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There are a lot of purely good things in this world, like beer, sports, beersports
ok so there are about three purely good things in the world. When I'm not partaking in the aforementioned in some capacity, I find myself getting irritated with something new at least 3 times a day. Things that just, I don't know, really chap my ass. Realizing I'm just another redhead Irishman probably on the path to expensive and worthless anger management classes, I thought it might be cheaper to share my frustrations with others. You might be thinking "Great, another dime a dozen wise ass, just what I need." Well that may be, and @#$# you for thinking that, but I bet alot of this stuff pisses you off too.
What Really Chaps My Ass, Episode 1 NFL Overtime
I'm not sure whose ass needs kicked hardest: The jackass that came up with NFL overtime or the jackasses that voted for it. How the hell did that meeting go so awry? Was it getting late and everyone wanted to go home? Did the asshat no one usually listens to pipe up and say "Hey I know, after 60 grueling minutes of world-class, million dollar athletes fighting valiantly for the most coveted trophy in the civilized world, should there be a tie score let's just flip a coin to decide who gets to kick a field goal and call it a day." Yeah, no you guys are right. It's a damn good thing that at the pro level, with the money people are paying to watch, you don't have your shit all out of sorts like collegewith their ridiculous equal opportunity overtime that forces someone to actually beat someone else at something other than heads or tails guessing. Young athletes everywhere work their asses off and dream at night of that one day where they earn the opportunity to stand at midfield and say "Heads. Receive." You know what, why risk all the injuries that regular time seems to entail? Let's just start and end the game with a coin toss and save everyone a lot of time and trouble (especially Larry Nemmers). Who needs their ass kicked harder? It's probably a tie shit. Guess sports aren't purely good afterall. Way to ruin 1/3 of my list assholes.
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A wireless video transmitter can prove a handy device for more than one application. It may seem obvious that the devices can be useful when constructing a wireless surveillance system. They can also be used for creating wireless home entertainment systems and any number of other installations that may be simplified by removing the need for wires.
There are, of course, a variety of different wireless video transmitter products that you can choose from though, and determining what to look for can be a very good start toward choosing the best product for your project. Among the major differences that you will likely note when you begin perusing through the market is the transmission speed of the device. This is one of the most significant features that impact performance. Another option to consider is whether the wireless video transmitter can transmit audio at the same time. For some installations audio is a necessity, for others it may simply prove a nice option to have for future upgrades. So, here are some of the many that will give you an idea of what is available.
Wireless video transmitter Model: TR100412/TR100424
This is an example of a rather basic device that is practical for a number of different uses. This device transmits both video and audio signal. It can transmit up to 300 meters in a direct line of sight. Some devices use microwave transmissions to allow the signal to be transmitted through walls and other units have long-distance transmission capabilities.
This particular model can accept up to four separate signals. The receiver allows you to select any one of the signals to output. You can output using either the PAL or NTSC formats for recording or viewing.
Brite-View BV-2500 Wireless HD Video Transmitter and Receiver Kits
This represents one of the new models of video transmitters and it is equipped to send a high-definition signal. It is targeted at home entertainment customers, but if your security system has a high-definition video source and you want no loss of quality you may find this an appropriate wireless transmitter and receiver kit.
This kit features a sleek design that makes it suitable for display as an electronic component. The high-definition price tag may deter purchases by people that do not need it though. This kit was available for approximately three-hundred and fifty dollars at the time this was written.
Leapfrog 2.4 GHz Home Network System
This system makes for a nice combination of home entertainment audio/video quality with a price tag that is practical for surveillance and other installation. You receive a transmitter and a receiver capable of sending both audio and video at the same time.
The design is a bit boxier, but the device may be more practical at around one-hundred dollars.
2.4GHz Long range AV TX/RX Model: TRC3K24/TRC8K24/TRC10K24/TRC15K24
This device represents a specialty niche in the market. This is one of the faster transmission speeds that you will find. That feature is nicely coupled with a long-distance transmission capability.
There are four different models as the title implies. Each one uses a different wattage to send the signal a further distance. Best case models for these models show the 3 watt (lowest wattage of these models) model demonstrating an eleven kilometer distance. The highest watt model (15 watts) was measured at seventy-two kilometers.


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Moderated by Maureen Downey
If there are hot buttons in education, we press them today with a guest column on whether schools are shills for liberal causes and whether school bullying programs teach children to be victims. In her column, Mary Grabar says schools should teach math and reading, not empathy.
And a bullying expert says school interventions may worsen bullying, not stop it. Read what they have to say and then comment below.
October 10th, 2011
3:46 pm
Agree with the above poster…..values like empathy should be taught at home, by parents…..schools are not parents!!!
October 10th, 2011
2:52 pm
We actually expect school systems with a notoriously retaliatory culture such as APS to teach about bullying?
But then again, Maureen says retaliation is a rare occurrence, hardly worth mentioning.
Can't remember if that was before or after she said Beverly Hall should remain at the helm of APS for the "stability" she provides.
Bully for Maureen! Yet another opportunity to "blame teachers first" for not addressing yet another of society's problems.
October 10th, 2011
2:37 pm
Teaching empathy is like teaching diversity, or teaching respect; not possible. As has been noted in other posts, to whom do we leave the task of defing the bully/victim relationship. When bullying becomes physical, there are rules (in some instances, laws) to deal with problem. Same with verbal abuse; when it prevents learning, the verbal abuser needs to be sanctioned as a disruptive element in the classroom. Cultural values have no place in a classroom beyond the academic study of different values.
October 10th, 2011
2:24 pm
Values like that are supposed to be learned in the home. One can only imagine how the government would define 'empathy'. We got a little taste recently when the Cobb County schools tried to force feed empathy for Muslims to their kids.
October 10th, 2011
1:38 pm
Empathy should be taught at home. If it's not, then the remedy likely won't take place in school.
October 10th, 2011
1:07 pm
I see these situations as "both and." Certainly the schools should focus on quality teaching of math and reading, but also empathy. Our society has become increasingly violent, so creating opportunities for students to better understand themselves and their peers, and how to work together, would seem just as critical a mission as increased test scores.
Similarly, I agree that victims need help learning how to "deal with" bullies, but to permit bullying without consequences to the bully, is to diminish the academic goals of the school. How can a child as a victim do his/her best in school if the learning environment is of fear or dread?
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William Fitzsimmons (born 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, based in Illinois, perhaps best known for his songs "Passion Play" and "Please Don't Go", which aired during pivotal scenes in ABC's medical drama Grey's Anatomy. His first two full-length albums, Until When We Are Ghosts (2005) and Goodnight (2006), were completely self-produced and recorded by Fitzsimmons at his former home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His The Sparrow And The Crow (2008) was his first studio record. In addition to the above, his music has also been featured on ABC's Brothers & Sisters and Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice, MTV's Life of Ryan and Teen Wolf, The CW's One Tree Hill,[Blue Bloods CBS] ABC Family's Greek, Lifetime's Army Wives, and USA Network's Burn Notice, and he has been given reference in Billboard, Rolling Stone, Paste, Spin, Musikexpress, Uncut, Q Magazine, and Performing Songwriter Magazine.
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Directory websites are a considerable project as they have a great deal of development /configuration put into them. Strategy, design and ease of use are also important, so attention to detail and therefore a little more time is required on these types of sites. The most critical aspects of directory development can be difficult to identify as it appears as only a few precent of the overall site development. The reality in fact is that this this small detail is make or break for the workings of your directory website and a considerable percentage of the build.
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Four short links: 24 August 2011 - STM in Python, Static Web is Back, Cyberwar, and Virtual Language EducationBy Nat Torkington
August 24, 2011
STM in PyPy -- a proposal to add software transactional memory to the all-Python Python interpreter as a way of simplifying concurrent programming. I first learned about STM from Haskell's Simon Peyton-Jones at OSCON. (via Nelson Minar) Werner Vogels' Static Web Site on S3 -- nice writeup of the toolchain to publish a web site to static files served...
Four short links: 17 August 2011 - Tabular Data API, Open Stanford Courses, Wearable TV, and Wearable SensorsBy Nat Torkington
August 17, 2011
Tablib -- MIT-licensed open source library for manipulating tabular data. Reputed to have a great API. (via Tim McNamara) Stanford Education Everywhere -- courses in CS, machine learning, math, and engineering that are open for all to take. Over 58,000 have already signed up for the introduction to machine learning taught by Peter Norvig, Google's Director of Research. Wearable...
Four short links: 12 August 2011 - Learning Adventure, Python Data Analysis, Lanyrd Technology, and New SensorBy Nat Torkington
August 12, 2011
Hippocampus Text Adventure -- written as an exercise in learning Python, you explore the hippocampus. It's simple, but I like the idea of educational text adventures. (Well, educational in that you learn about more than the axe-throwing behaviour of the cave-dwelling dwarf) Pandas -- BSD-licensed Python data analysis library. Building Lanyrd -- Simon Willison's talk (with slides) about the...
Four short links: 8 August 2011 - Graph ORM, Graphic Computation, Web Intents, and Async RPCBy Nat Torkington
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Bulbflow -- a Python framework for graph databases: it's like an ORM for graphs. (via Joshua Schachter) Nomograms -- the lost art of graphical computing. (via John D Cook) Web Intents -- adding Android-style Intents to the web. Services register their intention to be able to handle an action on the user's behalf. Applications request to start an Action...
Four short links: 17 May 2011 - Sorting Out 9/11, Tagging Text, Unlocking Scientific Publishing, and Internet Archive's Meatspace BranchBy Nat Torkington
May 17, 2011
Sorting Out 9/11 (New Yorker) -- the thorniest problem for the 9/11 memorial was the ordering of the names. Computer science to the rescue! Tagger -- Python library for extracting tags (statistically significant words or phrases) from a piece of text. Free Science, One Paper at a Time (Wired) -- Jonathan Eisen's attempt to collect and distribute his father's...
Less Code Is BetterBy Paul Barry
May 10, 2011
I'm a big fan of the "less code is better" principle, in that I firmly believe the number of bugs in my code is directly related to the number of lines of code I write.
Four short links: 25 April 2011 - Healthcare Data, C64 Emulator, Python Machine Learning, and Startup Success StatsBy Nat Torkington
April 25, 2011
E-Referral Evaluation Interim Findings -- in general good, but note this: The outstanding system issues are an ongoing source of frustration and concern, including [...] automated data uptake from the GP [General Practitioner=family doctor] PMS [Patient Management System], that sometimes has clearly inaccurate or contradictory information. When you connect systems, you realize the limitations of the data in them....
Four short links: 21 March 2011 - Javascript Master Class, Stats for Pythonistas, CAM Floor, and HTML ExtractionBy Nat Torkington
March 21, 2011
Javascript Trie Performance Analysis (John Resig) -- if you program in Javascript and you're not up to John's skill level (*cough*) then you should read this and follow along. It's a ride-along in the brain of a master. Think Stats -- an introduction to statistics for Python programmers. (via Edd Dumbill) Bolefloor -- they build curvy wooden floors. Instead...
Four short links: 17 March 2011 - Data Manual, Data Processing, Piracy Report, and Fragile FreeBy Nat Torkington
March 17, 2011
The Open Data Manual -- a HOWTO for organisations wanting to open up data. This report discusses legal, social and technical aspects of open data. The manual can be used by anyone but is especially designed for those seeking to open up data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data — why to go open, what...
Four short links: 2 March 2011 - Python Unicode, Cognitive Enhancement, Journal Balk, Engineering SaaSBy Nat Torkington
March 2, 2011
Unicode in Python, Completely Demystified -- a good introduction to Unicode in Python, which helped me with some code. (via Hacker News) A Ban on Brain-Boosting Drugs (Chronicle of Higher Education) -- Simply calling the use of study drugs "unfair" tells us nothing about why colleges should ban them. If such drugs really do improve academic performance among healthy...
Four Short Links: 2 February 2011 - Visualization Papers, Immersive Learning, Readability, and Quora's TechnologyBy Nat Torkington
February 2, 2011
Seven Foundational Visualization Papers -- seven classics in the field that are cited and useful again and again. Git Immersion -- a "walking tour" of Git inspired by the premise that to know a thing is to do it. Cf Learn Python the Hard Way or even NASA's Planet Makeover. We'll see more and more tutorials that require participation...
Developer Year in Review: Programming Languages - Java's wild ride, multicore drives functional, and a look at how the usual programming suspects stacked up in 2010.James Turner
December 22, 2010
This year brought confusion and chaos in the Java space, continued growth for functional languages due to the attack of multicore, and the usual popularity for all of the dynamic languages we know and love.
Strata Gems: Make beautiful graphs of your Twitter network - Use Gephi and Python to find your personal communitiesEdd Dumbill
December 9, 2010
Using a bit of Python and the Gephi graph tool, exploring your own Twitter network is a great way to learn about analyzing networks: and the results definitely have a "wow" factor.
Four short links: 30 September 2010 - Python Exercises, Maker Revolution, Dodgy Memes, and Government LicensesBy Nat Torkington
September 30, 2010
Learn Python The Hard Way -- Zed Shaw's book on programming Python, written as 52 exercises: Each exercise is one or two pages and follows the exact same format. You type each one in (no copy-paste!), make it run, do the extra credit, and then move on. If you get stuck, at least type it in and skip the...
Four short links: 20 September 2010 - Robot Trades, Quirky Adventures, Tabular Data Library, and It's Hard to be EvilBy Nat Torkington
September 20, 2010
The Tracks of Bizarre Robot Traders (The Atlantic) -- I love the idea that these mysterious effect-less trades might simply be there to slow down competitors' analytic systems because every millisecond matters. MS Paint Adventures -- a weird mashup of MS Paint and text adventure games. tablib -- a format-agnostic tabular dataset library for Python. (via joshua on delicious)...
New OST Course! "Python 2: Getting More Out of Python" by Steve HoldenBy Trish Gray
September 15, 2010
The O'Reilly School of Technology is excited to announce the release of Python 2: Getting More Out of Python. This is the second course in the upcoming Python Programming Certificate Series, and right now you can enroll at 50% off normal tuition. Check out the below video of me interviewing Steve about his courses in a webcast from a few months ago:
Four short links: 4 August 2010 - Python Reasoning, Learning the Right Way, Curated Folksonomy, Arduino Image CorrectionBy Nat Torkington
August 4, 2010
FuXi -- Python-based, bi-directional logical reasoning system for the semantic web from the folks at the Open Knowledge Foundation. (via About Inferencing) Harness the Power of Being an Idiot -- I learn by trying to build something, there's no other way I can discover the devils-in-the-details. Unfortunately that's an incredibly inefficient way to gain knowledge. I basically wander around...
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When it comes to dessert and kids, the simpler, the better. Not many little palates leap for things like creme brulee or tiramisu, but give them anything colorful, frosting-filled, or sprinkled with candy, and they go wild.
There are few things more joyful to watch than a child devour a dessert with pure bliss on his or her sticky little face, and while sweets should of course be enjoyed in moderation, it's fun to feed their fantasies with the ooiest, gooiest concoctions on occasion. Even more fun -- having them help make them or make them all by themselves. Here are three delicious desserts kids love to make almost as much as they love to eat them. Adults won't find them too shabby either.
More from The Stir: Giant Oatmeal Cookie Recipe That's Easy Enough to Make With the Kids
These are absolutely adorable, and they're bloomin' delicious too. The base consists of layers of cookies, pudding, and a fluffy frosting. The "dirt" is made of crushed up Oreos. Pretty fake (or real if you like) flowers and gummy worms make them picture perfect.
This is the perfect summertime activity. You make the ice cream yourself, then let the kids assemble between any kind of cookies you like. Set out sprinkles, chocolate chips, and candies and let them roll and decorate as they please.
Fruit Pizza With a Sugar Cookie Crust
This is a great way to sneak some healthy stuff into dessert. The cookie crust is topped with a cream cheese icing, then they can go to town decorating it with all sorts of fruit. You can also have them add things like coconut, chocolate chips, or nuts -- anything goes.
What desserts do your kids like to make?
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He likes to make smores or ice pops.
cool ideas. they enjoy making smores/
Ooooh, that fruit pizza is pretty!
Fun! My girls love making cookies, and my son loves eating the cookies his sisters make :)
My dd likes making pumpkin spice cake.
thanks for the ideas!
I love the dirt dessert- fun to make and to eat. :)
I used to make a dessert pizza for my older children with strawberry jam, strudel topping and icing drizzled over it, after it was cooked. It was a hit with them.


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Dementia: John Suchet
John Suchet on the reluctant decision to move his wife Bonnie into a care home. He talks to Jenni about the dementia that 'stole' his wife.
Amira and Merima Kljuco
Bosnian music duo Amira and Merima Kljuco's latest album Zumra is based on the Balkan tradition of sevdah.
The World Cup & Domestic Violence
Jenni is joined by Deputy Chief Constable of Gwent, Carmel Napier, ACPO's lead on domestic abuse and Jane Keeper from the charity Refuge.
Tamasin Day-Lewis: Chickpea soup
Sally Williams met Tamasin Day Lewis in her Somerset kitchen where Chickpea soup was on the menu.
Oliver James on Parenting
Jenni is joined by Oliver James and Justine Roberts, co-founder of Mumsnet.
Amira and Merima Kljuco
Photo courtesy of Zijah Gafic Gramofon.Amira
Bosnian music duo Amira and Merima Kljuco's latest album Zumra is based on the Balkan tradition of sevdah – that is, the yearning, urban folk music of Bosnia-Herzegovina. They join Jenni to talk about their new arrangements of the music, and how the older generations back home have reacted to the new versions.
ZUMRA by Amira/Merima Kljuco.
Harmonia Mundi/World Village label.
Thursday 27 May - St Ethelburga's Church, 78 Bishopsgate
Friday 28 May - Recital in the Gallery at Rays Jazz at Foyles
Saturday 29 May – Balkan Fever Festival, The Ocean, Hackney
John Suchet
The broadcaster John Suchet had been married to Bonnie for 21 years, when she was diagnosed with dementia in 2006. For three years John cared for his wife. As Bonnie's condition and memory worsened, John found himself turning from lover to carer, a transformation which has been extremely painful. A few months after 'going public' as a carer last year, John reluctantly accepted that it was time for Bonnie to move into a care home. He talks to Jenni about the disease he says 'stole' his wife.
'My Bonnie – How Dementia Stole the Love of my Life' is published on 27th May. ISBN 978-0-00-732842-0
World Cup and Domestic Violence
The World Cup starts on 11 June, with England's first game the following day. Research has shown a link between sporting events and an increase in domestic violence. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has written to all forces in England and Wales about the issue and is recommending forces make warning visits to known domestic abuse offenders before the tournament. To discuss, Jenni is joined by Deputy Chief Constable of Gwent, Carmel Napier, ACPO's lead on domestic abuse and Jane Keeper from the charity Refuge.
Oliver James on Parenting
In 2002 psychologist and broadcaster Oliver James published his best selling book which wanted to show the way we were cared for in the early years of life has a crucial effect on who we are and how we behave. Now, in his latest offering James offers practical strategies and techniques to ensure, as parents, we don't mess up our own children. But how much are his analysis and suggestions helpful and how much are they just putting further pressure on already beleaguered and guilt-ridden working parents. Jenni is joined by Oliver James and Justine Roberts, co-founder of Mumsnet.
How Not To F***Them Up, by Oliver James. Published on 3rd June 2010. ISBN 978-0-09-192391
Supper for a Song Recipe: Chickpea and Smoked Paprika Soup
Sally Williams met Tamasin Day Lewis in her Somerset kitchen where Chickpea soup was on the menu.
Chick pea and smoked paprika soup:
1 tbsp olive oil; 1 red onion peeled and finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped; 2 celery stalks, de-strung with a potato peeler and chopped small; 2 tsp finely chopped rosemary; 4 ladlefuls cooked chick peas; 1/3-1/2 tsp smoked paprika; 2 bay leaves; 1 level tbsp tomato puree; 400g/140z tin cherry tomatoes; 8-10 ladlefuls water, or use stock; Sea salt and black pepper; A small handful of flat-leaf parsley chopped.
Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pan and add the onion, garlic, celery and rosemary. Fry for a few minutes until they begin to soften, then add the chick peas, smoked paprika, bay leaves, tomato puree and tinned tomatoes. Bring to a simmer, then add the water, season and bring back to the boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Discard the bayleaves. Blitz about half the mixture in a blender, then re-introduce it to the chunky soup in the pan.
Taste and adjust the seasoning, stir in the parsley and reheat if you need to.
Ladle into warm bowls and serve.
'Supper for a Song', by Tamasin Day Lewis. ISBN: 978 1 84400 743 1
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text: Well, it may be bull, or it may be whatever a female cow is called. I went to the store and bought a sirloin tip roast, and now it is cooking in my crock pot with garlic and onions. Later I will add some potatoes and carrots. As I was putting it into my crock pot, I was thinking, "How do I know that this is really cow?" "What if it's really horse, or deer, or bear, or some other animal?" Then I thought, "Does it really matter? As long as it tastes good?" I know for certain that this is beef. The package said so. They couldn't put it on the package if it wasn't true., "Sirloin Tip Roast. 100% beef." :) Lol, I guess that could have been a crock of bull too. Happy bubbling everybody. Picture credit: cindiowens' camera lol, captcha: paper plate +Crockpot


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Whether you've always wanted to try Zumba or need a little stress-relieving massage, the Munson Medical Center Wellness Fair will connect you with local wellness resources. Join us August 15th from 7am to 5pm on Munson's front lawn. The fair is open to all employees and spouses, and everyone is encouraged to attend.
You can try out different activities, talk with vendors, watch demonstrations, and win prizes. Visit the Food & Nutrition booth to enjoy breakfast or lunch, depending on when you make it out. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes for the demonstrations and come ready to participate!
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Pillow with integrated speakers helps you fall asleep
Maybe as a kid you were so used to sleeping to the sound of lullabies, that you need music to lull you into a deep slumber now as well. We have the "Sleep! Sound pillow!" for that. It's a pretty cool pillow that you can hook your iPod or other MP3 players into. It has built in stereo speakers that give you a good quality sound. They are soft speakers, so the pillow won't be uncomfortable. As soon as your head hits the pillow, you can have songs streaming from it. I like the idea of falling asleep to some soothing music at a low volume. It's an idea that has been used before, but this pillow executes it really well.


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Free Money Thursday – More Bad News is Good News for the Bulls
by Phil Davis - August 14th, 2014 8:05 am
Europe is not growing.
Italy, Romania and Cyprus are in Recession (2 consecutive negative quarters) and Belgium dropped 75%, Czech 100% (to zero), Germany down 130%, Latvia down 85%, Hungary down 30%, Poland down 45%… These are NOT GOOD numbers!
Yesterday we got a -1.7% reading on Japan, down over 200% from last quarter's +1.5%. Our own GDP grew at just 1% from last Q, which itself was down 0.5% from the quarter before it but, fortunately, last year's Q2 was so terrible that, by comparison to that – we improved by 2.4% – and that somehow made people happy.
The euro zone's three largest economies, which account for two-thirds of the region's €9.6T ($12.8T) GDP, all did not post any growth. German GDP shrank 0.2% from the first quarter and Italy's output fell at a similar pace. The French economy, the bloc's second largest behind Germany, stagnated for a second straight quarter. How, exactly, does this translate into a bullish signal for the markets?
The answer is: It doesn't. The bullishness is nothing more than anticipation of MORE FREE MONEY over longer periods of time and that is, indeed good for our Corporate Citizens and the top 1% Human Citizens lucky enough to own them (we own lots in our Long-Term Portfolios!) as they are able to refinance debt at record lows and buy back their own stock with free money and buy whole other companies with free money – all supplied their friendly Central Banksters as well as the suckers who put their hard-earned cash into banks and bonds at 1% interest.
That's right, the yeild on the German 10-Year Bund has dropped to 1% today. Auntie Angela will hold $1M of your money for 10 years and give you back $1,100,000 when she's done – isn't that FANTASTIC! It sure is for those of us who get to borrow that money – not so much for people trying to save.
The solution is, of course, to put your money into stocks – which is exactly what is happening now and that is why the global markets are flying – even when…
How the US Government Manipulates Inflation Data
by Phil Davis - February 1st, 2011 6:11 am
The PCE bothered me yesterday.
The Government told us that the PCE core price index for December was 0% – no inflation at all. I found that to be incredible – as in not credible at all and then Tuscadog asked me how long the Bernank could keep justifying his rampant money printing with fake government data, to which I responded: "I had many derogatory things to say about that but I was literally so sickened by that BS that I couldn't bring myself to comment on it so I just left it alone but it's a very sad joke that our government can tell us that there was no inflation in December while the whole planet is falling apart, isn't it?"
Fortunately, there was a helpful article in the WSJ by Brett Arends that pointed out that the way the government justifies their low inflation figures is through "substitution and hedonics," a topic expert Government BS detector, Barry Ritholtz had touched on as well. As Barry says:
Hedonics asks the question: "How much of a product's price increase is a function of "inflation," and how much is quality improvement?" Thus, the entire late 1990′s concept of Hedonics is premised upon a flawed assumption: that quality is static. Hedonics is a variation of the old trick of comparing the present with the past, instead of the present. Measuring quality improvements is a distraction from the real measure of inflation: the purchasing power of a dollar.
Hedonics opens the door to producing magical results: a lower inflation rate with generally rising prices, a higher growth rate although the economy may be weaker, and a higher productivity number, although productivity would have been declining without the hedonic imputations.
What BS, right? Well, when I get mad, I do research and when my research uncovers something – I make an electronic puppet show:
Forward this to your friends and Congresspeople – lets try to get our government to get real!
Bernanke Bears on Bank of America (BAC) and NFLX!
by Phil Davis - December 1st, 2010 4:28 pm
They are at it again!
Those fabulous Bernanke Bears have a great discussion about the merits of BAC, listening to WikiLeaks and investing in NFLX. I am exploring the technology to have all of my posts read by bears as everything seems so much nicer when explained by a cartoon bear, don't you think?
by ilene - November 9th, 2010 4:56 pm
Courtesy of The Pragmatic Capitalist
Some people want you to believe that the Fed just injected the economy and stock market full of
Before we begin, it's important that investors understand exactly what "
This is a crucial point that I think a lot of us are having trouble wrapping our heads around. In school we are taught that "cash" is its own unique asset class. But that's not really true. "Cash" as it sits in your bank account is really just a very very liquid government liability. What is the difference between your checking and savings account? Do you classify them both as "cash"? Do you consider your savings accounts a slightly less liquid interest bearing form of the same thing a checking account is?
What is a treasury note account? It is a savings account with the government. So now you have to ask yourself why you think cash is so much different than a treasury note? What is the difference between your ETrade cash earning 0.1% and that t note earning 0.2%? NOTHING except the interest rate and the duration. You can't use your 13 week bill to pay your taxes tomorrow, but that doesn't mean it isn't a slightly less liquid form of the exact same thing that we all refer to as "cash". They are both govt liabilities and assets of yours.…
QEII Announced, Fed Set to Buy $600 Billion in Bonds, Reinvest $250 Billion More; Fed Micromanaged Economy to Oblivion; No Miracles Coming
by ilene - November 3rd, 2010 3:35 pm
QEII Announced, Fed Set to Buy $600 Billion in Bonds, Reinvest $250 Billion More; Fed Micromanaged Economy to Oblivion; No Miracles Coming
As expected, the Fed announced a "modest" $600 billion second round of Quantitative Easing. Estimates rated as high as $2 trillion.
Please consider the Fed's Statement Regarding Purchases of Treasury Securities
On November 3, 2010, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to expand the Federal Reserve's holdings of securities in the System Open Market Account (SOMA) to promote a stronger pace of economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with its mandate. In particular, the FOMC directed the Open Market Trading Desk (the Desk) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to purchase an additional $600 billion of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of the second quarter of 2011.
The FOMC also directed the Desk to continue to reinvest principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities into longer-term Treasury securities. Based on current estimates, the Desk expects to reinvest $250 to $300 billion over the same period, though the realized amount of reinvestment will depend on the evolution of actual principal payments.
Taken together, the Desk anticipates conducting $850 to $900 billion of purchases of longer-term Treasury securities through the end of the second quarter. This would result in an average purchase pace of roughly $110 billion per month, representing about $75 billion per month associated with additional purchases and roughly $35 billion per month associated with reinvestment purchases.
QEII Duration
The Fed is going to be stuck with this garbage on its balance sheet for a long time as the following table shows.
That table explains the Fed's exit plan: None.
The Fed will hold 29% of the garbage it buys for at least 7 years. The Fed may hold all of it to duration. Don't worry, the Fed does not have to mark-to-market any of these holdings, regardless of what happens to interest rates.
Doubts Persist
MarketWatch reports Fed to buy $600 billion in bonds
The Federal Reserve pledged on Wednesday to start a controversial new billion bond-buying spree to rescue the economy from its current doldrums.
The Fed said it would buy up to $600 billion in long-term Treasurys until the end of June 2011, about $75 billion this month, in a strategy called quantitative
The Calm Before The Storm
by ilene - November 3rd, 2010 12:51 pm
Note: Michael wrote this prior to the elections. – Ilene
The Calm Before The Storm
Courtesy of Michael Snyder at Economic Collapse
An eerie calm has descended upon world financial markets as they await perhaps the two most important financial events of the year this week. On Tuesday, investors will be eagerly awaiting the results of one of the most anticipated midterm elections in U.S. history. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve is expected to end months of speculation by formally announcing the details of a new round of quantitative easing. If either the election or the meeting of the Federal Reserve open market committee delivers a highly unexpected result, it could have a dramatic impact on world financial markets. In fact, many are looking at this week as a potential turning point for the U.S. economy. The decisions that are made or not made this week could set us down a road from which the U.S. economy may never recover.
At this point, it looks like the Republicans will take control of the U.S. House of Representatives and will pick up a number of U.S. Senate seats as well.
There are many in the financial world who already consider Barack Obama to be the most "anti-business" president in U.S. history, so a defeat for the Democrats on Tuesday would be greatly welcomed by many on Wall Street. Barack Obama's decline in popularity since he was elected has been absolutely stunning. According to Gallup, Barack Obama had an average approval rating of just 44.7% during the seventh quarter of his presidency, which was a brand new low. In fact, Obama's average approval rating has fallen during every single quarter since he took office. Things have gotten so bad for Obama that one new poll has found that 47% of Democrats now think that Barack Obama should be challenged for the 2012 Democratic presidential nomination.
However, if the Democrats were able to do surprisingly well on Tuesday, it would not only shock the political pundits, but it would also likely put world financial markets in a very bad mood.
If the Republicans do very well on Tuesday, it will likely mean that there will be no more extensions for those receiving long-term unemployment…
The Ultimate Insiders' Take on QE2 and Basel 3--Treasury Encouraged to Issue Debt to Match Fed Purchases
by ilene - November 3rd, 2010 11:04 am
The Ultimate Insiders' Take on QE2 and Basel 3--Treasury Encouraged to Issue Debt to Match Fed Purchases
Courtesy of EB
This morning, Treasury released the minutes of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC). Why these are important, I've written previously:
Each quarter, representatives from the banking elite primary dealers meet with top Treasury officials to advise an optimal debt issuance strategy. The Minutes of these Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee meetings and formal Report to the Treasury are a window into their perceptions and insider knowledge, yet they seldom receive notice--even outside the mainstream financial news outlets.
The most recent minutes do not disappoint and are filled with insight on what we can expect from QE2 and the new Basel 3 bank regulations. The highlights:
- QE2 is expected to be $130 billion per month, or $1,560 over the next year
- QE2 will last at least six months and up to two years
- The total amount of QE2 will be data dependent
- Treasury is encouraged to increase coupon issuance (especially in the 30 year maturity) to address "liquidity" shortfalls as a result of Fed purchases
- The Treasury yield curve is expected to flatten in the 5-10 year sector, with the yield on the 30 increasing with inflation concerns and US Dollar debasement
- Implications for the mortage market are that mortgage spreads relative to Treasurys may initially widen, but will ultimately narrow. However, as the 30 year yield is expected to climb, so should mortgage rates (as if the housing market needed another blow)
- A comparison of the scope of QE2 to "the entire combined expected net issuance of Treasuries, Agencies, Agency MBS and Investment Grade Corporates" leads us to speculate the Fed may end up purchasing these very instruments
- The Fed's QE2 "exit strategy" may involve simply selling its holdings in small, predictable increments (no mention of term deposits, IOER or other Fed tools)
- As a result of QE2, investors will be edged out of the 2-10 year range and into very short term (T-Bills) and long term (T-Bonds), and into riskier assets in general
- Basel 3 is being implemented at a record pace (beware of unintended consequences)
- Basel 3 will lead to increased lending costs, causing lending to move outside of the regulated banking system into the non-bank financial system
- Basel 3 will force banks to buy sovereigns
Paul Farrell On The One Thing Buffett, Gross, Grantham, Faber, And Stiglitz All Agree On: "Bernanke Plan A Disaster"
by ilene - November 2nd, 2010 2:50 pm
Paul Farrell On The One Thing Buffett, Gross, Grantham, Faber, And Stiglitz All Agree On: "Bernanke Plan A Disaster"
Courtesy of Zero Hedge
By now it is more than obvious except to a few economists (yes, we realize this is a NC-17 term) that QE2 will be an absolute and unmitigated disaster, which will likely kill the dollar, send risk assets vertical (at least as a knee jerk reaction), and result in a surge in inflation even as deflation on leveraged purchases continues to ravage Bernanke's feudal fiefdom. So all the rational, and very much powerless, observers can do is sit back and be amused as the kleptogarchy with each passing day brings this country to final economic and social ruin. Oddly enough, as Paul Farrell highlights, the list of objectors has grown from just fringe blogs (which have been on Bernanke's case for almost two years), to such names as Buffett, Gross, Grantham, Faber and Stiglitz. And that the opinion of all these respected (for the most part) investors is broadly ignored demonstrates just how unwavering is the iron grip on America's by its economist overlords. Which brings us back to the amusement part. Here are Farrell's always witty views on the object which very soon 99% of American society will demand be put into exile: the genocidal Ph.D. holders of the Marriner Eccles building.
From Paul Farrell's latest: Sell bonds now, Fed's QE2 is doomed to fail.
Warning, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's foolish gamble to stimulate the economy will backfire, triggering a new double-dip recession. Bernanke is "medding" too much in the economy, say Marc Faber, Bill Gross, Jeremy Grantham, Joseph Stiglitz and others.
The Fed is making the same kind of mistakes Japan made that resulted in its 20-year recession. The Washington Post says Larry Mayer, a former Fed governor, estimates that to work it would take QE2 bond purchases of "more than $5 trillion …10 times what analysts are expecting."
Bernanke's plan is designed to fail. And, unfortunately, that will make life far more dangerous for American investors, consumers, taxpayers and voters.
"I'm ultrabearish on everything, but I believe you'll be better off owning shares than government bonds," said Hong Kong economist Marc Faber at a recent forum in Seoul. He sees a repeat of dot-com-bubble insanity today. Faber publishes the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report.
And Warren Buffett agrees,
Thank GDP It's Friday – Finally Some Facts
by Phil Davis - October 29th, 2010 8:29 am
Is bad news going to be good news?
Last quarter, after several adjustments, it has been decided that our GDP grew at a 1.7% rate. The general consensus is that this quarter we should be up around 2% but the whisper number is a big miss, down to 1.3%. Slower GDP growth will be GOOD for the stock market as it gives Ben and Tim the excuse they need to crank up the printing presses for some real Zimbabwe-style inflation.
It's easy to pay off $15Tn in fixed rate 2-year to 30-year notes when your country is cranking out $1Tn bank notes, right? Can this really be the path our nation is following? The markets are certainly betting on it but we have been betting against it with longs on UUP at $22.50 (still there) and a short play on the QID weekly $13 calls at .46 yesterday along with other bearish trade ideas we've entered ahead of the GDP as well as the elections and next week's Fed meeting.
Why can't we just give up and go with the flow? Well, first of all, you can read my last few weeks of posts or you can read our last few Newsletters so I won't rehash the great global macros here but I will make the point that (and this may shock you) we are not alone in the World and the things we do, or try to do in our economy, affect the economies of other nations. Perhaps when the US was 40% of Global GDP, we could have gotten away with it but now we are 20% and falling fast yet we still attempt to run our foreign and economic policies as if we are large and in charge.
This is not the way the rest of the World sees us anymore. To the rest of the World we are unrealistic children with dangerous spending habits who happen to owe them A LOT of money. We borrowed $15Tn and our "plan" is to pay them back with hyperinflated dollars that are already discounted 33% from where we began cranking up the borrowing in 2002 (to pay for wars and tax cuts).
Already, other nations are refusing to lend us more money so we have begun to engage in what Bill Gross, the world's biggest bond…
Currency Wars: Debase, Default, Deny!
by ilene - October 29th, 2010 3:18 am
Currency Wars: Debase, Default, Deny!
Courtesy of Gordon T Long of Tipping Points
In September 2008 the US came to a fork in the road. The Public Policy decision to not seize the banks, to not place them in bankruptcy court with the government acting as the Debtor-in-Possession (DIP), to not split them up by selling off the assets to successful and solvent entities, set the world on the path to global currency wars.
By lowering interest rates and effectively guaranteeing a weak dollar through undisciplined fiscal policy, the US ignited an almost riskless global US$ Carry Trade and triggered an uncontrolled Currency War with the mercantilist, export driven Asian economies. We are now debasing the US dollar with reckless spending and money printing with the policies of Quantitative Easing (QE) and the expectations of QE II. Both are nothing more than effectively defaulting on our obligations to sound money policy and a "strong US$". Meanwhile with a straight face we deny that this is our intention.
It's called debase, default and deny.
Though prior to the 2008 financial crisis our largest banks had become casino like speculators with public money lacking in fiduciary responsibility, our elected officials bailed them out. Our leadership placed America and the world unknowingly (knowingly?) on a preordained destructive path because it was politically expedient and the easiest way out of a difficult predicament. By kicking the can down the road our political leadership, like the banks, avoided their fiduciary responsibility. Similar to a parent wanting to be liked and a friend to their children they avoided the difficult discipline that is required at certain critical moments in life. The discipline to make America swallow a needed pill. The discipline to ask Americans to accept a period of intense adjustment. A period that by now would be starting to show signs of success versus the abyss we now find ourselves staring into. A future that is now significantly worse and with potentially fatal pain still to come.
Unemployed Americans, the casualties of the financial crisis wrought by the banks, witness the same banks declaring record earnings while these banks refuse to lend. When the banks once more are caught with their fingers in the cookie jar with falsified robo-signing mortgage title fraud, they again look for the compliant parent to look the other way. Meanwhile the US debt levels and spending associated with protecting these failed…


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I tried not to skip last week's posting but I have been spending way too much time on planes this semester and just could not manage a blog. I'm back now, though, for a little while, at least. I just returned from the annual meetings of the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies in Ottawa where we celebrated, talked, and watched the American elections on giant TV screens in the ballroom of the magnificent Chateau Laurier. It felt like the perfect Canadian experience, especially with a US Embassy party happening next door. There was a fabulous photo moment when the Governor General of Canada, his Excellency David Johnston, ran into the American Ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson, as we were escorting the GG to the ballroom for our gala. If I could have I would have snapped a photo of their smiling, handshaking encounter but not only would it not have been appropriate but I was not in possession of my camera-enabled BlackBerry.
Somewhere in the flurry of all my traveling and boarding and deplaning I left my cherished BB Bold on my seat, returning from New Jersey. It was the day of the catastrophic hurricane and like everyone else who did not have to be in New Jersey I was scrambling to get out of Dodge. The airport in Newark was a hub of anxiety at about 4:30 in the morning. I am sure I slept the whole way to Toronto, landing at Pearson with gratitude and relief. Hours later, while facing the fact of long delays because of fog in St. John's, I reached for the BB, only to realize in that familiar and sudden feeling of loss and sorrow that it was on an Air Canada plane heading back to Jersey.
The sinking feeling of being cut off from email and phone capability was swiftly replaced by a rush of relief. The BB had been giving me some trouble and I had been on the verge of asking for a replacement Bold. It kept timing out or freezing, and I kept rebooting it or shaking it every which way to get it to respond. I have been loyal to RIM and to their products ever since we all started using hand-held devices. I stopped counting but I have had at least 6 or 7 BBs over the years, sometimes having to replace the same model for one that worked, sometimes upgrading to the newest product. I started with RIM before the units had cameras or touch screens and certainly long before social media was a necessity. I have always admired Mike Lazaridis, the founder of RIM who also inspired the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo about which I have written in this blogspot. I was loyal, consistent, invested.
Sadly, after so many upgrades and crashing screens, after the emergence of social media and this last straw, losing the bloody thing on a plane, I decided to cut and switch. I am now the somewhat proud owner of an iPhone5. I say somewhat because I have residual guilt over abandoning RIM and the extended promise that the Blackberry is bound to be improved. I just can't wait that long anymore. Yes, I miss the tactile advantage of a soft keyboard and, even more, the game of Word Mole that I depended on while waiting for a doctor or dentist, or, yes, a plane. But the time had come.
What put me over the edge was watching my colleagues this week in Ottawa send pictures of our CAGS conference proceedings instantly to their tweet feeds and Facebook pages. What also seduced me was the clarity of the images and the seamlessness of the phone's apps and regular functions. I have known for some time that I was going to be divorcing RIM but was never sure when. Well, as the 90 year-old husband said to the divorce judge: enough was enough. The papers have been signed and I am now officially free of RIM.
Guilt-ridden that I might be in the fresh stages of separation, I admit I love my new toy. I have been playing with it whenever possible, adjusting tot its elegant advantages and trying Siri on for size and fun. I snapped a picture of my office (see above) and mailed it to myself in the time it took to clear my throat. No more fumbling with functions and keys and multiple sites. No more clumsy, ill-sized files that the tiny BB screen can't see.
My new toy is a little miracle of 21st century technology, but all you Apple addicts out there already know that. What's happening now, of course, is that my PC laptop, functional, efficient, and relatively new as it is, is starting to look like a dated piece of gear. Everywhere I went in Ottawa my colleagues were whipping out their AirBooks or equivalent Apple products. Yes, I do cherish my iPad and so I am not an Apple virgin, but now I am starting to think of making the final and complete shift to an Apple laptop. Look how thin and lovely they are, and you just can't beat the seductive attraction of that silver apple sign—no other text required.
For now, I am holding out, naively hanging on to a small part of my universe in which Apple is not the dominant player. But something tells me that won't be for long….
Dr. Noreen Golfman is Professor of English and Dean of Graduate Studies. Her post secondary education included study at McGill, University of Alberta, and University of Western Ontario. She has been teaching and writing in the areas of Canadian literature and film studies for most of her career. She is the president of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, founding director of the annual St. John's International Women's Film Festival, and director of the MUN Cinema Series. Dr. Golfman's blog 'Postcards From the Edge' will be updated every Thursday.


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Becca R. Levy, Ph.D., from the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Conn., and colleagues used data from 598 community-living participants (age 70 years or older) in the Precipitating Events Project to examine whether age stereotypes impact recovery from disability. Participants, who were independent in four activities of daily living at baseline, were interviewed monthly for up to 129 months, and completed home-based assessments every 18 months. Participants experienced at least one month of activities of daily living-related disability during the follow-up period. Questions included beliefs about old people as a category (age stereotypes).
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Can Little Cyprus Cause Bigger Problems?
A: I want to get away from the red-hot Manhattan real estate story today, not only because its been the same story for so long now and I'm tired of talking about the same thing over and over, but more so because of the silliness taking place in Cyprus this weekend. That's right, that little island-country floating east of Greece, may cause some bigger problems down the road. It was reported this weekend that the EU will force a bailout of Cyrus's banking system at the expense of savers in the form of a "tax on deposits" up to 9.9% for deposits over 100,000 euros; 6.75% tax for deposits under that amount. Cyprus banks were still struggling from assets held after the restructuring of Greek debt. To avoid a full fledged run on Cyprus banks, officials "took immediate steps to prevent electronic money transfers over the weekend". Now Cyprus's Parliament is in emergency mode, postponing a session to approve the new tax on deposits, but in my opinion, the damage is already done and who knows if this little spark can cause a bigger fire later.
How are investors/savers in Spain, Italy, etc. going to react to this ridicoulous penalty imposed by the EU on Cyprus deposit holders? How does the EU not consider these unintentional consequences of such actions?
Mish states it best in his discuss "Contagion-Begging Actions; Expect Bank Runs Following Cyprus Idiocy":
In Cyprus, a decision was made to screw savers with a 6.75% to 9.9% "Tax" on deposits.I am wondering the same thing. How can this not cause 'deposit fear' as Mish calls it, to spread throughout the weakest parts of the EU?
Supposedly this move was made to "avoid unsettling investors in larger countries and sparking a new round of market contagion." In reality, the action was mandated theft, imposed by EU officials to protect senior bondholders.
How can such an action do anything but cause contagion? Why would any rational thinking Spanish person keep any money in Spanish banks? They shouldn't and I suspect they won't.
Rest assured there is going to be vengeance over this action.....and deposit fear will spread everywhere.
I don't know, this just seems like a really really bad call from the EU. Forbes already has a title out that seems to agree, "The Botching of the Cyprus Bailout: Worse Than Lehman Brothers":
Hank Paulson badly botched the Lehman Brothers crisis of 2009. But at least he had an excuse. Panicked by the speed of Lehman's meltdown, he had no time for second thoughts. By comparison the German-led group of EU officials who engineered this weekend's Cyprus bank bailout don't have a leg to stand on. Although they had years to consider their options (Cyprus's problems are closely related to, and have long been almost as obvious as, those of Greece), they have opted for a "solution" that amounts to probably the single most inexplicably irresponsible decision in banking supervision in the advanced world since the 1930s.At a time when US equity markets reached new highs and Manhattan real estate "couldn't be hotter", this news brings a few unwelcome storm clouds. Will this be another "non-event" or is this potentially the trigger to something more? It may be worthwhile to keep our eyes on this given the levels of complacency out there (the VIX is at its lowest levels since early 2007).
As my colleague Tim Worstall has pointed out in a well argued contribution yesterday, they have weakened - perhaps catastrophically - the principal pillar sustaining modern banking. This pillar is deposit insurance.


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"Um, yeah is Alex there?" Pete asked.
"This is she. Who is this?" the voice responded.
"Oh um. Wow." Pete said, slightly speechless. He was expecting Alex to be a guy!
"Hello? Do you have the right number?" she said when several seconds had passed.
"Oh yes. Ahem. I am a friend of your employer, Petunia, and I think my dog was sprayed by a skunk. She said maybe you could help me?" Pete replied, regaining composure.
"Petunia, eh? You do realize that I am not in Illinois at the moment, right?" Alex laughed.
"Yeah, that's why she gave me your number. I'm in North Carolina, and she said you were as well. Look, I have to be back in Chicago today. I obviously can't take the dog with me in his current condition. How long will it take to clean him up?" Pete asked.
"Well it really depends," she started. "Look, I'm not doing anything, how about I come over and clean him up for you. Especially if you need to catch a flight."
Pete thought over the options. He was pretty much famous, and he wasn't sure how she would respond. But he was a man in a crunch, and he would have to risk it. He also thought about how to get Hemingway back to Chicago. Then he got the perfect idea.
"That would be really great. Amazing actually. Okay if you come clean him up I'll give you $500. I also need to get him to Chicago. I'll book you a flight to bring him back, and then back here if you could." Pete said, crossing his fingers. "It will be an all expense paid trip, plus, oh, let's make it $600 for the trouble. I'm just really in a crunch right now."
"Wow that's far too much money Mr. what did you say your name was? she responded.
He might as well tell the truth. She would find out anyway.
"Wentz. But you can call me Pete." he said, hoping she wouldn't scream.
"Well Mr. Wentz, ahem, Pete, you have a deal. Give me an hour and you wont have to worry about the trip back. I was planning on leaving tomorrow anyway. And don't worry about paying me. A ticket back to Chicago is enough," she said.
"Now you're making me feel bad! This is your last day of vacation and I'm practically ruining it for you." Pete said, honestly feeling bad.
"Don't worry about it. Really. I'm glad to help," she said.
"Alright then, if you're sure." Pete said, giving her the address to the condo. "I'll probably be gone, but I'm sure I can talk one of my friends into staying here. He can catch the later flight with you."
"Wait, doesn't that defeat the purpose of me flying back to Chicago? You're friend could take him." she said.
"You're right, but I feel so bad about ruining your last day of vacation that I might as well give you a ride back to your destination." Pete said. "Thank you so much for doing this. I feel like I can't thank you enough."
Pete hung up but then got an idea. Of course! He would invite her to the concert! For the next hour, Pete, Joe and Andy rushed around trying to pack. They then jumped into a taxi and were off to the airport, leaving Hemingway and Patrick to wait for Alex. However, Patrick didn't know that Alex would be a girl...
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Mum's secrets revealed!
Yes mums, we do have our little secrets that we keep deep within. We did a survey on mothers to find out how competitive and how they feel about their children, partners and rival mums! Read on as we unveil the juiciest secrets they reveal.
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Yes mums, we do have our little secrets that we keep deep within.
All is revealed in a survey that MSN Malaysia did recently to find out how competitive mothers really are, and how mums feel about their children, partners and other rival mums! Read on as we unveil their juiciest secrets.
In the era of competitive motherhood, mothers tirelessly look out for avenues to nurture their child's intelligence and achievements. And with that desire, comes the competitiveness and occasional envy. After all, isn't it only natural that you desire for your child to be smarter than that of your sibling's or friend's?
Indeed, 76 percent of mothers who participated in the MSN survey revealed that they secretly want their child to be smarter than their sibling's child, while another 74 percent wished their child were smarter overall. However, we also found out that 70% of mothers also think that they are not doing enough to ensure that their child is successful in the future. So, the big question is how do you boost and enhance your child's potential?
MSN Malaysia also found out that 70 percent of mothers think that they are not doing enough to ensure that their child is successful in the future. So, the big question is how do you boost and enhance your child's potential?
Giving them the right balance of nutrition is essential. Whether they are learning to write or memorising their first few alphabets, children's brain develop most rapidly in the first five years of their lives. This is why providing your child with the right nutrition and necessary 'brain food' is essential.
To curb the dark 'wish list' of having a smarter child – whether or not your child is smarter than other children – is also dependent on what you feed them.
To the 78 percent of mothers who wish their children were smarter, give them the best they need in their daily nutrient intake, especially taking into consideration the right 'brain food' for brain development.
Out of all the mothers who participated in the survey, 52 percent are of the opinion that their child's smart is a direct result of their diet. Good nutrition is essential for all aspects of our health and especially in children, whose brains develop most rapidly within the first five years of age. Not much attention is paid, however, to brain energy and its functions. In children aged between 1-6 years, the energy demand of the brain exceeds 40 percent of total body energy 3,4.
Glucose is the only type of energy that the brain can use directly and because your child's brain can only store limited glucose at a time, it needs a continuous supply 5. A simple carbohydrate diet, on the other hand, has high glycemic index (GI) levels6. Studies have shown that children eating high GI level foods have poorer recall ability, attention span and memory power 7. The release rate of glucose into the bloodstream also affects mental ability8. Simple carbohydrates result in a faster release and cause high peaks as well as deep drops in glucose levels, as opposed to complex carbohydrates 9,10.
Complex carbohydrates provide a more balanced and prolonged energy supply to the brain so that it is able function for a longer period of time 11.
So mums, take a step back, breathe and enjoy the little mercy that we are blessed with. After all, you are not alone in keeping these dark secrets.
Mum's Secret Survey was conducted by MSN Malaysia from 1st October to 28th October 2012. Click next for full survey results based on 300 completed survey results.


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Are you considering moving to Phoenix, AZ, too? Recently there have been many moves to this city and so we decided to prepare a city guide with tips for your relocation there. Since lots of people are going to live in Phoenix, AZ, it is important to have in mind a few details you should get ready for. In general Phoenix is a good option for living. Here you will read interesting moving to Phoenix city data, how to find moving companies to Phoenix and more useful information and tips for your relocation. These moving to Phoenix tips will give you what you need for your Phoenix relocation.
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Even though the city is in the desert this is not the dry sandy desert all of us usually picture in our minds. Phoenix desert is with lots of palm trees and even grass! Another interesting aspect of the location of Phoenix is that it is close to Mexico – that is closer than Las Vegas and Dallas, and you can go to the beach. In the region of Phoenix you can also find a place to ski or you can even go fishing. The summer is hot and winters are warm. What could possibly be another plus for people considering moving to Phoenix is that its metro area is enormous. This gives a variety of options for a living place – you can live in the city or in the suburbs, in an area that is more densely populated or more isolated depending on what you prefer. A large metro area also means lots of choices on many things – you can find everything you need in such a vastly populated region. Phoenix has many restaurants, shops and businesses so even finding a job should be fairly easy. It is also the "golf capital of the world" so definitely you won't be bored there.
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Last tree weeks I spent in Russia. Moscow - Baikal - St.Petersburg. I will be scanning negatives this week and showing photos successively.
Two weeks ago I competed at my first crossfit tournament. My team sucked but we had a great time. Next time will be better.
She was sad.
Within ICM (Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling) works a group o scientists who uses mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans to predict the weather based on current weather conditions.
Numerical weather prediction can be also used for finding and managing best places to biuld wind farms. The lagrest wind farm in Poland is situated near village Margonin.
Maciej Szpindler is a member of IMC Meteo team.
Lost in the mountain pines.
me and my son
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You should have shaved, Kuba!
I have found this today. My dad and nephew.
Memories of the Winter.
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Zuza's main area of research involves developing multiscale mathematical models for the growth and spread of cancer. The research is interdisciplinary and she collaborates with biologists and clinicians who provide data for models.
It's a portrait of my grandma. I will always remember this picture because this is first large format picture I have ever taken and developed myself. First steps behind me. Hope to shoot more soon.


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Spiced Lamb-and-Rice Dressing with Chickpeas
Quentin Bacon
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Recipe Time
20 Minutes
Total: 45 Minutes
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 pound ground lamb
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 1/2 cups jasmine rice
- 1 can of chickpeas , drained
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 cup Turkey Stock or low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup pine nuts
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Add the onion and cook over moderate heat until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the lamb, garlic, cinnamon, cardamom and allspice and cook, stirring, until the lamb is no longer pink and the liquid has evaporated, about 4 minutes. Add the rice and chickpeas along with 2 teaspoons of salt and a pinch of pepper and cook, stirring, until evenly coated. Add the stock and water and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat, cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a small skillet. Add the pine nuts and cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until browned, about 4 minutes. Transfer the pine nuts to a plate and season with salt.
- Fluff the rice and transfer it to a bowl. Sprinkle the toasted pine nuts over the dressing and serve.
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The City of North Vancouver's City Hall renovation project expands the existing City Hall 1970's modern heritage building into a recently vacated library structure with a new bridging atrium.
The design process involved a detailed programming effort to accommodate the 20 year growth projections of the facility and a fundamental office culture shift desired by staff and management. Solutions throughout the design were to create a flexible, productive working environment for the diverse services offered to the public in the building, and to reinforce the city's aspirations to showcase their new sustainable city mandate.
The project received a prestigious "Innovation in Wood" grant from the Wood Enterprise Coalition for its simple and elegant engineered wood roof structure that is the main focus of the atrium space.
The design team's goal was to create a very public building; about the community and for the community. The design is open and transparent. The main link between all departments and the public is found in the 67 metre (220 foot) long atrium space that brings together the community.
The design sought to create a strong public presence on 13th street and an increase the presence and connection on the 14th street Civic Plaza. This included a clear front door facing the street.
The building celebrates the community of North Vancouver through art, design and the creation of shared informal community space inside and out. The Atrium provides a new and improved space for large public gatherings
The growth of the City over the last several decades has increased the demand on City Hall. An increase in staffing to meet the community's growth and the re-organization of Civic department required more office space and new public service counters.
The design simplifies the way-finding for the public to and from the building and within the building.
The Green Room (Meeting Room 2A) offers a large and public multipurpose meeting room at the end of the Atrium. The meeting room cantilevers 45 feet (14 metres) out over the front entrance helping create a dramatic arrival plaza on 13th.
Public Art was selected for the main atrium early in the design process. The result is an integrated art program designed into the architecture. North Shore resident Brent Comber provided a sculpture and bench at the north end of the Atrium. The main Atrium stair runs along a large wall of black-stained elm, milled from the original Elm tree that was removed from the site prior to construction. The wall is complimented by artwork entitled 35 Rings by Antonio Millares III and Jeremy Crowle. 35 Rings reflects the history of North Vancouver in a timeline of metaphorical tree rings. An existing public sculpture entitled Intersecting Planes all but hidden on the existing city hall roof before the project began has been given new life and prominence on the upper roof garden.
The main entrance off 13th has a large sculptural sign and water feature made of weathering steel. The entrance sign echoes the mountains of the north shore with two triangle shapes intersecting.
A Welcome Pole has been added to the main entrance landscape along 13th.
Sustainable design objectives were considered for all aspects of the project goal. These included environmental, social and economic sustainability. From the day lighting of the office space to naturally ventilating the Atrium, from reusing materials and structure on site to sequestering carbon dioxide in the wood roof, from durable legacy construction to an interactive landscape approach, each major design decision considered its sustainable benefit to the community. The renovation and addition is projected to achieve LEED Silver rating
A priority of the project was to address long term energy costs. The renovation and addition is integrated into the Lonsdale Energy Plant, providing radiant heating and cooling to the new slabs in the building
The design team also sought to reuse and tell stories of reuse through the design. An 80 year old elm tree sat in the space between the existing library and city hall. The roots of the tree were damaging the two structures and it was determined that the tree must be removed. To honour its loss and mark its presence where the atrium now stands, the design team repurposed the wood in the feature wall of the Atrium staircase. The wall is intended to echo the timber stacked in mill yards in the early days of North Vancouver.
Continuing the theme of the elm tree, the design removed cedar sunshades from the existing building. The large timbers removed were milled down for landscape benches giving the wood a new life in the new building.
The structure of the old library building has been retained and seismically reinforced by fiberglass-wrapping the existing concrete columns. The old library building provides most of the new office space for the projected 20 year growth of City Hall.
The entire building has been sprinklered to bring it up to today's Fire Protection Requirements.
The building makes use of natural cross ventilation with air being drawn through the offices and exhausted out the atrium high clerestory window vents
Exterior sunshades prevent solar radiation from reaching south facing rooms during summer months
The upper level roof garden has a series of paper bark maple trees that shade the atrium windows in summer but let light and warmth through when the leaves fall in winter.
The new North Vancouver Civic Centre is an expressive showcase for the innovative use of wood in buildings. This is an important part of the sustainable story. Rapidly renewable wood sourced from sustainable forest practices has been used to dramatically reduce the green house gas and energy footprint of the building's structure.
Minimum 10,000 cu/ft of wood used – weighing 115 metric tonnes
This represents approximately 230 metric tonnes of stored CO2 in the new building structure
The Atrium roof structure is built of cross laminations of large format Laminated Strand Lumber ( LSL). The solution is a first of its kind spanning 32' and interlocking to make a 220' long atrium. The panels were pre-fabricated and erected on site. The LSL panels are made of aspen – a rapidly renewable wood with a 10-12 year growth cycle. These types of solutions are an important approach to sustainable building as wood is grown by the sun, durable, strong and ultimately uniquely beautiful.
The City received one of the Province's 3 Wood Design Grants for Innovation from Wood Enterprise Coalition. The grant honoured the design solution and design team's efforts in developing a sustainable roof structure.
The ceiling of the offices also uses the LSL material in a unique way. The slats offer an acoustic ceiling and continue the warmth of the wood Atrium ceiling into the office areas in an inexpensive manner.-
The red public counters are quite unique. The same LSL material as the roof structure was used but handled in a very beautiful way by sanding and filling the panel voids and then dying the panels a rich colour of red.
The measure of success of this project will be when the building is finally filled with the energy and enthusiasm of our community. The Atrium is a bright warm space to be in the winter months and refreshing cool space in summer. It is a space that should be enlivened by elementary school choirs and bustling community meetings. It is a place that should inspire the community to dream of an ambitious and sustainable future for the City of North Vancouver. It is a space we should all be proud of.
~ Michael Green
Begun March 2009
Completed May 2012
Construction July 2010 – July 2012
38,000 square feet total project area
New construction | 11,000 sf
Renovation | 27,000 sf
New front door on 13th street
Landscape and exterior upgrades for a consistent public building
New public space and meeting rooms
Expanded offices for city staff
Expanded public counters for finance + community development
New washrooms and amenities for the public
More accessible building for seniors and disabled
Mass timber atrium structure of laminated strand lumber
Natural and stained clear cedar exterior siding
Exterior blinds
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Asher deGroot
Jordan van Dijk
Lydia Robinson
Stephanie da Silva
Jing Xu
Susan Scott
Meaghan Mcbride
Eric Karsh
Jing Kong
Matt Younger
Mike Kasuya
Collin Vaness
Barry Corsiatto
Mirek Krzesinski
Jeff Cutler
Allison Maddaugh
Mike Teed
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Sebastien garon
Andrew Harmsworth
Frankie Victor
Rod Gonzalez
Jane Farquharson
Geoff Watson
Tim Terpenning
Harry Chow
Russell Hallam
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Peanut Butter Bonbons
Prep: 1 hr., Chill: 1 hr.
Chopping the peanuts in a food processor will give an even texture and make for easy rolling.
Yield: Makes about 7 dozen
- 1 (18-ounce) jar creamy or chunky peanut butter
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 1/2 cups finely crushed graham cracker crumbs
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped roasted peanuts
- Beat peanut butter and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; add graham cracker crumbs, beating until blended. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended. Shape into 1-inch balls, and roll in peanuts. Cover and chill 1 hour. Store in refrigerator.
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- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Gifts, Make-Ahead, No-Cook
- CUISINE: American, French
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Nuts
- COOKING METHOD: Blender
- OCCASION: Winter, Weddings, Birthdays/Anniversaries, Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's Day
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KVH's TracVision HD7 won the company the distinction for best entertainment product of the year and the company's TrachPhone V3 won best communications product.
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