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Madrid, Spain – Reigning champion Serena Williams posted a second-round victory Tuesday at the $4 million Madrid Open.
The world No. 1 star handled wild card and Spanish crowd favorite Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2, 7-5 on the clay courts at The Magic Box. Dominguez Lino was a runner-up in Morocco just two weeks ago.
The 31-year-old Williams has won her last 13 WTA matches and is seeking a third title in three events.
She beat then-world No. 1 and reigning two-time runner-up Victoria Azarenka in last year's Madrid finale.
"It was a really good clay-court tennis match for me," Williams said after handling Dominguez Lino. "I know if I face another opponent like that I'll have that experience and I'll know how to play."
Two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova tallied an upset by tackling 11th-seeded fellow Russian Nadia Petrova, 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-4.
In other action involving seeds, No. 14 former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli of France snuck past Spanish qualifier Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, German Sabine Lisicki took out No. 15 Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3), and No. 16 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia subdued South African qualifier Chanelle Scheepers 6-2, 6-2.
Also on Tuesday, Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova held off Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 and Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues dismissed American fellow lucky loser Madison Keys 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.
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Barring a surprise Beyoncé release, the hottest pop songs of summer 2014 have been decided. This year's mainstream successes include the odd racial gymnastics of Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," the irresistible bombast of DJ Snake and Lil Jon's "Turn Down for What" and the sublimely catchy pearl from Ariana Grande, "Problem."
Along with one-word winners including "Happy," "Wiggle" and "Summer," each has entered seasonal ubiquity, ensuring an afterlife on summer 2014 playlists and class reunions for generations to come.
But all hasn't been sunshine and perfect waves. Lesser, darker works have aimed to find purchase in our psyches, looking to piggyback on the never-ending quest for a memorable vacation soundtrack. A few of them, like Canadian pop group Magic!'s insufferable "Rude," have succeeded on the charts despite themselves. These gratuitous earworms have done so by appealing to the basest summer desires with tired cliches, unadventurous musical tropes and/or some cloying conceit.
Eclipsing all has been the season's most high-profile failure: Robin Thicke's stalker-suggestive album "Paula." In a season of bountiful mediocrity, Thicke's effort has been met with a level of disdain normally reserved for a fresh Chris Brown indictment. Still, to pile on "Paula," while a fun way to spend an afternoon (especially at this point if you're his estranged wife, Paula Patton), diminishes a host of equally inconsequential, or memorably failed, would-be summer hits.
Below, the worst songs of the summer:
Chris Young, "Who I Am With You." Every summer needs a campfire makeout song, but this year's big offerings have mostly fizzled. Near the top of the heap is John Legend's "All of Me," which in addition to cribbing a classic song title has all the earnest, glistening tropes of a Thomas Kinkade painting.
But for sheer cliches-per-measure chuckles, none can equal country crooner Young's flaccid "Who I Am With You." Featuring a tranquil, Harlequin-romantic piano melody and just enough twang to kick up a small stink, the song sees Young, who earned his fame through the reality show "Nashville Star," describing himself as "a rolling stone" "flying blind" in its first two lines — until he met you.
"Who I am with you is who I really want to be," he sings, a man drowning in the mundanity of a flat lyric — before adding with equal blandness. "You're so good for me." Poetic stuff.
Tiësto, "Wasted." "I like us better when we're wasted" might be a great opening line for a country song, one that could go on to explore the destructive effects of intoxicants on a relationship. As the celebratory chorus of "Wasted," a thump-heavy Dutch Euro-trance track by Tiësto, though, the line is delivered with the utmost sincerity. Channeling EDM bliss is one thing, but as the central message of a song directly aimed at the ears of teens and twentysomethings starved for life advice, it's not necessarily the one to fatten the wallet with. Unless, apparently, you're Tiësto.
Magic!, "Rude." Three simple words are required to underline the failure of Magic! and "Rude": Canadian reggae fusion. Aside from a few measures of Rush's "The Spirit of Radio," when has such a recipe ever succeeded? Musically tepid and cloying, "Rude" strives for a brand of tropical pop akin to Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" or the crossover vibe of Sublime and UB40 but lands at third-rate Men at Work.
Lyrically, the song is a long rant-threat from a boyfriend to his girl's dismissive father, but it suffers by offering too little context and from only the narrator's perspective. After all, a few months ago, no one had a clue who this guy was, or, for example, whether the father might have valid concerns about his daughter marrying the singer for a Canadian reggae fusion band. Who can blame him? "Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life?," asks vocalist-producer Nasri Atweh. Wisely, the father says no, perhaps fearing decades of casino and state fair gigs in his would-be son-in-law's future.
Aloe Blacc, "The Man." This year's "Eye of the Tiger" first gained traction not via radio or YouTube but on one of the many Beats Music TV ads it scored. The fist-pumping workout song has since become mainstay on sports highlight reels the world over, the platform where fading songs go to die, where Blacc's message of overcoming adversity has made it the "Tubthumping" of 2014 (with apologies to Chumbawamba).
Yes, Blacc can be an inspiring singer, but like much of his work, "The Man" feels more like a jingle than a jam — built for easy digestion. To add insult, "The Man" riffs on a great Elton John ballad, "Your Song," tainting not only the summer but also a better composition. Don't be surprised if the next time you hear John's hit, "The Man" pops into your head when it hasn't earned the right.
Jake Owen, "Beachin'." Every summer needs a thick-skulled, glassy-eyed party song, but few manage to deliver in such an aggressively simplistic way as Owen's bro-country cowpat "Beachin'." The lyrical doozies that populate this ode to drinking and objectifying describe the worst party ever.
Double entendres involving beer koozies? Yes. "A reggae band full of dread heads"? They're probably jamming "Rude." Bottomless margaritas? Of course. Bonus points: like many male country songs this year, "Beachin'" stars a faceless, nameless blond notable only for her tan lines and her subservient come-on: "Honey, I sure want you." At least somebody does.
Florida Georgia Line, "This Is How We Roll." Want to hang with some fun guys on a Friday night? Look no further than Florida Georgia Line, whose "This is How We Roll" features drunken, stoned, pistol-shooting dudes cruising with pretty girls sitting (where else?) on the passenger side and offering kisses that are "automatic like a free throw." (Nothing like a ball-in-hole sports metaphor to turn a lady's head.) The group's night out starts in a jacked-up truck, where "the mix in our drinks is a little stronger than you think." Then they drive around in circles and "light it up with our hands up — this is how we roll." Steer clear of my block — but maybe Tiësto's up for some fun.
Pitbull, "Timber." Careful, tree stumps, Pitbull's on the prowl in this song that's been simmering since Christmas. In his "Timber," which features Kesha, women are trees that tend to fall when the singer is around, even if the ultimate aim in our hero's mind isn't to leave an impression. Rather, it's to "make a night you won't remember," implying one of two things: Either the two will forget the evening when it's over, in which case maybe they should have just stayed home, or they're aiming to get her so wasted they black out. Either way, it won't be a night at the theater. By comparison, Pitbull makes Owen and Florida Georgia Line seem like sophisticates. At least they want to look across the pickup cab at their dates; Pitbull prefers another angle: "Face down, booty up — timber!"
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The buzz around the rumor mill this week was that Sheree Whitfield would be leaving The Real Housewives of Atlanta. However Bravo is saying not so fast. A rep for Bravo confirms that no decisions whatsoever have been made about season three and the rumors are false.
Kandi Burruss also revealed that Bravo is currently negotiating with all five ladies for season three. Nene Leakes revealed earlier this year that the ladies were each paid $100,000 to film the second season. That amount should go up as the Atlanta housewives have brought in the highest ratings ever to the housewives franchise.
They averaged 2.8 million viewers per episode. You can compare that to the 1.8 million viewers the Real Housewives of Orange County received for their last episode.
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In other news, Kandi Burruss celebrated the opening of her Atlanta store boutique, TAGS, last night. In attendance were her fellow housewives, Lisa Wu Hartwell and Kim Zolciak. Noticeably not in attendance were Nene and Sheree. Photographer, FreddyO reports Nene was out of town, and Sheree's daughter had a play that night.
It is also reported that Big Poppa aka Lee Najjar was also in attendance, but did not allow any photographs of himself taken. Kim is back to sporting her "engagement ring" so it's safe to say these two are back at it.
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We have no relatives in Sydney now since they all have moved away, so we will be staying for two nights at a small boutique hotel, The Rendezvous Stafford, before we leave on a 17 day cruise on the Volendam, seen above, from Sydney, down the east coast of Australia and across to and around New Zealand and back to Sydney. My favourite area of Sydney is the Rocks, the original settlement area of Sydney and which is right on the harbour, close by the Sydney Harbour Bridge and I am willing to pay a premium to stay there. It is right downtown, on the harbour front near Circular Quay, the ferry terminal, opposite the Sydney Opera House and within walking distance of the central business area, but relatively quiet. Above you can see a view from the hotel penthouse, which we will not be occupying but there is a rooftop viewing area.
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A month after leaving, Valentine Izundu is back with the University of Houston men's basketball team.
Izundu, a 6-foot-10 center who will be a sophomore, has rejoined the team for the 2013-14 season, coach James Dickey said Thursday. He announced his plans to transfer to another school on May 24.
"I want to apologize to Coach Dickey, my coaches and my teammates," Izundu said in a statement released by the school. "Following the season, I made a poor decision and realized quickly that I had made a mistake by leaving. I am grateful to be given another opportunity to compete with the Cougars and excited to rejoin my teammates and coaches."
Izundu, who is from Lamar Consolidated, was second on the team with 22 blocks as a true freshman last season. The blocks total was the seventh-highest single-season total by a UH freshman in school history.
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CHICAGO � Jake Arrieta struck out seven in seven innings, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday.
Arrieta (6-2) allowed one run and three hits in his first victory since June 30 at Boston. The 6-foot-4 right-hander has a 1.73 ERA in his last 11 starts, holding opponents to a .162 batting average.
The Cubs won three of four in a matchup of last-place teams. The Rockies have lost four of five and 11 of 15 overall.
Pedro Hernandez (0-1) allowed three runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings in his first start for Colorado.
Chicago scored three times in the sixth despite getting one ball out of the infield the entire inning.
Arismendy Alcantara sparked the rally with a leadoff smash down the third-base line that Nolan Arenado was unable to handle cleanly. Chris Coghlan then singled off the glove of first baseman Justin Morneau, putting runners on first and second.
Hernandez then walked Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro to force in a run. Justin Ruggiano added a sacrifice fly and Luis Valbuena drove in Rizzo with a grounder to shortstop.
Nolan Arenado's RBI double cut Chicago's lead to 3-1 in the seventh, but that was it for the Rockies.
Hector Rondon got three outs for his 14th save in 17 opportunities. He retired three straight after Arenado and Justin Morneau singled to start the ninth.
The Cubs made one trade on the non-waiver deadline day, sending utilityman Emilio Bonifacio, left-handed reliever James Russell and cash to Atlanta for switch-hitting catching prospect Victor Caratini.
Caratini, 20, was selected by the Braves in the second round of the 2013 draft. He hit .279 with five homers and 42 RBIs in 87 games with Class A Rome this season.
Bonifacio has been playing well lately, batting .400 (14 for 35) in his last eight games. He hit .279 in 69 games with the Cubs this season. Russell, 28, is 0-2 with one save and a 3.87 ERA in 44 appearances this season.
CUBS: With Chicago headed out on the road, rookie reliever Neil Ramirez (triceps soreness) will travel to the team's spring training complex in Mesa, Ariz., to continue his rehab. The hope is that the right-hander will be ready to go when he is eligible to be activated from the 15-day disabled list on Aug. 10.
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The Cubs begin a six-game road trip Friday night in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. Rookie right-hander Kyle Hendricks (1-1, 2.33 ERA) faces Dodgers right-hander Dan Haren (8-8, 4.49 ERA) in the series opener.
The Rockies open a three-game series Friday at Detroit, with left-hander Franklin Morales (5-5, 5.18 ERA) taking on Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (9-9, 4.59 ERA).
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Tybee Island is moving forward with a plan to make the southern end of Butler Avenue more inviting to visitors and business owners.
Work is expected to begin this week after the city recently received approval from the Department of Transportation to proceed. Planned improvements include wider sidewalks with brick pavers and palm trees along the two block stretch between 14th and Tybrisa streets. The contractor is planning to complete the project by the end of February before the tourist season begins.
City officials want to replicate the landscaping and pedestrian improvements that were made to Tybrisa and Strand Avenue, the island's commercial drag.
City Manager Diane Schleicher said the improvements will provide continuity with Tybrisa and should have a traffic-calming effect.
"It also gives an identity to that area and helps with the community aspect," Schleicher said.
In addition, the removal of the false driveways and curb cuts along the stretch will make for a more level grade for pedestrians. No parking will be lost, Schleicher said.
AD Williams Construction was awarded the $140,000 construction contract in November after submitting the lowest bid for the project.
The project has gone through multiple revisions since city officials unveiled it in 2010. A palm-tree-lined median was originally part of the plan, but the idea was criticized by some residents and business owners as dangerous and unnecessary.
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The city spent about $48,000 developing the median plan before it was dropped, although some of that work, such as the environmental studies, can be used for the revised concept, Schleicher said.
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Senior Brian Six shot a 214, including a second-round 69, to lead the UC Santa Barbara golf team to a solid ninth-place finish at the Ernst F. Lied Wolf Pack Classic in Reno.
In addition to Six, Greg Wells also finished among the top-25, shooting a 215 to finish 21st. Michael Feuerstein shot a 222, Sean Meier shot 225 and Leigh Silver shot 231 to round out UCSB's finishers.
The Gauchos return to action on October 20 when they travel to the Bill Cullum/Countrywide Intercollegiate at Wood Ranch Golf Course in Simi Valley, Calif.


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Members of the Lafourche Parish Council said they are unsure if they'll seek any action against Parish President Charlotte Randolph after she was fined late last week for violating a state ethics law.
Members of the Lafourche Parish Council said they are unsure if they'll seek any action against Parish President Charlotte Randolph after she was fined late last week for violating a state ethics law.
Randolph was ordered to pay $50,000 she earned from renting her Grand Isle camp to BP in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She was also assessed a $10,000 fine.
State ethics law dictates that a public servant such as Randolph cannot receive any personal monetary benefit from entities either seeking a contract or having a contract with the parish.
Shortly before Randolph agreed to rent her camp to BP, the parish entered a contract to receive $1 million from the energy giant to cover costs associated with the spill.
Daniel Lorraine , councilman and longtime Randolph antagonist, said he has nothing specific planned but has heard other councilmen may make an issue of it at the meeting.
When the ruling came down Friday, the deadline for putting formal action on the agenda already had passed.
"I don't think you will see anything at this meeting, but I'd bet you see something in the next one," Lorraine said, refusing to specify what action the council might take.
Because the violation is ethical and not criminal, the council has little room for action, Lafourche Parish District Attorney Cam Morvant said.
"They can't take any action to remove her or impede any of her duties," Morvant said.
They could file a resolution, but that would have no bearing on her duties and authority, Morvant said.
Randolph has declined to comment on the issue other than to say she is considering her options.
She has the right to appeal the decision by the State Ethics Board or lodge a judicial challenge, according to the ruling.
At a March 7 hearing on the matter in Baton Rouge, Randolph argued the disaster, not her personal dealings, led to the parish entering contract with BP. She also argued her authority as parish president, even if wielded in return for rent money, has no bearing on BP's legal battles.
"We further determine that the extraordinary circumstances involved do not excuse her conduct," the ruling states in response.


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Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin added some size and experience while saying goodbye to some veteran leadership as the annual free-agent frenzy got underway Tuesday.
Habs add size and experience in free-agent frenzy
MONTREAL — Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin added some size and experience while saying goodbye to some veteran leadership as the annual free-agent frenzy got underway Tuesday.
By the time the first day of free agency ended on Canada Day, the Canadiens had welcomed right-winger P.A. Parenteau, defenceman Tom Gilbert and centre Manny Malhotra, while saying goodbye to captain Brian Gionta, alternate Josh Gorges and veteran centre Daniel Brière
Bergevin made his biggest move on the eve of the free-agent shopping spree when he sent Brière to the Colorado Avalanche for Parenteau and a fifth-round draft pick.
"I liked Danny, but maybe things didn't work out the way we both wanted," Bergevin said.
Parenteau, who grew up as a Canadiens fan in Boucherville, described himself as a top-six forward, but Bergevin said Parenteau's exact role would be sorted out in training camp.
"(Coach Michel Therrien) plays four lines and we think Parenteau fits on the top three lines," Bergevin said when asked if the 6-foot, 193-pound Parenteau could replace Thomas Vanek as the right-winger on one of the top two lines.
Bergevin added there were some youngsters who might also be in the mix, including Sven Andrighetto, who had a strong second half with the American Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs, or Czech Jiri Sekac, who signed a two-year, entry-level deal Tuesday.
Gorges was traded to Buffalo Tuesday for a second-round draft pick in 2016 and Gilbert will replace him in the top four on defence. The 31-year-old Gilbert gives the Canadiens a right-handed shot with an offensive bent. He had three goals and 25 assists in 73 games last season with Florida. He has good size at 6-foot-2 and 206 pounds, but he's not an overly physical defenceman. Gilbert signed a two-year deal worth $2.8 million per season, which represents an annual saving of $1.1 million over Gorges.
Bergevin said he knew trading Gorges wouldn't be popular, but added he wasn't in the job to be popular. The GM said the acquisition of the right-handed Gilbert helped balance the defence and will allow Alexei Emelin to play on the left side. That suggested Andrei Markov and P.K. Subban will form the No. 1 pair next season. Bergevin said it was also important to create room for young defencemen Nathan Beaulieu, Jarred Tinordi and Greg Pateryn.
Gilbert said he talked to the Canadiens last summer after he was bought out by the Minnesota Wild, but couldn't reach an agreement. He signed with the Florida Panthers after attending camp on a tryout.
"After I got traded from Edmonton to Minnesota, things didn't work out for whatever reason, but it made me think about what kind of player I am," Gilbert said.
Gilbert said he prided himself on his skating and his ability to make a quick first pass.
"Playing against Montreal, they're a good transition team and I think that suits my style," said Gilbert, who added that he chose Montreal because he felt the team had a good chance to win.
Malhotra, who was a first-round draft choice of the New York Rangers in 1998, gives the Canadiens a fourth-line centre. The 6-foot-2, 220-pounder is a character player who was one of the NHL's top faceoff performers last season with a 59.4-per-cent success rate. He had seven goals and six assists in 69 games with the Carolina Hurricanes and will earn $850,000 with the Canadiens.
Malhotra might have made more money elsewhere, but the 34-year-old said he was at the point in his career where it was more important to play for a team that has a chance to win.
Malhotra is a replacement for Ryan White, who became an unrestricted free agent after he wasn't given a qualifying offer by the Canadiens.
The Canadiens came out of the day with 20 players under contract and about $16 million left in cap space. A big chunk of that will be needed to sign restricted free agent Subban to a new contract. Bergevin said it was possible the team could also sign another free agent or make a trade.
"My phone's never off," the GM said.
Trade-deadline acquisition Mike Weaver signed a new one-year deal for $1.75 million, a healthy bump from the $1.1 million he made in the past two seasons.
"I was pleasantly surprised when Bergy called me about 20 minutes before the market opened," said Weaver, an unrestricted free agent who felt that negotiations with Montreal were dead. "I knew I wasn't going to be in the first wave of (free agents) so I was glad to get it done early."
The Canadiens added a couple of young players Tuesday, signing Jeremy Grégoire and Sekac.
Grégoire was a sixth-round draft choice last June, but his stock took off after he scored 35 goals and added 34 assists for Baie Comeau in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He will attend the Canadian national junior camp in Montreal next month.
Sekac, a 22-year-old forward, played last season with Lev Prague, which announced last week that it was leaving the Kontinental Hockey League because of financial concerns. Sekac, who has spent the past three seasons bouncing between the KHL and the Czech league, is a 6-foot, 174-pounder who had 11 goals and 17 assists in 47 games last season. He has some North American experience, having spent two years in the United States Hockey League after a brief stop with Peterborough in the Ontario Hockey League.
"There were a lot of teams that were interested in him and we're hoping that he can help us sooner rather than later," Bergevin said.
The Canadiens will be looking for a new captain after Gionta signed a three-year, $12.75-million to join Gorges in Buffalo. Gionta's agent, Brian Bartlett, talked with Montreal, but the Canadiens' offer didn't come close to the Buffalo deal in terms of length or money. The move will allow Gionta's parents to see more games because they live an hour away in Rochester, N.Y.
Thomas Vanek will also be going home. He signed a three-year, $19.5-million deal with Minnesota. Vanek is from Austria, but attended the University of Minnesota, his wife is from Minnesota and the family has a home there. Vanek might have been able to get a better deal elsewhere, but it was a foregone conclusion that Minnesota was his preferred destination.
Unrestricted free agents Michael Blunden and Devan Dubnyk also found new homes. Blunden signed with Tampa Bay for $600,000, while Dubnyk — a goaltender who didn't win any friends when he left the Canadiens' Black Aces during the playoffs — signed with Phoenix for $800,000.
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Monday, 29 September 2008
"The bank was saved, but the people were ruined."
- Henry M. Gouge, circa 1830
25 comments:
- Independent Accountant said...
I've e-mailed my senators and congressman, twice. "No bailout. Hell no. No way".
- 29 September 2008 at 20:24
- Detlef Guertler said...
Yes, Sir, democracy seems to be alive over there. It sounds strange for European ears, but a bill that was pushed by the President, by his administration, by both presidential candidates, by the leaders of all parties in parliament and by the overwhelming majority of the mass media - fell through.
If someone had told me before that things like that can happen in the US political system, I wouldn't have believed him - it sounded like walking on water. Now I've seen it. And am more confused than ever.
- 29 September 2008 at 21:21
- London Banker said...
Maybe with 35 million Americans not having enough to eat, and 70 million Americans lacking healthcare coverage, and the rest of the working class and middle class Americans worried about keeping thier homes and seeing their kids through school and university, enough finally woke up to the fact they were being robbed to make some phone calls and e-mails.
Talk about Black Swan events!
- 29 September 2008 at 21:39
- Colin said...
There are moments, fewer in recent years than at any time in my living memory - spanning a half century - that I am proud to be an American.
This is one of them.
To have the opportunity to be able to say that the voices of the constituents were (to some extent) heard, and apparently heeded - again with a caveat - "for now anyway" is refreshing.
It becomes tiresome, and oftentimes trite, to state insistently that we do truly have a functioning democracy. There exist far too few stark examples of the undiluted form, yet I can't help but think that this represents one of them. Call me an idealist if you will, but I believe in the most heartfelt manner imaginable that when our voices are most needed, they can be heard. The question of course must always be; "agreed perhaps, but how often are those voices listened to on the legislative floor" and of course, as a pragmatic realist, I know the answer (hint: "far too few occasions").
Yet, to quote LB himself from his gracious and rather moving response to my comment on his post on Friday night ("Learning from Rudi Bogni: The Thin Space of Financial Activity") which meant more in those few words than he could have imagined;
"Today I hoped to whisper "hope"."
Today, I venture to say that one small chunk of the world can see, that when we in the United States (and expatriates elsewhere) forsake apathy and laziness, we can occasionally make a difference. And quite rightly so, it is the way our system was built.
"Today I hoped to whisper "hope"."
- 29 September 2008 at 22:23
- pej said...
Another great post LondonBanker!
It looks like democracy is winning!! But the lies and deceiving technics are still the standard:
The commercial banking system in the United States remains well capitalized
- 29 September 2008 at 22:46
- Independent Accountant said...
People are fuming down here in Texas. I'll have to find you a post of Vox Day who polled his readers about the bailout. The results: 1% in favor, 56% opposed and 43% in favor of using the guillotine! Storm the Bastille!
- 29 September 2008 at 22:55
- Anonymous said...
I am a middle aged guy, really quite inconsequential in the scope of things. I rarely bother to vote, pay my taxes without fail, and have generally accepted my lot in life thinking, "well, that's the way things go, might as well get used to it and hope to keep the scraps I have."
Well, no longer. If I no longer get to have scraps, then the fat cats no longer get to have their meal. There is a tipping point and it has been reached. Expect more of the same. And when people lose the creature comforts that they have so long come to have expected as their due, eyes will turn to their leaders and those at the top of the pyramid and an accounting will be demanded.
And you can bet your rear that I will be voting in the next election. And everyone in my household.
- 29 September 2008 at 23:40
- Anonymous said...
Going to be a strong resurgence in farming and ranching. Household autarky will return to vogue. Wedge skilled malingerers and borrow-to-prosperity bellies will work, or beg, or be cast out the gates.
- 29 September 2008 at 23:56
- David said...
I think this is a chance for the US to get clean and sober. Let's take the pain, since we are going to get it anyway. Perhaps an asset tax for those with financial assets above $1 million due in 90 day.s Then may be the taxpayer covers the difference to some extent. I think risk takers need to bear the risk. They sure weren't sharing their profits with me.
- 30 September 2008 at 02:15
- Anonymous said...
So they voted to save their own cushy lifestyles...
I love democracy.
- 30 September 2008 at 03:20
- Anonymous said...
Save the quote for later in the week when congresscritters hand the check over. I have faith that they fold since thay have long forgotten who they really work for.
Thanks LB
Everything is on schedule, please move along.
- 30 September 2008 at 03:23
- Anonymous said...
Happy Roshashanah here in NYC!
- 30 September 2008 at 08:47
- yoyomo said...
This great quote from Mike Whitney is an exceedingly fitting explanation for the failure of the bailout bill:
"Paulson is discovering that deceiving investors is not as easy as duping the public about fictional WMD or Niger uranium. Sometimes even the dullest person can grasp the most complex matters when it comes to his own money."
- 30 September 2008 at 12:48
- Knute Rife said...
Oh, have faith, our elected officials will obey their Ueberklass lords and masters yet and sell all us mere mortals into chattel slavery. And I expect us to be led from the auction block with a whimper.
Have you seen the bogusness coming from the bailout backers? Terry Connelly, the Dean at Golden Gate, called it an "economic 9/11." No, Your Deanship. it may have been a market 9/11, but it wasn't an economic 9/11. The markets are not the economy.
Gordon Charlop of Rosenblatt Securities said, "How could this have happened? Is there such a disconnect on Capital Hill?" A disconnect with what, Gordo? Your ability to make house payments in The Hamptons? While those of us who would actually be footing the bill can't afford decent medical care for our kids? The disconnect is on Wall Street, you damned fool, not Main Street.
R. Bruce Josten, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's main voice in D.C., threatened, "Make no mistake: When the aftermath of congressional inaction becomes clear, Americans will not tolerate those who stood by and let the calamity happen." Pardon me, Brucey, but the calamity Americans didn't want to happen was the bailout. As if we needed any more evidence that the Chamber of Commerce speaks for small business the way Farm Bureau speaks for small farmers.
And of course Paulson keeps making noises about the dire consequences of not passing a bailout. Translation: Give me dictatorial powers or I can't keep my promise to protect my friends' obscene accumulation of wealth.
In the mean time, I believe we'll soon see that we have the Frankencongress we created election by election, and it will sell us. Cheap.
- 30 September 2008 at 14:28
- dink said...
"On September 17, the
Treasury Department announced the Supplementary Financing Program. Under this program, the Treasury
issues marketable debt and deposits the proceeds in an account at the Federal Reserve that is segregated
from the Treasury General Account. This account is shown as "U.S. Treasury, supplementary financing
account" in table 1, table 4, and table 5."
LB, Yoyomo, others,
This seems to indicate financial anarchy. The Fed has rules, but they get to change them as desired?
- 1 October 2008 at 00:16
- Jesse said...
Kill the Bill v.2
- 1 October 2008 at 05:19
- Anonymous said...
This bill is the largest, most prolific money laundering scheme in the history of the world.
It is fiat accompli. We are debt slaves.
- 1 October 2008 at 05:59
- yoyomo said...
Since the Fed can't sell bonds to raise cash, this is the only way for the Fed to get cash without printing up new money. It's a form of sterilization operation but conducted with the help of the Treasury since the Fed is running out of Treasury notes and bills. It's not necessarily harmful but I don't know about its legality.
- 1 October 2008 at 11:31
- yoyomo said...
Great article about the source of most of the world's problems:
- 1 October 2008 at 14:26
- locust said...
"Chamber of Commerce" is now a dirty phrase. Do you think they realize what they've done or do they still harbor under the delusion they have relevance?
- 1 October 2008 at 15:14
- Knute Rife said...
Well, you know Paul Craig Roberts has always been a pinko. Oh wait, he served under The Blessed St. Ronnie. Ummm...well, he's a traitor. Yeah, that's it. And he hates America.
- 1 October 2008 at 17:28
- yoyomo said...
If we only had more "America-haters" of Mr. Roberts calibre I would feel alot more hopeful about our future. As it is the Cheney hyper patriots (wink-wink) seem determined to love the country to death.
- 1 October 2008 at 20:48
- chris said...
Hi there,
I tried contacting you a while ago but never received a response, can you please email me at chris.hamilton @ boomerang.com.au so we can discuss my proposal?
- 2 October 2008 at 03:05
- Anonymous said...
Does anyone know who was Henry M. Gouge? The only hits on Google refer back to this blog.
- 14 October 2008 at 14:06
- Caryl said...
Shouldn't that be Henry George? - a noted economist.
- 23 October 2008 at 23:33


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Some thoughts on the Erlang User Conference 2011
It seems I'm really getting too lazy to update this blog more frequently, which is a pity. Last week I was in Stockholm attending the Erlang User Conference 2011. This was the first Erlang conference I ever went to, and it was the first conference in many, many years where I was not speaking but merely a normal attendee.
Some of the readers of this blog will already have noticed my microblogging updates on identi.ca and Twitter that I made during the conference. They were not overly excited about the conference. Let me write some more details here. I have no idea how many technical conferences I have attended, but I am typically speaking at something like 10 to 14 every year, which I believe qualifies me as a "professional conference participant" ;)
Let me start with some positive feedback: There have been excellent and technical presentations, particularly by Kostis Sagonas (PropEr), Melinda Toth (Change impact analysis) and also the talk on Hashes/Frames/Structs as new built-in Erlang data types by Kenneth Lundin.
However, apart from those, i have quite a bit of criticism:
- Some presentations ended way ahead of their schedule.
This is a pity, as it means that some hundred-odd highly paid software developers are then sitting in a room and wasting time. If you hold a presentation at a conference, you should make sure that this time is used in the most efficient way. If you have been allocated a 45 minute slot, please don't make a 15 minute presentation + 5 minute questions session. That's not what the audience expects!
- Keynote presentation by Ulf Wiger contained lots of hot
If I go to a technical conference aimed at Erlang users (i.e. software developers who write programs using the Erlang language, libraries and runtime system), then I expect it to be loaded with brilliant, technical content. I want to get excited about new developments, Erlang software projects, etc. The last thing that I'd want is having a real Erlang guru on stage talking about superficial, trivial aspects of embedded computing. Of course I respect the commercial decision of Ulf and/or Erlang Solutions to try to create a market for Erlang in the embedded sphere. But what is the technical relevance of this to the Erlang community? Ulf did not talk about great new schemes of optimizing the Erlang VM for battery-powered CPUs, or how he has extended powertop to give function or line-level accuracy on which of your Erlang code lines burn most CPU cycles or cause the highest number of CPU wake-ups from low power mode. That would have been exciting.
- Erlang/OTP Road-map presentation without much technical details
When I see a slide with "Some SCTP improvements" then I want to see what exactly are those improvements. I think there was more than enough time to go into more details, if Kenneth would have spoken faster and put more content into the available time. Once again, the audience is a room full of intelligent, highly-paid professional software engineers. If you get their attention for whatever amount of time, I believe you should pack it as full with information as possible, rather than bore them with slowly and carefully reading each line from a slide...
- No Internet available at the Tutorials Can you believe it? In 2011, a technical conference aimed at software developers hosts tutorials inside a facility owned by one of the largest communications equipment suppliers (Ericsson) and then there is no provision for Internet access. It's really ironic, especially since at least some of the tutorial trainers expected the attendees would be able to clone git repositories on their laptops during the workshops.
In my hallway conversations with other attendees (who also have a background outside of Erlang and are more familiar with other conferences in the FOSS community), they independently observed those very same issues and agreed with my assessment.
All in all, the conference was a good trigger for me to finally sit down and start to use dialyzer on the various Osmcoom Erlang-language projects such as osmo_ss7, osmo_sscp and signerl. I'm already adding type specifications all over the code and am looking forward to soon starting with some PropEr test cases in the next couple of days.


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Several University of Alabama football players sought out a peddler of alleged — and controversial — performance-enhancing substances and items in the nights leading up to the Crimson Tide's victory over LSU in the Jan. 9, 2012, BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans, according to an article in Sports Illustrated.
TUSCALOOSA | Several University of Alabama football players sought out a peddler of alleged — and controversial — performance-enhancing substances and items in the nights leading up to the Crimson Tide's victory over LSU in the Jan. 9, 2012, BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans, according to an article in Sports Illustrated.
A story in the Feb. 4 edition of the magazine, posted online Tuesday, looks into the practices and claims of a Fultondale-based business, Sports With Alternatives to Steroids (or S.W.A.T.S.), its owner, Mitch Ross, and employee Christopher Key. The story alleges that the company has provided its wares to players at Alabama, Auburn and LSU, as well as several high-profile professional athletes.
UA sent cease-and-desist letters to Ross in March 2009 and to Key in October 2012, requesting that they stay away from Alabama student-athletes and cease using UA athletic images in promoting their products.
"UA has been aware of this situation for some time, and we have monitored this company for several years," UA spokesperson Deborah Lane said in a statement released to the media Tuesday. "They have twice ignored cease-and-desist letters sent by our compliance office. We have maintained consistent education of our student-athletes regarding the substances in question and will continue to do so."
Efforts to reach Ross and Key by telephone were unsuccessful.
The Sports Illustrated article reports that Key filmed his pitch to "a handful" of Alabama players, some of whom brought family members, with a pen camera and showed the video to the magazine's reporter. The gathering took place in Key's room at the New Orleans Marriott on two nights before the BCS game.
Former UA defensive lineman Quinton Dial and current players Adrian Hubbard and Alex Watkins are named in the story as having been at the hotel room gathering. All three played in the national championship game against LSU — which Alabama won 21-0 — although none started and none recorded a tackle.
Key's pitch to the UA players plugged such products as holographic stickers that would block cell phone frequencies, "negatively charged water" that would aid with hydration, an oscillating light bulb that could aid in healing, a powder additive touted for its ability to produce gain of muscle mass and deer antler pills and spray, which Key told Alabama players contains IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor, a natural, anabolic hormone that stimulates muscle growth), a substance banned by the NCAA and all major professional sports leagues.
According to Sports Illustrated, Watkins made a YouTube testimonial that was posted last summer, touting the benefits of several S.W.A.T.S. products, and Hubbard was filmed in the hotel room saying he already had the deer antler spray. The video of the meeting shows Key distributing free samples of the S.W.A.T.S. products to UA players.
The article states that the Alabama coaching staff was unaware of the meetings in the hotel room.
The 2012 letter to Key refers to YouTube videos and states, "To comply with NCAA requirements, to protect its current student-athletes ... the University requests you immediately cease and desist the use of, or reference to, the University of Alabama or any current University of Alabama student athletes ..."
Ross told SI he began hanging around the UA football facilities in 2008 and distributed his holographic stickers to Alabama athletes.
His 2009 cease-and-desist letter also requests that he drop contact with UA players and cites NCAA rules against providing "any benefit or discount that is not available to the public at large," an apparent reference to Ross handing out free or discounted products.
In addition to the Alabama players, the article alleges that Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, golfer Vijay Singh and baseball player Johnny Damon are among several high-profile athletes who have used S.W.A.T.S. products.
The article debunks the science behind the products' alleged performance-enhancing abilities — a press release from SI promoting the story uses the header "Snake Oil for Sale" — and points out that Ross is a former male stripper and steroids salesman who has lost a $5.4 million lawsuit award over his alleged performance-enhancement products.
Damien Martin contributed to this story. Reach Tommy Deas at email@example.com or at 205-722-0224.


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Jacob's Ladder leads to Heaven and God according to Genesis.
I have just finished Grail the concluding volume of Elizabeth Bear's generation ship epos Jacob's Ladder. I have a hard time distilling the story down to review size but here goes.
Jacob's Ladder is getting close to journey's end and the planet Grail. Perceval became the captain after her beloved Rien scarified herself and merged with the ship's ai and vanquished the dragon Dust, the ship library that ruled ship for centuries turning it into something from Literature. That is why the story reads as a medieval saga with transhuman technologies, knights and angels (most so in the first book). They survived the alien encounter and the acceleration that followed. Perceval and her companions have started to repair the ship again and are working towards uniting the different tribes that has been separated for so long. But the ship is far from well and not everyone agree on a course of action. Some even want to turn around not to infect another world. A theft turned murder reveals powerful old enemies. In a transhuman world death is seldom permanent.
It became something of a different story when we dive into the culture of the 'rightminded' humans that already lives on Grail, the planet they call Fortune. Jacob's Ladder left earth to escape the Kleptomancy and forge their own solution to human development while humanity back on the devastated earth forged their own – rightminding. It raises all kind of interesting questions and most of them get their answers here. Elizabeth delivers civilization critique wrapped in velvet. For the people on Fortune it is a legend come alive but it also raises fear. Are the Jacobeans even human anymore? The fear of the uncorrected 'normal' humans also surfaces and it is quite entertaining at times how they portrait that. There are forces on both sides that are willing to go to war to take or protect what they think is right. Premiere Danilaw has to walk a tight rope as he becomes the emissary to the Jacobeans.
It is a complex story with many aspects and participants and I am in awe how tight Elizabeth still succeeds in keeping it, this could easily have swelled to a kilo pages. I enjoyed the different points of view and the characters are distinct and well developed. Perceval is in many respects the main character everything revolves around, she is also by far the most human in all her Exalted transhumanism. Danilaw is the other character that stands out rightminded as he is he plays old tunes on his guitar and are used to manage the planet by nudging or tweaking. I like the characters here, they don't bicker as much as I like but it is not that kind of story.
Two different paths of human evolution meet and clash. Will they be able to forge a new future together? You have to read the book to find out.
I love this series. It is like blending LOTR with The Diamond Age and Matrix with a crust of Ghost in the Machine. Grail is a satisfying conclusion to Jacob's Ladder loaded with tension, intrigue, treason, revelations and humanity. Singularity has become something of a Holy Grail in current science fiction but here Grail is a planet and trans-humanism a gateway to becoming human which is refreshing. I recommend this as one of the more significant science fiction trilogies in later years. You should really read it, I enjoyed it immensly.
My reviews of the previous novels: Dust and Chill.
Title: Grail
Series: Jacob's Ladder Trilogy book 3
Author: Elizabeth Bear
Genre: Science Fiction with a flair of Medieval saga
Paperback: 331 pages
Publisher: Spectra (2011)
Copy: Bought it from Amazon
Order from: Amazon US | UK
Rife with intrigue and betrayal, heroism and sacrifice, Grail brings Elizabeth Bear's brilliant space opera to a triumphant conclusion.
At last the generation ship Jacob's Ladder has arrived at its destination: the planet they have come to call Grail. But this habitable jewel just happens to be populated already: by humans who call their home Fortune. And they are wary of sharing Fortune—especially with people who have genetically engineered themselves to such an extent that it is a matter of debate whether they are even human anymore. To make matters worse, a shocking murder aboard the Jacob's Ladder has alerted Captain Perceval and the angel Nova that formidable enemies remain hidden somewhere among the crew.
On Grail—or Fortune, rather—Premier Danilaw views the approach of the Jacob's Ladder with dread. Behind the diplomatic niceties of first-contact protocol, he knows that the deadly game being played is likely to erupt into full-blown war—even civil war. For as he strives to chart a peaceful and prosperous path forward for his people, internal threats emerge to take control by any means necessary.


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Though spring seemed to get a bit of a late start in Boston this year, spring planting is already well underway at the Arnold Arboretum. Staff horticulturists are adding many trees, shrubs, and vines from our nurseries to their new locations in the landscape. This season's additions to the living collection—including about 75 individual trees—represent plants collected on botanical expeditions, species of conservation value, and adjuncts to several of the Arboretum's national collections and visitor destinations.
Among the "class of 2013" are young specimens birch (Betula spp.), hornbeam (Carpinus spp.), and holly (Ilex spp.), to name just a few. Many new accessions of species and ornamental roses will enhance new beds established last fall at the entrance to the Bradley Rosaceous Collection. Plants obtained on a 2008 staff expedition to the Adirondack Mountains are also finding their way into the landscape this spring, including red maple (Acer rubrum), mountain maple (A. spicatum), and two species of cherry (Prunus serotina and P. virginiana). The red maple, Accession #567-2008*B, was planted on Arbor Day during a special gathering and tour in the Maple Collection, and honors those who lost their lives or were injured in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15.
New maples represent an enhancement of the Arboretum's "national collection" of the genus, grown in association with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Other additions to Arboretum national collections include American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and two stewartias, mountain stewartia (Stewartia ovata) and upright stewartia (S. rostrata). An exceedingly rare species in the wild, S. rostrata was collected in China by Senior Research Scientist Peter Del Tredici, and joins a stewartia grove established near the burial ground on Peters Hill. Peters Hill will also receive 10 new individuals of Malus sieversii from Kazakhstan, believed by some to be the "progenitor apple" for all of our cultivated varieties.
The Arboretum's horticulture staff plants mostly deciduous plants in the spring (April to early June) and coniferous plants in the fall (September to October). Trees growing in our nurseries that are intended for spring planting are dug before they leaf out, and planted in locations selected by the Curator of Living Collections and the Director of Operations. Once planted, new accessions are monitored closely by staff for their first few seasons until they are well established. If you'd like to spot the newest additions to our collections on your next Arboretum visit, look for young plants in the landscape marked by yellow-colored stakes.


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Motorola made a big bet on the original Xoom tablet in early 2011. Developed with Google, it was supposed to usher in the Android tablet era much as the original Droid helped usher in Android smartphones. Unfortunately, it's been a rockier start for Android than Motorola and Google had wished. Nearly every Android tablet faced low sales last year. Now that prices are dropping, more people are buying them, but the market was so bad here in the US that Motorola and Verizon have decided to rename the successor to the Xoom (the Xoom 2) as the Xyboard 10.1. We're not sure the new name will help, but hey, it's still the same Xoom experience, and that's not a terrible thing. The 4G LTE speeds aren't bad either.
Hands-on video overview
Design and feel
The Xyboard hardware retains some of the odd characteristics of the Xoom, but it's a definite improvement in most every way. Motorola has taken steps to make the Xyboard almost as thin (8.8mm vs. 8.6mm) and almost as light (21.13oz vs. 19.75oz) as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. This is an achievement, especially considering the iPad 2 is 8.8mm thick and weighs 21.28oz. Not bad, but we look forward to even lighter tablets. Using the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, which weighs under a pound, really felt a lot nicer, despite being just a few ounces lighter. There is room for improvement in this area, but Motorola is definitely keeping up.
The Xoom had a body made mostly of metal, but the Xyboard sacrifices its looks for a bit of grip. Motorola has added a lip on the two sides (when held in landscape orientation) of the Xyboard and covered the back edges with the rubberized coating it's known for, making the Xyboard one of the nicer tablets to hold. Its edge digs into your hand just enough for you to know you've got a grip, but not enough to be terribly uncomfortable. 10.1-inch Android tablets are an odd size, and only really exist because Apple chose 9.7 inches as the size of the iPad. (We prefer sizes in the 8-to-9-inch range, which still offer all the benefits of a larger screen, but are small enough that you can do a bit of thumb typing if you'd like.) Between the rubberized edges, the back of the Xyboard is all metal and has a nice, premium feel to it.
Thankfully, Motorola has ditched its proprietary charging port in favor of USB charging, meaning you can use any phone charger in your house to juice the Xyboard up. The micro USB, micro HDMI, and micro SIM ports are all on the bottom when in landscape mode (the default for this tablet). The audio jack and an infrared sensor are on the top, along with two speakers and the front (1.3-megapixel) and rear (5-megapixel) cameras.
The oddest part about the Xoom has returned too: All the buttons are on the back. We've never gotten used to the odd positioning of the power button on the back of the Xoom, and the awkwardly small volume toggle on the side, but the Xyboard has a much better setup. Because the edges of the tablet are so sharp, the power button and volume toggle are on the back of the tablet, but are placed quite well. Both buttons sit near each other and are placed right where you naturally grab the tablet, allowing you to naturally press them whenever you wish.
Operating system
Despite Android 4.0 being available, the Xyboard 10.1 still runs on Android 3.2. This isn't a huge deal as the operating systems look quite similar, but there are a few nice enhancements that should come to Xyboard owners when Motorola finally releases an update for the tablet. Being able to swipe away running apps, track data usage, more easily place widgets, and access an improved unlock screen are a few of the outwardly visible enhancements.
Android Honeycomb has always been kind of a bore to use since its debut. It has a bland Tron look to it and doesn't utilize touch in unique ways by allowing swiping or other intuitive gestures. Mostly, you end up tapping the screen a lot. Motorola has made some minor changes to the user interface (UI), sprucing up the onscreen navigation and clock fonts and including some of its own widgets. But like all Motorola and Verizon devices, the Xyboard is loaded with dreary grey and red backgrounds and widgets. Seriously guys, there's nothing wrong with colors that aren't dull and bland. Luckily, you can change the background if you'd like.


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A rambling monologue of one man's views on society, politics, business, environment, consumerism etc. If you want to know which trash can to put this in, "dissident American independent with liberal and tree hugger tendencies" will do.
Monday, February 14, 2011
hey, you there in the bushes!
...that is a metaphor for people who make obscure names for themselves and then repeatedly use those names in web IDs by which they chat, visit forums, blog and so forth...they almost make it easy for the marketer or phisher who is sifting the net for real names to manage an uncloaking. So say researchers at INRIA.
You can test that special bit of privacy armor you forged for yourself right here.
I did. My moniker greensmile is would not be identifying until the population of the planet shrank to 1.4 billion. But the gmail ID behind it is a friggen lighthouse with my name on it.
5 comments:
- Davo said...
Wot? there was a time when Greensmile made - if somewhat obscure - sense.
- Tue Feb 15, 05:21:00 AM GMT-5
- GreenSmile said...
Paranoia makes sense to paranoids. The things I can worry about in matters of cyber-privacy number way beyond ridiculous.
- Thu Feb 17, 01:26:00 PM GMT-5
- Gerry said...
diogenes999 is unique.
So is "the first patriarch of dai ippo zen"
Hello Greensmile, I'm back. :)
- Sun Apr 10, 02:07:00 AM GMT-5
- GreenSmile said...
Well, Gerry, I will be glad to read what what your ire prompts you to write.
- Thu Apr 14, 09:41:00 AM GMT-5
- Davoh said...
Hi GS, just thought to let you know that am doing a "blog cull" and putting your writings into "other old links" ah .. should i be so lucky to be able to choose .. heh.
- Wed Apr 27, 11:54:00 PM GMT-5


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Lipscomb Lady Bisons opened the spring golf season on a winning note beating Tennessee State.
Led by freshman Miriam Parker's 77 the Lady Bisons shot a combined score of 319 over 18 holes at McCabe Golf Course. Tennessee State fired a 360 team score.
The two teams are scheduled to meet again April 8 and 9 at Old Hickory Country Club.
Savanna Schubert finished a close second behind Parker with a 79.
"It was a good start for Miriam," Lady Bisons coach Buddy Harston said. "She has shown definite improvement from the fall season."
Danielle Grace and Morgan Bucher each shot rounds of 80.
Also in the 80s were McKenzy Carter (83), Sami Khan (84) and Sarah McFarlin (85).
Sabrina Ferreri rounded out the scoring for the Lady Bisons with a 91.
The next tournament for the Lady Bisons is March 4 and 5 at Murray State.


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text: A person or company is "negligent" if it fails to act with the level of reasonable care that prudent person or company would use in similar circumstances. If you've been injured or a loved one has died as a result of another's negligence, you may be entitled to compensation under your state's personal injury or wrongful death laws. Negligence attorneys and personal injury lawyers represent accident victims who are seeking compensation. Negligence law firms can also defend those who have been accused of injuring or killing someone because of allegedly negligent actions.


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During his four years of medical school he served as a national delegate for the American Podiatric Medical Students Association. This position gave him the opportunity to represent fellow students and his profession to the US Congress where he lobbied and petitioned on behalf of his colleagues.
He also had the opportunity to represent his colleagues internationally while serving as a liaison to the Federacion Internacional de Podologos, an international medical association. Ian was awarded the Jeffrey C. Page (Dean of Podiatry Dept) Distinguished Student Award, which is only given to one student per year.
Ian and his family will live in Seattle, WA, where he will complete a three year residency in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery at Swedish Medical Center. Swedish Medical Center has long been recognized as one of the top tier podiatric residency programs in the United States.
Ian is married to Franki Fullmer Burtenshaw, also of Monticello, and they are the proud parents of three beautiful children.
Ian is the son of Kim and Cyndi Burtenshaw and the grandson of the late Devon and Anna Lee Burtenshaw, the late Daniel Shoemaker Jr. , and Barbara Shoemaker Corbin.
He is a graduate of Monticello High School and Utah State University.


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FIE projects address critical educational issues in Florida. Working with local, regional, and statewide initiatives, these projects cover a wide range of topics:
FIE continues to build on a rich body of research to support young children's learning and the active engagement in that learning by their families. FIE researchers worked collaboratively with school readiness and prekindergarten teachers to develop and test innovative instructional strategies using concept mapping designed to strengthen children's background knowledge, vocabulary, and connection-making skills. This past year was a busy one in the school readiness sector.
The Early Literacy and Learning Model/Plus (ELLM/Plus) is a research-based, comprehensive curriculum for 3-, 4-, and 5-year old preschool children that has been proven to be effective improving children's early reading achievement in an experimental study. The literacy-focused curriculum builds children's cognitive development through literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, motor experiences, and physical health. Children's acquisition of important cognitive and social/emotional development is facilitated through interactions with supportive teachers and other adults who encourage children's curiosity, persistence, and creativity by planning and implementing engaging activities and providing support during learning experiences. ELLM/Plus is designed to expand children's vocabularies and refine their understanding and comprehension of words they know and use.
The Teaching with Technology Initiative aims to explore ways to use educational technology/digital learning tools to improve children's learning as well as to explore ways to increase teachers' access to professional learning opportunities designed to increase teachers' content, pedagogical, and technological knowledge.
FIE continues to promote educational opportunities for students from early childhood learning through post-secondary education. Two major initiatives are the PreK-Grade 2 Transitions and the UNF/FIE PreCollegiate Connections: College Reach-Out Program. PreK-Grade 2 Transitions is designed to support children and their families as they transition from prekindergarten to kindergarten. The UNF/FIE PreCollegiate Connections: College Reach-Out Program aims to increase middle school students' aspirations for enrollment and success in post-secondary education.
FIE partners with community agencies to develop a well-coordinated early learning and transition system to improve PreK-Grade 2 children's achievement, promote meaningful family engagement, and provide professional learning opportunities for Prekindergarten-Grade 2 practitioners.
The Family Home Instructional Units are designed for Family Home providers and teachers who work with 2-,3-, and 4 year old children. The Family Home Instructional Units are supplemental curriculum that support recent emergent literacy research that strengthens children's knowledge.
The Florida Institute of Education created and implemented the FIE Strategic Coaching Model to help build capacity of teachers and address the school readiness gap between children living in poverty and their more affluent peers. Initially, the model focused on improving teacher skills in the areas of reading aloud, oral language, letter/sound knowledge, phonological awareness, and emergent writing.
Concept maps are two-dimensional, hierarchical diagrams depicting relationships among concepts. Their use helps individuals visualize the structure of the mapped knowledge. The construction of concept maps helps transform non-spatial information into connected webs and, as a result, supports the development of spatial thinking both on the part of the mapper as well as those reading the maps. Concept mapping was used to organize the FIE Annual Report and is used to present the Table of Contents.
FIE works toward this vision using a systematic approach for improving practice and informing policy, an approach which embraces a sustained commitment to research, to university/practitioner collaboration, to innovation and development, to dissemination of evidence-based tools and strategies, and to data-informed decision- and policy-making.
FIE provides COEHS doctoral students interested in improving educational outcomes for at-risk children and youth opportunities to work with researchers in ongoing research studies and curriculum research and development efforts taking place at FIE.


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George, Karl, Leslie (pilot-Kevin's friend), Kevin, Eric, John, Millo, Marcus, Karen… that might be everybody, or I might be missing someone. What wasn't missed was a day that turned out so much nicer than expected! I put on the long-fingered gloves but really didn't need to; it probably started around 54 degrees and was up to 64 by the time I got back home a couple hours later. No complaints!
Since it was a Tuesday I knew it would be a bit harder than the Thursday version of our ride, but hard is really what you make of it yourself. Starting up Kings I'm now making sure to not set the pace at the beginning, since people complain that I go hard and then blow up. Not sure how that's a whole lot different than what I'm doing now… waiting for Marcus and John and Karl to pass by, and then hanging onto their wheels for dear life until… I blow up! The end result is the same; no way can I maintain a torrid pace all the way up the hill. Yet. Working on that one! And I think my new life as a bike commuter is helping out in that regard, since my 15 minute ride home includes a stiff climb at the end, and no matter how tough the day has been, no matter how tired or hungry I am, I still punch it as hard as I can.
Once we get to the park I get a chance to rest for a minute or two, and then continue up the hill at a bit more moderate pace. It's still tough seeing the fast guys head on up ahead though, and I'll still try to get back up to them at least once, an effort that pretty much destroys me. As usual. But today at least I got in two hard sprints, with George pushing things each time. Looking at the video I shot during the ride, I saw something that I key on during the sprint, without thinking about it… George pulls ahead, takes a quick glance back and then takes off. It's that glance that tells me I've got it. If you're serious about a sprint and it's going to be an all-out drag race, there's nothing to be gained by looking back, unless you're thinking about backing down, and if that's in your mind, you've lost already. In George's case, I think he's just curious and wants to know where he is vs myself or Karl. If it were a tactical sprint, knowing exactly where the other guys are makes sense, but for either the Skegg's or Sky Londa sprints, the tactics are played out well before the actual sprint (while you establish your position… basically, whose wheel to sit on).
The most-interesting part of the ride for me wasn't a sprint though. George and Karl had gotten out ahead on the 84 descent into Woodside, with me in that no-man's land between them and a few some distance behind. Normally I'd be inclined to wait for those behind if there was much of a gap to the front guys, but today? Today I wanted to see if I could run George & Karl down, in particular on the Tripp Road section where I normally run out of gas and am happy to sit on someone's wheel. But today I managed to bridge the gap to them, after which Karl promptly attacked, leaving me behind. Good tactic on Karl's part, since it took me completely out of the final sprint.
This is what I do for fun. Or is it, This is what I do for fun? To tell you the truth, at 55, I'm scared to death that, if I slow down, I'll never get back up to speed again! –Mike–


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Skeptic Check: Science Blunders
Categories: Earth
Nov 25, 2013
ENCORE We've all had an "oops" moment. Scientists are no exception. Sometimes science stumbles in the steady march of progress. Find out why cold fusion is a premier example why you shouldn't hold a press conference before publishing your results. Also, how to separate fumbles from faux-science from fraud.
Plus, why ignorance is what really drives the scientific method.
And our Hollywood skeptic poses as a psychic for Dr. Phil, while our Dr. Phil (Plait) investigates the authenticity of a life-bearing meteorite.
- Phil Plait – Skeptic and author of Slate Magazine's blog Bad Astronomy
- Michael Gordin – Historian of science at Princeton University, author of The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe
- David Goodstein – Physicist, California Institute of Technology
- Stuart Firestein – Neuroscientist, chair of the biology department, Columbia University, and author of Ignorance: How It Drives Science
- Jim Underdown – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles
First released January 28, 2013.


text: I suddenly lost electrical power in my Rossion yesterday, noticed steering became heavy (power steering shut down), and the engine/RPM gauge went down to zero. Luckily I was able to pull to the side of the road and stop. I was surprised to be able to re-start the car and drive it back home. Being the 3rd owner, I am inclined to believe that the battery (Yellow Top Optima?) has never been replaced. The car is a 2010 (RUS#56). I am not sure what the Optima battery model # is, or if anybody else has replaced their battery with an equivalent brand/model battery, please let me know which one? I plan to order one and swap it out myself. Also read on here about relocating the battery to behind the passenger seat, which sounds like a great idea. Thanks, everyone!


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Yesterday I had a session at a spot we have to hike into, so I had to pack my gear in a travel bag.
I packed an 18m xbow and a 13m xbow with the 18m bar and mistakenly took my 10m sb bar.
After having issues with my 13m not flying correctly in light wind, no power, slow turning, windtips folding in at max power I realized
I had brought the wrong bar. I changed the bar to the 18m one which is 65cm (13m is 55cm and 10m is 48cm). Immediately I noticed great power increase,
and with the bar fully sheeting the wingtips didnt fold in. I couldnt compare to the bar that comes with the kite but overall it seemed as
if the kite was performing much better than stock. Faster turning speed, smoother powerflow.
Is this in my head? Is there any disadvantages to using a larger bar?


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I am pretty quick to complain so I thought that I gained a lot of new material this morning because of the rough trip from my hotel to the opening of the Beijing auto show. It turns out I got to the show with fewer delays than Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne's police-escorted motorcade.
My journey did not start well. Two taxi drivers refused to take me because they said the show was too far away. Thankfully, the third driver felt that my trip was worth his effort so we started our journey. But the driver had trouble deciding where we had to go because the show is at a new location.
I was really worried for about 40 minutes because I had no idea if we were heading in the right direction. There was no way to successfully communicate with the driver so I just sat silently and trust blindly.
Finally, some Toyota Yaris billboard ads started to appear, giving me hope that were heading in the right direction.
I soon learned that my 45-minute, 85-yuan (10.20-euro) taxi ride was among the fastest and most economical trips of the morning. It took some colleagues two to three hours to get to the show. Even Marchionne got stuck, forcing him to arrive in the middle of the press conference to unveil Fiat's new car for China, the Fiat Viaggio compact sedan (a derivative of the Dodge Dart sold in North America).
Many thanks, unknown Beijing taxi driver. You provided superb service at a very reasonable price. However, if you would like a bit of free advice on how to further improve customer satisfaction, then please buy a new set of shocks for your aging VW sedan.


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Nestled in the heart of the gorgeous Oregon Coast, a vacation rental in Lincoln City will put you within easy reach of all this northern beach town has to offer. Choose a rental condo on the beach and take walks along the sand to watch waves crush against the shore or go clamming or crabbing. Animal lovers can enjoy whale watching from the beach or on a boat or seeing seals up close in the bay. Lincoln City also has lots of shopping – and don't forget, there's no sales tax in Oregon!
A vacation rental home is a relaxing way for the whole family to enjoy life in Lincoln City. With steady winds and miles of sandy beaches, Lincoln City is a world famous destination for kite flying. Buy one of the many kites made here and head to D River Wayside State Park to watch it soar. For a less windy adventure, take the kids over to Regatta Park on Devils Lake, where you can walk on trails, go boating or visit one of Oregon's oldest trees.
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Depp writing songs with Tyler
JOHNNY DEPP's music ambitions have been given a huge boost after hitting the studio with AEROSMITH frontman STEVEN TYLER, calling the collaboration "a dream come true".
The Hollywood star began his career as a musician before turning to acting, although he has returned to his rock roots in recent years by recording with band Babybird and directing one of their videos.
Depp is now writing tracks with rock icon Tyler, telling U.S. news show Extra, "We've been hanging out here and there. He's someone I've admired greatly for such a long time. The idea of writing songs with him is a dream come true."
Tyler recently pinpointed Depp as the ideal actor play him in a film adaptation of his life, and the movie star admits he would happily take on the role if asked, adding, "I would give it a shot, why not?"