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Allsop Space to charge €200 'deposit' to attend its latest auction next week
PUNTERS who wish to attend the next Allsop Space auctions of ' monster' properties will be charged a €200 deposit to gain entry.
The fee will be to "control and manage the numbers" according to organisers – and comes after the last auction in July was cancelled due to large protests.
"As each auction came along, demand grew and the attendees grew in number," said Allsop Space director of auctions, Robert Hoban. "There were some disturbances last time so it made sense to introduce these charges.
"Our preference is that genuine bidders make up the majority of the attendee numbers."
Heated and dramatic protests stopped the Allsop property sale at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin last July.
A handful of protesters - many of whom have lost their homes in the downturn - shouted "Ireland is not for sale" and told the auctioneers to "go home".
After singing the national anthem, the protesters told the crowd that the auctioneers had left the premises "out the back door."
There were cheers following a brief statement when a spokesperson for the hotel said: "Ladies and gentlemen I'm afraid we're going to have to cancel today's auction."
The gardai were called to the protest.
Now the auctioneer is to offer 115 properties at the RDS in Dublin next Tuesday.
But punters wishing to gain entry to the event must pay a 'refundable' deposit of €200.
"We have to control and manage the numbers and this is why the refundable fee was introduced," said Mr Hoban.
"It's bringing the auction more in line with other auctions. You would pay €500 at a car auction so it's understandable that we have introduced a charge," he continued.
However, €15 of the charge will not be refundable – being described as an administration charge
Mr Hoban explains that this fee is purely to cover the processing administration costs, online credit card charges and auction catalogues which will be given to attendees on the day. "We are making no profits from this charge," he insists, adding that he doesn't believe the public will be put off.
"Those with just a passing curiosity may be put off by the registration charge but we have already experienced high pre-registration numbers since the site went live last week. The numbers registering are going up all the time," he said.
Residential properties include a four-bedroom house on Phoenix Hill in Dublin 8 with a reserve of €350,000; a mid-terrace house with sea views in Blackrock, Co. Dublin with a reserve of €250,000; and an entire residential estate of 14 houses in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, with a reserve of €400,000.
Investment properties up for auction include the 24-bedroom Grant's Hotel, in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, which has a reserve range of € 350,000 - € 400,000; the 46-bedroom Hilamar Hotel in Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath, which has a reserve range of between € 285,000 - € 325,000; and the Friary Pharmacy, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, which has a reserve of €200,000.
Allsop Space has also reaffirmed its pledge not to offer for sale any repossessed family homes at this or any future auction.
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Gordon Strachan is adamant Celtic will not sell Shunsuke Nakamura in January. J-League club Yokohama Marinos, for whom Nakamura made his professional debut in 1997, will attempt to sign the 30-year-old midfielder in January ahead of their 2009 season.
A Yokohama spokesman was reported as saying: "It's a matter of how soon we can get ready financially.
"This will depend on when we get the nod from our parent company Nissan."
But Strachan, preparing his side for Wednesday's Co-operative Insurance Cup quarter-final tie against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park, remained consistent in his appraisal of the situation.
"It is the same statement as on Friday, the same position," the Celtic boss said.
"Nobody has mentioned anything to me and unless anyone tells me anything different to my face then I will refer you to Friday's statement.
"I had a long conversation with Naka on Thursday and he never said a thing about that.
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Someday, someone will write a lengthy, scholarly deconstructionist essay on Steven Soderbergh's use of the late-'70s/early-'80s Saul Bass-designed Warner Brothers logo at the beginning and Foreigner's "Feels Like The First Time" at the end of his new movie Magic Mike, but here's a thumbnail sketch: he's earmarking it to the proper era, because he basically made the male Flashdance. It's not just that he spends the entire film slyly subverting traditional on-screen gender roles (more on that later), it's that the whole movie has a distinctively go-go '80s sensibility. It's like one of those Tom Cruise movies where he's the best ____ in the world (bartender, racecar driver, pool player, whatever); here, Channing Tatum is the best male stripper. There's one true '80s Cruise movie in theaters right now, and it ain't Rock of Ages.
It's fairly safe to bet that a good, healthy portion of Magic Mike's audience isn't going to be there to enjoy the homage or contemplate the sexual politics of the thing; they're going to see the naked boys, and there is plenty of that for them to enjoy. (And some equal opportunity as well; hesitant straight male moviegoers might be interested to know about that Olivia Munn nudity.) As everyone presumably knows by now, the film came to be after Tatum told Soderbergh stories, during production of Haywire, about his brief stint in an all-male revue; the filmmaker thought there might be a movie there, and he was right.
Tatum plays the title character, a "stripper/entrepreneur" who dances (and helps manage) a Tampa male strip show at night; during the day, he's got his fingers in several other pies, including construction work and auto detailing. But his dream is to design custom furniture--though it must be said that, in the glances we get of his work, it appears that he thinks "designing custom furniture" means finding things and putting a piece of round glass on top of them. Whatever his talent level may be, that's what he's saving his sizable stripping income for (there's a terrific little sequence where we see his process for flattening his crinkled tip money, making it respectable).
On a construction job, he meets Adam (Alex Pettyfer), a good-looking and aimless 19-year-old who he ends up drafting for the show. Reid Carolin's script juxtaposes "the Kid"'s education and rise with Mike's growing disenchantment, and the opportunity for normalcy he sees with Adam's pretty sister Brooke (Cody Horn). Also of note is Joanna (Munn), the psych major/party girl who's always up for a booty call, but starts to pull away when Mike transfers his crush on the resistant Brooke--and subsequent desire for something more meaningful--to Joanna.
Tatum and Munn share one scene that's so keenly observed that it's a little astounding, a post-coital conversation that is awkward and strained without any of the obvious, broad indicators. It's not that they're stupid people, or ungraceful--it's just that the sex is really all they have in common, and this quietly masterful interaction dramatizes that dynamic in a really interesting way. The picture is filled with the sort of quietly naturalistic dialogue scenes that Soderbergh has made into something of a specialty; they are the chatter of everyday conversation, free of the writerly tics and overpolished speech we hear in most movies. Perhaps the best dialogue moment in the film finds Mike put in the position to deliver a big, heartfelt speech, and he doesn't quite get it done--the words don't flow, and the harder he tries to put together a monologue he probably spent a good chunk of time rehearsing, the more he stutters and stammers.
That's a good moment for Tatum, but he's sturdy throughout the picture: wry, sexy, charming as hell. He sells the character's likability, but the physicality is far from a given--and I'm not just talking about his abs and ass. His dancing is impressive, and the way he manifests his sexuality in those scenes is really rather remarkable, particularly in a great sequence where Brooke watches him onstage for the first time, and what begin as pro forma cutaway/reaction shots increase in frequency and tempo to become something of a sexual encounter via clever film editing.
Whatever the subtext might be, Soderbergh is also clearly having a lot of fun cinematically with these club sequences, treating them as exercises in pure style, getting laughs with the way he cuts into them, photographing them in long, wide shots, like dance numbers in old musicals. (He also includes an Ecstasy sequence that is one of his moodiest and most impressive achievements in photography and editing.) And he pulls performances from his cast that are solid and unflashy--with the notable exception of Matthew McConaughey, who is flashy personified, and all the more fun for it. Continuing the embracing of his oily inner sleazeball that began with The Lincoln Lawyer and continues in next month's Killer Joe, McConaughey (who finally, at long last, has a role where it makes sense that he's never wearing a shirt) is a showy, funny blast. "This is not a joke, this is serious fuckin' business!" he proclaims, while holding a burning torch, and the key to his ridiculous character is that the actor takes him seriously; his lesson, with Alex, on how to not take off your clothes "like a 12-year-old in a locker room" is a comic highlight, as is his stern, satisfied nod during the kid's first routine.
Soderbergh boosters (including this one) worried from the ads that Magic Mike might be something of a male Showgirls, but it's got one thing that movie didn't have: a vibrantly cheerful sense of humor. The picture is basically a comedy, and it only really falters when it starts to take itself too seriously, with third act complications and conflicts that are woefully predictable, no matter how organically they're staged by the filmmaker. (We also don't really get a sense of who the other guys in the company are--and statistically speaking, shouldn't at least one of them be gay?) Until then, it's a movie that knows how to have fun, and part of that has to do with location: female strip clubs are grim, depressing places, while women tend to whoop and cheer and have a great time on their "girls nights out." I'd imagine a lot of them are planning such a night out to see this movie, and they won't be disappointed. But they'll also probably notice the fascinating way that the movie treats Tatum and his co-stars the way female actors are so often treated in mainstream cinema: objectified then humanized, with our protagonist put through the paces of heartbreak by a sex-crazed bad egg before landing in the arms of a kind and gentle partner. Magic Mike isn't a great movie, by any means. But it's an interesting two-parter: a frothy, fizzy throwaway while it's going, surprisingly thoughtful and subversive in retrospect.
Jason lives in New York. He holds an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU.


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DS1100/12 - No sound and no clock
Last Christmas I got a Philips DS1100/12 Docking Station.
In the beginning it worked fine with my Apple iPhone 4, but since an update (iOS 5.1?) and the day that summertime started the docking station doesn't update the time when I connect my iPhone. It also won't play my music through the speakers. Though it IS connected, because my battery charges as normally via the docking station (see picture below).
I've tried re-installing and updating all of the Philips apps that are relevant: Fidelio -> DockStudio and HomeStudio.
Unfortunately this isn't working for me. I also have tried to reset my Docking Station by unplugging it for 10-15 minutes. This resetted the time to "--:--" (see picture below), but isn't solving my problem.
Does anyone know what I can do to make my DS1100/12 work again?
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HTC M9 gets Android 6.0 tomorrow
HTC A9 getting Android 6.0.1 today
HTC is having a nice update for its loyal users. Those who purchased HTC A9 phones are getting an Android 6.0.1 OTA update as we write.
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition update now available
Fix for fan issues and few new improvements
As promised yesterday, AMD's updated version of the Radeon Software Crimson Edition with Radeon Software 15.11.1 drivers is now available for download.
Microsoft will update you to Windows 10
All your bases are belonging to Microsoft
Those running older versions of Windows with their updates switched on could find that Microsoft will automatically upgrade them to Windows 10 next year
Major drivers update incoming
According to a new report, AMD is preparing a new major Catalyst drivers update for November, similar to Catalyst Omega drivers released last year.
Nvidia adds new features to Geforce Experience
Gives it better broadcasting and streaming features
Nvidia has added a couple of new features to its Geforce Experience software, including a much better broadcasting and streaming features.
HTC wants Android 6.0 in a dozen phones
Before the end of the year
HTC has finally learned its lesson – users want to get the latest Android as soon as possible. This time HTC has announced that 12 phones will get Marshmallow, Android 6.0, before the end of the year.
Apple stuffs up iOS update
New "crashes" function
Apple customers are daring to complain after the new iOS 9 operating system which they got for free shipped with a super cool, game changing, crash your iPhone feature.
Shield tablet gets 3.11 update
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Nvidia has just released another "over the air" update for its Shield tablet.
Google rolling out security update for Nexus devices
Nexus 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 included
Google has released a new software update for its entire line of Nexus devices, including Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 and the Nexus 9.
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Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Sandbox £34.96 With Free Delivery @ Toys R Us
Isn't this the cutest sandbox ever? If your kids have a Cozy Coupe they are going to love this Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Sandbox! It's on offer at Toys R Us at £34.96, and that price includes free delivery as well.
This sandbox is designed to look just like everyone's favourite car, in the same bright red colour with the familiar smiley face.
It has two seats and a little cupholder at the side so that kids can sit and play, and there's also a lid that comes with it so that you can keep the rain off, and it's bright yellow just like the roof of the Cozy Coupe!
Because this comes as a complete unit with a hard plastic base rather than just a groundsheet so it's going to be really sturdy. I've even seen that people have used this as a pool too, and although it's not specifically designed for that it does sound like a fun idea!
This looks like a really fun sandpit for kids this summer, and I know my youngest would love one of these to match his Cozy Coupe, and at this price I am very tempted indeed!
Free standard delivery is included in the price, but you can also click and collect from stores if that is more convenient for you.
EDIT 18/07/16: Now out of stock for delivery, but still available in stores with free click and collect.
Thanks to pebbles11js
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- Natalie C.
Look how cute this is
- Craig W.
Yeah could be an idea!
- Jacqueline K.
Looks good x
- Rosina M.
this is super cute xx
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- Stacey W.
Aww that's so cool xx
- Laura M.
, I might have to get a coupe, the swing and this. Lol.x
- Laura H.
I love this the boys would love it X
- Andrea T.
,our baby would love this
- Lisa S.
Could u imagine how much fun they would have xxx
- Kelly B.
Lid tho? Xx
- Angela S.
It has one, a yellow one like the car x
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- Kelly B.
Out of stock
- Sarah L.
Does anyone know if it comes with a lid? xx
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Thankyou x
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These two icons of San Francisco's Castro District can appear to be close together if you stand in the right place. The Castro Theatre is in great shape and the giant Gay Pride Flag at the corner of Market and Castro looks a lot spiffier these days compared to the past. Check out the history of all those colors here. An older version from the filming of the Sean Penn movie Milk…
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And here's the theatre without the flag, as seen during the filming of Academy Award-winning Milk
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Underwood soars high in Albany stop
By MICHAEL LISI
Special to the Times Union
Has "American Idol" Carrie Underwood been busy lately or what?
Underwood just won her third Grammy Award, for best female vocal country performance for her smash hit "Before He Cheats." She took a breather from her co-headlining tour with Keith Urban to perform on the Grammy Award show.
And she's cut away again, this time to headline her own "Carnival Ride" tour, which rolled into the Times Union Center for a sellout show on Tuesday night. It was technically a sellout; the venue's top tier was curtained off.
It didn't matter, because the 6,500 or so fans that came out were loud and delighted to catch Carrie live.
Underwood owned the place, from the last second of the pre-show digital countdown until she finished up about 90 minutes later. Fans screamed, cheered and attempted to sing along with Underwood, which was no easy task.
Underwood was amazing, her soaring voice growing stronger with every minute. Tottering out in 4-inch high heels, Underwood sounded as if she was straining a bit vocally at first, fighting the volume of her band … which sounded more hard rock than country on "Wasted" and the show-opening "Flat on the Floor."
But she started singing once the tunes and the band turned country, which made all the difference. It set the tone for the rest of her performance, which crossed the line from impressive to stellar whenever she sang ballads. Underwood vocally embraces a ballad, she caresses it, and the result is simply gorgeous.
Her version of "Jesus, Take The Wheel" … which she sang wearing a long blue gown … would have been a showstopper if she hadn't followed it with a new ballad called "I Know You Won't," which stopped the show … just seven songs into her set!
She sounded a bit like Patsy Cline as she crooned the pretty ballad "I Told You So" and sounded lovely on "So Small" and "Don't Forget To Remember Me," strumming an acoustic guitar as she sang.
Underwood, who showcased songs from her new album and the hits from her debut disc, sounded like a rock singer when she sang the faster stuff, which didn't resonate the way her ballads did. That's not to say the songs didn't satisfy, they did, especially "Twisted" and the show-closing "Before He Cheats."
But inserting a fiddle break into a song echoing with power chords doesn't make it country. And how does covering Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City" and "November Rain" make any sense?
No matter. Underwood has an incredible voice and she sounded superb on Tuesday night.
Josh Turner opened the show with an enjoyable 40-minute set, serving up a mix of new songs and hits that pleased a crowd that was clearly out to see Underwood.
The deep-voiced singer was unassuming, running through his set in workmanlike fashion. Turner had fans cheering and singing along to catchy traditional country songs such as "Me and God," "Would You Go With Me" and "Your Man."
Michael Lisi is a freelance music writer from Rotterdam. He is a frequent contributor to the Times Union.
Music Review: CARRIE UNDERWOOD with Josh Turner
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Times Union Center, 51 S. Pearl St., Albany
Length: Underwood, 90 minutes; Turner, 40 minutes.
The crowd: A crowd of about 6,500, containing a mix of country fans in cowboy hats and
"American Idol" pop music fans out to cheer and sing along with "Idol" Carrie Underwood on a chilly Tuesday night. The show was a sellout, but the top tier of the Times Union Center was curtained off.
Highlights: "Jesus, Take The Wheel," "I Know You Won't," "I Told You So," "All American Girl," "So Small," "Before He Cheats."


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Russia's 'Novaya gazeta' Wins International Prize
The front page of "Novaya Gazeta" the day after Anna Politkovskaya was killed (epa) December 13, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Russia's independent "Novaya gazeta" newspaper has been awarded the Reporters Without Borders-Fondation de France prize.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a media watchdog, said the bi-weekly "Novaya gazeta" exemplifies "the struggle for the right to inform the public and to be informed."
"Novaya gazeta" is the newspaper for which Anna Politkovskaya was working when she was murdered in Moscow in October. Two other "Novaya gazeta" journalists, Igor Domnikov and Yury Shchekochikhin, have been murdered since the paper's founding in 1993.
Elsa Vidal, the head of the Europe and former Soviet Union desk at RSF, said the watchdog decided to give the award to "Novaya gazeta" "to celebrate its huge commitment toward press freedom and all the sacrifices its staff have made to the work of journalists."
Vidal says that she expects the media situation to worsen in Russia ahead of the 2008 presidential election.
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Tiny but inviting!With the economic downturn, many people are cutting costs and downsizing. A smaller home can mean a smaller rent or mortgage, less of an incentive to accumulate and the possibility of living debt free. Recently, on CNN, we noticed a video tour of the homes of two Californians who shared their small homes and why they made the change...
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Princeton's WordNet
malingerer, skulker, shammer(noun)
someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
lurker, skulker, lurcher(noun)
someone waiting in concealment
Agent noun of skulk; one who skulks.
Origin: skulk + -er
Webster Dictionary
one who, or that which, skulks
Skulker was an ARIA Award-nominated rock band from Sydney, Australia that originally formed in 1994. After two albums, the group parted ways in 2005
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Syn. prowler.
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Apex City of London is only a few hundred yards from the Tower of London and not much further from Sir Christopher Wren's Monument in the other. It's also right next to one of my favourite City churches - the one Dickens called 'St Ghastly Grim' because of the creepy skulls over its gate. Transport is easy, with Tower Hill Underground station only the closest option.
The important facilities are all in place, from plasma screen DVD/TVs and quality sound systems to kettles for a cuppa and an iron and ironing board. But I like the fact that the details go a step beyond the usual: offering free local calls as well as free Wi-Fi, for example, as well as crisps and jelly beans. Bathrooms are a plus across the Apex range and I even like the schtick of providing a rubber duck for your bath - take it home if you want to. Some rooms in the newest wing look down on the St Olave's church, but I wasn't shown any really remarkable views.
Public areas
There's plenty of space for guests at the reception's mezzanine level, but it's a slightly awkward layout. Addendum restaurant is tacked on the front, below the bar, there's a spacious waiting area skewed to one side of reception, and the routes between the new wing and the original sections can be confusing. The faultless décor is predictably business crisp and sober.
Eating and drinking
I wouldn't spend time in the Addendum Restaurant & Bar unless I was too tired to venture out. Even though parts of the surrounding area get quiet when the City business people head home in the evening or at weekends, it's easy to find better options. Try dim sum chain Ping Pong on the St Katharine's Dock marina just beyond the Tower of London, for example, or walk the 10 minutes into the Spitalfields, Brick Lane and Shoreditch area for a number of lively restaurants and bars.
Leisure facilities
There's a basement gym, with treadmills, cycles and a cross trainer.
I was impressed - apart from a bit of a delay checking out, the service was friendly and helpful without feeling forced.
Who stays there
Mostly business custom during the week, leisure at weekends - with families pretty well catered for.
Price advice
As with most City hotels, there are bargains to be had when the suits have been folded into their suitcases for the weekend. There are also some very well-priced budget rooms in the basement. Numbered in the 50s, they're a good size for doubles (with nos.50 and 51 the smallest) but why so cheap? They've either got no windows at all or the only natural light comes through narrow windows that are at ankle-level for the passers-by on the pavement outside.
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Terry McGraw told CNBC that Apple would be announcing the tablet today, and that his company would be making its range of educational textbooks available on the device.
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A flag flies at half staff as law enforcement from all across Long Island and New York State arrived for the funeral of Nassau County police officer Gefforey Breitkopf.
Last Saturday the 40-year-old Breitkopf was wearing plainclothes, and carrying a rifle pointed down when he walked into a scene that would ultimately cost him his life.
Breitkopf was accidentally shot by an MTA police officer in a case of mistaken identity.
After police had shot and killed 21-year-old Anthony DiGeronimo, a self described anarchist, his colleagues are said to be devastated.
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Brietkopf, a 12-year veteran of the force, was assigned to the elite special operations bureau.
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Mourners attended a tearful wake for him Wednesday, at the Selden firehouse where he volunteered.
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We also looked for certain traits and talents in our donor, and I felt as though we were "shopping" for the child we wanted, which we wouldn't be doing with OE. I agree with other posters that nurture is as important as nature, if not more.
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That's me in the orange velvet shirt circa 1982 at the Land of Oohs and Aahs Comics in Fountain Valley, CA. I got to know the late Alfredo Alcala back then. He was a character, but a nice guy. For those of you who don't know he was a great comics artist and inker from the Phillipines. He had his own company once, and a comics artist school. He also inked a lot of American comics including Conan over John Buscema Sr.
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Did you hear the Moebius/Jean Girard(sic) died over the weekend? He was 73. He'd been sick for years and I hadn't really heard much about him.
The only work of his that I've read was the Silver Surfer (Silver Surfer: Parable) graphic novel he did with Stan Lee back in the late 1980s I think. I was aware of his American Western cowboy work (the Europeans are crazier about the Old West than most Americans are) but unaware of his design work on Aliens (?) and The Fifth Element (which I think to this day is just an extended version of the Harry Canyon segment from the first animated "Heavy Metal" motion picture).
Velvet shirts (???) —
we shall speak no more of this!
The Seventies and Eighties — such a great time for fashion!
Well, it was actually velour or whatever. It was comfortable but I would never wear an orange shirt these days. It was pretty normal except for the color and fabric.
Anyway, I just found out. He was a great artist too. He did me a drawing once back in the early 80s around the time of this picture. I talked to him a few times. He was a regular at San Diego con in the 80s and part of the 90s.


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I found this cross posted on Fetlife and found it interesting and entertaining.
"Willy Wonka and The Polyamory Factory"
Heres a common mistake I see among newbie poly couples: Charlie has just gotten a Golden Ticket to see Willy Wonkas Magical Chocolate Factory, which in this case is defined as the really cute girl who does all of the freaky things that his current partner is not interested in.
And the partner says this:
Yes! Im so glad! You can totally go to the factory! Just dont eat the caramel. And if he wants to show you the room where he beats the chocolate, dont eat the grass. Or the candy flowers. And dont go in the tunnel, Im not cool with that. And if he wants to give you the factory, thats crazy responsibility, say no.
Now, it could be argued that hey, at least this way Charlie gets to see some of the factory but realistically, hes going to spend so much time worrying about whether hes going to partner his wife off if he hugs an Oompa-Loompa that honestly, hes going to either hate the factory or hate her.
(Obligatory note: this is not gender-specific, Charlie could be a woman, overprotective spouses come in all genders, thankyouverymuch.)
Whats usually happening when you get the Great Golden Ticket Disclaimers is that the wife doesnt want to tell her husband, No, you cant go to the factory because she knows Charlie is actually Augustus Gloop and hes going to fall in the damn candy river. But she doesnt want to say that, because then shell be a Bad Poly Partner and Charlie will be all mad so instead, she comes up with a list of a few, uh, provisos, a couple of quid pro quos, until shes essentially walled off all the best parts of the candy factory.
And you know what?
Charlie usually falls in the damn candy river anyway.
Sex/love/affection has an uncanny way of seeping around protective clauses. The goal with a a poly relationship should be to find someone everyone is comfortable with, not to take someone and rules-lawyer them into a semi-acceptable form. If you have to do that much work to make the candy factory safe to travel through, then you should just condemn the fucker and not let Charlie go.
And Charlie will be mad. Charlie may actually be pretty stupid, because people tend not to learn from reading essays or being given advice by friends. No, people learn from grabbing the special Three-Course-Dinner gum off the table and cramming it in their mouth and blowing up into a big purple mess when the dessert portion doesnt work quite right, and only after theyre squooshed back down into somewhat normal size by Willy Wonkas extremely painful machines do they say, Wow, I probably should listen to Willy Wonka when he tells me no!
Which leaves you with an uncomfortable choice, when the Golden Ticket appears: do you say no, and let them seethe for the rest of their lives about what a gloriously perfect experience the Chocolate Factory would have been or do you let them go, watch them fall in the chocolate river, and hope they learn? Or do you let them go and discover that indeed your partner is Charlie Bucket, and gets the factory, and deal with the stress of being a lucrative candy magnate?
Theres never a good answer there. And Im not saying, though people will doubtlessly misinterpret me, that restrictions are bad. (Safe sex is a pretty darned good restriction, frex.) What I am saying is that raising fifty million provisos because youre too afraid to say no is often way more harmful than the flat no because if, by some magnificent chance, Charlie follows all your guidelines and emerges from the candy factory whole, chances are good he wont think, Wow, all those guidelines protected me from danger! Hell think, I could have had so much more fun if I wasnt held back by all these stupid rules!
But it really is okay to say no. Its tough, when those golden gates are opening. You may even find Charlie running off, alone. But if you never wanted to own a candy factory, or deal with the unique form of PTSD one only gets when youve been sucked through the garbage chutes of a chocolate factory and are barely saved from the incinerator, then maybe letting him go off is the wiser choice."
Instead of beating around the bush and involving yourself in something you ("you" being Charlies partner) are fundamentally not ok with, just be honest up front and say "I'm not into this and am not going down that road". Setting up a bunch of obstacles to hopefully slow down the process *might* work but it certainly *will* breed resentment on all sides.
If that's the point of the article then I would agree with it on face value. While this article is written from the perspective of a parent to an incompetent child, I will try to look past it and assume that we are talking about consenting adults with fully functional brains.
Further on that note, in either case (writing up a bible of rules or pulling the rip-cord entirely) each person involved can decide what THEY are willing to put up with. This includes the curious partner and the scared partner in the Chocolate Factory example. I can tell someone what their new rules of conduct are until I'm blue in the face but choosing to accept said terms is ENTIRELY up to them. I think it's just important to remember that Charlie would be well within his rights to say "Ok, I get that you aren't into it. I'm off to the chocolate factory to have the best time imaginable and I hope you are here when I get back."
Me: male, 43, straight, non-hierarchical, independent
I couldn't finish the excerpt you posted here. The whole Willie Wonka thing is way overdone. I have never seen that movie, so it's all gobbledegook to me and obscurs whatever message this writer was trying to get across.
The world opens up... when you do.
"Oh, oh, can't you see? Love is the drug for me." ~Bryan Ferry
"Love and the self are one . . ." ~Leo Buscaglia
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My son is a rules lawyer - he knows bedtime is 10pm. If I even suggest that he go to bed at 9:55 or heaven forbid, my clock is faster than the one in his room, he will argue that it isn't bed time yet.
I think the point would be that a person could stick to the letter of the law and still hurt the person who established the rules because they don't care about the intent of the rules.
I believe the author was trying to say that it is generally preferred in poly that you choose partners who possess traits which allow for a harmonious relationship at all tiers of poly math. It is preferable to find partners who will get along with each other (in the broadest concept) rather than allowing your partner or you to establish rules which they and another person have to follow in order for you to accept your partner's other relationships.
The world opens up... when you do.
"Oh, oh, can't you see? Love is the drug for me." ~Bryan Ferry
"Love and the self are one . . ." ~Leo Buscaglia
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I agree that it makes more sense to let each relationship stand on its own. If I'm dating two women who don't like each other then they don't have to hang out with each other... that's their call. I lose out on enjoying their company simultaneously but it would be pretty egocentric of me to assume that I was entitled to it.
As a side note, it would be curious to me why I'm dating two women who don't like each other. For me, that would give me pause and I would want to keep an eye on it. Essentially, I'd be watching out for one of my partners to turn into a cowgirl.
Me: male, 43, straight, non-hierarchical, independent
While I was able to follow the metaphor, it did indeed obscure the message as nycndie said. A lot of times on Fet people try to get "Kinky & Popular" (read as: viral status) by writing things in an overly cute manner.
The main idea of the post makes some sense. Don't oppress someone with rules passive-aggressively if you're going to agree to letting your partner see other people.
Marcus is right that the corollaries, "make sure that your partners get a long" and "make sure you apply rules evenly", are very couple centric. There are lots of poly people who have metamours who don't know each other, like each other or even interact. The idea that it has to be this big open family vee is just one way of doing things.
I know from experience because I'm not involved with the other people my partner sees, other than making sure she's safe and sound wherever she goes. Even that I do through her and at her comfort level.
Me - male, 42, poly, straight, in a serious relationship with Audrey, also casually dating.
Audrey - female, 20, poly, pansexual, also casually dating.
There isn't much point in contractually creating a couple and building a life as a couple unless you are prepared to prioritize as a couple. That's probably why it isn't everyone's cup of tea. Its also why some people might not want to enter a relationship with someone who is half of such a couple. I just don't see why its given such an icy reception by people who want other than. I'm sure they are less than happy when it is assumed they, for being a single, have a lasso behind their back. Can't we all get along????
This topic reminds me of when I had a general manager I saw everyday I worked and a regional manager I only saw a handful of times a year. There was a guideline my general manager wanted me to ignore and my regional manager wanted me to follow. I appeased the one I dealt with the most. I expect having more than one partner, eventually one is going to want something the other might get bunched up about. Its no different than when I want something and a partner wants otherwise. That is this "couple privilege". You've agreed prior to consider them on the same line of priority as yourself. We don't consider everyone on the same line of priority as our self. We don't HAVE to consider anyone at all on the same line of priority as our self. We could always remain a single with attachments.
I've read other articles by this writer and this was not one of his better ones. Got too wrapped up in the metaphor, I thought.
I like what opal's saying here. Everyone has their own "poly style" and one possible style is that in a vee (or other arrangement) the metamours don't get along or even know about each other. As long as no one is being hurt by this and everyone is being honest with each other, I don't think anyone should impose everyone getting along as a requirement. Would it make things easier? Yes. Could it make a more fruitful family environment? Of course. But is it required? Nope. Not as I see it.
Me - male, 42, poly, straight, in a serious relationship with Audrey, also casually dating.
Audrey - female, 20, poly, pansexual, also casually dating.
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The blogs are reporting that Verizon's Windows Phone will launch March 24, and reviews of Sprint's HTC Arrive, which will launch March 20, are starting to appear. Also, Microsoft says the anticipated software update is coming later this month. This week we'll also note a milestone of 10,000 apps, as well as point to news reports that Microsoft is paying Nokia $1 billion as part of their recent partnership.
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Pretting good timing this, since you may have forgotten it's time to spring forward--which translates to being more tired than usual for the next few days.
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As you're preparing your gardens, and potting those plants you might consider is growing your own herbs. This delicious additive makes a savory meal of any dish you might be preparing. I wanted to share excerpts from a USDA bulletin (Farmers' Bulletin No. 1977) entitled: Savory Herbs Culture and Use so you might be come more familiar with a variety of herbs and their potential uses in your kitchen.
SAVORY HERBS are grown for three good reasons: (1) They make possible a variety of appetizing dishes at all times and are particularly useful when economical cuts of meat must take the place of those that are expensive and more favored. (2) The customary sources of the commercial supply of herbs may be temporarily exhausted. (3) But most appealing of all reasons is the enjoyment of g rowing herbs and using them skillfully. The interest and pleasure add zest to the daily round of living, especially when long hours of work afford little opportunity for other kinds of recreation.
This bulletin is written for those who like to garden or to embark on adventures in cooking. Most of the herbs are easily grown, but they must be understood. The beginner's herb garden need not contain more than half a dozen plants of each of a few kinds, yet it may provide enjoyment and economy out of all proportion to the effort involved. To lessen the expense, two or three neighbors may divide seed packets or each may plant three or four kinds and share the young plants.
It is not difficult to become expert in preparing appetizing dishes from inexpensive materials with herbs, and the experience grows more pleasurable with repetition and familiarity. The beginner will readily become acquainted with the characteristic flavors of herbs used separately and in combinations and can soon handle them with skill, economy, and satisfaction. The cooking suggestions offered in this bulletin cover mainly the herbs and herb combinations to use with specific foods and directions for drawing out and improving herb flavors.
Savory herbs are flavoring agents and, like spices, are used in cookery to season, enrich, or otherwise alter the flavor and odor of certain foods to make them more pleasing to the taste. Parts of the plants-leaves, fragrant seeds, fruits, buds, barks, and roots-have been used for this purpose since ancient times. Most of the spices-black pepper, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice-are derived from tropical plants. Savory herbs are aromatic plants the various parts of which posses pleasing odors and tastes. These plants grow in different parts of the world and have long been considered essential in the preparation of foods both in the home and in public eating places of European and Latin American countries. Many of them are adapted to a wide variation of soil and climatic conditions.
In the past the United States has been almost entirely dependent on foreign sources of supply for these important flavoring agents, though many of the plants are well adapted to our soil and climate. Since colonial times if has been the custom in various sections of this country to grow some of these herbs in the home garden. Because of their importance on the preparation of foods in the home, no garden should be considered complete without at least a few of those most commonly used. A scarcity of imported herbs and resulting high market prices have stimulated production in this country by both home gardeners and commercial concerns.
What Herbs To Grow
About a dozen kinds of herbs will be needed to begin with, in order to use the flavors singly and in blends.
Herbs For The Beginner
Suggested selections for the beginner include the six herbs named by the French "les fines herbes,"-sweet basil, chervil, sweet marjoram, thyme, rosemary, and tarragon. Included also are those indispensable mixers chive, parsley, summer savory, and several other favorites with very characteristic flavors-that can be used singly or in judicious blends. As an aid to their use in blending with foods they are divided into the following groups:
Pungent herbs:
· Rosemary
· Sage
· Winter savory
Herbs strong enough for accent:
· Sweet basil
· Dill
· Mint (peppermint and spearmint)
· Sweet marjoram
· Tarragon (French)
· Thyme (English or French )
Herbs especially good in blends:
· Chervil
· Chive
· Parsley (curled)
· summer savory
Herbs To Be Added Later
Selections from the following group of no less important herbs may be added, a few at a time, as the gardener becomes familiar with their culture and as culinary uses expand.
· Anise
· Caraway
· Celery
· Coriander
· Costmary
· Cumin
· Fennel
· Garlic
· Lemon balm
· Lovage
· Mints (other species and varieties)
· Parsley (Italian broadleaf)
· Pot marjoram
Use Of Herbs In Cooking
The use of herbs in cooking is an art. Long experience has indicated that certain foods are given a more pleasing flavor by combining with them certain herbs or herb groupings, and although there are no set rules for those combinations the beginner needs some guidance. In using herbs effectively, the most important factors are interest, imagination, and constant experimentation on the part of the person who enjoys preparing food in a variety of flavors to make it more tasty and appetizing.
Some herbs blend harmoniously with almost any food; others with only a few. Many of the most interesting flavor effects are gained by combining a leading flavor with two or three others that blend with it almost imperceptibly. Under "Herbs for the beginner" (p. 2), the herbs are divided into three groups-(1) pungent herbs, (2) herbs strong enough for accent, and (3) herbs especially good in blends. One should depend on those in the first and second groups to supply leading flavors and on those in the third group and on the less pungent in the second group to complete the blends.
Important Rules To Remember
1. Expert cooks suggest the following rules for using herbs effectively:
2. Use with a light hand-the aromatic oils are strong, and too much of any flavor is objectionable.
3. Blend judiciously for different purposes. Have a leading flavor and combine two to four less pronounced flavors with it. Never emphasize more than one of the very strong herbs in a blend. Blends should be so subtle that only the expert can tell which herbs are used.
4. Blend or heat with butter, margarine, or other cooking fats as the best way to draw out and extend the flavor of the aromatic oils. Fresh (unsalted) "sweet" butter gives more satisfactory results than salted butter or margarine. Have salad oil tepid, not chilled, when using herbs in French salad dressing.
5. Cut or chop the leaves of fresh herbs very fine. For some purposes they should be ground in a mortar. The more of the cut surface exposed, the more completely the aromatic oil can be absorbed.
6. Keep in mind that dried herbs are three or four times stronger than fresh herbs.
7. The delicate aroma and flavor of savory herbs may easily be lost by extended cooking.
8. For soups and gravies, tie sprigs of fresh herbs in tiny bunches (bouquets) or place ground herbs in cheesecloth bags and add them about half an hour before the cooking is finished, removing as soon as they have served their purpose.
Herbs That Blend With Certain Foods
The following suggestions, which include some of the essential foods and the herbs or herb combinations that go well with them, are given as an aid in selecting dishes for herb accent. Of the many possible combinations of delicate and appetizing herb flavors and foods with which they blend, only a few are mentioned, because each person will wish to do his own experimenting after becoming familiar with the various herb flavors separately and with their more obvious combinations. Other suggestions and more detailed recipes for using herbs in cooking may be found in a number of books that may be bought or consulted in libraries. A list of such books can be obtained from herb societies, garden clubs, or herb gardens established in various parts of the country.
Herb Butter
Fats make good media for absorbing herb flavors for ready use. One of the best ways for beginners to learn to use the different herbs is to combine them with fats in the form of herb butters. Fresh unsalted butter is especially satisfactory, because it readily absorbs the delicate herb flavors. Salted butter, margarine, pork drippings, and rendered chicken fat can also be used.
Fresh herbs should be cut finely and blended with the butter. The proportions are approximately 1 well-packed level tablespoon of fresh green herbs or 1/2 teaspoon of dried herbs to 4 tablespoons (2 oz.) of butter. Dried herbs may be allowed to stand for a few minutes with a little lemon juice before mixing with the butter. Herb butter may be stored for several days in small covered jars in the refrigerator. The butter should contain a dash of lemon juice if it is to be used for making sandwiches or for spreading on broiled or fried meats or fish just before they are served. Herb butter also may be used with boiled, poached, or scrambled eggs. For a last-minute substitute place the butter in a glass or earthenware custard cup, add the fresh or dried herbs, salt and pepper to taste, set in boiling water, and let stand 10 to 15 minutes while the hot butter absorbs the flavors. Soft-boiled eggs may be broken into the hot custard cups over the melted flavored butter, or the butter may be poured over poached eggs on toast.
Good combinations for herb butter are made with parsley or chive, singly, together, or combined with one or more other herbs.
Herbs For Meats, Poultry, Fish, And Eggs
Beef.-After removal from the oven, roasts may be flavored by spreading sweet marjoram flavored butter or finely chopped fresh or powdered dry marjoram leaves over the surface. Steaks broiled or fried may be topped with butter flavored with dill, marjoram, thyme, or parsley and a little lemon juice, or the surface may be sprinkled with the finely chopped herbs immediately after removal from the fire. Stews or loaves may be made more appetizing by adding small quantities of one or more of the following: Thyme, sweet marjoram, summer savory, chervil, parsley, or celery.
Pork.-Chops may be rubbed with lemon juice, powdered sweet marjoram, and a few seeds of caraway before cooking, and topped with dill butter after cooking. Fresh ham rubbed with powdered sage before cooking and served with a pan of dressing flavored with poultry seasoning creates an illusion of turkey. Sausage and other ground or chopped meats are usually flavored with sage, either alone or in combination with other herbs.
Lamb.-Various combinations of marjoram, thyme, parsley, garlic, or onion may be used. Dill butter :or chopped dill leaves with hot butter may be spread on lamb chops.
Veal.-Thyme or marjoram is generally used in combination with summer savory and chervil; also marjoram and basil with thin slices of veal dipped in flour, egg, and crumbs and cooked in deep fat.
Fowl.-Various combinations of poultry seasoning made of fresh or dried leaves of basil, lovage, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, summer savory, sage, and thyme may be used to add variety to the different dishes prepared from chicken, turkey, and other fowl.
Fish.-Broiled or fried fish may have pleasing flavors added by using dill butter or finely chopped dill, basil, or tarragon leaves. Shrimp may be simmered in butter with chopped basil leaves, and clam chowder may be served with a dash of powdered thyme.
Eggs.-The many egg dishes that are so commonly prepared may be agreeably varied in flavor by using one of the "fine herbs"-basil, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, or tarragon-for special accent, blended with chervil, chive, parsley, summer savory, celery, or a small quantity of another "fine herb" chopped or powdered and used as such or in the form of herb butters. Winter savory, parsley, onion juice, and celery tops give a robust flavor to winter omelets when other fresh herbs are not available.
Herbs For Beverages
Hot or cold tea may be flavored by adding sprigs of curly mint, apple mint, orange mint, spearmint, lemon balm, or lemon thyme. Refreshing drinks may be brewed from lemon balm, almost all mints, lemon thyme, or sage and served with a slice of lemon and sugar if desired. Tomato juice may be pleasingly flavored by adding chopped onion, celery or lovage, basil, and tarragon. After it has stood several hours strain and serve cold with lemon or lime.
Whatever your tastes are, I hope you venture out to try these different varieties of herbs, or expand what you may already use to create dishes to treasure with your family. If you would like a copy of this bulletin via email or have a copy mailed to you, please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone: 765-364-6363.
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Begonia is an amazing genus. There are well over 1,000 species and, between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer, they extend right round the world. B. rex is currently on display at Wisley and has a lot going for it. Each leaf is more than 1ft across and the texture is puckered, making it satisfying to handle. Dark on the outside, then light green, then dark again at the centre.
One of the distinguishing features of begonias is that they are always lopsided - enlarged on one side, flattened on the other. And only B. evansiana has any pretensions to hardiness, but it is popular for summer bedding and thoroughly enjoys being outside from June to October.
There are various methods of storage, depending on the type of rootstock. Those with tuberous roots can often be dried off and overwintered somewhere cool and frost-free, and completely dark. In spring, they can be started off again in damp peat, either under heated glass or, if it's late in the season, in a cold frame.
Begonias like some shade in the summer, so they're a good under-storey for taller plants. If you are growing, say, B. rex indoors, never stand the pot in water - try it on wet pebbles. Aim at a minimum 10C.
One of the most useful begonias is B. scharfii, with its pale pink flowers that are seldom out of bloom and dark green foliage that is purplish red on the underside. It's good on a windowsill in winter. But our favourite is the handsome B. luxurians, whose leaves are divided to the centre into 11 fingers. In its second year, a plant will be up to 6ft tall.
B. metallica is an old favourite, with a metallic sheen over the whole upper surface of the leaf. In 'Little Brother Montgomery', the leaf, which is divided into long, sharp points, is dark at the centre and margins, while the band in between is a mosaic of dark and pale, the main veins being dark. You never get bored with a leaf like this.
We recently acquired 'Bonfire', which is low-growing. The smallish, spiky flowers are dazzling scarlet. How we shall get on with it remains to be seen, but it certainly keeps the old arteries alive. With begonias, you are experimenting all the time.
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From May 27 to July 26, 2014 I participated in The Audible Edge, a group exhibition that "explores intersections of architecture and sound, inside and outside the gallery space."
The Audible Edge includes With Hidden Noise, a traveling exhibition of sound art projects, including works by Taylor Deupree, Jennie C. Jones, Pauline Oliveros, Andrea Parkins, Steve Peters, Steve Roden, Michael J. Schumacher, and Stephen Vitiello. With Hidden Noise is part of ICI's Exhibitions in a Box series. Produced by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, this exhibition is curated by Stephen Vitiello. The Audible Edge includes artists invited by the organizing team to participate in the exhibition, including J. Anthony Allen, Philip Blackburn, Mary Ellen Childs, Douglas Ewart, Douglas Geers, Beatrix*JAR, John Keston, Abinadi Meza, Ryan Wurst and Patrick Beseda.


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G.I. Jobs has named local insurance company USAA the number four military friendly employer in the country.
In the magazine's annual list of top 50 military friendly employers, USAA remained in the top ten for the sixth consecutive year.
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Credit Swaps in U.S. Hold; Bristol-Myers Squibb Sells Debentures
A measure of U.S. company credit risk hovered above a six-year low after a Labor Department report showed more Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) issued $1.5 billion in bonds.
The Markit CDX North American Investment Grade Index, a credit-default swaps benchmark that investors use to hedge against losses or to speculate on creditworthiness, increased 0.3 basis point to 72.3 basis points at 5:12 p.m. in New York, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg. The benchmark closed Oct. 22 at the lowest level since November 2007 in data that adjust for the effects of the market's shift to a new version in September.
Investors are assessing economic data to gauge how long the Federal Reserve will refrain from reducing the monetary stimulus that has boosted credit markets. The Fed may delay paring the monthly pace of its bond purchases until March, according to the median estimate of 40 economists in a Bloomberg survey.
"Given the interest-rate outlook, corporate fixed-income looks pretty solid going forward," Jon Sablowsky, head of trading at Brownstone Investment Group LLC in New York, said in a telephone interview.
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits decreased to 350,000 in the week ended Oct. 19 from a revised 362,000 in the prior period, a Labor Department report showed today in Washington. The median forecast of 48 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a decrease to 340,000.
The swaps index typically climbs as investor confidence deteriorates and falls as it improves. Credit swaps pay the buyer face value if a borrower fails to meet its obligations, less the value of the defaulted debt. A basis point equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt.
Bristol-Myers, the maker of the blood thinner Plavix, sold $500 million each of five-, 10- and 30-year bonds, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The offering is graded A2 by Moody's Investors Service, the ratings company said today in a statement. Proceeds from the sale may be used for general corporate purposes including the repayment of all or a portion of the company's commercial paper borrowings, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Prologis Inc. (PLD), a San Francisco-based industrial real-estate company, sold $500 million in 3.35 percent notes due 2021 that yield 145 basis points more than similar-maturity Treasuries, Bloomberg data show.
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Nov. 3: Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has decided to resign because of the deteriorating health of his wife, Jane, administration officials said last night. Weinberger's wife is suffering from cancer and severe arthritis. Weinberger, 70, has held a powerful seat on President Reagan's cabinet, enhanced in part by his long personal relationship with the president and his easy access to the Oval Office. Weinberger as Defense Secretary led an unprecedented buildup in U.S. strategic defense forces. The sheer amount of defense spending under Weinberger - jumping from $180.7 billion in fiscal 1982 to $274 billion in fiscal 1987 - and planned future outlays, have resulted in harsh criticism of him. The son of respected San Francisco attorney Herman Weinberger, his life in politics was foreshadowed by a childhood in Pacific Heights that included reading the Congressional Record every day when he was 12 years old. As a young man he worked as a staff book reviewer for the Chronicle and as a moderator for a weekly TV program "Profile" on KQED. He is a patron of the arts and a member of the city's most prestigious clubs, the Pacific and the Bohemian. He met his wife, Jane Dalton, on a troop carrier bound for Australia in the summer of 1942. A fund-raiser for numerous charities, Mrs. Weinberger is also the author of 11 children's books.
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