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Nassim Nicholas Taleb - What is a "Black Swan?"
Both Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Nouriel Roubini correctly predicted the market was built on sand and would eventually collapse; but neither one of them got right precisely when it would happen (they both thought in 2003). Predicting exactly when or why is not the issue. The issue is the poor choice of fiscal policy.
Steve Keen predicted the exponential growth of private debt and build up of a financial bubble that would soon crash.
Joe Stiglitze predicted an "unsustainable growth" that was doomed to crash.
George Soros, correctly predicted the housing bubble collapse, which then exposed a much deeper bubble (a super-bubble in Soros' terms) that was the entire solvency/credit trap that has taken over and the failure of 30 years of economic policy;
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Who Predicted The Global Financial Crisis?
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Daniel O'Connor, 2008, predicted bust
Daniel O'Connor, Jan 23rd, 2008, predicted, "the sub-prime bubble is beginning to burst." This was before bailouts, market crash, the "recession", rising unemployment, and the credit crunch struck.
O'Connor's predictions became reality: "The market economy is now very clearly in the midst of a deflationary-recessionary system dynamic wherein money-credit and productive output are both contracting. This is what the early stages of a depression looks like. The basic system structure is in place and the dynamics work in predictable ways."
Robert Shiller, inventor of the housing index which bears his name, was among those who saw the housing bubble as early as the year 2000. So did Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The Economist magazine referred to it as the "biggest bubble in history" in June of 2005. Paul Krugman wrote about it in August of 2005.
What no one quite realized was the extent of the collateralized debt obligation sitting on top of the subprime housing bubble—a bubble on top of a bubble. Since there was no regulation of this market, its total extent was not known even to those who were in it.
I am so glad you responded to this topic. Thank you for the names and dates of those who saw the housing bubble growing and predicted the collapse. If you have referrals of others who see what is happening and realize that this decline is not over I certainly appreciate reading them. I am trying to prepare my family and friends because many seem not to be aware of the risks lying ahead. My sweet and wonderful granddaughters think life will be for them as adults as when they were children. They need to wake up and I need information to help them realize possible further declines.
The derivatives crisis was foreseen clearly by Brooksley Born who was chair of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. She warned that a major disruption of the economy could occur and was silenced by Greenspan, Summers, Rubin, and Arthur Leavitt—the only one who apologized for his erroneous views. They dismissed her as a crazy lady who didn't know what she was talking about. She resigned her position when derivatives were placed beyond regulation.
If you get Netflix, there is an excellent Frontline documentary on her called The Warning. I also recommend Roger Lowenstein's book "When Genius Failed" about the collapse of the Long Term Capital Management hedge fund—an event that should have raised warning flags in the financial industry. Although it is not about the housing bubble itself, it is enlightening.
The scary thing is that not much has changed and a repeat of the crisis is possible. It will not take the same form exactly, but it remains a specter on the horizon.
Thank you for your addition of these names. I had totally forgotten Brooksley Born and didn't know of Roger Lowenstein. I shall read their materials.
In my humble opinion, we are headed for a crash of greater proportion than The Great Depression, mostly because of the personal debt accumulated following weakening of labor and a national debt that has no end. Exponential growth increases as the labor market decreases.
What is your opinion? What strategies seem feasible for you?
If there are no major shifts in the economic practices that have caused so much debt, I agree we are headed for a world-wide major depression of the hair-curling type. The national debt does not worry me nearly as much as the personal and business debt, but should the GOP control Congress and decide not to raise the debt ceiling, that could become a worry as well.
Financial crises are different from routine recessions and the recovery for labor is often much, much longer. As a country I think the best thing we could do would be to let all the Bush tax cuts expire and invest in improved infrastructure—roads and bridges, high speed rail, schools, libraries, green energy sources.
The Dean Baker article from August 2002 is still available online as a pdf file:
I quickly scanned the "The Run-up in Home Prices: Is It Real or Is It Another Bubble?" and saved it to read more carefully. His charts tell a story that cannot be ignored.
For people who like "disaster journalism" Romney made an apparent hit and Obama lost. For those who read charts and identify patterns, Obama delivered a measured and responsible point of view, given his value system. I do not share Obama's trust in banking and finance so cannot vote for him. Romney is out of question the most incompetent of candidates for POTUS.
What is your assessment?
My objection to Romney is the way he made his fortune off the backs of working people and passes on costs of his philosophy to middle class tax payers.
Obama is far too close to Wall Street, but Romney is right in their laps. He has promised to repeal Dodd-Frank, which is already weaker than it needs to be.
I will vote for Obama and hope that in a second term with a larger Democratic contingent in the House, it might be possible to accomplish something, but I am not terribly enthusiastic about the prospect.
Thanks for all the interesting article links.
Appreciate it
As a side note on the deficit, a
Another book worth reading is Sheila Bair's Bull by the Horns about the financial crisis and the bailout. Bair was head of the FDIC, 2006-2011, (I think) and a lifelong Republican, who worked for Bob Dole, but she makes it clear that regulation of banks and other financial institutions is a necessity and that just the opposite philosophy was prevalent during the tenure of Alan Greenspan.
The book deals with the financial crisis itself starting in October of 2008 and gives you an inside look at the Treasury and how it works—or doesn't.
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Monique Lhuillier has become one of America's premier designers. We are honored to feature her Fall 2013 collection at this year's event! (Co-Chair Elizabeth Broyhill)
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Nashville Symphony has announced Monique Lhuillier as the featured designer for the Symphony Spring Fashion Show, taking place April 9, 2013, at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Co-chaired by Elizabeth Broyhill and Elizabeth Dennis, the show will preview Lhuillier's Fall 2013 Collection and will be emceed by television personality Allison DeMarcus. A cocktail party will take place from 6-6:30 p.m., and the Schermerhorn's Laura Turner Concert Hall will be transformed into an elegant designer runway for the show, which will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a stylish soirée.
Monique Lhuillier is internationally recognized as one of America's foremost couture bridal and ready-to-wear brands. Established in 1996 by Monique Lhuillier and her husband, Tom Bugbee, the company is today considered one of the leading fashion houses in terms of design, quality and innovation. Lhuillier's signature silhouettes provoke femininity, allure and style that have made her renowned for capturing the essence of sophisticated luxury. Building on the success of her couture gowns, Lhuillier has expanded her offerings to a complete ready-to-wear and accessory collection in addition to the ML Evening, Bridesmaids and Bliss bridal collections.
A Trunk Show to kick off the Fashion Show announcement will be hosted by Gus Mayer on Friday, January 18, at The Mall at Green Hills from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Trunk Show will feature Lhuillier's Spring 2013 Collection and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Nashville Symphony. "Monique Lhuillier has become one of America's premier designers. Her transition from bridal to ready-to-wear and evening was seamless. We are honored to feature her Fall 2013 collection at this year's event!" said Co-Chair Elizabeth Broyhill.
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Man Gets Five Years Probation in Connection with Fatal Berkeley Shooting
A Berkeley man who had been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a former friend near the University of California at Berkeley campus three years ago will be released from jail today after serving only 18 months.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge C. Don Clay told 21-year-old Brandon Crowder, "You're being given a break" after placing him on five years' probation in connection with the death of 23-year-old Wayne Drummond of Oakland on Sept. 4, 2006.
Clay told Crowder, who attended a junior college in the East Bay, "I hope I never see you again" and said Crowder will be sent to state prison for a long term if he violates the terms of his probation.
Clay found that Crowder, who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on June 15, testified truthfully for the prosecution in the trial of 23-year-old Nicholas Beaudreaux of Richmond, who was convicted July 7 of first-degree murder and attempted second-degree robbery in connection with the shooting.
Beaudreaux faces a term of 50 years to life in state prison when Clay sentences him on Aug. 28.
Berkeley police said they believed Crowder directed Beaudreaux to shoot Drummond in the incident, which began when Crowder and Drummond, who grew up in Southern California but also attended a junior college in the East Bay, got into a confrontation outside Blakes on Telegraph at 2367 Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley shortly after midnight on Sept. 4, 2006.
But prosecutor Tim Wellman said today that the evidence in the case didn't support that theory.
Crowder's lawyer, Darryl Stallworth, said Crowder had made "idle threats" about doing harm to Drummond before the incident and that those threats made police think that he had directed Beaudreaux to kill Drummond.
But Stallworth said, "None of those threats had any immediacy. It was just a kid talking."
Stallworth said Beaudreux, who has known Crowder since they were in middle school together but didn't know Drummond, injected himself into the confrontation by trying to protect Crowder and attempting to take Drummond's wallet.
Wellman said to jurors in his closing argument in Beaudreaux's trial that Beaudreaux told Drummond, "I don't know how to fight, but I know how to use this metal in my waist" and then pulled out a gun, stuck it into Drummond's neck and demanded Drummond's wallet.
Drummond fought back and struggled with Beaudreaux over control of Beaudreaux's gun and Beaudreaux shot him, Wellman said.
Clay said today that he doesn't believe Crowder anticipated that Beaudreaux would insert himself into the situation, attempt to rob Drummond and then shoot him.
The judge said the shooting "was shocking to everyone there."
Wellman said in his closing argument that Drummond's friends and a Berkeley police officer who came to the scene a few moments later attended to Drummond while he was lying on the sidewalk but they didn't see any blood and didn't take him to the hospital because they didn't realize he had had been shot.
Instead, Drummond's friends drove him to a friend's room at the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority at 2311 Prospect St., near the UC Berkeley campus, where he collapsed and died shortly after 2:30 a.m. that day.
Beaudreaux and Crowder weren't arrested until February 2008 because it took authorities time to develop sufficient evidence in the case.
Crowder, who is 6 feet 7 inches tall, also faced a felony terrorist threat for allegedly threatening a basketball player at a UC Berkeley facility in December 2007, but Wellman dismissed that case.
Clay said that charge is an example of Crowder's "hot-headedness."
Stallworth said Crowder and Drummond had been good friends and drinking buddies but "got into a feud about name-calling and teasing each other."
He said it was "silly stuff" that was compounded by the fact that Drummond had been drinking and Crowder had been smoking marijuana the night of the incident.
Stallworth said Crowder has matured since the incident and wants to go into computers and real estate after he's released from jail.


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|Saving dollars with distributed file systems
A distributed file system delivers the benefits of network-attached storage (NAS)-like data sharing with the scalability of a storage area network (SAN). What's more, a distributed file system can eliminate the cost of spare systems. Systems participating in the distributed file system share access to a common data store, so if a server running an application fails, other participating servers can start the application and resume the work. Some examples of distributed file systems include the IBM's SANFS, Silicon Graphics' CXFS, Sistina's (now Red Hat's) GFS and Veritas' Clustered File System. (See "A simple design for a distributed file system").
It's possible with a distributed file system to build server farms consisting of inexpensive PC servers where each server has a single SAN connection and redundancy is provided through the farm. If a server fails or loses its SAN connection, it can be removed from the farm and file system; the client application can reconnect to another server. In general, it doesn't matter whether or not an individual server is available, as there should be adequate CPU power in the farm to handle peak work loads and the occasional loss of a server.
Of course, it's essential to plan for the unexpected loss of a switch. Again, the use of eight-port switches minimizes the exposure to a single switch failure. If a production switch fails, the use of a spare switch provides a modular solution bringing servers back online in relatively short order. On the performance side, the immediate performance exposure to a switch loss in a server farm can be calculated as the percentage of servers accessing storage through an individual switch.
For example, if there are 48 servers in a Web server farm accessing storage through eight switches (six servers connected per switch), then the loss of a single switch would result in a drop of 12.5% of the server farm's computing capacity. Here are the numbers: Forty-eight servers save $1,500 each by using a single connection for a total savings of $72,000; there's a spare switch costing $6,000, but no spare servers. The overall SAN savings is $66,000, not counting the cost of implementing the server farm and distributed file system.
It's time to reevaluate the high-availability and high-cost assumptions about SANs and look at some alternative architectures and topologies that would allow Windows and Linux PC systems to be incorporated into SANs at a much lower cost.
There's little doubt that many of the benefits of SANs--high-availability, mission-critical storage services with centralized control and management--would be useful for DAS-connected Windows systems. But with a Windows or Linux server costing less than $5,000, it's hard to imagine budgeting in the range of $75,000 or greater for an entry-level SAN for a group of four or five servers. Storage is certainly important, but its cost can't be multiples of the server cost.
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Rethinking SAN prices
SANs really shine when matched with high-end systems and their requirements for full redundancy and superior performance for high throughput transaction processing. On the other hand, the reliability of a single Windows or Linux server is usually not critical because servers can be deployed in farms. The newest directions in server computing, blade servers and grid computing revolve around the "any-node-will-do" philosophy of using available CPU resources. The obvious question is: If servers don't require ultimate reliability and redundancy, why should storage?
Servers are purchased according to the computing power needed to meet the needs of the application. Companies don't buy a large system if a smaller system will do the job. So, an equally obvious question is: Why use first-tier storage for low-end servers that are hosting applications that don't need expensive performance capabilities?
A common response to these cost-comparison questions is the refrain that a SAN needs to be able to handle a complete range of performance requirements. That kind of thinking begs the question as to why every component in a SAN needs to meet the requirements of the highest performing servers and applications.
SANs provide key capabilities for mission-critical applications, but because of their cost, they tend to be underutilized for applications that aren't mission-critical; nearly 75% of all server-based data is stored on PC server platforms on DAS storage. So, the challenge is to find ways to expand the use of SANs through less-expensive technologies and by operating/management efficiencies and practices.
The $64,000 question is: How do you cut costs out of a SAN without severely diminishing its benefits? One obvious way is to spend less on SAN products. That approach works, but it depends entirely on the availability of less-costly products. There's a lot of potential to reduce cost by using inexpensive technologies where appropriate, such as ATA, SATA and iSCSI. However, we won't address replacement technologies here; instead, we'll look at SAN architectures and topologies in an attempt to find more cost-effective designs. These designs reject the basic SAN assumptions about the need for high availability and connections for redundancy. In sum, there are ways to make significant spending cuts that don't seriously impact application reliability and performance.
|Single-connection SAN
The single-connection SAN concept is made up of the single-connection servers, eight-port edge switches with dual interswitch link connections, two spare servers, one spare switch and centralized storage in the corporation SAN.
Remove redundant connections
First, it's necessary to question whether dual SAN connections for high availability are needed on every server. Of course, many storage administrators will feel that there's no point in installing a SAN that doesn't use dual-pathing for every node, but dual-pathing effectively doubles the capital outlay by requiring duplicate host bus adapters (HBAs) and switch ports for every server.
Using a rough estimate of $1,500 per connection to the SAN, dual connections cost $3,000 per server. When you multiply the connection cost by 10 servers, it becomes a $30,000 budget item, and when you multiply it by 100 servers it amounts to $300,000. This is far from chump change.
Why even bother with the extra connection? For most servers--especially PC servers--there's more than enough bandwidth for the job in a single connection. Besides, in dual-connection configurations on PCs, the second connection will probably only be working in standby mode. In other words, there's no performance requirement for a second connection, and it doesn't get used anyway. Additionally, it doesn't matter if the connection speed is 1Gb or 10Gb--a single PC server won't come close to using all of the available bandwidth.
It may seem sacrilegious to suggest dual-connections for redundancy aren't needed, but it's important to keep the application requirements at the forefront. There are many applications that don't need instantaneous failure recovery to service clients. For instance, most Internet-based applications are designed to assume the client/server connection can be lost, forcing a reconnect.
A single-connection SAN is very reliable. Once a SAN is running, it tends to keep running. Fiber optic cables are practically indestructible except for internal tampering or an industrial accident, and it's not guaranteed that dual connections would help that much in either of those cases. HBAs and switches also tend to have excellent reliability characteristics. However, one of the components that's suspect in a single-connection SAN environment is the gigabit interface converter (GBIC). GBIC failure rates are similar to those of disk drives; in other words, you can expect them to start failing after five years of service.
Using a single-connection SAN also means there are half as many connections to manage (see "Single-connection SAN"). To the uninitiated, this might not seem like such a big deal, but it's significant to administrators who actually do the work. The fewer connections there are to check when making changes, the easier and faster it is to make them. And a single-connection SAN further reduces the number of connections per switch (by using small switches).
|Blade servers can lower storage costs
Blade servers are becoming popular as a way to centralize server-computer resources and share common components. In that sense, blade servers are similar to disk subsystems, where the devices all benefit from common power and packaging.
Obviously, the discussion about saving money on storage area network (SAN) costs and eliminating unnecessary ports for server farms leads to questions regarding whether or not blades can also share storage and SAN connections, further reducing costs. As with all computer configuration topics, the answer is: "it depends."
For starters, it's advisable to take boot drives off blade servers to make the blades as reliable as possible. There's no need to add the cost of mirrored disk drives to a server blade. That means the blades should be able to use network boot technology such as that provided by Intel's PXE. If network boot can be used, then all the blades can share a common boot image, which could be a set of high-availability mirrored disk drives or a memory/flash memory disk. Network access to the boot image is made through the network connections integrated in the backplane connections of the blade server.
Similarly, to reduce costs further and increase reliability, SAN connections can also be integrated into a blade server's backplane, and integrated with an internal SAN switch. For example, IBM blade servers include an integrated 16-port Fibre Channel switch that communicates to optional host bus adapter (HBA) modules in the blade server cards. It's possible to connect to an external switch or director using dual connections for reliability from the embedded switch.
If the blade server package is done well, the management of all this can be straightforward, including the setup of boot configurations and switch fencing (zoning or virtual SANs). Using blade servers doesn't eliminate the need for HBAs and switches, so the number of ports isn't really decreased beyond a single connection SAN, but the management and ease of integration is likely to pay for itself many times over in the life cycle of the blade server.
Shrinking SAN costs
With PC server hardware costing less than $5,000, it's hard to justify a 40% to 50% SAN tax for dual connections. Instead, it makes much more sense to consider using inexpensive spare systems. Using an N+1 approach where a single spare server provides redundancy for 20 or so production systems, it's possible to have fairly inexpensive data redundancy. If you lose a server or a SAN connection, the spare can step in and do the work. There's no immediate and automatic failover, but these servers aren't usually shouldering critical applications.
If you ask several people what the cost of a SAN connection is, you'll get many different answers. There are list prices, street prices and even eBay prices. For our calculations, a cost of $1,500 per connection is used. That figure was chosen because it's a conservative number that doesn't exaggerate the cost of a SAN connection too much. The use of small, inexpensive Fibre Channel (FC) switches with port prices of approximately $500 per port and an HBA price of $1,000 was assumed.
Let's crunch the numbers: If you save $1,500 per server by not using redundant connections on 20 servers, that amounts to $30,000. Then, if you install a spare server that costs $6,500 ($5,000 + $1,500 for HBA and switch ports), the amount of money saved is $23,500, compared to outfitting 20 dual-connected systems.
With single connections, a SAN still provides flexible access to data resources, superior scalability and centralized management control. Not only that, but backing up these systems over a SAN is a thousand times easier than backing them up over the LAN. There's no reason why single-connection SANs can't be as much a part of the SAN infrastructure as a large director-class implementation. Single-connection SANs are just targeted to a different set of requirements.
The main problem to watch for in a single-connection SAN is a switch failure. Obviously, if a switch fails none of the systems connected through it will be able to access their storage. So, the goal of the topology for the single-connection SAN is to reduce the overhead needed to accommodate the loss of a single switch. In other words, use eight-port switches. With eight-port switches, you'll have more switches to manage, but the number of connections to manage per switch is limited.
For example, assume an eight-port switch has six systems connected to it with two ports left over to connect to storage subsystems or other switches. If a switch fails, it will be necessary to reconnect the servers from the failed switch to any six available ports. In other words, you need to reserve six ports that you can use at a moment's notice. One way to guarantee there are ports available without running into other access control problems is to have a spare eight-port switch ready to take the place of a failed switch. Keep in mind that this isn't necessarily a matter of reconnecting cables and it is advised that you keep configuration and zoning information available for all production switches. Fortunately, an eight-port switch is much easier to configure than a 32-, 64- or 128-port switch.
Cranking through the dollar wheel again, let's assume this time that there are 40 production servers, two spare servers and a spare switch. Saving $1,500 per server on 40 systems by avoiding dual connections equals $60,000. To offset that, there are two spare servers at $6,500 each and a spare eight-port switch at $6,000 (calculated here at eight multiplied by $750) for an alternative redundancy cost of $19,000, resulting in a total SAN cost reduction of $41,000. There are many ways to spin these numbers, but the key variables to consider are the number of spare systems and the cost of the spare switch. Users with older 16-port switches that no longer have a place in their primary SAN could redeploy them at very low costs.
This is an environment where a core-edge topology makes a lot of sense. Connecting the eight-port switches to existing corporate SAN switches allows PC servers to use storage resources on existing storage subsystems, where they can be centrally managed. While systems connect to switches over a single-SAN connection, there are dual connections for interswitch links (ISLs), or links connecting to storage. This provides redundant protection on the paths carrying data for all systems connected to the switch. The performance of this design should be more than adequate; in fact, there's an abundance of bandwidth for server connections.
However, the single-connection SAN doesn't have to be connected to another SAN to be effective. Medium-sized businesses without SANs that can't afford a fully redundant SAN could build a single-connection SAN for much less money. With no existing SAN storage subsystem, the design would need to include a way to connect to storage. This could either be done through one or two additional switches functioning as backbone switches or by connecting the eight-port switches directly to a multiported storage subsystem. Additional switches certainly skew the cost calculations here, but they also provide room for expansion, including such niceties as connecting to centralized tape backup equipment.
Of course, there are many more things to look at to make network storage more affordable than the price of the technology. But by keeping a realistic focus on the availability needs of the application and by leveraging system redundancy techniques, it's possible to significantly cut the cost of SAN components--extending the benefits of the SAN to many more systems.


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The Yankees are in the World Series and there's a Democrat in the White House. There can only be one outcome.
You might think that the Bronx Bombers and the GOP go together like hot dogs and mustard. With their enormous payroll and glittering new stadium, money is never an object. They woo superstars with huge salaries and the luxury tax they pay for doing so helps subsidize the poorer teams. If ever there was a sports team that behaved like a stereotypical rich Republican, it's the Yankees.
But that doesn't mean Yankee fans should long for the days when Republicans occupied thhe White House. In a criminally- overlooked article six years ago, the New York Observer's Jonathan Rosenthal pointed out that, since George Steinbrenner became principal owner of the Bronx Bombers in 1973, they've never won the World Series with a Republican in the White House.
The Yankees won the American League pennant in 1976, when Gerald Ford was president, only to get swept by the Reds. They won the next two fall classics while Jimmy Carter was thhe commander-in-chief. They made it back in '81 (Ronald Reagan) -- only to lose to the Dodgers.
The Yankees wouldn't return to the World Series for a decade and a half -- which included a dozen years of GOP rule. In '96 (Clinton), they won and proceeded to win three more times over Clinton's second term. They made it back in 2001, but oops! George W. Bush was now in office, and the Yankees lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Rosenthal called this strange pattern "the curse of Nixon," pointing to Steinbrenner being suspended from baseball in 1974 because of illegal contributions to Nixon's re-election campaign.
When Rosenthal's article appeared in 2003, the Yanks had just concluded their sixth Series appearance in eight years. Surely, they would win at least one Series in the Bush years -- especially if he won re-election, right?
Nope. In the next four years, the Yankees wouldn't even make it to the league championship series -- and completely missed the playoffs in 2008. Now, in Barack Obama's first year in the White House, the Yankees are back and the political stars are aligned.
For the Republican Yankee fan, this is a true dilemma. A loss at the polls last November still stings, but does one take solace in knowing that there is a Democrat president around to act as a good luck charm for the most storied franchise in history? And, goodness knows, there's at least three -- and possibly,
-- more years when this horrible conflict could raise its infernal head!!!
Oh, the horror!!!
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The following items should not be set out as part of bulky item collection:
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Bulky item pick-up is limited to 10 cubic yards (about eight feet long, six feet wide and six feet tall) at no extra charge to each household that receives curbside garbage and recycling collection. There is an extra charge for piles exceeding 10 cubic yards.
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea threatened Tuesday to "wipe out" South Korea's government in a furious response a day after a Seoul official said the North "must disappear soon," in an escalation of rhetoric between the rivals.
The North's powerful National Defense Commission called the South Korean comments an "intolerable" provocation that showed the South wants to take over the North.
It said in a statement carried by state media that North Korea will launch "all-out ... merciless" strikes to "wipe out every last person" in South Korean President Park Geun-hye's government.
South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said Monday that North Korea wasn't a real country and existed for the benefit of only one person — a reference to its leader, Kim Jong Un. He said the North has no human rights or public freedoms.
Kim's comments followed a series of slurs by North Korea against the leaders of South Korea and the United States. North Korea's media likened Park to an "old prostitute" and President Barack Obama to a "monkey" in recent dispatches.
South Korea's Defense Ministry said North Korea's military hadn't undertaken any suspicious activities. A ministry official said South Korea is always ready to repel any provocation by the North.
South Korea has been highly critical of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, including recent rocket and missile launches and apparent preparations for a fourth nuclear test. But the comments from Seoul on Monday are stronger than usual. South Korea tries to avoid publicly talking about anything that could be interpreted as a collapse of the North Korean government because of worries that the North would raise tensions.
North Korea has been ramping up its rhetoric against Seoul and Washington since Obama and Park met in Seoul last month. During that visit, Obama said it may be time to consider further sanctions against North Korea and that the U.S. will not hesitate to use its military might to defend its allies.
South Korea has called the North's verbal insults against Park immoral and unacceptable. The U.S. State Department described the North's racist slurs against Obama as "disgusting."
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'Gawd' he blurts out 'the wife will kill me'. Guy opposite says 'stick a £20 pound note in your top pocket, tell her someone else did the dirty deed and gave you the money for dry cleaning...... Husband likes this idea and agree's....he put's the money for cleaning into said pocket.
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Mitsubishi, in a desperate move to differentiate its LCDs from all the others, released a line of swiveling LCD TVs that use a small servo to rotate the set toward you when you push a button on its remote control.
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The 32-year-old took to Instagram Wednesday to share that she is pregnant with baby No. 3. Hilaria posted a snapshot of herself planting a kiss on her famous husband while on the streets of New York City, and as Baldwin, 57, pulls her close she holds a little blue teddy bear.
"Ireland, Carmen, Rafael, Alec, and I are excited to share with you that we are going to have another addition to our family. A little boy coming this fall," she captioned the photo.
The announcement comes just nine months after Hilaria gave birth to their son Rafael.
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Framework IX: Restoring the Boundaries
May 10, 2013–February 9, 2014
Framework IX showcases this year's results of the Museum's frame conservation apprenticeship program. In this program, now in its ninth year, Smith College and other Five-College students are trained by Chief Preparator William Myers and Associate Director David Dempsey in the techniques of frame conservation. Featured in this installation is an historically accurate frame created for Childe Hassam's Headlands at Appledore (1907), a bequest of Smith alumna Priscilla Mason (class of 1935). Two frames were also carefully conserved, an English frame surrounding Robert Smirke's Scene from Cibber's "The Provoked Husband" (late 18th century), and the American frame for Albert Bierstadt's Echo Lake, Franconia Mountains, New Hampshire (1861).
The students participating in the frame project during the academic year 2012-2013 were Breana Latty (class of 2011); Allison Keiter (class of 2013); Tatiana Shannon (Hampshire College, class of 2013); Candace Kang, Emily Kim (both class of 2015); Ashley Kosa (Mount Holyoke College, class of 2015); and Isabella Galdone, Talia Halpern, Bronte Marsteller, Clara Patrice Rosebrock, Geneva Strauss-Wise (all class of 2016).
This project is an outgrowth of the Museum's long-term effort to study and conserve the frames in its collection, initially supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Museum would like to thank Jacob Simons of the National Portrait Gallery, London, for historical advice on the Robert Smirke frame. For the Childe Hassam frame, thanks go to Lisa Wyer of Lowy Framing and Conservation for her assistance; to James Hume, wood shop technician, for carving instruction and direction; and to David Dempsey, for the mill work. Thanks are also due to Janna Singer-Baefsky (class of 2015).
Image credit: Childe Hassam. American, 1859–1935. Headland at Appledore,1907. Oil on cradled panel. 25 1/4 in x 30 in; 64.1 cm x 76.2 cm. Bequest of Priscilla Mason, class of 1935. SC 2012:20


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Chris Hedges, in his pessimistic way, outlines the problem but not a helpful solution.
It is like this across the planet. Forests are cut down. Water is contaminated. Air is saturated with carbon emissions. Soil is depleted. Acidity levels in the oceans skyrocket. Atmospheric temperatures soar. And someone, somewhere, makes obscene sums of money from it. Corporations, indifferent to what is sacred, see the death of the planet as another investment opportunity. They are scurrying to mine the exposed polar waters for the last vestiges of oil, gas, minerals and fish. And since the corporations dictate our relationship to the ecosystem on which we depend for life, the chances of our survival look bleaker and bleaker. The final phase of 5,000 years of settled human activity ends with collective insanity.
Our political leaders, Democrat and Republican, are complicit in our demise. Our political system, like that in the declining days of ancient Rome, is one of legalized bribery. Politicians, including Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, serve the demented ends of corporations that will, until the final flicker of life, attempt to profit from our death spiral.
Civil disobedience ... is the only meaningful form of resistance. Voting is useless.
Corporations ... are determined to be the last predator standing. And then they too will be snuffed out. [emphasis mine]
Hedges: We Distract Ourselves With Petty Spectacles While the World...
I envision a generation of climate change victims rising in rage to destroy the current corporate structure and economic system. Perhaps today's adults are content to distract themselves with petty spectacles. Our children will face our betrayal with horror. With nothing to lose, they'll organize the mother of all Flash Mobs to tear down the Eco-cidal Corporations and their political puppets.
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I wonder! Slavery wasn't ended by the Executive branch of Government ... until resistance became too powerful and the practices had to stop. Racism wasn't ended in the halls of Congress until people marched, riots erupted, buildings burned and people died. Women didn't get the right to vote because of any action of any branch of government; women marched, protested, gave speeches; organized women were jailed, forced fed, and traumatized until the public sentiment changed. Steel workers didn't get fair wages until strong resistance arose. Miners had to strike and picket and organize until the corporations relented out of self-interest. Child labor existed through a large part of USA history and it wasn't from the benevolence of the corporations that the practice ended.
How does change occur in society? Is it through dialog? or negotiation? Usually not. There has to be a fire behind the dialog and negotiation to make change happen. When corruption in businesses and government render a population without remedy, there naturally follows flash mob action. History abounds with such conflicts.
Is there a better way that works? I would like to know! Civilization descends into chaos and no one wins.
Indeed. Changes aren't made at the corporate negotiating table, and few changes are made by negotiations among governments. The people rising up gets some action, although usually at great human cost.
This is not just a US problem, and is not a problem which will be solved by having a different party in the white house or congress - not another 4 years of a Democratic president, and certainly not by having 4 years of yet-another Republican president. It won't even be solved if someone like the Greens, or the Whigs, or the Libertarians or some other third-party win a majority of the seats and offices. This is simply a problem that cannot be solved by the US, not by the US alone, and effects far beyond US boarders or influence.
It won't be solved by the corporations, who can scarcely see beyond next quarter's profits.
The people could rise up, but it would have to be a world-wide, coordinated uprising. The internet could facilitate such a thing, and allow it to happen. Like past movements for real change, there will be a huge human cost in the matter - beyond a doubt.
I'll be more pessimistic here, and suggest that even if people do rise up, and get governments and corporations to actually listen and change, or disappear and be run by a different philosophy, there is still the matter of how to clean up all of the greenhouse gasses already there. Not putting any more up will be a help, but the ones already up there will continue to make the problem worse before it gets better. Moreover, there's a problem in getting public support. All of these uprisings in the US will be for nothing if everyone drives to discreet events in their SUVs and drink their bottled water. It might make some people feel good, but no change will happen. Not until we get the buy-in of every person living on the planet - or nearly everyone.
I fear the author was right in his sentence, "The final phase of 5,000 years of settled human activity ends with collective insanity." Indeed, our corporations, governments, and a significant amount of people appear to be collectively INSANE!
Here's a humorous take on corporations dictating our relationship with nature.
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When you're installing electrical power systems, you simply assume the various items you use are compatible. This is because the industry became standardized so long ago and remains so today.
As such, you normally don't think about such things as a conductor not being compatible with a lighting fixture's wiring leads.
With data communication systems, however, it's another story. Here, compatibility is a significant issue. Remember, standards for these technologies are still developing, frequently resulting in application gaps. And where these gaps exist, problems develop. As a result, responsibility for solving these problems goes everywhere and nowhere. This continues to be the biggest headache for contractors doing business in the datacom arena.
Let's explore some specific problems stemming from this situation, with advice on how to avoid difficulties.
When an engineer specifies all the materials and methods required for an installation (taking responsibility for it), the contractor has few concerns regarding liability. There are, however, relatively few telecom projects handled this way.
The RFP. In most cases, the installing contractor is given a Request For Proposal. (RFP is the commonly-used term.) In the data communications business, an RFP is almost equivalent to bid documents, except not as detailed. When customers desire bids, they will send the contractor an RFP. It gives general details of the project, and requests the contractor furnish a complete design, schedule, and price.
Completing the RFP process is very similar to performing a design/build proposal. So, what's to prevent the customer from taking your design and giving it to your competitors for their pricing? The following tactics can help.
*Choose your customer carefully. Do you trust him or her to deal with you fairly? And if you don't trust the customer to keep your design confidential, do you really trust him or her to pay you properly?
*Do not disclose all of your design details. Give the customer only the details necessary for a basic understanding of system performance. Hold back enough that your competitors will not be able to bid against you directly.
*Have your customer sign documents agreeing not to disclose your design to any other contractor, either directly or through a third party. If you can't get any assurances your design information will be handled confidentially, don't deal with that customer. Look for business elsewhere.
Filling-in the blanks. Even though an engineer may be involved with your project, the design may be far from complete. Your engineer may not have sufficient information to give you, leaving you to fill in the blanks. This situation is very common and comes with many hazards. If one job goes bad (that is, the entire system is installed, but the machines still don't communicate properly), the fingers of blame point everywhere. Frequently, there's no one person who bears responsibility. Yes, the various items are installed correctly and are sufficient to the amount of data traffic required, but they happen to share different communication protocols. Your customer delays payment to you and his or her animosity stirs with yours.
There are many answers to this problem: *Inform the owner prior to commencing work that you are not responsible for the entire system working perfectly. Explain what you will or will not take responsibility for. Be specific. Half anhour spent drafting such a letter may save you heartache and money later.
*Work with engineers and owners you know and trust. Discuss with them the situation, making sure they know the pitfalls that await.
*Work up a complete design yourself. If you're sure your design will result in a fully-functioning system, you're in no danger. If your customer makes requests for changes, refuse them on the grounds they will compromise your design. If the customer insists, get a signed document absolving you from any responsibility if the system does not operate as planned.
*Turn down any job that looks too risky. One of the more significant problems in wiring computer networks is this: You're hired to install network cabling for Company X, which is upgrading their network from Ethernet (10Base-T) to fast Ethernet (100Base-T). This requires you to remove the old Cat 3 network cabling and install new Cat 5 or Cat 6 cabling. This requires also changing the jacks, punch-down blocks, and other associated items.
The system is being upgraded with new electronic equipment, which is not your responsibility. Company X doesn't want to install the new electronic equipment yet. Instead, it wants to get the new cabling plant in place before the electronic changeover. (To change them both over in the same weekend would be far too difficult.)
You have all of the material delivered to Company X's office. You bring in your workers on a Saturday morning so you can complete the work over a long weekend and not disrupt the company's operations.
You change out all of the wiring and then test it. The wiring passes all tests. Next, you reconnect the existing equipment and bring the entire network back on-line. It works just as before. At this point, your work is done and you're paid.
Three months later, the new electronic equipment shows up and is installed over another long weekend. The system is brought back on-line, and operates well. But a few days into the next week, the network crashes. After a quick round of temper-flares and assigning blame, someone does an extensive analysis and determines there's simply too much cross talk in the cables.
At this point, you're in trouble. In fairness, the manufacturers of Cat 5, Cat 6, and Cat 7 cables and testers would strongly argue their systems are properly designed. If a system is certified (that is, tested properly), it should not and will not fail under the heavier traffic. And on paper, the manufacturers are correct.
But remember, these are new technologies, and things don't always go the way they're supposed to. Also, the development of Category-rated testing procedures and standards has usually followed the development of the cabling by a significant period of time. However, the proof is when this situation occurs more than once or twice.
Here's what you should do. *Talk with your customers. A few minutes of dialog beforehand may save a lot of trouble later. Besides, it's your responsibility to help your customer get a properly functioning system.
*Carefully define your testing procedures and your responsibilities. Rather than taking responsibility for "a fully functioning system," change the wording of your contract so you take responsibility for certain test parameters, not for the entire system.
*Consider installing optical fiber rather than copper cabling. Yes, it makes the system more expensive, but it also makes it more foolproof. However, this presupposes you and your technicians know how to properly install optical fiber.
Don't be scared away from telecom work. This is some of the best and most profitable work you can get. Telecom does present a tremendous opportunity for us all.
Change does more than create opportunities; it can create difficulties as well.
You should assume only the risk you're prepared to assume. Make sure you maintain this position, or you'll probably get "stuck in the middle."
Remember, there are gaps in developing technologies. These gaps tend to appear in the final application of the technology-not during design and manufacturing phases.


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Since I'm leaving for a two week vacation early on Thursday morning and there won't be any posts until 10/8 at the earliest, I figure I should give a glimpse of what my vacation reading will look like. I have 50 hours in the car, of which I will be a passenger for about 25 of those hours. Plus whatever downtime there will be on vacation.
So, this is what I'm bringing:
A Handbook of American Prayer, by Lucius Shepard
Acacia, by David Anthony Durham
The New Space Opera, by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan (editors)
Ragamuffin, by Tobias Buckell
The World Wreckers, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Red Seas Under Red Skies, by Scott Lynch
Weird Tales: Issue 344
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet: Issue 20
I was going to bring Bright of the Sky, but I only have 40 pages left and I expect to finish that this evening.
I am most looking forward to the Scott Lynch and the Tobias Buckell. My guess is that I won't get through everything, but I should make a good dent in my reading pile, finish both magazines, and 3 or 4 books. Maybe more.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Vacation Reading
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Posted by Joe on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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- Andy Wolverton said...
Have a great vacation!
- September 26, 2007 at 6:05 PM
- SQT said...
I'm reading Acacia right now too. I look forward to hearing your opinion. I know David would be interested too. He mentioned on his blog that this long after a book has been released it's hard to get mentioned. You should let him know when you put up something on it. I'm sure he'd appreciate it.
- October 7, 2007 at 11:35 AM
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A Geologic Safari of the East African Rift and the Newark Basin: Why these areas are more alike than you know
This activity was selected for the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Collection
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This resource was reviewed as part of the May 2009 MARGINS Mini-Lesson Workshop. Each activity received verbal feedback from two participants who had reviewed the activity and activity sheet using these guidelines. Authors revised the activities and activity sheets in response to these comments during the workshop.
This page first made public: Apr 22, 2009
Students visualize earthquake, volcano, topographic data, geologic maps, and photographs of geologic structures to identify similarities and differences between the Newark Rift Basin and East African Rift using interactive powerpoint presentations and GeoMapApp.
Learning Goals
- learn about continental rifts and their evolution through time
- synthesize information about earthquakes, volcanoes, topographic data, bedrock geology, and photographs of geologic structures for two continental rifts at different stages of evolution
- identify volcano type from topographic profile plots
- demonstrate facility with GeoMapApp
- visualize topographic data in map and profile views
Context for Use
- This activity, though specifically targeted for students from New Jersey, could be easily adapted to be instructive for students living anywhere along the East Coast of the US or in any region containing an aulacogen.
- Students should be familiar with plate tectonics, volcanism, faults, igneous and sedimentary rocks, and groundwater.
- It can be used as a classroom activity led by an instructor, used by students at a computer terminal for an in-class exercise, or used by students at home.
- Students should have some familiarity with GeoMapApp, but it is not essential for students to have to engage in this activity
Description and Teaching Materials
East Africa Rift background powerpoint (PowerPoint 5MB May28 09)
East Africa Background handout (Microsoft Word 27kB May28 09)
GeoMapApp handout (Microsoft Word 38kB May28 09)
New Jersey PowerPoint (PowerPoint 7.8MB May28 09)
New Jersey Handout (Microsoft Word 12kB May28 09)
Teaching Notes and Tips
- The first part uses the East African Rift powerpoint and handout to explore the background of rifts and East Africa more specifically.
- The second part uses the handout that describes the hands-on exploration of East African Rift features using GeoMapApp.
- The third part is a powerpoint and handout that relates the rift features to older structures in the Newark Basin.
I have greatly simplified some of the geology of Eastern Africa for this lesson. For example, I do not discuss the fact that there are stratovolcanoes in Eastern Africa or any felsic igneous features. Students might identify these volcanoes in section #2, so this could be a jumping off point for a more in-depth discussion.
Informally, the profile plots submitted with the lesson will enable the instructor to assess if the student has demonstrated that they are comfortable using GeoMapApp. If this is done in a lab setting, eavesdropping on students can help the instructor identify is students are having trouble with the application.


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