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Definition of nor'wester in English:
nor'westerLine breaks: nor'|wester
Pronunciation: /nɔːˈwɛstə /
1 short for northwester.
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- It adds a northerly component to our prevailing westerlies: i.e. more nor'westers, bringing drought to the east and floods to the west.
- There was a strong nor'wester blowing across the Canterbury Plains so we thought a walk on the sheltered side of the Port Hills would be a good choice.
- It took six to eight hours for the nor'wester to blow away the sea breeze.
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We're back again to roll out yet another lucky winner for our Tablet's of The Season Sweepstakes with NVIDIA! We know you probably can't stand the excitement of witnessing all this Tegra 2 goodness being spread about like holiday cheer but we're going to keep the adrenalin flowing regardless. It's fun playing Santa, especially since we don't have to climb down any chimneys but can still use the excuse to tip a little heavy on the egg nog and gingerbread cookies.
But we digress... How about we tell you who won this?
HotHardware's Tablets Of The Season Sweepstakes Winner No. 2:
December 14th Winner: Asus Eee Pad Transformer = Der Meister !! Der, please shoot us a note with your full contact information and we'll let you know when the prizes ship!
Congrats from Team HotHardware! Enjoy!
Have fun with it Der Meister.
Awesome. Enjoy your holiday gift.
Congrats Der Meister looks like you will be Rocking around the cockpit with ASUS :P
Congrats Der Meister !! & Enjoy The Transformer !!
"Don't Panic ! 'cause HH got's your back!"
Congrats! I was thinking the same thing as omegadraco. :)
Grat's Der Meister for grabbing something out of the spinning maelstrom of Dave and Marco's holiday gadget wonder storm who will be the next lucky winner :))))
Congrats Der Meister!
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Congrats Der Meister! This is the greatest time of year!
Lucky man/Women !
Congrats Der Meister.
DERP. Good job bro. i am this much ( ). Yo are a posting fool, i didn't even know how to compete. it was like again and again and again. Respect.
Rofl. wow thats sounds absolutely horrible.
Congrats Der Meister!
This is a rockin' prize for sure.
Dogs are great judges of character, and if your dog doesn't like somebody being around, you shouldn't trust them.
Lol i waited up until 2 last night just trying to see if the winner had been announced :( i need a life.
I am so very glad that there are more tablets otherwise i would have been so sad.
Congrats man, that's a sweet prize!!!! Look out for the ics update!
Now you're just mashing it!
Congrats....I really wanted that one so have fun with it!
Way to go Der Meister! That's a great prize!
Congrats Der Meister :D, i was looking for my name :P lol.
Gratz, Have a great Christmas man, and enjoy your Asus Eee Pad Transformer.
Thanks guys! I was out flying all day, first time this week. Took some sweet Pics of Snow on the Mts. in Sedona this morning as well.
Thanks HH and Nvidia for this awesome tab!
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Wow... Congrats Der Meister! Greatly deserved (being a mod and a member for years now), now if we have the time; perhaps we can show off our new tablets together!
Again, congrats.
"The future starts with you; now start posting more!"
Congrats DerMeister I hope you enjoy your rocking tablet :)
"I have the power!!"
Theyre so nice.
Wow... Congrats Der Meister! Greatly deserved (being a mod and a member for years now), now if we have the time; perhaps we can show off our new tablets together!
Again, congrats.
I have been around for just a small amount of time. lol.... Maybe we can make that happen.
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Running with the Big Cats
Randy Linebach, who builds really big boats – over 50-feet long – for a living, owns and drives the 24 Airborne/Big Thunder Super Cat. He also drives a Kenworth T600 that he bought from Ryder, where it had been in the business of hauling furniture.
"We used to haul the boat with a small truck with duallies, but it really wasn't big enough. I'll tell you this, driving the big truck is still a lot more relaxing that driving that boat at 140 miles an hour," he says, laughing.
So why drive the boat? "It's the adrenaline. I think that's why we all do it. But it beats you up pretty good out there. Get some rough water, and you come ashore black and blue. The Kenworth, on the other hand, leaves you feeling really fresh even after a 700-mile run," says Linebach.
Glen Dalton from Santa Barbara, Calif., pulls the 45-foot Super Cat No. 139, the How Sweet It Is, which also sits on a tilt trailer. "When you look in your side mirror and pretty much all you see is road, it's a lot easier to drive that when you have the boat sitting flat on a trailer. And there's a lot less worry that the side of the boat will get hit."
John Meiser drives the Kenworth T600 that hauls the No. 31 Page Racing boat Patriot, and when a turbine needs to be changed the day before the Marathon race, he disappears into the engine wells and is part of the mechanical crew. When the boat is ready for testing, he drives the Kenworth to the 33rd Street dock and waits in line.
"This is slow, and it's really tight for a big truck. A lot of races you just drive under the crane and when the boat is lifted off, you can drive away. But today it's wait, wait, and the crowded little dock requires some tight maneuvering and waiting while one boat goes in and its truck moves away.
"Sometimes I think a smaller truck would make things easier. But with this one, while we wait we've got an air-conditioned sleeper and an air-conditioned workshop."
The complete package. Wes Gilmore and the Dirty Duck, loaded and ready to roll.
The Disappearing Duck
A hydraulically tilting trailer narrows a wide boatload
Watch Wes Gilmore in oncoming freeway traffic, and you'd think his Freightliner was hauling nothing more than a regular load. Maybe a flatbed or a van. Even a reefer. But few suspect there is an offshore racing powerboat in tow behind the tractor. The Dirty Duck, a Super Cat Light entry in the APBA offshore racing series, is 10 feet 6 inches wide, 39 feet long, powered by two 525 horsepower Mercury engines and weighs in at 8,000 pounds, but you can't see her as the Freightliner drives towards you.
"She's 10'6″ until we tilt her. Then she's 8'6″," says Gilmore." Driving with the boat tilted really isn't very difficult. You can't see the boat, but that's not really a problem. I've had truckers ask me if the wind affects the boat when it's up and tilted, but it really doesn't affect the handling unless it's a really strong wind, and we can wait those out."
Fewer onlookers suspect that the Freightliner is not even a tractor – it's officially a recreational vehicle.
"We're not a wide load, and we're not over height, so we can move about a lot more freely and without all those permits. And when someone stops us in an official capacity, they're usually surprised to find we are registered as a recreational vehicle, and we can drive a lot of places and times commercial tractors and trailers can't. We've got a generator and everything else you need to be an RV. And why not? That's what we are; this isn't a trucking business, this is recreational adventure."
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Why Apple Trades Like a Mediocre Company
Ryan is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
A lot of analysts blog about how Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is super cheap. From their perspective, Apple has a premium brand, a dominant position in the market, and trades at a price-to-earnings ratio that is less than the market's -- actually much less if you take out the billions of dollars of cash that Apple has on its balance sheet. In fact, reducing Apple's share price by its cash lowers its stock by more than $200.
So let's explore the possible reasons why Apple currently trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of around 11 (and a forward price-to-earnings ratio of less than 10). Then lets see how Apple stacks up against the competition: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).
Lack of innovation
Apple's growth was fueled by its innovative products: the iPhone, which Apple took to market more than 6 years ago, and the iPad (basically a large iPhone), a product that is three years old. But what has Apple done lately? Not much. As a result, competitors have caught up, there is little product differentiation, and Apple's once wide profit margins have continued to contract as its products turn into commodities.
Hard to grow
Not that long ago Apple had a market cap of more than $500 billion. Nearly every company that I can recall that has hit the $500 billion mark stalled and in some cases even saw their stock prices (and market cap) decline significantly. Cases in point: Cisco, General Electric, Microsoft and Intel.
Next consider the abundance of companies that were once considered the mobile-device "leader" such as Motorola, Research in Motion (now BlackBerry), and Nokia -- two of which (BlackBerry and Nokia) are down by more than 95% from their highs in 2008 and 2000, respectively.
Apple is polarizing
Those on Wall Street either love or hate Apple, there is no in-between. In fact, analysts were so in love with Apple that the "follow the herd" mentality was clearly evident (meaning that analysts were irrational in their optimism). They believed Apple could do no wrong and the company was destined for a $1 trillion market cap.
Then reality sunk in and Apple shares sank. Now the pendulum has swung too far in the opposite direction as analysts and investors have prematurely started to talk about Apple's fall from grace.
Cashing out
Who doesn't own Apple? That is actually part of the problem. The heroic rise in Apple's share price resulted in Apple occupying a disproportionately large share of hedge funds' and investors' assets. As a consequence, many people took profits and steps to reduce their exposure to Apple.
For instance, even though Apple is roughly 4% of the S&P 500, the average hedge fund only has approximately 2% of its assets in Apple. When a stock goes up that quickly, investors re-balance their portfolio to reduce risk.
So how does Apple stack up?
Apple trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of around 11, has a market cap of approximately $400 billion, pays a dividend yield of roughly 2.8%, has sales of slightly more than $169 billion in cash, and net income of about $37 billion.
Google trades at a price to earnings ratio of around 26, has a market cap of nearly $300 billion, does not currently pay a dividend, has sales of more than $55 billion, and net income of more than $11 billion.
BlackBerry is struggling to eke out a profit and survive, has a market cap of around $4.5 billion, sales of more than $11 billion, and was not profitable last year.
Microsoft recently got crushed, dropping by more than 10% on bad news, which shows how analysts respond to bad news in the tech sector. Still, Microsoft trades at a reasonable price-to-earnings ratio of around 16, has a market cap of more than $264 billion, sales of more than $76 billion, and net income of more than $16 billion.
Overall, with the exception of Google, all of these companies seem relatively cheap. BlackBerry, once a darling, has a meager market cap of $4.5 billion, making it a potential acquisition target. Then we have Microsoft, a company that got whacked after its recent earnings miss, which creates an attractive entry point for investors.
My Foolish take
Analysts were overly bullish on Apple and are now overly bearish. Many of us conveniently forget that Apple is really a software firm rather than a hardware firm -- and that Apple's value comes from iOS, the App Store, iTunes, and iCloud! Even though I don't expect Apple to hit $700 a share anytime soon, in a pricey market, Apple is an attractive investment with a healthy 10-15% potential upside over the short term. Perhaps its time you took a closer look for yourself.
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All this Rival Schools talk and shiz…
Hinata. All Sketchbook Pro, lil' bit over an hour.
All this Rival Schools talk and shiz…
Hinata. All Sketchbook Pro, lil' bit over an hour.
Senpai Appreciation Post: Edayan - Capcom Artist
I'm going to start doing posts like these every once in a while of artists that I've always looked up to and continue to inspire me. (Almost the whole original Capcom crew will be posted, haha. Just a fair warning.)
Edayan had a huge impact on me since that first Street Fighter Collection cover on Playstation in 1997 up top. Then came Rival Schools, and I've been hooked ever since. Then he got really edgy on his style on his Project Justice and the Street Fighter 2 GBA art, which made him fully stand apart from his Capcom crew counterparts, primarily Bengus. That's the version of Edayan that gets my blood pumpin' the most; a nice balance of realism and cartoon that hasn't been replicated often in game art.
I study Capcom designs a lot for my own work, and Edayan's work on Rival Schools/Project Justice still continues to inspire me after all these years. All the work the Capcom crew did was wayyy ahead of its time.
Transfer Student vs. Transfer Student. This was bound to happen.
Today's Warm Up.
Jam of the Day: On the Rooftop of Sunshine High School - Setsuo Yamamoto | Justice High Schools Legion of Heroes Original Soundtrack
I would give my left arm for a new Rival Schools/Project Justice… waitaminute~
A WEAK 10-15 Minute Batsu Ichimonji (Rival Schools) Warmup Bust
15-Minute Sketch of Hinata from Rival Schools/Project Justice
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You are correct and Ann is wrong on this issue. Senator Paul wanted to know if the Attorney general and the President think the President has the power to use drones against Americans on American soil. Senator Paul also pointed out it is the President and a small group who decides who is on the kill list and it could be relatives of suspected terrorists even if the relative has done nothing wrong. So Senator Rand right, Ann Coulter Wrong.


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Right Lee- my '92 K100RS4V has the dreaded sidestand switch.:banghead
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Right Lee- my '92 K100RS4V has the dreaded sidestand switch.:banghead
YES, I have one and have used it 2-up. Cathy likes her Corbin Backrest so a 22L topbox is out (awful as a backrest anyhow)
The rack is sturdy. We have carried a large waterproof bag on it...
Might want to have them address this also- why do all the for sale bikes show up with xx,xxxkms (kms) for mileage?
For the past few months I have not been on the forum- if something isn't working on the internet, I just ignore it.
Tonight I tried to access the Flea Market.
I was looking at K bikes....
I have a '92 K100RS (had a '93 K1100RS but sold it for an '09 Kawi Concours in a moment of true stupidity)
Listen to the advice about the bell housing "weep hole". My previous '93...
Had the same thing last fall with my Boxer Cup.
Starting became slower over time. New battery- no change.
Hello Beemerboneyard. http://www.beemerboneyard.com/12412306700nc.html
I have done a couple track days with my R1100S but no racing.
IMHO, unless you have lots of $$ to put into it, it is a heavy bike to be throwing around. Especially on tighter tracks.
That's easy....
Hydraulic lifters
You might owe me a new laptop- I just drooled into mine :blush :laugh
I do not have any problems with the integrated portion of the braking system.
I do NOT like how little force is needed on the front brake lever- when the engine is on. I stop my other bikes just...
Last fall I bought an '04 R1100S Boxer Cup with iABS.
That is BMW's answer to the question NOBODY asked. Power brakes on a motorcycle? WHY???????
Yeah, my mistake- most DD folks do run a rear MC tire on the front. I have read a few posts where a few nutballs (there goes my "no opinion" statement) do run VW car tires front and rear. :scratch
Actually google the term "double darkside". There are folks mounting car tires rear AND front.
No comment, no opinion. I have no facts to go by.
Not my brick, but did 2 track days this year on my BCR.
(btw, Pilot Power 2CT tires stick!)
The pictures below were after the 1st TD and a couple thousand miles before that. Then I put about...
Can anyone help this British rider and his GF?
I am forwarding this from the Yankee Beemer forum.
My buddy in CA just forwarded me this message about these adventurers from England. I don't...
Flat spare key taped to the back of my driver's license.
I agree. The power assist brakes are BMW's answer to a problem that never existed. Been on bikes 35+ years and my right hand hasn't needed help yet. Damn, one finger instead of two? How did I exist...
Thought that was only the way toilet bowls flushed in the southern hemisphere :D
Thanks for the reminder about Pelican.
I also found some interesting info at boxertrix.com
3 months ago I bought a 2004 R1100S Boxer Cup with ABSi.
Love the bike. HATE the brakes.
Anyone here remove the whole system?
Naturally I understand that I will be losing the ABS...
Whether you use it for emergencies only or for regular maintenance, the CalSci filter cross reference chart can come in handy.
I did the same thing (although it was a new '09 Concours) two years ago.
I was expecting to really like the bike. It lasted one summer. Sold.
Sometimes we just don't "click" with a...
The colder it gets, a greater percentage of riders wave back.
Of course there aren't as many of us nuts out there when it is 40?? or less.
Misery likes company?
Happier times. At our home for the original Hungry Lobsta'.
That's Phil on his white K75RTP.
Ride well, Phil.......
Did you get new bolts to replace the single use bolts you'll be removing?
Do you have a tool for getting the new clutch aligned?
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Have to say, I know exactly how you feel, I've been in a very similar boat myself.
The solution thats sort of worked for us was for me to get a little more hardcore, if/when people didn't show up, ask them very publicly about where they were, and if they'd like to say anything to the players they let down. If they seem to be not taking it seriously, drop them from the raid team for the time being at least. This will undoubtedly cause all kinds of aggro, but it is worth remembering [and pointing out] that the other members of the family who are complaining are often the ones who got let down anyway.
One last thing, "I cannot so much as take a weekend away without harming my guildmates, and am absolutely sure that my exiting or even taking a break will lead to the collapse of the guild."
If you take a weekend off, and they can't be bothered to try a raid, then its not you harming them, its them being lazy gits. The advice above about having a raid leader run a raid while you take a step back is valuable, and worth some breathing space for you.
Don't be afraid to recruit, and replace no-showers. Odds are the rest of the guild are wanting you to do that anyway. Good luck :)


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I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least I'd know that I tried. - Michelle Branch reblog | 9 notes
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Ph.D. (Mathematics), 2012, Michigan State UniversityB.A. (Physics), 2003, University of Michigan–FlintB.A. (Mathematics), 2003, University of Michigan–Flint
Dr. Boros joined Olivet's faculty in 2012 after teaching at Michigan State University for seven years. He teaches calculus, differential equations, numerical analysis, real analysis and Senior Seminar.His research interests lie in sharply estimating Fourier multiplier operators using techniques in harmonic analysis. He uses methods and techniques not just from harmonic analysis, but also from partial differential equations, variational calculus, optimal control theory and probability.
With Alexander Volberg as his advisor, Dr. Boros completed his dissertation on "Computing the LP–operator norm of a quadratic perturbation of Burkholder's martingale transform, via the Bellman function technique, and using the martingale estimates to obtain the exact LP–operator norm of certain combinations of squares of Riesz transforms."His research has been published in Advances in Mathematics Journal and Indiana University Mathematics Journal. He has presented his work on harmonic analysis for the American Mathematics Society and Mathematical Association of America annual meetings, INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée (France), Instituto Matemáticas Universidad Sevilla (Spain) and Fields Institute (Canada).While at Michigan State, Dr. Boros received the Senior Graduate Teaching Award. His teaching assignments included serving as the Charles Drew Science Scholars mathematics instructor, the Math Enrichment for Student Athletes instructor and the Engineering and Science Summer Academy "Bridge Program" mathematics instructor.He is a member of the Mathematical Association of America and American Mathematical Society. For the 2012-2013 academic year, he is a Project NExT fellow. Tending toward the eclectic, he enjoys traveling and eating ethnic foods from other countries. When he's off campus, you might find him watching one of his favorite international or independent films. Dr. Boros and his wife, Lindsey, are the parents of Elizabeth, and family time is one of his top priorities.
Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.


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Uniformed Services University Commencement Office
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Telephone: (301) 295-2114
Fax: (301) 295-1943
In 1980, the University graduated 29 students as the first class from the School of Medicine. Since that first class, 4847 Medical students, 1266 Graduate Education students, 703 Nursing students and 28 Dental students have followed in their footsteps.
All students who have met their program requirements and have been recommended by the deans and faculty and approved by the Board of Regents are eligible to graduate.
All medical students will coordinate through the Office of Student Affairs. All students in the Graduate Program of the Biomedical Sciences will coordinate through the Graduate Education Office. All advanced practice nursing students will coordinate through the Commandant of the GSN.
The cap and gown is provided be the University and will be distributed at rehearsal.
The required uniform-of-the-day for graduation is as follows:
Each graduate receives TEN tickets for Commencement.
Tickets will be administered by your class representative.
The University provides each graduate with ten announcements. You incur the cost of purchasing additional graduation announcements. Therefore, you may select any vendor of your choosing.
Commencement will be held at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall (DAR) in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. DAR is located at 1776 D Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006
Rehearsal will take place on May 17, 2014. Bus transportation for students will be provided from the university to the practice venue.
Students should arrive between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m.
The key note speaker has not yet been announced for the 2014 Commencement Ceremony.
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How to fix Hall of Fame voting: Be smarter
The baseball Hall of Fame voting came and went this week, and as has been the case for the last several years and likely will be for the foreseeable future, it was met with all sorts of scorn, controversy and hand-wringing.
Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas were all inducted, and Craig Biggio came up two votes short. He'll almost certainly get in next year.
Jack Morris failed to gain enshrinement in his final year on the ballot.
In my opinion, Biggio, Jeff Bagwell, Alan Trammell, Curt Schilling, Mike Piazza and Tim Raines all should have been inducted as well, and while the 'steroid problem' comes with some understandable moral ambiguities, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are also both Hall of Famers. I'm less inclined to get behind Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, but I wouldn't be opposed to their induction, either (Palmeiro, despite being one of just four players in history with over 3,000 career hits and 500 career homers, is now off the ballot entirely, and that is much more amazing than it is being given credit for).
Still, the BBWAA didn't do such a bad job this year. Maddux, Glavine and Thomas are all more than deserving. And if just two more voters had picked Biggio, the Hall would have its first four-member class since 1955.
So a lot of the writer-bashing going on is probably a bit over the top.
That said, there are enough ballot embarrassments out there to warrant the criticism that is again being levied at the BBWAA.
There's Ken Gurnick, a Dodgers writer for MLB.com, who voted for Jack Morris and Jack Morris only.
That's dumb on its own, but his reasoning was even dumber. Gurnick said he wouldn't vote for anyone who played in the steroid era, so he didn't vote for Greg Maddux. Even though Maddux and Morris' careers overlapped by nine seasons.
There were the writers (so far unidentified, to my knowledge), who voted for JT Snow, Jacque Jones and Armando Benitez. Moises Alou, Hideo Nomo, Luis Gonzalez, Kenny Rogers and Eric Gagne received votes as well.
Then there's Murray Chass, a cranky, semi-retired former baseball writer with a seething hatred for all things electronic, who said he was going to stop voting for the Hall, but then changed his mind to spite a couple bloggers who have been critical of him (Chass didn't vote for Biggio because he said he has a source who 'felt' Biggio did steroids. Great journalism right there).
There are Hall voters who no longer write about baseball, who don't cover the sport. They're allowed to keep their vote.
For a long time now, this has led to a lot of stuff being written about how the voting process is broken and outdated. That the BBWAA is unqualified to decide on the sport's highest honor.
This is the theory that led to the controversial sports blog deadspin.com concocting a plan to 'buy' a vote from a BBWAA member.
As it turned out, such an act of journalistic malfeasance wasn't necessary, as ESPN personality (and former Miami columnist) Dan Le Batard gave his vote to the website for no compensation.
Deadspin readers voted on who they thought belonged, and the 10 players (the maximum number of players a voter can select) to receive the most votes from readers were chosen on Le Batard's ballot.
This isn't nearly the ethical crime that many of the BBWAA establishment are claiming it to be (Le Batard was stripped of his vote for life Wednesday).
Had Le Batard, say, held a poll on his radio show, or solicited email votes from fans in a column, then agreed to honor the results on his ballot, I don't think the BBWAA would be punishing him, and there wouldn't be nearly as many pearl-clutching newspapermen out there demonizing him.
But because deadspin is at times an enemy of mainstream media, one of the first and most vocal critics of lazy sportswriting, many veteran writers see Le Batard as a traitor. They won't say it, but they're less offended that Le Batard gave up his vote as they are that he went to bed with the enemy.
I don't really have a strong opinion on what Le Batard did. I'm more offended that someone like Chass can be openly hostile to fans and other writers, and brag in his columns about how he doesn't need stats because he knows everything about the game.
I'm more offended that someone like Gurnick can be a perfectly effective reporter, and yet be such a failure when it comes to critical analysis.
I'm more offended that there are people out there who cover golf for a living and haven't written about baseball for years that are still allowed to vote.
And that is where we get to the real issue here.
The process, despite what Le Batard wrote in his explanation, isn't broken. If you take the voting away from the BBWAA, who do you give it to?
Fans, players, ex-players, living Hall of Famers, MLB staffers, bloggers?
Turning to any of those groups will more than likely lead to similar results. Because after all, as silly as many of this year's ballots were, the writers elected three (and almost four) very deserving candidates. And just like there are ignorant writers, there are ignorant fans, bloggers and even players (seriously, I know players who will tell you that some guy who batted .220 in Triple-A was 'the best player I ever went up against' because of one game where he went 4-for-4).
No, the problem isn't that the writers vote. The problem is that too many of the writers suck at their jobs.
I don't say that flippantly or with smarm. I mean it literally.
You won't hear this very often from someone who actually works in journalism, but it's true: A journalism degree does not make a sportswriter smarter than the average fan.
Journalistic training teaches reporters how to contstruct stories, how to write coherently, informatively and, to a lesser extent, in an entertaining fashion.
We are taught how to conduct effective interviews, how to work a beat, how to ask good questions, how to develop story ideas. We are taught objectivity, fairness. Ethics.
You know what we are not taught in journalism classes?
How to analyze baseball statistics. How a quarterback is supposed to execute the read-option. How the triangle offense works (I still have no idea!).
Why hockey refs give game misconducts and instigator penalties (I still have no idea!).
Good journalists go out of their way to learn as much of this stuff as they can. Some of it is important. Some of it isn't. But none of it is required.
Seriously, be it myself, Terry Vandrovec, Stu Whitney or Bob Ryan or whoever, we can write column after column full of uninformed opinions, and we won't be punished for it, so long as we stay within the journalism rules.
'The Twins will win the 2014 World Series. The Vikings should sign Christian Ponder to a six-year contract. Jack Morris is a Hall of Famer but Greg Maddux is not.'
I can write any of that, and while it would clearly illustrate that I'm a moron, it wouldn't cost me my job.
On the other hand, I could be a BBWAA member and correctly predict 10 consecutive World Series winners, but if I allowed readers of an edgy, profanity-friendly website to have input in my vote, I'd face discipline.
Don't get me wrong. I'm firmly on the side of the journalists. Too many people working in sports media today are fans first and journalists second, particularly on-air media. I'm tired of feeling like many of my peers are more interested in commentary than reporting.
But we can and should do better. I don't want the writers to be fired, I want them to get it right. I don't like it when other journalists are dumb. I don't like it when other journalists write dumb things.
I really can't stress this enough. If there's one thing I try to do on this blog and the various social media formats, it's to combat stupidity and point it out when I see it, even if it results in others finding me rude or confrontational. From sports to politics, too many people take pride in being stubborn and anti-intellectual. In shunning information because they're afraid something might actually change their mind. I hate that.
As idiotic as Ken Gurnick's ballot is, I feel kind of bad for him. He's taken a tremendous amount of heat for his ballot, and he now says he'll abstain from voting in the future. While some accused him of voting as he did for attention, he made it clear in an interview with the MLB Network that the attention has been anything but fun.
While Gurnick is a respected baseball reporter (the stuff he learned in journalism class) he basically outed himself as an extremely poor baseball analyst (the stuff they don't teach you in journalism class). I doubt that's been fun.
But you know what? That's Gurnick's own fault.
He wouldn't be facing this scrutiny if he hadn't voted so stupidly. I imagine many of his peers are privately angry with him for embarrassing them and the BBWAA.
I admit the steroid era is difficult to evaluate when it just ended (if it has ended at all), but denying a vote for otherwise worthy players without any evidence they ever used (Jeff Bagwell, for example) goes against all the journalistic principles so many writers cling to so stridently.
Denying the fact that there are likely already steroid users in the Hall, pretending to know who's clean and who isn't — that's stuff that any trained journalist should be smart enough to know doesn't fly.
Baseball writers lost the battle with the stat nerds. They were crushed, in fact.
ESPN now regularly discusses league leaders in WAR, VORP and OPS+. TQBR has replaced quarterback rating as the go-to passing stat in the NFL, and in the NBA, PER (player efficiency rating) and EWA (estimated wins added) are becoming mainstream.
This isn't a fad. This is progress. Advancement.
Baseball hasn't been taken over by math, or nerds in their mothers' basement. It hasn't been ruined by the alphabet soup of new statistics.
It's been revolutionized by intelligent people — some of them mainstream sportswriters, some of them fans, some of them baseball executives and some of them bloggers — who are smart enough to recognize that a pitcher who goes 8-13 with a 3.21 ERA is better than a pitcher who goes 16-11 with a 4.43 ERA.
That a shortstop who has a .389 OBP is more valuable than a right fielder with a .308 OBP and 100 RBIs. That the sacrifice bunt is almost always dumb.
To be fair, most writers have, if grudgingly, adapted and accepted that maybe Topps baseball cards don't tell you everything you need to know about the game.
Others have not. They're free to continue their transition from sports columnist to perpetual Oprah Book Club candidate.
So no, I don't think the system needs an overhaul. I don't really want to see a 'fan vote', nor do I think the Hall should extend voting privileges to bloggers, broadcasters, ex-players or writers in South Dakota who cover minor league teams (though reader Rich offers an idea I really like, in which the BBWAA remains in charge, but the same voters don't get to vote every year).
I just want the writers to get better at their jobs.
Stop being afraid of stats you've never heard of. Stop pretending to be morally superior to players who took drugs that were not even against MLB rules.
And if you no longer cover or pay attention to the game, give up your vote.
Because you know what?
That horribly offensive and attention-seeking ballot that Dan Le Batard gave away to the unwashed masses? It was better than yours.


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Basically, I am 6ft 3 and currently weigh about 219 lbs @ approx 17% fat. My aim is to be 10% fat and I was wondering how much you guys think I should weigh in order to NOT look too skinny (if you get what I mean).
If any of you follow UFC my aim is to be in similar shape to Andre Arlovski who weighs about 240lbs.
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Honestly, I think it's just a case of them pushing him too soon. Ryder really wanted to be a somebody, so he worked to get noticed the best way he felt he could. And they did reward him for it with a few months of hype leading up to his United States Championship capture. Too bad it lasted a mere month, but it's something.
I think they want him and they see some potential in him. It's just in today's WWE it's the norm for the guys to actually spend time building his way up before being given a push, even if they have all the talents. He proved he has some level of charisma, but he might be too green in the ring. That seems to be what holds back a lot of guys, as Jericho said in that interview.
Why they decided to keep him off of TV altogether for months this year made little sense to me, but he's been on pretty regularly now. Which just proves he hasn't been "buried" like all the marks think. He's in much better shape than the Superstars jobbers.
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2.1 bleaching does hurt my hair alot but I did it once to make my hair lighter and able to actually absorb and show the weird colors. That's it once. I don't do it every week.
2.2 dying with manic or punky or wtv is actually HELPING MY HAIR. They are basically conditioners with colors in it. HOW DOES CONDITIONER HURT MY HAIR HUH.
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As the market tumbled lower this past Friday, shares of Synergy Pharmaceuticals (SGYP) held strong and jumped by six percent. Shares jumped another two percent during after hours trading that day and then held strong through Monday's trading, even with the markets experiencing another down day.
Trading volume over the past few trading sessions has come in at well over twice the daily norm, indicating that big money may be starting to buy in, even at a time when money is flowing out of the market in droves due to concerns of another global economic meltdown that could threaten a thus-far solid recovery in the United States.
Although trading in the $4.50 range to open the new trading week, Synergy shares flew to seven dollars earlier this year after Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD) suffered a setback with the FDA that will delay an approval decision of its competing drug to Synergy's Plecanatide, currently being developed for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C).
Investors had also started taking serious notice of Synergy's billion-dollar potential around that time, especially when a few analysts jumped on board and added more fuel to the rallying fire before a stock offering halted the move and returned shares to their current levels.
While effectively halting an impressive rally, the offering placed Synergy in a position of strength by filling the cash coffers with enough reserves to last well past the expected time frame for the release of Plecanatide trial results, expected later this year. The additional financial security also puts Synergy in a stronger position to negotiate any potential partnership or buyout deal. Given Plecanatide's potential to launch into a multi-billion dollar market with a side effect profile more favorable than that of the product Ironwood plans to put on the market, big pharma could be priming to move on the company before the release of results in order to secure what could be one of the better deals out there right now in small pharma-land.
Validating that theory is the fact that IRWD currently trades with a market cap four times that of SGYP. That's a particular note to keep in mind, given the fact that Ironwood already has a deal secured to split profits with partner Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX) on a product that may be inferior to Synergy's.
Another factor to consider in regards to the increasing interest in Synergy over the past week may be attributed to a NY Times article published last weekend that indirectly offered investors another angle in regards to the potential of Synergy's Plecanatide in meeting a hugely unmet medical need.
As outlined by the Times, other treatments for CIC currently on the market, specifically the laxative Miralax, are not only being misused, overused and abused, but safety data surrounding its use has never been fully investigated nor finalized in clinical trials nor has its long term use been approved or validated by the FDA. This fact has raised concerns among many physicians, many who even admit to over-prescribing the product, especially in regards to overuse in children. With no FDA-approved standard treatment for CIC in children, doctors have admitted over prescribing Miralax for years, even to children.
That potentially leaves another door open for which Synergy can take advantage.
Should the company storm into the children's market and replace existing treatments, such as Miralax, which have never been approved for extended use, then the already robust potential of Plecanatide can multiply yet again.
Plecanatide's safety profile may give it the overall advantage on the market, as the product has yet to demonstrate any side effect concerns during trials, not even diarrhea, which is a significant note because Ironwood's Linaclotide cannot boast the same claim. Linaclotide comes with the expectation that runny stools will accompany treatment, bad enough in some cases to force patients from the clinical trial.
With Plecanatide Phase II/III Plecanatide results due out later this year, Synergy could continue to attract the investor interest that took shares to over the seven dollar mark for a period last month. The analysts have already jumped on board and the trading action of the past few sessions could be an indication that investors are watching - and more importantly - jumping on board.
One to keep an eye on as SGYP may be ready to roll.
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•Music is literally my entire life.
I don't like that in EDM, if I say I like Skrillex, I immediately have to say something like, "Oh, I like Rusko and Cascade and Caspa and Aphex twin too." just to avoid getting rolling eyes or people giving me shit. Skrillex has good tracks. Shut the fuck up.
edit: kaskade, I meant. I wrote it as I was thinking "caspa" and thus, I screwed it up. Thanks for taking a typo out of context.
lol fail. could of at least googled that one too!
i too like cascade.
jesus christ you are so right
Unless they meant Cascada? lul, which still fails, but whatevs.
Cascade? o_o…… cascade? Your argument is now invalid.
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Simple drop biscuits laced with apples, bacon and topped with caramel and pecans, make these Apple Bacon Pecan Sticky Biscuits stand out for breakfast or dessert.
Sticky buns and I go way back. There was a bakery that sold the most AMAZING pecan sticky buns when I was pregnant with our first daughter, 26 years ago. This bakery was right on my way to work, and I may have stopped in several times a week during that 9 months. I'm pretty sure sticky buns run thru my daughter's veins and remained on my hips
After 26 years, I thought it was time to revisit that love affair. I've recently joined forces with Marzetti and will be developing a few recipes with their products over the next year. I knew exactly what I wanted to do first! I had an idea that's been brewing in my head and Marzetti Caramel Dip would be the perfect star for Apple Bacon Pecan Sticky Biscuits.
A simple drop biscuit and Caramel Dip make this recipe quick and easy and turned out every bit as delicious as I had imagined! ……so lets get to it!
I wasn't shy about loading these drop biscuits up with flavor! Mix Bisquick, or you can make your own baking mix, with a little milk, brown sugar and apple pie spice, then fold in your favorite baking apples, I used Granny Smith and some crumbled bacon, I used pre-cooked to keep it all easy!
Fill 12 muffin cups with Marzetti Old Fashioned Caramel Dip mixed with some chopped pecan halves. Then top with the biscuit dough and they're ready for the oven! You can't get much easier than that!
You don't want to over bake these, so keep an eye on them and remove from the oven as soon as then start to turn a golden brown (about 9-11 minutes). Place on a cooling rack for only 2 minutes then invert the muffin pan onto a baking sheet to remove the biscuits. Be sure to scrape out any topping that remains in the the muffin cups. If you like them extra sticky, like I do, you can drizzle a little more caramel dip on them and enjoy!
We had a few left over and I placed them in an air tight container and grabbed one the next morning. I was pleasantly surprised that they were even better the next day!
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The sweet and salty flavors of the apple and bacon make these sticky biscuits stand out, for breakfast or dessert.
- 1 16 ounce Marzetti Old Fashioned Caramel Dip
- 1/2 - 1 cup chopped pecans
- 2¼ cups baking mix
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 3 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
- 1 cup chopped apple (1-2 small apples)
- Heat oven to 425°. Spray bottom and sides of 12 regular size muffin cups.
- Combine pecans and 1½ cups caramel dip in a small cup or bowl. Evenly divided caramel pecan topping among the muffin cups, and set aside.
- Using a medium bowl and a fork, combine the baking mix, milk, brown sugar and apple pie spice until a dough forms. Fold in chopped apple pieces and crumbled bacon until well incorporated.
- Place spoonfuls of dough in each muffin cup over caramel dip.
- Bake 9-12 minutes or until golden brown. Place muffin pan on cooling rack; cool for just 2 minutes. Place a baking sheet upside down over muffin pan and carefully turn baking sheet and muffin pan over to remove biscuits. Scrape out any topping that remains in the pan and place on biscuits. Drizzle tops with additional caramel dip if desired. Serve warm or room temperature.
Do not let the biscuits cool for longer than 2 minutes in the pan or the topping will become too hard and not release with the buns when you invert the muffin pan onto the baking sheet.
These biscuits can be stored in an air tight container -- they were even better the second day!
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'Gentle giant' Jermaine Jones impresses American Idol judges with his unique voice
Jermaine Jones was one of the standout singers at the Portland American Idol auditions tonight. Dubbed the 'gentle giant' by Randy Jackson, Jermaine stands at an incredible 6'8″ tall, towering above the judges.
Jermaine grew up in a very musical family. Of course, his first experiences of singing were in church, and Jones says that he lives and breathes music. Oh, and as you might expect by the preceding two sentences, Jermaine is very attached to his mother (Katrice Cornett) – and he tells us how his mother sang the worship service the day he was born, so he literally came out singing.
Essential read
To be honest, his deep baritone didn't impress me as much as I thought it would. Here's my critique: the choice of song, Superstar – best known as a Carpenters song, but the Luther Vandross version in this instance. It's just not a great song choice. Barry White might have been more stereotypical, but it would also have been a better showcase for Jermaine's voice.
And he could've dressed so much better for the occassion. He's a giant of a man, so he could have used that impressive size to his advantage. Instead, he dressed down and slouched a little bit. I wanted to kick him at that point, because he could have shown the judges an imposing stage presence. Totally wasted opportunity.
Nevertheless, the judges seemed to spot opportunity with Jermaine. Randy said "When you show the dynamics, with the low, with the power, with the softness…", while Steven Tyler told him "I can see you're really nervous. I could hear you sing the song through your nerves." Jennifer Lopez offered a few words of encouragement, saying "Just one more thing before we vote, loosen up a bit."
All three judges vote to put Jermaine through to Hollywood rounds, and we're touched to see that his nerves are very real – Randy remarks that he's sweating like a fool.
So folks what did you think of Jermaine Jones? Is he one of your favourites from the Portland auditions?
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OMG…I would love to meet him….I love him so much…his voices is amazing… and he is a child of God
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$15 TRILLION is equivalent to the the federal debt of the U.S. Treasury Department. Lord James of Blackheath has spoken in the House of Lords holding evidence of three transactions of 5 Trillion each and a transaction of 750,000 metric tonnes of gold and has called for an investigation.
I think there are three possible conclusions that may come from it. I think there may have been a massive piece of money laundering committed by a major government which ought to know better and that it has effectively undermined the integrity of the British bank the Royal Bank of Scotland, in doing so. The second alternative is that a major American department has an agency that has gone rogue on it because it has been wound up and has created a structure out of which they are seeking to get at least 50 billion Euros as a payoff. And the third possibility is that this is an extraordinarily elaborate fraud which has not been carried out but which has been prepared in order to provide a threat to one government or more if they don't pay them off. So there are three possibilities and this all needs a very urgent review.
My Lords, it starts in April and May of 2009, with the alleged transfer to the United Kingdom, to HSBC of a sum of 5 trillion dollars and seven days later, in comes another 5 trillion dollars to HSBC, and then 3 weeks later another 5 trillion. 5 trillion in each case. Sorry. A total of 15 trillion dollars is alleged to have been passed into the hands of HSBC for onward transit to the Royal Bank of Scotland and we need to look at where this came from and what the history of this money is. And I have been trying to sort out the sequence by which this money has been created and from where it has come from for a long time.
Crisis: Who is Pulling the Strings? (European Parliament, 01.DEC.2011) #UK (by europarl) - #Europe #Euro #Realness
Press conference, European Parliament, Brussels - 01 December 2011
Crisis: Who is Pulling the Strings?
- Chi tira i fili della crisi? - Conferenza Stampa, Parlamento Europeo, Bruxelles
Mario Borghezio, MEP (Lega Nord)
Daniel Estulin, journalist & author (giornalista e scrittore)
BORGHEZIO's transcript
(I couldn't add Speroni's as Youtube says 'too long'):
Thank you, President Speroni. I also thank for being here, Ms Mara Bizotto (MEP) who raises an interesting question, but I will keep you curious till the end of the conference, because she will speak about it herself.
I would like to remind everyone that on the 9 June of this year, we tried to attend - my assistant and I, in the process of humbly trying to do our jobs - I as an MEP and he as a research assistent in the European Parliament - to hear, at least in general, what these gentlemen were talking about, who were meeting at the elegant, highly reclusive resort of St Moritz. We were savagely thrown out because evidently these organisations don't like transparency.
As soon as Mario Monti's candidature for prime minister was announced I immediately decided to do my duty by reporting the clear incompatibility between the three posts that he had at the time, and that is his being an international adviser to Goldman Sachs, his being the President of the European Branch of the Trilateral Commission, as well as his representation on the European board of the Bilderberg group.
There needed to be quite some insistence, many declarations - and I believe the pressure by Lega Nord was a factor to grasp the relevance of this embarrassing incompatability - and after several days after his swearing in - in my opinion these resignations were to take place at least simultaneously - but in any case, there have been these resignations [Monti of his posts]
I believe the best thing I can do in this press conference is to ask its main speaker, the journalist and investigative journalist Daniel Estulin, who is universally considered as the best scholar on such matters at an international level, a specific question: Do you think that these organisations have a specific role in the attempts to save the euro? And in which direction?
On my part, I ask a rhetorical question, but well-founded question to president Monti [in Italy prime minister is called 'president of the council of ministers'], and it is also important that it comes from Europe and also in the presence of European journalists, given that in Italy there does not seem to be the focused attention that is required in every democracy towards such fundamental issues posed by this anomalous government, which is an expression of European and Globalist synarchy [elitist joint rule].
So, PM Monti - after having submitted his resignations - would he finally tell us what he did at St Moritz and the preceding meetings? I am very interested in this recent meeting - and these must be very delicate decisions indeed if a Member of the European Parliament is forcefully impeded from hearing what is being said.
Have they decided anything on the euro? Has there been some investiture in regard to the Italian government? Was anything decided in regard to the Berlusconi government? It would be very interesting to know in the name of the principles of transparency that are always invoked.
I conclude by saying that as a former national politician - for many years now I have been a Euro-Parliamentarian and I shouldn't involve myself so frequently in Italian politics - but had I been involved in national politics (I still feel one) I would have felt attacked and insulted by yesterday's declaration from various press agencies that 'Monti has no need to be… the European Union has no need to be embarrassed by national politicians'.
I believe that posing critical views, expressing sane and dutiful dissent against the construction of the European superstate, against the imposition of measures, such as the social butchery that the minions who serve strong powers are imposing on our country, is not something that should embarrass anyone, but instead it is dutiful in relation to public roles and the role of a prime minsiter, as we have rightly been remined by many observers, many critics, many students of politics and many journalists doing their duty against the preceding government in pointing out conflicts of interest. We should always do that.
Naturally, to my friend Daniel Estulin who, like me and others here, is at the disposal of journalists, I will give as much space as possible, and eventually you can hear more of what he has to say when he replies to your questions.
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Press conference, European Parliament, Brussels - 01 December 2011
Crisis: Who is Pulling the Strings?
Daniel Estulin, journalist & author
Hosted by Mario Borghezio, MEP (Italy, Lega Nord)
Music from 'Rebirth' by Corner Stone Cues (Album: El Morro)
Activists protesting against NHS cuts yesterday occupied High Street banks across the country and transformed them into make-shift hospitals.
Members of UK Uncut put on scrubs, bandages and fake blood in branches of Natwest, Barclays, Santander and HSBC. Some branches were said to have been forced to close.
Police made nine arests in connection with a protest in Manchester.
Branches in London, Plymouth, Brighton, Glasgow, Bristol, Oxford, Leeds Liverpool, Bournemouth, Ipswich and Dundee were targeted.
The action was spearheaded by the campaigning group which was joined by trade unionists and other supporters.
Anti-cuts: A group of students make their presence felt laying down on the pavemen in front of a Police cordon outside a branch of HSBC in Camden Town, north London
Occupation: A melee ensues as a group of activists try to force their way past a police line in Camden
The national protest was intended to draw attention to the banks' role in creating the national deficit, which in turn has led to the proposals made for changes within the National Health Service.
Activists dressed in doctors' coats and armed with fake blood had been plotting to enter 35 banks across the UK and set up mock hospitals and 'operating theatres'.
However, some were forced to stage their protests on the streets outside when branches were closed or police lined up to keep them out.
In Camden, north London close to 100 protesters staged actions outside three banks in Camden and held a mock trial of the health secretary, Andrew Landsley.
A protester dressed as the MP was put in the stocks and pelted with tomatoes.
Barclays, HSBC and Natwest were all targeted in Camden - at Natwest protesters forced their way past a police line to gain entry to the bank.
Support: UK Uncut helped organise the protests which are against the Government's impending NHS cuts
You can bank on us: The protesters are halted by police as they target another bank in Camden
Protesters outside a branch of HSBC in Newcastle were joined by the musician and activist Billy Bragg, who addressed them by megaphone.
While in Brixton one group managed to enter a Natwest bank and stage their planned theatrical protest.
'The NHS did not cause the financial crisis – the banks did and are continuing to make billions in profits. And yet it is the NHS which is being cut,' said Candy Udwin of the Camden Keep Our NHS Public campaign, which took part.
'Here in Camden there are hundreds of jobs under threat and that is why protests like this are being strongly supported.'
Health worker and UK Uncut supporter Rosie Beech, 29, said: 'David Cameron said he wasn't going to cut the NHS. He lied.
'50,000 NHS staff will lose their jobs, whilst the taxpayer continues to subsidise the banks.
No entry: Activists, some of whom wore hospital scrubs, try to make their way past police and into a branch of Natwest in Camden
Flashpoint: Protesters clash with police as they attempt to gain entry to the bank
'Why is the Government cutting the NHS and privatising what's left rather than forcing our broken banking system to pay up?
Dubbed 'The Emergency Operation', the day of protests is the first big action organised by UK Uncut since the arrests of 145 protesters during a sit-in at Fortnum and Mason in London on 26 March, when more than 250,000 people who took to the streets to protest against government spending cuts.
UK Uncut has staged a series of campaigns against tax avoidance and public spending reductions since it was formed in October.
A Barclays spokesman said: 'We are aware of the protests and our priority is the safety of our customers and colleagues and to ensure that the branches can continue to operate wherever possible.'
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According to David Eagleman, a respected scientist and the author of Why the Net Matters, 21st-century technology obviates the causes that led past civilisations to collapse and because of this, he argues, that the web is crucial to our survival.
It has become such an intermeshed part of society that a world in which the internet suddenly goes down or is switched off is hard to imagine. The Hollywood-sized scenario reads like this: email, telephone and television services would go dark, media organisations become unable to gather and disseminate news, governments struggle to communicate emergency information, commerce grinds to a halt, shops run out of food, the transport system collapses and electricity supplies are be severely disrupted. Within months gangs of feral youths would take over the towns, cannibalising the weak and elderly, while citizens trembled behind barricaded doors, weeping over their useless copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops.
In Britain there are two pieces of legislation which give the Government power to order the suspension of the internet and, in theory, bring about web armageddon. The Civil Contingencies Act and the 2003 Communications Act can both be used to suspend internet services, either by ordering internet service providers (ISPs) to shut down their operations or by closing internet exchanges. Under the protocol of the Communications Act, the switch-flicking would be done by the Culture Secretary. In the eyes of the legislature, Jeremy Hunt is the man invested with the power to send us back to the dark ages.
The chances of this happening are extremely remote, partly because these powers can be used only in times of emergency to protect the public and safeguard national security and partly because consensus governance would act as a check to any nefarious individual ambitions. In theory, the mechanical process of shutting down the internet should be simple. In addition to ordering the nation's main ISPs to cease operation, officials can also close main internet exchanges such as Linx – the London Internet Exchange –which handles 80 per cent of our internet traffic.
The ISP shutdown process was used recently by the Hosni Mubarak's government in Egypt, ostensibly to stifle the propagation of dissent. On 27 January Egypt was effectively disconnected from the rest of the web after its ISPs were ordered to shut down their services. Shorty after going offline Vodafone Egypt issued a statement explaining: "Under Egyptian legislation the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply with it."
Egypt's other three big ISPs – Link Egypt, Telecom Egypt and Etisalat Misr – also stopped services. A few days later the final service provider, Noor, went down, taking the country's stock exchange with it.
The pattern has since been repeated in other parts of the Middle East where popular uprisings have occurred. On 19 February Libya went completely offline. In Bahrain reduced web traffic flow was reported between 14 and 16 February.
As the authorities in Egypt discovered, however, the net kill-switch can be circumvented. During the shutdown there, telephone lines remained active and tech-savvy protesters were able to set up information networks using dial-up modems.
Telecomix New Agency, a global affiliation of internet activists, reported: "We set up servers which could answer modem calls via landline. Many of the Telecomix agents who were setting up these systems were not even born when this technology was considered modern. Some touched their first modem in those days. There were no instructions how to set up a computer to make a modem call and connect it to the internet. We had to learn how to do it. Outside Egypt, in France, the Netherlands and Germany, some providers reactivated their modem pools."
Because modems work by dialling a number and swapping data through a telephone line, lists of active dial-up ISP telephone numbers had to be distributed by fax and by hand because email services had been taken down along with domestic internet services. Numbers were also read out over shortwave radio. Even normally apolitical companies made efforts to maintain the flow of information. Twitter teamed up with Google and its newly acquired SayNow company and offered an internet-free way of Tweeting over the phone. Callers could leave voice messages including #tags and their messages were posted online for them.
That repressive governments have been able to use laws similar to those in the UK to implement such draconian crackdowns on the freedom of their citizens has rightly raised questions about whether our politicians have too much power over the internet.
From a legal standpoint, there are safeguards. The section of the Communications Act which allows internet provision to be suspended can be enacted only "to protect the public from any threat to public safety or public health, or in the interests of national security". And there are statutory avenues for recourse should these powers be abused.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport explains: "It would have to be a very serious threat for these powers to be used, something like a major cyber attack. The powers are subject to review and if it was used inappropriately there could be an appeal to the competitions appeal tribunal. Any decision to use them would have to comply with public law and the Human Rights Act."
Experts such as Dr Peter Gradwell, managing director of business internet provider Gradwell and trustee of the Nominet Trust, believe the fail-safes are adequate.
He says: "The legislation also includes the requirement to make compensatory payments for loss or damage. Would the Government want to foot the bill for switching off a multi- billion-pound industry? If a notice is served on an ISP and ignored, the penalty is only a fine. If the public were massing on the streets of London, I believe that many internet providers would be happy to argue the legitimacy of such a penalty in court."
As long as the balance between freedom of information and protection of the public is maintained, few may argue against having what amounts to a national firewall at a time when cyber warfare is arguably the fastest growing threat to national security.
In the US lawmakers are drafting even more wide-ranging legislation than that available to politicians in Britain. The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act will give President Barack Obama the ability to declare a state of cyber-security emergency, during which he would have full control over internet networks and could isolate the country and its critical national infrastructure from attack for a period of 120 days.
However, if an eventuality ever arises in which Western governments need to use these powers, they may ultimately prove useless, according to many specialists. While Egypt was relatively simple to switch off, the UK, with its advanced digital infrastructure, would be much harder. It has more than 3,000 independent ISPs, several national mobile operators and at least 10 undersea high-speed fibre cables linking it to all other parts of the world – mainland Europe, Africa and the Americas. Each of these cables is capable of carrying huge amounts of traffic.
If, for example, the Coalition invoked the Civil Contingencies Act and shut down the main exchanges, some mobile broadband operators would still be able to operate. T-Mobile could route traffic via Germany and O2 through Spain. Some dial-up services such as SprintNet, which is used for AOL facilities, could still operate, because its services are routed through the United States.
As Claire Sellick, event director of Infosecurity Europe, explains: "On a practical level, switching off the internet in the UK would be very difficult. Most ISPs have diverse routing, with some – notably mobile broadband operators – routing traffic overseas. It would only be partially effective. Broadband local delivery may be curtailed but dial-up modem, leased line and other access systems would still operate."
The problem comes down to the very nature of the internet in developed countries. It is a mesh of networks. It transcends borders and has no definable beginning or end. As a result of this structure it is almost impossible to isolate all the connections. In the UK, many providers have private interconnections with each other and with other providers in other nations as well as connections to internet exchanges.
In addition the UK also has a diverse alternative infrastructure which could be utilised to carry data. Many cities have wireless and wimax mesh networks in place, there are lots of radio enthusiasts and privately owned optic fibre follows roads, railways, waterways and underground networks.
As Dr Gladwell explains: "Any shutdown would be hugely problematic to start with, but could be easily subverted. If you take down something like Linx it would initially affect lots of people but you would end up with a secondary network being built up quite quickly."
It seems highly likely then, that as happened in Egypt, if the Jeremy Hunt Doomsday scenario were ever come to pass, an alternative network would quickly expand and provide access to the internet for all. Which is a relief.
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Activists stormed more than 40 banks across Britain in protest over executive bonuses and public service cuts - and turned them into a variety of ad hoc walk-in centres.
UK Uncut said demonstrators set up creches, laundries, school classrooms, libraries, homeless shelters, drama clubs, walk-in clinics, youth centres, job centres and leisure centres at branches of RBS, NatWest and Lloyds.
At 10am in Camden, north London, demonstrators invaded a NatWest and set up a creche where children played, practiced musical instruments while parents caught up.
Playcentre: In Camden, north London, demonstrators invaded a NatWest and set up a creche where children played, practiced musical instruments while parents caught up
Meanwhile in nearby Islington 50 activists set up a laundry in an RBS branch in reaction to alleged council moves to cut services to the elderly, including a much-needed laundry service.
They set up washing lines, clothes horses, buckets for handwashing and a team of window cleaners on the outside. The protest was attended by over 15 pensioners and local Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn.
Banks were transformed into 'hospitals' in Liverpool and Redhill, a classroom in Cardiff, a leisure centre in Eastleigh, a job centre in Birmingham. Twenty people took tents and sleeping bags into NatWest in Brixton to create a homeless shelter.
Meanwhile in Islington 50 activists set up a laundry in an RBS branch in reaction to alleged council moves to cut services to the elderly, including a much-needed laundry service
They set up washing lines, clothes horses, buckets for handwashing and a team of window cleaners on the outside
Aisha Atkins, 32, said: 'There are alternatives to the cuts, for example, making the banks pay for a crisis they created or by stopping tax-dodging by big business and the super rich.
'But the Government is making a political choice to reduce the deficit by making ordinary people pay with job losses and savaged services.
'We are transforming the banks into schools, leisure centres, laundry services and homeless shelters to show that it's our society that's too big to fail, not a broken banking system.'
An RBS spokeswoman said: 'We fully respect the right to peaceful protest. Minimising disruption to our customers is our priority.'
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Ticklists: Lancashire's Finest, ROCKFAX Western Grit Grade List.
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Arrived at the top after 3 rests on the rope. Led on site 1985. Had fun both times.John Nuttall - 2nd - 05/May/14 with Geoff
Susssstained!mcb - TR dog - May/14 with Geoff Mann
Hidden - 2nd dog - 20/Jul/13
Two points of resting, but ultimately did all the moves. A brutal climb, and a bit disappointing...definitely not a 3-star route.DavidR - Lead dog - 20/Jul/13 with Kevin Bowser, Holly Adamthwaite
khawk - Lead dog - 06/May/13 with DT
Hidden - Lead O/S - 15/Sep/12
Very nice route, can't remember any of the moves from last time, so could almost have called it an onsite. But alas no. Chi Cheng - Lead rpt - 06/Sep/12 with Craig Bailey
Glad to get this one, been on the hit list for a while. Plenty of thought-provoking moves...david morse - Lead O/S - 30/May/12 with Polly
Hidden - Lead O/S - 29/May/12
shuntefrance24234 - TR rpt - 26/May/12
pie_eater_pete - Lead O/S - 26/Mar/12 with bwestwood
bwestwood - 2nd - 26/Mar/12 with pete sargeant
akhughes - 14/Nov/11
gregoritos - Lead O/S - 09/Aug/11
Hidden - TR O/S - 27/Jul/11
johnny20whales - TR - 01/Jul/11
Puuuuum-py! It doesn't let up till you're sat on the toppetegunn - Lead - 09/Jun/11 with Davina
Hidden - 2nd dog - 09/Jun/11
stevebarratt - Lead - 03/May/11 with Thomas Mills Richmond
Hidden - Lead O/S - 20/Apr/11
JulesV - Lead O/S - 21/Aug/10 with Shauna Cunningham
Aid Climbed, pulled sat on rope, pulled again and resat on rope all the way up.Chi Cheng - 2nd dog - 2010 with Steve Barratt
efrance24234 - 2010
Hidden - 2nd - 2010
get strong, go back, lead cleanleopet - 2nd dog - 12/May/09 with Evan
danm - 2nd - 12/May/09
datoon - Lead dog - 01/Jul/08 with K
nige - Lead - 06/May/08 with adam ellwood
John Roberts (JR) - Lead O/S - 2008
Tony Little - Lead O/S - 14/Apr/07 with Lucy Ellis
took one rest, crux is definately at the top, n its not over till its over...robman - 2nd dog - 08/Apr/07 with Tim
middlevern - Lead rpt - 2007 with Mike Blood
lead on Al's runnersmattnuttall - Lead β - 04/May/06 with Alan Holden
Hidden - Lead dog - Sep/05
mattish2000 - TR dog - 2005 with Nick
Fell off from the top moves - so didn't finish but managed on top rope!!!datoon - TR RP - 07/Sep/04
Apharri - 2nd β - Jul/04 with Dave Wharton
Hidden - Lead O/S - 25/Apr/02
Carl Smethurst - 2nd - 24/Sep/01 with Ian Pickles, Alan Bowring
Had a gripper with a stuck finger! Harder than the Mau Mau, done the day beforegoi.ashmore - Lead O/S - 16/Jun/95 with Matt Hirst
Hidden - 1995
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The direct start is 6b and nicely technical, but the finish is scary!Sean Kelly - Lead - May/93 with Pete Carmichael
mattnuttall - 2nd β - 27/Jul/92 with Alan Holden
mattnuttall - Lead β - 15/May/92
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took flyer.. lowered off, climbed cleanmattnuttall - Lead β - 01/Sep/91 with Gareth Parry
Rich Kirby - Lead - 1989 with Will (S. Williamson)
Teamed up with a bloke in the quarry.BigHairyIan - 2nd dog - 01/Oct/88
Mark Kemball - Lead - 23/May/82 with Dave Abbey
Hammy - 2nd - 07/May/80 with Rob Lawson
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Name: Tyler Eifert
Position: Tight End
College: Notre Dame
Height/Weight: 6-5/250
Age: 22 (born Sept. 8, 1990)
Honors: Eifert became the first Notre Dame tight end to win the Mackey Award in December 2012, after he finished the regular season with 44 catches for 621 yards and four touchdowns. He was one of the only components of the Notre Dame offense who produced against Alabama in the BCS Championship Game, as he hauled in six passes for 61 yards. Eifert was also named a second-team All-American.
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Where He's Headed: He's a first round lock as the consensus best tight end in this draft. Where he goes is a matter of opinion, but it'll probably be somewhere between No.10 and No. 20.
How He Helps the Cowboys: Obviously the Cowboys have an all-time great in Witten, and backup
Scout's Take: Can adjust to the ball behind him. … Is an on-the-move, point-of-attack blocker. … Not much pop. … Can line up at WR. … Fights his way up field. … Doesn't have many moves. … Not much initial quickness. … Tries to stay after blocks on edge. … Doubled in red zone. … Looks for the ball on the HOT. … Better route-runner in the red zone. … Lunges as a pass blocker. … Missed man off the edge. … Off balance. … Better with release when in line. … Not great on backside cut-off. … Good adjust in traffic. … Protects the ball from the defender. … Drives off the ball to hook inside. … Used as a wham blocker inside, but not one of his strengths. … Shield and wall-off type of blocker. … Will body catch the ball some, but have seen him snatch it as well. … Will extend for it. … Will go after the ball along the sideline. … Outstanding awareness of where he is on the field. … Had a fumble in Alabama game when ball got stripped in the flat, but was called down. … Tries to get push on down block. … Will need to develop strength for better sustain. … Can push off to gain separation. … Works to get open. … Can be a real problem for defenses to have to deal with because of his size and his ability to go get the ball. … Remember that Jason Witten was not a great blocker coming out of Tennessee, but worked at it throughout his career. … Clearly the best tight end in the draft for the number of things he could do offensively. – Bryan Broaddus