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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
I Really Want To Trade Sperm With You
There's a delicate balance that wrestles with itself in the mind of a genius. An internal struggle. An eternal struggle. The tug and pull between insecurity and arrogance. By definition, the two couldn't be more different, but when they exist in tandem the world just got a little bit more interesting. Ugly and pretty at the same time, you can't take your eyes off of a person sparring within. One minute they can conquer the world. The next they're crumpled in a corner dodging prying eyes. Marilyn Monroe had it. Tortured writers have it. "Am I worthy?", they ask. "I am!", they reply. "Wait, are you sure?, they ask again. Teeter totter, teeter totter, up and down, back and forth, the audience at Wimbledon. Highfalutin to self deprecating in a nanosecond. From a distance it's all very charming, but up close, sharing the same quarters, it can get a smidge exhausting. Crazy is only fun when you don't have to touch it, when you can poke at it with a pole and watch it squirm from a safe distance. Sharing a bed with it is another story entirely. Will he kill you in your sleep or want to trade sperm with you? No one knows, but maybe we can try and find out. Let's recap, shall we?
We continue our fetid tale under the cloak of night. Our peaceful leader Coach is glad those Savannah (Savai'i) ne'er-do-well's are finally gone. Good for nothing troublemakers born into the wrong tribe. Now, it's just the family... and their adopted child Oliver... left. The Brady's may have had good intentions, but Oliver never fit in. Too many syllables, too much effort. So while it's more homey now and the guest linens and towels can be put away, the adopted one knows he's still in precarious waters. There are families and then there are families. *thunderclap* The Waltons were a family, the Cleavers were a family, but the Manson Clan was a family. *thunderclap* Oh sure, Squeaky and Sadie and Patricia and Leslie like to sit around the campfire singing folk songs while making technicolor trails with their fingers, but they also like to kill and smear blood on the walls. Cochran knows this. He knows it's only a matter of time before he and his unborn child are caught in the crossfire of a phony race war. What is a spindly bespectacled lad to do? Tell uncomfortable tales of yesteryear, that's what!
It's not like he can fish and it's not like he can shoot one of his imaginary arrows into a woodland creature for dinner. Instead, Cochran will use his powers of gab to climb a little further up the family ladder. With the six chosen ones gathered in a circle, Cochran regales them with tales of crank calls and ding dong ditching. 5th grade was a banner year for the freckled fop. His hormones were kicking into gear and gentle stirrings of he-didn't-know-what began to tickle his nether regions. All he knew of sex at the time were those cross section drawings labelled in Latin and what's fun about that? Nothing! What is fun though is calling schoolmates on the phone and whispering, "I really want to trade sperm with you." Trade sperm? Trade. I'll give you mine if you give me yours. Ah, youth! Reliable farmhand Sophie listens from the sidelines and it makes perfect sense to her how the Savannahs might not have cared for Cochran's company. There's that underlying odor of trying too hard. He's trying to delight, he's trying to charm, but it's coming off a little creepy and weird. She takes her frustrations out on a piece of wood and hacks that bitch to death. See? I told you the family can kill.
I don't know if it was the flying wood chips or Brandon crouched in a corner furiously praying for all of the sex talk to go away, but Cochran decides to call a tribe meeting using the immortal words of one Mr. Dimples. "Come on in guys!", he hiccups. I don't know what the hell Cochran was thinking, but his seratonin levels were clearly on an upswing as he tells the Impalas (Upolu) how, without him, they'd be nothing. Plus, it's his birthday in a few days. So, pretty please keep him in the game for just one more week. Sophie snorts to herself and decides that she doesn't owe Cochran bupkis. It's his own fault he defected from Savannah. Albert, however, thinks Cochran is making a valid point. Of course Albert thinks it's a valid point! Albert's modus operandi from day one has been to get Edna out of the game. The only problem is he's never managed to do it himself. Full of ideas but never solutions, Albert wonders if maybe keeping Cochran is the way to go. In Albert's mind, Cochran will never win this game and since Edna probably won't vote for Albert anyways, why not keep Cochran around for a little longer? Here's the thing: Albert has one thing on his mind and one thing only - stacking that Jury with votes for himself. The only problem is that when you put all of your attention on the Jury, the game right in front of you, the one in your lap, blurs and becomes an afterthought. Plus, Albert is about as stealthy and covert as Phillip Sheppard.
This brings us to the big duel. We have candy apple headed Dawn, married lady Whitney, and the interminable Ozzy. Who the hell do we root for? For today's duel, Survivors will balance ceramic dishes on the end of a long wobbling arm. The more dishes you stack, the more difficult it is to keep stable. When you're dishes fall, you're out of the game for good and you join the freaky freakies over on the Jury. Last person standing stays alive. Survivors ready, go.
With tight lips and a furrowed brow, Ozzy places plate after plate with the gentle touch of a sniper. Meanwhile Dawn, tired from all that sexy time with Ozzy the night before, yawns and jostles her pole. I don't know exactly what Ozzy did to our soccer mom (anal), but her wobbly legs couldn't withstand the weight of all those plates. With a loud "Motherfucker!" (they blurred her mouth so I can only assume that this is what the Mormon shouted), Dawn is out of the game. Shortly thereafter, with a lick of her lips and her nerves all a jumble over her pending divorce, Whitney too drops her plates. OZZY STAYS ALIVE!
Before leaving, Dawn farts out some tears and applauds for herself. Now her weirdo Mormon children with glassy eyes and plastic smiles will have the courage to make pipe bombs. At least that's what I think she said. Who knows. I was distracted by the fact that her no nonsense haircut now weighs more than she does. It was Whitney's turn next and she twanged out something about something, but do we really care? Nope. That leaves us with Ozzy. Ugh. "I'm excited to go into the duels and beat my enemies. This is what I do best. I'm getting stronger everyday. Look at me up here perched in this tree. This is how I'm going to win the game." *clicks rifle* Bang!
Back at Tuna Tartare (TeTuna), feather sprite Edna is getting ready to do some laundry in a bucket. She asks everyone if they'd like her to boil their soiled underthings, but Albert just rolls his eyes and says, "Survivor isn't outclean." No, you're right about that Albie. It's also not outsleep, outrest, outnap, or outdouche. Very satisfied with himself for coming up with "outclean", Albert collapses back into his hammock and says they should leave the housework to Martha Stewart. But Martha Stewart isn't a member of this tribe, Albert. She busy counting her billions in one of her many houses in between sipping cucumber water, planting Cyrtochilum Monachicum, deboning a duck, and spinning freshly shorn alpaca yarn. I'm not sure what it is that Edna did to anger Albert so, but picking on her for doing a necessary daily chore seems a little trite. I understand you're angry that she's made it this far, but, I don't know, why not do something about it rather than sneering like a disgruntled 13 year old girl?
Perhaps Albert heeded my advice or perhaps he got bored counting up all his votes because out of nowhere he rises from his slumber and hijacks Edna's laundry. With a pfft and a scoff he takes the laundry stick and vows to stir better than that dust particle Edna can stir. Albert will stir with force. He'll stir with purpose. He'll show this tribe once and for all that Edna is expendable. With one hand on his hip, Albert pokes and prods at the bubbling linens. Poke, poke, jab, jab. Splash! *sigh* He poked the linens, the bucket, and the giant vat of scalding hot water all over the entire campfire. The fire! Fire represents life you know. After a quick scan for onlookers, Albert gingerly drops the stirring stick and slowly tiptoes away. It's not his fault if the water leaped out of the bucket on it's own accord. It's that Edna's fault for doing laundry in the first place.
Edna returns to camp to find the embers sopping wet and her laundry lying in the dirt. A tiny little spark went off above her head in that moment and then with a gentle breeze it was gone. You might have missed it if you weren't watching closely enough, but that was Edna getting angry. Coach remarks that Albert probably hasn't done a drop of work in his entire life when, all of a sudden, Rancher Rick moseys on over and says one word. Just one single solitary word. One perfectly shaped word. Precious. Rancher Rick thinks that Albert is precious. In fact, all this time Rick has silently referred to Albert as Prince Albert. Don't get your hopes up because I doubt Rancher Rick was referring to the piercing, but it's charming, no? I had no idea Rick thought anything about anything! It turns out that our grizzly cowboy doesn't think much at all of that lazy Albert. Join the club.
Just when we were finally getting to know Rancher Rick a little bit, he rides off into the sunset and we're left with Edna in a frantic state. Like a fly trapped indoors, she buzzes this way and thataway trying to find someone to set her free. Maybe Coach can be that someone. She asks him point blank if she's going home after Cochran. Coach solemnly replies in the affirmative. Edna demands to know why and Coach says that it's simply time for people to go. A teepee, a woven blanket, and a long pipe would have apropos accountrements for this scene. He wasn't just "Coach" in that moment. He was Chief Coach. Once Edna finally floated away, Chief Coach wonders if perhaps there's a way to keep both Edna and Cochran. Neither will vote him out. This is definitely something that needs to be thought about a little more. Perhaps a walk with his spirit guides will provide some clarity. *packs peyote into pipe*
And now we arrive at the Immunity Challenge. Come on in guys! For today's challenge, Survivors will toss sand bags. The first three people to land three sand bags will move onto round two where they'll use a giant sling to fire coconuts at targets. The first person to knock down all of their targets with the coconuts wins Immunity and a spa day complete with a shower and a massage. To hear Dimples go on and on about all the essential oils and "working out the kinks", I wondered to myself if perhaps this massage didn't come with a happy ending. Visit any massage parlor in Samoa and I guarantee you'll find a standing biweekly appointment for a "Dimples". Survivors ready, go!
Let me just start this by saying that I hate the phase 1 and phase 2 competitions. Too many good people get knocked out for not doing something stupid quickly enough and then we're left with one or more undesirables in the running to win. I want endurance. I want dangerous obstacle courses. Swimming, running, jumping, leaping, drowning... that's what I want. How the hell am I supposed to cleverly recap, "Coach tosses a bag, Sophie tosses a bag, Brandon tosses a bag." Toss, toss, toss, burble, burble. Sophie, Prince Albert, and Rancher Rick will move onto round two.
Prince Albert and Rancher Rick quickly get into the groove and begin to connect with their targets while Sophie narrowly swipes Dimples' hat off his head. All shoulders and thighs, Sophie chokes and it's clear that she has no chance of winning the challenge. Prince Albert and Rancher Rick stay neck in neck until the very end and I hoped against hope that our man of a few words would finally pull out a win. Alas, it was to no avail as ALBERT WINS IMMUNITY.
Chest puffed up, Albert feels very proud of himself. He gets to pick someone to join him on the massage and after a speech about loving everyone in his family and grand sweeping gestures hither and thither, Albert picks Coach to join him. Not so fast though sonny jim. Albert then asks Dimples if he can take one more person with him. Dimples curtly tells him no. While erecting a cross and preparing to climb up on it, Albert asks if perhaps he can give his massage to someone else. While waiting for an answer, he pulls a crown of thorns out of his back pocket and places it atop his own head. Dimples looks at him sideways and decides to let him give away his reward if he wants. Albert kicks the sand and makes a big production of hemming and hawing. "Aw shucks. If one of you can maybe give a starving selfless soul some food next time for me to give to the poor, I'd greatly appreciate it. I choose to give my reward to Cochran because not only am I buying his vote, but it's his birthday in a few days." Cochran stares at the piece of tracing paper, Albert, and says he's only ever massaged his mother before. Dimples and I giggled in unison and while that was all funny and good, I was more interested in the limp noodle of kissassness before us now. This gummy bear in a sea of jawbreakers. We see you Albert. We get what you're doing and SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE!
After a spa day where untouched places were finally touched, where the water was scented with jasmine, and where a birthday boy is not really a birthday boy, Cochran pulls Albert aside to thank him for the massage. Albert clutches his pearls and tells Cochran it's no never mind. Sure, he's going home next and Albert would like his vote on the Jury, but don't be silly and go making a big to-do about the selfless generosity bursting forth from his heart. Cochran again stares through the loin cloth, the basket of Easter eggs, and the Birkenstocks to say, "Oh and by the way, Rancher Rick calls you Princess Albert. Take care." Ha! Albert's face twists up into a mushy pretzel and only when he catches himself does he reply, "I'm thrilled he's calling me Princess. Rick is as sharp as a bowling ball." Some bowling balls are very sharp I'll have you know. Back in the medieval days, bowling balls could kill. Take heed, Princess.
Cochran knows what he has to do now. He has to use the Princess thing against Rick and try to save himself. First, he approaches Edna. He tells her how he told Albert about Rick calling him Princess. In response, Edna twirls on her toothpick legs and eats that shit up. This is the moment she's been waiting for. The moment where she can stop being number six. She tells Cochran that they need to talk to Coach as soon as possible. They find him strolling in the open air clad in a fuchsia and white lei. His skin is clean and his hair is freshly rubber banded. Serenity is written all over his face until Cochran blurts out, "I told Albert that Rick calls him Princess!" Coach inhales deeply and crosses his arms at his waist. Not a word is spoken. Not an eyelash flutters. He stands in stoic silence with a blank look on his face. How he proceeds in this very moment will determine the rest of the game. Shakespeare said something about a tide coming in the lives of man. If you take it, you get fortune cookies. If you don't take it, you'll end up in that movie Misery. I might be paraphrasing a little. Give me a break, I'm working without a DVR today. So, the big question is whether or not Coach wants his legs hobbled. We'll see.
This brings us to Tribal Council. Coach is surprisingly candid in saying that the possibilities for tonight's vote are endless. A new scenario seems to present itself every hour. Cochran chimes in and admits to being part of the scrambling. It's the charmingly neurotic Cochran at first. He smiles crookedly as he admits that the Jury will be thrilled to hear that he's the target tonight. But then, in a flinch, he sits up a little straighter and pronounces, "I breathed new life into this game." *smacks self in head*
Sensing that Cochran was hogging up all the air time, Albert mumbles something or other that had nothing to do with anything. Coach interrupts and praises Cochran's courage. Over on the Jury, Mary Jane's (Jim) eyes promptly get stuck into the top of his skull and he falls over the log he was sitting on. Keanu's (Keith) robot parts started sputtering and Whitney began throwing wedding rings at the remaining Tunas. Lots of anger on that Jury! Awesome.
Through the crackling fire and the seething Jury, we hear a tiny whimper. It's Edna and she's crying. We don't know why she's crying, but if she's not careful she'll drown herself with her own tears. It turns out that Edna is sad that she's number six. There's an easy way to remedy that Edna - WIN AN IMMUNITY CHALLENGE. There you go. Problem solved.
And then, while Edna is busy wiping her face with a postage stamp, Brandon jumps to his feet and says that no matter what he's voting Cochran out tonight and next time he's voting out Edna. It's all black and white! There's no grey! After his declaration of certainty, young Brandon collapses into a ball on the floor and begins to cradle his own head. At first we couldn't tell if he was suffering from a migraine, adjusting a barrette, or what. It turns out that he's in the full blown throes of sin. It has him. It's running through his veins and invading his soul. He wants to do wrong things! He's human, but something stronger lives inside of him. (see above photo) The tears begin to fall and it's very clear to everyone that something is seriously wrong with this kid.
Dimples pretty much points at Brandon and laughs while Cochran, with nothing to lose, says that talking to Brandon about strategy is like telling him that Dimples' shirt isn't blue. The fact that there isn't a blue in the world bluer than Dimples' shirt last night makes the comment all the more amusing. It's so blue that it makes regular blue blush. Royal blue is ashamed to be in a room with that shinier dimplier blue. Albert & Sophie jump in and agree that Brandon is the absolute worst person to talk strategy with. I checked in on Brandon to make sure his face was still attached and from what I can tell he hadn't torn it off yet. As a matter of fact, he sort of seemed fine with everything. Maybe he didn't quite grasp what was unfolding before him.
Well, let's not worry about that now. We have bigger matters to tend to... it is with great sadness that Cochran is the 13th person voted out of Survivor South Pacific. I'm a little bummed about this one because even though I pick on him a little, I actually like the guy. He lasted much longer than he should of and his shenanigans were always entertaining to watch. So, what do you guys think? Are you sad Cochran is gone? Does he have any chance whatsoever of beating Ozzy? Will Brandon murder the tribe as they sleep? Comment it out bitches and have a great day!
14 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2011 at 2:16 PM
GO OZZIE!!!ReplyDelete
So glad Cockroach is gone. Ozzie is such a Class act he will probably not treat the "Roach" with the disdain he so deserves.
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2011 at 2:44 PM
@anon 216....Ozzie--a class act? What? He's a douche all the way. He'll treat Cochran fine enough, because he wants to get his jury vote. But then he'll definitely still talk douchey smack to the cameras. NO class act there.ReplyDelete
Personally, I'd love it if Ozzie gets beat by Cochran at Rhode Island. Highly doubt it, but I would love to see it. Cochran is not winning no matter what--and I'd like to see Oz finally lose his last chance at redemption. So sick of him. (I keep thinking that Oz probably thinks Bored to Death's Super Ray is modeled after him...despite that big cock being named 'Ray'.)
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Nice knowin you Cochran! On the bright side, your neurotic/charming/creepy antics have most likely gotten you on a future "all star" season, if just for kicks and giggles. Or shits and kegels. Whichever....ReplyDelete
Thanks again Lala, was goin through with drawls without you last week. So, when are we going to see a season with your lovely face chucking gin bottles at your fellow cast aways?
This episode was a snore. I'm hoping Survivor redeems itself by Cochran beating Ozzy next week. That would make the overemphasized weak verses strong theme somewhat justifiable.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2011 at 10:28 PM
I have no pity for Cochran. He shouldn't have jumped ship to a six-person alliance and then acted like they owed him something just because he was dumb enough to screw his own self by joining them. He should have anticipated that he would be number 7. At this point, I just hope SOMEONE besides one of the returning castaways wins.ReplyDelete
- cousin OliverDecember 2, 2011 at 3:32 AM
Fuck you! You don't know what you're talking about!ReplyDelete
I tried to get them to call me Olly!
That's the exact same number of syllables as Bobby!
but nooooo....
they insisted on Oliver!
it wasn't my fault!
...fucking Bradys.
Hey, wanna know a secret?
Sure everyone knows Greg porked Carol but did you know he also porked Alice? and Cindy? at the same time? while Robert Reed looked on and masturbated?
Man, those Brady's were all so horny.
Not as horny as this Brandon cat though.
Someone needs to give that dude a hand *wink*.
oh, I'm so clever aren't I?
Clever Oliver.
Clever, clever, clever.
Oliver, Oliver, Oliver.
You're right - it is one syllable too many.
No wonder they rejected me.
They all traded sperm like crazy... but not with me.
For years I thought it was because I was an annoying little fuck, but now I realise it was because of that damn extra syllable.
What kind of world allows a fellow to be short changed in his sperm allocation just because of one measly syllable?!
Where's my sperm, Universe?
Where's the sperm?
Ah, I'm actually beginning to wonder if the facetious characterisation of Brandon as a potential murder tool might prove creepily prescient (for realsies). Can you imagine the fathering job this fellow is going to do? Here's hoping his son/daughter inherited a very healthy sense of humour from some long forgotten Hantz. Methinks they gonna need it.ReplyDelete
Seems to me there are only three people who can win now: Coach, Sophie or *shudder* Ozzy. Might be time to fire up the 'ole pentagram and start chanting to Satan again: "Oh Dark One, please make next week's Redemption Island contest consist of a game of chess. Or a Greek mythology quiz".
C U next week!
- AnonymousDecember 2, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Long time reader, first time commenter...ReplyDelete
Can we get a cry-o-meter running to track how many times brandon cries on this series? Honestly, how does that guy make it thru life? Pathetic
Love the blog!
- AnonymousDecember 2, 2011 at 12:31 PM
I'd like to know who wrote "Cokran" upon the parchment. Was it Prince Albert? (Obviously titled after a mutilated penis, there's "Cok" on his mind)ReplyDelete
Or perhaps Rancher Rick? (The subconsciously genius, consciously clueless visionary of Prince's Albert's moniker)(And also a redneck)
P.S. - I see an awkward porno between these two happening.
P.P.S. - Richard Hatch and Mark "Papa Bear" Caruso starring in "Bears in the Wild 23 - Redumption Island"
- Jimmy RhythmDecember 2, 2011 at 1:28 PM
CBS' showing the little clip of Ozzy laughing and saying, "He stands no chance against me" tells me that Cochran does indeed stand a chance, and I hope he emerges victorious. I'd love to see Ozzy have a lover's spat with himself about who was at fault for his adventure being over, and the superior smirk slapped clean off Jim's face. Whitney and Keith have each other; that's punishment enough for them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 2, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Don't say porno too loud, Ozzy's a pro!ReplyDelete
Ok, Cochran seems to think that Coach's tribe "owes" him for scumbagging his tribe and voting with Coach and his boys. What the Hell does he expect these people to do for him? He got pretty self-righteous when he was addressing the Coach tribe telling them that they owe him for throwing the vote. Was thart move supposed to clinch the million for Cochran??? I'm glad the little girl is out... what a whiny little Bitch!ReplyDelete
- yours trulyDecember 3, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Welcome back Colala. I saw your eye roll when Cochran was imitating Keith's football talk in the recap show. Maybe that's where Ozzy got his sack up comment from? Robo coach pep talk.ReplyDelete
Pretty slim pickens left for any chance of titilating challenges. Sophie and Edna mud wrestling wouldn't even arouse lil Hanz. Which makes me think of another opportunity missed. Imagine if Ablie had sent Brandon to the massage table. That would have sent him over the edge and ruined Coach's experience too.
How close is RI? I swear Albie was pointing up to Ozzy posing atop a tree worshiping himself after the Prince won immunity. Ring a ding, is your refrigerator running? Who wrote this silly script?
Where is the alliance of the weakest? They should have conspired to take out Coach. Brandon is the only one completely committed to Ben based on his black and white views. Edna isn't happy with 6, and shouldn't be. At least Albert tried to do something other than fall in line. Coach is once again as annoying as Ozzy. His vote was no more important than anyone else's. He's extra comfy and never plays the idol when asked. Does anyone have a plan?
Let's hope for a Edna vs. Rick final 2. We did nothing, and here we are...neener neener.
Does Cochran have a chance against Ozzy? Sure, why not? The ladies had a chance but Dawn lost her concentration when making stupid faces and Whitney has that crooked eye handicap. Can Cochran defeat Edna in a challenge? Pass the gin and toss me some glitter. Thanks.
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 12:45 AM
cochran ruined the show for me. Not one of the three left were winners. The 3 pieces of shit that got lucky because of a giant piece of shit nerd turned on his tribe and the people who gave him a free ride for weeks because they felt sorry for him since he's the ugliest spinless person I have ever laid my eyes on. It paid out for Sofie who clearly was not the best survivor in the group. She was just at the right place at the right time. I wonder what would happen if the jury refused to vote for any of them. that would have satisfied me.ReplyDelete


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Although the ruling could affect how Apple proceeds with sales of e-books and other digital media, one immediate outcome is that it reinforces Amazon's position as the leading e-books seller, says Sucharita Mulpuru, vice president and principal analyst for e-business and channel strategies at Forrester Research Inc. By ruling that Apple was wrong to work with publishers to set prices under an "agency" model, through which the prices consumers pay were set by publishers instead of by Amazon and other retailers, the court underscored Amazon's freedom to continue setting prices as low as it wants. "This cements Amazon's continued dominance in the space" as the low-price leader, she says.
In the case, "United States v. Apple Inc., et al.," U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote found that the U.S. Department of Justice showed that Apple and the publishers "conspired with each other to eliminate retail price competition in order to raise book prices, and that Apple played a central role in facilitating and executing that conspiracy. Without Apple's orchestration of this conspiracy, it would not have succeeded as it did in the spring of 2010."
Apple denies that it conspired to fix e-book prices and plans to appeal, a spokesman says.
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The Justice Department filed the lawsuit in April 2012, charging that Apple colluded on e-books pricing with five publishers: Hachette Book Group Inc., HarperCollins Publishers LLC, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., and Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC. Holtzbrinck operates under the Macmillan name.
The lawsuit charged that Apple and the publishers set up an agency model of setting prices, under which the publishers instead of the retailer set pricing, which included new prices of $12.99 and $14.99 for many books that had been sold by Amazon for $9.99. The five publishers have all since settled with the Justice Department.

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April 13, 2014
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – The No. 45 Florida State Seminoles (13-10, 5-7 ACC) picked up two big wins on April 13 – an ACC win over Pitt (4-13, 0-13 ACC) by a score of 5-2 and a 4-1 win at Florida A&M later in the afternoon.
"You can always expect a good battle in all of the ACC matches during a season, and today didn't disappoint," said head coach Jennifer Hyde. "Pitt was a feisty group, but I was glad with the class, poise and competitiveness that our team responded with today. We once again set the tone of the match in doubles. We are still working to find our best combinations up and down the line, but I feel like we are getting closer.
"We need to continue to set an aggressive tone at the start of our singles matches. This has improved over the course of the season, and we need to keep getting better with this. We need to continue to get better at putting our foot to the pedal."
In the early match against Pitt, the Seminoles controlled the doubles point as the No. 77-ranked pairing of Daneika Borthwick and Kerrie Cartwright took an easy court one win, 8-3, which was quickly followed up by Duda Santos and Daniela Schippers taking a nice 8-5 win on court three.
Singles played out in Florida State's favor as well, despite Pitt's Taylor Washington tying the match at 1-1 with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Kerrie Cartwright on court two. The `Noles posted four straight singles wins after that by Borthwick (6-1, 6-4), Kristina Schleich (6-0, 6-4), Schippers (6-1, 6-4) and Vriens (6-3, 6-3) to make it 5-1 FSU.
Amanda Wickman gave Pitt their second point of the match with a tight three-set win over Majlena Pedersen. Pedersen took set one, 6-3, and Wickman answered back with a 6-3 win of her own. In the 10-point third set tiebreak, Wickman was able to outlast the FSU freshman and win 10-4.
Later in the afternoon, Florida State traveled across town and played a road match against Florida A&M. The Seminoles overpowered the Rattlers in both phases of the match after taking 8-0 and 8-1 victories in doubles by Borthwick/Cartwright and Santos/Pedersen respectively.
Singles was nearly a sweep for FSU, with Borthwick and Cartwright posting identical, 6-0, 6-1 wins on courts one and two. Schleich recorded a 6-1, 6-0 win on court five to clinch the match for the Seminoles.
Florida A&M did get on the board with a singles win from Shantal Blackwood as Mia Vriens retired at 0-5 in the first set to close out the scoring and give FSU a 4-1 overall match victory.
"In all of the matches we won, we did a good job of finishing," added Hyde. "Pitt gave us a good fight, but we did well closing things out, and playing complete matches. With one last home weekend stretch of matches left, we are very focused on finishing our regular ACC season out right. Our home crowds were amazing all weekend, and we can't wait to get them back out to support our young ladies again next weekend!"
FSU will be back on the court for the last weekend of the regular season with a match on April 18 against No. 4 Virginia at 3:00 p.m. and another on April 20 at 12:00 p.m. versus No. 64 Virginia Tech. Both matches will be held at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
For more on FSU women's tennis, check us out at Seminoles.com, as well as on Facebook (facebook.com/FSU.WTennis) and Twitter (@FSU_WTennis).
Sunday, April 13, 2014 – No. 45 Florida State 5, Pitt 2
Singles competition
1. Daneika Borthwick (FS) def. Audrey Ann Blakely (UP) 6-1, 6-4
2. Taylor Washington (UP) def. Kerrie Cartwright (FS) 6-0, 7-5
3. Mia Vriens (FS) def. Lolade Ogungbesan (UP) 6-3, 6-3
4. Daniela Schippers (FS) def. Katherine Castro (UP) 6-1, 6-4
5. Kristina Schleich (FS) def. Molly Wickman (UP) 6-0, 6-4
6. Amanda Wickman (UP) def. Majlena Pedersen (FS) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-4)
Doubles competition
1. #77 Kerrie Cartwright/Daneika Borthwick (FS) def. Taylor Washington/Audrey Ann Blakely (UP) 8-3
2. Mia Vriens/Kristina Schleich (FS) vs. Jocelyn Lu/Lolade Ogungbesan (UP) 7-6, unfinished
3. Duda Santos/Daniela Schippers (FS) def. Katherine Castro/Molly Wickman (UP) 8-5
Sunday, April 13, 2014 – No. 45 Florida State 4, Florida A&M 1
Singles competition
1. Daneika Borthwick (FS) def. Alexis Dean (FAMU) 6-0, 6-1
2. Kerrie Cartwright (FS) def. Symone Townsend (FAMU) 6-0, 6-1
3. Shantal Blackwood (FAMU) def. Mia Vriens (FS) 5-0, retired
4. Monet Graves (FAMU) vs. Daniela Schippers (FS) unfinished
5. Kristina Schleich (FS) def. Dominique Henry (FAMU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Arrice Robinson (FAMU) vs. Majlena Pedersen (FS) unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Daneika Borthwick/Kerrie Cartwright (FS) def. Symone Townsend/Elysia Ortiz (FAMU) 8-1
2. Duda Santos/Majlena Pedersen (FS) def. Arrice Robinson/Shantal Blackwood (FAMU) 8-1
3. Alexis Dean/Dominique Henry (FAMU) vs. Daniela Schippers/Kristina Schleich (FS) unfinished


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New Mexico Tech Geophysicist Named Distinguished Lecturer, March 11, 2005
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SOCORRO, N.M., March 11, 2005 – Harold J. Tobin, associate professor of geophysics and research geophysicist at New Mexico Tech, recently was named a 2005-2006 Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI)/U.S. Science Support Program (USSSP) Distinguished Lecturer.
In his capacity as a JOI/USSSP Distinguished Lecturer, Tobin will present "Getting Inside the Plate Boundary: Subduction Zone Megathrusts in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)" at various venues throughout the year, which will include U.S. colleges, universities, and non-profit organizations.
"The Sumatra earthquake and tsunami this past December were stark reminders of the hazards of subduction zone earthquakes," Tobin relates.
"Earthquakes at plate boundaries are of intense societal interest," Tobin says, "yet the fundamental processes that govern their frequency, size, duration, and effects remain poorly understood."
"Our understanding of the mechanics and dynamics of plate boundary faulting is limited by a lack of information on properties and ambient conditions within active faults at actual depths," he adds.
In order to better understand the stresses and strains inside the fault zone associated with plate boundary earthquakes, Tobin and other scientists from throughout the world will soon embark on a planned Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE), a scientific ocean drilling project scheduled to get started at the end of next year at an offshore site near southwest Japan.
"NanTroSEIZE is something that is just now falling into place, but it will become the biggest scientific ocean drilling project ever undertaken," says Tobin. "It is a strongly international effort, which will take up to a decade to complete at a cost of about $100 million."
Tobin will be the Co-Chief Project Scientist for NanTroSEIZE and will share duties in that post with Masa Kimoshita from the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center.
Tobin has been shipboard scientist on five Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) expeditions to the Cascadia, Barbados, Costa Rica, and the Nankai Trough convergent margins. He also was an Ocean Drilling Fellow during Leg 146 of the ODP, as well as a member of the program's Science Steering and Evaluation Panel, and currently serves on the U.S. Science oversight and advisory committee for scientific drilling in the world's oceans.
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Materna Medical "Device"
Okay, before continuing to read, head on over to the company's "Survey" and then come back; we'll compare notes.
(Ammendment: They took the survey down!!! Wahhhh! [3/17/11])
Done? Did you spew coffee or tea all over the screen?
For those of you who didn't follow the rules (you rebels, you), here's the gist of the device.
"Materna Medical is a new medical device company that has developed a device that may be able to decrease some of the damage that is often created to a mother during childbirth."
The device, as they obtusely describe it, would be inserted into the vagina during labor and slowly, over a couple of hours, "dilate" (open/stretch) the vagina… not the cervix, the vagina… to, hypothetically, limit tearing during the birth of the baby's head.
Not kidding.
Looking at the device (surely, prototype), it's hard to get a grasp on what will inflate and how. It does say the doctor or provider (cough) will have control over the inflation. Excuse me?! Oh, that's right, they're use to having control with their hands all crammed inside during second stage anyway, so why not attend to second stage while first stage is still going on? Expedite things, right?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Taking the survey was a hoot, but only if it's not serious. They ask if we could pick the color, would that influence our using it. I'm not kidding. (And those who know advertising know this happens all the time.) I told them swirly purple and fuschia like my favorite dildo, that it might help me think of something positive instead of a "medical" device in my choo-chatch.
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Mitt Romney has been running for president for almost six years. There is little he can do now to determine the final outcome. Tuesday evening will (or if it really close perhaps much later) will he find out whether he will become a leading actor in history or just a footnote. AP reports:
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The TV ads are made. The campaign strategy is set, the closing speech written and delivered. Now, nearly six years spent running for president, all Mitt Romney can do is sprint to the finish.
After months of a much slower pace, the Republican nominee this weekend finally set out on a frenzied, all-out campaign push to win over voters in eight of the battleground states that will decide who becomes president. In the campaign's last four days, Romney will fly more than 15,000 miles, stopping in Wisconsin, Ohio, New Hampshire, Iowa, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Florida.
There is nothing else left to do.
"We've had some long days and some short nights, and we are almost there," Romney told a crowd of thousands in a cavernous hangar in Dubuque, Iowa, where he flew in for a tarmac rally before jetting to Colorado for two more events. "The door is open, and we're going to walk through it," he said.
The four events planned for Saturday — with four more on Sunday — represent a sharp uptick in Romney's schedule. Throughout the fall, he would sometimes hold just one campaign event per day — or none at all.
Watching from the side of the rally in Dubuque were more than a dozen of Romney's closest aides and advisers. Most flew to Ohio Friday night for a massive weekend kickoff rally that drew more than 20,000 people, the largest campaign event Romney's had so far. They will spend the weekend away from the Boston headquarters, joining their candidate on the logo-plastered airplane that's been his home away from home since August.
"At this stage, there aren't any bluffs," said Stuart Stevens, Romney's top strategist and constant companion on the campaign trail. He was watching the third speech of the day, in Colorado Springs, where enormous hangar doors opened to reveal a giant American flag. "It's all out there."
All told, they exude cautious confidence and weary nostalgia. They describe Romney's mood as light and cheerful, and say that the group — some of whom have been working for him for more than a decade — are sharing jokes and trading memories.
"Three more days. I can't believe it," said Beth Myers, who was Romney's chief of staff in Massachusetts and led the search for running mate Paul Ryan. Romney himself on Friday used his own iPhone to film staffers asleep in seats topped with red felt covers embroidered with each person's name, recording the scene for posterity.
The Romneys have been on the campaign trail, on and off, since his June 2011 announcement that he was running for president. He hit the road full time beginning in December, with bus tours through New Hampshire and Iowa ahead of their early primary contests. South Carolina, Florida, Nevada and Colorado followed, one by one; rival Rick Santorum's surge meant he had to keep going through Michigan, Ohio and Illinois — and even to Puerto Rico, where fireworks capped a raucous rally-turned-party that went on hours longer than planned.
The Secret Service arrived after he won Florida, their presence growing ever more conspicuous as the months wore on. The motorcades grew from just a few cars to more than a dozen, with fleets of cops on motorcycles racing alongside
On the flights, Romney usually stays sequestered in the first class cabin — his seat cover is embroidered with his nickname, "The Gov." He chats with aides, eats peanut butter and honey sandwiches or looks at new TV ads on his iPad. He snacks on pita chips, which the campaign keeps stored in the overhead bins near his seat.
His wife, Ann Romney, sometimes brings along her homemade Welsh cakes or other treats, handing them out to the reporters and Secret Service who have seats in the back of the plane.
She ventured back on Saturday morning, wearing a bright pink blazer and purple lady bug brooch. She wouldn't say how her husband was feeling .
"It's been a long road," she said.


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HOUSTON (AP) Wesley Witherspoon scored 17 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 116-107 win over the Houston Rockets in a preseason game Sunday.
Danny Green added 15 points on 6 of 9 shooting, including 3 of 5 on 3-pointers. DeJuan Blair had 16 points, Cory Joseph added 12 and Manu Ginobili 11.
Tim Duncan and Tony Parker played the first quarter and sat the rest of the game.
Donatas Montiejunas led Houston with 16 points off the bench. Omer Asik added 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Jeremy Lin struggled with four points on 1 of 10 shooting. Houston did not dress Kevin Martin and Patrick Patterson.
San Antonio used a 13-1 run to open up an 86-71 lead with 11:26 remaining. Witherspoon had seven points during the run.


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This bike is the ninth Rock Lobster, probably built in 1986. It's fillet brazed out of a mixture of columbus, reynold ans 4130 straight-guage aircraft tubing. The four-bolt stem was specifically built to fit 7/8" Salsa handlebars of the day. This bike predates biopace, Rockshox, clipless pedals and index shifting. I'll be putting up more detailed photos later.....it actually predated the decals which were applied soon after the bike was completed. The three-color paint scheme was the only one offered at the time.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Number nine comes home
Posted by swiggco world at 9:05 PM
3 comments:
- Little_Jewford said...
why you hiding the schwank photos?
- January 22, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- swiggco world said...
I havne't taken them yet.....they are hidden in the future.
- January 23, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- swiggco world said...
Oh, those photos.....I haden't seen them ! Thanks for the link. Guess my mind has been elsewhere!
- January 23, 2009 at 8:55 AM
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McComb, J.A., Meddings, R.A., Siemon, G. and Davis, S. (2004) Wood density and shrinkage of five-year-old Eucalyptus camaldulensis × E. globulus hybrids: Preliminary assessment. Australian Forestry, 67 (4). pp. 236-239.
Meddings, R.A., McComb, J.A., Calver, M.C., Thomas, S.R. and Mazanec, R.A. (2003) Eucalyptus camaldulensis x globulus hybrids. Australian Journal of Botany, 51 (3). pp. 319-331.
Meddings, R.A., McComb, J.A. and Bell, D.T. (2001) The salt-waterlogging tolerance of Eucalyptus camaldulensis × E. globulus hybrids. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 41 (6). pp. 787-792.
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Bisons golf team eighth in Wasioto Kick-Off
The Lipscomb Bisons finished in eighth place in the Wasioto Winds Fall Kick-Off Golf Tournament Monday and Tuesday.
Brandon Mundie led the Bisons with a three-round score of 226 (80,72,74) to finish in a tie for 29th.
Blanton Farmer finished in a tie for 32nd place with a score of 227 (76, 73, 78).
Kyle Whittler tied for 40th with a 230 (81, 78, 71). His 71 in the third round was the best score of the tournament for a Bisons' player over 18 holes.
Dustin Wilder tied for 44th with a 232 (76, 74, 82).
Alex Cox finished 50th with a 234 (77, 76, 81).


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Baltimore police have two men in custody after seizing 29 stolen handguns Tuesday morning.
Around 2:30 a.m. Monday, two men allegedly broke into an outdoor supply store in Saxton, Pa. by crashing into it with a vehicle, then stole multiple handguns. They then drove to Baltimore with the intention of selling the guns, police said.
Law enforcement with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives alerted Baltimore police that the vehicle might be in the city. Police located the vehicle in the western patrol district around 4 a.m. Tuesday.
The vehicle fled from officers before crashing at Chapel Hill Road and Route 40, Major Dan Lioi with the Baltimore Police Department said.
Officers found one loaded firearm under the driver's seat and a duffel bag with 28 additional handguns in the vehicle. Each gun is worth between $300 and $500, Lioi said. Police also recovered two boxes of ammunition, 12 rounds of loose ammunition and a small amount of cocaine.
Michael Faircloth, 25, and Garrett Sherlock, 25, both of Saxton, Pa., were in police custody as of Tuesday afternoon but hadn't yet been charged, spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.


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Nov. 15, 2006
DALLAS, Tex. - The 17th-Ranked UC Santa Barbara men's soccer team won its biggest game of the season, defeating No. 3 seed Southern Methodist University 3-1 in a NCAA Tournament Second Round match-up Wednesday night at Westcott Field. With the win, the Gauchos advance to the Sweet 16 and will play at unseeded Old Dominion Saturday night.
With the victory, UCSB improves to 14-7 overall this season. No. 1-ranked SMU finishes the season at 17-2-4. Wednesday night's loss was only the second this season for the Mustangs, who have been at or near the top of the national rankings all season. It was their first defeat at home.
The Gauchos, who have struggled on the road all season, put that behind them in early against the Mustangs. UCSB scored three times on a team that had not allowed more than one goal in match this season and a total of just 11 in 2006. Sophomore forward Nick Perera got the scoring going, freshman midfielder David Walker netted the game-winner, and sophomore midfielder Eric Avila added the final touch.
"We liked the match-up with SMU from the start," head coach Tim Vom Steeg said. "Our team has played in some really big games and, even though they've got a great tradition here and had an amazing season, we had the guys ready to play and believing they could beat this team. The guys played excellent tonight."
The Mustang's Adrian Chevanannes had the game's initial look at the goal, taking the first shot at the 37:18 mark, but senior goalkeeper Kyle Reynish was there for the save. SMU looked to take an early lead less than two minutes later when Bruno Guarda netted a cross from Dario Saintus, but Guarda was called offsides on the play.
From there, UCSB dominated the opening period, keeping the ball in the SMU backfield for the duration of the first half. Avila took the Gauchos' first shot of the evening, firing high from about 22 yards out in the 21st minute. Fellow midfielder Tyler Rosenlund sent a ball towards the net in the box seconds later, but keeper Matt Wideman was on top of the play making the first of his seven saves on the night. Avila had yet another great look from the top right corner of the box at the 30:03 mark, but his shot sailed wide left.
Santa Barbara took a 1-0 lead in the 32nd minute when Avila dribbled around two defenders shielding the ball, before finding a streaking Perera in the box to his left. Perera collected the ball in full stride and slipped just past Wideman's grasp to the inside post. The score was the fifth of the year for the native of Madrid, Spain.
The Mustangs responded with the equalizer at the 40:22 mark. Chase Wileman charged up from his midfield position on a throw in. He carried the ball towards the net on the left wing and sent a sailing cross through the box for Scott Corbin, who leaped up and placed it in to the far left post.
The Gauchos were un-phased by SMU's score, however, and recaptured the lead less than three minutes later. Following a Bryan Byrne corner kick, the ball bounced around in the box for several moments before junior defender Andy Iro rose above the crowd to get a head on the ball. His shot ricocheted off the cross bar and bounced out to David Walker, who put in his first collegiate goal from just beyond the goal line for the 2-1 lead.
UCSB out-shot SMU 7-3 in the first half. The Mustangs had out-scored their opponents 27-4 in the opening period this season entering Wednesday's match.
Santa Barbara had an excellent opportunity to take a 3-1 lead 12 minutes into the second period when Byrne intercepted a pass in the SMU backfield, dribbled up field and left it off for Perera. Perera stopped to measure up the shot, but Wideman, timing it perfectly, raced out to block the ball before Perera could get it off. The ball landed at Perera's feet once again, but the Mustang defense recovered to clear it out of the box.
The Gauchos finally put the game out of reach at 75:40 when Byrne dribbled down the left wing in front of the SMU defense. Wideman came out of the box on the play, but Byrne was able to cross it to Avila in the box, who chipped it in with an open net for the final 3-1 advantage. The goal was Avila's team-leading sixth of the season.
For the game, Santa Barbara out-shot Southern Methodist 16-8. Perera led the Gauchos with six shots, five of which were on frame. Guarda and midfielder Jeff Harwell led the way for the Mustangs with two apiece.
Reynish was tremendous between the posts once again and only needed three saves to lead UCSB to its seventh victory in the last eight matches.
For the second straight game, the Gauchos were without senior defender Jeff Murphy, who was sidelined due to a leg injury, but UCSB's depth proved to make up for the loss. Junior Brennan Tennelle started in his place, joining Andy Iro and Greg Curry on a backline that didn't miss a beat, limiting the nation's second-ranked offense to just
UCSB advances to the round of 16 where unseeded Old Dominion (15-5-3) awaits after defeating No. 14 seed North Carolina 1-0 Wednesday night. The Gauchos will travel to Norfolk, Va. to face off with the Monarchs Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. EST (4:00 p.m. PST).


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New President Introduced at Texas A&M-Texarkana
Texas A&M-Texarkana's fourth President is now officially on the job.Dr. Emily Cutrer, who is a native Texan, was formally introduced to the community yesterday. It was her first day on the job, after being selected by the A&M Board of Regents earlier this month. Cutrer was named as the lone finalist for the position back in December.
Cutrer is in the process of implementing goals for the University. Texas A&M-Texarkana expanded downward to include freshman and sophomore classes back in 2010 and has added a residence hall.
The campus is one of the fastest growing in the state of Texas with nearly 2000 students having enrolled in the just completed fall semester.


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Surfing the Sierras
Lake Tahoe
For the surfer looking for more of an alpine experience, might we recommend the Tahoe shore. Featuring cold, fresh water, inconsistent wind swell that tops out at four feet, neither tides nor sharks are an issue.
It's not exactly what you would call glassy, but shoulder high is shoulder high.
West Shore
While this surf is breaking on the western side of the lake, for those who can track the rare bump on the east side, it's actually possible to surf in Nevada, making Tahoe the only real surf spot in the state.
Emerald Bay
A perfect little point set that catches just about any ripple the blows by. With enough wind swell, it can be a fun little wave.
Emerald Bay
The March into Emerald Bay. It's not your typical walk to the beach, but the vistas alone make it well worth huffing around with your board in the thin air.
Lake Tahoe
If it looks cold it's because it is. Powder dumps and sub-freezing temps are more the norm in the winter months, but that's not to say the ambitious surfer can't go out and have a little fun.
West Shore
Surf is where you find it, and if you're willing to keep an open mind and pull on a thick wet suit, even lineups in the shadow of ski slopes are an option.
Lake Tahoe
Sitting at an elevation of more than 6,000 feet, Lake Tahoe is the highest surf spot in the United States. It is also the second-deepest lake in the country, at 1,945 feet.
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Wind: It's the key component to surf on the lake. And while it's responsible for creating the waves, if you're not careful it'll blow you right out of the lineup.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain garage door operators and components thereof.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by The Chamberlain Group, Inc., of Elmhurst, IL, on June 15, 2001, and supplemented on June 21 and July 9, 2001. The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain garage door operators and components thereof that infringe patents owned by Chamberlain. The complainant requests that the ITC issue a permanent exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders.
The ITC has identified the following companies as respondents in this investigation:
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-459), the ITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The case will be referred to the Honorable Sidney Harris, an ITC administrative law judge, who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. Judge Harris will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the Commission.
The ITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the ITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. ITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the President of the United States within that 60-day period.


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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has
peered deep into a neighboring galaxy to reveal
details of the formation of new stars. Hubble's
target was a newborn star cluster within the Small
Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that is a satellite
of our own Milky Way. The new images show young,
brilliant stars cradled within a nebula, or glowing
cloud of gas, cataloged as N 81.
These massive, recently formed stars
inside N 81 are losing material at a high rate,
sending out strong stellar winds and shock waves
and hollowing out a cocoon within the surrounding
nebula. The two most luminous stars, seen in the
Hubble image as a very close pair near the center
of N 81, emit copious ultraviolet radiation, causing
the nebula to glow through fluorescence.
Outside the hot, glowing gas is cooler
material consisting of hydrogen molecules and dust.
Normally this material is invisible, but some of
it can be seen in silhouette against the nebular
background,as long dust lanes and a small, dark,
elliptical-shaped knot. It is believed that the
young stars have formed from this cold matter through
gravitational contraction.
Few features can be seen in N 81
from ground-based telescopes, earning it the informal
nick-name "The Blob." Astronomers were not sure
if just one or a few hot stars were embedded in
the cloud, or if it was a stellar nursery containing
a large number of less massive stars. Hubble's high-resolution
imaging shows the latter to be the case, revealing
that numerous young, white-hot stars---easily visible
in the color picture---are contained within N 81.
This crucial information bears strongly
on theories of star formation, and N 81 offers a
singular opportunity for a close-up look at the
turbulent conditions accompanying the birth of massive
stars. The brightest stars in the cluster have a
luminosity equal to 300,000 stars like our own Sun.
Astronomers are especially keen to study star formation
in the Small Magellanic Cloud, because its chemical
composition is different from that of the Milky
Way. All of the chemical elements, other than hydrogen
and helium, have only about one-tenth the abundances
seen in our own galaxy.
The study of N 81 thus provides an
excellent template for studying the star formation
that occurred long ago in very distant galaxies,
before nuclear reactions inside stars had synthesized
the elements heavier than helium.
The Small Magellanic Cloud, named
after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, lies 200,000
light-years away, and is visible only from the Earth's
southern hemisphere. N 81 is the 81st nebula cataloged
in a survey of the SMC carried out in the 1950's
by astronomer Karl Henize, who later became an astronomer-astronaut
who flew into space aboard NASA's space shuttle.
The Hubble Heritage image of N 81
is a color representation of data taken in September,
1997, with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera
2. Color filters were used to sample light emitted
by oxygen ([O III]) and hydrogen (H-alpha, H-beta).
N 81 is the target of investigations
by European astronomers Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri
from the Paris Observatory in France; Michael Rosa
from the Space Telescope-European Coordinating Facility
in Munich, Germany; Hans Zinnecker of the Astrophysical
Institute in Potsdam, Germany; Lise Deharveng of
Marseille Observatory, France; and Vassilis Charmadaris
of Cornell University, USA (formerly at Paris Observatory).
Members of this team are interested in understanding
the formation of hot, massive stars, especially
under conditions different from those in the Milky
Credit: NASA and The Hubble
Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri (Paris
Observatory, France)


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The following sets out where NFA functions have transferred, with the relevant new contact details for those areas. For strategic development and threat analysis, please contact [firstname.lastname@example.com](mailto:email@example.com). NFA staff working on the development of the NCA's intelligence hub transferred to the [NCA](http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/). Work to raise awareness of fraud, including delivery of cyberstreetwise, the national e-confidence campaign, transferred to the Home Office. Please contact [firstname.lastname@example.com](mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com). For government partners that require NCA corporate input, for example on PQs, other parliamentary business and ministerial briefing, contact the NCA strategy team at [firstname.lastname@example.com](mailto:email@example.com). For media queries regarding NCA work, contact the NCA press office at [firstname.lastname@example.com](mailto:email@example.com). Development of the counter-fraud checking service is now led by the Cabinet Office. NFA staff working on this project became NCA officers are based in the Cabinet Office. The contact email address for this work is now [email@example.com](mailto:email@example.com). Action Fraud became the responsibility of the City of London Police. To contact Action Fraud, email [email@example.com](mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com). *[NFA]: National Fraud Authority *[NCA]: National Crime Agency
We work with a huge range of stakeholders from across the wider government, law enforcement, industry and voluntary/charity sectors to focus and coordinate the fight against fraud in the UK. Fraudsters attack all economic sectors and parts of our society. Our fight against them is much more effective when we work together.
Our objectives are to:
- protect the public by overseeing the implementation of Fighting Fraud Together
- lead and co-ordinate activities under Fighting Fraud Together
- measure the scale and breakdown of the cost of fraud to the country
- deliver the Action Fraud service, the national reporting centre for fraud and internet crime
Our priorities are to:
improve information sharing between and within the public and private sectors, in order to prevent and detect more fraud
increase and improve the reporting of fraud through the Action Fraud reporting centre, and to harness the information collected to achieve better prevention and enforcement of fraud
improve the level of support and advice given to fraud victims
improve public and business awareness of fraud and self-protection from it
improve information and knowledge, providing a centre of expertise to raise the priority of fraud, secure and use counter fraud resource appropriately and achieve better prevention and enforcement of fraud
working together to address the key fraud enablers and high threat areas
champion and coordinate the counter-fraud community, helping it become more joined up, more efficient and effective - we will do this by building relationships, sharing good practice, dealing with the gaps and overlaps and helping to streamline the counter-fraud community landscape
Who we work with
We work with organisations with an interest in reducing the fraud threat. This work crosses boundaries of commercial activity, the provision of public services and builds partnerships between the public, private and voluntary sectors. Our strategic role means co-operation and co-ordination are at the heart of our work.
We facilitate and co-ordinate activities with a wide range of public and private sector stakeholders. The enthusiastic involvement and engagement of these bodies has enabled us to openly discuss sensitive topics, broker agreements, deal with conflicts of interest and overlapping areas of responsibility and ensure delivery.
We work with banks, retailers, insurance companies, trade associations, government departments, voluntary organisations, law enforcement originations, as well as professional and statutory bodies, to achieve the goal of a hostile environment for fraudulent activity. Our relationship with the stakeholder community requires information to be willingly and openly exchanged between all the partners in this national effort to confront and eliminate fraudulent activity.
We work closely with:
City of London Police
COLP has developed a great deal of expertise in dealing with fraud and is the acknowledged lead police force for economic crime investigation. It provides a central resource for counter-fraud policing activity, with an overall objective to provide consistency and co-ordination to fraud investigations.
National Fraud Intelligence Bureau
The NFIB is a central place for analysing and assessing fraud. The NFIB is overseen by the City of London Police as part of its role as a national lead police force on fraud. The NFIB database is populated from a large number of organisations within the public and private sectors, representing industry, commerce and government. The NFIB employs analysts from both law enforcement and private sector backgrounds to sift through the raw intelligence, searching for distinct patterns of fraudulent activity and behaviour. Once a trend has been spotted, such as a identifying a persistent offender, an intelligence report will be dispatched to the relevant police forces to be used in their investigation. Individuals, police, businesses, and charities report fraud directly into the NFIB by using the national fraud reporting centre - Action Fraud.
We also work closely with a range of organisations within the counter fraud community, including:
- Home Office, which is the lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy, counter-terrorism and police. It has responsibility for police funding (including funding of the Lead Force for Fraud) - NFA is an executive agency of the Home Office
- Cabinet Office, which oversees the National Cyber Security Programme – a major source of NFA funding
- the National Crime Agency, which is a crime-fighting law enforcement agency responsible for leading the UK's fight to cut serious and organised crime
- HM Revenue and Customs, which is responsible for ensuring the correct tax is paid at the right time, whether this relates to payment of taxes received by the department or entitlement to benefits paid
- Department for Work and Pensions, which is responsible for welfare and pension policy and is a key player in tackling child poverty
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which is committed to fostering competitive markets in the UK, EU and worldwide
- Serious Fraud Office, which protects society from serious economic crime - it does this by preventing or disrupting economic crime in real time, investigating, prosecuting and recovering assets
- Financial Conduct Authority, which is an independent body that regulates the financial services industry in the UK which comprises approximately 30,000 firms
- BBA, which is the UK's leading association for the banking and financial services sector, representing the interests of more than 240 member organisations with a worldwide presence in 180 countries
- Financial Fraud Action UK, which is an organisation working together with Consumers, Retailers and the Police in order to help prevent fraud
- Association of British Insurers, which represents UK insurers. They provide consumers with general information on insurance and savings products and services. They also promote best practice, transparency and high standards within the industry
- the Charity Commission, which is the regulator for charities in England and Wales
- all the organisations involved in Fighting Fraud Locally - a strategic approach developed by local government, for local government, that addresses the need for greater prevention and smarter enforcement
These bodies represent a community of stakeholders that are in close contact with the NFA, feeding intelligence and information into the centre of the government's counter-fraud strategy. Representative organisations from the counter-fraud community and different sectors, with the NFA, have formed a number of task forces, forums and working groups, each working on particular fraud priority areas.
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Pigment PR170 is a bright deep red with bluish undertones. It has an average drying time. It has two crystaline forms that differ significantly in opacity. The more transparent form (F5RK) tends to be more bluish and is less lightfast.
The lightfastness and weatherfastness of Pigment PR170 varies, depending on the application and the crystaline form. The opaque form (F3RK) has very good lightfastness, and is more weather resistant. The transparent form (F5RK) has lightfastness that is considered acceptable in pure applications, but it fades more in tints. Neither form is considered suitable for exterior use.
Naphthol Reds are not considered toxic. They may cause eye, skin, or respiratory irritation. Contact with dry pigment should be avoided.
Naphthol pigments are actually dyes that are "laked" to form pigments. First developed by the German chemical company Hoechst A.G. before World War I, their use in artist paints began in the 1920s. Pigment Red PR170 is a Naphthol AS pigment, chemically related to the diarylide yellow pigments. The Naphthol AS pigments comprise a range of reds. They are used in plastics, textiles, and printing inks.
Naphthal, Naphthol Bordeaux, Naphthol Carbamide, Naphthol Carmine, Permanent Carmine, Naphthol Crimson, Permanent Red, Permanent Red F3RK (more opaque), Permanent Red F5RK (more transparent).
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This Naphthol Red is an intense scarlet red pigment that is heavily staining. It has an average drying time. It is semi-transparent and has relatively poor covering power.
This Naphthol Red has been rated as having excellent lightfastness under ASTM testing, but other testing methods have demonstrated some tendancy for the color to fade with exposure to strong ultraviolet light. It has been considered a replacement for less lightfast naphthol reds such as PR3. Not suitable for exterior use.
Naphthol Reds are not considered toxic. Naphthol Red AS-D may cause eye, skin, or respiratory irritation. Contact with dry pigment should be avoided.
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Titanium White is the most brilliant of the white pigments. It is considered an all purpose oil color useful in all techniques and the best all around white. Its masstone is neither warm nor cool, placing it somewhere between Lead White and Zinc White. It is less prone to cracking and yellowing than Lead White, but it still yellows easily. Titanium White dries slowly in oil form, more slowly than Lead White but more quickly than Zinc White. It is opaque in oil and acrylic forms and semi-opaque in watercolor form. This pigment has good chemical stability, and its tinting strength is superior to both Lead White and Zinc White.
Titanium White has excellent permanence and lightfastness.
Titanium dioxide is highly stable and is regarded as completely non-toxic. Animal studies give no indiciation that it is absorbed biologically, even after long periods of exposure. The primary safety concern is with inhalation of fine pigment dust particles. Titanium White, if inhaled in large amounts over the course of several years, may cause a benign pneumoconiosis that is visible on x-rays. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) considers fine titanium dioxide particles, if inhaled, to be a human carcinogen. The primary concern for artists is to avoid exposure to fine particulate dust from raw pigments.
Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, however mineral deposits that are economical to mine are less common. Titanium dioxide was first discovered in 1821, although it could not be mass produced until 1919. Widespread use of the pigment began in the 1940s. Since that time, it has become the most commonly used white pigment. The name comes from the Latin word Titan, the name for the elder brother of Kronos and ancestor of the Titans, and from the Greek word tito, meaning day or sun.
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