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Series 1 Professional Papers 1927-1994
Address Book
American Academy of Asian Studies – course list, 1951-1966
American Oriental Society, 1958-1968
Anand, Mulk Raj, articles
Andersen, Per, letter and article, 1977
Appointment letters, 1927-1941
Arthur, Gavin, horoscope for FS with letter, 1948, and astrological chart for Mrs. Spiegelberg
Arthur, Gavin: correspondence, publications, photograph, and clippings, 1962-1969
Association for Transpersonal Psychology, conference booklets and correspondence, 1976-1979
Aurobindo - FS's paper and related correspondence, 1978
Aurobindo - photographs, 1951 and undated
Auroville, the City of Dawn: brochure, circa 1965
Baha'I faith, articles on, 1931-1953 and undated
Bass, Eric: notice and clipping of art exhibition and photograph, 1958
Bernard, Ruth, letter, 1977
Bible of the World (edited by Robert O. Ballou in collaboration with FS): brochures and reviews, 1939
Boeke, Rudolph: Levensteken [newsletter], 1976-1978
Book of Equanimity (chapters, author not given)
Bubba Free John: publications, letter by Crane Montano about new work by Bubba
Buddhist ephemera: The Buddhist Service (World Congress of Faiths, 1936) and Indian postcards depicting elements of the Buddha's life (1937 artwork)
Buddhist images, text, no author stated, undated
California Institute of Asian Studies, accreditation 1973-1978
California Institute of Asian Studies, correspondence, 1975-1980
California Institute of Asian Studies, course and class announcements
California Institute of Asian Studies, Faculty Handbook, 1977-1978
California Institute of Asian Studies, FS comments on committee report
California Institute of Asian Studies, FS on purpose and future
California Institute of Asian Studies, grant of FS's books, 1977
California Institute of Asian Studies, minutes, agenda, etc., 1975-1976
California Institute of Asian Studies, miscellaneous
California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, correspondence and other materials, 1975-1876
Campbell, Ronald L., reserach proposal with letter to FS, 1987
Ceremony of the Vajra Crown, S.F., program and clipping, 1977
Chakravarty, Amiya, correspondence and announcements, 1978-1979
Clippings, miscellaneous
Comments on FS's Living Religions of the World
Conference and meeting materials (assorted) 1947-1971
Correspondence, A-B
Correspondence, C-D
Correspondence, E-F
Correspondence, G-J
Correspondence, K-M
Correspondence, N-P
Correspondence, R-S
Correspondence, T-Z
Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1972-78
Correspondence - unidentified, fragments, etc.
Correspondence re possible visit to India, 1936
Correspondence [FS was in England part of this year] 1937
Correspondence, outgoing
Correspondence - postcards
Correspondence - postcards
Correspondence - postcards
Correspondence - postcards
Coward, Harold - articles
Cultural Integration Fellowship, correspondence, 1960-1962
d'Orge, Jeanne – poem with note, 1961
Dahl, Arthur, correspondence, 1960-1987
Dance, Indian
Date book, 1968
Date books, 1979-1980
Date books, 1982-1986
Date books, 1987-1988
Date books, 1990-1991
Date books, 1992-1994
Davis, Virginia, typescript poems 1978 (photocopy)
Dream (Traum) - 2 pages in German, author not noted
du Breuil, Paul: correspondence, photos, 1978
du Maurier, Gwendolen: letter to Spiegelberg (mentions Tillich), 1937
Durckheim, Karlfried, correspondence, 1958-1960
England, World Congress of Faith and Baha'I Summer School, 1937
Eranos, conferences, 1964-1965
Erhard, Werner, correspondence, 1977-1978
Ernst, Max, obituary
Esalen Institute
European addresses and miscellany
Fajardo, Raoul J., letter 1983 and printed poem and music 1977
Florian, Dorothea, correspondence, 1978-1987 and n.d.
Foster, Durwood, "On Tillich's Idea of a Theology of Culture," 1986
"Foundations and Frontiers," course bulletin for UC Extension, Santa Cruz, summer 1980
Franck, Frederick, correspondence and other items 1975-1979
Graduate Theological Union, information statements and one letter, 1968, 1979
Grunwedel, Alfr., "Die Geschichten der 84 Zauberer (Mahashiddhas) aus dem Tibetischen Ubersetzt" 1916
Hartog Agencies, correspondence and contract, 1962-1968
"Heimstatte fur Tibeter in der Schweiz" [Home for Tibetans in Switzerland]- no author stated
Henderson, K.D.D. "U.S.G.R. Newsletter" 1966
Hillman, James, correspondence, 1975-1976
Humboldt-Gesellschaft, correspondence and other materials, 1975-1976
Hunger Project and Werner Erhard, 1976-1978
Images (Buddhist)
Indian philosophy, assorted texts
Insel Verlag, contract and correspondence re translation and publication of his book The Living World Religions, 1975-1978
Institute of Mentalphysics: booklet and other materials, 1937 and undated
Jung, C. G. – correspondence, 1936-1957
Jung, C. G. – interview Nov. 9, 1956
Jung, C. G. – miscellaneous
Jung on Tibetan block prints (translated into English), 1957
Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, catalog and brochures, 1971-1974
Jung Institute of Los Angeles, program announcement, 1975
Jung Institute of San Francisco, minutes, correspondence, etc., 1970-1979
Jung Institute of San Francisco, programs 1969-1978
Jung Institute (Zurich), correspondence and notes, 1957-1975
Jung Institute (Zurich), programs, 1965-1976
Keller, Jules, correspondence, 1977-1978
Kochling, "Psychotherapie mit Jungen Suchmittelabhangigen" undated
Lantzsch, Gottfried Helllmut, correspondence (in German), 1963 and n.d.
Lauf, Detlef Ingo, correspondence, 1973-1978
Lessing, Mrs. Ferdinand, correspondence, 1961-1962
Levy, Adele and John, letters, 1983-1994
Levy, Adele and John, letters, date imcomplete
Levy, John - note and xerox of article, 1979
Li, Juan, correspondence, 1975-1976
Lysne, Robin H., poetry
Ma, Ananada Mayi, biography
Magnolia Melodies – lyrics to Stanford songs
Mann Ranch Seminars, correspondence and brochures, 1976-1977
May, Rollo, correspondence, ca. 1976
McGaughey, Douglas, chapter 13 "From Vulgar to Refined Skepticism: Faith in a Post-Metaphysical Context," undated
Miscellaneous materials
Mukunda Das (Michael Makowsky), correspondence and class proposal, 1978
Mullenburg, James, "The Biblical Background for a Theology of the Laity," undated
Nakamura, Hajime "Tibetan Studies in Japan," undated
Oertly, Anna, correspondence, 1968-1980
Osbelt, Ulrich, letter, 1975
Pacific Coast Theology Group: membership lists, meeting announcements, and papers (several on Paul Tillich's work), 1957-1981
Pantheon books, correspondence, 1960-1961
Prentice-Hall, correspondence
Proteus Institute, 1978
Rahind (??), R.N., letters (one mentions the Tripitaka given to Stanford), 1950
Reiman, Maria, "Die Entwicklung des Denkens," with letter, 1975
Reps, Paul, letter, n.d.
Ross, Nancy W., letter, 1971, and article, 1965
Roy, Dilip Kumar, letter and brochure re class, 1973
Roy, Shambhu Nath, correspondence, 1975
Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design
San Francisco Art Institute, notes, correspondence, programs re guest lecture by FS, 1978
Sankara's Commentary to the Vedanta-Sutras [mimeographed pages with notes]
Schaeffer, Rudolph, holiday card with note, 1973
Senzaki, Nyogen, talks to SU classes, 1952-1953, and letter 1953
Singh, Lalan Prasad, correspondence, 1975
Sivananda, correspondence, 1952-1959
Smith, Huston, clippings and miscellany
Spiegelberg, book announcements
Spiegelberg, c.v. and biographical materials
Spiegelberg, lecture brochure
Spiegelberg, list of art works
Srivastava, R. S., letters, 1965, 1970
Stanford Research Institute – Yoga research, 1969
Stanford - Sloan Program, 1964-1972
Stanford University ID and business card
Stanford University appointment letters, 1941-1961
Stanford University, administrative correspondence, 1944, 1961-1962
Stanford University Dept. of Religious Studies newsletter, 1975, 1978
Stanford University, gift of Tibetan Tripitaka, clipping, 1949
Starr King School for the Ministry, correspondence and program material, 1955-1972
Starr King School for the Ministry, correspondence and notes, 1955-1972
Staude, John-Raphael, c. v. and publication announcement, 1976
Stauffacher, Jack – holiday card (poem and image, circa 1964)
Suksma (subtle body) – references to
Swartley, William, "The Analytical Psychologist and the Guru," undated
Symposium at San Jose State, "Approaches to the Self," correspondence, program materials, and notes, 1964-1965
Tibet, articles, clippings, etc, 1950-1954
Tibetan art work (2 pieces)
Tibetan artifacts, correspondence and misc. note
Tibetan artifacts, photographs
Tibetan Buddhism: outline in Tibetan script, transliteration, and English
Tibetan ghost traps, articles and illustrations
Tibetan mandalas, examples of
Tibetan refugess in Europe and US: clippings and letter from Marguarite Reinhard of the Swiss Red Cross and Jigdal Sakyapa of Seattle, 1961-1962
Tibetan teachers and center
Tillich, Hanna, poetry and prose [in German]
Tillich, Paul and Hanna, correspondence, 1937-1959 and undated
Tillich, Paul, "Die politisches und geistige Aufgabe der deutschen Emigration," 1938
Tillich, Paul, "Man and Society in Religious Socialism," paper presented at the National Council on Religion in Higher Education, Sept. 1943
Tillich, Paul, "Meinen deutschen Freunden; Das deutsche Original der Einfuhrung in mein englisches Buch "The Interpretation of History." 20 August 1936.
Tillich, Paul, "Systematic Theology" [mimeographed text], 1945
Tillich, Paul, "The Theological Method" [mimeographed text], undated
Tillich, Paul - sermon, 1945
Tillich, Paul, Santa Barbara seminar 1961-1962
Tillich, Paul, interview with Heidegger as related to Spiegelberg in 1963 (in German)
Tillich, Paul, miscellany
Travel and hotel correspondence, 1977
Trip to India, 1949 – correspondence, 1948-1949
Trip to India, 1949 – financial and miscellaneous records
Trip to India, 1949 – travel arrangements
Trip to India, 1949 – photographs
Trips (Europe, Stanford Sierra Camp) 1978
Tyberg, Judith, "Sanskrit Keys to India's Wisdom" [mimeographed thesis]
University of Ranchi (India), correspondence re Ph.D. theses, 1967-1975
University of San Francisco, correspondence and clipping re FS gift of Tibetan ghost trap, 1976
The Vairagya-Satakan or the Hundred Verses on Renunciation by Bhartrihari – typescript [a classical text?]
Varda, Jean, clippings, 1971
Watts, Alan, correspondence, 1945-1983 [2 letters from Watts, 1945 and undated, and one postcard, 1963; one letter from Monica Furlong re Watts, 1983]
Watts, Alan: Alan Watts Journal, 1970-1971
Watts, Alan: publications and articles
Yandell, James, "The Imitation of Jung--An Exploration of the Meaning of 'Jungian'", conference paper, March 1977
Yoga, miscellaneous
Zen and possibly other Eastern issues (German text on) , no author stated
Zimmer, Heinrich "Maya, der indische Mythos"
Series 2 Class Materials 1927-1978
Approaches to Asia (C.I.A.S.) colloquium: notices, cyllabi, correspondence, clippings, 1975-1977
Approaches to Asia (C.I.A.S.) colloquium: FS notes, 1978
ARAS (Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism) - course proposal with correspondence, 1978
Buddhism (SU E162), class syllabi, tests, etc., 1945-1962
Class materials (SU and other), 1955-1961
Class materials: handwritten lecture/topic schedules, undated
Collection and study of popular color prints from India (SU proposal), 1957
Comparative Theology (mostly source materials), Fall 1958
India Studies, essential readings
Indian philosophy – class sources, materials, notes, 1945-1976
Mimeographed handouts
Paratheology: course materials, notes, and other items, 1964-1977
Paratheology, notes and sources # 1
Paratheology, notes and sources # 2
Paratheology, notes and sources # 3
Paratheology, notes and sources # 4
Paratheology, images
Paratheology, miscellaneous sources
Psychological claification of Sanskrit terms - workshop, 1978
Psychology of meditation - outline
Tibetan Society and Culture (Research Seminar on), University of Washington, Seattle, Summer 1962
Technische Hochschule [Technical College] Dresden, class lists from classes taught by FS, 1927-1937
Series 3 Lectures 1929-1977
Lecture announcements (mostly East Coast), 1938-1942 and n.d.
Lectures 1956-1958, announcements and clippings
Lectures 1956-58, correspondence
Lectures 1956-58, notes and outlines
Lectures: correspondence, notes, flyers, etc., 1955-1959
Class and lecture announcements, 1969, 1977
Lecture on art
Lecture notes: Asiatic Art as a way of self-realization
Lecture notes: Is Asia ripe for peace, 1943
Lecture notes: The idea of personal devotion in Bhagavad Gita, 1938
Lecture notes: The value of comparative religion / St. John of the Cross
Notes on religious basis for Eastern art
Lecture notes: Future of religion / traces of God / Joyce's Ulysses
Lecture notes: How much can we know, Bryn Mawr, ca. 1938
Lecture notes: on India [in German]
Lecture notes: Indian Philosophy, The Panini-Darsana
Lecture notes: Karl Barth, 1938-1943
Lecture notes: Martin (?) lecture, includes notes on back of letter from Robert D. Ballou, 1938
Notes on Religion in the atomic era, 1944-1945
Lecture notes for Sanskrit class, Apr. 1956
Notes on etymology of "to be" in Sanskrit
Notes for a sermon
Notes for sermon at Stanford, Aug. 3, 1947
Lecture notes: spiritual autobiography, Nov. 9, 1946
Lecture notes: description of Tada slides #1
Lecture notes: description of Tada slides #2
Tada photos [Tibet], 1929 and no date
Notes on Tibet (talk at De Young Museum?), 1971
Lecture notes: unicorns / palmistry / Kabbalah
Lecture notes: Unitarian Church event, Palo Alto, 1961
Lecture notes, What is man?, San Jose 1946
Lecture notes in German 1937 and undated
Lectures notes/address book, 1950s
Lecture outlines
Lecture notes, miscellaneous
Series 4 Notes and Notebooks 1917-1980
Notebook: Astrology, 1938
Notebook: Children and religion 1946
Notebook: Inner meaning of Christian dogma, notes for lecture series, 1939
Notebook: Grace and mercy / symbolism of the mass / rebirth, reincarnation, n.d.
Notes: History of religion [or possibly Catholicism?]
Notebook: Indian Dreams, 6 lectures about the history of religions given to the Analytical Psychology Club, New York, Jan.-March 1938
Notes: memorial address for Mrs. Oscar Meyer
Notebook: Philosophical problems in the interpretation of Indian and Chinese religious texts, 1938 and undated
Notebook: notes from lectures on Plato and Islam (in German), 1917/18
Notebook: Plotin (Plotinus), n.d.
Notebook: Ruysbroeck's "Spiritual Marriage" and other topics, 1941-42 and undated
Notebook: Sanskrit, 1936
Notebook: Steiner and Loyola (and other topics: Krishnamurti and Baha'I), n.d.
Notebook: Symbolism of the Mass, n.d.
Notebook: Yoga
Notes: Alchemy and Yoga
Notes: Yoga and Jung, 1974-80 (includes photo (Spiegelberg?) in notebook
Notebook: Yoga and surrealism, 1937
Notebook: Assorted topics, 1941 and undated
Notebooks: two, in German, 1922 and undated
Notebooks: in German, [unlabelled]
Notebook: miscellaneous in English, no date
Notes: miscellaneous 1956-58
Notes: miscellaneous
Notes, miscellaneous
Notes, miscellaneous
Notes, miscellaneous
Series 5 Writings 1938-1953 and undated
"A Child's Prayer at Bedtime"
"The Christian-Theological Synthesis of Freedom and Security; IV Report on an Opinion Survey," Spiegelberg and Hedley, Pacific Coast Theological Group, 1953
essay on Aurobindo [typescript]
"Indian Analogies to Philosophy and Pyschology of Religion"
Possible translation of Indian text
"Indische Psychophysik" (from Sonderbruck Aus: Ursprung und Gegenwart des integralen Bewußtseins), 1976
Miscellaneous manuscripts (English)
The Religion of Non-Religion, being a lecture by Friedrich Spiegelberg. London: The Buddhist Lodge, 1938
"Das religiöse Erleben bei Plotin" [typescript]
"Shadow of the Soul" [prepared for Stanford class]
"Spiritual Vocabulary"
"Die Stellung Luthers zur Heiligen Schrift nach den Vorreden zu den einzelnen biblischen Büchern. [typescript]
Abstract of paper on The Suksma sarira in Indian Psycho-physiology
"Tibet Block Prints"
"What a New American Expects of the Society of Friends" [incomplete]
Series 6 Family Papers 1916-1986
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg (in German) 1937-1946
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg (in German) 1947-1949
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg (in German), author unknown but similar typewriter text, 1940s
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg (in German), author unkown but on same paper 1947-1948
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg (in German) 1950-59
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg (in German) 1964-1980
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg (in German) undated
Garraux, Dora, to Mrs. Spiegelberg (in German) with 1 page of text on dance, 1936
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg from E. Ziegler (in German) 1938-1950
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg (in English) 1937, 1953-1976
Letters to Rosli Spiegelberg from M. J. van Lobel Sels 1953-1985
Letters to Frederic Spiegelberg (in German), many from Helene Spiegelberg 1940-1949
Letters to Frederic Spiegelberg (in German) from Eva Spiegelberg 1971 and undated
Letters from Muhlemann family (in German) 1942-1988
Letters to family (Dr. & Mrs. Spiegelberg and Corinne, in German) 1946-1991
Letter fragments
Letters (in German), copied 1943 and 1986
Envelopes, German
Postcards 1936-1978
Spiegelberg, Valentin, correspondence (mostly in German), 1957, 1986-1988
Wilkinson, Corinne Spiegelberg, correspondence 1949-1964 and undated
Wilkinson, Corinne Spiegelberg, wedding 1963
Wilkinson, Corinne Spiegelberg, miscellaneous papers 1956-1986
Rosli Spiegelberg dance class announcement, New York circa 1940
Will of FS's brother, typed with no signature
Will of Eva Emma Spiegelberg, with German court document 1969
Unsorted holiday and greeting cards
Spiegelberg family history: German documents and letters, 1916-1986
German documents 1960-1985
United States documents (tax return, lease, Selective Service, WWII ration cards, and others), 1938-1960
Spiegelberg: U. S. passports
Travel, London 1937
Travel, Europe, 1965-1968
Travel, Europe 1978
Financial documents, 1937-1956
Financial documents, 1950-1960
Series 7 Photographs 1941-1971 and undated
Photos: Frederick Spiegelberg (one portrait, rest candid), 1971 and undated
Photos: Corinne Spiegelberg Wilkinson, 1956-67 and undated
Photos: family, 1941-61 and undated
Photo: Steiner, Rudolf
Photos: India
Photos: Rome
Photos, misc.
Photos, misc.
Accession ARCH-2011-184 Additional Papers 1930s-1981
Date books 1930s
Date books 1940s
Date books 1950s
Date books 1960s
Date books 1970s-1981
Passport, travel notebook, and bank books 1970s-1981


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Ban hammer: literally a hammer that squashes people while it bans them.*squashes duck*
I also have Smite which sends down a lightning bolt, kicks them and scorches the ground.
When you die you loose 1/4 of your gold.
There is a Vault to store your money in for safety.
PVP is enabled at level 15.
At level 10 you may choose your class (though no skills can be gained yet)
I have an Auto AFK system after 1 minute.
My opinion was that it is to hard to make a female base so.. i did something else.
I used Byonds built in gender system, and then i made it so if you're a girl you get a pink name! everyone else gets blue names lol.
Besides the chests which i previously had, i now also have Barrels and crates which may contain miscellaneous items or gold.
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Dr. Grumpy: "What kind of neck surgery did you have?"
Mr. Neckpain: "It was a bone graft. They put a cadaver in my neck. I mean a bone graft from a cadaver, not the whole cadaver."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Well, I would HOPE not!
Wow, that actually got me to laugh out loud!
What a horrible thought!
Wasn't this a Monty Python skit? If not, it should be.
I'd like to see THAT. Wow.
I would hope they aren't suddenly installing corpses in people's neck. While funny to hear, the best line I've heard was on the top of a medical chart at a small hospital on rotations, it read "Human versus Cow, Cow prevails" I didn't get much beyond that but knowing that this was in an area where the cows out number the people by a good margin, I wonder about the incident and wonder if a car was involved or some other really strange activities were going on.
does he have little round nobs sticking out of the sides of his neck?
hmm. guess this country's health care system really is messed up. Bring on the 'death panels.'
Your blog makes me laugh. Out loud.
WOW!!! I lol-ed in my office w/several people walking by...and didn't even care! That's just awesome!
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My birthday today — I made out like a bandit!
Actually the 2001 and Lubitsch set were swaps I made with Comrade K, the Brooklyn Brahman, but they arrived just before the big day, so I'm including them. The Nick Ray films came from my folks, who are superb people. One doesn't like to brag, but I think I exercised superb judgement in arranging to be born to such a couple.
The DVD of THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (LES AMANTS DE LA NUIT to the French, a pretty good alternative title, although reverting to the original THIEVES LIKE US might have been an idea too) comes complete with I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF, a terrific documentary on Ray as he shoots his final feature (discounting as one surely must Wim Wenders's NICK'S MOVIE/LIGHTNING OVER WATER) WE CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN. And to add to the sense of a Nick Ray festival chez Shadowplay, I recently acquired a copy of WE CAN'T GO, as well as two edits of THE JANITOR, Ray's late-period short made for the porno-art anthology film WET DREAMS. Which should make an interesting posting for the forthcoming Sexy Week here at Shadowplay.
As will those lubricious Lubitsch musicals…


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The artist who brought magic to life as Prince Hans in Disney's blockbuster film Frozen will headline this summer's Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square's Pioneer Day concerts. Santino Fontana joins the Choir in two gala performances entitled "A Summer Celebration of Song," which will be held on July 18 and 19 at 8:00 p.m. in the Conference Center. The concerts will be conducted by Mack Wilberg, music director of the Choir, and Ryan Murphy, associate music director. For full concert details, go to this special page on the Choir's website: motab.org/pioneerday.
This isn't the first time Fontana has turned in a princely performance. He was nominated for the Tony Award as best leading actor for his role as Prince Topher in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. He also received the 2010 Drama Desk Award for his role in Brighton Beach Memoirs and received accolades for originating the role of Tony in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot.
"We are delighted to have Santino Fontana join us for this year's concerts," said Mormon Tabernacle Choir president Ron Jarrett. "His musical talents will delight audiences of all ages whether he is singing Broadway favorites or beloved classical numbers."
The summer concerts are held in conjunction with community-wide Pioneer Day celebrations to celebrate the arrival of Mormon pioneers to Salt Lake City in the summer of 1847. Jarrett said, "The Choir will capture the courage of these early settlers by singing pioneer hymns as they unite listeners in harmonious appreciation for such sacrifice."
Free tickets are available on a first come, first-served basis beginning Tuesday, June 17, at lds.org/events, by calling 801-570-0080 or at the Conference Center ticket office. Concert policy limits tickets to those ages eight or older. Standby seating will be available each evening, with the line forming at the north gate on Temple Square at 6:00 p.m. To make the concert available to audiences around the world, the concert will be streamed live on Saturday, July 19, at 8:00 p.m. at motab.org/pioneerday.
Previous summer concerts have featured Katherine Jenkins (whose appearance with the Choir in a television version of the concert won the Choir's second Emmy Award), singer Nathan Pacheco and YouTube phenomenon Lindsey Stirling, and Broadway stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Linda Eder.


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This blog has been created to pen down my thoughts on value-based investment opportunities (or the lack of them) in Indian listed companies. As an enthusiastic reader and life-long student of Behavioural Finance, i also plan to blog on various aspects of investment psychology.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Falcon Tyres - Hats off, promoters!
The Pawan Ruia Group has two companies (among others), Falcon Tyres and Dunlop. Now, the Ruias have never really been very minority shareholder friendly. There is no need to debate that.
Recently, they did something really blatant in Dunlop. There was quite some hue and cry about it, which I am sure, will be forgotten soon.
However, what is more interesting, is what they are doing in Falcon Tyres. This is much more discreet than what they did in Dunlop :-)
Lets start from the beginning, for the simple reason that one should not start from the end..(Ya ok, bad joke)
Currently, the promoters hold 81.07% of Falcon Tyres. The promoters have also been generous enough to give large amount of interest-free unsecured loans to Falcon. As per the 2011 Annual Report, the amount of these loans was Rs.132 cr. Nice! Anybody willing to give me money, interest-free, please?
Now comes this announcement. Please do read it once. This announcement entails the following:
1) The loans given by the promoters seem to have been transferred to 'unrelated parties'.
2) These 'unrelated parties' are being allotted equity shares pursuant to conversion of the unsecured loans into equity shares, at a price calculated as per SEBI guidelines. This will lead lead to massive dilution.
3) Please note that the entire loan (which is now Rs.144 cr it seems) has been transferred by the promoter to three different parties. Allotment will take place to three parties. Not one, or two, but three parties.
This is what the shareholding before and after this allotment would look like..
So what should one make out of this entire event? Some things come to mind..
1) Why did the promoter transfer the loans to outside parties? Why didn't he allot shares to himself on conversion? Well, because that would lead to minimum public shareholding as well as open offer problems, since the promoters already hold 81%.
2) Are these 'outside parties' really 'outside' parties? Or is there some understanding between them and the promoters? Well, we will never know!
3) Why three outside parties? Well, because, with three parties, this massive dilution of shares can be divided among them, so that any one of them does not acquire more than 25%, thereby eliminating the necessity to do a compulsory open offer. This would not have been possible with just one or two parties. Smart!
4) So, anything else special about it? Well, of course! Please refer to the post allotment shareholding above. The promoters plus these three allottees would together hold 91.67% of the share capital. So basically, with this allotment, the promoter satisfies the 75% shareholding criteria (his shareholding is 81% presently, which comes down). He can relax about that. Plus, at any point of time, if he wishes to delist the company, all he has to do is talk with just these three parties. If they tender, his holding goes above 90% and he can delist! Now thats sooo convenient. No minority shareholders ka zhigzhig. What would be even more convenient is if these three parties have been allotted the shares with a tacit understanding that they will tender the shares at a later date for delisting. Super smart! But we will never know if that is the case.
This entire methodology is smartly designed in a way which gives maximum flexibility as well as control to the promoters. Their shareholding comes below 75%, so there is no problem on that front. Also, they can pretty well delist the company whenever they want, without being blackmailed by minority shareholders for giving a higher exit price. A disproportionately small group of shareholders would decide the fate of the entire minority shareholders. (Are the MNCs listening? This is a great alternative to being fair to shareholders!) :-)
Did you think this entire methodology is revolutionary? Its something new? Well, its not!!
Another company of another Ruia Group, India Securities, recently delisted from the Indian markets using this very same methodology, at a really low price.
Will Falcon tread down the same path? Well, we cant say it will happen, until it happens!
Cheers and happy investing!!
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ha ha ha. superb, simply superb!
- May 1, 2012 at 1:19 AM
- Vikas said...
Hi Neeraj,
I am a silent reader of your blog since few months.Once again an excellent blog.
Keep it up.
These things will never be understood by ( half knowledge) retail investors.
On this outset, I would like to ask one query about another Promoters - SRF ltd.
Its in textiles, packaging, tyre cord ( so diversified)and its carbon credit story.
In regards of P/BV and PE its highly undervauled stock.Dividend yield is excellent.
And more interesting part is promoters had 75% shares pledged.( 2-3yrs back) But with this CERs they have not only revoked pledged shares but also bought back shares twice in last yr.
But still market is not giving it appropriate valuation since last 5 yrs.
What can be the reason.
Means is it a VALUE TRAP?
- May 1, 2012 at 8:34 AM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Hello anon,
I am sure u are talking about the falcon promoters, right? :)
- May 1, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- Dhwanil said...
Hi Neeraj,
truly ingenious way of keeping minority shareholders out of the picture! It truly reflects the spirit of When there is a will, there is a way..:-)
It further reconfirms my conviction about not investing in companies if one is circumspect about management's integrity, no matter how good the bargain may seem.
by the way, how did you spot this jugglery?
Best Regards
Dhwanil Desai
- May 1, 2012 at 3:30 PM
- Tarun Talwar said...
Hi Neeraj,
Another Ruia, same story. I read the announcement, then annual report and then the share price history. It's no coincidence that the shares have been converted at absolutely the bottom price. the intrinsic value of this company could be at least 5 times its market cap given its plants, lands and profitability. I did not think about the open offer and 3 parties angle at all, which shows how good and experienced you are. My only thought was about 90% shareholding without a need to make any offer to minority.
Thanks for sharing your insight on this.
- May 1, 2012 at 6:12 PM
- Raja said...
Ah !! I was going through this post the other day
Firstly the gentleman has mistaken Falcon for Dunlop ?
and then the this line...
"The loan was taken for working capital requirements and the allotment to these entities would help in better restructuring of the company."
Surely better restructuring :) What a perspective !!
And the source of the article is attributed to Money Life !
- May 1, 2012 at 8:46 PM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Hello Vikas,
To be honest, i have not looked at SRF. Probably, the reason for low valuations is that its a company dealing in cyclical commodities. I cant be sure coz i havnt studied it, but thats my gut feel.
- May 1, 2012 at 10:39 PM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Hi Dhwanil,
Well, i read BSE announcements. Thats where i read about this. Rest of the info is there in the AR..then its just a matter of joining the dots i guess..
I totally agree about the importance of mgmt while investing..
- May 1, 2012 at 10:45 PM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Hi Raja,
Well, i think its about Dunlop itself. What the article says seems to be correct imho..
- May 1, 2012 at 10:51 PM
- Fundoo_Pupil said...
Hi Neeraj,
Good find.
However, I think you are not right on India Sec. In that, major stake was with 2 FIIs, one of which (Passage to India)also had a stage in Dhanlakshmi Bank.
Regarding cheap delisting, Patni would also fall in that criteria.
What say?
- May 1, 2012 at 11:12 PM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Hi JK,
In case of India Securities, regardless of the nature and type of the party, the basic modus operandi was the same..issue large number of shares to a a few institutions..later, they co-operate in delisting..there too, very few parties decided the fate of a large number of minority shareholders..of course, nothing illegal in it..
I hvnt seen Patni, so i dont really know.
- May 1, 2012 at 11:41 PM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Hello Tarun,
"Another Ruia, same story." Good one! :-)
- May 2, 2012 at 5:51 PM
- Dayanand Deshpande said...
Very nice research, Neeraj! We need to create a forum/ website to bring out the retail-unfriendly promoters/ management. We can have a rating system for the benefit of the retail shareholders!
- May 4, 2012 at 9:01 PM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Thats a fantastic idea DD..there are many such cases like Falcon, where the 'unfriendliness' of the promoters is not direct, hence difficult to ascertain. A database like this would be surely beneficial.
Am sure you must have heard of watchoutinvestors.com..its also a good site..
- May 5, 2012 at 11:13 AM
- Dayanand Deshpande said...
thanks, Neeraj for the website. we have another support from Amit..read this link: http://multibaggersindia.blogspot.in/2012/05/investor-is-king.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+MultibaggerStocksIndia+(Multibagger+Stocks+India)
so the investor-rating-website is now a matter of time...cheers! - DD
- May 20, 2012 at 10:53 AM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Thnx DD..
- May 20, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Hi Neeraj
I hold around Rs 6000 worth of shares of falcon at current price..when they did this jugglery i eas pretty sure that those third parties are related to promoters...ur analysis has confirmed that...great post by you..thanks
there is one company called geodesic...I have huge investment tin that ...
- June 14, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Most welcome anon..
And all the best with geodesic!
- June 14, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Neeraj - Great Blog. Thanks for taking all the effort.
BTW how to you read BSE/NSE announcements. I know they are on their websites, but is there any easy to use tool for the same?
- November 2, 2012 at 3:32 PM
- Neeraj Marathe said...
Hi Anon,
Well, its a boring thing, but i read them on the exchanges website..i do not know of any tool for the same..
- November 7, 2012 at 8:33 PM


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This isn't meant to be an all-encompassing guide by any means - it is meant to be a really quick walk-through on how to do some basic operations on the pacman codebase in git, such as submitting a patch.
For more extensive tutorials, check out the following:
In addition, all git commands have decent manpages to refer to. They can be reached one of two ways - for the git-add command, type 'man git-add' or 'git help add'.
The first step with git is cloning a remote repository. This is known in the CVS and SVN camps as checking out. GIT checkout has a different purpose, but that will be covered later.
To grab the pacman source into a new directory named 'pacman', run the following:
git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git pacman
This will check out a local copy of the repository for you. This means you have the FULL history of the project on your computer, not just the most recent revision. This allows you to get work done even when offline, for example.
The first steps after cloning may be just to look around. If you have read the tutorials mentioned above, even if you do not understand everything in them, you will be much better off.
You will probably want to set up your name and email address for use in commit logs:
git config user.name "Your Name" git config user.email "firstname.lastname@example.com"
If you pass the '--global' flag to the above commands, the name and email will be stored in ~/.gitconfig, so will be used for all git projects unless overridden by a setting in the individual project.
To update your local repository with any new branches, run 'git pull'.
'git branch' will show you a list of branches. Initially, master is the only branch. However, if you pulled from a remote repo, you may have grabbed other branches- these can be seen with 'git branch -r'. Read the manpage for details.
When working with git, it is good practice to never do your work on the master branch. This should stay clean to allow you to run 'git pull' and ensure that conflicts do not happen on the update.
To create your own working branch, do the following (naming it whatever your heart desires):
git branch working git checkout working
Or compress the above into one command:
git checkout -b working
To switch back to the master branch use:
git checkout master
but you can only leave a branch if there are no pending changes to commit. Find out what changes have not been committed using:
$ git status # On branch working # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add
..." to update what will be committed) # # modified: lib/libalpm/util.c # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") $
Either commit the changes or revert them before switching branches.
I highly recommend you read the man page for these commands.
Each developer usually has his own repository, it might be interesting to have them all available locally. For example:
git remote add toofishes http://code.toofishes.net/gitprojects/pacman.git
You can see all available branches with 'git branch -r', and as above, create your own based on one of these remote branches:
git checkout -b toofishes-working toofishes/working
If you use CVS or SVN and are used to 'co' being equivalent to 'checkout', try the following:
git config --global alias.co "checkout"
You can set any other aliases you like. For example:
git config --global alias.chp "cherry-pick" git config --global alias.b "branch" git config --global alias.rf "checkout HEAD"
'git status' is highly helpful, it is recommended to read up on that.
Woo! You found a bug in pacman (what a surprise) and know how to fix it. Ensure you have your working branch checked out ('git checkout working'). Then edit the file(s) you need in order to make your changes. Compiling is a good idea to ensure your patch didn't break anything, and if it is a big change, running 'make check' is highly recommended.
So what do you do now? First, run 'git status'. You should see a list or even a few lists of files. The descriptions by each are a bit confusing, but you should be able to figure it out. GIT takes a different approach than CVS or SVN to committing changes- it doesn't commit a thing by default. You have to tell it what to commit, usually by running 'git add
To commit your patch to your branch:
git add
git commit -s
You will then be prompted for a commit message. When writing the message, keep the following in mind. The first line is used as a patch summary- keep it short and concise. Next, skip a line and type out a full description of what your patch does. By full, I don't mean long- if you described everything in the summary line, then don't even bother with a message. Finally, skip one more line and you will have your Signed-off-by. This should have been automatically added by passing the '-s' parameter to 'git commit'.
There is one more important step before submission. Because git is distributed, you don't have the most current version of the repository unless you go out and get it. In the easiest case, this is just running 'git pull'.
You also want to make sure your patches are based off the most recent revision, known as the 'head'. To do this, checkout your branch with your patches, and use the following command:
git rebase master
To visualize what the above command did, qgit can be very helpful.
To format a patch for email submission and review:
git format-patch master
This command will format all patches that make up the difference between your working branch and the master branch. They will be saved in the local directory; to store them elsewhere read up on the '-o' option.
So you sent off your patch to the ML and you got a few suggestions back. How does one fix it? Hopefully you did it on a branch and not the master branch, otherwise you are going to have a much tougher time. :)
If it was the last patch on a branch:
(edit the required files) git add
git commit --amend
If it was deeper in your patch tree, use git rebase -i. Use git log to find the sha1 of the commit just before the one you wish to edit (or the unique prefix), and then:
git rebase -i
(edit the text file that appears so 'edit' appears next to the commit you wish to modify) (edit the required files) git add -u git commit --amend git rebase --continue
http://wiki.winehq.org/GitWine has good information on the above, that is where most of this came from. After fixing your patch, you will probably want to rebase it as described above, and then use format-patch to submit it again.
A nice way to send patches is to use git send-email, but it requires some initial setup, especially for the smtp client. If you follow the instructions carefully, it should go fine : Msmtp
Then you just need to tell git to use msmtp:
git config --global sendemail.smtpserver "/usr/bin/msmtp"
For each git repo, you can specify the email address where the patches should be sent:
git config sendemail.to "firstname.lastname@example.com"
Then simply send your patches generated by git format-patch:
git-send-email 0001-amazing-new-feature
Commands you will definitely want to be knowledgeable on:
clone (only once!), branch, checkout, status, pull, fetch, diff, add, commit, rebase, format-patch
qgit in extra is a great GUI viewer for git repositories. In addition, read up on 'git-instaweb'.
Used to CVS or SVN-like behavior on commits, where all changes in the local tree are committed? Try using 'git-commit -a'.
Not running a black and white console? Then you probably want color in a lot of GIT's console output.
git config --global color.branch auto git config --global color.diff auto git config --global color.status auto


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Macaroni and Cheese (with a grown-up twist)
While the macaroni cooks, mix the mustard powder with one tablespoon of hot water, then add eggs, buttermilk, salt, and pepper and beat together with a fork.
I got distracted and let this one get pretty brown on top, but it still tasted great.
(Makes 10 side dish servings, adapted from Classic American Food Without Fuss by Francess McCullough and Barbara Witt.)
1 box (13.25 oz. or about 3.5 cups) Dreamfields Macaroni or whole wheat Macaroni
4 cups grated cheese (I used a mixture of reduced-fat sharp cheddar and reduced-fat Pizza cheese blend, use any combination of cheeses that you like)
2 eggs
salt/pepper to taste
2 tsp. dry mustard mixed in 1 T hot water
1 1/2 cups buttermilk (or milk)
1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
Mix together mustard and hot water in a glass measuring cup or bowl. Add salt, pepper, eggs, and buttermilk and whip together with a fork. Put the drained pasta back into the pan you cooked it in, then pour the buttermilk mixture over pasta and mix. Add the cheese and stir to combine.
Spray a 9″ by 12″ glass or crockery casserole dish with nonstick spray or olive oil, then pour the macaroni mixture in and press down so it's evenly distributed in the dish. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top if desired. Bake uncovered for 30-35 minutes, or until all cheese is melted and cheese on top is starting to brown slightly.
Serve hot. This freezes well, and can be reheated in microwave.
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This is absolutely brilliant. Orange is the New Black actress Laverne Cox has made history by becoming the first "openly transgender actress nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award." Cox was nominated for "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series."
The critically-acclaimed Netflix series earned 12 nominations for the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. HBO's epic fantasy series Game of Thrones led the pack with 19 nominations. Coming in second place was another Netflix series, House of Cards, with 16 nominations.
This makes the second historic achievement for the actress in as many months. Cox made history in May to become the first trans woman to make the iconic cover of TIME magazine. Many congratulations to Laverne for her many amazing achievements. She has become an amazing inspiration and source of pride for so many people. Brava.
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In 1957, Jim Henson was approached by a Washington, D.C. coffee company to produce commercials for Wilkins Coffee. The local stations only had ten seconds for station identification, so the Muppet commercials had to be lightning-fast—essentially, eight seconds for the commercial pitch and a two-second shot of the product.
From 1957 to 1961, Henson made 179 commercials for Wilkins Coffee and other Wilkins products, including Community Coffee and Wilkins Tea. The ads were initially filmed at Rodel Studios in Washington D.C.[1] The ads were so successful and well-liked that they sparked a series of remakes for companies in other local markets throughout the 1960s.
The ads starred the cheerful Wilkins, who liked Wilkins Coffee, and the grumpy Wontkins, who hated it. Wilkins would often do serious harm to Wontkins in the ads—blowing him up, stabbing him with a knife, and smashing him with a club, among many other violent acts.
Wilkins and Wontkins were generally the only characters in the commercials, though on rare occasions, such critters as a Muppet whale or baby birds would appear. Company owner Mr. Wilkins was also invoked more than once.
The characters proved so popular that in October 1958, the company offered vinyl puppets of Wilkins and Wontkins through the mail for $1.00 and a coffee can label. The offer on the can said, "Hey Kids! I'm Wilkins—he's Wontkins—you see us on TV!" Obviously, Wilkins Coffee and Henson knew that the Muppet characters had kid appeal, although this doesn't seem to have had any effect on the use of violence and terror in the ads.
The only time Wontkins was caught drinking a coffee that was not Wilkins was in the 1958 "Steamroller" ad.
These are Henson's official titles for the commercials. [2]
Red Diamond Coffee
- Other titles
Public appeal
The Wilkins Coffee ads stood out from the usual commercial fare. In a press release issued February 19, 1959, Senator John Marshall Butler (R-MD) strongly criticized the quality of broadcast television, but praised the Wilkins ads: "The Maryland Senator, an opponent of pay television, called on the networks and individual stations to re-examine their programming and advertising policies at once to provide the public with better television fare. He said that the Senate Commerce Committee, of which he is a member, will explore the entire situation... As to advertising, it insults the intelligence of the viewer. It is geared at know-nothings. As far as I am concerned, if I hear 'a thinking-man's filter and a smoking-man's taste,' I promptly switch to another channel. About the only clever advertising on the air today is 'Wilkins and Wontkins'. It pleases rather than irritates television audiences, and I am happy to learn that this series is bringing increased sales to the sponsor."
The Senator's approval was echoed in a 1965 article in the Washington, D.C. Evening Star, which reported the findings of a poll in the D.C. area about television commercials: "John H. Wilkins, Jr., of the Wilkins Coffee Company, can be proud of the overwhelming endorsement of Washington area viewers of his Muppet TV spots. The Wilkins commercials, which he conceived, are easily the favorite of voters in this area." [3]
Following the success of the Wilkins Coffee commercials in the Washington, D.C. market, Jim Henson sold the concept to coffee companies in other local markets around the US. The same ads were reshot, with the only difference being the name of the coffee company.
The other companies included:
- Community Coffee: Thirty-seven 10-second ads for Community Coffee, a Louisiana-based company, from 1959 to 1969. Beginning in 1966, the commercials were produced in color.[4]
- Donovan Coffee: Thirteen 10-second ads for the Donovan Coffee Company, an Alabama-based company that produces Red Diamond Coffee. Six spots were produced in 1961, and an additional seven color spots were produced in December 1966.[5]
- La Touraine Coffee: Fifteen 10-second ads for La Touraine Coffee, a Boston-based company, from 1958 to 1962.
- Martinson Coffee: Fifteen 10-second ads for Martinson Coffee, a New York City-based company, from 1958 to 1962.
- Nash's Coffee: Twenty 10-second ads for Nash's Coffee, a Minnesota based company, from 1958 to 1961. [2]
The "TV Anti-Violence League" spot was released on a commercial DVD by Madacy Home Video.
The "TV Anti-Violence League" spot from 1960 was recognized by the Clio awards, as runner-up in the category of best television/cinema spot.
- Client: Wilkins Coffee, Belmont Ver Standig, Washington DC
- Agency Producer: James W. Young
- Cinematographer: Del Ankers
- Copywriters: James Henson, James Young
- Performer/Voice: Wilkins & Wontkins (puppets), Jim Henson (voice)
- Production Company: Rodel, Washington DC
- Animation & Art: Jane & James Henson
- ↑ Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones (page 107)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Karen Falk, the Jim Henson Company Archives.
- ↑ "Weekly Poll: Voters Feel Strongly on TV Commercials", Harold Stern and Jack Boyle, The Evening Star, March 22, 1965.
- ↑ Falk, Karen. "Jim Henson's Red Book", 3/13-14/1969 – Shoot Community Coffee.
- ↑ Falk, Karen. "Jim Henson's Red Book", 12/13-15/1966 – Shoot Community and Red Diamond Comm.


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REPOST: County to ask voters for more transportation money
REPOST: County to ask voters for more transportation money
Today The Alamedan is reposting our March piece on a county sales tax measure to fund transportation expenses that is on the November ballot. The ballot language for Measure B1 is available in this list.
Alameda County transportation leaders are set to ask voters for more money for roads, trails and transit in November. The Alameda County Transportation Commission wants to double the county's existing half-cent sales tax for transportation projects and make it permanent.
The tax would raise an estimated $7.8 billion over the next 30 years, money that would pay for projects that include a BART extension to Livermore, completion of the Bay Trail and restoration of bus service cuts. AC Transit would get nearly $1.5 billion under the plan; ferries would get $39 million.
If voters approve this third iteration of the existing Measure B sales tax, Alameda would get $242 million toward replacement of its three bridges, funding for high speed bus service from Alameda Point to the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland and help paying for improvements at the I-880/Broadway/Jackson interchange in Oakland, which city staff said could improve access to and from Alameda's West End.
"We think this offers extraordinary funding opportunities when we don't see them coming from any other place," the Alameda County Transportation Commission's deputy director, Tess Lengyel, told the City Council on March 20. She said 79 percent of voters polled on extending the tax said they're in favor of it; the tax needs the okay of two-thirds of voters to pass. The county commission is made up of representatives of each city in the county and all five county supervisors.
The existing half-cent sales tax, which was approved by voters in 1986 and again in 2000 with 81.5 percent in support, is set to expire in 2022. Lengyel said the projects the tax was supposed to fund in its current incarnation, including a widening of I-238 and the Warm Springs BART stop in Fremont, are already underway or complete.
If approved by voters, 48 percent of the new tax money would pay for transit, 30 percent for local roads and bridges, 9 percent for highways and 8 percent for bicycle and pedestrian projects, the plan says. The remaining funds would be used for land use and transportation investments and technology, it says.
The council hasn't signed off on the proposed tax extension yet because council members said they want the public to have more of a chance to discuss it before they offer their approval. None of the 40 meetings the county's transportation commission held on the spending plan the taxes would fund were held in Alameda, and Councilwoman Lena Tam questioned whether the city's boards and commissions were given a proper opportunity to offer input on projects placed on Alameda's list.
"I wanted an opportunity for city staff to solicit community input through the Transportation Commission and Planning Board, as these are very significant projects," Tam said in response to questions from a reporter. "Since the tax is in perpetuity, and we were being asked to endorse the measure and request that it be placed on the ballot, it was important for the community to understand what they would be getting if the measure passed."
Public Works Director Matt Naclerio said that city staff created Alameda's project list using existing transportation plans, environmental documents, reports, and studies and in consultation with peers in Oakland and on the county transportation commission, though he told Tam that boards and commissions would have more of a say in the future. The newly created plan would be in place through 2042, though it calls for at least one comprehensive update before that.
Alameda's Transportation Commission discussed the plan at its March 23, 2011 meeting, minutes show, and commission members were asked if there were projects they would like to see prioritized, though they weren't handed a specific project list.
City staff asked the county for $94 million to replace the Miller Sweeney Bridge with a new, earthquake-resistant bridge that would hold four lanes for vehicles, dedicated bicycle and transit lanes and sidewalks on both sides. The current bridge has been retrofitted so it won't fall down in an earthquake, but there's no guarantee it would remain usable after one, said Obaid Khan, supervising civil engineer in Alameda's Public Works department.
Alameda County has included $46 million in the plan to replace the Park Street Bridge to similar standards, and another $17.8 million toward the estimated $40.3 million cost of replacing the High Street Bridge, according to a list submitted to the council for its March 20 meeting.
City staffers also asked for $75 million toward the $189 million cost of improvements at the I-880 entrance off Broadway and Jackson in Oakland, which sits right next to the entrance of the Webster Tube. Khan said the project – which the city got $8.5 million in Measure B funding for in 2000 and which Oakland just recently signed on to co-sponsor – is needed to bolster economic opportunities on the city's West End and at Alameda Point.
"Alameda Point development, as we have seen in previous studies, can impact the crossings," Khan said. "The city has always taken the position that we really need this project to stimulate economic development in the West End."
Khan said the project would also include funds for high-speed bus service from Alameda Point to the Oakland-12th Street BART station.
City staffers also asked for $9 million for rapid bus service that would run from Alameda Point up Lincoln Avenue to the Fruitvale BART station; money from the tax would also pay for completion of the Bay Trail, which runs through Alameda. And if voters approve the tax extension, the city would get $3.5 million a year for local streets, bike and pedestrian safety and paratransit – nearly double what it gets from the existing Measure B tax.
"Overall, this is a very good plan for not only the city but the county as a whole," said Chris Miley, who sits on Alameda's Transportation Commission and is a staffer handling transportation issues for Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer.
Projects and services to be funded by the proposed extension and increase of the Measure B sales tax include:
I-880/Broadway/Jackson multimodal and circulation improvements: $75 million
Rapid bus service from Alameda Point to Fruitvale BART: $9 million
New Miller Sweeney (Fruitvale) Bridge: $94 million
New Park Street Bridge (county-sponsored project): $46 million
New High Street Bridge (county-sponsored project): $17.8 million
Local streets and roads (first year): $2.81 million (88 percent increase over existing funds)
Bicycle and pedestrian projects (first year): $360,000 (80 percent increase)
Paratransit (first year): $310,000 (97 percent increase)
Source: City staff report


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The trading port serving St Davids for many centuries, Porthclais is a sheltered harbour on the south-western tip of the St Davids Peninsula where the River Alun enters the sea.
Its importance can be gauged by the fact that it has a sturdy quay at its entrance and two lime kilns where the road comes down at the end of the inlet.
It was a well-used landing and embarkation point back in early Christian times and no doubt the men who built their promontory forts all round this coast used it to fish from. Porthclais means Port of the rivulet, ditch or stream and ships landed coal here for the nearby gasworks, where the carpark is now, and for the local coal merchants, right up until the 1950s. Thankfully the old gasometer beside the road no longer blots the landscape, but the well-preserved lime kilns remain to remind us of the cargoes of limestone that were brought here from the Carew River at West Willamston and other quarries to sweeten the land on the surrounding farms. The gasworks and cottage were demolished in 1967.
The importance of Porthclais as a trading port began to diminish when Solva's trade experienced a boom, and damage to the quay also had an effect on the use of the little harbour. But the boat owners formed an association to repair and maintain the quay and ensure the continued use of the harbour by fishing boats and any other craft that wished to pay to use the sheltered inlet. The Valley is typical of the glacial features found all along this coast, deepened by melt waters and drowned by rising sea levels. As far back as 1385 cargoes came into this inlet for the Cathedral, and in 1566 there were no fewer than eight locally-owned trading ships.
In the spring the locals used to flock down to Porthclais to watch the annual migration of elvers down the River Alun from their breeding grounds upstream, and to wonder that those millions of small silver eels, little bigger than earthworms could migrate all the way to the Sargasso Sea from this remote corner of Wales. The toll from predators as they crossed the ocean must have been enormous, but it still seemed that they arrived in millions to perpetuate their kind.
Porthclais is an interesting stopping point on the 170-mile long National Park Coastal Footpath, and the flora and fauna are a feature which attracts considerable attention. Fulmars glide the cliffs, ravens show off their aerobatic skills in the thermals, choughs peck for insects among the tussocks alongside the footpath, which is flanked by vernal squill, sea campion, thrift and red campion. Golden gorse seems to bloom here all the year round, its coconut scent filling the air, and stonechats nest in many a gorse thicket, their song, like two pebbles being knocked together, as much a feature of the area as the screaming of gulls and piping oyster catchers.


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"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is a perfect storm of anticipation. The biggest bestseller of the decade, one of the five best directors in Hollywood, a script by an Oscar-winning scribe, starring the hottest young actress this side of Jessica Chastain and 007. Oh, and then there's the soundtrack, which costs as much as taking a family of four to a Cubs game.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who won the Best Score Oscar for David Fincher's "The Social Network, have scored his latest film, and you can buy the record for as little as 12 bucks, or as much as $300—yes, $300.
As audacious as the album's price is its length, which is 30 minutes longer than the film's rumored runtime of 152 minutes. Does the world need a three-hour soundtrack? What kind of day would you have to inspire you to spin that whole thing? If it's anything like Reznor's past work, listening to this would have to be considered a cry for help.
If you want a free taste of the music, you can go to Reznor's website, and download six tracks gratis. And if you're dying to get a peek at the film, you can pre-order, via iTunes, the whole album ahead of its Dec. 9 release, and to tide you over, they'll give a free download of Reznor's cover of "The Immigrant Song," with vocals by Karen O, and an 8-minute super trailer—which we have to admit has our fingers twitching a bit.
But if you're depressed enough to want to hear the album in all its glory, you may be in a deep enough funk to forgo the $11.99 digital download, and head straight for the $300 deluxe edition, which justifies its bananas price tag with vinyl autographs, limited edition artwork, razor-blade USB drives and other goodies. But there's a catch—if you order today, the thing doesn't even ship until Feb. 6, some six weeks after the film hits theaters.
While this whole thing sets our head to shaking, we have to admit that we've dropped greater sums on equally frivolous things. And for the average Trent Reznor fan—who is now over 35--$300 probably isn't a budget buster.


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The Regional Cuisine of South Asia in NYC, Part 2: Bangladesh and West Bengal
More South Asian Eats
South Asian food in New York City is finally moving beyond tikka masala territory, and this mini-series will help you make the most of these heady times. Not sure of the difference between dosa and roti or how to distinguish good chaat from the rest? We've got you covered in this week-long series on the regional cooking of south Asia that you can find in New York's restaurants. Yesterday we started with Punjab and Pakistan; today we head over to the other side of the subcontinent to West Bengal and neighboring Bangladesh.
West Bengal (in India) and Bangladesh were once a single state before the British partition in 1947. Food on both sides of their border relies heavily on fish, rice, mustard oil (with its spicy, wasabi-like edge), and the distinct flavor of paanch phoran, a mix of whole spices dominated by licorice-y fennel seeds, bitter fenugreek seeds, and savory cumin seeds.
At Neerob in the Bronx, perhaps the city's best Bangladeshi restaurant, home-style dishes are prepared for a mostly Bangladeshi clientele, so the flavors are vivid and the spicing unrestrained. Don't be deterred by the steam table set-up; high turnover here keeps the food extremely fresh.
Neerob's Rhui Mas (Indian carp), a mild fish simmered in a flavorful gravy, and Mishti Kumra, tender cubes of pumpkin sautéed with savory onions, are among the best options at the steam table when available. Pair them with rice and any of the excellent daals for a full meal.
Be sure to get some bharta on the side. These "condiments" made from mashed vegetables, lentils, or fermented fish are seasoned with garlic, green chilies, cilantro, and piquant mustard oil, adding a spicy, pungent kick to Bangladeshi meals. Neerob's bhartas are always especially bold and flavorful.
Kolkata (West Bengal's capital city, formerly known as Calcutta) and Dhaka (in Bangladesh) are famous for tasty street food, but you won't find it at Neerob. Instead, head to Jackson Heights for Baul Dada's Jhal Muri: puffed rice, roasted soybeans, black chickpeas, and assorted fried bits tossed with diced onion, green chilies, cilantro, a dash of mustard oil, and several tangy and sweet chutneys.
This salty, spicy, crunchy snack is prepared fresh to order at Baul Dada's curbside table (open for business from 3:00 p.m to 10:00 p.m., weather permitting). It's about as close as you can get to the experience of buying chaat on the street in south Asia without courting the risk of "Delhi Belly"—or worse.
Stay tuned for more south Asian dispatches all week!
Additional reporting by Max Falkowitz, Malini Sood Horiuchi, Rabia Ahmed, Carolyn Lengel, Sunita Apte, Chichi Wang, Reena Geevarghese, Naomi Baumol, Ken Start, Jared Cohee, Padmashree Tadepalli, Sarah Khan, and Sara Markel-Gonzalez.
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Join us at Chicago's Flower & Garden Show on March 15th at 1:30pm to watch Eli's Executive Pastry Chef and Creative Research Chef, Laurel Boger, present her expertise on creating a delicious dessert!
Chef Boger knows how to dazzle Eli's domestic and international customers. In addition to Eli's delicious cheesecake and desserts, she also is a veteran cake designer at Eli's for giant cheesecakes served at corporate, entertainment and celebratory events including cheesecakes for both of President Obama's Inaugural Balls in 2009 and 2013.


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First Amendment Expert Floyd Abrams Admits SOPA Would Censor Protected Speech, But Thinks It's Okay Collateral Damage
from the not-really deptSupporters of SOPA/PROTECT IP have been going absolutely nuts in pushing the claim that famed First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams has said SOPA does not violate the First Amendment. This wasn't a surprise. First of all, the MPAA is a client of Abrams, as are various other Hollywood trade groups. He didn't write the letter on his own behalf, but was paid by these groups to write the letter. As such, he's speaking as a paid advocate for them, not as an objective independent observer. Given that, it's really quite incredible how timid the letter actually is. The fact that it takes fourteen pages to hem, haw and equivocate away the clear problems of SOPA is quite telling.
While the argument goes on for a while, the really telling part is late in the letter, where Abrams actually admits that SOPA would result in the censorship of protected speech, something that can't be denied, but which many supporters of the bill have refused to admit:
Regardless of the particular standard or definition of foreign infringing sites, court-approved remedies under the Stop Online Piracy Act may result in the blockage or disruption of some protected speech. As discussed above, the bill provides a range of injunctive relief is available, with a court making the final determination as to whether and how to craft relief against a website operator or owner or third party intermediaries. When injunctive relief includes blocking domain names, the blockage of non-infringing or protected content may result.Setting aside the odd sentence construction ("the bill provides a range of injunctive relief is available"), this really is the key point. Abrams then spends another couple pages trying to explain why it's okay to block protected speech, properly noting that caselaw has said it's okay when that speech is "incidental." What he fails to do is explain how the speech blocked here would be "incidental." And that's really the whole crux of the matter. The exceptionally broad definitions in the bill mean that it won't block just incidental free speech, but wide open forums of free speech. Again, remember that under this bill, it's likely that YouTube would not exist because Viacom sees it as "dedicated to theft of US property" under the definitions in the bill. And under the law Universal Music would make the case that the Internet Archive and a variety of blogs and forums are "dedicated to theft of U.S. property." This would be about shutting down huge forums of free speech, not just incidental free speech.
Abrams ignores all of that.
The letter also presents a long argument about how laws apply on the internet. Well, duh. That's just sleight of hand. It's a favorite bogus talking point of the industry: that those who are worried about overreaching laws really believe that there should be no rule of law online. Everyone agrees that our laws apply online. What we question is how they're applied in an overly broad manner that conflicts with free speech rights. Narrowly targeted laws that seek to stop actually illegal content -- libel or infringement -- are reasonable. Broad legislation that will take down significant non-infringing speech is where we have a problem. Unfortunately, Abrams sullies his distinguished legacy in the space, by more or less brushing aside such concerns in favor of his big clients.
Abrams is also somewhat selective and misleading in his choice of citations. For example, as "evidence" of the right to completely shut down websites over copyright claims, he "cites" the first of ICE's domain seizure "cases," a couple times. While he eventually notes that the legality of these seizures is currently being litigated, he doesn't mention that until after he's brought it up a couple times, and leaves out the fact that the citations he notes in support of such a right refer to a one-sided (and error-filled) affidavit presented by ICE and rubber-stamped by a magistrate judge -- rather than a ruling in any sort of adversarial hearing. Again, this is not a balanced letter on his viewpoints, but a lawyer advocating for some of his biggest clients.
In discussing the specifics of SOPA, Abrams is careful to point to the letter of the law, refusing to acknowledge the actual impact of the law. For example, he notes that "the bill neither compels nor prohibits speech or communication by the four entities regarding any measures they take." This is technically true, but misleading in the extreme. While it does not specifically prohibit speech directly, it is set up in a way that the only way to avoid liability is to massively prohibit non-infringing speech. That's the issue, one totally ignored by Abrams. The vague standards for liability -- the equivalent of how the Great Firewall of China works -- makes it such that in order to avoid liability sites will certainly overblock. While Abrams can brush this off because the law does not directly compel a site to block speech, he's not being intellectually honest in pretending that the actual impact will not block speech.
It's no surprise that the MPAA and its supporters are waving this flag around -- it's about the only serious legal support they've got on this issue. And Abrams is a big and respected name -- but his own letter seems to indicate the failings of his own argument, and the complete avoidance of even digging into the massive expansion of what is dubbed "dedicated to theft," shows why this bill is problematic. When even your biggest "supporter" has to skirt around the issue, admit that the bill would suppress protected speech, and then try to hand-wave it away... you know the bill is bad, bad news. Either way this seems like a sad move by Abrams, who has been taking a number of missteps after a long and distinguished career. Between supporting this and his oddly ill-informed attack on Wikileaks (in which he insisted Wikileaks had done things it had not done), Abrams seems to be putting his legacy at risk.
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VIDEO: Epic tiger release in Russia is wildly successful
Celebrations are underway on both sides of the world as tigers Svetlaya and Ustin were safely released back to wild. This concludes the largest release of endangered Amur (aka Siberian) tigers in history and signals the return of the subspecies to historic tiger habitat in Russia's Far East, a resounding victory for conservationists and animal welfare advocates.
Epic Tiger Release in Far East Russia
The reintroduction of these five tigers, out of 360 remaining in the wild, is the culmination of life-saving rescues of orphaned tigers, months of rehabilitation efforts, and a smooth relocation and release involving the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Special Inspection Tiger, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Phoenix Fund, and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
To study their post-release survival, scientists are tracking the tigers using satellite technology.
--Michael Booth Consider supporting IFAW's work to save the world's last remaining tigers.


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However since the installing LMDE 64 I have not been able to get the sound effects to work ( bad title should really be called desktop notification or event sounds ) .They are just "Mr grayed out" .
I also have a TV card which i know can be a didntproblem to get the internal sound but i have had it before and used my notes to get it to work but not joy.
I really need the sound effects to set up my 5.1 system as the built in test does not produce sound either and TV with sound would enhance the experience quite a bit.
Update 6 did not resolve the issue.
Any .
by the way why didn't they build PAVCONTROL into distro ???? the on board menu/mixer does not do have enough routing options
Well not sure what I fixed but while working or another issue the system told me to
and suddenly I hear "blonk" [/color]
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sudo dpkg --configure -a
Well I thought that was it ....I guess not