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Political luminaries pay tribute to KennedyAP – Caroline Kennedy participates in a Celebration of Life Memorial Service as she pays tribute to her uncle, …
BOSTON – In death as in life, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Friday brought together political rivals — this time to celebrate his ferocious sense of humor and unwavering dedication to family and country. A who's who of politics gathered at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston for the more than three-hour tribute featuring spirited musical performances, hearty laughter and calls to continue to fight for Kennedy's last political wish — health coverage for all Americans. Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona called Kennedy "the best ally you could have" when they agreed on issues, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, another GOP colleague, said he'd battled like a brother with Kennedy for 33 years and "loved every minute of it." "I miss fighting in public and joking with him in the background. I miss all the things we could do together," Hatch said. He recalled that Kennedy once dressed as an Elvis impersonator at a staff holiday party, would frequently blow cigar smoke in his direction during their early years of political committee debates, and "just knew how to push people's buttons." The speakers, many of whom worked for years with Kennedy in the Senate, shared stories of his congeniality and knack for compromise as they recalled his congressional successes and the ones he had yet to achieve — most notably the struggle for health care reform — when he died this week of a brain tumor at age 77. His closest friend in the Senate, Democrat Christopher Dodd, of Connecticut, made note of the relationships he developed across the aisle, and singled out Hatch and McCain. "It is to their great credit that they so often supported Teddy's efforts. And, I say in some jest, it is to Teddy's great credit that he so rarely supported theirs," Dodd said to an eruption of laughter. The "Celebration of Life," contrasted with the solemnity of the motorcade that carried Kennedy's body from Cape Cod to Boston a day earlier and the sobriety of the public viewing, where an estimated 50,000 people filed past the senator's flag-draped coffin at the presidential library named for one of his slain brothers. Kennedy's niece, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, said traveling in the motorcade reminded her of the family history trips her Uncle Teddy would organize for her and her cousins when they were children. Over the years, they would visit the Washington monument, Valley Forge, the Brooklyn Bridge and Bunker Hill, among other sites. "Now Teddy has become a part of history and we are the ones who will have to do all the things he would have done, for us, for each other and for our country," Schlossberg said. Vice President Joseph Biden said Kennedy became a "big brother" to him when he first joined the Senate 36 years ago, and encouraged him to keep his seat after his wife and daughter had been killed in a car accident. He called Kennedy a "historic figure, a heroic figure" and said the Kennedy era would live on in the next generations. Kennedy's nephew and former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, called on the hundreds of invited guests gathered there to dedicate themselves to causes Kennedy had championed throughout his 47 years in the Senate. And he recalled a lesson he learned from his uncle one time when it appeared certain they were destined to lose a sailing race. "He was telling me, never, ever, ever, ever give up. You stay in the race. And if people don't have health care, you stay in the race. If people don't have adequate housing, you stay in the race. If people aren't being treated properly you stay in the race," he said. The health care bill on which Kennedy took the lead has been among the most controversial pieces of legislation considered by Congress in recent years. Protests have erupted around the country, and opponents have called it a nationalized — even socialized — program. Many of the speakers made clear they would continue his fight. "He labored with all his might to make health care a right for all America, and we will do that in his honor," said Sen. John Kerry, his Democratic colleague from Massachusetts for decades. Dodd, who has taken over Kennedy's key role on Capitol Hill on the health care bill, said Kennedy had called him two weeks ago when he was coming out of surgery for prostate cancer. "'Well,' he roared, 'between going through prostate cancer surgery and doing town hall meetings, you made the right choice!'" Dodd recalled. "And though he was dying, and I was hurting, believe me, he had me howling with laughter in the recovery room as he made a few choice comments, I cannot repeat, about catheters." At moments, the event took on the feel of an Irish wake, though it always returned to Kennedy's commitment to family and country. In a tender family moment, Joe Kennedy thanked his cousins — Kennedy's children — for sharing him with so many, particularly after the assassinations of Kennedy's brothers. "Every single one of my brothers and sisters needed a father, and we gained one through Uncle Teddy. Caroline and John were no different," he said. "The truth of the matter is that for so many of us, we just needed someone to hang onto, and Teddy was always there to hang onto. He had such a big heart, and he shared that heart with all of us." Kennedy's friend, Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell, sang Kennedy's favorite song, "The Impossible Dream" from the musical "Man of La Mancha," for which Mitchell was nominated for a Tony Award. And a video tribute directed by renowned documentarian Ken Burns and Mark Herzog was played. The private memorial, which was nationally televised, came hours after officials ended the two-day public viewing of the flag-draped casket at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Maureen Conte, 44, rode her bike 40 minutes to the library and was one of the last people allowed in the viewing. "I did it for my parents," Conte said. "My mom called me and was so sad. She said, 'It's the end of an era.' I came to pay homage to Ted for all he's done for our country." A funeral Mass is scheduled for The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, better known as the Mission Church, in Boston on Saturday. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and tenor Placido Domingo will perform, and President Barack Obama is delivering the eulogy. All the living former presidents are expected to attend except for George H.W. Bush. Spokesman Jim McGrath said Friday that the 85-year-old Bush feels his son's presence will "amply and well represent" the family. Kennedy will be buried Saturday evening near his brothers at Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia. Associated Press writer Glen Johnson contributed to this report.
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What To Do After a Car Accident in North Carolina
If you are involved in an accident or collision in North Carolina, you must be prepared to act responsibly and in accordance with State law. Following are some general guidelines and more specific requirements to follow in case of an accident.
As a responsible driver, you must never leave the scene of an accident. Not only is it essential that you provide any necessary help immediately following an accident, but leaving an accident scene can result in having your driving privileges revoked or your license suspended.
After stopping your vehicle, you should pull up as close to the accident as safely possible, without obstructing traffic. Take a moment to assess the situation, and do not panic. Be aware of the traffic situation, and any other potential dangers, such as fire.
You should do your best to provide immediate assistance to other motorists, passengers or pedestrians that may have been injured in the accident.
Take extra care when attempting to move an injured person; if possible, wait for an ambulance to arrive. Notify 911 to report any injuries and call for medical assistance. If the accident results in death, injuries or if damage to property exceeds $1,000, it is mandatory to inform the local North Carolina police, sheriff or highway patrol.
If you have been injured in a car accident, it is important to stay calm. If possible, ensure that you are out of danger and not blocking any oncoming traffic. Call or wait for help, and do not attempt to move if you are unable to do so. See Auto Accident Injuries for more information.
If you are involved in an accident in North Carolina, you are required to provide certain information to the other parties involved. Likewise, fellow motorists, passengers or pedestrians involved in the accident must share similar information with you.
Also, it is often wise to ask for the information of witnesses to the accident just in case you need to have them testify at a later date. The key information to exchange in the aftermath of an accident includes:
- Name, address and contact details.
- Official NC driver license number.
- License plate number of the vehicles involved.
- Auto insurance information for the motorists involved.
It may also be useful to take photographs at the scene of the accident. If you hit an unattended vehicle, you must make an effort to find the owner or driver, and follow these same procedures.
If you are unable to locate the owner of an unattended vehicle, you are required to leave a note indicating your name, contact information, and a brief description of the accident and also report it to the nearest police station.
- You are not required to report any accidents to the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles. Nonetheless, all accidents that involve death, injury or property damage exceeding $1,000 must be reported to the Police.
- If you fail to report an accident to the North Carolina Police, you may have your license suspended. In the event that another driver offers to pay for damages and asks you not to report an accident, you are still required to file the report in any of the situations outlined above.
- Police officers have the right to ask for proof of valid insurance. If you did not have liability insurance when the accident occurred, your driving privileges may be suspended.
- Notify your auto insurance company if you are involved in an accident.
- See also Auto Accident Injuries.
- In the event that you are injured in an auto accident, consider contacting a personal injury attorney. Retain copies of any medical expenses incurred as a result of an accident.
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Making Tax Digital for Business: VAT
HMRC is phasing in its landmark Making Tax Digital (MTD) regime, which will ultimately require taxpayers to move to a fully digital tax system. Regulations have now been issued which set out the requirements for MTD for VAT. Under the new rules, businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) must keep digital records for VAT purposes and provide their VAT return information to HMRC using MTD functional compatible software.
The new rules have effect from 1 April 2019, where a taxpayer has a 'prescribed accounting period' which begins on that date, and otherwise from the first day of a taxpayer's first prescribed accounting period beginning after 1 April 2019.
HMRC is piloting MTD for VAT during 2018, ahead of its introduction in April 2019.
Keeping digital records and making quarterly updates will not be mandatory for taxes other than VAT before April 2020, although businesses below the VAT threshold which have voluntarily registered for VAT can opt to join the scheme.
As with electronic VAT filing at present, there will be some exemptions from MTD for VAT. However, the exemption categories are tightly-drawn and unlikely to be applicable to most VAT registered businesses.
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Keeping digital records will not mean businesses are mandated to use digital invoices and receipts but the actual recording of supplies made and received must be digital. It is likely that third party commercial software will be required. Software will not be available from HMRC. The use of spreadsheets will be allowed, but they will have to be combined with add-on software to meet HMRC's requirements.
In the long run, HMRC is still looking to a scenario where income tax updates are made quarterly and digitally, and this is really what the VAT provisions anticipate. |
Corporation tax rates
Corporation tax rates have already been enacted for periods up to 31 March 2021.
The main rate of corporation tax is currently 19%. The rate for future years is:
- 19% for the Financial Years beginning on 1 April 2018 and 1 April 2019
- 17% for the Financial Year beginning on 1 April 2020.
Class 2 and 4 National Insurance contributions (NICs)
Class 2 NICs will be abolished from April 2019. The Chancellor confirmed in March 2017 that there will be no increases to Class 4 NICs rates in this Parliament.
Intangible fixed assets
The Intangible Fixed Assets regime, which was introduced from 1 April 2002, fundamentally changed the way the UK corporation tax system treats intangible fixed assets (such as copyrights, patents and trademarks) and goodwill. As the regime is now more than 15 years old, the government would like to examine whether there is scope for reforms that would simplify it and make it more effective in supporting economic growth.
The government is seeking stakeholder views and evidence on specific aspects of the regime, including:
- the impact of the 1 April 2002 commencement rule and the restriction on goodwill and customer related intangibles on the complexity and competitiveness of the regime
- the use of the election for a 4% per annum fixed rate of relief
- the impact of the regime's de-grouping rules on mergers and acquisitions.
Corporate tax and the digital economy
The government published a 'position paper' at Autumn Budget 2017, setting out its view on the challenges raised by the digital economy. In summary, the digital economy has put the corporate tax system under pressure, creating imbalances between those firms with and without a physical presence. Certain digital businesses, like social media platforms or search engines, create value in ways that are not reflected in existing tax rules. The government's view is that these businesses rely on the active participation of UK users but existing international rules do not take account of this value in determining how much of their profit is subject to UK corporation tax.
This is a long term project. In the meantime there is a need to consider interim action. Of the options that have been put forward, the government thinks the most attractive is a tax on the revenues that businesses generate from the provision of digital services to the UK market.
An updated position paper has now been issued which seeks to address and develop the questions that have so far been raised. This includes:
- setting out a more detailed explanation of how user participation is considered to create value for certain digital businesses
- a possible approach for incorporating user-created value into the international tax rules and
- some of the important questions regarding the detailed design of a revenue-based interim measure.
Cash and digital payments
With cash use falling from 62% of all payments in 2006 to only 40% in 2016, the government will consult and seek evidence about how the role of digital payments is to fit into the growing digital economy. This will include identifying what further work can be done to remove barriers to digital payments. At the same time the government acknowledges that cash must remain accessible and secure, especially for the 2.7 million people entirely reliant on cash payments. It is also determined to further strengthen the crackdown on the use of cash as a method of money laundering and tax evasion.
Online platforms
The government has launched a call for evidence on the role of online platforms in ensuring tax compliance by their users. The types of online platforms the government is principally interested in are platforms:
- that allow people to earn money from spare resources such as cars and spare rooms
- that allow people to use their time to generate extra income
- that connect buyers with individuals or businesses offering services or goods for sale.
The government wants to ensure that, where people have tax obligations because of these activities, it is easy for them to comply. The government considers that some do not fully understand or are unaware of their tax obligations. The focus of the work will be on direct taxes.
VAT collection – split payment
The government wants to combat online VAT fraud by harnessing new technology and is consulting on VAT split payment. This will utilise payments industry technology to collect VAT on online sales and transfer it directly to HMRC. In the government's view this would significantly reduce the challenge of enforcing online seller compliance and offer a simplification for business.
VAT registration threshold: call for evidence
The government considers that the current design of the VAT registration threshold may be dis-incentivising small businesses from growing their business and improving their productivity. The Office of Tax Simplification had previously recommended that the government examine the current approach to the VAT threshold.
This call for evidence will explore the effect of the current threshold on small businesses. Different policy options will be considered and whether these options could better incentivise growth.
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The UK VAT registration threshold of £85,000 is the highest in the EU. |
VAT fraud in labour provision in the construction sector
The government will pursue legislation to shift responsibility for paying VAT along the supply chain with the introduction of a domestic VAT reverse charge for supplies of construction services with effect from October 2019. The long lead-in time reflects the government's commitment to give businesses adequate time to prepare for the changes.
Extension of security deposit legislation
The government announced at Autumn Budget 2017 that it would introduce legislation to extend the scope of existing security deposits legislation to include corporation tax and Construction Industry Scheme deductions, with effect from April 2019. A consultation has now been published inviting comments on the how to implement the changes.
Legislation will allow HMRC to require high risk businesses to provide an upfront security deposit, where it believes there is a serious risk to the revenue. Currently HMRC has powers to require a security deposit in respect of other taxes such as VAT and Pay As You Earn.


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June 19, 2014
By James Wright
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday June 10 that the Justice Department supports a proposal to allow some people serving time in federal prison for nonviolent drug offenses to be eligible for reduced sentences.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission approved a proposal in April to significantly lower the base offense associated with various drug quantities involved in drug trafficking crimes. The Justice Department wants the revised sentencing guidelines to be retroactive for convicts without significant criminal histories and whose offenses did not include aggravating factors, such as the possession of a dangerous weapon or the use of violence.
"Under the department's proposal, if your offense was nonviolent, did not involve a weapon, and you do not have a significant criminal history, you would be eligible to apply for a reduced sentence in accordance with the new rules approved by the commission in April," Holder said. "Not everyone in prison for a drug-related offense would be eligible. Nor would everyone who is eligible be guaranteed a reduced sentence."
The commission will vote next month on whether the change, which is estimated to reduce the average sentence by 23 months, should be applied retroactively to those currently incarcerated.
Holder said a retroactive change "strikes the best balance between protecting public safety and addressing the overcrowding of our prison system that has been exacerbated by unnecessarily long sentences."


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A piece of jewellery in the shape of the deer decorated with shining diamonds will bring you Christmas mood and make your wishes come true. The limited Christmas collection presents individual accessories with deer patterns, that can be combined in whatever manner up to your taste and desire. The central component of the accessory gives it an irresistible charm and white gold symbolises eternity and immortality of beauty.
If you have a special deadline, please let us know. Express production is possible by agreement. The fee for urgent production is calculated individually according to the type of jewelry.
CARAT WEIGHT | 0.005ct |
SIZE | 1.0mm |
WIDTH | 0.8mm |
THICKNESS | 0.7mm |
WiDTH | 13mm |
METAL | Gold 14k |
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At Mialis, we are satisfied that jewelry should be as unique as your moments, memories and people that are around you. Not something from the catalogue that million other people have. It's something that should be created just for you. Albert Mustaev is CEO of Mialis and jeweler in one person makes a variety of minimalist pieces. We are passionate about what we do and that is why we have decided to provide beautiful, affordable and personalized jewelry to all. With Mialis you can always count on our expertise and knowledge in making jewelry.
We are working with only genuine precious stones
We use only the best diamonds with GIA, ČGL HRD and IGI certificates. For your better understanding we'll try to explain how does it work in some more details.
The above-mentioned certificate, first, proves the qualities of the stone, and second, demonstrates the readiness of the seller to make his business transparently. The certificate describes in details all the technical characteristics of the stone, that gives you a chance to adequately evaluate the accessory and be sure in its genuity and pureness.
The research is made by the best-known laboratories and the degree of trust towards the product depends directly on the type of the finally awarded certificate.
The certificates owns its watermarks, microstamps and holographic patterns. These protection means to speak of the genuinity of the article. The official website of GIA gives you an opportunity to verify its originality and compliance by searching the number of certificate on the site. Besides the girdle (its side face) of the stones, certified in GIA laboratories, the logo of the company and the number of the certificate are printed by laser (its side face). The number, printed on the stone can be seen with 10-fold magnifier.
All diamond accessories, produced under Mialis Jewelry brand are accompanied by GIA certificate. So, you absolutely don't have to worry about the identity of your accessory. Every article has its own certificate of genuinity and laser pattern on its face as well, that will tell you a lot about the product, if needed.
We carefully package all our jewelry with the biggest love and care. Each jewel is safely stored in a luxurious box with the Mialis logo. The package also includes a certificate for the entire piece of jewelry, where all its parameters are described, including the authenticity of the stones and used materials. Selected luxury models also contain certificates for diamonds or precious stones from international companies such as GIA or IGI. With every order, we include practical tips on how to care for jewelry and a free cleaning cloth. A small gift for joy is also included. We send all our packages in a paper box without unnecessary plastics to minimize the impact on the environment. Orders for personal pick up are in a minimalist paper bag.
With us, you can be sure of quality and individual care for each customer. We are always ready to consult with you any questions about the production of your dream jewelry, about the time and method of shipment or about anything else. You can communicate with us online or arrange a personal meeting in our showroom in the center of Prague. A lifetime guarantee on all jewelry, free shipping or the option of express production have been our long-standing standard. Even a small purchase is a big purchase for us. We appreciate every customer.
With us, you can be sure that we make all our jewelry from the best materials. We devote 100% care to the selection of precious metals and gems. We work most often with 14k and 18k gold, and then with platinum. With us, you can be sure that the gold will not change its color and will resist oxidation. We devote enough time to the final surface treatment of the jewelry to achieve the best result. In addition, we polish all jewelry without harmful chemicals to make our jewelry safe for health. We only buy diamonds and gemstones from proven suppliers who share the same philosophy as us. In our jewelry studio, we also make jewelry from recycled gold in order to maintain our commitment to sustainable development in jewelry, and above all to our planet
Unique handmade jewelry accentuates your individuality and gives the feeling of excellence. Choose the experienced jeweler with a refined taste. Manual creation of jewelry requires the utmost diligence and dexterity, a fair amount of self-confidence and also a responsibility. The experienced jeweler will make for you a chosen piece of jewelry and even customize it according to your wishies. A jewelry made of precious metals is a great gift for a festive occasion but will also adorn even an ordinary day.


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Maria Voices
August 8, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 3:30 pm on Monday, repeating until January 2, 2023
A Community Choir that meets for song, music, fun and good company.
Where: Every Monday at 3:30 – 5:00pm
Where: The Orford Community Hall – 33 Charles Street, Orford
Admission: Gold Coin Donation
We have a sing-along each Monday Fortnight and a performance choir on alternate Monday. You may wish to be part of both groups or just one.
Contact: Mary-Margret Gibson on 0419 502 022
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Legal Glossary
The legal glossary is a comprehensive index of legal terms aimed at educating and helping consumers better understand some of the legal terminology and jargon that is often used in describing legal matters.
Government entity authorized to resolve legal disputes. Judges sometimes use court to refer to themselves in the third person, as in the court has read the briefs.


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You might have heard about this giant infrastructure plan, or maybe you haven't.
Either way, if the two-trillion-dollar spending bill passes, it's going to be a big deal, and there are a few things everyone ought to know. The first question I had is, what exactly does infrastructure mean?
The simple answer here is physical things we need to move around and keep society moving, including roads, bridges, trains, and power lines.
"The American Jobs plan will modernize 20,000 miles of highways, roads, and main streets that are in difficult, difficult shape right now," said President Joe Biden when he introduced his infrastructure plan to the country.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg added that "this is a moment for the United States to decide if we are in fact going to lead the world or are we going to be just another country."
The president's proposal includes more than $600 billion that will be devoted to transportation-related projects.
"This package would really make a big difference in terms of addressing a lot of the backlog of needs that we've had in transportation for quite a long time, 20 to 30 years or so," said Andrew Goetz, a professor at the University of Denver.
Goetz has been working in and studying transportation issues for more than 30 years. He says most of the money budgeted for transportation will go to repairs and projects we as a country have pushed aside for years.
"There would be a significant improvement in terms of roads and highways, and in particular, there a lot of the repair maintenance work that has been put off or only done in bits and pieces," said Goetz.
Trains and public transit is another big-ticket item, coming in with a $165 billion price tag.
"Big cities with a lot of transit infrastructures like New York, Chicago, and Boston those places are going to be using the funds and making their systems better," said Goetz.
Amtrak has proposed an expansion of possibly more than 30 new routes across the country.
There's $175 billion for electric vehicle infrastructure and another $16 billion for environmental projects.
And another $100 billion to implement a nationwide broadband network, and then we start to stretch the classic definition of infrastructure into what some people call the care infrastructure.
"The infrastructure we all need to be able to work. So, childcare, paid leave, home care," said Hannah Matthews, the associate director for policy at the Center for Law and Social Policy.
The organization has been advocating for more funding for the core infrastructure, some of which showed up in the president's first proposal.
"It includes a major investment in home and community-based care," said Matthews.
That comes in the form of $400 billion for expanded long-term care for Medicare. That would allow more seniors to receive care at home.
Advocates like Hannah hope that the second stage of the infrastructure plan expands more into care infrastructure.
"Affordable childcare, universal childcare for all and pre-kindergarten, so making sure three and four-year-olds have access to pre-k programs," said Matthews.
Advocates are also hopeful for paid family leave and free community college in the next infrastructure package.
This proposal's total price tag is $2 trillion, and Biden says he wants to fund it by raising corporate tax rates in the US from 21% to 28%.
There are also talks about raising taxes on those making more than $400,000.
There's still a lot to be sorted out in Washington.


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Tuesday's Think Kit prompt - "Scents have the power to take us all kinds of places. What smell takes you somewhere else? Where'd you go?"
Smells are important. Especially the smell of blueberry muffins on Christmas morning that wafted through my home growing up. It's a rather innocuous smell but one that's really left an imprint on me.
This smell is so engrained in my being. Mom somehow finds time to make a couple dozen boxed blueberry muffins to take to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Ford Christmas, all while doing the things great moms do on Christmas morning. This took decades of conditioning and because of that, whenever I smell blueberry muffins I'm no longer completely here. I'm partially there.
I'm blogging this month as part of Smallbox Design's community project Think Kit (thinkkit.org). It's my 3rd or 4th year doing it and it's real entertaining for me, and sometimes my audience.
I'll be blogging from my phone, more times than not this Think Kit. Please excuse typos or editing lapses because this screen is apparently still too small for those sorts of things.


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DETROIT (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. is recalling 633,753 Odyssey minivans in the U.S. because the second-row seats could move unexpectedly.
The recall involves Odysseys from the 2011 to 2016 model years. They were made between Aug. 1, 2010, and Oct. 1, 2015.
The vehicles have a second-row seat lever that moves the outer seats forward to access the third row. Honda says the release lever may remain in an unlocked position, which could allow the seats to move unexpectedly.
Honda says the problem was identified through warranty claims. There are no reports of injuries or accidents related to the issue.
Honda will notify owners about the recall next month. Dealers will repair the seat levers for free.
The recall was posted Thursday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's web site.


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Ability to log in using username is also kept.
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The plugin will also operate on some later versions of Virtuemart 2.
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On the same site, you can also test it on the checkout page. Info data you need for the test is on top of the page.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
How to warm a naked Mountie
They even had a review of The State of Craft, the craft book I contributed to!
Anyways, I was immediately taken by the mug cozies on the cover of one of the mags. A cute and quick project! I made a few for Christmas gifts for friends. Of course I had fun embroidering on cute quirky sayings...mostly plays on the word "hot," since all my girlfriends are so darn sexy ;) "I'm hot," "Hot stuff," "Too hot to handle"....stuff like that! Here is an example of one of them:
And this one I modified for take out coffee:
So I thought I would send a little something back over the ocean to Alison in thanks. Since she claims to be knitting-impaired, and she has this terrible cough every time I post about a hat I have knit, I thought I would make one for the poor dear to keep her warm. And I didn't even make one mistake on this one! Well, not after the third time I unraveled it and started again, anyhow. A bloody miracle. I am sure it will be revered ;) Check it, Peeps!
Alison had also requested that I send a "naked Canadian Mountie" her way. Unfortunately, I couldn't cooerse one into the envelope. If I come across one, though, I will be sure to knit him up one of these:
Or this?
Or, since you live on a little island, perhaps something nautical? That's a love anchor, right?
(Disclaimer: I did not make these wonders of nature. I have no idea who did, the photos were passed on via an email and I could not trace/credit the source. Nor am I acquainted with the gentleman model. View at own risk. I can not be held responsible for any swooning or horniness that may result from viewing these photos. Please do not view while simultaneously ingesting food or water as the combination may result in a choking hazard. Namaste.)
37 comments:
- Stephanie said...
I don't know whether I want to laugh over those last photos or cry because someone actually took the time to make something like that! Hilarious and yet disturbing at the same time!!
The purple hat is so cute, love :) - January 18, 2012 at 6:38 AM
- Berlinquilter said...
Thank you so much for posting this funny stuff all the time. I read the link you posted last time: http://ocd-obsessivecraftingdisorder.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-humpday-need-laugh.html,
to my colleague and we had such good laughs!!! Thanks again, allthough I wouldn´t want to meet a guy in these shorts, I think they are funny. - January 18, 2012 at 6:54 AM
- Emily said...
You. Crack. Me. Up.
- January 18, 2012 at 7:08 AM
- Pat said...
Someone definitely has too much time on their hands!! LOL!! Think I've seen everything now...
- January 18, 2012 at 8:13 AM
- bethanndodd said...
Hehehe...too funny! The hat you made is beautiful...lucky Alison! Smiles~Beth
- January 18, 2012 at 8:56 AM
- Jennifer said...
Now, that was a great way to start my morning!
Thanks! ;) - January 18, 2012 at 8:57 AM
- Jennifer said...
Oh. dear. Lord.
Some people have way too much time on their hands...
Thanks for the laugh!
Jennifer :) - January 18, 2012 at 9:09 AM
- *kate said...
Oh, snap! I read the disclaimer AFTER spewing coffee all over my desk. ;-)
- January 18, 2012 at 9:16 AM
- krisgray said...
LOL!!! What a great morning laugh from knitting humor- thanks!
- January 18, 2012 at 9:23 AM
- Jules said...
lol, i think the disclaimer needs to be before the photos!! omg....someone made those! on the other hand i love your "hot" cup holders
- January 18, 2012 at 10:46 AM
- Natalie said...
OMG, I was laughing just at the title of the post, and then when I read the whole thing... yours is by FAR the most highly entertaining blog I read.
I love the Mollie Makes magazines-- so cool that you have a whole pile of them! The aesthetic they capture is beautiful.
I love love the hat you knitted! I keep meaning to make one of those slouchy hats-- pretty much every time I see yours! Also, the mug cozies are so adorable-- yet another thing I want to copy off of you!
And, as for those shorts... well, there are no words :) Plus, ending the post with a "Namaste" was perfect. I love your sense of humor! - January 18, 2012 at 10:53 AM
- www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com said...
OMG, I can't stop laughing.
- January 18, 2012 at 11:08 AM
- Staci said...
Yeah, the choking hazard disclaimer should have been at the beginning of the post. Diet Coke up the nose!~
Still laughing! - January 18, 2012 at 11:30 AM
- Cascade Quilts said...
ditto what Stephanie said, LOL. Hilarious and disturbing, hehe. Glad hubby didn't see me looking at THOSE pics ::snickers::
- January 18, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Amy @ Increasingly Domestic said...
Bah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! OH MY GOSH! I am DYING right now!!! Those things are are quite hilarious and disturbing:)
- January 18, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- Go-Go Kim said...
- January 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM
- Unknown said...
I love this magazine! (Also, there's an ipad version that I think is a little bit cheaper than the print version. And here in the states, we never get the printed issue in stores until the following issue is already out in the UK!)
And those knit shorts are so scary. I think I've seen them before. *shudder* - January 18, 2012 at 12:09 PM
- Robin said...
Thanks for the laugh! This falls under, just because you can make something doesn't mean you should :):):)!
- January 18, 2012 at 12:11 PM
- Little Island Quilting said...
Ha ha ha...though not as funny as my post about it of course ;-)
- January 18, 2012 at 12:20 PM
- Erin @ MakeitSew said...
love the hat, but those last photos are too funny!! lol!!
- January 18, 2012 at 12:44 PM
- Caron at Michigan Quilts said...
OK, I should not have looked at my Google Reader during lunch at work. People came to my desk from all over to see what I was laughing about. Thank you... from all of us!
- January 18, 2012 at 12:45 PM
- Debbie said...
hahhaha! wonderful boxers...
someone even got a guy to model them!! - January 18, 2012 at 1:29 PM
- Kaelin said...
Sick! I read this at work and about had a heart attack when I scrolled down and saw that on the screen - thank god nobody walked by, haha!
Seeing pictures of the male anatomy always makes me thankful my lady bits are neatly tucked inside my body where I don't have to look at them, LOL! - January 18, 2012 at 2:03 PM
- Unknown said...
Now that is a post with something for everyone!
- January 18, 2012 at 2:36 PM
- Mrs Flying Blind... said...
That is so funny - I bet Alison is commissioning a pair for Mr.R right now!!
- January 18, 2012 at 4:49 PM
- Little Blue Mouse said...
Ha ha, that's so funny! Not very practical though.
Even funnier is my word verification is 'peeings' - January 18, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- Katy Cameron said...
It was all going well till the Mounties... mind you, by the looks of things I wouldn't entirely mind one of them mounting me. After he'd taken that thing off first though, I'm very allergic to wool ;o)
- January 18, 2012 at 6:37 PM
- Cherie said...
I nearly peed in my pants reading this! Thanks for the laugh!
- January 18, 2012 at 8:22 PM
- Sara @ Sew Sweetness said...
Oh man, that is hilarious!
- January 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- Sarah @ FairyFace Designs said...
Oh, you're hilarious, those photos are SO funny. I'm still laughing here :-)
ps, nice hat! - January 19, 2012 at 3:25 AM
- amylouwhosews said...
you are too funny!! So have you tried to find a pattern yet?? hehehe
- January 19, 2012 at 7:39 AM
- Katie B said...
Just did a spit take with my diet coke, sister. I'm sure I was going to comment on your other projects, but all I can think about are knit-covered man bits.
- January 19, 2012 at 8:56 AM
- Martha Bean said...
You are too fun!
- January 19, 2012 at 8:58 AM
- Poppyprint said...
I am scarred for life. Now I'm going to forward this post to my mom.
- January 19, 2012 at 7:57 PM
- Kate S. said...
Wow, amazing. Believe it or not a friend had told me about something similar she saw at a craft fair in Norway, but she didn't have any pics... that is really something.
- January 21, 2012 at 12:34 AM
- M-R Charbonneau said...
Oh my, that is too funny! :)
- January 22, 2012 at 4:26 PM
- Deb said...
What a great post!! Maybe someone in the quilting world needs to come up with a pattern for a quilted version of the knitted shorts...however I am not volunteering!
- January 27, 2012 at 9:59 PM


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The internet seems to be infinitely elastic; it has the protean capacity to remake itself, apparently endlessly, and to recapitulate and even subsume everything that it had been previously. In the process, it inveigles itself into just about every aspect of the way we live now -- 'we,' in this case, of course meaning those with access to electricity, a computer, and an internet service provider.
These attributes of the internet -- its ubiquity and indispensability -- seem to number among its more enduring characteristics. The rest of it is subject to change without notice. Do you, gentle reader, have a clear memory of what your daily life was like before the internet? I can remember the era, but for the life of me, I have a hard time figuring out how we ever managed. I can dimly remember what it was like to do email in the mid-90s, before there were dot-com, dot-net, or dot-edu suffixes; my email address (which even in those long-vanished days began with 'corax') ended with dot-bitnet. I remember the excitement that attended upon the increasing popularity of the 'World Wide Web,' and how in 1994 NCSA's Mosaic web browser, which had seemed a huge convenience in 1993, was for almost everyone instantly superseded by Netscape Navigator. (All of this, of course, was in the time before Microsoft's Internet Explorer was launched.) Also around this time (circa 1994), the 'weblog' or online journal began to gain in popularity, as web pages became easier and easier for private individuals to create. By 1999, the website blogger.com was created, offering previously unimagined simplicity and ease of development for 'blogs,' as they had come to be known. By 2007, according to technorati.com's 'State of the Blogosphere' report, over 120,000 new blogs were being created every day -- an average of about 1.4 new blogs every second.
For an internet incarnation that has been around already for a full decade, the blog seems remarkably resilient. One might well have expected it to have gone the way of the Dodo by now, but in fact the opposite seems to be the case: Technorati's 2008 report, collecting data on blogs from 66 countries, on six continents, and in 81 languages, found that blog posts were at that point being produced at a rate of almost a million new posts a day. The very software used for blogging -- much of it available on the internet for free -- partly accounts for this, as it becomes both more sophisticated and more user-friendly.
Wikipedia -- another of the resilient and evidently evergreen internet resources -- defines the blog as a website 'usually maintained by an individual.' While that is both true and not true for CHA DAO, I suppose that it does apply to a majority of blogs. But one major blog, or bloglike phenomenon, that is a quintessentially collaborative project, is Facebook -- surely on the short-list of the most important internet entities at the moment (along with Google, Youtube, and Wikipedia). In 2008 terms, which already seem practically pre-Cambrian in their slowness, it was calculated that it would take 13 years to reach a market-audience of 50 million people, as opposed to 2 years via Facebook. Those figures don't even take into account the effect of Twitter, which (now, i.e. early 2009) is one of the newest reasons for people to exclaim that 'email is dead.' For the Twitterati, email takes too long to get there, and a blog post like the one you are reading is impossibly lengthy: whatever you have to say in a 'tweet,' you must do it in 140 keystrokes or fewer. (This is not to suggest that they feel constrained to choose among these media, however, nor to use them in a stationary location: very likely they are using them all, more or less every single day, on a variety of hardware platforms, and sometimes in moving vehicles: you can send 'tweets' from your cell phone, read web pages on your BlackBerry, and so forth.)
Twitter's popularity is increasing by the day, among celebrities and heads of state as well as private individuals: the President of the United States has, as of this writing (April 2009), almost 700,000 'followers' on Twitter -- which means that [a] almost one in every 400 Americans is not only on Twitter, but is following President Obama's Twitter account, and [b] every 'tweet' put out under the name of President Obama will appear on the Twitter pages of all those users. Ashton Kutcher, an actor known for such television series as 'That '70s Show' and MTV's 'Punk'd,' is an avid Twitterer, and hugely popular; he has (also as of this writing) only about 4,000 fewer 'followers' on Twitter than the President.
So ease, speed, and accessibility are now, more than ever, bywords of internet innovation. Assuming that a web application meets a felt need, as Facebook and Twitter obviously do at the moment, the more easily and quickly one can use it, and the more accessible it is to users, the more popular it is likely to become. And, in keeping with the highly reticulated nature of the internet, the more such applications are going to be interactive with one another: you can now, for example, embed Youtube movies on your Facebook page, you can send URL links via Twitter, and so forth).
Why have I been rehearsing this thumbnail history of the internet? Because, gentle reader, so completely has the internet inveigled itself into your life, as I remarked above, that you might otherwise not have paid sufficient attention to the fact that this very information -- all the information on CHA DAO -- comes to you via the internet, and because of just such web applications as blogger.com and Wikipedia and Google. The Internet and Tea: that is our subject today.
How many Americans (or French, or Latvians) could have known what (say) Bi Luo Chun tea is like before the internet? And unless you lived in San Francisco, and had access to Roy Fong's Imperial Tea Court, where you could go in 1993 to find out what such an 'exotic' tea tasted like? Chances were good, back then, that if you knew the names of such teas, you had read about them in James Norwood Pratt's Tea Lover's Treasury (first edition 1982) or John Blofeld's Chinese Art of Tea (1985), and that their names would remain no more than mere phrases in your mind.
Today, on the other hand, without getting up from your chair (in Peoria or Avignon or Riga), you can pay a virtual visit to the Imperial Tea Court, via their Facebook page, and then go shopping for tea on their commercial website. Moreover, if you are not satisfied with their selection or their prices or their customer service, you can choose other North American vendors who have easy-to-use commercial websites (in addition to Facebook or Twitter accounts), such as Aura Teas, Harney & Sons, Hou De Asian Art, Rishi Tea, and probably five more since I last checked. Or, with just about as much ease, you can bypass occidental retailers altogether, and place your tea orders directly, with vendors in Guangdong or Yunnan or Taipei. A number of these are following suit and developing a non-commercial internet presence of one sort or another, in tandem with their commercial site: GrandTea in Hong Kong, for example, already has not only a commercial website, but also its own Facebook page. Other vendors have pursued other online methods of juggling information and commerce: Harney and Hou De Asian Art maintain their own blogs; Adagio Teas offers TeaChat, a multi-thread forum; and vendors such as Upton Tea Imports and the UK-based Nothing But Tea incorporate extensive useful information about tea within their commercial websites themselves.
Tea, in other words, is (even as we speak) inveigling itself into western culture at a rate unforeseeable even a few years ago; and that dizzying rate is in large part due precisely to the ubiquitous presence, and increasing indispensability, of the internet. Many historians have detailed the introduction of tea to the West, and we should not lose sight of the fact that this is not itself a new phenomenon; indeed it has been a process of centuries. But again, what is so breathtaking is the rate of increase over the past couple of years.
I was most recently struck by this when I read an article on the growing popularity of tea that appeared in WIRED magazine -- the online edition, naturally -- on 2 April 2009. I then viewed a short video to which the WIRED article offered a link. Well, that's not exactly correct: the article actually led me first to the movie-maker's Twitter page, which in turn included a 'tweet' (on 28 March 2009) that provided the link to the video, which had just been posted that same day.
The reason I find these items of such unusual interest and importance is because the article is about, and the video was made by, one of the most highly-motivated and successful entrepreneurs on the internet at the moment: Kevin Rose, founder and site architect of Digg -- yet another multi-use web application that is growing daily in popularity. Rose, whom the WIRED piece identifies as 'one of the most influential people on the web,' is young, attractive, engaging, and obviously smart -- and a vigorous presence on Twitter. He holds at least two Twitter accounts: his main one, 'kevinrose,' and a newer one, dedicated specifically to tea: 'goodtea.' The latter account is newer (begun less than three months ago, with only 25 updates total as of this writing), but it already has over 6300 followers; 'kevinrose,' meanwhile -- on which Rose also freely discusses tea-related items -- has well over 400,000 followers as of this writing.
In other words, Rose is hardly to be classified as a private individual: every time he types a 'tweet' on 'kevinrose' and presses 'update,' whatever he has just composed is instantly distributed to almost half a million people. Very few television or radio spots could aspire to such broadcast power; and, by virtue of its performative nature, the spot, once played, is over -- and disappears, unless it is played again. An internet post, on the other hand, can remain potentially indefinitely: simply by using the archive function on the right-hand side of this page, for example, you can read and re-read every single post in CHA DAO from now back to its very beginning in 2005. So internet distribution is potentially both immediate and lasting; and when one has a following the size of Rose's, one has the capacity to impact, and even change, the very behavior of society. Moreover, the mechanism of an application like Twitter, Facebook, or (recently) the blog is somewhat different from that of a television or a radio: like the computer or handheld interface on which they are typically accessed, these internet applications are interactive at various levels. If a user elects to 'follow' a Twitter account or a blog, he receives updates every time he checks the Twitter page (or his email). Every time a user logs in to her Facebook page, she sees many (if not all) of the latest updates by her Facebook 'friends.' So by sitting down and logging on to the internet, the user is not only engaging in physical interaction with the hardware device, but also preparing for some sort of social interaction in cyberspace. The ways in which such activity differs from the passive 'couch potato' relationship a viewer has to a television -- and its potential cognitive, affective, and actional consequences -- are quite significant. I have no doubt that Rose is deeply cognizant of all this, and bears it in mind as he oversees the development of Digg -- or whenever he posts content to Facebook, Twitter, or his own blog.
We should also note that WIRED, both in its print and its online format, is not only an influential and well-regarded journal of technology and culture, but is also perceived as decidedly hip. Maybe the only thing hipper than reading WIRED is to be read about in WIRED. So when an article appears in WIRED, announcing that 'Tea is the New Coffee,' an intelligent and upwardly-mobile crowd of readers is going to take note. Intelligent, upwardly-mobile, and probably mostly younger; and age-demographics are significant here, because as societal cohorts age and die, ideas or customs that had previously held strong sway over their cultures begin to morph or disappear. When articulate and well-placed public figures such as Kevin Rose make it clear that they love and drink tea regularly, the notion that it might be as 'normal' a daily drink (and stimulant) as coffee becomes more accessible to the mainstream of western culture.
And Rose is cited, in this same article, as praising tea unreservedly: 'It's one of those things where you want to turn to something really natural and from the Earth -- and from something that isn't going to give you a big crash .... Once you start consuming tea it makes sense: This is the best of all worlds.' When such citations are published in WIRED -- with the prediction that 'specialty tea' is about to 'hit the mainstream like coffee,' and that 'we're getting closer and closer to the tipping point' -- the rhetorical force, upon one of the most style-conscious (and solvent) sectors of society, is massive. A thousand ordinary bloggers might cumulatively not have the kind of oomph that Rose has, though it should be noted that he himself is in fact not blogging 'conventionally' in this instance; rather, he is producing video content, and posting information and links on his Twitter account and his new Facebook page (to which, incidentally, I discovered the link on his Twitter page).
So I regard the apparition of this WIRED article, and of the concomitant video, as not only good, but also unusually momentous. Kevin Rose may not only have discerned the imminence of the 'tipping point' for the popularity of tea: he may also actually be helping to cause it. If only one in ten of his Twitter followers were to start drinking tea, that would account for more than 41,000 new tea-drinkers. If each of these were, in turn, to communicate h/er enthusiasm for tea only to one other person, that would now be more than 82,000. And so on. This is precisely how ideas 'go viral' at the turn of the new millennium.
It helps that Rose actually knows something about tea, and communicates that knowledge simply and clearly in his video. He is no neophyte to tea; he says he has been drinking it seriously for 'eight or nine years.' (The one major factual error in his presentation concerns the caffeine level of white tea, but the misconception is extremely common, and nothing that a little reading on CHA DAO couldn't fix.) Much more important than any one detail, correct or not, is his obviously sincere and abiding interest in tea and tea culture, and his desire to share this enthusiasm with his enormous and burgeoning online community. He knows how to speak to a camera, and how to use visuality to great advantage: despite or because of the fairly low-tech nature of the video, he appears to accomplish with ease everything he sets out to do in it. And the viewer comes away aware, perhaps for the first time ever, that there are several different types of tea -- each with its own provenance, flavor profile, and brewing needs -- and also that they all are made from the leaves of the same plant, camellia sinensis.
Rose's presentations also convey subtly the chic factor of premium teas. The WIRED article says that Digg, his company, 'spends about $1,000 a month just on specialty tea for employees.' This 'chic factor' is actually vitally important to the 'viral' spread of tea culture in the West, because ready availability of high-quality and/or rare teas depends on a circulation of capital sufficient to support the enterprise (and its entrepreneurs). In order to mobilize a substantial international tea commerce, in other words, there must be enough continuing revenue to make the undertaking attractively profitable. And this is precisely what has been happening in the USA since the early 1990s, with the rate rapidly increasing over the course of the last decade.
A related, clearly important aspect of Rose's presentation is the company that he is seen to keep. Both the WIRED article and another video involving Rose (in which tea-drinking is mentioned at around 09:30) feature another young, attractive, engaging, obviously smart, and highly-motivated entrepreneur: Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek. Ferriss's book rose to the #1 spot on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Business Week, and has been translated into 34 languages. A page in Ferriss's website tells us that he 'has been featured by more than 100 media outlets, including The New York Times, The Economist, TIME, Forbes, Fortune, CNN, and CBS. He speaks six languages, runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide, and has been a popular guest lecturer at Princeton University since 2003, where he presents entrepreneurship as a tool for ideal lifestyle design and world change.' It would be difficult to imagine more glamorous or successful companions in the world of information technology; and these drinking buddies have a lifestyle to match -- one that includes 'tea shots of gyokuro for $50 a thimble full'. If the reader needed any reassurance that Rose's interest in tea is not somehow eccentric or idiosyncratic, Ferriss's presence and complicity provide it. Not surprisingly, these two sip tea at Samovar, one of San Francisco's toniest and most inviting tea emporia. Actually Samovar has three locations to choose from -- not to mention a sophisticated website, a tea blog, and, of course, a Twitter account.
The sorts of sociological indices we have been considering here are metrics of power. With power comes money; with money comes increased commerce between Asia and the rest of the world; and an increase in commerce, as the last four hundred years have shown, brings with it the increase of tea in the West. So Kevin Rose may be spot-on when he predicts that a nationwide (global?) 'tea renaissance is just five years away'; but if and when that comes to pass, the power of the internet will have played an integral part in bringing it about.


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HONG KONG — Asian markets were mixed in cautious trade Tuesday as investors awaited an interest rate decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The U.S. central bank is widely anticipated to slash its key rate by at least a half point, to 0.5 percent, following repeated cuts since the financial crisis erupted last year. However, what the Fed says in its accompanying statement on the health of the world's largest economy, already in recession, will likely have a bigger impact on the markets.
A host of earnings reports this week was also cause for investor anxiety, analysts said. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is expected Tuesday to report its first quarterly loss since it went public in 1999 as a result of the global financial turmoil. Morgan Stanley reports results on Wednesday.
"The possible cutting of interest rates will help in the short term, but there are too many uncertainties out there," said Peter Lai, investment manager at DBS Vickers in Hong Kong. "We're in a recession ... and people are wondering if other companies may need rescues."
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average fell 96.64 points, or 1.1 percent, to 8,568.02, but Hong Kong's Hang Seng edged up 0.2 percent to 15,082.04 and South Korea's Kospi was up 0.3 percent.
Benchmarks in Australia and mainland China fell by about 1 percent or more.
Hong Kong stocks were buoyed by speculation that China might deliver a rate cuts of its own after the Fed's move, analysts said. Beijing, increasingly worried about slowing growth, has rolled out a series of measures in recent months in hopes of boosting domestic spending to shield the Chinese economy from the global downturn.
Overnight in New York, U.S. stocks fell back amid investor concerns about the $50 billion fraudulent investment scheme led investment manager Bernard Madoff.
The Dow Jones industrial average finished down 65.15, or 0.75 percent, to 8,564.53. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 11.16, or 1.27 percent, to 868.57. European markets also closed lower.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to another drop Tuesday. Dow futures were down 13 points, or 0.15 percent, to 8,591, while S&P futures were down 2.2 points, or 0.25 percent, to 870.10.
In currencies, the dollar was little changed at 90.50 yen. The euro was higher at $1.3723, after peaking in late New York trading at $1.3722, its highest point since Oct. 14.
Oil prices were little changed, trading down 6 cents to $44.45 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midday in Singapore. The contract fell overnight $1.77 to settle at $44.51.
Asian Markets Mixed Ahead of Fed Rate Decision
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Ever heard of the Orange County fair? Well if you're a native, not only have you heard of it, you've probably made numerous pilgrimages during the summer. It's a staple to American culture and the culinary offerings never fail to delight, shock, or put into cardiac arrest. Name anything deep fried and I betcha, you'll find it here, along with deep fried poptarts, cupcakes, and frog legs. I'm surprised people still live to talk about it!
Highlights of my visit to the fair this year were the kettle cooked chips and the Mexican funnel cake. Chips... ehh you say? Well that's what I thought I would be saying, who the heck buys chips at a world-renowned deep fried food fair? ME, from now on, every year! There's something about these chips that are absolutely magical and completely addicting.
The fresh grilled corn is also a part my yearly ritual menu. A vegetable to balance out all of that trans fat goodness. But I guess smothering it in mayonnaise, parmesan cheese, and hot sauce doesn't really help does it?
Then an epiphany came to me in the form of a Mexican funnel cake. OH MY GOSHHH! Let me say again, many, many times over: oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. It was like a ginormous churro in the form of a funnel cake served with freshly whipped cream that should have basically been called ice cream, it was SO thick and creamy. But take my advice, share this beast with 3+ people (especially if you plan on trying other fair delights). We were so bloated I almost wanted to vomit. But my heart told me otherwise and its love for this funnel cake was undying and enduring... and that ladies and gentleman, was the day I almost died from a food coma.
In the same booth they sold "apple fries," and all I can say is that I shouldn't have wasted my precious stomach space on this. Next year, I'll definitely pass.


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- 3rd round pick - Jerry Sullivan, RHP from Oral Roberts
- 5th round pick - Jason Hagerty, C from the University of Miami
- 7th round pick - Miles Mikolas, RHP from Nova Southeastern
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Signing Updates
13 comments:
- sdsuaztec4 said...
I'm very excited to have them. Acutally Paul, one is an odd number so it's ok to stick with odd numbered rounds. :)
- June 24, 2009 at 6:48 PM
- Peter said...
sign players from rounds: 1, 2, 4, 6, & 11 and we can pretty much call it a day
- June 24, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Wait Paul, 1 is not a even number. Your work this week is not complete.
Honestly I am very happy with the signings so far and even more so with the entire draft this year. Well done! - June 24, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- chiefgaytonfan said...
Any update on negotiations for draft picks: Auburn commitment Andrew Madrigal, Matthew Lollis, Steve Boras client Jorge Reyes, Joshua Cephas, Gaspar Santiago, Derek Landis, Mykal Stokes?
Have any of the following draft picks already advise the Padres they are planning to go back to school (i.e. Rey Delphey stating he is planning to go to University of South Florida instead of signing with Padres)? - June 24, 2009 at 8:17 PM
- Wonko said...
A couple of questions. 1. Are all these guys reporting to Eugene? 2. Where is Cory Adamson? I've seen that Portillo is in Peoria and Aristy and Domoromo are in the Dominican, but what's the story with the Padres' Aussie signing?
- June 24, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Ryan said...
Congrats on the recent signings. Can't wait to see those beasts in action.
Does the fact that the team might not be able to unload either Giles' or Peavy's salary (not saying that's a bad thing) affect whether we can sign any or all of the high school picks? Or are the budgets for the roster and the draft separate?
Thanks. - June 25, 2009 at 12:00 AM
- Unknown said...
Without getting into specific dollars, could you comment on whether you were within the MLB recommended slots for those three guys? THANKS!
- June 25, 2009 at 8:11 AM
- Paul DePodesta said...
I believe all three of these guys will report to Eugene, but don't hold me to that.
As for Adamson, he is in high school in Australia, but he did spend some time in extended spring training and we're hopeful to get him in Arizona for part of the season this summer. He has also played in some tournaments back home. - June 25, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Paul, off topic, but I am sure you have seen what was the revised script for Moneyball. The old one is online. What are your thoughts about the movie's potential and do you hope they can restart production?
Andrew Stebbins - June 25, 2009 at 11:32 AM
- Swasted said...
Jason Hagerty, right?
- June 25, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- Unknown said...
LOL on Luke Hagerty. Saw him once before the surgery a million years ago in Boise and he was nasty; saw him once in Boise after the surgery and I think he walked seven guys in 1/3 IP.
- June 26, 2009 at 8:27 AM
- Howard Lynch said...
Swasted ... yes, you are right, the Padres 5th round draft pick is Jason Hagerty ... he got a litte face time with the Padres on his way to the Emeralds ...
http://blog.oregonlive.com/mlb/2009/06/incoming_eugene_emerald_gets_t.html - June 26, 2009 at 8:50 AM
- Paul DePodesta said...
I'm showing my age! Luke Hagerty was a 1st round pick of the Cubs in 2002. Our 5th rounder is, in fact, Jason Hagerty. I'll change it now, but I wanted to leave this comment to admit the mistake! - June 26, 2009 at 9:50 AM


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No one attends talks !
Ok, that's a little bit of an exaggeration: but between "conference = journal in a hotel" and "chicken chicken chicken" it's fair to say that talks at conferences tend to draw only those who are particularly interested in the specifics of a work, and is less likely to draw casual attendees.
A poster session on the other hand is like wandering through a nice bookstore: you can browse the topics as you see fit, and jump into anything that catches the eye. If you're a poster presenter, this is a great opportunity to convey a higher level intuition for your work to an audience that might not be conversant in the specifics
It's all about the eyeballs !
Everyone should make posters ! We are in an attention-based economy now, and your work gets known and disseminated only if you can get people's attention. A poster is an extremely effective way to communicate with your audience, especially if you use the visual medium effectively. Most conferences now have elaborate poster sessions and it's a great way to meet people and hear about material I wouldn't have otherwise had time to assimilate.
It's all about the networking !
If you're a student, either presenting (or better yet, not presenting) at STOC, what better way to get conversations going with more senior researchers, instead of huddling together with your fellow students, wondering if you can make enough eye contact to get an intro (yes, we do notice :)). I can almost guarantee that you'd have more meaningful interactions with researchers at a poster than at a talk where people have half an eye on their email.
It's all about the impact !
So you got a paper into STOC ! Congratulations - there's a nice CV bullet for you. But what's next ? You want people to read your paper, talk about it, argue about it, and build upon it. Don't you ? Again, a well designed poster can draw in attention much more effectively than a talk in our attention-deficit world, and more attention means more discussions, and more potential impact.
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DEBUNKING THE REAL 9/11 MYTHS:Written by Adam Taylor WHY POPULAR MECHANICS CANT FACE UP TO REALITYPart 7: WTC 7 Fire and Column FailureEditors Note: This is Part 7 (see Part 6) of an extensive report by 9/11 researcher Adam Taylor that exposes the fallacies and flaws in the arguments made by the editors of Popular Mechanics (PM) in the latest edition of their book Debunking 9/11 Myths. We encourage you to submit your own reviews of the book at Amazon.com and other places where it is sold. (Quotes from PMs book are shown in red and with page numbers.)
The Popular Mechanics chapter regarding the mysterious collapse of WTC 7 shows itself to be no more promising than its previous chapter on the Twin Towers. PM begins this section by summarizing the history of the controversy surrounding Building 7 and the numerous investigations carried out regarding its collapse. PM correctly notes that many agencies were located in the building as tenants, including the Secret Service, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Internal Revenue Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, and New York City's Office of Emergency Management. i The chapter discusses the initial FEMA investigation and how, after FEMA failed to provide an explanation for Building 7s collapse, the task was then handed over to NIST. PM touts the NIST report on Building 7 as having finally proved the building was not destroyed with explosives. Contrary to PMs assertion that the reason for WTC7s collapse is less complicated and even more remarkable (pg 66) than controlled demolition, it is apparent that the cause of collapse is still demolition, and that the NIST WTC7 report utterly fails to provide a reasonable explanation of what actually caused the collapse of the building. The first section of PMs WTC7 chapter mainly discusses the fire and damage to Building 7 and how this supposedly caused the building to collapse. Here is a summary of what NIST claims caused the collapse of WTC7:
However, each of these points in this fantastic scenario is problematic:
Certainty of impending collapseDavid Ray Griffin noted in The Mysterious Collapse of WTC Seven: Why NISTs Final 911 Report is Unscientific and False: The Mysterious Collapse of WTC Seven: Why NISTs Final 9/11 Report is Unscientific and False:


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I finally did it. I bought a doughnut pan.
I've been contemplating it for a while, one has been in my amazon basket since Christmas. Finally during a late night trip to Sainsburys, I saw one, it was reduced, I couldn't not buy it. I decided to stay basic with the first recipe, keep it simple; vanilla, chocolate, BOOM!
I am not going to lie to you and tell you these taste just like Krispy Kreme, because they don't. they aren't the same, not even a little bit. You know what though? They are still pretty damn good.
I still want to tweak the recipe, try other flavour combinations, play with yeast... The possibilities are endless. Watch this space for further doughnut experiments.
This was the ideal starter recipe, a good place to start my slightly unhealthy doughnut obsession.
I'm going to be completely honest with you, I found these heart shaped sprinkles in my cupboard and thought to myself...
"These will make them valentines doughnuts, which will make me a proper blogger, blogging seasonally and all that".
I smugly sprinkled the hearts on, and then remembered it was the 23rd February and Valentines day has long gone. FAIL!
I may fail at being a proper blogger, but I win at doughnuts.
- 155g Plain Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 100g Caster Sugar
- 2 Eggs, medium
- 1 tablespoon Greek Yoghurt
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 80g Dark Chocolate
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3-D Witch Hat Cookies
This is going to have to be quick. I'm SUPPOSED to be packing, but of course, as usual, I got distracted by cookies. I mean, who wants to pack when they could be decorating?
I have a thing for 3-D cookies. I've done wagons, 3-D flowers in pots, and sewing machines so it's only logical that these were the next on my to do list! They'd be perfect school treats OR used as placecards at a Halloween party.
I used a small-ish candy corn and round cutter to make these, but if the proportions are off, you can hand cut the tops, in the same way I did the candy corn cookies I made recently.
To make these you will need:
black outline and flood icing
purple flood icing
green flood icing
decorative star candies
The start, outline the top portion of the hat.
Next fill the sections, leaving each color a bit of time to dry between flooding so they don't run together. Let this piece dry completely.
Before attaching the cookies, outline the base, and let it dry.
Next, attach the top cookie to the base. Pipe a line of black icing onto the base, and then stick the top onto it using a shelf stacker positioned to the height needed to support the cookies.
Give those several hours to dry. When they are secure, flood the base.
Let them dry completely again, and then position them back on the rack for the final additions. Add a small dot of icing, and attach a candy star.
Next, use back icing to outline the area where the band will be. When the outline has dried, flood the band with green icing.
Let them dry, and you will have adorable 3-D witch hat cookies.
I wish I had a little more energy this week, but I started this Monday, on the tired side. I'm not sure if that's a good sign. But just so I don't bore you to death, you should hop over and check out the cute witch ideas from my funny blog buddies Shelly and Kristan. Besides being WAY more entertaining than I am, they came up with some pretty darn cute ideas!


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Growing up in the small coastal town of Florida, Grayson Blackwood has defied the odds stacked against him. Appearances on the outside can be very deceiving. Coming from a wealthy family with an abusive father that won't ever change, he's determined to be a better man. Grayson is fighting for his family, his country and the one woman he's ever loved.
Ella Anderson has lived a hard life, growing up with a sick mom and a less than upstanding father. From hand-me-downs to food stamps life was never easy for her family. But the one thing she could always count on was her family's love and for Ella it was the most precious commodity.
When Ella moves to Lakeview, she meets Grayson in high school, the attraction is immediate for both.
After high school, Ella and Grayson fall out of touch. A one-in-a-million chance meeting halfway around the globe brings the couple back together in a lifeless desert land, a combat zone where death is always present.
Will their love survive time and their harsh separation from long ago? Can Grayson show Ella that they were made for each other?
Bluebirds mate for life. And Grayson's bluebird is coming home.
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