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Friday, July 22, 2011
Memo to Jeff Immelt: When is an Apple Store NOT an Apple Store? When It's in China...
We kick off the return to non-Berkshire Hathaway topics here at NotMakingThisUp in the simplest way possible: by referring readers to a different blog.
That different blog, which was brought to our attention by John Hempton, the ace proprietor of yet another blog, the Bronte Capital blog (which happens to be one of the best in the world), needs no introduction, no commentary, no elucidation from us..but after you are finished reading it, you might want to just think for a bit about what it means:
And if you are Jeff Immelt, who is prepared to put half the vaunted GE jet engine business into a joint venture with the Chinese--the same crowd that thinks nothing of copying Apple Stores down to the shirts and name tags worn by the staffers--you should really think very very hard for a long time about what it means.
What it means, we think, is you are putting your company's future at risk.
Jeff Matthews
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Munger's Revenge, Concluded: The Tiger Woods Syndrome, and What Made Berkshire Hathaway as We Know It
Well, Tiger Woods Syndrome is breaking out all over, even in Omaha, Nebraska.
By "Tiger Woods Syndrome" we refer to what happens when the Mainstream Media has been sitting on a story it has long known of but couldn't go with because the subject was too powerful: when the story suddenly, irrevocably blows wide open (like, oh, the guy's wife tries to bash his head in with a golf club), well, suddenly everyone has a story to tell, and the press is happy to tell it.
And while the David Sokol Affair didn't involve sex or golf, it did involve enough bad judgment to blow the cover off the notion that Warren Buffett's perceived successor had everything a Berkshire shareholder could ask for, which is precisely when the knives came out here in Omaha at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting.
Friends and financial reporters who'd been told things over the years would say quietly to us, "Don't quote me, but…" and then tell a Sokol story (more about judgment and personality than about anything you could put down as being wrong) that had either been dismissed as just sour grapes from a Sokol competitor or had been suppressed for the same reason nobody in the Mainstream Media ever bothered to investigate Tiger Woods' extracurricular activities: the guy was too rich and too powerful.
And, hey, David Sokol had Warren Buffett's blessing.
But with Sokol gone, so is the glow—and a lot of shareholders would like to know exactly how close did Berkshire Hathaway come to putting Warren Buffett's life's work in the hands of a guy willing to pick off a few points in a stock ahead of his employer's acquisition of that company?
Unfortunately, the real answer to that question—probably a lot closer than Warren Buffett would like to admit—was never actually addressed at the Berkshire meeting, either by Buffett or Charlie Munger.
Indeed, because of the Sokol Affair, Buffett seemed on his guard and more defensive than usual. In contrast to last year's defense of Berkshire's relationship with Goldman Sachs, when Buffett came out swinging, this year he was more reflective and less direct in getting to the heart of the Sokol-related questions.
He seemed still stunned at the whole turn of events.
Charlie Munger, by contrast, was sharp, hard-nosed and positively voluble throughout. Munger also got the funniest line of the day in the video within the movie that kicked things off.
(The video—the best in years—was a laugh-out-loud takeoff on the TV show "The Office," called "Michael's Replacement," in which Buffett and Munger take over at Dunder Mifflin from the clueless Michael Scott and his conspiratorial number two, Dwight Schrute. When a jealous Dwight sizes up Munger, his replacement as Number Two, sneering, "You don't look so tough," Munger adjusts Dwight's tie, leans in and says menacingly, "There are eighteen ways I could kill you.")
But it was in the six-hour Q&A following the movie that Munger demonstrated what has made him so valuable to Warren Buffett and to Berkshire Hathaway all these years, participating in an unprecedented number of questions, and with more substance and fewer jokes than usual.
In fact, at one point Munger abruptly took over one of the Sokol questions from Buffett, saying sharply, "I'll handle this," when a shareholder suggested Lubrizol's board of directors had violated its fiduciary duty by negotiating only with Berkshire Hathaway, and not auctioning the company.
And whereas Buffett mainly played defense, with long-winded explanations of Sokol-related issues, Munger played offense, summing up matters crisply and, as usual, with no holds barred.
Sisters Under the Skin
For example, after Buffett explains in long and meandering detail how he came to believe Lubrizol belonged in the Berkshire family, despite its tainted upbringing, Munger simply says,
"You know ISCAR and Lubrizol are to some extent sisters under the skin...very small markets...fanaticism in service. If you have any more like that, give Warren a call."
We Own So Many Wonderful Businesses
When Buffett wrestles with an explanation for the current valuation of Berkshire's stock ($125,000 a share at the time of the meeting) compared to one observer's estimated intrinsic value of $185,000 (based on the faulty premise that Berkshire's $95,000 per share worth of investments are somehow unrelated to the insurance businesses and therefore a cash-equivalent that should be added to $90,000 per share for the businesses themselves) Munger dismisses the premise that Berkshire's share price is tied to any break-up calculation, and instead focuses the crowd on the long-term value of Berkshire:
"It's terrible trouble you people have...we own so many wonderful businesses we hate to part with them."
Europe Survived the Black Death…
As usual, while Buffett takes the bright side of most issues in keeping with his inherent optimism in the future, Munger offers a dour, cynical view based on his broad knowledge of history and human behavior—but usually arrives in the same spot.
Asked "How can a lousy long-term U.S. economy make you happy?" Buffett gives a long, enthusiastic, cheerleader's answer, winding up with, "All I can tell you is...the power of capitalism is incredible."
Munger, on the other hand, dryly notes:
Munger, on the other hand, dryly notes:
"Europe survived the Black Death when a third of the people died, but we're gonna move on."
Still, Buffett is crisper and forceful when it comes to his comfort zone: Berkshire and its legacy. He minces no words when asked about whether, and when, Berkshire will pay a dividend.
Still, Buffett is crisper and forceful when it comes to his comfort zone: Berkshire and its legacy. He minces no words when asked about whether, and when, Berkshire will pay a dividend.
"There will come a time, and who knows how soon because the numbers are getting big...when a dollar only buying 90c of value...but I predict the day Berkshire declares a dividend the stock will go down because that will mean it is no longer a compounding machine..."
It Had Its Head Up Its---
And Munger does hold back at least once in the six hours of Q&A, when they are asked about Berkshire's position in Wells Fargo, one of the banking giants whose inherent profitability has been impaired by the Dodd-Frank legislation and the housing implosion. Buffett defends the investment without much input from Munger:
"US banking profitability will be considerably less than early part of this century; one reason is the leverage will be reduced... If you keep out of trouble on the asset side, it's a good business because credit is very cheap. I like our positions there."
Yet, months later, speaking to investors in Los Angeles, Munger will say that what he admired about Wells Fargo is its management didn't hesitate to admit "it had its head up its ass" when it came to mortgage lending.
Yet, months later, speaking to investors in Los Angeles, Munger will say that what he admired about Wells Fargo is its management didn't hesitate to admit "it had its head up its ass" when it came to mortgage lending.
But Munger bit his tongue here in Omaha.
Not a Terribly Rational Thing
Still, when he does speak here, it is just as straightforward as that observation in defense of Wells Fargo management.
When asked about gold as an investment, for example, Buffett launches into almost a professorial discussion of investing. "There are three categories of investment," Buffett begins, describing currency, which depends on the behavior of monetary authorities to maintain its value; gold and other commodities that "don't produce anything and you hope somebody will pay you more for later one," and then assets "that make things, like a business, a farm"—which is the category Buffett and Munger have generally stuck to, with a few bets on currencies and commodities along the way.
Munger simply says:
"Buying something that only goes up if the world goes to hell is not a terribly rational thing."
This Attitude of Trust
When Buffett is prodded by a shareholder about Berkshire's lack of formal compliance procedures "like most firms," he gets defensive, first saying "I don't think most companies have them" (which is absolutely not true when it comes to financial giants like Berkshire), then dismisses the idea altogether:
"But we could have all the records in the world...they could be trading in their cousin's name."
Munger, on the other hand, defends Berkshire's culture entirely:
Munger, on the other hand, defends Berkshire's culture entirely:
"If you look at the greatest institutions in the world, they trust their people...it's so liberating...I think your best compliance cultures are the ones that have this attitude of trust."
That "attitude of trust" may be Munger's Achilles heel when it comes to BYD, the Chinese car company of which Munger was a shareholder and fan for their efforts in battery technology well before Berkshire invested in the company.
BYD's initials stand for "Build Your Dreams," but the company has been accused of copying other carmaker's designs in diplomatic cables uncovered by WikiLeaks, one of which read: "BYD seeks to 'Build Your Dreams'—based on Someone Else's Designs."
Asked by a shareholder about the company, whose earnings and share price have been under pressure, Buffett demurs, saying, "Charlie's the BYD expert."
Munger begins his answer with the worst line of defense, BYD's stock price, and then dismisses any issues with bland assurances as uncharacteristic as they are unenlightening:
"Of course the price is still way higher than the price BRK paid… Any company that tries to move as fast...is going to have its glitches...I'm quite encouraged..."
"Of course the price is still way higher than the price BRK paid… Any company that tries to move as fast...is going to have its glitches...I'm quite encouraged..."
"Glitches" is the same term Munger employed to describe the Sokol stock trading affair in the immediate aftermath of that black eye, and it may be as understated an adjective when applied to BYD as it was to Sokol's $10 million investment in Lubrizol in the weeks preceding Berkshire's bid for the company.
BYD thus far has failed to produce anything like its past promises, as contained in this 2009 Reuters article:
BYD says that its new E6 electric car due out before the end of the year will do 250 miles (400km) on a single charge.
This is a very big number. The Tesla electric sports car does almost as much, but has little room for anything else in the car but the battery.
The E6 is roomy with space for five passengers and a good-sized boot. The battery tucks under the back seat.
—Roger Harrabin, Reuters
The E6 was not out "before the end of the year" 2009, nor was it out before the end of the year 2010. And when the Wall Street Journal inquired about the delay late last year, BYD gave the paper a howler of an excuse:
Stella Li, BYD's senior vice president and head of its U.S. operations, said the holdup was caused by BYD's efforts to make the car roomier, especially its rear-seat area that was cramped thanks to a beefy battery pack that needs to be stored under the seat.
Ms. Li told the Journal the E6 would be ready for sale in 2012. (We here at NotMakingThisUp would call that bluff.)
A Star Rises in the East
But, BYD aside, Munger has few blind spots, and enough blunt assessments about the ways of the world to keep Berkshire shareholders happy…
On why Berkshire does not trade commodities like oil:
"Oil trading worked best of all for the people who bribed Nigeria."
On what caused the financial collapse:
"My answer is that past panics and depressions tended to involve great waves of speculation.... I think you can confidently expect a new mess before your career is over... Part of this mess is due to our academic institutions... Finance really attracts people who should be in snake charming."
On the political environment in Washington:
On the political environment in Washington:
"I remember an era when we had a bipartisan foreign policy, the Marshall plan. Now it seems we have two parties competing to be more stupid."
On CEO compensation:
"I think somebody has to be an exemplar for not grabbing all you can..."
On which asset class he would add to his 'circle of competence' if he were going to live another 50 years:
"It would either be tech or energy."
But the best line of the day—one not picked up on by everyone in the arena, so fast and subtle it was—came towards the end, on a question asked by a very sincere investor.
"If you were to have a baby in the next 5 years," the shareholder begins, drawing titters from the crowd, "how would you incentivize them to compete against hungrier kids from other parts of the world..."
Munger, whose age (six years older than Buffett and now approaching 90) has always been the subject of jokes between the two men, sits up in his chair and a huge smile crosses his face at the idea of becoming a father as an octogenarian: "A star rises in the east," he says in an awe-struck voice, drawing broad laughter as Buffett begins his answer.
A Fortune Fairly Won and Wisely Used
Still, it is not wisecracking that makes Charlie Munger so important to Berkshire Hathaway. It is the genius of his recognition—forged as an attorney working with struggling companies in Los Angeles before hooking up with his fellow Omaha native in the 1960s—that buying good businesses at reasonable prices was better in the long run than buying bad businesses however cheap they appeared to be, which was how Warren Buffett came to take control of Berkshire Hathaway before Munger came along.
It was Munger's crucial notion about the long-term value of good businesses versus bad business ("Bad businesses throw tough decision after tough decision at you; good businesses throw cash," was how he once put it) that led the two men to make their first acquisition together in 1972—See's Candies, for $25 million.
And See's was a very good business. For one thing, it almost immediately began generating excess cash (well over a billion dollars so far) for Buffett to reinvest elsewhere. For another, it created the template by which Berkshire would amass a collection of good companies, bought at reasonable prices, that today employee over a quarter-million people and churn out a billion dollars a month in cash.
Asked about their legacies at the Berkshire meeting, Buffett initially wisecracks that he would like it to be "Old age," then says he'd like to be known as a teacher.
Munger, who has always seemed more well-rounded, if less wealthy, than his partner, sums up his answer as succinctly, and appropriately, as you'd expect:
"I have an uncle with a saying: 'A fortune fairly won and wisely used.'"
The End.
Jeff Matthews
Author "Secrets in Plain Sight: Business and Investing Secrets of Warren Buffett"
(eBooks on Investing, 2011) Available now at Amazon.com
© 2011 NotMakingThisUp, LLC
The content contained in this blog represents only the opinions of Mr. Matthews. Mr. Matthews also acts as an advisor and clients advised by Mr. Matthews may hold either long or short positions in securities of various companies discussed in the blog based upon Mr. Matthews' recommendations. This commentary in no way constitutes investment advice, and should never be relied on in making an investment decision, ever. Also, this blog is not a solicitation of business by Mr. Matthews: all inquiries will be ignored. The content herein is intended solely for the entertainment of the reader, and the author.
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Munger's Revenge, Part VI: What Bothers People
"What I think bothers people is that there wasn't some big sense of outrage or something in the [press] release, and, you know, I plead guilty to that."
—Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, April 30, 2011.
"The facts were complicated, and we didn't foresee appropriately the natural reaction. But I would argue that you don't want to make important decisions in anger. You want to display as much ruthlessness as your duty requires, and you do not want to add one single iota because you're angry."
—Charlie Munger.
Thus two longtime business partners summed up their disconcertingly un-Berkshire-like handling of the David Sokol Affair in front of 36,000 Berkshire shareholders in Omaha this spring.
Of the two, Charlie Munger came closer to answering the question than Warren Buffett, who used the old politician's trick of phrasing the question that he wanted to answer, rather than the one that was asked.
While Buffett held nothing back about the Sokol Affair throughout the six-hour Q&A session—fielding every Sokol-related question without a pause or a 'no comment'—the question that was actually asked was not about Buffett's lack of "outrage" in the press release. It was about Buffett's lack of "ruthlessness"—an adjective lifted straight from his Salomon Brothers Congressional testimony that is played for shareholders before the start of every annual meeting: "Lose money for the firm and I will be understanding/Lose one shred of reputation and I will be ruthless."
Letting Sokol resign from Berkshire—a money-saving move, to hear Buffett's subsequent rationalization at the annual meeting—and repeating, in the press release, Sokol's assertion that the Lubrizol stock purchases "were not a factor in his decision to resign," is hardly "ruthless."
But what really stunned longtime Berkshire investors from that press release—and we're not talking about the masses who jumped on the Berkshire bandwagon as Buffett's celebrity profile rose in recent years and were more inclined to wonder what all the fuss was about with Sokol's stock purchases and Buffett's handling of the affair: we're talking decades-long investors whose names a reader would recognize—was the single sentence in which Buffett excused the entire episode with the kind of defense you'd expect to hear from a Wall Street fat cat, not from "The Oracle of Omaha":
"Neither Dave nor I feel his Lubrizol purchases were in any way unlawful."
(As one Berkshire regular said, "Dennis Kozlowski didn't feel he did anything wrong either. Who cares what the guy feels, and since when did Berkshire Hathaway start doing business based on that standard anyway?")
No, Berkshire shareholders were not looking for "some big sense of outrage," as Buffett put it; they were looking for a straightforward acknowledgement that what happened didn't pass Buffett's simple smell test for operating a business:
"If it's questionable whether some action is close to the line, just assume it is outside and forget it. There's plenty of money to be made in the center of the court."
And they would have expected a more ruthless exit strategy for an individual Buffett clearly believed violated Berkshire's principles than the mere acceptance of that individual's resignation.
But there's a second issue raised by the Sokol Affair, and one that has not been addressed by either Buffett or Munger to this day: how do they and the rest of the Berkshire board of directors know that nothing like the Lubrizol purchases ever happened before at Berkshire Hathaway?
All we've been told is that Berkshire's own law firm, Munger, Tolles & Olson, "worked with the Lubrizol counsel in pulling together what Warren described as Lubrizol's proxy…" and that was according to Ron Olson, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson and a member of Berkshire's board of directors.
Leaving aside the obvious question—why a law firm founded by Charlie Munger and which today has a partner who also serves on Berkshire's board of directors, was in charge of examining the Sokol Affair for the Berkshire board, rather than an outside firm without the obvious and multiple conflicts of interest—David Sokol was involved in plenty of Berkshire deals in the past. He vetted the BYD investment for Buffett; he came up with the enormously profitable Constellation Energy investment during the financial crisis, and he presumably was involved in the PacifiCorp, Northern Natural Gas and Kern River Transmission acquisitions for MidAmerican.
So how does Berkshire's board of directors know that nothing like this occurred previously? We're not suggesting anything did occur: but, as a Berkshire shareholder, it seems like a logical question to ask, and if we were on the board, it's a question to which we'd want the answer.
And there's a third issue raised by all this: how close did Berkshire come to naming David Sokol as the eventual replacement for Warren Buffett, and what does it portend for Berkshire shareholders when Buffett is no longer alive?
One shareholder almost got the answer when he asked, "How can you ensure that there are no more Sokols in the lineup of successional managers that you have?" But Buffett dismissed the notion that Sokol was indeed the successor-in-waiting, without disclosing what name actually appears in the envelope Buffett keeps in his desk for the day the unthinkable occurs:
"Yeah, he made an assumption there about Sokol being the next in line, which I'm not sure was warranted…."
Buffett then added, "That is one of the reasons that I think it's a good idea if my son, Howard Buffett…be the chairman after I'm not around because you can make a mistake in selecting a CEO."
How Howard Buffett will handle that kind of mistake compared to how his father handled David Sokol is not clear.
What is clear is that, given the high profile David Sokol carried at Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's life work may have come uncomfortable close to being run by a guy who saw (and still sees) nothing "close to the line"about doing something (trading stock while sniffing around potential acquisitions in what the investment bankers surely presumed was his role as a representative of Berkshire Hathaway) that his boss (Warren Buffett) would never, ever, have dreamed a CEO of his would be doing.
And maybe that's why attendance at this year's meeting was down—for the first time in Berkshire history—and why Charlie Munger was unusually talkative at the meeting.
The fallout from the David Sokol affair may not be over.
To be continued…
Jeff Matthews
Author "Secrets in Plain Sight: Business and Investing Secrets of Warren Buffett"
(eBooks on Investing, 2011) Available now at Amazon.com
© 2011 NotMakingThisUp, LLC
The content contained in this blog represents only the opinions of Mr. Matthews. Mr. Matthews also acts as an advisor and clients advised by Mr. Matthews may hold either long or short positions in securities of various companies discussed in the blog based upon Mr. Matthews' recommendations. This commentary in no way constitutes investment advice, and should never be relied on in making an investment decision, ever. Also, this blog is not a solicitation of business by Mr. Matthews: all inquiries will be ignored. The content herein is intended solely for the entertainment of the reader, and the author.
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"How innocent is that?" Ike Lochte said after the hubbub. "All I wanted to say is that he's so sensitive about not wanting to hurt a girl dating, so he just goes and dates and takes out a girl for maybe one or two dates and doesn't have a relationship because he doesn't have (time) and it's not fair to women."
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Both she and Ryan said her comment referred to dates. It was definitely not about hook-ups, she said.
"What kind of mom is going to say that?" she said. "Especially being a mom and having two daughters."
Lochte told Today that he knew his mom meant "one-night stands" innocently.
"I know what she meant by it," he said. "What she meant is that I'm not in a relationship so I do go on dates. It's not that negative part."
Lochte, who is leaving London with five medals, celebrated his 28th birthday Friday.
Appearing on the "Today" show, he told co-host Matt Lauer he had some "up and down swims" at the Olympics.
"I'm relieved that's it's finally over. It's been a long four years, but you know what, I'm coming home to my country with five Olympic medals. I couldn't be more happier," he said.
Lochte faced his towering teammate Michael Phelps in what will forever be one of the Olympics' most-watched rivalries, and each walked away with gold medals.
Lochte outswam Phelps in the 400m individual medley, clinching the gold and leaving Phelps in fourth place. But Phelps came back in the 200m individual medley, beating Lochte for gold.
"In swimming, me and Michael is gonna go down as one of the greatest rivalries in history," Lochte said. "I'm just happy that I was a part of that."


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Washington's horizontal woes
In the late summer of 1791, a 37-year-old former French art student and veteran of the Revolutionary War presented George Washington with his plan for a new American capital on the banks of the Potomac River. "The city must be beautiful, due advantage being taken of the hilly nature of the spot for grand or lovely prospects," Pierre Charles L'Enfant wrote.
Two and a quarter centuries later, L'Enfant's enduring vision has made Washington perhaps the most horizontal — and certainly the most Parisian — city in the United States, an interlocking grid of elegant avenues in which the Washington Monument and the Capitol Dome dominate the unimpeded grand and lovely vistas that still abound.
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Today's capital is a city in which square corners suddenly give way to sharp angles, and straight triumphal thoroughfares are broken up by sinuous, verdant traffic circles dotted with monuments to immortal and forgotten heroes. The whole of it spreads, rain or shine, beneath the wide-open skies and approaching jets at Reagan National Airport.
A hot debate is now under way in Congress and the city over whether that should change — at least a bit. Washington will never resemble the canyons of Wall Street, or even the less jagged skylines of Boston, Cleveland, Dallas or Denver. But proposals are afoot that could make the biggest changes in the District of Columbia's signature low-rise cityscape in more than 100 years.
At issue is a century-old federal law that caps the height of all buildings in the city. D.C.'s mayor, Vincent Gray, wants to scrap it, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the powerful House committee with jurisdiction over District affairs, is more than open to the idea. By contrast, the D.C. City Council and the National Capital Planning Commission, which regulates new construction in the city's historic core, oppose any change in the height limit without further study.
In the middle is Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District's nonvoting delegate in Congress, who wants to preserve her hometown's historic character but is also concerned about economic development. Above all, Norton does not want to jeopardize the city's hard-won right to govern its own affairs, after decades as a neglected ward of Congress.
For most of the late 20th century, with D.C.'s population steadily shrinking in the wake of the 1968 riots, the height limit was not an issue. But since 2005, Washington has been growing at a rapid rate. Construction cranes dot the skyline and the city's Office of Planning now estimates that projected growth will exceed available capacity by 2030. It contends that the federal Height of Buildings Act, in place in its current form since 1910, arbitrarily limits the height of buildings to 90 feet in residential areas, 130 feet in commercial areas and 160 feet (or about 12 or 13 stories) along some stretches of Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the Capitol's dominant 289-foot dome.
But the only really tall buildings in sight of the center city — at 30-odd stories the local equivalent of skyscrapers — are across the Potomac in Virginia, many of them in Rosslyn, an office enclave that is home to POLITICO and roughly comparable to the redoubts of La Defense in Paris or Canary Wharf in London, albeit on a smaller scale.
Now the Gray administration proposes to lift the rigid height limits in the city proper, instead basing allowable heights on a ratio of 1:1.25 of street width to building height, meaning a maximum height of 200 feet for buildings on the widest streets of the city center, including, potentially, Pennsylvania Avenue. Critics contend that would create an unattractive mass of bulky structures that would give new meaning to the extant (and unloved) architectural genre known as "D.C. Box," and would obscure the now-sweeping views of the city's landmarks from vantage points like Arlington Cemetery.
The city counters that no actual changes in height limits would be made "unless and until" the city revises its comprehensive zoning plan, which is effectively subject to approval by the City Council, the Capital Planning Commission and Congress itself. In essence, the city is saying, "Trust us."
For opponents of changing the law, that is precisely the problem, in a city with an unhappy history of municipal mismanagement and official corruption. "They just don't trust the city," said Roger Lewis, a noted urban planner and one of the founders of the University of Maryland's School of Architecture, who has called for no changes in the law without a "very fine-grained study" to identify the specific areas of the city where greater height might indeed be desirable.
"They feel that it's not something that you should believe the city will handle responsibly," Lewis said. "There are always a few corrupt politicians, and the opponents have just demonized developers."
City Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has submitted testimony to Congress asserting that "Residents are afraid that if the Height Act is changed now, the city's unique skyline and human scale will be lost irretrievably."
It was Issa who got the ball rolling last year, commissioning a study by the city and the Capital Planning Commission, which issued their dueling recommendations last month. At a hearing of his oversight committee on the issue in early December, Issa expressed disbelief that the mayor and City Council could not agree on the issue.
"I did not expect, for the first time ever, to have people say, 'Please don't give me the authority; I can't be trusted,'" he said.
Issa is better known for his relentless probing of the Obama administration's "Fast and Furious" gun tracking operation and the botched rollout of Obamacare than for expertise in aesthetics or urban planning, though according to the Center for Responsive Politics, real estate interests constitute the second-largest donor group to his campaign and political action committee in the current election cycle, accounting for some $50,000 out of nearly $2 million total raised so far.


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Michel Gill on Being President, Netflix and Spacey
Michel Gill, who plays President Garrett Walker on the hit Netflix show "House of Cards," talks to WSJ celebrity business reporter and host Lee Hawkins about his role on the show, his acting career, the business of acting and the future of on-demand TV. Photo: Getty Images.
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... I ... Michael Teal ... trained actor and son of Holocaust refugees tapped into its early artistic passions in life experiences to build up to its memorable role as president Gary Walker on the hit an epic show House of Cards ... he talked to me about his journey ... in the business of acting ... welcome Michael Gill ... shifted to new and fresh off of completing this walk on role on person of interest on CBS ... our that's pretty exciting because this is a network show as opposed to ... Netflix I was that ever happened to ... me ... it's a New York cafe experience to your TV show here ... so ... and with a network so you've got really it's a very big money question time being getting things done ... enough to stand for and it's really a radical difference from ... a more relaxed ... set in Baltimore where ... it's it's always a scheduling thing in the money is always a big question but ... we haven't ... we have all the more time to shoot and so ... what would tell me about your role ... I was clearing um consul ... of consul of fresh ... up ambassador ... for the UN and um and so I got to use and that the French tax and can speak ... for shock ... in June Euro trash stuff ... he had experience in that area ... it isn't being Euro trash ... bin way it did that Syria is worried that there is only a month or ... two ... okay so a lot of people outside of course to hear about what you can give us about House of Cards but I wanted ... to back up and just go back to U turn because you have a great story you were born in New York City ... race in Switzerland ... a new developed a passion for acting ... when you did Shakespeare play them tell about ... how to either creatures are to try to do it for Dish standard exams I'm and boarding school was a British boarding school sports ... and on and so we had an early ... of view of Shakespeare restarted ... um I am it was light which one would fly with his teacher took it very seriously was poetry and on hwy Riverside in class and I got an immediate ... cut ... to the median ... estimate in line with ... yes to the ... two men that play them the title role ... and so I immersed myself and then just fell in love with the acting examined ... using my language skills with the Standard really came together to improve its one of them ... and before the interview started we were talking about how life is so much of a big part of an investment in the common good and asking ... your parents were Holocaust refugee yes brisket ... how did that ... affect you ... terrible ... I mean really it's hard to be a survivor of the sublime ... because ... of a few pics ... of that kind of experience is so ... ingrained in their alliance ... that I think for them ... of the biggest issue was ... the one doing everything they could for us not to God ... in so everything was the stakes were very very well ... how did that inform you as an actor ... well certainly a form of how to be scared ... um but it also ... taught me how to ... to negotiate ... and to calm down because it was in my parent's life ... I didn't have my parents when we were here in the New York-based cure for the first ten years of my life ... and it was off a freer experience so I have to balance it out get a hat to discern ... what was their life ... and what was mine ... and balancing that out also gave me a space for religious covering emotional life that they didn't ... does this was very cut and dry ... you know survive ... or be taken ... hunt will be hunted down ... and it was just a very scary time bombs ... falling around them ... the two of them are your two to escape ... um and diving narrowly escaped with much of their family being report ... did that make them ... more open to allowing you to have options yes first of all serve all my father was a business matures and high finance ... and God and he had experienced the cutthroat and barman that ... and he thought ... I would I want my kids to be ... um brought up in the arts ... um and when ... you talk show business you didn't get the fact that covered extreme with for this ... I know that what he thought was arts hearts go go really get that kind of education and so we were all geared and music ... practical arts painting pottery all kinds of ... cool things ... and for me I was very pleased to welcome you ... and what a great place to be when you went to Juilliard ... I when ... I read an article from nineteen eighty five we were doing in Tennessee Williams play ... check what percentage of actors ... that you work where ... do you believe have a theatrical background and this is still important to have that experience today ... I think it's important um ... I don't think it's the be all in all I'm not there for him to say you have to do this to have to do that to happen this way people really come to a very differ way is up and I think the ... the palate is free ... um ... for me my journey was very important item of stopping the process and love styling ... of language so was a perfect opportunity for me than to Tennessee Williams to do ... Shakespeare to do all kinds of um ... Elizabeth and classical theater ... um I'm and can mix it with contemporary stuff it was just a bit of a good way for me to go ... aam and God s will educate you don't get better ... too ... there was ... a giant stakes ... this was a ... teacher early in your career directed Knights of the quantity ... ahh and he means you auditioned for your car keys to human sweat it out for a few days while he finished off the casting ... it you know what was then about ... it was so exciting because it was a first taste of what this business is going to be like ... so our fourth year of school we got very competitive ... but it also determines how badly we wanted ... and we all wanted it that we all did our work and we weren't there and then ... you can do for you were can still muster when you walk away ... and you don't get it ... at least you know you're going to war ... and that's the ... but ... the consolation really ... when you do get it you know why these you were ... there and it's business ... as an actor ... you hafta people ... that was ever a point that you considered yourself was struggling after all ... Ford's well where Audi I were ninety eight percent import ... I'm so ... were were really ... and so every time we have a job ... you get to relish that then you also have to start looking for the next one right it's never a moment of awe ... ditto for most of us know and ... and and and when you get to be fixed our ... it's about ... the project has were always wanted to or were always going to create that's who we are we're creative spirits ... and so it's not about money it's about creativity ... and the roles in the content are hard to fall ... you can be the biggest star and fifty scripts on your table but and there isn't something that really ... takes your spirit ... what are you going to do so You're Back at that same place so I still what will work ... okay so we have to go into the house of cards questions on so many people with so many question so ... so right now it hasn't been confirmed that you will or you won't be back on its own seen on different I'm told there's a possibility ... that they'll find a way to work you ended the season because ... they just started last week ... D I mean oh well into the writer is just our thoughts tweeted his police interview finished the first episode ... right in the first episode turkeys at the very beginning of a jerk and he's got twelve left ... on and so ... this is a big secret nobody really knows what's going happen once and ... then goes ... on I'm told this as a special bonus to people ... he'll give a mean streak will ... so what Coombes are you prepared to give us a bow ... things on the show ... this season yet ... um one of ... the heavy thing good spoiler ... spoiler ... oh gosh been allowed to get into that court second drugs and rock'n'roll okay I wanna ask a few questions from from you were ... right in and maybe you can do to give them a little something extra ... this is from bin Ismail who is one of our colleagues ... in the media business ... do you think that the president you put played was ... we were leaving so much on Tuscan Francis or strong for listening without feeling of its ... grip ... great question I get asked alot about ... hence if you play ... what is perceived to be we present ... um and ... I have a couple responses ... first if you look it up fellow ... when you see ... the greatness of this man he is one of our greatest generals of the time ... he has decimated ... our ... fleets and armies all the world is nothing greater than the fellow ... then comes the auto ... and manages to ... turn him into a whining little baby ... because it's not as Othello as we ... it's because of the Argo is ... the consummate know and ... and and we are ... just ... relish in ... what this man brings to ... why why is he so wanted to bring a fellow Dow ... what is it about his hunger ... what is it about Frank Underwood ... and his hunger for us to bring Walker doubt ... whether it's Walker ... whether it's ... Catherine direct was actually played by my one year ... old Port in a body you are not safe ... you you know you will be manipulated ... you will be taken down ... so that's Michael Gill's perspective ... from present walkers perspective ... she is not being manipulated ... he's just making choices according to the advice of the guests ... and he's got a lot of advice from a lot of people ... Raymond Tusk is has been one of his most trusted people in the world ... Frank becomes one ... so he thinks ... and awe and others that we don't see that's because this isn't ... you know presenter Walker's story ... in this is Frank Underwood store ... and so ... we have to get that license we have to sort of impose a Shakespearean ... tail onto it and say we watched this for three hours without a problem and watching auto take them down ... we want to ... read and if we balance that out and the metaphor ... we we yes we've we are frustrated that is ... being taken by the Swiss franc is the ... fuss is so wide goal me three six seasons in in in ... well we don't know how many citizens is ok to not just go on and on ... will we do know is that this is a tragedy ... because it has been inspired by Richard for ... um but the man who wrote Michael Dobbs was inspired by rich in so ... because it is as pure tragedy impose on our current political systems ... we know that the ... human tragedy or rise and fall ... have you met that President ... Obama ... have you made in the press ... I'm in ... awe so did you need to train to be presidential heavily ... how ... um I've been training to be president I mean I'm in training of the watching of the winter ... season toolkit ... for some bizarre reason I've just been fascinated by it and go into a room and sit there watch tape after tape after tape I didn't watch it up to take to learn how to be president ... ay ay ... ay one inning Wachter tape after tape to observe ... where their humanity comes up ... with her not being price ... where people are playing them ... you walk into a room with President Obama President Bush when isn't he being president ... we don't know because we never see it runs behind closed doors and when ... we are ... all kinds of things are going to ... the volatility of temperament we don't see those up soon as we never saw Johnson ... taking out his ... private parts in front of another contest on and on whether this stuff we've never seen him hang on to how we've seen pictures of him right on top and bully people we know that all presidents are bullies ... because ... at the end of the day ... they all have to look at anybody in the room inside body ... I got the books ... I'm here because I got sixty million or fifty million or seventy million votes you didn't ... so and ... let's not forget who's boss ... and that's cool we ... but then they just go off the handle the shut off the handle very often ... and we don't see any of that so that's the kind of thing that really fast and when to give credit to for that question dispenser super great question ... final question ... the Jordan what ... do you think of Netflix's ... business model of shooting in releasing the whole season of that so ... verses the whole ... traditional model of appointment TV ... I think we all felt a seismic shift ... when Netflix announced that this is a map ... with what we ... want ... under Kevin and David Fincher and we'll get a lower dollar ... are no I was here we've been DVR insurance for a long time and watching them ... added in a bunch in a row we've been going through ... all blockbusters and getting seasons and seasons of presenters bingeing on so that the writing was on the wall who was actually do it ... it seems like a no brainer announcing which are about to what the right thing to do but to actually make a first step ... and other than all the network saying ... will show us an hour and will see whether we want to pick up a couple or not Netflix or how many view won him in ... the afternoon went on ... two seasons when is this to mean for the future ... good question I don't know I think it's going to change I think um ... you will become more of this people will get use to how to binge or not been tied to do and then realize but it's a communal ... community experienced people aren't going to social event ... of watching things together and evil a talk about this is much more social and community oriented where watched ... sought for years and now ok you have a young son fourteen years old and was interested in acting ... up so is he watching ... a lot of this content on the computer and on demand after she walks in the museum kids can watch on the life of disease watching on the computer to watch it on this we are offering this Antonia and in the meantime texting and tweeting about me and ... the multitasking is going on is extraordinary ... and you know what I don't think it's about a TV show called TV anymore ... it's a screen show yet you can watch a funny thing to be rolling out your screens are ... putting him up on the wall to watch something people are going to be incredibly discerning not about ... what you watch it on ... both the quality of work to watch more and more people are suing ... the content ... quality ... and they're getting very sophisticated about these kinds of bond led to hear that because most of my content is Digital has not even on TV a lot of these interviews ... okay so this wrapping things up this or any other time your wife Jayne Atkinson ... faces Secretary of State on the show the OS is It Hard to be ... talking to her out of character ... and then you know five minutes later you're in character ... is is there anything odd about having ... when I go on stage for twenty five years ... so we know will we do we we know how we do ... we get to it very differently so when we actually worked together ... it's just ... the easiest and ... so was the benefits in the disadvantage is that there are there ... are a bigger noted that there are seven of the ... year I wish I could dash but there are many disadvantages though its advantage is that we're both on set and somebody is not with us ... okay ... so this ... year ... otherwise ... we look at each other before we hear action ... on sitting over in the Oval office you sitting on the couch and we were kids from ... Brooklyn ... this is really ... how fun is this an idea for kids and them into action and off we go at it and none of that leaves then because we're ... we've done this we know ... what inside were just ... it's just ... imagine this is wonderful ... what's great about it is that you both still do local theater ... in Massachusetts where you live in remote teaches well refuge different this is where worker within the Berkshire Theater Festival and not all the Berkshire Theater group ... and we love to work in parched their practice ... well in an era of reality TV it's good to see that there's someone who still ... cares about the I'm sure there are a lot I really wanted owns Basey work with him yet he's not to mention the young people who do well and I think that some more and more middle balance about right now they're more towards behavior ... but ... people who really wanted to this stuff will work I guess one more tough question because you do work with Kevin Spacey ... and he's a Jack of all trades in the sense that ... he's got the victory sixty involvement ... in acting what's that ... do for his career what's it like to work for him water freezes the ball ... as an actor ... um and you know ... his love will focus on a weaker Tuesday before we should ... and will appear action and Togo ... Freddie ... now regard with sound ... the stock has headphones on ... everybody's there nobody hears the fabric of space ... still say ... are you sure you weren't sure that with the guy walking across the garden ... she's got all his hats on ... he's so focused Chiesi knows and you know and then will be chosen ... so ... it's a wonderful and inspiring thing to see ... that she ... is wearing all those hats ... and knows how to implement them and then knows how to do his work ... so ... I can't say enough about the guy he is the real deal ... is the real deal and it's just been referral ... on or I was an honor to be elected president by David Fincher BOE will move ... million people seventy million people ... to read ... that's all it took ... there are a ... low rates allow for coming and I really wanted to see if it all ... alright ... everybody Michael Gale ... and you will see next ...


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1838 James Ivory
On the theory of the astronomical refractions (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 1838).
1840 George Airy
On the theoretical explanation of an apparent new polarity of light (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 1840).
1856 William Thomson
On the electro-dynamic qualities of metals (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 1856).
1866 James Clerk Maxwell
On the viscosity or internal friction of air and other gases (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 1866).
1891 George Darwin
On tidal prediction (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A 182).
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On the mechanical equivalent of heat (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A 190).
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On the law of the pressure of gases between 75 and 150 millimetres of mercury (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A 198).
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The configuration of rotating compressible masses (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A 218).
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Some phenomena in the upper atmosphere (Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A 132).
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1952 H Jeffreys
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1961 M J Lighthill
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- Connect your Apple Watch to its charger. While charging, your Apple Watch stays in Nightstand mode.
- To see the display, tap the screen, press the Digital Crown or side button, or lightly nudge your Apple Watch. Even nudging or tapping the table might work — try it.
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Wolfenstein 3D Hits the iPhone
Honestly, does shooting Nazis ever get old? That's the question posed by id Software's timeless Wolfenstein 3D. The game, which is generally considered to have popularized the now near-ubiquitous first-person shooter genre, has already been ported to a seemingly endless list of consoles, including Super NES, Game Boy Advance, Acorn Archimedes, Atari Jaguar, and the Apple IIGS. Now it's come to the emerging platform in the world of portable gaming, the iPhone.
The game, which was developed by id's founder, John Carmack, features a choice of touch or tilt controls. It includes six episodes, 60 levels, and a number of weapons, including my old favorite, the chain gun.
Users can download Wolfenstein 3D now from the iTunes App Store for $4.99. Before you ask, yes, yes it can play Doom--according to id, ports of that title and Quake are on their way as well.


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Spring seems far away, past the end of January, but you should be marking your calendars now for Spring Cluster Meetings. The time does fill up!
Colorado Cluster: March 15, at Littleton, Colo. (Julie Josund)
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In reading the various posts, I see people with above average intelligence, great taste in music, and very creative. So, I am asking you, What Can We Do To Promote The Fixx?
We all know that this band has talent. They are certainly as good or better than much of the garbage on the radio. What are your thoughts. Do you think that we could all do our part to fill the seats at concerts?


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EVENT: 2018 Pittsburgh Marathon
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Maggie Gyllenhaal straps her baby girl Gloria close while arriving on a flight on Friday (March 22) in Los Angeles.
The 35-year-old actress was joined by her older daughter Ramona.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Maggie Gyllenhaal
It was recently reported that Maggie's younger brother Jake Gyllenhaal, her Crazy Heart co-star Jeff Bridges, and Tobey Maguire are being considered to replace Jude Law in the upcoming film Jane Got a Gun, also starring Natalie Portman.
Jane Got A Gun centers on "a woman whose outlaw husband returns home riddled with bullets, spurring her to team up with her ex-lover (Joel Edgerton) in order to seek revenge against the man responsible (the villain role yet to be cast)."
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Doomsday Clock Symposium
November 14, 2013
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Communicating Catastrophe
9:00 Welcome and introduction
Kennette Benedict, Executive Director, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS)
Alan Leshner, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Lawrence Krauss, Co-Chair, Board of Sponsors, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS)
9:15 Opening Keynote Address
Kerry Brougher, Interim Director and Chief Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Introduced by Lynn Eden, Co-Chair, Science and Security Board, BAS
10:15 Panel 1: Representing catastrophe
What is represented and what is not? What are the problems of communicating horror? What is the role of vivid representation? Who constructs images and representations? Who are the audiences?
Carole Gallagher, author, American Ground Zero
Isao Hashimoto, artist, Chief Curator, Lalique Museum
Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, author of Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb
12:00 Luncheon
1:00 Panel 2: Communicating catastrophe
Who decides what can and should be exhibited or published? Are there aspects of violence and catastrophe that should not be represented, that should be suppressed, or kept from public view?
Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists
Gabrielle Hecht, University of Michigan
Joseph Masco, University of Chicago
2:30 Refreshment break
3:00 Panel 3: Responding to catastrophe
How do viewers respond to images of catastrophe? Which images engender action and under what conditions? What causes paralysis?
Laura Kurgan, Spatial Information Design Lab, GSAPP Columbia University
Page Stoutland, Nuclear Threat Initiative
4:30 Closing remarks
5:00 Reception at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Evening Events
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution
Independence Avenue at 7th Street, SW MRC 353
Washington, DC 20013-7012
6:00 Meet the author and book signing Sara Paretsky, author of Critical Mass published by Putnam in October 2013
7:00 "Meet the Artist" evening program with Yoshimoto Nara whose work is included in the Hirshhorn Museum exhibit, "Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950."
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Meningitis outbreak toll: 23 deaths
New figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a rise in the number of deaths attributable to an outbreak of fungal meningitis
According to data released by the CDC on Saturday, 284 cases (including three joint infections) and 23 deaths are tied to the outbreak.
Cases have been reported in 16 states: Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has been recalled.


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Seven people have been charged with felony grand theft for allegedly taking part in a long-running theft scheme at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego.
The defendants -- Erskine Eugene Arnold III, 35; Freddy Gomez, 26; Rolando Guzman Jaca, 61; Arturo Leal Perianez, 41; Alexander Pingul Magtoto, 46; Edward Questa Ragucos, 32; and Robert Michael Valencia, 32 -- were charged Tuesday for stealing more than $950 worth of recyclable metals from the ship between Nov. 1, 2011, and Nov. 30, 2012, U-T San Diego reported.
The charges stem from an internal investigation museum officials conducted in January.
The museum says the seven men, all of whom worked at the museum, kept some of the proceeds of materials that were recycled from the ship.
"Items that are big time in the recycling business (steel, copper, aluminum) were taken for recycling, but only a portion of the money was returned to the Midway," the museum said in its newsletter distributed to employees and volunteers. "This involves several hundreds of thousands of dollars over several years."
Police referred the museum's findings to the district attorney's office.
The defendants, who have not commented on the case, face up to three years in prison if convicted.


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The mothman
Posted 17 October 2012 - 04:39 PM
Eat, drink and be scary. ~Author Unknown
Posted 17 October 2012 - 05:36 PM
try this link...
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Eat, drink and be scary. ~Author Unknown
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 06:32 PM
This is the first thread on Urban Legends, Myths & Folklore. It's amazing to me how many times I run into information about The Mothman (not just the movie, though that is pretty popular). There are claims there have been more recent sightings than those referred to in the 2002 movie. Has anyone heard of any modern sightings?
The Mothman Museum keeps a database of recent sightings I believe, but he has been spotted (allegedly) many times even after the 2002 movie...and before. The latest WV sighting that I know of happened in late June when we had our derecho windstorm. A small, local paper out of Greenbrier County (The Greenbrier Valley Advertiser) reported the Mothman being spotted before the storm. Here's a link to the museum's FaceBook where they JUST recently posted this story--
There was another case out of Georgia recently where a Mothman-like creature was spotted:
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A LOOK AT THE WEEK: After knocking off No. 7 Missouri last Saturday (Feb. 23) and No. 10 UCLA on Tuesday (Feb. 26), the Cal State Fullerton (6-8) returns to Anderson Family Field to host the Easton Invitational. The Titans welcome nine programs from all over the country to compete from Friday (Mar. 1) to Sunday (Mar. 3). The Titans face Wisconsin, Indiana, Stanford, and Iowa in the tournament and will also play host to CSU Bakersfield, California, Northwestern, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and Oregon State.
IN THE POLLS: Stanford comes into the week ranked as the No. 16 team in the USA Today/NFCA poll and No. 15 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball coaches poll. Two teams ranked in the top 25 come to compete in the Easton Invitational. California enters the Easton Invitational as the No. 8 ranked team in the nation in the USA Today/NFCA poll and No. 7 ranked team in the ESPN.com/USA Softball coaches poll. The Golden Bears enter the tournament 11-2. While riding an 11-game winning streak the Oregon State Beavers come to Orange County ranked the 24th best team in the country according to the USA Today/NFCA poll. Neither the Badgers, Hoosiers, Hawkeyes or Titans are ranked in the polls.
NEW LOOK BIG WEST: The Big West Conference Board of Directors announced on Dec. 10, 2010 that Hawai'i will re-join the Big West as of July 2012. The Warriors, women's programs were previously part of the Big West from 1984-96.
BE A FOLLOWER: Fans can keep up with the latest in Titan athletics by following us on Facebook (CSUF Athletics), Twitter (@FullertonTitans) and Youtube (www.youtube.com/CSFAthletics). Also follow the softball Twitter (@CSUFsoftball).
I NEED STATS, STAT!: Live stats will be provided for both games this week. To access live stats for the games, go to www.FullertonTitans.com and go to the softball schedule then click live stats.
FORD PREVIEWS 2013: Cal State Fullerton Head Coach Kelly Ford and Associate Head Coach Dee Dee Kingsbury sat down with the sports information staff to discuss the upcoming 2013 campaign. Filmed by department videographer Matt Brown, fans can view the entire video via Youtube.com/CSFAthletics.
ABOUT WISCONSIN: The Wisconsin Badgers travel to sunny Southern California with a 10-1 record after recently defeating Boston University and Georgia Southern at the Diamond 9 Tournament in Orland, Fla. The Titans and Badgers will face off twice this weekend. Wisconsin will also play Stanford, California, CSU Bakersfield, and Cal Poly. Junior Mary Massei leads the Badgers with a .525 average to go along with four home runs and 17 RBI's. Wisconsin has six players batting over .300 and have a team batting average of .352. In the circle the Badgers are led by ace Cassandra Darrah. Darrah (6-0, 1.02) has 38 strikeouts in 41 innings on the season. Paige-Taylor Stewart (2-0, 0.82) and Meghan McIntosh (2-1, 1.94) also add to a pitching staff that has a combined 1.20 ERA and is only allowing opponent batters to hit .216.
ABOUT INDIANA: Indiana enters the Easton Invitational with a 10-5 record. Last weekend, the Indiana softball team went 3-2 at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Fla. The Hoosiers picked up wins against UMass, James Madison, and Fordham, while dropping games to UCF and Pacific. This weekend the Hoosiers will take on Cal Poly, Californiam Oregon State, and Stanford, in addition to the Titans. Kassi Farmer leads the team with two home runs and 13 RBI's Brianna Meyers has added nine RBI's and Jenna Abraham has contributed seven RBI's for the Hoosiers. The Indiana pitching staff features Lora Olson (3-1, 1.38) and Meaghan Murphy (4-2, 3.13). Indiana pitchers combine for a 3.08 ERA and have allowed 37 runs in the 15 games they have played this season. Indiana defeated Georgia Tech twice this season who was ranked 24th at the time.
ABOUT STANFORD: The 16th and 15th ranked poll in the country travels south to Anderson Family Field to take on Fullerton Saturday, March 2nd. The Cardinal have won 10 of their last 11 games. Stanford will take on Iowa, Wisconsin, Northwestern, and Indiana this weekend, along with the Titans. Sarah Hassman leads the team with 19 hits. Hassman, Jessica Plaza, Hanna Winter, Jenna Rich all have two home runs apiece. The Cardinal are batting .296 on the season and have scored 95 runs in 17 games. Stanford lean on ace Kelsey Stevens (8-1, 0.99) to take control in the circle. Stevens has tossed six complete games and five shutouts. Teagan Gerhart, sister of NFL running back Toby Gerhart, is 6-2 on the year with a 1.83 ERA.
ABOUT IOWA: After going 3-2 last weekend at the Bama Bash in Tuscaloosa, Ala. the Hawkeyes travel west for the Easton Invitational. Iowa has opened the season with a 10-5 overall and is hitting .256 as a team. In the circle for the Hawkeyes, senior pitcher Chelsea Lyon leads the team with a 5-1 record and a 2.08 ERA. Junior Kayla Massey has thrown 48.2 innings and racked up 27 strikeouts, while also leading the squad with a .405 batting average. Sophomore Megan Blank is hitting .364 and leads the team with 14 RBI and a .591 slugging percentage. Senior Johnnie Dowling paces the team in hits (18) and runs scored (11).
SERIES HISTORIES: Cal State Fullerton is 1-3 all-time against Wisconsin, but havent met since 2010 when Wisconsin defeated the Titans 3-1 in Tempe, Ariz...Stanford leads the all-time series with Fullerton, 15-6, and has won the last six of seven meetings including a 13-1 victory on March 5, 2010...the Titans lead the all-time series versus the Hoosiers, 4-2. Last time the two teams met Indiana won 5-2 in 2011. The first two meetings between the schools occurred in 1983 and 1986 at the Women's College World Series in Omaha, NE...Iowa leads the all-time series versus Cal State Fullerton, 3-1, and has won the last three meetings including a 5-1 victory over the Titans two seasons ago on March 4, 2011.
CONFERENCE CALL: Cal State Fullerton is 77-34 (.694) all-time against the current configuration of the Big Ten, and 144-144-1 (.500) against members of the current Pac-12 Conference.
EASTON INVITATIONAL: Cal State Fullerton has hosted the "Insert Bat Sponsor Here" Tournament dating back to 1998 under the DeMarini, Worth, and now Easton Invitational monikers, posting a 46-28 (.622) record in that span. The Titans finished 3-1 at last year's tournament posting wins over Florida International, Southern Miss, and Michigan State while falling to Oregon State in 2012. Fullerton's best record in this tournament came in 2002 when it finished a perfect 6-0.
PLAYING SPOILER: The Titans have taken down two top ten ranked opponents in the past week. On Feb. 26th, Fullerton defeated No. 10 11-5 at Easton Stadium in Los Angeles and defeated No. 7 Missouri 5-4 on Feb. 23, 2013 at Anderson Family Field. The last time the Titans took down a top ten team was on March 15, 2009 when they defeated the University of Washington 3-2 at the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif.
TAKING DOWN THE BRUINS: After defeating UCLA 11-5 on Feb. 26th the Titans not only took home a victory to add to the win column, but a new record. The Titans scored the most runs against UCLA since April 25, 1989 when they scored seven runs. The 11-run tally is the most in 73 meetings between the two schools.
WINNING COMBINATION: The Titans are 4-1 when head coach Kelly Ford puts out the starting lineup of Ashley Carter cf, Ariel Tsuchiyama c, Desiree Ybarra dp, Eliza Crawford 3b, Melissa Sechrest 1b, Jasmine Antunez p, Lauren Mario 2b, Leesa Harris lf, Tiffany Sheffler rf, and Samantha Galarza as the flex/ss. The Titans have tried eleven different lineup combinations this season.
GETTIN' ON THE BOARD FIRST: When the Titans score first in a game they are 4-0 compared to 2-8 when the opposing team scores first. The Titans did not score first against Loyola Marymount and Southern Miss.
WE NEED HITS: The Titans are batting .235 this season, but when Cal State Fullerton out-hits the opponent they are 6-0 compared to 0-8 when the opponent out-hits them. The Titans produced 13 hits against UCLA to score 11 runs at Easton Stadium on February 26.
TAKE CARE OF THE SOFTBALL: Cal State Fullerton is 4-2 when they commit no errors in a game and 2-6 when they do commit an error. The Titans have not committed an error in four of the past five games.
STRIKEOUTS: Freshman Jasmine Antunez has started in all, but three games for the Titans in the circle and has struck out 57 batters over 49 2/3 innings. Antunez began the season striking out a batter in her first 17 innings, but that streak was snapped against Portland State on Feb. 15 in the Easton Desert Classic.
SHOULDERING THE LOAD: In 11 starts as a freshman, Antunez is tied for first in the Big West in appearances (12), third in strikeouts (57), and third in innings pitched (49 2/3). Antunez is holding opponents to a .201 batting average this season, which ranks second in the Big West.
KEEP THE STREAK ALIVE: Junior Ariel Tsuchiyama leads the team with a .412 average, 14 hits, and tied for a team-high 10 RBI's, while also riding a streak of reaching base in the last 13 games. Tsuchiyama ranks first in the Big West in batting average. Desiree Ybarra has also reached base safely in the past five games.
SECHREST OUT: Freshman Melissa Sechrest has blasted three home runs in her young career as a Titan, which makes her tied for fourth in the Big West for homeruns. The Peoria, Ariz. native is batting .184 with five RBI's on the season and has started every game as the first basemen.
YBARRA DOES IT ALL: Sophomore Desiree Ybarra was the Titan's ace last season, but this season she has contributed in the circle and at the plate. Ybarra in the circle is 1-3 with one save. Her 2.31 is fifth best in the Big West. Ybarra's bat has been a big addition for the Titans. The Riverside, Calif. native has a .345 average, two home runs, and 10 RBI's. In the last four games, Ybarra has had two home runs and 9 RBI's. She is also tied for second in the Big West with five doubles.
SOMEONE TURNED UP THE A.C: After blasting a triple to the center field fence in game two versus McNeese State on Feb. 11, 2013, Ashley Carter moved up to fourth on the all-time list in career triples with nine tieing Carey Hess, who played for the Titans from 1987-90.
IN THE CIRCLE: Even though the Titans are off to a 6-8 start the Titan's pitching staff ranks second in the Big West in ERA (2.78) behind Pacific's (2.48). Titan opponents are batting .260 against the staff and have held teams to under six hits five times in nine games.
BETTER IN CALI': The Titans did not fair well in their first road trip outside of California going 1-4 over the last weekend in Las Vegas, Nev. at the Easton Desert Classic. The Titans are 3-3 at Anderson Family Field.
IRON WOMEN: Catcher Ariel Tsuchiyama has started the last 13 games behind the backstop for the Titans, while leading the Titans with a .412 batting average as the starting catcher.
NEW ERA: Head Coach Kelly Ford began her first stint as the head coach of Cal State Fullerton softball program on Feb. 7, 2013. Ford recorded her first win in game two versus Southern Miss, 4-2. Fordspent 11 seasons at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif., recording a 455-102-1 record overall (.812 winning percentage). Prior to her time at Mt. SAC, Ford worked under former coach Michelle Gromacki as an assistant in 2000 and 2001.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE TITANS: Fullerton finished sixth in the Big West race a season ago with a 8-13 mark in conference play to go along with a 20-31 overall record. The Titans return six position starters and three pitchers while welcoming nine newcomers to the fold for the 2013 season. Leading the way for returners is senior outfielder Ashley Carter, an all-conference first-team selection who hit .325 to go along with 55 hits and 27 runs scored. In the circle, sophomore Desiree Ybarra returns after earning all-conference honorable mention accolades a season ago, finishing 13-17 with a 4.66 ERA.
FIVE SIGN WITH CAL STATE FULLERTON FOR 2014: Cal State Fullerton softball Head Coach Kelly Ford announced that high school standouts Sydney Colenzo, Megan Estacio, Olivia Martinez, Delynn Rippy, and Kayla Silverstein have signed National Letters of Intent to continue their academic and athletic careers with the Titans beginning with the 2014 season.
PLAYING JAPAN TOYOTA: The Titans played against the Japan Toyota professional softball team on Wednesday February 20, 2013 at Anderson Family Field, losing 7-1. The Titans and Japan Toyota played seven-inning exhibition contest, as Japan Toyota gets ready for their upcoming season. Team Toyota comes over to the United States annually to play collegiate and professional teams to prepare for the Japan Softball League. Team Toyota features USA Softball Olympians Monica Abbott and Natasha Watley, who have won back-to-back Japan Softball League Championships (2011 & 2012).
PRESEASON POLL: The Cal State Fullerton softball team was picked to finish sixth in the race for the 2013 Big West Conference title according to a vote of the league's head coaches released on Jan. 30, 2013. The Titans received 33 points to finish behind newcomer Hawai'i, which received four first-place votes and 76 points to top defending champion Long Beach State (73 points).
NOTHING BUT THE BEST: According to the preseason ESPN.com/USA Softball Coaches poll and USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll the Titans will face eight teams ranked in the preseason top 25.
WRATH OF THE TITANS: Among the league's top offensive teams in 2011, 2012 wasn't anything different as the Titans finished second in runs scored, second in stolen bases, and third in RBIs. The 2012 Titans finished with a .280 batting average topping 2011's .275 average. Cal State Fullerton also produced the most hits (365) in program history since 2007.
WE'RE HONORED: Cal State Fullerton placed seven players on the 2012 Big West Conference all-league honors: Ashley Carter, Leesa HarrisNicole Johnson, Morgan LeMond, Adriana Martinez, Desiree Ybarra, and Anissa Young). Three of those all-conference honorees return for 2013: Ashley Carter, Leesa Harris, and Desiree Ybarra.


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9/11/2012 Biggest swarm I have ever personally ever seen in 40 years of beekeeping.
9/11/2012 Biggest swarm I have ever personally ever seen in 40 years of beekeeping.
Caught my first swarm of the year last night. Had about 2# of bees with great temperament today..
Started them on some sugar water this afternoon and they seem to be really working hard.
While I did not get the swarm, the owners wanted it, I was called and asked a lot of questions about bees. May 5 2013 Northeastern Ohio.
I pick up a nice 4 lb one out of a pine tree this morning Toledo oh
5/9/13 Zip 45701
Got first call of the year from someone while I was catching a big one from my own hives.
Buy the ticket, take the ride. -H.S. Thompson
45014, southwest Ohio 3 lb. 12ft in maple captured
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5-15-13 southwest, Ohio 45014
20ft up in crabapple. My largest this spring. Vacuumed two mediums full.
I had two swarm calls yesterday. One was gone by the time I got to it, the other took up residence in the wall of a house. I had to pass because I didn't want to do the carpentry involved. I'm in south central Ohio about halfway between Columbus and Cincy.
5/17/13 Athens, OH Zip 45701
4 lb 6' up in Russian Olive Bush
Buy the ticket, take the ride. -H.S. Thompson
5/21/13 Wamsley, Ohio 45616
5-19 logan, ohio swarm moved into trap. Virgin queen, laying now today.
5-21 swarm in west liberty absconded from my hive today 5-22
5-22 caught 3-4 lb swarm in Pataskala
Got a call this morning about a swarm. Near London,OH. Swarm had come from wild bees in a nearby tree. It was as easy as it gets to capture. With my hive sitting on the ground the tip of the swarm was about 3 inches about the hive. Then I had to carry the hive all of 6 feet back to my van parked in the driveway. Took 5 minutes at the most.
While I did not see the swarm, I know I got two. I have bait boxes out and they are active and buzzing.
I had queen cells and thought I got all of them out but guess I missed some.
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June 11 5:30 PM I had the please to see a swarm come into my bee yard. They went into the bait box and today they are still flying in and out.
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June 14, 2013 Springfield Ohio ZIP 45504 Sunny day in 70's after strong storms previous day. Caught a swarm, likely feral.
Pete. New 2013, 12 hives, zone 6a
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Caught a big one 8/4/13...barely got all the bees squeezed into two mediums. Best part....they weren't from my hives. Henry Co, OH 43545
Caught a swarm this afternoon a little smaller than a volley ball. Chillicothe, OH 45601