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Is there such a thing as a bad person?
Few years ago I arose this question in front of my family, and "caused" a huge quarrel. I claimed (and still do) that I don't believe that bad people exist. Deep inside we all are good but sometimes we let life circumstances control us, thus, choosing to DO bad things. My brother heard me and said: "Oh really, so Hitler was a good guy, right??"
And yes! That's a question that I thought of even months thereafter. Hitler was a person who had chosen killing millions of people, but that precisely why I wouldn't describe him as a bad person, rather as a very SICK one. For a person who chooses to fulfill himself in this life by killing others, is undoubtedly extremely sick, mentally sick!!
It doesn't mean that we should let people who hurt others acting freely, but perhaps to look a little deeper, understand them better, and perhaps even understand OURSELVES better.
Would love to hear your thoughts,
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Jul 11 2012: Thanks for your comment, Mark, makes much more sense now.
You are right, many people cannot distinguish opinions from emotions. I do not blame them, this is an attribute which one has to practice on.
The way I know myself, I wonder too much (my therapist would attest:)). Anyway, as much as others' opinions might seem outdated and illogical to us, I believe that it is always important to question our opinions as well.
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Jasmine Steers here:I hope you remember me from London. I was the loud American (I know...hard to beleive) I hope you and your family had a terrifc Christmas and New Year. Now, my question is: On the home page of this website you have people from all over the world sending you messages of appreciation and love, do you read all these messages sent? I am amazed on how many Americans actually know about and admire you. Especially as we did not have Dr. Who in the states until much, much later. I am pleased however, that Dr. Who has crossed not only the Atlantic but the cultural barrier as well.
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Volatility in corn and soybean prices, coupled with the big unknowns of final crop yields and federal market supports, has conspired to create tremendous uncertainty in agricultural markets. With virtually every farmer turned into a speculator, what's the next best move?
Three market analysts discussed these topics and more as part of a U.S. Farm Report marketing roundtable at the 2012 Farm Journal Soybean College in Coldwater, Mich. (You can see the roundtable this weekend on U.S. Farm Report.) The audience asked for a deeper understanding of what's driving volatility in today's market.
"It's like a Wild West standoff," says Mike North, senior risk management advisor for First Capitol Ag, noting that trading volumes vary dramatically from day to day. Soybean prices dropped $1 last week, and then recovered most of the loss. "Everyone is waiting for the other guy to make the next move."
You can view volatility with fear or as an opportunity, says Brian Basting of Advanced Trading in Bloomington, Ill., who prefers the latter view. "The key thing is to have your plan in place so you are prepared for the market to go lower, and you can benefit if it goes higher."
How do you do that? North and Basting agree it's a good time to buy a put option, locking in today's relatively high prices. "I wouldn't wait for the market to produce $9 corn," North says. "$8.15 is still very good, a put option is a great option."
Mike Florez, of Florez Trading, begs to differ. "Nobody in this room is smart enough to figure out where the top is," said Florez, who is betting that corn futures will rise to $9, based on historic precedents.
"No selling until there's a 10% break in prices," Florez advises. "Then there will be a rally back, and you sell into the rally."
If the analysts were bullish about the direction of prices, they list several factors that will limit demand going forward. North notes that the destruction of cow herds is up 12% this year. Basting says that we could see a "catastrophic liquidation" of cow herds and chickens due to the high cost of feeding them.
"We're creating an environment for higher beef prices going forward for at least two to three years," North says. That could in turn bloat corn and soybean inventory, depressing long-term prices for beans and corn, he says.
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I needed to change the background color of the text region of a flash combobox - using AS3 at runtime.
Styles for some reason were not working. The solution was to directly address the textfield property and change its background color. Here's an example:
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Just created my new sig using Google's QR code API ( http://createqrcode.appspot.com/ ). It creates the codes with error correction (there are some settings that you can use to modify this), so its possible to actually delete a part of it and enter your own image/text in the middle of the QR code.
I had to play around a little with my name in the middle. If it is not aligned properly on the QR code or if it covers the wrong area, the code won't be recognized.
Just ran into a strange issue after upgrading my home network. I got a switch that all devices in my home network are connected to (dumb switch - it al hooks up to a Cisco E2000 for ips). Anyways... after switching everything over to this new setup, I ran into two issues.
First, my gigabit network was no longer gigabit, even though all lights on the switch indicated that it was gigabit. Network properties in connected computers also indicated gigabit speeds, but actual file transfers were at fast ethernet speeds.
Second, I could no longer connect to my WHS via windows explorer from my Win 7 Pro machine, when typing in the computer name (eg: \\server). It was like the computer didn't exist on the network. However, the server would respond to pings. I could do a nslookup, and everything worked correctly. Also, I could type in my server ip in windows explorer, and it worked (eg: \\192.168.1.100).
I then ran into this forum: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=74&topicid=38789
The suggestion is to run the following command in the command prompt: netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt
Running the command on my Win 7 Pro box fixed the issue (after a restart). I could now transfer at gigabit speeds, and the name resolved properly in windows explorer.
I guess something was wrong with my TCP/IP stack, and this fixed the issue. I still have no clue how it got messed up in the first place, and exactly what was wrong.
The first thing you'll need to create a custom ringtone in WP7 is an MP3 file. This file must be 40 seconds or shorter (and 1MB or smaller in size). If your MP3 is too large, you can use a program like Audacity to crop it.
After you have your MP3 file the correct size, you'll need to open Zune and make sure that the MP3 is listed in your music collection. Find it in the collection, right click on the MP3, and click on "Edit". This should bring up a window with the MP3 properties. The only real important thing here is that the genre of the song must be changed to Ringtone. See the image below.
After updating the genre to Ringtone, click the OK button, and then sync the MP3 to your phone.
Finally, on the phone, go to Settings -> ringtones+sounds, and click on the Ringtone selector. The ringtone you created should now be at the top of this list in the "Custom" section.
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Microsoft has setup a website where users can submit and vote on features they'd like to see in Windows Phone 7.
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Basha is a very special and old Miao Ethnic village and is virtually untouched in any way by modernization. Basha residents still live in their wooden houses, practice centuries-old customs and have their own unique beliefs.
The village is perched on a hill, 7.5 kilometers from Congjiang. Legends say that Basha's ancestors immigrated from heartland China to this isolated mountainous region over 2,000 years ago.
The village has a multitude of Diaojiaolou (a traditional Miao structure built on wooden stakes). When seen from afar, the village consists of layer upon layer of moss covered bark roofs.
Scattered around the villages' open spaces and hillside is another wooden structure commonly called "rafts". They are used to dry un-husked rice.
Don't be alarmed, but the Basha people is the only tribe that is allowed to carry guns.
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Welcome Ceremony with Guns: Visitors to Basha frequently are greeted outside the village in the traditional manner by a group of the Basha men carrying weapons of long rifles. Please don't be frightened!! They are the locals practicing a traditional welcoming ceremony.
Adult Ceremony: Like men of the Imperial Dynasties, most Basha men-folk still wear their hair long. As little children, Basha boys, like girls, have to keep their hair until they are 16 years old. The Adult Ceremony is when the boy becoming a man is held and he is allowed to decide whether to keep his long hair. The Adult ceremony is held to have a young man's head shaved or to keep his hair which is twisted and coiled atop the head.
Worshipping Trees: Around the Basha Village, there are many large tall trees. Like many other tribes, who take an animal or material as their totem, Basha people worship trees. On important occasions or some traditional festivals, villagers usually burn incense under big ancient tress to pray for heath and happiness.
A tree is planted on the birth of a baby. Often it will be cut down to make a coffin for burial purposes when that person eventually dies.
Unique Dress Code: People in Basha maintain their unique code of dress dating back to the Qin Dynasty. Basha men usually wear a collarless coat with buttons on the left side or down the front with baggy short trousers. Basha men don't usually wear shoes, even in the cold winter. However women's clothes are more colorful. A coat buttoned down the front, a kilt and more colorful wrappings are the usual make-up for women.
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In November of 2012, General Conway's Cybercrimes investigators became aware of an unknown individual accessing an unsecured wireless connection in Lexington. Following an extensive investigation, investigators tracked the unauthorized access to Hentzen's residence in Lexington. Cybercrimes investigators uncovered suspected child pornography during the execution of a search warrant at Hentzen's home.
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Stock-listings chart of the day, global edition
My colleague Peter Rudegeair asked me a good question last week: even if the number of stocks listed in the US is falling dramatically, what's happening in the rest of the world? He even helped answer the question, finding data from the World Federation of Exchanges. Which I then played around with a bit in Excel to generate this:
The US is clearly the outlier here: everywhere else in the world is still seeing the number of listings rise. (And now maybe it's a bit more obvious why Deutsche Börse is buying the NYSE, rather than the other way around.) At the end of 2009, there were more companies listed in the Americas outside the US than there were inside the US.
US listings now account for only about 10% of all listed companies globally — that's significantly less than America's share of global GDP, which is closer to 20%. Even as the US is moving from public to private, or at the very least from many public companies to fewer public companies, the rest of the world is still moving fast in the opposite direction.
Looking at this chart, it seems to me that anybody with the bulk of their equity holdings in US companies is clearly missing out on something important. Yes, US companies are active globally, and those US listings do include a smattering of foreign companies, in the form of ADRs. But it's a big world out there, and if you're looking for an everything bagel, it's going to be hard to find it if you confine your search to US counters.
Aside from ADRs, direct investment in foreign companies is tricky. You can invest in them through index funds or mutual funds, but that added layer obscures the picture and makes it difficult to understand what you really own.
What is an "everything bagel" anyways? It is a single bagel with at least four distinct flavors and textures, working together. I can think of a few "everything bagels" traded on the NYSE:
J&J gives you a taste of pharma (36%), medical devices (40%), and consumer products (24%). Over 50% of its sales (and the majority of its growth) outside the US. Recently seasoned with Acclarent, Crucell, Micrus, Cougar, and Mentor — in some cases removing publicly traded companies from the exchanges.
United Technologies operates in six different manufacturing segments, spanning everything from A/C and elevators to aviation (commercial and military). 55% of sales outside the US.
Or Coca Cola. While it isn't exactly diversified (they make, bottle, and distribute drinks of various sorts), they have a worldwide footprint. Again, less than half their sales from the US.
Does it matter more where a company is incorporated or where it operates? Is there a fundamental difference between Kraft and Unilever? Between AB Inbev (formed through an international merger) and Diageo? Between J&J and Novartis? And are there "emerging market" companies ready to join in that global game?
Smaller businesses tend to be more closely tied to their home country, but the megacaps offer worldwide exposure. And in some cases a little bit of everything.
P.S. Thanks for the look back to last May. Did you exit the stock market at that time like you advocated others do? Hope you got back in time for the second-half rally last year.
Here's the article I was remembering:
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/20 10/05/10/why-volatility-means-you-should -sell-stocks/
People frequently confuse market volatility with risk. In any given year, the sum of the daily movements total more than 100% (roughly half of them positive and the other half negative). Hard for me to read that as anything more than a lot of random noise, though I guess the HFT trading algorithms are able to pull useful patterns out of it.
Active markets are inherently noisier and more volatile than slower markets. Real estate is a notoriously non-volatile market, with price expectations changing slowly. Again, lack of volatility should not be confused with lack of risk.
And which is riskier? An investment with mean annual returns of 2% and a SD of 1%? Or an investment with mean annual returns of 6% and a SD of 4%? The latter is more likely to have a "down year", but very rarely will underperform on a five-year sample. Equities have held a small premium over the past decades, despite falling interest rates. Is it truly a stretch that they might maintain — perhaps even widen — that premium in an environment of rising interest rates?
The worrying thing about this trend becomes more apparent the further you extrapolate it into the future – the number of companies falls, and so competition decreases – ultimately, to zero. Except in the rest of the world. This drives innovation out of the US into the rest of the world, which as a European doesn't bother me that much, but it has repercussions.
In the current world picture, everybody seems so focussed on today, this week, this quarter that a year seems a long time and the future…. who cares about the future? Just carry on fiddling as Rome burns as the cries for less and less regulation accelerate the process.
What is the optimal number of countries to have publicly listed in the U.S.? What makes you think it is closer to 10,000 than 1,000? Furthermore, what stops someone who wants to trade non-U.S. stocks from opening an Interactive Brokers account and doing so, or if they are not sophisticated enough to choose stocks, buying ETFs?
Furthermore, the metric of "how many listed companies" has no relation to economic reality. I could list a bunch of SPACs holding $100m in cash or even tiny penny stocks with totally speculative business plans, but to do so wouldn't increase the amount of meaningful equity investment available to U.S. investors. JNJ and other large companies could list minority stakes in their subsidiaries, as do many international companies (Toyota, Inbev/Ambev, Santander, etc.). Felix, you can do a little better than boring counting if you engage your brain.
Who confines their search to "U.S. counters"? Conventional wisdom has long been to have a sizable fraction of one's portfolio in international markets.
I find this impossible to parse without a presentation of how much business "U.S. based companies" conduct overseas. I think this is larger than Mr. Salmon implies.
Mr. Salmon seems to be concluding that consumers in the U.S. are actually buying products increasingly from non-publicly traded companies. I look around and at least anecdotally, am not convinced. By far it would seem that U.S. consumers buy foods, building supplies, gasoline, many computer parts, cars, banking services and more from publicly traded companies.
I get a bad feeling that this article, like so many financial articles online, is here to sell advertising via seizing, using numerology techniques, on a seemingly stunning statistic that, while interesting, portends far less profundity than the author suggests.


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(WHAS11) -- Two teens are being held without bond, charged with murder and burglary. Garreth Stephens, 19, and Christopher Sowders, 18, were arrested Thursday in connection with the murder of a Sellersburg man.
Court documents say someone ratted the teens out and that Christopher Sowders said "Yeah dude I shot him." In court Friday, they had nothing to say.
Prosecution says Sowders pulled the trigger. A single bullet hit Steven Baldwin, 47, in the chest and killed him on March 11 in his Sellersburg home.
When Sowders' attorney was asked about his client's family he said, "well they're devastated he was arrested and it was not his character so we'll see."
Prosecution says it was a burglary gone wrong. Court documents state that the teens believed the victim's stepson, Blake Glaab, had "a couple thousand dollars stashed in his room."
The teens used to be fellow students and friends with Glaab at Silver Creek High School.
Prosecutors say Stephens and Sowders surveyed the house for awhile and drove there in Stephens' white Mitsubishi Eclipse. Documents say they then kicked-in the door of the home in the 2300 block of Plum Woods Drive.
"They had ski masks and ties to bind any occupants they may find in the house and they brought a gun and when they were surprised with the homeowner being home they decided to shoot him," Jeremy Mull, Clark County Prosecutor said.
It is heartbreaking for the victim's stepson and wife. Glaab suspected it was the two teens all along.
On Friday the judge also named Sowders in another burglary case when he was as a juvenile.
They will be back in court on June 3. A jury trial is set for September 9. If convicted they could each face a maximum sentence of 105 years in prison.


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One more VERY important thing: don't leave your dog unattended in a car, even if the windows are open slightly. First, the air in the car heats up quickly, and if in the sun, can reach dangerous levels that can induce heat-stroke and possibly death. Second, without a source of water, the dog can become dehydrated. I have seen dogs in these situations too often, and wonder why the owners put their dogs in danger.
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Acejo, I. (2012) 'Seafarers and Transnationalism: Ways of Belongingness Ashore and Aboard', Journal of Intercultural Studies, 33(1): 69-84.
SIRC Reports
Ellis, N., Sampson, H., Acejo, I., Tang, L., Turgo, N., Zhao, Z. (2012) 'Seafarer Accommodation on Contemporary Cargo Ships', Cardiff, December, ISBN 1-900174-43-X, online at www.sirc.cf.ac.uk.
Conference Papers
Acejo, I. (2012) 'Return, integration and sense of community belongingness: a glimpse of the seafaring transnational experience', Understanding the migrant experience, Swansea University, Swansea, 25-26 June.
Acejo, I. (2012) 'Trans-national labour and the implication for the representation under globalisation; examining the case of seafaring labour and the Nautilus International cross-border merger', 16th World Congress: Beyond Borders: Governance of Work in a Global Economy, International Labour and Employment Relations Association, Philadelphia, 2-5 July.
Acejo, I., Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Wadsworth, E. (2011) 'The Health and Self-medication Practices of Seafarers', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University 6-7 July, ISBN 1-900174-39-1.
Acejo, I. (2010) 'Governance from abroad: the role of transnational linkages in the politics of decision-making among temporary migrants', Democratisation in Asia. 49th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS), Centre of Asian Democracy, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 15-17 January.
Acejo, I. (2010) "Governance from Abroad: The Role of Transnational Linkages in the Politics of Decision-making among Temporary Migrants." Paper presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS): Kentucky, USA.
Acejo, I. (2009) "Transnational Crews and Their Ways of Belongingness" Paper presented at the International Conference on Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations, Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation: Melbourne, Australia.
Acejo, I. (2009) "Maintaining Your Place at Home: Insights from A Community" Paper presented at the Nippon Foundation Conference: Cardiff, UK.


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Zara Phillips' husband has also had the £25,000 fine he was given in a disciplinary action cut.
The sum, which was imposed on him after his night out in Queenstown during the Rugby World Cup, was reduced to £15,000.
The Rugby Football Union acting chief executive Martyn Thomas said that while Mike's behaviour had been "unacceptable", "mitigating factors" had not been taken into account.
The Rugby Players' Association expressed their approval with the decision in a statement.
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Announcers think Harper is kicky!
If my math is correct, the Braves and Nats have played three times this season. And in all three of the Atlanta broadcasts on Fox Sports South, the Braves announcers managed to take cracks at Bryce Harper.
I didn't watch the entire Atlanta broadcasts — just segments, after fans highlighted individual cracks. I can't promise this is a comprehensive cataloging.
...First, Caray and Joe Simpson discussed Harper's offseason during an early-game at-bat, while showing a photo of him with his UFC belt.
"In the offseason Bryce Harper made it a point to let the world know about his offseason conditioning program," Caray said. "He really hit the weight room in preparation for this 2014 season. Maybe he was looking more like an NFL linebacker."
"I don't know why young guys think that more muscles mean more power," Simpson said. "That's almost a clown move, bro. Long line of guys who think that muscles equal more power, and not necessarily so. You can make a phone call to Jeff Francoeur and see how that affected him. Jeff thought that beefing up to about 230 would help him hit more homers, and it did not. In fact it had an opposite effect….[Harper's] such a gifted baseball player, can do so many things well. Any team would love to have him on their ballclub. You just would hate to see him somehow affect what comes naturally to him and how strong he already was before he worked out, or did whatever he did this winter."
Later, Harper struck out again.
"How concerned are you about Harper now? Ten strikeouts in his first 21 at-bats. I know it's early, but…." Caray began.
"I'm not concerned at all," Simpson laughed.
"Let me rephrase that: How concerned do you think the Nats are?" Caray asked.
"I would think that they'd want to revisit that workout program," Simpson said.
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It seems to me that the Braves and their fans have a huge chip on their shoulder. The'F_ck did MLB do to them, anyways?
It seems to me that the Braves and their fans have a huge chip on their shoulder. The'F_ck did MLB do to them, anyways?
It seems to me that the Braves and their fans have a huge chip on their shoulder. The'F_ck did MLB do to them, anyways?
They are still a national team to those folks, and maybe rightly so.
Rickey, your point would hold more water (if, indeed, a point could hold water) if you correctly spelled the names of who you deem the Nats' best everyday player and pitcher.
Why do parents feel the need to add stupid extra letters like that Y in Jason? Is it something suburbanites do to try to pretend they can tell their spawn apart?)
"I don't know why young guys think that more muscles mean more power," Simpson said. "That's almost a clown move, bro. Long line of guys who think that muscles equal more power, and not necessarily so.
Being anti-Chip Caray is not being anti-Braves. Any more than being anti-Kim Jong Un is being anti-Koreans.
Did I miss a memo? Have the holy writers succeeded in purging the steroid era from both the record books and announcer memories?
I'd bet that behind NYY and BOS, Atlanta is in competition with the most "out of market" fans.
By this metric they are below-average in out-of-market support. But if you compare their attendance to their success on the field, you could argue Atlanta is in competition for the fewest "in market" fans.
I put little faith into any analysis that begins with Google Trends.
Yeah, we should definitely rely on your intuition instead.
Where have you gone Chic Donovan?
Re: rasslin': Raw last night was really good, anyone who wants to see something other than old farts fartin' around might actually want to start tuning in.
Check out Chick's Facebook page if you get the chance. He's still making indie appearances at 67 and looking like a million bucks.
Can't watch 'rasslin anymore. A big part of the issue is the WWF-iziation of the industry as a whole which doesn't synch up well with my preferences for the Southern-style type of shows and matches I cut my teeth on as a young YR.
Not after he turned heel on Magnum T.A. in an obviously roid-fueled rage.
Wrestling II was my favorite wrestler. Jimmy Carter's as well, iirc. He does not work as a heel (see also Sting, Goldberg, etc).
Simpson is very much old school, so his comments about weight lifting are not surprising (and probably not real anti-Washington or whatnot).
By this metric they are below-average in out-of-market support.
The Braves probably have the most total fans unaccounted for in that map, with a background level of 10%-20% support in a LOT of places.
YR, I really do hope you're watching right now. Daniel Bryan (aka "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson) is the newly crowned WWE Champion and is a very out of the box worker, though obviously toned down from his ROH heyday.
Guys like Cesaro (Claudio Castanogli), Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley), and Seth Rollins (Tyler Black) are featured prominently.
You might also like NXT, which is a back to the basics "pure" wrestling show with Sami Zayn (El Generico) and Adrian Neville (PAC).
And, the day after appearing on WWE television for the first time in about 20 years, the Ultimate Warrior is dead.
The WWF (WWE whatever) domination of the field has homogenized their product and their increasing role in grooming young talent through their developmental territory increases the homogenization - everyone doing the same drills to develop the same skills, going through the same circuits in the same weight rooms, being trained on interviews by the same trainers, etc.....
Amen. I have similar tastes and the same kinda background; old school WWF was never my sort of wrestling but I'd prefer some of the awful 1980s style cartoon character wrestlers to the cookie-cutter crap they push today.
killed many hours listening to Jim Cornette shoots.
And, the day after appearing on WWE television for the first time in about 20 years, the Ultimate Warrior is dead.
Steroids are really good for you, just like vitamins and nutrients.
Only 3 days after being inducted into the wrestling HOF.Well, inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Which also includes people like Vince McMahon's limo driver, Koko B. Ware, and Pete Rose.¹ They are not exactly unbiased students of wrestling history. The legitimate wrestling Hall of Fame IMO is the one chosen by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Warrior likely had a lot more problems than steroids. Wrestlers dying young usually has a lot more to with cocaine, pain killers and head trauma than steroids.
It really comes off like Warrior lived the gimmick so much that when he "beat" Vince by getting back into the company's good graces even though he didn't meet them halfway, that was literally the culmination of his life. He was one crazy mofo.
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Seniors Jeff Melillo (Annandale, N.J.) and Steve Zavala (Randolph, N.J.) each went 3-for-4 to lead RU offensively, with Zavala connecting for his second career home run in the fourth inning. Senior Charlie Law (Mainland, N.J.) also had a multiple-hit game with two singles in his first start at first base this season.
On the mound, senior Rob Smorol (Clark, N.J.) turned in another strong effort to put the Scarlet Knights in position to win. The left-hander did not allow an earned run in seven complete innings, scattering seven hits to go with four punchouts. He was aided by three double plays in the infield in the no-decision.
Rutgers (2-8) fell behind early in the game in part to committing four errors in the top of the first. The first two hitters reached via miscues and eventually came around to score. The first run plated on a fielder's choice, while the second counted on a rare obstruction call around the third base bag.
The score stayed that way until the fourth when Zavala rocketed a 1-1 pitch over the wall in right field to tie the score on a two-run homer. Melillo started the frame with a single and moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Vinny Zarrillo (Forked River, N.J.). Then with two down, Zavala drove one out of the park.
Smorol and W&M starter Brett Koehler kept the score deadlocked through the middle innings, trading zeros on the scoreboard until the top of the seventh. With one out, junior Pat Sweeney (Sparta, N.J.) reached on an error and advanced all the way to third on a wild pitch. Following a strikeout, junior Brian O'Grady (Warminster, Pa.) ripped a solid RBI line drive single to right field to give RU its first lead of the day, 3-2.
It stayed that way until the Tribe rallied in the bottom of the eighth. A leadoff walk to William Shaw started the jam, with the runner then being forced at second on a bunt for the first out. After Ryan Hissey advanced to second on a wild pitch, Ryan Williams flew out to left for the second out. However, Jackson Shaver put up a tough at bat and struck a ball into left field to tie the score on a clutch RBI single, moving into scoring position on the throw home. After a pitching change, Jonathan Sarty grounded a ball up the middle that trickled far enough away to allow Shaver to score for the go-ahead run.
Mitchell Aker followed with a perfect ninth inning to earn his third save of the season. John Sheehan (1-0) picked up the win out of the bullpen for the Tribe (9-4), while RU senior Rob Corsi (Oceanport, N.J.) (0-3) suffered the loss.
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So once again the wool has been pulled over the eyes of New Jersey Devils fans everywhere. It now looks as though the Devils will file for team-elected arbitration before next week's deadline, which could be as early as Wednesday or as late as next Friday if there is a Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Finals. This essentially would prevent Parise from listening to offer sheets from other teams if he's still unsigned at noon on July 1, when he'd become a restricted free agent.
These news comes after months of repeatedly being told that Lou Lamoriello and the Devils management would do what ever it took to reach out and sign Parise to an extension. If Parise takes this the wrong this could be the beginning of the end of the Parise era in New Jersey. Let's hope this is just a way to buy extra time until there is enough cap room to work out a long term deal.
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Nuclear energy is dead
The disaster in Japan likely means the end of nuclear energy, in the US and abroad, and a greater reliance on natural gas.
With the nuclear-powered reactors in Japan still smoldering, it's not easy to know what to do. It is easier to pretend to know what to do or to take a blind stab. Or just to cash out. As easy as it was 25 years ago when Chernobyl exploded.
When that happened, the world panicked. All sorts of disaster scenarios existed, in part because of the amazing lack of information coming out of the Soviet Union and the radically escalated levels of radiation showing up in Sweden, which triggered the first word of the accident.
The lack of knowledge directly affected subsequent trading. Food and restaurant stocks were hit especially hard because people thought Chernobyl was uncontainable and no one would be able to eat anything but canned food until the radiation cloud dispersed. Yes, it was that scary.
This time around we know more about the event, but, again, because of radiation fears and the ongoing nature of the tragedy, snap judgments will be as wrong as they were back then. In 1986, I tried to keep calm, but my investors didn't and many went into cash.
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But there was one thing we were certain of: The process of building a nuclear power plant would become so long and arduous that the fuel would be effectively finished.
That's what happened here in the U.S. The rest of the world, so energy-starved, kept building them. The older ones in our country, ones that were as vulnerable as Chernobyl, began to get decommissioned faster. The new ones were scrapped. They were very expensive to build anyway after the Three Mile Island debacle, and the fuel was never considered a serious source of energy again in America.
Instead we switched to coal and natural-gas power.
I think that if the current nuclear incident is contained, some people may say that the power plants held up even after a worst-case-scenario earthquake. I think that's a pipe dream even if nothing else occurs.
I see a wave of rebuilding, with natural gas being the preferred fuel. It's the fastest to build and the cheapest. I think if a country is tabula rasa, as Japan is now, it will opt for natural gas entirely because it is much cleaner than coal.
That means huge construction jobs with massive shipping requirements to Japan. It means materials and machinery will be in short supply and China's government-mandated slowdown will be countered.
To build plants, you need steel, concrete and, most importantly, aluminum and aluminum turbines. I suspect all of those commodities will jump in price, along with the iron ore and copper needed to create the steel and rebuild the electronic infrastructure.
This money will all be provided by Japan, so it will serve as a giant and quick stimulus to the world's infrastructure and infrastructure-related businesses. The most obvious players include Alcoa (AA), U.S. Steel (X), ArcelorMittal (MT), Vale (VALE),BHP Billiton (BHP) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX).
That should be the case immediately today, although overall fears, a la Chernobyl, might initially put a damper on the market. That would cause these stocks to go down slightly with the rest of the market.
They are, however, the go-to names if the smoke clears and people believe the worst is over. If not, then I think they would be more late-day or second-day plays.
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1. Don't build nuclear reactors in seismically active zones
2. Build reactors at least 200' above sea level
3. House the fuel rods in a steel tank having earthquake dampeners.
4. triple line the fuel rod tank
5. Use a more viscous fluid to cool the fuel rods, gel or foam
6. don't use this disaster to hinder progress.
7. vote out progressives and greenie weenies.
8. Use our massive natural resources, coal, gas, oil, oil shale, oil sands etc
Any rational person, any rational environmentalist understands that nuclear is a safe and practical option when put into perspective with other forms of energy. Unfortunately, policy does not go with what the rational people or experts think. What matters politically is what the mindless masses think. The mindless masses are being led by egotistical, self-promoting airheads like cramer. No matter what the experts think. It is alarmist responses from morons like him that will doom nuclear power.
What do you want people, a 1/1 million chance of a nuclear meltdown or guaranteed global warming? WInd and solar, while they have their place, are only "feel good" options in the big picture since they are inconsistant and cant be used for baseload. What we should be doing is shutting down coal and replacing it with hundreds of nuclear plants. Unfortunatly, the world is now going to be burning a lot more coal.
Same guy who said Bear-Stearns was a solid buy and Lehman Bros was solvent.
I'd rather play three-card monty on a street corner in Queens than take this pompous asshat's recommendation on ANYTHING. If there is one person in the entire financial crisis/crash/collapse who is a certifiable loon, it is Jim Cramer.
Not every country with nuclear plants is plagued with earthquakes and tsunamis. Japan's nuclear plants were built long ago and probably not in the best location for the natural disasters which they experience. It is way too early to say nuclear is dead. In the US we do need to take advantage of the plentiful and cheap nat gas we have...maybe this disaster will make us rethink how we use energy sources out there...there is no perfect fuel...each has its issue/s.
Ms. Williams -- I feel obliged to set the record straight.
1. You are correct that nuclear plants are expensive to construct and maintain, but when you compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a nuclear plant to a conventional plant of equal generation capacity, the nuclear plant is about 1/3 the cost. Only hydroelectric has a lower TCO. Fuel costs over the lifespan of a fossil fuel plant far outweigh the TCO for a nuclear plant.
2. Radiation does not "eventually eat through and destroy everything." Many materials are radioactively stable. This means the either do not reach a higher atomic energy state when irradiated, or their radioactive half life is so short (seconds to minutes) that the collateral damage of radiation "leaking" from these materials is insignificant (you will receive more radiation from the sun during a 1 hour tanning session on the beach).
3. You are right that radiation causes cancer and/or death. Radiation (properly used) also saves lives. Go ask many of the cancer survivors who had radiation treatments (like myself with thyroid cancer).
4. Yes, nuclear reactors need a water supply for cooling. With modern reactors, however, the water supply does not need to be inviolable. Effluent water cooling techniques are generally able to return water to the same source within 3-5 degrees of the source temperature. Modern reactors do not irradiate the water, which is limited to the secondary heat exchange and electricity turbine systems.
5. Yes, they produce waste, but its disposal is included in the TCO (1), does not eat through anything (2), much of the waste is used in medical and other industrial processes, with a relatively small fraction (generally cesium and strontium) that needs longer term radioactive disposal (3), and the water is not radioactive waste (4).
6. Modern reactors are easier to control than your car, and only marginally more difficult to maintain.
7. (Not sure to what you are referring here, but...) The radioactive waste (particularly cesium and strontium with half lifes of 30 and 29 years respectively) requires long term storage, but the duration of that storage is a few hundred years, not tens of thousands of years. The structural components of a nuclear power plant (for example, the steam turbines) would not last 100 years without major upgrades and repairs.
Please do a little more research before taking a few factoids out of context in an attempt to enflame an emotional response. Thanks.
Let's don't be total nitwits on this issue.
We have a worst case scenario, reactor designed in 1960 before plate tectonics were understood, completed in 1971 - built by the sea at sea level.
You have the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan.
Earthquake - perhaps hundreds killed.
Tsunami - likely over ten thousand killed.
Powerplant - likely no one killed.
You couldn't design a more stringent torture test for a powerplant; taking the oldest one you have and putting it through a record disaster.
Will the power company be out billions to clean up the site - "you betcha."
Will lessons be learned and applied - that's the way engineering works.
By default on market strategy, I almost exclusively take what Cramer says and do the opposite. It's worked out beautifully for me. This latest opinion by Kramer is a typical over reaction following a tragic event. It just goes to show this guy has no common sense and is a reactive not proactive thinker. Follow his advice to the poor house because if you buy into his conjecture that is where you will be.
Only MSNBC would keep this guy on their payroll, he contributes to their decline in credibility.
Not so fast. Every reactor accident has been older first gen reactors which are no longer main stream technology. New 2nd and 3rd gen reactors are designed to shut down and stop the fission process without any human intervention. The rods get hot, they expand and cut off the reaction of the Uranium or whatever else they would be using as nuclear fuel for a particular reactor. It's basic physics and it takes care of itself. Even though these reactors in Japan are old and tired, it still took a devastating earthquake combined with a massive 23 ft tsunami to cause the massive failure.
To meet our future energy needs natural gas, solar, geo-thermal and wind won't suffice alone. As natural gas consumption increases, so will the price, dramatically.
Consider that despite taking one of the largest quakes ever recorded, which probably jammed the rods, taking a massive tsunami that stuffed the backup pumps, and suffering hydrogen explosions in their outer buildings, at this point the reactor pressure vessels are still holding, buying time for officials to react and work to cool them, as well as do evacuations in case of the worst.
Lost in all of this is how powerfully they have been built and engineered to hold this long - and yes, stuff like backup systems that can better handle tsunamis will be designed for reactors because of this.
These reactors are built a lot stronger than Chernobyl. I hope they can stabilize and stop them, and am praying for the people there. I must also say that the strength of the engineering even in the face of one of the worst recorded disasters in Japanese history is pretty impressive.
As for power needs, one can't get the megawatts needed to power a modern world by plugging into a tree. There is a solar energy company in Southern New Jersey that powers 130 homes but employs 250 people. Doing the math there will show why such projects are economically unfeasable.
Plants will be improved because of the knowledge from Japan, from a complex that took one of the largest disasters ever to hit that country and still has their containment vessels holding after several days of unimaginably nasty conditions.
One idea I have had for reactors, similar to a fire sprinkler, is metal that melts at a certain heat point, which would release a load of boron to drop right on the core. That would help fight a runaway reactor before the point where hydrogen would be generated.... and it wouldn't need external power or button pushing.
Sensational journalism at its finest. We must keep in mind that as our energy consumption continues to climb we must produce more and more power to maintain our standard of living in the US. Some simple stats; The largest wind farm in the world is in Texas consisting of 650 turbines producing about 730MW of power. The wind farm covers 100,000 acres and cost 1billion + government subsidies. A common nuclear generator in the US produces 1100MW of power per turbine. This single turbine produces 1.5X the power of a massive wind farm. I want to see our nation continue to expand its renewable energy production capacity but for the forseeable future the technology is not there for renewables to be but a small player in our overall energy production unless we all decide to walk and bike everywhere. This will not happen so to discredit nuclear power is irresponsible at the least.
Well not a lot of comments so far but I think the trend will continue; that this article is a load of s*** plain and simple. Thenaill has is right. Cramer is a dim bulb. What about oil? Why was that not the end of oil after the BP spill? Same deal. Oh wait I guess it needs to be an unforeseen natural disaster first (technically two - major earthquake and tsunami) to be cause for a change. Man made negligence to get more profit that results in a disaster doesn't change anything. Or maybe its because you are sitting on a pile of gas stocks and want to start the speculation early? (Save that one for another day but that is another major problem with our stock market, commodity speculation, drives up prices on rumor alone; end that and we will all be better off) I know I'm being extreme but crap articles like this are not what we need. Good fact based reporting is needed and it has been lacking thus far when dealing with the whole nuclear issue in Japan. I see more fear mongering and headlining than anything. I agree nuclear power, as we know it now, is not the long term solution but neither are fossil fuel based energy sources. Pushing natural gas is just another way to try to buy enough time to pass the energy problem onto the next generation while each time making it worse and shorting the time we have to find an answer. In the short term I could see some of the other newer forms of nuclear power being used, those that have less waste, provided that we couple this with better ways to dispose of the new waste and waste we have. I also see greater use of wind power or tidal power and home solar panels to provide a small part of a homes power. I could even see some new natural gas plants and coal plants going in to fill a gap and replace some older more polluting less efficient plants that need decommissioned, but all of this only with the understanding this is SHORT TERM ONLY with greatly increased funding going to research for alternate, renewable energy at the same time, such as fusion power, which will be an option some day and can get here sooner if we fund it more because while solar and wind can and will be players in the renewable energy world future there does need to be some some other primary source, this I know. I have more I could add but i'll leave it at that for now. It is time to stop fact less reporting and knee jerk reactions and focus on what really is, which is a need to find a renewable energy that is beneficial for all and not continue to line the oil mans pockets and dump money into a fossil fuel development hole that will screw us in the long run.
Newer technology should advance the use of nuclear power. Continuing to rely on fuels such as oil and natural gas will only continue to hurt economies, especially those in the U.S. that rely more heavily on car transportation rather than mass transportation such as light rail systems, etc. Switching to natural gas will only exacerbate the problem.
We need a diversity of fuel, including solar and wind. For Subnormal, I have a lot of experience in energy, including alternative energy, and under the right circumstances, wind turbines can work - generate electricity without any emissions! If you can figure out a way to build a power plant that is "totally green" more "power" to you.
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What do The Remington Arms Company and Victoria Beckham have in common?
First impressions would suggest very little… but dig a little deeper and you'll find that both are reportedly entering "'lifestyle" brand territory.
The Remington Arms Co. started to leverage its 200 year history last year, as one of the USA's oldest gun manufacturers, capitalising on its heritage, expertise and legacy in the gun market by developing a line of clothing and accessories - the 1816™ Collection. According to Ross Saldarini, Senior Vice President for accessories and lifestyle, the new range has been designed to "celebrate the Remington lifestyle… for the field and beyond."
Driving deeper emotional engagement with firearm enthusiasts, this new venture taps into an associated lifestyle. While there is significant controversy in America regarding gun policies, the brand's strategy recognizes an emotional connection intrinsic to the lifestyle of its consumers.
On the seemingly other end of the spectrum, after achieving success as a global fashion brand and, perhaps more significantly, acceptance from the famously closed set of the fashion elite – being recently named one of The Top 20 British Fashion Players by The Guardian – rumours have emerged that the artist, formerly known as Posh Spice, has set her sights on launching a more affordable "lifestyle" brand to be sold in department stores.
Anticipated as a brand for the masses, it will give consumers the opportunity to own a slice of VB's lifestyle. Numerous other celebrities have adopted similar approaches in different guises (Goop anyone?). The general approach is based on packaging up the celebrity lifestyle and selling a curated version of it to the general public who are aspiring to live like their idols.
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These two examples illustrate how "lifestyle brand" has become a catch-all phrase to encompass anything associated with lifestyle. On the one hand, it can be taken as a brand that extends beyond functional product features to display an emotional characteristic (attitude, value or passion) that people identify with as part of their own lives. While on the other hand, it can be understood as a more clearly defined way of life that encompasses the thoughts, feelings and behaviours of a specific group of people.
What's clear is that lifestyle brands operate in much the same way as other strong, powerful brands – they are authentic, based on a clearly defined philosophy that's underpinned by a clear set of values. They represent and celebrate ideals, creating deep emotional connections based on shared interests, attitudes and beliefs and they become a symbol of personal identity that consumers use to reinforce their own personal identity.
So far, so good…but what makes them different? A true lifestyle brand is so relevant and specific that it becomes incorporated into the natural rhythms and patterns of a life for a clearly defined group or subculture. Brands achieve this status by exhibiting a clear attitude that reflects a philosophy that influences consumer behaviour and choices. In this way they can become essential to that culture, often show-casing an idealised representation of a lifestyle and becoming a symbol for the lifestyle.
Sharmilee Rau is a Consultant, Strategy, at Interbrand London.
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