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HH SAYS: That's two prominent players who skipped out on the Hawks in the past few weeks. The wheels are coming off Dave Calloway's regime. Monmouth is an attractive job because of its new arena, big-money alums and location . . . look for the buzzards to start circling.
ESPN.com's Andy Katz urges everyone to take a deep breath about conference realignment and explains why Notre Dame can make this very simple: No shakeup necessary if Irish accept Big Ten overtures
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through Strength
Walk softly and carry a Big stick" ...Teddy Roosevelt
One of the issues that most liberals cannot seem to get through their heads is the need to establish and maintain peace through a position of strength. History has established the above statement as a fact. Nowhere in history can you find a nation that was graced with peace with others without enjoying it from a position of power. This power was the only deterrent to others making it too costly to go to war. Human history has shown the repetitive problems of greed, pride and lust for resources, power and glory of taking from the other guy is our reality. Exploiting the weak, and challenging the strong if affordable is all human history has ever been consistent in. This is because History is just the record of human nature. And the human condition is described in the Bible.
The Bible says that all have fallen short of God's expectations. We have all become victims of a sin nature. A sin nature is what our human history has defined as the natural ability to miss the mark. This mark is the standards set forth by God and for disbelievers in God, there still remains the standards set up by man made philosophies and laws extended from them. In all cases man is inclined to eventually fall short and break these laws. Any mother from any culture can tell you about the "terrible two's" and how a baby does not have to be taught the word NO. They pick that up all on their own. That is a sin nature.
The liberal in most cases rejects the teachings in the Bible. Because of this, a sin nature seems like some antiquated religious belief or superstition when in fact it is the most scientific and logical fact that explains human history. With this basic elemental rejection, unbelievers find an alternative belief system. This system has a foundation contrary to the Bibles and sets the unrealistic hope for a basic goodness in man that can be shaped and molded by proper teaching and environment. This is one of the most foundational differences between Conservative Bible believers and Liberal non-believers. Put to the test, there is no evidence of any kind that would indicate there is any natural goodness in mankind. Our history tells us otherwise. A sin nature is the only natural state in mankind. The Apostle Paul understood this as he wrote:
These acts may not always be immediate acts of aggression or noticeable outward reactions. Sometimes they can slowly develop as a philosophy which lead many to ungodly acts derived from their own disbelief in God or his standards. Our rejection of Biblical truths are replaced by these unsound doctrines of life provided by Satan as "alternatives". We then deceive ourselves and become our own worst enemy when we accept them and reject God and his Word. This fact is what God revealed to the prophet Jeremiah.
Even Jesus recognized the importance of peace through a show of strength by preparedness.
And He said to
them, "When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you
lack anything?" So they said, "Nothing." Then He said to them, "But now,
he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he
who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. "For I say to
you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me: 'And He
was numbered with the transgressors.' For the things concerning Me have
an end." So they said, "Lord, look, here are two swords." And He said to
them, "It is enough." Luke 22:35-38 (NKJ)
I know from my own experience working in the inner city of Detroit with gangs that God still can use the miraculous to deliver his people but it also does no one harm to use some prayerful common sense at times. God can lead you to be vulnerable at times for his purpose but that is usually the exception and not the norm. This text tells us that peace is accomplished through a position of strength.
To exemplify this by history let's go back to 1943 in Europe. X This map shows Europe in 1943. The Blue is the territory occupied by the Nazi Axis Powers. The Red are the Allies and the White are "neutral" countries. Spain remained "Neutral" however was a fascist state and sympatric to Germany Portugal was spared only because Spain stood in front and offered no strategic advantage. Ireland held the same security only because England stood in front. If England would have fallen Ireland would have it's neutrality ignored as an easy target as with much of Europe.
That brings us to two other white areas, Switzerland and Sweden. Switzerland was spared from a Nazi invasion for only two reasons and had nothing to do with Germany respecting them while ignoring everyone else. What was so special about Switzerland? They were the location of global banking interests many of which supported the Nazi machinery. This fact also alludes to the global conspiracy and power that the international bankers held over nations and their rulers. The other reason was one that Hitler learned of as he surveyed this land over the Alps. He came to understand that it was Swiss policy that every adult able bodied citizen had to perform two years in the army. Upon their discharge, they were provided with a fully automatic rifle and ammo to keep in their homes for national defense if needed. Realizing he would have to deal with an entire population of well armed citizens, it was not worth the effort.
Sweden realized the importance of air power since the invention of the airplane. They had a national air force that was minimal but maintained better than most countries for the next two decades. While America ignored their own Billy Mitchell's warnings about the importance of air power, it's strategies and defense, Sweden listened and responded. The Swedish Government encouraged research and development. At the end of World War I, many German engineers left Germany as the Versailles Treaty forbid them from developing any aircraft. They went where the work was, in Sweden. When Hitler came to power most of the German engineers left back to Germany working for the 3rd Reich. Much to the advantage for Sweden, they had many of the German designs and were familiar with most of the newly developed Nazi aircraft and technology. As nations fell under the Nazi machinery, Sweden quickly built a worthy air force with bases throughout their country. They remained neutral because they had a powerful enough air force to enforce sovereign air space over their nation. If an Axis or Allied plane of any type crossed over into their airspace, they were grounded, the plane or planes seized and the crew was sent back home. Their neutrality was respected only because they had the power and will to enforce it upon both sides. Peace through strength.
In more recent times, John F. Kennedy had been elected as the youngest President ever and was put to the test by Nikita Kruschov. He was suspected as being weak for several reasons but he soon dispelled that by the Cuban Missile crisis blockade. Kennedy had come into a strong military built up by the Eisenhower administration and was not afraid to apply this power. The only time an American President was tested by others was out of the suspicion that they are weak. When Jimmy Carter was President Iran took hostages from the Embassy and held them for over a year, terrorism was on a high increase during his weak leadership. In 1980 when the Californian cowboy came into town the Iranians released all of the hostages within two weeks of Reagan's eight year leadership. Only one voice, Moammar Khadafy dared to oppose Regan and America with terrorist activity linked to Libya. Regan quickly sent squadrons of F-16's to end his vain threats. He has behaved since.
Now we have the promises of Barrack Hussien Obama. He promises to speak with terrorists, eliminate the world of nukes, drastically reduce our military and stop funding research and development of new weapons systems. Biden announced that within six months of Obama's inauguration, he would be tested by some international event. With all the evidence of being a friend to Islam, a Marxist with a resolve to diminish our military's might he certainly will be tested. With his promise of a sudden withdrawal of our troops in Iraq and a quick end of the war, in spite of the dangers to our troops as advised by our military leaders, how many of our troops will suffer with such a foolish strategy.
Give Obama any length of time in office and he will strip our power to a third world rating. Typical of liberals inability to see the importance of a strong defense, they have continually tried to block research and development of new weapons systems. In the 70's they tried to stop the Abrams Tank because it was, " untested and cost too much". This proved to be the number one tank in the world with nothing comparable. In operation desert storm 2000 Russian T72 tanks were destroyed within 100 hours by the Abrams M1 without a single loss of our own. This saved countless American lives no thanks to liberals and Democrats. The F14,16 Patriot missile and stealth bomber met the same problems and just about every top weapon of today. In such a dangerous world we live in, this hippy wish of peace through unilateral disarmament is wishful thinking that has no logic or common sense behind it. That is blind faith on their part! Hippy wish peace only brings terrorism, war and death. To walk softly and carry a big stick? That is, as I have shown being wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove, the scriptural way to live in a hostile world of unbelievers with peace in our land!
Will our Big Stick be whittled down to a Toothpick by Obama's Naive actions ?

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She slept with a snake, and then the vet told her something shocking…
In the Middle Ages there was a woman in India who had a pet python, snake, which loved much.
The snake of 4 meters just stopped eating one day. After several weeks of trying to feed it, offering it all that a snake may wish to strangle and eat, desperate woman took it to the vet.
After listening to the story of the landlady, the vet asked her, "Does your snake sleeps with you at night, wraps around you or very close and spread out throughout its length?"
The woman was surprised with a lot of hope, "Yes! Yes! It does it every day and it makes me so sad because I see something asking of me, and I cannot help it feel better. "
But the vet replied: "Madam, your python is not sick, it is preparing to eat you.
Every time, it is creeping and "hugging" you, wrapping around your body, it is checking size to weigh how a great meal you are and how it must be prepared before the attack. And yes, it does not eat, in order to have enough space to make you easier to digest because drown and swallow you.
The moral of the story and the message is: You need to identify the snake around you and their true intent. Just because someone is close to you, "hugging" you often and kissing you does not mean that his intentions are good.
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Hi y'all, my name is Autumn Busbee and I am the newest research assistant at the Frost!
Since I was a child, my dad and my mema (that's Southern for grandmother) fueled my passion and respect for the natural world. My dad always stopped for injured animals on the side of the road, carefully moving them to safety or taking them home to care for them as they healed. My mema taught me to appreciate the beauty of plants, as well as how to grow them.
When I went off to college, I found it difficult to choose a major. After taking a plant physiology course, however, I knew without a doubt that I wanted to major in biology. Inspired by my family, I took courses that focused on ecology, plant science, and environmental science. I also founded a horticulture club! I graduated from the University of South Carolina Aiken in May of 2015 with a B.S. degree in Biology.
Since the fall of 2013, I performed research under the supervision of Dr. C. Nathan Hancock. My research was focused on evaluating the "jumping" abilities of the DNA transposon mPing in Arabidopsis thaliana and Mimulus lewisii. In the summer of 2014, I participated in a NSF-funded internship at the University of Nebraska Lincoln where I learned how to perform plant tissue culture and transformation under the supervision of Dr. Tom Clemente.
When it came time to apply for graduate school, I didn't know what kind of program I wanted to apply to. I decided to wait, and instead search for a job that would utilize my degree while expanding my knowledge of the natural world. I am so thrilled to be at the Frost! Although I have never worked with insects, it has been very fulfilling so far. I look forward to sharing my experience here with all of you and making connections along the way!


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Zogenix, manufacturer of controversial hydrocodone pill Zohydro ER, announced yesterday that it would take several steps to retool the drug's marketing campaign. The first order of business is to find a partner to raise the pain pill's visibility among primary care physicians. The steps were revealed in the firm's Q2 earnings call.
Leerink Swann analyst Jason Gerberry wrote in an investor note this morning that Zogenix management is "looking at copromote partnerships to start in 2015," as well as refocusing the sales team "in territories with the highest growth potential…to ensure they are deploying resources appropriately."
Zogenix management called out the New England area—specifically Massachusetts—as slow to adopt its pain pill, and given that Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick has tried to ban the pill outright—it makes sense that the drugmaker has decided to reexamine its sales and marketing investment in the region.
The drugmaker also reaffirmed plans for two abuse-deterrent formulations by the first half of 2015 and 2016. It may be too little too late. Purdue Pharma's own once-daily, abuse-deterrent hydrocodone tablet received priority review status last month, and the FDA has pledged to decide on the drug by October 2014.
If Purdue succeeds in getting its hydrodocone bitartrate treatment, which has anti-abuse properties, on the market first, Zohydro could be dead in the water. That's a possibility hinted at by FDA director of pain drugs Bob Rappaport, who stated, "If and when [Purdue], or another manufacturer, are able to create an abuse-deterrent formulation that remains safe and effective for patients, we would certainly give serious consideration to assuring that any [non-abuse-deterrent] formulations are removed from the market."
Since its launch, Zohydro has come under fierce scrutiny. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin sponsored the "Act to Ban Zohydro Bill," and 28 US attorney generals beseeched FDA commission Margaret Hamburg to reverse the drug's approval, saying the drug "has the potential to exacerbate our nation's prescription drug abuse."
Ire stems from the fact that Zohydro was approved without an abuse-deterrent formulation, leaving the drug open to intravenous drug use and insufflation (snorting), even as the CDC has classified prescription drug abuse as an epidemic.


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What I was wondering is whether the Enter key/carriage return could be defined as a valid input character along with the other valid 'choices' characters, as I was hoping for a way to define a default command to execute if the prompt is 'skipped' by pressing Enter. The other non-choice-like set /p prompts in my script I made to behave in this manner to quickly apply defaults (in those prompts I have it conditionally apply commands if nothing was entered).
Wasn't sure of forum etiquette of necro'ing topics so decided to make a new topic, hope no one minds.


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October 15, 2007
My first day working at the calendar kiosk. I thought I'd take a picture of the floor at the mall, since they are ripping it all out. Those tiles have been there since I moved to the town, I remember playing stepping games on them (like only stepping on the small ones) when I was a kid. Plus now I have a picture of my favorite shoes, which are slowly dying on me.
October 16, 2007
This is the beginning of the Halloween decorations at the apartment. I'm going to try to take one picture out the window every month or so, so that I can see the seasons change. Already, most of the leaves are yellow and orange now, unlike the photo.
October 17, 2007
This is a statue my mom has in the house. It's Quan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of mercy and compassion. It's not real metal, but it is gorgeous. I photoshopped the background a little bit. Now the statue looks like it's glowing. I actually ended up going to the Office tonight to hang out, which I haven't done in a while. It was pretty fun.
October 18, 2007
I took a lot of pictures of home, because I was home so much. I like the connected pattern, since this day I connected with some old friends. Went out to lunch with Colin, then had dinner with Corey at Applebee's (where Colin was working). Corey texted Colin and had him come out with the staff to sing me happy birthday. It wasn't my birthday, but who passes up free cake?
October 19, 2007
This was Avatar Night. Jamie's sister Ivy was over trying to write some really important paper for her PhD. We were gonna go out and see a movie, but Brendan and Adam got caught up in a computer game and I was hooked on Every Extra Extend Extreme. I got the Chain Wizard achievement for Brendan (meaning I got a chain of 2000 explosions).
Whew, now I'm only five days behind; hopefully I'll be able to upload the last 6 photos tomorrow and be all caught up! Not having a computer is a huge pain.
Lately I've been listening to a lot of Straylight Run. It helps me get through hard times, because a lot of the music is about learning to make mistakes and move on. Kind of inspirational for me I guess. Hopefully things will get easier once I have health insurance again...


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I moved to LA in June of 1990. Sometime during the summer I went to Universal Studios with my dad. At one spot there was a line to board a bus to go to another studio to be on the live taping of an episode of the Marsha Warfield show. You may remember her as 'Roz,' one of the bailiffs on the 80s sitcom Night Court.
We get to the studio and Florence Henderson is there. The topic for that week's taping was 'butt cleavage.' So they bring out this dude in nothing but a Speedo. He turns around and Florence starts pinching and poking him to point out the cleavage on his person. I was like, "Mrs. Brady!" with a dramatic intake of breath.
The thing was over before we got there, it seemed like, so nobody got to line up for autographs or anything. It's interesting when you see an actor doing something completely different from a long-term role, especially if your only contact with them all that time was when they played that part.
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In the middle is the Poutama that represents the "Stair case to knowledge". On the side are the three lines that represents a person, beside it is another person. Between them are lines that link them together. Over all, it represents kotahitanga.
The Poutama is the stair case to knowledge. The Roimata tōroa are the children and they're going up.
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BALKING AT CONTRACT terms they call outrageous, some 175 Journal Register Company employees in Michigan voted to lead a boycott of the papers [Detroit Free Press].
Since early March, the Detroit Newspaper Guild has been in negotiations with 21st CMH Acquisition Co., the Alden Global Capital unit that received approval last week to buy Journal Register Co.'s assets out of bankruptcy.
Poynter printed a Guild bulletin outlining the company's demands, which include a 15 percent pay cut and more than doubling employees' health insurance premiums, according to the Detroit Free Press.
From the Detroit Free Press story:
Louis Mleczko, president of the Newspaper Guild of Detroit, which represents employees at the Macomb Daily and the Daily Tribune, said the employment terms are outrageous. He said Macomb Daily employees took a pension freeze and a 12.5% pay cut four years ago and have gotten just 2.5% back.
"They took tremendous sacrifice to help keep this entity afloat, but now (the company) decided to take on the unions and get rid of them and gut their contracts," Mleczko said.
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10 Osteopenia Symptoms
Osteopenia is a condition which affects the density of the bones all over the human body, making them brittle and significantly increasing the risk of fractures. As osteopenia progresses osteoporosis may develop. Bone mass is normally lost as a person gets older due to many reasons starting usually at the age of 30 after reaching the peak bone density.
It may require years for osteopenia to get diagnosed as usually there are no signs and symptoms until a bone fracture occurs. Sometimes, a person can get diagnosed with osteopenia in cases when a bone density test is made as part of routine examinations. Osteopenia and osteoporosis affect women more than men. The risk of osteopenia increases significantly after menopause due to hormonal changes.
Symptom #1: Asymptomatic Osteopenia
Osteopenia is often asymptomatic for many years until a bone fracture occurs due to a minor trauma. As the loss of bone mass progresses, the bones will become thinner and brittle. The risk of fractures even due to a minor trauma or fall increases significantly. The weaker the bones are, the greater the risk is.
When it comes to the bone density, osteopenia is defined as any T-score between -1.0 and -2.5 in the bone density test. With years osteopenia progresses until osteoporosis develops. However, not everyone with osteopenia will develop osteoporosis.


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Recently I have been developing numerous applications in ASP.NET and Flex Builder 3. For security I utilized forms authentication as provided by ASP.NET engine. At first, everything worked well until there was a need to manually sign out current user. Quick look into MSDN documentation revealed SignOut() method of FormsAuthentication class. The documentation promised that this method signs out the user and redirects the client to login page. Considering the fact that I did not care about redirect (Flex application was running on the client side, so that redirection did not have any effect), I was hoping that the method would still perform desired effect and "de-authenticate" (I know, I know, that is not even a word) current user. At first, it seemed to work, but debugging revealed that even though this method removed authentication cookie, it did not sign out the user. User's identity was still marked as authenticated and subsequent calls to the Http handler would be considered authenticated. Furthermore, the session object was still valid, so that existing session information was still available. Quick look into MSDN revealed Session.Abandon() method, which would destroy session object upon execution. However, even though the session object was destroyed, client calls to ASP.NET web application were still considered authenticated. It was time to search the web to see if other developers faced the same issue.
After some research I ran into following Microsoft article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900111. The article explains that FormsAuthentication.SignOut() method does not prevent cookie reply attack, which essentially means that the cookie, even though it was destroyed, it was considered to be valid and all calls to the application that utilized this particular cookie were considered authenticated. The same article presented some possible workarounds, but it did not satisfy my needs. It bugged me that in order to prevent the access to secure parts of the application (even after log off), I had to track the security on client side (in addition to server side). So I tried following code:
/* Create new session ticket that expires immediately */
FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket =
new FormsAuthenticationTicket(
/* Encrypt the ticket */
string encrypted_ticket = FormsAuthentication.Encrypt(ticket);
/* Create cookie */
HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie(
/* Add cookie */
/* Abandon session object to destroy all session variables */
Essentially the code replaces old cookie with new security cookie that expires immediately, which performs user sign out. In addition, all session variables are destroyed and new session is created so that old session cannot be reused. However, it is essential to mention that the technique presented in this post does not prevent Cookie Reply Attack. The old cookie is still valid for the duration specified in FormsAuthenticationTicket constructor.
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this seems really interesting, unfortunately I can't use this method in Session_End (on asp.net 4) as it raises an nullReferenceException when calling FormsAuthenticationTicket.
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Bass Mortality and the Tournament Angler: How to Keep Your Catch Alive
Bill Hutcheson, WON Bass Tournament Director
Quite a bit has changed since the inception of organized bass fishing tournaments in the late 1960s. Equipment, techniques and the tournaments themselves have all taken quantum leaps forward into their present day form. Perhaps the most significant and beneficial change to the face of bass fishing has been the anglers stewardship of the resource itself. From the club level all the way up to the largest of national events, catch and release has not only become a standard practice among tournaments but has been mandated by most Fish and Game agencies in order to obtain tournament permits.
Further attention to catch and release has been brought about by the increased media coverage of modern day fishing and has further exacerbated the issue by shining a blinding light on the tournaments themselves. Animal rights groups like PETA and other special interests have subsequently thrown their hats into the fray to try and limit or disrupt tournament fishing.
Fortunately, bass anglers have remained one step ahead of these animal rights organizations and have gone to the utmost extent to insure that they are leaving as small a footprint on the resource as possible.
But are we really doing enough?
Few would question the dedication of the average bass angler and/or tournament organizations efforts to insure live release. That being said, there are many factors involved which drastically affect tournament bass mortality.
One of the first in depth analysis conducted to determine the effects of catch and release on bass mortality was done by a group of Texas Tech University professors led by Gene R Wilde. From 1972 to 1996, they reviewed 20 different studies conducted at 130 tournaments of various sizes to determine the long-term effects of catch and release. Their study was ground breaking and has served as fodder for the B.A.S.S. booklet called Keeping Bass Alive which since its release in 2002 has set the standard for tournaments and anglers. The Texas Tech paper and subsequent studies have also contributed to many of the State imposed special conditions that event organizers must obey when conducting a tournament.
Initial Mortality vs. Delayed Mortality
The Texas Tech study recognized two types of tournament bass mortality; initial and delayed. Initial mortality, as it implies, refers to fish that are dead at the time they reach the scales or are dead prior to their release. According to the studies, early bass tournaments experienced initial mortality rates around 20 percent. As time progressed, a combination of improved live wells, angler education and advances in fish handling at tournaments dropped the initial mortality number to seven percent. On the other hand, delayed mortality represents the number of fish that died after release.
The Texas Tech paper revealed that smaller tournaments had a greater amount of initial mortality; perhaps due to less sophisticated equipment while larger tournaments had the lowest initial mortality rates. Conversely, delayed mortality increased proportionately with tournament size. Amazingly enough, depending on the size of the tournament, delayed mortality sometimes reached over 50 percent. However, the report noted that delayed mortality has remained steady and averaged around 25 percent over the course of the study.
Water Temperature and Oxygen
While there are a variety of factors influencing whether captured fish live or die, the number one culprit in initial mortality is water temperature and associated oxygen levels according to the Texas Tech synopsis. The reason for this relates to the metabolism of the bass and dissolved oxygen in the water. As water temperature increases, so does the fishs metabolism. Unfortunately, there is an inverse relationship between water temp and dissolved oxygen. Increased metabolism results in increased oxygen consumption on the part of the fish. However, the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water decreases as the temp increases. A minimum dissolved oxygen level in the live well should be five parts per million (ppm). Dissolved oxygen levels of less than three parts per million are lethal to bass.
Picture this: Youre walking down the street and minding your own business. All of a sudden, a big dog comes around the corner barking at you and you begin to run. The dog chases you for a couple of blocks Im assuming youre a fast runner and the dog is slow and then goes away. Odds are that the adrenaline rush has your heart beating fast and breathing heavy. Its going to take you a few minutes or more to catch your breath and lower your heartbeat. Now, imagine that youve just done this, and to escape the dog, you jump into a hot sauna. Odds are youre going to struggle to catch your breath and could possibly even die from the heat and lack of oxygen.
Apply that same concept to fishing. Youre a bass that has just put up a fight and been yanked out of the water after eating what you though was an innocent baitfish. Youre now thrown into a live well where the water is 10 degrees warmer than normal. Likewise, the oxygen level is less than normal. This will place a tremendous amount of strain on you and could prove potentially fatal.
Oxygen and water temperature are the two most significant factors in determining initial bass mortality.
er water retains dissolved oxygen better than warm water. As such, the cooler months of the year do not pose as great a threat to fish in the live well as do the summer months.
Anglers can counter the lethal effects of elevated water temperatures by taking the following steps.
Fill your live wells at the first stop of the day when the surface water is still relatively cool. This water will contain higher levels of dissolved oxygen. Be sure to fill your live wells from an area that is not stagnant or polluted. If its going to be a hot day, freeze a couple of plastic milk jugs to create a sealed ice block that you can place in your live well. Two half-gallon milk jugs are capable of reducing the water temperature in a typical live well around 10 degrees. Leave the jugs sealed though and dont pour the tap water into the live well as the chlorine surge from the tap water can also prove fatal to your catch. Run your aeration system full time on hot days since the warmer the water, the less oxygen you will be introducing to the water.
A new product that has just hit the market called FishBreath also offers some real benefits to bass anglers as it increases the levels of dissolved oxygen in the water of your livewell. This device is about six inches long and looks like an old school quill style bobber so its large enough that it will not flow through your livewell discharge drain. The FishBreath unit is made of volcanic rocks encased in a hard polycarbonate case. While the science of this unit would take an additional 3,000 words to convey, in a nutshell tests have shown that the amalgamation of volcanic rock increases the levels of dissolved oxygen. Another method of upping the O2 levels in your livewell involves using the the old standby dissolving oxygen tabs. This method is not as clean nor is it reusable like the FishBreath unit.
As a result of the correlation between initial mortality and water temperature, many agencies including the California Department of Fish and Game have placed special restrictions on organized bass events occurring during the warmer summer months. Presently, the California DFG limits all bass tournaments held from June 15th to September 1st to a six hour day. Likewise, the DFG has also notified all organizations operating in California that it will be paying special attention to events to ensure that all tournaments are complying with rules set forth for organized bass tournaments.
Fish Handling
One of the other variables in fish mortality which anglers have control over is fish handling. Actions that are taken out on the water can have an impact on the levels on initial and delayed mortality.
When fighting the fish, many anglers chose to bounce smaller fish. While this is an effective time saving technique, it is actually very hard on the bass itself. Not only are you damaging the slime coat of the fish, but you are also placing it on a hot deck, which can cause injury. Instead, try to grab smaller fish by the lower lip and release them as quickly as possible.
For larger fish that require netting, the best way to reduce injury is to use a rubber mesh net. There are many advantages to a rubber mesh net. They tangle less with other items in your boat, hooks from your baits do not stick in them, and most importantly, they do not damage the exterior of the fish as does a nylon net.
Once you do have your fish in the boat, get them into the live well as quickly as possible. Likewise, the live well should already be filled in preparation for the first fish. Dont flop your fish into an empty live well and then turn on the water as this too can damage the fish.
When it comes to fish mortality, one of the advantages that tournament anglers have over others is the exclusive use of artificial baits. For the most part, the fish end up getting hooked in the cartilaginous mouth area, providing a boon to survival rates. Should you end up with a deeply hooked fish the odds of survival for that fish are simply not in your favor. There are still two viewpoints related to deeply hooked fish; those who say you should leave the hook in and those who say to remove the hook.
In the past, hooks did not have the same corrosion resistant alloys and coatings that are found in todays modern hooks. As such, the school of thought that the hook will dissolve has lost some credibility. Your best course of action is to expose the barb if possible and cut off the hook point. Back the hook out of the gullet or other deeply hooked area and hope for the best. Fortunately, this is seldom a problem with bass caught during daytime tournaments.
Live Wells
Most modern boats have dual live wells with an approximate capacity of 20 to 40 gallons. The current thinking is that it takes one gallon of water for every pound of fish in order for most modern aeration systems to ensure a five part per million oxygen mixtures a mixture considered as the minimum standard for fish survival.
Additionally, most modern boats have dual live wells in the back of the boat with dividing wave attenuators inside. The reason for this is that the live well positioning will allow for the boat to run over moderate chop with a minimum amount of sloshing inside the live well. The wave attenuators also act to reduce water movement while the boat is underway.
An important aspect of your live well is the pH level of the water inside. While most of us are unlikely to reprise Adam Sandlers roll in the Waterboy to control every aspect of our live well, there are a few small steps that can be taken to manage the bulk of the work.
In addition to dissolved oxygen levels, bass metabolize waste through their system in the form of ammonia, CO2 and trace heavy metals. A buildup of these in the live well can create a toxic soup that will also prove fatal to the fish over time. Good bass retailers will have several aftermarket additives that will help the slime coat, reduce the pH levels in the live well, increase dissolved oxygen content and perform a variety of other lifesaving functions. One of the best available to tournament anglers is created by Sure-life Laboratories and marketed under the name of Catch and Release (
). This additive, in combination with proper water temperatures and oxygen levels, with provide your catch with the optimal conditions while in captivity.
Its also detrimental for your catch to make your live well a dual-purpose container by using it as a garbage can for your cans or bottles. The more your fish contacts rough objects, the more likely they will damage their skin and ultimately become a victim of delayed mortality.
Decompression and Popping / Fizzing
Most fish utilize an internal organ known as a swim bladder to regulate their buoyancy. Bass are no exception. Unfortunately, bass caught out of deeper water cannot quickly regulate their swim bladders leading to an imbalance that causes them to roll over or go belly up. Nearly everyone who has spent any time around bass has seen this occur.
There are only two ways to remedy this potentially fatal situation. The first involves returning the fish to a depth of 30 feet and allowing the swim bladder time to compensate for the changes in depth. Live release boats can do this via fish cages that are lowered on a rope and held at depth for a few minutes. While this is far and away the preferred method, it is for all practical purposes an option that is not available to an angler in the midst of a competition.
The second method is to relieve the pressure on the swim bladder by what is commonly known as popping or fizzing the swim bladder. This is accomplished by inserting a needle through the side of the fish. Some anglers opt to release the pressure on the swim bladder by inserting a needle through the mouth of the fish. To maximize the odds of survival, tournament caught fish should be fizzed immediately once the angler notices signs of distress.
Many anglers will spend hours perfecting a technique such a flippin or pitchin, but few will spend the few minutes it takes to learn how to properly fizz a bass. If youre one of the group of anglers who is not familiar with this process, its recommended that you hang around the live release boat at a local or major tournament. Fish and Game personnel, tournament staff or volunteers operating the boats are more than happy to teach all those interested how to perform this function.
If you do not have such an opportunity, there are numerous websites that detail how to fizz your fish. Performed under water, on the live release boat or in your live well, the standard methodology involves visually drawing a line from the saddle in the dorsal fin down to the anus. A secondary line should be drawn from the fork in the tail to the tip of the pectoral fin. Where these lines intersect, lift a scale and insert the needle straight into the body cavity. Allow the bubbles to escape from the fish without squeezing them out of the fish. Once the bubbles have stopped, remove the needle and the fish should be able to right itself.
Fizzing needles can easily be obtained at most feed and tack or veterinarian supply houses. The optimal needle is 16 to 18 gauge. The cost for these is minimal so its recommended that you purchase several. Through use, the needles will become dull and should be replaced. Likewise, youre likely to run into some fishermen who may not have needles and its perfectly okay to share your needles by giving one to an angler in need. Unlike us humans, its okay for a bass to share his needle with another bass.
While few anglers on the west coast would think twice about it, the practice of fizzing is actually considered controversial by many agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada. Concerns of damage to other internal organs, infection and delayed mortality have brought the practice of fizzing into question. Until a definitive study is completed and as long as it is sanctioned by the California Department of Fish and Game, fizzing will continue to be practiced as a method of mitigating the symptoms of bass caught in deep water.
The weigh-in is typically the highlight of every bass tournament. Its also the highest profile time of the event for both the angler and the tournament organization to demonstrate their proper care and handling of the catch. As such, there are several things that the anglers and tournament organizers must do to make the process go smoothly.
First and foremost is prepping the fish to make the transition from the boat to the holding tanks or scales themselves. This is one area where the author as a tournament director has a bone to pick. Fishermen will spend $75,000 for a truck and bass boat, $200 for a rod, $200 for a reel, $50 for a swimbait. They wont however spend $25 on a couple of heavy duty tournament bags and will instead trust their tournament catch to a 50 cent bag provided by one of the sponsors lowest bidder. They then get peeved when the bag leaks, or worse, breaks! This should be a required item for every angler who fishes in a tournament.
This being said, anglers would be served well to purchase a few heavy duty weigh bags from any of the dozens of manufacturers who produce them. Bag-Em Products of Flint, Michigan
is the manufacturer whose bag is most popular amongst the major circuits. Heavy bags may also be obtained through various mail order retailers like Bass Pro Shops.
When bringing the fish to the scales, California Fish and Game demands that anglers use a single bag for each fish over five pounds. Furthermore, they actually require a single bag for each cumulative weigh of fish over five pounds. Thus, if you have two, two and a half pound bass, they will require their own bag. The reason for this again relates back to the oxygen consumption and metabolized waste generated by the fish. DFG has determined that delayed mortality rates increase dramatically when fish are held in the small quantity of water contained within the weigh bag for more than three minutes without an exchange of water.
Potentially, anglers competing at a big fish venue such as the Delta or Clear Lake may need five bags to bring their catch to the scales. Additionally, anglers can speed up the weigh-in process by placing their big fish in a separate bag instead of guessing what fish it might be when all five bass are dumped into the sorting bin.
When bringing your fish to the weigh-in area the bag should contain at least enough water to submerge the fish with at least one inch to spare. Once the fish are in the weigh bag and ready to go to the holding tank, get them there as quickly as possible. If there is any type of delay in getting to the scales, be sure to exchange water in your weigh bag with the water in the holding tank. This can be done by punching several small holes with a hole punch in the mid to upper area of your weigh bag and submerging it in the holding tank.
Once the fish have been weighed, get water back in the bag(s) as quickly as possible and return the fish to the live release boat or your live well in preparation for release back into the lake.
While the popularity of competitive bass fishing has continued to grow, anglers and tournament organizations have come under greater scrutiny by State and Federal Fish and Game agencies regarding their fish handling practices. Add to the mix various conservation and animal rights groups and it should be apparent to all involved that bass tournaments are under the resource microscope. All of the information mentioned above is easy implemented by most anglers and should become standard practice when hitting the water for tournaments or pleasure fishing.
Bill Hutcheson is the Tournament Director for the WON BASS circuit and has conducted weigh-ins with a total of 50,000+ fish weighing more than 40 tons during his tenure.
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Sunday, 31 July 2011
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Striking a balance between the elite and the poor:
By Ranil WIJAYAPALA
Omar Kamil
Preparing budget proposals for the administration of the commercial
capital of the country seems to be a challenging task. This task is
becoming a more challenging one when the city is administered in the
absence of people's representatives.
The Colombo Municipal Council which is now being run under the
administration of a Special Commissioner appointed by the President,
following the dissolution of its council few years back due to
corruption charges levelled against its Mayor and some of its
councillors is facing this challenging task at present.
Special Commissioner Omar Kamil now in charge of the Colombo
Municipal Council is now taking up this challenge of preparing the
budget for the year 2012 by evolving a participatory budget concept to
strike a balance when preparing the budget in the absence of peoples or
the ratepayers' representatives in the council.
"I was of the opinion that we take the view of all the stakeholders
into account and prepare a budget representing the views of all
stakeholders of the Colombo city," explaining his new concept the
special commissioner Omar Kamil said.
CMC trade union representatives at the meeting with the
Commissioner to present their views on the participatory budget
At the first instance we had the meeting of the Heads of Departments,
Deputies, Accountants and middle level management of the Council and
spelt out our task and ask their proposals as to what they would like to
be included in the 2012 Budget.
"At the second stage, we are going to get the opinion of the other
stakeholders of the Colombo Municipal Council and had our first meeting
with Trade Unions of the CMC on Thursday to obtain their views, their
suggestions their proposals what they like the budget to be like and
what they like the city to be look like at the end of five years," Kamil
"I told them to dream and tell us what they like the city to be in
five years and tell us to prepare the directions to achieve that goal",
Kamil added.
At the third stage the CMC authorities are meeting the community
leaders from the 1500 underserved settlements located within the city.
These community leaders have been elected from the underserved
settlements and registered with the Public Health Department and
contributing their service to the Council on voluntary basis.
"As the next step we are publishing newspaper advertisements on
August 1 inviting the views of the civil society, the ratepayers
association , the professional bodies, NGOs Voluntary organizations for
the Budget 2012 before August 25", he added.
"This has been initiated as new form of a new culture or concept to
get the involvement of the stakeholders when preparing budget", he
The normal practice was to prepare the budget through the
representatives of the people or the Members of the Council.
Members of the Councils are elected to serve in different committees
like Standing Committee of Finance, Environment, Solid Waste etc.
Budgets in the past were formulated by the Mayor inviting the proposals,
suggestions and the Member from these various committees.
When these proposals are submitted to the Mayor, he takes all these
voluntary proposals into account and the Treasurer is empowered to take
the best proposals in consultation with the Mayor to be incorporated to
the draft budget.
So the Mayor, in consultation with the Deputy Mayor, Municipal
Commissioner, decides on the proposals which has to be included in the
budget as it is a political thing.
All these proposals are included taken into account the anticipatory
revenue and the anticipatory expenditure of the forthcoming year. "In
that the Mayor also should include any new avenues of income in the form
of taxes and licences", he added.
There is a reimbursement of salaries of the Council staff by the
Provincial Councils upto a certain percentage but the balance has to be
borne by the Council by the ratepayers' income.
The earnings or the money the council get through property rates.
That is the main source of income of the Council.
According to Kamil of the 120,000 of the households in the city
60,000 are assets and the balance are non- assets. Only 60,000 are
contributing rates and taxes from which we have to spend for the balance
60,000 households and also for the floating population.
"So in this context in the past Mayors taking in to account
suggestions through the standing committees of the Members he infuse his
thoughts and draft budget.
Once the draft budget is prepared it is presented to the Members and
then the Budget is submitted to the Council within the last month of the
year as it has to be approved to spend the funds for the new year," he
"In the absence of the Council we have evolved a methodology to get
that views from the different stakeholders, community leaders, unions,
heads of department and the civil society.
And this we hope will be a example even for the other councils to
make use of a concept where participation of other stakeholders are
involved in the making of the budget, Kamil added.
Further explaining the challenges the CMC has to face when making the
budget, Kamil said they have to taking into account the fact that the
city is undergoing an accelerated development program.
"We have to improve the infrastructure particularly in the commercial
areas in the more affluent areas and also at the same time we have to
look into the welfare of the low income settlers," he added.
The Public Assistance Department, the Public Health Department
through Western and Ayurvedic dispensaries and through the sports and
recreations department assistance is provided to improve the quality of
life of the low and middle income groups of the city.
"When looking at sports and recreation department as we are going to
promote a healthy life healthy living concepts where we are encouraging
the public particularly the younger generation to participate in this
programmes of where younger children can be involved to participate
exercise at the sports grounds," he added.
Another area the CMC is going to focus its attention is the public
library and the educational areas."We have one main public library and
15 branch libraries. We need to extend the 15 branch libraries further.
Then we have mobile library we have ordered another bus to have
another mobile library," he added. The next year budget will take into
account the quality of life in the low income settlements to be improved
through infrastructure development through Nagamu Purawara programme.
It will focus on improving the quality of life in serving the people
in underserved settlements where public utilities toilets water
facilities community centres,lighting has to be improved.
The Community Centres and Reception Halls will also be improved to
improve the quality of life of the low income settlements.
"Through the community centre only we can improve the fitness of
people. We can create much stronger and healthy life among the Colombo
citizen. Through that kind of programme we can reduce the number of non
communicable diseases among the people thereby reduce the number of
people attending dispensaries on daily basis and reducing number of the
patients suffering from blood pressure diabetes heart ailments and
cancers," he added. The development of the roads and foot walks for the
people to walk freely on the pavements will also be looked into. "We are
coming out with innovative ideas to create overhead bridges for the
people to cross roads without obstacles," he added.
"Through these programmes we are trying to strike a balance between
the low income groups and the elite in the city by treating them in
equal manner when preparing budget proposals for the year 2012 adopting
participatory budget concept," he added.
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Starbucks just opened its first store in Italy, and many are heralding it as a big change for the country, and indeed it is. But it's not a good change. It's yet the latest sign that America's monolithic fast food companies are taking over the world, replacing local community culture, all without offering an ounce of real quality.
Many see Italy as coffee's "spiritual home." The country first crafted espresso in the 18th century, and has since cultivated a variety of beverages, as well as daily rituals, based on the concoction. It has characteristically boasted small neighborhood coffee bars and a rather protectionist attitude toward foreign big business.
"Our bars are usually one-room temples, small and snug where customers literally rub shoulders and step on each others' feet, calling out loud to attract the barman's attention," Italian reporter Silvia Marchetti wrote last week for CNN.
According to a humorously rhapsodic article on Starbucks' website, it was a trip to Italy that inspired former CEO Howard Schultz to start Starbucks in the first place. He "returned home … inspired and determined to build a company with the same nucleus of warmth, community, and human connection." And for its first Italian location, in Milan, Starbucks has gone all-out: It boasts hand-carved Carrera marble and giant bronze bird cages, coffee-inspired cocktails, and a wood-fired oven for baked goods, and an extra cozy atmosphere.
There are doubtless some Starbucks stores in the world that offer an authentic communal experience. Some locations boast fancier drink options and baked goods that don't look or taste like cardboard. The company has recently tried to boost its hipster cred with Starbucks Reserve, premium stores which offer fancier latte art and less-burnt brews.
But the average Starbucks — the ones you're likely to see at your local strip mall or next to the nearest grocery store — are cluttered spaces, short on warmth and high on sugar-laden lattes (looking at you, PSL). Starbucks, for most of us, is the McDonald's of coffee. With the opening of Starbucks in Milan, Marchetti adds, "It's as if Pizza Hut opened a restaurant in Naples, or Baskin-Robbins an ice-cream parlor in Sicily — where pizza and gelato were first made and then exported to the rest of the world."
My brother, who worked for several years as an indie barista, told me that by opening a location in Milan, it "feels like Starbucks is taking a dump on the holy ground that is Italy."
Let's compare Starbucks to the average Italian company: Italy's economy, according to journalist Rachel Donadio, "is based on smaller businesses with more modest ambitions." More than 90 percent of Italian companies have fewer than 15 employees, and more than 85 percent of the country's businesses are family-owned and operated. The country has a decidedly more protectionist stance towards economic policy than we do in the U.S., which creates a swath of red tape for local businesses and hampers their ability to compete both at home and abroad. But that protectionism also points to the fact that Italians like to celebrate and protect certain aspects of their identity and culture — the small businesses which service their communities and the historic coffee culture they hold dear, for example.
America has always operated under a different paradigm. Ours is a country of industrialized businesses and gigantic franchises. We shop for groceries at Walmart and Target, stock our bathrooms with Johnson & Johnson products, fill our fridges with Purdue chicken, stay at Hilton hotels, text on iPhones, drive Ford cars, and buy our clothes from Old Navy (which is owned by Gap). We still have mom-and-pop stores, but we sold our souls and wallets to the god of cheapness long ago.
Our companies don't franchise for quality's sake: Every big brand product in America slowly turns to sawdust (literally, if you're talking about Kraft parmesan cheese). Our fast food companies and chain restaurants offer half-baked and mediocre copies of meals that are always better when offered at small, indie restaurants. Our hotel chains and department stores offer little color or personality. And many of these megalithic companies hide a multitude of sins under their blasé facades — from inhumane animal treatment at factory farms, to child labor in the production of textiles and technology overseas.
I'll admit, big brand names have an appeal that is hard to resist. Amazon makes every mom's life easier, with everything from diaper delivery subscriptions to Daniel Tiger on demand. I often have an inexplicable hankering for Chik-fil-a's spicy chicken sandwich, and can't quit Chip and Joanna Gaines' new Hearth & Hand line at Target.
But over the past several years, I have also realized that the American desire for cheap and easy goods has fostered a culture that disrespects humane, healthy, and wholesome systems of production — and our farmland, small towns, and citizens (not to mention the citizens of other countries) often suffer as a result.
Which means that the opening of Starbucks in Milan should cause Italians to be somewhat wary. The store's bells and whistles are great, but cannot and should not replace the vibrant local coffee culture that so many Italians hold dear. Some folks are saying this is a great opportunity for Italian cafes and restaurants "to learn from Starbucks how to create a global chain." But is global franchise the sole indicator of commercial success? Is there room in our economic paradigm to celebrate small, local, limited success?
There should be. American companies have proved that every time you expand without care for the limits of quality, you destroy a little bit of the life and beauty of your product. For all their faults and protectionism, Europeans have generally understood this to be true. But as fast food conquers the globe, and Starbucks moves into Italy, it seems increasingly likely that our world will eventually turn into a giant chain store: full of brand names that we all like, but none of us love.


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It was Constantine what messed it up. I've heard it said. I've said it myself. Perhaps, if he hadn't Christianity wouldn't be a world faith. But I think there is something in the idea that the way he brought the church and the state together kind of changed Christianity and made it something different to what Jesus had been about. And so maybe the world faith that Christianity became wasn't proper no more.
I think the problem might go back a lot, lot further though. I think things might have gone askew in Antioch. Because it was in Antioch that 'the disciples were first called Christians'. Before that, as I've said on this blog before they were called 'followers of the way'.
The problem I see with the switch is that it changes from something dynamic to something static. It goes from a description of your direction of travel to a statement of your arrival.
And it opens up that whole notion of conversion. One minute you are not. The next minute you are. You've reached the end point.
'Metanioa' — repentance — on the other hand is the word used for bringing a boat about. It's about a change in direction. It's about the way you travel being different than it was before but it leaves open the possibility that you may come about again. Maybe travelling on the way is, as Richard Passmore says, about tacking — moving in a direction but tangentally, repeatedly coming about to bring you back on course.
Christian means little Christ. That's not something you can be. It can only ever be something you're becoming.
If we're followers on the way, fellow travellers, it's much harder to determine who's in and who's out. Because none of us has arrived. Even baptism becomes a waymarker on the journey. So maybe that encourages us to be more humble.
The other question though is whether there is only the way. But that's a whole other can of worms!


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A Micro History of Venture Capital
In 1946 American Research & Development Corporation (AR&D) was formed by Georges Doriot with the intention of investing in other companies. One of its famous investments was a $70,000 funding for Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957. Eleven years later, DEC went public with a valuation of $355 MM, or a return of over 500 times.
Doriot, who was a French immigrant and a Harvard professor, is much regarded as the father of venture capitalism and the first to teach entrepreneurship. In 1937 he taught a strangely named Manufacturing class which had nothing to do with manufacturing. Instead, he preached the principles of entrepreneurship, though he have always avoided that word. In his classes he would tell you how to dress, how to read a newspaper in less than a minute, and even what kind of a women to marry! Many would say that he taught a philosophy of life.
Despite all the investments that were happening at the time, many say that Arthur Rock was the first to coin the term Venture Capital. One of his first investments was when Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce approached him with the idea of creating a semiconductor company which we now know as Intel. At that point Arthur Rock was the business guru of the group so he wrote the business plan – a one page, double spaced business plan with few misspellings. They were seeking $2.5 MM for 50% equity. Rock was so well-networked in the business world that he secured the funding in two days. Two years later they went public, coincidentally the same day that Playboy went public.
Couple of years later and venture capital firms started to takeover Sand Hill Road (pictured above). Firms like Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia were some of the first purposefully structured efforts in that region. In 1977 Steve Jobs was working for Atari when he and Wozniak created Apple One. They offered Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari) one third equity for $50,000 but he refused. Don Valentine (founder of Sequoia) was the first venture capitalist to meet the couple. He was very uncomfortable with the unkempt looks of the two, so he passes on their offer, only to join them in later funding rounds.
Fast forward to 1997 and 2000 and you get the dot-com bubble. At this stage the Silicon Valley is saturated with all kinds of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. It was reported that during the dot-com madness many venture capital firms were automatically placing a pre-money valuation of $5 MM on startups so as to avoid the tedious ordeal of due diligence and valuation. They called this the "standard offer".
Today, we are swamped with venture capitalists, angel investors, and screaming entrepreneurs. The term sheet have evolved into uncontrollable complexity and competition have never been more fierce.
In the future, my bet is on crowd funding platforms gaining even more popularity with an exponential maturity and spread of prototyping machines and collective innovation platforms. Can't wait!


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After a great visit to scientist George Divoky and his seabirds, we headed back to Barrow to say goodbye to Craig and Cyd before beginning the return passage to Dutch Harbor. While much of the reason why we'd spent so much time around Barrow was because we'd been having so much fun, another factor was the weather. There simply hadn't been a favorable window long enough to permit us to head south without getting a complete thrashing. Low pressure system after low pressure system kept sweeping across the Arctic Ocean from Wrangel Island north of Siberia and hammering the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
There'd been 24-hour windows between lows, of which we'd taken advantage to visit George and to explore the edge of the polar pack ice. But there'd never been a window long enough to make tracks south. Not only had the systems been frequent, but one thing about very cold air is that it actually makes bigger waves than warmer air. It's denser and thus exerts more force on the water, so that 20 knots in the Arctic feels a lot worse than 20 knots in the Caribbean. We didn't realize this on our own – Craig the bowhead whale biologist pointed it out to us. However, as autumn – a notoriously bad season in the Chukchi and Bering Seas – approached, our standards for what constituted 'good' weather got lower and lower. Continue reading


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I wasn't planning on Drupaldelphia OR Drupal Dev Days this year, but I'll be going to both. If you are too, and want to meet up or talk, get in touch via my contact form above or on Twitter.
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Rob Portman on Technology
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Opponent's Argument for voting No (Cnet.com): Online retailers are objecting to S.743, saying it's unreasonable to expect small businesses to comply with the detailed--and sometimes conflicting--regulations of nearly 10,000 government tax collectors. S.743 caps years of lobbying by the National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association, which represent big box stores. President Obama also supports the bill.
Proponent's Argument for voting Yes: Sen. COLLINS. This bill rectifies a fundamental unfairness in our current system. Right now, Main Street businesses have to collect sales taxes on every transaction, but outbecause -of-state Internet sellers don't have to charge this tax, they enjoy a price advantage over the mom-and-pop businesses. This bill would allow States to collect sales taxes on Internet sales, thereby leveling the playing field with Main Street businesses. This bill does not authorize any new or higher tax, nor does it impose an Internet tax. It simply helps ensure that taxes already owed are paid.
Opponent's Argument for voting No: Sen. WYDEN: This bill takes a function that is now vested in government--State tax collection--and outsources that function to small online retailers. The proponents say it is not going to be hard for small businesses to handle this--via a lot of new computer software and the like. It is, in fact, not so simple. There are more than 5,000 taxing jurisdictions in our country. Some of them give very different treatment for products and services that are almost identical.
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