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I have no doubt that Jennifer Meyer ["Her Star Is Rising, Jan. 13] and Rob Kardashian ["Socks With Real Konnectedness," Jan. 13] are the star designers you proclaim them to be. But these people can generate publicity and sales through their significant connections. Why must you do it for them?
Surely there are talented, hard-working and innovative creators worthy of attention (we might like to know about) who don't have built-in clients such as Jennifer Aniston and Kanye West.
Amy Huggins
Los Angeles
I have to say thank you, Adam Tschorn. It was such a pleasure to read your article ["Socks With Real Konnectedness"] in this morning's Image section of the Los Angeles Times. Your article was nicely laid out, and your detailed interview showed interest in and respect for your subject. Well done. I'd like to see more of the Arthur George line. Color is not just a fashion point for women.
I was among the viewers introduced to the upright Rob Kardashian through his participation in Season 13 of "Dancing With the Stars." (Modesty and candor are refreshing; he got my vote.) I regret to say I've never kept up with "the family," don't even own cable. I was, however, thrilled to learn of this young brother, and you reminded me he is living life on his own terms, with values and a style all his own. I now have a reason to visit Neiman Marcus and look forward to the debut of the AG website.
Elizabeth Beckman
It's so nice to see another Kardashian getting free L.A. Times publicity — something that any real fashion designer would kill for. Because they just don't get enough publicity. I imagine it's because it's so difficult to design men's socks, and Rob was "doing all fashion all the time." It
never ceases to amaze me how the Kardashians keep getting richer without any real talents because of publicity that is given to them by folks like you. Life truly is unfair.
Santa Monica


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Battle of the overdressers:
In one corner, the usual. Who else? Kate Beckinsale.
Does she have to? Can she help herself? Kate Beckinsale does not know the meaning of restraint. None.
It's Marchesa. No wonder I hate it. Besides, Penelope Cruz did this already and better.
Her opponent:
Elizabeth Hurley in Elie Saab. Um, yeah, it has roses along the hem. Oh wait, no, no… it's has roses ALL OVER!!! And it needed its own Escalade. I am embarrassed for her. It was an embarrassing appearance. She would have walked by Kate Moss and Stella and they would have not attempted to muffle their snickering. They would be right.
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Sentences to Nowhere
Readers ponder the speech of Sarah Palin.
Kitty Burns Florey's attempt to diagram Sarah Palin's sentences was a hit this week. Even before Tina Fey's dead-on impersonations brought attention to the VP candidate's tortured linguistic style, language itself was already a campaign theme, starting with Hillary's famous declaration during the primaries: "You campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose." After the frequent attacks on Obama's "lofty" (and, therefore, supposedly empty) rhetoric, Sarah Palin's syntax is in some respects just the latest to come under scrutiny.
If diagramming was intended as the most neutral and objective way to decipher meaning in Palin's speech—a candidate who has elicited enormous curiosity since her introduction to the national stage in September—Ischua dismisses the diagramming exercise as "petty partisan parsing."
kaboku68, a schoolteacher from Chitina, Alaska, writes in to say that "[w]e have a different form of syntax. … Alaskans often have elements of the indigenious [sic] languages of … Alaskan Natives involved in their speaking patterns" (a claim contested vigorously by Fritz Gerlich).
For WetHen here, the debate format may have had an effect:
Palin's object was to only sound decisive, matching her punchy delivery method to that of Biden's forceful style. The words -- they didn't matter. Anything that sounded like a word would do as long as she didn't pause, didn't sound thoughtful, didn't break pace.
northwoods describes the VP candidate's "Joycean stream of consciousness" as a generalized condition among politicians, who "never mind the meaning … fill up time so that the questioner is defeated and time runs out."
In ConcernSimian's assessment, Palin's "florid, babbling ideation" is tantamount to what psychiatrists might call a "word salad." But ezames warns against any such pathologizing:
the little I've read about linguistics suggests, counter-intuitively, that the coherence and diagramability of [Palin's] speech aren't reliable indicators of her intelligence or clarity of thought. Chomsky's notion that language isn't the product of some sort of general intelligence, but of a specific module in the brain, is generally accepted today.
JerseyInsuranceGirl wonders, should Palin get elected, how translators will revamp and interpret her sentences in foreign languages. Scotboy56 gives it a try, and "with a few judicious uses/changes of punctuation, and one reordering of words," manages to make the Palin quote "read perfectly":
I know that John McCain and I, as his vice president, will do that. Families, we are blessed with that vote of the American people and are elected to serve and are sworn in on January 20. That will be. Our top priority is to defend the American people.
Not bad. Do you have a more coherent take? Consult the original here and then post your translation in "The Good Word" Fray. AC … 11:20 a.m. ET
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008
We love it when the post titles tell the story. The Swedish Academy speaks on why Americans don't win Nobel Prizes for literature, Adam Kirsch puts the case for homegrown fiction, and readers get to comment on all of it. A quick scan of the "Culturebox" board gives the following posts: U.S. writers robbed by Nobel Committee; most Nobel literature is boring; good to know America isn't the only place with bigots; Nobel nordicentrism; MFAs killed American literature; Europe is finished, anyway ("skinny French women … will all be in burkhas"); Danielle Steel.
Danielle Steel? By no means is she the only author who has been omitted from the prize-giving, thanks only to the sheer prejudice and anti-American feeling of the committee, apparently. But we would still challenge readers to guess what name is going to come after these words from Bec393: "[T]he only living American writer worthy of a Nobel nom is ..."—go and see, prepare to be surprised (maybe).
Bjoern Staerk says America's greatest contribution to literature is science fiction and goes on:
But then literary fame is not about justice. I've given up counting the number of wonderful authors I've come across by accident, only to find out that they're utterly forgotten and ignored. Perhaps the real problem with the Nobel Prize and other awards is that they give readers the illusion of knowing who the greatest authors are. The odds are that the world's greatest author wrote one promising book which didn't sell well, then gave up writing for a paying job.
There's a nice defense of Dario Fo by thelyamhound, who tackles liberalism in the same post:
As far as the politics go, the fact is that since the beginning of time, artists tended, overwhelmingly, to be "liberal" in comparison to the dominant social flavor of their respective eras. What exactly that meant must be taken in relation to the era in question, but the notion that there's suddenly some "liberal bias" to art is nonsense--not because there's not a bias, but because there's nothing new about it. If conservatives want more art, they should raise more artists ... but don't be surprised if the industry turns them (if nothing else, gays have always been disproportionately represented in creative fields, and while gays aren't reflexively liberal, they tend to be so on social matters, at the least).
Readers were keen to discuss the merits of Philip Roth and Toni Morrison along with the some less obvious names: According to B-Real, "We'll see Bob Dylan get the medal before they give it to some guy who sees fit to make biting commentary about the horrors of modern America from his monastic abode on a farm in Connecticut." (We think that would be Mr Roth.) Everyone had a dog in this fight, but Mikerol gets a mention for the most heroic nomination: In his view, Austrian writer Peter Handke "would deserve [the Nobel Prize] even if he raped his grandmother, just for the capacities for communication that he has enabled in the logos."
That might be the Fray sentence of the week, although there's competition: Let's hear it for WorkingAuthor, who has harsh words for Doris Lessing, and adds sternly, "I hope she reads this." Let's hope her day isn't ruined. MR … 3.30 p.m. GMT
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008
Economics and witchcraft: This is not a combination we'll be hoping for more of in the future. Tim Harford's "Undercover Economist" on the dangers of being a witch in a recession produced considerable unease and gloom, and that's just in someone reading all the posts. In terms of fuel, "you need fires to stay warm … widows are renewable and environmentally friendly." You like that? How about: " 'Suffer not the witch to live'—That's good enough for me, heathens." (Possibly posted with a sense of irony.) "Wow, Christ said that? Christians are more badass than I thought," came back from Autotomic. (No, He didn't, BTW. The quote is strictly OT.) Surprisingly, up popped the name of Helen Duncan, the last person we were expecting, and the last person imprisoned (but not, as one post dramatically claimed, executed) under the Witchcraft Act in the U.K., in 1944; posters debated her case.
You kind of know that someone is going to start her post: "As a practicing witch, and a student of history ..." and in this case it was Elviragultch (yes, well …) who went on: "I have known for some time that the killing of witches is mostly a political act" and set off a long, sometimes odd thread.
Boredwell is not happy about the history of human relations, and after describing various miseries says, understandably, that the list shows a "mind-boggling, soul wrenching sobriety I am not able to comprehend."
"The self-consuming politics of fear" was the excellent post title from Wrolph, who said:
Smart rulers (and usurpers) know the power of fear and use it during times of economic crisis to great effect:
Step 1, find a good victim.
Step 2, whip the masses into a lather in order to divert them from asking too many difficult questions about the current rulers, or to make the current rulers look feckless.
Step 3, let the blood wash away our sins.
This is one of the divide and conquer tactics that has been time tested. The Nazis had their Jews, the Aztecs (and Romans) sacrificed humans to appease the gods (and deflect criticism of their own poor economic management). If our current economic crisis doesn't abate soon, look to our glorious rulers to follow suit.
Doc Holliday had a nicely judged post covering several aspects of the discussion, concluding, "Humans are a superstitious lot and prone to doing irrational things when stressed. This does not make it right or even understandable." No indeed. Time to get away from this atmosphere of unhappiness and cruelty and go read some readers' posts about the election. MR…2:30 p.m. GMT
Friday, September 12, 2008
Yet again, I bring special qualifications to the week's Fraywatch subjects: I too was charmed by 100-year-old " Diary" geezer Leon Despres, and I too have a copy of Hotel Rwanda sitting unwatched near my TV. We were all in it together this week, with some very agreeable results.
Loving Leon: "Keep writing Leon you are interesting" Boils said. S/he was speaking for all readers—there were no dissenting voices, a rare phenomenon in the Fray. Eikciv put it this way: "I must admit that I did come to tears, not because I felt sorry for you, not at all, but because your voice carries such impact. Suddenly, I wanted to go to your apartment and converse with you for an entire day."
This came from Old Jarhead:
Sorry to use the trite phrase 'an inspiration' but your diary entry fills me with optimism. So I'll say it anyway; your attitude is an inspiration, and bears testimony to the beauty, and absurdity, of life. I'm only a little over halfway to your years, and will quite probably never see 100, but if I can sustain only a fraction of your interest in life for whatever years I've been allotted, I'll continue to be satisfied. Bravo!
More of the same (in the nicest possible way) from Akaneshua:
In a country that values youth over wisdom, it is easy to lose touch with people who retire or are shuffled off to nursing homes but I think this separation is at a great disservice to us. These articles are like a conversation with that interesting older man whom you see around but never get to speak with.
Regretflix—that was KathM's splendid coinage, and she was one of many who read and enjoyed the article about unwatched movies from Netflix, with Hotel Rwanda the most mentioned. Fray posters contributed advice: Ed Dunkle suggestswe multitask while watching and remember, "The key to happiness is low expectations."
Regretflix—that was KathM's splendid coinage, and she was one of many who read and enjoyed the article about unwatched movies from Netflix, with Hotel Rwanda the most mentioned. Fray posters contributed advice: Ed Dunkle suggestswe multitask while watching and remember, "The key to happiness is low expectations."
Why not just send the movies back? Because of the pesky requirement to rate them—as Persia says, "Where's my 'I'm a lazy slacker and didn't watch it' button?"
Dsf3g spoke for many:
When The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is just a hand's width away from Conan, I mean, seriously, what do you usually feel most in the mood for, German Expressionism or Austrian Blade Wielding Killing Machine?
But others wanted to talk up the neglected films: Which you might think had the most supporters? Fitzcarraldo perhaps? Vegemighty kept putting if off because of "applying for grad school, rugby season, job interviews, a wedding, a honeymoon, starting grad school …" but eventually watched it and "quite liked it." No, the surprising wave of enthusiasm (surprising? astonishing) was for the little-known Roll Bounce, along with a warning against letting it persuade you back on to the ice-rink (keywords: negative, falling, gruesome, not a good idea.)
This is a cry from the heart of Bureau Cat:
So you have heard from the person who has had Z sitting on top of his or her TV set for months now. Please ask him/her to send it in, on my behalf—I have been waiting for it.
And more good advice from Chicagogirl (whom we know to have an extensive knowledge of movies, and very good taste): "Go with Galaxy Quest." Another Fray with no fights came on Ron Rosenbaum's " Spectator" on blurbing poetry: The best efforts by posters will feature in the column, and as of now there's still time to contribute. Literate, interesting, and collegial—the discussion is a model Fray. —MR ... 3:30 p.m. GMT
And more good advice from Chicagogirl (whom we know to have an extensive knowledge of movies, and very good taste): "Go with Galaxy Quest."
Another Fray with no fights came on Ron Rosenbaum's " Spectator" on blurbing poetry: The best efforts by posters will feature in the column, and as of now there's still time to contribute. Literate, interesting, and collegial—the discussion is a model Fray. —MR ... 3:30 p.m. GMT


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The economy in the U.S. grew less than previously forecast in the second quarter, reflecting slower gains in consumer spending and farm inventories.
The world's largest economy expanded at a 1.3 percent pace from April through June after growing at a 2 percent rate in the first quarter. The revision compared with a prior estimate of 1.7 percent and the Bloomberg survey's 1.7 percent median forecast.
Household purchases, which account for about 70 percent of the economy, rose at a 1.5 percent annual pace last quarter, the slowest in a year after a previously reported 1.7 percent gain. Purchases advanced at a 2.4 percent rate in the prior three- month period.
"Consumption is not good," said Thomas Simons, an economist at Jefferies Group Inc. in New York. "Consumers are still driving GDP but only at a very modest pace."
The drought this year caused the government to revise down estimates for farm inventories, which also contributed to the smaller reading in GDP. This quarter's stockpile readings will also be depressed by smaller farm inventories due to the weather, the Commerce Department said.
After growing at a 4 percent pace in the last three months of 2011, the deceleration over the past two quarters shows the world's largest economy is struggling to gain momentum as consumer and companies curb spending. To speed the expansion and reduce 8.1 percent unemployment, the Federal Reserve said this month it will expand its holdings of long-term securities and keep its target interest rate near zero until at least mid-2015.
Durable Goods
Another report showed orders placed with American factories for durable goods in August slumped 13 percent, the most since January 2009 and paced by a plunge in demand for civilian aircraft. Bookings for non-defense capital equipment excluding airplanes, a proxy for business investment, climbed 1.1 percent last month after decreases of 5.2 percent in July and 2.7 percent in June, the Commerce Department said.
Fewer Americans than forecast filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance payments last week, a sign the labor market is getting back on track.
Applications for jobless benefits decreased by 26,000 to 359,000 in the week ended Sept. 22, the lowest since July, Labor Department figures showed today. Economists forecast 375,000 claims, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey.
Stock-index futures maintained gains after the reports, with the contract on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index expiring in December rising 0.5 percent to 1,433.9 at 9:14 a.m. in New York.
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Always with its eye on the territory ahead, UNMC is dedicated to educating the next century of health care professionals with the latest in teaching tools, technology and facilities.
Nearly 4,000 students attend UNMC. They seek degrees in allied health professions, dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and a number of graduate programs. Opportunities also abound in several postdoctoral programs and in medical residencies. Students at UNMC learn in an environment that embraces the innovation of tomorrow while maintaining low student-to-faculty ratios and small-group learning.
UNMC is committed to its statewide presence, as well. With brick-and-mortar nursing campuses in Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney, Scottsbluff and Norfolk – as well as an extensive array of distance learning opportunities – UNMC is reaching across the state and around the world. These efforts mean a better life and a stronger economy for all Nebraskans, no matter where they live.


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Grateful Dead Always Knew How To Connect With Fans
from the but-of-course dept
ODDLY ENOUGH, THE Dead's influence on the business world may turn out to be a significant part of its legacy. Without intending to--while intending, in fact, to do just the opposite--the band pioneered ideas and practices that were subsequently embraced by corporate America. One was to focus intensely on its most loyal fans. It established a telephone hotline to alert them to its touring schedule ahead of any public announcement, reserved for them some of the best seats in the house, and capped the price of tickets, which the band distributed through its own mail-order house. If you lived in New York and wanted to see a show in Seattle, you didn't have to travel there to get tickets--and you could get really good tickets, without even camping out. "The Dead were masters of creating and delivering superior customer value," Barry Barnes, a business professor at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University, in Florida, told me. Treating customers well may sound like common sense. But it represented a break from the top-down ethos of many organizations in the 1960s and '70s. Only in the 1980s, faced with competition from Japan, did American CEOs and management theorists widely adopt a customer-first orientation.The article goes on to talk about how lots of people are just now starting to look back at how The Dead ran their business to understand how to run modern customer-focused businesses today -- ones that recognize when it makes sense to let people do things that legally could be stopped (if not in reality) and how to take advantage of those situations. It's a good read.
As Barnes and other scholars note, the musicians who constituted the Dead were anything but naive about their business. They incorporated early on, and established a board of directors (with a rotating CEO position) consisting of the band, road crew, and other members of the Dead organization. They founded a profitable merchandising division and, peace and love notwithstanding, did not hesitate to sue those who violated their copyrights. But they weren't greedy, and they adapted well. They famously permitted fans to tape their shows, ceding a major revenue source in potential record sales. According to Barnes, the decision was not entirely selfless: it reflected a shrewd assessment that tape sharing would widen their audience, a ban would be unenforceable, and anyone inclined to tape a show would probably spend money elsewhere, such as on merchandise or tickets. The Dead became one of the most profitable bands of all time.


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U.S. stocks rose as the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rebounded from the biggest plunge since November 2011.
Consumer, health-care and utility companies led gains among 10 S&P 500 groups, rising at least 1.1%. CarMax Inc. jumped 3.5 after quarterly earnings that topped analysts' estimates. Facebook Inc. increased 2.9% after adding video to its Instagram photo-sharing service for smartphones. Oracle Corp. tumbled 8.9% after reporting a second straight quarter of sales that missed estimates.
The S&P 500 climbed 0.5% to 1,596.26 at 9:54 a.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 60.89 points, or 0.4%, to 14,819.21. U.S. stock trading may be more volatile than usual as futures and options contracts expire in a process known as quadruple witching.
"There was an element of the market that was surprised by the aggressive timetable outlined by the Fed, but I don't think it should be seen as too negative," said Henk Potts, who helps oversee $282 billion as an equity strategist at Barclays Plc's Wealth unit in London. "The U.S. economy is now going to be doing the heavy lifting rather than artificial stimulus. In the short term it has hit sentiment, but in the longer term we are advising clients to buy on weakness."
The S&P 500 sank 2.5% yesterday as global equities tumbled after the Federal Reserve indicated it may start paring stimulus measures as soon as September. The benchmark index declined 4.9% since its May 21 high through yesterday amid speculation the Fed will scale back quantitative easing that helped fuel a rally in stocks worldwide and lifted the S&P 500 as much as 147% from its bear-market low in 2009.
'Middle' Stages
Billionaire investor Ken Fisher said the U.S. stock rally is only in its "middle" stages because most investors still underestimate the strength of the economy.
"We're right in that transition between skepticism and optimism," the founder of Fisher Investments, which manages $48 billion, said in an interview at Bloomberg News's office in Seattle on June 19. "The notion that it's actually the middle of a bull market and there's a lot ahead. That's a really impossible concept for most people to get."
Economists have increased forecasts that the Fed will trim its monthly bond purchases to $65 billion in September and end buying in June 2014. In a Bloomberg survey of 54 economists conducted June 19-20, 44% saw a tapering in September, up from 27% in a June 4-5 survey.
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Homelife - Homelife
Posted on Friday 28 August 1998, 21:33 - updated on 14/04/09 - Music News - Permalink
Homelife - Cho Cho
Homelife - Homelife
(CD) Madwaltz HL500, 1998
Tracklisting :
01. Ray Or Roy (3:38)
02. Whitefire (3:22)
03. Firefly (3:01)
04. Steely (2:26)
05. You Have A Problem (2:56)
06. Homelife (4:33)
07. Off Crutches (3:16)
08. Hit The Ground Running (3:24)
09. Eleven Till Seven (4:39)
10. Longday (3:45)
11. Old Burst (4:51)
12. The Match (5:48)
Credits :
Cello - Semay Wu (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 11)
Guitar - Simon King (tracks: 1, 5, 7)
Violin - Rosie Lowdell (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 11)
Bongos, Congos - Icarus Wilson Wright (tracks: 1, 10)
Drums - Jason Self (tracks: 2, 10)
Vocals - Faron Brooks (tracks: 2, 8)
Scratches - Justin Robertson (track: 4)
Flute - Phil Steer (8)
Guitar, keyboards, whistling, humming, matches - Tony Burnside
Bass, double bass, programming, keyboards, harmonica, melodica, humming - Paddy Steer
Biography :
Homelife is not a definite entity. It's hard to pin down their sound, how many people are in the band or even which band they are in! Nearly every Homelife track has a different line up. Less of a collective, Homelife is more of a pool of musicians whose talents are marshalled by reluctant foreman Paddy Steer.
There's a do-it-yourself ethos evident in Homelife. All material is recorded at Paddy's house with musicians doing their bit in small groups. With 15 to 16 contributor's on the most recent album, 'Cho Cho' the piecemeal approach makes sense and Paddy admits that it wouldn't be possible for the whole band to be in the studio at the same time. "It's not like the Monkees where we all in the room together. Ten years ago Homelife wouldn't have been practical but advances in technology have made a project like this possible," he states. Whilst the majority of the co-operative are Manchester based, male vocalist Faron Brooks lives on Vancouver Island, Canada and key member Simon King is based in London. Technology again lowers the height of these creative hurdles with Paddy even seeing positive aspects to Faron's displacement. "It means we get more editorial control over his vocals," he deadpans before likening the arrangement to that Portishead have with their vocalist.
Homelife revolves around the nucleus of the band is Paddy Steer (bass), Tony Burnside and Simon King (both guitar). They write and produce most of the songs although Paddy is quick to point out that other individuals contribute in an organic composition process. Percussion is provided by combinations of Icarus Wilson Wright, Richard Harrison, James Ford and Jason Self. In the string section, Rosie Lowdell plays violin and Semay Wu the cello; Seaming To occupying the role chanteuse. Seaming shares her given name - the Chinese for 'sea' - with Semay but chooses a different spelling. Male vocals are supplied by Faron Brooks. As with all things Homelife, it isn't as simple as that. Most of the band are multi-instrumental and there's a corresponding level of promiscuity. Half the band play in the related Toolshed project, fronted by 808 State's Graham Massey, and he returns the favour by contributing clarinet and saxophone.
Paddy cites punk as his entry in music. The first band he saw live were The Clash but was too young to get into see the Dead Kennedy's. He went to school with Faron, who began his musical career by penning the theme tune to kid's TV programme 'Why Don't You'. The pair formed a band playing Beatles and Elvis covers. Faron's family emigrated to Canada.
In 1985 Paddy joined Yargo where he met Tony Burnside. He describes their music as 'sparse, dubby, funky'. A deal with London resulted in three albums 'Bodybeat', 'Communicate' and the live album 'Prickly But Sweet'. Despite success and some renowned concerts in France, the band broke up in 1990. When asked what Yargo taught him Paddy replies "Pay your tax before you're skint."
At the same time as Yargo, Paddy was involved in Graham Massey's first band, Biting Tongues, on a part-time basis He bowed out at the same time as Yargo dissolved. He went on to session for 'obscure French artists' and subsequently to score films with Simon King ( a fan of Morricone and John Barry as well as punk) for student shorts at the London College Of Printing. In total Paddy has thirteen soundtracks.
Justin Robertson, who remixed a Yargo track but never met the band at the time, asked Paddy to join Lionrock in 1996 after the first album. It's an on-going open ended, if dormant, arrangemnt.
With a backlog of ideas Paddy, Tony and Simon formed Homelife in 1997. A suprise reunion with Faron followed: "I came home one day three years ago and did 1471 and it was him. His family had moved back. With a voice like his I would have thought that he would have made some records but he hadn't. I thought we'd better do something about it and asked him to sing for us."
The first album, eponymously titled 'Homelife' was released on their own Homelife imprint without any major label promotion. The wilfully low key strategy elicited a correspndingly low key response that doesn't do the record justice. The 1999 follow up, 'Cho Cho' was funded Paddy's grandmother's inheritance and tracked the same groove. Clued up music lovers kept Homelife's loose melodies to themselves. Despite Paddy's best efforts to avoid detection, record labels began to sniff around; not least because of an accomplished live appearance at Manchester's Band On The Wall. Trying to concentrate on the music without having to keep one eye on A&R considerations Homelife value the musical freedom that doing it themselves affords. There's a certain looseness that Homelife offers.The rest will sort itself out.


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Rinspeed Smart Dock+Go Concept
"You're not going to take your steamer trunk as if you were going on a lengthy vacation if all you want to do is a little shopping at your local supermarket!" - No, Swiss automotive visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht isn't hiring out as an experienced travel consultant these days who has seen much of the world. Rather the man from Zumikon near Zurich is simply pointing out that usually all of us automatically do the right thing when we move around: we lug around as little ballast and unnecessary items as possible. And it is precisely this from an economic and ecological standpoint sensible behavior that Rinderknecht echoes with his new concept car "Dock+Go" on two and sometimes three axles.
It is specifically this third on-demand axle that is the crucial point of the innovative modular mobility system the Rinspeed boss has devised. "Dock+Go" was built - in the traditional sense - by Peter Kägi and his company 4erC. The concept draws its irresistible charm from easy-to-dock single-axle "backpacks on wheels." These so-called "packs" carry out their assigned tasks depending on current need. But the best thing is: they cleverly solve the much-debated operating range problem that electric vehicles suffer from. Neither unnecessary space nor superfluous weight is being transported. This truly creates "mobility à la carte."
Any electrified city speedster could serve as the basis for "Dock+Go." For demonstration purposes Rinderknecht selected a two-seat smart car as the basis. Different "packs" can turn the electric flea into the dream car of every pizza delivery driver - complete with a built-in isothermal box. Or they allow winter sports enthusiasts to comfortably stow their gear. In Geneva Rinspeed showed off a rolling "sound pack" which multimedia and infotainment specialist Harman has filled with the latest high-end sound solutions in order to guarantee a first class acoustical experience.
Yes, this car truly always saves the best for last: and in this case it is a generous helping of operating range if the 100 kilometers that are usually on tap in electric vehicles simply are not enough. An "energy pack," fitted with a range extender or additional batteries, powered by a fuel cell or equipped with a combustion engine, provides the crucial extra kilometers to reach more distant destinations. The simple and equally clever trick of the latter is: the docked third axle drives the rotating second axle and in doing so also recharges the on-board batteries of the city speedster. The world's first Variohybrid - as Frank M. Rinderknecht calls his range donor - is born. And to top it all off: when the pack with auxiliary batteries is docked and the vehicle is not in use, the pack will even provide electricity to the owner's private residence or serve as a buffer for the public energy grid, in effect turning it into a "smart grid."
Rinspeed's automotive visions live not only on the quality of the ideas behind it, but also and in particular on their sharp implementation. That's because one key element of Frank M. Rinderknecht's credo is that a car must provoke emotions and visions, especially if it is to serve as a vehicle for communicating new technologies and innovative materials. And there is a lot to see on the "Dock+Go" in that respect, contributed by large corporations and small but brilliant specialists alike in order to effectively showcase "Dock+Go," which is currently going through the Swiss patenting process.
An immediate eye-catcher is the silver outer skin from AkzoNobel with a finish that resembles sparkling ice crystals. It ties in with the Goodyear low-rolling-resistance tires in size 205/40-17 mounted on 7.5-inch AEZ rims, whose decorative silver covers are attached to red fasteners with rubber bands. At night the chrome-blue accent striping on either side stands out immediately, developed by Lumitec based on an electroluminescent 3D-flexible film. Anyone with a message for their environment can broadcast it using the innovative "Identiface" feature. This display-based surface, developed by MBtech, replaces the front grille, which on an electric vehicle serves virtually no purpose. Thanks to internet connectivity "Identiface" can display the owner's Facebook pages, news from around the world, the manufacturer's badge or even the offer of a ride from point A to point B.
The interior is dominated by black and red. The high-tech Schoeller yarns have strong natural thermoregulation, good insulation and a high capacity for absorbing moisture. They keep comfortably warm in winter and remain pleasantly cool in summer. Premium automotive textile manufacturer Gaenslen&Völter spun them into soft, supple upholstery that provides that special feel-good factor. And wherever plastics are used, it is in the form of high-grade man-made materials, such as the creatively and stylishly embossed synthetic leather that is supplied by Hornschuch, a specialist in this field. The transparent roof and its distinctive grass inlays - as well as a number of other interior materials - were contributed by Studer. The view ahead is dominated by a 12.1-inch monitor. It belongs to the multimedia equipment and is part of the intelligent infotainment system developed from Harman. The platform features the latest integration technologies for smart phones, adaptive navigation and the cloud-based Aha-platform with a flexible Human Machine Interface (HMI) and gesture control in order to bring digital contents intuitively, easy and safely into the car. This gesture-controlled system makes operation of the contents child's play and the four cameras integrated into the vehicle body make dents from parking maneuvers things of the past.
The instruments were again supplied by - who else? - VDO. Also brand-new is the steering wheel from the German-Japanese Takata Corporation with integrated "parking space" for a smartphone, which serves as a second monitor when docked. This is made possible these days by a driver airbag that thanks to vacuum technology requires reduced installation space.
But "Dock+Go" offers more than just style; it also serves up a high level of technical sophistication. The recently newly developed high-strength, lightweight door frames come from Austrian steel manufacturer Voestalpine. Weber Fibertech built the extremely lightweight liftgate insert with function integration, the high voltage electric heater including the futuristic air vents were supplied by German specialist Eberspächer. No compromises can be made when it comes to handling huge amounts of energy safely, a fact accounted for by the extremely robust electric plug connectors from TE Electronics. Apropos plug connectors: recharging the car no longer requires it to be plugged in. Instead the vehicle simply rolls onto an induction field from SEW Eurodrive for non-contact charging.
"Dock+Go" is a clever mobility concept, implemented rich with emotions, enhanced with technical delicacies and intriguing enough for Swiss insurance giant Zürich Versicherung to commit to the cause. Who wouldn't think of a series production in this context? No wonder that dynamic Frank M. Rinderknecht, one of the flagships for Swiss watch manufacturer C.F. Bucherer, is toying with this possibility. Rinderknecht on this issue: "Yes, we have been in productive talks with potential manufacturers for some time now." Düsseldorf-based consulting company A.T. Kearney at any rate has already devised a manufacturing and marketing concept for the series production.
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TAMPA — With the return of Patrice Bergeron, the Bruins are finally whole up front again.
And with Tim Thomas back to his old goal-denying ways, there just might not be any way to stop Boston.
The Bruins took a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference Final tonight by shutting out Tampa Bay, 2-0, behind 31 saves by Thomas at the St. Pete Times Forum.
Game 4 is Saturday afternoon at the same venue.
Here's a quick glance at the box score:
•David Krejci got the Bruins on the board first for the first time in the series with a goal just 1:09 into the game. Andrew Ference added the insurance goal with 8:12 elapsed in the third period.
•If Bergeron was feeling any effects from his concussion of two weeks ago, he didn't show them. He finished the night with two shots on net and 64-percent proficiency (18-for-28) at the faceoff dot in his first game since May 6.
•Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with four of the team's 19 hits. He was also second to D partner Dennis Seidenberg with 28:27 of ice time. Seidenberg skated three more seconds.
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I received the vol. 1 book a couple months ago. I like the book but there are several problems that I could not solve. Could anyone offer help? Here are the pictures that I have solved so far (which are in page 97, 125, 138 and 198 respectively), thanks!
Last edited by johncw82; 08-02-2014 at 07:32 PM.
Would you mind showing the clues for each puzzle? There are a lot of willing helpers on this site, but if we don't have the book handy, we'll need the clues.
The hints are uploaded
Thanks for the clues!
I took a quick look at the first one and got the following:
.75 - Scott - HOPN - Manufacturing
1.00 - Derrick - AMBR - Pharm
1.25 - Brett - CFWT - Tech
1.50 - Leslie - GGML - Financial
1.75 - Connor - TLVU - Energy
I think this is consistent with the clues.
To get this, I noticed that your grid only had two alternatives for HOPN and pharma. Clue 1 says that HOPN and pharma cannot be in the same row, so there are only two alternatives for that pair. To save time, I just chose .75 for HOPN to see what would happen, and it led to a "solution."
Then I checked that result against the clues, and it seemed consistent.
I was expecting to get either a conflict or a bunch of empty rectangles that usually mean a mistake was made somewhere. If I got one of those results, I would have just chosen the other alternative for HOPN and pharma.
Does the book state somewhere that each solution is unique and each step in the solution only requires logic (no guess-and-check)?
If the puzzles in the book are like the ones in the online library, there should be a way to deduce the next step without guessing.
Every puzzle in this book is solvable through logical deduction alone; trial and error and "forward guessing" are never required for a successful solve, though you are welcome to use these methods if you like!
It seems that some of the problems may have more than one solution or cannot be solved. I don't know if it happens or I miss something during solving the problems.
I tried your second example, and I got the same result as you did. I guessed and got this solution:
Balloons - Carter - Famnar (sp?) - Student
Clowns - Emma - Lipton - Retirement
Dogs - Spencer - Garston - Super-Saver
Horses - Braden - Pollis - Premium
Sunsets - Julius - Neville - Economy
This seems to be consistent with the clues. However, if Carter and Julius are swapped, I also get a solution that seems to be consistent.
Guessing violates the logical deduction principle, and non-uniqueness violates the uniqueness principle. So ...
I am probably missing some interpretation of the clues that would give us another X in those empty rectangles on the left.
I tried your third example, and I got the same result you did. I could see from your grid that Puyallup could only be June 11 or 14, so I guessed Puyallup = June 11, and I got the following:
June 8 - 8:30 - Isanti - Zip Line
June 11 - 10:45 - Puyallup - Volcano
June 14 - 12 noon - Ephrata - Snorkeling
June 17 - 6:00 - Watonga - Horseback
June 20 - 2:30 - Barnhart - Rain Forest
Again, this seems to be consistent with the clues unless I missed something. I didn't look for another "solution."
These puzzles from the book have a different clue structure, so maybe there is some logic that I'm missing.
Finally, I tried your fourth example, and I got a result that was very close to yours. I was missing a few Xs shown in your grid, but the rest was the same.
I guessed that Music Ally was on Sunday, and I got the following:
0 - Saturday - Komedie Kiev - Gibson
2 - Friday - Old Siam - Burdette
4 - Thursday - Aunt Agony - Grand
6 - Wednesday - Two Towers - Roxie
8 - Sunday - Music Ally - Porter
This seemed consistent with the clues.
Just like the other examples, this one was just one X away from a solution.
In this case, there were several places where a single X led to the solution shown above. That was surprising given all the open spaces in the partial solution.
I didn't look for another solution. The missing piece of logic is probably the key to ensuring a solution without guessing AND uniqueness.
Last edited by zenobia43; 08-04-2014 at 08:07 PM.
Thanks for your help! It really helps a lot.
I think that if we solve a problem by guessing, it is not called "logic puzzles". There must be some clues that have not been stated, which I hope the "designer" of the problems can clarify that, by posting the new clues on the Web.
I took the last of the four and literally found 15 solutions that fit every single clue. Given that four of the other five threads in this forum also mention two or three of these puzzles, and all the attempts so far at solutions come down to making a guess and the solution working out, it seems more likely there is a missing clue.
(When there is a missing clue, any guess can lead to a valid solution -- assuming all invalid solutions have been marked.)
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Xoreax CEO Eyal Maor said that this release represents a "major leap forward" for Visual Studio and other build tools using the Microsoft and Intel compilers, with beta testers experiencing up to "200 percent faster acceleration" as compared to prior versions of IncrediBuild.
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I was up early this morning, awakened by a deluge of freezing rain that made me lose power, threatened to flood my basement, and dragged tree limbs crashing to the ground in my yard. It's the kind of raw weather that makes me wistful for a little of the warmth on HD 189733b.That place, it turns out, is one of the most interesting exoplanets known. Discovered in 2005 using Doppler spectroscopy, HD 189733b is a"hot Jupiter" that circles just 3 million miles (0.03 astronomical unit) from its host star. This means it's hopelessly too close to its sun to be spotted separately with current technology. However, by good fortune, it is a transiting exoplanet that alternately passes in front of and behind its sun every 2.2 days.
Recently astronomers have cleverly exploited this geometry to learn something about the Jupiter-size world's composition. First they record the combined spectrum of the star and planet together — and then, once HD 189733b has ducked from view, that of the star alone. Subtract one from the other, and — voilà — a crude spectrum of the planet emerges.
This week two teams of astronomers report, based on infrared spectra taken with both the Hubble and Spitzer space observatories, that there must be water on HD 189733b. This great news for everyone struggling to understand the 300+ exoplanets now known, because it brings us one step closer to finding a habitable world. I wouldn't call this particular planet "habitable" — its surface temperature near 2,500°F (1,400°C).
Dynamicists believe that this and other "hot Jupiters" didn't form so close to their host stars. Rather, they assembled farther out in their protostellar disks and then got dragged inward through interactions with the remaining dust and gas around them. No doubt countless of just-formed planets have been lost this way. HD 189733b likely survived either because its disk dissipated just in time or because it didn't extend all the way in.
In any case, it's not hard to imagine water being part of this planet's makeup. What's more puzzling is the signature of carbon dioxide there too. So I asked exoplanet expert Sara Seager (MIT) what she makes of this result. "The apparent detection of CO2 is very surprising," she told me, because it wouldn't be present if all of HD 189733b's gases were in chemical balance. "We think it comes from photochemistry, caused by the star's ultraviolet rays breaking up molecules that then reform as different molecules."
For the record, the two just-released papers involve Spitzer observations by Carl Grillmair and others (appearing in December 11th's Nature) and Hubble spectra collected by Mark Swain and others (accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
But don't try to wade through these; instead, download this highly readable overview by researchers Giovanna Tinetti and Jean-Philippe Beaulieu.
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A new database was published last week on Ancestry.com: Georgia, Returns of Qualified Voters and Reconstruction Oath Books, 1867-1869. In conjunction to passing the 14th Amendment, Georgia re-registed elegible voters, both black and white. This database contains lists of those eligible to vote, as well as oaths taken by each registrant, pledgeing their loyalty to the United States. This database might be of particular interest to those researching black Georgians. For a short period of time, until Jim Crow became king, men of all races were seen as equal under the law.
These records lack certain identifying pieces of information, such as age and familial relationships. However, used in conjunction with the 1870 census, researchers should be able to identify their ancestors. I was able to find a few of my ancestors, though one, a known politician before the Civil War, does not seem to be listed. He might have lost his eligibility to vote based on his political activity during the war.
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Anna Schwartz, an economist and coauthor with
of a book on monetary policy that shaped the views of central bankers including
ChairmanBen S. Bernanke, has died. She was 96.
Schwartz died Thursday at her home in
after a long illness, said her daughter Naomi Pasachoff.
The first book that Schwartz wrote with Friedman, "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960," had "critical influence" on the outlook "of a generation of policymakers," Bernanke said in 2003, when he was a Fed governor.
Published in 1963, the book advanced the idea that the Great Depression had been triggered by the central bank's reduction in the U.S. money supply from 1928 until the early 1930s. That contradicted the prevailing view that it resulted from the 1929 stock market crash.
"Nobody knew as much about the history of monetary theory and the history of monetary policy in the United States as she did," Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser said.
Schwartz wrote or edited nine books on monetary policy, including three with Friedman. Friedman won the
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Plosser recalled that Friedman said his work with Schwartz was "a true collaboration." Plosser, who served as co-chairman of the Shadow Open Market Committee with Schwartz, said that although "Milton gets a lot of the credit for it, I think Anna should share in that legacy."
Schwartz's name was not included in Friedman's Nobel commendation.
"Anna was neglected in the citation," said Edward Nelson, chief of the monetary studies section at the Fed inWashington, D.C., who interviewed Schwartz in 2003 for Macroeconomics Dynamics, an academic journal. Still, "the phrase 'Friedman and Schwartz' has become second nature in economics when discussing the importance of monetary policy."
Schwartz, at a
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"He could tell me I was wrong — 'You have to rewrite,'" she recalled. "And I could tell him, 'No, what you've written isn't clear. You've got to go over it.' It was that kind of exchange that made it possible for the 'Monetary History' to have such an extended life."
Schwartz worked at the National Bureau of Economic Research into her 90s. She said in a 2003 interview she had no interest in retiring because "having something to think about is a much better life."
In recent years, Schwartz emerged as an outspoken critic of efforts by the Fed and Treasury to revive credit and bail out companies during the financial crisis of 2008 and to combat the recession that lasted from December 2007 until June 2009. She called the 2008 rescue ofBear Stearns Cos.a "rogue operation" and an unwise widening of the government's safety net.
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HAd a customer come in today, he had just completed a marathon with a major computer manufacturer..
For the past 3 months his computer would occasionaly lockup, or bring up strange errors. After various tech visits and numerous call to tech support. The final sujestion was to update the BIOS.. Now due to his caution, and it being a charge job for the tech (some 100km away) he decided to pay me instead..hehe.
Now to the Crux of the story:
Brand Name PC (Acer)
CPU : Celeron 1100
Mem: 384MB SD-RAM
HDD: 20Gb
While he had said the machine would run for between one and 3 hours before the problem would occure. I couldn't get more than 10 mins before a BSOD..
Tried with a UBD .. same period of time.. b4 a lock
HAd a quick look at the Motherboard before testing the PSU.. Bingo..Cause found..
This is where my warning comes:
His problem?
On All motherboards (well all that I have worked with) The Power supply's are filtered by "Electrolytic Capacitors" .. These are a Aluminium "Can" sheathed on the length in a plastic shrink wrap, leaving a rubber seal end with two "legs" soldered to the Circuit board, the other end is bare and visable to the observer.. (I am getting to it OK)..
In this case and many others in various parts of the world, the bare end of the "Can" had ruptured and the Electrolyte had leaked..
The net result is that the Capacitor is no longer capable of doing its task of filtering the Supply rails.. this leads to Noise/spikes interfering with the operation of the CPU, RAM, and Motherboard Chips.
Most users of quality Motherboards will probably not encounter this problem.. As the problem is partly to do with the quality of the Capacitors themselves. BUT heat, and power fluctuations can cause even the best of these components to fail in this manner.
So next time your computer seems a little Ill.. just check the electro's out.. Just incase..
BTW: good idea for a check, post summer, in your home computers. Especially if they are running long hours..
The attached is a Pix of an example of the faulty components.. if it helps for those who don't know an Electrolytic Capacitor from a Torx driver..(one is a Electronic component the other is a"funny looking" star screw driver)


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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
west rim trail...
Just about worn out all the trails....Benita done hid herself good. Had a nice surprise late today - Benita's daughter Beatrice came in with her latest calf....the legend lives on.
An unannounced visitor came by this afternoon with her out of control dog. Carl almost bit the dust. Fortunately, he is just a a little freaked out and a few feathers short of a full load. The visitor is no longer welcome at TFL. She knows there is livestock here and I have warned her before. Irresponsible pet owners really piss me off. 59,74,34,0,B
15 comments:
- jandean said...
SO nice to Beatrice and her little one. Poor Carl, learnin the hard way...
- March 21, 2012 at 10:45 PM
- jandean said...
uh, er, I meant to say nice to SEE...
- March 21, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- John Wells said...
- March 21, 2012 at 11:06 PM
- Dani said...
T'would definitely seem, from this posting, that you are willing to waken early each morning, and that Carl is now a permanent resident - but I knew that as soon as you named him LOL
- March 22, 2012 at 12:23 AM
- Carlos said...
Carl needs some self defense lessons. Used have a rooster at my Granny's that was feared by both cats and dogs. He weren't as big as Carl either but he wasn't afraid of anything. Saw him try to tear the eyes out of Beefmaster bull who happened to poke his head through a fence. Granny called him her 'gallo diablito' Little Devil Rooster. He also famous for catching mice and cicadas.
- March 22, 2012 at 2:49 AM
- Rita B. said...
poor Carl....should hope he's ok. Looks like the cows are comin' home for the summer. you've been innundated for a few days now. very cute calf.
- March 22, 2012 at 4:42 AM
- pamit said...
Kudos to Carl to surviving the attack dog...what's the white calf's name? How about Benito or Alba (boy or girl)?
Pam in CO
- March 22, 2012 at 7:08 AM
- CamperMan said...
Maybe the wild dog is on to something...sell the feathers. I've seen women with them in their hair.
- March 22, 2012 at 9:37 AM
- nate.mckenzie.aouc said...
Shoot the damn dog! I did that once when a "friend" came to my farm and he let his dog out, who then IMMEDIATELY started trying to take down a sow that had just had pigs. I walked over to the barn, picked up mu trusty Iver Johnson Champion 12 ga. and shot the damn dog right then...He got over it and later saiud he understood.
- March 22, 2012 at 9:48 AM
- Miss America said...
Did you ask Beatrice where Benita is? She knows. If you haven't yet, please ask Beatrice, "Where is Benita?" It may be a sign that they're on their way in. But if you ask directly, Beatrice will find a way to answer your question.
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- March 22, 2012 at 9:46 PM
- Jay P said...
In the words of the famous Foghorn Leghorn..."Fortunately I have my feathus numbud fo' just such an ocassion!".
- March 22, 2012 at 10:40 PM
- Unknown said...
Glad you keep checkin' on Benita.
- March 24, 2012 at 1:50 AM
- Texas Sean said...
A lack of personal responsibility combined with a sense of entitlement is the constant ruination of our civilization. It rhymes, rolls off the tongue and unfortunately, it's the dang truth! Here's another reason for carry, John; puttin' down dogs and mebbe so their ignorant owners. Bullies! Chicken bullies!
(That was a light hearted comment meant to inspire a chuckle. Like all TX CHL holders and more than a few combat vets, I know the toll of taking a life. But trust me, there will be more dogs and more ignorant sum'bitches by and by.)
- March 24, 2012 at 7:19 PM
- Allen Hare said...
Another long walk. These searches must be therapy for you, a way to process her disappearance. It would be nice to find some sign.....
Beatrice is a lovely gal.
A close call for Carl.
- March 25, 2012 at 12:27 PM
- DJcracker said...
I like Joel Salatin's method. The rural 3 Ss.....shoot, shovel, & shut up. Your chicken in the mouth of an unleashed and unruly dog is not cool...of course the 3 S rule may not be appropriate in the presence of the mutt's owner...
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Would be exceedingly surprised if it we're 'the loss of his eye' given he's just turned 31 remembering very few players lose their eye until they're around 33 & older.
I like the team you listed though, pretty darn good.
Uppercut: As already said, no idea. I'm not sure why we think Hopkins is better than McGlashan but we do for some reason. Pretty harsh considering McGlashan has a fifty against India and has only played a couple of games.
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All I'm saying is McCullum is pretty much the only guy around doing this stuff. So if what he's doing is ok, that must mean every other international cricketer is soft and McCullum is a genius. Pretty far-fetched.
And since I've been lured into this ridiculous "PC vs Un-PC" argument of slogans and cliches, let me just say....
I would love our cricketers to be a lot mentally tougher, i.e. BAT AND BOWL BETTER! Concentrate harder, keep giving 100% at all times, be able to keep your wits about you during tough times or pressure moments.
Has nothing to do with trying to run people out when they think it's the end of the over. Actually, if you looked up "soft option" in the dictionary.....
(yes, I know, you wouldn't find it because it's two words)
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Jacob Antheunis (d. 1575)
Jacob Antheunis (Jacob de Schoenlapper, i.e., cobbler), was an Anabaptist martyr, who was executed by burning at the stake at Antwerp, Belgium on 22 May 1575, the evening before Pentecost. Van Braght relates that he was put to death with tongue screws to prevent his speaking to the bystanders. Van Braght also states that Antheunis' pregnant wife was executed after her confinement; but P. Genard, who studied the sources, did not find any record of her. Jacob was sentenced on the charge of frequenting forbidden meetings and possessing forbidden books. He is said to have written some letters from prison, which were lost during the revolt at Antwerp on 4 November 1576.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: II, 693.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 1007. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Génard, P. Antwerpsch archievenblad: XIII, 193, 200; XIV, 9 f., No. 1082;
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 386.
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