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No, not those wishes! I mean real wishes.
Like in the "you get three wishes" category. But for Christmas (or Festivus, or what have you)!
FaBio here, typing to you from his miserly laptop from the darkened drawing room of my father's house in Chandler, AZ. No one else is awake; even the Schnauzer has long given his farewell and gone to bed. Yet I feel compelled to get at least one post out to our update-starved public, and this question has been lagging me of late, therefore…
If you had three wishes that could be granted (say, by Jesus, or Buddha, or Kali or whoever) but could only directly affect the production of the show itself… what would they be?
("I wish my bedroom doubled as Daenerys's room in Qarth" doesn't really count, as that would technically hinder production of the show. No production hindering!)
Wishes for "everything to be just as awesome as season one" are perfectly legal (though perfectly boring). What I'm looking for, however, is stuff we may not actually see. I wanna see you, in the glory of your imagination, reach back into your deeper subconscious and let your id run amok. Color me curious!
So I'll kick it off with mine; please note there will be SPOILERS ABOUNDING throughout this—at least vague ones. So if you haven't read past, say, A Storm of Swords, then read this post and its relies with due caution.
So without further ado:
1. More for Jon and Dany to do in season two. While I loved A Clash of Kings, it did feel as though two of our primary protagonists—Jon Snow and Daenerys—basically did nothing exciting up until the very end of the book. They travelled, then travelled some more. Jon had odd little conversations with Samwell; Dany had bizarre marriage proposals from men clearly not interested in women… and really, nothing happened. Qarth and Beyond the Wall can certainly be made a bit more exciting, even is that means (gasp!) deviating from the novels a little. Yes, I am openly campaigning for deviation. Here's to hoping D&D know what I mean and we get some good stuff!
2. Strong Belwas. That's all I can say to that. Doesn't even need to be a speaking part. (All he really has to do is look impressive and poop on command.) Strong Belwas!
3. Jason Momoa returns in season 3… as Daario Naharis. What, that would be epic! And would sort of explain why in the hell Dani even likes the skeevy guy in the first place. Unless you really think it's his twirly blue mustaches and gold teef that bring all the girls to his yard. Jason would kill it as that dude.
So gimme some of your weirder wishes, Gatewatch! Hold nothing back. Today is a day for fantasy, after all.


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"Girls Meets World" is getting closer and closer to becoming a reality and a new photo of the cast proves just that. The picture comes from Ben Savage, who shared it on Instagram.
The photo features Savage and his TV family, Toganga (Danielle Fishel), Riley (Rowan Blanchard) and Auggie (August Maturo), along with some of the show's younger supporting cast, including Maya (Sabrina Carpenter).
To continue the social media goodness, the writers of the show have started a Twitter account to keep in touch with fans of "Boy Meets World." There's some interesting news they shared, including a familiar face that will pop up. "Today we decided who the first guest star returning from Boy Meets World will be," they write. "Shawn? Eric? Really? So fast? Don't you want to start on the other side of the school?"
Those who remember the high school graduation episode might recall the "other" side of the school being where certain characters go when they disappear. The two specific names that were known to be there were Minkus (Lee Norris) and Mr. Turner (Anthony Tyler Quinn). The writers are also working on a holiday episode and want to know who should be invited to a big family dinner.
Sounds like "Girl Meets World" is going to lay the nostalgia on thick when it finally premieres on Disney Channel later in the year.

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Forbidden temptations.
Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter - and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality... as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent. And when a dangerously handsome stranger brings her to the brink of ecstasy, she wonders if she's finally met the one man she cannot resist.
Fatal desires.
Wraith is a Seminus demon with a death wish. But when an old enemy poisons him, he must find Serena and persuade her to give him the only known antidote in the universe: her charm. Yet, as she begins to surrender to his seductions and Wraith senses the cure is within his grasp, he realizes a horrible truth: He's falling for the woman whose life he must take in order to save his own.
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"Great book, poor narration"
I wish there was a way to rate the narrator separate from the book itself. The narrator had very strange inflections in her voice and the "sultry" sound of it made everything painful to listen to. It was great during the intimate scenes between the main characters but way too distracting during the normal and fight scenes. She would sometimes whisper and slur her words I would have to back up just to make sure I heard correctly.
The book, however, was pretty good. So far, in the Demonica Series, it is one of my favorites. I'm glad I pushed through the narration to get through it. Unfortunately I started the Eternal Rider series first so I knew more about the Underworld Universe Ione created than I should have going into the first three books but she still did not disappoint. I haven't go ahead to look at any of the other recordings to see if Renee Raudman is a narrator, but if so I'm going to have to break down and buy the book. Not that I mind physically reading, but it takes me twice as long with time constraints.
If you truly love the Demonica books you could probably get around the narrator (it took most of part one for me to) but if you're unsure or get easily distracted by narration you might want to skip this one.
I love books! Audiobooks take stories to the next level. I'm obsessed with Audible and will try to rate all of my books. Happy Listening! ;)
"Why oh why was the narrator changed?!"
In an audiobook the narrator either makes or breaks the experience. In this case it broke it. When you were a child did you ever watch the original Cinderella movie? Well, Renee Raudman sounds exactly the same as the narrator of that fairy tale. Making Serena sound like the overly dramatic disneyesque princess was just horrible. An then to make matters worse the evil Baseltov (or something like that) sounds like an evil witch instead of a male fallen angel. The narrator took so much out of the story that it feels like it was written by a different author. The narrator made my favorite paranormal romance series sound like a dramatic old school fairy tale. Pleeease bring Hillary Huber back!!! Please don't kill this series for me. I wish I had the time to sit and read the actual book but I don't so we'll see if this is the end of the series for me since all the next books are narrated by different people.
"This is a good series, but narration terrible!"
I do Not know who tells people that they are right for a certain book, but this was WAY OFF! She sounds like an old woman when you pair that voice with sex scenes...OMG! What a book killer. I wanted to hear the story so I finished it. The story is very good, but I had to skip over grandma reading sex to me!
"Don't Judge The Series By This Narrator!!!"
I'm not going to lie, Renee Raudman makes listening to this particular book of the series almost painful. The thing is that I love this series and I love this story!
Wraith is the funniest of all of the Demonica characters. You find yourself just shaking your head at what he comes up with next. He rocks the 'I'm a bad, bad boy and don't give a damn about anything or anyone" attitude as hard as he can, but he isn't convincing anyone, including himself. Gotta love Wraith!
She made the characters sound like either old men from the wild, wild west or breathy, air-headed saloon girls. Ummm, hello...hot present-day demons not cowpokes from 1815! It was just awful. I find myself seeing her name as the narrator for other books and going right past them.
If you picked this one out of all of the Demonica books to see if you were interested in the series, you may find yourself saying 'never again' just because of her narration. I'm telling you to keep going with the other books and then head over to meet the horsemen because this series has just about everything you could possibly want!
The book rocks even though the narration was awful. Don't skip it though...you'll have a huge hole in your storyline if you do.
"I truly enjoy Larissa Ione's work..."
But I couldn't get past a 1/2 hour of this audio book. This narrator is AWFUL!!!! I have really grown to enjoy this series and am terribly disappointed that they didn't use either of the first two narrators to continue. Heck, they could use anyone but Renee Raudman. Not only could I not identify or differentiate the characters but I found her inflections and accents excruciating. I have never heard any of Renee's other work, but this is a clear indication that in the future I will avoid it at all costs. Save yourself the credit and buy the book itself.
"I always liked the bad boys"
Starting from the begining of the serie, Wraith was my favorite of the brothers. I always like a bad boy with some dark secret. I don't know, something about taming the lion and carefully peeling the wrapper to see the beautiful present within the ulgy wrapper. This book did not disappoint me one bit.
"Couldn't get past the narrator!!"
I was really looking forward to the 3rd Demonica book, but I couldn't get past the narrator. I really prefer when series are performed by the same narrator especially for continuity. I just couldn't hang in there.
Terrible - mismatched narrator.
More differentiation between male and female roles and less rasp.
My name is Mona and I am an infrequent reader. I found books on audio by accident. I am really enjoying it.
"This Story Rocks!"
There were so many emotional cliffhangers that I felt like I was been tortured instead of Wraith, but I enjoyed every minute of it. It was hard for me to breathe knowing that I was trying to make it to the end. I was feeling the pain and agony of every character. All of their love, lust and loss they went through I felt it as an emotional reader (that's just not me).
The narrators' voice was not that bad. I think she did ok as Serena. She brought out the youthful essence of the females but not so much the males and that may have thrown many listeners at to the performance value. The story rocks! I love how the writer passionately details the life of each brother and never strays from their relationship to each other.
Hello, my name is Teresa and I'm an addict.
"Awesome addition, Narrator and all."
I loved Wraith's story and I loved Gem and Keenan's story too. Man there is some bashing on the narrator from other reviewers, although far from perfect she wasn't that bad. I think as the story progresses the more she improves or maybe I'm just sucked into the story. I have heard her with other books and she does a better job, so maybe she was just trying to hard this time. I love how Wraith learns to become a better man the more he gets to know Serena. Already downloaded the next book.
"reviewer's right. Terrible narration"
It was hard to get into the book because of the narration & I have the paperback book. I liked the book but kept stopping & hard to get thru this Audible book. It did get easier to listen too & is a good book. Narrator s that can do different voices for the characters & emotion are what make many audible books the best and shine. Then others are good readers & voices but don't have that quality which are fine to listen to & if you haven't heard another great narrator you would think its good. Then there are some that I don't know how they got thru production because the narrator was terrible you want to return or not finish listening. I have to do that to 3 books out of almost 100 I own. This narrator wasn't as bad as I thought when I pushed thru & got use to the voice she just isn't a great narrator. OK. I won't return this book so If you really like the series you will like it. The story is good anyway. Depends on what people are use to & why I really stick to narrators I really like as much as possible.


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ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Others will easily influence you, so it would be smart to avoid pessimistic people. Their negativity could cause you to see problems instead of recognizing all the possibilities around you.
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Recurrent Lip and Oral Cavity CancerFor lesions of the lip, anterior tongue, buccal mucosa, floor of the mouth, retromolar trigone, upper gingiva, and hard palate, treatment will be dictated by the location and size of the recurrent lesion as well as prior treatment.[1,2] Standard treatment options:
Treatment options under clinical evaluation:
Current Clinical Trials Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with recurrent lip and oral cavity cancer. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria. General information about clinical trials is also available from the NCI Web site. References:
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Happy Christmas Eve!
We hope that today you are enjoying gazing at this:
Rather than than this:
We hope you've taken these off (fetching as they are)...
And slipped into something like this.
We hope that you're cozying up somewhere tranquil like this...
Rather than being stuck in a line like this (speaking of which, fingers crossed my flight this afternoon is quick!)
And most of all, we hope that you are feeling the joy of Christmas and the warmth of the holiday season. Enjoy celebrating with those that are near and dear to you!


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ABC News: Raymond Davis Is CIA Contractor, Ex-Blackwater Highlands Ranch Man Held In Pakistan In Deadly Shooting 11:40 AM, Feb 21, 2011 Share Article Raymond A. Davis, the U.S. official from Highlands Ranch at the heart of a tense stand-off with the Pakistan government, was an ex-Blackwater security employee working for the CIA as an independent contractor when he shot and killed two Pakistani men, according two senior U.S. intelligence officials.In the fullest account yet of how an American official came to be held for the deadly shooting in Pakistan, three current officials told ABC News who Davis was working for and what he was doing on January 27th when the incident occurred.A current senior U.S. official and a senior intelligence consultant who worked with Davis told ABC News that the 36-year-old American had been an employee of the company once known as Blackwater, now called Xe Services, and contracted to the CIA. He was posted to Lahore as part of the CIA's Global Response Staff, or GRS, a unit of security and bodyguards assigned to war zones and troubled countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. Members of the GRS most often accompany CIA case officers, who meet with clandestine sources.Davis first arrived in Pakistan in December 2008, and was posted at various times in Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar, a senior US official told ABC News. Until last August, Davis was stationed in Pakistan as an employee of Xe Services, and contracted to the CIA.A former Blackwater executive told ABC News that the CIA terminated the company's GRS contract in Pakistan, accusing the security company of failing to provide adequate services. The agency then moved to hire Davis and other the former Xe/Blackwater security personnel directly as independent contractors.Davis and a group of fellow security officers lived in a safehouse in Lahore. The CIA keeps safehouses for security personnel in an effort to limit the ability for militants to track their movements, the intelligence contractor said, ABC News reported.On Jan. 27, Davis left the safehouse and conducted an "area familiarization route," the senior U.S. official told ABC News. He drove through various Lahore neighborhoods for several hours. It was during his route, two U.S. officials say, that Davis stopped at an A.T.M. and possibly drew the attention of two Pakistani men on a motorcycle.Davis has told the police in Lahore that the two men were attempting to rob him when he fired several rounds from his Glock handgun hitting them both. Davis fired multiple rounds from inside his car, killing one man in the street, while the second died later from his injuries.Davis then called for help from several other CIA security officers who shared his Lahore safehouse, the U.S. official and the intelligence consultant told ABC News. As they arrived near the intersection, they accidentally hit a Pakistani bicyclist, the two officials said. The bicyclist later died of his injuries. Davis' colleagues were unable to get to Davis before the police arrested him. They left the scene and returned to their safehouse. Within hours, they had destroyed all government documents at the safehouse, abandoned it, and retreated to the US consulate for safety, ABC News reported. Both have since returned to the US, according to a senior U.S. official briefed on the case.Davis has been held ever since by the local police. Pakistani authorities have said Davis is now in the legal system, which will soon determine if he should stand trial for murder, different crimes, or release him.The Pakistani government is under significant public pressure to prosecute Davis. The incident has set off massive anti-American protests and calls for Davis to be executed for the murders."Our first fear is that the sentiment of the street in Pakistan is, 'Let's take him and hang him,'" a current senior U.S. official told ABC News.According to the official, administration officials fear that the Pakistani government lacks sufficient control over Pakistani municipal police, who have Davis in custody.U.S. officials have been in a standoff with the Pakistani government over Davis's detention since his arrest. The U.S. asserts that Davis has diplomatic immunity and is protected under the Vienna Convention, which recognizes diplomatic immunity. Pakistani officials have denied that his diplomatic passport protects him from the country's judicial system."His continued detention is a gross violation of international law," the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, said in a statement last week. "Under the Vienna Convention and Pakistani domestic law, he is entitled to full criminal immunity and cannot be lawfully arrested or detained."In recent days the Obama administration has summoned the Pakistani ambassador to the White House to demand Davis's release, while Secretary of State Clinton and the US ambassador to Pakistani and asked senior Pakistani military, intelligence and other government officials to respect Davis's diplomatic immunity.But the U.S. has refused to elaborate publicly on Davis' position in Pakistan except to say he was a "technical advisor" for the consulate in Lahore and to refer to him as a "diplomat" in public statements.As a GRS officer, Davis made $780 per day working as a security guard for the agency's clandestine case officers, ABC News reported. One official described his job as always being "a few tables away" from a case officer meeting with a clandestine source, and providing security escorts around the country. By 2010, Davis had been moved to Peshawar.In recent years the Pakistani media has asserted that Blackwater was responsible for numerous terrorist attacks in the restive western areas of the country -- attacks attributed by the Pakistani and American governments to the Taliban, al Qaeda and other militant Islamic groups, ABC News reported.The intelligence consultant told ABC News that Blackwater personnel have worked for the CIA in Pakistan since at least 2004, most as security guards, but some as paramilitary operatives working to target militants in the country's tribal regions.The Pakistani men Davis shot on Jan. 27 were carrying pistols and stolen cell phones, according to the Lahore police. Pakistani government officials have told ABC News that the two were working for that country's intelligence agency, Inter-Service Intelligence, and were also conducting surveillance. 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Magaya primary school, which celebrates is centenary in 2012 was destroyed by a storm four years ago; leaving over 500 student with no decent learning environment. Due to the economic and political crisis, it has been a struggle for the rehabilitation to take place and student's access to quality education has been adversely affected. This is a school is in a rural resource poor community. RMT and the school has been able to raise two classroom blocks, which need roofing before rains.
The project will enable at least 500 children with decent learning environment. RMT has engaged the expertise of local builders and other volunteers to carry out the work. This will compliment the materials already received from the Australian Embassy.Through this project we will be able to provide some payment for the builders and purchase the other still building material. The deep commitment of the school administration and the former student continued to be pivotal.
Magaya primary school has a positive learning environment for its 500 students. Increased quality of education and student teacher motivation. Quality education for 500 students delivered through creation of students friendly learning spaces; Improved working environment among teaching staff at Magaya school. Increased enrollments of students. General improvement of quality of life in the community.
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US President Barack Obama has nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim, a public health expert of South Korean origin, to head the World Bank.
The selection is a surprise to many as Kim had not been listed as a potential candidate prior to the announcement. Other candidates in the running included Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and UN ambassador Susan Rice.
A US citizen has led the Bank since it was founded in 1944 prompting developing nations to call for a change.
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Editorial — Housing action plan welcomed
Langley Township is going in the right direction by adopting its first-ever housing action plan. Hopefully this will lead to a better balance in some of the decisions made about housing and land use.
As noted by counsultant Linda Allen, the Township will see many more people move into the area in the future, and many of them will be older. This is in keeping with Canada's aging population and the long-term trend of many people from other parts of the country retiring to B.C.
Yet there is little planned in the way of housing for lower-income people, including seniors, students and people with disablities.
At present, less than one per cent of the housing in the Township is subsidized housing for seniors or families, as compared with nine per cent in the City. This is clearly an imbalance, and one which needs to be gradually improved. While there are limited housing subsidies available at present, the Township needs to take full advantage of whatever programs are available.
Another example of an issue that needs attention is the point Allen made about a medium-income couple with an income of $92,000 in 2010. At present, this couple would qualify for a maximum $434,000 mortgage, if they had a solid down payment. This is in a very low interest rate environment.
If rates go up even slightly, many people who currently have mortgages would likely not qualify. They are one step away from being over their heads.
Yet the Township has done nothing to reduce the costs it builds into housing, most notably through development cost charges. While municipalities point to increasing costs associated with growth, DCCs are tacked directly onto the cost of a home — and home costs are unaffordable for a growing spectrum of the population.
The attention in the report to manufactured home parks is important. While such parks are located across the Lower Mainland, Langley has a good share of them and they do provide an affordable and popular housing choice for many.
The Township needs to ensure that mobile home parks remain in place, and resist any attempts at rezoning such properties. Many in Langley are located in semi-rural areas, and may be seen by developers as opportunities. But the type of housing they provide is vital.
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A car rear-ended a LaHarpe School Bus on Webster Road in Hancock County this morning.
No one, including the 12 children on the bus, was hurt.
It happened just before 7:30 just north of County Road 2400 North. Illinois troopers say the bus driver, 50-year-old Donna Nell of Blandinsville, had stopped at the railroad tracks to make sure it was safe to cross, when a 2012 Chevy, driven by 28-year-old Travis Sanderson of Carthage, slid on the snowy road into the back of the bus. The bigger vehicle suffered minor damage, but Sanderson's car had major damage to it's front end and had to be towed from the scene.
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Cairo and Sturgeon recently took home championships in the Higbee 7th and 8th Grade Basketball Tournament.
Cairo's girls took it to St. Mary's 31-13, building up a 27-13 after three quarters, and then holding strong on defense until the end.
Courtney Botkins and Keegan Ryan led the way for the Lady Bearcats, with 11 points. Brynn Winkle had seven points.
Cairo's boys lost a heartbreaker to Sturgeon in the boys championship, 31-28. The Bearcats came out harboring a two-point lead after one, but the Bulldogs scrapped back into ties at the half and into the third quarter before pulling away by a hair at the end.
Peyton Taylor scored eight points for Cairo, and Lane Hale had seven.
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Singapore: China based Simcere Pharmaceutical has appointed Dr. Zang Jingwu as Chief Scientific Officer, effective October 8, 2013.
Dr. Zang received his medical degree from Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine. He earned a PhD from the University of Brussels and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Zang later joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine as a professor of Neurology and holds a medical license in the State of Texas in US.
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THE sale of Anheuser-Busch, which makes iconically American Budweiser beer, to the Belgian firm InBev is not necessarily another death rattle for the American economy, but it does carry some negative symbolism.
American companies are sold to foreign buyers all the time. Sometimes the sales get rolled back if the asset seems to have strategic importance. One example: the attempted sale of the management of a number of important American port facilities to a company held largely by the government of the Persian Gulf state of Dubai.
The sale of Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion appears to have been a straightforward commercial deal. The Belgians generally make good beer, so it is unlikely that the taste of A-B's product will become less palatable. The question in this case is whether the American psyche has suffered a blow because of the sale of this quintessential American company to foreigners.
The people of St. Louis, the longtime beer capital for A-B and the Busch family, are - pardon the expression - crying in their beer over the sale. Even though InBev assures them otherwise, they fear a loss of employment, not an unreasonable fear given that the American economy has shed nearly a half million jobs since the beginning of the year.
Another aspect of the sale is the fact that Cindy Helmsley McCain, wife of the Republican candidate for president, owns one of the country's largest distributors of Anheuser-Busch products. This is probably not a conflict-of-interest issue, but if Sen. John McCain were elected it could require some fancy financial footwork on the first family's part to keep their interests apart. Mrs. McCain's company has in the past been an active lobbyist on a number of issues.
Will U.S. sales of Budweiser drop if the company is no longer American-owned? We doubt it. It is likely that sales of Budweiser, like those of Toyota, Honda, and other foreign-owned products, will depend on the quality of what the company is selling rather than its nationality.
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After a stroll along the wide promenade overlooking the River Mersey and Liverpool we called in at The Magazine Hotel which is one of the oldest pubs on the Wirral with its building dating back to 1759. We then continued onto the more more modern shopping and dining area located on the seafront housing the likes of Morrison's, Home Bargains, La Tasca and Starbucks to name but a ...
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Ercole de'Roberti was born in Ferrara. Together with Cosmè Tura and his master Francesco del Cossa he was one of the most important artists of the Quattrocento in that city and in Bologna where he also worked. Most of his work has been lost or destroyed and his early years remain difficult to reconstruct, but it is known that in 1473 he was in Bologna in the workshop of Francesco del Cossa.
The attribution of his early paintings is equally controversial and some of them have been given to another painter named Ercole de Grandi. His first known composition as an independent master is the predella for the Griffoni chapel in the church of San Petronio in Bologna, now divided between various museums and private collections. Other early works are the Portrait of Giovanni Bentigovlio and his Wife Ginevra (National Gallery of Art, Washington) and the so-called Pala Portuense (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan), which is considered one of his masterpieces.
Between 1482 and 1486 the artist was to be found working in Bologna on the decoration of the Garganelli chapel in San Pietro, of which a fragment is now in the Pinacoteca in that city. The monumentality of the figures and approach to composition found in Ercole's works conform less to that of other northern artists but rather to the Roman school. His work reveals the influence of Andrea Mantegna and although there is no documentary evidence that Ercole travelled to Venice, his style also reveals a knowledge of that of Giovanni Bellini.
Ercole d'Este, Duke of Ferrarra, became the artist's patron from 1486 onwards and Ercole became official court painter, replacing Cosmè Tura. He retained that position until his death in 1496. During his last years Ercole designed sculpture and buildings, notably the equestrian monument to the Duke in Santa Maria in Vado.
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Lisa Loeb Releases New Album 'NO FAIRY TALE' Today
Grammy-nominated singer Lisa Loeb, newly signed with 429 Records, is gearing up for the release of her seventh album NO FAIRY TALE with a flurry of promotional events week of release (Jan 29th) and beyond. Release week meet & greets include the NAMM show in Anaheim, CA on 1/25 and a Barnes & Noble in-store performance on 1/30 at The Grove in Los Angeles with co-producer Chad Gilbert. Media highlights include a performance of the title track on The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno on 1/31 and on Conan on 2/18. "No Fairy Tale" is #1 Most Added at FMQB-AC and Lisa will be interviewed on NPR's "Weekend Edition" (airdate TBD). Prior to Lisa's tour in March, you can catch her in Santa Monica at Santa Monica's Social Aid & Pleasure Club on Monday, 1/28. NO FAIRY TALE will be available everywhere on 429 Records today January 29th.
For NO FAIRY TALE, Loeb and co-producer Chad Gilbert (of New Found Glory) teamed up to record a "poppy-punky-rock album" which features Loeb's trademark sound, shaped by Gilbert's OC punk perspective. Loeb also collaborates with indie darlings Tegan And Sara (with whom she recorded two songs-her first songwriting collaboration). Other notable artists featured on NO FAIRY TALE include Hello Goodbye, Morgan Taylor, Maia Sharp and Marvin Etzioni.
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Ryan to States: Don't Bet on Obama Medicaid Money
Congressman says both parties would break promise
According to the Chicago Tribune, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the U.S. House Budget Committee and 2012 Republican vice-presidential nominee, told the newspaper's editorial board that states should not count on those increased federal Medicaid match-rates promised by Obamacare to lure states into expanding this program. Moreover, given federal budget realities, the promises are likely to be broken no matter which party is in charge.
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Here's part of what Ryan told the editors:
The fastest thing that's going to go when we're cutting spending in Washington is a 100 or 90 percent match rate for Medicaid. There's no way. It doesn't matter if Republicans are running Congress or Democrats are running Congress. There's no way we're going to keep those match rates like that.
This is not the first such warning from federal lawmakers. See "Trust not in Obamacare Medicaid Promises" posted here on April 9.
What does this mean? Simply that it's highly likely that if Michigan legislators go along with the Obamacare Medicaid expansion — a decision they will make as part of a budget process slated to be finished by late June — starting in 2020 or even sooner, taxpayers here may find themselves on the hook for big tax hikes, or alternatively, will find Medicaid "crowding out" state spending in other areas lawmakers think are important, like schools, roads and public safety, to name three.
Hat-tip to Michael Cannon.
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Labuanbajo, an eastern port town in the province of Flores, was the next destination. Well, we should say, Komodo National Park was the actual destination, but one cannot skirt Labuanbajo despite one's best efforts. The town was a bit of a challenge...the people were not too friendly, the town dusty and dirty, and with the exception of a couple of decent tourist-focused restaurants, far from the culinary capitol of Indonesia. What Labuanbajo does offer is a couple of inexpensive, clean hotels carved into the hills with stunning harbor views and a launching pad for our two-day boat trip to the Komodo islands.
We were greeted by "Cobra", the captain of our boat and his friendly team at the docks. By 9AM we were cruising past small deserted islands with dolphins providing entertainment along the way. First stop: Rinca, one of the two Komodo National Park islands, home of the infamous Komodo Dragons. Our guide, a park ranger no more than 20 years old and about the size of Erin, warned us not to stray from his sight nor make loud noises or gestures. Perfect words to put us at ease with these reptiles.
Let's talk about the dragons for a moment. They roam the Komodo and Rinca islands freely. No fences or cages between vicious lizards and innocent tourists. Komodos are roughly six to nine feet long, head to tail, with razor-sharp claws, a strong whip-like tail, and snappers to make any crocodile envious. They can smell food five kilometers away. They are cannibals. The female dragons will guard the egg nests for only the first four months. The final five months in the shell and first six months of the baby lizards' lives are susceptible to being eaten by the adults, not excluding their own parents. Rough childhood, to say the least. The beasts are the king of the islands, taking down deer, goats, monkeys, boar, and even water buffalo. They wait for the large animals by the water holes, and bite a foot. The bacteria in their saliva will slowly kill the buffalo over the course of three weeks at which point the buffalo collapses and the feeding frenzy commences. Glad we were not there to witness that.
After tiptoeing around a handful of dragons on Rinca, we hiked the lovely island with varying terrains before returning to the boat. We went snorkeling in a few places, including sPink Beach, a small island with roaming wild boar and beautiful coral and colorful fish, for snorkeling in the drastically cooler water. The final destination for the day was adjacent to Komodo Island to witness thousands of flying foxes migrate from one island to another at sunset for their nighttime hunt. These creatures are essentially very, very large bats. Like the name suggests, they look like small foxes (minus the tail) with thin, black, leathery wings. We also had the benefit of boat hawkers who paddle up to your boat to sell stuff (literally the middle of nowhere and people trying to sell you stuff. "two kimodos fighting! T shirts! Pearls!-Charlie, don't worry, we got you a priceless souvenir from here).
Early the next morning we had fried bananas and coffee prior to docking at Komodo with the goal of seeing more lovely dragons on our hike. Mission accomplished. Like Rinca, the dragons were lurking near the ranger's kitchen, hoping for a snack. We saw one large female dragon, sunning herself on a rock, toward the top of the trail. At this point Allison was quite keen on returning to the dragon-free boat. Did we mention the cannibalism?
Our next capricious tour decision turned out to be our favorite memory while traveling Indonesia---funny how these things work out some times. Our boat departed Komodo National Park, navigating between small deserted island through extremely strong currents towards an area populated with hundreds of manta rays. Mantas "vacation" in this area as the strong currents provide lots of nutrients and plankton, the staple in the large creatures' diet. Without over-thinking the situation too much, Allison and I put on our fins, masks, and snorkels, and stepped off the side of the boat into the strong current with the faith that 1. our boat would pick us up downstream, and 2. Mantas really do not eat humans.
The currents in these islands are extreme because of the volcanic activity on the floor-literally I can go from calm to pushing a boat under engine hard port or starboard. When we jumped in we
Were rushed to the side and off to the races. Fast.
Looking down through the deep turquoise water to the coral 15 meters below, we saw them. At least a dozen of them. The mantas look like large black diamonds gracefully swimming against the current on the bottom of the ocean. Words cannot describe how beautiful they were. Allison and I gripped hands as we zipped down the strait, more as a means of staying together rather than a gesture of love (i mean, the love helped, but still). I felt Allison squeeze my hand rather tightly complete with an underwater squeal as an enormous manta ascended toward the surface in our exact location. It was roughly 9 feet wide with a gaping mouth about the size of my arm. Needless to say, it did not attempt to eat us; in fact, it did not come close to us but given the sheer size and velocity at which it was moving we were positive a collision was inevitable. It was absolutely unreal. With our hearts pounding and adrenaline coursing through our veins, we decided to motion for the boat to intercept us. Clearly nothing could top such an exhilarating experience, so why push it?
A note here that is really important. We are very very lucky to be comfortable in and on the water, strong swimmers with an appreciation for the sea and how bad it can get. When we were with the mantas a French guy next to us said 'zut' about 30 times and eventually got out of the water from fear. Thanks to our parents for throwing us in multiple pools and oceans as kids. It let us swim with mantas and it meant we were one of the only non sea sick people on a boat a few days later...
Once safely onboard, Cobra turned the boat around to accompany the rays as we made our way back to Labuanbajo. "WOW" was the only thing Allison and I could repeat as a strict line of dozens upon dozens of mantas surfaced and flapped their massive wings along side the tour boats. We parted ways and headed east to end the Komodo Island tour. Wow.
Two hotels in Labuanbajo
Golo hill top: great location, out of the fray, definitely reccomend, near Paradise
Bayview gardens: again great location, though this place seems half way finished or still in process. Would put Golo ahead of Bayview.


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I have something to confess. For the last few months I've spent countless hours moonlighting on a wide array of odd jobs. Really odd jobs. I've worked in the porn industry. I've censored online content. I've helped schoolteachers bust plagiarists. I've touted real estate. And I've burned my personal social network, all for remarkably little return. My take for all of the afterhours toil: $17.75.
What I've been doing, to be specific, is participating in Amazon.com's weirdest business venture: Amazon Mechanical Turk. The big idea–and everything involving Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has a big idea–is to outsource the gritty little mental tasks that computers can't do. IBM's Watson supercomputer can play Jeopardy!, sure. But let's see Watson tout obscure Mexican hotels.
Mechanical Turk may be the most mature example of how the Internet is transforming the market for casual labor. The startup Fancy Hands lets workers tackle a wide range of chores for its customers, from setting up dinner appointments to researching prices at local gyms, for a few bucks per assignment. TaskRabbit vets workers who compete to perform chores in the real world, like assembling furniture or picking up an iPad, for the lowest price.
There are two kinds of participants in this new world of work. Mechanical Turk's "workers" perform tasks, and "requesters" assign jobs. Each task is referred to as a Human Interface Task, or HIT. Amazon built Mechanical Turk in 2005 to help with tasks such as classifying chandeliers in its online store. It's since turned that outsourcing scheme into a service: Amazon even offers software application programming interfaces, or "hooks," so businesses can build Turk into their own business processes.
Mechanical Turk takes its name from an 18th-century scam. In 1770 Wolfgang von Kempelen built what he touted as an automaton chess player. Think of it as the original Deep Blue. It beat some of the best players of the day and baffled everyone else. The trick: Von Kempelen stashed an actual chess master inside the machine. Inside Amazon's Mechanical Turk: more than 500,000 humans.
Intrigued by this new world of freelance work, I decided to become one of them. My plan: Make some money, then spend it hiring Amazon's Turkers to work for me.
The first thing I learned, after being assigned worker ID A356ODAVC86ZYS, is that the pay varies. Some jobs pay nothing. "Workers" do them to qualify for better-paying work. Many jobs promise to pay only a penny. Write a catalogue listing and you might make 5 cents. Translate a passage from Levantine Arabic into English and you get a dollar. Too bad I don't speak Arabic.
While there are some jobs I can't do, there are others I won't. One requester asked for a 500-word article on Metformin–a diabetes drug–and pregnancy. Sorry, no. Not even for the princely sum of $2. I have written other stuff, however, involving drugs I can't understand and side effects I don't want to know about (erectile dysfunction is involved). Next time you turn to a search engine for medical advice, keep in mind that it might actually be coming from me.
While I won't endanger the unborn, I will do porn. If you claim to be over 18 you can work with adult content. For 10 cents a scene, I've written dirty titles for some very dirty videoclips. I hope "Candy" is making more than that. She's earned it.
Even if you're getting paid, however, looking at porn gets boring after a while. Being a virtual snitch is more fun. One teacher pays workers 15 cents to search the Web for content his students may have plagiarized. Bust a student and you get a bonus. Sorry, kid, you got an F because I needed 10 cents. Drop a dime and I make a dime.
Then there are the really dirty jobs, such as writing about real estate. As a longtime renter, I haven't lost money on real estate. Now you can not lose money, too! To make money, however, you've got to write nice things about buying homes. At least it pays. And, as they say, I'm building an audience.
Or not. According to Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, a news site that tracks the search industry, many websites will hire writers to generate lots of content related to a topic, such as real estate, to boost their standing with search engines. Algorithms, not people, are the audience.
Depressed, I comfort myself with menial tasks such as screening a series of pictures for anything containing "nudity, partial nudity and pornography," or "hate, profanity and racism." I scan images, and make … 4 cents.
Even more robotic: clicking on links from Google searches for hotels, then finding a hotel's Google Places page, where Google aggregates data on the property. Once on each hotel's Google Places page it's my job to copy the contact info and paste it into a form. Two cents a hit. It's easy work.
Alas, most of that work is just misdirection. Search Engine Land's Sullivan says the point of these jobs is most likely to drive traffic to the Google Places page to influence how high the page shows up in search results. "They're hoping to make you feel like you're actually doing something and throw you off-base," Sullivan says. "They have to give you a task."
Desperate for funds, I start to flail. One requester says he will pay 10 cents if I send a message to a Twitter feed or other social network with more than ten followers. Sold. "For the best Assisted Living Facilities in your area check out ourparents.com/assistedliving," I tweet.
I wasn't making money as quickly as I had hoped. So I figured it was time to widen the scope of my project. I sign up for Fancy Hands, which provides virtual assistants who can do anything that doesn't involve the use of personal financial information or the need to travel through physical space. Fancy Hands, in turn, outsources those tasks for a small sum a job.
First on my to-do list for Fancy Hands: I ask them to schedule a family celebration with my mother. It's her 71st birthday! I'm sure she won't mind the impersonal touch. I've got a new kid. Plus I've got a pile of porn to look at on Amazon Turk, and "Candy" isn't going to categorize herself. Fancy Hands delivers, even if my relatives don't exactly cooperate. My sister-inlaw's reaction: "Is this a joke?"
Meanwhile, after days spent tackling low-paying jobs such as writing titles for porn clips, I thought I was ready to move up. I was ready to have the Turkers work for me. It turns out getting someone to do your job for you isn't for the lazy. I manage to outsource a post on Apple and Intel's new Thunderbolt technology for $1. For $4.25 I hire a Turk to recommend a course of homeopathic treatment after a blood test hinted at liver problems (so much for the rising costs of health care). But when I try to rent a digital mob to post comments to colleagues' stories, I run into problems.
On the community bulletin board Turker Nation, the workers were revolting. They criticized my work history: "105 HITS and has a 90% approval rate," one typically perfectionist commenter scoffed. They called me cheap: "Not only is he a smacktard, he's a lowballer as well." They called me out on violating Amazon's terms of service: "If anyone reported your HITs they'd be taken down and your requester account could be suspended," one wrote (and, in fact, two HITs seeking comments on other FORBES blogs were removed for violating Amazon's policies).
Ouch. Artificial intelligence indeed. Forty percent of these people have college degrees. Ask them to do something stupid and they won't cooperate. So consider that an endorsement: If you've got an interesting, well-thought-out task for the Turks, don't hesitate to use this service. Just follow the rules. And avoid using A356ODAVC86ZYS for anything you want to keep confidential.
Turkers Talk Back
Who knows more about how to be a Turk than a Turk? After unsuccessfully reaching out to the embassy of the Republic of Turkey, I took the advice of FORBES commenter "toobusytowork" and posted a task on Mechanical Turk itself asking for feedback on a series of blog posts I wrote about my experiences doing jobs on Amazon Mechanical Turk. I offered to pay 20 cents per tip, with a 15-cent bonus for quality responses. I also reached out to Turkers, as they're known, on third-party bulletin boards such as Turker Nation.
Boy, did I get an earful. Here's a sampling:
@BID (VIA TURKER NATION): " … the situation has turned into a win/win for Brian. No matter what happens, on several levels, he has fresh fodder for new articles. I wouldn't be surprised to see an article on the reaction of the Turker Nation to the previous articles. Now he is trying to recruit Turkers to provide that content. He may not have set out with that plan in mind, but he is turning the situation to his advantage. Give the devil his due."
@SOJURN (VIA TURKER NATION): "I don't see what is so offending about the article. It probably mirrors the experience of the average Turker."
PAID FEEDBACK, VIA MECHANICAL TURK: "You do a good job pointing out the problems that the use of Mechanical Turk can bring if companies underestimate the expertise that their projects require. I just wish you had also pointed out the advantages there are for Turkers, which may well be worth earning $5 an hour rather than $7 (for an American): being able to work on interesting assignments only; immediately knowing how much a job will pay without the need to submit a CV, go to an interview and negotiate; not having to spend time or money on a commute; being able to work with a lot of interruptions; being able to work any time of the day and from anywhere. … "
@TOOBUSYTOWORK COMMENTED: "Why do I do this? For the money, of course, as little as it is; my goal is $10 a day, which I exceed fairly often and which is my contribution to my household as I cannot stand the thought of working for minimum wage again. That is like being a slave, with being told what to do and the hours to do it and being grateful for even a piddlin' 5-cents-an-hour raise. But I also do it because, in many ways, it challenges me in a way that makes me happy. I sleep better at night knowing I have helped a linguistics professor teach his computer how to understand human language or I have updated a badly overloaded database directory."
PAID FEEDBACK, VIA MECHANICAL TURK: "The best way to use Mturk as a worker is deciding how much your time is worth. For example I have decided that my time is worth a minimum of $6 an hour. … I took the time to learn how long certain types of hits take, and I only do those that pay enough. If you work on Mturk this way, you won't be contributing to [the acceptance of] slave-labor wages that many requesters offer. By the way, this hit took me longer than two minutes, but I choose to complete it anyway because it is interesting. I'll make up for it on my next hit, in which I'll earn 27 cents for one minute of work."


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On Wednesday Atlanta will be the stage for the latest act in the Gardasil vaccine saga. There, members of the Vaccines for Children Advisory Committee will vote on whether
The panel will struggle with the ethics of giving a vaccine to boys when the primary purpose of doing so is to keep them from spreading the sexually transmitted virus from one girl to another. It will struggle with the biology that shows the vaccine only covers 70% of the virus strains that cause cervical cancer. And if panel members vote "yes," it will mean doctors should give the vaccine to boys and insurance companies should pay for it.
They need to think about this carefully, but not because of ethics or biology. Gardasil vaccination to prevent cervical cancer is predicated on two incorrect assumptions: 1) that we will not make any meaningful progress in cervical cancer treatment over the next several decades, and 2) that we have no better approach to preventing it today.
As far as cancer-treatment progress, the panel needs to remember that prevention does not pay off until the disease you are trying to prevent would strike. This lag in benefit is 45 years in cervical cancer vaccination. Girls are 12 when they get the vaccine; women are 57 years old on average when they die of cervical cancer. For today's girls, the potential payoff will be in the year 2054.
Vaccinating only makes sense if we assume that between now and 2054 we will make no meaningful strides in cervical cancer treatment. Modest strides would reduce the benefits of vaccination. Large strides would eliminate it. You cannot prevent a death that was not going to happen.
Using the past as a guide to the future, 45 years ago there were only a handful of drugs available to treat all types of cancer and no computers to guide radiation treatments. Today there are more than a hundred cancer fighting drugs available, and we use computers every day to plan and deliver radiation. No one sensible would speculate that we will make zero progress from here on out.
No speculation is needed on the second assumption. The Pap smear, which has been around for more than 70 years, is a better prevention approach than Gardasil will ever be. Because of it, cervical cancer death rates in the U.S. fell by 74% between 1955 and 1992, and continue to fall by about 4% each year.
The past does not guarantee the future here either, but a continued decline in the death rate is achievable, as there are still many women in the U.S. whom the Pap smear has yet to reach. They are poor and often non-white and live in places where health care is spotty.
Mississippi and Minnesota illustrate the challenge. There are more deaths from cervical cancer in Mississippi (average of 59 per year) than in Minnesota (48), even though the population of Mississippi is only about half as large as Minnesota. The residents of Mississippi are comparatively poor (median income of $34,000 vs. $56,000 in Minnesota), and more likely to be minorities (37% of its residents are black vs. 4% in Minnesota). Insurance companies are not required to cover the Pap smear in Mississippi; they are in Minnesota. Women in Mississippi have poorer overall access to care: Only 70% of women in Mississippi have had a mammogram in the past two years, compared with 85% in Minnesota.
Redoubling our efforts to deliver the Pap smear in Mississippi could alter at least some of these statistics. But it will take a large public health outreach effort. If successful, cervical cancer death rates in Mississippi should fall quickly. Multiple studies have shown that death rates begin to fall about three years after the introduction of the Pap smear.
One thing is clear about Mississippi. Gardasil will not address the cervical cancer problem there. It won't get delivered any better than other health interventions even if it is recommended by the panel (as of 2008, only 16% of girls in Mississippi had received Gardasil, compared with 34% in Minnesota). And even if it is delivered, it will take about 45 years to have a real impact.
But there is no panel that can weigh whether resources might be better spent on Pap smear outreach to women who may get cervical cancer, rather than on vaccines given to young boys to prevent cervical cancer in their sexual partners. This is because working harder to deliver a decades-old approach has no natural contingency, nor does it have the same burnish as a biologic and ethical debate over a tailored vaccine against a cancer-causing virus.
That is unfortunate; the truth is that the long struggle to prevent cancer takes focus and effort. It requires putting resources to work to reach those who are not fully benefiting from what we already know about curing disease. The fantasy that there are shortcuts that come in syringes or bottles remains, for now, just that: a fantasy.
Dr. Bach is a physician and epidemiologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. In 2005 and 2006, he served as senior adviser to the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Washington, D.C., focusing on cancer policy.


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Bryce Brown giveth, and Bryce Brown taketh away.
Just when it appeared that the explosive rookie would carry his ecstatic owners to the Promised Land, Brown put up a stinker of epic proportions. With just 12 combined yards on 14 touches, the Eagles tailback couldn't blame an injury — and he didn't even lose a fumble. He simply got bottled up by the Buccaneers' defense and, with that, doomed countless fantasy teams to an early exit.
Then again, if you teamed him with Marshawn Lynch — who needed just 11 touches to generate 128 yards and a TD hat trick — you probably survived. Add in the sucker punching of the Cardinals by the Seahawks' defense (eight turnovers, three sacks, two defensive scores and a shutout) for good measure, and Brown's implosion was a mere speed bump on your road to victory.
The first weekend of the 2012 fantasy postseason also featured stellar performances from Cam Newton, Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings, Knowshon Moreno, Mike Wallace, Danario Alexander and several others.
But those counting on heroics from Chris Johnson, C.J. Spiller, Larry Fitzgerald, Torrey Smith and just about any top-flight tight end were sorely disappointed. Even the great A.J. Green let down his team, and his owners, with just 44 receiving yards and an inconceivable drop of a sure-fire touchdown pass.
A rash of injuries to Robert Griffin III (knee), Jay Cutler (neck), Fred Jackson (leg), Ahmad Bradshaw (knee), Dwayne Bowe (ribs), Jared Cook (shoulder), Brent Celek (concussion) and Brandon Pettigrew (ankle) could have ramifications for many teams in crunch time, reminding us why it's essential to have depth at every position if your goal is a championship.
Indeed, the fantasy gods can be generous, and they can be cruel. Just ask Bryce Brown.
Free-agent picks and pans
To win a fantasy championship, it helps to start with a great draft. But filling in your roster throughout the season with the right free agents is also important. Here's a look at players worth considering for your championship run — and one who would look better in someone else's lineup.
David Wilson, RB, Giants. The rookie speedster had his long-awaited coming-out party with 100 yards and 2 TDs on the ground, punctuated by a 98-yard kickoff-return score. Wilson will surely get more opportunities to dazzle, especially if Ahmad Bradshaw's balky knee continues to limit him.
Kenny Britt, WR, Titans. If yours is one of the 30 percent of leagues in which Britt is a free agent, grab him. He's on a stellar three-game roll, with a very favorable schedule laid out before him.
Anthony McCoy, TE, Seahawks. The first Seattle receiver to accumulate 100 receiving yards in a game this season, McCoy made his mark in a contest in which his team scored 58 points. Look for his second 100-yard performance the next time Seattle breaks the half-century mark.
Ladd Biro has been named Football Writer of the Year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association for two consecutive years (2010 and 2011). Follow all his advice at the Fantasy Fools blog (fantasy-fools.blogspot.com), on Facebook and via Twitter (@ladd_biro).


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The major problem is that the signing bonus affects the next 4 years which means he is untradeable. The dead money will count against the cap regardless of his health for the next 4 years and thats the trick. His base salary is only around 7-10 million but his signing and bonus money is around 10 million a year and all of that is spread out over the length of the contract.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Here is a break down of his contract.
Its not "just" this years cap numbers.. Its next year and the year after that determine what money the colts will have to sign their FA's.


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text: Best Food and Nutrition Tracking Tool?Alan Henry8/08/13 2:30pmFiled to: hive five call for contendershive fivefooddietnutritionhealthweight lossquantified self1501EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink You probably know that keeping a food "diary" can help you lose weight and build healthy eating habits. Pen and paper works, but there are tons of apps that make tracking your diet easy and can help you build those good habits. This week, we want to know which ones think are the best of breed. Food tracking apps run the gamut from incredibly useful to blank slates that let you fill in all of the details. Some of them recognize food from popular restaurants, fill in nutrition information, and give you a complete picture of what you're eating. Others just track calories and leave the rest up to you. Which ones do you think are the best, and which ones do you use? Let us know in the discussion below!The call for contenders is closed! To see which of your picks got enough nominations to make the top five, head over to our Hive Five feature, the five best food and nutrition tracking tools, to see—and don't forget to vote for your pick as the all-out winner! Hive Five nominations take place in the discussions, where you post your favorite tool for the job. We get hundreds of nominations, so to make your nomination clear, please include it at the top of your post like so: VOTE: BEST FOOD AND NUTRITION TRACKER. Please don't include your vote in a reply to another person. Nominations emailed to us will not be counted. Instead, make your vote and reply separate discussions. After you've made your nomination, let us know what makes it stand out from the competition.About the Hive Five: The Hive Five feature series asks readers to answer the most frequently asked question we get: "Which tool is the best?" Once a week we'll put out a call for contenders looking for the best solution to a certain problem, then YOU tell us your favorite tools to get the job done. Every weekend, we'll report back with the top five recommendations and give you a chance to vote on which is best. For an example, check out last week's five best online backup services. The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. As with most Hive Five posts, if your favorite was left out, it's not because we hate it—it's because it didn't get the nominations required in the call for contenders post to make the top five. We understand it's a bit of a popularity contest, but if you have a favorite, we want to hear about it. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at email@example.com! Advertisement Advertisement Photo by Spectral-Design (Shutterstock).Reply150 repliesLeave a reply


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SEBI had slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore on the former Adlabs man for alleged insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had charged Manmohan Shetty, former MD, Adlabs Films, of insider trading on June 13. The regulatory body had slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore on him. Shetty has now been cleared of the offence after he appealed to the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT).
A statement by Shetty's PR said, "Manmohan Shetty's impeccable record and character is one of the primary reasons that the man is so well respected in the entertainment industry. Building a conglomerate was always bound to be an uphill task, but to do so with the honesty and attitude shown by Mr. Shetty over the course of the past few decades makes his achievements even more commendable. Back in 2006, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) charged Manmohan Shetty, the former managing director of Adlabs Films, with insider trading for selling shares of his firm in violation of rules while fining him Rs 1 crore for the offence. Mr. Shetty had appealed to the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) and contended that the sale was not based on any insider information since the decision of the Board had already been sent to the Stock exchanges and was disseminated on the website of the stock exchanges. It was further submitted that the sale of shares before expiry of 24 hours of the outcome of the Board meeting being made public was purely an inadvertent and technical error. After analyzing the entire case, SAT recently ruled that Mr Shetty did not violate any insider trading regulations but did violate the code of conduct, formulated by the company, by selling shares during the period when trading window was closed. In accordance with the ruling, the fine was reduced to Rs 25 lacs with SAT accepting Mr. Shetty's contention of the transaction being a technical error, without any mala fide intention. The judgment brought the entire saga to a fitting conclusion with Manmohan Shetty cleared of any wrongdoing."


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Firstly, a disclaimer. This is far from a definitive 'best of' cycling books list for the year. The rate of literature arriving on my desk reached a peak in the weeks preceding the Tour and I struggled to get on top of the pile after that. Slack, I know.
It became a matter of picking out what looked like interesting subject matter, written by trusted authors and without gaudy yellow covers.
Here, in no particular order, are the books I enjoyed most.
Land of Second Chances – Tim Lewis
As editor of the excellent Observer Sport Monthly, Lewis commissioned an article in 2008 by Steve Bloomfield on the unlikely-sounding Team Rwanda. Just 14 years after the genocide that claimed the lives of an estimated 800,000 Rwandans, Bloomfield learned of plans for a Rwandan cycling team following a chance meeting with former US professional Jock Boyer in Nairobi, and Lewis has followed the developing story ever since.
Our own 12 and Ben Ingham covered the Tour of Rwanda back in 2010 and Lewis was there, and has returned since, to record the team's progress from rocky beginnings to Adrien Niyonshuti's appearance at the London Olympics.
Lack of equipment, lack of nutrition and culture shock are the obvious starting points, but it goes much deeper: US Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee Tom Ritchey's attempts to design and distribute cargo bikes to coffee growers; frustration as riders with great potential fall by the wayside; the cast of Westerners – Boyer and Ritchey especially – seeking some kind of redemption in Africa.
A cycling team seems a trifling matter when put up against recent history in Rwanda. Yet the efforts of Boyer and Ritchey somehow reflect the 'truth and reconciliation' process post-genocide. There is no happy ending, just an ongoing attempt to make things better, with no guarantees and the distinct impression that it could all go belly-up at any moment.
As the author told us: "It is not a straightforward story of success and hope and triumph over adversity. It is complicated, both for the team and the country."
The Race Against Time – 153
The Hour Record remains the true test of a great rider. Two riders gatecrashed the party in the 1990s and created a media storm in Britain at a time when cycling rarely troubled the sports pages of national papers: Chris Boardman, with his hi-tech Lotus bike and scientific approach, versus Graeme Obree and his homemade machine and offbeat training methods.
Pickering identifies two men seemingly worlds apart yet strikingly similar in their approaches to being the best in the world: embracing short, intensive training sessions when mile-munching was the norm; the 'marginal gains', in both equipment and fitness levels, that became the buzzwords of Team GB under Dave Brailsford; and (not immediately obvious) the fear of failure that drove both Obree and Boardman to become record breakers.
For anyone wanting to understand the roots of British cycling's recent triumphs, The Race Against Time is essential reading, and it is Pickering's thorough research that makes it so.
On The Road Bike – 2
Boulting's self-deprecating humour and ability to recount stories and elicit interesting anecdotes from everyone he encounters on his road trip won me over just as his How I Won The Yellow Jumper had previously.
The author's 'search for a nation's cycling soul', as the subtitle alludes, takes Boulting around the country trying to work out how Britain went from a nation of indifferent also-rans to cycling obsessives and world-beaters.
Particularly engaging, for me at least, were the chapters on Tour of Britain organiser Mick Bennett, former Six Day rider Mo Burton and the cast of the New Romantics' ride in Regent's Park – the gentle ribbing of Gary Kemp and his Rapha-clad pals is a hoot, although I'm not sure they were amused…
And if you haven't met soigneur and race organiser Garry Beckett, this line is perfect: "His gruff south London voice, at least two octaves lower than is audible to most humans, was unmistakable."
Spot on, Ned.
Mountain Higher – Daniel Friebe and Pete Goding
The sequel to Friebe and Goding's Mountain High could so easily have been a damp squib cash in. Thankfully, having covered most of the great climbs in the first edition, the duo dug deeper to uncover lesser-known but equally fabulous mountains, many in locations rarely considered by the cycling fan.
Beastly but beautiful ascents in the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, even Scotland, feature alongside the usual destinations in the Alps, Pyrenees and Dolomites. Friebe's accompanying text mixes race history with well-researched local anecdotes to good effect, while Goding's images of deserted roads winding into the distance are gorgeous.
Mountain Higher is a book that will have you reaching for a map, checking out flights and planning next summer's cycling trip. Inspiring.
The Cycling Anthology: Volume III – edited by Ellis Bacon and Lionel Birnie
Hats off to Bacon and Birnie for another collection of fine features from many of the best cycling writers in the business. Standouts for me are Owen Slot's examination of Corsica's welcome – or lack thereof – for the Grand Départ and Klaus Bellon Gaitán's piece on scepticism in the modern cycling era.
And special mention goes to Simon Scarbrook's wonderful (as always) cover illustration. Plenty of publishers could learn a thing or two about marketing from this self-published team.
Domestique – 116
Stories from the back of the bunch are, on the face of it, less appealing and certainly a harder sell than a champion's autobiography. Winners make for good book sales, understandably. But if the life of a professional cyclist is largely about suffering, who better to recount tales of hardship and woe than the humble domestique?
46's Le Métier is one of the best reads around on the subject and this excellent book by Wegelius – written in conjunction with 12 – makes a very welcome companion piece.
Wegelius worked away off the radar of British cycling fans and press alike, certainly until the infamous 2005 World Championships incident that resulted in both himself and Southam being banned from Team GB for life. Wegelius gives his version of events – he was simply doing what most professionals do and earning a few quid on the side by pulling on the front for the Italians. Hardcore patriots may baulk at the very idea of riding for another team, but that is reality. Wegelius was a very good and highly valued domestique. A bit of ducking and diving in a precarious profession is par for the course and Charly did his fair share, but on this occasion was caught out and – he argues and I tend to agree – was unfairly punished and criticised.
There are plenty more interesting insights and anecdotes from his time riding for Danilo Di Luca and Cadel Evans, not to mention failing a haematocrit test in 2003. The only criticism I passed on to Wegelius at this year's Tour was I found the liberal sprinkling of swear words a bit tiresome – they lose their effect and become irritating. "You should have seen the first draft before the edit!" he replied, without swearing.
Scary thought. Still a f***ing good read, though.
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Is it too self-indulgent to slip one of our own books in the mix? Probably, but what the heck. I include this not for my own paltry contribution, but for those of the photographers, writers and designers who did such a tremendous job with what was a mammoth project. Here's to you, 1s.
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Thanks to the crafty people in my life (namely Kate and Matt), I've become sort of obsessed with materials lately. I used to be more of a finished-product type of person, but now the raw materials (wood, leather, brass rivets, etc.) seem more appealing than the things they can become. So I was fascinated by this video for sugru, a sticky material that has incredible holding power. I'm already dreaming up 9 million ways I'd like to use this around the house to keep things together that are starting to wear, but this video sort of says it all. It's always fun to see a useful product in action. xo, grace
OMG! That's awesome. I had never heard of that stuff, it's incredible
Loving both the video and the material! Can't wait to try it! …fingers crossed so that I can find it in London.
Thanks for the recommendation! :)
Fantastic! Just ordered for the house and plan to give gifts at Christmas. I will not be responsible for uses dreamed up by #1 son and son-in-law, however!
well that is just WAY cool. Did I miss where you can buy it?
Sugru is AMAZING. It's fun and so useful! My husband discovered it and brought some home and I geeked right out.
A favorite. I hope you try it soon and love it (I've written about several uses on my site… from making feet on a reclaimed wood centerpiece, to fixing a tripod… to repairing almost all of my iPhone cords). Thanks for helping to spread the word on Sugru!
So clever!
this is soooooo cool!!! even the music works on this
pretty cool,shall remember the name!
Yes! Fantastic video, and I feel I must have the sugru! I'm sure I'll find so many uses for it. Thank you for sharing this!
awesome; a million ideas tumble already in my head while watching this SUPER VIDEO… Thanks for sharing; I shall very much look out for this incredible new product!
oh, yeah. Just bought some for me and some to give away to friends.
That is an amazing product! There are so many possibilities , I will be checking this out further. Thanks!
Diane from Crafty Pod has a great DIY Sugru project on how to heat-proof your stockpot handles. LOVE IT! http://www.craftypod.com/2011/09/16/heatproofing-a-stockpot-with-sugru/


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Blood vesselsHI can someone help me with this homework question please
Last edited by arsenal12345 on Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:19 am, edited 1 time in total.
Flow = velocity * cross sectional area, technically it's the dot product of the flow component normal to your c-sect area.
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Re: Blood vesselsI know flow = Pressure/resistance and Resistance = 1/radius^4
so for 4cm vessel , i got resistance of 3.9x10^-3 and for 1cm vessel i got resistance = 1 so does pressure have to increase by a factor of 256? i'm really not sure on this one
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