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The Big Game hasn't always been the final game scheduled but it was usually one of Stanford's final two games and played in November.
Scrap another tradition to television and the new economics of a 'Super Conference.'
The Big Game will be played on Saturday, October 20 in Berkeley, continuing a stretch that will see the Cardinal play five of its last seven games on the road as the Pac-12 announced next year's football schedule on Wednesday.
"The October 20 date for Big Game is 2012 is certainly not our first choice but the conference is governed by the will of the majority and we have a duty to respect the outcome of the vote," Stanford Director of Athletics Bob Bowlsby said. "We will work with California and the Pac-12 Office to advocate for the Big Game and all rivalry games to be scheduled toward the end of the season in future years."
Stanford, which lost the Fiesta Bowl, 41-38, in overtime, will open the season with a home game against San Jose State on Sept. 1.
Duke (Sept. 8) and USC (Sept. 15) will follow the Spartans into Stanford Stadium in the ensuing weeks, giving the Cardinal three home games to open the season.
The Trojans will be playing at Stanford before the students arrive, another glitch in the schedule.
Following a bye week on Sept. 22, Stanford travels to Washington.
After Arizona visits Stanford Stadium on Oct. 6, the Cardinal resumes its long nonconference rivalry with Notre Dame in South Bend on Oct. 13.
Washington State will be at Stanford Stadium on Oct. 27, followed by a trip to Boulder on Nov. 3 for a game with Colorado.
After Stanford entertains Oregon State on Nov. 10, the Cardinal will face the Oregon Ducks in Eugene on Nov. 17.
Stanford will wrap up the regular season on Nov. 24 at UCLA.
The second annual Pac-12 Championship game will be played on Nov. 30 at the home field of the team with the best overall conference record.
"Very, very disappointing about Big Game," said Menlo School Athletic Director Craig Schoof, a Stanford alum. "Says so much about what college sports has become, tradition goes out the window for the all-mighty dollar. I will be interested to see how it 'feels' in October. Got to admit it has felt weird the last few years with a game after it as well, but in mid-season just seems so wrong. Definitely going to take some of the specialness out of the event."
With the new ESPN and FOX media rights agreement as well as the launch of the Pac-12 Networks in August, every Pac-12 football game will be available to fans on a national clearance, eliminating regional distribution which was prevalent in the prior broadcast arrangements.
There will be 44 games on the combination of ESPN's family of networks, Fox Broadcast and FX, while 34 games are scheduled to air on the Pac-12 Networks. Exact broadcast schedules will be determined at a later date.
The schedule includes eight Thursday and Friday specialty dates for ESPN and FOX. Dates during the first two weeks of the non-conference schedule are still being adjusted to accommodate television commitments.
"The one thing we heard loud and clear from fans across the Conference is they want to see their teams play every week," Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. "Starting in 2012 fans can see all games throughout the country."
This decision, of course, doesn't sit well with a lot of Stanford alums.
"It's part of what I call 'the Development Complex,' where everything at the university has a price tag associated with it; the prime consideration is to increase the endowment, tradition be damned," said one alum, who wished to remain anonymous. "This is an arms race, and if Stanford wants to keep hoisting the Directors' Cup each June, then it will keep making decisions based on what's best for the bottom line, because we are not competing with Harvard ($20 billion endowment) but with Nike (Oregon), Dreamworks (USC) and Mesa Petroleum (Oklahoma State).
"It is yet another step in the ultimate takeover of college athletics by Big Money. When was the last time an Athletic Director said 'no' to TV exposure (and the payday that comes with it)? Can't have a football playoff because it will cut into class time? Then what about March Madness? Playing college football games at night, on Thursdays or Mondays, completely disregards the feelings of the players, the alumni, and the potential fans (how many young kids did you see in the Big Game in the 2nd half?). Rivalries? Who cares when there is more money to be made (to support all the Assistant-Associate-Junior-Vice-Deputy-Directors of Athletics, and to build the buildings to house them).
"The original Pac 8 turns into the Pac-10 and then becomes the Pac-12, signs a lucrative new media deal -- even creates its own network! -- and yet there will always be sports on the bubble for being cut because there isn't enough
"I'm a Cal alum and am stunned that the Pac-12 schedulers ignored the traditional rivalries -- and am disappointed beyond belief that one of the oldest rivalries in the country was so completely disregarded. Big Game in October? That completely disrupts the rhythm of the football season. What happened with the Apple Cup and the Civil War? Or UCLA and USC?
--Theresa Carey, Palo Alto
"I think it takes away from the luster of the game and rivalry. Just like the Ohio State vs. Michigan game being the last one of the year the fact that Cal and Stanford played late in the season increased the feeling that it was meaningful. Move it back!
--Ryan Mindigo, Los Altos
"I think this benefits Cal because they always start off strong and then go down hill. Stanford usually goes the other way."
--Robert Cummings, San Carlos
Sept. 1 vs. San Jose St.
Sept. 8 vs. Duke
Sept. 15 vs. USC
Sept. 27 at Washington
Oct. 6 vs. Arizona
Oct. 13 at Notre Dame
Oct. 20 at California
Oct. 27 at Washington St.
Nov. 3 at Colorado
Nov. 10 vs. Oregon St.
Nov. 17 at Oregon
Nov. 24 at UCLA
Nov. 30 Pac-12 title game
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Sopranos Product Placement Watch: Season Six, Episode Two. (Warning: Contains Spoilers.)
Jon FineAn atypically quiet night for product on the Sopranos. Apparently having a major character in a coma and on a breathing machine throughout the entire episode tends to focus the other characters' minds on other matters.
BMW M3: Mentioned by AJ in the course of a monologue about—what else?—cars that's directed at his Dad. Egregiousness: 3. AJ does go into geek-detail about some of its specs, but since he can barely form a sentence on his own, he's (partially) forgiven for sounding like he's reading off a Web site.
Glenlivet: Gladly accepted by Tony-as-Willy-Loman in a hotel bar. "Apparently they serve scotch in purgatory," writes a correspondent. Egregiousness: 3. It is hard to have a drink without mentioning a brand, especially if, yknow, they're trying to make clear how special the drink is.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor extraordinaire and former California governor, has reportedly ordered at least three bronze statues of himself. The statues are "larger than life" and feature the man from his bodybuilding days.
We're kind of disappointed that Schwarzenegger decided to focus on his pre-Hollywood blockbuster movie days. Why focus on bodybuilding when there are so many other roles to preserve in bronze forever? Here are our ideas of what Arnold should order in statue form next time.
1. The Terminator
2. Detective John Kimble, Kindergarten Cop
3. The pregnant guy in Junior
4. Whatever role he played in Jingle All The Way
5. Danny DeVito's twin in Twins
6. Aging Arnold in the movie called Life
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Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin (LMT) is a global security and aerospace company, employing about 116,000 people worldwide. The company's operating units range from aeronautics and space systems to information, missiles and mission systems - of which aerospace and information systems make up about half of Lockheed Martin's revenue. Essentially Lockheed Martin provides state-of-the-art technology to keep the country's defenses on the cutting edge. In turn, over 80% of the company's business is derived from the U.S. government.
Immediately, one might be concerned with the uncertainty surrounding future government expenditures – and this is a more than reasonable concern. However, there could be an even more fundamental reason why Lockheed Martin escapes your radar screen as a potential investment. Despite the high current yield - 3.9% - along with the company's strong operating track record, Lockheed Martin has a seemingly high ratio of debt-to-equity. On an annual basis this can be observed on almost any financial website, yet below I have included the information for the debt to equity ratio (dteq) in pictorial form using the Fundamentals Ratios Graph provided by F.A.S.T. Graphs™.
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If one were quickly screening through potential investments, this apparent monumental jump would surely provide a reason to keep on looking. However, those initial concerns might be a bit misguided. What is not readily apparent is the reason for this move is a result of the annual re-measurement of the funded status of Lockheed Martin's post-retirement benefit plan. To get an idea of what I mean, I have included a 15-year chart of Lockheed Martin's debt (dt). What's interesting about this chart is that it demonstrates that debt has not been the problem. In fact, the debt is slightly lower than the previous year, only reasonably higher than the last few years and well below the overall level just a decade ago. In other words, when looking at the huge increase in the debt-to-equity ratio, the underlying reason was not related to a substantial uptick in company debt.
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In turn it should be expected that the common equity (ceq) has fallen substantially to cause this huge increase. And this is precisely what we see. However, as noted, this was due in large part to a re-measurement of the retirement benefits.
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Moving forward, it would still be prudent to keep track of this obligation; however, this does not appear to be a sustaining issue. For instance, in the company's most recent 10-k they provide some insight:
"The discount rate and long-term rate of return on plan assets assumptions we select at the end of each year are based on our best estimates and judgment. A change of plus or minus 25 basis points in the 4.00% discount rate assumption at December 31, 2012, with all other assumptions held constant, would have decreased or increased the amount of the qualified pension benefit obligation we recorded at the end of 2012 by approximately $1.5 billion, which would result in an after-tax increase or decrease in stockholders' equity at the end of the year of approximately $1.0 billion."
In other words - considering the yearly change in shareholders' equity was about $1 billion – the decrease in stockholder equity could be effectively meaningless. That is, the discount rate is based on the company's "best estimates and judgment." If the prevailing interest rate environment changes or a small group of people suggest that a 0.25% discount rate change "seems" correct, this could alter the shareholder equity and resulting ratios enormously. In turn, it should be made known that using just a single metric or measure is, at the very least, an imperfect way to evaluate a company. Lockheed confirms this notion by suggesting the following:
"If in the future we were to have a deficit in stockholders' equity as a result of further adjustments associated with the funded status of postretirement benefit plans, the deficit would not affect our ability to comply with our debt covenants nor do we anticipate the deficit to hinder our ability to pay dividends and make stock repurchases."
For those of you that still might be skeptical, perhaps the most recent increases in shareholder value will change your thinking. On September 26th of 2013 the board approved a $3 Billion increase to its share repurchase program. In tandem, as seen in the graph below, Lockheed Martin has done a great job of reducing common shares outstanding (csho) over the past decade. In addition, the board also announced a 16% dividend increase – marking the 11th consecutive year – with the average over the last 10 years coming in at more than 20% a year.


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Live Webcast Teachings Conducted by Karmapa: Gampopa's Lam-chog Rinchen Trengwa
June 17, 2010
His Holiness' teachings will be presented on a new, permanent home for the all future live webcast events from His Holiness:
Summer Teaching of H.H. The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa for International Devotees
Dhagpo Rinpoche's (Gampopa) Lam-chog Rinchen Trengwa or Precious Garlands of Supreme Path.
Gyuto University Monastery, Dharmasala, India
June 18th, 2010 – June 20th, 2010
Morning Session:
India Time (IST): 6/18-6/20, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Taipei / Beijing: 6/18-6/20, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Pacific Time (PDT): 6/17-6/19, 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Eastern Time (EST): 6/18-6/20, 12:30 am – 2:00 am
GMT: 6/18-6/20, 4:30 am – 6:00 am
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Karmapa Gives Speech on World Environment Day
June 5, 2010 – Dharamsala
"[At 8:00AM today, on it's founding anniversary, the] Tesi Environmental Awareness Movement […] announce[d] this year's Tesi Environmental Service Award to Rangjung Khoryug Sungkyob Tsokpa (Environmental Protection Organization). Rangjung Khoryug Sungkyob Tsokpa (RKST) is an association of Kagyu Buddhist monasteries [that] help protect the Himalayan region from environmental degradation under the leadership of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje.
RKST consists of thirty-six monasteries across India, Nepal and Bhutan that are working together to help create an environmental awakening in the Himalayas about the importance of forest protection, water conservation, wildlife preservation, climate change adaptation and waste management.
In the last two years, Gyalwang Karmapa has called for environmental commitments from Kagyu monasteries, nunneries and centers, and organised two major environmental conferences. With unwavering faith in His Holiness Karmapa, [the] Kagyu Sangha has done outstanding work in environmental conservation; from tree planting, to mass cleanup, to environmental education. Environmental resource materials as well as Read the rest of this article
Mass 49th Day Memorial Puja for Victims of Kyigudho Earthquake
June 1, 2010
An elaborate 49th day memorial mass puja service was held in the Thegchen Choling Temple, in McLeod, in remembrance of all the victims who lost their precious lives, and many others who underwent great destruction, who are still experiencing immense difficulty after the recent earthquake which hit Kyigudho region of Tibet.
Organised by the Tibetan Settlement Office, Dharamshala, this special puja took place in the main Palace Temple from 8am to 10am. It was presided over by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
At the invitation of the Tibetan Settlement Office, Dharamshala, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa also joined in this puja and offered his prayers.
On his way back, His Holiness Karmapa, at the request of the Director of the Tibetan Library, had a short stopover at the Tibetan Library where he consecrated their new, recently constructed, blocks for conference auditorium and meditation room.
His Holiness left Gyuto Monastery at 7am and returned at 11am.


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A Yankee Skipper Who Preyed On British Shipping Relates His Wartime Experiences
American sea captain George Coggeshall tells of his experiences evading the British navy during the War of 1812 and spending over half a century at sea.
October 1957 | Volume 8, Issue 6
We had now time to look into our own situation, when to my great regret, in lieu of leaving four casks of water, the carpenter in the confusion had only left two, and as the wind freshened I found the schooner so light that it was unsafe to haul upon the wind [to turn the ship to windward].
And now I will leave the seafaring men to judge of my unfortunate situation: Thus, wide off to sea in the Bay of Biscay, with a light vessel with scarcely ballast enough to stand upon her bottom, with a crew of thirty-five men and only two casks of fresh water and a few loaves of soft bread.
The wind was light during the night, and towards morning it became almost calm. At daylight, to our unspeakable joy, we were in the midst of a small fleet of merchant ships. They had left England under convoy of a frigate and a sloop-of-war, and had separated in a gale of wind a few days before I fell in with them, and were now like a flock of sheep without a shepherd. This little fleet was bound to St. Sebastian, and many of them were loaded with provisions for the British Army. The first one I captured was a brig, principally laden with provision. After taking possession, I agreed with the captain that if he would assist me with his boats and men to transport his cargo from his vessel to my schooner, I would let him go; otherwise I would take what I wanted and destroy his brig. Of course he was glad to make the best of a bad bargain, and thus, with the boats of both vessels, in two hours we had provisions enough for three months' cruise. His cabin was filled with bags of hard biscuit, and as this is considered the staff of life we took it first and then got a fine supply of butter, hams, cheese, potatoes, porter, etc., etc., and last, though not least, six casks of fresh water.
After this was done the captain asked me if I would make him a present of the brig and the residue of the cargo for his own private account, which I willingly agreed to in consideration of the assistance I had received from him and his men.
I showed him my commission from the Government of the United States, authorizing me to take, burn, sink, and destroy our common enemy, and satisfied him that he was a lawful prize to my vessel. I then gave him a certificate stating that though his brig was a lawful prize, I voluntarily gave her to him as a present. (This, of course, was only a piece of foolery, but it pleased the captain, and we parted good friends.)
This was on the 16th of March, the day after my escape from the British frigate.
I had now got as much water and provisions as I wanted, and made sail for a ship and two brigs, a mile or two off on our lee beam. Although the wind was very light, I soon took all three of them and made the same agreement with them as with the other captain, that if they would assist me with all their boats and help me to load my schooner with such part of their cargo as suited me, I would let them go; otherwise I would send them into port as prizes or destroy their vessels. This was a bitter pill, but they had the choice of two evils and of course complied with my request.
After having taken out a considerable quantity of merchandise, a fresh breeze sprang up from the S.W. and the weather became dark and rainy, which rendered it difficult to continue transporting any more goods from the prizes to our schooner.
At five o'clock in the afternoon a large ship hove in sight to windward. From aloft, with a spyglass, I clearly made her to be the same frigate that had chased me the day before. I recognized her from the circumstance of her having a white jib; all the sails were dark colored except this jib, and this was bleached. From this remarkable fact I was quite sure it was the same ship.
We of course cleared the decks and got ready for another trial of speed; but as my schooner was now in good trim, and night coming on, I had no doubt of dodging him in the dark. He came rapidly down within five or six miles of us when I ran near my prizes and ordered them all to hoist lanterns. Neither of them up to this time had seen the frigate; and thus while the lanterns showed their positions, I hauled off silently in the dark. Very soon after this I heard the frigate firing at his unfortunate countrymen, while we were partaking of an excellent supper at their expense.
The next day, March 17th, it was dark, rainy weather, with strong gales from the S.W. Saw nothing. Stood to the northward under easy sail, waiting for better weather to complete loading my little schooner with something valuable from another prize.
I would here remark that small guns, that is to say, 6- or 9-pounders, are of little or no use on board of small vessels, for if the sea is rough they cannot be used at all; in a word, I have found them of no service but rather in the way. My only dépendance was on my 18-pounder, mounted amidships on a pivot. This gun I could use in almost any weather.
With this gun and forty small arms, I found no difficulty in capturing merchant ships. I selected ten of the largest and strongest of the men I had on board to work the center gun. One of these was a huge black man, about six feet six inches in height and large in proportion. To him I gave the command of the gun. Although so powerful a man, he was the best-natured fellow in the world and a general favorite with both officers and men.


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text: Someone Wrote The Craziest Thing You'll Ever Read About Tom VerducciJack Dickey12/12/11 11:35amFiled to: MlbTom VerducciBaseball ProspectustweetNews3EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Over at Baseball Prospectus, Jason Parks leers literarily at SI's man: "He didn't intend to harass Verducci, although in hindsight the behavior he exhibited did appear suspect to most casual eyes. ... On the walks, he said he would track his (the World) movements, studying his gait and his smile, hoping to see the full-effect of the smile." Yikes! [BP]Reply3 repliesLeave a reply


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MANAGER Roberto Mancini fears Manchester City's failure to sign Robin van Persie at the start of the season will cost it the Premier League title.
Mancini revealed that he thought he had persuaded van Persie to sign for Manchester City four months before the Dutch striker was unveiled at Old Trafford in August after a £22 million ($34.3 million) move from Arsenal.
Since then, van Persie has scored 14 goals in 20 Premier League games for Sir Alex Ferguson's side, which now has a seven-point lead over the defending champions.
Those goals, including last-minute winners against Southampton and City itself, have been worth a total of 19 points for United, and Mancini believes City could pay for missing out on the 29-year-old's signature.
''At the moment, he is the difference between us,'' he said on Monday. ''We were very close three or four months before he went to United. We wanted van Persie because we knew he was totally different from our other strikers.
''We wanted to improve our team, particularly for the Champions League. We were very close to signing him. I know what the reason was [why he did not sign] but I won't say. It was not about money.''
Van Persie said he had listened to ''the little boy inside him'' when deciding to join United on a four-year contract worth £250,000 a week - the same terms handed to Wayne Rooney two years ago.
Speaking at his official unveiling news conference, he said: ''In these situations, when you have to make a hard decision in your life, I always listen to that little boy inside me. What does he want? That boy was screaming for Manchester United.''
When pressed to explain why he thought van Persie chose to move to United ahead of the champions, Mancini added: ''I don't know if he listened to his heart. He took his decision but three or four months before that we were there. We were very close and we were sure it would be very good for us, but it didn't happen and now we can do nothing about it.''
City's four strikers - Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko - have contributed 23 of City's 38 goals in the first 20 games this season, 12 fewer than United from the same number.
Chelsea and Arsenal have also scored more than Mancini's side yet the Italian declared himself satisfied with his forwards, despite missing out on van Persie.
''I am happy with my strikers because last season they scored more than anyone else in the Premier League,'' Mancini said.
''But when you can improve your team with other top players it is important to do it.''
If Mancini is feeling under pressure after falling seven points behind United then he was not showing it as he publicly wished Sir Alex Ferguson a happy 71st birthday. ''Happy birthday, congratulations because I think now they deserve to stay on the top,'' he said.


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Motorola Unveils New CDMA Clams
Jun 8, 2004, 10:12 AM by (staff)
updated Motorola today announced two new CDMA phones with BREW version 2.1. Both are clamshell-style models with MMS, speakerphone, and advanced, speaker-independent voice recognition, and MP3 ringtones. The V265 boasts a VGA camera, while the V260 sports interchangeable covers. Both phones are expected to be available in the 4th quarter.
Ugh. Why do they lie to us?!?
To be released in Q4 2004 my ass... It'll be middle of next year, I bet.


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NFL Lockout Lifted, But What Exactly Does That Mean?
So the big news today has had a lot of people feeling a sense of relief. A judge has ordered the end of the NFL lockout, giving the players an early victory in their battle with the owners over how to split the money in the $9 billion business.
U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson said she ruled in favor of the players due to their convincing argument that the lockout, which was in it's 2nd month, was causing "irreparable harm to their careers."
The plaintiffs "have made a strong showing that allowing the League to continue their 'lockout' is presently inflicting, and will continue to inflict, irreparable harm upon them, particularly when weighed against the lack of any real injury that would be imposed on the NFL by issuing the preliminary injunction," Nelson wrote.
Of course naturally the NFL has promised an immediate appeal.
But what does this all mean ? With words like "union" and "injunction" and "stay" Can't we just have our "season?" Most of the NFL fans don't even know whats really going on with this dispute with all the legal mumbo-jumbo that keeps piling on by the day. It's complicated … but basically it comes down to one question that both sides can't seem to agree on. How should the revenue generated by the NFL be split amongst the players and the owners?
The players have a great argument. Without them: There are no bodies to make up the teams that we root for. The jerseys we buy. The highlights. The unparalleled sizzle & excitement of the NFL.
But, someone has to manage such an industry that can house such great talent. Provide and staff the stadiums they play in. Foot the bill for gear, production, helmets, manage salaries, employ coaches, build franchises, fill the seats etc. This is where the owners have a great argument as well.
If you are like me, you just want both the players and the owners to figure it all out.
How do you think the money should be split up between players and owners ?
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- assimilate
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- become lost in
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3 Responses to "Pops"
Jill Says:
August 7th, 2007 at 6:13 pmVery thankful things are OK.
Juli Says:
August 8th, 2007 at 1:12 amGreat going Pops! Our prayers are with you that the Lord will ease your pain.
SilverBlue Says:
August 8th, 2007 at 6:42 amYay Pops! Maybe you need to slow down temporarily and let God do His work! Still, I'm glad he's made it this far so well.
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Another gorgeous day spent at the beach!
Trip Start
Mar 05, 2008
Trip End
Mar 12, 2008
Where I stayed
One never tires of getting up early just to watch the sunrise…..especially if this one is over the Caribbean Sea! Doesn't this makes you dream! Sighhhh! So you guessed it!
This morning, Michel and I were walking along the shore doing just that. Watching the sunrise! The turquoise colored sea was calm and the sky was turning on fire as the palm trees waved their gigantic leaves at us from the soft warm breeze of the wind. I could stand here and watch this every morning and never get tired of it I told Michel!
Breakfast was eaten in the same area as yesterday followed by us walking around the entire hotel grounds once more. However this morning, a visit was paid to the hotel's exterior entertainment theatre where we passed our time taking pictures of several of their gigantic Mayan statues.
And then came the time to relax along the shore and soak in the vistas right in front of us…..the Caribbean Sea! It was quite warm and inviting as we soaked and swam into it just to appease the heat of the sun because it was hot! Even though we stayed in the shade most of the time, it was obvious that our skin was burning anyway. Michel was redder by the hour and I was starting as well. At least we didn't look as much as ghosts anymore! Ha, ha, ha!
The cliffs at the end of the hotel's private beach were climbed all over again where little crabs were seen hiding in holes. It was a lot more private and secluded since nobody from the hotel came here, except us of course! As for the views, they were amazing…..paradise on earth kind of place!
We decided to adventure further along the edge of the rocky cliffs to see where this would lead us. Being barefoot, I had to be careful since the rocks weren't that smooth and had rough edges. Several Mexican families were passed next to where they were enjoying themselves in this secluded area by jumping into the sea below. They weren't bothered by our presences.
At the end of the rocks, there was a pier where merchants sold souvenirs and beach clothing. I managed to buy a small black hat with "Cancun" written on it. Next to this, little cafes and restaurants were set up where locals and tourists ate and drank. Since nothing else worth seeing was around, we slowly made our way back to our beach.
This evening, we ate at the Asian specialty restaurant where I had Chinese food. It came complete with chop sticks in which I had trouble eating with. After several attempts, the lovable fork was returned to! At least I can say that I tried! Ha, ha, ha.
Right after dinner, we made our way to the exterior entertainment theatre where a fantastic Mexican dance show was watched for a good hour or so! It was quite entertaining and guests of the hotel were asked to participate. Hola!
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I have been using one for about 2 years now at the studio where i do most of my work. The bases are not the deep and warm - very waspy and a bit thin. I prefer to use it as lead type thing. What would make it better would be a sine waveform.
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2 reviewsAfter graduation and before university, Shigure, Ayame, and Hatori slip out for a night of carousing. Slight, slight, slight hint at shounen-ai. Other than that, it's all comedy. Enjoy!
Shaken, Not Stirred
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Great story!
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text: The Sacrifice Is Out, And Left 4 Dead Is Ridiculously CheapMike Fahey10/05/10 4:20pmFiled to: ValveLeft 4 Dead 2the sacrificeLeft 4 DeadSaleSteamXbox 360PCMac1KEditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink The Sacrifice episode is now available free for PC players of Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2. To celebrate, Valve is selling both games on PC for less than Xbox 360 players will pay for the DLC alone. If there was ever evidence to back up Gabe Newell's mention of Xbox Live as a train wreck, then this is it. While PC players are already getting up to their elbows in The Sacrifice for Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead, Xbox 360 Left 4 Dead 2 owners are patiently awaiting to pay 560 Microsoft points ($7) for the privilege. That's pretty painful. But not nearly as painful as the fact that in honor of the release, Valve has discounted both PC games 66%. That's $6.79 apiece. It's only $10.20 for both games, or $20.40 for a four-pack of either title. Advertisement Advertisement Oh, plus the Mac version of Left 4 Dead 2 goes live today as well, for the same low price.I'd be completely furious about this if I weren't playing it on my PC.Let's hear from our Xbox 360 Left 4 Dead 2 players then. How do you folks feel about this?Reply1005 repliesLeave a reply


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MonkeyPaw Games has decided to continue releasing PSOne imports (that is, games from the original PlayStation that were never released in the US) as part of their 2014 strategy. First up is Double Dragon, which should be out once the SEN store updates today. This is not a beat-em-up like the original games in the series, but a fighting game similar to Street Fighter II. In fact, this Double Dragon release is actually based on the movie and not on the original trilogy… which makes this a weird but fun release!
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It's an hour and a half bike ride there and an hour and a half back, and I'm not going to feel like writing blog entries tonight. So I'm writing this now, at 10 AM on a beautiful sunny morning of what, by the time your read this, will be yesterday.
Seth Godin, the marketing guru, wrote this on his blog the other day:
"If you didn't want anything in return, nothing at all, what's the most generous thing you could do for your best customer…Give it a try."
I thought of two things, and this may be more what I need
than what you need, more generous to me than you, but here goes: don't forget to have fun!
It probably sounds trite and stupid, but the advice feels like just about the kindest thing I could say to a bunch of people who drop by a blog out of concern for the world's problems every day. Certainly, it's what I need to hear.
In the life mission I wrote out for myself a couple of years ago, there is a sentence that talks about the importance of having fun. The thing is, I often forget about that part.
Being constantly depressed about the state of the world is a drag and it doesn't attract people to the solution. More to the point, it's a waste of our lives. Is the world worth saving if it's no fun?
The second thing I have to give you is the video below. It's soppy, it's old, and I posted it before, but I love it. Posting it again is one way for me to have fun. Watching it is another.
And now, I'm off for my canoe ride, and even if I'll be paddling through a soup of other people's poo (actually, it probably won't because it hasn't rained for a while), I'm going to have fun.
PS Watch in the video for the bit when the first little old lady accepts the hug, she touches his face, and the video turns to color. Pure schmaltz, but it gets me every time.
PPS Happy birthday to me!
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Gartmore House has played a significant part in Scottish History. Since it was built in 1793, this atmospheric house has witnessed the formation of the Labour Party, and Scottish National party. Robert Burns has written and entertained in the lounge and Charles Rennie Mackintosh student David Barclay redesigned the building. Here is a synopsis of the house's history:
Present house built by William Adam. House owned by Graham family and latterly by R. B. Cunninghame Graham: author traveller and horseman who spent a number of years in South America. A member of parliament from 1886 to 1892 and president of the National Party of Scotland in the late 1920's. The house was then sold to pay death duties.
House bought by Sir Charles Cayzer. Architect David Barclay (pupil of Charles Rennie Mackintosh) re-designed the west front, added the tower and altered the roofs. The moondial was removed in the 1950's to the Cayzer family burial ground behind Gartmore parish church. The Cayzer family motto above the door means "Cautiously but Fearlessly".
Army commandeered the estate and Gartmore House became a barracks until 1950. Privates were on the ground floor, officers on the first floor and they dined in the mews courtyard. After the war, the Cayzer family didn't take it back.
Developers sold off parts of the estate.
The Archdiocese of Glasgow bought the house to establish St Ninian's, a list D school run by the De La Salle brothers, a Roman Catholic religious order. The outbuildings were added to provide classrooms.
Developers sold off the houses.
Gartmore House lay dormant
The Way in Great Britain bought the house for their European base.
Once again, Gartmore House lay empty
Cloverley Hall bought the house with Peter and Anne Sunderland and it became a Conference and Activity centre.
Cloverley Hall was bought out and Gartmore House ran as a charitable trust with a Board of Directors, namely George Russell (formerly of Scotland the Brand), Peter Taylor, (hotelier) and Peter & Anne Sunderland.
Sadly, Chairman of the board, George Russell passed away in September 2004. Peter Kimber (formerly chief executive Scottish Curriculum Authority and Scripture Union, England and Wales) and Rev Mike Parker (director of the Evangelical Alliance, Scotland) were invited onto the board.
Gartmore House is now growing as a conference centre and destination for activity holidays.The activity centre has been refurbished to provide high standard, wheelchair access, dormitory accommodation for our schools and youth groups. The house has changed its oil fired heating system to Biomass heating.
Continual investment has allowed us to refurbish the Mews windows, the Sports Hall floor has now been re-laid and the lighting is due to be upgraded to energy efficient LEDs. Maintenance are currently setting up camp in the newly designated facilities centre. Main House windows also due to be upgraded in phases during the year.


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As you may have noticed I'm a big fan of Daniel Levin Becker's Many Subtle Channels a book about the Oulipo and potential literature. Which is why I asked Matt Rowe to review this for us. Well, he did. But in epic, multi-part style. (Matt Rowe is a true Three Percenter in that regard.) Today I'm posting Part I (and then jumping on a plane to St. Louis) and will get the next two parts up ASAP. Enjoy!
Daniel Levin Becker, Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature (Harvard University Press, 2012)
Many Subtle Channels is the first book in English for a popular audience on the Paris-based group of writers known as the Oulipo. For a few of you, that description will be enough for you to know you need to read it; for others, it's all you need to know to dismiss it out of hand. But to dismiss the Oulipo would be to miss one of the most original and powerful of recent approaches to thinking about literature, creativity, and thinking itself. Certainly the members of the Oulipo and the works they create are fascinating in themselves, but properly understanding the Oulipo could also change the way you think about your own writing and reading. If Daniel Levin Becker's book doesn't fully explore every one of the Oulipo's "many subtle channels"—an impossible task for a single book—it's nonetheless an excellent place to start.
What is the Oulipo? Spelling out the acronym "Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle" and translating it doesn't help much: What is a "workshop for potential literature"? "Potential literature," Levin Becker explains, "is both the things that literature could be and the things that could be literature." That potential is expressed in the form of rules or constraints for writing. The Oulipo is thus usually described as a group of writers who follow formal or procedural constraints—often, but not always, mathematical in origin—to create their work. The most notorious examples are George Perec's novel without the letter e, translated by Gilbert Adair as A Void, and Raymond Queneau's slim book of One Hundred Thousand Billion Poems. The group's only official definition is "rats who build the labyrinth from which they plan to escape," though Levin Becker also describes it as "a sort of literary supper club," because for more than fifty years the Oulipo has met monthly in Paris to eat, drink, and talk about writing.
The bulk of Many Subtle Channels answers the What question, though sometimes in a bare informational sense, with a survey of the Oulipo's history and present practice. The Oulipo was founded in 1960 by writer/editor Raymond Queneau (Président-Fondateur) and mathematician/polymath François Le Lionnais (Frésident-Pondateur). It now counts thirty-nine members, of whom seventeen are dead and thus excused from attendance at meetings, and one imaginary. Many of its most famous members are excused: Queneau himself, Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, Oskar Pastior, and—certainly famous, though not as an Oulipian—Marcel Duchamp. But Harry Mathews, Jacques Roubaud, Jacques Jouet, Marcel Bénabou, and Hervé Le Tellier are alive and working.
Daniel Levin Becker is himself the youngest member, having been coopted in 2009. The first third of Many Subtle Channels recounts his experience of discovering, meeting, and finally joining this strange group. Levin Becker first encountered the Oulipo as a Yale student, when George Perec's story "The Winter Journey" was assigned in his French class. After college, he was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to go to France with a (he admits) ill-defined project to study the Oulipo. He soon found himself put to work as the group's "slave," organizing its archives; only after he had left France did he learn that he had been elected to membership himself. He invites us to "think of the Oulipo . . . as a search party for those of us who don't know what we're looking for." You can't call in that kind of search party: if you ask to be a member of the Oulipo, you are permanently ineligible. When I met Levin Becker in April 2009, he was still a little shell-shocked by his recent election. He's since become the reviews editor of The Believer, but cannot regularly participate in Oulipo meetings for the practical reason that he lives in San Francisco, not Paris. This personal story is interesting primarily as a frame for the rest of the text; as Levin Becker accumulates a more substantial body of work, presumably much of it oulipian in nature, his story may take on greater resonance.
Levin Becker really hits his stride in the final two chapters of Many Subtle Channels, where he turns from the What question to So What. The key to understanding the Oulipo is the distinction dating back to the group's earliest days between anoulipism, or oulipian reading/discovery, and synthoulipism, or oulipian writing/invention. They are closely related, and as François Le Lionnais wrote in the group's First Manifesto, there are "many subtle channels" between them.
Anoulipism is where the group applies its idea of "plagiarism by anticipation," the Oulipo's way of claiming the allegiance of its literary forbears. It is by no means a serious accusation of intellectual theft, rather just a playful claim of affinity. Constrained writing has a long history, from medieval acrostics, sonnets, and sestinas, through the puzzles of Edgar Allan Poe and Lewis Carroll, to Raymond Roussel's espionage-worthy writing procedures. The Oulipo identifies its precursors both to promote the further exploration of their techniques and to promote itself by association.
Synthoulipism is the development of new constraints and the production of works which follow them. Oulipian writing has expanded from its earlier focus on formal constraints on the finished product to now include procedural constraints on the act of writing itself; it also encompasses both transformative constraints and procedures (which build on existing works) and generative ones. Here there is a tension between the original goal of contributing to posterity by expanding the repertoire of writing in general and crowd-pleasing linguistic acrobatics which call for public performance ("Oulipo Light" according to some within the group). In France and to a growing extent elsewhere, Oulipo has become a brand name.
The Oulipo's work is now pervaded by a tension between performance and permanence. Officially the group's work is all about the potential, about discovering and documenting the constraints, not the work they may be used to generate, "but at the end of the day the people who invent or find or resurrect them are the ones who get to use them first, and thus the ones most likely to reap their rewards." Between the reach of anticipatory plagiarism and the power of the Oulipo brand, it starts to sound like a game that's amusing chiefly to those playing it, while everyone else gets taken for suckers—and in that light it's easy to understand why someone might misunderstand and dismiss the group. Many Subtle Channels is an attempt to explain the Oulipo's legitimate importance, though its narrative structure foregrounds the attempt rather than the answer, however provisional, that it finally achieves.
[Part II Coming Soon]
Pascal Quignard's __The Hatred of Music_ is the densest, most arcane, most complex book I've read in ages. It's also a book that covers a topic so basic, so universal—almost primordial—that just about any reader will be perversely thrilled by. . .
In Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Flaubert attempted to highlight the ordinary, tired, and often crass nature of common expressions by italicising them within the text. When Charles, Emma Bovary's mediocre husband, expresses himself in a manner akin to that of. . .
Eliot Weinberger takes big strides across literary history in his genuinely breathtaking short work, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, tracking translations of a short ancient Chinese poem from the publication of Ezra Pound's Cathay in 1915 to Gary. . .
Prose translators will likely disagree, but I believe translating poetry requires a significant level of talent, a commitment to the text, and near mania, all of which suggests that the undertaking is the greatest possible challenge. The task is to. . .
The biggest issues with books like The Subsidiary often have to do with their underpinnings—when we learn that Georges Perec wrote La Disparition without once using the letter E, we are impressed. Imagine such a task! It takes a high. . .
Following The Infatuations, Javier Marías's latest novel seems, like those that have preceded it, an experiment to test fiction's capacity to mesmerize with sombre-sexy atmospheres and ruminative elongated sentences stretched across windowless walls of paragraphs. Thus Bad Begins offers his. . .
Death by Water, Kenzaburo Oe's latest novel to be translated into English, practically begs you to read it as autobiography. Like The Changeling, as well as many other works not yet released in English, Death by Water is narrated in. . .
Jocelyne Saucier's Twenty-One Cardinals is about the type of unique, indestructible, and often tragic loyalty only found in families. For a brief but stunningly mesmerizing 169 pages, Twenty-One Cardinals invited me in to the haunting and intimate world of the. . .
We know so very little; so little that what we think to be knowledge is hardly worth reckoning with at all; instead we ought to settle for being pleasantly surprised if, on the edge of things, against all expectations, our. . .
Many of Virginie Despentes's books revolve around the same central idea: "To be born a woman [is] the worst fate in practically every society." But this message is nearly always packaged in easy-to-read books that fill you with the pleasure. . .


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glad Bono's bad back is rehabbed to the point where he can shoot some stick in the rose city - funny - i just read in rolling stone u2 was continuing their tour in europe - huh - those lying bastards.
any founders, arcadia, or bells to be found out there? i'm sure they have a plethora of their own small brews.
Walking Portland
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The bartender Alicia was from Grand Rapids and let have free pool. I slept in a nearing industrial block around the corner and made an early hasty get away.
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#1 Unhinged Man Attacks Peaceful Group Protesting Obamacare HHS Mandate07-25-2012, 12:51 AM
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On July 17, 2012, volunteers with Tradition Family and Property gathered in Little Rock, Arkansas to pray and peacefully protest the HHS mandate contained within Obamacare.
All was going well until an unhinged man approached the group as they were praying and violently shoved a protester into a fire hydrant, leading him to fall to the ground.
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According to first hand accounts:
At the McCain Mall in North Little Rock, a middle-aged man came up from behind the group as they calmly prayed the rosary. First he said, "Praise be Mary," giving the impression he was friendly. Next he shouted, "Get the hell out of here!" and rushed our American flag bearer Elias Bartel, knocking him off his feet with a violent blow. Old Glory fell over, but not completely because the 19-foot flag pole caught a power line on the way down and was quickly recovered and set upright again.
"I was pretty shocked... The first thing he did was target the American flag. He wanted to throw it on the ground," said Bartel. "What he did was beyond disrespect."
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The attacker did not stop there. Without pause, he immediately assaulted our second volunteer, Jesus Guerra, who was holding the TFP banner which displays a rampant lion and the motto: "Tradition, Family, and Property." As the video clearly shows, our young volunteer was pushed with such violence that he fell backward onto a fire hydrant. The banner also fell.
"I'm bruised, but not about to give up," Guerra remarked. "The attacker's behavior reflects the socialist mindset: if they can't win the debate, they bully you. If they can't silence the Church on moral values, they use mandates and intimidation."
As TFPLouisiana member Cesar Franco dialed 911, the assailant smacked the phone out of his hand. Finally, the police arrived and a report was made.
I'm sure we'll be seeing this immediately on all the Liberal Media outlets...Good men sleep peaceably in their beds at night because
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Top 10: Las Vegas Movies
Number 10
The Godfather: Part II - 1974
Two years after the original, Francis Ford Coppola continued the epic saga of the Corleone family. A few years have passed and Michael is the undisputed Mafia Godfather of America. Even though he rules his empire with an iron fist, it's his dream to legitimize the business by acquiring casinos in Cuba and Las Vegas. His family has moved to Nevada, but things are a little different out there as honor and respect aren't easily understood concepts.Often regarded as the best sequel ever made — a sequel that many believe to be superior to the original — The Godfather: Part II is darker both in style and substance. Al Pacino adds another layer of emotion to the character, whose relationship with his family, especially his brother Fredo, is on thin ice. The way Fredo represents the family in Vegas isn't exactly what Michael expected and tragedy ensues.
Best line: "There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
Number 9
Showgirls - 1995
After the successes of Total Recall (1990) and Basic Instinct (1992), director Paul Verhoeven tried to shock the world again. In Showgirls , Elizabeth Berkley stars as an ambitious young woman who heads to Vegas to make it as — you guessed it — a showgirl. However, she must start at the bottom of the proverbial ladder as a lap dancer.When she finally gets a chance to appear on a glamorous show with Gina Gershon, she realizes that the Vegas entertainment world is a rough place, where sex and violence reign. Although this movie is often regarded as one of the worst to come out of Hollywood, we just had to include it on the list for the unbelievable eye candy, which more than makes up for the dismal melodramatic storyline.
Best line:
Al Torres: "You're a f*cking stripper, don't you get it!?!"
Nomi Malone: "I'm a dancer!"
Number 8
Diamonds Are Forever - 1971
For over 40 years, James Bond's adventures have taken us to the globe's most exotic locales. In Diamonds Are Forever , the famed British secret agent travels to Las Vegas as a smuggler to investigate the disappearance of large shipments of uncut diamonds. What he discovers is that his archenemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld is stockpiling them and planning on using them in a deadly weapons system.Not necessarily the best 007 picture of the franchise, although it was a welcome return for Sean Connery, who was reportedly paid $1.25 million and 12.5% of the profits (surely a record salary at the time). Of course, it's a fun movie that involves the trademark martinis, girls and guns. It's also the only James Bond film where the gambling man plays in the gambling capital of the world.
Best line: "Well, hardest substance found in nature, they cut glass, suggest marriages, I suppose it replaced the dog as the girl's best friend. That's about it."
-James Bond, on his diamond expertise.
From a honeymoon to a bachelor party, check out the best of Vegas on film...


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The programs of the Department of Culture and Communication enrich developing maritime professionals by building literary and cultural fluency, critical thinking and communication skills. Our faculty and students approach these activities with a rigorous ethical commitment and the global perspective that characterizes the maritime university.
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