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Want to look like Brian Jones in the mid 60s. Well personally I'd have trouble growing out a shaggy mop of blonde hair, but I can at least get the stripey jumper. It appears that Rugby style stripey sweaters are making a bit of a comeback with several stores including Gap offering them (and they are in the sale too).
Now ASOS has just unveiled its take on the classic . This is a 100% cotton block stripe crew neck in navy and white that comes with this season's must-have elbow patches (can't believe I have just written that). It retails very cheaply at £22.
If that's no good and you want something more 60s then Atom Retro has a good selection too.

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The commitment of churches to this program should also result in concrete commitments to the work of justice. Promotion of local Central America work or other justice and peace programs should be part of these anniversary commemorations.
The penitential rite and the rite of commitment are the anchors of this liturgical resource. Roman Catholics were called by the Vatican to a 6-year preparation for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. The first year's theme was the call to penance for the failures of the church.
The Romero materials can contribute to reflections by focusing particularly on this theme in terms of the gospel mandate to promote justice and to be in solidarity with the victims of injustice—the poor and oppressed peoples in our world and community. It is a time to examine and repent the role of Christians in creating and perpetuating structures of injustice, especially the spread of poverty, the concentration of great wealth, and the over consumption of this society—perpetuating this sin through participating in or benefiting from this unjust system, or by silence in the face of it.
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Blues close, despite playoff disappointment
Talk about a comparison that's gotta hurt.
"The Blues," proclaimed a member of the media covering the playoff series between St. Louis and the Chicago Blackhawks, "are just like the Cubs."
That's the Chicago Cubs, a team that for more than a century hasn't been good enough to win a championship even when the personnel say they should be good enough.
As the Blues awoke Monday following their six-game playoff elimination at the hands of the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks, they began dissecting what must be done to claim the championship that's eluded them since joining the NHL in the first wave of expansion in 1967.
After all, a second consecutive first-round elimination — even if they both were at the hands of the defending champs — is proof a team isn't good enough.
Still, despite the pain of yet another disappointing defeat, the Blues are what people have spent the last year saying of them: Close.
"Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. That's not more true than now," said Blues captain David Backes in the aftermath of Sunday's series-finale 5-1 loss in Chicago. "Close didn't get it done."
Not this time.
However, there aren't any full-scale changes needed in Missouri, even if a segment believes the club's core needs a big shake.
Take a gander at who makes up their foundation.
It's forwards David Backes, T.J. Oshie, Alex Steen, Patrick Berglund, Vladimir Sobotka and the dynamic young duo of Vladimir Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz.
The defence is built around a couple of outstanding young players in Alex Pietrangelo and Kevin Shattenkirk, with Jay Bouwmeester, Barret Jackman, Roman Polak and Jordan Leopold rounding out a very good top six — although it could use more grit.
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Most of those players are going into their prime years.
Goaltending is a question mark. Trade-deadline acquisition Ryan Miller was not the answer after coming from the Buffalo Sabres, and it's not a certainty he'll be back, or the team would even want him.
Their goalie of the future is Jake Allen, who will soon turn 24 and certainly has to be given a shot after being named the AHL's first all-star netminder this past season.
What all those players earned the Blues this season will go down as a disappointment, but it shouldn't have.
No team was decimated at a worse time than the Blues. With a couple of weeks left in the regular season, they were in the hunt for top spot in the NHL, but suddenly were besieged by injuries to Backes, Oshie, Tarasenko, Sobotka, Berglund and Pietrangelo and others.
The six-game losing skid caused by that carnage resulted in a plummet down to second spot in the Central Division and a date with the Hawks, instead of facing one of the two wildcard teams.
Though the above mentioned players all returned, they were not 100% healthy.
"You take seven or eight guys out of any lineup, whether it's the first-place team or last-place team, it's going to be hard to play," winger Steve Ott said. "I'd love to have had a little bit healthier team in the last six games and play somebody else (instead) of two top teams in the league going at it, trying to knock each other off. It's tough to see that in the first round when it should probably be a Western Conference final matchup."
That's not to say the Blues don't need to make some changes.
Ott, Brenden Morrow and Derek Roy are three veteran forwards who are pending unrestricted free agents this summer. At most, one of them should be back.
A bigger need than a veteran grit guy or a goalie is a legitimate sniper. Where the Blues had a disadvantage against the Blackhawks, was the game-breaker department.
Tarasenko has all the makings of a future star, but he was on an island. The rest of the Blues score by crashing and banging their way around the crease — an element that lacked in their game in the Blackhawks series, in part because of the injuries.
Another game-breaker would also do wonders for their power play.
"Up until the last week or two of the regular season, we had a fantastic year," Bouwmeester said. "They're a good team … and it's the same lesson we learned last year."
Yes, but they aren't lessons that are difficult to address.
Here's betting the Blues don't need another half century and more to find their formula.
They're not completely like the Cubs.
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Beyoncé Leaves Clint Eastwood's A Star Is Born
On to the next one.
Beyoncé stans weep, Beyoncé haters rejoice: Long after being announced as the lead for A Star Is Born, Blue Ivy's mama is out. Warner Bros. still hasn't found a male star — though Tom Cruise, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, and Leonardo DiCaprio have all been approached — for the Clint Eastwood remake. But here's this, from Variety: "Studio insiders said that with Knowles now off the project, there has been interest, at least from Eastwood's end, in jazz musician Esperanza Spalding." Whoa.


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The city of Moscow appeals to the imaginations of many tourists. It can be seen as an open-air museum with the Kremlin as the main attraction.
Moscow's appearance is characterised by Stalinist buildings and wide avenues. However, there are also buildings from the time of the Tsars. You should start your visit to Moscow with Red Square. This central square is 700 metres long and 130 metres wide. The Kremlin and Lenin's Mausoleum are utuated on the Red Square. Part of the Kremlin is occupied by the Russian president and his government, but the other buildings are open to the public.
The Palace of Facets, St. Basil's Cathedral, Uspensky Cathedral and the Gorky House are also worth a visit. Moscow has over 80 museums, some of which have collections of works by world-famous artists. The Tretyakov Gallery and the Armoury are certainly major attractions. You can move easily between the sights on the very rapid metro. What is more, the metro stations are themselves true works of art.


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It's Friday! And for some, that means the end of the work-week and weekend plans. For others, it's the day of Friday-night TV shows, including the return of Fringe and Grimm's move back to its regular time-slot. Some say Friday night is a bad night for TV, and granted, there's probably far less competition on the last night of the work-week than there is on any other weeknight. But that doesn't mean there's nothing to watch on Fridays.
Grimm is a prime example of a great Friday night show. The supernatural series balances some procedural elements, a monster-of-the-week (or case of the week, depending on what's going on with Nick at work), and an overall mythology that continues to develop with each episode, rewarding those viewers who tune in for each new episode. Monday nights might earn it a bit more attention, but for those of us already on board with the show, Grimm is a great way to cap off the week. So we're not complaining about its return to Friday nights.
In honor of Grimm's move back to Fridays, and the return of Fringe for its fifth and final season this Friday night, we came up with a list of other past and present Friday night shows that gave us one more reason to look forward to the end of the week.
ABC's TGIF line-up.
In the late 1980s, ABC introduced a new programming initiative under the moniker "TGIF" (Thank Goodness It's Funny). I was an early watcher of the series; after Friday night dance classes I would come home to watch Full House, Perfect Strangers and the newly introduced Family Matters, savoring the episodes at least as much as I savored my off-brand Dr. Fizz soda. The latter two were a little over my head, but I loved Full House, a program I affectionately called "The Little Girl Show" and tried to emulate with varying degrees of success. The original TGIF programming had a great run, airing from the 1988-1989 TV season through the spring of 2000. The focus was on family based programming, which was perfect for myself, my parents, and my two differently aged siblings as we grew up.
For a decade-long span and a new generation, character actor William Daniels became the beloved Mr. Feeny, Bob Saget never uttered a dirty joke, Urkel pulled his pants too high, a family of dinosaurs had very human problems, Sabrina tried to land Harvey, Holly Robinson Pete kept her man waiting, and Cody lived in a van in the driveway. Friday nights were a magical time when I was growing up, and I wouldn't have had my weekends any other way. -Jessica Rawden.
The X-Files
When a show can keep you at home on a Friday night through your teens and into your early 20's, that's the only proof you need that it's a winner. The X-Files was that show for me. The show was unlike anything else I had seen before, the first to really draw me into a world where the question of what is really out there might be answered on a weekly basis. It had the "monster of the week" that could leave you feeling satisfied at the end of every episode, but also the ongoing mystery that kept you coming back.
Friday was the perfect day for The X-Files to air. It was the kind of show you could invite your friends over to watch with you and kick off the weekend together. It was a show that called for grabbing a drink and a bowl of popcorn and sitting on the edge of your seat, waiting to see what mystery Mulder and Scully would face, and whether they would get any closer to discovering the truth that was out there. Every episode felt like it could be a revelation. Although many similar series have taken up residence on Fridays since The X-Files, none will ever really hold the same place in my heart. -Leslie Kasperowicz
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica had a brief run on Sunday nights, but for most of its run on Syfy (or Scifi), it was a Friday night show, and that's where I liked it best. I didn't start watching Battlestar Galactica until the start of the third season. A few episodes in, I went back and watched Seasons 1 and 2 as fast as I could. After that, I was fully on board, happily dedicating part of my Friday evening to each new episode.
The story of a group of humans struggling to survive in space after a race of humanoid robots called Cylons wiped out their planets and most of their population had me captivated. And at the time, I was still working a steady office job, so Friday nights were for relaxing and unwinding after a busy workweek. Battlestar Galactica took my mind away from the stresses of everyday life and up into space where human drama and a struggle for survival was playing out. I couldn't get enough of it. In fact, before that, Firefly was the only space-set TV drama I'd ever seen. The series was suspenseful and exciting, and for a while, one of the best series airing on TV. -Kelly West
From J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Robert Kurtzman, Fringe originally aired on Tuesday nights before Fox made the switch to Thursdays for the science fiction saga's second season. After another year and a half, and trouble finding viewers on its highly competitive new slot, Fringe was once again prepped for a move and starting with "The Firefly" (Season 3, Episode 10) on January 21, 2011, the series would run on Friday nights. And, unlike most controversies involving the network, it proved a pretty solid strategy by Fox and the always on the cusp of cancellation series did well enough to earn a fifth and final season.
"Fringe Fridays" became a term (and time slot) embraced by showrunners Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman and they also acknowledge how it's quite fitting for the show to air on the same night as The X-Files, the former in many ways the heir apparent of the later. Fox even tried to use the show as a way to reclaim, sorry, "re-animate" Friday night programming, commically addressing the perceived death slot with the promotional videos for the rescheduling. And in the end, Fringe is the perfect way to end the 'mindless' mid-week programming and start our brains working for the weekend. -Jesse Carp


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I was wondering what was going on with Val's project? There haven't been any recent posts about it and I've been away from AO for about a week now....What's going on with that? The idea didn't die did it?
Actually, I have no idea. The 2nd planned meeting, as far as i know, didn't take place either. I was supposed to host the whole thing but....... I guess...... well, we will hear from Val soon enough I hope.
i will be back!!!!
lol - have just got home from a v v v v v taxing trip >_<;
burglaries.....fights...police....stitches.....broken bones.....housing contracts.....
heh the list goes on and on guess thats what I get from studying in the city with the highest crime rate in europe!!!
well I'll be back soon promise
We'll be waiting val. Why haven't you replied to the PM's btw?
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(Reuters) - A young diplomat killed in Afghanistan will be remembered at memorial service on Tuesday at the suburban Chicago high school she attended, and where just a few months ago she spoke with students about her experiences in the U.S. Foreign Service.
Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was killed along with four other Americans in a car bomb blast Saturday as their convoy traveled in Zabul province to deliver textbooks to school children.
A 2005 graduate of Fenwick High School, a private Catholic school in Oak Park, Illinois, Smedinghoff had spoken with students about her experiences in the U.S. Foreign Service in December, Associate Principal Richard Borsch said.
"She's a remarkable young lady," Borsch said. "I think maybe the most fun we had with her was at lunch when she was going over what her experiences had been in foreign countries and just how different the cultures are."
Fenwick will hold a memorial mass for Smedinghoff on Tuesday morning in the school's auditorium led by Reverend Richard Peddicord, the school's president.
"It is clear that Anne Smedinghoff will be remembered as a model of the excellence to which all of us at Fenwick hold ourselves," Peddicord said in a statement.
Smedinghoff, a 2009 graduate of Johns Hopkins University, had been assigned to Caracas, Venezuela, before volunteering for the assignment in Afghanistan. She was serving as an assistant information officer in Afghanistan when she was killed.
Funeral arrangements were not known.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he had met Smedinghoff on his trip last month to Afghanistan and she was "everything that is right about our Foreign Service."
Her mother, Mary Beth Smedinghoff, told CNN she had always loved to travel and see new things, and wanted to be a positive force and her father, Thomas Smedinghoff, said he was not surprised when she volunteered to serve in Afghanistan.
"She was a woman who loved life, who was adventuresome, really wanted to make a difference in the world and really found a perfect fit in her work in the Foreign Service," Thomas Smedinghoff, her father, said in the CNN interview.
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Seven Sweet Scoops: Trey Lyles Trims List, Andrew Wiggins Sets Visits, and More…Posted by CLykins on February 13th, 2013
Seven Sweet Scoops is the newest and hottest column by Chad Lykins, the RTC recruiting analyst. He will discuss the seven top stories from the week in the wide world of recruiting, involving offers, which prospect visited where, recent updates regarding school lists, and more chatter from the recruiting scene. You can also check out more of his work at RTC with his weekly column "Who's Got Next?", as well as his work dedicated solely to Duke Basketball at Duke Hoop Blog. You can also follow Chad at his Twitter account @CLykinsBlog for up-to-date breaking news from the high school and college hoops scene.
Note: ESPN Recruiting used for all player rankings.
1. Trey Lyles Cuts List to Six
Arsenal Technical High School (Indiana) five-star power forward Trey Lyles has narrowed his list of schools down to six. Lyles, the No. 5 overall ranked prospect from the class of 2014, is down to Butler, Duke, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville and UCLA. "I'm just focused on those schools," Lyles said in an interview with the Indianapolis Star. "I like the style they play, they have rich legacies, have good coaches and I feel like I could be comfortable at any of them." The 6'9″ Lyles, a former Indiana commitment, recently took a visit to Lexington this past weekend for the Wildcats' SEC clash against Auburn. He was also on the Kentucky campus for their Big Blue Madness festivities in October. He has also taken trips to in-state Butler and Louisville and will plan to take official visits to Duke, Florida and UCLA at the conclusion of his junior season. He is currently averaging 22 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists for Arsenal Tech this season.
2. Andrew Wiggins Sets Unconfirmed Visits
The nation's No. 1 overall ranked player Andrew Wiggins is beginning to make progress with his recruitment. The 6'8″ small forward out of Huntington Prep (West Virginia) has only visited one school — Florida State — on his list of candidates. However, that will soon change. Also considering Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina, Wiggins has now set tentative dates with each of those three schools. Kentucky will receive Wiggins' second official visit on February 27 as the Wildcats will host Mississippi State. He was scheduled to be in attendance for Kentucky's Big Blue Madness festivities in October but had to cancel. He will follow that up with a visit to the Kansas campus on March 4 for the Jayhawks' final home game of the season against Texas Tech. To close it out, Wiggins will then travel to Chapel Hill on March 9 for the Tar Heels' ACC showdown against Duke. North Carolina head coach Roy Williams has feverishly pursued Wiggins in the last few months and has really gained steam in this recruitment, however, Florida State and Kentucky are still considered the top two to land the potential No. 1 NBA draft pick in 2014. While those specific dates could change as they have yet to be confirmed, Wiggins timetable is seemingly geared towards the spring signing period which falls from April 17 to May 15. Read the rest of this entry »


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The New York Times has a long piece (8/12/11) looking at the question of how many civilians in Pakistan are killed by CIA drones. The agency doesn't even speak about the program on the record, except to make the far-fetched claim that no civilians have died in the past year or so.
The article, written by Scott Shane, includes some useful criticism of the CIA, and it's hard not to conclude that the agency's claims are not very credible.
But the real problem with the piece is that it gives much weight to the CIA's defense at all, using their almost entirely anonymous claims as one side in a dispute:
The government's assertion of zero collateral deaths meets with deep skepticism from many independent experts. And a new report from the British Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which conducted interviews in Pakistan's tribal area, concluded that at least 45 civilians were killed in 10 strikes during the last year.
Shane writes that a "closer look at the competing claims... suggests reasons to doubt the precision and certainty of the agency's civilian death count." He adds, though, that "if there are doubts about the CIA claim, there are also questions about the reliability of critics' reports of noncombatant deaths."
Shane also reports that "American officials" do not trust Pakistani lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar, who has been a key player and is suing the CIA-- which apparently discredits the British Bureau of Investigative Journalism study:
American officials said the Bureau of Investigative Journalism report was suspect because it relied in part on information supplied by Mr. Akbar, who publicly named the CIA's undercover Pakistan station chief in December when announcing his legal campaign against the drones.
If you read some of the British press about this study (as I did, thanks to CommonDreams.org), you get a very different impression than the one you get from the New York Times. From the Telegraph:
168 Children Killed in Drone Strikes
in Pakistan Since Start of Campaign
New research to send shockwaves through Pakistan
by Rob Crilly, Islamabad
In an extensive analysis of open-source documents, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that 2,292 people had been killed by U.S. missiles, including as many as 775 civilians.
An opinion piece at the Guardian:
The Civilian Victims
of the CIA's Drone War
A new study gives us the truest picture yet--in contrast to the CIA's own account--of drones' grim toll of 'collateral damage'
In that piece, Smith writes:
This week, a new report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism gives us the best picture yet of the impact of the CIA's drone war in Pakistan. The CIA claims that there has been not one "noncombatant" killed in the past year. This claim always seemed to be biased advocacy rather than honest fact. Indeed, the Guardian recently published some of the pictures we have obtained of the aftermath of drone strikes. There were photos of a child called Naeem Ullah killed in Datta Khel and two kids in Piranho, both within the timeframe of the CIA's dubious declaration.
The BIJ reporting begins to fill in the actual numbers. It's a bleak view: more people killed than previously thought, including an estimated 160 children overall. This study should help to create a greater sense of reality around what is going on in these remote regions of Pakistan. This is precisely what has been lacking in the one-sided reporting of the issue--and it doesn't take an intelligence analyst to realize that vague and one-sided is just the way the CIA wants to keep it.
The Times account obeys normal journalistic "rules" about balance and giving official sources their say. Which, in this case, amounts to giving space to anonymous killers to defend their actions.


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Amazon has added a new exclusive pre-order DLC, along with store credits, for the upcoming "Battlefield 4."
A Battlepack is just the Battlefield equivalent to a FIFA UT Pack.
Stupid Microtransactions...
So lame, only PS3 and 360 versions get the 10 dollars off. Why not Ps4?
shopto are apparently doing a pre-order bonus .tell ur friend on a live feed that shopto are sh1t and ur gonna order ur games from amazon and bazzzzzzzzzzing u get a free game
Does anyone are they still giving 10$ credit on amazon u.s.?


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As a Christian who practices the Steps, Saul Selby knows them to be an invaluable tool for living out the Christian faith. Selby brings his knowledge to bear in Twelve Step Christianity, which teaches Christians in recovery to connect their faith with their program--and shows any Christian a clear path to a more intimate relationship with Christ. Laid out in a workbook format, with room for readers to write answers and track their progress, Twelve Step Christianity explores the roots of Twelve Step spirituality, Examines the connections and distinctions between Christianity and Twelve Step programs and offers readers a deeper and broader understanding of the myriad powerful reasons for applying the Twelve Steps to their lives.
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By Gary Regenstreif
As Argentina's Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner convalesces in the presidential residence after surgery, a poor prognosis for her political and economic agenda awaits her outside. Yet the populist leader is unlikely to respond with major policy initiatives as she enters a prolonged lame duck period.
Fernandez faces big losses in Sunday's mid-term congressional elections, which will likely determine how much legislative clout she can muster. Hope for her third presidential mandate is all but extinguished. Under her administration, Latin America's third largest economy is slipping further behind the region's top two — Brazil and Mexico — and looking ever more like the laggard Venezuela.
The 60-year-old Peronist leader was ordered to rest after an emergency operation to remove blood from the surface of her brain, sidelining her from the campaigning she led earlier to keep "Kirchnerismo" alive.
First elected in 2007, Fernandez implemented a raft of interventionist policies that have made her popular with the poor but no darling of business and investors: regulation of the critical grains sector, protectionist trade policies, currency controls and nationalization of the oil company and private pension system.
She had a glimpse of the unraveling of Kirchnerismo in August, when her candidates won just 26 percent of the vote in primaries. Opinion polls and analysts forecast that she'll likely lose ground in many key provinces on Sunday. And while she translated sympathy for her husband's death in 2010 into votes that reelected her a year later, Fernandez doesn't appear set to benefit from a similar bounce after her illness.
The complex mathematics of Sunday's elections makes more concrete projections difficult. But they are clear enough to forecast that she would not secure the two-thirds support of Congress needed to initiate a constitutional amendment required for her to seek a third term.
Rather than having her party rally around her, jockeying for the leadership has begun. The popular and market friendly Sergio Massa, a former ally who broke ranks, now heads a government faction of the umbrella Peronist party. Monday, the day after the vote, is likely to mark the beginning of the 2015 presidential race. Fernandez becomes a lame duck. And the end of Kirchernismo is in sight.
That prospect has cheered the markets. Argentina's Merval equity index has rallied by about 50 percent since the August 11 primaries that showed support for the ruling FPV (Frente Para la Victoria) dropping.
In the lengthy period from now until the 2015 presidential election, Fernandez must wrestle with economic blights that draw unwelcome parallels with Venezuela.
"The similarities of the economic models allows us to view the Venezuelan situation as a preview for what can happen in our country if a change in direction is not made," leading newspaper La Nacion, a critic of the administration, said in an editorial earlier this month, saying only "several degrees" separate the countries.
Indeed, these two South American countries, different in so many ways, are looking frighteningly similar in others. Fernandez, like former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has put helping the poor at the top of her agenda. But generous welfare and other state subsidies have also caused prices to jump. Argentine inflation is 20 to 25 percent, according to estimates by independent analysts, far higher than the officially reported rate.
Fernandez has kept the official exchange rate at artificially strong levels — making imports cheaper but eroding the ability of manufacturers to compete internationally. Her government dipped into Argentina's foreign exchange reserves to pay for its energy needs and honor its debt. Those reserves are down 20 percent to $34.4 billion, their lowest since early 2007. To protect that bank of foreign funds, Fernandez has limited access to dollars, fueling a black market that charges nearly twice the official rate. A currency crisis could be looming.
She's also been embroiled in a legal battle against bond investors. They refused to participate in debt restructurings after the country's 2002 default and are suing for full repayment. The U.S. Supreme Court this month declined to hear an appeal filed by Argentina over its battle with the investors. Fernandez has vowed never to pay the holdouts, whom she calls "vultures" for picking over the bones of the default.
The Argentine economy is growing, but how fast is in dispute. While officials project gross domestic product will grow by 5 percent this year, up from 1.9 percent last year, many private analysts think that's optimistic. London-based Capital Economics, for example, recently told clients that that gross domestic product data is widely discredited and it estimates the economy fell into recession in 2012. While this year's rebound has been stronger than expected, it is largely due to temporary factors likely to fade in coming quarters. In addition, Capital highlighted Argentina's lack of attractiveness as an investment destination — it is the only major regional economy in which foreign direct investment as a share of GDP fell in the past decade.
Fernandez will likely seek to preserve the hallmarks of Kirchnerismo. With no appetite for a real change of course, however, she may only fiddle around the edges.
"It will be a policy of patches," Dante Sica, an economist and former industry, trade and mining minister before Nestor Kirchner took power, told me. "You can't expect big things. There will be some corrections, some marginal changes, some patches to allow it to continue but you won't see dynamic growth."
Fernandez will likely be tempted to return to policy tools she's wielded before, despite the inherent risks. The first may be the desire to tighten currency controls more, to stop the exodus of dollars and protect foreign reserves and her ability to pay the debt and energy imports. That would further frustrate businesses and consumers — and aggravate distortions in the economy. With $10 billion earmarked for debt repayment in 2014, dollar reserves are likely to be under greater pressure.
Another temptation may be to again dip into public institutions to finance spending, after siphoning funds from the central bank and from the pensions agency. A third will be to boost spending to prime the economy before the 2015 polls, further stoking inflation.
But Fernandez's falling support will limit her ability to push through new legislation. "She will continue doing what she's doing," said Mariel Fornoni, political analyst and managing partner of polling firm Management and Fit. "It's a government on the way out."
That won't help Argentina climb back toward regional powers Mexico and Brazil. Or further away from Venezuela.


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Mayor Nutter today said the city will lay off 12 more employees and delay training for new police recruits to deal with a shortage in revenues due to a delay in getting state approval for a temporary sales tax hike.
Nutter plans to delay a Police Academy class due to start in the fall. He is also eliminating six full-time positions in the Mayor's Office [two of the six positions are filled] and laying off six employees in the city's 311 call center and four employees in the Finance Department. Layoff notices were issued Friday. The cuts take effect at the end of the month.
Nutter's budget -- passed in May – counted on getting state approval to increase the local sales tax by 1 cent on the dollar for five years and to make changes in how the city's pension fund is replenished. Those changes, worth $700 million in the city's five-year plan, would help balance the budget.
But Harrisburg lawmakers still haven't given the city the go-ahead on either item. And the budget plan counted on getting $10 million per month in sales tax revenue. If approved, the sales tax increase would take 4 to 6 weeks to implement. So the city has now lost $20 million in revenue for August and September – and October may be next.
"Ten million dollars a month is real money," Nutter said in a City Hall news conference. "That's the real cost of delays in Harrisburg."
Last week, Republicans in the state Senate said they were on track to approve legislation needed by the city by Aug. 26. That would give Democrats who control the state House, which approved the city's legislation Aug. 5, just three business days to vote on the Senate's amended version before the city's fallback budget would have to be implemented.
Nutter called on the Senate to pass the legislation without amendments so Gov. Rendell could sign it into law without it having to go back to the House for another vote. He worried the city's budget issues could turn into the old video game Pong, with the legislation facing further delays if changes are also made in the House. "We'll just go back and forth, back and forth, between the Senate and the House," he said.


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Microadjustable Support Stand
My grandfather used to call them "dead men" — T-shaped stands that he placed outboard of a tool or a workbench for additional support. They were the extra hands he needed to manage large workpieces — when I wasn't around, that is. After I was old enough to have my own shop, I built dead men topped with rollers to help support the work. These roller stands are very useful — indispensable, really, unless you have a permanent grandchild installed in your shop.
The trouble is, sometimes a board droops as it leaves the worktable. By the time it reaches the stand, it may have dropped below the roller. You need a grandchild to guide the workpiece onto the stand, which, of course, puts you right back to square one.
Because my own grandchildren are not all that useful yet (they still tend to drool on the tools), I decided to improve my roller stand by adding an extension table. This table fills the gap between the stand and the worktable, supporting the workpiece and guiding it onto the rollers. It's an extra hand for my extra hand, if you will. When I don't need the table, it swings down out of the way, and I can use the roller stand alone.
I made one more improvement. When using a support stand or an extension table, it's difficult to adjust it level with the power tool. So I made this stand microadjustable. A small screw jack makes it possible to dial in the position of the stand and the table in 1/64″ increments. Pretty neat, huh? You can't get this option elsewhere, even on the better grade of grandkids.
Building the Support Stand
The support stand is made up of four assemblies: the base, the roller head, the extension table and the jack.
Base • The base rests on three feet so it will be stable, even on an uneven floor. The feet support a U-shaped channel that holds the roller head and guides it up and down. The sides of this channel are dadoed to hold the microadjustment jack.
To make the base, double-miter the adjoining ends of the legs and attach them to the underside of a round plywood plate with screws and glue. Cut dadoes in a board spaced every 1″, then rip the board into two strips. Use these strips for the sides of the U-shaped guide. Assemble the guide and attach it to the top of the round plate.
Roller head • To help feed the work across the stand, I used 1″ roller bearings (sometimes called transfer balls). I like these doodads because they will roll in any direction. You can use them to rip, crosscut or cut circles without having to worry about the roller pulling the work to one side if it isn't perfectly aligned with the direction of feed.


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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Thankful Thursday - One Lovely Blog Award
On this Thankful Thursday I wish to express my gratitude for all the genealogy love! Over the past month my blog received the "One Lovely Blog Award" from several kind friends.
Jenny from Are My Roots Showing
Sharn from Family History 4U
Tammy from Genealogy Simple & Fun
Ginger from Genealogy by Ginger's Blog
Donna Jane from Hanging from the Family Tree
Susan from Long Lost Relatives
Yvonne from The Mashburn Collection
Wendy B. from Shaking Leaves: My Adventure in Genealogy
Thank you ladies for making me feel very special! I would like to return the favor in stating you all indeed have lovely blogs. I enjoy reading your posts and gaining valuable knowledge.
There are several people I would like to thank for "whom I would not have been able to receive this award."
Starr (daughter) for her wonderful artistic vision. On more that one occasion she made time to help with designing this blog. Starr's blog can be found at Sweet Pohickery.
Doug (husband) who reads this blog daily. He always asks questions and gives input.
Ken (brother) who started me on this road to searching our heritage.
To accept the award the rules are as followed:
1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who granted the award and their blog link.
2. Pass the award on to 15 other blogs that you've newly discovered. (alphabetical)
3. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.
1. The Ancestor Files by Amy
2. Are You My Cousin by Lisa
3. The Empire Called and I Answered by Lenore
4. Have You Seen My Roots by
5. Kitchen Retro by Lidian
6. Leah's Family Tree (formerly known as The Internet Genealogist blog) by Leah
7. Life From the Roots by Barbara
8. Misadventures of a Genealogist by Kathleen
9. Of Trolls and Lemons by Astrid
10. "Over Thy Dead Body" by IrishEyesJG
11. Sharing a Slice of Life by Texasblu
12. Threading Needles in a Haystack: the genealogy journey by Mary Ellen
13. Twigs of Yore: the blog by Shelley
14. Who Cares What I Think? by Mindie
15. World Turn'd Upside Down by Stephanie Ann
Lovely blogs to read and follow!
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Thank you Deb for the Award, it was very kind of you. I'm still hoping I can trace an ancestor to Maryland, because I know who I will turn to for help. And, congratulations on receiving yours from so many people.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much! I'm having a lot of fun passing it on.ReplyDelete
Congrats on your award....richly deserved.ReplyDelete
Thank you for nominating me, Deb. It's an interesting exercise to go through finding 15 new and interesting blogs, but I got there in the end.ReplyDelete
Best wishes,
Thank you, Deb!ReplyDelete
Thank you for thinking of me! :)ReplyDelete
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(RNN) – If you're pregnant and want your belly left alone – move to Pennsylvania. The state is starting to enforce a law where it's illegal to touch a pregnant woman's belly without asking her.
A recent harassment incident has brought this law back to light, but the law itself has been in the books for awhile.
A woman filed a harassment charge against a Cumberland County, PA, man who rubbed her belly without asking her brought the statute back into the spotlight.
Authorities say they're issuing a renewed warning.
"Essentially, someone had touched a pregnant woman's belly. That's very common that pregnant women have to go through that. The only problem is when you harass, annoy, alarm in the act of touching, then it's a violation, a harassment charge," local attorney Phil DiLucente told WPXI.
According to WPXI, DiLucente said pressing charges is something done if the touching gets out of hand.
So in case you wish to touch the unborn baby, in hopes a genie pops out or something, seek permission before you do so.
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Reading 2: Reaction to the Endicott Board Recommendations
Alabama Congressman William H. Forney, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, argued:
The [Endicott] board have recommended that an appropriation of twenty-one and a half million dollars should be made this year....The majority of the Committee on Appropriations did not deem it practicable to enter upon this great work at this time, and they have therefore presented the bill...which merely appropriates $670,000....I, for one, Mr. Chairman, do not think it is necessary at this time to enter upon the extensive works recommended by the board. We are at peace with all the world. Our relations with foreign governments are amicable, and at this time it does not seem likely that we shall get into difficulty at an early day....There are over two thousand guns of large caliber, ranging from 8 to 20 inches, and as we have those guns, as our country is at peace with the world, and as we have the fortification which the board testify were so efficient in former years, the majority of the committee think it is not necessary for us to enter at this time upon the immense work which the board recommend.Ohio Congressman Benjamin Butterworth, one of the leading advocates of increased appropriations, countered:
I have said that the old fortifications, as shown by competent evidence, are not only absolutely worthless they are worse than useless. And why? Because...they seem to serve as an excuse for men pretending to be economists to say to the people of this country away inland and at other places that we already have our seacoast lined with fortifications now, and thus the otherwise suspicious and impatient public are lulled into a false sense of security....Suppose war should come tomorrow, and the experience of the world teaches that this supposition is not violent, are we prepared to offer as ramparts against the enemies' shot and shell the bodies of our children? Either we will gird our lines with ramparts of steel and iron or we must offer to the enemies' shot and shell the bodies of our citizen soldiers; one or the other must be furnished to resist the assault-iron and steel or flesh and blood.Butterworth then quoted from the section of Senator Tilden's letter which followed the claim that $5 billion in property stood exposed in America's largest harbors.
They are the centers not only of foreign commerce but of most of the internal trade and exchanges of domestic productions....The interruption of the currents of traffic by the occupation of one or more of our principal seaports by a foreign enemy or the destruction of them by bombardment or the holding over them the menace of destruction for the purposes of exacting contribution or ransom would inflict upon the property and business of the country an injury which can neither be foreseen nor measured.
Questions for Reading 2
1. What reasons did Congressman Forney give for opposing the appropriation of $21 million?
2. What did Forney mean when he said this level of spending was not "practicable"?
3. What reasons did Congressman Butterworth give for supporting the appropriation of $21 million?
4. Later in his speech, Congressman Butterworth asked not for $21 million, but only for $3 million. Considering how worried he was, why might he have lowered his request?
Reading 2 was compiled from Congressional Record volume 17, part 7, 49th Congress, 1st session (July 1886), 7097-7100.


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Title: Stone of Tymora Volume 1: The Stowaway
Author: R.A & Geno Salvatore
Publisher: Mirrorstone
May Contain Spoilers
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From the author of more than a dozen New York Times best sellers and his son, comes the first installment of a brand-new fantasy trilogy written just for young readers…
Barely a teen and already guarding a secret that could jeopardize his young life, Maimun is marked for death. With the help of a mysterious stranger, the boy escapes his village and flees out to sea, stowing away on the pirate hunting ship, Sea Sprite, where he comes across a most unlikely ally: the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden. With a half-demon determined to destroy him, and a crew of sailors resentful of the trouble he's caused, Maimun must find the courage to prove his worth, both to his friends and to himself.
Nearly two decades ago, R.A. Salvatore introduced the world to Drizzt D'Urden in a series that has since become a fantasy classic and a consistent presence on best seller lists. Now, for the first time, Salvatore partners with his son Geno to craft a brand-new story just for young readers, featuring a cameo of the most beloved fantasy character of all time.
For young readers seeking the next great fantasy saga or for long-time fans who can't miss any installment in the Drizzt saga, this book delivers all the action, intrigue, and magic you've come to expect from the Salvatore name.
I have to admit that when I first saw this book, I wasn't so enthused about diving right into it. I have read books by R. A. Salvatore, and they haven't been favorites of mine. I finally picked up The Stowaway, the first book in the Stone of Tymora series, and I was pleasantly surprised. This MG read is fast paced, exciting, and fun. Now I am eager to read more in the series!
Maimun has had a troubled young life. Orphaned as an infant, he finds himself on the run after the death of his guardian, desperately fleeing from a demon who is determined to catch him. He must trust his life with a stranger, a stern man who expects him to always strive to do his best. Much of the book is spent on the high seas, so in addition to Maimun running away from the demon, he is also trying to dodge pirates and a very unpleasant troll. The tension is kept high through the entire book, as the twelve-year-old struggles to stay alive. Most of his difficulties are caused by the mysterious jewel he was given by his guardian – it seems like everyone wants to get their hands on it, especially the demon!
Maimun is very resourceful, and extremely lucky as well. He has faced more life or death situations than most adults ever will, and he's managed to survive each time his life was threatened. There are some very scary creatures out to get him, and though he is terrified of them, he finds the courage to stand up and face his would-be assailants. As he moves from one death defying experience after another, he becomes more and more determined to learn who he is, who his parents were, and why Asbeel is so intent on capturing him and his black jewel.
This book will appeal to MG boys with its rapid pacing and nonstop excitement. I am looking forward to reading the next volume, and learning more about Maimun's mysterious past.
Grade: B+
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Each year at this time, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, we ask islanders what gift they would like to have from Santa.
We tell them money is no object, and they can have whatever they would like except peace on earth, which is not available.
We start this year with Tom Stacom who would like a new hoop. Katrina Westall, "a horse."
Pat Holtzman wants to go to the Bahamas.
George Dolos "would like to feed more Jamestown pizza lovers."
Kaan Kurt, "an iPod." Will Deffley, "a Play Station 3."
Ilesh Patel would like 2007 to be a good business year.
K.C. Barrett replied, "golf balls."
John Rafanelli will look under the tree for a NBA 2007 video game.
Fred Pease has always wanted a 225-foot icebreaker on which he can take a crew of doctors to any place on the earth to provide free medical procedures to children who do not otherwise have access to those services.
Suzanne Cooke, "for my children's wishes to come true."
Bill Reardon, "Another Red Sox world championship."
Harry Curfman wants a mild winter.
Chelsea O'Neill, "My boyfriend home from Iraq."
Patty Crowell has her eyes on a Nano.
Meghan Marsh, "an iPod" Justin Topp wants a Sidequick. Eric Bieler, "a smiling Sonya."
Heather Ryng, "a mother's ring."
Paula Noll, "Enough money to take the summer off."
Meghan Rice wants a black
Labrador puppy.
E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 829-2760 with your Christmas "want."
Anna Templeton-Cotill was first in with the answer to last week's poser. She provided the second line to "I don't want to set the world on fire," which is, "I just want to start a flame in your heart."
Rose Fraley gave us those lines and then provided the third, "In my heart I have but one desire, and that one is you - no other will do."
Nice lyrics.
John A. Murphy wrote that the song "is one of the classic lead-ins to a great Ink Spots chorus. Another great Ink Spots hit: 'Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat!' That's my favorite."
How about it, folks? Anyone else know "Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat!" ?
If you're taking your pet on a Christmas visit out of town, there are some things you should do first, according to Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic.
"Many pets and owners will travel during the holiday season. Be courteous to your hosts and make sure your pets are welcome before bringing them along. Nothing spoils a party or vacation more than an emergency vet visit because Fluffy really does not get along with other cats or dogs. Many people also have bad allergies to pets and may prefer to not have Fluffy over for the holidays. If you are traveling by car, your pet may need motion sickness medicine or even sedatives, and only your pet's doctor can help you there.
"If you and your pet are flying, you must contact the airline and find out what paperwork you will need. If flying internationally, there are additional regulations, and you should contact the USDA or embassy of the country you are flying into to get all those issues addressed well before you need to leave in order to avoid holiday headaches at the last minute." Woof!
Check out the great tree illumination in front of Atlantic Lawn & Garden on Narragansett Avenue. Really cool.
Don't forget the Jamestown Community Chorus' Holiday Concert Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Central Baptist Church.
Enjoy the beautiful sounds of Christmas.
The rats are back. Got a big one Saturday.
Matthew Clarke asks, "What is with the 4-by-8 sheet of plywood posted next to the fire station parking lot. Isn't it time for this ugly sign to come down? After all, the election is over."
Dunno Matt. Still celebrating, we guess.
*** Kudos to islander Caitlin Crawford,
the top runner at North Kingstown High School who will be attending
Wake Forest next year on a partial sports scholarship.
Caitlin told us she is "excited" at the prospects and plans to compete on the cross-country, indoor and outdoor teams.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 1 were out doing their community service last week.
On Thursday, they were busy at the library hauling books from the basement upstairs for a winter book sale. On Monday, scouts returned to the library to carry the slow-sellers back to the cellar.
During the tree lighting, troop members stood by at the log fire with water buckets and kept youngsters from getting too close to the flames. Great job, guys.
Islanders are out and about this Christmas season visiting stores and restaurants on Narragansett Avenue and generally enjoying the lights and gaiety of the upcoming holidays.
However, it wasn't thus on Narragansett Avenue during the Christmas season of 1775.
In "A Short History of Jamestown on the Island of Conanicut Rhode Island" by W.L. Watson in 1933, the author prints the details of what happened on the avenue on the morning of Dec. 10, 1775, as described in the diary of Ezra Stiles, a Newport minister.
"Dec. 11, 1775. About 1 o'clock yesterday morning a Bomb Brig, 1 schooner, & 2 or 3 armed sloops went to Conanicott & landed upward of Two hundred Marines Sailors & Negroes at the E. Ferry and marched in three divisions over to the W. Ferry, & set the several houses on fire there, then retreated back sett fire to almost every house on each side of the road, & several Houses and Barns some distance on the N. & S. side of the Rode, driving out Women & Children etc.
"A Company of Minute Men had left Conanicut the Aft. before so that there were but 40 or 50 soldiers on the Island, of which 22 were well equipped. At the Cross Rodes there was a Skirmish our pple killed one Officer of Marines and wounded 7 or 8. Not one Colonist was killed or hurt in the Skirmish. The Kings forces fired on Mr. Jno. Martin aet 80 standing at his Door and wounded him Badly. Mr. Fowler had about 30 Head Cattle: these the Regulars carried off and perhaps a dozen Head more, about 30 Sheep & as many Turkeys, & some Hogs, Beds, Furniture and other plunder. They returned on board at X or XI o'clock & came to this Harbor (Newport) about Noon.
"The Alarm spread, & I am told there are this day Three hundred Men on Conanicutt & Eight hundred upon the Island. The Town in great Consternation. "Houses Burnt & Lost Widow Hull ...............1 house Jos. Clarke, Esq .......... 2 houses & 1 Barn Thos. Fowler .............1 house & 1 Crib Ben Ellery ..................2 houses & 1 Store Benj. Remington .......2 houses Jno. Gardiner .............2 houses & 1 Tanyard Gov. Hutchinson ........ 1 house Wm. Franklin .............2 houses Abel Franklin ............1 house Bend. Robinson ..........1 house 15 Dwellings" Christmas in the village, 1775.
Today is Pearl Harbor Day - fly your flags at half-staff until sundown.
*** Be true!
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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Hey folks. Mike is at Innovate/Activate this weekend, so I'm bringing you the roundup of funniest and most insightful comments. No record-busters this week, but lots of high scores nevertheless.
The insight trophy goes to RD for a challenge to copyright maximalists that has so far gone unanswered. When we posted the news that the son of Interscope Records boss Jimmy Iovine had his SoundCloud account shut down for copyright infringement (and quickly reinstated), RD asked someone to please explain the injustice:
So can one of the oh-so-smarter-than-us rah-rah-copyright shills who regularly post here tell us why THIS kid was allowed to "correct" the problem and simply remove the offending material, and allow his site to continue, when EVERYONE ELSE who is not the son of a Big Media Exec gets the JusticeHammer(tm) right up the ass, has their site seized and domain (if applicible) permanently removed, and is sued/incarcerated/fined into oblivion?
Here is your chance to put us all in our place once and for all. We are waiting.
That comment spurred me to look up what usually happens in SoundCloud disputes, and apparently SoundCloud claims they have no control over the takedown system. I guess that means the labels are in charge—so maybe that's why Mr. Iovine was seemingly able to expedite the process.
The runner up for Most Insightful was Mesonoxian Eve on our post about Hollywood's ongoing efforts to kill Netflix, noting that a lack of legitimate sources doesn't drive everyone to piracy—sometimes it just drives them away:
I just recently canceled my Netflix subscription because of the fact it doesn't seem to be nothing more than a Hulu clone anymore. I signed up for the streaming service, but it's nothing but television shows, not movies.
But I'd like to point out something: "All this does is drive more people to piracy..." This isn't true for me. Unlike most, I don't need Hollywood. It needs me. I've done without and it's their fault.
If Hollywood wants my money, they sure have a screwed up way of trying to get it. It truly is a shame they expect me to buy plastic disks, and in the internet age, is something I'm not doing ever again.
I'm sick of storing this crap. Sick of buying a title only to watch it a few times and then never watch it again.
Entertainment is disposable, just as the income is to view it.
It's a shame this is a multi-billion dollar industry, because it's that greed of keeping it this way that's making it difficult for everyone, especially those "2 million" who rely on my money to make their salary.
It's just a shame it's the other way around to the point Hollywood knows people need it more, because it's true. People whine and complain but they still don't go without, never realizing if they took a different action, they'd win the war.
For Editor's Choice, first we've got one Anonymous Coward responding to another on our post about copyright maximalists regrouping and strategizing. The first AC sought a definition of just what makes a "copyright maximalist", and the second offered up an answer:
A copyright maximalist is a person who believes that copyright law should only be modified in one direction -- more to the benefit of copyright interests.
Or, in another way, that the best "compromise" in copyright law is the one that extends the maximum benefit to copyright interests, even to the detriment of all other interests or positions.
In my own opinion, I see a copyright maximalist as a person who threatens to poison the town's well if they won't allow him to charge people for the water within.
Next, we've got another Anonymous Coward on the same post, responding to one of our regular critics who referred to "grey area behavior like sharing newspapers or libraries"—a statement this commenter found ridiculous:
The day libraries are considered "grey areas" is the beginning of the end of civilization.
The funniest comment this week came from ahow628 on another post about the bumbling tactics of IP maximalists, this time when it comes to Twitter and social media. Ahow628 employed some blunt irony to expose the absurdity of their plans:
Boy are you going to look stupid when their millions of blog readers, Twitter followers, and Facebook likers stand up and say, "We want - NAY, DEMAND - the content we consume be more expensive, less convenient, and of lower quality!"
Egg. On. Your. Face.
In second place we've got an Anonymous Coward on our post about how Paramount doesn't think Louis CK "monetized" despite the fact that he made a million dollars in less than two weeks. The comment (which also got a lot of insightful votes) tried to explain the metrics Paramount uses:
Again... you're missing the important point.
In Louis CK's "experiment" you'll see the following:
1. $0 - Paid to any of the MPAA members
2. $0 - Paid to copyright lawyers for protecting trademark/copyright
3. $0 - Paid to any company to trace and track unauthorized distribution
4. $0 - Paid to any Legal representation for shaking down and prosecuting fans for sharing
5. $0 - Paid for lobbying effort to protect the copyright industry
See, every one of the paths to monetizing content was ignored. Basically, this freeloading SOB just bent the whole world over so that he could just steal other peoples money.
I hope he's really, really proud of himself.
I know right? It's almost as if he thinks his first duty is to his fans, or something.
For Editor's Choice, first we've got another comment on the same post, this time from dwg. It could have just as easily been on the insightful side (and it did well in both categories), but since funny votes were in the lead I'll put it here:
Here's the real problem:
Louis C.K. is actually talented and funny. So the model he employs can't really be applied to "Transformers VI."
That's the thing about substance-free big budget movies. If you build them, they will come—but if you don't, people will find something a lot better. Next, we've got an Anonymous Coward responding to our post about how so-called "cybercrime" losses are massively exaggerated. This particular AC has some anecdotal evidence to the contrary:
I personally lost $150 billion in sales due to cybercrime. You see, this prince in Nigeria promised me $150 billion dollars if he helped me move $1.5 trillion dollars out of Nigeria. But it was all a scam. It was...cybercrime. So there's proof that our economy lost $150 billion due to cybercrime. And since I was planning on giving it all to orphans, it's hurting children directly.
Hmm... well, perhaps we were wrong. Anyway, that's all for this week—it turns out writing these posts is pretty easy as long as you guys submit a bunch of fantastic comments, so keep it up!


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Fontein, Pieter (1708-1788)
Pieter Fontein, born 1708 at Harlingen, Dutch province of Friesland, died 7 August 1788, at Amsterdam, studied theology at the University of Franeker and the Athenaeum and the Remonstrant seminary in Amsterdam and in 1732 was called as pastor to the United Mennonite Church in Rotterdam. Here he created some trouble in the congregation by his declaration that he did not like the expression weerloose Doopsgezinden (nonresistant Mennonites). From 1739 until 1748 he served the Lamist congregation in Amsterdam and then retired to devote his full time to the study of literature. He was a highly respected scholar in Latin and Greek literature and published a number of books in this field. He bequeathed his extensive library to the Amsterdam church; it forms a part of the theological library which the church maintained for the use of students in the Mennonite seminary. In addition he bequeathed 4,000 guilders to the library. He was married to Jozina Stol (died 1746).
Doopsgezind Jaarboekje (1840): 113; (1850): 136
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon., 4 v. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 661.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 v. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: Nos. 2325-2326; II, No. 616.
Sepp, Chr. Johannes Stinstra en zijn tijd. Amsterdam, 1865-1866: I, 17, 174-76; II, 258.
Visscher, H. and L.A. van Langeraad. Biographisch Woordenboek von Protestantche Godgeleerden in Nederland, The Hague, 1903: III, 94-96
Vos, Karel. De Doopsgez. te Rotterdam. 1907: 30.
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By Deepa Seetharaman
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co plans to invest nearly $200 million in its Cleveland engine plant to build a 2-liter version of its popular turbocharged engine for the company's North American lineup.
Production of the 2-liter "EcoBoost" engine is expected to start in late 2014. The move will add 450 jobs at the Cleveland factory, which now makes Ford's 3.5-liter turbocharged engine as well as a 3.7-liter V6 engine, the company said on Thursday.
The second-largest U.S. automaker has heightened its focus on fuel efficiency over the last seven years and the EcoBoost represents a crucial piece of its vehicle strategy.
Ford's factory in Valencia, Spain currently builds the 2-liter turbocharged engine for North America and Europe. Rising demand for fuel-efficient models in North America prompted Ford to shift production of the engine to Ohio from Spain, it said.
That Valencia factory will continue to make the EcoBoost engine for Ford vehicles built in Europe, and Ford said overall employment at the plant would not be hurt by the move.
Ford introduced its turbocharged EcoBoost in 2009 and aims to boost production of the engine to 1.6 million this year, about 100,000 higher than the company's previous goal.
Turbocharged engines have grown increasingly important as automakers face stringent fuel-economy standards over the next several years. Ford, one of the most vocal advocates for this technology, says its EcoBoost-equipped models have saved as much as 20 percent in fuel compared with their larger predecessors.
But earlier this month, Consumer Reports magazine found that the benefits of turbocharged engines were overstated. In some cases, turbocharged models are slower and less fuel-efficient, the magazine said.
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Title: Yuhi: Ceres Vol 2
Author: Yu Watase
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Aya and her twin brother Aki thought they were going to a celebration of their sixteenth birthday at their grandfather's home, but the funeral-like atmosphere tips them off that something's not right. Their "birthday present" turns out to be a mummified hand–the power of which forces an awakening within Aya, and painful wounds all over Aki's body! Grandfather Mikage announces that Aki will be heir to the Mikage fortune, and Aya must die! But Aya has allies in the athletic cook and martial artist Yûhi, and the attractive, mysterious Tôya. But can even two handsome and resourceful guys save Aya when it's her own power that's out of control?
I have mixed feelings about the second volume of Ceres. On one hand, I love the legend of the Celestial Maiden. Ceres is tormented with rage and longs for revenge against the man who stole her feathered robes, prohibiting her from returning to heaven. Worse, he violated her, and she bore his children, trapped in an ugly place she couldn't escape from. Now, fate has caused both Ceres and Mikage to both be reincarnated as the twins Aya and Aki. This has never happened before, and she's obsessed with winning her vengeance. Every time she sees Aki, Ceres wrestles control away from Aya and attacks him, even though he has no memories of his previous life. I find this storyline so compelling. For centuries, Ceres's thirst for revenge has kept her trapped, reborn over and over into the Mikage family, only to be discovered and killed during the ritual as her host body turned sixteen. When I think about how angry I would be after being thwarted time and time again, I am surprised that she hasn't done more damage to the Mikages and their property as yet. I would have gone absolutely ballistic, leaving the surviving Mikages to deal with harried property insurance adjustors.
Aya, though, is grating on my nerves. Is it really wise to chase after Toya in not much more than her underwear, leaving her defenseless when her evil cousin Kagami gets his paws on her? Ugh, ugh, ugh! I would not feel like I was in a position of power in enemy territory while dressed in my panties and a bra. Ugh! That's like the nightmare where you forgot to put your clothes on before rushing off to school. And to so ardently declare her love for Toya, a guy she just met, and a guy who works for the people who are trying to kill her? Aya, while Yuhi isn't as interesting, he is a lot safer, so maybe you should go for him instead? He is more than capable of protecting you, and he can cook! Take him instead!
I was a little bored with this volume. Whenever Ceres made an appearance or Kagami had page time, I was all interested again. Ceres is fascinating because she reveals little tidbits of her history every time she manifests, and Kagami – ah, Kagami. He is just so evil and conniving that you can't help but like, even admire him, just a little bit. He sees an opportunity for the Mikage family to gain immense power, and he's going to seize it. With both Aki and Aya in his control, there is nothing he can't do, once he figures out how to tame Ceres and her incredible power.
The second volume of Ceres was both irritating and compelling. Aya drives me nuts, but legend of the Celestial Maidens kept me turning the pages.
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KINGSTON — For most of their lives, Kingston seniors Mikayla Wells and Sabrina Slatton have played softball together.
It certainly appears that things won't be changing anytime soon.
In a ceremony attended by friends, coaches and families on Monday, the two friends signed identical letters of intent to play softball for Murray State College.
"I've always wanted to do this my entire life, and being able to do it with my best friend is even better," Wells said. "It's amazing."
Slatton expressed much of the same sentiment.
"It's really incredible to be able to play college softball," Slatton said. "Especially close to home, so I'll be able to come back and see my family."
Kingston softball coach Mark Wells, Mikayla's father, felt that the bond of friendship will help the two in more ways than just on the field.
"Not just with softball, but I think this is going to help them with a lot of things related to college," he said. "Having a friend with you, going through a lot of the same things, is very helpful."
For the Wells family, it will be a somewhat bittersweet moment; Mikayla has never played for anybody other than her father or mother, Shawn.
"That's going to be really weird," Mikayla said. "But that's just part of growing up."
Meanwhile, her new head coach, Murray State's Brent Shaw, can't wait to get the two newest members of his massive incoming class on campus.
"They come from a good program, and I feel like they'll be able to step in and compete for a spot right away," Shaw said. "They really stood out above the rest, and I think they'll be ready to work hard."
Wells and Slatton were integral parts for the surprising Redskins this season, who upset Davis in a thrilling district championship run that brought Kingston two wins away from the Class 3A state tournament.
Wells, the 2012 Lake Country Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year, will play middle infield at Murray State, while Slatton will play outfield. Each were two-time All-Ardmoreite Super Team selections.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Royals of Queens University of Charlotte shot higher than 40 percent from the field and from three-point land, dropping the Lady Tornado by a final score of 78-53. Stephanie Brantley led King with 11 points off the bench in the loss.
Queens (N.C.) jumped on top of the Lady Tornado early by running out to a 28-6 lead over the first 10 minutes of the opening frame. Four turnovers in King's first five possessions led to six points for the Royals who capitalized on their opportunities early. Over a span of 4:45, King committed four turnovers and went 0-for-4 from the field between made baskets.
The Royals built their lead to 21 with 6:14 remaining in the first half as King continued to struggle shooting. The Lady Tornado went 0-for-9 from three-point range while hitting only 32.1 percent of their field goal attempts (9-of-28). King's 11 first-half turnovers led to 17 points for Queens, who took a 43-25 score into the half.
King battled its way back to a 13-point deficit, 47-34, when Stephanie Brantley hit one of the team's two three pointers on the evening near the 16-minute mark of the second half. With 14:28 remaining, Allison Bosse (Knoxville, Tenn.) hit mid-range jumper to cut the lead to 12 points, 49-37, but Queens built its lead back up to as many as 26 and rode the clock out toward a 78-53 victory.
The Lady Tornado's 24 total turnovers on the night aided in Queens' win, awarding them 28 points off of turnovers. Four Royals players turned in double-digit scoring performances, led by Shatonya Hardy's 12 points. Melissa Thomas (11), Micha Cox (11), and Shonice Pettaway (10) all scored 10 or more on the night
Freshman Stephanie Brantley (Pilot Mountain, N.C.) led the Lady Tornado in scoring for the second game in a row with her 11 points. She shot 4-of-10 from the field, including one three pointer, and added four rebounds.
Bonnie Durrett (West Paducah, Ky.) had her streak of consecutive games with a double-double snapped at four, turning in only six points and seven rebounds against the Royals.
Other notable performers include Kelly Jackson (Lynchburg, Va.), who scored nine points on 3-of-5 shooting. Alley Sprouse (Newport, Tenn.) added two more blocks to reach a conference-high 30 on the season. Brooke Johnson (Roan Mountain, N.C.) added six points, as well.
The loss drops King to 8-5 overall with a 4-5 record in Conference Carolinas play. It also snaps a three-game winning streak the ladies took into the Grady Cole Center, Saturday afternoon. They will regroup and host Lees-McRae on Monday, Jan. 21, inside the Student Center Complex for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff. Live stats and video will be provided for the game.
Monday, Jan. 21, is First Responders Night at the Student Center Complex. Fans that serve the community as a member of a local police department, fire department, or serve as an EMS technician and their families are admitted to both the men's and women's game free of charge (with proof of employment).


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