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Judging the Decanter World Wine Awards
Of these two quotes, it's hard to decide whether the very delicious, "There will also be 100kg of cheese available to the judges." or the very British, "Judge severely but do not be ungenerous." stuck out more, but whatever the case, they summarize a great deal about how it is to judge the Decanter World Wine Awards.
Last week, I was one of the 219 judges tackling 17,200 wines from all over the world that were sent to London to be reviewed by what are some of the most knowledgeable people in the wine industry. The sheer weight of everything in this previous sentence is need of a bit of unpacking, so let's look at just what goes in to making these awards happen.
Awarding history
Started back in 2004 by Steven Spurrier (same fellow as the Judgment of Paris fame and who looks nothing like Alan Rickman) who said that there were some 3,500 entries initially. This has continued to grow each year to the point where there were the aforementioned 17,200 this year and makes for a 7% increase over last year. In speaking at the start of one of the days, Spurrier admitted his astonishment in the development of the awards by saying, "We thought we'd perhaps top out at around 7,000."
The awards have continued yearly and have become such a significant part of the magazine that they actually have year-round staff dedicated to managing them, above and beyond the fleet of people they hire to manage all the wines during the week. It's important to keep in mind that 17,200 is just the number of the individual label entries. The wineries needs to send in four bottles of each wine, thus making the organizers need to keep track of nearly 70,000 bottles in total.
How it works
The awards take place over five days. There are number of judges who stay all five days and then others that only taste for a few of the days as many people have a great many demands on their time, especially at this point in spring. The time demands especially true for the sommeliers who are often judging during the day to then go work a shift at their restaurant that evening. Needless to say, coffee is given in ready supply in the judge's restaurant.
When signing up to judge, you check off your area(s) of expertise. For those who are at advanced levels of knowledge such as Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers, they will often bounce around many regions to stay abreast of what's being produced. How often does one get to taste wines of China, Kazakhstan, or even Serbia after all? Others will often hone in just one or two such as Stephen Skelton MW who focuses on the British wines. For myself, I chose Spain, Croatia, & Georgia and ended up on mostly Spain with a bit of Central Europe.
For the actual judging, you're set up at round tables with four people a table. There are generally quite disparate backgrounds to the people you're tasting with, but there is always one head of the table working to channel it. You're poured a flight of wines that's usually around 10 or so each time and everyone tastes through them individually, recording scores via iPads with a proprietary web interface of Decanter's design. Once everyone has finished the wines, the head of the table reviews the scores, sees if there is general agreement and if not, the wine is re-tasted by the group and discussed until a conclusion is reached. If you're in to wine, this is actually quite fascinating.
It's generally the case that one of three scenarios arise: everyone is in very close agreement, the table is split, or then there is one outlier with a score far above or below the other three. In the instances where there isn't a consensus, everyone has to defend their point of view on the wine and then the head of the table will make the ultimate call based upon this. If the consensus can't be reached, a regional chair is called over to break the tie. If a wine is deemed to have a Gold, it is then re-tasted by an additional expert panel to make a final call. They will also taste other wines and sometimes raise or lower the scores.
It make seem like an enviable job to kick it at the back of the room sampling the best wines of the world all day long but given how much wine quality has and continues to improve, the amount of Golds increase more each year and these chairs have a massive amount of work each day.
Like most of the wine world, the judging uses the 100 point system but something of a stricter Decanter interpretation which is to say that it isn't as generous as The Wine Advocate. Some judges can be downright stingy in awarding higher scores, thus the "do not be ungenerous" quote above. 98+ is Exceptional Gold, 95-97 is Gold, 90-94 is Silver, 86-89 is Bronze, 83-85 is Commended. Anything below 83 is simply, "out". Throughout the tasting and the various flights I was on throughout the days, we did indeed find wines that covered all these ranges. The "out" wines were unfortunate as even though we would request a replacement bottle to see if it was a wine or a bottle problem, it would usually be the wine and I don't know why someone went to all the trouble and expense to send in a wine that was clearly faulty. Most everyone I judged with really didn't want to give such low scores as it can make you feel like you're being snobbish, but if the wine required it, we did.
Your fellow judges
While I've been judging wines for years in Spain, I went in to this competition admittedly a bit nervous as honestly, the level of wine judging in Spain is simply not at the same level in the UK. Tied in to this, the awards pluck out people from various parts of the world who are often the best in their countries so it's really the crème de la crème. Anyone sensible and not full of themselves should rightly wonder how they'll stack up.
Ultimately, if you've studied wine heavily, you do as fine as everyone else. Sometimes in a flight, you're the one scoring higher or lower than the rest of the group and then on others, it's someone else. The amazing thing is that this is irrespective of someone's experience in wine and it greatly relates to personal reactions to specific wines. Taste as they say, is subjective.
There was maybe only one wine that I truly didn't agree with a call on, but at the same time, there were others were someone else at the table was in that position. The beauty of the judges selected for the awards is that it is unlike when you have a group of people and everyone will sink to the lowest common denominator in terms of ability. In wine, people will strive to be better than everyone else and this competitive spirit makes everyone at the table try harder. If you try to coast through a flight, you will quickly find that everyone else has done far better analysis and you need to step up your game the next time. I won't lie, the concentration is intense and I went to bed very early every night of the judging.
Learning through doing
In regards to tasting, I always feel that you can never taste enough wines or stop learning about tasting. It is a bottomless pit of study and no matter how much you do it or how many books you read, there's always more to learn. Even a Master of Wine needs to keep up with things that change in the world of wine.
So, in addition to making for a lively judging session, I think that most people come away from the judging having explored their tasting abilities more. The awards get fully announced in about a month and until then I can't speak as to any of the results specifically but after tasting about 350 wines over three days, there were endless surprises to be found and tasting with such qualified people helped hone my own tasting even more.
Shout outs
I'm still pretty tired after the intensity of last week, but I can't even imagine the effort that it took to coordinate these 17,000+ wines and then deal with sorting the bottles that remained. And then of course there's compiling all of the information in the end after an intense week of making sure 200 people got a tasty lunch and had plenty of palate-cleansing water and dry biscuits.
Would I do it again? In a heartbeat as it was an excellent experience. The only real problem in this is that it will be very hard to return to judging other competitions that aren't run at a level such as this.


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The Kiss Roxanne Project
(This short story was inspired by a viral video of 20 strangers kissing back in 2014. I wrote it for the "First Kiss" blog hop.)
"Come on." Greg unclipped from his pedals and hopped off his ride. "Why live in this crazy city if you don't become part of the performance art sometimes?"
Rick propped his bike on the other side of the rack, unable to resist scanning the small and eclectic crowd lining up for the Kiss A Stranger project.
He lived in San Francisco because he could step out his door and ride forty-six miles across the Golden Gate Bridge and back every Saturday. The city was the art—he didn't need to watch a performance, and he sure as hell wouldn't be in one for fun. The mayor kept him tap dancing and the Board of Supervisors was pretty much a shit show. "No way."
The flock of hip twenty and thirty somethings were dressed to impressed, and surely didn't smell like they'd just pedaled a half-century.
"Dude," Greg chided. "You haven't been on a date in months. You so need to kiss a stranger."
Rick kicked his heel onto his saddle and stretched his hamstring. "That's impossible, like needing a kitten." They were cute to cuddle for three minutes then turned into a pain in the ass, and they sure as hell weren't essential to anything.
Greg had knelt to fiddle with his bike lock, and he grinned up, all helmet, shades, and teeth. "All work and no kissing makes Rick a grumpy bastard. Consider this an intervention." He closed his bike lock with a definitive click, attaching Rick's frame to his own.
Rick couldn't help but laugh—a cheap trick, downright Machiavellian, but not an outright victory. He could easily do the awkward cleat-walk home and force his buddy to bring back his bike. "Like I said, I'm out. And be careful. If you pop wood, everybody's gonna notice in those pants."
Greg's grin faltered as he looked down at his skin-tight cycling shorts.
Rick took the chance to cast the crowd of stranger-kissers one last glance. A trio of feminine backsides greeted him, three women bent over a folding table, signing papers. Release forms, no doubt, promising they wouldn't sue if they drew the lot to kiss a sweaty cyclist with an assertive hard-on. They moved toward the entrance and his gaze got stuck on the one in the middle. Tall, her long straight hair blacker than ink, she walked with the upright posture of a woman who knew people were looking. The others seemed to be ushering her inside as if they were her entourage.
Damn. Some ferrel urge seized control of him and demanded he get a look at her. So much for gawking. He was going in there in his sweaty spandex, to kiss some stranger. Hell, he'd do worse, just to see that woman's face.
He signed the release without even glancing over it. Inside, a red LED board mounted near the apex displayed the kissers' numbers, like at the goddamn DMV.
He weaved between people until he found her. The view was an unsatisfying profile and she still wore her sunglasses. He shifted to see more, but the tent kept filling up, and he lost sight of her. Numbers were called out of order. Forty-two, twelve, sixty-three. Someone repeated it over a bullhorn a few times before he thought to look at his number. Sixty-three.
All for nothing. He'd come in to see her, and hadn't even managed it. Time to bail.
In the crush of people, it took a moment to find the door he'd come in through. Hordes more people had crowded in. Hell, he'd get out of there faster if he went through with the randomly assigned kiss. He ran his tongue over his teeth. A hint of cherry-flavored energy gel lingered in his mouth. That was something. He unhooked the chinstrap on his helmet and showed his number to the bullhorn guy.
"Right this way." The staffer guided Rick down a long hall and into a room equipped with video cameras.
A small woman stood, watching with big eyes. Pixie haircut, trendy clothes, serious mouth. Not bad, if not his type.
He met her under the lights and gave her a little wave. "Hi."
She turned beet purple and burst out laughing. "Oh God, I can't do this." She snorted and covered her mouth, doubling over with a textbook nervous laugh. Someone led her out while the bullhorn guy came to Rick's side.
"Sorry. She told us when she came in she was having second thoughts. We've already posted the next number."
At least it wasn't Rick's skintight spandex that had offended her. In fact, this was perfect. He could just follow her out. "Hey, man—"
The door opened and two women came inside.
His heart sped up to max, like he was climbing a steep grade without a warmup.
Her friend had hold of her elbow and seemed to point her toward Rick while standing on her toes to whisper in her ear. Head-on, the woman's striking face was nothing like he'd expected, more exotic than beautiful. Firm jaw, wide mouth, long and narrow nose. He didn't want to look away.
"Which one of you is fifty-six?" asked the staffer.
Her, please. A silent plea to the gods of performance art.
She raised her hand.
Thank you.
She shoved her dark glasses up on her head. Her eyes didn't focus on him, didn't focus anywhere.
He, on the other hand, stared.
A long moment passed and he sensed eyes on him, everyone's but hers. Next, he was going to get the crazy-nervous giggles. He swallowed down the giddy mix of surprise and excitement like it was a mouthful of his favorite beer. What kind of asshole wouldn't kiss a gorgeous women because she happened to be blind? "Hi, I'm Rick."
She stepped toward his voice and smiled. "Roxanne."
He moved closer. "Can I show you to where we're supposed to stand?"
"Right here." He squeezed her elbow and moved to stand opposite, studying her face. Her closed eyes gave nothing away, the muscles around them seeming immobile. He was about to kiss a stranger. She was about to kiss one she hadn't even seen. "Nervous?"
"A little." She chuckled and her nostrils flared. Damn. She probably had super keen smell, or was that a stereotype?
"Sorry I stink. Just finished a ride. Wasn't planning to come here."
"Are you in good shape?"
"Pretty good."
Her arms came up and instinctively he took hold of her wrists, leading her hands to settle on his shoulders.
She smoothed them along the topmost seams of his jersey. "You're tall."
He wanted to settle his hands on her waist, but left them dangling at his side, helmet hanging from one finger. "Maybe this is completely the wrong thing to say, but you could touch my face, if you wanted to, you know…see me."
Her smile fell.
Shit. "Sorry. Can I take it back?"
"No, don't." She pressed her palms into his shoulders. "It was sweet. It's just…intimate."
"More than a kiss?"
"Yeah, kind of." And then the fingers of one hand came up to his ear and began a gentle examination, feathering through the hair at his temple, her thumb gliding across his forehead and finding its way along one eyebrow, then down his nose, then up again to touch the bump in its bridge. "I love a strong-nosed man."
His heart raced like it was striving for a personal best. Her delicate brow furrowed and she brought both her hands to cup his face, tracing his lips with the pads of both thumbs. "Soft," she murmured. Then she raked her nails against his Saturday stubble and pleasure tingled down his neck and spine.
Shit. There were cameras, an audience of staffers. This was performance art, with footage that could be used for God knew what.
"You said you weren't planning on coming to this," she whispered, her breath caressing his mouth. "What changed your mind?"
"My buddy dragged me in."
"Well, I'm glad he did, and now I'm going to kiss you." She brought his face down to meet her.
Her sweet lips brushed his then pressed firm. Chaste, and yet urgent anticipation coiled through his gut. After a close-up glimpse of her smooth skin, he closed his eyes. It seemed only fair.
He let her take the lead. The wet tip of her tongue licked at him and his mouth watered. He parted his lips and she darted in, stroking. He wanted to suck her tongue into his mouth, wanted to shove his own inside her, but he reined himself in and let her play in this shallow, teasing space. Something about the firmness of her mouth told him she was smiling and that cranked the coil of want inside him. He wanted to be the cause of her smile, wanted to get out from under these cameras, buy her a coffee and learn everything about her.
He nipped at her lip and she groaned, so quiet he might have imagined it. And then her body was there, small, firm breasts flush against his jersey, her pelvis fitting against him, drawing his blood to his groin.
All at once, she pulled away from his mouth. "Phew." Her cheeks were pink, her lips swollen.
He wanted her underneath him looking just like that.
She smiled, sliding her hand up his neck to his face as if searching out his own response. "That was a great kiss."
"Yeah." Greg had been right. He needed a hundred more just like it today alone.
"Thanks." Gratitude colored the word, and he wanted to punch anyone who'd made her feel lucky to be kissed.
"Are you kidding? Thank you. That blew the top off my skull. I didn't want to stop."
"I noticed."
Great. Now he was mister aggressive hard-on. He stepped back, hoping like hell the chamois in his shorts left the exact shape of his package to their audience's imagination. All four staffers clapped. His cheeks heated with the completely irrational feeling of violation, as if their kiss had been private.
Her friend was already walking toward her, ready to guide her out, and giving him an appraising look on the way.
"Can I call you sometime?" he asked.
Roxanne's mouth fell open. "You're not supposed to ask that. You agreed on the release form."
Right. The one he hadn't read. Damn it. Every single part of him from his gray matter to his gonads wanted a repeat performance. Greg had been wrong about that part. Rick didn't need to kiss a stranger. He needed to kiss her.
"I'm Rick Jarvis. I work in the mayor's office. If you call there, you'll find me."
She bit her lip, obscuring a nascent smile. "Nice to meet you, Rick Jarvis." And then she let herself be guided away by her friend. Just like the kiss itself, he'd have to let her take the lead.

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In this video Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) says, twice, "you'll will want to follow these hearings." He says they will be "explosive" and indicates that we won't be hearing what we already know, and what has already been reported. An eye-witness on the ground the night of the Benghazi attacks interviewed with Fox News' Adam Housely. He says witnesses are being threatened (actually said they would be "decapitated" if they came forward). Housely says there is more to come. See that video here. See Congressman Gowdy in the video below.
Benghazi Special Forces Eyewitness on the Ground in Benghazi: State Department Threatening Witnesses
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Hillary Lied Under Oath – Signed Requests for More Security and Then Denied More Security
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When I started the renovation of my building for the new studio, I thought it would just be a simple process of gathering ideas, talking to the contractor and getting to work. Not really so.
When the housing boom came through our county in 2005, our town didn't have some of the precautions in place to keep some properties from being razed and developed. And not really in ways that they were in favor of. One old house was taken down, which could've been renovated to be replaced by townhouses. So the town couldn't stop it because they didn't have regulations in place. They quickly got to work and did just that, getting the county involved and forming a committee of their own that made it harder for that kind of change to happen again. This was a good thing. The house that is directly behind our property was scheduled to be next and they have prevented the same from happening there. Although, now, the developer that owns the property has abandoned it and it is now gradually falling further into decline. It is a beautiful old Victorian house that would take lots of money to fix up but would be doable. I'm grateful that the town saved it and they have told me that they have plans to get the developer to make some moves on the property.
SO, now I am close to starting work on the building. Given the committee has to be involved, it has been a bit more complicated than it would've been a few years ago. My initial plan was to add an addition to my building to house the kiln (s). I prepared drawings and took this to the town to show them what I was doing. You see, the building sits exactly on the property line and that is a big no no. You have to put a building, a new building, at least 15 feet away from a property line. So my addition had to be okay'd by the committee. Given that I was renovating the old building, it can be grandfathered into the regulations and is automatically okay to do the work to, but the addition had to have permission and a waiver to proceed.
Then my contractor gave me his first quote…. OUCH! The kiln room had to go, as did my concrete floor. In order to bring the project into my budget, I had to shave things off the project. AND, even though I was no longer doing the addition, I still had to get permission from the town to proceed. In the meantime, my contractor is running out of work before the meeting of the committee. He wants to get to work and they want me to hold on a few more days to give it a go ahead. They needed revised drawings of the project and 7 copies of the drawing and a check for $25. The meeting is March the 7th and I should be able to have permits in hand by the 8th since I also started the process of obtaining the permits with the county. This will get my contractor working early in March rather than have to wait until April.
Code for the county is also something that I have had to follow for safety reasons. The inspectors came out and looked at the property and gave me more insight as to what I can and can't do. A local business sells used and odd sized windows which I had found some really cool triangular windows for the eaves but they are too big and aren't a tempered glass, so those had to come out of the project. Also, windows have to be at least 18″ up from the floor and the triangles are just too big. They would've been really cool though, giving my moved stairs the much needed light.
Enter, Craig's List. I spent a day working to find some windows that would suit me to add the whimsy to the building and give me plenty of light but also save me some money on new windows at Lowe's or Home Depot. I found some half rounds, quarter rounds and an arch window up in Maryland that I am planning on going to purchase tomorrow. They are a major brand of window, but at a fraction of the cost that I would have to pay if I had to buy them from a retailer. I just have to drive a bit to get them.
So I spent yesterday working on revised drawings and using the dimensions that are on the Craig's List listing, figuring out where I can place the windows to give me the light that I want inside the new space. And making sure that I have the proper distance from the floor to the window to meet the codes. By placing the half rounds in the eaves, I get a window that looks a bit like an orange slice or a smile, which I will be doing a lot of, come March, when I can see the changes start to take place.


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It reminds me of the blessing of the tango embrace--as many free hugs as we have time for, accompanied by emotional, gorgeous music. How fabulous is that?
Watch this for three minutes of feeling good and then better--the length of one tango.
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Sweet white wines are becoming all the rage in the U.S., especially when they are made with Muscat grapes.
Muscat History
Moscato (Italian for Muscat) derives from the Muscat family of vinifera grapes. It is one of the oldest winemaking grapes in the world, probably originating in Ancient Greece. It is part of a family of grapes with over 200 varieties including Muscat Blanc a' Petits Grains, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat Ottonel and Black Muscat. The grapes colors range from white to nearly black.
Muscat Blanc a' Petits Grains is considered the most dignified of the Muscat grapes and one of the oldest grape varieties to still exist. This white grape is also called Muscat de Frontignan, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, and Muscat Canelli, and Yellow Muscat. In France it is used as a blending grape. In Italy, it is the oldest known variety of grape grown in the Piedmont region and is used in the sparkling Asti Spumante wines. This is the most popular of the Muscat grapes.
The Muscat of Alexandria grape originated in Egypt and is one of the oldest genetically unmodified vines to still exist. Legend has it that Cleopatra drank Muscat wine. This white grape is also called Moscatel, Muscat Gordo Blanco and Lexia. It is used mainly to make sherry or muscatel wine in Australia and South Africa. Muscat of Alexandria is the second most popular of the Muscat grapes and is also sold as white raisins and table grape. This wine is very sweet with an earthy taste.
Muscat Ottonel is another white wine grape first cultivated in Alsace in 1852. This grape is crafted mainly into dessert wines in Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Croati, and made into a dry wine in Slovakia, Hungary and Alsace.
Black Muscat is also called Golden Muscat, Muscat Hamburg and Moscato di Amburgo. In the U.S. and Eastern Europe it use it for table wine or sparkling wine. It may also be used as a blending grape for dessert wines. In Italy, France and Australia it is served as a table grape. The juice is very aromatic and produces a red wine.
As you can see, the Muscat grape family is versatile and can be used to craft sparking wines, Sherry, dry whites, late harvest dessert wines, ice wines and Brandy. It is also mixed with vodka to create unique bar drinks.
The Rise of Moscato
According to A.C. Nielsen, the sales of Moscato wines have grown over 80% in the United States within the past year. Muscat wines are now the fastest growing wines in the country, nudging Sauvignon Blanc out as the third most popular wine in the U.S. (Pinot Grigio is second, with Chardonnay coming in first.)
But times were not always so sweet for Moscato. During the 1980's and 90's, Muscat grapes were not popular. People still associated the name Muscat with Muscatel, a generic term for many sweet, cheap wines produced in California until the 1960's. By borrowing the Italian name Moscato for those wines made from Muscat grapes, a new wine favorite has appeared. Experts predict Moscato has the capability of becoming as popular with wine drinkers as White Zinfandel once was. In fact, White Zin lovers are now seeking out Moscatos as their 'go-to' wine.
Today's Moscato drinkers are mainly under the age of 45, with millennials' (those born during the eighties to mid-nineties) as the key purchasers of this type of wine. Many site having been influenced by its mention in Hip-hop songs and videos as one of the reasons they've tried it. And this group does not relegate Muscat wine just for dessert. They pair it with all types of food and enjoy it throughout the meal.
Gallo's Barefoot wines introduced its Moscato in 2008. It is now the number one brand of Moscato in the U.S., followed by Sutter Home, and Yellow Tail, taking the third position in popularity. If you're looking to try a red Moscato, check out Beringer. All are sweet, low alcohol and usually priced around $10, perfect for the new wine lover.
Wine Profile
So what should you expect from a Moscato wine?
• Low alcohol levels, usually 7 to 9%. (Think wine coolers.)
• Flavors of apple, fruit, or spice.
• The color of the wine can vary from light yellow to dark amber, to red, depending on the grape used.
• This wine is best served chilled.
• Most sweet Moscatos usually sell around $10 to $15.
For food pairing ideas consider serving with a berry fruit tart, apple pie, gingerbread, milk chocolate, or Gorgonzola cheese.
This is the perfect wine for those new to wine or the wine drinker who is searching for a lighter, sweeter wine. And Moscato is excellent as a cool summer sipping wine.
Muscat or Moscato – Regardless of how you pronounce it, this is one wine trend that will continue to make headlines around the world! So -
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Welcome CNBC viewers!
CNBC anchor Scott Wapner has been kind enough to ask me to come on his show to talk about the articles I wrote last week about how I think there's a "decent chance" of a stock market crash and crappy stock returns for the next decade and why I'm not selling despite that. I figured you might want some more information about my thinking, so I've provided links to the articles below.
I'm also reprinting one of the charts I published in those articles, which shows how high today's corporate profit margins are and how profit margins tend to (violently) return to their average over time.
I also hope Scott and I can briefly discuss Scott's interview with Carl Icahn yesterday about Icahn's demand that Apple spend $150 billion of cash buying back its own stock. I'm a big fan of Carl Icahn, but as a fellow Apple shareholder, I hope Apple tells Icahn to stuff it. I also hope that Apple CEO Tim Cook doesn't waste any more time having dinner with Carl Icahn.
(Not because having dinner with Icahn wouldn't be fun and entertaining — I'm sure it would be. Because Tim Cook has better things to do than have dinner with Carl Icahn and get harangued about financial engineering.)
Back to the stock market call..
First, I should stress that I am not a short-term trader and that I don't know or particularly care what the market is going to do "next." If the market charges higher from here over the next 6-12 months, that wouldn't surprise me and would be completely fine by me. (I own stocks and index funds, and I'm not selling them.) My "call" is a long-term call, and it's about what I think stocks will do over the next decade, not next week or next month.
I think that, over the next decade, stock prices relative to normalized earnings will return to their long-term average.
Today's stock prices do not seem expensive relative to this year's earnings, but that's because this year's earnings are based on the highest corporate profit margins in history. In the past, super-high profit margins like today's do not remain super-high for long. On the contrary, they "regress to the mean," often violently. And when they do, they often take stocks down with them.
Today's stock prices relative to normalized earnings, meanwhile — earnings calculated based on average profit margins — are very high (about 25X earnings).
I think that, at some point over the next 10 years, either via a decline or by moving sideways, stock prices will return to a more normal 16X earnings.
Here's the chart of today's record-high profit margins. Note how unprecedented this level of profitability is. And note how, in the past, earnings have always regressed quickly to (or below) the mean.
Bottom line, I think the S&P 500 will return about 3% per year over the next decade, a far cry from the 10% that most people expect.
So why am I not selling my stocks?
Because my portfolio is already adequately diversified between stocks, bonds, cash, and real-estate. And because none of those other assets are any more attractive to invest in right now. (Bonds have low yields and will get demolished if inflation picks up. Real estate is again expensive. Cash is earning nothing.) On a relative basis, 3% annual returns actually don't look that bad.
Thanks to CNBC for having me on and thanks for watching. If you would like more details about either the stock outlook or my investment strategy, please read the articles below.
I Think There's A Decent Chance That Stocks Will Crash
Here's Why I'm Not Selling My Stocks Even Though I Think The Market Might Crash


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In India, the festive season is considered as an auspicious time to start something good or make a major investment. Festivities are linked with prosperity and home is something that is a basic need as well as a pride in itself. More people are interested in buying properties during festive season as several discounts, offers and freebies are also offered by the realtors to boost their sales.
Given below are a few reasons why you must invest in real estate property this festive season:
Offers and Discounts:- Developers and brokers know that this is considered as a right time to invest so they also try to help the buyers realize their dream of owning a home. They try to make the dream homes affordable for the buyers. Discounts, offers and better property deals are the essence of festive season sales. They also offer freebies, shopping vouchers and other stuff to attract buyers. All this may be for the promotion of their product but in the end it makes home buying easier for the people. [Read more…]


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Monday, June 7, 2010
Trolling berlinbrowndev: On Mac/Linux/Windows Computer Viruses and Trojans
Why do some users get computer viruses and others don't?
I swap between using Win, Linux, Mac. I haven't gotten a bad/crippling virus on my Windows machine because I am careful. And I even do simple things like turn my machine off when I am not using it.
For windows machines, they are just insecure by design. Most people don't even use Windows with the knowledge that they can setup other user accounts. So they don't setup less privs accounts. There is one, login, one machine and a virus has a potential to disrupt that machine.
I don't know if Viruses, Trojans always get in this way, but Windows has some very insecure APIs. The ActiveX is basically a Win API component that can be triggered by the web or desktop software. ActiveX is a basically a gateway into your machine, if you the hacker know what you are doing. And now you have PDF, Javascript, Flash and all of these filetypes and runtimes that can read web documents. You read the document, a trojan is downloaded on your machine. The trojan launches ActiveX. ActiveX is a world into the WinAPI. You can add registry settings, setup windows services, etc, etc.
So, there are major flaws with Windows (at least WinXP and prior, I only know Windows XP, I haven't used Win7).
I am not bashing Windows, I am just pointing that there are major security issues. And these issues have been around for a decade or more. So, virus writers have been writing for Windows. The Win32 API hasn't changed much. And it is popular. It is a win/win if you are hacker writer.
On Windows, I haven't gotten a crippling virus. I watch what sites I go to. I only use Firefox. I use a less priv'd account for general use. I disabled Flash.
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Hung Out To Dry?
By Dr. Burt Smith June 10th, 2008
Their genius has spanned three centuries now, and they still get it! Check out:
You'll see how a great "old" company, Procter and Gamble, really makes great use of the World Wide Web! Using a website to help customers get the most from their dryer sheet experience! Superb!
You may be too young to remember this, but I sure recall how the Internet burst onto the landscape in 1995 and quickly took off! Upstarts like Amazon and Yahoo quickly took the high ground. Meanwhile, entrenched, established, respected, maybe even a little stoic, blue-chip companies like General Electric and Procter and Gamble just shrugged and said, "That's interesting…but it doesn't really fit our business model." Then you youngsters came along! You who grew up with the Internet had all kinds of ideas for how the Internet simply HAD to be a part of the business model, and you went about demonstrating, or developing from scratch, ways to make this powerful media work in the promotional mix of the organization.
We're still learning how to best utilize the Internet, and all its derivatives, as part of our marketing mix, but the question about whether or not the Internet needs to be a part of our marketing mix is no longer valid! It HAS to be part of our marketing mix, because our customer expects it! The question isn't "Should we have a bricks-and-mortar, traditional, storefront business model or should we be entirely virtual?" The question is, "How can we best use technology to accomplish our purpose?"
And your customer has the answer!
Julie Boyd said -
Thanks for the link in this post, Burt. I love new uses for old things as a marketing tactic (and as a way to recycle). I quickly emptied my Bounce dryer sheets box by using them in several ways mentioned on the Web site, thus prompting me to buy another box earlier than normal. As a marketer you have to appreciate that!
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Three days ago I returned from a productive trip to Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya. Here are some highlights of the trip following my report from the field.
Arusha (Usariva suburb), TZ: 1 Timothy
One of the problems ECLEA sometimes encounters in East Africa is that many western missions have, intentionally or not, created a "culture of dependency" by paying people to attend meetings, providing everything for free, etc. To a greater or lesser degree that type of thing is now anticipated if not expected by many of the African church leaders. We are trying to establish matters on a better basis. We encountered the rotten fruit of that dependency culture in our last conference in TZ. The organizers had sent out 135 invitations, but when the participants learned that they were expected to contribute 5000Tsh (about $3.00) for the book and meals they would get, only about 25 people showed up. But that's OK. I told Dickson not to worry about the numbers: the financial investment the participants make serves to separate the serious people from those who are not serious. I would always rather have a smaller number of serious people than a larger number of non-serious people.
The conference itself went well. The bishop who attended said, "If we get training like this every year, we will be changed." Another participant added, "This was divine timing. When leaders are blind, they lead their people into the pit. Now we know about not jumping around by single verses but teaching in context and paragraphs." Another said, "I have a Bible School diploma but never understood 1 Timothy as deeply as in the last two days."
|Site of Usariva, TZ training session
Naivasha, KE: Forgiveness & Reconciliation TOT
Naivasha is a town northwest of Nairobi. It was one of the centers of the post-election violence in 2007-2008 where many were killed or brutalized. James Ndiba and James Kamau had recognized the importance of ECLEA's course on Forgiveness & Reconciliation for this area and had taught it awhile ago. We returned to do a TOT on the same subject so that the 14 participants would be well equipped to model and teach it to others. Despite the progress made since 2007, there is still a lingering undercurrent of tribal-based enmity and mistrust. Fortunately, the final day of the TOT in particular saw an extremely good and long discussion among the participants on tribalism in the churches and how to overcome it. The pastors' fellowship will begin with itself and develop a plan. A number of specifics were discussed. This could result in something big that could spread out from Naivasha to other affected areas.
Ololulunga, KE: Forgiveness & Reconciliation TOT
Boniface Kugotha, the Maasai leader whose picture is on the News & Blog page of ECLEA's website (eclea.net), hosted our final TOT for about 35 participants. The name of his village (Ololulunga--located west of Nairobi) means "everything in plenty," but that did not include moisture. The drought and dryness actually meant that our TOT on Forgiveness & Reconciliation came at a very opportune time. The reason is that the drought has caused many people to invade others' land in search of greener pastures for their flocks and herds. This has resulted in lots of property disputes in the area. Our course can help diffuse and resolve the tensions.
The lead in teaching this course was taken by my Kenyan team: James Ndiba, James Kamau, and David Njeru. I chipped in when requested and appropriate. The immediate impact of this course was seen in that one of the participants was the principal at a local school. The day before the TOT began, a large lorry crashed into the school building. Fortunately, there were no deaths or major injuries, but the principal was very bitter toward the driver and the trucking company. At the end of the course, however, she testified with a smile on her face that, as a result of what we had taught her, she had forgiven the driver and company and had been healed.
|Jonathan, Boniface (center), and my fellow teachers David Njeru, James Ndiba, and James Kamau
|Ololulunga, KE participants and teachers
Thank you for your ongoing interest and support
Your continuing prayers and financial support are vital. In addition to the conferences I participate in I also need to pay for translations of our teaching books into the major East African languages and help facilitate all-African ECLEA conferences and TOTs. With the end-of-year approaching, please pray about making tax-deductible donations to ECLEA. You can send checks to me at 714 S. Summit St., Appleton, WI 54914 or can donate online (click on the Contact & Donations icon on eclea.net).


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Our bushfire research is improving the understanding of fire, and improving technologies and strategies to save lives and limit damage.
Bushfire has been part of the Australian landscape for millions of years. Much of our vegetation has evolved with fire, and like the vegetation in other harsh and dry environments, it has developed characteristics that promote the spread of fire.
Australian scientists are developing reliable tools for predicting bushfire behaviour to save lives and limit damage.
We undertake work on advancing fire spread prediction and bushfire suppression systems by using sophisticated data analysis techniques and computer modelling. Working with state land management, rural fire agencies and other research agencies, our scientists apply knowledge of bushfire dynamics to real events and help predict risks.
We have been involved in bushfire research for more than sixty years. This has focused on:
Research results have been used to respond to bushfire threat through weather warnings, fire location information, fire-fighter training, predicting fire behaviour and informing fire safety policy.
A summary of CSIRO's key bushfire research findings.
The three factors that contribute to fire behaviour are:
The four main attributes that fire danger warnings are based on:
The frequency and severity of fire weather has increased over recent decades.
We predict many regions will see a significant increase in the highest levels of fire danger in the year ahead.
CSIRO is developing the science and tools to enable communities to better understand the changing profile of their bushfire risk and help them develop effective locally-relevant plans to protect property and life.To learn more about bushfire prevention and response in your area, contact your local fire authority.
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Everyone and their mother has made one, so what took me so long? I have built them before, but this time I designed a PCB. What differs between mine and anyone else's is that I used economical parts rather than a pre built Arduino or an Atmega pulled form one with a bootloader.
The entire board is a tiny 5cm x 5cm, MIDI connectors and LEDs included. I also plan on designing an acrylic shell to sell along side them, though anyone may choose to house it in their own enclosure.
Anyhow, this was the first time I had used SMT components besides an IC. Passive components including the resistors and caps were a new item for me to tackle. They did not challenge me as I had hoped. At one point, I blew one away from the pads, but it was all too easy to fix.
Below is a shot for size comparison. You may have noticed in one of the photos that there is a notch on one side with a hole about 2 millimeters from it. This will be used for a zip tie so that I can ensure the cable does not break free. I will upload another picture once I complete that portion.
Below is the wiring that I used to program both the flash and fuse bits. It is the same Bit Bang connection as we used on my version of the Gameboy Programmer board in a previous post. I found that the fuse bits were the most difficult to figure out in the whole project. in the end, I decided just to copy the fuse bits from a Pro Mini 5v/16MHz because that is what configuration I went with here.
Thanks for reading. All credits for the ArduinoBoy go to Trash80 (Timothy Lamb) as can be found here:


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As a significant portion of our population reaches an age where memory can start to become a problem, articles like this one (from gigabiting.com) are particularly helpful. Read up on five "brain foods" to help keep your cognitive powers well-oiled and in top shape!
5 Foods for Senior Moments
We're having a national senior moment.
Baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, are a demographic time bomb. Making up nearly one-third of the population, they've reached the age of memory loss, slowed reflexes, and synaptic glitches. That's 75 million boomers that can't remember what they went upstairs for.
Brain foods really work.
In the same way that a low cholesterol diet can keep plaque from forming in arteries, there are foods that can keep plaque from forming in your brain. You can unclog your cognitive functions just like you can unclog your arteries.
There are also foods that can sharpen your focus and concentration, enhance your memory, and speed your reaction times. Add them to your diet early enough and you can stave off cognitive decline later in life…….


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The role music plays in restaurant design and appeal
Posted by John on June 20th, 2014
There's a spot-on article in QSR about the role music plays in restaurant design and appeal. Here's an excerpt:
From the colors used to the music played, environmental quirks in limited-service design today are planned around consumer psychology to create an experience that employs more senses than taste. Restaurants that have for so long designed their core around taste are now appealing to consumer's other senses (sight, hearing, smell, and touch) to influence behavior, increase customer satisfaction, and capture guest loyalty on a deeper level. While sight plays a considerable role in influencing consumer behavior and perception, sound can have an effect on not only what and how much guests consume at a unit, but also what kind of demographic the brand attracts in the first place.
Read the entire piece titled Mind Over Matter.
Which Wich Superior Sandwiches, a long-time customer of Custom Channels, enhances their interior design, customer satisfaction and employee attitude by playing their own branded music channel with songs curated specifically for Which Wich.
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Proof that Germans do indeed have a sense of humour. The Golf GTI W12 concept has a mid-mounted 6.0 litre twin-turbocharged Bentley engine, rear wheel drive and 642 bhp. That translates into a claimed 202 mph top speed and a 3.7 second 0-62 mph time: and that's with the engine restricted to just half its full torque output in first gear.
Of course, Volkswagen has no plans to put something so barking mad into production – the W12 was built as a "design study" and has been wowing the crowds at various events, including GTI International in Leicestershire earlier in the year. But unlike most pampered concept cars, which are designed to do nothing more than rotate slowly on a motorshow stand, the Golf is fully driveable. Better than that, it's even road legal, although the €1,000,000 it cost to build this one-off means that we were invited to test it in the slightly quieter environment of an abandoned ex-Soviet airbase in eastern Germany.
The biggest visual difference is the flared bodywork – the Golf being about six inches wider than the standard car. And it's not just for show, either – not only do the pumped-up wings give the room necessary for monster 19 inch rims and 295 profile tyres to fit under the arches, they also house some of the most extreme air intakes this side of a jet fighter.
The most impressive cooling / intake ducts are those built into the rear windows, which are cleverly faired in at the back to allow air to get into the separate sealed compartment for the vast engine, with another scoop on the roof helping out too. The car hasn't been run at anything like it's theoretical 202 mph top speed (we managed about 100 mph before having to brake, which isn't too bad), but the various underbody aero mods mean that it should stay stable at mega-speeds.
Not that the driver is likely to. The cockpit has been beautifully trimmed and features extra switchgear and some supplementary instruments – but in deference to the car's status as a show car, there's no air conditioning. And with the temperature hovering around 40 degrees Celcius and the heat put out by the engine baking the back of the cockpit bulkhead, getting into the W12 is a bit like climbing into a pre-heated oven.
To a large extent, yes. Not only has the W12 been screwed together properly, it's also possible to drive it impressively hard for something so rare-groove.
Components have come from all over the Volkswagen group. The front discs are from an Audi RS4, the rear axle comes courtesy of a Lamborghini Gallardo and the twin-turbocharged 6.0 litre W12 engine is direct from a Bentley Continental. Transmission has been donated by a kindly VW Phaeton, with a six-speed autobox called into service as the only gearbox within the group capable of handling the engine's torque.
In deference to the need to increase life expectancy of the rear tyres, the design team opted to limit the engine to just 50 percent of maximum torque in first and second gears. Hardly a disaster – it's still got 222 lb/ft with the restriction in place. Basic Newtonian physics ensures the acceleration is always going to be impressive, but the autobox's slight delay in responding to a full-throttle start means it manages to feel even quicker, launching with the sort of lunge normally only experienced by fighter jet pilots a couple of hundredths of a second after pulling the "eject" lever.
But it's once you get into third gear, with the engine's full torque available, things start to get a bit silly – the W12 feels more than up to seeing off almost any of the current crop of supercars on straight-line performance. There's no doubt that, given a long enough straight, and a brave enough driver, that 202 mph top speed would be alarmingly easy to achieve.
Perhaps more surprisingly, the W12 also manages to put up a credible performance through the corners, too. Memories of the last time a manufacturer did something similar, Renault's mostly-inexplicable decision to put a mid-mounted V6 engine into the previous generation Clio, mean that expectations weren't particularly high in this regard. The Clio was a car that could spin faster than a Government press officer sitting on top of a roulette wheel, its short wheelbase and lack of steering lock making it alarmingly easy to exit into the scenery backwards.
Yet the Golf is far better – accurate steering, decent amounts of grip and even the ability to transgress the limits slightly without finding yourself sliding towards point "X" on the accident form. It certainly needs to be treated with a fair measure of respect – but this is definitely the best-driving show car we've experienced so far.
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Volkswagen Golf GTI W12 Design Study
On sale in the UK: n/a
Price: €1,000,000
Engine: twin-turbocharged 5998 W12.
Power: 642 bhp at 6000 rpm
Torque: 553 lb/fty at 4500 rpm.
Top speed: 202 mph
0-62 mph: 3.7 seconds.
Economy: n/a
CO2: n/a


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The popular board game that you played on the floor is now available on your mobile device. Carcassone is the tile placing board game in which you must build this southern French landscape by placing matching tiles.
This game, developed by Exozet, will deliver the greatest amount of fun within the board game. The virtual experience of Carcassone is simply fascinating, as you get much interactivity when playing against your friends online or with random players.
The bad thing about most mobile browsers is that they use up a lot of phone memory, causing this one to crash and taking much time to load pages. There is, however, a pretty versatile mobile browser that gets the job done without using too much space.
I am talking about Baidu Browser. Baidu Browser is a top notch browser developed by Baidu.com ranked among the top 3 search engine worldwide and among the top 5 websites. This mobile browser is one that will give you a great and fast browsing experience.
Boomlings is a fantastic new puzzle that is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
It is completely addictive and will keep you amused for hours on end. Boomlings has fantastic gameplay and uses 2D hand drawn animations that look absolutely superb. The crazy characters and bright colours are attractive to players of all ages. The idea of the game is to match four or more of the same colour Boomlings together.
The basic functionality of Microsoft´s Office with the most important features can be now found in this versatile and comprehensive app: MyOffice.
This is not only a Microsoft Office viewer, it is actually packed with many more feature that you will find very useful. This is Office right in your tablet or mobile device. With MyOffice you can create a document, edit it and work on it. It is all compatible with MS.
Allow me to present to you "City Getaway", the fun and simple runner game. This is a game of a runner going through a city jumping over obstacles, but there is much more than meets the eye.
It is sleek and simple, yet guarantees that you will get addicted to eat in very little time. The concept of the game is pretty basic.
Sometimes we find ourselves at important meetings, seminars, or even church services, when all of a sudden, our phone decides to go imprudent and start playing our very cool ringtone. Embarrassing moment!
The best thing to do, of course, is to always set your phone on silent at these types of gatherings to avoid these impasses.
A Lot of Puzzles for Kids is the latest release from the developers Little Universe Studios inc.
Many of us often give our children games to play to keep them occupied but a majority of them are quite unsuitable and not very stimulating. This game however was very impressive.
The poor, fragile, helpless and small little snails need your help.
They have lost their way and need to move along with tackling many threats to their very life. It is not possible for them to save their own life. So, you my friend need to Save the snail HD. This is the name of the very new and interesting puzzle game available at the iTunes store for free.
There are many applications out there that promise to save your phone´s battery to make it last longer. However, none of them will give you the versatility and power of DU Battery Saver & Widgets.
This is not any battery saving app, it is THE battery saving application that will increase the functionality of your phone like no other to ensure that your battery lasts longer, much longer.
One of the major challenges of cell phones is to keep up with the average user that requires a fast and reliable phone to perform from the most basic to the most complex tasks.
One of the greatest problems is that most of the time a cell phone´s RAM (Read-Only memory) is packed with applications running on the backstage. In order for a phone to run smoothly, its RAM must be at least at 70%.
This game is a puzzler which features characters from a well known film. Unfortunately the information provided about this games content is not exactly true and differs a lot from what actually takes place.
The description states that severe weather has destroyed a Viking hamlet, but in fact the game is all about a statue which has been misplaced and upon landing caused a devastating blast which scared the farm animals causing them to run off into the wild.
This game is fun. Royal Hearts 2, by Jovasoft Casino, is a nifty app that is one of your better 'while-away-the-time-while-I-am-waiting' in the grocery or DMV check-out line.
Playing this game is a great way to relax when sitting at your desk decompressing between assignments while your desktop or laptop is idling.
Traditional classic games are just what I like. At the beginning of each stage you get the full whack of what the game involves and is very similar to the genre of game from the NES generation.
As the focus of the games gets closer and emphasises the graphics you will see that what you thought were 2D graphics are actually 3D graphics.
Wars Online is an addictive 2D online strategy game for Android mobile phones and devices.
In Wars Online, you match wits with real opponents from all around the world as you try to topple their forces while enjoying fun, cartoonish graphics that really bring the action to life.
Gene effect is a game full of mysteries and surprises which you and your crew must attempt to reveal in this alien world. You must submerge yourself into the many far away tunnels where you will find an alien life form which whilst is unfriendly towards you it is very attractive.
Your role within the game is that of a captain who is in charge of a mining ship. It is your task to go on an expedition in search of another ship called the Goliath which went astray whilst investigating the planet of Kratoss.
On Broadway, when an old show is restaged, it is called a 'Revival' as Hedwig and the Angry Inch or Of Mice and Men.
What does one call a reworking of a classic video game; a video game that arguably did much to influence the video game industry and gaming during the late 1970's through 80's?


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The debate over the UK's culture of compensation claims entered interesting semantic territory this month with the publication of the Government's flagship Compensation Bill. The UK was in the grip of a "culture of fear", trumpeted the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, carefully sidestepping the usual epithet of 'compensation culture'.
It was last May when the Government's Better Regulation Task Force claimed that the 'compo culture' was "a myth", because the number of claims and litigation was not in fact rising. This month's proposals were the long-awaited legislative response to clamping down on the perception of a problem. Consequently, it was the damaging fear of a claim that was in Lord Falconer's sights rather than the reality of a claim.
He drew on a childhood image to explain the problem. "There's somebody saying you have to wear goggles to play conkers and that doesn't encourage conkers," Lord Falconer said. "Local authorities don't open public spaces because they fear they might be sued; people don't do school trips because they fear they might be sued, or sign up for voluntary organisations like the Boy Scouts or Girl Guides."
There has been rejoicing, tinged with a fair amount of scepticism, from the respectable end of the claimant personal injury (PI) market that the Government is finally clamping down on the unregulated claims management industry that has proved to be so disastrous since legal aid was withdrawn from accident claims five years ago.
A recent report from the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) revealed that the CAB has handled 130,000 problems relating to such claims since 2000, mainly from consumers who have been failed by claims companies offering advice on 'no win, no fee' deals. It is now proposed that any unauthorised person offering such services after regulation comes into force will be committing an offence and will be liable for up to two years' imprisonment.
"I'm looking forward to the day when the first person is dragged off to prison under the new law," comments Andrew Twambley, a partner at Manchester claimant firm InjuryLawyers4U.
However, Twambley is sceptical about the law's success. "I'm not holding my breath," he says. "I liken it to when ministers tried to clean up the financial services industry. It didn't stop the backstreet guys flogging overpriced insurance policies to the vulnerable."
The bill will require claims companies to be authorised by a regulator and to comply with rules and a code of practice. It expressly prohibits the kind of excesses that have dogged the industry – in other words, the 'hard-sell' tactics deployed by the armies of claims company reps set up in shopping centres, aggressive advertising and bogus advice as to the merits of their claim.
However, it remains unclear as to who is going to be the watchdog. The industry's homegrown solution, the Claims Standards Council (CSC), has been jostling for position over the last couple of months. So far, the CSC has more than 150 members and has applied to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for approval of its consumer code. The word is that it is "the only organisation in town", comments Neil McLaughlin, vice-president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers. "No one else has even put themselves forward as a potential regulator," he adds.
Kerry Underwood, senior partner at St Albans firm Underwoods, argues that it would be absurd to accept an industry regulator. "If the bar, the Law Society and licensed conveyancers are all going to be externally regulated under the Clementi reforms, and there's no suggestion that there's a huge problem, how come it's okay to allow self-regulation for the claims industry, where there's such a problem that an Act of Parliament has to be introduced and a breach of regulation is punishable by two years in prison – that's how serious things are. It would be a complete and utter failure."
McLaughlin makes the point that, for regulation to be effective across such a disparate industry, it has to cover everyone, from the solicitor on the high street to the legal expenses insurer to the trade union and beyond. "There are an awful lot of portals through which any of us might go to get on the claims conveyor belt," he says. "Is each of those portals going to be governed by the same form of regulation so that there's a level playing field for all?"
The aspect of the bill that has received less press attention is that the Government is also seeking to clarify the law of negligence to protect, among others, conker fans everywhere. The bill sets out that the courts should be able to take into account the "wider social value of the activity" when considering what standard of care is reasonable.
It is part of the legislation that deeply troubles John Pickering, president of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers and head of the PI department at Irwin Mitchell. "It represents a modification of the standard of care that currently exists," he says. "I don't see this as an area in need of reform and it doesn't adequately meet the concerns expressed by Lord Falconer about public perception. All it is doing is applying a harder test, which suggests the courts in turn will apply a harder test. Where does that leave the genuine accident victim?"
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It all begins with the sound of meandering footsteps, ominous but curiously clumsy, as if something wicked had lost its way. In the teasing opening seconds of the sensational – in all senses of the word – 2005 Harvard Law School Parody Show, "Finding Nemo Contributorily Negligent" – you're likely to experience that mixed thrill that is part giggle and part goose flesh, the kind that descends when you hear a sudden thud in a dark and quiet house.
You suspect that whatever lurks behind the tattered black curtains of the Ropes Gray Room, where the Parody will open this coming Tuesday and run for five nights, is either truly fearsome or really ridiculous. Trust your instincts: the 2005 Parody, produced by Danielle Rothman and Matt Smith, is, oh so deliciously, both.
Therein lies the genius of this one-of-a-kind "nasty picture book" of a musical, in which badly-behaved law students learn profound lessons about life, love, and legal research. A spiky, subversive riff on Heinrich Hoffmann's "Struwwelpeter," a droll collection of grisly bedtime stories from the mid-19th century, "Finding Nemo Contributorily Negligent" is both the silliest and the most sinister show in town. It is also, as it happens, one of the smartest.
Directed with unstinting imagination and brazen assurance by Bettina Clark, and featuring bizarrely beautiful wooden set pieces by Taylor Dasher, the 2005 Parody manages to wallow in and tear apart our enduring appetite for satirizing ourselves and our professors. And while its medium is the time-worn conventions of sketch comedy and parody lyric, this bold realization of an even bolder vision makes last year's effort seem like a poor imitation of a reality in fact too bold to even contemplate.
The vultures have been salivating over the show for months. How could they not be? All those stories of production-freezing technical glitches as the light switches failed to activate in the Ropes Gray room; the reported rumors that Lexis had failed to donate any money to the show; and, beyond all that, the mere fact of a law school musical named after a cartoon fish, a singing-and-dancing rendition of the young century's most famous maritime character: yes, it all seemed to portend a memorably bloody chapter in the history of flops in Pound Hall.
But law-themed theater disaster cultists like Professor Bruce Hay will have to wait, however, as will Record headline writers armed with scalpels and the obvious puns. "Nemo," which will open on schedule next week to a soon-to-be-sold-out audience, doesn't drown. It swims. And majestically so.
The show, performed by a cast of thousands, oh so quickly leaves the dock. Like the fish that gives the show its name, the talents behind "Nemo" have worked hard to create something of epic scope and technological wonder. Few of the metaphoric implications of this animated fish, an endless source of historic and literary contemplation since it appeared on movie screens last year, have been neglected.
The miracle of "Finding Nemo Contributorily Negligent" is that it traces the idea of multiplicity on so many equally satisfying levels: within Nemo, the narrator, who speaks often of the different identities he has assumed throughout his life and agonizes over roads not taken; within every law student who appears on the stage; within the surprise cameos by a handful of popular professors.
And while you may well draw specific parallels to contemporary figures and events, it's this show's infinite open-endedness that makes it such a treasure. With "Nemo," the Drama Society has singlehandedly rejuvenated the law school parody show by making its boundaries porous, so that against the odds it feels as universal as it does particular."I am large," said Walt Whitman. "I contain multitudes." So, improbably but gloriously, does "Finding Nemo Contributorily Negligent." Tickets available in the Hark and at the door. Show opens Tuesday night March 8 and runs through Saturday, March 12. All shows at 8 p.m. except Saturday at 7.
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Reaction To My Palin Interview Proves The Point
By John Ziegler
Unless you were hanging out with Joe the Plumber in Gaza this past week, you probably heard that I did an exclusive interview with Governor Sarah Palin for my forthcoming documentary, "Media Malpractice… How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Smeared."
The reaction to the interview excerpts has been far more intense and far more deranged than I expected. Quite simply, the media response has done more to prove the basic point of the documentary than just about anything I could have produced in the film.
Here are just a few ways in which this episode felt like I had suddenly become Alice in Wonderland (without the dress or blond hair).
Governor Palin's comments about being taken out of context were clearly taken out of context and her statements that they were being taken out of context were themselves taken out of context in a blatant, though thus far, unsuccessful attempt to turn the Governor and I against each other.
The Governor's measured, rational and accurate attempts to correct the historical record about the basis for which a Presidential election was decided were "reported" by the left as being "whiny," "catty" and "delusional." Folks, there's a reason why there's such a thing as a war crimes tribunal; some things you just have to get to the bottom of.
Palin's incredibly mild and humorous pushback against two very grownup media stars (Katie Couric and Tina Fey) who clearly had it out for her, helped destroy her candidacy and who benefited greatly from doing so, was somehow "reported" as an "attack," "taking shots," and "not taking responsibility." Please. This is almost like ripping a Jew for making a Nazi joke (No doubt, THAT will also be taken out of context).
Both the vaunted New York Times and the tiny liberal rag, the Alaska Dispatch (it was difficult to tell them apart since neither bothered to contact me before writing very deceiving pieces), figured out a way to discuss everything about the interview excerpts except the primary issue, which, of course, was their own malfeasance during the campaign. It's become patently obvious we've reached a point where, especially when you're a conservative, blatant bias, combined with the incredible shrinking attention span of the media and public, make it absolutely impossible to get a message out that is remotely nuanced. And once conventional wisdom is cemented, even when done so by a comedian on SNL with a clear agenda, there's virtually no chance to set the record straight (again, especially if you're a conservative and even more so if you're seen in any way as a threat to Barack Obama).
While I've been most concerned with the unfair assaults on Governor Palin and the ignoring of the basic truths she reveals in our interview, I've also taken more than my share of shrapnel. It began with a bizarre appearance on MSNBC with David Shuster.
Instead of even bothering to pretend to find out the background of the interview or the nature of the "real Sarah Palin" (forget about why I did the interview or why I'm making a documentary), you would have thought I'd been accused of a major crime. I guess at MSNBC trying to get out the truth about Barack Obama and Sarah Palin may indeed qualify as such.
Judge for yourself how this episode went down:
At one point after that appearance I was booked to do three more spots on Obama's pet network (two of which had already been scheduled) as well as two more on Fox, one on CNN and one on Saturday's version of the "Today Show."
Next up was a live shot with Norah O'Donnell, with whom I'd gotten along great with the previous day during a lengthy interview (only 6.3 seconds of which was actually used, I believe) for that morning's "Today Show." After waiting around 30 minutes watching their largely non-condemning coverage of the post-impeachment press conference of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, I was not happy.
When O'Donnell hit me on the air with a totally out of context statement from the Governor's office I hadn't seen that made it sound like they thought I had misled them, I thankfully and correctly didn't believe her and tossed the question aside. But on the follow up I let loose.
Here's what that looked like:
After that, I was suddenly bumped from "Hardball" on MSNBC, which I was very much looking forward to. (Chris Matthews is not only one of the stars of my new documentary, he also grew up with my deceased mother and many of my aunts and uncles in the Somerton section of Philadelphia. The only time I met Chris was at the home of my grandfather who passed away the day after the Palin interview). I didn't view the cancellation as a coincidence. I was also bumped from "No Bias, No Bull" on CNN, which I had really wanted to do, if only for the inherent irony in it.
As for Keith Olbermann, he cherry picked an inaccurate description I gave (and have since corrected after being able to view a tape that I previously didn't know existed) about how the Governor reacted to seeing his photo. It is my only regret of this entire bizarre week that I was not more accurate in that initial post for Big Hollywood and gave that professional liar even more of a chance to gloat over being called "evil" (doesn't THAT say everything about MSNBC) than was warranted by the facts. He, of course, did not have the courage to even pretend to have me on his show.
Finally, Shuster, I guess feeling he hadn't gotten much of me the first time, heavily promoted a "rematch" on his afternoon show. His behavior and journalistic ethics (is there such a thing any more?) hadn't improved in the ensuing few hours between confrontations.
Here's Round #2:
The next day I received a call at home from Governor Palin. We briefly discussed a miscommunication with her staff that led to some on the Alaska state side (who had nothing to do with the actual interview, which was conducted at her home) to be unprepared for the coming storm even though I had informed my contact person of my intentions the morning before the story broke open on Big Hollywood and Drudge.
The Governor also mentioned she had watched my first documentary,"Blocking the Path to 9/11," and thought it highlighted just how deep the issue of media bias really goes. But mostly we discussed how the pathetic news coverage of this event proves the need for my new documentary. I think this episode has strengthened the resolve of both of us, each in our own way, to keep fighting to get the truth out on this subject. Once again, I was amazed at her courage to not back down when the average politician would do a George W. Bush and just lie in the fetal position. Sarah Palin is apparently no George Bush, and for that we should all be thankful.
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The definition that I find best at the moment is the one by PMLD Network in the UK (in the UK an intellectual disability is called a learning disability):
Sunday, June 22, 2008
What is a profound intellectual and multiple disability?
The definition that I find best at the moment is the one by PMLD Network in the UK (in the UK an intellectual disability is called a learning disability):
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Sheridan I have mixed feelings on this. On teh one hand I am concerned about the creation of yet another label that can be applied to people with disabilities that can potentially get in the way of them being seen as people first. Labels can also leade to professional bodies of knowledge expertise and specialisation which have not always assisted services and professional to respond well to human need. On the other had labels can be a way of drawing attention to the specific needs of a groupand in the current rights movement I do not think the interestes of this group have always been well served or even considered and I agree with your comments about advocacy although when I co-orindated a citizen advocacy program we made a point of targetting these type of people for advocates because they would not easily make connections and the citizen advocate was able to build an understanding over time. I can still recall a woman who was deaf, blind and intellectually disabled and her advocate was the only person who could fully understand her method of communication.
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Hi David,
I understand your mixed feelings. I too have struggled with this, but have come to a resolution that in order to advocate for improvements for a group an identity is needed. As you said, in your advocacy works the needs of this group was particularly attended to, but by not actually defining the group doesn't it make it harder to pin point.
I strongly believe an identity is necessary for pulling people from margins of invisibility.
(looking forward to chatting with you next week!)
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