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Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Mad brawl fight Бешеная драка." Tonight's commentator: Me. (Coming next week: A live look-in of a fight in the Philippines.)
I have this friend/co-worker in Philly. Call him Phil for the sake of this discussion. He's probably a better person than I, at least in the context of this post.
We have an ongoing discussion that goes a little something like this:
Phil: Why do you post this stuff, these fights, this lower-common-denominator violence?
Me: Because it's there for the world to see [and other retorts covered in May].
Phil: The world needs more love and compassion, especially in trying times.
Me: That it surely does. Kumbaya. But why do all these people hold their phones up to record instead of step in to quash the violence before them? Hey, I got an idea: Let's watch this fight with a "Do Not Look video if you feel ill" warning. Share your zen with Deadspin Nation.
Phil: Nope. Not going to play any active role in making violence and suffering funny.
Me: Pleeeeeeeease [wimp *under my breath*]?
Phil: No. [Adds an aside about how the naked guy tweaking in the middle of a Philly street the other day is someone's father, brother, son or father.]
Me: Fine. *kicks dirt*
So, looks like it's up to me to review "Mad brawl fight" solo. And, yo, this jawn's nasty as all hell.
It's almost Daughters of Juggalarchy in spirit, with Red Hat Bro serving as carnie barker. Ignore the brawl dames. Focus on the crowd, those rubberneckers yelling:
• "Whoop that bitch, baby!"
• "Git 'er! Git 'er! Git'er!" "Fuck 'er!"
• "Yer doin' good, girl. That's the best I've ever seen anyone git 'er."
This On of Egging prompts participants to grunt koans like "I'll break your shit" and the ever-powerful post-head-kick "take a fuckin' break!"
What these wonderful people view is a structured battle. Three rounds. Skin sickeningly bared. Review of injuries.
This is when I realized that uploader's warning was prescient.
This is when I jotted down the phrase "collective passion for mindless lady violence." They're akin to the "don't crack down on NFL headshots. Tough men! Tough sport! Pussies no like headshots! HEAR WE ROAR!" crew.
This is when I realize Phil was right to skip Societal De-evolution In 3:28. But that won't stop me from sending him the link at 10:01 p.m. because it's there for the world to see now.
And now, the rest of the Tuesday Night Fights:
• The White-on-White Violence Enterlude:
• Warning: When fleeing combat, BOLO trees lest you run into one and knock yo'self out. #themoreyouknow (Start of Violence, 0:29)
• Two-part "skank" fight. Well, one-part "skank" fight; one-part buildup. (SoV, 0:05)
• "Indian Congress workers were caught on camera clashing inside the mayor's office in Haryana's Yamunanagar." Shameful. Absolutely shameful. (SoV, 0:09)
• Sup, ladies? (SoV, instantly)
• The Metalist & Spartak vs. Dynamo Kiev Supporters Fight Intermission:
• And then there was the time some young lady in yellow pants whooped on some azz in the church parking lot after services. (SoV, instantly)
• Brave dude on probation films/narrates this Hodgdon scrap. (SoV, instantly)
• Don't you ever change, Boston. (SoV, instantly)
• Last Week's Jacksonville Taco Bell Brawl: A Psychologist's Take Revisitation:
• From America's birthplace, dude pushes dude outside a Philly Wawa; three other dudes jump in; initial dude holds his own (SoV, 0:04). Bonus Coverage: From North 17th Street, "To friends got drunk and decided they was gonna knock each others heads off !!!!!" (SoV, instantly).
• TNF Beijing Correspondent Anthony Tao offers another double feature this week. Clip No. 1: "Long-Haired Chinese Gal Issues Sidewalk Beatdown" (SoV, 0:19). Clip No. 2: "Chengguan Are Now Brawling With Soldiers (Maybe)" (SoV, instantly).
• Durham hood fight, yo. (SoV, 1:43)
• "You wanna die, bitch? Huaaah? Huaaaah?" (SoV, 0:06)
• The "Gipsy Fight" Oldie-But-Goodie Intermezzo:
• Stick fightin' on Camden High Street in London, yo. (SoV, 0:06)
• Also from London, Cockney vs. Scouser: Who ya got? (SoV, 0:36)
• Others: "Live: College Student street Fight." "Big Fight at the party." "Tacoma Girl Bar Fight." "Round lake park fight." "7News : Match called off after brawl." "Machete fight in Brazil." "A Skater Beatdown In A Skate Park." "Shia LaBeouf Talks About His Bar Fight." "Street fight." "Kettering Town | Dryland Street | Fight | CCTV - 15/09/13 03:45." "Trenton street fight girl knock her boyfriend out." "Street fight in Poland HD."
• The Bieber Street-Fight Challenge Coda:


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Web-Exclusive Series "HOOK ME UP" Premieres Today On CBS's Broadband Channel Innertube
Sarah Kruger ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") Hosts the Show
HOOK ME UP, a new online reality series that follows four singles as they brave the world of online dating and letting internet audiences determine their perfect match, premieres on CBS's broadband channel innertube today, Monday, Oct. 2. Actress Sarah Kruger ("The New Adventures Of Old Christine") will host the web-only series. New episodes will post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Online voting is open now. Viewers can logon to www.cbs.com/hookmeup and vote for their favorite suitor. With every original episode on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, voting starts at 9 AM ET and closes at 5PM ET the same day.
HOOK ME UP chronicles a series of dates that the contestants go on as they are courted by four suitors, each vying for the contestants' affections. In each five-minute episode of HOOK ME UP, one of the contestants goes out on a date with his or her four suitors. Following that episode, viewers decide which suitors come back for another date, as the pool is whittled down from four to one. As the dating experience of each contestant comes to an end, another one will start on their quest for love. In another twist, a piece of information (like occupation or wealth) about all four suitors will be withheld during the dates. Will this secret, when revealed at the end, impact the love connection?
Host Sarah Kruger is an actress from Hesperia, Calif. Her television credits include "The New Adventures Of Old Christine" and "Listen Up," both on the Network, as well as "What I Like About You," "Joey," "24" and "Passions." Kruger is an active sports buff who loves kickboxing and playing beach volleyball. She attended California State University Fullerton and majored in theater. She currently lives in California with her husband, Jason, and their dogs Murphy and Isabella.
CBS's innertube, an advertising-supported broadband channel, offers a wide range of free entertainment programming to Internet users and can be accessed through CBS.com. HOOK ME UP will be sponsored by Dentyne chewing gum, a Cadbury Adams USA brand, and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. Viewers can logon to CBS.com and get dating tips for men and women presented by Dentyne chewing gum. Sony Ericsson products are being integrated into the online series, highlighting their new line of Walkman� phones.
CBS's innertube features a line-up of original series produced expressly for the Internet, as well as new shows that are companions to popular CBS brands. Current original innertube offerings include the web-exclusive series "InTurn," "Animate This!" and the talk show "Survivor Live." Innertube also has free streams of entire episodes of popular CBS series, including "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "CSI: Miami," "CSI: NY," "How I Met Your Mother," "Jericho," "NCIS," "Numb3rs," "Shark," "Smith," "Survivor," "The Class," "The New Adventures Of Old Christine" and "The Unit."

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Notes from a High Country week
Special to the Daily
Is it just me, or are Summit County bikers just about some of the nicest people around these days?
Yes, I know " some of you may accuse me of not yet being over my honeymoon period when it comes to all things Summit County. I still get dewy-eyed over the sight of Labradors and golden retrievers lolling around in coffee shops, and weep openly at the distant vista of snowcapped mountains in July. But this isn't the emotionalism of a newcomer; I really mean it when I say that I am floored by the sheer niceness of the bikers I encounter along the bike paths up here.
Me, I'm a novice biker. I'm a big city girl who never had the opportunity to learn, so I'm learning now. But in the meantime, before I get good enough, I take my hikes along the local bike trails by foot.
Because of various reasons not entirely my fault, I'm a slow walker. And I mean slooooow. If I were going any slower, I'd be standing still. This is why I'm grateful to the bikers here. I do my part by staying on the extreme side of the path. Perhaps they're merely being appreciative of this; but whatever the reason, they do their part by waving, saying hello, and occasionally ringing a bell or calling out to let me know they're coming.
I've never had a biker cuss me out, or try to run me down, or flip me off. Which leads to the inevitable comparison " can Colorado's drivers learn something from this?
Probably not, but it was worth a sentence anyway.
I especially love seeing the families and their kids all together. The parents say hi, the kids say hi, the dogs running alongside say hi too. It makes me want to call after them, "Good job parenting, you guys!"
Last week, Tim and I inadvertently found ourselves hiking along one of the local bike paths during the tail end of a charity biking event. As we stood out of the way on the sidelines, most of the bikers said hi to us, and some even waved.
They were so nice, Tim was inspired to help them along a bit. We had reached a point along the trail where there was a rather large bump in the road. Tim stood there with me for several minutes and yelled out "Bump!" to the riders heading our way.
And do you know, every single one of them yelled "Thank you!" back at him? Friendly folks, bikers.
Speaking of golden retrievers, we made a discovery on our very first trek up to Rainbow Lake in Frisco last weekend
I'm one of those people who always stops to read plaques, whether they're set in a wall on a street corner or a stone bench by a lake. This particular stone bench, sitting in front of Rainbow Lake, had a memorial of a different kind. Forgive me if I memorized the message wrong, but it read something like this:
"To Simon
Our loving Golden Retriever
He touched our lives
And the lives of so many others
He will be with us in our hearts
We will always miss him
This was followed by a bunch of initials, presumably of Simon's family.
A lot of you out there probably know Simon's story " and I'd love to hear it. Every time I go to Rainbow Lake now, I'll be expecting to see the ghost of a golden retriever, chasing down a tennis ball in the water. And I'll know it's Simon.
I achieved the pinnacle of "cool" last Friday night. I got mistaken for a character in a Harry Potter book.
Sometime before midnight, we walked into Border's in Dillon for the sole purpose of seeing the kids in costume waiting for their first edition of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," hot off the presses.
I tend to view anything surrounded by worldwide hoopla with a healthy dose of skepticism, but I'm all for J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter books. I was first introduced to them not by a child, but by a 75-year-old Scottish lady who thinks that they make excellent reading for adults as well. I agree. I was entranced by the first three (alas, I stopped there and haven't yet returned to the series, but I promise I will).
Somehow the Potter books evoke the most fantastical sagas out of our childhood and youth " such as "Star Wars" and "The Wizard of Oz"" while still creating a credible world in which bullies and the inequities of everyday life have their place as well.
Within that fantasy world is sadness, loss, and the sometimes-inherent unfairness of life; all realities we have to learn to live with.
And most importantly, Harry Potter has gotten kids to read again.
In fact, the entire plot of Book Six was explained patiently to me by a 12-year-old Breckenridge girl last fall when she and I both got bored by the conversation of the grown-ups at our table. That's how I was able to follow the plot of Book 7 when I looked it up on Wikipedia the other night.
Anyway, I wanted to see the kids in their costumes, so off to Borders we went. I happened to be wearing a shawl that night, and I was both mystified and gratified when a little girl, dressed like a prisoner of Azkaban, came up to me and said, "I know you! You're Emmeline Vance!"
The witch with the green shawl, remember? Actually, I didn't " I had to go home and look her up. But for some reason, I was immeasurably flattered. Perhaps it's a sign of age, being flattered by the unexpected " but always sincere " attention of children and dogs.
Let's hear it for the bikers, the golden retrievers, and the Harry Potter fans!
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Every 4 years, when the Olympic Winter Games are on, you hear some people shouting: "That's not a sport!" Passionate curlers get offended, and here we go again...
First of all, that's why they call it the Olympic Games, and not Sports.
NY Post reporters at least got off their
lazy asses chairs, made an effort to try it out for themselves and filed this report:
Much the same can be said about pétanque. Don't judge until you give it a shot first. Personally I don't care whether you call it a sport or a game. As long as we're having fun!
There's no doubt curling & petanque (ànd bocce, lawn bowling & shuffleboard) have a lot in common. The purpose in itself, the way you score, and especially the fact you can knock the other team out. Very different from pin bowling, where you have no way of interfering with your opponent, thus no room for tactics.
What I did not realize is how expensive curling equipment is! Browsing around at Steve's Curling Supplies, I discovered that a new competition curling stone (38 to 44lbs) costs $ 450, and you need 16 for a game, that's $7,200. No wonder they also offer used ones at $3,800 for a set. Brushes run anywhere from $42 to $189. Shoes from $99 to $265. And then come the various accessories.
So if the argument is "which is the cheaper
sport game?", petanque wins hands down.
And we need to get more newspapers / TV stations to visit petanque clubs!


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Padres' bats have no answer for Lincecum
Giants starter no-hits Padres in penultimate game before break
SAN DIEGO -- The Padres were forced to watch as the Giants rushed from the dugout, and Buster Posey gave his starter, Tim Lincecum, a bear hug that lifted the pitcher into the air in congratulations for throwing the first no-hitter in his career and first in Petco Park history, the Padres' home ballpark.
The Padres are the only franchise in the Majors without a no-hitter and were held without a hit for the eighth time in franchise history Saturday, losing, 9-0. The last time the Padres were no-hit was also against the Giants, against Jonathan Sanchez in July 2009 at AT&T Park.
It is hard to imagine this happening at a worse time for the Padres.
They are scuffling into the All-Star break on the brink of being swept in a four-game series by the Giants and are 3-18 in their last 21 games -- their worst stretch since May 2003.
"The team's pissed," Padres manager Bud Black said. "The team is pissed off, we're not swinging the bats. We're not pitching. We're not playing the way that we can play. There's no doubt about that; we're not getting it done, bottom line."
Lincecum needed 148 pitches to cement his place in the record books -- the second-most pitches in Major League history for a no-hitter, trailing only Edwin Jackson's 149 pitches in 2010.
"I don't think the pitches were a big deal, especially since he's got plenty of time to rest with the All-Star break," second baseman Jedd Gyorko said. "We knew he was going to go after [the no-hitter], and it's just one of those things where we hit a few balls hard at the end there."
A feat like this often comes with help from a pitcher's defense, which Lincecum received when Alexi Amarista was robbed on a diving play by Hunter Pence in the eighth.
"That was really special," Lincecum said. "To be honest with you, I thought that was a hit off the bat. Hunter comes flying out of nowhere and makes a Superman catch. It was hard not to feed off of that."
The Padres could not really muster anything against the Giants right-hander, who had struggled this season and was not pitching at the level that made him a two-time Cy Young Award winner. Lincecum had not won on the road since April 3, his first start of the season, against the Dodgers, and not at all since June 4.
He struck out six straight Padres hitters from the second into the fourth inning, making Carlos Quentin's groundout to third base in the fourth feel like a small victory.
At least until Lincecum struck out the next batter, Yonder Alonso, to end the inning and then strike out Gyorko to start the next, for a stretch of eight strikeouts in nine batters.
"He was mixing his pitches in every situation, made some quality pitches," Alonso said.
Lincecum finished with 13 strikeouts, for his second straight outing with double-digit K's. The Padres' hitters swung and missed 29 times in the game.
"He was throwing three or four pitches for strikes, and when you're able to do that, you keep guys off balanced," Gyorko said. "We had a couple line drives there at the end that were just caught, and you have to give him credit: He pitched a good game."
In the midst of being no-hit, the Padres managed to threaten with runners on first and third with two outs in the sixth inning after two walks.
However, Quentin lined out to shortstop Brandon Crawford, and the strong Giants contingent of the 40,342 fans at Petco Park erupted.
"We hit some balls hard, but we couldn't get anything going; we just couldn't get anything going," Black said. "He pitched a good game. He pitched great, but we're not getting it done, and we got to get it done."
The score got away from the Padres early, too, as the Giants used a pair of two-out hits to get on the board in the first inning. Posey reached on an infield single and scored on a double by Pablo Sandoval.
Posey and Sandoval then opened the fourth with back-to-back doubles. Posey stopped at third but later scored on a groundout by Pence, setting up Brandon Belt to unload his 10th homer of the season, a two-run shot to center field to give the Giants a 4-0 lead.
The Giants tacked on four more in the fifth inning. With the bases loaded, Pence roped a triple into center field to clear them, and he was singled home by Belt.
Edinson Volquez (6-8) had to labor through all of it, allowing eight runs in five innings.
"I just want to compete and stay in the game as long as I can, too," Volquez said of facing a pitcher with a no-hitter.
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As boomers age, their retirement ambitions are likely to include more than just trading in their winter snow shovels for a fair-weathered community in a low-tax state. That is why the Milken Institute has created its new Best Cities for Successful Aging Index, which they compile every other.
Far from a list of Florida cities with cheap, and early, eats, the Milken Institute rankings (which are actually dominated by cold-weather places) take into account a wide number of variables—78 in fact—that point to a community's health care resources, safety, affordability, comfort, ease of transportation, second-career opportunities, cultural offerings and community connectedness.
The study's authors—Anusuya Chatterjee, Ross DeVol and Paul Irving—drilled deeply. In the area of heath care, for example, they looked at the number of doctors, hospital beds, dialysis centers and more; the number of hospitals with Alzheimer's units and hospice centers; hospital expenses per inpatient day; the percentage of hospitals with medical school affiliations; and more than a dozen other factors.
They did the same for wellness indicators; financial indicators; employment and education indicators as well; they did all this for large metro areas and small metro areas; and they did this for two age cohorts—65 to 79 and 80 and older. The result is a multivariate ranking on steroids.
"This index is a first research of its kind in the United States using public-use data that determine the overall quality of life for seniors," Milken Institute scholar Anusuya Chatterjee said, commenting on the study for ThinkAdvisor. "Ninety percent of seniors want to age in [the same] place, and this index looks directly at how cities are meeting these needs."
Chatterjee said the Milken Institute's Successful Aging data site can be used as a tool for Americans to assess where each metro area stands. "Personal preference is of course the ultimate deciding guide," she adds.
The big study examined two cohorts: one that included the 100 largest cities and regions and the other 259 smaller metropolitan areas. First up from ThinkAdvisor is the 20 Best Large Cities for Successful Aging, next will be the 15 Best Small Cities for Successful Aging.
20. Honolulu, Hawaii
Overall Score: 93.53
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 11; 93.70
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 37; 92.87
TAKEAWAY: This prime tourist spot is an expensive place to live. But it offers an excellent quality of life, good health care and many employment opportunities for seniors. The metro needs a more efficient transport system. Although ridership is high, fares are expensive. A long commute time adds to residents' transportation woes.
19. Scranton—Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Overall Score: 93.54
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 24; 90.55
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 23; 94.13
TAKEAWAY: Scranton offers a low cost of living, a large senior population and a low crime rate. It benefits from its proximity to the services, cultural events and markets of Philadelphia. Owing to educational and retraining opportunities, the metro ranks high in the employment category. However, its economy is struggling.
17. (tie) Syracuse, N.Y.
Overall Score: 93.56
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 18; 91.96
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 27; 93.40
TAKEAWAY: A university town with quality health care, Syracuse enjoys the slower pace of a midsize burg but with access to larger metros like Rochester, Albany and New York. The metro's weaknesses include living arrangements, a high tax burden and, of course, the weather.
17. (tie) Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn.
Overall Score: 93.56
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 22; 91.29
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 29; 93.31
TAKEAWAY: The metro is highly connected to New York City and is a global financial center. One of the safest places to live, the metro has educated residents who support all kinds of arts and culture. While residents are engaged and healthy, the metro ranks 99th in living arrangements due largely to cost and housing needs.
16. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Penn.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
Overall Score: 94.07
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 15; 92.21
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 17; 95.52
TAKEAWAY: Greater Philadelphia, a hotbed for pharma, has a large share of medical services and research facilities. It is well connected, with many educational facilities, historic landmarks and cultural venues, not to mention its proximity to other major cities in the Northeast. But all those amenities don't come cheap.
15. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Ark.
Overall Score: 94.19
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 17; 91.97
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 17; 95.52
TAKEAWAY: This capital city, home of the University of Arkansas and its medical school, has great health care, a low cost of living and a learning environment. But a less active population and unhealthy eating habits breed chronic disease in the metro. High rates of crime and fatal car crashes add to these woes.
14. Baton Rouge, La.
Overall Score: 94.73
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 9; 94.62
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 16; 95.83
TAKEAWAY: Baton Rouge enjoys a thriving economy, a great medical school, and its status as the state capital. However, job opportunities for those 65 and older are limited, and community engagement is on the low side, with few volunteer opportunities and a smaller population of seniors with whom to socialize.
13. Baltimore-Towson, Md.
Overall Score: 94.81
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 14; 92.29
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 19; 95.32
TAKEAWAY: Greater Baltimore enjoys the benefits of Johns Hopkins University and its proximity to Washington, offering residents opportunities in education, retraining, and cultural fulfillment. However, living arrangements are expensive, and small-business growth is sluggish.
12. Jackson, Miss.
Overall Score: 95.09
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 16; 92.12
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 9; 97.21
TAKEAWAY: This city has a strong pool of health care providers and colleges, including the University of Mississippi. However, unhealthy lifestyles suggest residents will need more quality health care in the future. A dearth of cultural enrichment opportunities hurts its ranking in this regard.
11. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.
Overall Score: 95.11
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 13; 93.28
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 5; 98.17
TAKEAWAY: Beautiful weather, picturesque landscapes and a lively atmosphere make the metro by the Bay a desirable place to live. Top-notch health care, an innovative business atmosphere, public transit and active lifestyles only add to its appeal. But the metro area has its flaws: It's extremely pricy to live in paradise.
10. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Overall Score: 95.99
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 10; 93.88
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 13; 96.43
TAKEAWAY: Top-tier education and research centers, museums and libraries, safe and affordable neighborhoods and significant community engagement make Pittsburgh a suitable place for seniors. Although opportunities for education and retraining are available, this metro lacks mom-and-pop entrepreneurial activities.
9. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-WVa.
Overall Score: 96.80
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 4; 97.11
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 12; 96.49
TAKEAWAY: The Washington, metro area is a prime spot for seniors who want to work, further their education or find satisfying volunteer work. But the area is pricy and ranks below the median in community engagement in part because its population skews younger, so seniors have fewer contemporaries.
8. Toledo, Ohio
Overall Score: 96.86
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 12; 93.37
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 8; 97.62
TAKEAWAY: Toledo is a safe, affordable city with excellent health care and recreational facilities. But the economic environment makes it more difficult to find employment or start a new business. And although the metro is proud of its quality hospitals, it lacks specialized medical facilities.
7. Salt Lake City, Utah
Overall Score: 98.36
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 2; 98.27
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 14; 96.05
TAKEAWAY: Salt Lake City has a strong economy with solid financial infrastructure and a well-educated population. It's a perfect place for someone looking to engage in a second career or start a business, given the atmosphere and ready access to education and retraining. However, safety is a big concern.
6. Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
Overall Score: 98.36
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 8; 95.71
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 6; 98.01
TAKEAWAY: Des Moines has dynamic financial services and insurance industries, and its economic outlook is bright. However, the car is still king in this midsize Midwestern city, making it difficult for seniors who no longer drive. Des Moines ranks 45th out of 100 in the transportation/convenience indicator.
5. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Penn.
Overall Score: 98.49
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 3; 97.19
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 2; 99.96
TAKEAWAY: Greater New York hosts two of the top 20 hospitals in the U.S. Despite being the nation's financial capital, it did poorly in the financial category because of high taxes and many seniors facing financial distress. If you can afford to live there, the area has all the big-city amenities—and all the negatives, too.
4. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H.
Overall Score: 98.93
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 6; 96.70
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 1; 100.00
TAKEAWAY: It almost goes without saying: Few places are as innovative or offer as many opportunities for education and retraining as the greater Boston area, home to more than 100 colleges and universities. For culture vultures, the area is full of theaters, historic places, lively lectures and music venues.
3. Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb-Iowa
Overall Score: 99.46
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 7; 96.22
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 3; 99.53
TAKEAWAY: The greater Omaha area hosts the headquarters of five Fortune 500 companies, which contribute significantly to the area's financial well-being and are a testament to its low-cost environment. The metro is becoming a health care hub for the surrounding area and a popular place for holding conferences.
2. Madison, Wis.
Overall Score: 99.95
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 5; 96.84
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 4; 98.67
TAKEAWAY: Home to the respected University of Wisconsin, Madison is a hub of innovation and intellectual stimulation. A midsize city with its own quality health care system and cultural events, Madison and its residents also benefit from being just 150 miles from Chicago's amenities, services and consumer markets.
1. Provo-Orem, Utah
Overall Score: 100.00
Age 65-79 Rank and Score: 1; 100.00
Age 80+ Rank and Score: 7; 97.93
TAKEAWAY: Provo has a relatively young population, but more older Americans have been moving to the metro over the past decade. A learning environment and vibrant economy provide opportunities for a second career and retraining. The presence of Brigham Young University, one of the largest private universities in the U.S., and a pro-business environment make Provo the No. 1 city on our list. It also boasts a low incidence of chronic disease, thanks to healthy lifestyles and a focus on wellness. Provo is an excellent location for seniors who are relocating or hoping to age in place, with safety, security, high community engagement, quality health care, a healthy lifestyle, and opportunities for second careers and entrepreneurship.
Check out the full Milken Institute report on Best Cities for Successful Aging.
More Top 10 lists from ThinkAdvisor:
- 12 Worst Financial Advisors in America
- Top 10 (Surprisingly) Best Cities for Retirees
- Top 10 Cheapest States for Long-Term Care Costs
- 5 Cool Places for Advisors to Find Clients
- George Soros' 8 Bold Predictions From the 'Tiger Den'
- 5 of History's Brazen Crooks Who Defrauded Markets
- Top 10 Worst Financial Meltdowns by Athletes
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In the early 80's I learned to write computer software. I really enjoyed writing software. Then in January of 1984, I touched a mouse on a Macintosh and my world changed. I fell in love with the idea of creating amazing software—code that could change the world.
I ordered my Mac 128K as soon as I could qualify for an Apple credit card.
What Steve Jobs has now—and has always had—is the ability to see potential where so many of us cannot. He wasn't afraid to fly in the face of convention and build something that no one asked for. There was no market demand for an appliance computer. The original Mac was as disruptive as the iPad is today, only the scope of technology was much smaller.
I've probably read too much about Steve Jobs and spent too much time thinking about what he did right and wrong—especially in the early days of Apple—but his tenures as CEO of Apple, NeXT and Pixar have forever changed my world. I have learned from his flaws as well as his successes.
Would I have fallen in love with designing software if I spent years writing command line driven apps? What would the graphical revolution have looked if it was built by people who weren't visionaries? How many years later would Apple-driven leaps in technology have taken?
I honestly don't want to know.
Thank you Steve being brave enough to say no to "good enough" and the vision to show us what's possible. Thank you for making computers fun and exciting. Thank you for putting a huge dent in my universe. May you win the battle over your illness and live to see many generations of breath-taking products built on your vision.


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Father's Day at Café Modern
- June 15, 2014 11:00 AM
Have you made reservations for Father's Day yet? In addition to our regular menu, Café Modern will feature the following specials for Dad. Plus, be sure to take Dad over to the Modern's reflecting pond for Fly Fishing with Backwoods from 11:30 am to 1 pm!
Chicken Tinga Chilaquiles
Spicy Chipotle Chicken and Scrambled Eggs tossed with Tortilla Chips and topped with Crumbled Queso Fresco. Served with Black Beans $13.75
This item can be prepared without gluten
Steak Benedict
Poached Vital Farms Cage-Free Eggs atop a toasted English Muffin with Char-Grilled Steak and topped with Bearnaise Sauce. Served with Herbed Fingerling Home Fries $15.25
"Manly" Quiche
Applewood Smoked Bacon, Sausage, Smoked Gouda and Jalapeno with Egg Custard baked in Flaky Pastry. Served with a Petite Café Salad and Fresh Fruit $12.75
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This is older, from january, somehow I missed it but… nitoyon has created an AS3 port of jQuery. jQuery is my favorite javascript tool besides javascript itself. Mootools, prototype, and others like mochikit are all great but jQuery was the first to do lambda chain decorating and others followed suit.
But having this power in as3 is a great thing! $ selectors, common access methods to properties, methods, etc. All good stuff. Again this shows the fun in as3 or ES4 based languages like Actionscript because people are porting all sorts of libraries to it. If this performs I may just start using it daily TODAY!
For instance setting the stage align for use in full screen:
$(stage).attr({scaleMode: "noScale", align: "TL"});
That is too fun… The only thing not cool about this is all the spam at nitoyon's blog : )
How about a functional Tweener call:
function animate(f:Boolean):void {
// Select 'RoundRect' elements using CSS selector
$("RoundRect:" + (f ? "odd" : "even"))
rotation: 90,
scaleX: 0.5,
scaleY: 0.5,
time: 0.6,
delay: 0.3,
transition: "easeOutCubic"
scaleX: 1,
scaleY: 1,
time: 0.5,
delay: 0.9,
transition: "easeOutElastic",
onComplete: function():void {
// restore the rotation and call again.
this.rotation = 0;
Stuff to see and try
- CSS Selector Demo Source code plain text
- 25 boxes and Tweener Source code plain text
- SVN: http://snippets.libspark.org/svn/as3/as3Query/


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Just as Pentagon planners are sorting out military contingencies in the event of a conflict with Iran, so too are investment planners assessing the investment risks and opportunities of war in the Persian Gulf.
A new investment commentary by analysts at Wilmington Trust, the more than century old high-net-worth outfit the DuPont family founded to manage its own wealth, considers the market effects of an Israeli response to Iran's efforts to complete its nuclear program.
Wilmington Trust's Clayton Albright III and Clement Miller start their analysis noting today's high gas prices, heading to the peak levels seen in 2008 and 2011—a fact they tie to the geopolitical situation swirling around Iran's nuclear program and Western efforts to contain the crisis through economic sanctions. Rather than "fear the worst and react accordingly," Albright and Miller attempt to coolly lay out four scenarios they consider realistic, only one of which (and not the most likely) they consider to be seriously destabilizing.
The first scenario they consider realistically possible is a continuation of sanctions with no overt military conflict—in other words, today's status quo will persist. Under that scenario, to which they assign a 20% probability, investors should expect "continued upward pressure on oil prices." The efforts of the U.S., EU and soon Japan to ban new oil contracts and phase out oil purchases under existing agreements are tending to reduce Iran's participation in global oil markets, despite the slack picked up by China, India and other emerging market Iranian customers.
Moreover, supply disruptions and low surplus production are occurring at a time of historically high levels of global oil consumption. The result, the analysts foresee under this scenario: "A prolonged period of high crude oil prices would present a continuing drag on the world economy and on expected equity market returns."
A second scenario, to which Albright and Miller also assign a 20% probability, involves an Iranian attempt to curtail oil shipping. An offensive military action by Iran, such as closing the Strait of Hormuz, would actually present an opportunity to prepared investors. The analysts cite military sources who believe the U.S. will be able to repulse Iranian aggression and restore order within a week or two. Since many will likely panic and sell their investments, the Wilmington Trust paper advocates patiently awaiting the positive outcome of the crisis, or even adding to "equity and credit risk where appropriate."
The most likely scenario Wilmington Trust anticipates is an Israeli and/or U.S. bombing campaign that sets Iran's nuclear program back a few years and inflicts damage on Iranian military capabilities. This scenario, to which they assign a 40% likelihood, has the same advantage of the second scenario: a quick return to normal, within weeks, offering investors to buy the panic. The analysts' worst-case scenario, which they consider to have a probability of 20%, would be a bombing campaign that "prompts an expanded Iranian-U.S. military conflict, drawing in Arabian Gulf oil producers and resulting in the destruction of key oil facilities." Alblright and Miller note there a number of Arab Gulf states that enjoy U.S. protection. "Should Iran successfully manage to curtail oil production on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf, oil prices would sharply rise, likely leaving a severe dent in the global economy."
Wilmington Trust currently has "below benchmark allocations to the overall equity market and to non-U.S. equities" both in response to the prospects for conflict in the Middle East and because concerns about a severe recession in Europe.
Because the investment company considers the most likely outcomes to include U.S. and Israeli forces prevailing, "a brief spike in oil prices and a temporary drop in equity markets," a Middle East conflict would present an opportunity to "raise our equity stakes at better prices." In the event their worst-case scenario transpired, "we might trim our equity and credit exposures in favor of core fixed income and cash."


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The LAPD is currently in the midst of searching Chris Brown's home in Los Angeles for a gun he used to threaten a woman after an "hours long standoff."
Here's how the incident started:
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WHISTLER, B.C. — While most athletes have their eyes on gold, Hakan Axelsson just wants to get across the finish line in one piece.
The 53-year-old former Swedish fireman is competing in the Paralympic cross-country events for the visually impaired. But he also has another disability: he has a prosthetic left leg.
And on Monday, he lost it.
"I had some problems with the downhill . . . I was standing on my right leg and I tried to turn left and my skis turned under me," he said. "I fell right forward so the left leg fell off and out into the forest. I got help from my guide and found the ski, shoe and the leg.
"They tell me they have it on film but I don't know."
It was a rough first day for Axelsson and his guide Mattias Westman, at the Paralympic Games. At the three-kilometre mark in the 20-km cross-country free event for the visually impaired, he crashed into French competitor Thomas Clarion and broke his pole. He got a new one after the first lap, but then he had to deal with his missing leg and he never finished the race.
But that hasn't deterred Axelsson, who is the only athlete in the Games with both visual impairment and an amputation.
A former Swedish national team cross-country skier, Axelsson had his left leg removed in 2005. He had injured it five years earlier in a piste machine accident, but only had it amputated after he broke it again.
Around the same time, Axelsson was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa. He now sees "very little," he said, noting that only his guide's shoes and his back are visible when he's following him. Everything else around him is blurred.
And when it's snowing or cloudy, it's even harder for him to see because there's no contrast.
His vision has deteriorated so much that Axelsson, who initially competed without a guide, had to find someone to lead him. But even then, he had his challenges. He chose his first guide in December 2009, but he required too much paperwork for the Paralympic accreditation so Axelsson got Westman on his side instead.
The pair only trained for two weeks before the Games began, Axelsson said, but added: "I have a very good guide." He also has his wife and two youngest sons here cheering him on.
"It's very difficult when I have more than one handicap," said Axelsson, who trained more than 50 hours a month for the 2010 Games. "I do my best."
Axelsson, who will compete in the men's 10-km classic cross-country ski event on Thursday, said he expects to do better as has "a problem with skating" and is more suited to the classic style of skiing rather than freestyle. The classic style has athletes ski in a straight forward-backward motion in grooves.
He will also race in the one-kilometre sprint classic on March 21.
"I hope I just can go over the finish line," he said.
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Al-Attiyah earns bittersweet Dakar Rally 6th stage
Al-Attiyah's buggy led the first Chilean stage all the way from Arica on the coast inland to Calama, beating defending champion Peterhansel in his Mini by more than eight minutes to cut the Frenchman's overall lead to an insignificant 1:18.
"I'm quite happy with everything," Al-Attiyah said. "We just try to keep going like this and we try to keep close to Peter because maybe tomorrow the stage might not be for us, but OK, if we lose, we lose just a few minutes."
Theirs has become a two-car race as rivals have struggled.
Giniel de Villiers, third overall at 43 minutes behind, got stuck in his Toyota for 10 minutes after 70 kilometers, the same area where Nani Roma's Mini was bogged down for 30 minutes. Roma dropped to seventh and 90 minutes down. The only other driver within an hour of Peterhansel was Russian teammate Leonid Novitskiy at 45 minutes.


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Small GEO Programme moves forward with contract-signing
ESA PR 45-2008. Today, ESA has signed the Small GEO Platform and Small GEO Mission contracts with the respective industrial primes, namely: OHB- System AG (Germany) and Hispasat S.A. (Spain).
The contracts were signed in the presence of representatives of the German space agency (DLR), the Spanish Delegation to ESA (CDTI) and members of other Delegations participating in this programme.
The Small GEO Programme aims to develop a general-purpose small geostationary satellite platform and subsequent mission which will enable European industry to develop the technologies to meet the needs of the commercial telecommunications market for small platforms. ESA focuses its support on R&D activities,while the industrial partners finance a substantial part of the development costs and bear the risks associated to the launch and further exploitation.
To achieve this, ESA established an element within its Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme called ARTES 11 which is divided into two parts.
The first part involves the development of a Small Geostationary Platform capable of supporting a payload mass of up to 300kg, payload power of up to 3kW and a lifetime of up to 15 years.
The second part involves the development and launch of a Small Geostationary Satellite and associated mission to provide flight qualification as well as in-orbit demonstration for the platform.
A consortium led by the German company OHB-System AG has been working on the preliminary development of the Small GEO Platform since March 2007. The core team of companies which is jointly developing the Platform and will subsequently commercialise it includes the Swedish Space Corporation (Sweden), Oerlikon (Switzerland) as well as OHB-System AG and its Luxembourg-based subsidiary LuxSpace. The definition phase has been completed, while the detailed design, manufacturing and testing phases have now been authorised by this contract-signing.
As far as the mission is concerned, Hispasat, the leading operator for the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking markets, has put together the necessary industrial team to implement all the mission elements.
OHB-System AG will act as Satellite Prime. Tesat GmbH (Germany) will be Payload Prime and will be responsible for the integration of the Transparent Repeater (produced by Tesat) and the REDSAT payload.
The resulting satellite, Hispasat (AG1), planned to be launched in 2012, will be placed in geostationary orbit at an altitude of 36000 kilometres, where it will supply Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands and South America with multimedia services. It will serve as an important and distinctive asset in Hispasat's satellite fleet, delivering:
A communications capacity of up to 24 transponders in Ku-band and 3 transponders in Ka band,
- A highly innovative REDSAT payload, project-led by Spanish industry.
Development of the REDSAT payload will be led by Thales Alenia Space España, which will coordinate a group of mainly Spanish companies with Thales Alenia Space España being responsible for the Onboard Processor and EADS CASA responsible for the Reflector and DRA Antennas.


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Before I started this article I was sidetracked by a brief trip to Wikipedia. The reason for this trip was the lingering feeling that the block diagram below looked excessively old. It feels like X58 and ICH10/R have been with us a bit longer than usual. Turns out X58 launched way back in November of 2008 and ICH10/R launched back in June of 2008. Since then we've had some evolutionary technology upgrades with USB 3.0 and SATA 6 being the most important. Where's our ICH11R with at least SATA 6 support? Turns out we have to wait till Sandy Bridge in 2011 for a revision of either which means for now motherboard manufacturers have to turn to 3rd party solutions like Marvell's 9128 SATA 6Gb/s controller and NEC's D720200 USB 3.0 controller for support.
I mention all of this as today I have Gigabyte's latest flagship X58 motherboard, the X58A-UD7. In traditional Gigabyte fashion there is an overabundance of everything on this board ranging from "24" phases for CPU power to a total of 14 available connections for SATA/PATA hard-drives. We'll talk about the specifics later but let's get a general look at the board now. Price is a big factor with this board with a $349.99 price tag at Newegg.com. At least they are so kind as to throw in free shipping which actually is rather nice as the box this board comes in is huge.
Next let's consider the competition. For this I'd say any board within $40 would be eligible competition which leaves us with the MSI P55 Big Bang Trinergy and P55 Big Bang Fuzion, EVGA's P55 Classified NF200 and X58 E760 Classified, and Asus' X58 P6X58D Premium, X58 P6T6 WS Revolution and X58 Rampage II Extreme. All of these boards are rather nice options but none of them except the P6X58D Premium include SATA 6Gb/s or USB 3.0 support so Gigabyte gets a gold star for that. It should be noted that the Asus X58 Rampage III Extreme will be available soon with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s, but since it isn't available it is hardly a factor. Comparing PCIe slot arrangement all these boards support 3-way SLI/CrossFire but only the $400 P6T7 WS Supercomputer supports 4-way SLI/CrossFire. This isn't exactly a huge issue as the market for 4-way SLI/CrossFire is very small but when you are spending $350 on a motherboard you might as well have the option. Unfortunately I haven't got an Asus Rampage II Extreme as it appears to be the ideal comparison but I do have an EVGA E760 Classified and it will offer a well enough comparison. Below for your ease of browsing I've included the specification sheet for the Gigabyte X58A-UD7.
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)
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GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
JMicron JMB362 chip:
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|(Note 1) Due to Windows Vista/XP 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
(Note 2) For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics cards, it is
recommended that you install them in the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots.
(Note 3) The PCIEX8_1 and PCIEX8_2 slots share bandwidth with the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots
espectively. When PCIEX8_1 is populated with an expansion card, the PCIEX16_1 slot will operate
at up to x8 mode; when PCIEX8_2 is populated with an expansion card, the PC
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operate at up to x8 mode.
(Note 4) Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/ system cooler you install.
(Note 5) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.
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Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics
Last Saturday, Singapore welcomed young athletes from around the world in a ceremony opening the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. This is the first ever Summer Youth Olympics, an event designed to be celebrated in the same tradition of the Olympic Games – the major difference being that the competitors are all between 14 and 18 years of age. This year, 3,500 athletes from more than 200 countries are competing in 184 events in 26 sports.
Collected here are some photographs of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, which will run until its closing ceremony on August 26th.
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Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BAC) has hired two advisors from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MS) and one from Wells Fargo (WFC), the company said Friday. Together, the three advisors oversee close to $340 million in client assets and more than $1.5 million in yearly fees and commissions.
This news came one week after four BofA-Merrill teams moved to the independent-advisor model. It also comes as Morgan Stanley continues to see the exit of a number of advisors and teams due to technology, integration and related issues tied to the merger of Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney.
Jonathan Brecht joined the company from Morgan Stanley and is based in Rockefeller Center in New York. He oversees nearly $130 million in assets.
Jeff Chanin also joined from MSSB and is based in Coral Springs, Fla., where he has roughly $100 million in assets and yearly fees and commissions of about $972,000.
Coming to Merrill from Wells Fargo was David Francis, who is based in Mequon, Wis. The advisor oversees roughly $110 million and has yearly production of close to $490,000.
In late August, according to Reuters, Merrill Lynch agreed to a proposed $40 million class-action settlement with 1,400 brokers over deferred compensation related to the merger with BofA.


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By now you'll have heard about the fatal explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oilrig in the Gulf Of Mexio that is now leaking oil into the Gulf at an alarming rate. While efforts are made to prevent further leaked oil from the wellhead, a new app is helping members of the public as well as professionals report discoveries of oil on beaches and wildlife affected by oil.
App developer Intridea built Oil Reporter for Crisis Commons, an international volunteer network of tech and business professionals that provides tools and resources for crisis and disaster responders. Created in a few days using the Appcelerator Titanium platform, which converts web code into native iPhone apps, Oil Reporter enables members of the public as well as professionals to report oil on beaches and animals harmed by the spill. From within the free app, those wishing to help the recovery effort can upload pictures and videos, tag them with a GPS location and share them via social networks. The app also includes access to the Oil Reporter Twitter feed for live updates on the crisis and its recovery. For those wishing to sign up as a volunteer, the Oil Reporter app includes links and contact details for volunteer programs in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida.
The app's simple Report screen makes posting a report easy, with a text field to explain what you see, the option to add an image of your find and sliders to explain the level of oil and its effect on the wetlands. A drop down menu allows you to update on the effect the oil is having on the local wildlife. An additional Adopt-A-Beach option is coming soon which will offer training to those who wish to monitor a section of beach and provide updates via the web. No experience is required and you can sign up from the oilreporter.org website.
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by Taylor Swope
If you've been keeping up with the news, you've probably noticed that various hedge funds, particularly SAC Capital, have been in the headlines for questionable behavior. This raises some very serious questions about the quality of hedge fund governance and the level of transparency currently required from funds.
A recent study, written by New York Law School Associate Professor Houman Shadab, analyzes historical hedge fund governance and offers suggestions for how governance can be improved upon.
What are hedge funds?
So, you may be asking yourself, what exactly is a hedge fund? For our purposes, a hedge fund is a "private investment vehicle that is not subject to the full range of restrictions on investment activities, disclosure obligations, and other regulations imposed by federal law on investment companies." These funds are run by account managers, who are compensated through a fee based on annual profits and performance.
The primary components of hedge fund governance consist of the following:
- Investors that are cautious and quite willing to exercise their short-term redemption rights
- Fund managers that are very sensitive to the correlation between their pay and performance. This is because funds are compensated through an annual management fee (about 2%), a performance fee (usually 20%), as well as their own investment in the funds they manage
- Investor demand for quality governance and oversight
- Monitoring from creditors and derivatives counterparties
Shadab argues that, "hedge fund governance is a form of managerialism because the funds' underlying legal regime gives managers near complete authority over the structure and operations of the funds they manage." Managerialism, as defined in the article, is the control of a business enterprise by a manager, while shareholders and directors play a more passive role. However, hedge fund managers still have to appease their investors (limited partners).
Aren't hedge funds a rip-off?
Shadab claims, "that hedge fund managers are not systematically ripping off investors. This is because empirical studies do not find that fraud or other types of agency costs are pervasive and significant." His argument is that the market for hedge fund managers seems relatively competitive and well priced.
As can be expected, there are a lot of people who disagree with this sentiment. For example, Edward Siedle compared hedge fund management to theft when we wrote, "I call hedge funds 'money management on steroids' because these funds charge fees hundreds of times greater than traditional investments… My friends, if you're going to steal $1 million, this is the way to do it."
Shadab seems to disagree with this sentiment on a philosophical level. While critics of hedge funds believe fees are unpredictable (even though they are clearly laid out in a fund's documents), his argument maintains that governance does just enough to ensure everyone is protected: investors, managers, and directors.
So, what's wrong with hedge funds?
Shadab certainly doesn't believe that hedge funds are perfect, though. For example, he believes that, "hedge fund boards do not provide the same level of oversight and responsiveness as do boards in public corporations." This is primarily due to the fact that hedge funds are not required to have a board, though research suggests investors in funds without a board would welcome the change.
Shadab makes several other suggestions for improvement. For one, it has also been reported that investors prefer hedge fund directors to limit the number of boards they sit on so their attention is not too distracted. He is also very clear that governance around fraud could be improved.
While there is clearly room for improvement, Shadab cites fund performance studies that show investors still come out on top. He writes: "…a recent study found that nearly three-quarters of fund profits go to investors, not managers, which indicates that performance fees are not generally too high or structured to allow managers to be paid before losses are passed along to investors."
Governance Devices
Hedge fund investors are permitted to withdraw funds at any time in response to poor fund performance or governance, although if they have not had the funds invested for a certain amount of time, they may be charged a fee for early withdrawal. And, not surprisingly, hedge fund investors have long desired higher quality governance for several reasons, such as the financial crisis of 2008 and the Bernie Madoff scandal. A study from PriceWaterhouseCoopers found that an estimated 89% of hedge funds make at least monthly disclosures to investors. This aligns with Shadab's argument that hedge fund managers are not ripping people off because the governance structure makes it difficult to do so.
There are also mechanisms that funds can include in their fee structure to help investors, such as a high-water mark, which is a section of the governance piece that limits managers from profiting from a performance fee until the account regains losses from previous years. There is also the hurdle rate, which prohibits fund managers from being paid unless a minimum rate of return is achieved. Shadab also believes that if managers invest personally in the fund, they will likely make wise choices because they have a personal stake. However, co-investment may also cause the fund manager to be too cautious when brokering deals.
Shadab raises an interesting point about hedge fund transparency in this article. He suggests that, "investors are often better off with less disclosure, higher fees, and less access to their capital." As could be expected, this is not a popular sentiment among investors. However, Shadab believes that, "complete transparency into a fund's specific investment positions may be overwhelming and not provide a basis for investors to make a meaningful comparison between managers." He also points out that too many disclosures could lead to another trader gaining access to fund information, which will damage the fund's competitive advantage and ability to provide investors with consistent returns.
On the other hand, Halah Touryalai argues that clear reporting leads to increased operational efficiency and allows investors to focus on what works. Making evidence-based decisions allows everyone involved to strengthen the fund and working relationships. She also says there are software options that allow for targeted transparency so you can pick and choose what data is revealed to whom. However, Shadab believes that the hedge fund industry has shifted (and continues to) toward more voluntary transparency in an effort to appease investors who are concerned they do not know enough about where their money is being invested.
Protecting Investors
While the ideal level of transparency and the effectiveness of governance are currently being debated, legislators try various methods to help investors. Primarily, the SEC restricts hedge funds' ability to advertise and potential group of investors. Currently (this may change with the JOBS Act), hedge funds cannot advertise themselves to the general public. In addition, only accredited investors are allowed to invest in hedge funds, since the government deems them wealthy enough to understand the risk involved.
However, if you're interested in knowing how hedge funds have historically invested, you can read their 13F filings. Though they only list qualifying securities, you can fairly closely watch the investments of long funds (and NYSE Euronext has just petitioned the SEC to reduce the 13F filing period to 2 days).
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I'd like to thank OneTexFan and Dan P. for this entertaining piece. These guys are having a lot of fun contributing this year and I've really enjoyed having them here.
I've taken the liberty of inserting my own comments into their Q&A here, so I hope they don't mind!!
~ Crimedog>
Larry (aka OneTexFan) and fellow blogger, Dan P have collaborated on a review of the Texans' SWatting of the Ravens on Sunday, 43-13. There will be a little back and forth on Q &A's and a quick look at some of the numbers from the first 7 games.
Hello, Goodbye indeed. I don't think Paul McCartney had last games before bye weeks in mind when he wrote that gem, but…. the Texans go rolling into the bye week with their Houston fandom begging for more and more importantly with a 2 game lead on the whole AFC after grabbing the tiebreaker from the Ravens.
Q. (OneTexFan-OTF) So "Watt" happened? Why the giant turn-around from the Green Bay game?
A. (Dan P) Apparently, most of the Texans were confused looking at the schedule and thought the bye week occurred prior to the Ravens game instead of after it. Seriously, the Texans were a bit unlucky to play the Packers in a must-win game and it was a game that Aaron Rodgers turned back into his 2011 self and was in an insane zone.
The plus side was that the Packer debacle re-focused the Texans and they played one of their more complete games in annihilating the Ravens. Pundits will say that the Texans took advantage of an injury decimated Baltimore defense, but the Ravens had been riding their offense this year and it was plain shut down by the Houston SWatters. They were held to 3.2 yards per snap – Ray Rice (2.4 yds/rec), Boldin (8 y/r), Smith (10.2 y/r) and Jacoby (8.5 y/r) were all held way below their season averages.
The Texans won the turnover battle, the sack battle, the deflected pass battle and almost everything else. They got inside Joe Flacco's mind and bad things happened for Baltimore.
CD: I agree with Dan. The Packers came in at 2-3 and needed a strong showing on the road. The Texans were riding that 5-0 cloud into uncharted territory and got brought crashing back to earth. I doubt any team in the NFL could've stopped Aaron Rodgers that night, he was lights out. He's not last year's league MVP for nothing!
Q. (OTF) Did anything bother you about the Texans performance Sunday?
A. (Dan P) Other than a bit of a slow offensive start – I have a small bone to pick with JJo's TD return of a Senor SWatt deflection. JJo, I loved the play and I don't mind you celebrating the heck out of it – AFTER you score. This is not just being stodgy old school – I just don't want to have to spend Monday reading about how you lost your one handed grip on the ball at the 10 yard line or how someone tipped it out of your hand.
CD: I'm not going to rag on J-Jo much for that. He had his head on a swivel and was watching for defenders. Had anyone gotten close I think he would've tucked it away smartly. What bothered me? I wanted 50 points. We got so close. The flanking play that the Ravens scored on was picture perfect. I'm just glad they didn't do too much of that!
Q. (OTF) What's your take on Alan Ball's performance so far this season?
A. (Dan P) Let's face it coming into this game Ball had only 2 more tackles and 1 forced fumble more than I did, but……
A. (OTF) Alan Ball had a terrific rejection of a football going into the endzone. Flying through the air with the greatest of ease, pulling the ball into his hands while flipping it behind him between his legs. Wow!
A. (Dan P) – I have to agree that Ball's tremendous play on punt coverage to pin the Ravens at their goal line was a game changer leading to Barwin's first sack of the year / safety and this seemed to jump start both sides of the ball for the Texans.
CD: I think Ball is a serviceable back-up. Not great, and not a glaring weakness. Is he the guy I want covering the other team's #1? Never. But he's a vet and he knows the system and he will make a few plays for us. And as we've seen, he'll also blow a few. But if by the end of the season he makes more than he blows, I'm happy.
Q. (OTF) Isn't it interesting that the Defense has quite a few sWatted passes this season? The sWatt is a BIG time move for the team. [Are they attending JJ's school of 'Jump & sWatt?]
A. (Dan P) The defensive linemen led by Senor SWatt have 22 deflections (PD's) in 7 games. Last year the defensive linemen had 23 – all season.
JJ has 10 PDs thru 7 games, while he had 4 all of last year (in the regular season). Super Mario Williams has 12 PD's ….in his career. I guess raising his arms and jumping is too much to ask for a gazillion $$.
A. (OTF) The Bills are not getting much bang for their bucks this season. I only hope that the Texans will do nicely with their compensatory Draft Pick for the Mario signing.
CD: JJ has definitely inspired this crew to get their hands up. But that's basic football 101. You just don't see it like we're seeing it now. I'm not sure how much of that is coached or how much is just imitation by the other D-linemen after seeing how easy JJ makes it look. Whatever it is, it's definitely working, and impossible to protect against.
Q. (Dan P) Name an uncommon quality that you like about JJ Watt?
A. (OTF) You have to love his onfield attitude. JJ Watt's Mutumbo finger denial after one of his sWatts gets the crowd going. I like his salute, as well as his roar. The man is a game changer.
CD: Uncommon? Almost everything about this kid is uncommon. I don't think I've seen a young defensive lineman so dominant at this stage of his career since The Minister of Defense. Granted, Reggie White didn't have a sWatted pass until his 8th season, but his 31 sacks in his first two seasons were as dominating as can be.
Q. (OTF) What do you think of Mercilus' efforts on Defense lately?
A. (Dan P) Whitney (Ming the) Mercilus had been taking a bit of a beating in the blogs – Is he a bust? What's wrong with him? Etc. So I was happy that he had two huge plays with a sack and a deflected pass that ended up in Quin's interception. It should be noted that through 7 games of their rookie seasons, Brooks Reed had 1 sack and JJ had 2. Patience, patience. Not everyone can be Kareem Jackson as a rookie.
A. (OTF) I think we need a laugh track on this blog, Dan.
CD: Poor Rug. Let's remember KJ came to the Texans at a time when they had virtually zero pass rush, and one of the league's worst defenses of all time. And he was playing opposite Glover Quin as a rookie, and while I love GQ, he's no pro-bowl, shut-down corner. I agree with Dan though that Mercilus will come on stronger and stronger. I think Wade will use him as the pass rusher that we lost in Cushing. Mercilus will be a playmaker, we saw flashes of that in preseason and again last week. It's early folks, save the labels for later.
Q. (Dan P) Owen Daniels is having a great season so far, do you think he has a good shot at being named for the Pro Bowl at season's end?
A. (OTF) His stats this year through 7 games are:
33 Receptions out of 48 targets for 416 yards with a 12.6 yard average. Projected through 16 games: 75 Receptions out of 110 targets for 951 yards with a 12.6 yard average.
A. (Dan P) If the season ended today – the two AFC Pro Bowlers at TE would be Daniels and The Gronk from New England who is slightly ahead of Owen in receptions (35-33), yardage (434-416) and TDs (5-4). No one else is really close to these two at this time.
(OTF) I have to agree with you about the Gronk-Man over OD at this point. But in the Texans offense look at Daniels to be making substantial contributions for the team all season. It will be interesting to see how those two Tight Ends' statistics will compare by the end of the season. I am looking forward to the Texans/Patriots game.
Q. (Dan P) Do you think the Texans are not using Andre Johnson as much this season due to his age or frequent injury problem?
A. (OTF) My take is that they might be saving his best efforts for use in the playoffs. Although IF that's a Coaching decision I can't say if that's wise or not at this point. At least AJ is still healthy.
A. (Dan P) – Interesting fact – in 2009 – Andre's last 16 game season – he had 101 receptions in a year when Matt Schaub completed 396 passes. That year 25.5% of Matt's completions went to AJ. This year he has 34 receptions out of Matt's 142 completions – or 24%. Not that big a down-tick, the big difference is the Texans are not throwing so much – period (about 20% less) and therefore AJ is not getting targeted as much.
CD: Again I have to agree with Dan. AJ draws frequent coverage over the top from the safeties. When the Texans are rushing the ball well they use the pass to convert and take what the defense gives. If that's an open Walter, or Daniels, or Thor, they take it. Consider also that the Texans have played all but two games with a comfortable lead, which also has led to them passing much less. To think that the coaches are possibly trying to "save" Andre for later in the season makes me cringe, because he could get injured on any given play on any given Sunday. Surely the coaching staff isn't willing to take that gamble. If they could get him the ball more now, they would, but what they're doing is working, so go with it.
Q. (OTF) Which was the better catch on Sunday – Glover Quin's Bolshoi ballet, tip, pirouette and fingertip grab or Garrett Graham's Inspector Gadget arm extension, tip and snag?
A. (Dan P) I thought for a moment the Graham tip was going to be an easy interception, but there were no defenders in the area. I have to give style points to Quin – it took an insanely great adjustment and contortion to pull off his interception.
CD: I gotta give it to Quin. That was athletic as all get out. Graham's was also very impressive, but reminded me more of a basketball tip-and-grab. At 6'4″ his reach certainly looked superhuman.
1. Connor Barwin getting off the schneid with the sack/safety and adding on a nice SWatt later in the game.
2. The return of Ben Tate – Hopefully his toe problems are behind him as he had double digit carries for the first time since the Jacksonville game. (Note – Tate now has a hamstring problem – ouch)
3. The return of the running game – 5+ yards per carry and the best production since the Jacksonville game.
4. Zero, zilch, nada turnovers.
5. Senor SWatt playing volleyball setter to JJo's pick 6.
6. Big plays by Connor Barwin.
7. Big plays by Whitney Mercilus
8. Glover Quin making his superman interception
9. After the initial Ravens' drive the defense gave up 131 yards on 48 snaps
10. 6-1 and all alone atop the AFC
(OK – we ended up with more than 10…..)
11. Alan Ball's tremendous play to down the punt leading to the safety.
12. Arian's better than 5 yards a carry and 2 TD day.
13. Matt Schaub hitting his stride and completing 12 passes in a row.
And here are some stats for you to enjoy headed into the bye after seven games (from OneTexFan):
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 154/117 (9th / 2nd in NFL)
TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS 2,600/ 1,981 (12th / 3rd in NFL)
TOTAL RUSHING YARDS 986/581 (6th / 5th in NFL)
TOTAL PASSING YARDS 1,614/1,400 (18th / 5th in NFL)
SACKS 21.0/8.0 (5th most / 2nd least in NFL)
PASSES SWATTED (46 / 25) (2nd most / 8th least in NFL)
PTS PER GAME 30.9 / 18.3 (2nd most / 5th least in NFL)
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:22/24:37 (#1 in the NFL)
TURNOVER RATIO +7 (5th best in NFL)
So – enjoy your week off – though like us you really want this season to continue as-is.
Dan P and OneTexFan


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Yahoo! has bewildered some of its email users by freezing them out of their accounts for what it has described as "scheduled maintenance" to the system.
"We are undertaking some essential, but extensive maintenance to improve Yahoo! Mail. During the maintenance period, some users may experience problems accessing Yahoo! Mail," reads a message from the struggling internet company to users who are currently unable to gain access to their email.
"We sincerely apologise for this inconvenience. Your account is in great shape and we are working to have it available again as quickly as possible."
There are plenty of anecdotal reports via Twitter suggesting there is mail trouble at Yahoo! Towers currently.
Reg reader Paul, who has a BT Yahoo! account, told us that he had spoken with a UK Yahoo! support worker, who confirmed the mail systems were offline for some users.
Apparently, Yahoo! email could be out of action for up to 24 hours for those affected by the apparent maintenance work. We've asked Yahoo! to comment on this story, but it hadn't immediately got back to us at time of publication.
Just last week Yahoo! rolled out its overhauled email service and removed the beta tag from its online mail product. It also slotted more social media elements into the system. But the makeover has so far received at best an underwhelming response.
It's unclear if the maintenance is related to glitches in the latest version of the service. ®


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Unlike lies and deception, the use of false language has created an aura around the peace process, says Marwan Bishara.
The good news: "Netanyahu to give peace process a 'robust push". The bad news, any rational person privy to the ideology and makeup of the Israeli government knows this not serious.
And yet, after their meeting, Barak Obama, the US president, has publically supported his Israeli interlocutor, saying he believed Binyamin Netanyahu would take "risks for peace" and praised the Israeli prime minister for easing the blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Obama also called for "direct talks" between Israelis and Palestinians irrespective of the continued illegal settlements.
All of which begs two questions: How does a defunct and discredited diplomatic process continue to masquerade as a success despite its utter failures? And why the US and its Western allies continue to finance and pamper it when it creates more instability and conflict than peace and progress?
The short answer is bullshit.
In is attempt to define bullshit and theorise about its uses and meanings, Harry Frankfurt, the Princeton philosopher, has differentiated between bullshit and lies in his book On Bullshit, and concluded that bullshit can be more dangerous than lying.
Bullshit is more than a word it is a chronic widespread system of rhetoric and representation that mystifies the truth. It has increasingly become a way of communication not only in the private sphere but has become part and parcel of Western propaganda.
Falafel to fanfare
At times, according to Frankfurt, sincerity also qualifies as bullshit. This is especially true when those uttering it are in denial over their true motivation. This explains why many of the stubborn advocates of the present peace process bullshit even when they are being sincere.
In fact, I cannot but shake my head in bewilderment whenever I am exposed to the "peace industry". Peace and co-existence initiatives by NGOs have used everything from falafel to fanfare and music but failed utterly to improve the situation. Instead, they have contributed to make the occupation look as normal.
Having said that, I do not discount the great degree of lying in the process. But unlike the lies and deception, bullshit has created an aura around the peace process.
How many doubt that the timing of Obama's invitation to the Israeli prime minister ahead of the fall midterm congressional elections is more about domestic politics than foreign policy.
As one Washington Post columnist commented sardonically, it would have been appropriate for Obama who reprimanded Netanyahu before, to have flown the white flag of surrender during the visit.
Mostly bullshit is about spreading half truths, fake statements that allow what amounts to a de facto war process of occupation and colonisation to masquerade as a peace process causing major suffering and destruction.
Since the so called "peace process" started two decades ago, all promises of progress, peace and prosperity, have turned into disappointment, conflict and regress.
After hundreds of meetings, tens of initiatives and seven interim agreements, the situation in the Israeli occupied territories might have "improved" in certain micro areas, but at a macro level it has notably worsened.
During that time, the peace process has bestowed on an ever more aggressive Israeli occupier and increasingly discredited Palestinian Authority the title of "peace partners".
In the process, colonisation deepened, the colonised suffered and nonsense triumphed.
Despite recent assurances to the contrary, illegal Jewish settlements continue to proliferate and destabilise the West Bank and especially East Jerusalem.
A report, on the eve of Netanyahu's visit, by the Israeli organisation B'Tselem on the proliferating Jewish settlements despite assurances to the contrary speaks volumes about Israeli deception regarding the settlement issue.
Now the Netanyahu government is promising "improvements" on its blockade of 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza, but the end result is clear: it will continue to police, and treat the impoverished and overpopulated refugee camp like the mega prison it has become.
Likewise, despite talk of economic revival under the Palestinian Authority, the standard and quality of living in the semi-autonomous areas of the West Bank is below 1980s levels, when the West Bank was under full Israeli occupation. It continues to deteriorate relative to Israel, which is now a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a club for developed countries.
It is mind boggling that the likes Tony Blair, the International Quartet envoy, gets away with promoting improvement in life conditions and better "security" at the heart of the miserably occupied territories.
Netanyahu's focus on economic rather than political rights for the Palestinians has led to no real improvement in the movement of labour and capital, nor in true amelioration of the access to health, education, let alone to the outside world.
With the exception of a number of English speaking "peace process contractors" (those living off politically motivated Western aid), most Palestinians continue to live in destitution.
Comparing the situation between the refugee camps the moderates' administer in the West Bank and those run by "extremists" in Gaza is like comparing the situation in two prisons.
Bluffing is of course integral to or even indispensable for diplomacy, but it generally has limits or is a side show for something more strategic. So what is the strategy behind the promotion of the defunct peace process?
Private club
Since the end of the Cold War, the Middle East peace process has emerged as the US regional order.
Entire peoples and states have been judged on where they stood on the peace process. Those, especially among the Arabs who supported it have been called moderates and those opposed as extremists.
The "Peace Process" became a private club whose membership carried a number of strategic advantages, while being on the outside risked sanctions, even war.
Paradoxically, over the last two decades, both the US, the sponsor of the peace process, and Israel, its ally and peace partner, have waged destructive and bloody wars in the region.
But both remained untouched as sponsor and partner in the peace process.
If these were any other countries, they would have been sanctioned, blockaded and bombarded, even occupied.
This explains why Israel's most infamous general was referred as a "man of peace" by George Bush, the self-proclaimed US "war president".
Promoting the peace process has become a strategic reality, even necessity, regardless of its realisation or implementation.
There are far better ways to free Israelis from the political and moral burden of their occupation, and bring Palestinians liberty and independence from foreign occupation.
But the peace process is the best way to maintain Pax Americana in the region, secure Jewish support in the US while pampering the special relationship between the US and Israel.
Given the choice between peace in the Middle East and peace between the US and Israel, the Obama administration has made its choice known this week.