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55 (Episode 20)
This week…..on 55…..We come to an end of an era. No more Luuuuuuuuuuuuke, Russ, Wichita or Van Beast. No more of this 4 year version of Boom. We will miss you and cherish this class like no other. We did get another NCAA title this week and the girls of boom are still rolling so there's that. So here we go, here are the 55 most ridiculous things I have heard, had to debate, or just thought about this past week. This …..is….55.
1) On Friday night, which seems like a week ago, UL Men's basketball team lost to a team none of us like….
2) This happened though….
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX5xZQYxZpg
4) Yeah I know scoreboard…
5) #Whatevs
6) All jokes aside….Thank you to the following guys
7) Russ Smith
9) Tim Henderson
10) Luuuuuuuuuuuke
11) Seriously, from the bottom of our hearts…Thank you!
12) I also expect this guy to leave:
13) If he leaves I wanna thank you too Montrezl "MegaTrezl" Harrell for bringing massive monster dunks back to the school synonymous for dunking
14) #HeGone
15) #EndOfAnEra


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…and say hello to TheBrooklynStylist.com.
Dear loyal readers,
After over 3 years, I've decided that it's time to say goodbye to Dear Andi.
The name had quite a bit of meaning to me at the time my blog launched. I was unsure of the direction of my career and I found my mother's journals with all entries beginning with "Dear Andi" on it, and thought "that's it!"
But "Dear Andi" was cute. It was an idea. It was something I didn't think would turn into what it did, when fashion blogs were just on the cusp of becoming a thing. "Dear Andi" has also reached its peak.
And now it's time for time for the next phase of my blog life; aligning my blog with what I do for a living as a NYC fashion stylist living in Brooklyn. Which brings us to "The Brooklyn Stylist."
While it's a new beginning, it's going to be more or less a natural transition with similar posts like:
-my *realistic* personal style
-my insider look into the fashion industry
-my travels, as well as my stylish life in Brooklyn
-and of course, I'm still here as your personal stylist, answering your style dilemmas.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the future of The Brooklyn Stylist brings and to seeing you over there. (and on social media at my name, @LizTeich).

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Country Dance returns Oct. 12
The first Country Dance of the season is Saturday, Oct. 12, from 7-10 p.m. at the Rockford Grange on Barrett Road in Hood River. The dance caller will be Sue Baker from Hood River and the band will be Lanny and the Gorgettes.
Dance lessons will begin at 7 p.m. All ages welcome. No partner required. Family-friendly. All dances walked through first time. Enjoy an evening of country squares, contras, circle dances and a few waltzes.
Cost is $6 for members, $7 for non-members, $1 for youth and students. Please bring snack treats for break time. Call Keith Harding at 541-352-7550 or Tom Hons at 541-386-5771 for further information.
'Mountain Men' at Pint Shack
"The Dodgy Mountain Men mix the rhythms of bluegrass, the soul of the blues and the energy of rock 'n' roll with a plethora of other musical traditions to create a diverse electro acoustic experience. Add original voices, unique instrumentation, and live performances that build to a fever pitch, and you've got a concoction that will make moonshiners proud and compel dancers to wear out the soles of their shoes." Catch them live at The Pint Shack on Thursday, Oct. 10, starting at 9 p.m.
The Pint Shack, 105 Fourth St., Hood River; 541-387-7600.
Art talk, jazz at Gallery 301
In the tradition of the First Friday Art Walk, The Gallery at 301 will host eight local artists on First Friday, Oct. 4. Come in and talk about inspiration, technique and passion for art with Kelly Phipps (metal works), Bob Dill (guitars), Margit Elkin (fabrics and felting), Nate Chavez (painter), Eugene Mathes (sculptor, painter), Abigail Merickel (print maker, painter), Lisa Peterson (jeweler, sculptor), and Randy Hager (sculptor). Artists will be bringing in a few special pieces for this event. Join the artists starting at 5 p.m. Jazz starts around 6:30 p.m., featuring the Hood River Goldstars in all their glory. The Gallery at 301, corner of Oak and Third, downtown Hood River, 541-436-0281.
Bonham at The Pines Oct. 3
This week at The Pines in Hood River:
On Thursday, Oct. 3, from 7-9 p.m. Ben Bonham brings his steel guitar to The Pines tasting room. He's liable to play anything from country blues, ragtime, vintage swing, Delta blues, folk, jazz, old-time country, to Hawaiian.
Oregon native son John Bunzow stars on First Friday, Oct. 4, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. He plays everything from country rock to reggae and has been called one of the finest roots writers-musicians on the current music scene. Enjoy a new art show by Portland painter Amanda Houston, including oils, pastel on copper, and giclee prints. The Pines Tasting Room, 202 Cascade Ave., Hood River; 541-993-8301.
The Junebug Boys play Oct. 4
The Junebug Boys pick, stomp and shout their way through the old-timey songbook, with bluegrass, hokum, fiddle tunes and country blues. Based in Hood River, this all-star band brings a fresh traditional sound to the Gorge. The band features Ben Bonham on guitar and dobro, Aaron Keim on banjo and tenor guitar, Ronnie Onitveros on bass and Kerry Williams on mandolin. Catch them at Everybody's Brewing on Friday, Oct. 4, at 9.30 p.m. Everybody's Brewing, 151 E. Jewett Blvd., White Salmon, Wash; 509-637-2774.
Birdwatching planned Sunday
Birdwatching enthusiasts can meet at Hood River Hobbies on 8 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, for a trip to the Indian Creek Trail. The focus will be learning about bird habitat restoration efforts. The walk fee is $3 or $2 if there are more than two of you together (family rate). All fees go to the Community Ed program. Hood River Hobbies, 110 Fourth St., Hood River, 541-386-1223.
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June 13, 2012
OTTAWA—His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, will attend events commemorating the bicentennial of the declaration of the War of 1812, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, on Saturday, June 16, 2012. "As we approach the bicentennial of the outbreak of the War of 1812, we remember and honourEnglish, French and First Nations communities who, together with British military forces, defended Canada and thereby ensured our existence and independent destiny," said His Excellency. "These celebrations are an opportunity for all Canadians to acknowledge this important chapter in the history of our country and to cherish our nation as we know it today."
10 a.m. Official Opening Ceremonies of War of 1812 Commemorations His Excellency will attend the opening ceremonies of the bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosted by the Niagara 1812 Legacy Council, on the historic battlefield of Queenston Heights. This ceremony will launch over 1 000 days of commemorations across the region. As commander-in-chief of Canada, His Excellency will inspect a guard of honour comprised of the Queen's York Rangers and the Lincoln and Welland Regiment. He will also deliver an address to government officials, guests and members of the public gathered on this occasion. For more information about the declaration of the War of 1812 weekend commemorations, visit www.discover1812.com. For more information about Queenston Heights Historic Site of Canada, visit www.parkscanada.gc.ca/queenstonheights or www.niagaraparks.com/garden-trail/queenston-heights.html. Queenston Heights Historic Site of Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake OPEN TO MEDIA
11 a.m. Visit to Brock's Monument and Heritage Fair His Excellency willvisit Brock's Monument, a 56-metre column dedicated to Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, one of Canada's heroes of the War of 1812, who died during the Battle of Queenston Heights. In addition, His Excellency will stop by the Heritage Fair to see various cultural performances and meet with merchants dressed in period costume who will be showcasing artefacts and replicas from the era of the War of 1812. For more information about Brock's Monument, visit www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/fortgeorge/natcul/natcul2c.aspx. Queenston Heights Historic Site of Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake PHOTO OP
1 p.m. Visit to Laura Secord Homestead The Governor General will visit the residence of Canadian heroine Laura Secord, who walked 32 kilometres to warn the British Army of an imminent American attack in June of 1813. For more information on the Laura Secord Homestead, visit www.niagaraparks.com/heritage-trail/laura-secord-homestead.html. 29 Queenston Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake PHOTO OP 1:30 p.m. Cycling on the Niagara River Recreation Trail His Excellency will cycle 12 kilometres from the Laura Secord Homestead to Fort George on the Niagara River Recreation Trail, with volunteers and cycling enthusiasts from the Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) and the Trans Canada Trail. Constructed in 1986, this 53-kilometre trail is managed by the NPC and is linked to the Trans Canada Trail, of which His Excellency is patron. This trail follows what was once considered the front lines between Canadian, British and American forces and their Aboriginal allies during the War of 1812. The trail connects Queenston Heights and Fort George, and winds itself along the entire Niagara River corridor from Fort Erie to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. For more information about the Niagara River Recreation Trail, visit www.niagaraparks.com/nature-trails/niagara-river-recreation-trail.html. Niagara River Recreation Trail, Niagara-on-the-Lake PHOTO OP
2:30 p.m. Visit to Fort George and Discussion with Parks Canada Interpretive Staff His Excellency will visit the Fort George National Historic Site of Canada, which was constructed across the Niagara River by the British Army to protect their interests in Upper Canada. In 1802, Fort George was completed and served as the headquarters for the Centre Division of the British Army during the War of 1812.
During his visit, the Governor General will tour the soldiers' barracks, the powder magazine—the oldest surviving military building in Ontario—the new 1812 exhibit and the officers' quarters, where a discussion with interpretive guides on the importance of the War of 1812 today will take place.
The visit will conclude with a performance by the Fife Drum Corps of the 41st Regiment as they celebrate their 25th anniversary, and with the firing of the brass six-pounder field gun. For more information about Fort George National Historic Site, visit www.parkscanada.gc.ca/fortgeorge. Fort George National Historic Site of Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake OPEN TO MEDIA
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Amazon's TV "pilots" (see my previous post and this relevant website) come in two flavors: grown up comedies, most of which betray basic-cable (and even premium-cable) values in terms of content and language, and children's shows, which, conversely, are largely aimed at the youngest of the young and contain a mandated educational component.
We'll take the small-fry series first. They are meant to be realized in a number of forms -- animation, puppet animation, puppets, CGI and live-action -- but are presented for the most part as rough-sketch, storyboard-like "animatics," with each series containing a snippet or two of what the show would look like if it is fully produced. (Only the 2-D animated "Sara Solves It" is in a completely finished state.)
As a group they skew toward the cute and comforting (even as they center on children, or child substitutes, who are allowed or even encouraged to roam free without adult supervision). They are sing-songy and pedagogically repetitive, with encouraging catch phrases ("Let's get creative!" and "I figured it out" and such), and on the whole are perhaps too obviously meant to be Good For You. Children need structure and familiarity, but anarchy and noise and strangeness are good for them too.
PART 1: Amazon 'TV Pilots' are set to fly
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"Sarah Solves It" comes from Carol Greenwald ("Arthur") and Angela Santomero ("Blue's Clues"); Santomero is also behind the Amazon pilot "Creative Galaxy." Computer-animated in 2-D, it's the only of the kids' pilots that looks finished; the look is colorful, flat and thick-lined (reminiscent a little of PBS' "Word Girl"). The opening image of a busy New York-type street suggests an urban funkiness it'd be nice to see more of, the big city being as much a wonderland as Wonderland. The rest of the episode takes place inside the apartment building where Sara lives with her little brother Sam; interiors integrate number shapes -- for it is a math show -- and a talking elevator who gives occasion for ciphering. In the pilot, the siblings must find a pizza party (a lot of going up and down floors) and recover Sam's doll (ditto) from Victor Vector (math again), a lonely bully. Lively, not too sweet. I liked it.
Santomero's other series is "Creative Galaxy," a participatory arts show hosted by Artie, an enthusiastic animated green alien, accompanied by Epiphany, his parroting sidekick-pet. Artie's got some pom-poms ("pom-poms make me excited!"), which, with a pair of pipe cleaners and a couple of buttons, he works up into the semblance of a bug. (Will children feel disappointed when their own pom-pom bugs refuse to come alive?) All the muses will get their due, should it continue, but painting takes the pilot, with trips to the Museum Planet and Painting Planet, where Artie and you will learn about pointillism -- you probably did not see that coming -- from a talking paintbrush. "Pointillism is an amazing idea!," cries Artie. "Pointillism lights me up!" It is all in the service of spicing/sprucing up the library that Artie's architect mother has designed, whose bare walls are driving away the customers, because "Blah's not good!" The show itself, contrariwise, is all exclamation points; there were times I wanted to ask it to go into the next room and play quietly.
"Tumbleaf" is by Andrew Hodges, of the Burbank-based stop-motion house Bix Pix Entertainment; the fully realized snippets of puppet animation seen here are quite rich and beautiful and magic-worldy (though the animatics are not without their own charm). "Numinous" would not be out of line. Fig is a little blue fox who lives in a beached shipwreck with a tree growing through it; it is full of colorful little puffy things that make the kind of noises you would expect a colorful little puffy thing to make. He goes about with a pet caterpillar named Stick who rides in a sort of holster strapped to his arm, and every week will have to figure out what to do with whatever object materializes in his "finding room." Here it is a kite, which he endeavors to learn how to fly. There are chickens who make pancakes and a porcupine who knits. (She already has the needles.) The finale, in which, wearing a winged suit of yarn, Fig takes flight himself, is not good physics, but it does get Stick out of a tree. Appealingly casual in tone and a little bit strange, it is, all in all, my favorite of the six.
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The scientific "Annebots" is from J.J. Johnson ("Dino Dan") and skews a little older age-wise; though seen here as a cartoon, it's intended to be live-action (heavy on special effects) and comes with a separate trailer that attractively pictures it as such. The story begins when Nick's mother sends him to the store on his bicycle, even though they live in a new town and he has no idea where anything is; along the way he happens upon a pack of junkyard androids and their creator, Anne. "Wait? You're a girl," he says when she lifts her welder's mask. So we have already learned something about persistent gender stereotypes and their subversion. ("So you're like smart and stuff," says Nick, who is no Einstein, yet wise in the ways of fun -- a bit of an old trope itself.) The pilot demonstrates that, though he may not be as strong, eagle-eyed, nimble or shock-proof as Anne's mechanical minions, he is capable of fetching her some vinegar. There is also a pigeon in a jet pack.
The stamp of the Jim Henson Co. is upon the day-care metaphor "Teeny Tiny Dogs," created by Howard Baker ("Rugrats") and produced by Lisa Henson ("Sid the Science Kid"). It would be puppetry in its final state, and the live-action clips, featuring Butch the alpha pug, have a likable, knockabout, in-the-moment energy the animatics do not adequately convey. The pilot involves getting a shy puppy new to canine nursery school to come out and play (with assurances that it is also all right not to come out and play, so as not to pile a anxiety upon anxiety). "You smell a little sad," another dog says of him. "Or is that maple syrup?" A game of tug-of-war changes all that: "You smell happy now. Like a hamburger pie." (Not so happy for the cow, though.)
"Positively Ozitively," which uses the miracle of public domain to appropriate characters (or character-types) from "The Wizard of Oz," feels pretty textbook-ordinary, in spite of its lively storyboard graphics. (It would be rendered ultimately in 3-D CGI, which not all of us find all that charming.) Dot lives in modern-day Kansas (there is such a thing, I am told) with her mother, the original Dorothy Gale; any time she has a question, apparently, she hops into a hot-air balloon and goes back over the rainbow because "it's easy to get creative in Oz." (They do hammer on about creativity in these things.) Juvenile -- and in some cases, gender-switched -- variants of the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion round out the brain/heart/courage trust. ("Thinking, caring, being brave, those are all great ways to be when you're trying to be creative.") Glinda comes with a June Foray-derived whine and a runaway "wishing cap" -- named Wishy, wouldn't you know -- that Dot spends the episode pursuing, only to learn that The Power Was Within Her All Along. No flying monkeys, no Wicked Witch.
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RTC Class Schedule 2009-10: Butler BulldogsPosted by zhayes9 on October 13th, 2009
This is my last installation of the RTC Class Schedule series. Here are the first nine:
The nightmare for mid-major haters out there has been realized: Butler will be a top ten- yes, top ten– team for the next two full seasons. Their starting backcourt of Shelvin Mack and Ronald Nored are both sophomores. One of the best frontcourts in the nation- post presence Matt Howard and inside-outside stud Gordon Hayward– is a junior and sophomore, respectively, with neither likely to enter the NBA Draft before four years at Butler. They lose two seniors who receive regular minutes after this season with swingman Willie Veasley (8.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG) and forward Avery Jukes (3.2 PPG) departing, but neither should pose a crippling loss. Sharpshooter Zach Hahn (41% 3pt) is just a junior and backup guard Shawn Vanzant is a junior, as well. Coach Brad Stevens has lured the #32 center in the nation Andrew Smith into the fray for this year and the #22 small forward in the country Khyle Marshall for 2010. The Bulldogs are loaded for the foreseeable future and should run roughshod over the respectable Horizon League, possibly beginning a historical conference run for the next two campaigns beginning with a visit from rival Valparaiso on December 5.
Butler has a realistic shot at a top-three seed in the NCAA tournament and backed up their high standing with a challenging non-conference slate coupled with a Horizon League schedule that has Hinkle Fieldhouse inhibitors wondering if undefeated is possible within the conference. Let's dig deeper into the path Butler must take in hopes of being the first mid-major to reach the Final Four since George Mason in 2006.
Non-Conference Schedule Rank: 8.5. The Bulldogs will be challenged in mid-November when they make a trip to fringe-NCAA contender Northwestern in Evanston. The Wildcats return star forward Kevin Coble and his perimeter shooting along with senior point guard Michael Thompson. They have hopes of making the field of 65 for the first time in school history. Butler enters the most difficult preseason tournament this season in Anaheim with a tremendous first round game against Big Ten contender Minnesota (returns nearly everyone including freshman Royce White entering) and a possible second round contest against UCLA. Potential top-ten team West Virginia looms in a possible championship game along with Texas A&M and Clemson. Butler also welcomes a bolstered Ohio State team to Hinkle followed by a visit a week later from Xavier and new coach Chris Mack. Butler also faces Georgetown– featuring Chris Wright, Austin Freeman and Greg Monroe- to headline the Jimmy V Classic in NYC and travels to rebuilding UAB. Even with the high standards at Butler, that's a hell of a non-conference schedule for a mid-major.
Cupcake City: The frosting isn't too heavy for Butler. Stevens does have a return game from Davidson, who obviously won't be nearly as lethal without Stephen Curry. Evansville has some decent pieces- and Butler must travel there- but the Aces shouldn't challenge Butler too long. A short trip to Ball State also looms as less-than-imposing. That said, those 300+ RPI teams that most teams stack at least a few times on their non-conference slate is lacking from Butler's schedule. Once again, give Brad Stevens tremendous credit.


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CoRoT-9b, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet thats orbits its star every 95 days, is the latest discovery of the CoRoT satellite, a project in which the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is a participant. "This exoplanet stands out by virtue of its 'normality'. It is a very close approximation of the planets in our own solar system," says Professor Heike Rauer from the DLR Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, who manages the German contribution to CoRoT.
CoRoT-9b lies far away from our Solar System, some 1500 light-years from Earth, and orbits a star in the constellation of the Serpent. From the duration of its orbit, it would appear that the distance between planet and star is roughly the same as the distance separating Mercury from our Sun. CoRoT-9b is therefore an entirely normal planet - presumably a gaseous planet with relatively moderate temperatures anywhere from -20° to 160° Celsius, depending on whether or not it is shrouded in a highly reflective cloud layer. The differences between its day and night sides are probably only slight. CoRoT-9b is therefore substantially different from the class of 'hot Jupiters', which orbit their central star about every three days. A planet with a short orbital period is located very close to its star and is therefore exposed to powerful stellar radiation. It is from this that the names of the planetary classes 'hot Jupiters' and 'hot Neptunes' are derived.
Waiting for the eclipse
With this discovery of a transiting exoplanet with a long orbital period (long-period planet), CoRoT has accomplished another mission objective. The mission's first such objective was accomplished with the discovery of a rocky exoplanet, CoRoT-7b, which was announced in February last year. CoRoT has now discovered a total of eight planets and has also tracked down a 'brown dwarf' star. With the planetary transit technique, the space telescope observes several thousand stars over a period of 150 days. Whenever the orbital path of a planet causes it to traverse the line of sight between the telescope and the central star, it darkens the image of that star slightly for several hours. CoRoT measures this reduction in brightness. For example, a planet like Earth darkens the Sun by a factor of one ten-thousandth during such a transit, and does so just once a year. Since each star is also subject to fluctuations in its luminosity, the search for 'transit events' of this kind is a long and laborious process.
The measurements that culminated in the discovery of this new planet were carried out in the summer of 2007, during a 150-day observation period. The task was made particularly difficult by the planet's wide orbit: The greater the orbital radius of a planet, the lesser the likelihood of the orbit to carry it across the line of sight from the telescope to the star. The discovery of CoRoT-9b has proved that the planetary transit technique is also useful for discovering exoplanets of this kind. "Once you have observed an exoplanet in transit, you can determine its radius. This is one of the fundamental parameters of a planet, one that can only be measured directly on transiting planets. Not only that, but transiting planets also provide an opportunity to learn something about their atmospheres. This is the key to the search for Earth-like planets on which life as we know it may be possible," says Professor Rauer. The discovery of CoRoT-9b has been published in an article in the journal Nature.
On the trail of extrasolar planets
To date, we are aware of the existence of more than 400 planets outside our Solar System. Transit events can be observed in about 70 of these. With a transit measurement, it is possible to derive the orbital period, the orbital inclination and the radius of a planet. If this method is supplemented with other observation techniques - for example, the radial speed method - the mass and therefore the density of the exoplanet can be determined. This enables scientists to distinguish between gaseous and rocky planets. Subsequent measurements of CoRoT-9b were carried out at the Teide Observatory on Tenerife, while radial velocity measurements were carried out using the high-resolution HARPS spectrometer on the European Southern Observatory (ESO) 3.6-metre telescope in Chile.
The CoRoT mission is led by the French Space Agency (Centre National d'Études Spatiales; CNES) and includes researchers from ESA and other research institutes from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Germany and Spain. The onboard software was developed and tested during a five-year period by the DLR Institute for Planetary Research in Berlin on behalf of the German government and with financial support from the DLR Space Agency. Apart from the control of instruments and precision alignment of the satellite, the software also handles some of the data processing and transmission.
The total German contribution to CoRoT amounts to about five million euro. The German team also includes the Tautenburg Observatory (Thueringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg) in Thuringia and the Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research (Rheinische Institut für Umweltforschung) at the University of Cologne, both of which played a major role in data analysis work, simulation calculations and subsequent observations.


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By Satarupa Bhattacharjya and Nigam Prusty
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government failed on Monday to defuse a row with the opposition over opening up the supermarket sector to foreign chains, a decision that has thrown parliament into chaos and endangered fresh economic reforms.
Opposition lawmakers have paralyzed parliament in the world's largest democracy, demanding the government roll back its flagship reform, announced in September, to allow foreign supermarkets like Wal-Mart to set up shop in India.
Critics say that allowing foreign players into the $450 billion retail sector will destroy the livelihoods of millions of small store owners. The government says the move will increase revenue and help eliminate chronic food wastage by setting up proper cold chain and transport infrastructure.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath called an all-party meeting on Monday to try to break the deadlock but opposition parties stuck to their demand for a parliamentary vote on the executive order on supermarket reform.
"There can be no compromise on Rule 184," Sushma Swaraj, leader of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in parliament, said after the talks, referring to the parliamentary regulation that would allow the vote.
The government has so far refused to accede to the demand, even though the result of a vote would not be binding on it as the reforms can be implemented without parliamentary approval.
If it agreed to and then lost such a vote it would be an embarrassing setback and give its opponents valuable ammunition ahead of state and national elections due by 2014.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's shaky coalition lost its majority in parliament in September after its biggest ally, the Trinamool Congress party (TMC), withdrew its support to oppose the reform. The government is not confident that it has the numbers to win the vote and is pushing instead for a debate.
The dispute over the reform has caused uproar in parliament. Protesting lawmakers clamoring for a government climbdown on the policy have prevented any work from being done in the first three days of the month-long winter session.
So far it has been a replay of the August session, when lawmakers demanding Singh's resignation over alleged irregularities in sweetheart coal deals refused to allow parliament to do any business.
The deadlock threatens to derail the government's efforts to drive forward its stuttering economic reform agenda and shake off the perception of policy paralysis in Asia's third-largest economy.
Bills to allow greater foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance and pension sectors are unlikely to come up for a vote while the stand-off over the supermarket reform continues.
"Take back FDI," lawmakers chanted in parliament on Monday as the Speaker tried to get down to business. Many shouted from their seats while others carrying placards gathered around the Speaker's seat. The commotion forced an adjournment for the day.
Opposition parties have seized on revelations that the finance ministry is investigating Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, over claims it violated foreign exchange rules when it invested $100 million in a domestic unit owned by its wholesale joint-venture partner, Bharti Enterprises.
Bharti has also suspended its chief financial officer and other employees in a separate internal investigation into alleged violations of U.S. anti-bribery laws.
Analysts said investors did not expect parliament to pass many, if any, important bills this session. The government, however, is under pressure to revive sluggish economic growth and narrow widening fiscal and trade deficits.
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Three equal circles with radius r are drawn as shown, each with its centre on the circumference of the other two circles. A, B and C are the centres of the three circles. Prove that an expression for the area of the shaded region is:
A = r^2 / 2 (Pi - _/3)
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Forgot to send an image of the circle....
I don't see the image "drawn as shown". I know what it looks like, but do not know what the shaded region is.
What is: "(Pi - _/3)"???
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you could probably use this:
and this: http://www.mathopenref.com/arcsector.html
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Consider the circle with centre A. The area of the sector bounded by the radii AB and AC and the arc BC (red area in diagram below) is.
This is also the area of the sector bounded by the radii BA and BC and the arc CA in the circle with centre B (blue area in diagram below) and that of the sector bounded by radii CB and CA and arc AB in circle with centre C (green area in diagram below).
Now add up all these areas. You get. But this actually counts the area of triangle ABC three times. So we must subtract twice the area of the equilateral triangle ABC, which is .
Hence the area of the shaded region is.
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The circles have equal radii, so the triangle formed by the three circle intersection points is equilateral, ie. has angles of 60.
The area of a whole circle would be pi r squared, and a 60 sector is 1/6 of this.
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Yeah, it looks like Selig bullied Crane
Crane was forced to agree to move the sale along, a person familiar with the negotiations said Wednesday on condition of anonymity because no official announcement has been made by MLB or the Astros.
NOW how do you feel about Crane?
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This is not new news. It has been obvious for weeks that it was presented to Crane as a condition. I argued with Brown months ago that this was the case.
That being said, and as I have argued ad naseum to Castleman, it hardly proves that the condition/request was not a bluff. Like I said on the other thread, this is like a bank robbery story where the robber says his bomb in the box is real. If the teller forks over the money and the robber escapes, who the hell knows if there was actually a bomb.
So, mark me down as someone who thinks Crane is a spineless pantywaist. He is however, higher up the food chain than Bud.
- November 16, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- Astros County said...
Solid analogy.
- November 16, 2011 at 3:20 PM
Now c'mon.
Use your common sense.
What was Selig going to do if Crane turned him down, or on the other hand, if Selig turned Crane down?
In either event, Selig would have two choices:
(a) Plan B... whatever Plan B would be... ostensibly to send MIL to their AL Central roots, and KC to their AL West roots... or
(b) Scrap the 15/15 plan altogether until the next union agreement years from now.
It simply isn't rational to argue about this.
Crane held the leverage here. Selig wasn't going to turn $680 mil down any more than you'd want to see your neighbor turn down a premium offer on their house.
But moreover, there are cold facts that belie that theory. Crane stated this in his first public story in the Chron several weeks ago...
"He says he would consider such a move, but that it's more complicated than simply saying yes... 'We signed an agreement in May, and that agreement hinges off all the economics that were presented to us,' he said. '… If that changes, we've told baseball that if they want us to move to the American League we'd certainly consider that, but we have to understand all the ramifications … That includes travel. That includes paying for a designated hitter that we don't have to pay for. That includes our TV contract.'"
So, what we learned in early September is that Crane was open to the move but that he would demand compensation.
Contrast that to the theory that he had no choice in the matter.
Evidently, Crane was under the impression that he most certainly did.
Hope this helps.
- November 16, 2011 at 6:19 PM
Oh, and here's one more "go-figure"...
If Selig the puppeteer and Crane the puppet... why does the person pulling the strings award the puppet $70 million in compensation?
It makes no sense. And it makes no sense that this stuff flies with so little critical analysis. Disturbing. People want to believe a conclusion, and it's like "Coherence? Who needs it?"
- November 16, 2011 at 6:22 PM
"If Selig the puppeteer and Crane the puppet... why does the person pulling the strings award the puppet $70 million in compensation?"
This sounds like Maury Brown. By this logic, since Crane took the discount, he WANTED to move to the A.L., which only a fool could possibly believe. Crane took the best of two bad options, i.e., he took the $70 mil and the league switch rather than get rejected.
Also, the discount came from McLane, not MLB, so the "puppeteer" didn't lose anything here. It was win-win.
- November 16, 2011 at 6:46 PM
- Mike Castleman Jr. said...
Taco...you know who you are...
Simple opportunism on MLB's part...
1. McLane wants (e.g. needs) to sell.
2. Crane agrees and gets it or declines and never gets a team...let's see...prideful rejection i call your bluff selig vs. I want to own a baseball team...hmmmm
3. Brewers were compensated for moving leagues...precedent
4. What was Selig gonna do? Nothing...he had McClane over a barrell. With a league change...any new prospective owner would come to the table at a HUUUUUUGe discount...it was cheap money for McClane to buy down Crane's rate so to speak.
5. Crane had leverage on Selig? I think not...his only leverage was on McClane for the buy down.
- November 16, 2011 at 8:08 PM
@ Anon #4: To the contrary... you are not a fool necessarily, but it is foolish to think that a guy who is already extending his credit to the max is going to be resistant to a deal that discounts his purchase price by better than 10%.
And it's incorrect to assume that I'm Maury Brown. I'm not. I'm a social sciences professor who lives in SE Texas, and is a lifelong Astros fan.
@ Castleman: Your analysis is void of any accounting for the fact that the timing of the union agreement... unless he was willing to delay an entire baseball season until Drayton could find another buyer... wouldn't permit Selig any other alternative than the two that I've listed.
How do you ignore that?
"Well, Selig had McLane over a barrel... if Crane wasn't the buyer, the next buyer would not pay nearly so much."
This is incoherent, but that's not an insult toward you, but rather an assertion that your logic leaves out some fundamental elements to the discussion.
First, because it is void of an understanding that Selig, almost as much as McLane, wants that purchase price to be as high as possible from whomever it comes from... why, class?... because that price is another price point from which future ownership transactions will be figured.
Second, if Selig rejects Crane or Crane rejects Selig, it won't matter who is next in line... the union agreement is ready to be made now, and there's just not enough time for it to matter. Selig has one of two choices... shelve the idea til next time, or go with Plan B.
"What if McLane offers to move the team to the AL on his own?"
Would you do that if you were McLane? Not if you recognized Selig's obvious predicament in terms of his timetable, and not if you didn't want to sell at the discount that an AL position translates into... which, current evidence shows, is substantial.
- November 16, 2011 at 8:46 PM
Also, Anon #4, check your facts, my friend...
$35 mil reportedly from MLB, $35 mil reportedly from McLane
- November 16, 2011 at 8:48 PM
My sense is that I shouldn't be too hard on you guys. You really are only doing these elaborate mental gymnastics to somehow justify your determination to continue to support an AL Astros franchise. You rely on old frameworks that cast Selig as an exclusive villain so that you don't have to feel so bad about the new guy.
I don't mean to be hard on you. I empathize. This is hard. But the reality is, your new owner is counting on you hiding behind these old frameworks that you so anxiously hope will still fit... yet, while not the devil, he's made the deal with the devil. He got himself a baseball team, and he got it at a discount... and what's absolutely off-the-charts awesome is that he might even be able to get away with this having some fans' sympathy and backing.
Meanwhile, there's the 75% of us hardcore fans who see the whole of the situation and are just repulsed. Half of those, like me, are so nauseated by the anal penetration here that we feel there's no principled alternative but to find some other team to support... God knows, the ultimate injustice would be to allow one dime to flow into Jim Crane's pocket given his lack of regard for us.
Yes, he made a business decision. Some people will let him off the hook based on that... but I'm not a fan of a business that happens to be a baseball team. I'm a fan of a baseball team that happens to be a business.
I'm not alone. In fact, I'm feeling a lot of company right now on that point.
- November 16, 2011 at 8:59 PM
I honestly couldn't care less at this point. The Astros have become such a horribly run, embarrassingly bad team. I have no intention of following them next year at all.
- November 16, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- Mike Castleman Jr. said...
Which is why you can't stop posting so much...you care.
Dude...it's baseball...lighten up...this all started with your implied "let's kill Crane's revenue and we'll show him" idea
- November 16, 2011 at 9:50 PM
To be clear, Castleman, that last Anon was not me, for what it matters.
I've never been a big Ed Wade fan, but comparatively, he's somewhere in the middle.
I'm only done b/c of Crane's decision to choose Selig over us, and the era-ending implications of that.
- November 16, 2011 at 11:18 PM


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Food for the Hungry
Posted On - Oct. 28, 2014
In November 2013, Super typhoon Haiyan (called Yolanda in the Philippines) slammed into the Central Philippines, killing over 6,000 and devastating the region. AMG Philippines has been serving the area for many years through childcare centers and church... // AMG Staff
70 Food Packs in Jesus' Name
Posted On - Oct. 23, 2014
Christina Javed is a national worker in Pakistan who is involved in various ministries such as providing free legal aid to poor Christians and distributing food to families in need. Recently, Pakistan experienced heavy monsoon rains and severe flooding... // Carey Bryant
Update: Typhoon Haiyan Relief
Posted On - Jul. 29, 2014
AMG Philippines continues to help many families still needing assistance from the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan. Aid continues to be given in the form of food, water, home construction, counseling, and livelihood training. AMG is also sharing... // AMG Staff/posted by Steve Rogers
Help for Haiti
Posted On - Jun. 24, 2014
Earlier this year we were happy to report that a shipment of beans was on its way to Haiti to meet an urgent need. The beans were sent through a partnership with the Midwest Food Bank of Peoria, Illinois. We wanted to share with you an email sent from... // AMG Staff/posted by Steve Rogers
Restoration to Relationship
Posted On - Jun. 4, 2014
Many months after the Typhoon Haiyan "Yolanda" struck the Philippines, those affected by the typhoon are still working on getting their lives back together. AMG Philippines was a first responder to the disaster but has also continued to be... // Carey Bryant
Meeting a Need in Haiti
Posted On - Apr. 25, 2014
1 John 3:17: "But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?" We at AMG are blessed to be able to share a container of beans to meet a critical need... // posted by Steve Rogers
This Week at AMG: Episode 34
Posted On - Mar. 31, 2014
On "This Week at AMG," Tasos interviews Bill Passons, who heads the International Missions Office here at AMG. Bill recently visited the Philippines to tour the disaster area that was affected by Typhoon Yolanda this past year. Bill shares about the... // Carey Bryant
Update from the Philippines
Posted On - Mar. 25, 2014
The Philippines continues to recover from the devastating Typhoon Haiyan that struck last November. AMG continues to support the recovery, and thousands of families have benefited from the assistance you helped provide. Working together with multiple... // Bill Passons
Rebuilding After Yolanda
Posted On - Feb. 24, 2014
I left for The Philippines on Nov. 19 and went to the island of Panay to work. Part of that island took a direct hit from the super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). The village of Nagpana in a mountainous area of Panay Island is about a two hour trip from... // Ronald Unruh
Philippines Update
Posted On - Jan. 29, 2014
More than a month has now passed since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Central Philippines. The strong winds and almost 20-foot storm surge left a wake of staggering statistics. More than 6,000 are recorded dead, over 26,000 injured and hundreds are... // Bill Passons, AMG SE Asia Coordinator
New Year's Day Fire Accident
Posted On - Jan. 9, 2014
On January 1st, there was an accidental fire that occurred in India. The fire in no way affected AMG facilities, but our field partners responded to the needs of the community and showed love to their surrounding neighbors. Our partners in AMG... // Carey Bryant
Against the Tide: Philippines Disaster Testimonies
Posted On - Nov. 25, 2013
When natural disasters strike, victims are shell-shocked and empty-handed. As they struggle to survive, they are ready to grasp the hands extended in love to help pull them through. This is why AMG serves through disaster relief. As we show... // posted by Steve Rogers
Posted On - Nov. 24, 2013
Dear Friends and Ministry Partners, "Why?" The most instinctive and natural response most of us have to pain and suffering is to ask this question. In the midst of a natural disaster, war, or other calamity, when the lives of millions... // Tasos Ioannidis, President & CEO
Philippine Disaster Update
Posted On - Nov. 12, 2013
November 20, 2013: Here is an assessment from the Executive Director of AMG Philippines, Hector Arana. Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!!! I just came from Eastern & Western Visayas area to conduct an Assessment on the effects... // Bill Passons, Southeast Asia Coordinator
Typhoon Haiyan Strikes the Philippines
Posted On - Nov. 11, 2013
Dear Friends and Ministry Partners, By now, I am sure that you have heard about Super Typhoon Haiyan and the destruction and loss of life it has brought to the central Philippines. Thousands are feared to be dead, and reports of the scope of the... // Tasos Ioannidis, President & CEO
Times of Calamity
Posted On - Nov. 6, 2013
This past summer, the Philippines were hit with extensive flooding, which devastated communities and left many people without food and water. "Disaster Relief" is one of AMG's five ministry focus areas. When crisis situations occur,... // Carey Bryant
Flooding in the Philippines
Posted On - Oct. 24, 2013
In August of this year the area around Manila in the Philippines was hit once again by deadly floods. A student at one of our childcare centers gives this report of her experience: I am Joana Marie Pring, 12 years old, a sponsored child of Agape... // posted by Steve Rogers
AMG Responds to Philippines Flooding
Posted On - Sep. 6, 2013
In recent days, the Philippines have been hit by torrential rains and flooding. AMG's ministries there were also affected. AMG Philippines National Director Hector Arana reports: "It's been about 6 days that Manila and neighboring provinces has been... // posted by Steve Rogers
Community Fire in Costa Rica
Posted On - Aug. 27, 2013
Clara Ruiz, a former AMG home office employee, now serves as a missionary in her native Costa Rica. She and her husband Francisco minister to their community through various educational and discipleship outreaches and in partnership with a local church. // posted by Steve Rogers
Helping Those in Need
Posted On - Mar. 6, 2013
In Isaiah 58:7&10 the Lord commands us to help those in need, " Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help… Feed the... // Karen Farney
Good News After the Storm: AMG Partners to Provide Scriptures to Victims of Hurricane Sandy
Posted On - Jan. 24, 2013
Hurricane Sandy devastated many areas on the northeast coast of the United States. Thousands upon thousands were affected. In an ongoing effort to reach out to New York area disaster victims, volunteers from Calvary Bible Church of Wrightsville, PA, a... // posted by Steve Rogers
From the President...
Posted On - Dec. 27, 2012
Romans 8:35 says, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" When we are distracted by difficult issues, financial cliff, crisis in Greece and... // Paul Jenks, President & CEO
AMG Disaster Relief
Posted On - Nov. 28, 2012
Pray for victims of Typhoon Bopha in the Philippines. Three AMG childcare centers are affected. More details to come. From providing relief in war-torn Greece in the 1940s, to ministering in Guatemala in the wake of the 1974 earthquake, to reaching... // Paul Jenks, President & CEO
Flooding in Haiti
Posted On - Oct. 26, 2012
AMG director in Haiti, Rodne Romeus, sent in this request yesterday: This is to ask you to continue to pray for Haiti right now because it has been raining for several days and there is flood in many parts of the country. In some regions, people... // Karen Farney
Weathering the Storms
Posted On - Oct. 24, 2012
In recent months, both the Philippines and Haiti were devastated by flooding. Thousands of people were affected, including families from our childcare centers in the Philippines. Our coworkers and partners in both countries have used these disasters as... // posted by Steve Rogers
Monsoon in Manila
Posted On - Sep. 28, 2012
The Philippines, a country of more than 100 million people, is no stranger to disasters such as typhoons. This year, once again, the country has been hit with a tremendous amount of rain which caused disastrous flooding. We received an update from our... // posted by Steve Rogers
Philippine Flood Relief
Posted On - Aug. 31, 2012
The Metro Manila area, in the Philippines, has been devastated by floods causing many to be displaced from their homes. AMG Philippines has organized aid to those who already didn't have much and have now lost everything in the floods. ... // Karen Farney
Flooding in the Philippines
Posted On - Aug. 13, 2012
The Philippines have been hit with a tremendous amount of rain causing disastrous flooding. We received an update from our co-workers in the Philippines: " The past several days we have been a challenge for many of us throughout... // Karen Farney