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So, one of the concepts that I have is that, in a very high tax, slow growth economy, I want to look in high regulation economy then I want to look for companies that are investing in themselves and getting to write off that investment, with competitive advantage. And therefore are willing to penalize current earnings, therefore their stock is going to be lower than they ordinarily would, so their business can be much bigger in the future than it is today. That's what we're doing. So, we invest for the long term in real estate, just like we do in every one of our other business.
Forbes: Now, since the financial crisis you've had a rough patch and one of the things you've said in the past is that when you have a discipline you stick to it otherwise you're just going to get whip-sawed. What have you learned from the last five years? What should I have done differently? What did I do right and what did I do wrong?
Baron: The worst mistake I made — I made a couple. I mean you make mistakes every day.
Forbes: Right.
Baron: Not big ones, but you do. It's amazing that you're still making mistakes, I still make mistakes after all these years.
Forbes: It's when you think you're infallible you get in trouble.
Baron: With Baron Partners Fund, that was one of the it was one of the top performing muni funds in 2004, so the fund then grew a great deal, went from several hundred million dollars to almost $3 billion. I It is a focused fund, and I went from 20 or 25 stocks into 60 stocks to try to make it less risky.
When the market crashed, I wasn't getting good enough performance with a diversified portfolio and wasn't following the strategy that the fund normally adhered to. Then when the market crashed and the stock went down, I sold at the bottom my best companies and made it into a safer portfolio, so it didn't rebound. So, I wrote it down then it didn't rebound as much as it should have.
So all of the funds that we manage are above where they were at the peak in 2007, 10%, 12%, and this fund is still down three or four percent from where it was at the peak in 2007. What I've done, though, is I've taken the number of stocks in that portfolio from 60, back down to 21 or 22 again, so it's back to fighting form once more. And I really like the portfolio investments.
And so one thing that you can't do is you panic at the bottom and act contrary, to try to think what the market's going to do and make macro judgments instead of trying to be focused on your businesses. So, be focused on your businesses, number one. And try to keep the market out of what you're doing. What else did I do wrong? That's one of the biggest mistakes.
Forbes: Now, you're bullish today?
Baron: Yes.
Forbes: Even though people can make the cash Washington seems determined to bring the world to an end, Europe, Japan. So, what makes you bullish on stocks? Do you think you pick companies that know how to navigate these troubled waters?
Baron: Well, you pick companies that you think are going to navigate the troubled waters, for sure. But I think that the idea that we have, is that over the long term stocks provide the best rate of return. And the reason, of all the different asset classes, of bonds or real estate or commodities, stocks have been the best over the long term. The reason stocks have done so poorly in the past 13 years is because in 1999 they were 33 times earnings. And 32, 33 times earnings was historically high in this country. So, normally it's 10 to 20 times earnings and the media is 15 1/2 and then it was 32. And the reason they've done poorly in the past 13 years is earnings have gone up two and a half times but the multiple is down from 32 to 13.
So, now it's below the norm of the past 150 years, it's now 13 instead of 15 1/2. And business prospects seem fine and the head winds that we have are the fiscal drawing back of stimulus and higher taxes, which is unusual for trying to recover from a recession. And if this works, then the Democrats are going to get re-elected again in four years. And if it doesn't work, then what's going to happen is that if the Republicans can put up a candidate who doesn't have odd social policies that are alienating a very large percentages of the population, then you'll probably have a Republican as the candidate. But if they keep putting up candidates who want to offend Blacks, because they don't want them they want to put up barriers so they can't vote or to women for taking away their freedoms or Hispanics by saying that they should self deport.
I mean, just one thing after another. They tried to alienate all these different segments thinking that they could just rely on White guys. And they lost women, I think by 36 points. So, if they come up with a reasonable candidate and they have a pro growth agenda, I think the Republicans will win next time.
Forbes: Such a long term view.
Baron: Well, or that the Democrats may be learning and maybe they'll be successful in the policies they'll put forth. Most people would have been happy to pay a little bit more in taxes to avoid the crisis we're going through, but so far all we seem to be getting are higher taxes and no cuts in spending, which is puzzling.
Forbes: Now, you've ridden in the past on companies like Ralph Lauren, Under Armour and others that were once small and then grew to be big. What are some of the smaller ones that excite you today that are the future Lauren's of tomorrow?
Baron: Well, we have one of my favorite investments right now is a company called ITC Holdings. ITC is a company that is the leading electricity transmission company in the country. What they do is that the government has decided that in order to be more efficient, in the provision of use less energy, that what we should be doing is be more efficient in transporting that energy.


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Darn...My guild has been in there twice and killed Shannox twice and Rhyolith once (yesterday =P). With another attempt or two, Beth'tilac would have gone down as well...Wish we could've gotten as much done as we could before then nerf... =(
Wah. Blizzard made bosses easier, and now my life has no meaning! Where will I find a challenge worthy of my time?...lol, good thing I don't raid with any of you, or my nights might actually be stressful.
Why don't the Beth'tilac adds get a nerf? I mean no, they aren't any trouble pre-nerf, but it seems odd to nerf alot of other adds without themAlso, waiting for the turtle nerf. >.>
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Too soon Executus! TOO SOON!Oh well at least we have a preview of the next patch
The new Alsyrazor tornadoes make me lol sooooo hard. They are almost easier to mess up now because you will outrun them. (Yes, I know they're 'really easier,' we only had one person get hit with them in heroic so we would have actually gotten our achievement if not for him--and he was rp walking, so it's all good and hilarious.)
So, cleared 6/7 tonight with 2 pugs filling in. Normal mode is a complete joke now. The hard part of every boss fight is just gone.
At the moment my guild is 4/7 normal, would rather have this patch come in 2ish weeks.
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When we look at this with Step 16: Designate servers which will start upon boot We have manually started the servers but in order to cause them to start automatically during the boot process, we can use a system utility called
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I am with you, I want the same things. What I don't want is a yes-man for Rex. Again checks and balances are the key to any well run organization. And I like Rex at HC for the record. Not to invite too many trolls in here, but patman would agree that BB the HC outshines BB the GM.
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And actually the more I hear about Jim Popp, the more I really like this guy. He has several connections to the Jets. He has done wonders with the CFL salary cap. He could bring Marc Trestman who could coach up Mark Sanchez or any new QB we get.
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You need to have both because sooner or later you will be on one side of a lead or the other. Teams that are great when they get the lead and run the ball can falter in games where they get behind. Both times the NY Giants be the Pats it was because of their passing game, not the running game.


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CAIRO (AP) - Saudi police opened fire Thursday to disperse a protest in the section where minority Shiites live, leaving at least one man injured, as the government toughened its efforts to prevent a wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world from reaching the kingdom.
The rare violence raised concern about a crackdown ahead of planned protests after Friday prayers in different cities throughout the oil-rich kingdom. Violence there could reverberate through the world's markets because of the importance of Saudi oil exports.
Discord is common between authorities and the country's Shiites, who make up 10 percent of the kingdom's 23 million citizens. They have long complained of discrimination, saying they are barred from key positions in the military and government and are not given an equal share of the country's wealth.
Eyeing rising discontent across the Middle East and North Africa, Saudi authorities are increasingly determined to prevent the unrest from spreading to other cities.
Saudi security forces have deployed around the capital of Riyadh on the eve of planned protests calling for democratic reforms.
Witnesses reported Thursday seeing riot police and special forces with batons and tear gas canisters, particularly around shopping malls and main roads.
The pro-Western monarchy is concerned protests could open footholds for Shiite powerhouse Iran and has accused foreigners of stoking the protests, which are officially forbidden.
Despite the ban and a warning that security forces will act against them, protesters demanding the release of political prisoners took to the streets for a second day in the eastern city of Qatif.
Several hundred protesters, some wearing masks to avoid being identified, marched after dark asking for "Freedom for prisoners."
Police, who were lined up opposite the protesters, fired percussion bombs followed by gunfire, causing the crowd to scatter, a witness said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of government retaliation.
The witness said at least one protester was injured and lifted by others to a car for treatment. It was not clear how the protester was hurt.
A resident, contacting The Associated Press by e-mail, said the Saudi authorities also beat some protesters with clubs. The resident said up to 12 protesters were injured, and some were arrested at the local hospital.
It was not possible to verify this information independently.
Videos dated Thursday and posted on social websites showed what appeared to be shooting. Crowds, of mostly men with a few children, were gathered in a small street, separated by an empty plot from the apparent source of fire. Occasional bursts of gunfire can be heard on the videos. The crowd was shouting "Peaceful, peaceful."
Scores of protesters in Qatif marched in the city streets Wednesday night.
Mainly Sunni Saudi Arabia has struggled to stay ahead of the unrest that has led to the ouster of the Egyptian and Tunisian leaders in recent weeks.
Last month, the ultraconservative Saudi government announced an unprecedented economic package worth an estimated $36 billion that will give Saudis interest-free home loans, unemployment assistance and debt forgiveness.
At the same time, it reiterated that demonstrations are forbidden in the kingdom because they contradict Islamic laws and society's values and said security forces were authorized to act against anyone violating the ban.
So far the demonstrations have been small, concentrated in the east among Shiites demanding the release of detainees. But activists have been emboldened by other uprisings have set up Facebook groups calling for protests in the capital, Riyadh, on Friday to demand democratic reforms.
One such group garnered more than 30,000 supporters. The group called the "Honein Revolution March 11" has listed a number of mosques in 17 Saudi cities for protesters to rally.
The group says it strives to have elected officials in Saudi Arabia, including the ruler.
The spread of calls for protests has prompted government officials to issue strong warnings that it will act against activists taking to the streets.
Khalid al-Dakhil, a political science professor from Riyadh, said large scale protests are unlikely to spread outside the east, but he warned that the Arab "revolutionary wave" will catch up with the kingdom.
"Saudi Arabia will be affected by this running wave. But I don't think it will be fatal or dangerous to the political system," he said. However, al-Dakhil said: "A security solution is not a solution. Some changes have to take place," including constitutional and political reform.
Amnesty International called on Saudi authorities to reverse the ban on peaceful protests in the kingdom.
Philip Luther, a spokesman for the international rights group, said authorities should address the need for major human rights reforms and heed the growing calls for change instead of trying to intimidate protesters.
"Reports that the Saudi authorities plan to deploy troops to police upcoming demonstrations are very worrying," he said.
The Interior Ministry has banned demonstrations, saying they contradict Islamic laws and society's values and adding that some people have tried to go around the law to "achieve illegitimate aims."
"Reform cannot be achieved through protests ... The best way to achieve demands is through national dialogue," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saudi al-Faisal said Wednesday.


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Tuesday, 10 April 2012
FuFu 31th Birthday - Part One
6 comments:
- 海市蜃樓 said...
- April 10, 2012
- missyblurkit said...
Happy burpday!
- April 10, 2012
- rainfield61 said...
三十而立, 四十而不惑, 五十而知天命, 六十而耳顺。
- April 11, 2012
- Invisible said...
happy birthday fufu~~ ^^
- April 11, 2012
- Rizza said...
happy birthday to you! :)
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Il Ngwesi Group Ranch is a Maasai owned land situated in the breathtaking Savannah in the Northern part of Mount Kenya. We are an international role model in community based land management and wildlife conservation. Il Ngwesi group ranch is the one of the few community projects in Kenya supporting a Rhino Sanctuary .We endeavour to living in harmony with our delicate eco-system, preserving our culture and sharing our heritage with guests.
il ngwesi eco-lodge
Our community-run lodge looks out over the vast landscape of Kenya's Northern Frontier District – over unspoiled land where only sun & moonlight reign and only the chorus of African bush is heard both day and night.
Il Ngwesi Lodge offers six beautiful en-suite banda rooms sleeping a maximum of 17 with an extra staff bedroom if required. The rooms are open sided to provide panoramic view.
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- Traditional goat dinner
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Il Ngwesi Group Ranch consists over 700 households with a population of 8000 people.
To sustain the community, the ranch has a number of projects like;
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In the past, the Maasai had been known to kill Lions and other wildlife but the Maasai of Il Ngwesi has embraced the wildlife hence living in harmony with them in the area. Protecting the endangered Rhino in their Sanctuary is a show of this harmonious co-existence.
The diversity of large mammals in Il Ngwesi is higher than in any other part of Kenya. Laikipia is home to the second largest population of elephant in Kenya (6,000+), hosts the highest populations of endangered species such as white Rhino (half of Kenya's total population), Grevy's zebra (70% of the world's population), reticulated giraffe, as well as Africa's only expanding population of wild dog.
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Further QE looks unlikely unless bond yields move too high too fast - ITEM Club comments on today's interest rate decision
4 July 2013
Andrew Goodwin, senior economic advisor to the Ernst & Young ITEM Club, comments on today's interest rate decision:
- The recent run of stronger data made this decision a virtual formality
- The real interest will come in two weeks when we find out how the new Governor voted
- Further QE looks unlikely unless bond yields move too high too fast
"The run of stronger data has meant that the chances of more QE have been receding by the month. And the very encouraging PMI data from earlier this week had reduced the chances of a July move to almost zero.
"The most interesting aspect of the July decision will be the voting pattern. There is a perception that Mark Carney will push for more activist monetary policy, but we do not see a lot of evidence to back this up and would not be surprised if he voted with the majority. And given the strength of the recent data, we could easily see one of the two members who have previously voted for more QE moving back across the table to re-join the majority.
"As things stand, the only way that we can see further QE happening is if the Bank decides that gilt yields are rising too quickly and need to be reined in."


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Christ the King is the only team to beat St. Francis Prep this season. So when the Terriers had a chance to avenge their season-opening loss, SFP did so emphatically.
Despite the school's all-time leading goal scorer, Kenny Redzematovic, sidelined with an injury, St. Francis Prep brought pressure early and never relented. The effort resulted in a 4-0 victory over the visiting Royals in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens AA boys' soccer Thursday afternoon at Kissena Corridor Park.
"We expect to do this every game," said Terriers Coach Franco Purificato. "We lost to these guys earlier in the season and we've been waiting to get back on the field with them."
With Redzematovic out of the lineup, forward Lawrence Nikaj scored two goals, one early in the first half and one late in the second. St. Francis Prep (10-1-0), the defending intersectional champions, kept on the offensive attack on for the entirety of the game, dominating the time of possession and forcing Christ the King (8-2-0) into long, tiring defensive sets.
"Prep came out very strong and we just couldn't keep up with the set pieces," said Christ the King Coach Ovid Cusu. "They scored their first three goals off set pieces and throw-ins killed us."
After Nikaj's goal to open the scoring in the first half, forward Eric Mirkov scored on a free kick, pushing the lead to 2-0. In the absence of Redzematovic, Mirkov's presence helped to spur the Terriers' victory.
"Kenny is, for me, the best striker in the league," Mirkov said. "With him being out, we knew we had to keep our heads and we never doubted our talents. We can play."
In the second half, Christ the King, coming off a win over Archbishop Molloy, was able to do more offensively, working the ball into the box, but never being able to capitalize. The defense of St. Francis Prep tightened, preserving the shutout. The defeated wasn't discouraging to Cusu.
"We have to find a way to snap out of it," he said. "We need to keep concentrating. We lost the battle, not the war."
As for the Terriers, they were scheduled to play rival Archbishop Molloy Tuesday. They move forward with still just one loss, a defeat that Purificato calls, "the best thing that could have happened to us."
"Some of these kids hadn't lost a game in three years," Purificato said. "It really was a wake-up call and we haven't looked back since."
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Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE:FL) delivered a profit and missed Wall Street's expectations, BUT beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company. Shares are up 1.38%.
Foot Locker, Inc. Earnings Cheat Sheet
Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased 21.05% to $0.46 in the quarter versus EPS of $0.38 in the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue: Rose 6.36% to $1.45 billion from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: Foot Locker, Inc. reported adjusted EPS income of $0.46 per share. By that measure, the company missed the mean analyst estimate of $0.47. It beat the average revenue estimate of $1.45 billion.
Quoting Management: "Sales in the second quarter were more challenging than we planned for, especially in the United States. Despite this headwind, we produced second quarter ongoing profit and sales results that were our best ever as Foot Locker, Inc., demonstrating that the execution of our strategic priorities continues to deliver solid financial and operational results for our shareholders and other stakeholders" said Ken C. Hicks, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. "We remain confident that we can achieve a mid-single digit comparable sales gain and a double digit percentage profit increase for fiscal 2013, as we build momentum in our operational and financial performance now and over the long term."
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The mission of Occidental College is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality -- one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex, inter-dependent and pluralistic world. The distinctive interdisciplinary and multicultural focus of the College's academic program seeks to foster both the fulfillment of individual aspirations and a deeply rooted commitment to the public good.
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Back in December we got to check out the second movie trailer for Superman: Man of Steel and today we get to see NEW promo photos from the film. Man of Steel star Henry Cavill, in his new Superman garb, is featured on the cover of the new issue of Empire magazine and inside we get to see newly released promo photos of Russell Crowe as Jor-El and Michael Shannon as General Zod. We've seen photos of both men in costume before (HERE and HERE) but these new photos are the first ones officially released as promos. Check 'em out.
Super-duper news this morning: the new issue of Empire is out this week and it's adorned with the Man Of Steel on the cover. Yes, Superman is back in town and we have the full story in the brand spanking new issue of the magazine. There's a cover-line free version for subscribers, if you're into pictures of superheroes without words in the way, and the magazine is packed with information about Zack Snyder's film from the director and all his cast.
I can't get over how handsome Henry Cavill looks. The thing that always struck me about Christopher Reeve's Superman was how handsome and good-looking he was in character. I think Henry has the perfect look for a new, handsome Superman for a new generation. I think Man of Steel is the movie I'm most looking forward to seeing this year. We still have a few months to go but … yeah, I'm excited.


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View Poll Results: Claymore - Chapter 119 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 11 | 16.92% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 17 | 26.15% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 20 | 30.77% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 7 | 10.77% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 6 | 9.23% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 2 | 3.08% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 1.54% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 1.54% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
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I am starting to think I am the only one her finds her facial expressions to die for. |
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There is always 68 votes ( around that). remove 3 people and all of them love her. So much good girls like the ghosts and so make people sick. And a good story needs a bad guy – there you have 1. This is actually more important for people like me that don't see pris as a bad girl
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Interesting debate so far. Some people seem to think the three resurrected number ones are nothing but filler, but i disagree. I think Yagi is moving away from Priscilla being the nemesis of the series and possibly paving the way for the new queen of bad, Roxxanne. The possibilities seem endless with what he could do with the series.
Also, i don't understand how Roxxanne stopped the dust eater with the hilt of her blade. Can anyone explain that a little better? |
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While Claire is the protagonist, not having her for a single arc seems a little extreme to launch a campaign to say Yagi is no good. I can understand your sentiment, but you word choice is a bit too absolute. Also, I am alright with Claire not being in an arc, mainly because I feel like her emergence from the blob will be more incredible if there is an awakened Roxanne, Cassandra, etc to meet her. A little side-meal before the main dish with the main character. We know with the 3 resurrected no.1s beginning to awake that whenever Claire re-emerges it will quite a moment. Furthermore, I do have to admit that Claire in the fight against Priscilla disappointed me. The Jean's Wedge explanation is by far the most retarded thing I have heard in a while and the fact that it was a major factor in Claire irritated me. |
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2011-10-03, 19:40 | Link #231 |
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@Claymore! What are you talking about? Obviously I liked Claymore but not now when the newcomers dominate and Clare is in the can indefinitely. You guys say I shouldn't read it but how the hell can I find out when Clare appears again if I don't?
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Yes, but the earlier chapters implied that it was very difficult to hit her due to the way she moved in a snakelike manner. Also she spins around rapidly and acts like a shredder, making it even more difficult. Perhaps Roxxanne's yoki sensing helped her predict Cassandra's moves?
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To clarify, I was not serious when I said not to read claymore for a while. I realize there are some slow annoying arcs, but what can ya do? The only thing I can suggest is to try and enjoy the build up to Claire's entering back in the frey.
Edit: That is a good question Demon6666, I was surprised she used such a method. I feel like it had more to do with crushing Cassandra's face with a hilt as strange as that sounds like an execution move when the target is down. |
2011-10-03, 19:46 | Link #234 |
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You're right Nixl that was retarded and Clare should have wiped the floor with Priscilla when she awakened. NG Yagi failed to deliver then too after teasing us like fucking idiots. He shouldn't have brought that shit up if he couldn't make it work. It was a shitty stunt.
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Is Cassandra/Roxanne's generation way stronger than others? B/C every time an AB gets mentioned it usually is very weak? Did they have just weaker AB? Obviously most AB are weak for Roxanne/Cassandra.
Considering how strong Roxanne is, HOW on earth did she die? There's no way a small team of claymores killed her. And considering how easily it seems she killed Cassandra, I doubt numbers 2-47 could have taken her.
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Again, I think this arc is a pleasant appetizer for the main dish (Claire or Priscilla massacring these 3 claymores). If that is the case, I can enjoy this arc knowing that Priscilla will potentially wipe the smug looks off of Roxanne and Hysteria literally. |
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I'm a Capricorn. (What, did we just meet in a bar?)
Well, I am. That may be why I have a thing for animals with horns and antlers. I think they're just the most awesome. Not more awesome than striped animals — I'm extraordinarily fond of those, too, and of dogs with fabulous markings like beagles, but antlers and horns are amazing. Oh, I may as well tell you that I believe in unicorns, too. I have no affinity for them but I'm pretty sure they existed as a very rare genetic mutation. Why not?
Antlers are so magical at the winter time. Think Cernunnos, the Stag God of Celtic tradition. Or don't, because you're a good God-fearing reader who shuns paganism. Not me. I went to a Winter Solstice ritual a billion years ago and they did an amazing antler dance to honor Cernunnos that I'll never forget. It was powerful, a tiny bit scary, and utterly beautiful.
So anyway, I'm in love with these. There's one pair on Etsy and I'm not buying them, but I love them and I thought I'd share. Maybe one of you will purchase them and do your own antler dance around the house. If I owned these I would absolutely wear them to a worship service, maybe the one after Christmas.


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Reprobate Humanisms in Early Modern England
It would be difficult to disentangle fully the various strands of religious reform in early modern England from the educational, aesthetic, and philosophical movements that fall under the broad term 'humanism'. Nevertheless, the relationship between religious reform and new developments in various humanist projects was not always peaceful. The tensions between humanism and religious reform provoke many questions: Where were the lines of fracture in the symbiotic relationship between religious reform and the humanisms of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England? Did religious reform restrict the development of humanism in England, or did it promote a new flourishing of humanism?


text: Turn the new insider away so that the words are upside down, look at the picture of Vaders head, its a chick, but which chick is it? if you cant see it, do this in a dimly lit room and take a few steps away from the issue. It is clearly not something that looks like it could be a person, this is a chick, very distinctly a girl, all the exact features are there. Probably something the designer of the magazine art did. But who is it????????


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Magic Tricks With the Sysreq Key
if it exists and contains
the value 1, all possible requests are allowed.
Tip of the Trade: Remember the Sysreq key? It's in the same spot it's always been. Get reacquainted with it, and rediscover all the useful things it can do.
Press Alt-Sysreq, then one of the following letters:
r | Unraw: Restores the keyboard after an X crash or similar. |
0 | Changes console loglevel to 0 and so reduces error messages. |
k | System attention key: Kills all processes on the current virtual console. |
e | Terminate: Kills all processes except init on the current terminal. |
i | Kill: Kills all processes except init, everywhere. |
s | Sync: Attempts to sync all mounted filesystems. Outputs OK and Done when it's managed. This can reduce the chances of needing to run fsck at a later stage so it can be useful if you're having disk problems. |
u | Umount: Attempts to remount all mounted filesystems read-only. |
b | Reboot: immediately reboots the system without syncing or unmounting disks. Not a good idea unless in extremis! This may lead to data loss. |
p | Dumps current registers and flags to the console. |
m | Dumps current memory info to the console. |
If this doesn't work, check the documentation at /usr/share/doc/linux-doc-2.6.18/Documentation/sysrq.txt.gz for some suggestions (including checking the keycode being sent).
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Corn prices settled lower on Thursday. Futures were steady to only slightly lower early, but another poor export sales week pushed prices lower. Sales for the current marketing year were only 2 million bushels, one of the poorest sales weeks on record. Export commitments so far in 2012/13 are down 45% from a year ago. With cancelations, weekly new crop sales were actually slightly negative. The market has been waiting on some positive export news, but sales this week were disappointing instead. The Coast Guard cut maximum barge draft on the lower Mississippi River to 9 ft from 10 ft previously due to low water. March corn settled 6 1/4 cents lower at $7.51 1/2. December 2013 was 2 cents lower at $6.43 1/2.
The soybean bull market lives on with the January contract notching double-digit gains for the third time in four sessions. Soybeans extended the bull market on continuing concerns about production risks in Argentina. The Bolsa said progress was only 54% complete this week. USDA's weekly export sales report found more bean sales than expected. Bearish news was found in the Brazilian government forecast for its crop at 82.6 million tonnes, which is greater than average trade expectations at 81 million. The Brazilian government also had positive comments about the crop progress in general. At the close, January beans were up 12 cents at $14.91 1/4. November 2013 gained 2 3/4 cents at $13.34 3/4.
The bumpy road for wheat continued Thursday. The first two days of the week, wheat was strong most of the day but closed lower. Wednesday it managed to hold its gains and close higher. But today, it was a real teeter totter. It traded higher in early going, then moved to the minus side midsession, but came back to close with small gains. Disappointing export sales this morning were behind the reversal. If Argentina's woes are going to benefit the U.S. in shifting global export business our way, it had better kick in soon. U.S. export sales year-to-date lag where they "should" be to warrant USDA's current forecast for 1.1 billion bu. in 2012-13. In fact, the gap widened out another 10 million bu. in this the weekly sales report, to 220 million. But by the close, selling interest dried up as concerns about Argentina's current crop and next year's U.S. crop remain supportive factors. At the close, CBOT March was up 2 at $8.62; KCBT March was up 4 1/4 at $9.12, and MGE March was up 3 at $9.35 1/4.
Despite continued weakness in wholesale beef values and talk of increased feedlot showlists this week, which in turn might bode ill for country fed cattle prices, 2013 live cattle futures rose modestly Thursday. The general advance may have marked an industry response to a strong upward move by the equity markets, which in turn came in response to a better than expected result on the weekly Jobless Claims report. Nearby futures could prove vulnerable to weaker cash trading Friday, but the cattle industry is still closely focused upon the potential for an extreme cattle/beef shortage in 2013. December cattle inched 0.10 cent higher to 126.25 cents/pound, while the more heavily traded February future advanced 0.57 cents to 131.20 cents/pound.
Concerns about seasonal weakness across the hog and pork complex caused CME lean hog futures to dive Thursday. Mid-December hog slaughter typically proves extremely large, whereas grocers routinely complete their ham purchases for the holiday season at about the same time. Those factors could undercut swine prices badly as a consequence, especially if pork loins follow their pattern of early-winter weakness from the past few years. The fact that hog and pork prices have risen dramatically from a late-summer low may also bode rather ill for early-winter pork demand. The expiring December contract fell 1.55 cents to 83.40 cents/pound during the morning hours, while the February future dropped 1.20 cents to 84.40 cents/pound.
Cotton futures reacted well to Thursday's weekly export data, since both sales and shipments easily exceeded recent norms. Sales for the 2012/13 marketing year topped the average for the previous four weeks by 25%, while shipments jumped 76% above the four-week mean. Strong Chinese ladings of 108,700 running bales boosted the total substantially and probably encouraged the cotton market, since China now represents such a huge market. Prices surged in reaction to the news, but subsequently gave back a sizeable portion of the rise. March cotton ended the day 44 points higher at 73.48, while its July counterpart rose just 0.23 cents to 75.23 cents/pound.


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Pfizer named Elizabeth Barrett regional president, US for its Oncology Business Unit, a new position, with responsibility for Pfizer's US oncology sales, field operations and marketing.Barrett joins the company from Cephalon, where she was VP and general manager of the company's Oncology Business Unit. There, she launched the company into oncology in an integrated business unit, presiding over the marketing, sales and medical affairs organizations and developing the firm's strategy in the category.
Before joining Cephalon, she served as worldwide VP of sales and marketing for Veridex and VP of the critical care and surgery franchise at Ortho Biotech.
Barrett will report to Garry Nicholson, president and general manager, Oncology Business Unit.
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I did a system restore on my wife's laptop, an HP Pavilion DV6000 running Windows Vista using the restore disks for HP, and I get the following message when I try to boot the computer. The restore goes fine and tells me to restart. I have done all of the steps on the wiki to no avail. Someone please help as I have spent many hours trying to fix this. This is a typed screen shot. Windows Boot Manager Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your Windows Installation disc and restart your computer. 2. Choose your language settings, and click "Next." 3. Click "Repair your computer." If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance. File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe Status: 0xc000000f Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.
Tried the automatic function to no avail. Tried all of the manual options and all appeared to succeed. All this was was caused by me trying to fix a Microsoft Security Essentials would not update issue. Updated this Vista machine to Windows 7 but she wanted her Vista back. Did a system restore to get Vista back on the laptop and ran into the Boot Manager fault. Thanks for the help but I am just about ready to take it to the Geek Squawd.
Done that several times to no avail. Was hoping it was something stupid that I missed. Have you guys ever seen a screen like my original post. Addendum: Yes I ran a system restore to undo a Windows 7 upgrade. Wife did not like 7 and wanted Vista back. Restore didn't work in the end.
Does the PC have more than one HDD ? If so, disconnect all but the Vista HDD before trying startup repair ( 3 times)
Its an HP DV6000 laptop with one hard drive, 100GB, with a backup partition created during the restore with the two disks from HP. I have tried restoring from the disks and from the partition many times. I was thinking about trying to replace the missing/corrupted winload.exe file, using the usb or sd slot with Ubuntu Linux booted on the laptop, from the restore disk or some other location. What do you think. I do appreciate all the help. Addendum: Receiving Error 1005 when using restore disks. Addendum: No luck with ubuntu. No usable file. Addendum: I receive the following each time I attempt an automatic repair: Windows cannot repair this computer automatically.
Try chkdsk /r on the OS partition from the command prompt of the repair disc, then try the repair again.
Thanks Terry will do. Watching Top Gear right now. I do have better luck working on our cars than my wife's computer.
Stopped watching that, and The Gadget Show when they both degenerated from car/tech issues into silly clones of Last of the Summer Wine, where the producers just look for what silly stunt they can film this week and then try desperately to justify the waste of time with a vaguely car/gadget related theme. Also like to keep my blood pressure under control by avoiding the desire to disembowel JC whenever I see or hear him.
Terry, Hardly watch the news and enjoy something fun and entertaining that deals with cars. I've watched the American version of Top Gear and its good but the English guys have a chemistry that can't be beat. Anyway, do you have an command that will display the all the different drives. I think the restore process creates one or two temporary drives. I know how to change drives but I would like to know which drive I need to deal with. I could probably google this and find out quickly. I just wish I could get my wife's borked computer fixed before we go to the Geek Squawd. Thanks again Ran chkdsk /r in the windows vista partition and got this: Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Chkdsk may run if this volume is dismounted first. ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID. Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? <Y/N> Selected Y, it dismounted the volume, and ran. Got this: CHKDSK is verifying files <stage 1 of 5>... 96256 file records processed. File verification completed. 30 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. 0 EA records processed. 0 reparse records processed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes <stage 2 of 5>... 369964 index entries processed. Index verification completed. 5 unindexed files processed. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors <stage 3 of 5>... 96256 security descriptors processed. Security descriptor verification completed. 11985 files processed. CHKDSK is verifying file data <stage 4 of 5>... 96240 files processed. File data verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying free space <stage 5 of 5>... 3784231 free clusters processed. Free space verification complete. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. 25181855 KB total disk space. 9844520 KB in 84141 files. 37276 KB in 11987 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 163135 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 15136924 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation table 6295463 total allocation units available on disk. 3784231 allocation units available on disk. Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50. C:\> Ran startup repair and got this under View problem details: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2 Problem Signature 01: ExternalMedia Problem Signature 02: 6.0.60000.163220.127.116.1100.16386 Problem Signature 03: 0 Problem Signature 04: 65537 Problem Signature 05: unknown Problem Signature 06: MissingOSLoader Problem signature 07: 0 Problem Signature 08: 3 Problem Signature 09: FixBootConfig Problem Signature 10: 2 OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 10333 Upon reboot got same black windows boot manager screen. Addendum: I deleted all of the partitions on the drive, used restore disks with no errors this time, and BINGO booting Vista!!!!!!!!!! It is such a beautiful thing that my wife will wake up to a fixed computer. Thanks to all your help but I figured it out with some more reading and google.


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Asked if the company had physical evidence that its proprietary technologies had been shared with the open source community, McBride begged off, saying evidence would come out at trial.
IBM had no comment on the matter. Yesterday SCO sent a letter to IBM Chief Executive
IBM does not segment revenues within its server business, but for the fourth quarter the company said the "xSeries," which includes its Linux server line, grew year-over-year, while the "pSeries," which is Unix, was flat.
Several years ago IBM began a major effort to support and develop Linux technologies, and today the company is one of the major distributors and cheerleaders for Linux.
McBride said SCO decided to file the complaint after negotiations with IBM broke down. While IBM is one of several thousand Unix licensees–notables are
"This case is about IBM, and they're not [living] up to their contract," he said.
Since SCO has hired well-known power attorney
Popularity and sales of Linux systems have risen while Unix has waned over the last few years as companies look to reduce IT costs. Even Sun, whose Solaris software is the most popular Unix, has been forced to accept the insurgent Linux and is throwing more resources behind low-end Linux servers.
But McBride says the case is "not about the merits of open source versus proprietary software. It's not about IBM's right to promote open source. This case is about the right of SCO to not have its proprietary software misappropriated and misused."
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The Illusion of 'Hands-Free' ElectronicsThe next time I am out driving at 75mph in my beat-up Toyota minivan, I'm going to crack open the book I've been trying to finish for a couple of days now. As far as I can tell, there are no laws against reading while driving. If I can prop the book up on my dashboard, it will even be considered "hands-free," so I know it won't violate any kind of safety rules. As long as something is hands-free, it is considered safe. At least that is what car manufacturers want you to think. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, the following capabilities will soon be available in automobiles:
These are the same car makers that advertise the safety features of their automobiles every single day. I guess antilock brakes and airbags do come in handy if you are involved in a collision because you were updating your Facebook status while driving. Hands-free does not qualify as "safe." If you take your eyes off the road, you are distracted. Distraction is what causes accidents. Here is some data cited by the WSJ that supports both sides of the distracted-driving argument:
Such data, which was gathered by monitoring hundreds of hours of drivers with cameras in day-to-day driving, has guided auto makers and the administration to the conclusion that "hands-free" activities are safe. Other studies, including one by University of Utah researcher Michael Strayer, show that talking on the phone, hands free or not, is equally dangerous. Most of newer car-electronics systems permit access to controls through a touch screen. Carmakers insist they are just giving people what they want by piling electronics entertainment features in their cars. Being connected is a No. 1 priority. I get that. But there's a difference between being connected and being entertained. Is it really urgent that you get Facebook updates or tweets while you are driving? If something were that important, wouldn't your acquaintances call? The fact is, even if my hands are still on the steering wheel, most of these functions are distracting. I would have to take my eyes off the road for a few seconds for most of them. But how many times have your voice-activated systems misinterpreted what you were saying? Or a search engine turns up the wrong search? Or asks you "Did you mean X?" Have you ever gotten a tweet that is upsetting? Then there is the issue of the technology. Voice activation has gotten better. Touchscreen technology and smart features (e.g. your device anticipating what you are about to ask for) have not. I touch the wrong thing all the time on touchscreens, and my typing isn't much better. I cancel; I delete. I start again. Sometimes I still grope for the right knob or dial in my rapidly-aging minivan. Does a touchscreen know you meant to turn on the radio and not the wipers? I haven't met one that does. For an industry that spends decades developing and testing safety technology for vehicles, the standard for consumer electronics is surprisingly lax. The interfaces are still spotty and require a lot more attention than I can spare when I am on a highway. And the time I most need directions or to get updated on news and traffic is when I am driving full speed ahead and already stressed. In other words, distracted.I understand people spend hours sitting in traffic, and that's when most of these functions are the most useful. If there was a way to limit these functions to speeds of 20mph or less, I might feel a bit safer. In fact, I know that technology exists. In the meantime, I'll tweet you about what route I am taking to my next appointment and you can find an alternative. I've got some reading to catch up on. |
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I just saw this - and wanted to comment -
in most states where legal separation is required, it is actually attached to a "no-fault divorce" provision - a couple has to be legally separated x amt of years before a divorce can be granted on only irreconcilable differences grounds - as opposed to a long drawn out fault divorce. It's actually a less expensive option. The legal separation document that is signed pretty much spells out the provisions of the divorce itself, including the eventual split of marital assets and custody of the children.Now there are those who are just on the fence about splitting up, and CHOOSE to file legal separation and just document whatever is going to keep their assets "safe" and custody "temporary" - and it in no way is the "driveway" so to speak to divorce - they could file fault or no fault - but they are protecting themselves (sortof) while making that decision. That, is a waste of money - I say sit and shit (aka deal with your marital crap) or get off the pot.
I see what you mean. To put it coldly, paying a lawyer for a separation and then a divorce seems kind of silly. I have been telling my husband that I want a separation for a couple of reasons, though: My state does not do no-fault divorce, so the way to do it is be legally separated for a year, then divorce. I did not want things to get ugly and have to claim mental abuse or something. The second reason is that we still live together and I am afraid of how he will react to the idea of divorce, even though I want one. I want the two of us to be living apart when I tell him that I want a divorce.
I get what you are saying, though. I would love to just move out for a while and get some breathing room instead of getting lawyers involved. This separation and then divorce thing annoys me. Like the law thinks I did not think through my decision. They want to give me a year in limbo to think it over and try to work things out. Or I can place blame and get the divorce quicker. Yuck!
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linear plasmids and pulse field elfoModerator: BioTeam
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linear plasmids and pulse field elfoHi,
I just found one article about some linear plasmid in one phytopatogenic bacteria. So far, I thought, that plasmids are by definition circular? Do you anybody know, whether such plasmids have some telomeres as well? Also, it was mentioned in the article, that it's probably linear, because it moves in pulse field electrophoresis (at least I understood so). Does that mean, that PFE does not work for circular DNA? http://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Re: linear plasmids and pulse field elfoWell I know that some bacteria have linear chromosomes(eg Borrelia burgdorferi)..
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Borrelia Probably such plasmids exist too.. Every man is a star whose light can make shadows dance differently and change our view of landscape permanently***
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