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CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE: COR), an owner, developer and operator of strategically located data centers in some of the leading communications hubs in North America, today announced the closing of an underwritten public offering of 4,600,000 shares of 7.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock") at a price of $25.00 per share for net proceeds of approximately $111 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses. The 4,600,000 shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock includes the underwriters' exercise of their over-allotment option on December 7, 2012 to purchase an additional 600,000 shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock is expected to be admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CORprA" within 30 days of the date of closing.
The Company intends to contribute the net proceeds from this offering to its operating partnership, CoreSite, L.P., which will subsequently use the net proceeds received from the Company to temporarily repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility, to repay the full amount of the mortgage loan payable on its 12100 Sunrise Valley property and for general corporate purposes, which could include the acquisition of additional properties or to fund development and redevelopment opportunities. The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement, prospectus and related prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are the joint book-running managers for the offering. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. are the co- managers for the offering.
A copy of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained, when available, by contacting Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 (tel: 800-831-9146) or email: [email protected]; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 222 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10038, attention: Prospectus Department, or e-mail [email protected]. Phone: 1-800-294-1322; RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8th floor, New York, New York 10281-8098, (866) 375-6829, [email protected]; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, Attn: Prospectus Department. Phone: 1-800-221-1037; KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Phone: (866) 227-6479.
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About CoreSite
CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE: COR) is an owner, developer and operator of strategically located data centers in some of the leading communications hubs in North America. These locations are among the largest and fastest growing data center markets in the United States, including Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay and Northern Virginia areas, Chicago, Boston, New York City, Miami, Denver, and Washington, DC. CoreSite works with a broad and growing customer base of over 750 customers, including network and mobility services providers, cloud service providers, digital content organizations, systems integrators, managed service providers and enterprise customers of all sizes with a variety of space, power and interconnection needs. As of September 30, 2012, CoreSite's property portfolio included 14 operating data center facilities and one development site, which collectively comprise over 2.1 million net rentable square feet, or NRSF, of which approximately 1.2 million NRSF represented existing data center space.
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Reno wonders what's changed. The genre for this is general, but they don't have that on the list.
A/N: This is a short introspective piece that was inspired suddenly by the part in the game where Reno tells the soldiers to stay off the flowers when he's standing on them. I felt the need to find some kind of explanation for the change in Reno's personality from the game to the film.
He stood there on the edge, staring into the pool that had formed so recently. He watched as a lone petal floated gently on the surface, all to remain of the flowers that had once grown on this spot. He crouched down leaning forward to softly blow the petal toward the other side. Catching sight he noticed his reflection seemed different, softer somehow.
He adjusted the slightly crooked goggles and smiled. When had he started caring? Any help or just lack of hindrance he'd offered Cloud in the past had been because it suited him. Work had been work, you were prepared to die in the line of duty if necessary; that's what they paid you for, but vacation time was just that. You didn't stick your neck on the line off the clock.
Yet there he had been, voluntarily going above and beyond the call of duty for the Boss and even Cloud. It had happened gradually, but he'd noticed he'd been laying off the drink more lately too.
In one of his rare moments of humour, Rude had joked that he was going soft in his old age, he hadn't even moaned at Elena for a while now. He knew he hadn't changed that much, he still enjoyed his job. Parts of it immensely. Maybe he could appreciate large explosions better when he was sober?
What had caused this gradual change , he couldn't really say. AVALANCHE's dedication to saving the planet and being better people for it could have had a slight influence, or maybe the Boss's move to do something good in atonement for Shinra's past mistakes.
Somehow, this didn't strike as the most likely explanation, it felt wrong. But it hadn't always been there had it?
But then, he remembered the time when though failing to see where he'd put his own feet, he'd told the others to stay off. He'd always had been fond of the flowers.


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Big Sur Marathon 2007 Report
(OK, you asked for it. Here's the full race report from Sunday's Big Sur Marathon. It's a long one – but you must have expected that.
I'm not sure if I'll get around to posting again before I leave for Wildflower on Friday. If not, I'll post my results here as soon as possible, with a report to follow next week.
And if you're one of the thousands of people at Wildflower this weekend … I'll be the tall, awkward-looking guy with a loopy grin and a black race uniform like you saw in the previous post. Feel free to say hi if we happen to cross paths.)
From time to time, someone will ask me what it is about running that I find so attractive. I usually reply with the laundry list of standard answers – health benefits, alone time, stress relief, and so on.
By the time I mention that races are also a nice competitive outlet, I've lulled the listener into believing that this final aspect is merely a bonus, like the "director's comments" feature on a DVD – not something you'd purchase separately, but since it comes along with everything else, you may as well use it.
The real answer is a far different, and much simpler truth: competition is the lifeblood of my racing experience.
That's not to say that I don't enjoy all those other benefits of training. But when I'm lining up at the start of a race, I'm ready to run (or swim or ride – but that's for another day) right into the fire, and my performance is the only thing that matters. Sometimes the competition is against others – but more likely, it's a competition against the course, against the clock, or against my own inner demons. When it comes to inconsequential crusades, I'm the Don Quixote of running.
Last Sunday's Big Sur Marathon was an example of how I sometimes fight all of these battles simultaneously. And just how slim the margin between success and failure can be.
I also spent a lot of time during the race thinking about opportunities, with three main premises:
1) Some opportunities just present themselves to take advantage of, whether you're ready to respond or not.
2) Others can be created by our own actions, and …
3) Some may be hard to recognize, because they are disguised as painful or unpleasant circumstances.
During the course of the morning, I'd have experience with all three types.
Here's an example of the first type of opportunity: Conditions on race morning were as nice as we could ask for. Air temperature was about 50 degrees at the start, with fog and moderate breezes for miles 6-20, and overcast skies at the finish. (In other words, it was a "no excuses" day by Big Sur standards – and if I couldn't meet my goals, I wouldn't have the weather to blame.)
The next opportunity I found was in the form of my friend Andrew, who I've referenced in previous posts. Normally, he and I shake hands on the start line, the gun sounds, and I watch him vanish into the distance ahead of me. But for whatever reason, he decided to cruise the first few miles this year – and I jumped at the chance to have him pull me along.
In my newspaper article (two posts ago), I wrote that those first two miles were the easiest 6-minute miles I've ever run. What I didn't say was that for the most part, Andrew didn't know I was there. When I saw that he wasn't pulling away, I sped up a bit to tuck in behind him, and ran as silently as I could manage. That was my competitive instinct kicking in – a little voice telling me to use the situation to my advantage for as long as possible, without wasting time or effort on civilized things like companionship or small talk we could have had if we were running side by side. (I'm never much for small talk – as I'll describe more in a minute).
I knew I shouldn't hang with him for too long, though, so I drifted back as he eased into his customary race pace by mile 3. But that initial momentum was enough of a boost to help me click off the first 5 miles well ahead of my average pace, while still feeling very comfortable.
Miles 6-9 are mostly uphill, and entirely exposed to the wind, which was starting to blow fairly strongly in our faces. That's where I found my next opportunity, in the pair of out-of-town first-time Big Sur runners I mentioned in the Herald article – one from Maine, one from Chicago.
The three of us were somewhat isolated from other packs of runners, so I was trying to keep a low profile and get as much drafting assistance as I could through this stretch, without having to pull at the front too often. And when they asked me if I knew anything about the course, I wanted to disappear completely.
Actually, that's not entirely accurate – what I really wanted to do was lie. I wanted to say, "Nope – it's my first time" and continue letting them think I was naïve. The last thing I wanted was to tell them that I've run the course more than a dozen times – because I didn't want to open the door to several follow-up questions.
I know it sounds arrogant, but there's no way I was going to get chatty at mile 7 of the Big Sur Marathon. I didn't want to waste my breath, and I didn't want to give the impression that I knew what I was doing – because I was afraid that the other guys would start setting their pace off of me, instead of vice-versa. Part of pack running is a poker game, where you try to sense how others in the group are doing, without revealing your own hand until you can make a decisive move. Telling these guys my story would be like announcing a pair of face cards at the table.
I settled on the morally defensible position of not lying – but not showing my cards, either. I gave my "it gets harder" line, then quickly followed that with, "I hope I'm not going out too fast" - which was misleading, but not untrue - just to plant some uncertainty in their heads. We stayed together until the base of Hurricane Point at mile 10, at which time I pulled away, and never saw them again.
(Thanks for the lift, fellas. Have I mentioned that I can be a little competitive sometimes?)
It was shortly after this episode – and perhaps due to some kind of runner's karma after my deception – that I had my first "Uh-Oh" moment of the race, on the downside of Hurricane Point toward the midway point at Bixby Bridge. Along this downhill stretch, I started to feel soreness in my quadriceps.
Pain in my quads isn't unusual during the last 10K of a marathon. But during mile 13, it's cause for concern. I was wondering what the impact of my low mileage training would be, and I think this was where it became evident. My 40ish miles per week of running hadn't adequately prepared my body for that kind of pounding in nearly the same way that one month of 80-mile weeks would have.
So I was a bit nervous as I cruised across the Bixby Bridge, glanced at the 1:28 split on my watch, and realized I had a small halftime lead. Given the condition of my legs, I had no idea if I could maintain the pace.
Miles 13-22 consisted of many little opportunities that I created for myself. Although I was reeling people in fairly consistently, I also got passed a handful of times by runners who looked much stronger than I felt. Each time that happened, I cranked up my intensity level just one notch, to try and match strides and/or draft the person for as long as I could.
It was a calculated risk. Increasing my effort through this section increased the chance that I would hit the wall later on – but the time that I might gain could be enough to offset whatever I would lose in Carmel Highlands (miles 22-24). My competitive side played a role here as well - otherwise I might have just stayed comfortable for as long as possible. But on Sunday, I made a conscious decision to keep pace with as many people as possible, and to make each little opportunity build upon the one before. I was also praying that I would be ready to respond to that opportunity when I needed it most.
This stretch was where the race became very difficult - my quads were hurting, my legs were heavy, my energy felt drained – but I managed to maintain mile splits of 6:40-6:55, which meant I was still running at just under three-hour pace. I knew it wouldn't last for the duration of the race, but I wanted to make my time cushion as large as possible before I got the beatdown that awaited me in the Highlands. I hit the 20-mile mark at 2:14 and change, meaning I needed a 45-minute 10K to break three hours.
I don't know what else to say about Carmel Highlands that I haven't already written. Punishing? Merciless? Backbreaking? Demoralizing? I've used all of these descriptions in previous years. And they were all applicable again this year. There were countless stretches when I wanted to stop and walk, wanted to stretch my legs at the side of the road, wanted to scream in pain and despair.
However, one primary difference this year is that I sort of welcomed the darkness of those miles, instead of dreading them. I mean, I've written about the strong emotions and desperate passion I experience in the Highlands so many times, that a small, twisted part of me wanted to revisit that part of the race to analyze it in more detail. It was like I was fact-checking all of those powerful feelings, and mile 23 was the only place I could go to confirm them.
(Sorry, that's a strange tangent to throw at you this far into the report. Can you tell that those miles drive me crazy?)
I managed to keep running all the way through this section, although my pace had slowed to about 7:30 miles. At the 24 mile mark, I had 16 minutes to run 2.2 miles and break three hours: Game....On.
When I saw those numbers, I was absolutely certain of two things: 1) The last two miles were going to hurt like crazy, and 2) There was no effing way I was going to miss breaking three hours.
Part of this resolve was my competitive side: I had simply battled too many things for too many hours to back down now. I was fighting the course that always manages to punish my body and break my spirit. I was racing the clock that told me I didn't have what it takes to catch it any more. And I was shouting down the small voice in the back of my head that said I'd be just as happy settling for the easy way out.
The other thought that kept me running was recognizing the opportunity amidst the crisis.
When I first broke three hours here (four years ago), I thought it was a breakthrough performance that ensured future success whenever I came back to try again. But the next year, the weather was bad and I ran a few minutes slower. The year after that, I was on pace for most of the race, and collapsed towards the end (guess where!) before coming up short. And last year, I ran a very solid race, but only managed 3:01. Over the past year, I occasionally found myself wondering if I could do it again.
The point is, I had realized that nothing is guaranteed: certain opportunities only come along every so often - if ever - and when they do, you have to be ready to commit every ounce of yourself to capitalize on them.
I knew that being on pace to break three hours at Big Sur with two miles remaining wasn't something I could count on happening another day. What initially felt like a crisis (the pain of the next two miles) was really an opportunity I might not see again. There was no doubt whatsoever about what I had to do.
I raced to the finish line with 10 seconds to spare, and suddenly, all of those little things that happened during the race became big things in the final analysis. Ten seconds. The extra time I gained by drafting my friend in the first two miles. The time saved by staying focused instead of becoming a tour guide from miles 6-10. Ten seconds. Each time I strained to keep up with a passing runner when I felt like staying comfortable. Every time I resisted the temptation to walk during the dark miles in the Highlands.
Ten seconds. My margin of error in a three-hour race.
I'm not exactly proud of being such a competitive dude when I've got my game face on, but I know one thing for certain: if I hadn't been, I would be sitting here writing about how I just barely missed my goal time again. So I can't honestly say I have any regrets in that regard. Sure, I'll probably spend time in some sort of runners' purgatory some day, but for the time being, my Machiavellian approach to racing seems to work just splendidly.
On that note, I'd be remiss to end this report without describing something else happened as I crossed the finish line: I went completely bonkers.
I'm normally a pretty reserved guy who keeps his thoughts to himself (well, except for this blog – but that's too complicated to explain right now) and his feelings in check. But when I saw the finish line and knew I would make it, I simply let loose and let my emotions take over.
I pumped both fists into the air and let out a yell that would make a rock star proud. I passed through the chute saying "Yes!" and "All right!", slapping high-fives and giving hugs to all the volunteers, and generally carrying on like those ladies on the Oprah show on the day she gave all of them a car.
It was a moment of pure bliss – and it was worth all of the pain and suffering that preceded it. I don't know any other feeling like it – a combination of joy and satisfaction and pride and relief, with a dose of humility (since, all of a sudden, I couldn't walk normally anymore) thrown in for good measure. In that moment lies the convergence of preparation, determination, and opportunity, and it represents everything I love about racing in general, and the Big Sur Marathon in particular.
It was a moment I'll remember forever – and one I'll try to duplicate every time I race.


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News: Asus Eee PC Available on NewEgg
Well they sold out before we could get this story to print. However, Engadget reports that NewEgg promises there will be more in stock tomorrow. The ultra-affordable ($399) and teeny tiny laptop looks to be a simple, powerful PC for any home.
Check NewEgg tomorrow, and see if you can get your hands on this tiny little wonder machine.
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Junk. Wait for the 1GB ram and 8GB flash storage by the end of November. And if you're so inclined, maybe wait for the matte black finish to come in stock.
Please tell me that you guys have one of these sitting in a box some where that you'd like one of your intrepid blog readers to review for you. ;-)


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Lani's past life is told! explination to all the questions! besides the start at Hogwarts...ah homw sweet home....
Miss. Lani Contreras!
(#) Anonymus31 2007-09-28 08:19:01 PMYour English keeps improving, It's far better than my Spanish, in fact. You need to capitalize the first word in dialog sentences as well.
This chapter was very interesting. Your story is progressing quite nicely.
Miss. Lani Contreras!
(#) ROBERT_1958 2008-02-01 01:15:39 AMGood story.
Here we go again, Dumbledore having people keeping secrets.


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Baltimore Ravens team owner Steve Bisciotti would like quarterback Joe Flacco to step and become the leader of the team to fill that void left by linebacker Ray Lewis. Could you imagine Flacco addressing his teammates before a game with a fiery and emotional sermon? Nah, ain't gonna happen. "You are the leader now, like it or not," Bisciotti said to Flacco, via the team's website. We're not sure if perhaps this was some small language in Flacco's huge contract, but it is what it is. The owner has spoken. "Not many guys do what you did in five years. Not many did it your way," Bisciotti said. "Not many like the way you do it. But I said at the end-of-the-year press conference after last year's [AFC championship] defeat, that I think the fans of Baltimore will be rewarded by your low-key presence, and it will stand the test of time. Indeed it did, and we all hope it continues to do that."
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If this economic situation happened to any other nation, the members of that nation would be posting about how outraged they were at their own stupidity. Here, apparently-real Greeks post to explain that it is not their fault. It is said that social media is a barometer of public opinion. Greece is doomed.
We do not need to be sold on the idea that we need a working tax system; we all agree that such is an absolute necessity. But we have despaired of finding a politician willing to create one, still less one willing to reform the glacial-paced justice system, the reform of which is a requisite, not only to ensure the long term functionality of the tax system, but even more fundamentally to act as a corrective mechanism for our society.We really do not know who to vote for: on the Left we have a pack of aggressive beggars and on the Right a gang of rotten sycophants.
And this maybe because of investors rightfully not trusting greeks to do their homework? Corruption, not paying taxes, insisting on keeping all social security meassures without thinking how to balanse budget? Do you math, kid.
Because my country are in Europe, and any fallout in Europe will impact us?
Corruption is here, and huge problem. However, there are politicans who actually are do something about, and have tried for last ten years to support good anti-corruption system. Luckly for us for last three years we have made good progress, but we still have lot of work to do. People's thinking is hard to change, but not impossible.
And I'm jealous about what? I just state the obvious - investors avoid Greece for so many years because they refuse to get their house in order and insist to live over their means.
Now, they don't pay their bills OR their taxes. Great.
"Greeks might reasonably hope for a bit more room for manoeuvre on fiscal targets,"
Why is such wishfulness "reasonable"?
The only real way forward for Greece at this point is to reform the tax system. There needs to be a new methodology that makes collection as watertight as possible based upon successful systems used in other countries rather than a 'from scratch' method. This would give the much needed faith that the Greeks have workable system for revenue generation in the future.
Crucially this needs to be sold to the Greek people in order to be implemented. This could be done by basing that new tax system not on the revenues they should be getting now but aren't but on the revenues the are getting currently. This would in fact distribute the tax burden from the full paying members of society to the avoiders but at a palatable level for them both.
When this revenue stream is secured in a consistent way and only then can taxes be increased in a staged way. I once read that the trick to taxation was getting the most milk with the minimum moo and right now all the Greek government is getting is moo.
Good luck with your "independence"... I'm afraid, not everybody is sharing your optimism. Gazprom for example, the Russian gas giant, has threatened to cut Greece off unless it is paid by June 22. And that's just one example of what is on the horizon for Greece if the Greeks follow the Syren song of Syriza.
Problem is not with his other ideas, but with his basic promise to do impossible - drop agreement and hoping that somehow magically someone keeps footing the bill. Eurozone can and will do anything necessary to survive, but greeks after leaving Euro will have to find how to live within their means.
Tsipras don't offer this solution.
(p.s. I'm socialist leaning, but what happens with socialists and lefts all over the Europe gives it a shamefully bad name. You can disagree with medicine, but then you have to offer alternative if you are rising a protest banner with plan to replace current leadership. Problem is - there is no alternative if you want to keep your social security system. And no, there is *no* free money to spend on stimulus. It's has ran out)
First of all, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy differs from Greece rather significantly. For example, Spain and Italy actually produces something and still does. Ireland already have gone trough their bitter end, and they have kept their social services running.
Greece is example of "la la la, I don't wanna hear unpleasant truth". Unfortunately, in modern economics it doesn't fly, especially when you rely on flow of available capital to refinanse your debt and needs. And while greeks themselves have painted into corner, politicans have to take big part of the blame. In such times you can really see which has bone for leadership and who is just nice suit without substance. Real leader would have said already two years ago that we have harsh situation, let's do this, let's figure out how to cut our expensives without hurting those who are in need most. What's is most frightening that they don't have any kind of such leadership in most popular parties.
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The value of Greece to the World is as an Example.
A cautionary tale of how not to lead a modern economy, government and policy.
Smart men learn from their mistakes. Wise men learn from the mistakes of others.
Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy are on deck,
Pray we do not revisit this tale.
Recent news video showed a Greek family interviewed in their chicken coop. It was explained that they belong to a co-operative, the members of which use a crude form of scrip as they "buy & sell" amongst each other. The wife explained [in English] that they barter as well, and when she was asked if she wanted to Greece to continue to use the Euro, she replied, "Yes, we'd like to use the Euro, but it is too expensive."
How widespread is this, I want to say "perception", but I think "reality" is the better word? If ordinary Greek citizens, that is "voters", simply can't afford Euros, isn't the structural imbalance imposed on Greece by its membership in the European Monetary Union going to drive Greece out of the Eurozone, if not this election, the next?
Thank you, Pēteris, for your comments.
I am not ready to "shred away democracy and Capitalism" at all. Quite to the contrary, I am a strong proponent of both; and believe that both will survive and flourish over the long run. However, between now and the end of this decade, both will be tested like never before.
With respect to governments, they are perhaps the most inefficient and ineffective organs known to mankind. The governments that govern least, govern best. Politicians will be swept aside during this decade like never before. Obama and a whole host of so-called "leaders" will be gone, and soon.
Lastly, people have to improve their own lives. Governments cannot and will not do it for them. In fact, governments are major obstacles to this happening.
Bad job by the economist here. Greece's economy was comatose long before the coalition even announced there would be an election in May. It's crazy to think this is happening because of the election. Look at the import/export numbers. Greece has been moving nothing for at least 6 months.
Perhaps the biggest irony of a potential Grexit is that reforms a Greek government would then have to impose in order to save the country's economy from a total collapse would be even more painful and austere than those currently required by Germany, IMF and other relevant institutions.
Dear Cretin, If the Greeks REALLY wanted a tax system, the politicians would pick up on that in a heart beat and provide one. People in Greece would attack others who they found out evaded tax. When has that ever happened? Never. YOU got the government YOU deserve. Unfortunately, herpes is more easy to remove than a PIIG.
I call it a BS. Europe has harsh times, and it's in fact delayed crisis of 2008 (delayed by uncontrolled stimulus and spending, not austerity by the way). However, weakest link is Greece, rest of countries are capable to act in a case of disaster. Even Spain don't have bugdet problems, but they have bank problems. Italia already acting on their debt, and trying to improve structure of economy to bring more competiviness in.
Will Europe succeed in crisis managing? I don't know. Sure people voted in populists in a hurry in several places, but most of them are quite pragmatic bunch (except for Greece, of course). Unfortunately they don't offer anything which could replace austerity - they just want to stop it. But unfortunately unless you ready to shred away democracy and Capitalism you have to stick with it for now. Of course, austerity alone is not an answer - and no one ever said it will be. But keeping goverment waste low (not spending, but waste - unecessary budget parts which you can avoid without harming infrastructure of society) and making very concrete investments while keeping them reasonable and accountable leadership can get Europe in calmer waters. Question is - do they have guts to tell harsh truth to populist clinging people and show real commandship working night and day to improving people lifes.
Europe is crashing down; and if there was a way to sell it short—which presumably traders are and will be doing—it would be the wisest of bets.
The politicians are thrashing around, pathetically, but there is really nothing that they can do to stem the tide. The worst is yet to come, by far, during the balance of this decade; and Greece is simply the tip of the iceberg.
See http://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/the-economic-tsunami-continu... (see also the article itself, as well as the footnotes and other comments beneath it)
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Situated in a historic palazzo one block south of the Pantheon, the Hotel Mimosa provides 11 no-frills rooms with low rates.
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Offering both three-star rooms and dorm beds, the family-run and friendly Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes is a hybrid choice for those who cannot make up their minds.
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Another info that will certainly matter to fellow-londoners: the 16-year-old will be playing alongside with Giraffage at The Camp on September 18th.
Giraffage is rather mysterious. Hard to get much information on this San Franciscan dream-pop soldier.
His music has been hypemachining/buzzing for a while now, and it'll give you the most important piece of information: you want to keep track of the guy. Check out his soundcloud page that will take you on an exhilarating musical adventure.
If you like what you hear, get Comfort, his first album (name your price).
Below are his two latest tracks:
The track below was co-produced with 16-year-old prodigy xxyyxx, whom I believe is one of tomorrow's greats.
16-year-olds can achieve lots of things. Among them are thinking they're the shit, losing their virginity, flipping society off, and getting drunk on extremely cheap alcohol I wouldn't even touch with a ten-foot pole.
What they usually don't do is produce exceptionally inspired, game-changing music tracks. Marcel Everett, aka Xxyyxx does. And he is 16. Hence it is without fear that I'll use the term "Genius".
I won't say that there is some Jamie XX or James Blake in his music, because he apparently doesn't like it (check out his twitter account), and you don't want to piss off a genius, do you? Let's just say that they might have inspired him a bit. There is however much more to his music, including hip-hop vibes that are more distinct than in the aforementioned artists' productions.
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Daf Yomi: The rabbis examined practical dimensions of deep questions, including those raised around saliva, urine, and sex
Literary critic Adam Kirsch is reading a page of Talmud a day, along with Jews around the world.
This week's Daf Yomi reading was a wonderful example of the range of the Talmud's concerns, and the twisting paths that connect them. What starts out as a discussion of the laws of tefillin becomes an examination of the biology of urination and spitting, which is really a debate on the definition of substances and objects. Finally the rabbis turn to questions of sex, marriage, and the status of women, in which the notion of original sin and its punishment is refined in very unexpected ways. Chapter 10 of Tractate Eruvin is all by itself a good argument for the idea that the Talmud is not just a book but an ocean.
One thing I've learned over the last year of reading Talmud is that you seldom find subjects in the place where you expect them. You might think, for example, that the question of whether it is permitted to wear tefillin on Shabbat would be covered somewhere in Tractate Shabbat. The subject is addressed there, but it returns for a fuller treatment in Tractate Eruvin, by a roundabout method. What should you do, the Mishnah asks on Eruvin 95a, if you are out walking on Shabbat and you come across some tefillin abandoned in an open field?
Carrying them back home, of course, is forbidden, since you are not allowed to carry anything more than four amot at a time in a public domain. But leaving the tefillin there is also problematic, since they may end up being desecrated. So, the Mishnah recommends a method of carrying that is not really carrying: You should put them on, according to the usual ritual procedure, and then walk home with them. According to Rabban Gamliel, you can even bring them in "two by two": that is, wearing two sets of tefillin (a set has two pieces, one for the head and one for the arm). If there are more than one pair of abandoned tefillin, you should repeat the procedure as many times as needed. But if there are so many tefillin that it would be impossible to wear them each home before nightfall, the Jew is obligated to stay with them until Shabbat is over.
The Gemara feeds on moments when the Mishnah is ambiguous or contradictory, and so it zeroes in immediately on Rabban Gamliel's statement. First the Tanna Kamma—the first quoted opinion in the Mishnah, the one that carries the voice of law—holds that a Jew should bring the tefillin home one pair at a time. Why, then, does Rabban Gamliel say he should wear two pairs at a time? What principle underlies this distinction?
The discussion begins by quoting something Rabbi Meir says in Tractate Shabbat about saving clothing from a fire on Shabbat. In such an emergency, the Mishnah rules, it is still forbidden to pick up your clothes and bring them to safety in a big bundle, since that would constitute an act of carrying. However, the opinion of Meir holds, you can wear as many layers of clothing as you can possibly put on and in that way transport them to safety. Because wearing is permitted on Shabbat, it's allowed to wear as much as you want; after all, on a cold day you might put on a lot of layers of clothing, so the procedure in case of a fire doesn't differ that much from ordinary use.
Now the Gemara applies this principle to the question of the tefillin. The Mishnah allows wearing lots of layers of clothes in an emergency; why, then, does it only allow wearing one pair of tefillin in an emergency? The answer is that the Mishnah considers wearing tefillin not to be an ordinary act of dressing, but the fulfillment of a particular mitzvah. The mitzvah calls for wearing one pair of tefillin on Shabbat, but not more than one; and God commanded in Deuteronomy 13:1, "You shall take care to do every matter that I command you; neither add to it nor subtract from it." Wearing two tefillin would be "adding" and therefore a violation.
If Rabban Gamliel does allow wearing two pairs of tefillin, then, it is because—paradoxically, it might seem—he does not consider wearing tefillin to be necessary on Shabbat. Because wearing tefillin on Shabbat is not a mitzvah, it is therefore not a violation to wear more than one pair; according to Rabban Gamliel, it is simply like wearing an ornament, and there is no limit to the number of ornaments you can wear on Shabbat. The Gemara goes on to discuss the practical dimensions of the question: Is there, in fact, room, on one's forehead and bicep for two tefillin? In the process, the rabbis lay down the rule for exactly where tefillin is to be bound: The head tefillin goes on the kadkod, which is defined as "the place where an infant's skull is soft."
Later in Chapter 10, the rabbis return to the much-discussed question of transferring objects between a public domain, a reshut harabim, and a private domain, a reshut hayachid. But the case in point this time is a surprising one. It is forbidden, the Mishnah holds on Eruvin 98b, to stand in a public domain and urinate into a private one, or vice versa (the person in question is presumably a man). The same holds of spitting. Then Rabbi Yehudah follows this logic to its natural conclusion: If saliva is an object that can be transferred between domains, doesn't it follow that carrying it around in your mouth constitutes an act of carrying? Which means that if your mouth fills with saliva, you cannot go more than four amot in a public domain without spitting it out.
This has some unpleasant hygienic implications—one imagines a lot of spitting going on during Shabbat—but it also has some interesting logical ones. What the rabbis are really debating here, as is often the case, is not so much a point of behavior as one of essences, of definitions. What is an object, really—does it have to have a fixed shape and form, or does liquid count? At what point does saliva cease to be a part of one substance, the body, and become its own substance?
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What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?
About MS
Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a chronic condition that affects the central nervous system (CNS): the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. The damage caused by multiple sclerosis creates scars, called lesions, that can be seen on the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve. Because the process of developing these lesions is called sclerosis, multiple sclerosis literally means "many scars."
What happens in MS?
The central nervous system (CNS) is made up of nerve cells that send signals to each other. Each nerve cell is covered with a protective coating called myelin. Myelin acts as a conductor in helping signals move at high speeds from one end of the nerve cell to the other. In multiple sclerosis, disease activity damages the myelin in a process called demyelination. Demyelination results in lesions (or scars) that lead to a breakdown in signal transmissions.
The symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) are a result of this communication breakdown. Disease activity can also damage the underlying nerve cell, which may lead to permanent symptoms and disability.
What causes multiple sclerosis?
The cause of multiple sclerosis is currently unknown, although research is ongoing. It is generally believed that MS is an autoimmune disease. Normally, your immune system helps to fight foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria. In an autoimmune disease, something triggers the immune system to attack itself. In the case of MS, the immune system is thought to attack and damage nerve cells and the myelin that covers them.
Other scientists think that multiple sclerosis may be triggered by an infection—probably a virus. It is thought that this trigger may activate the production of T cells, which are a type of white blood cell. Once activated, the T cells start to multiply and cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to the brain and spinal cord. The T cells are thought to then begin a process that attacks and damages nerve cells in the CNS. If there is a viral connection to multiple sclerosis, it is believed that the virus triggers a genetic predisposition to the disease, which means that exposure to a virus is just one factor for why someone might develop multiple sclerosis. There is also no evidence to support that MS is contagious.
Many think it's important to start therapy as early as possible after a diagnosis of relapsing MS.
If researchers can someday learn how and why people get MS, it may lead to breakthroughs in treatment or perhaps even prevention. Until then, there are disease-modifying drugs (DMDs), which are proven effective in reducing the frequency of relapses. Many think it's important to start therapy as early as possible after diagnosis of relapsing MS.
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) advise early treatment for active MS. Research shows that nerve damage starts early in MS. Once the nerve fiber is destroyed, it may be lost forever. Talk with your health care professional to find out which relapsing MS treatment is best for you. Start taking it as soon as you can.
Who gets multiple sclerosis (MS)?
- More than 2.5 million people worldwide are thought to have some form of multiple sclerosis
- An estimated 400,000 people in the United States are thought to have MS
- More than twice as many women as men have MS
- Most people are between 15 and 60 years of age when diagnosed with MS, although it can also occur in young children and significantly older adults
- MS is more common in Caucasians and people of Northern European descent, but people from all backgrounds can be diagnosed with MS
Rebif® (interferon beta-1a) is used to treat relapsing forms of MS to decrease the frequency of relapses and delay the occurrence of some of the physical disability that is common in people with MS. Rebif is not approved for treatment of chronic progressive MS.
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What is the most important information I should know about Rebif?
Rebif will not cure multiple sclerosis (MS) but it has been shown to decrease the number of flare-ups and slow the occurrence of some of the physical disability that is common in people with MS. Rebif can cause serious side effects, so before you start taking Rebif, you should talk with your doctor about the possible benefits of Rebif and its possible side effects to decide if Rebif is right for you. Potential serious side effects include:
- Depression. Some patients treated with interferons, including Rebif, have become seriously depressed (feeling sad). Some patients have thought about killing themselves and a few have committed suicide. Depression (a sinking of spirits or sadness) is not uncommon in people with multiple sclerosis. However, if you are feeling noticeably sadder or helpless, or feel like hurting yourself or others, you should tell a family member or friend right away and call your doctor as soon as possible. Your doctor may ask that you stop using Rebif. You should also tell your doctor if you have ever had any mental illness, including depression, and if you take any medications for depression
- Liver problems. Your liver may be affected by taking Rebif and a few patients have developed severe liver injury. Your health care provider may ask you to have regular blood tests to make sure that your liver is working properly. If your skin or the whites of your eyes become yellow or if you are bruising easily you should call your doctor right away
- Risk to pregnancy. If you become pregnant while taking Rebif you should call your doctor right away. Rebif may cause you to lose your baby (miscarry) or may cause harm to your unborn child. You and your doctor will need to decide whether the potential benefit of taking Rebif is greater than the risks are to your unborn child
- Allergic reactions. Some patients taking Rebif have had severe allergic reactions leading to difficulty breathing and loss of consciousness. Allergic reactions can happen after your first dose or may not happen until after you have taken Rebif many times. Less severe allergic reactions, such as itching, flushing or skin bumps, can also happen at any time. If you think you are having an allergic reaction, stop using Rebif immediately and call your doctor
- Injection-site problems. Rebif may cause redness, pain or swelling at the place where an injection was given. Some patients have developed skin infections or areas of severe skin damage (necrosis) requiring treatment by a doctor. If one of your injection sites becomes swollen and painful or the area looks infected and it doesn't heal within a few days, you should call your doctor. For more information, please see Medication Guide
Who should not take Rebif?
Do not take Rebif if you:
- Have had an allergic reaction, such as difficulty breathing, flushing, or hives, to another interferon beta or to human albumin
If you have any of the following conditions or serious medical problems, you should tell your doctor before taking Rebif:
- Depression (a sinking feeling or sadness), anxiety (feeling uneasy or fearful for no reason), or trouble sleeping
- Liver diseases
- Problems with your thyroid gland
- Blood problems, such as bleeding or bruising easily, and anemia (low red blood cells) or low white blood cells
- Epilepsy
- Are planning to become pregnant
Tell your doctor about all medicines you take, including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements. Rebif and other medicines may affect each other, causing serious side effects. Talk to your doctor before you take any new medicines.
What are the possible side effects of Rebif?
- Flu-like symptoms (fever, chills, sweating, muscle aches and tiredness)
- Skin reactions. Soreness, redness, pain, bruising, or swelling may occur at the place of injection
- Depression and anxiety. Some patients taking interferons have become very depressed and/or anxious
- Liver problems
- Abdominal pain
- Blood problems. You may have a drop in the levels of infection-fighting blood cells, red blood cells or cells that help to form blood clots. If the drop in levels is severe, it can lessen your ability to fight infections, make you feel tired or sluggish or cause you to bruise or bleed easily
- Thyroid problems. Your thyroid function may change. Symptoms of changes in the function of your thyroid include feeling cold or hot all the time, change in your weight (gain or loss) without a change in your diet or amount of exercise you are getting
- Severe allergic reactions. Allergic reactions are rare and may be associated with difficulty in breathing and loss of consciousness, which require immediate medical attention
Let your doctor know if you have any of these symptoms or feel sad, tired, hot or cold, or experience hives, rashes, bruising, yellowing of the skin, or a change in body weight (gain or loss).
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We recently started a program to invite QS Toolmakers to contribute directly to funding our events. We call this program Friends of QS. If you would like to participate we invite you email us to learn more.
Our friend Sky Christopherson first spoke at a Bay Area QS meetup in 2012, when he unveiled an interesting discovery about sports performance, deep sleep, and room temperature, made while he was training for a cycling competition in which he set a new world record.
(You can watch Sky's QS show&tell talk here: The Quantified Athlete.)
Sky's experience led him on a new journey of helping other athletes us self-tracking and personal data to obtain their best performances, culminating in a surprise silver medal for the 2012 women's olympic track cycling team, on which he served as a training advisor. In March of this year, Sky and his wife Tamara gave another QS talk in which they told the wonderful story of how the 2012 Olympic team rode to their medal, a journey captured in the documentary, Personal Gold.
Tracking diet and weight is nothing new and we've seen plenty of talks on the influence of carbohydrate intake on weight and metabolic values. But what about other pieces of daily life that could be influenced by what we eat? Adrienne Andrew Slaughter was testing out a new diet that included carbohydrate restriction. At the same time she was commuting to work on a bike. She started to notice feeling tired and slow during her commutes and wondered if her dietary changes had anything to do with it. Luckily, Adrienne was tracking her commutes and her diet and was able to run detailed data analysis to find out what happens when she goes carbless. You can watch her talk below, see her slides, and read her answers to our three prime questions.
You can also view the slides here [pdf].
We also asked Adrienne to answer the three prime questions:
What did you do?
I tracked two things: my bike commutes to work, and my adherence to a very low carb diet.
How did you do it?
I used RunKeeper to capture my rides, Strava to extract an uphill segment with no red lights, and Lift to track my adherence to a low carb diet.
What did you learn?
I learned that, especially for the first episode of eating very low carb, it took me longer to climb the hill on my way to work. When I increased my carb intake, I was able to climb the hill at my original speed. However, during the second episode of eating very low carb, I didn't get as slow, and I returned to baseline fairly quickly– my body adapted to the change faster.
Arlene Ducao came to QS from using the WiFit to track personal metrics. As a researcher and maker she started to apply the lessons from self-tracking to another one of her interests, cycling. As a frequent bike ride she started with simple customizations like adding LEDs to her helmet. When consumer EEG devices came on the market she explored the possibility of a mind controlled turn signal system. While that didn't pan out, it did lead her down a path to create the Mind Rider Project, an bike helmet and integrate EEG unit and tracking system. In this talk, filmed at the New York QS meetup group, Arlene talks about how the project evolved and what they are finding out by having riders wear the helmet during their commutes.
Maria Benet began tracking her activity a few years ago as a way to lose weight and take control of her health. What started with a simple pedometer and a few custom Access databases has morphed into a multi-year tracking project that includes news apps and tools. Her progress and data has even spurred her on to new experiences and athletic endeavors. Watch her talk, filmed at the Bay Area QS meetup group, and read the transcript below.
(Editors Note: We're excited to have Maria attending the 2014 Quantified Self Europe Conference where we hope to hear an updated version of this wonderful talk.)
What did I do?
Hi, my name is Maria Benet and I am happy to tell you that only about two-thirds of me is here to talk about my tracking project. I mean that literarily, because in the 10 years since I've been self-tracking I lost over 50 pounds while getting fitter.
In my early 50s, I was overweight, out of shape, with bad knees, and when not cranky, depressed. I was already on meds for high blood pressure and was looking at the prospect of more prescriptions down the road.
So, what did I do to change my situation? I set about tracking my activity levels, my weight and my food intake with the help of apps, wearable devices – plus — in databases and Excel spreadsheets that I designed. Until late 2011, I tracked inconsistently, but once I discovered mobile apps and wearable devices — I became more systematic and consistent about tracking weight, food intake, and fitness data.
How did I do it?
When I first started — losing 50 pounds seemed daunting, but going for a walk at least 5 days a week seemed less formidable. To track walks I was going to take in the hilly neighborhood where I live, I created a simple Access database.
I bought a pedometer, hiking shoes, and off I went. After walking, I recorded the duration, the number of steps, and calculated the distances I covered. I also charted my routes by naming the streets, and made notes about the weather and my mood during the walk.
Recording the data turned out to be a form of reward in itself. At the start of this tracking project, I enjoyed seeing the database grow a little more than I enjoyed the actual walks themselves.
Over time, the walks got longer, steeper, and eventually included actual hikes. I also took up the practice of Yoga regularly, and then added Pilates to my exercise repertoire.
Along the way, I also started to lose weight. Though I didn't weigh myself every day, I began to pay attention to the kinds of foods I ate and tried to wean myself off processed foods in general.
They say you get fit in the gym, but lose weight in the kitchen. In September 2011, when I discovered LoseIt, it became my virtual kitchen: LoseIt helped me see what foods I ate regularly, which of these spiked my weight, even if my calorie intake stayed the same. I noticed these relationships anecdotally, rather than by finding statistical correlations between them.
Tracking in LoseIt helped me realize that as much as I love bread and beer, they are not my friends. Two years ago, an allergist confirmed my wheat sensitivity through blood tests and an elimination diet.
I added Endomondo to my tool box a few months later, since I liked having the maps and stats it offered, in addition to the other data it showed. By December I also added a Fitbit, as with it I could track more accurately how many steps I took and approximate better the number of calories I burned. The Fitbit was like going back to the pedometer, but to one on steroids.
With the Fitibit, I focus mostly on the Very Active Minutes it claims to measure. Increasing that number over time became a game. In 2012, I was averaging about 57 minutes a day, which put me in the 98th percentile. Increasing to 69 minutes only brought me to the 99th percentile, as the Fitbit population also has increased over time.
The Fitbit turned out to be a catalytic tool, because it spurred me on to push the perceived limits of my fitness abilities and possibilities further. It ended up putting wheels under my dreams.
In the spring of 2012,I took up cycling to increase my active minutes and challenge a mental habit of opting out of things because of a fear of failure or thinking of them as not age appropriate. Biking, in turn, added to my collection of gadgets and apps for tracking the metrics involved.
By 2012 then, in addition to LoseIt and Fitbit, I was tracking workouts with a Garmin GPS watch with a HR monitor and my bike rides with a Garmin Edge computer, uploading the data to the Garmin site, to Endomondo and Strava, as each had strengths the other lacked, from my perspective.
To complicate data gathering, back in January 2012, I started a basic Excel spreadsheet that tracks highlights from each of these apps in an application-independent reference for me. In Excel I track the type of activity, duration, distance, if applicable, average and maximum heart rate, Strava suffer points, (a measure of exertion), the hours I slept and how that sleep seemed to me, and additional notes about the day I might think relevant.
The plethora of my gadgets and apps might earn me an entry into the next edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. But exploring these tools was, and still is, my way of looking for a comprehensive and personalized way to track the quantities in my habits and activities that make for a qualitative difference in my life … which brings me to what I learned so far:
What did I learn?
I learned that small quantitative changes in particular daily habits add up to a big difference in quality of life in general.
The incremental additions in my tracking methods and number of gadgets I added produced a lot of data, which I haven't analyzed closely, because I was already getting a lot of return from them in the form of new experiences in my life.
The most memorable of these experiences is my having completed the metric century ride on the Tour de Fuzz in Sonoma last September. In the space of a little over a year I went from covering barely 8 miles in an hour on my first rides to completing 63 miles in 5 and ½ hours and feeling ready to ride a lot more.
It has been said that motivation is what gets us up and going, but it's habit that keeps us going. So it is with my tracking: though the motivation was to lose weight, the habit of tracking and keeping an eye on the numbers are what allowed me to go from daily small changes to a much bigger transformation from the overweight, depressed, and achy person I was 10 years ago to who I am now: someone interested in health and fitness and setting goals I can meet.
I learned that for me the act of tracking is the project itself. Although the data I generate can be charted and described in numerical relationships the number that brings me the information that makes a difference in my life, is a simple 1 – or tracking one day at a time.
I love to see the numbers my Garmin and Fitbit generate, but in the end, the quantified self for me is not so much about the measured life as it is about keeping those numbers coming through a well-lived and, more importantly, well-enjoyed life as I go from my fitter fifties into what I hope will be my sounder sixties.
There are no shortage of apps and devices to track our various physical activities. Going for run? A few laps at the pool? An early morning hike? All of these are trackable with data delivered and archived in a variety of different ways. Mike McDearmon loves to get outdoors, and he also loves tracking his activities. What started as a project to document his runs by taking a picture every time he went running has evolved into a fascinating mixed-media project. Since 2011 Mike has been taking a picture every time he exercises outdoors. In this talk, presented at the New York QS meetup group, Mike explains his methods, and digs a bit deeper into what this means to him.
For me, the real value in this whole project hasn't necessarily come from the data at all, but from the process of getting outdoors, exploring my surroundings, taking photographs, and then reflecting on my experiences through documentation. This is what I feel is at the heart of the Quantified Self movement – it's the passion and enjoyment in certain aspects of our lives that makes us want to document them in the first place. – from 300 Outings.
Download slides here.
I highly suggest taking the time to peruse Mike's wonderful website where he documents his running, cycling, hiking, walking, and the pictures he's talking along the way. He's also built a really neat data dashboard that is worth perusing.
Mark Bernstein, the developer of Tinderbox, sent along this post about a QS-flavored cycling dashboard one of his users made.
LINK: http://www.markbernstein.org/Apr09/BicycleDashboard.html


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Happy Friday! We've got another edition of "This Week In Sinus Health" posted, featuring tips from the "The Doctors" TV show on preventing cold and flu, 11 ways to bounce back if you do get sick, and advice on how to keep your exercise routine from getting sidetracked by a bout with the sniffles.
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Since 1896, we've had a passion for sinus health and now we'd like to share it with you! So every Friday, we're going to try to boost your sinus health knowledge with news items, articles, tips, and remedies that caught the attention of The Alkalol Company staff throughout the week.
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International - Event Notice
Saturday January 19 2013
Demo at the Greek embassy
international | rights and freedoms | event notice Wednesday January 02, 2013 12:57 by Anti-fascist
Take action against Golden Dawn and Fascism.
Many groups, organisations and networks are coming together in Athens and call for an International day of action against Golden Dawn and the fascists in Greece.
In Dublin, anti-fascists are meeting at the entrance of Stephan's Green park (top of Grafton St) at 2pm. From there we will be marching to the Greek embassy; 1 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2
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by Anti-fascist Wed Jan 23, 2013 13:51
by We are all Greeks Wed Jan 23, 2013 09:56
dublin image: https://twitter.com/UnitatvsRacisme/status/292674706727...99138
by B Tue Jan 22, 2013 22:26
Hey there, any chance that anyone took some photos at this? How many showed up? Thanks !!
by Join one of the three demos this Saturday! Thu Jan 17, 2013 17:32
Anarchists/anti-fascists/squatters loudly and energetically march through Athens one week before international solidarity event. Activists and protesters should be as loud and passionate as this!
by Anti-fascist Thu Jan 17, 2013 04:50
Event notice for demo in Daunt Square, Patrick Street, Cork. Assembling at 3.00pm - https://www.facebook.com/events/331189913653040/?ref=22
by Anti-fascist Thu Jan 17, 2013 01:59
ASSEMBLE AT STEPHEN'S GREEN (SHOPPING CENTRE ENTRANCE) AT 2PM SATURDAY 19TH JANUARY AND MARCH ON THE GREEK EMBASSY, JOINING THE ARN DEMO - http://www.facebook.com/events/269098543219998
by Anti-fascist Wed Jan 16, 2013 17:32
Yep, there will be pictures and a small write up for indymedia
by B Wed Jan 16, 2013 17:12
Lots of promotion for this event, hope it goes well.
by Anti-fascist Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:53
For those of you who can't make it to seomra spraoi after, here are some of the videos being shown, and other videos of interest;
by From Ireland to Greece Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:14
Amazing! Well done to all, three demos on our little island.
by Solidarity Books Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:12
Solidarity Books are calling on all groups, organisations and individuals to join us in Cork this Saturday to show we stand with all those challenging the rising tide of racism and fascism in Greece and elsewhere with a demo and stall at Daunt Sq., Patrick St. at 3pm.
by AisA Wed Jan 16, 2013 02:33
Might inspire a banner or two...
by Anti-fascist Wed Jan 16, 2013 02:26
by lefty Fri Jan 11, 2013 15:10
slightly off topic but funny, ironic and of interest to anti-fascists!
by Anti-fascist Thu Jan 10, 2013 13:21
There is going to be food and film and short documentary screening in seomra spraoi - 10 Belvedere Court, just off Gardiner Street - after the demo
by Anti-fascist Thu Jan 10, 2013 13:18
Some pictures of the banners being made for the demo
by Elric Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:31
The Greek police even beat up tourists if they have the wrong coloured skin. Full text at link.
by Anti-fascists Tue Jan 08, 2013 18:56
by Anti-fascist march organisers Fri Jan 04, 2013 21:30
You can contact the Dublin organisers at antifa19thjan (at) gmail (dot) com
by Antifascist Fri Jan 04, 2013 16:58
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by Dublin Anti-fascist Wed Jan 02, 2013 18:30
Join the International day of anti-fascist action and extend solidarity to Greek anti-fascists


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July 13, 2006
Lee County-- Lee County commissioners say they've made good on a promise made to taxpayers.
County-wide reassessments dramatically increased the value of many properties. Many homeowners worried their tax bills would skyrocket. Some of them will actually see a reduction in their bills.
Construction workers continue to cut through wood in an effort to keep up with the growing demand for homes in Lee County. But as more homes go up, Lee County Chairman Jackie Sizemore announced something else will be coming down soon.
"Lee County will be able to roll back the millage rate," says Sizemore. Reassessments significantly increased the county's tax base and allowed a roll back of 3 mils which equals about 23 percent.
"That's good news, positive news," says Sizemore.
Sizemore says that's been the plan all along. Commissioners increased the millage rate of 13.95 by 2 mils last year to deal with growth in the county. They said then that their goal would be to roll it back.
"There's a lot that are actually going to actually pay alot less than before we raised the millage rate," says Sizemore. But for others, the rollback won't make much difference. In fact, they'll see an increase.
"Anybody's value that went up over 20 percent with the reassessment will see an increase on the county side," says Betty Johnson.
Decrease or increase, Lee County Tax Commissioner Betty Johnson says the rollback isn't written in stone just yet. She still has to wait for consolidation numbers from assessors.
"Once I compile the consolidation in my system and present it to the commissioners, that's when they can legally adopt the millage rate," says Johnson.
"We've been assured that 3 mils is what it's going to be," says Sizemore.
Some would question how a rollback will affect the already struggling county and its budget problems. "We dealt with all those problems. We already dealt with them. This reassessment was something that was hitting on the county taxpayers in addition to anything else that's going on," says Sizemore.
Commissioners say they're going on a promise. "This board made a committment and a promise and we worked real hard to stand by that promise," says Sizemore. A promise that could mean more or less dollars and cents on the next tax bill.
Tax Commissioner Betty Johnson says some homeowners could still see a substantial increase on their taxes if the school board doesn't lower its millage rate also.
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Hi, I promised to post some news about the result of this promotion and here it is.
The promotion started on Sun March 15th, 10PM (22:00hs) Eastern Time
The first board was sold on Sun March 15th, 10:38PM
The last board was sold on Sun March 22nd, 11:52PM
The promotion lasted 1 week and almost 2 hours! I didn't have any idea what the actual duration of the promotion would be, but I expected it to be in the order of hours, at most 1-2 days. Not 1 week.
Number of orders received: 19
I cheated a little bit... I think the 3rd or 4th day I placed the promotion in the main page!! Sorry if this action changed the final outcome...
Nobody purchased all 30 boards or the boards left at the moment of the order... and I don't recall seeing any unusual Arduino Duemilanove board movement on eBay ;-)
The geographic distribution was:
US: 21 boards
Canada: 4 boards
Mexico: 2 boards
Brazil: 1 board
UK: 1 board
Germany: 1 board
I will be running similar promotions in the future. I am open to suggestions (within the limitations of my current webstore hosting provider and my financial situation).