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As the UK firm with the largest audit business, it was natural that KPMG should take a lead in finding a way out of the difficulties flowing from the application of the law of joint and several liability. The accountancy profession wants this law reformed because under it auditors - because of the perception that their insurance cover makes them a worthwhile target - can find themselves bearing the whole cost of a corporate collapse even if only partly to blame. But though the US has recently become the latest country to adopt proportional liability and a Law Commission feasibility study on the issue commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry is shortly to be published, the big firms feel they cannot afford to wait for action. The court judgment late last year against Binder Hamlyn, which - because it had only partial insurance cover - could result in about 100 partners of the firm, now part of Arthur Andersen, being bankrupted, has provided just the evidence they needed that desperate times call for desperate measures.
Days after the judgment, Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse announced that they were working with the States of Jersey to introduce a law that would allow them to set up in the offshore financial centre as limited liability partnerships. The idea, according to PW senior partner Ian Brindle, is to provide the firm with protection against the type of lawsuit that would wipe it out while not sacrificing the sorts of things that partnerships hold dear - most notably the collegiate structure that remains despite efforts to make the largest firms more businesslike.
Squaring this particular circle will be one of the central themes of a conference on incorporation of professional practices being held at London's Cafe Royal next Thursday by IBC UK Conferences in association with accountants Clark Whitehill and solicitors Allen & Overy.
The fact that Allen & Overy is taking a central role in the debate demonstrates that this issue is rapidly moving beyond the confines of accountancy. Solicitors' firms are increasingly worried about the rising tide of litigation, while the Binder judgment sounded warnings bells for professionals, such as consulting engineers and architects, involved in the traditionally litigious construction industry.
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In particular, opinion is sharply divided over the effectiveness of KPMG's partial incorporation. Mr Sharman maintains that legal opinion given to the firm states that it can ring-fence its audit business in such a way, but others have their doubts. One prominent partner at another firm believes partial incorporation is just a first step - adopted to ease the financial or administrative burden of changing status - towards total incorporation.
Similarly, not every member of the accountancy profession feels that setting up as a limited liability partnership offshore is the way forward. The plan is inspired by a similar development in the US state of Delaware, where all the leading US firms are now registered. Delaware has long encouraged companies to be based there through having its own approach to certain areas of commercial law while still being part of the US. Jersey does not fall into that category and more than one firm has expressed reservations about "running away" in this way.
Proponents of the Jersey plan say they have been forced into it because UK legislation only allows partners to have limited liability if they take one part in the running of the business.
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It is perhaps significant of the need to handle it carefully that the lunchtime session at the IBC conference will be taken by Dale Fishburn, chairman of Fishburn Hedges, the PR and design consultancy that has advised Price Waterhouse on matters arising from the firm's involvement in the matter that makes it most interested in audit liability - the collapse of BCCI.
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This weekend, however, it launched a bitter attack on leaks from City watchdog the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation (Imro) which suggested compensation to investors might reach more than pounds 200m.
"The incident is a serious one. We recognise that. We do expect it to be a record fine," one senior DMG source said this weekend.
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This dairy produces an assortment of artisanal, raw milk cheeses. The public is welcome to come, sample and purchase such creations as "Shawondasee" (mold ripened, aged 4-5 months, semi-hard cheese), "Mecox Sunrise" (washed-rind semi-hard, aged 2-4 months) and "Atlantic Mist" (creamy, white/ gray rind, produced by dual molds).
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Advisers wary of dumping accountants
Small business advisers say owners should look at more than the money they'll save before they decide to forgo accounting services and handle their own books.


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The BBC is facing a revolt from some of its most popular entertainers after announcing that it plans to close BBC3 and convert the youth channel into a wholly online service.
Comedians Jack Whitehall and Russell Kane were among the channel's stars who spoke out against the decision, due to be confirmed by Lord Hall, BBC Director-General, on Thursday.
Closing the channel behind hits including Gavin & Stacey and Little Britain means that shows such as Don't Tell The Bride and Pramface will only be available through iPlayer, rather than Freeview, satellite or cable.
Lord Hall said further cuts are required to allow the BBC to deliver an additional £100 million of savings. It is still only halfway through a £700 million programme of cuts.
Faced with a choice between closing BBC4, the digital arts and culture channel which costs £49 million a year to run and BBC3, with its £85 million expenditure, the BBC's management opted to axe the much-criticised youth channel, which launched in 2003 and is aimed at audiences aged 16-34.
Politicians welcomed the proposal to close BBC3, notorious for provocatively-titled programmes like F*** Off, I'm Ginger, ahead of vital charter renewal negotiations, set to conclude in 2016, which will set the level of the licence fee.
Turning BBC3 into an online-only brand would help "super-charge" viewing on iPlayer, the BBC argued. The BBC wants to extend the licence fee to cover households where people watch on-demand programmes exclusively on mobile and tablet devices.
The closure must first be approved by the BBC Trust, led by
Lord Patten. A previous BBC management decision to close the 6
Music radio station was reversed by the Trust after a lobbying
campaign by listeners.
The BBC's rivals suggested that the closure proposal could be a ploy designed to generate a popular backlash, thereby demonstrating to politicians the difficulty of closing a service once it is established. Lord Hall ruled out closing a channel last October because "the public feel very strongly about all the BBC services."
Comedians given a platform by BBC3 joined viewer protests, which attracted a #SaveBBC3 Twitter hashtag. Little Britain star Matt Lucas proclaimed the channel to be "the home of new comedy and drama".
Russell Kane, who presents Live At The Electric, said the BBC was disenfranchising younger licence fee payers. He told The World At One: "Everyone who puts in £145 for the licence fee should be entertained. I don't see why it should just be cut because young people have quieter voices in the democratic process?"
Kane said that moving BBC3 to the iPlayer would reduce viewers and hinder audience engagement when it screens political debates. The channel would lack the "rubber stamp of approval" awarded to other services, he said.
Heydon Prowse, of BBC3's hidden-camera political satire series The Revolution Will Be Televised, is launching a social media campaign, via change.org, to save the channel.
Prowse said: "BBC3 does a better job of the BBC's remit to inform, educate and explain than the £22 million it spends on The Voice. Its shows genuinely cater for a young audience in a non-patronising way. The BBC has enough content for middle-class, middle-aged people."
But the decision was more popular in Westminster, where the BBC's long-term fate will be decided. John Whittingdale MP, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, said: "BBC3's successful programmes could easily have been developed for BBC2. An awful lot of it is repeats or acquired programming."
He added: "There is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the channel is reaching the younger audience it was created to serve. It is better for the BBC to concentrate its output on fewer channels and to make sure they are distinctive and of higher quality."
Lord Hall is expected to set out on Thursday the BBC's future plans to reach younger viewers, if his "favoured option", the closure of BBC3 as a television service, is approved.
He faces questions over the genuine savings that closing the
broadcast service will deliver if BBC3 programmes are to continue
online – transmission costs account for £31 million a year but the
programing budget is £58 million.
BBC sources argue that younger viewers no longer watch programmes according to a linear channel schedule and that axing the BBC3 channel will deliver greater value to licence fee payers. However Lord Hall must demonstrate that all licence fee payers are able to access an online-only channel.
Hopes that a 6 Music-style campaign will influence Lord Patten may be slim. BBC3 has had 10 years to establish itself and received £1 billion of licence fee money. A large chunk of its late evening airtime is devoted to repeats of EastEnders and the animated import Family Guy. Its eight-hour schedule on Thursday features just two new programmes.
BBC3 has already experimented with premiering popular comedies, such as Bad Education, starring Jack Whitehall, on iPlayer to a positive response. The channel recorded a bigger audience among 16-24 year-olds than Channel 4 last year and it has faced persistent accusations that its programming is insufficiently distinctive from its commercial competitors.
Viewing figures for Tuesday night showed that hairdressing competition Hair enjoyed 785,000 viewers at 9pm, with 652,000 viewers tuning into EastEnders immediately after and 599,000 people watching the first of two episodes of Family Guy at 11pm.
BBC3: The best and the worst
Hotter Than My Daughter
Atomic Kitten member Liz McClarnon talks to the mother and daughter separately and asks them how they feel about each other's looks and asks the mother if she feels she is hotter than her daughter.
Public service content: 0/10
Snog Marry Avoid?
Atomic Kitten member Jenny Frost transforms the "fakery obsessed" or "slap addicts" into natural beauties by stripping them of their skimpy clothes and layers of make-up and giving them a makeunder instead of a makeover.
Public Service content: 1/10
Coming Of Age
Crude sitcom about sixth-form students: "DK fancies fat girl Sky, but will his unusual seduction techniques – a mix of chocolate, rap and breakdancing – succeed in getting her into bed, or will he have to resort to wooing her with pies?"
Public Service content: 3/10
F*** Off, I'm Ginger
Sister show to F*** Off, I'm Fat and F*** Off, I'm a Hairy Woman examined the life of a ginger haired person and the persecution they face on a daily basis. Kernel of a serious documentary submerged under coarse, eye-catching title.
Public service content: 4/10
Our War
Public service content: 10/10
Gavin & Stacey
Devised by James Corden and Ruth Jones, romantic sitcom developed from cult favourite to mainstream success after transferring to BBC2 then BBC1. Fulfilled BBC3 mission to identify and launch new young talent.
Public service content: 8/10
Being Human
Supernatural flat-share drama series starring Russell Tovey ran for five series, attracting two million viewers to episodes on TV and iPlayer and won Writers' Guild of Great Britain awards. Became BBC America hit and spawned a US Syfy channel remake.
Public service content: 8/10
Don't Call Me Crazy
Hard-hitting factual series following a year in the lives of inpatients at a teenage mental health unit averaged 1.65 million viewers per episode across TV and iPlayer. Accused of exploitation by some campaigners but also won praised for unflinching depiction of institutionalised life.


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Amplifier power, the number of car audio subwoofers and subwoofer impedance dictate how you wire everything up. Variables such as whether the subwoofer is single or dual voice coil must be considered because the wrong wiring scheme results in diminished output or amplifier instability. Once you have a grasp of these electrical relationships, you can wire your subwoofer for the best possible sound and equipment longevity.
Impedance and Stability
Amplifier stability is the key consideration when wiring any subwoofer. Subwoofer impedance directly impacts this, since most cannot reliably handle excessively low loads. Most amplifiers are geared to operate between 4 and 8 ohms, with impedance fluctuating depending on frequency. At minimum, heat buildup from low impedance results in frequent shutdowns or the amplifier entering protection mode. If the amplifier cannot handle the load, device damage or excessive distortion may result. If that distortion becomes too high, subwoofer voice coils may heat up and damage the speaker. Conversely, if impedance is too high, acoustic output may drop to the point where bass and dynamics are lower than necessary, providing an unsatisfactory listening experience.
Single and Dual Voice Coil Speakers
A single voice coil subwoofer connects to its amplifier in a straightforward manner, with the positive terminals on the speaker and amplifier wiring directly together as well as the negative terminals. Dual voice coil subwoofers are where things get potentially tricky – 2-ohm voice coil speakers must be wired in series to raise the impedance to 4 ohms, since most amps cannot handle loads below 2 ohms. This is accomplished by connecting the outer set of binding post terminals to the amplifier, jumping the middle terminals together. Conversely, wiring a dual 4-ohm speaker to 2 ohms increases power output, wiring positive subwoofer terminals to positive and negative to negative. Review your amplifier's low impedance drive capabilities in the product literature, examining the impedance ratings for 1- and 2-ohm operation. Select your subwoofer accordingly, always attempting to stay within 2 to 4 ohms whenever possible.
Bridging an amplifier is the act of wiring the left positive and right negative terminals to the subwoofer, increasing the amplifier's output. Amplifiers rated at 150 watts per channel can output as much as 600 watts mono in this configuration. The same rules apply when observing total impedance of the subwoofer, although when bridging, it's always wise to connect a 4-ohm load to the amplifier to prevent thermal issues. Four-channel amplifiers may be bridged to a high-output, two-channel configuration as well, increasing your wiring options.
Alternative Wiring Configurations
Mono amplifiers offering a single channel are normally geared toward connection to a subwoofer. Most mono amplifiers run very cool and thrive at lower impedances. Stereo amplifiers offer a little more flexibility, especially when driving multiple subwoofers. For example, a stereo amplifier can drive four subwoofers comfortably by wiring two 4-ohm voice coils in parallel per channel, forming a 2-ohm stereo load. Four-channel amplifiers may be configured for up to eight subs, wiring in the same manner. Alternately, wiring a single 4-ohm voice coil per channel creates a very easy and stable load for the amplifier, regardless of the number of amplifier outputs. Use your imagination, following the rule of staying above 2 ohms in most cases and avoiding total system impedance above 4 ohms for maximum output.
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Pleasure with a perfect stranger…
Jay Bentley is a man with issues. Haunted by physical and psychological demons, he seeks solace and sexual oblivion in the pursuit of an exquisite erotic daydream from his youth, and the reality of a woman who has illuminated his inner fantasies since a brief meeting years ago.
Sandy Jackson has always known that a certain magic is 'missing' from her life. She's feisty and philosophical, but her dreams are filled with heated images of a handsome Prince Charming she once encountered, a man who will kiss everything better and thrill her with glorious, dangerous pleasure.
But the past is an illusion, and the present fraught with conflict and uneasy compromise… can two passionate lovers reconcile their differences and slake their burning sensual hunger for each other in a wild and daring liaison?
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After announcing last month that it will redeem about $5.5 billion in preferred stock thanks to the Federal Reserve's approval of its capital plan, Bank of America gave shareholders more details on the redemption Monday.
All 114.4 million in outstanding Series H Depositary shares will be redeemed May 1 for $2.8 billion, while 106.9 million in outstanding Series 8 Depositary shares will be
redeemed May 28 for $2.6 billion.
The Fed's approval of Bank of America's capital-distribution plan allows the bank to return capital to shareholders. Last month, the Fed, as part of an annual review process created because of the financial crisis, examined the capital plans of 18 of the country's biggest banks, approving those of 14.
Since the recession, the banks need the Fed's OK before returning capital to shareholders through either higher dividends or repurchases of shares. Bank of America, after winning the Fed's blessing for its 2013 capital plan, said it would not raise its dividend from 1 cent per share. But the bank said it will repurchase up to $5 billion in common stock.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Bank of America provides details on stock redemptions
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Gaylord deal signaled dawn of new Aurora...until the deal went dark
It was a year ago today that Denver woke up to discover that upstart Aurora had rustled a major deal in the metro area: a massive, $800 million hotel/spa/convention complex that Gaylord Entertainment would build near Denver International Airport.
On June 21, 2011, Colin Reed, CEO of Gaylord, visited Aurora City Council chambers to announce his company's plans -- ones that called for Aurora to give an economic package worth $300 million to Gaylord as thanks for building the complex there, instead of Broomfield or Commerce City, both of which had been courted by Gaylord.
But at the same time that Aurora was scrambling to come up with the cash -- and Denver officials were scrambling to make sure Aurora didn't take the National Western Stock Show, too -- Gaylord was exploring other options. In a billionaire's garage sale, Phil Anschutz bought the Broadmoor, as well as numerous other properties, including an Oklahoma newspaper and a lot of art, from Gaylord.
And then, at the end of May, even as state eco devo head Ken Lund was getting ready to work out the details of the Regional Tourism Act incentives that Colorado had decided to give to Gaylord just two weeks earlier, it turned out that it had all been a dream -- like that entire season of Dallas that wound up with Bobby in the shower. Except that it was Aurora and everyone else who was banking on the deal who got hosed.
On May 31, Marriott International agreed to pay $210 million for the right to manage four Gaylord hotel/convention complexes....none of them in Aurora. And Gaylord itself announced that it would move away from the hotel development business.
Happy anniversary, Aurora. Remember, it's always darkest before the dawn...
(By the way, according to the Denver Post -- once a big booster of the Gaylord/Aurora deal -- the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have given early antitrust clearance to the Marriott International/Gaylord Entertainment deal.)
No matter where it winds up physically, the stock show is looking for greener economic pastures. Read more about one of them in "National Western Stock Show corrals the Rodeo All-Star Weekend."
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Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree
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Place | Kutchwada (Bhopal), India, 23n15, 77e23 | ||||
Timezone | IST h5e30 (is standard time) | ||||
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Astrology data | 18°29' 15°14 Asc. 13°58' |
Indian guru and author of more than a hundred book which are sold through his organization. Rajneesh was not only was intimately familiar with the world's great religions and philosophies, but the modern psychologies of Jung, Freud, Maslow, and the rest of the West's best thinkers in modern psychology and psychiatry. His followers felt that the depth of his intellectual sophistication was only matched by the profundity of his wisdom and the spiritual impact of his spellbinding lectures. His philosophy was eclectic, though much of it is was similar to that of Krishnamurti, who was acknowledged by Rajneesh as the only other enlightened man alive (beyond himself).
In 1981, the guru founded a commune near Antelope, Oregon of 1,700 disciples, a sprawling religious community of a hundred square miles. He had continual problems with the local government over land development along with bad press and controversy over his string of pricey Rolls Royce automobiles and fat bankroll.
Called the "sex-guru" because of his popular talks about tantric sex, Rajneesh's ashram became known as one big love fest during celebrations. With AIDS on the horizon, he was careful to warn his followers about the lethal spread of the disease and their practice of the Tantra rituals was accompanied by a genuine fear over unclean sex. The tumultuous commune became a real-life soap opera of hedonism and murder plots, with reports that Rajneesh advocated free love for himself and his disciples, a voyeur and participant.
His most prominent feature was his large, watery eyes, due to thyroid problems. He was actually very ill when he arrived in Oregon, a location that was recommended as beneficial to his health. The ashram was an attempt to build a self-sufficient commune based on ecological and organic farming principles, turning the desert into a garden, which they achieved in part. The devotees who joined the ashram came from all walks of life, devoting their money and labor to create a utopia.
The task of running the commune fell to Ma Anand Sheela
who was also the financial backer for the Rajneeshpuram venture. Ma Anand Sheela and her appointed staff took full charge of the daily running of the commune. Internal strife between Rajneesh and Ma Anand Sheela added to the mix, as he claimed that she was trying to establish the Rajneeshees as a religion, and that her quest for personal power led to her paranoia, which eventually spread throughout the commune. He spoke often of how organized religion is an obstacle to enlightenment and he blamed Ma for her ambition of wanting to be the first Popess. The assets of the organization were all in her name.
Difficulties accumulated with not only the local citizens but with the National Immigration Service and Revenue Service and Rajneesh was arrested as he fled his strife-torn utopia on 10/28/1985 to the tune on 35 counts of conspiracy and fraud, indicted by a Grand Jury in Oregon.
On his return to India, he changed his name to Osho to signal a change in his consciousness. Less than five years later he died of heart failure at his Ashram in Poona, India, 1/19/1990.
- (has as) guru relationship with Foudraine, Jan (born 25 February 1929)
- (has as) devotee relationship with Hogue, John (born 29 October 1955)
- Social : Joined group 1981 (Ashram in Oregon)
- Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 28 October 1985 (Arrested as he fled his commune)
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Steinbrecher quotes correspondence with the Ashram, 5:13 pm, data from his mom's memory. (Sam Gunderson taught a class in Oregon and has the same data from one of the disciples of the Rajneesh ashram.)
There are several other birth times in circulation.
- Traits : Personality : Liar/ Fraud
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Terminal attack)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy (had 93 Rolls-Royces)
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (India to U.S.)
- Passions : Sexuality : Extremes in quantity (Commune, open sex)
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Civil/ Political (Conspiracy and fraud)
- Vocation : Religion : Cult leader (Commune)
- Vocation : Religion : Spiritual Leader/ Guru
- Notable : Famous : Criminal cases (Hypocracy, greed, fraud by the "holy")
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : Crime Collection
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- 1931 births
- Birthday 11 December
- Birthplace Kutchwada (Bhopal), INDIA
- Sun 18 Sagittarius
- Moon 15 Capricorn
- Asc 13 Gemini
- 1990 deaths
- Traits : Personality : Liar/ Fraud
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart
- Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate
- Passions : Sexuality : Extremes in quantity
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Civil/ Political
- Vocation : Religion : Cult leader
- Vocation : Religion : Spiritual Leader/ Guru
- Notable : Famous : Criminal cases
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
The Space In Between and Dreams of Silver Lake
I'm not sure if it's sleep apnea or constantly being overtired all of the time, but I don't dream much. Every once in a while I will have a lucid dream that seems so real that it haunts me across the years. I sort of halfway believe in ESP. I have predicted things to come true. My daughter does the same thing, so maybe our family has a penchant for such things. I truly believe that dreams are a private conversation between the heart and the brain. Mostly it is the heart saying, "Hey Brain, this is what he really wants to happen. You're the smart one, get busy figuring out a way to make it so".
One dream I had a few years ago keeps coming back to me again and again. And yes, it is a scenario that I would like to see come true. So, here it goes. I had a dream that I was in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California. The reason I came to that particular neighborhood was work related. I got a chance to do some screen writing through a chance encounter. It was one of those "show us what you can do kid" deals. As such I didn't have a lot of money for a hotel and it was an open ended commitment. I might be there a week, months or longer. I called on friends and acquaintances for available couch space in the greater North LA area. One friend who came through was Matt Davis from DicE Magazine. I got into town early Sunday afternoon. Matt was busy with some previous plans, he gave me the keys to his apartment and said something to the effect of, "If you are hungry there is a great brunch downstairs next door". Downstairs from his place I found a trendy but welcoming restaurant. The bill of fare advertised an all you eat gourmet buffet with seafood, eggs, crepes and biscuits & gravy as well as unlimited Mimosas and Miller High Lifes for $50. Sold. I sat at the bar, ate my fill and downed several drinks. Full, slightly buzzed and tired from my journey I went back to Matt's apartment to rest. I opened the door to his building to find that it opened up to a courtyard with a large half pipe. Some guys were skating, I stood and watched for a few minutes then found the door to the apartment. I went inside and collapsed on the sofa. I nodded off thinking, "I could get used to living here". End of dream.
Now, I don't know Matt well. But we are acquainted through mutual friends in the magazine world and occasionally exchange emails or chat at events. When I had this dream it was either right before or after my trip to Born Free 3. This was before TriCo opened and Matt was still living in Glendale. I'm not exactly sure where he is living now, but I think I saw that he mentioned it's Silver Lake or somewhere near there. It's funny how in the last 3 years things have come together in ways I could not have predicted or had any idea about. I have been doing some existential soul searching lately about where my life is and feeling the yen get a fresh start in a new locale. I posted a picture on Instagram and mentioned the dream with Matt in the comments. His reply was priceless, "Life is for living bruv".
So yeah, let's do that, There's the dream...what my heart wants. Now I just need to figure out how to make it happen, to fill that space between now and realizing my dream.
Wish me luck.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Black Leather Jackets
This is one of those things from my formative years that had an effect on me. I had forgotten about it until I came across a pic on Instagram. It looks like two stripped down Duo-Glide Pans and a Knuck, either with a Vard front end or an early Hydra-Glide? Note the blacked out rims and forks. For many years an Excel black leather jacket, black t-shirt, Sears Engineer boots and cuffed Levi's were the uniform to go along with my greasy black mop and dreams of rockabilly glory. It wasn't until years later after my hair was gone and I outgrew my leather jacket that I was able to buy my first Harley. Some dreams never die...
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Lee Bender
Lee Bender got in a pretty bad wreck yesterday. From the looks of the pictures his forks got clipped by some careless driver. A split second later and it could have been much worse. He broke several bones and got a pretty bad gash on his noggin but avoided a concussion. From what I can gather he went through surgery this morning will be be on the mend for a while.
We hate to hear about anybody going down. All of us who ride do so with knowledge in the back of our minds "there but for the grace of God go I". Once the healing is done Lee will have some bills to pay and lost wages to make up. So, if you have a little extra please send it his way and help a brother out. You can make a Paypal donation to firstname.lastname@example.com
Get well soon!
UPDATE: Turns out it was an uninsured driver who pulled out in front of Lee then fled the scene. You've got to be a very special kind of scumbag to leave an accident that you caused while someone may have been dying. I hope they get theirs. Meanwhile, Mr. Bender seems be doing alright and is home from the hospital. Don't be shy about those PayPal donations, any little bit helps and you could be paying it forward if God forbid it is your turn to take a spill.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Fish, skulls, Harley Davidson and a brown interior.
Today I had some time and an afternoon of good weather to tackle a few projects on my van. The first order of business was removing most of the stickers the previous owner had applied, especially the huge HD emblem on the back door windows. As you can see it was quite the tribal skull abortion. There were also some stylized HA stickers adorning the doors as well as skull door locks and even a skull radio antenna topper. The guy REALLY liked skulls. After a few minutes with the widget and some Windex the goofy images were gone, butI left the largemouth bass. Inside of the van the fish motif continues. There are fish shaped night lights cut out of the same brown Masonite used in the floor, the door panels and dashboard. He also made a handy rack for fishing pole storage. Opening the back doors lets everyone know that the driver has "Gone...Fishin". The platform bed and LED lights added later enhance the magic of the 70s era brown naugahyde and bubble windows. The stereo speakers are cobbled from a home theatre system, complete with a free standing bass cabinet. The HD floor mats really pull it all together. In addition to his love of skulls I noticed that the previous owner wasnt really into basic vehicle maintenance and repair. Body repair from a fender bender is clumsy, but he did a great job of matching the paint. The battery tray was sort of half connected and shoved into the engine compartment. I secured it with a nut and bolt, easy. Next I fixed the radio antenna. Instead of putting it back together he had jammed it in the hole in the fender. No wonder I couldnt get in any stations. Again, it was another obvious and simple job. The real head scratcher came when I checked the tire pressure. The Wranglers called for 35 psi, each tire held around 15. No antifreeze or wiper fluid either. Sigh... Yeah, he was one of those guys. Anyhow, the van runs like a top despite any neglect it might have experienced. I dumped some Sea Foam into the gas tank. Hopefully that will take care of the carb loading up and running rich. All in all, after 2 weeks the van is a real pleasure to drive and I look forward to some new projects. The front brakes need some attention, the door locks need re-keyed, Id like to add jump seats or a removable bench seat, add cigarette lighter and the sliding door freezes half open. Id like to get the windows mirror tinted and it will definately need a real tune up before any major road trips. Oh, and I found a nifty cup holder at Autozone that fits righ in the map pocket. I like those modern conveniences.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Brooklyn, a month later.
No way in the world did I think a month ago that the biggest hurricane or extra tropical cyclone, whatever it was, would be hitting Brooklyn like a punch to the face from Randall Tex Cobb. I talked to my buddy Jeff Mowrer on Monday and he was prepared with beer, cigs and dog food aplenty. I havent been heard back from him since the storm hit. His place in the Bushwick neighborhood wasnt in an evacuation zone, so I'd reckon he is fine but probably inconvenienced in a major way.
If you look at the map you can see the Bushwick Inlet in Greenpoint in the red zone along the East River. 14th Street, which ends at the inlet, is where Root Gallery, The Gutter Bar and Works Engineering are all located. I haven't been able to confirm it but I fear that all of those places got hit by the storm surge and may still be under water. I hope Im wrong. Those sunny days of September seem long, long gone.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
New rides in fall colors
I completed the trade of my 1980 Ironhead for a 1977 Chevy van the other day. I was sad to see her go after all of the work I put in. But that's life. We build up what we have until we can get to the next step. I have been wanting a van for a while and now I've got one. Though I wont be bikeless. My neighbor is a hoarder of vintage Japanese bikes and set me up with a very cheap, and mostly original, 1974 cb750 sans title and in need of some work. It's a little step back true, but come spring it will be something I can tool around on and will make me some money when I decide to sell it. Im still gathering parts for my Evo Sporty build. Confidentially, it is not as good a deal as I thought previously. The numbers on the case are missing. The stamping numbers next to the oil pump reveal that is an 883 made on March, 15 1990. Despite the pulley in lieu of a sprocket that would make it a four speed. Apparently the belt drive conversion was a popular "upgrade" in early 90s. Bah! Honestly, once I work up to a reliable big twin chop I will be done with building and trading...I promise.
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Maybe, but we'll never know. He may have been just that good where even slightly weakened in 1934, he still won the TC.
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Where do I start, what can I say to undo that wrong, the part that I played in some players using PEDs. For some time I've been pointing the finger at the ballplayers, never stopping to think, in a small way I helped lay the foundation for the big bust we now see in MLB.
Sure I'm only one person, one fan but multiply that by millions of fans, millions who paid to watch these games, watch the players, it's not about being only one, millions of us paved the way for the big mess in the game.
I, like the rest of us on the board, fans everywhere all have our own problems in our personal lives, now I have to carry this burden, live with this guilt.
The players most likely will never see this post, but I'm going on record, my apology, to the game and especially to any player who may have suffered for my deeds.
I challenge all this board, the next time you speak about any player, suspect or a proven user...............before you condemn, look in the mirror, you share some of the guilt. I'm sorry.
Mea Maxima Culpa. :pray:
Um...yeah. As if Major League Baseball is the only business that drug tests their employees.
To answer questions about Big Mac without steroids, I decided to project his career numbers beyond 1989. This assumes that he does not miss time due to injury. By his own admission, he tried steroids in the 1989-90 offseason. Only his numbers up until the 1989 season are used in the projection using Bill James MLB Career Stat Projection Tool.
Projected Years After 1989: 8.5 (circa mid-1998)
At Bats: 6,269 (average of 543.5 per year)
Hits: 1,676 (29% chance to reach 2,000 with an average of 147 per year)
Singles: 921
Doubles: 273 (39% chance to reach 300 with an average of 24.2 per year)
Triples: 20 (0% chance to reach 50 with an average of 1.8 per year)
Home Runs: 462 (40% chance at 500 with an average of 40.7 per year)
Walks: 868 (average 74.7 per year)
Strikeouts: 1,381 (average 120.2 per year)
Hit By Pitch: 49 (average 4.3 per year)
Sacrifice Flies: 83 (average 7.2 per year)
Total Bases: 3,375
Based on those numbers, his batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage can be projected.
Batting Average: .267
On-Base Percentage: .357
Slugging Percentage: .538
His final hit totals are overestimated, but McGwire also missed significant time in 1993 and 1994 due to injuries. It also doesn't take the 1994-95 strike into account either. Despite this, the projection is still fairly close as are the at-bats. The projected .267 batting average is thus a decent projection based on his early career and what he did with steroids. According to McGwire, steroids didn't make him a better hitter. Based on batting average, it's possible that they made him worse than his projected value in terms of pure average.
What's most telling is the difference in power numbers through 1997. A projection to 1998 reveals that McGwire would have been projected to hit only 462 home runs in his career. Through 1997, McGwire only had 387 career home runs and his batting average (.260), hits (1,201) and doubles (198) were significantly below projected values. The addition of 1998 and 199 significantly boosted McGwire's career totals in terms of power. Much of the problem that McGwire had was that he was dealing with injuries. It's plausible that knowing what we do about steroids that McGwire's injuries had some contribution from his steroid use.
What is projected is not a Hall of Famer. Anyone who questions whether or not McGwire belongs in the Hall of Fame can look at what was projected from 1989. McGwire did not have a great chance to reach 500 home runs (only 40%), but it's possible that he might have reached 500 career home runs. When you take the strike into account, it makes McGwire's quest for 500 very unlikely. McGwire as projected would have needed 500 career home runs to receive Hall of Fame consideration. He had a chance at a fine career if he had never touched steroids, which is a tragedy by itself.
Mark McGwire completely changed his swing in the early 1990's. It was well documented at the time and it drastically altered what he could with a bat.
I concede that the tool doesn't account for that, but even given that fact, McGwire would have had a hard time getting there unless he avoided the injuries that hit him hard in the 1990's. I presume steroids had a lot to do with his injuries much in the same way they plagued Jose Canseco. With all of it said, assuming no injuries and taking the 1994-95 strike into account, it's reasonable to believe that McGwire could have hit somewhere around 450 home runs. Given the rest of his numbers as projected, he wouldn't have enjoyed any consideration for the Hall of Fame.
But that is just pure speculation on your part. My invalid question was only proposed to illustrate how invalid your original question was. Just assuming that the HRs totals would still have been exactly the same is every bit as specious logic as is downplaying McGwire's admitted steroid use by speculating that Maris (might) have also used. Also the idea of possible suggestion that McGwire's HR totals may be all legitimate because some pitchers (may) have also been on steroids. Sticking to what is known, McGwire admitting to long-time steroid and HGH use, seems more logical to question his HR accomplishments and not Maris' as, at this point, there is not nearly as much reason to doubt Maris as there is to question true level of greatness of McGwire. Proposal of speculative questions about what would Maris have done against juiced pitchers does nothing to make McGwire's HRs totals seem, more legitimate.
Exactly, who knows? So, perhaps people should leave Maris, and all other past players, out of the debate and focus only on what is known- that McGwire has admitted to using performance enhancers throughout a large part of his career including a season in which he hit at least 9 more HRs in a single season then any player ever. Speculation on what effect steroid use in 1961, including possible use by pitchers, may have had on Maris as nothing to do with what known steroid use may have had on McGwire in 1998. Smoke screens add nothing to the debate and do little to help McGwire.
No, I think a full grown adult who knowingly and willingly seeks out and uses an illegal substance is 100 percent to blame themselves. Now if they had a legitimate medical need for said substances then there was legitimate legal channels to take so no laws broken and no improper act or behavior. Ultimately people are bottom-line 100 percent responsible for the choices they make. There may often be extenuating circumstances, peer pressure, etc but one is always ultimately responsible for the decisions they make and the consequences they may have to face for wrong decisions.
Wow, Jack Clark tell us how you really feel about steroid use in baseball! :happy:
How is Tony LaRussa responsible? Unless he specifically catches one of his players using steroids, all he could have are suspicions. Why would he not put guys in the lineup that would best help him win? Now if he knew about use, but did nothing, he'd be guilty by association. While I may not believe that Tony is telling the truth about what he knew about Mark McGwire, there's really no way to prove it one way or another unless someone rats them out.
As far as Bud Selig goes, the only reason he got his position is because he and other owners forced Fay Vincent out of office. Selig does a good job of not stepping on the owners, though he probably does that too well. He fought the union for drug testing, which eventually resulted in the Mitchell Report and the heavy hand of Congress forcing drug testing on the union. As it stands, PED users get off relatively light unless they're stupid enough to be multiple offenders.
Jack Clark hit the nail on the head. I agree with him.
Admitting or not admitting dosen't really matter. What matters is the enforcement of any rule breaker when found out. As major league baseball lies beneath the cloud of unenforceable rules. As a comparison: Marion Jones served a jail term for violating olympic rules of conduct by taking illegal substances. The same substances Mark McGwire and others in baseball have used and are continuing to use. The glaring difference is Mark McGwire is not in jail. Now, if only Marion Jones had been a member of the Baseball Players Union, she would have been protected and would not have been prosecuted. Marion had to give back her winning medals and her records were removed. Mark, in turn, was rewarded by being employed by the St. Louis Cardinals and none of his records were removed. What a sad change of events.
You make the claim that McGwire is the greatest HR hitter of all-time. I gather it is fair to assume you base your claim on McGwire having the best career HR/AB ratio all-time. That stat is a fact and you are certainly entitled to base any opinion on that you choose. Where you seriously weaken your credibility is in speculating that (you think) Gehrig's numbers were reduced by ALS as early as 1930 and if not for that (you think) he would have had greater numbers then Ruth. I assume that if others here speculate that they think that steroids played a big part in helping McGwire achieve that HR/AB ratio you would disagree vehemently and call it nothing but speculation. However, at least at this moment, there appears to be better reason to believe that steroids helped McGwire's HR/AB ratio then ALS reduced Gehrig's output as early as 1930. There is just too much double standard in this debate. To act like you think that McGwire would have hit 70 HR anyway even without steroids and then state that Gehrig would "surely" have hit 60+, like you know it as fact, does little to give any argument you make any credibility and only exposes bias.
Sticking to what we do know, by McGwire's own admission, he at least used steroids and HGH for a significant period throughout his career to at least try to play as many games as necessary. It is just common sense that without the number of ABs McGwire was able to have in seasons such as 1998 then 70 HRs in a single season would have been much harder to come by. In this way there is no denying that steroids likely did have some effect on McGwire and his ultimate career totals. If one chooses to deny that or claim that is just speculation then they must claim that there is no valid proof that steroids and HGH even help a player recover from injury and allow him to play more games when before he showed signs of breaking down. If one chooses to claim that steroids and HGH don't help in that regard then McGwire has to backpedal and come up with yet even another hopefully valid reason why he chose, post 1991, to make use of illegal substances.
Actually, I'm willing to bet that many posters here saw my logic in an analogy with Gehrig and Robinson. There were actually many others I could have mentioned but it is not worth the time. I'm not here to convince anyone of anything. The bottom-line is that by McGwire's own admission he used PEDs for a significant part of his career. He claims in order to help him stay on the field more. Meanwhile he hits 9 more HRs then anyone was ever able to hit in a single season. People are free to believe what they want, including that he would have hit those 70 HRs even if he never saw a PED- even simply because they think he became a smarter or better hitter. I'm willing to bet the majority of equally intelligent and equally informed baseball fans do not buy that explanation.
Sure Bud Selig is responsible for the choices he makes in his life. Tony LaRussa as well. I don't know but when Tony got the DUI I believe he blamed only himself for his own action and choices- that is to his credit. As for Bud, last time I looked I have seen no proof that he held a gun to any grown adult MLB player's head and forced them to take steroids for any reason, let alone that owners told him to force players to use so they would make more money. And lets stop using the specious logic and intellectually dishonest arguments that the players had no choice because of a prevalent steroid culture in MLB- IT Was Players and Trainers Who Created That Culture. They are grown men who in most cases would know they were breaking federal laws- why do you think all the clandestine behavior. Placing the blame on anyone except players that chose to use is an invalid smoke screen and no more legitimate then blaming alcohol makers for those who choose to get drunk then drive.
Who is making the argument that the players had no choice?
Our society and our laws do in fact place blame for events on people that otherwise did not pull the trigger. For instance a bartender that serves an intoxicated person alcohol who then goes out and gets into an accident can be held at least partially responsible for that accident. If I provide you with a gun knowing that you are going to use it to rob a bank I am partially responsible for that crime.
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IT Was Players and Trainers Who Created That Culture.
Marion Jones went to jail because she was found guilty of lying to federal investigators during an investigation. She did not go to jail because she used illegal substances.
Wow the use of smokescreens on this issue knows no end. It makes zero difference that illegal steroids are the type of substance that a player would likely have to receive and use through guidance and help of a trainer. It further makes zero difference if a trainer in a particular instance may be the one to instigate a players contact with PEDS and even suggest or introduce use. The bottom-line common sense truth that everyone here understands, smokescreens notwithstanding, is that the ultimate responsibility for following through and actually committing an act falls on the person who actually committed the act. In this case ingestion of steroids, whether taken orally, self-injected or having someone else inject. It is the ultimate choice of the player who has to give his consent or no actual act could possibly even be committed. (Unless someone here wants to throw in an even more outrageous smokescreen and say players were somehow injected unknowingly while asleep)
The intellectually dishonest arguments using extremely specious logic do nothing to convince anyone that players should not shoulder the ultimate blame. I'm sure you understand the simple truth that regardless of anyone else who may also share some measure of blame for PEDS in baseball, each and every player who chose to ingest PEDS ultimately is 100 percent responsible for allowing the act of actual ingestion and use to occur. Each grown adult player of normal intelligence and full use of their facilities and freewill is responsible for the actual choice to enter chemicals in their bodies despite who else may also be deserving of some measure of blame for knowing and doing nothing. I'm sure you understand this just as you understand how flawed and invalid your analogies are. Yes, A Bartender can have some blame for allowing someone too much to drink. Yes, a person can be in trouble with the law for providing a gun to someone they know will commit a crime. Does any of that absolve in any way the full blame and responsibility that the person who gets behind the wheel drunk or the person who makes the conscience decision to actually pull the trigger for there individual choice and act? - of course not. Simple fact, truth, and reality. In the same way no matter who else shares blame in steroids in MLB, every player who chose to use holds 100 percent blame for their own individual action- also simple truth and fact.
It's not a smoke screen. It is a simple fact that McGwire faced tougher competition from pitchers. Some maybe due to steroids. Others due to a simply increased talent pool. Others due to other "legitimate" medical advances such as TJ surgery or ligament enhancement surgery.
Here is the real smoke screen. The blame game and what a game.
A poster comparing a bartender who served an intoxicated person alcohol which may have resulted in an accident legally can be held partially responsible, compared to the following.
How was Tony partially responsible for Mac using steroids, did he supply him with steroids as the bartender supplied the person with alcohol.
Where is the comparison with a supplier to one who said nothing.
Do you know who used first, who started it all. Were you sitting in, some locker rooms. How do you know if Mac was using before or at the same time pitchers were using. You know, we all know that you have no idea when or where the use
Is it possible that the hitters started it all and the pitchers were trying to level the playing field. At least I'll be honest, I don't know.
So I guess then Mac was not telling the truth, said he used to so that he could continue taking the field.


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Heirs of the former owners are challenging the Russians to return them and, though no official figure has been disclosed, an estimate of their value would be around £200m. "Ownership of the paintings is a political matter," Professor Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the Hermitage, told me. "It will be decided by a vote in the Russian parliament or by presidential decree."
Prof Piotrovsky, 50, was appointed director by decree of the Russian Prime Minister in 1992 and has breathed new openness and dynamism into the museum. He has organised an exhibition of the "Hidden Treasures" which is scheduled to open on 30 March. "While they are entries on secret lists, the paintings are only symbols of money," he told me. "The exhibition will turn them back into works of art - which can be appreciated irrespective of their ownership."
The identity of the paintings is to be officially revealed to the world press at a conference in Catherine the Great's theatre, beside the River Neva in St Petersburg, next Thursday but Prof Piotrovsky gave me a personal preview last week.
Still unframed, the paintings were stacked against the walls of the studio in the Romanov's old Winter Palace. A restorer prop-ped each masterpiece in turn on a red plush stool for our appreciation - an unusual and moving way to view great art.
The star turn is Degas' Place de la Concorde of 1875 with the artist's friend, Vicomte Lepic, his daughters and a dog in the foreground. It is a triumph of balance between space and figures.
Two Gauguins, painted on the artist's first visit to Tahiti in 1892, run the Degas close. Piti Teina ("The Two Sisters"), a study of two young girls, is completely unknown.
There are four Van Goghs, the finest being a small landscape of ploughed fields centred by a yellow house with a red roof which he painted in 1889.
There are seven Cezannes, including a fine study of bathers, a host of Renoirs of varying quality, six Monets, a dazzling Seurat landscape, a sensuous nude by Courbet, an Absinthe Drinker by Picasso, and a portrait of a Montmartre prostitute, Berthe la Sourde, by Toulouse-Lautrec.
While treasures from German museums were transported to Russia in bulk in 1945, most of the material was returned to Berlin, Dresden and other East German institutions in 1958. The secret storerooms of the Hermitage contain what Piotrovsky calls "the leftovers". It is only in the past two years that the existence of these stores has been admitted. During our conversation last week, he revealed what they possess.
There are 700 paintings, mostly decorative Old Masters of no exceptional quality; Impressionist graphics from the same German collections as the oils; drawings from the Bremen Kunsthalle; a group of silver objects, which "we think" came from palaces nearDresden; a big collection of oriental art from the Ostasiatische Museum in Berlin; important archaeological material excavated by Schliemann from Troy; sculptures from "various places" and some medieval stained glass from the Marienkirche in Frankfurt-am-Oder.
Roughly 85 per cent of the Impressionist paintings come from the collection of a German manufacturer of boilers called Otto Krebs who lived in Holzdorf, near Weimar, and died in 1941. In 1945 his home was turned into a Soviet military headquarters and the paintings were removed to Russia. Krebs died childless but a medical foundation in Mannheim which he endowed, the Stiftung fur Krebs-und-Scharlachforschung, is claiming ownership of the paintings. Several have turned out to be fakes; a dud Toulouse-Lautrec nearly made it into the exhibition.
In contrast, the small group of paintings from the collection of Otto Gerstenberg, a turn-of-the-century insurance magnate, are all masterpieces. They include the Degas Place de la Concorde, three Renoirs, and a Daumier.
Gerstenberg died in 1935, leaving the collection to his daughter, Margarete Scharf. She gave the paintings to the Berlin National Gallery for safekeeping at the outbreak of war. The Russians found them in a bunker in the Zoological Garden, along with thegallery's own paintings. Margarete Scharf's sons, Dieter and Walter, have visited the Hermitage to see the family pictures and are trying to get them back.
Another small but distinguished group of pictures comes from the collection of Bernard Koehler, a businessman whose heirs are still untraced; there is a Degas that belonged to Friedrich Siemens; a Monet garden scene from Bremen Kunsthalle; two paintings inscribed "Alice Meyer" and one inscribed "Baron von der Heydt".
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