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As mentioned a few times previously, any blog that becomes even moderately popular attracts a certain number of, usually anonymous, comments that are rude or spams. The Velo Orange Blog has. I've been deleting comments like that as they come up, but that only seems to encourage some. Several regular commenters have urged me to simply ban anonymous comments. Instead I've turned on the "moderation" feature in Blogger (the blog platform we use).
What this means is that someone at VO has to read and "publish" each comment as it comes in. I've been doing that job, but because I get so many e-mails I noticed today that I've missed a number of comments (they arrive by e-mail) and not published them. Sorry. We'll start using the special "moderation" console instead so we don't miss any more.
Generally, the only comments that get rejected are those that are very rude or that are just an attempt to shill some product that's not related to the post. Critical comments are OK; even stupid comments are fine; and funny comments are most appreciated. There is a good dialog here with many experienced cyclists adding valuable information and new riders getting their questions answered. I'm proud of that and want to keep this little community growing.
The photo is of a canal in France, not a bad place for a bike ride.
29 May, 2009
Comment Moderation
Posted by Velo Orange at 3:46:00 PM
17 comments:
- Anonymous said...
First post!! woot!
Allan Pollock - 5/29/09, 4:21 PM
- Chris Kulczycki said...
See what I mean!
- Hal Render said...
It's always sad that you have to moderate posts, but you've done a great job remaining civilized about the whole thing. My hat's off to you.
hal. - 5/29/09, 5:28 PM
- Yehuda Moon said...
I'm always curious about the Bicycle Quarterly digs (orange handlebar tape improves planing, etc.); they're often funny but kinda mean spirited at the same time... do these comments get deleted?
Speaking of, the Bicycle Quarterly web site has been down for DAYS. What's happened to Saint Jan?! - 5/29/09, 5:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
it's still a very fun site. Salut!
mw - 5/29/09, 5:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
In regards to anonymous comments; one can't have their cake and eat it too.
Just my two cents. - 5/29/09, 9:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Out of respect for the 'no commercial postings' issue, too bad I can't tell all of you about my friends who have a sailing barge in France and are currently taking tours--very amenable to a VO-esque mindset (wooden boats, a classic bike with M bars and a Baggins bag, wine, well read, excellent food, reasonably priced...) and are down with bikes on board. However, I will offer Chris a link to their blog if he wants.
M Burdge - 5/29/09, 11:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for allowing anonymous comments. I'm a frequent reader but rarely feel the need to put in my $0.02; but I never feel the need to go around registering accounts with every web site on which I wish to comment. Hurrah for Velo Orange and for John/Jane Doe! Cheers.
--Grego - 5/30/09, 1:52 AM
- Chris Kulczycki said...
M, That sort of comment, about the barge tours, is fine. It fits the theme here and may be of use to many of us (myself in particular ;-)).
It's the commenters who repeatedly plug their particular brand of bike, or their site, or shop even it though it has little to do with the topic of the post that are the issue. And there are the occasional outright spams for things that have nothing to do with bikes that almost every popular blog gets. - 5/30/09, 6:18 AM
- Cycling Gourmet said...
Hi Chris, I noticed that in your earlier entries, you still carry a Leica M3. Are those lovely photos of France taken with the M3? Do you shoot with slides or negatives? The reason I ask is I am contemplating of shooting slides again to rein in my trigger-happy ways with digital cameras.
- Steve said...
Chris, here's an idea for your next non-cycling related project.
a Ferrari powered 2CV van. You can tell there's more than just a couple of horses at work here...! - 5/30/09, 3:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
Alright, then--see http://www.linquenda.ca/ for information on tours and such. Jon and I met on a sail training trip, from Hawaii to Victoria, and his wife Dianna is a friend of my wife. We set them up, and are excellent people. linquenda is the name of their barge.
M Burdge - 5/31/09, 12:15 AM
- Chris Kulczycki said...
Thanks M.
Gourmet, I really don't use the M3 much any more, nor my lovely old Rolleiflex or view camera. They are neat shoot with on occasion, but digital is so much more convenient and the quality is more than acceptable. It's to easy to fret over equipment when we should be concerned with the art. - 6/1/09, 10:02 AM
- robatsu said...
A few years ago, I was involved in a startup that revolved around instantaneous web publishing of cell phone pics. As I don't want to be pushing a commercial site, I won't mention the name. But it wouldn't make a difference, one of the findings of this effort was that nobody was going to make any money in that sector.
Another finding was that any widget on the web that accepted pictures without moderation would eventually start receiving naughty images, both from free lance cell phone users and from spam artists.
This was an inexorable truth, and actually was a very significant factor in why such widgets ultimately could only have limited/niche utility-i.e, they required constant moderation, which negated the instantaneous aspect.
In the case of VO blog, it was becoming clear that lack of moderation was degrading the utility of the blog. Users were getting turned off and Chris was having to deal with a bunch of extraneous noise.
Just the way it is. The only way things could remain unmoderated is for VO to be obscure/unknown. Q.E.D. - 6/1/09, 1:13 PM
- Freddie said...
It's a shame you have to resort to moderation, no matter how "open minded" you beleive you are there comes a point where one becomes biased not to release a post for reasons beyond bad language (scathing criticism of a product, for instance).
As for Jan Heine, I'll give you my perspective. Jan Heine helps rejuvenate 650B stylisms, the people rejoice, a nice alternative they think.
Jan Heine loves the bikes, yet doesn't fully understand their workings, so rather than go into the physics, he gets all syrupy and starts talking of planing, Beethoven symphonies and such.
Later, he releases a book about such bikes, the writing is rather child like, the grammar is poor, there's very little information about the manufacturers or design of the bikes, the superlatives flow.
In fact, the superlatives flow to such an extent, he states " x bike from 1913, one of the first multi geared bicycles". That there were multi geared bicycles produced in the early 1890's, twenty years earlier, seems to have passed him by, considering he's a member of the Veteran Cycle Club this is NOT acceptable (their magazine, free with subscription, regularly discusses 19th century cycles).
Yet, because he's done "so much for cycling", he becomes god-like enough that most daren't contradict, some even buy wholesale into the diatribe.
We should avoid letting people become untouchable heads of some kind of cycling religion and further, letting ourselves get drawn into such things.
Being critical is always better than burying one's head in the sand, if in doubt, remember the aim of the VCC, to find the truth in cycling. - 6/2/09, 11:07 AM
- David said...
Lovely photo of France, and I would love to know the name of the company.
But, I will also send a photo of how I used your city handlebars on a garish 66cm Schwinn Voyager 11.8 in bright red with lime green cables and a bike flag topped with a flaming eyeball from Mooneyes. And Iron Cross pedals. That will surely get me banned from this site! - 6/2/09, 2:52 PM
- online earning said...
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Seven Things About Me Meme
Tess from Anchors & Masts has tagged me for this meme. How exciting! I'm always up for some fun.
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4. When I was little, I dreamed of being Miss America and always wondered what my talent would be. Fortunately, I never went in for twirling blazing batons and gave up the notion of wearing high heels with my bathing suit. I am really glad those photos are not a part of my past or present!
5. I have not always embraced "Lucy." During a personal growth workshop, a friend dubbed me Lucy. I was livid and retorted "I am NOT Lucy!!!!" As you can see, the rest is history. (Sometimes you just have to get over yourself.)
6. For less than a year, we had the most amazing cat named, Larry. He thought he was a dog about half of the time and the other half he knew exactly when to curl up by my side and purr his little heart out. He disappeared about a year ago and I still mourn for him almost every day.
7. I have recurring dreams (both day and night) of being on the Oprah show and impacting thousands of lives in a positive way--either with my best-selling book or my powerful story of survival. Hmmmm.
AND, finally, I have a relatively small circle of blogging friends, many who have already been tagged for this meme. The joy is I have a few friends who have found me that I would like to invite further into the fun and maybe learn a few not-so-well known details about them. So I am tagging Sunrise Sister, Rich, Soutenus, Chimayo Bound, Good for Nowt, Redbarn and Geezer Dude (who has no official site yet, but I am hoping for one.)
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- Soutenus said...
Thanks for the tag! Yep, I had just tagged you on the book meme.
I will post this one as soon as I finish it --
Blessings! - 8:51 PM
- Tess said...
I'm kind of sorry that there are no baton twirling photos, but glad we have Lucy instead!
- Gabrielle said...
I'm hoping you will be on the Oprah show with Larry's powerful story of survival. I'm sorry he disappeared. :(
- aka lucy said...
thanks, soutenus. sorry, tess. and i really hope you're right, gabrielle.
- Sunrise Sister said...
Funny you should mention Oprah, I have a draft letter to she and Gail in my drafts file....oh well, Ophrah's power influences us all in one way or another.
Sunrise - 7:27 AM
- Sunrise Sister said...
so, where do we post our meme stuff - right here? SS
- aka lucy said...
ss--you can post it here or you could put it on your own site. just let me know where it is :-)
- aka lucy said...
ss--i hope your draft to oprah is about the fabulous talent of Lucy and her amazing photographer spouse. (i already checked re: manuscript submissions---they don't take any unsolicited...we'll have to think of another way to be fabulously discovered.)
- Sunrise Sister said...
Lucy - The draft to Oprah very tentative - as I began to recount the reasons we sisters might appear, I found the story a little (in the words of Lucy) bland:)in comparison to others I've seen occasionally on the air.
BUT, never fear, all business/motivational book writers and speech makers, at one point or another, remind the reader/listener that if one can think up one criminal way, or even one honest way, to earn a dollar - the same amount of effort expended can produce 100 ways to produce a $million.
Let's get to work on that million:)
Sunrise Sis - 6:57 AM
- goodfornowt said...
I need a few more blogging friends to get me up to seven. I'll get back to you on this later. - 7:15 AM
- aka lucy said...
hi goodfornowt--
you could always break the rules and just do the meme for fun without tagging anyone (that's actually my personal favorite way to go :-)
cheers-- - 1:23 PM
- redbarn said...
Hi Lucy,
Thanks for the tag! My blogging circle is also relatively small and I was also tagged by Christine. But I've posted my list on my blog and then tagged 4 others so I did break the rules - oh well!
Blessings - 4:22 PM
- chimayo bound said...
Thanks for the tag, Lucy (I'm so new to this blogging thing, that I had no idea what a 'tag' was until now. And I certainly don't have seven blogging friends--in fact, I think you're one of two!!)
But, alas . . .
Far be it from me to turn down an assignment!
See my blog tomorrow for my response. And feel free to tell all of your blogging friends about Chimayo Bound.
Enjoy the sun! - 5:12 PM
- aka lucy said...
redbarn and chimayo--
glad you've joined this group of rebels! thanks for playing by your own rules :-)
fondly-- - 9:55 AM
- goodfornowt said...
Seven things about me are now on my blog. Thanks for inviting me. - 1:48 AM


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Birds are susceptible to a respiratory condition called "teflon toxicity" or "PTFE poisoning/toxicosis." Deaths can result from this condition, which is due to the noxious fumes emitted from overheated cookware coated with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). This chemical is found on most non-stick cookware and appliances, some stain repellant products, and other household items.
What are the signs of PTFE toxicosis?
The signs of PTFE toxicosis are non-specific, and could be seen in a variety of respiratory and other diseases. Birds are usually found dead in the cage or gasping for air and eventually dying. Mild exposures may result in difficulty breathing, wheezing, incoordination, weakness, depression, anxious behavior, or seizures.
The diagnosis of PTFE poisoning is usually made through physical examination, a history of using an item with a non-stick surface that was possibly overheated, and, if the bird has died, a post-mortem examination. The toxic particles released by overheated PTFE mainly affect the lungs. On post-mortem examination, the lungs are often dark red in color, with hemorrhages and congestion. Hemorrhages and congestion may also appear in the trachea and bronchi. These changes are not specific to PTFE toxicosis, but occur with many types of lung irritants, so there is no way PTFE toxicosis can be positively identified. Other toxic irritants include aerosol sprays, tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide, natural gas, ammonia, and burned foods and cooking oils. The signs associated with exposure to these toxins vary from mild chronic pneumonia to acute death.
The overheating of PTFE has been found to cause lung problems, not only in birds, but also in rats and humans. In people, the disease has flu-like symptoms and is known as "polymer fume fever." It is rarely fatal, although it can cause serious illness, especially in people with underlying respiratory disease.
Why are birds more sensitive to PTFE toxicosis?
The respiratory tract of birds is extremely sensitive to toxins in the air because of its unique anatomy. It is extremely efficient in exchanging gasses in order to provide very high levels of oxygen to the muscles for flight. While delivering oxygen so efficiently, it can also deliver toxic gasses. In addition, the small size and high metabolic rate of birds increases their susceptibility to airborne toxins. Birds, often canaries, have historically been utilized as sentinels for toxic gasses in coal mines because of this increased sensitivity.
To what temperature must PTFE be heated to be toxic?
After "Teflon" or other non-stick surfaces are scratched or tainted in any way, they are more susceptible to breakdown at lower temperatures. There have been reports of some instances of toxicity at lower temperatures.
What products may have PTFE?
Product brand names containing PTFE include non-stick Teflon, SilverStone, Supra, Calphalon, All-Clad, Circulon, Emerilware, Farberware, Meyer, KitchenAid, Krups, and George Foreman. The stain repellants StainMaster and Scotchgard also contain PTFE.
Silicone-coated brand name cookware such as Baker's Secret and EKCO, will not produce toxic fumes, and are considered safe. Because cookware and appliance manufacturers are not required to label their products with warnings or composition statements, contact the manufacturer if there is any question about any item that will be heated or is heat-producing.
How can PTFE toxicosis in birds be prevented?
Paul M. Gibbons, DVM, of the Niles Animal Hospital and Bird Medical Center in Niles, Illinois makes the following recommendations:
If you have PTFE-coated drip pans, throw them away.
Never boil water in a PTFE-coated pan.
Never leave the kitchen when a PTFE-coated pan is in use.
Cook at low or medium heat when using PTFE-coated pans.
Use a culinary thermometer to determine the temperature at which your PTFE-coated appliances (deep fryers, waffle makers) operate.
Never allow anyone to use PTFE-coated cookware in your home, unless instructed of its potential danger.
Ensure that your kitchen is properly ventilated, preferably by a hood that vents outdoors.
If you are an absent-minded person: give your PTFE-coated cookware away.
Even if you do all of the above, never keep your pet bird in the kitchen.
What other toxic fumes or gasses pose a danger for birds?
Carbon monoxide is an invisible, tasteless, non-odorous gas that can be fatal to birds and all other animals. It can be emitted from fires, automobile exhaust, and central heating units. Carbon monoxide detectors for the home are available and should be used. Be sure to place one in the room in which your bird is located.
Overheated or burned cooking oil, fats, margarine, butter, and other foods may create dangerous fumes when cooked on any type of surface heated above 500°F. Never heat butter or oil in a pan on HIGH.
Using the "self clean" mode of your oven can produce toxic fumes.
Natural gas in the air from a leak or unlit pilot light can be fatal. Never allow the pilot light of your oven, stove, water heater, or dryer go out. Keep your bird in a well-ventilated area away from sources of natural gas and propane.
Aerosols from many types of products may contain fluorocarbons and particulates that can be toxic. Avoid the use of hair spray, perfume, spray deodorant, spray-on cooking oil, spray starch, and other aerosols in the same room as, or in close proximity to, your birds.
Burned or scorched plastics can emit toxic fumes. Use care in the kitchen, in the placement of candles, and using wood stoves and fireplaces to avoid the burning, scorching, or igniting of any plastic products.
Fumes from cleaning agents such as ammonia and strong bleach can irritate the respiratory system and cause respiratory difficulties.
Pesticides, in the form of bug bombs, flea and tick foggers, and pesticide strips and sprays, can be very toxic to birds, as well as fish.
Organic compounds and solvents, such as those found in nail polish remover, mineral spirits, gasoline, glues, paints, and mothballs are hazardous to birds.
Smoke of any kind, including tobacco smoke, can quickly become toxic to birds, even causing death. Long-term exposure can not only damage the respiratory system, but cause eye and skin problems, as well as increased susceptibility to bacterial infections.
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Dumonceaux, G; Harrison, GJ. Toxins. Ritchie, BW; Harrison, GJ; Harrison, LR. (eds.) Avian Medicine: Principles and Application. Wingers Publishing, Inc., Lake Worth, FL; 1994; 1047-1049.
Gibbons, PM. Answers to Questions about Teflon Toxicity in Pet Birds. http://www.nilesanimalhospital.com/CareInfo/Avian/TeflonToxicity.html
Griffith, FD; Stephens, SS; Tayfun, FO. Exposure of Japanese quail and parakeets to the pyrolysis products of fry pans coated with Teflon and common cooking oils. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 1973; 34:176-178.
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Ah, young love. Isn't it grand? If you need more proof of that, look no further than Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, who reconciled earlier this month on a romantic Segway ride but are now embroiled in a textual controversy. Radar Online reports they have obtained texts and nude photos Justin Bieber sent to Selena Gomez during a fight. Clearly Justin Bieber knows the first rule of debate: always send your opponent a photo of your penis to throw them off.
The text conversation was apparently forwarded to one of Selena's friends (friends are the best) by a phone registered to her stepfather. It involves Selena Gomez saying what the world is thinking and calling Bieber an asshole. She then calls him a drug addict and tells him to get help. Obviously the only choice Bieber had at this point was to send her a photo of his erect penis with the message "Don't tell me you don't miss this." Radar is sure to remind us that Bieber is left-handed, therefore that's the hand he uses to grab his penis in the photo. He also likely used that hand to help him pee his signature in the snow in Aspen this weekend.
Here's the alleged text conversation, as transcribed by The Daily Mail.
Justin: 'Baby come on, I love you'
Selena: 'I don't buy that bulls**t anymore. I was honest with you and I gave you a second chance. All my friends were right, You're such an a*****e.'
Justin: 'You're all I need right now. I know I can make it right with you.'
Selena: 'U r a drug addict. U need help.'
Justin: 'Come on. Don't tell me you don't miss this.'
Selena: 'Stop. You need to listen to Scooter [Braun, Bieber's manager] and go to rehab.
U r sick.'
Justin: 'Rehab? F**k that! I make that f****r so much money. Cum on baby.'
Selena: 'Why r u sending these to me. We r done. And how can u let [Lil Za] take the fall for your actions.'
'U need to grow the f**k up. I hope you get jail time. U deserve it at this point.'
Justin: 'F**K YOU!!!!! I need to grow up?! HA ok! Enjoy life with OUT ME B***H!!! F**k you. F**k Scooter. F**k all y'all. IAM DONE!'
Selena: 'Good!!! Go retire or whatever bulls**t attention ur trying to get.'
Justin: 'Can't hear you over my cash, babe! You're only famous cuz of me. You know it.
I know. Everybody knows. Bye. … Go f**k someone else. Keep that talentless p***y away from me!'
So charming, right? One day I hope to have a boyfriend who'll text me such sweet nothings. Of course Bieber's team is denying that he sent the texts, and now so is Selena's rep, who told the Mail the texts are "not real." I'm not ready to write it off so fast, though. Until we get Tati Neves to look at the picture and confirm whether it's Bieber's penis, I'll refrain from forming an opinion. But I will delight in the fact that Selena seems to have done a Freaky Friday with the universe and said what we're all thinking. I guess that means at some point last week we were all briefly Selena Gomez. I knew I had the "na na na" part of "Come and Get It" stuck in my head more than normal.
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DAVIS, Calif. – Coming off of a narrow overtime loss to host UC Davis on Saturday night, the UC Santa Barbara women's water polo team dropped another heartbreaker to Cal State Northridge, 6-5, in the Big West Conference Tournament third-place game on Sunday afternoon at Schaal Aquatics Center.
The game was a seesaw battle throughout with Northridge grabbing the initial lead just over a minute into the game with a six-on-five goal by Melissa Doll. With 5:34 to go in the quarter, Molly Hafferkamp scored her fourth goal of the tournament to tie the game at one-all.
UCSB grabbed the lead in the second quarter with the first of Claryann Olofsson-Loo's two goals during the stanza. Northridge returned the favor, once again knotting the game, but Olofsson-Loo scored again with 3:15 left in the half to give the Gauchos a 3-2 lead.
The advantage was short lived as the Matadors tied things back up with 1:55 on the clock and then took a 4-3 lead with 39 seconds remaining in the half.
Northridge pushed its lead to two goals six minutes into the third quarter, but the Gauchos got consecutive goals from Kacey Creek and Shelby Haroldson to tie the game at 5-5 heading into the final frame.
Just a minute into the fourth quarter, UCSB drew a five-meter penalty, but the shot sailed wide, leaving the score deadlocked. With 3:45 to go, Kelcie Ferreira scored an even-strength goal to put CSUN ahead, 6-5.
The Gauchos took two timeouts in the last minute of the game, but were unable to post an equalizer. Matador goalkeeper Dana Harvey knocked down Haroldson's weak-side shot with three seconds remaining as Northridge held on for the 6-5 win.
UCSB out-shot the Matadors, 31-25, in the pairing. Ruth Milne finished the game with seven saves.
The Gauchos finished the season with an overall record of 20-15.
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In Dana Mackenzie's interesting column "A Tisket, a Tasket, an Apollonian Gasket" (January–February), Peter Sarnak remarked on the present-day inability of mathematics to prove or explain certain conjectures, including his own. Those conjectures concern the number series of the bends in Apollonian Gaskets. "The necessary mathematics has not been invented yet," Sarnak said.
It is interesting to remember something stated more than 200 years ago by Carl Friedrich Gauss. In his one-page proof of the long-unproven Wilson's prime number theorem, first published by Edward Waring, Gauss noted that "neither of them was able to prove the theorem, and Waring confessed that the demonstration seemed more difficult because no notation can be devised to express a prime number. But in our opinion truths of this kind should be drawn from notions rather than from notations."
Sarnak seems to have ignored Gauss's advice. That, unwittingly, may dissuade those who might otherwise attempt to prove those unsolved theorems.
Bernard H. Soffer Pacific Palisades, CA
Considering that the geometry of the circle involves irrational numbers such as pi and square roots, I was struck by the seemingly infinite array of integers in the Apollonian gaskets described by Dana Mackenzie. One view of this is that each pair of mutually tangent circles has two infinite series of tangent circles spiraling into crevices between them. There are an infinite number of these mutually tangent pairs, each with a pair of infinite series. Some series appear more than once and some are part of other series.
I have found a linear relation that is somewhat different than Mackenzie's by choosing two tangent circles (say with curvatures a and b) from any four mutually tangent circles. Of the remaining two circles, call the curvature of the larger d0 and the curvature of the smaller d1. Thus d0 is the starting term in a series of curvatures and d1 is the second term. Other curvatures are determined by the linear formula obtained by subtracting Descartes's equation written for a, b, dn-2, dn-1 from that for a, b, dn-1, dn. The resulting equation, dn = 2(a + b + dn-1) - dn-2, can be used to determine the successive values of dn by a process of iteration. Because Descartes's equation is a quadratic, the difference of the differences between consecutive terms is a constant and equal to 2(a + b) in each series. This seems to apply to the irrational roots of Descartes's equation, also.
Ronald CsuhaNew York, NY
Dr. Mackenzie responds:
I see no conflict between Sarnak's quote and Gauss's admonition. Sarnak would certainly agree that new notions, not new notations, are needed to prove his "local-to-global principle" for Apollonian packings.
I am glad to report that Elena Fuchs (Sarnak's student) and Jean Bourgain have proven a "positive density theorem." This relates to the question Ron Graham asked, about whether even 1 percent of the numbers that could occur in an Apollonian gasket actually do occur. Fuchs has shown that the answer is yes, provided 1 percent is replaced by a sufficiently small (but positive) number. Interestingly, her approach was to use carefully selected subsets of the Apollonian gasket, an approach not too dissimilar from what Ronald Csuha proposes. Instead of the sequence of all circles tangent to two fixed circles, she looks at the somewhat more complicated sequence of circles tangent to a single fixed circle. The preprint will be posted at the open-access site http://arXiv.org.
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They apparently voted with their feet following Tuesday's decision by the Spanish central bank to take control of Banesto, which urgently needs an estimated 500bn pesetas to rebuild a balance sheet badly holed following a disastrous expansion of its loan book.
The bank replaced Banesto's directors with a temporary board consisting of representives from the five biggest Spanish banks and headed by Alfredo Saenz, previously vice-president of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya.
The banking authorities have repeatedly attempted to reassure investors that they have no cause for alarm. On Sunday Mr Saenz, who has reportedly asked the accountancy firms Price Waterhouse and Arthur Andersen for an urgent audit of Banesto and its industrial arm, Corporacion Industrial y Financiera de Banesto, told depositors, clients and employees that there was nothing to worry about.
'We have a promising future ahead of us,' he said, adding that he was confident he would be able to relaunch the bank.
Nevertheless, the withdrawals represent more than 8 per cent of the bank's short-term deposits. According to official sources these amounted to 1,560bn pesetas at the end of September.
The bulk of the money was reclaimed across counters at branches of the bank, although around 23bn pesetas was withdrawn by the clearing organisation which handles interbank transfers.
Shares of Banesto, suspended just before the Bank of Spain's intervention, were last quoted at 1,995 pesetas. Traders said a number of transactions had taken place off-market on Friday at prices between 1,995 and 1,950 pesetas, but others took place at well below these levels.


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According to author and theologian Chris Putnam, this is a Seventh Day Adventist theory but there is a very compelling logic behind the theory. It wasn't just pulled out of a hat and made to look neat.
In the Book of Revelation, there is mention of 8 kings. The kings are widely believed to be Popes. The 8th King/Pope is one of the earlier 7 Popes. The angel speaking to John of Patmos emphasizes the 6th King/Pope who happens to be John Paul II. Where are we counting from? Since the Lateran Treaty was signed on February 11, 1929. Notice something about the date? Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on February 11, 2013! That's Eighty-four years to the day!
Pope Benedict XVI has retired to Castle Gandolfo. Some more info tying his new place of residence to the Lateran Treaty, directly from the Vatican website:
With the Lateran Treaty of 1929, Italy recognized the full ownership by the Holy See of the Pontifical Palace of Castel Gandolfo along with the adjacent Villa del Moro and Villa Cybo, and further agreed to hand over "the Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo along with all of its endowments, appurtenances and dependencies" (cf. Lateran Treaty, art. 14). Sometime later Pope Pius XI wanted to make the papal residence complete with the acquisition of some orchards near Albano in order to establish a small farm. [source]
Pope John Paul II has a webcam fixed on his tomb so anyone with an internet connection can view it. The given reason for this is that so people can take a virtual pilgrimage to his tomb. Well, then why don't they set up a webcam to some other pope's tombs? Will they set up a webcam for Pope Benedict XVI when he goes? [See the webcam here: http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/Monuments/webcam/index?cam=webcam2&testo=Tomba%20di%20Giovanni%20Paolo%20II]
Another oddity I found while researching this topic is this article about Pope John Paul II's Facebook Resurrection. It was reported in the AP but the article is no longer available through cliking the link in this article/blog post. I wanted to link to his Facebook page (or is it a regular profile?) but could not decided which one it was! Maybe it was taken down? Anywho, it's like they're trying to get the public ready so if he does return it won't be a complete shock. But I think it's safe to say, if anyone arose from the dead after so many years, nothing would soften the blow to the senses.
The chilling thing to consider is, this lines up with the idea that the next pope, whoever it may be, is the final pope before Rome is destroyed and "the terrible judge judges his people."
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Limit spending: Our country will survive
Tom Campbell's column, "Why House GOP should raise debt limit" [Sept. 22], provides the generally accepted academic and political parties' opinion that shutting the government down will ultimately benefit the president and his ever-expanding government agenda.
What Campbell misses, however, is that a majority of Americans, whether they are Democrats or Republicans, now realize that the inhabitants of Washington, D.C., are a "ruling class" who do not make decisions for the benefit of the people nor for the future of this country but for their own political or financial interests. This public viewpoint, in my opinion, bodes well for actually stopping the expansion and reducing the size and scope of the federal government.
Despite sequestration, the U.S. Treasury reported that federal tax revenues hit an all-time record of $406.7 billion in April of this year. The world will not end nor would there be a financial calamity if the government had to pay its expenses with actual taxes collected and then stopped the continual borrowing.
Yes, there would be a transition of methodology. However, the biggest and the most-painful recipients of this transition would be the inhabitants of Washington, D.C., not the rest of the country. There will be no world financial meltdown as the pundits for larger government, more specifically, those who want access to its treasury, want us to believe.
Bondholders will still want to be paid, even if it is a delinquent payment due to this transition. The fact is that the financial world would quickly realize that the federal government was serious about the national debt and willing to "act" upon it. After several months having to operate under the aforementioned scenario, the inevitable hysteria being voiced by the Washington inhabitants would prove to be identical to the sequestration hysteria, which was materially inflated and strung with falsehoods.
The president would be required to choose what expenses to pay initially. Hopefully, since the primary function of our federal government is national defense, the president would, at a minimum, choose to ensure that the military at least remains effective.
What, or better put, who, should receive payment after the military receives its payment is a more political question.
Michael Spitz
Foothill Ranch
The Republican House can turn the deficit to a surplus by:
Investing in infrastructure, which is an act that historically has returned $1.50 in tax revenue for every $1 spent.
Taxing capital gains above $3 million as ordinary income.
Treat profitable corporations as individuals by placing an alternative minimum tax on them.
Reduce corporate welfare by 50 percent.
Larry Severson
Fountain Valley
Health care skyrockets
For the past 1.5 years, I've purchased private-party, individual- health coverage and am a healthy, 48-year-old female. I just received my 2014 health care coverage renewal. My monthly premiums have increased more than 50 percent, and my annual out-of-pocket maximum has been increased from $5,000 to $6,300 for the bronze plan, which is the most "affordable" plan available. Thank you, President Barack Obama.
My husband's renewal has yet to arrive, but I'm sure it will consist of a comparable rate hike and annual maximum expenses.
To think that Obamacare was passed without understanding the financial implications for all parties involved is infuriating.
I don't qualify for a subsidy, but even if I did, it would have still been less expensive to buy a private-party plan, pre-Obamacare. Perhaps Rep. Loretta Sanchez can address this when she touts all the cost savings and benefits of Obamacare in the future.
Suzanne Wilson
No rebates for the elite
After reading the Register editorial, "Electric-car buyers don't need rebates" [Sept. 26], I completely agree. A few months ago I was driving home after dropping my grandsons off in Los Angeles, where they live. I was in my 1996 minivan, which I bought about 13 years ago for about $10,000.
A jaunty little orange Tesla, two-seat roadster passed me up on the I-405. Apparently this vehicle is priced around 10 times what I paid for my minivan. On its back window, in large white lettering, was this message: "You are responsible for pollution and war, drive electric or stay home," which implied that anyone driving a gasoline-powered vehicle was evil. The first thing that came to my mind is what gall and arrogance this guy has.
The fact is, without oil, civilization would not be what it is today. Absolutely everything comes as a result of the energy derived from oil, gas or coal. For instance, you can't build a dam to generate hydro-electric power without diesel-powered trucks, earth movers and cranes or the roads to get them there. What a hypocrite.
Not only are taxpayers helping pay for these cars, but some of the owners seem to think they are somehow better than those who can't afford electric cars; this one did.
G. Spehar
Huntington Beach
Freedom begets tyranny
The Republican Party is as lost as a ship at sea without navigation. The party continues to live within an ideology where fear is the currency of the day.
Instead of embracing change, it remains mired in Fox News and Heritage Foundation talking points. The echo chamber breeds extremism, intimidates Republican moderates and misleads people into thinking their worldview is broadly shared.
I call this a lack of awareness that the country's people are more connected and dependent upon each other than ever. One man's freedom can now become another's tyranny.
Denny Osborne
Newport Beach
Native American roots
The Register series, "California's rich Indian heritage" [Sept. 22-26] is well done but is not without (possible) misconceptions. For instance, it was stated that Christianity was "thrust upon the Indians" ["Tradition," News, Sept. 23]. There are many who would prefer to believe that Christianity was introduced to the Indians. Some of the strongest Christians today are descendants of Indians.
Another possible fallacy is the reference to North America. Mexico is part of North America and its Indians were no slouches as far as the development of their societies.
Nevertheless, kudos for this informative series.
Bob Torres
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- 1 can (15 ounces) mandarin oranges
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 packages (3 ounces each) cherry gelatin
- 1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
- 3/4 cup cola
- Drain mandarin oranges, reserving juice; set fruit aside. In a large saucepan, bring mandarin orange juice and water to a boil; remove from the heat. Stir in gelatin until dissolved. Stir in pie filling and cola.
- Pour into a 1-1/2-qt. serving bowl. Refrigerate for 50 minutes or until slightly thickened. Fold in reserved oranges. Refrigerate 3 hours longer or until set. Yield: 8 servings.
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By Michael Aneiro
With the Wall Street Journal taking a front-page look at insatiable investor demand for low-rated junk bonds, high-yield market guru Martin Fridson weighs in on the issue this afternoon, saying he's upgraded his assessment of junk bonds from "way overvalued" to "way, way overvalued." Fridson, currently CIO at Lehmann, Livian, Fridson Advisors, estimates the current fair value for the average high-yield bond spread (or risk premium over Treasuries) at 570 basis points (5.7 percentage points), while the actual spread on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch index is currently 376 bps, a difference of 194 bps. Here's Fridson, writing for Standard & Poor's Leveraged Commentary & Data:
Extreme overvaluation of the U.S. high-yield market has given way to very extreme overvaluation…. We define a disparity of one standard deviation (130 bps) in either direction as an extreme. One month earlier, the fair-value estimate was 514 bps, and the actual spread was 377 bps, resulting in an extreme overvaluation of "only" 1.06 standard deviations.
High-yield has now been extremely overvalued for seven consecutive months, the longest streak in history. Moreover, the actual spread has been less than fair value (although not always at an extreme) for 23 consecutive months. That is not a record, but it is ominous that the longest such streak on record, 27 months, came to an end in September 2008, the month in which Lehman Brothers collapsed, plunging global financial markets into chaos.
As in the 27-month streak, monetary policy is the key to the present, extended period of overvaluation. The Fed's explicit objective is to push investors into risky assets by artificially depressing interest rates. In response, investors are accepting excessively small compensation for credit risk, so desperate are they to boost their yields. High-yield portfolio managers are not unaware of the inadequacy of spreads, but are willing to skate on thin ice on the assumption that the Fed is committed to rescuing them if anything goes wrong.
The Journal story focused on investors reaching for yield by buying up triple-C rated bonds, the junkiest of the junk. Fridson helps explain this by saying triple-Cs are the least overpriced bonds in the high-yield market, while single-B rated bonds, the middle tier of junk, are the most overvalued.
I'd posted earlier today that Bank of America Merrill Lynch's latest credit survey showed an attitude of resigned acceptance among investors who keep buying corporate bonds, described this way by BofA:
[R]ationalizing such positioning investors expect spreads to tighten in the coming months on continued very strong actual and expected inflows. That mirrors our typical conversation with clients: "We don't like valuations but have money coming in the door every day that needs to be put to work in the market". Clearly this works, but the credit market is 100% about technicals right now.


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LIPSCOMB, ABNER SMITH (1789–1856). Abner Smith Lipscomb, lawyer, justice, and secretary of state during the Mirabeau B. Lamar administration, the son of Joel and Elizabeth (Chiles) Lipscomb, was born on February 10, 1789, in Abbeville District, South Carolina. He studied law in the office of John C. Calhoun, was admitted to the bar in 1810, and began practice at St. Stephens, Alabama. In 1819 he was appointed a circuit judge of Alabama and from 1823 to 1835 was chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. He was a member of the Alabama legislature in 1838. In 1839 he moved to Texas and established a law practice. He was secretary of state under Lamar from January 31 to December 13, 1840. Lipscomb was a member of the Convention of 1845 and served that year on the select committee that drew up a report on the General Land Office. He was appointed an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court in 1846 by Governor James Pinckney Henderson and was elected to the same position in 1851 and 1856. Lipscomb married Elizabeth Gains in 1813. She died in 1841, and he married Mary P. Bullock of Austin in 1843. Lipscomb died in Austin on December 8, 1856, and was buried in the State Cemetery. Lipscomb County, established in 1876, was named in his honor.
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For several years, Holy Cross Dining has posted nutrition information for all dining locations on the department's menu web pages. Last year we began providing nutrition facts at the point of service in Kimball Main Dining Room. This year, we are making nutrition information even more accessible with nutrition facts and allergen information available at additional dining locations. Our on line menu platform is being upgraded to be smart phone friendly and searching for your preferred menu items will be easier than ever with a new filtering search function.
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