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The NO on Prop 8 Campaign has put together some great informational television ads, and has the endorsement of logical and forward-thinking groups, businesses, and individuals from all walks of life, but is now in DIRE NEED OF MONEY in order to push back against the massive influx of finances from those who are supporting discrimination: the backers of Prop 8, led in large numbers by Mormons. Please donate as much as you can afford (and as quickly as you can) to help make a bold and powerful statement on November 4th that California will NOT go back in time and tolerate discrimination of ANY of her citizens. Thank you! (ADDED: Shout-out to my friend Jeanne who read this blog, then donated to the NO on Prop 8 campaign–and she doesn't even live in California! WTG, my friend, wtg! :))
Here is my previous posting on Prop 8, and the following is the latest from the NO on Prop 8 web site:
New No on Prop 8 Ad Calls Upon Californians to Reject Discrimination
Ad is Narrated by Samuel Jackson
SACRAMENTO – The NO on Prop 8 campaign today announced a dramatic new television ad, narrated by actor Samuel L. Jackson. The ad calls upon Californians to reject discrimination, and Vote NO on Prop 8.
The full text of the ad follows:
"It wasn't that long ago that discrimination was legal in California.
"Japanese Americans were confined in internment camps.
"Armenians couldn't buy a house in the Central Valley.
"Latinos and African Americans were told who they could and could not marry.
"It was a sorry time in our history.
"Today the sponsors of Prop 8 want to eliminate fundamental rights.
"We have an obligation to pass along to our children a more tolerant, more decent society.
"Vote No on Prop 8 it's unfair and it's wrong."
The ad places Prop 8 in its appropriate historical context as a measure that would discriminate against certain Californians and treat people differently under the law.
"We believe it is important in the final days of an unfair initiative attacking individual rights, to remind voters that there have been other times in our history when we stood at this threshold of fairness," said Patrick Guerriero, NO on 8 Campaign Director. "We know that most California voters do not want to wake up Wednesday morning to learn that we've taken a step back to a darker time. That's why we believe on Tuesday, voters will resoundingly reject Prop 8."
"Proposition 8 would take away fundamental individual rights, and I believe the historical analogies presented by the NO on Prop 8 campaign are completely appropriate," said Congressman Mike Honda (D-Campbell). "I am opposed to Prop 8, and I hope my fellow Californians will reject it."
"California used to ban people of different races from getting married under the law. It was wrong then and it's wrong now," said Fabian Nuñez, Former Speaker of the California Assembly. "Proposition 8 is a lot like that unfair ban on interracial marriage. And even though people may feel differently about marriage, everyone ought to agree unequal treatment under the law is a bad thing."
"Proposition 8 eliminates equal rights for one segment of the population while continuing to grant that right to others," said Maria Armoudian, an Armenian-American radio personality on KPFK in Los Angeles. "We Armenians have had to endure a century of discrimination. Let us now stand together calling for an end to discrimination for all people. Vote NO on Prop 8."
Using historical footage, the ad reminds voters of three particularly bleak periods in state history:
— Japanese American Internment: Authorized by President Roosevelt in 1942, the Army ordered all people of Japanese descent, whether citizens or non-citizens, living in CA to be interned in permanent "relocation centers." Those centers remained operational until the end of the war. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, who was California Attorney General at that time, later wrote that the internment was "not in keeping with our American concepts of freedoms and rights of citizens."
— California's Ban on Interracial Marriage: In 1948, California became the first state in the nation to wipe away a state law banning interracial marriages. In the 1967 case of Loving vs. Virginia dealing with the remaining state bans, the United State Supreme Court ruled that: [T]he freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men. Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival."
— Racially Restrictive Covenants: These covenants were widely enforced in the early 20th century to discriminate against African Americans, Jews and other ethnic groups by prohibiting the lease or sale of property. The covenants were widely used in the Central Valley against Armenians. They were declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948.
In 2007, on the 40th anniversary of the Loving vs. Virginia decision, Mildred Loving wrote: "I am still not a political person, but I am proud that Richard's and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, black or white, young or old, gay or straight seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That's what Loving and loving, are all about."

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Golden brown sugar brings out the natural sweetness of the shrimp.
- Yield
- Makes 12 first-course or 6 main-course servings
- 1/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 3 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 pounds large uncooked shrimp, peeled, deveined
- 2 cups (packed) fresh mint leaves
- Metal skewers
- Mix brown sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons oil, lemon peel, cayenne pepper, and salt in medium bowl to blend. Add shrimp and stir to coat. Let marinate 30 minutes or up to 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, place mint, remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice, and remaining 1/2 cup oil in processor. Blend until mint is finely chopped and mixture is smooth, scraping down sides occasionally. Season mint dipping sauce with salt.
- Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Thread shrimp onto skewers. Grill shrimp until just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Serve with mint dipping sauce.


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text: Kickstarter can be a blessing to artists and entrepreneurs—sometimes too much of a blessing. Earlier this year, a slew of crowd-funded projects received money that was an order of magnitude more than requested. Such windfalls can turn a dream into a nightmare: They often bury ill-prepared creators and lead to manufacturing delays, lawsuits, defective products, and irate backers. Here are a few projects that got slammed with excess success. Illustration: Eero JohannesThe Order of the Stick Reprint Drive Deliverables: Rich Burlew hoped to reprint 5,000 hardcover books of his web comic about role-playing games. The Philadelphia illustrator also promised a panoply of bonus rewards—magnets, stickers, patches, and art prints—to those who donated as little as $11. Funding goal: $57,750 Amount received: $1,254,120 Complications: The resulting 110,000-book order exceeds the printer's capacity. Burlew has also encountered vendor snafus for the patches and other swag. He says he's spending his days wrangling dodgy suppliers and devoting "more time to financial spreadsheets than anyone in a creative field should ever have to." End date: TBD Photo: 2012 Giant in the PlaygroundOh Expletive: Zombies, Unicorns and 8-Bit Creatures! Deliverables: Phoenix illustrator Safwat Saleem dreamed of creating handmade screen prints. Pledging extra got you custom T-shirts and illustrations. Funding goal: $3,000 Amount received: $32,000 Complications: It proved difficult to fulfill orders for 950 prints (not to mention 660 hand-screened T-shirt bonus gifts). "I did not budget my time at all," Saleem says. "Suddenly I have all these white-people problems, and I'm not even white." End date: April deadlines pushed to June. Photo: Oh ExpletivePrintrbot: Your First 3D Printer Deliverables: Brook Drumm, a web designer in Lincoln, California, wanted to make cheap 3-D printing kits. Funding goal: $25,000 Amount received: $830,827 Complications: The IRS immediately smacked him with a $330,000 bill. "To be honest, there's very little money left," Drumm says. But try telling that to backers: "There's a crushing amount of customer support needed; they're just calling all day long." End date: Pushed from January to summer. Photo: PrintrbotPebble: E-Paper Watch Deliverables: The Palo Alto company offered smart watches that paired with iOS and Android phones. Custom watchfaces were promised for pledges of $1,250 or more. Funding goal: $100,000 Amount received: $10,266,845 Complications: "We would have been more than happy to make a thousand watches," cofounder Eric Migicovsky says. They had orders for 85,000. The company went from three staffers to 10 and had to hire outside customer support. End date: September ... maybe. Photo: PebblePen Type-A Deliverables: Brooklyn artist- designers Taylor Levy and Che-Wei Wang planned to produce a small run of sturdy, minimalist steel pens. Funding goal: $2,500 Amount received: $281,989 Complications: The duo got orders for about 6,000 pens, not the planned 50. After meeting funding goals, they got a cease-and-desist letter from an alleged copyright holder, which required legal counsel. A trip to China revealed that the initial manufacturer was incapable of meeting product specs. Then a new manufacturer also proved unsatisfactory, requiring more legal counsel. "We made a lot of mistakes," Levy says. "I do get that people are frustrated." End date: TBD Photo: CW&TAlso in this issueThe Story of Steve Jobs: An Inspiration or a Cautionary Tale?Will Wright Wants to Make a Game Out of Life ItselfUndead: The Rabies Virus Remains a Medical Mystery


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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 21, 2014) – Nexmo, the company that enables enterprises and developers to communicate simply and seamlessly with any phone globally by eliminating the need to interface with or adapt to intermediate telecom hardware and providers, announced today that it has closed $18 million in its Series C round of funding led by Sorenson Capital, with participation from its existing investors, Intel Capital and NHN Investment. Fraser Bullock, managing director of Sorenson Capital, has joined the Nexmo board of directors. Profitable with increasing revenue growth, Nexmo will use the funds to expand its suite of communication APIs and scale its distribution channels.
Nexmo connects web applications directly to billions of phones, enabling instant and two-way communication among businesses and their customers on a global basis. Mobile messaging apps such as Line and Viber use Nexmo for their user acquisition and security; Pingdom uses Nexmo for mission critical notifications for its IT monitoring service; and Airbnb utilizes Nexmo to connect hosts with guests safely and instantly.
"2013 was a record-breaking year for Nexmo, and securing our latest funding round is clear validation of the scalability of our cloud model," said Nexmo CEO Tony Jamous. "Nexmo is disrupting the telecom industry in a positive way by removing barriers between carriers around the world and enterprises. By doing so, Nexmo has enabled those enterprises to adapt their businesses on a virtual 'real time' basis and reach their customers quickly through an ultra-efficient ecosystem between wireless carriers and phones."
Nexmo recently doubled its infrastructure by opening a data center in Singapore. This successfully achieved geo-redundancy and further reduced transaction latency. In addition to using its latest funding round to invest in its advanced messaging and voice product lineup, Nexmo will also increase its worldwide sales, support and marketing efforts, as well as add staff to its San Francisco, CA headquarters and its global offices in Europe and Asia.
"Nexmo is an innovative mobile company that offers best-of-breed cloud communication APIs for an exploding roster of customers," said Bullock. "Nexmo will continue to raise the bar in the mobile and telecom space by providing creative and unique technologies that enable its customers to maximize their own offerings. They are the ultimate 'friendly disruptor.' We see great potential in Nexmo as it continues to expand its product portfolio."
Nexmo is the mobile messaging partner of choice for Over-The-Top (OTT) app developers globally. In 2013, Nexmo became the number one enabler of OTT apps. Today, approximately 80 percent of the OTT market now uses Nexmo. Nexmo also achieved a staggering run rate of over 2.5 billion API calls that were placed using the service in 2013.
About Nexmo
Since 2011, Nexmo (www.nexmo.com) has delivered high quality messaging and voice capabilities to application developers and enterprises worldwide. By forging solid relationships with global carriers and leveraging cloud technologies that reach deep into the telecom infrastructure, Nexmo's SMS and Voice APIs offer solid deliverability and transparency to its users. Messaging heavy hitters such as Line, Viber and Airbnb send millions of messages per month using Nexmo's API, and the company is rapidly expanding its capabilities and customer base in the Voice space as well. Nexmo is headquartered in San Francisco and has received investments from NHN Investment in South Korea and Intel Capital in Silicon Valley. Its investors from prior rounds include Initial Capital, Intel Capital and NHN Investment.
About Sorenson Capital
Sorenson Capital (www.sorensoncapital.com) is a private equity fund that makes small to middle-market buyout and growth equity investments. Sorenson Capital has $650 million in capital under management and typically makes investments of $10 to $25 million in companies with unique strategic positions. Sorenson Capital is managed and controlled by West Rim Capital and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Nordlux Wall Lamp - Trooper- Black
Wall Lamp - Trooper- Black
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Nordlux represents Scandinavian design at an attractive price. Since Nordlux was founded in 1977 has the objective to offer high quality products at a competitive price. They offer a wide range of indoor and outdoor lighting that meets this objective.
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Illinois - Basco
Sales Tax Calculator of Basco for 2020
Calculation of the general sales taxes of the city Basco, Illinois for 2020
How 2020 Sales taxes are calculated in Basco
The Basco, Illinois, general sales tax rate is 6.25%. The sales tax rate is always 6.25%
Every 2020 combined rates mentioned above are the results of Illinois state rate (6.25%). There is no county sale tax for Basco, Illinois. There is no city sale tax for Basco. There is no special rate for Basco.
The Basco's tax rate may change depending of the type of purchase.
Please refer to the Illinois website for more sales taxes information.
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The average combined rate of every zip code in Basco, Illinois is 6.25%
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As is the recently-established six-monthly tradition, it's time for all of us to band together and make a netmap for the Mapmaking Contest! I was aiming for January, but... well, whatever.
Last July's contest brought forth Victory Dance IV, which was far and away the best pack so far. I think that this time around we can keep stepping it up a notch and get even a little better now.
- The deadline is 11:59 PM, February 28, 2008 -- as of this post, you have three weeks in which you must have submitted your map.
- Only netmaps are allowed.
- Any ORIGINAL netmap that was not published or distributed before February 7 will be allowed.
- No remakes or combination maps. I am judging your map on its creativity and originality.
- No 7-polygon maps. Your map will be judged on the depth of your mapping as well.
- Only one map per person. The last file received by any competitor on February 28 will be judged.
- No collaborating. The map must be constructed by you, and you alone, though you are free to playtest it with other people. You may also ask for advice to a reasonable degree -- just not from me.
- No CTF maps or any map that requires scripts -- just for simplicity's sake.
- All maps must use default Infinity shapes, sounds, physics, and so forth, except...
- Chisel is not allowed, though you may use JUICE. If you use JUICE to add shapes patches, please send me the unpatched version and the shapes patch as two separate files.
- Only include shapes patches if you think it makes your map better. You will receive a severe deduction if your additional textures look out of place or bad.
This time around, I'm changing around the scoring system, to put a greater emphasis on artistic depth. While gameplay and flow will still be the most valuable category, a top-rated map will now have to not only play fantastically well but also look fantastic.
FLOW AND BALANCE: 35 points
- As in, how unrestricted is player movement, how easy is it to find combat, placement of weapons and powerups, good spawn point placement, proper usage of teleporters and platforms, direct corridors, etc. Being that flow is the most important factor in any map, it's worth the most points. When I score this section, I always start with maximum points and then make deductions for any errors. The little things do count against you! Be sure to playtest your map vigorously to work out the little kinks.
ARCHITECTURE AND DEPTH: 20 points
- This category is where you get to play around with your design and polygon usage. Remember that good flow and balance are more important; don't sacrifice those for nifty architecture. Also remember that simplicity can be beneficial; you don't need to ornament every inch of your map, just so long as it doesn't look bland or repetitive. Good lighting is absolutely critical to a good score here. Last summer's runner-up (Werefrog) was fairly sparse with polygons, but the architecture was still impressive and the lighting was more than adequate -- in short, it still looked good.
FUN: 10 points
- Proper weapon placement, a good level of carnage without being excessive or unfair, and a properly-sized map are all good factors of sheer fun. Flow does not necessarily mean fun; however, "fun" is a lot more subjective and thus less valuable score-wise. I should never reach a point in the map where I think that the author is trying to screw with the player.
ORIGINALITY: 5 points
- If your map, in design, is unique, you will get the full points here. It's quite possible to get 4 or 5 points with a one-room map, but you will lose points quickly if your map bears a striking resemblance to something else or doesn't bring anything clever at all to the table. The contest is not an exercise in the status quo; spend some time on your map and do something special.
Score summary:
FLOW AND BALANCE: 35 points
ARCHITECTURE AND DEPTH: 20 points
FUN: 10 points
ORIGINALITY: 5 points
TOTAL: 70 points
Your map is not guaranteed a section-by-section critique of your map (i.e. why your map only got 12 points for Flow), but you will be scored. I'll do my best to highlight the key flaws, though.
For the July 2006 contest, I made a handy-dandy checklist that is both useful in general, but also a great tool for maximizing your score. The checklist won't prevent you from making a poor map by itself, but it covers most of the details that can make a mediocre map good, and a good map great.
Remember: the deadline is February 28, 3 weeks from the start of this contest. Testing and scoring will take place shortly afterward. Anyone is allowed to compete, and to be honest, I would really like to see a larger turnout this time. I know there's a substantial amount of mappers out there that can find a couple days to crank out something for the contest. Even if you don't win, it's a good way to get your name out there and get a critical look at your mapping -- and it's a learning experience! If you haven't made a map before, there's no reason not to give it a shot.
I highly recommend looking at the top maps for Victory Dance III and IV. Both of those can be found on Simplici7y. You can also find their final scores here on the Pfhorums and where they were docked points. I expect quality, and I dock points harshly when it's not there, so put in the effort to do a good job. I know many of you have it in you.
For Victory Dance V, the top few maps will be merged into a pack and distributed. This is usually 7 maps, but if there are a lot of high-quality entries then the pack will be larger (and this is beneficial for everyone). You have three weeks to do this, folks. Take some time to draw up something really good, and please go through the effort to playtest it on the metaserver. It pains me to see maps with obvious flaws that could have been fixed if the map was just looked at by other people.
For my sake, please don't add monsters. If you want to publish it separately with monsters, you're quite free to do so, but for my benefit, don't. It makes cursory looks a lot easier when I don't have to fight things.
To submit your map, e-mail it to [email protected] -- do not submit it as an attachment on the Pfhorums or send it to me by any other means. Please title your email something like "Winter 2008 Mapmaking Contest Entry." If you include a shapes patch, please include the shapes patch file separately. Do not send me a patched map; I'd much prefer an unmerged map and the associated patch. You are not allowed to seek critique from me, because that just wouldn't be fair, as I'm the judge. Your score will be reserved until the contest is over; I WILL NOT score it until after February 28, so don't ask me that either. Also, if you release your map to the public after you send it to me, but before the contest is over, the map is disqualified. After the contest ends, whether or not your map is published in Victory Dance V, you may publish it yourself.
Disclaimer: Submitting your map to me means you grant me the right to distribute your map as part of a map pack. You will be credited appropriately for your map. I reserve the right to disqualify any map or mapmaker for any reason not listed above at any time, or no reason at all. If you have any complaints, questions, queries, or anything else like that, you know how to contact me.


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|Liaoningvenator curriei
Shen, Zhao, Gao, Lü & Kundrát, 2017
reconstruction by Chuang ZHAO || DOI: 10.3975/cagsb.2017.03.06
A new troodontid, Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a complete skeleton from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao City, Liaoning Province. It bears the following characteristics of Troodontidae: numerous and more closely appressed maxillary and dentary teeth; the teeth markedly constricted between the roots and crowns; the nutrient foramina in groove on the external surface of dentary; distal caudal vertebrae having a sulcus on the dorsal midline rather than a neural spine. Unlike other troodontids, Liaoningvenator exhibits a sub-triangular ischial boot in lateral view and slender ischial obturator process; transition point in caudal vertebrae starts from the seventh caudal vertebra. A phylogenetic analysis recovers Liaoningvenator and Eosinopteryx as sister taxa that belong to the same clade. These two taxa share the following three characteristics: (1) anterior maxillary and dentary teeth lack serrations along the anterior carina; (2) shafts of cervical ribs are longer than vertebral centra with which they articulate; and (3) anterior margin of ilium is straight. The histological study indicates that Liaoningvenator was attaining skeletal maturity and at least four years old when it perished. Liaoningvenator represents the fifth troodontid taxon from the Lower Cretaceous equivalent strata of western Liaoning. It provides much new anatomical information on basal troodontid dinosaurs in this region. It also enhances the diversity of the troodontids in Early Cretaceous of China currently known.
Keywords: troodontid, new genus and species, Early Cretaceous, phylogenetic analysis, western Liaoning
Systematic paleontology
Theropoda Marsh, 1881
Maniraptora Gauthier, 1986
Troodontidae Gilmore, 1924
Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov.
Etymology: The genus name refers to Liaoning, and "venator" meaning hunter; the specific name honors Professor Philip J. Currie for his outstanding contribution to the research on small theropod dinosaurs.
Holotype: A nearly complete, naturally articulated skeleton with skull and lower jaws (DNHM D3012), all bones are three dimensionally preserved. The type specimen is housed in the collections of the Dalian Natural History Museum (DNHM), Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China.
Type locality and horizon: Lujiatun, Shangyuan, Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China; fluvial and volcaniclastic beds of the basal Yixian Formation, Hauterivian, Lower Cretaceous (Xu et al., 2002).
|The reconstruction of Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov. (DNHM D3012)
drawn by ZHAO Chuang
Cai-zhi Shen, Bo Zhao, Chun-ling Gao, Jun-chang Lü and Martin Kundrát. 2017. A New Troodontid Dinosaur (Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation in Western Liaoning Province. Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 38: 359-371. DOI: 10.3975/cagsb.2017.03.06
Liaoningvenator, a new troodontid from China http://www.wildprehistory.com/abstract/liaoningvenator-a-new-troodontid-from-china/ @wildprehistory
Paleo Profile: The Liaoning Hunter https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/paleo-profile-the-liaoning-hunter


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While I hope it is not true, it looks like it is, thats right bankruptcy.
While I hope it is not true, it looks like it is, thats right bankruptcy.
According to who? Anything directly from Sirius?
Hey, I am as hopeful as the next guy and hope Mel or someone from SIRIXM comes out tomarrow or sooner to say it is all rumor. That is what usually happens if the news like this is not true.
Sorry guys
I lost a lot on this stock as most of you.
Wish I never put a penny in the stock marcket
We are looking at one article in the newyork times that has been quoted over and over in other sources. This information/line of thinking has been around for some time according to our "friend" Michael Hartlieb. Not sure what his beef is with Sirius, but it seems he is a one man crusade to screw Sirius???
I dont think is news. It was reported months ago that Sirius XM spent time preparing for this. I think the WSJ is being irresponsible has hell by not dating when this happened. I think the are cleverly packaging very old news and making it sound like Sirius XM executives walked out of that office today, when we all know it started months ago.
I could be totally wrong but if they did really start this process today, then why not say that in the article? They cleverly leave time out of the story.
The article points out that filing for bankrupcy puts pressure on Echostar to either make a bid to purchase Sirius outright, or convert its debt into equity at a higher price than they want. Let's not overlook the fact that Mel can't be keen to see the millions he has directly invested in the stock to be worth zero. And Echostar only owns a minority stake in Sirius, so it this might be a play to urge Echostar to either partner up or purchase more debt or make an offer. BUT . . . anything is possible. Also, Goldman Sachs can't be keen to see their convertibles go to zero. I assume they can try to recoup something in BK but they still lose. Right? There are a lot of entities that stand to lose here, so perhaps we will see someone come to the rescue? Any thought other than my wishful thinking?
I have lost most of my investment already so losing the rest is chump "change". I have always been an optimist on this stock and have multiple subscriptions, and just don't believe that satellite radio will disappear, seeing there are 20 million subscribers. Who will come to the rescue of satellite radio, at bargain barn prices?


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Minneapolis — The continued corporate focus on decreasing health benefit costs by improving employee health may have contributed to Health Fitness Corp., Minneapolis, holding steady in its revenue for the second quarter. The company generated three new health management commitments and three health management customer expansions during the quarter, resulting in potential annualized revenue of $3.7 million, compared with $1.9 million generated in the same quarter last year — a 95 percent increase. That represents the company's best quarter since the second quarter of 2006, Gregg Lehman, president and CEO, said in a statement from the company.
Health Fitness also generated four new fitness management commitments during the quarter, resulting in potential annualized revenue of $0.7 million, compared to $0.5 million of customer expansions in the same quarter last year, a 40 percent increase. This is the highest number of new fitness commitments for the company since the fourth quarter of 2006, Lehman said.
Not all is rosy, however. The weak economy has further eroded the company's base of fitness revenue as evidenced by the $1.2 million of annualized revenue Health Fitness will lose from second quarter contract cancellations, Lehman said. Despite the contract cancellations, total potential annualized revenue generated during the second quarter of 2009 was $3.1 million, up 41 percent compared to $2.2 million in the comparable quarter of 2008.
Overall, the second quarter brought in steady numbers. Revenue was $18.8 million, which was in line with second quarter 2008 revenue of $18.8 million, according to financials released last month. Gross profit for the quarter increased 1.4 percent to $5.6 million compared to $5.5 million in second quarter 2008. Gross margin for the quarter was 29.9 percent compared to 29.4 percent in last year's second quarter.
In the second quarter, Health Fitness won the bid on a $1.2 million expansion of a middle market customer that it secured during the first quarter, and a $1.3 million commitment from a Fortune 100 financial services company. Health Fitness is among the finalists on 18 requests for proposals representing total potential annualized revenue of approximately $10 million, according to Lehman.
"Given the new commitments and expansions generated in the first half of the year, along with a strong sales pipeline, we are optimistic that 2010 will produce stronger top- and bottom-line results," he said.


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Rob Zombie... The only Zombie I'm really a fan of...
My Netflix buddy Jonathan from Chicago left these questions and comments on my post dealing with my aversion to Zombie movies. I was thinking about answering the questions on the original post, but thought it would be better to just do another post. When it comes to so many of the zombie movies of the past and present, they are trying to be pure horror and are not intended to be funny. The problem I have with zombie movies and other horror movies is the unintentional humor. Don't get me wrong, there is a place for well acted and well placed comic relief in most horror movies (can you imagine The Shining without the Jack Nicholson scene looking through the bathroom door and saying, "Here's Johnny!). What I hate is horror movies that try to be funny and scary at the same time. There is a genre in horror called "Dark" comedy that is presented as a comedy with sometimes outrageous gore. I had for many years avoided these type of movies because I felt they were an insult to true horror films and fans. However, after watching several, Otis, The Cottage, and Severance, I think they have their place. Would I take them over a well done horror film... no, but they are "fun" once in a while.
Now to Jonathan's questions... Shaun of the Dead was pretty good. I haven't seen Fido, but I have thought about watching it. I have seen the Fido trailer and thought "zombie" pets was an interesting twist. Shaun of the Dead had appeal in the Dark Comedy Genre because it was well written and the lead actor is really a funny British actor. Simon Pegg also starred in Hot Fuzz which looks like a very funny British comedy. I also saw that Pegg will be playing Scotty in the remake of Star Trek. I sometimes think British humor is an acquired taste and if you can stomach it, it is worth watching in my book. So all in all, I really don't have a problem with "dark" comedy...
As far as 28 Weeks Later goes, I liked it, but not as much as 28 Days Later. Not a lot to say about this one because it just didn't stand out to me. I think it didn't help putting the follow-up out because the first one was so much better.
I have stated MANY times that I hate MOST "B" horror and campy style horror movies. The simple answer is that I want to be scared when I watch horror. That's what drives me is the fear factor of a movie. As long as there is a ton of tension and fear in a movie, I don't have to have a lot of gore. To me, gore is like gravy to mashed potatoes... it's not the main part, but the satisfying topping. Land of the Dead was an interesting movie to me because it brought us "intelligent" zombies. Not the slow moving stupid zombies, but zombies that could think and take directions from their "leader". It was cheesy, but I appreciated Romero for taking the genre to a different level. It was not a bad movie in my mind. One thing I do is TRY to judge a movie by itself and on its entertainment value. This one I liked. 1985 - Reanimator, and Army of Darkness (and all that followed it) are examples of old school campy, cheesy horror that has no appeal to me. I've only seen the first Resident Evil... although I didn't have a problem with it... I didn't feel the need to see the others. I thought it was a pretty good, entertaining movie. Movies like Zombie Strippers are stupid and their only purpose is to bring more T&A to zombie movies. "Zombie" style movies that are well made and very entertaining were Outpost, Pet Sematary, and Quarantine (not REALLY a zombie movie, but has the feel of one). I hope I have answered your questions Jonathan... I did my best!
Questions and comments from Jonathan...
Frank could you give recent and older examples of zombies that you find to be campy and silly? I maybe a bit of a "snob" that only watches the better ones out there, but I'll try to chip in a thought or two. The only zombie that I find campy and silly recently was Romero's "Land of the Dead". It was too unnecessarily cheesy. Legiuzamo and Hopper doing their shticks made it even worse. Due to that, I still have to see his "Diary of the Dead" (eventually!).
Along with the two you mentioned, I'd add 28 Weeks Later. I might be one of the 20 people who saw it on the big screen that liked that one.
It might just be your taste in horror. I don't like B horror for the most part, but I thought that the B zombie comedies like "Fido" and "Shaun of the Dead" were very respectful to the genre. This might lead you take me off your NF buddy list, but I'll state it anyway, even the much vilified "Resident Evil" trilogy show a good balance of mass entertainment and respecting both the videogame and zombie sub genre.
What'd you think of "Fido" or "Shaun of the Dead"?
It makes me sad that among the ones I mentioned, it is from the original innovator that I found too campy. I'm burning in zombie hell for that. ;);)
How could I not like this movie??? It has Doug Bradley (Pinhead) in it!
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Zombies and other camp...
Rob Zombie... The only Zombie I'm really a fan of...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The Haunting of Molly Hartley...
This is one of those movies where the trailer looks absolutely awesome, but the movie really isn't. It starts off with a look back to a girl who seems to have been "haunted" about 12 years earlier. It ends badly for her. We are then brought up to the present and are introduced to Molly Hartley. She is starting over with her dad in a new town and school because of a tragic event where her mom tried to kill her. Her mom is now in an institution, but Molly continues to have visions and dreams of the attack. This movie is filled with tension and because it is PG-13, there is really very little in the way of violence. The movie does hold your attention and for the most part all your questions, as well as Molly's are answered. The problem is the ending. It truly is one of the lamest, unsatisfying endings I have seen. It almost felt like the director didn't really know how to end it. It was anti-climatic... which is a killer in a "horror" movie. I just didn't care for it. So check out the trailer if you want, but I would avoid the movie.
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Troubled by her mother's recent psychotic break, Molly (Haley Bennett) hopes to start fresh at a new school. She befriends fellow senior Joseph (Chace Crawford) and is happy to be a regular kid again. But the horrifying truth about her mother is destined to catch up with her. When Molly turns 18, she'll be held accountable for a supernatural bargain made long ago, one that she cannot escape. Jake Weber co-stars in this sinister yarn.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Molli (step-daughter)went to Borders at midnight this past Friday with a few of her friends to buy a copy of this movie. She read the first book and loved it, so she wanted to see the movie. So Saturday night after I got home from work, Elise, Tina, Molli, Chelsey (friend of Molii's), and I watched Twilight... it felt like "girls-night-out"! As I have said so many times before, I'm a traditionalist when it comes to my vampires. I had heard that in Twilight that these vampires were able to be out in daylight... albeit, not direct sunlight because it lets us humans see them for what they really are. Interesting twist, I guess.
I'm sitting there watching the movie and I realized that I am being sucked in to the whole Twilight phenomenon... I was stunned! I could not believe that I had succumbed to its power. I have to admit that the character of Edward Cullen was the most intriguing character in the movie to me. He reminded me so much of Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows fame. It is no secret that I love the show Dark Shadows and that Barnabas is my favorite vampire. I love the whole reluctant vampire theme. It is almost like a "good guy/bad guy" theme where the character is basically an evil person but tries to do good. I felt that Edward was that type of character. He wanted Bella, but he was afraid he couldn't control his desire for her blood. The Cullen clan did not feed on humans, they got their blood from animals. There is a fair amount of tension in the movie and because it is PG-13 there is very little violence shown. All in all, it was a very good movie... I look forward to the follow-up.
Based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling novel, Twilight follows the saga of Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), who moves to a small town to live with her father. At school, she meets Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite his cautions, Bella falls in love with Edward, which endangers her life when a coven of bloodsuckers arrives to challenge Edward and his family.
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Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
Michael Welch, Justin Chon
Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz
Christian Serratos, Elizabeth Reaser
Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Quarantine 2008...
This movie starts off a little slow, but once they get to the apartment building, it really picks up speed. Elise got this movie from Netflix before I did... I still had "Long Wait" on it and didn't want to wait to see it. So Elise brought it over Sunday night and Elise, Tina and I watched a very well made horror/thriller. This is one of the shaky film movies like Blair Witch and Cloverfield, so if you get dizzy watching this type of film you will not want to see it. I do have some problems watching these type of movies, but I was able to watch it without too much of a problem. This is NOT a zombie as it seemed to appear to be on the trailer. I hate most zombie movies and was thrilled that the "problem" in this movie is more diseased related. There is a very solid storyline to this film and it was developed very well on screen. I liked the writing and direction the movie took. The beginning introduces us to several firemen and a female reporter who is spending the night with the fire department to cover all their calls. This part of the movie was a little too long in developing and could have been shorter. However, once they reach the apartment building, all hell breaks loose and you have a very fast paced thriller with a ton of tension. The characters with the "disease" are creepy and have a hunger for human flesh. Visually dark and at times completely dark. This is a very good movie that I highly recommend. Check out the trailer and see this film.
While on assignment, an L.A. news reporter (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) find themselves trapped in a quarantined apartment complex along with a vicious unknown killer. With all forms of communications cut, the news crew keeps the cameras rolling as they search for a way out. The building is locked down, a killer is on the loose, and panic sets in as those trapped inside make a desperate attempt to escape with their lives.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
TFAV Update...
Count Dracula... Bela Lugosi...
Two of my very favorite vampires of all time. Both are unique characters and both are original in their roles in TV and movie history. Count Dracula and Barnabas Collins are classic vampires in every way. Breaking new ground in their respective eras. I can only hope that my vampire will be spoken of as highly in years to come. As I have stated before, my book is complete and I have signed a 6 month contract with an agent and only time will tell if my dream comes true. I had a critique of my book done by an outside company and it was very positive. I have some technical issues to deal with as well as some verbiage issues to fix. I'm on vacation the week of March 22 and plan to get my book up to speed so that it will be ready to present to publishers.
Five years ago, I began this journey and really never thought I would finally be where I am with it. I'm excited and somewhat scared at the same time. To have someone else in control of my book and destiny is very unnerving. However, I don't have a choice because I don't know anything about getting a book published. Professor D., said I should get an agent and let them deal with the publishers and that would be my best option. So that is what I did. I'm so thankful that Professor D., has been right with me from the beginning. He took an interest in my idea for the book and has helped me for the past five years. He is a very generous and thoughtful person, who I have the utmost respect for. I want him to help me with all the books I've got in my head... I want him to be a part of my vampires life. The second book is completed in a rough draft form and the third book has a few chapters to it. So maybe someday I will see them all in print!
Barnabas Collins...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Dorothy Mills (2008)
I have to say that this was a very interesting movie to me. I enjoyed the movies ability to entertain as well as keep me guessing. This film is more a thinking man's "horror/thriller." The acting is superb, especially the young girl who plays Dorothy. Is it demonic possession or multiple personalities? The answer is watch the movie... it may not be either. Check out the trailer below... excuse the french subtitle. Also my Netflix review is below. This is a very well made entertaining movie that I can highly recommend.
Netflix Review...
This was a very well made movie with quality acting by all. The description of the movie does not tell the whole story. There is much more to the story line that is very interesting. There's a lot of tension and a few bloody scenes, mainly dead sheep. Dorothy is a "gifted" young girl who many believe is under demonic control. A doctor comes to comes to her home after a disturbing incident Dorothy has while babysitting. The doctor believes Dorothy has multiple personalities. This is when the story really takes shape and draws you in. What is really Dorothy's gift??? You will have to watch the movie to find out. Very entertaining story and well worth a watch. 3.5 stars. 3/10/09
Starring: Carice Van Houten, Jenn Murray, David Wilmot, Ger Ryan, David Ganly, Gary Lewis, Gavin O'Connor Directors: Agnes Merlet
Shortly after the tragic death of her husband and young son, psychiatrist Jane Morton (Carice van Houten) is summoned to a small island to look into the case surrounding Dorothy Mills (Jenn Murray), a teenage girl accused of strangling a small child. After surmising that Dorothy is suffering from multiple personality disorder, Jane is forced to square off against the community pastor (Gary Lewis), who's convinced that Dorothy is possessed.
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Hellraiser Update...
I found this story on a website when I was putting a story on Movieblips. In a way, I'm warming up to this "remake" idea after reading this article. As long as Doug Bradley plays Pinhead, I am willing to give this thing a chance. The article gives me hope that it maybe similar to the Zombie version of Halloween... one can only hope. Check out the article and view the website for much more movie updates...
Website where I found this article...
'Hellraiser' Remake Being Remade as Reboot
Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 10:28PM
I'm not entirely sure what difference this is going to make, but we're hearing that the new Hellraiser movie won't be a remake of the first film so much as it will be a reboot of the series, perhaps in the same way Friday the 13th handled Jason Voorhees last month. I say I'm not sure what difference it makes not because I'm not interested, but rather because it's like wearing a suit twice but "rebooting" it by changing your cuff links.
Dark Horizons got a hold of a French interview with director Pascal Laugier in which he says that the new film will cull from Clive Barker's original film and Barker's The Hellbound Heart novella, which contains the Frank and Julia characters, our launching pad into the universe of Pinhead. Because it's still using the first film as a source, perhaps calling it a reboot isn't exactly right, either. It's more like a Remake Plus. It's like Hellraiser Max - the same great taste, but loaded with guarana.
Of all the franchise starters in horror, I've always felt that Hellraiser had the most potential. I'm not sure why it wasn't as extreme as it could have and should have been 20-odd years ago, but that would've made a difference. So maybe Laugier will go full-tilt here and we'll finally get a Hellraiser that's worthy of the story and villain.
There's no word on when it will be released, but you've got to think we're a couple years away or less.
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
It has been a hectic past week and therefore, not a lot of blog activity... sorry about that! A few nights ago, Tina and I watched Mirrors. I had been wanting to see this movie for quite some time and really had high expectations for it. For one time, Kiefer Sutherland played the lead and he is one intense actor. He really brings so much to a movie with his commitment to the character. I had a "long wait" for this movie on my Netflix Q and decided to get it from The Red Box at out local Hannaford Supermarket. The movie starts off with a former security guard who is the night watchman at an abandoned burned out, huge department store in New York City. He's running in fear trying to "escape" the building, but the mirrors (which are many) won't allow it. This movie is intense, somewhat graphic, and very creepy. We watched the unrated version on the DVD instead of the theatrical version. Usually there is more content in the unrated version and it tends to be more graphic. Sutherland plays an ex-cop who is separated from his wife because of issues dealing with him taking the life of someone when he was a cop. He's unable to deal with that and therefore hits the bottle. He's basically kicked off the police force and ends up as the overnight security guard at the before mentioned burned out department store. Strange visions or reflections began to appear to him in the many mirrors in the store. This happens early and begins an intense search for Sutherland to find out what it all means. As I said before, Sutherland is awesome in this movie. He is one of the finest American actors today. His intensity through his career is well documented and he is almost a master of his craft. He is one of my favorite actors. In so many of his movies he plays a bad guy, but in this one we really pull for him to find the truth. This is a great horror movie for it's acting, storyline, direction, and editing. You really need to see it! Check out the trailer below!
This creepy supernatural thriller from director Alexandre Aja stars Kiefer Sutherland as troubled security guard Ben Carson, who discovers malevolent spirits living within the mirrors of a fire-ravaged department store. When their murderous nature comes to light, Ben turns to his estranged wife (Paula Patton) to help him save their family -- and himself. The supporting cast includes Amy Smart and Jason Flemyng.
Kiefer Sutherland as Ben Carson
Paula Patton as Amy Carson
Cameron Boyce as Michael Carson
Erica Gluck as Daisy Carson
Amy Smart as Angela Carson
Mary Beth Peil as Anna Esseker
John Shrapnel as Lorenzo Sapelli
Jason Flemyng as Larry Byrne
Tim Ahern as Dr. Morris
Christine Thompson as the Mirror
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Salem Witch Trials 1692...
Yesterday a blog I follow Dark Destinations did a post on the beginnings of the Salem Witch Trials. I read the post and thought it was very well done and an interesting twist about the irony of the city of Salem. I have never been to Salem, but I really want to go there and see everything surrounding the Witch Trials. Tina and I are really thinking about going to Salem next Halloween. This past Halloween we went to Nightmare New England (URL is below) with several friends. It was a blast as you can read in my 11/2/08 post. This year we have talked about going to several haunted houses with several of our friends and I'm hoping we can go to Salem, Ma on Halloween. It is supposed to be crazy there then and I really want to see the Witch Trials museum. About 5 years ago I began a serious study on the Witch Trials because I began to write my vampire book. Without divulging too much, the Witch Trials play a major role in the second book that is nearly complete in a rough draft form. My first book is done and I've signed a contract with an agency to help me get my book published. Hopefully, I will see this happen this year. It has been a long 5 year journey for me, but I have loved each and every step. At times, it has been difficult, but it has been a great learning experience. I know I have a very vivid imagination, but I've learned that there is a lot more to writing a book than just an interesting story.
You should check out Tom's blog and read the story concerning the Witch Trials. Yesterday, 3/1/1692 began with the interrogation of Sarah Osborne, Sarah Good and the slave Tituba, by Judge Hawthorne and Judge Corwin. It's a fascinating piece of history and for whatever reason or reasons the fiasco began, Salem has found a way to embrace this tragedy and not hide from it. Tom does a good job of sharing this history... check it out!
My 11/2/08 post deals with our trip to a great haunted house theme park. Great place for some really cool scares and it is well worth the money to spend several hours of fun haunts. Check out the website and if you are in New Hampshire next Halloween, then check it out!
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas learned just how effective it can be Tuesday night against Saint Louis when its best defenders also turn out to be its most efficient scorers.
Jeff Withey matched a career high with 25 points, Travis Releford added 23 and the No. 12 Jayhawks rolled to a 73-59 victory in the championship game of the CBE Classic.
Releford had 21 points in the first half, and Withey had 15 in the second, the inside-outside duo carrying the Jayhawks (4-1) despite every effort by the Billikens (2-2) and senior forward Cody Ellis to get back into the game in the waning minutes of the second half.
"Travis was unbelievable the first half. They made the decision not to guard him, so he was unbelievable, made them pay," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "And the reason Jeff had the big second half is they started to guard Travis."
Releford, who had 17 points in the semifinals against Washington State, has long been regarded as the Jayhawks' best perimeter defender, while Withey emerged as one of the Big 12's top interior defenders during a breakout junior season that has set him up for a big final year.
"He worked himself in there pretty tight," Self said. "Jeff was really good at both ends."
The Jayhawks improved to 16-4 all-time at the Sprint Center, the site of this season's Big 12 tournament, and where they'll play Oregon State in a nonconference game next week.
Ellis finished with 19 points for the Billikens. Mike McCall Jr. added 13 points, Cory Remekun had 10 points and Dwayne Evans pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds.
"We had 10 turnovers in the first half, two in the second," Ellis said. "I think our defense definitely picked up in the second half. We have a long way to go, but it was a big step."
The Jayhawks got off to the same kind of start they had the previous night, when they buried Washington State under a 21-5 onslaught. Releford keyed it with back-to-back 3-pointers, and Elijah Johnson's only basket of the first half finished off an opening 14-4 run.
After the Billikens clawed back within four, Releford and Withey combined to score 14 straight points as Kansas established a 28-10 edge and threatened to put the game away.
"They have good players all over the place, so as soon as you plug this hole, another hole opens up," Saint Louis interim coach Jim Crews said. "That's why they're pretty good."
Saint Louis never wavered, though, even after Jordair Jett limped to the locker room late in the half, and despite playing without top scorer Kwamain Mitchell due to a broken foot.
McCall hit a long 3-pointer late in the half, and another triple by Jake Barnett -- one of three he had on the night -- helped get the Billikens within 39-25 at the break.
Releford was 6 of 11 from the field in the first half; Saint Louis was 6 of 23.
The Billikens also committed 10 turnovers, but despite their sloppiness on offense and their inability to slow down the Jayhawks on defense, they still were within striking distance.
McCall's 3-pointer out of halftime closed the gap to 11, but Withey converted a three-point play off a nifty feed from Kevin Young, and McLemore followed up a 3-pointer with a scooping layup, allowing the Jayhawks to restore a 47-30 cushion with about 17 minutes left in the game.
That's just about when Ellis started to heat up.
His basket with 14:25 left got the Billikens within 50-36, and he converted a three-point play with under 10 to go that made it 57-45. The senior forward from Perth, Australia, then hit back-to-back 3-pointers a couple minutes later to trim the deficit to 10 points.
Kansas kept trying to deliver the knockout blow, and the Billikens kept dodging it.
McCall answered a basket by Releford that threatened to raise the roof at the Sprint Center, which was filled with a pro-Kansas crowd, and then Ellis knocked down another off-balance 3-pointer from the wing to get Saint Louis within 65-56 with just under 4 minutes left in the game.
Withey converted a three-point play, though, and after Ellis misfired from long range, the Jayhawks' 7-footer dunked at the other end to make it 70-56 and effectively put the game away.
"Our two leading scorers are probably our two best defenders, too," Self said, "and I really think if you don't worry about scoring, scoring naturally comes, and that's what happened."


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Tuesday, November 06, 2007
BBC TV's Classical Star condemned as 'sick'
'A society that revels in others' public distress or humiliation, filmed in intrusive close-up, is a pretty sick society. Classical Star harks back to the worst excesses of the Roman arena. The children are exhibits in a human circus. The judges use the thumbs up/thumbs down technique of the Roman emperor; they offer us pretension, patronage and a deep sense of self-importance. We are all being coarsened by this continual diet of exploitation. '
That's just one paragraph from Hilary Davan Wetton's attack on BBC TV's Classical Star in today's Guardian. He hits the nail right on the head, he says it is bad for classical music. And Hilary isn't just a grumpy old blogger. He is a musician, teacher and conductor. And his new CD of Vaughan William's seasonal Hodie is out on Naxos this week.
Now, on the day of Ursula Vaughan William's memorial service let's remember a pilgrim's final progress.
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- Pliable said...
Elsewhere Jessica Duchen says 'I can't decide whether I think it's A Good Thing because it gets music-making onto primetime TV for several weeks running...'
Jessica, did anyone ever tell you that public executions drew huge audiences during the French Revolution?
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- Jessica said...
Yes, they did, but I'm not sure that's entirely the point. After watching yesterday's episode I think this whole thing will prove just a drop in the ocean. Nobody will remember it this time next year. The most depressing thing about the programme is the way that the music itself is sidelined and chopped up. Evidently our friends at the Beeb don't think that viewers can cope with a whole movement of Mendelssohn.
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In War by Other Means, Robert Blackwill and Jennifer Harris show that geoeconomic warfare requires a new vision of U.S. statecraft.
June 1, 2013Nigeria
John Campbell, former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, explores the country's postcolonial history and examines the events and conditions that have carried this troubled giant to the edge.
February 14, 2013Energy and Climate Policy
A groundbreaking analysis of what the changes in American energy mean for the economy, national security, and the environment.


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Reminder to my fellow tennis fans: Follow my daily French Open blog here. And follow me on Twitter here.
How long does it take a liar and a cheat to get himself fired?
Quite a long time, if you're a very successful college football coach. It takes months and months of revelations and lies, cover-ups and pleas of ignorance, until finally, finally, finally, the evidence becomes overwhelming.
The scandal becomes too great, and even your die-hard supporters in the administration abandon you.
Yep, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel finally resigned on Monday, a good six months after revelations of his cheating ways started surfacing. It looked even after Tressel was found to have lied to the NCAA, and to his school, and to everyone else, that he'd get to keep his job.
But then Sports Illustrated released the details of its investigation Monday, with new sordid allegations about players driving cars that weren't theirs, sordid stories of players selling memorabilia for tattoos and weed, and other fun stuff.
And so Tressel, even though he wins 11 games a year and contends for a national title at one of the most football-obsessed schools in America, had to go. I'm quite frankly surprised he was forced out; I thought at Ohio State you could basically get away with everything but murder if you beat the boys from Ann Arbor every year.
Good riddance to Tressel, and the corrupt Ohio St. program. Of course there are plenty of other cheaters yet to be caught, but it is nice to know that every once in a great while in life, there are consequences to actions.
**There were a lot of great Memorial Day tributes in newspapers across America Monday; it's one of the things newspapers still do so well, the heart-tugging story about brave soldiers who died too young.
But I thought this front page from the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger was just beautiful.
**Finally, I love this story. Laurel Gordon is a senior at Elma High School in Elma, Wash. For the past two years Laurel has been Grays Harbor County's Dairy Ambassador (a darn cool title for a beauty pageant-type deal) and is now a contestant for the state dairy ambassador title in next month's competition.
Which would be quite an honor. Only one thing: Laurel is lactose-intolerant.
Yep, the high priestess of dairy in Elms, Wash. can't stomach the stuff! Someone please contact the Dept. of Irony and tell them we have an emergency.
As a fellow lactose-intolerant person (I have no patience for lactose, nor does my stomach), I feel your pain, Laurel. Glad to know you can still sing the praises of dairy!


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The New York Times
In Fight Over Obama Health Law, a Front in Minnesota
Ties to Romney '08 Helped Fuel an Equity Firm
Obama and Romney Spar Over Death of Bin Laden
Tasers Pose Risks to Heart, a Study Warns
In Oakland, Officials Say Police Used Illegal Tactics
Lawmaker Sees New Crisis at Texas Youth Lockups
Quinn Quits Wage Rally After Bloomberg Is Insulted
High Turnover for Charter School Principals, Report Says
Cuomo Forms Panel to Make 'Action Plan' for Education
The Orlando Sentinel
Zimmerman's defense team launches new website, social-media accounts
George Zimmerman: Could case set precedent?
Congressional, legislative districts OK'd by Justice Dept.
The Christian Science Monitor
US Senate race in Virginia shaping up as national battleground
Why stock market is spinning its wheels despite positive trends
Bishop Tutu urges peace in upcoming Lesotho elections
Report: Ethiopians could still go hungry despite economic gains
Mama Hope uses humor to change the West's view of Africa
The Star Ledger
Christie says Romney 'might be able to convince' him to accept VP nomination
Gov. Christie: Teachers, public employees should take days off to serve in Trenton
Gov. Christie says he has full confidence in A.G. handling of probe into N.J. state troopers 'Death Race 2012'
Gov. Christie introduces new N.J. high school testing program
Christie rejects assemblyman's repeated requests to debate tax relief
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
APS faces $47M shortfall
Atlanta proceeds with airport contracts
Atlanta budget plan cuts $26M
Tribunal dismisses APS teacher
Sweeping changes for schools
The Detroit Free Press
Detroit City Council: We must consider residents for financial board
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing back at work, heads to transit center
Detroit police: Homicides down, other crime up slightly
Many infants still too small, but report says health is improving
The Washington Post
Living with the parents is a drag — for young adults and the economy
Robinson: The Republican war on voters
Dream on, Republicans
Republicans 'more loyal to party than to country,' authors say in new book
Former attorney general: Censure Marion Barry
D.C. AG seeks to block Graham probe of Harry Thomas Jr. case
The Chicago Tribune
Mayor's ethics panel offers tweaks, plans to take bigger steps
Residents torn over Preckwinkle's push to end Cook County's unincorporated areas
Cook County says suburb owes $6.6 million
Blagojevich's summer jobs program called 'disaster'
Lawmaker pleads not guilty, assails federal prosecutors
The Los Angeles Times
CalPERS finds Vernon wrongly raised officials' pay
USA Today
Smelter study paves way for lead threat hearings
Type 2 diabetes tougher to treat in teenagers
Wickham: Edwards is victim of political Puritanism
Zimmerman gets social media boost
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cuyahoga County kicks off Health Alliance with 21 cities, 19 organizations
Cleveland State University, Northeast Ohio Medical University partner for better health care
New studies show benefits of every-other-year breast cancer screening in women ages 40-49


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I'm trying to do a full-text search in three seperate tables and sort the results by relevancy. During my searches for the answer, i found out that i can't use fulltext search in multiple tables. So i added a seperate fulltext index for each column i want to search. Now the problem is that i can do the search but i can't do sorting as i would like to.
Here's my tables
CREATE TABLE books (
bookID int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
title varchar(300) NOT NULL,
authorID int(11) NOT NULL,
FULLTEXT KEY title (title)
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS authors (
authorID int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
authorNamevarchar(200) NOT NULL,
FULLTEXT KEY authorName(authorName)
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS chapters (
chapterID int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
bookID int(11) NOT NULL,
content longtext NOT NULL,
FULLTEXT KEY content (content)
And my sql query. This is where I'm stuck.
MATCH(books.title) AGAINST('$q') as tscore,
MATCH(authors.authorName) AGAINST('$q') as ascore
MATCH(chapters.content) AGAINST('$q') as cscore
FROM books
LEFT JOIN authors ON books.authorID = authors.authorID
LEFT JOIN chapters ON books.bookID = chapters.bookID
MATCH(books.title) AGAINST('$q')
OR MATCH(authors.authorName) AGAINST('$q')
OR MATCH(chapters.content) AGAINST('$q')
Now with this query i can do sorting by titles, authors or contents. What i want to do is, get the relevancy for all the three columns together and order the results by that.
And, yes i'm aware of other search engines like lucene or sphinx, but i'm not planning to use them now.
Thanks in advance.


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Playoff-Bound Baseball Gets Big Data Boost
Baseball is one of the frontiers of big data innovation because there's so much money involved in it. Tuesday, Major League Baseball said it sold the broadcast rights to games through 2021 to News Corp. and Time Warner for $6.8 billion. But MLB's foray into media goes beyond television and into online tracking and analysis.
Indeed, some of the most cutting-edge examples of Big Data can be found at five ballparks across the country. There, Major League Baseball is testing a system that tracks — in real time — every moving person or object on the field, including three base runners, nine fielders, the ball and the umpires. Called FIELDf/x, the system will generate defense statistics, including the difficulty of a catch and the probability that a particular fielder will make it.


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UH Manoa Engineers Assess Damage from October 15 Quake
Executive summary now available for downloadUniversity of Hawaiʻi
UH Manoa Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
HONOLULU — Following the earthquakes that jolted the State of Hawaiʻi on Sunday, October 15, 2006, a team of engineers from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa traveled to the Island of Hawaiʻi to assess the damage.
The team, consisting of Prof. Peter G. Nicholson, Ph.D., P.E., and Prof. Horst G. Brandes, Ph.D., P.E., geotechnical engineers, and Ian N. Robertson, Ph.D., S.E., a structural engineer, surveyed the areas from Kailua-Kona to Hilo throughout the northern part of the island where the greatest shaking had occurred and where the most damage had been reported.
The group concentrated their reconnaissance survey on the investigation of landslides, harbors, dams, buildings, roadways and bridges. An executive summary as well as the full report of the reconnaissance are now available for free download on the Department's web site at www.cee.hawaii.edu.
Assessment findings will be contributed to future publications for the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). The members of the team will return to the Big Island shortly for more in depth assessments.
For more information, visit: http://www.cee.hawaii.edu.


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Welcome to S1000D, "International specification for technical publications using a common source database". Since its inception over 20 years ago, S1000D has grown to where it is now used widely around the world. Currently, its uses include:
The specification is publicly available and is free to download from this web site. Downloads include the specification, schemas, and sample files.
The S1000D web site
This web site is provided by the S1000D Council and Steering Committee as a means to provide useful information to help you in your implementation of S1000D. Key information available on these pages includes:
We hope this web site helps you adopt and implement the specification to suit your business requirements. We also invite you to provide feedback to help us focus on related issues that concern you. All ideas are welcome. Please visit our Contact Us page to provide your comments.
S1000D is an international specification for the production of technical publications. Although the title emphasizes its use for technical publications, application of the specification to non-technical publications is also possible and can be very beneficial to businesses requiring processes and controls.
This specification was initially developed by the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD). Currently, S1000D is jointly produced by the following organizations, their members, and customers:
These organisations form the S1000D Council and the S1000D Steering Committee. These groups are dedicated to establishing mutually agreed standards for the documentation methods used by the participating parties.
With Issue 2, the scope of S1000D was extended to include land and sea specific applications. The specification continues to evolve and now supports:
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Carolina Neri and Bérengère Lux, long-time friends even before becoming business partners, driven by their willingness to create timeless and upscale bijoux, founded Ca&Lou in 2010 as a challenge and a bet.
A concept immediately translated into the clean-shaped pieces, crafted in one of the best Milanese jeweler's workshop. Thus begins a path which develops along the creations and which seduces the buyers' and fashion editors' eyes. While Ca&Lou is welcomed in internationally renowned department stores such as Colette, Saks and Matches, the press world celebrates the collection on the pages of T Magazine, Vogue Paris and International Herald-Tribune.
Craftsmanship remains the brand's strong point: Carolina and Bérengère entrust their sketches and intuitions to a skilled workshop, which proceeds to create each piece by hand and turn it into luxury bijoux at an accessible price.
Ca&Lou draws its inspiration from the Art Deco world, from the 20's and 30's costume jewelry, distinguished by vibrant-colored, pure, geometric lines. These clean lines perfectly blend with a subtle and pared-down beauty, where treatments turn stones matt and apply antique finish to metals, in a sophisticated interplay between retro and modern.


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After a judge refused to throw the Apple patent-infringement case out of court, Samsung told the court that Apple has been infringing on its patents for years.
Samsung's lawyers called witness Woodward Yang, a professor of electrical engineering at Harvard University, who testified that Apple products have been infringing on Samsung patents, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. One patent allows a user to send photographs with email and another for scrolling through photos. Another Samsung patent allows users to play MP3 music files.
Samsung asked for Apple's patent-infringement case to be thrown out of court Monday after Apple's legal team rested its case, but Judge Lucy Koh refused. Apple also decided to up the damages it's seeking from Samsung from $2.5 billion to $2.88 billion, according to TUAW.
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Samsung also called witness Clifton Forlines, a software developer who created software eight years ago for the "DiamondTouch," a table-top touchscreen computer. Samsung brought up Forlines and the subsequent DiamondTouch to show that Apple didn't invent the technology behind its patents, according to MarketWatch.
Samsung's case is barely under way, but we think there will be more experts to poke holes in Apple's argument. The case is expected to go to jury on Aug. 21.


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WHOOSH!! OH WOW! June just flew away. Got it's passport, hopped a plane, and headed to a cooler, calmer scene. June has been jam-packed with all kinds of events, and July isn't looking like it's going to slow down. So, buckle your seatbelt, grab your favorite pillow and blanket, and get ready for the ride of your life.
Before you can start any vacation, you have to have some yummy snacks. The best time to get those snacks? When they're on sale, of course!
It's the first, which means that there's a bake sale going on! Whether you're just wanting that quick snack to tide you over until you can stop at McDonald's for that "real" breakfast, or you're needing something delicious and yummy, you have to check out the bake sale! While you're there, make sure you get a pretty picture for your passport! You just might need it for this ride!
Nope, not time to leave yet! You've got your snacks though, right? Good! Time to get those bags completely packed. Stuff them to the gills.
In case you haven't noticed, there's a little theme going on with this. I'm talking all about traveling. It's for a very good reason! It's time for a NEW BUFFET! So many of you have been requesting travel-related kits, and Gingerscraps has listened! I'm SO THRILLED to introduce you to Away We Go! The designers have gone all out. Instead of taking a vacation, they're going to help you scrap your vacations. Whether you go by boat, plane, or car, there's going to be something for you! There's roads, and passports, stamps and flairs out the wazoo. The designers did an AMAZING job!
The CT isn't taking a vacation either. Not this month. Nope, they're doing some stay-cations and giving you plenty of scrapping inspiration. I don't know about you, but I'm ready to hop in my car and just drive, see where the road takes me, just so I have an excuse to use all of this buffet!
So, the bags are packed? Plenty of inspiration? Do you have your camera?
While you look for that, remember that when you spend $10 in the store, you get an amazing grab bag. This month's was created by Ryan, of Roseytoes, and it's JAM-PACKED full of stuff.
When you're on a trip, sometimes you buy souvenirs for friends and family who didn't come along, right? Those gift bags in those shops can be pretty cheesy, or they're just plain and boring and really say nothing about the person you're giving the gift to!
As we say goodbye to Siamese Studio and thank her for her time, we welcome Wendy, of WendyBird Designs, who is guest designing at Gingerscraps for the month of July!
As we always do, we asked Wendy to tell us a little about herself, and this is what she had to share with us:
Hi, I'm Wendy of WendyBird Designs! I live in sunny (and very hot right now) AZ with my 13 year old son, my boyfriend, his 2 teenagers and our cat. I've been digital scrapping since 2008, but I've always been crafty, so I when I discovered hybrid scrapping, I knew it was meant to be! I've been designing hybrid templates since 2010 and I love being able to do all of my project designs on the computer and still get messy with scissors and glue!
She sounds like SO much fun! I'm excited to get my fingers all sticky! It'll be some nice things to play with when we're on the road!
Here are a couple projects she's shared with you to get you started!!
Okay, time to put the luggage in the trunk of the car (or the boot, as some dialects know it). Oh, did you see that calendar sitting on the floor of the trunk? I wonder why it's there?
DAILY DOWNLOAD! Of course! It's like a little advent calendar, but you get to enjoy a new one each month!!
First, we need to give out a huge thank you to Jennifer, of Luv Ewe Designs, for her amazing kit that she had for download every single day of June? She created Sky's the Limit, and it was seriously so cute! I could tell by the comments that you all really enjoyed the kit!!
Now, I'm super thrilled to share this month's Daily Download designer! You've probably caught at least one of her Friday Late Night Scraps (if you haven't, you need to ;)). If you guessed Terra, of Sugar Kissed Designs, you couldn't be more right! The kit she designed for July is ADORABLE in all the right ways!
I hope you enjoy the pieces as much as I think Terra enjoyed creating them! It's a HUGE kit! I hear there's around 5-7 pieces per download 😀
Well, you're all packed, and ready to go!
There is ONE small bit of information I should impart on you! Remember the rules of the road. In the case of Gingerscraps, they've changed a little. I'm talking about the Challenge Requirements. Instead of getting percent-off discounts, you now have a chance to get FREE BUFFET pieces. It doesn't have to be the current buffet, but ANY buffet that the Gingerscraps team has created! Pretty cool right?! There's even a new challenge or two floating around, so make sure you check out the challenge area! There's a nice relaxing booth there with your name all over it!
I hate to see you leave, so don't. Just unpack those bags, put everything away, and just hang with us! If you do go on vacation, share with us some of your experiences and pictures! We'd love to see them!!
Bon voyage, until next time!!


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RI President Sakuji Tanaka, in his August message, encourages Rotarians to share those special experiences that stand out as their "Rotary Moment." Sharing these personal stories can go much farther, sometimes, than facts and figures in attracting prospective members.
This is my Rotary moment. It is a love story as well as a Rotary success story. It describes how I was transformed from being a member of a Rotary club into being a Rotarian, a transition that has changed my life.
By 2006, I had been in Rotary for 29 years, and had served as club president, district treasurer, district governor, and district Rotary Foundation chair. During this period, I had also concentrated on developing my business and raising two beautiful daughters. But there were also painful times, including a divorce. I had been too preoccupied to get involved in hands-on community service. I was tired, under pressure, and thinking seriously about shedding extra responsibilities like Rotary.
In late August of that year, I was sitting in my office trying to catch up on work when the phone rang. The caller identified herself as Silvia, a representative of an NGO working with orphans and vulnerable children in our district. They needed help, and she asked if Rotary could meet with them. Reluctantly, I agreed, and accompanied by my club president, kept the appointment.
Silvia introduced herself and her colleagues and proceeded to tell us a bitter sweet story about working with underprivileged communities in Zululand, with fewer resources than they needed, but brimming with energy and hope. I was moved beyond words, not only by the nobility and importance of their cause but also by the charming and sincere presence of the young lady telling the story.
As the weeks went by, my Rotary club friends and I worked tirelessly to identify needs and negotiate Matching Grants to assist the project. Hours were spent talking to community members, negotiating with overseas sponsors, planning and executing the project.
And, of course, during all this time Silvia and I were working, shoulder to shoulder, to make the project a success.
As you can imagine, one thing led to another and now, I am proud to say that the project has been successfully completed — and Silvia is my wife.
So I have to say, without a shadow of a doubt, that when my telephone rang on that fateful August day, it was the start of my Rotary transformation, and remains my quintessential Rotary moment.
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Radio Listening Software
Radio Listening Software:
There are a number of Radio devices, in particular those TV tuner devices which also contain a radio receiver/tuner, for which V4L directly supports. The following list of software applications allow one to control a radio tuner.
Radio Applications
Gnomeradio and kradio, the most fully featured applications, are not yet available in all distributions and need to be compiled first. Some of the older applications are mature and readily available, but no longer actively developed.
- fftv [1]
- fmtools also for the command-line (most distros)
- gkrellm-radio -- minimalistic gkrellm plugin to control radio tuners
- gnomeradio -- for Gnome, capable of recording
- GNU Radio -- the GNU software radio, testing phase; cf. wiki
- gradio -- in Debian, but not currently active
- ivtv-radio [2] -- part of the ivtv-utils package
- KRadio for KDE
- MPlayer -- media player for Linux. See link for radio usage information
- radio -- a n-curses-based radio application (part of the xawtv package)
- radioshark -- application to control the griffin radioshark
- XDRadio --- XDialog wrapper for radio listening
- xfce4-radio-plugin -- plugin for the Xfce panel
- xmms-fmradio -- plugin for XMMS, last version autumn 2004, Debian and Red Hat packages
Also See
- For devices capable of receiving RDS information, see the associated userspace applications.
User experiences
If you're a user, post your installation and user experiences here!
The package contains two binaries, fm and fmscan. To pick up all stations even with very weak reception, I issued,
$ fmscan -d /dev/radio2 fmscan -d /dev/radio3 -t 18 -i 0.1 Scanning range: 87.9 - 107.9 MHz (0.2 MHz increments)...
Nice and clean. I added an antenna, but still got weak reception. This is very useful for testing the radio and finding the stations; does it support directing the sound to a file? I try various combinations and end up with this to get 100% volume:
$ fm -d /dev/radio3 89.9 65535 Radio tuned to 89.88 MHz at 100.00% volume
Weird. I don't see a way to record; do I need to use sox? I don't know if I'm getting any sound, as I don't have speakers on this box.
Sox is what gnomeradio uses to record and it thankfully sends commands it uses to standard out.
for wav file:
sox -c2 -w -r32000 -tossdsp /dev/audio -r 44100 -c 2 -w -twav /tmp/foo.wav
for mp3 or ogg:
sox -c2 -w -r32000 -tossdsp /dev/audio -r 44100 -c 2 -w -twav /tmp/fm_fifo &
lame -S -h -b 128 /tmp/fm_fifo /tmp/foo.mp3
oggenc -Q -b 128 -o /tmp/foo.ogg /tmp/fm_fifo
Clearly a more sophisticated application. There's only a debian package for i386, so I'll need to build from the tarball. Since I'm mainly interested in remote recording, I'll try fmtools and radio first.
I tried gradio on Debian amd64, as it's available; it's very basic. If you don't have the card on /dev/radio, start with
gradio -d /dev/radio2
No recording capability, stable gui, minimal functionality -- tuner and volume. I had to hand-edit the .gradiorc configuration file to get station presets; I may have missed some way of doing this through the gui.


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Pine Grove, I've been reminded by irate Laguna Park residents is the most expensive en bloc propery up for sale, costing about S$1.7 bn. They were upset by my comments that they were greedy. https://atans1.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/too-greedy-again/
Despite the absence of a sea view, and its odd shape, Pine Grove will cost developers S$2.17bn or S$1,152 per sq ft per plot ratio in total, inclusive of the S$460mn development charge.
Funnily, Laguna Park's larger plot ratio allows the winning developer to build up to 36 storeys. Although it is a smaller plot compared to Pine Grove, the intensity to build is there. The buildable areas for both sites are about the same.
For instance, with a land area of 677,493 sq ft and plot ratio of 2.8, the redeveloped Laguna Park is able to yield about 1,600 units at 1,200 sq ft each.
With a plot ratio of 2.8 Pine Grove is able to yield about 1,500 units at the same size per unit.
Analysts have said that a reserve price with a discount of 20 to 25% is more "realistic" for Pine Grove.
This translates to about S$1.3 bn to S$1.4 billion, or about S$924 to S$970 per sq ft per plot ratio.
Laguna Park residents say their reserve price of S$1.33bn is reasonable.
I say that the residents of both estates are greedy, Pine Grove being worse. Pine Grove should be worth about S$1bn.