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Sharks top Flames in overtime on Stuart's goalby Aaron Vickers
CALGARY -- Brad Stuart's goal 1:13 in overtime gave the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night after San Jose couldn't hold a two-goal lead through 40 minutes.
San Jose also failed to hold a two-goal lead against the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday and wound up losing 5-4 in a shootout. Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau also scored for the Sharks (11-2-5), who ended a five-game losing streak in which they went past regulation four times. San Jose hadn't won since a 5-2 road victory against the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 27.
"We've kind of been having a lot of those types of games where we go into overtime, a shootout and we don't come out with the second point," Stuart said. "It's nice to get it. We've had a lot of close games and just haven't been able to finish it. Tonight, we let them back in it and shouldn't have but for us to get the points, it'll be a good positive for us moving forward."
Calgary lost its fourth in a row despite Reto Berra's 32-save performance as San Jose outshot Calgary 28-6 in the first two periods and 35-13 for the game.
"If not for Reto Berra, the Sharks can get on the plane after the first period and they'd already have the two points," coach Bob Hartley said.
After giving up two goals in 3:34 in the third to force overtime, Stuart drove to the net and was hit by Joe Thornton's shot, redirecting it past Berra for the win. A video review confirmed the goal.
"I think it hit my elbow as I was turning and it just went down between his legs," Stuart said. "I knew they couldn't really waive it off because I didn't really do anything but let it go off me."
The goal spoiled Berra's start and Calgary's comeback.
"I saw Thornton come in the slot and then I didn't see much after," Berra said. "I think that one guy right in front of me, it hits him and bounced between my legs. There was just a little hole there. Disappointed."
The Flames trailed 2-0 and had managed little offense against backup goaltender Alex Stalock until Justin Braun was called for interference 6:46 into the third period. Five seconds later, Kris Russell blasted a shot past Stalock to get the Flames back into the game and end Calgary's 0-for-30 drought on the power play.
Coach Todd McLellan wasn't happy with the call on Braun that allowed the Flames back in the game.
"If tonight I had a red flag I would've thrown it as far as I could," he said, making reference to a potential rule allowing coaches to challenge calls. "I think that's a good case for that type of situation. I'm sure everybody had a chance to watch it again. I think the official knows that he erred on it. We'll leave it at that."
Mike Cammalleri tied the game 2-2 on Calgary's 11th shot of the night. After Thornton blocked Chris Butler's shot the rebound came to Cammalleri, who slid it under Stalock at 10:25.
"You felt comfortable and all of a sudden, boom, boom, they're right back in the game," Thornton said. "We're still a confident group in here. We were playing good all night and the coaches said 'just stay with it and we'll be fine'. We did and got the two so it's nice."
Berra, playing his first career game at Scotiabank Saddledome, kept the Flames from being blown out early despite surrendering two goals in the first period, when San Jose outshot Calgary 17-3.
Couture gave the Sharks the lead 1:33 into the game when he picked up a loose puck and beat Berra from the left circle. San Jose added a second goal with 55.3 seconds remaining when Thornton won a draw after an interference penalty to Matt Stajan and got the puck to Joe Pavelski. He slid the puck to Marleau, who snapped a shot past Berra's blocker for his ninth of the season.
"That was the biggest spanking that we've taken in the first period," Hartley said. "We didn't touch the puck. The only way that we could have touched the puck is if we would have had two pucks out there."
Berra stopped all 11 shots he faced in the second period, including back-to-back saves on James Sheppard with seven minutes remaining. He also denied a Scott Hannan deflection from a few feet out with three minutes remaining before gobbling up shots from John McCarthy and Marleau on consecutive odd-man rushes to close out the period.


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THE SKINNY: With second base a black hole last season when Brad Emaus didn't make it and Daniel Murphy was hurt, Turner played more than anticipated. His playing time also increased when Jose Reyes twice went on the disabled list and Tejada played shortstop.
PRE-SEASON EXPECTATIONS: In the minor leagues, where he had been since 2006 with the Cincinnati and Baltimore organizations. The Mets would keep an eye on him because of his ability to play multiple positions (second, third and shortstop).
HOW THE SEASON PLAYED OUT: Turner quickly got his opportunity with the Mets and made the most of it with his hustle, timely hitting and defensive versatility. However, just because Turner can play multiple positions doesn't mean he can play them all well as 12 errors indicates.
JOHN'S TAKE: Murphy is the better hitter and should get the first chance at second base, assuming Reyes leaves and Tejada takes over shortstop. The Mets will need bench players and it is better to stay with Turner than take somebody else's reject off the waiver wire this winter.
JOE'S TAKE: Ultimately I don't see Justin Turner as an everyday player. With sporadic playing time Turner was a hitting machine at the plate. He had a drive and intensity that almost made him an intimidating presence at the plate, and his focus and approach at the plate were spot on. But when he got regular playing time the results suffered which was a shame. I'll tell you one thing though about this kid, there's no Mets player including David Wright, that I'd want up at the plate with runners on base. Turner may be the best situational hitter on the team, and his presence on the bench is a big plus for the Mets.

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Security concerns don't yet appear to be putting a major dent in Mexico's appeal to manufacturers. Here's why. Closer, cheaper, friendlier. That might have been the formula underlying moving to or opening manufacturing operations in Mexico.
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MEXICO CITY – Mexico's automobile industry said it is willing to accept temporary quotas on its exports to Brazil as long as the restrictions are lifted after a period of no more than three years.
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The name of Mexico as a world reference in the automobile manufacturing is making Swedish Volvo consider opening a new plant in North America, although not yet decided whether it will be in U.S. or Mexican soil.
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John Littlefield feared for the life of his pet, Miss Coco.
The 5-year-old Maltese Shih-Tzu seemed to be allergic to everything and itched — seemingly nonstop.
Her condition prompted Littlefield, co-host and designer on ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," to begin researching healthy food options.
Enter Canine Caviar.
According to the product's website, this is the only alkaline-based dog food in the United States, meaning it increases the oxygen level in the blood and keeps at bay poor digestion and diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
"If humans should have a proper pH balance in their food, why not animals?" said Littlefield, who owns a rescued mutt, Max.
The Burbank resident plans to demonstrate his support for Canine Caviar by attending the group's first annual Aloha PAWmehana in Orange County from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Organized in collaboration with Posh Pooch Inc., a specialty retail and pet grooming store in Huntington Beach, this event aims to raise awareness and benefit the Canine Caviar Cancer Research Fund (CCCRF).
Max and Miss Coco, guests at a similar event in Highland earlier this year, will be there, Littlefield promised.
Canine Caviar co-owner Gary Ward, of Norco, has been a longtime dog owner. It was Moguls, the pet of Ward's brother-in-law and business partner, Jeff Baker, who crystallized the creation of their company in 1998.
"Moguls was receiving cortisone shots every three weeks in the summer to combat allergies," Ward, 43, said. "His vet had told the family that he might live to be 7 or 8 years old. But his organs were beginning to shut down, so they were also asked to think about putting him to sleep."
The Great Dane lived for 17 years, Ward exclaimed, all because of Baker's determination.
While working at a German pharmaceutical company, Baker was part of a team tasked with creating flea medication. Toward this end, pet foods were broken down and their ingredients inspected.
Realizing that dogs were being fed low-quality fare, Baker came up with his own recipe — and it worked. This "aha" moment eventually paved the way for Canine Caviar, which, as a lifestyle choice, boosts the immune systems of Fidos everywhere, Ward said.
What began as a two-person operation at a swap meet at the Orange County Market Place has since evolved into a 47-person team — not including independent sales contractors — and spread to 24 countries. To Ward, dogs offer unconditional love, companionship and a sense of security, making them worth the effort.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Assn., dogs are diagnosed with cancer at nearly the same rate as humans. The Morris Animal Foundation estimates that the disease kills one in four canines. These statistics argue the need for their service, Ward said.
Saturday's festivities — a throwback to Ward's part-Hawaiian roots — will include silk leis, grass skirts and a red carpet. Pet Tech International owner Thom Somes will be on hand to share information about pet wellness and demonstrate CPR for animals. Actor Austin Anderson, of "Wiener Dog Nationals" fame, will also attend, joined by the film's director-producer, Kevan Peterson.
Melesssa Austin, the owner of Posh Pooch, is eagerly counting down to the weekend event, whose name fittingly suggests "aloha pumehana." The phrase roughly translates in Hawaii to love, affection or warm regards.
Her 9-year-old Shiba Inu, who recently overcame adenocarcinoma but struggles with severe allergies and epilepsy, is the reason she discovered Canine Caviar. As a "paranoid pet owner," Austin first introduced the brand to her pooches, siblings Sunset Sky and Forrest Ranger. It is now also the No.1-selling food in her environmentally friendly and energy-efficient store.
When faced with the request to host Aloha PAWmehana, she responded with a resounding "absolutely," considering cancer research is a cause that has her complete endorsement.
Littlefield, a health fanatic whose guilty pleasure is one McDonald's Filet-O-Fish per year, recalls a bumper sticker that read, "Try organic food ... or as your grandparents called it, 'Food.'" Miss Coco and Max — the latter of whom bears a floppy mane of hair that Littlefield compares to the late comedian Phyllis Diller's — are like his children, so feeding them grain- and millet-free hypoallergenic food, as opposed to ground bones or processed food waste, is a no-brainer.
"If I'm so conscious about what I put in my mouth, why wouldn't I be careful on their behalf too?" he said. "They can't wrap their minds around what's good for them. They just eat — it's instinct — so I'm making the choice for them."
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This morning, 69 million children would not have gone to school around the world. And of those who did, many did not learn what they should have. It is a good thing that education has such energetic champions as Queen Rania of Jordan and Gordon Brown, former UK Prime Minister, both of whom made strong statements today in New York in support of universal access to good-quality education.


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So interesting! Lots of great points. I really try and do mostly original material, even though I get lots of PR requests.
Can't wait until tomorrow's installment.
PS... loved the closing sequence music. trevor jones' notting hill. my favourite piece.
I'm really enjoying these podcasts and can't wait for the next one!
Being new to blogging, I am enjoying hearing the podcast and gaining insight into the approach to blogging the three of you take...in this podcast, content. Thanks! ...susan
YOU LADIES ARE GENIUS and living my dream!! I've been discussing doing something like this for over a year and YOU'RE DOING IT!
CONGRATS on jumping in and doing this!!!
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Great food for thought Linda, Megan and Joni. Thank you, xv.
gosh, I am wondering if I should be blogging at all ... I don't give near the thought to it that you gals do. I am really enjoying your insight.Loved getting a comment from the real joni...lol
What a faboulous idea and I will enjoy listening-in tonight....you girls are so clever!
I'm having coffee with you clever ladies right now. Fabulous!
Very fun to listen to. Thanks, ladies!
Hi gals!
Another great podcast. I love hearing what happens with PR companies approaching you and how you handled overlapping posts with other bloggers. It happens alot I know. The best thing about this?.....I can listen and still do my work at the same time! When I have to read the blogs....I can't get anything else done. This is GREAT!!!!!!!
Joni's voice makes me picture Tammy Faye Bakker.
Hello Ladies, I think it's so important for all of us not to self-censor too much - I love to read the authentic voice and experience the 'real' personalities of bloggers! Great topic. I listen to your podcasts while I work on other things here in my office. On that note: for those who feel that the podcasts are too long - I say nay - if you are surfing, blogging and checking in on all your favorite blogs, well then yes - 20 minutes is too long, but if you put the podcasts aside to listen to while you file or do paperwork or sketch or fold laundry - then 60 minutes would keep me riveted!!! You can also open a new browser and listen to the roundtable while you check emails.
Oops, I meant to write the above comment on the snarkery podcast. Oh well. As for content, I just go with my gut and what's interesting to me at that moment. As you know I always wanted to run a Lifestyle magazine in the real world, so when I met blogging I thought - my word - this is great - I can blog about any damn topic I want!
Anon at 9:09 - not sure about TFB's voice, but lovely Joni sure doesn't LOOK like her. Thanks for your insightful input, tho!
You should see my mascara!! OY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
really interesting... I've also thought a lot about the different "design blogging groups" there seem to be & how I need to branch out more.... But the scary thing is, how do you find the time? I get so loyal to the blogs I read now, that I feel guilty when I can't read & comment every day!!
For my content I usually just start writing about whatever's on my mind design-wise at the time I sit down to write. I often find myself planning posts in my head & then never actually write them.
great info!! really enjoying this!! :)
Oh better late than never right? How sad that I haven't been able to squeeze in 17 minutes to just sit, breathe and listen until now.
I began my blog for my own self. As a way of documenting my life and I never dreamed so many people would read it. Your comments today have me thinking that I might start a second private blog for my family stuff and just leave Decor to Adore as a public blog.
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Digital Agenda Review: Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Digital Agenda for Europe?
It is the EU's strategy to ensure digital technologies, including the internet, are used to make life better in Europe. It aims to reboot Europe's economy and connect citizens in new ways. It is the first of seven flagships initiatives under the EU's "Europe 2020" programme for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Why a review now?
More needs to be done to revive Europe's economy and the digital economy is growing at seven times the rate of the rest of the economy. Anything to boost the Digital Agenda will have wider positive effects. The digital sector also changes faster than most sectors. Reviewing the Commission's goals and plans three years into the Barroso II mandate is a matter of common sense.
What is changing in this review?
The review identifies seven areas where we will take more focused action to create growth and jobs in Europe enhancing skills, via ICT and digital technologies. These seven priorities/transformative actions for 2013-14 are:
What about the original Digital Agenda targets?
They will remain valid, and progress towards the original 101 targets/actions is progressing well. 38 DAE actions are now complete.
Further information on progress towards each target/action is available here
In which area is action most needed?
In particular, Europe needs a 'wake-up call' on high speed broadband. High-speed internet is the basis for the digital economy; without it, essential services such as cloud computing, eHealth, smart cities, audiovisual services – and the benefits thereby derived – will simply not take off.
What is the expected impact of the updated Digital Agenda?
Full implementation of this updated Digital Agenda should increase European GDP by 5%, or €1500 per person, over the next eight years, by increasing investment in ICT, improving e-skill levels in the labour force and reforming the framework conditions for the internet economy Furthermore, this should create 1.2 million jobs in infrastructure construction in the short term, rising to 3.8 million jobs throughout the economy in the long term. In addition, the introduction of internet-related processes is expected to lead to massive gains in productivity in traditional industries.
What has the Digital Agenda delivered so far?
The Digital Agenda is on target. For example, regular internet usage is rising steadily, especially among disadvantaged groups, online purchases continue to increase, and high-speed broadband shows the first signs of taking off, including super-fast connections above 100 Mb/S.
But relative success does not mean that work is finished changes in the sector and feedback from citizens, the European Parliament and European Council, means the Digital Agenda needs an update.
By refocusing the Digital Agenda on some key areas, the review will help the digital sector to continue to be the strongest in the European economy.
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The Puritans of early New England purposefully suppressed the celebration of Christmas, citing a lack of biblical basis for December 25 as the day to commemorate Christ's birth. Rather, the time around the winter solstice in England was traditionally marked by raucous carnival similar to Mardi Gras and was steeped in pagan traditions. As the eighteenth century wore on, key New England clergy began to see the value in positioning Christmas as a religious holiday, where the emphasis was on spiritual reflection and the family circle. By the mid-nineteenth century, many of the Christmas traditions we recognize today were in practice. On December 26, 1876, Agnes Gordon Higginson Fuller, wrote describing the family's Christmas from Deerfield, Massachusetts, to her husband, George, who stayed in Boston to work in his art studio. She reports of a number of familiar rituals like putting "a few things" in her three-year-old daughter's stocking, placing a gift on the plates of each of their four children, and having a special family meal.
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Nineteen year old Paul Zeper (Hot Sails Maui, F2, DaKine) has just landed himself some new gear from F2, and will be starting the 2010 season riding their freestyle board, the Rodeo.
Zeper commented:
"After trying Steven Van Broeckhoven's (F2, Gaastra) Rodeo 98 in Brazil, I didn't want to use anything else. I was hooked on the board from the word go. I'm off to Bonaire soon where i'll use the 107L Rodeo prototype, and then when I get back to Holland, there should be a 98 waiting for me!"
Zeper is one of the latest breed of young freestylers to join the tour. Having only competed nationally before attending his first event in Sylt late last year, he's sure to make his mark this year.
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@henrich.B if you hang a human skeleton next to that of bird, you can compare their structures #Bronn1858
|@Darwinathome's birdy
@MonsterMoa nah! what you want is a bauplan. #Owen1849
@Swiss_Pride What evidence have you got? You need space, time as well as form! #Agassiz1859
@Embryo.boy I think he means comparing embryos and how they develop #Gegenbaur1859
@Swiss_Pride no I don't!
@Darwinathome I found a birdy!
@MonsterMoa just compare the forearms of bats, humans and whales. See? Analogy!
@RayL Don't just compare: find the origin of things. Homology? Bah! Homogeny!
@asagray I like @Darwinathome's birdy. Can u send photo?
@Stammbaum Origins, we need origins! My own Stammbaum gives origins; now all is homogeny
@Darwinathome can someone tell @Stammbaum to leave me alone?
@RayL Not all is homogeny, some comparisons are not true: homoplasy!
@Stammbaum Who cares. I have lots of stammbaume, one for every creature. All with homogeny, homoplasy and homology
@naefnotnaf @Stammbaum got it wrong. You can't mix phylogeny and systematics #Naef1919
@naefnotnaf homology is a systematic relationship separate from phylogeny
@angry_mayr Typologist!
@Zimmermann no it's not! homology is a transformational relationship.
@a.remane or a process #Remane1952
@willi Why not compromise? Use @naefnotnaf's systematics for taxa and @Zimmermann for their characters! #Hennig1950
@ggsimp what about ancestors? Homology is similarity between the bits of us and ancestors
@sokal_123 you mean overall similarity at a node? #SokalSneath63
@willi no, special similarity, that is synapomorphy #Hennig66
@angry_mayr Cladist!
@nelson_usa perhaps it's a non-transformational relationship? #NelsonPlat81
@beaty.boy Pattern Cladist!
@Colin82 non-transformational but based on similarity #Patterson82
@ron.brady forget similarity, homology is simply an affinity. See @Goethe1824
@normlovesspiders homology is a three-item relationship regardless what is based on
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The first recording of the idiom in print is said to be by Ik Marvel, a pseudonym that resulted from a misprinting of J.K. Marvel, was the pen name of American author Donald Grant Mitchell. In his 'Reveries of a Bachelor' (1850) Ik Marvel is the first to record 'under the weather,' which has been a synonym for everything from 'ill and indisposed' to 'financially embarrassed' and 'drunk,' and has even been a synonym for 'the discomfort accompanying menstruation. (Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
Another claim for its first time in print is in the Austin, Texas paper of 1827 meaning being ill or indisposed. It is understood that it had reference to opposition to the Mexican government as an unsuccessful small group of Texans attempted to oppose the Mexican government:
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The Cabrillo National Monument turns 100 Monday, a milestone that will be greeted with — silence.
"It would have been great," said Laurie Hurl, who had organized one of this weekend's ill-fated centennial celebrations. "We were going to light up the lighthouse. It would have been so pretty."
Originally scheduled to start Friday, the four-day centennial party was killed by the federal budget standoff, with some of the revelry rescheduled for next year. For San Diego history fans, this was painful. For students of the monument's tangled history, though, this debacle almost seems fitting.
"It's like there's a little cloud hanging over the Cabrillo National Monument," said Iris Engstrand, a University of San Diego history professor. "It's never been exactly what it should have been."
Since 1913, this monument has frustrated dreamers who hoped it would be the site of a West Coast Statue of Liberty; stirred arguments between local Portuguese and Spanish communities; and caused a state senator to defy a governor and bend — or did he break? — the law.
All this over a park named for a shadowy figure.
"Cabrillo," Engstrom said, "has been kind of an enigma in history."
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If this 150-acre preserve is doomed to miss its own 100th birthday party, that's no reflection on its popularity. Every year, 800,000 people visit Point Loma's southern tip to enjoy the views; admire the 19th-century lighthouse; explore World War II bunkers carved into coastal bluffs; and tour a museum devoted to the mysterious life and career of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. Or was he Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho?
No matter what he was called, this explorer led the first European expedition to land on California's shores. That occurred on Sept. 28, 1542, historians say, on the shores beneath the monument.
In recognition of this event, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation on Oct. 14, 1913, setting aside a sliver of Fort Rosecrans for Cabrillo National Monument.
The monument was tiny — a half-acre surrounding the lighthouse — but the honor was large. While not as majestic as national parks like Yosemite or the Grand Canyon, national monuments preserve some of the American epic's most notable chapters. The Statue of Liberty is a national monument; so, too, its neighbor, Ellis Island; and the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
The new monument benefitted from its dramatic setting, perched above the intersection of the Pacific and San Diego Bay, and its enthusiastic neighbors in Point Loma.
"The Cabrillo National Monument has always played a big part in the Portuguese community," said John Rebelo, 72, former president of Point Loma's annual Cabrillo Festival. "It still does."
Yet the monument's early years were disappointing. Wilson had asked a civic club, the Order of Panama, to erect a statue in the park. Members agreed, but disbanded before making any progress.
A decade later, the Native Sons of the Golden West shouldered this task, with the same results.
Schemers proposed constructing a 150-foot statue, dazzling landlocked tourists and California-bound mariners alike. Some urged an expedition to find Cabrillo's remains — legend has them moldering on one of the Channel Islands — and inter them in this behemoth's base.
Nothing came of this. Worse, by 1926 the monument's only man-made asset — the lighthouse — had become what National Park Service historian F. Ross Holland called "an eyesore, really."
Then the Depression hit. In the depths of this economic crisis, the monument's fortunes turned.
Charting a course
In September 1935, dignitaries drove on a new road through Fort Rosecrans to the monument, where a bronze tablet was affixed to the lighthouse, rebuilt by the Army. The landmark had a new feature, a bronze plaque dedicated by the Portuguese minister to the United States.
The inscription credits the first "Alta California landfall" to "Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, distinguished Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain."
Lisbon's contributions to this American monument would continue. In 1939, the Portuguese government commissioned a sculptor to accomplish what the Native Sons of the Golden West and the Order of Panama had failed to do. Alvaro de Bree carved the explorer out of sandstone.
The statue was intended for San Francisco's 1939-40 exposition, but arrived too late. Stored in a Bay Area garage, the 14-foot, seven-ton sculpture became a massive political football.
Eager to please Oakland's large Portuguese population, Gov. Culbert Olson promised the carving to that East Bay city.
Ed Fletcher, the state senator representing San Diego, had other plans. "My only thought was to get possession," he was later quoted, "as that is nine-tenths of the law, so the lawyers say."
Lawrence Oliveira and other members of San Diego's Portuguese community used their Northern California contacts to find the crate. Fletcher leaned on the State Park Commission's president to write to the statue's guardian, a widow. Confronted with a letter on official stationery, she surrendered the statue to Fletcher.
Then the state senator persuaded "my good friend," the president of the Santa Fe Railroad, to ship this cargo to San Diego. At no charge.
When the governor denounced this "kidnapping," Fletcher ignored him. When Bay Area politicians introduced bills demanding the statue's return, Fletcher's allies killed these measures in committee.
The statue would be installed at Cabrillo National Monument — and Fletcher would be hailed as a fellow conquistador who charted an unswerving course to San Diego.
"Had it not been for him," The Evening Tribune lionized Fletcher, "the statue of Cabrillo would still be up by the Golden Gate — which the Portuguese navigator never saw — instead of down by the Silver Gate, into which he sailed in 1542, marking the discovery of California at San Diego."
Mysterious stranger
The monument was off-limits to the public throughout World War II, when authorities feared that Fort Rosecrans might have to repel an invading Japanese armada.
The Imperial Navy never arrived and, soon after V-J Day, the tourists returned. The postwar era saw the little monument expand from its original half-acre to 150 acres. The parking lot grew, also, and motorists were eventually welcomed by more additions, including a visitors center and auditorium.
Hikers, too, flock here. The monument's grounds include a scenic trail to Point Loma's tide pools.
Cabrillo, the monument, has become a popular and well-known destination. Yet Cabrillo, the man, remains a mysterious figure.
He left behind no birth or death certificate. Or portraits. De Bree's 1939 sculpture, severely eroded, was replaced by a replica in 1988. In both cases, the explorer's height, weight and general appearance were based on guesswork.
He is believed to have been Portuguese — or Spanish. Depends on who you ask.
"Cabrillo went back to Spain and got married to a Spanish woman," said Jesus Benayas, president of Casa de España in Balboa Park. "He went back to his roots to Spain, where he was from."
A 16th-century book, though, describes Cabrillo as the Portuguese commander of a Spanish expedition.
"That was not unusual," said Rebelo, a leader of San Diego's Portuguese community. "Columbus (an Italian) sailed for the king of Spain, 40, 50 years before Cabrillo. And, again, there's no dispute that Magellan was Portuguese even though his voyage was backed by Spain."
Without documentation, though, Cabrillo's citizenship is the uncertain focus of what Engstrand calls "a major argument."
Which makes this centennial's non-celebration sadly appropriate. After all, the festivities were derailed by a major argument.
Timeline: Cabrillo National Monument
Oct. 14, 1913: On half-acre parcel of Fort Rosecrans, President Woodrow Wilson establishes the monument. Order of Panama, a civic club, asked to erect a statue.
1926: Order of Panama having disbanded, President Calvin Coolidge asks Native Sons of the Golden West to build "suitable monument."
1933: Park transferred out of War Department and into National Park Service.
Sept. 28, 1935: Bronze plaque unveiled on park's 19th-century lighthouse, honoring "Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo."
1939: Portugal commissions a statue of Cabrillo. Sent to San Francisco, it is stored in a garage.
1940: State Sen. Ed Fletcher and allies "kidnap" statue and ship it to San Diego.
Sept. 28, 1942: Statue dedicated in San Diego.
1941-45: Monument closed to public during World War II.
1946: National Park Service resumes monument's operation.
1957: Second bronze plaque dedicated, bearing explorer's Portuguese name, "Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho."
1965: Visitors center opens.
1988: Badly eroded sandstone statue is replaced with replica.
Oct. 8, 2013: Centennial celebrations canceled or postponed, in wake of federal government shutdown.
Sources: The San Diego Union; San Diego Evening Tribune; The Journal of San Diego History; Journal of the West; Mains'l Haul: A Journal of Pacific Maritime History


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"I never liked it; too childish"
CBBC is the brand name for the BBC's children's television output, aimed at children aged 4-12 years (that's in case you wondered why there were so many 'breaking wind' sound effects and abrupt raucous laughing in every programme). The service was first launched 67 years after World War I (11th November 1985).
The first slot started at 3:55pm with Play School with Paella Benjamin and Brian Idiot, followed by 'Noel's Game Show' and 'Newsround' with Jonathan Craven (who nowadays holds an obsessive interest in the Countryfile calendar). The presenter at the time, John Sweeney, had a marionette companion called 'Mr. Ben' (named after the David McKee character). Next year, the Children's BBC slot decided to have more of an American influence and so went behind the scenes to find out how Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles are made. The graphic scenes were then cut and John Sweeney was replaced with Phillip Schofield. A few years later, Phillip made the mistake of broadcasting the BBC One globe before an episode of 'King Rollo' and was subsequentley sent to the BBC's soundproof cell until bosses came up with a punishment. Phillip was fired the next morning.
The 90's[edit]
The 1990's were a year when comedians such as Bobby Davro and Mike McClean rose to prominence, and also a decade of great children's television (according to housebound 24-year-olds although thay had arthur). All of the brooms were taken out of a utility room and a few monitors, children's pictures, a gas lift chair, desk and Betacam were set up in it. This was to become the Broom Cupboard, and it was where Andi Peters would introduce the programmes such as 'Get Your Michelin Star Back' (this was later revived on Channel 4 as 'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares') and 'Bodger & Gopher'. Andi's puppet companion was a duck called Edd and a butler who I've forgotten the name of. 1997 saw CBBC move to 'Studio 9', a room in which obsessive Paul Young fans were stored during his performances. The biggest star of CBBC has to be 'Otis the Aardvark' a ferocious sexual deviant who flirted with stand-up comedians from North East England and made sh*te jokes. Unfortunatley, he was later demoted to the BBC canteen as he wasn't to clash with American-imported cartoon 'Arthur'. In an interview with the Daily Express, he said "The little bastard looks nothing like me."
Nowadays, the CBBC slot is hosted by Iain and a Dog Called Hacker, they ask children to partake in their jolly japes such as sending in pictures of lamposts and made up words. If that isn't stupid enough, on Mornings CBBC is hosted by the two Fat ass bandits from Tracy Beaker who seem to have a fetish for chicken nuggets. Instead of catering for children up to sixteen, programmes such as Grange Hill have been reduced to the level of stupidity, bordering on embarrassing - as to keep in with the new 4-12 year target audience. One of the most controverial of these programmes would be 'Penis and porn In Da House' in which Tom Cruise appeared as a fifth Househead, and got squirted in the face during 'Babba Poorly Mama'. He said to Penis and porn "You're jerks!" and walked off the show to have sex with orphan children.
Obviously by the name, it is an attempt to make another MySpace (with a spoonfull of Habbo Hotel) rip-off. On this site, kids can shape, make and create their own blog and prepare for other ones like Bebo and Piczo. The two most viewed members of MyCBBC are Michael Jackson and Josef Fritzel.
|Daily Schedule
|Programme Description
|Would kids watch it?
|Television K (Presented by our good friend Jezza Clarkson)
|Probably asleep.
|Bogies! (presented by John Sweeney)
|Mock The Week Kids (presented by Frankie Boyle, with what promised to be a clean version of the adult programme. He then proceeded to make jokes about HIV, Stephen Hawking and Scotland
|The Likeaballs - more like shitaballs.
|Jakers - This is an example of a show that should be on the baby version.
|If you are a Toddler, yes.
|Hider in the House- in which a pervert hides in some kid's house and attemps to rape them without one of their parents realising
|Penis & porn In Da House.
|Mother Ted (The story of Ted Hamble - loving father by day - crossdresser by night)
|The Story of Tracy Beaker (DOUBLE BILL) (a programme which depicts life in a children's home down to a T, except for the parts where foodfights break out and the staff are shouted at. In my day, you'd have got a severe bollocking for that).
|Tweens will.
|Get 100 (A programme where you have to answer really hard questions to win a Crap BBC goody bag)
|Horrid Henry (Where the BBC hack into CITV's transmission)
|If you love adverts then yeah!
|Ed and Oucho (Where a man talks to a puppet and who don't have a life and say crap jokes)
|If you have a sad life then yeah.
|Pounded (When a man named Hound stops incredibly stupid gaming geeks named MuHaHaHa and Steve from taking over my house.)
|If you love Google then yeah!
|Me an' mah Monstas (Features 3 monsters. Haggis, an obese thing with a big ass, Fiend, a man in a crappy monster costume and Norman what a stupid name.)
|Err...maybe not...
|Father Ted (Features 3 priests: One is sensible. Another acts like an idiot. His IQ happens to be 20. The last one likes, Drinks, Girls, Arses and saying Feck.)
Other Shows (See: Nobody Cares)[edit]
- Spaz Patrol.
- The Mighty Truck Of Fudge.
- Sorry, I've Got No Penis - Catherine Tate and the Little Britain duo alone could kick their anal rectums any day!
- Monster Cafe (was taken off as that skull's jokes were copyright of Mad TV)
- Bodger and Gopher (a spin-off series of Winnie The Pooh, as the character of Gopher joins a second-rate comedian as he struggles to find employment)
- Big Cock Little Cock
- The latest frothy BBC One drama series remade for kids
- The latest reality programme that has Graham Norton laughing all the way to the bank is remade for kids.
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
- A fantastic time with Ed and Oucho who brainwash people into believing the cactus is real.
- Funking Fables - Finally an excuse for children to send photos of themselves...
- Piss and Kantrop
- Watch My Penis
- Red Peter - the programme for cultured kids, but is only watched by gay kids, paedos and Dara O'Briain so he can see Konnie Huq
- Stupid - need I say any more. This programme is proof that natural selection doesn't necessarily work.
- The Slammer - which accurately portrays prison life, aside from the sodomy and the bribes. And there's a bizarre weekly ritual of performing to children. This prison is where the british government sent the paedophiles and the murderers and McFly.
- Hedz - One of the cheapest CBBC programmes they broadcast with people with cardboard for a face. This was recorded when the BBC was 3 days from going into administration.
- Only in America - A programme where kids are shown why they should move to the USA because that they can get away with Firearms, Skipping school and best of all being able to have good weather.
- Mcdonalds Adverts- Shows how getting fat can be so much fun.
- Reruns of Britannia High because CITV is too shit to even broadcast them.
- MyToons- Finally, children send in movies. The BBC then lie to them and say they WILL be famous.
- Chris an' Dodge- They've finally gotten rid of the stupid cactus...and replaced it with two puppet dogs. Thank god the idiotic one is gone. This guy acts badly and tells Doctor Who facts to the viewers. BRILLIANT TO US GEEKS!


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AN UPDATE on the Asian soybean rust fungus that has been identified in numerous southern states, including Arkansas, will be highlighted during the Tri-State Soybean Forum and Southern Soybean Conference. The conference will be at the Dumas Community Center in Dumas, Ark., Friday, Jan. 7, beginning at 8 a.m.
"We will have speakers from Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi," said Steve Kelley, Desha County, Ark., Extension staff chairman. "It's one of the oldest and most respected and informative meetings offered to farmers during the year, and it usually attracts up to 300 farmers."
Soybean researchers and Extension specialists from all three states will provide information on several topics, including inoculant procedures, phosphorus, potassium and boron issues; nematode, sudden death syndrome and stem canker considerations; soybean rust update, and foliar fungicides and disease management.
A panel discussion on the success of the early soybean production system will take place with grower participants from the three states.
Danny Kennedy, CEO Riceland Foods in Stuttgart, Ark., will end the conference by providing a soybean market outlook.
"The conference is an excellent opportunity for producers to learn the latest in research and technology and then go home and apply that information directly to their operation," Kelley said.
For more information, contact a county Extension agent.


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Athletics, recreation facilities receive upgrades
While the campus transformation at Liberty University is in full swing, several projects will enhance athletics and recreational activities for students when they return this fall.
Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre Tube Run
Liberty's year-round ski facility installed a separate tubing slope this week. The new run, located next to the intermediate ski slope at the center, extends 525 feet.
Tubing has been offered on the beginner's slope since the facility opened in 2009. A separate tubing run opened last year after a new conveyor-style lift was installed next to the intermediate slope.
"The tubing run is extremely popular," said Drew Sherwood, Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre general manager. "We see three times as many people using the tubing slopes as the main slope, so this is a good addition."
Additional safety measures, including safety rails, are being added. The new tubing run will be completed by late September.
Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex
Following Commencement, work began in earnest on a $2 million renovation at Liberty's outdoor track. Built in 1989, it has served as home to one of the most successful programs at Liberty, with the men's track and field team winning the Big South Conference title 17 times and the women 12. The track will be completed in time for the 2013 season, including hosting the 2013 Big South Outdoor Track and Field Championships April 18-20.
"We are very excited for the upgrade," said head track and field coach Brant Tolsma, who will be entering his 27th season with the teams. "This track should be one of the nicest facilities in the nation, nestled in the midst of outstanding athletic facilities here at Liberty. It's going to be jaw-droppingly beautiful and a big boost for recruiting as well as enhance our home meets."
The track shares the site with Osborne Stadium, which underwent a major renovation in 2009, and is home to the men's and women's soccer teams.
Basketball Practice Facility
The Liberty University men's and women's basketball teams will have a new place to practice for the 2012-13 season as a new facility is under construction behind the Vines Center.
"The new Liberty Basketball Practice Facility will impact the entire program for many years to come," said men's basketball head coach Dale Layer. "The daily access to an elite facility will aid our team and players and will allow us to attract a higher caliber student-athlete in the future."
Women's basketball head coach Carey Green said the facility will give the teams a new "home."
"It should help us in recruiting as they see the commitment that the university has made to the basketball program and the facilities we will have to train," he said.
The facility should be ready for use in January. Teams will be using the New Schilling Center at Green Hall and the adjacent LaHaye Student Union basketball courts until the facility is ready.
Baseball Stadium
Construction on Liberty's new baseball stadium is continuing near Williams Stadium and Osborne Stadium.
The concrete foundation for the seating area and the new operations building is being laid. Crews are working virtually around the clock on the site. Construction is still on track to be completed in time for the first home baseball game against Penn State in February 2013. Due to the size of the project, large retaining walls have been built along the west end of the site along Regents Parkway.
The stadium will have chairback seating for 2,500 spectators, with additional seating available on grass areas down each line. The complex will also feature two suites, a club room, a spectator picnic area, and a modern media area. The stadium's media space will accommodate up to 40 media members, with a 24-seat press box, a television booth, visitor and home radio booths, an operations suite, and storage.
The facility will have the latest turf playing surface installed, along with full-length, major-league type dugouts. Areas for concessions and ticketing will also be included. In addition, the complex will become the operations center of Liberty baseball. The program's offices and team room will be housed in the facility and overlook the playing field. Four indoor batting tunnels and a weight room will also be included in the project.
Liberty Mountain Intramural Complex
New intramural fields are under construction off Candlers Mountain Road near U.S. 460. The complex will include two artificial turf fields, a natural grass softball field, and two sand volleyball courts.
The fields will replace the ones on Campus East (behind the lacrosse/field hockey complex), which are being turned into additional parking for the university.
"We used to have our own facility a few years ago, and it's good to have one for intramural sports again," said Ed Barnhouse, director of intramural sports.
The fields will include computer-controlled lights. The new turf will allow for fewer game cancellations due to weather conditions.
The sand volleyball courts will be used by the Liberty University Beach Volleyball team and by Liberty's NCAA athletic teams for training. New beach volleyball courts were installed last spring on Campus East and have been increasingly popular for students.
Another part of the complex will be a sand training area known as The Patch, a large sand pit and training course similar to ones used by Navy SEALs at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Calif. Liberty's will be the first of its kind on the East Coast.
"The training course offers your body weight as the resistance," said Bill Gillespie, Liberty's head strength and conditioning coordinator. "We are able to develop incredible power, strength, and speed in the weight room with our athletes but there are some athletes who have a difficult time taking the increased physical abilities from the weight room to the football field. We have found The Patch to be the missing link. We found that most athletes performed better, had fewer injuries and were better conditioned because of The Patch."
Gillespie used a similar training course while at the University of Washington where he served as head strength and conditioning coordinator. In their first season using the course, the football team finished 11-1 and won the 2001 Rose Bowl.
"The Patch played a big role in the physical development of the football team at Washington," Gillespie said. "I am hoping in time Liberty will climb to the top and we can honor our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with our success and I believe The Patch will be used through that development."


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will face angry lawmakers Wednesday as he becomes the first Obama administration official to testify publicly about the controversial prisoner swap with the Taliban.
Hagel is scheduled to appear before the House Armed Services Committee, which is investigating the deal that secured the end of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's five-year captivity. In exchange, the U.S. transferred five high-level Taliban detainees to the Gulf emirate of Qatar.
Republicans and some Democrats have sharply criticized the Obama administration for not notifying Congress in advance. They've accused the president of breaking the law.
Other questions center on whether Bergdahl deserted and whether the U.S. gave up too much for his freedom. Members of Congress have cited intelligence suggesting the detainees could return to the battlefield in Afghanistan.
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Unless that pesky Mayan calendar is correct, and the Earth drifts into a black hole or is attacked by a higher species we never knew existed, Joey Votto will be with the Blue Jays in the very near future. When that inevitable acquisition is finalized, they will have the full attention of the American League for the first time since the early '90s.
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Theater Cast Travels to Pittsburghby Sam Vaught '16 • April 5, 2013 Share:
Students at Wabash College are busy globetrotters. Wabash men pride themselves on our immersion learning programs and study abroad opportunities. And now, a talented group of actors from the theater department add their names to the list of students who have rolled back the odometer.
Professor of Theater Dwight Watson and the cast of Jitney traveled Mar 29-30 to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to participate in a round table reading of the play at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture. Each spring, actors and directors from across the country come to the center to celebrate the life and works of August Wilson and highlight up-and-coming playwrights.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Wilson is known primarily for his Pittsburgh Cycle, 10 plays that follow the African American experience of the twentieth century – one play for each decade. Jitney follows the story of cab drivers in 1970s Pittsburgh as they come and go in a downtown gypsy cab station (Jitney is a term for an unlicensed cab driver). The plot unfolds when Becker, the station's manager, receives a visit from his estranged son Booster, recently released from prison.
"The play is a moving story about their relationship, and how it takes various turns," Watson said. "Outside forces spark struggles within the characters and their lives."
The play builds on the African American experience of the 1950s and 60s as it transitioned into the modern era of the 1980s and beyond. On Monday, the cast read Jitney for the public after weeks of what Watson called "passion and practice." They met Mark Southers, the artistic director of the August Wilson center, who familiarized the students with downtown Pittsburg and the hill district, where the play is set. They also learned more about the organization's mission, which seeks to highlight the African American experience in dance, music, and theater, as well as serve the community through outreach programs and interaction with area schools.
AJ Clark '16, who played Booster, enjoyed the experience. "The trip enriched my appreciation of August Wilson and his literature," he said. "I better understood his background and style by visiting many of the places he's been to."
Tyler Griffin '13 echoes the sentiment. "Few actors actually get to see their scripts awaken from their performative slumber and become a reality," Griffin said. "The streets, the voices spoke volumes to not only our character development, but to our personal growth."
With such inspiration, the cast is sure to work hard over the next week and a half to apply what they have learned to their performance.
The cast includes: A.J. Akinribade, Lorenze Billups, A.J. Clark, Edward Evans Jr., Tyler Griffin, Michael Hodge, Ryan Lutz, Felicia Santiago, and Devan James Young. Director Dwight Watson is assisted by Greg Huey, while Andrea Bear takes the audience back to the urban 70s with her costume design. Joe Mount '15, seen in February's Take Me Out, serves as stage manager. Jitney opens on April 17 at Ball Theater, and will run for four performances. Free tickets will be available from the Fine Arts Center Box Office.


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Posting has been slowed while my scanner and I are in intense negotiations over it's latest work to rule campaign.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Posted by Captain Canuck at 2:07 PM
Labels: oh My GOD, scanner problems
5 comments:
- Matt said...
1983 Donruss Magnum P.I. My guess would be card #32 but I really don't know that one.
- April 17, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- CaptKirk42 said...
Dang it Matt got it a bunch of hours before I did. That is definitely Mr. Selleck from the Magnum P.I. set.
- April 17, 2012 at 3:31 PM
- dogfacedgremlin said...
It's already been guessed but just in case you are being tricky...I'll go with 1984 Topps Guys With Epic Mustaches set card #327 which is a short print variation where the guy picks his nose and flicks it while wearing a Vietnam War era helicopter pilot communication headset.
- April 17, 2012 at 8:22 PM
- Jim from Downingtown said...
I'd say it's Dennis Eckersley.
- April 19, 2012 at 8:38 PM
- Arno said...
The Most Interesting Man in the World.
- April 23, 2012 at 5:06 PM
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Sahaquiel reserves all of his 200d6 AT-field dice for defense.
The Finger turns left and advances as far as possible, its objectives still unknown.
Awesome Empire/Commies
The allied fleet direct their turrets to the portal monsters and fire all weapons.
Leaving behind a belt of organic wreckage and soiled body parts. Blood starts to leak out of some of the pulverized corpses.
Brikthulhu's Minions
The monsters regroup in a wave formation and charge towards the neu-AN fleets.
The mutated manta rays fire their unholy harpoon-missiles at the USA and Scythians. The projectiles, even despite being the fastest objects in the game, will still take a couple turns to reach the fleets.
Suddenly, one of the manta rays decides to motivate the abominations to conduct a collective demoralizing feat, chanting ominously to intimidate the enemy fleets.
Listen here
Quite clearly the feat failed. Every enemy faction on the board instead laughs at the pitiful attempt and gains a +1 bonus. The mutant manta ray is punished for its incompetence by suddenly turning into a very gurlish pink.
Meanwhile the Praetorians decide it's time to stop messing around and finish their mission and get a beer by dinnertime.
Admiral Kendrick: All capital ships, fire at the Angel!
Despite the Praetorian fleet's astounding firepower, the Angel's AT field deflects all damage...barely. Sahaquiel begins to worry somewhat for his safety (thank god I found a DnD dice roller that can mass-roll hundreds of dice).
Well that was rude...it appears I will have to teach you a lesson in manners.
The remaining Praetorian frigates and fighters move up as much as possible in preparation of forming a shield against the incoming monsters- in the meantime they combine fire on one of the centipedes.
To satisfactory results- the great beast is ground into its components as ship-sized pieces of flesh collect in a debris field.
The Crucibles then move back for protection.
Admiral Karr looked down upon those vermin crawling out of the portal. The Fleet Admiral had recommended firing down with "every fucking they had"- but Scythian battle technology was not to be underestimated. He would accomplish the same goals with a mere fraction of his fleet (and a mere fraction of the annoying-as-crap dicerolling).
Admiral Karr: Fire all antimatter projectors.
Even though a majority of the antimatter projectors missed, a few found the target, and combined with the other smaller auxiliary turrets spread throughout the Emperor- those few streams of magnetically-guided pure antimatter detonated with the substance of the mutated pink ray and rivaled a small nuklear option in scale and brilliance.
As the explosion subsided, a few superheated glowing remnants of the ray remained, all other parts literally annihilated in the previous destruction.
The rest of the fleet was not content to merely watch and let their flagship outshine them, however.
Though not as impressive of a display as the Emperor's, for their small firepower the fighters and frigates managed to massacre a decent number of Brikthulic piranhas.
The USA fleet moves up a little and readies its weapons.
Leading to a few destroyers and frigates ripping apart another mutated manta ray. Things are not going too well for the Brikthulhoid abominations.
They do, however, receive their promised reinforcements, including a host of more-effective ranged units.
Kill Table wrote:Praetorians: 1
Scythians: 3
Awesome/Commies: 3
Brikthulhu's Minions: 0
Sahaquiel: 0


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Videogame Stocks Up Almost 40% This Year
Shares of several videogame publisher are up sharply this year, but how long is the buzz expected to last? Dan Gallagher reports. Photo: Square Enix.
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... I ... videogame stocks at its core lots of points for investors recently ... but are they ready for a reset ... welcome to Digits on George stall here to talk about the videogame world ... is MarketWatch Tak reporter Dan Gallagher ... then in the story today on MarketWatch dot com he talked about Hal the shares of Activision and Take two ... electronic Arts ... I GameStop which sells a lot of the of games have all been soaring in recent months and all these companies are back to report their quarterly results that we should expect lower results right there ... well that's that that's the crux of it actually though stocks been driving the because winner in what's called the console cycle ... on the of the Xbox three sixty the PlayStation three the we of these councils of all come of age doubts we Ardi got me we knew they came out last year but works packed it this year ... in the fall to see the PlayStation four in a new Xbox ... and so it's been typical of this group to see the socks come up ... I'm going into a console cycle like the out ... of the defect is probably more pronounced this time around because ... there's there's been such a state of jury gets over the game publishers ... are from the last couple years because there's a lot of doubt about what's the console business going to look like in this new age of tablets smartphones and three get one and that that's a very good question because this this next council round if you talk about ... is occurring ... years after the latest one and and at that point there wasn't this ... up online gaming world ... This smartphone world where people were playing a lot of video games so ... that you know are the expectations realistic going into the rest of this year ... I think the expectations are I've been kept a relatively subdued at least from the standpoint of ... the estimates I've seen out there are ... aam you know whether whether in the stock price is currently will match those will come ups Morris good question ... aam ... but you know it there's a lot of question what's the what's going to look like is agreements are they can sell just the core gamers With again be able to expand ... of the marketplace they did that briefly in the last cycle when that with the Nintendo Wi EU ... ah but with that I mean that happened right as smartphones and tablets became to be a big force and Damian ... Eyre really took away the casual gaming segment that were plain those shorts again it's ... so there's still a good guy decently strong business with your core gaming segment but there's ... it'll be question of how these consul surprising how their watch and what kind of games they offer ... as to I think how well they'll do ... it as we cycle through these earnings reports over the next week or so ... is there a what should investors be listing for what clues what may we get about the upcoming council refreshed ... well I think they the publishers will be able see much of the de tails of the new console will I think investors are looking for Derek ... is on our costs and sales of legacy games doing in this kind of lead in this current stage ... aam with Electronic Arts especially there's renewed going on all ... there's a lot of cost cuts going on there ... I did last year she you know they're trying to hire new ones there's there's a lot of reaching questions there are ... on all the companies are in the process though of developing games for the new console so ... there tends to be a lot of questions on the calls about ... aam costs expenditures and development costs and what companies are aam are trying to scale up to ... aam that'll be that will be one area of focus for sure when we start seeing these calls starting a more ... what's the timetable for this next round of costly when will we start seeing these in stores are getting more details about them ... well we don't know that yet Yelp PlayStation four is been formally announce that it's so nice as a little watched out in the fall ... nothing specific about point ... Micra soft as new and officially confirmed a new Xbox with their holding in a ban on the twenty first at their headquarters in Redmond ... aam to to the sensational officer to be doing next ... I suspect we'll get like firm GTL about one more so when will see them launch until ... the E three conference in early June ... aam but I'll probably be somewhere in the October November time frame based on the Aspen sight unseen lately ... and what are some of the hike teams that ... investors should be watching out for as we cycle through these earnings reports ... well there's a there's a few you know obviously games like Call of Duty and Battlefield these big AAA I've combat shooter is ... on there though wants there to watch for the current generation but they're also currently being built for the next generation so ... odd ... Electronic Arts Activision will be trying to transition those blockbuster properties to the new one ... at the New Saab the console is ... the guy Grand Theft Auto five it's coming out in September that all actually come ahead of the council's that's can it be a monster of a game ... aam and then there's property searches ... what's called the on ... the bungee universe that Activision's working on with the studio Bungie that's can it be ... for the next generation of console swells the current one there's not a lot known about that yet but that's expected to be a very huge property ... from the studio that essentially created heel ... good stuff and things up or coming


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What are you afraid of?
By Lady Liberty
I spent a good part of the day yesterday being afraid. I didn't watch a horror movie, and I wasn't on a thrill ride. I didn't read a scary book, nor did anybody try to assault me or break into my house. I didn't even experience a near-miss accident, nor was I terribly ill. I was, however, really scared. So what was it that frightened me? The short and simple answer can be conveyed in just one word: Government.
It started out as a perfectly ordinary morning for me. I had errands to run, chores to do, and plans for a little recreation. But I hadn't been out of the house for five minutes when I casually checked my rear view mirror only to discover a police car almost literally on my bumper. In a surge of adrenaline, I checked my speed. No, I was traveling right at the speed limit. My taillights had only recently been checked during some routine maintenance and were working just fine; my registration and my insurance were up to date. I have a valid and current driver's license. And there was nothing even remotely illegal in my state -- or, in fact, in any state -- in my vehicle. And yet my heart was pounding.
I signaled well in advance, made sure I applied my brakes smoothly and cornered carefully, and took the first available turn-off away from the police. I checked in my mirror repeatedly to ensure the officer didn't follow me (he didn't). And then I drove for a few blocks at a very slow speed while I took a few deep breaths and calmed myself down. Eventually, I made my way back to my original route and continued on toward the grocery store where I thankfully arrived without further incident.
Once in the store, I pulled a shopping list out of my pocket and headed off to find the first of the items I needed. My search took me past the store pharmacy where employees were just beginning to open up for the day. Of course, everything behind those counters was locked up securely. But then I took note of an entire segment of over-the-counter products that were also under lock and key. On taking a closer look, I saw that the store had actually enclosed and secured one entire end of a large set of shelves behind plexiglass.
Now, one of the things that I tend to do is buy several of one item so that I don't have to buy any more of that item for awhile. I also like to shop that way so that I always have a back-up in case I run out of something and need more before I can go shopping again. I always have an extra can of hairspray, for example, and one more bottle of multi-vitamins in the cupboard. Having recently gotten over a cold, I was short on various cold medicines and planned to get more because, as we all know all too well, we're going to get another cold someday, probably sooner rather than later.
Today, however, I don't have more cold medicine in my cupboard because yesterday, I found it all locked up. I'll grant you that I wasn't really inclined to take the time to interrupt a busy employee to unlock the case for me. But I also didn't like being put in a position where I actually had to ask somebody to unlock a cabinet so that I could get a simple package of cold medicine. Of course, since I'm just about cleaned out of cold medicine at home, I'd planned to buy more than one package yesterday. And the truth is, I also didn't have the inclination to explain to somebody just why it was I might need to buy more than one package of a perfectly legal product, and I certainly didn't want anybody to look askance at me -- or worse, to have somebody report me to somebody else -- merely because I was buying more than one of those perfectly legal packages.
Another item on my "to do" list yesterday took me to the local Post Office. The first order of business was to mail a small package to my mother. I brought the package to the service desk where a nice Postal Service employee took it from me and set it on a scale. He checked the weight of the package and then looked me in the eye and said, "What's in the box?"
"Books," I said.
"Any liquids?" he asked.
"Uhm, no. Books," I said.
"Anything dangerous?" he persisted.
"Well," I answered, "books." And then, because I couldn't help myself, I added, "Although I guess some literature might be considered dangerous..."
Stupid woman. The Postal Service employee looked at me with raised eyebrows until I laughed nervously and said, "I guess it depends on what the books are about, right?"
He smiled back and gave me a dollar figure for the postage due. Whew!
But I wasn't quite done yet. I also had a couple of sizeable checks that needed to be sent to my state and federal governments for taxes due (it's a long story; don't ask). Oddly enough, I trust the Post Office to get the mail there. For all of the complaints about its inefficiencies -- and there are inarguably some inefficiencies -- the Post Office does a pretty reliable job of delivering millions of pieces of mail to the right places every day. But I spent substantially more than the cost of a First Class stamp on each of those two envelopes so that they could be sent via certified mail and with a return receipt requested. I was taking no chances whatsoever that an employee with either the state or federal tax services would make any kind of a mistake and fail to note that I hadn't filed in time, or hadn't sent the amount due in full!
You know what? Despite taking the precautions of sending bank checks rather than personal checks, and sending the forms and payments via certified mail, I was still afraid. Oh, I believe the mail will get there. And I believe my forms are in order (I spent a reasonable amount of money having a professional take care of them just to be absolutely sure they were done correctly). But the reality of our tax code is such that there are literally thousands of regulations, and that some of those regulations contradict others of those regulations. That means no matter how carefully I adhere to the law, I've probably broken one by obeying some other. And of all the laws you don't want to break in America, tax law has got to be very, very near the top of the list.
If you break any of most of the laws in the US and are convicted of doing so, you'll pay a fine, do community service, go to jail, or suffer some combination of those three things. And after you've paid, served, and done time, you can start over. But the IRS is different. You probably won't lose just some of your money or your property in tax cases, but all of it; you may or may not serve time, but you'll probably also see your future wages garnished indefinitely (depending, of course, on just how much it is you owe -- though the truth is that no matter how much you actually owe, the interest and penalties alone will see to it that the "indefinite" part will likely apply). And most horrific of all, many people who suffer garnishments and other indignities are never even convicted in a court of law!
Every year I file my taxes. I do so honestly, and I do so via a reliable professional service. But the myriad regulations and the draconian mindset of those who enforce them ensure I'm nervous about it every year anyway.
By definition, a police state is one in which the citizens are afraid of the police. Thanks to Supreme Court rulings that say the police can pull you over for pretty much any reason at all including the fact that you seemed a little nervous; to other rulings that suggest drug sniffing dogs aren't really a bona fide search or that saying "no" to a search is justifiable cause for a search; to stories of cops who plant evidence or who -- with some justification -- are so nervous themselves on traffic stops that they overreact, sometimes with deadly force; I'm invariably afraid of the police.
By definition, a police state is one in which most aspects of citizens' lives are tightly controlled or at least subject to oversight. Thanks to overzealous drug war crusaders, I can't freely buy over-the-counter medications when I want to, and certainly not in any quantity. Thanks to overzealous terror war crusaders, I can't mail books to my elderly mother without enduring a hopelessly serious game of "twenty questions."
By definition, a police state is one in which the police can arrest you at virtually any time. Thanks to a virtual labyrinth of tax laws, any of us could be subject to detention at any time for breaking laws we didn't know existed; far worse, we could find ourselves in trouble for following a law that ensured we broke another one because the two are direct contradictions of each other. In other words, the tax code is such that, if some authority wants an excuse to come after you, one's tailor made and ready to go.
Yesterday, I was afraid. Today, I'm scared again. You see, under some interpretations of anti-terror laws, the very fact that I've criticized government entities means to some representatives of the government that I've done something wrong. George Bernard Shaw said, "Liberty requires responsibility. That is why most men dread it." The truth is that anybody who thinks about the reality of our citizenship must already be afraid. It would be a relief and a release to worry about the responsibilities of liberty instead of fearing the repercussions of the machinations that ensure the opposite.
Lady Liberty is a graphic designer and pro-freedom activist currently residing in the Midwest. More of her writings and other political and educational information is available on her web site, Lady Liberty's Constitution Clearing House, at http://www.ladylibrty.com. E-mail Lady Liberty at email@example.com.
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