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Arsenal held as Liverpool close on top spot
Arsenal's French striker Olivier Giroud (R) vies for the ball with Manchester United's English defender Rio Ferdinand (L) at the Emirates Stadium in London on February 12, 2014 - by Ben Stansall
Arsene Wenger's men were held to a goalless draw at home to champions Manchester United while Liverpool had to twice come from behind before Steven Gerrard's stoppage-time penalty sealed a 3-2 win away at bottom-of-the table Fulham.
"Steven Gerrard is peerless in situations like that," said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.
"He showed brilliant composure. It was a great result. We've had to show character to come from behind twice."
Rodgers, however, remained coy about Liverpool's chances of winning a first English title since 1990 despite recently rubbishing the possibility saying it was too soon for his side.
"We're going to keep pushing," he said. "We're chasing, other teams are still ahead of us. We need some of them to drop points."
He added: "We know we still have Man City and Chelsea to play at home. We'll take it game by game."
Arsenal were left a point behind leaders Chelsea on a night when title rivals Manchester City saw their match at home to Sunderland postponed because of severe weather battering the north-west of England that also meant Everton's game against Crystal Palace was called off as well.
"In the end either side could have won 1-0," said Wenger after a match where both Gunners keeper Wojciech Szczesny and United counterpart David de Gea both made excellent saves.
"The title race is absolutely open for many teams."
The draw did little for United's fading hopes of claiming a Champions League place, with David Moyes's side now 11 points adrift of the top four.
"I am pleased, but I wanted all three points," said Moyes.
"We have a lot of catching up to do. We have to win games and keep plugging away."
Liverpool, fresh from their stunning 5-1 win over Arsenal at Anfield, found themselves behind in just eight minutes at Craven Cottage when Kolo Toure sliced Kieran Richardson's cross over the head of Reds goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and into the net.
But four minutes before the break, Daniel Sturridge drew Liverpool level.
Gerrard's superb pass over the top of the Fulham defence released his fellow England international and the striker steered the ball past keeper Maarten Stekelenburg as he scored for the eighth successive match.
Fulham went 2-1 in front when Martin Skrtel made a mess of clearing a cross into the box and Richardson scored from just a few yards out.
However, Liverpool hit back in the 72nd minute when Philippe Coutinho curled a shot past Stekelenburg with the aid of a deflection off John Heitinga.
And just when Fulham were about to collect a precious point, the fifth minute of injury time saw Sascha Riether bring down Sturridge in the box and Gerrard score from the ensuing penalty.
Tottenham Hotspur, who looked as if they would move to within a point of fourth-placed Liverpool, remained three behind the Merseysiders despite Emmanuel Adebayor scoring twice in a crushing 4-0 win away to Newcastle.
Adebayor put Spurs 1-0 up in the 19th minute at St James' Park after Newcastle keeper Tim Krul pushed Nabil Bentaleb's cross straight into his path.
Adebayor was involved again when Spurs doubled their lead in the 53rd minute, Krul palming the Togo striker's shot to Paulinho, who scored from close range.
Krul's night got worse eight minutes from time when he could only parry Andros Townsend's shot from the edge of the area and Adebayor slammed the rebound into the turf and over the keeper to make it 3-0 to Spurs.
And before the final whistle, Nacer Chadli added a fourth goal with a stunning 25-yard strike.
"We've got to keep on the tail of Liverpool," said Spurs manager Tim Sherwood. "They are relentless. I hope they keep on checking over their shoulders and see Spurs are still there."
Elsewhere, Stoke and Swansea shared the points in a 1-1 draw at the Britannia Stadium after Peter Crouch's early goal for the hosts was cancelled out by Chico Flores's equaliser for the Swans.
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The Rock Island Arsenal's largest union is calling lawmakers to action.
A Community Sequestration Forum for those who work at the Arsenal was held on Wednesday, March 20, 2013.
The union encouraged people to push politicians to repeal the sequester, and stop furlough notices from being sent out this week.
KWQC spoke with retired Arsenal worker, John Abbott, who's wife currently works at the arsenal.
"Really no one is appreciating how devastating this could be to, not just individual families, but our entire economy."
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The federal government employs about 2.2 million civilians. About 800,000 of them work for the Department of Defense.
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Speakeasy's Story
Speakeasy is composed of three levels including the Music Lounge, Mezzanine over-looking the stage, the Kabaret Room and the Rooftop Lounge Terrace59. The Music Lounge is comprised of stunning hardwood finishes and a roaring 20's vibe. It is where guests can listen to local Austin bands jam live on a nightly basis at 9:30pm. Enjoy a comfortable yet classy atmosphere at one of our candlelit tables or dance the night away on the dance floor right in front of the live band of the evening.
The Mezzanine offers a lounge setting with antique couches, bar, and pool table - all over looking the dance floor.
Wander back on the first floor to the Kabaret Room where on weekend nights DJ's are spinning the latest top 40 and dance songs. If you are looking for a place to grab a seat with a large group of friends you can find comfort in our swanky red couches or booths.
Terrace59 is the most famous outdoor spot in Austin to take in the romantic view of the downtown skyline. With lit palm trees, full service bar and hip music it is a chic and elegant way to spend an evening or host a private event. The cover lends the opportunity to spend an evening with us rain or shine.
Thanks for choosing us, enjoy your evening at Austin's original "swanky joint."
A Moment in History
During Prohibition, the bootlegging business was so immense that customers could easily obtain alcohol by simply walking down almost any street. Illegal "Speakeasies" replaced the saloons that were quickly shut down. Secretly operating in places as basements, office buildings and abandon buildings, alley way entrances were used to let patrons in. Though you needed to whisper the pass word of the night, knock three times or have a membership card to gain access. An owl behind the bar meant it was the place to be. (Look above our bar!).
A Ghostly Factoid
Speakeasy is registered as part of the Haunted Austin Tour. On July 26, 1916, the building burned to the ground killing a fireman and two women who were trapped in the now antique elevator that is suspended in our 2-story hallway. Several people have claimed to see the woman's apparition in the elevator; as well as screams, slamming doors and footsteps running up and down the 59 step stair case to Terrace59.
Speakeasy Celebrity Guests
There is never a dull night at Speakeasy and if you are out to try and catch a glimpse of celebrities that are passing through town in Austin, you have a really good chance here!
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Fran McCaffery
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Wolf Parade Tour Opens At Wolfe Island Festival; God, That's So 2004
I forgot they even existed. With 57 side-projects currently touring and recording simultaneously, the boys from Wolf Parade have managed to find time to play shows for the folks tired of their recent musical misadventures. They've got Handsome Furs, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, Johnny and the Moon, and Frog Eyes going -- the other 52 are top secret. It's just so incestuous. It kind of creeps me out a little, but... it's also kind of appealing. Like how I just wanted George Michael and Maeby to get it on, so I could see how David Cross would react to the situation in his fiery Ms. Featherbottom outfit.
Well it's a brief flash-in-the-pan tour, but it begins in the hippest place I could imagine... Kingston, Ontario. I can't picture any city cooler than a place home to the Royal Military College and where the biggest employer is the Armed Forces. I'm trying to picture one, but, but... no, I can't. Also in its favor, the city has a big maximum-security prison and a university full of bratty, upper-class private school graduates, too. So if there is a day-release program in effect and the inmates, jarheads, and conservative politic theory majors can all make it to the island for the festival, it could result in some interesting goings on.
In the mean time, there is supposed to be a new Wolf Parade album in the works for early 2008 to be released on Sub Pop. Chances are you'll have a leaked copy by Christmas and can provide your friends and Great Aunt Eida with seasonally decorated CD-Rs. Until then, you can see Wolf Parade play these places, on these days:
Quintron and Miss Pussycat Touring; Every Day We Get a Little Older
The friend who first told me about Quintron is actually the same friend who first informed me about this fine website. The three of us (Quintron, the friend, and myself) have been through a lot since then. Breakups, graduations, making albums with the Oblivians, goodbyes, losing all our rotating, five-oscillator, light activated "drum buddies" in hurricane Katrina: Just the tip of the iceberg.
Most recently, I've decided for the tenth time to try and quit coffee; the friend has decided to relax at her parents' house for a few days; and Quintron and his wife/favorite puppeteer Miss Pussycat have made the decision to tour the American South and Midwest. Thinking about how much we've changed and how much we've yet to change fills me with a certain gentle melancholy. There's a Japanese expression for that. Mono No Aware. I learned it from a video game.
Quintron and Miss Pussycat recently created a 10-episode puppet soap opera for VBS TV. CLICK HERE FOR THE FIRST EPISODE!! They also just released a limited-edition 12-inch EP called JAMSKATE, which can be purchased or downloaded here. Check out some YouTube videos, too.
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives:
Doseone to Make You Feel Like A Modern de'Medici
You read The Da Vinci Code, right? Want to make your life as exciting as the adventures of Professor Robert Langdon? Self-described "true jack of all nerves, art cutter, freezer of voice, sampler, banger of keyboards, pill burner, hermetic independent music making friend maker, part-time propmaster, good learner, catman, and ref-poet for life," Adam "Doseone" Drucker could be your ticket into this world of historical intrigue.
In December, the tour van of Doseone-headed Subtle (not to be confused with Doseone-headed Greenthink, cLOUDDEAD, Deep Puddle Dynamic, Object Beings, 13 & God, Themselves, Presage... [point is dude has got more band's than Lil' Wayne's AK has got shells (which is more than the ocean, in turn, has [Source: Wayne, Lil' & Drama, DJ, Dedication 2: Gangsta Grillz, 2006])]) was robbed of $15,000 worth of equipment and cash. Naturally, Dose chose to paint portraits of fans for $20 in an attempt to replace the lost items.
The offer is again available at this website, where 150 people will have a chance to commission a painting based on a picture e-mailed to Doseone, sure to be rife with Masonic imagery and ancient conspiracy. For $20, you can be presented with the opportunity to pretend that you're in your own Dan Brown.
Think "Oh, lame saint!" is cryptic? Try "I think our tour guide is on the H2O/ You don't seem to understand the lasting impression a grade school gym teacher's chutzpah has on a modern nation's economy/ And I could write anything/ And I could write anything/ The average healthy rooster lives around twelve years/ This is amusing." YEAH, the dude actually writes like that. Imagine how mysterious his paintings must be.
Ted Leo Tours the World, Admits to Being a Fanjaya
The last time I saw Ted Leo (solo, at a benefit for Callum Robbins), the hollers from the crowd, usually something hilarious like "FREEBIRD!," took on a different nature. This time it was a little less American band and a little more American Idol. Mr. Leo, who once covered the inaugural Idol Kelly Clarkson's smash-hit "Since U Been Gone," received numerous pleas from an overzealous crowd all calling for a cover of the pop gem. But like any self-respecting connoisseur of pop culture, Ted knew that the shelf-life of cover-song irony is comparable to a carton of milk (that is to say, in this case, expired). Preferring to stick to his more timeless repertoire of Wire and Springsteen, Leo politely ignored the persistent heckles and concurred when an audience member asked, "Don't you wish you never covered that song?" That's exactly why I've come up with this list of potential cover songs for Ted that just never get old:
"Higher" by Creed -- Come on, Teddy; you can't be so punk all the time. Get in touch with your Jesus side!
"It's All Coming Back to Me" by Celine Dion -- Because he has trouble booking shows, I heard he was looking for a residency at Caesars Palace.
"I'm A Flirt" by R. Kelly -- If only to hear Ted Leo say "I'ma chick mag-a-net/ And anything fine I'm bag-gin it."
"Sorry 2004" by Ruben Studdard -- We already know he can do the A-Idol thing; give Big Rube some love.
Taking requests all through the summer:
Old-Man Corgan Finally Gets Put into a Home… Uh, I Mean a "Residency"
Smashing Pumpkins frontman and renowned bald-headed, pale-faced, trench coat-backed, egomaniac Billy Corgan has at least looked crazy for about seven years now. Now, with his long-on-hiatus Chicago rock outfit once again rising out of the pumpkin patch to fly through the air with copies of their new studio album Zeitgeist, due July 10 via Martha's Music/Reprise, to give to good little girls and boys all over the world, the infamously stubborn, scratchy-voiced singer is finally getting locked-up.
Well, sort of, anyway.
Apparently, despite all of his rage, Corgan and Co. are scheduled to cage themselves into clubs in both Asheville, North Carolina and San Francisco, California for several week-long "residencies" this summer, during which they will be performing a different setlist from the band's infinitely sad career each night. Billy and the newest patch of pumpkins will smash themselves into The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC for a series of shows in June and July before they roll out West for a second residency at San Francisco's Fillmore set for later July and a date in August. Tickets for these events are, of course, sold out.
And in a new twist, the Great Pumpkin is apparently asking any and all fans of the band (well, such as they still exist) to record shows throughout the residencies on their own audio and visual equipment. Logically, one would suspect that the reason for this ill-advised encouragement of piracy might be to later put together some kind of fans-eye retrospective... but no such reason has been given by the pumpkins' spokesperson yet, save for to say that the band will be digging "deep into their back catalog" and playing material from their new album, as well as "songs written on the day of the show." In other words, you might want to tape Corgan being full of himself now, before he breaks up this incarnation of the band, too.
Speaking of which, it still has yet to be announced who will be joining Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin on stage for all these shows, but bassist Ginger Reyes, guitarist Jeff Schroeder, and keyboardist Lisa Harriton were the stoolpigeons last night in Paris for the Pumpkins' first show in seven years. Hopefully this time around the beginning doesn't prove to be the end is the beginning is the... aw fuck... nevermind. Click here for tourdates.
Here's the setlist from last night:
The Bible Clearly States That Le Loup Shall Be the Second Band To Sign to New Label Hardly Art
Hardly Art, the new affiliate label of Sub Pop, has officially signed its second band. According to the Bible, this is glorious news as stated in Leviticus 6:12, "An independent label is nothing until it has at least has two signed bands." This so-called messiah is a seven-piece tyrant aptly known as Le Loup, which in French translates to 'The Wolf.' Though this may be another wolf band in French 'wordery,' there is more to offer than wolf-band comparisons. They are currently finishing up their debut album, The Throne of the Heaven of the Third Nations' Millennium General Assembly, which will be released in the fall. Historically, the ambitious title dates back to a piece of folk art of the same title, by James Hampton in the 1950s. You can learn (yes, learn) about the story behind the folk art here.
If you can't wait until the release, you can rush to be in-the-know before everyone is like, "Have you heard that new band Le Loup?" Simply visit their MySpace or website (yes, bands still have "official websites"). A year from now, you will be all like, "Beotch, I knew about Le Loup a long time ago. Way before your mom birthed you. I had sex with your mom. And I am your father. And I knew about Le Loup before all of this." You will be saying convoluted shit like that all the time in the future, and you'll even possibly be wearing a Tiny Mix Tapes shirt (we won't have those then).
Hardly Art's first-signed band Arthur & Yu will debut their album on June 19. So you might want to get a move on with that as well. You have a lot of work to do Mr. and Mrs. TMT reader! Get to it, or I will tell Mr P on you! Remember the book of P, "Thou shall take everything literally and do as TMT says, unless otherwise informed by the Lord (a.k.a. Billy Joel)."
What the Heck Fest Going Down: Everybody in the Pacific Northwest Gettin' Tipsy, Ghostride the Pacific Northwest, Make it Rain on the Pacific Northwest, Etc.
So there are some dudes, right? And they're doing this thing from July 19 to July 22. This'll be the sixth time they do it. They do it in Anacortes, Washington. It's some pretty interesting stuff, but I'm warning you in advance: You might miss a few television shows and/or internet memes if you check it out. So what's your incentive?
Like 40 indie pop bands, stupid! Cripes! It's called What the Heck Fest! Calvin Johnson is playing! Mount Eerie! YACHT! Adrian Orange! Mecca Normal! The Blow! Laura Veirs! Little Wings! A whole mess of other artists! Full passes for the entire fest can be purchased from the fest's site for a mere $50 apiece. The $50 also will net you a full meal at the "dinner" show, which the site refers to as the "thematic center of the entire event."
If the price seems like a lot, the site even has a neat, little manifesto deal that, in between parts that are kind of confusing, spouts wisdom such as "production values increase as the artist's respect for the audience's imagination decreases." On top of being musically and thematically consistent, What the Heck Fest is probably the most articulate music and arts festival of the entire summer. If you choose to take your shoes off, make some cutoffs and attend, the hilarious cat pictures will probably still be on the 'web' when you get back.
Duck, Duck, Goose / Has This Headline Been Used? / Gang Gang Dance Tour / Don't Be a Loser!
Scene: A bunch of white-belt, indie-rock-oriented kids sitting cross-legged (formerly, 'Indian-style') in a large circle.
Duck... Duck... Duck... Duck... Duck... Goose! (slapping the head of Brian DeGraw)
(Brian chases me around the circle; I dive down into Brian's former seat. Brian is now the goose.)
Duck... Duck... Duck... Duck... Duck... Duck... Duck... Duck... Duck... Duck... Goose! (gently tapping the head of Tim DeWitt)
(Tim jumps up and chases Brian around the circle. Brian barely makes it into Tim's former seat. Tim is now the goose.)
(This process repeats itself until all members of Gang Gang Dance have been the goose. As a collective geese, Gang Gang Dance tour the collective United States, playing sympathetic venues in support of their new CD-and-DVD combo scheduled for release May 22 (today!) and titled Retina Riddim.
All dates on the tour have Ocrilim (which is Mick Barr of Orthrelm, Crom-Tech, Quix*o*tic, Octis, that collab with Zach Hill, etc.) opening, except the Los Angeles show with Ariel Pink and Architecture In Helsinki opening instead:
* Ariel Pink
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The Mullins Prophecy: Major Labels Release Prompts Wicked Heavy White Stripes Make-Out Sesh; or, Absurdly Appropriate Lie to Promote Icky Thump For Release June 19
I told her I ain't so sure about this place,
It's hard to play a gig in this town, and keep a straight face,
And it seems like everybody's got a plan,
It's kinda like Nashville with a tan
-Shawn Mullins, "Lullaby"
Most likely, you're too painfully hip for a reference to the aforementioned 'boy meets girl who is rich, but seeks to challenge her emotionally and thinks she is prettier when she smiles' music to ring true. Allow me to enlighten you, oh hip ones.
I'm discussing a sub-genre of top-40 hits, typically but not exclusively based on the struggle of 25- to 30-year-old men working to save affluent, non-smiling women with poor home lives from the confines of the upper class. Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" was the prototype of said genre. A more recent example is Shawn Mullins' "Lullaby"; i.e., that song that repeats "Everything's gonna be alright. Rock-a-bye."
It seems like everyone's got a plan, it's kinda like Nashville with a tan, sings this mysterious Mullins.
And, he's making me nervous for Meg and Jack White, given that Icky Thump, The White Stripes' sixth album, scheduled for release June 19, was apparently recorded at Blackbird Studio. You guessed it -- Blackbird Studio is in Nashville. Additionally, this is the first modern studio the Stripes have ever recorded in. Changes in Nashville.
Shit, Stripes.
On "Lullaby," Mullins' vague damning of Nashville should be unsettling for the Stripes and Icky Thump for two reasons:
(1) Nashville is referenced in this ever-unremarkable "Lullaby," potentially cursing any future musical association to the city (damn you, Mullins).
(2) What if Mullins is right about Nashville? What if it's a no-good city of ulterior motives, a place where it is impossible to play a gig and keep a straight face, a place similar to an unnamed, tanner counterpart? This reality could be something even beloved Jack and Meg can't... sibling their way out of.
Perhaps most appropriate, though, is the third option, which would be a shameless, appeal to both the Mullins-induced curse (option 1) and Mullins' own prophecy (option 2):
(3) Jack and Meg making out to "Lullaby" in the saucy-hot, Nashville air after watching a similarly saucy-hot Nashville sunrise and jamming out to... saucy-hot... jams. Like their first title track ever, "Icky Thump."
Or "Uptown Girl."
The maybe, maybe-not siblings' stint with a major label, Icky Thump, will be released June 19 on Warner.
1. Icky Thump
2. You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)
3. 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues
4. Conquest
5. Bone Broke
6. Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
7. St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)
8. Little Cream Soda
9. Rag and Bone
10. I'm Slowly Turning Into You
11. A Martyr for My Love for You
12. Catch Hell Blues
13. Effect and Cause
The Gossip Just Want to Have Fun at the First Annual True Colors Tour
In an attempt to promote equal rights and opportunity, as well as raise awareness 'bout the issues facing the queer community, Cyndi Lauper has founded True Colors Concerts, LLC, after her 1986 album True Colors. The company's first endeavor, the first annual True Colors Tour, begins June 8 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in celebration of Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.
Margaret Cho will be hosting the performances, wherein The Gossip will take the stage with the likes of Erasure, The Dresden Dolls, Debbie Harry, The Misshapes, and Cyndi Lauper. There are a slew of special guests as well that will be appearing in select cities, including Rufus Wainwright, Rosie O'Donnell, Indigo Girls, The Cliks, Jeffree Star, Cazwell, and Amanda Lepore.
One dollar from each ticket sold will be donated to the Human Rights Campaign.
After the True Colors Tour, The Gossip will continue the remainder of their tour overseas. YAY!
^ True Colors Tour w/ Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, The Dresden Dolls, Debbie Harry, and The Misshapes; hosted by Margaret Cho
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Martin MacNeill, a former doctor convicted of killing his wife in 2007, will appear in court next month as attorneys argue before a judge whether the case against him will be dismissed.
On Nov. 9, a jury convicted MacNeill, 57, of murder and obstruction of justice in the death of his wife, Michele MacNeill.
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He was scheduled to be sentenced earlier this month, but the hearing was cancelled after his attorneys filed a motion asking 4th District Judge Derek Pullan to arrest judgment in the case or grant a new trial.
After a telephone conference on Thursday, Pullan set a Feb. 20 date for oral arguments related to the motion to arrest judgment.
MacNeill's attorneys argue in their 30-page motion that a federal inmate lied on the stand about a possible early release he received in exchange for his testimony, and that prosecutors did not disclose that a deal was in the works.
That federal inmate testified during Martin MacNeill's four-week trial that the former doctor confessed to him that he drugged his wife and then drowned her a bathtub at their Pleasant Grove home on April 11, 2007.
Michele MacNeill was found unconscious in her bathtub by her 6-year-old daughter, Ada MacNeill, that day. The child was sent by her father to a neighbor's house to get help, and eventually Michele MacNeill was pulled from the bathtub by a neighbor and Martin MacNeill. The two attempted CPR before medical crews arrived.
Michele MacNeill, 50, was pronounced dead at American Fork Hospital.
This isn't the first time Martin MacNeill's attorneys have accused prosecutors of misconduct and asked for the case to be dismissed. Before trial, they alleged prosecutors withheld more than 1,000 pages of documents from defense attorneys that may have aided in Martin MacNeill's defense. Fourth District Judge Samuel McVey denied the dismissal motion and also denied a motion to have prosecutors disqualified from the case.
Meanwhile, Martin MacNeill will be back in court Jan. 23 for oral arguments in an unrelated sexual abuse case from 2007. In that case, he is charged with forcible sexual abuse, after an adult female relative alleged MacNeill put his hands down her pants and then asked her to sign a statement saying he did not touch her, according to court documents.
MacNeill's attorney has also asked for that case to be dismissed, or to bar Utah County prosecutors from handling the case, arguing that the county attorney's office released non-public information about his client to the media from 2009 through 2012 in order to generate leads in the investigation of Michele MacNeill's death.
Defense attorney Randall Spencer said that stories published by various media outlets insinuated that Martin MacNeill was a "sexual predator" who raped multiple women and got away with it. The defense attorney alleges that Utah County Attorney's Office investigators and prosecutors released this information and that it was an "extrajudicial statement" that prejudiced MacNeill's due process rights. Because of this release of information, Spencer said any potential jury pool is now tainted.
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Montalbert is a quiet satellite town off the village of La Plagne in the vast wintersports area known as Paradiski.
La Plagne is known for offering some of the best skiing in Europe, so a holiday rental in the pretty town of Montalbert means you can ski right out the door. Now linked with Les Arcs, the area is ideal for downhill skiers and snowboarders with over 400km of trails and something for every skill level. The area also offers cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and snow shoeing. Montalbert has its own ski school and is very family-friendly. In the evenings the area has plenty of restaurants and there is a nightclub which is open until late. Mulled wine evenings and other social events are organized. Summer activities include hiking, mountain biking, climbing, paragliding and spotting wildlife in the alpine meadows.
Other world class resorts such as Meribel, Chamonix and Val d'Isere are within easy reach for those wanting a variety of ski options or to join in the neighbouring après-ski events. Aime is worth a visit to see the Basilica St-Martin and the Tower of Montmayeur. The beautiful city of Chambery is well known as a centre of art and history. It has an Old Town filled with historic buildings in the shadow of the Castle of the Dukes of Savoie. Visit one of the five museums such as the Musee Savoisien or the Eureka Gallery, just a short drive from your Montalbert holiday rental.
Montalbert holiday rentals in the Rhone-Alpes enjoy warm summers and chilly winters with plenty of snow. Summer temperatures reach an average 25°C (77°F) in July during the day, dropping to 15°C (59°F) overnight. Winter months are cold with daytime highs around 4-6°C (39-43°F). Overnight freezing and snow is likely from December to March. The area has precipitation all year round, although slightly less in July.
The nearest airport to holiday rentals in Montalbert is Chambery (CMF) Airport which is about 107 km away. It has seasonal flights from major UK cities with Flybe, Jet2 and Titan Airways as well as British Airways City Flyer flights from London-City Airport. Another option, particularly for the summer, is Geneva International (GVA) Airport in Switzerland which has regular international flights from all over Europe. It is 112km away, an easy two hour drive along the N90 toll road. The nearest railway station is at Aime, 10km distance from Montalbert and just a 15 minute taxi ride from Montalbert, so a car is not essential.


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The peculiarity here is that Barack Obama pitches some ignorance onto the question of how old the earth is, but then professes a belief in evolution. Evolution in six days? Now there's a trick.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has been blasted for walking a line between science and theology as equal answers on one of the "great mysteries" of the universe: How old the earth is. For anyone who has ever pondered sediment layers on a cliff, it is pretty clear that six days doesn't cut it.
Science and religion don't have to be always at odds. The facts are facts. Beliefs are beliefs that vary. People in India, Egypt and Germany can hold different religious views, but they all believe in the law of gravity. That's an easy one because no religion disavows Newton's theory. Yet when it comes to evolution and geology, then that science straddles on blasphemy.
There are only two choices: the Bible is literal or it is not. If one wants to take it literally, then it must be taken literally in its entirety. Taking the argument that the earth was created in six days means taking literally that General Petraeus should be stoned for adultery, gays for sodomy, slavery is not such a bad thing, eating shellfish is a sin and the moon does create its own light, not just the sun's reflection.
Rubio may profess ignorance about the earth's creation, but so far he hasn't put a shellfish ban on his platform.
Rubio is trying not to alienate the Republican base, which is unabashedly creationist. What he truly believes is hard to pinpoint. He does take the position that parents should teach their children whatever they want, whether that is their faith or science. Of course, no one is seriously advocating that the police monitor what parents teach their children on religion or science.
As I mentioned earlier, science is not about belief. It is about facts. Rubio's position is one of ignorance. That's not comforting for a senator who sits on the Subcommittee on Science and Space.
Then these two videos of Barack Obama from a campaign stop in Pennsylvania in April of 2008 appeared. Here is his answer, which overlaps the videos.
Q: Senator, if one of your daughters asked you—and maybe they already have—"Daddy, did god really create the world in 6 days?," what would you say?
A: What I've said to them is that I believe that God created the universe and that the six days in the Bible may not be six days as we understand it … it may not be 24-hour days, and that's what I believe. I know there's always a debate between those who read the Bible literally and those who don't, and I think it's a legitimate debate within the Christian community of which I'm a part. My belief is that the story that the Bible tells about God creating this magnificent Earth on which we live—that is essentially true, that is fundamentally true. Now, whether it happened exactly as we might understand it reading the text of the Bible: That, I don't presume to know.
Let me just make one last point on this. I do believe in evolution. I don't think that is incompatible with Christian faith, just as I don't think science generally is incompatible with Christian faith. I think that this is something that we get bogged down in. There are those who suggest that if you have a scientific bent of mind then somehow you should reject religion, and I fundamentally disagree with that. In fact, the more I learn about the world, the more I know about science, the more I am amazed about the mystery of this planet and this universe—and it strengthens my faith as opposed to weakens it.
Those words, minus the second paragraph, are uncomfortably close to Rubio's:
Q: How old do you think the Earth is?
A: I'm not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that's a dispute amongst theologians and I think it has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States. I think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow. I'm not a scientist. I don't think I'm qualified to answer a question like that. At the end of the day, I think there are multiple theories out there on how the universe was created and I think this is a country where people should have the opportunity to teach them all. I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says. Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries.
There are some differences. Rubio states that scientific knowledge like the age of the earth doesn't matter when it comes to the economy. That's fine as long as things like geological formations don't mean anything for oil exploration or the trail of DNA through human evolution doesn't concern medical research. It's clear Rubio really hasn't thought out the ignorance that he spouts.
Speaking of not thinking things through, along comes then Senator Obama who doesn't do much to express his own capability to reason on the subject.
Believing in God and evolution is not the problem. A Christian, deist or any believer can hold that a Supreme Being created the universe and evolution proceeded on its own or through the guiding hand of that being. Science hasn't been able to prove what impetus placed the raw material for the Big Bang at the creation of the Universe. It's fair game for everyone to conjecture and doesn't necessarily put someone at odds with known science. As long as evolution and the Big Bang is accepted the rest of the details aren't that big of a problem.
The problem is how Obama makes his argument for creation and evolution. He clearly states, "I do believe in evolution." Yet, in the sentence immediately preceding that Obama states, "Whether it [creation] happened exactly as we might understand it reading the text of the Bible: That, I don't presume to know."
Really? Obama is up in the air whether the earth is created through the Big Bang or created in six days. If the Bible is read literally, the Universe can't be 13 billion years old and the earth 4.5 billion. A day or even six aren't that long. Just about everyone who embraced the six-day theory of creation also believes the earth is but a few thousand years old. How can evolution work in that context? Evolution has been going on for millions of years, not just since a few centuries before the Great Pyramid was built.
If Rubio is missing the boat that basic science doesn't matter to the GDP, Obama's missed the entire dock with his hint evolution could happen in six thousand years.
Let's go back to the first sentence Obama expressed in his answer to his daughters.
"What I've said to them is that I believe that God created the universe and that the six days in the Bible may not be six days as we understand it … it may not be 24-hour days, and that's what I believe."
At the end of his statement, Obama said that he "doesn't presume to know" what he earlier states he believes – that the six days "may not be 24-hour days."
This is mumbo-jumbo contradicting itself. At least Rubio is more straightforward. He clearly embraces the position of ignorance. On the other hand, Obama can't give a straight answer or at least one that jives with his other comments. That leaves one likely explanation to Obama's vagueness: He's lying.
This is why a great technological society like ours totters with a broken economy. Prosperity is based on science, but the ideological divide has left the United States with politicians who profess ignorance because they don't want to believe and others who lie because they don't dare embrace science for fear of offending the Americans who think geology and biology are as Rep. Paul Broun says, "straight from the pit of hell."


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Alter Your Attitude to Change Your Circumstances
- Thursday, April 15, 2010
How long does it take for your attitude to plummet into the "zone of negativity"? Just a few seconds of looking at news headlines or listening to TV news sound bites is all it takes for most of us to feel a new tsunami of fear, discouragement, and even depression wash over us. And if that's not enough, the pessimism and worry of people around us is contagious, threatening to infect us to the depths of our being.
The fact is that there are lots of things going on in our world that can tempt us to develop a negative attitude about life. If you are looking for work or seeking to make a career change, however, negativity (or as Zig Ziglar aptly describes it, "stinkin' thinking") can sabotage your efforts! When you get caught up in negative thinking, you lose. Not only do you lose momentum and energy, but you also can lose your ability to think creatively, make positive connections with other people, and demonstrate faith and trust in God. Negative thinking is a "calling blocker" because it hinders us in living the life God calls us to live.
Confronting Our Stinkin' Thinking
We are living in some of the toughest economic times many of us have encountered, and each of us is challenged with how we will respond. John Homer Miller said, "Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens." One of the keys to living your calling -- that is, doing the things God is calling you to do with your life -- is learning that you are in control of your attitude.
Each of us has conditioned ourselves to think in particular ways. Our thought patterns have become so ingrained and habitual, however, that we don't "feel" like we are making choices in how we react to life experiences-but we are. If you want to fulfill your God-sized calling, you will need to master your attitude. Charles Swindoll has important words for each of us to heed:
The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill... The remarkable thing is you have a choice every day regarding the attitude you will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I react to it. And so it is with you. You are in charge of your attitude.
Attitude Affects Outcomes
Joan (not her real name) was working with a career counselor, and really wanted to make a career change. She was researching the field of meeting planning as a possible job option. Her next step in investigating the field was to conduct some "informational interviews" with people who worked as meeting planners, asking them questions about their jobs and the career field in general. When her career coach asked how her assignment had gone, she said, "I can't find anyone to talk to. No one is willing to meet with me. I've tried doing this before and I didn't get anywhere then, either. This just isn't going to work." Some gentle probing uncovered the fact that she had become discouraged after not hearing back from the first two people she called. She then had decided that the task was impossible and had chosen to give up.
Interestingly, the career counselor's next client was exploring the same field. Kathy, however, had a very different experience with her informational interviewing assignment. "It wasn't easy because everyone is pretty busy in this type of work. But I kept at it. I knew there had to be a way to find some people to talk to. I had to ask about eight people I knew before I finally found someone who had a good lead. His cousin, John, works at a convention center. He was willing to talk with me, and then he gave me the names of some of the meeting planners he has worked with. So now I've met with five different people!" Her positive perspective enabled her to accomplish her goal.
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Panasonic cancels contract with model who leaked the GF5
Hong Kong model Angelababy leaked the Panasonic GF5 on Instagram. She was under contract through her agency with Panasonic. Now, after the leak, Panasonic is asking for a complete refund of their contract, along with 10% more for damages.
Story at China News in Chinese with translation and discussion at dpreview M43rds forum (via DSLR Maniac, via Foto Actualidad).
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Taco Bell to announce DLT flavor via Snapchat (press release)
Taco Bell will debut the next flavor of its popular Doritos Locos Tacos platform in May. The company will reveal the flavor Sunday on the Snapchat mobile app using the Snapchat Stories feature. Beginning Sunday morning, Snapchat users who follow Taco Bell can view a snap-by-snap short film, which reportedly will combine a romantic comedy with details about the next taco flavor. The film will wrap up by the start of the MTV Movie Awards at 9 p.m. EST.
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Chick-fil-A spends $50M to change grilled chicken (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Chick-fil-A is working to make its menu more healthful. Next week, the chain will start replacing its old chargrilled chicken option with a new recipe for use in its sandwiches, salads, wraps, and for non-fried tenders. The new recipe took seven years to develop and cost an estimated $50 million due to the development and installation of new automated grills.
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How Kat Cole operates Cinnabon like a tech startup (Fast Company)
From hacking product development to partnerships with disruptors in the food and beverage industry, Cinnabon president Kat Cole infuses the business of peddling sweet indulgences with a heady mix of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.
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Restaurants displace malls for teen hangouts (Quartz)
As malls close and habits shifts, teenagers are increasingly frequenting restaurants. A study finds that modern teens are more interested in "experiences " than acquiring new clothes and other items.
—Marcella Veneziale
Estimates of illegal and unreported fish in seafood imports to the USA (Marine Policy/Science Direct)
A troubling study in an upcoming issue of Marine Policy indicates that a significant chunk of wild seafood imported to the United States — between 20 percent and 32 percent — is caught illegally or is unreported. The study recommends more stringent traceability standards, something many restaurants have in place, but it bears keeping in mind. According to the study, 85 percent of commercial fisheries are already at or beyond their "biological limit," meaning that fishing beyond the regulated amount will result in depopulating the stocks.
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Gordon E. Moore, Intel retired chairman and CEO (and chairman emeritus of the board) spoke with Moira Gunn onstage at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, in an interview that Intel called a "fireside chat."
In this segment, find out how Intel really got its start, and how much of its success Moore thinks was just great good luck.
The conversation covered a full career, from a time before semiconductors, when the very notion of integrated circuits was new — and controversial. Since then, of course, not only has Moore been on the winning side of the technology, but his name has become synomymous with the notion that the technology of the chip is on an aggressive development track — "Moore's Law" has guided and challenged the chip industry for more than 30 years. (Asked if he regrets that name, he says, "I guess I don't - now.")
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Every year sees speculation about a possible end to Moore's Law. What does Moore, himself say? The answer is in this podcast. The physical world is subject to limiting factors, and Moore predicts that sometime in the foreseeable future, limits will be reached in the business of chip-making. However, Moore says he's still impressed at how well the industry has extended the technologies, so far.
Moore easily recalls a time before the name Silicon Valley applied to the high-tech corridor south of San Francisco, but he was also remembers a time before the now-ubiquitous staple of office life worldwide. Cubicles. You may not like your cubicle much, but according to Moore, they came about in an attempt to keep the office from looking like a prison. Besides, he says, he still has the biggest cubicle at Intel.
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Many families make pickling a summertime tradition. It's the best way I know to hold onto summer—or at least what the season brings to the garden. While sunburns fade and sand gets washed from between your toes, the tastes of summer can remain safely sealed away in the pantry for a cold and rainy day.
In a Pickle
My momma didn't do a whole bunch of canning herself, but my grandmother sure did. She pickled everything that sat still long enough. I think she wanted to pickle my granddaddy a time or two if only she had the jar to hold him! With all that practice, it's not surprising that my grandmother made the best pickles—perfectly tart and crunchy. We'd spend an entire day making 'em together, sweating in a hot kitchen over boilin' jars, the strong scent of vinegar burning our noses.
Unfortunately, I don't have too much time for that kind of canning anymore. Entire days to myself are scarce as hen's teeth, so I prefer a quick-canning method that works real well. Besides, even if I did manage to carve out some peace and quiet, it wouldn't last long. My house is a revolving door of friends and family—grandkids wanting to swim in the pool, my sons wanting something from my garden, or Aunt Peggy wanting to make sure I haven't gone completely off my rocker with all this running around. But the truth is, I wouldn't have it any other way. I wasted too many years holed up in my house, afraid of the people and the world around me. I think I've more than had my fill of alone time, y'all. Today, I realize that my friends and family are a blessing and that every moment we have together is a gift.
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I was reminded of this when my daughter-in-love Michelle and her son Henry stopped by. Oh my goodness, Henry is so precious. He's the happiest baby, and so curious about everything. He immediately wanted to get in on the canning action. He dropped okra into jars while his mom and I supervised, just like my grandmother did when I was little. He loved all the colorful jars filled with bright fruits and vegetables, and he'd scrunch his little face up every time he smelled vinegar.
Aunt Peggy's ears must've been burning, because she showed up not ten minutes later. Not one to watch someone else do all the work—or have all the fun—Aunt Peggy dove right in, slicing up cucumbers and stuffing peppers into jars. The four of us worked all afternoon, pickling whatever we could get our hands on simply because we didn't want our time together to end. By the time we finally ran out of produce, I had so many jars that I was more than grateful to pass some along to Michelle and Aunt Peggy.
Sure, cooking is my job, but it's also the thing that continues to bring my family together even to this day. We share stories, memories and laughs in the kitchen. We had so much fun that afternoon, playing our pick-up game of pickling. For me, it was just another ordinary—or rather, extraordinary—day of cooking and family.
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Will Smith and Gary Barlow Do 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air' Rap
Pretty self explanatory. I just think this is really cool.
I also think it's amusing that, for a minute, I completely forgot Tom Jones was there.
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So I get that I am a little late to the party here; however, I find myself having to pivot from time to time and am always looking back for code as a refresher. While pivot is pretty cool, it always takes me a second to connect all the dots so I hope this post help do that.
So, with Pivot, we want to take data that looks like the data on the right–there are multiple rows for each ProductId and would like to get each product ID on one line with the quantities from each Bin.
When we are finished, the data will look like this.
In my example, I am using the [Production].[ProductInventory] table in the adventureworks2012 database. To make a row become columns, we must know ALL possible values we want to make as a column. We specify these in the FOR line of the pivot syntax. This query will create the columns for each value I specified in the Shelf column
SELECT [ProductID],[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L] FROM [Production].[ProductInventory] PIVOT ( SUM (Quantity) FOR SHELF IN ([A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L]) ) AS PVT
I should see something like this. We are getting closer–we have our columns, but we still a line for each record. We only want to see one line per product id. This is where we put the columns we want from the table and the pivot syntax together in an almost sub-query like format and select the columns as we want them to display.
The syntax is something like this. The first two rows are the columns I want, the second two are the columns I need from the table, and then add the pivot syntax followed by an order by and presto, you have your data the way you want it.
SELECT [ProductID],[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L] FROM (SELECT [ProductID], Shelf, Quantity FROM [Production].[ProductInventory]) p PIVOT ( SUM (Quantity) FOR SHELF IN ([A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L]) ) AS PVT ORDER BY [ProductID]


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Chloe Saltau is the chief cricket writer at The Age, regularly covering international cricket and providing news, comment and analysis on international cricket. She joined The Age as a trainee in 1998 and spent several years writing for general news (chiefly as a social policy reporter covering welfare and family issues) before moving to sport.
Brad Hogg in doubt for Windies clash
Chloe Saltau Australia's frontline spinner Brad Hogg has missed training for the second day in a row, placing him in doubt for Saturday night's final World Twenty20 group game against the West Indies.
Spinner James Muirhead sets out on long road to life's dream
Chloe Saltau James Muirhead has a task at hand before he flies to Bangladesh via South Africa.
Exotic Australian squad named for T20 World Cup
Chloe Saltau Australia's squad for Twenty20 World Cup has veterans, a raw youngster and an injured Test squad member.
Maxwell eyes red-ball success and Test selection
Chloe Saltau Glenn Maxwell was entranced by Brendon McCullum's history-making triple century for New Zealand.
Victorian trio coming off a tough tour
Chloe Saltau David Hussey, Cameron White and Glenn Maxwell all leave Sri Lanka with reputations dented.
Bookies targeted three other IPL players: report
Chloe Saltau An Indian newspaper has reported that former Australian Test batsman Brad Hodge immediately refused an invitation to a party at which a bookie intended to rope him into the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
White back in favour for world Twenty20
Chloe Saltau Australian selectors have named an unsurprising squad for the World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka, where ex-captain Cameron White will have a chance to re-establish himself at international level...
McDermott to follow father
Chloe Saltau Alister McDermott is poised to follow his father, Craig, onto the world cricket stage.
In Twenty20 world, Australia is the land way down under
Chloe Saltau Forget the Australians' lowly ranking in Twenty20, skipper George Bailey says his team is one of the title contenders at the World Cup.
Sit back and watch: McKay predicts big things for Cummins
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Australian paceman Clint McKay has urged the cricket world to sit back and behold a superstar in the making when Pat Cummins has the ball at the World Twenty20.
Australia wary of giant-killing Irish
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Australia paid for a wayward bowling performance with defeat to England in its final warm-up for the World Twenty20 despite the valiant batting of Mike Hussey, who will feature in the nightmares of a...
Australia needs fish to fry
Chloe Saltau, Colombo If Shane Watson and David Warner don't get you, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc will.
Lyon backed for Test spinner role
Chloe Saltau The national cricket hierarchy continues to back Nathtan Lyon as Australia's Test spinner.
Australia eases past Ireland in World Twenty20 opener
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Australia was tiring of the Irish jokes and it showed in the deadly serious manner in which Shane Watson muscled his team past Ireland in its opening match of the World Twenty20.
Lyon stays in frame for Test spinner role despite rival's form
Chloe Saltau NATHAN LYON was overlooked for the World Twenty20 and outshone by Victorian spinner Jon Holland on a recent trip to England but the national team's hierarchy continues to back him to grow into his...
Australia avoid being punchline to Irish joke
Chloe Saltau Australia were tiring of the Irish jokes, and it showed in the deadly serious manner in which Shane Watson muscled his team past Ireland in its opening match of the World Twenty20.
Australia plans to rattle West Indies
Chloe Saltau Fast bowlers empowered to 'target the helmets' of the West Indies' explosive batsmen in tonight's World Twenty20 group game.
Harbhajan comeback cleans up England
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Provocative Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh returns to international cricket with a 4-12 haul.
Bottled water suspected in illness outbreak
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Tech stocks hitting bottom
Despised like the banks were a few weeks ago, tarnished tech has been sold off and downgraded relentlessly. But it may finally be too late to sell.
By Jim Cramer, TheStreet
Does the seemingly endless sell-off in tech stocks make sense, the selling that I believe will resurface again after Monday's Nasdaq ($COMPX) snap-back? Is the liquidation rational given that worldwide growth seems to be coming back, according to China, India, Brazil and now the EU?
I want to differentiate two things here. First, yes, it made sense earlier this summer. I know I was too bullish on the group. I didn't see the zero-sum possibilities of Apple (AAPL), believing that other stocks would be able to rally even if Apple went higher. I thought that the mobile Internet tsunami and cloud computing could lift more boats than it did, particularly semiconductor boats, but it turned out that almost all were leaky. I was less concerned with seasonality than I should have been. The group performed much more horribly this summer than I anticipated, in part because I think it was far more over-owned than I thought.
And the group is very tarnished by having such a poor record of returning capital to shareholders. The techs in general offer mediocre dividend protection. The endless tech buybacks have empirically done nothing except make it easier for executives to sell -- and the owners are under such liquidation pressure from redemptions that there may be no choice to sell.
Intel (INTC) bottomed when it hit 3.5% yield. Otherwise I think it could have gone much lower. Microsoft (MSFT) rallied nicely Monday because of hopes for a larger dividend. In general, though, these companies have nothing defensively to fall back on. (Microsoft owns and publishes MSN Money).
The merger-and-acquisition convergence doesn't help either. When Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) buys 3Com, it is going head to head with Cisco (CSCO). When HP buys Palm (PALM), it's trying to break from Microsoft. When Oracle (ORCL) hires Mark Hurd, it's trying to destroy HP. When Intel buys McAfee (MFE), it's trying to stop Microsoft and break into cell phone chips, hurting ARM Holdings (ARMH).
When Dell (DELL) and Hewlett-Packard tell you they dominate the high end but then engage in a bizarre bidding war to buy 3Par (PAR), then you know they are not armed to the teeth against EMC (EMC) like you thought; maybe they will be now. HP buys ArcSight (ARST) and, well, who knows what it does, but HP is doing it to make other companies' lives harder in net security. There's too much warring and destruction among the group's leaders.
Worse, there's been no consolidation in most areas of hardware and semis that should matter. There are still way too many tech companies out there.
Sure, Teradyne (TER) managed to cobble together a bunch of companies to dominate testing. But think of all of the nonintegrated semi equipment plays: KLA-Tencor (KLAC), Novellus (NVLS), Applied Materials (AMAT), to name some visible examples. Think of all the plain old semi plays: Texas Instruments (TXN), National Semi (NSM), Analog Devices (ADI) -- again, just a sampling. Drive and drive-related: Western Digital (WDC), Seagate (STX), Marvell (MRVL). There's Xilinx (XLNX) duking it out with Altera (ALTR). Handsets: Nokia (NOK), Samsung, Motorola, Apple, Research In Motion (RIMM).
I could go on and on. We have so, so many players and so little dedicated investible tech money to spread around, that it is no wonder they can't advance like other sectors.
So why ever buy?
Here's what could be better than we think. First, seasonality is now in tech's favor. September is when you should be buying the group. Second, the downgrades, which seemed nonstop, may now be behind us. Third, while they may not have the emerging-market growth of the capital goods players, nor the leverage that comes from an increase in sales as layoffs lower costs -- most of these companies have not taken out costs aggressively -- they do sell into China and India and Latin America and now a rejuvenated EU. (I am just presuming, like you, that the U.S. is awful.)
We also know that there are some long-term themes that have growth -- cloud computing, video over the Net, massive storage -- and these affect more than just a handful of stocks that have been going higher. We know that the companies in that space really have growth. We also know that PCs and netbooks are not a declining market. They just aren't growing as fast as they did and can re-accelerate in an economic recovery. They are in cyclical weakness, not secular decline. We know that there are other tech companies besides Apple that can do things right, and they aren't just named F5 (FFIV), Salesforce.com (CRM), Citrix (CTXS), VMware (VMW), Akamai (AKAM) or NetApp (NTAP). The companies are cash-rich with options to do things right when the opportunities strike -- or get struck.
In other words, we have some long-term themes, we have a hated group that has been downgraded galore, we have some estimates that could prove to be too low if the economies of the world get stronger, and we have the right time of the year to own the group. Therefore it may, at last, be too late to sell.
A positive Cisco analyst meeting and a strong Oracle quarter, plus Apple's taking out its 52-week high, just might reignite the group. I think the only people left to dump these stocks are the accounts that need to raise cash badly to pay out redemptions.
Bottom line: Enough is enough. The selling is stopping, even if the buying after Monday's love-fest may be tepid. Yes, there is a vacuum of earnings info ahead of us, but don't discount either Cisco's or Oracle's words as clarions to get back in the group at one of the most hated levels I can ever recall.
I was wrong about the group. I could be wrong again. Now, though, because of the declines, the changes, the seasonality and the cyclical recovery, the odds are much more in tech's favor. In sum, they remind me of the banks just a few short weeks ago, when they couldn't be given away. That was the bottom. And I think we're at that moment for tech, too.
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It was only a matter of time before the border fortified its hold on Uptown. Manny Rios, part of the family that crafted Mia's Tex-Mex, is the culprit. Rios is set to open Manny's Uptown on May 5--a rendition of Mia's famed cuisine--in the former Guthrie's/Rooster location on Lemmon Avenue. "It's not going to be nothing like Guthrie's or Rooster," he promises. "There's a lot of money around in Dallas...It's a key location. This is like an oasis." Rios is stocking the kitchen with Javier Hernandez, formerly a kitchen hand at Mia's, and Cirilo Hernandez, a one-time Mi Cocina employee. The menu will be stocked with family recipes.
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CIPR Social Media Panel slams Wiki-PR for paid-for editing and administration of Wikipedia
Responding to weekend reports in the United States, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Social Media Panel has slammed Wiki-PR for the practice of embedding paid for editors and administrators in the Wikipedia community.
As first reported by Vice's Martin Robins, Wiki-PR offers a service to clients whereby their staff of "45 Wikipedia editors and admins help you build a page that stands up to the scrutiny of Wikipedia's community rules and guidelines". What is being offered contravenes both the rules of the Wikipedia community, and internationally recognised guidance on working with Wikipedia published by the CIPR and the wider public relations community first published in June 2012.
The guidance includes the key recommendation that public relations professionals should not directly edit Wikipedia pages relating to their organisation or brand but should instead suggest amendments via the well-established process as laid out in Wikipedia's current policies.
The current 'Wikipedia: Best Practice Guidance for Public Relations Professionals' can be downloaded via the CIPR website, with an abridged version, including case studies of how to work effectively work with the Wikipedia community, due to be released before the end of 2013.
Monitoring Wikipedia pages for modifications have become a key part of managing the online reputation for any organisation, but any redress should always be sought via the community's own workflow. We have worked with Wikimedia in the UK to advocate an approach which takes an interest in improving content on the site relating to their work, in an open and transparent manner.
In all actions a good public relations professional seeks to deal openly and honestly with the public at all times. Public relations without transparency is unprofessional, and a direct contravention of the CIPR's code of conduct.
About Wikipedia: Best Practice Guidance for Public Relations Professionals
In June 2012, the CIPR Social Media Panel collaborated with Wikimedia UK, as well as the UK's Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA), the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS), and the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA), to develop and publish guidance for the public relations profession on the use of Wikipedia.
About the CIPR Social Media Panel
Founded in April 2012, the CIPR Social Media Panel, made up solely of CIPR members, has had a significant input into the CIPR's policy guidance, education and training. Since its establishment, the panel has produced Social Media Best Practice and Measurement Guidance for the profession, as well as a specific piece of guidance for PR Professionals on Wikipedia. In July 2012, the panel also collaborated with other social media leaders to publish Share This: The Social Media Handbook for PR Professionals.The panel is chaired by Stephen Waddington MCIPR; current members are: Andrew Smith MCIPR, Dan Tyte MCIPR, Gemma Griffiths MCIPR, Rachel Miller MCIPR, Matt Appleby FCIPR, Robin Wilson MCIPR, Rob Brown FCIPR, Stuart Bruce MCIPR, Russell Goldsmith MCIPR, Julio Romo MCIPR, Mark Pack MCIPR, Michelle Goodall MCIPR, Gabrielle Laine-Peters MCIPR and Simon Collister MCIPR.
About the CIPR
Founded in 1948, the CIPR is the professional body for public relations practitioners in the UK. With over 10,000 members involved in all aspects of PR, it is the largest body of its type in Europe. The CIPR advances the public relations profession in the UK by making its members accountable through a code of conduct, developing policies, representing its members and raising standards through education and training.


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