer until late winter when new growth begins.
If you live in an area where the winter temperatures do not go below 20 degrees F. (7 C), you can leave this fig in the ground. Be sure to protect the roots from freezing with heavy mulch.
The fruit of fig trees is quite interesting. What we pick as fruit is swollen tree stem with flowers inside. The skin of the fruit on the dwarf black fig is green and turns purple/pink when it is ripe. The best ripeness test is a gentle squeeze. If the fig is soft, it's ready to eat. The flesh is deep pink and sweet.
Deer do not especially like figs but pocket gophers love the roots. To frustrate gophers, sink a wire basket into the planting hole or grow your figs in a container.
Beautiful mascarpone-stuffed figs
My grandfather introduced me to figs when I was about 2 years old, says Linda, the chef. He took me by the hand and we walked out to the giant fig tree in his backyard and ate ripe figs right from the tree.
I have had a love affair with figs ever since that day many years ago.
Some of my favorite fig preparations other than just off the tree are fig preserves and figs sautéed in sugar and lemon, served with honey yogurt, or as an elegant teatime dessert stuffed with sweetened mascarpone, mint, toasted walnuts, and drizzled with honey. Mmm, love.
You can use any kind of fig that you have available. Since figs ripen in different sizes, I have given estimates on how much mint, walnuts, and honey you might need. Add more or less as needed.
For an alternative to a cold dessert, there is the option of baking these beautiful figs for a warm dessert or even breakfast. Enjoy!
Mascarpone Stuffed Figs With Honey, Mint, and Walnuts
1 (8-ounce) container mascarpone cheese
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, or to taste
Figs -- as many as the cheese will stuff (depends on size of figs)
1 teaspoon orange-blossom honey per fig
1 teaspoon toasted walnuts per fig (toast for 1 to 2 minutes on a plate in the microwave)
Mint, in a fine chiffonade to sprinkle over figs
Soften the mascarpone cheese enough to mix with the confectioners' sugar.
Cut a cross in the top of each fig. Open them slightly so that you can stuff them with the cheese-sugar mixture using a pastry bag or spoon. After stuffing as many figs as you can use at the moment (see note below), drizzle each fig with honey, add toasted walnuts and sprinkle with the mint. Serve immediately.
Variation: If you would like these warm, leave off the mint and bake them in a preheated 350 degree F. oven until the figs are tender. The mascarpone melts into the softened, honey-sweetened figs and makes a wonderful, aromatic warm dessert or breakfast. Add mint after baking (optional).
Recipe note: The reason you stuff only as many figs as you will be using right away is that if you save them for another day, the figs become bitter.
Editor's Note: To read more of Anne and Linda's "how to grow and prepare" series, click here.
Linda Weiss and Anne Moore met while Linda was the food editor and Anne was the garden editor for South Carolina Homes & Gardens magazine. They now write articles for the ETV GardenSMART television show website, where Anne is the horticulture editor, gardening consultant, and e-newsletter editor. Anne has written for magazines and newspapers. She is a member of and a recipient of a Silver Award for magazine writing from the Garden Writers Association. Linda is a personal chef. She attended Le Cordon Bleu of Paris' catering program, has appeared as a guest chef on numerous television shows, has been a culinary educator for 10 years, and a food writer for a number of magazines. She is a professional member of The James Beard Foundation and the Southern Foodways Alliance. She has written a cookbook, "Memories From Home, Cooking with Family and Friends."


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Man Booker fiction prize nominees span the globe
The longlist for the prize, one of the English language's top fiction awards, names 13 writers from seven countries.
Life in London's Jewish community and Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, billionaires in China and hard times in Ireland all feature in the novels vying for this year's Man Booker Prize.
The longlist for the prize, one of the English language's top fiction awards, names 13 writers from seven countries.
"This is surely the most diverse longlist in Man Booker history: wonderfully various in terms of geography, form, length and subject," said Robert Macfarlane, a writer and Cambridge University academic who chairs the panel of five judges.
"These 13 outstanding novels range from the traditional to the experimental, from the first century AD to the present day, from 100 pages to 1,000 and from Shanghai to Hendon," he said in a statement announcing the list.
Selected from 151 titles, it includes authors from Britain, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Malaysia and Ireland.
Two authors, Jim Crace with "Harvest" and Colm Toibin with "The Testament of Mary", have appeared on the award's shortlist previously.
The 2013 longlist includes established best-sellers Colum McCann and Jhumpa Lahiri with their latest novels "TransAtlantic" and "The Lowland", and three debut authors.
The newcomers are Eve Harris with "The Marrying of Chani Kaufman" about an ultra-orthodox Jewish community in London, Zimbabwe's NoViolet Bulawayo with "We Need New Names" about growing up under Mugabe, and Irish author Donal Ryan with "The Spinning Heart" about the impact of financial crisis on a small town in Ireland.
The latter contrasts with the latest book by award-winning Malaysian lawyer Tash Aw, "Five Star Billionaire", about the economic boom in China.
Richard House makes the list with "The Kills", a political thriller spread over four books.
In total seven women are the list, the others being Alison MacLeod with "Unexploded", Charlotte Mendelson with "Almost English", Canadian Ruth Ozeki with "A Tale for the Time Being," and New Zealand's Eleanor Catton with "The Luminaries".
The judges will meet again in September to decide a shortlist of six books and the winner will be announced at a ceremony on October 15 in London.
Hilary Mantel won the 2012 prize for "Bring Up the Bodies", making her the first woman and first Briton to win the coveted award twice. The award dates back to 1969.


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Saturday Dec 17 2011
Del Oro's title dream dashed in Carson
By: Todd Mordhorst & Joyia Emard Gold Country News Service
Helix's second-quarter explosion too much to overcome as Eagles fall in state bowl game
CARSON — Del Oro High's historic 2011 football season ended with one last valiant effort. But Helix showcased its speed and skill in a six-minute blur in the second quarter and that was the difference in Saturday's CIF State Division II Bowl Championship game. The Highlanders defeated the Golden Eagles 35-24 at the Home Depot Center. A quick string of three straight touchdowns in the second period left Del Oro to play catch-up the rest of the game. The Eagles trailed 28-10, but battled back. Russell Smith's seven-yard touchdown run on their first drive of the third quarter sliced the lead to 11. Del Oro appeared to have even more momentum after Brandon Monroe's interception on Helix's ensuing drive. But the turnover was wiped out by a late defensive holding penalty on the Eagles. The Highlanders took advantage of the free first down, scoring their final TD on the last play of the third quarter. "It comes down to who made more mistakes. We had more mistakes," said Del Oro coach Casey Taylor, who declined to comment on the key holding penalty. "Our boys played hard, never gave up." The Eagles provided some excitement in the final minute of the game. Blake Covey blocked a Helix punt and Alex Bertrando scooped it up and took it in for a touchdown. Covey pounced on an onside kick moments later and the Golden Eagles had a glimmer of hope, down 11 points in the final minute. But time ran out and Del Oro's remarkable season came to a close. The Eagles finished with a 13-2 record. "It was a once in a lifetime experience to be here with my friends," said senior Nick O'Sullivan, who was bottled up much of the night by the Highlanders' outstanding defensive line. "Helix is a good team. They're very physical. They displayed good sportsmanship." Helix (13-1) also displayed its explosive offense in the first half. Quarterback Brandon Lewis completed 10 of 14 passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns. Speedster Brandon Lewis broke free for a 74-yard touchdown on a pass from Lewis to give the Highlanders a 14-10 lead. After a 3-yard TD by Michael Adkins made it 21-10, Lewis hit Kendal Keys for a 41-yard TD before halftime. Keys had a 6-yard TD catch on a pass from Lewis in the third. Tanner Huber caught a touchdown pass from Bobby Heatherington early in the second quarter. Junior Skyler Rand booted a 26-yard field goal after Del Oro recovered an onside kick on the opening kickoff. "We wanted it. We practiced hard. We just came up short," said Heatherington, who lost just the second game of his high school career as the starting quarterback. "But it's been a great experience being here." The Del Oro players were cheered on by Westlake players and supporters throughout the game. Westlake defeated the Eagles in overtime at the Battle at the Capital in Loomis back in September. The Warriors lost 35-0 to De La Salle in Saturday's CIF Open Division State Bowl Championship.


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The Book of the Duchess
Hesperus Press, 28 oct. 2007 - 94 pages
The earliest of Chaucer's major works, this charming and absorbing dream-poem is traditionally read as an allegorical elegy for Blanche of Lancaster, John of Gaunt's first wife. A sleepless poet lies in his bed, reading the legend of Ceyx and Alcyone, wishing that he might be granted rest. He finally falls asleep, only to have a beautiful vision. Dreaming himself in a chamber with stained glass windows that portray the tale of Troy, the poet hears the sound of a hunting party, which he hurries to join. When the hunt disbands, he follows a small dog into a forest, where he meets a black knight, mourning the loss of his love. The poet cannot understand the exact nature of the knight's grief until the very end of his dream, when he wakes, book still in hand. Reluctant to forget such a wonderful dream, he determines to put it down in verse.
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Production of the Mustang started in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964 and the vehicle was presented to the public on April 17, 1964 at the New york city World's Fair. It is Ford's 3rd oldest nameplate presently in production. Initial sales forecasts projected less than 100,000 units for the first year. This mark was surpassed in 3 months from rollout. Another 318,000 would be offered throughout the design year (a record), and in its very first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were built.
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All these were VIN-identified as 1965 models, however a number of modifications were made at the standard opening of the new model year (beginning August 1964), consisting of the addition of back-up lights on some models, the intro of generators to replace generators, and an upgrade of the V8 engine from 260 cu into 289 cu in. In the case of at least some six-cylinder Mustangs fitted with the 101 hp 170 cu in Falcon engine, the rush into production included some unusual quirks, such as a horn ring bearing the 'Ford Falcon' logo underneath a trim ring emblazoned with 'Ford Mustang.' These qualities made adequate distinction to necessitate classification of the 121,538 earlier ones as "1964 1/2" model-year Mustangs, a difference that has sustained with perfectionists. Mustangs For Sale in Cape Porpoise ME are easy to find now with online shopping.
The 1973 OPEC oil embargo brought with it more stringent contamination laws and the desire for fuel-efficiency. This was also the very first time in vehicle history that the Huge 3 were needing to compete with imports. The new Mustang II was smaller sized than the very first version but, due to the additional devices needed to satisfy new US emission and security policies, was heavier than the very first model. Efficiency was decreased and in the very first year only 385,993 cars were sold.
2nd generation Mustangs for sale in Cape Porpoise ME were readily available in between 1974 and 1978 and available in a coupe and hatchback variation. 1979 the Mustang was revamped a third time. This time it was based on the larger Fox platform and the interior was actually large enough for four individuals. The trunk was larger and so was the engine bay. The body styles available consisted of a coupe, hatchback and in 1983 a convertible. In 1979 the 3rd generation Mustang worked as an Indianapolis 500 speed automobile and Ford constructed 10,478 commemorative reproductions. The third generation Mustangs were produced from 1979 to 1982.


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