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Top Stories: Business and Finance
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The following are the day's top business stories:
1. Fed Governor Kevin Warsh Resigns; Bernanke Adviser Had Questioned Stimulus 2. Australia Stocks Drop on Concern Egypt Crisis Remains Threat; Korea Rises 3. Lowest BRIC Yields Rising as Zhou Struggles With Inflation: China Credit 4. Bank of America's Lewis Paid `Crazy Price' for Merrill Lynch, Buffett Says 5. Newcrest Mining Posts First-Half Profit of $440 Million, Missing Estimates 6. South Korean Jump in Producer Prices Bolsters Case for Raising Rates Today 7. Axel Weber Moves Markets to Confusion With Hints of Exiting His Bundesbank 8. Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications Profit May Slump 66% on Discounting 9. Egypt Bonds, Stock Fund Advance as Mubarak Pledges to Delegate Authority 10.Akamai's Chief Sagan Plans to Go It Alone Amid Persisting Takeover Talks 11.Disney Battles Hong Kong Government Park as Buzz Lightyear Rides to Rescue 12.Bustling Business of Cheating Has Nothing to Do With Wall Street This Time
1. Fed Governor Kevin Warsh Resigns; Bernanke Adviser Had Questioned Stimulus
Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh, who was one of Chairman Ben S. Bernanke´s closest financial-crisis advisers before becoming the only governor to question the expansion of record monetary stimulus in November, resigned after five years at the central bank. Warsh, 40, a former investment banker who was the youngest- ever Fed governor when then-President George W. Bush appointed him in 2006, will leave "on or around March 31," he said in a letter today to President Barack Obama that was released by the Fed in Washington. His departure may give Bernanke a stronger hand to complete or potentially expand $600 billion in Treasury purchases through June. At the same time, Bernanke loses a link to Wall Street executives and Republican politicians as he carries out Congress´s overhaul of financial regulation and faces criticism from a political party that in the midterm election gained control of the U.S. House. "You lose a forceful internal advocate for ending QE and trying to renormalize policy quicker," said Vincent Reinhart, the Fed´s director of monetary affairs from 2001 to 2007, referring to the stimulus program known as quantitative easing.
2. Australia Stocks Drop on Concern Egypt Crisis Remains Threat; Korea Rises
Australian stocks fell, ending seven days of gains, amid concern Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak´s steps to subdue anti-government protests will fail to contain regional turmoil that threatens a global economic recovery. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world´s biggest mining company, dropped 0.5 percent in Sydney, and Rio Tinto Group, which reported earnings late yesterday, sank 1.1 percent. Newcrest Mining Ltd., Australia´s largest gold mining company, declined 0.6 percent after reporting first-half net income that missed analyst estimates. Independence Group NL, an Australian nickel producer, slumped 3.1 percent after analysts at Goldman Sachs & Partners Australia Pty. lowered its investment rating. Australia´s S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 0.2 percent to 4,903.8 as of 10:48 a.m. in Sydney, with mining and energy stocks leading today´s declines. New Zealand´s NZX 50 Index gained 0.5 percent in Wellington. South Korea´s Kospi Index climbed 0.4 percent in Seoul. Futures on the U.S. Standard & Poor´s 500 Index slid 0.4 percent today. The gauge advanced 0.1 percent at 4 p.m. in New York yesterday, reversing an earlier slide of as much as 0.7 percent, after Mubarak´s plan to delegate authority to his vice president initially spurred optimism that the nation´s political crisis won´t threaten the global economy. Mubarak failed to resign in a speech late yesterday, instead handing powers to his deputy, Omar Suleiman.
3. Lowest BRIC Yields Rising as Zhou Struggles With Inflation: China Credit
China´s 10-year bond yield is in jeopardy of rising further from a two-year high on speculation that central bank interest rates, the lowest among BRIC nations, are failing to cool the fastest-growing major economy. Yields on debt due in 2020 may climb to 4.35 percent from 4.13 percent yesterday, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of eight analysts. Data next week may show lending surged in January and inflation was at a 30-month high, according to separate polls. Retail sales rose 19 percent from a year earlier during a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday that ended Feb. 8, the Commerce Ministry said. The central bank´s 0.25 percentage point increase in the one-year deposit rate to 3 percent this week still leaves China´s benchmark below Brazil´s 11.25 percent, India´s 6.5 percent and Russia´s 7.75 percent. Rising returns on savings have already swelled inflows of capital betting on yuan gains, which have added to inflation and asset-bubble risks. "A much tighter monetary policy is necessary," said Tim Condon, head of Asian research in Singapore at ING Groep NV, who sees inflation exceeding 7 percent in April and the 10-year yield at 4.5 percent by June 30. "Excess liquidity has increased the risk of a broad-based inflation spiral."
4. Newcrest Mining Posts First-Half Profit of $440 Million, Missing Estimates
Newcrest Mining Ltd., Australia´s largest gold mining company, said first-half profit more than doubled after the purchase of Lihir Gold Ltd. and a surge in prices. Net income was A$438 million ($440 million) in the six months ended Dec. 31, compared with A$176 million a year earlier, the Melbourne-based company said today in a statement. This was less than the A$457 million mean of four analyst estimates surveyed by Bloomberg. Gold recorded a 10th straight annual gain in 2010 as concern about rising inflation and currency debasement spurred investors to seek the metal as a store of value. Sales from Newcrest´s mines in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and West Africa rose 66 percent to A$1.97 billion. Greg Robinson, Newcrest´s executive director finance, will succeed retiring Chief Executive Officer Ian Smith from July 1, the company said in a separate statement.
5. South Korean Jump in Producer Prices Bolsters Case for Raising Rates Today
South Korea´s producer-price inflation rate climbed at the fastest pace in more than two years, bolstering the case for the central bank to raise borrowing costs for a second straight month today. Producer prices increased 6.2 percent in January from a year earlier, the biggest gain since November 2008, compared with a 5.3 percent advance in December, the Bank of Korea said in a statement in Seoul today. Prices advanced 1.6 percent from December, the fastest pace in more than two years. The Bank of Korea will raise its benchmark policy rate by a quarter percentage point to 3 percent at its meeting today, according to nine of 12 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. "The BOK needs to act more aggressively to keep inflation expectations from running out of control," Kwon Young Sun, an economist at Nomura Holdings Inc. in Hong Kong, said before the report. "The success of rate hikes will depend on how much the won appreciates to curb import prices."
6. Axel Weber Moves Markets to Confusion With Hints of Exiting His Bundesbank
Axel Weber may be heading toward the exit of the Bundesbank on the same unconventional path he´s treaded throughout seven years as a central banker. The 53-year old German, who once argued "it´s not so important" for a central banker to be a diplomat, sowed confusion among investors for a second day yesterday by declining to clarify whether he´s quitting and no longer a candidate to run the European Central Bank. The disarray meshes with the unorthodox and outspoken approach Weber took to the presidency of the Bundesbank and which harmed his chances of succeeding Jean-Claude Trichet at the ECB. Where Trichet is smooth, Weber´s public objections to buying bonds and cutting interest rates suggested he placed the primacy of his own views on beating inflation and maintaining central bank independence above the need to appease politicians or strike a consensus with colleagues. "It´s like he´s wanting to prove he´s not the right person," said Christoph Kind, head of asset allocation at Frankfurt Trust, which manages about 16 billion euros ($22 billion). "The way he´s communicated about whether he does or doesn´t want the job shows me he´s lacking the feeling for the public and politicians that the ECB job needs."
7. Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications Profit May Slump 66% on Discounting
Reliance Communications Ltd., India´s second-largest mobile-phone operator and the flagship company of billionaire Anil Ambani´s business group, may report a sixth consecutive drop in profit as call rates tumble. Net income may fall 66 percent to 3.7 billion rupees ($81 million) in the third quarter, from 11 billion rupees a year earlier, according to the average of 25 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The company announces earnings Feb. 14. Reviving profit growth is important to convince investors that the company will be able to pare down debt after plans to sell equity and a tower unit last year didn´t go through, analysts said. Ambani´s companies lost a combined $2.6 billion in market value on Feb. 9 after the group said "vicious and illegal" rumors sparked a sell off. "Earnings are immaterial now," said Jigar Shah, an analyst with Kim Eng Securities India Pvt. in Mumbai, who has a "sell" rating on the shares. "What is critical is how they are able to reduce debt levels."
8. Egypt Bonds, Stock Fund Advance as Mubarak Pledges to Delegate Authority
Egyptian dollar bonds and a fund tracking the nation´s stocks gained as President Hosni Mubarak pledged to hand authority to Vice President Omar Suleiman. The yield on the government´s 5.75 percent dollar bond due 2020 fell 11 basis points to 6.48 percent as Mubarak said in a speech on state television yesterday that he would hand over the responsibilities of office to his deputy ahead of September elections. The Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF, an exchange- traded fund that holds Egyptian shares, gained 0.5 percent in New York after earlier rising as much as 6.1 percent. Egyptian bonds are rebounding after yields surged to a record 7.2 percent on Jan. 31 as hundreds of thousands of Egyptians flooded the country´s main squares and thoroughfares to demand Mubarak´s exit. The violence, which the United Nations says has killed about 300 people, sparked concern about contagion in the region, which holds more than 50 percent of the world´s known oil reserves. "The succession for the president needs to be acceptable to the people," said Mohammed Ali Yasin, chief investment officer at Abu Dhabi-based financial services company CAPM Investments PJSC. "If so, it will prompt a strong rebound in the stock market and the economy in general. People had expected markets to sell off. You may find them now talking about opening limit up and not limit down."
9. Akamai's Chief Sagan Plans to Go It Alone Amid Persisting Takeover Talks
Akamai Technologies Inc. has been a rumored takeover target 21 times since 2005, more than any other company, according to Bloomberg data. Chief Executive Officer Paul Sagan says nobody there is paying attention. "I get more questions from employees about whether we can get more showers in the office," he says. Told that Akamai had been crowned king of the rumor mill, he laughs: "Well, I guess that makes you guys wrong more often than anyone." The takeover chatter has included Apple Inc., AT&T Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., and Google Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its Feb. 14 edition. Although shares of the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company with the funny name -- it means "intelligent" in Hawaiian -- tumbled 12 percent on Feb. 9 after a weaker-than-expected forecast for the current quarter, Akamai still trades at about 50 times earnings. Apple, by comparison, trades at about 20 times profits. It´s a sign that Wall Street expects Akamai´s sales to keep zooming upward. Revenue increased 19 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, to $285 million.
10.Disney Battles Hong Kong Government Park as Buzz Lightyear Rides to Rescue
For 15 minutes, 11-year-old Lily Li stared through a glass panel at hammerhead sharks and bluefin tuna in Hong Kong´s newest attraction, Aqua City. "It´s like a dream," said Li, from China´s Guangdong province, who crowded with her mother and about 50 others at the window, the width of a basketball court, on the packed Jan. 27 opening day. The egg-shaped building, with nightly water shows, is part of a HK$5.5 billion ($707 million) redevelopment by government- owned Ocean Park to profit from a jump in mainland Chinese visitors. The revamp adds pressure on Walt Disney Co.´s Hong Kong Disneyland, which has trailed Ocean Park since its 2005 opening, has yet to make a profit, and is spending HK$3.6 billion on its own expansion, including "Toy Story Land." "Home-grown theme parks like Ocean Park have proven that they can compete with a big global corporation like Disney," said Jonathan Galaviz, managing director of Galaviz & Co., a tourism industry economist. "As consumer disposal income increases in Asia, the first place that Asian consumers will spend that money on is travel, tourism, and fun experiences."
11.Bustling Business of Cheating Has Nothing to Do With Wall Street This Time
Do you want to have an affair? After hearing an ad on Howard Stern´s radio show or seeing a schlocky commercial on late-night TV, you might find yourself on AshleyMadison.com -- the premier "dating" website for aspiring adulterers. Type in the URL, and as the page loads a gauzy violet backdrop appears with a fuzzy image of a half-dressed couple going at it beyond a hotel doorway. "Join FREE & change your life today. Guaranteed!" Setting up a profile costs nothing and takes about 12 seconds, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its Feb. 14 edition. First you check off your availability status: "attached male seeking females," "attached female seeking males," or, even though the concept of the site is that all users are in relationships and therefore equally invested in secrecy, "single female seeking males." Next you´re asked for location, date of birth, height and weight, and whether you´re looking for something "short term," "long term," "Cyber affair/Erotic Chat," "Whatever Excites Me," and so on. If you´re like me, you choose a handle based on the cupcake you most recently ate -- "redvelvet2" -- and then shave a few years and pounds off your numbers.
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ATLANTA (AP) - The brother of Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers has been hired as a communications specialist for a federally funded education program.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sunday that Jon Rogers gave up his post as chief of staff for his brother, Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, to take the new job in mid-January.
He will be paid $75,000 annually to oversee publications and promote Georgia's $400 million won through the federally funded
Race to the Top education program.
Jon Rogers said he received no help getting the position from his brother. He said he's qualified for the job.
Georgia Department of Education spokesman Matt Cardoza said the senator had no input in the hiring.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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The discovered that he was holding a butcher knife taken from the kitchen.
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Twenty-two-year-old Franca Ogbu has spent the past year in a hospital bed, after falling victim to an acid attack while studying at Federal University of Technology that left her in extreme pain and deeply disfigured. She has undergone 11 surgeries and needs 13 more — meanwhile, the perpetrator of this horrific assault remains out on the streets.
Fellow student Chibuzor Bright Nkire was promptly expelled, along with a group of accomplices, for pouring acid on Franca because she refused to date him. However, nobody has been prosecuted for this vile crime yet.
When we talk about street harassment we usually talk about verbal harassment, groping, public masturbation, assault… but acid attacks? We don't often talk about them but we should. So we're starting to, right here, right now. SIGN THIS PETITION! Real justice is living in a world where these things never happen in the first place. But until we get there — let's at least hold the people that do these things accountable.
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The movement to end street harassment takes another giant leap forward today as an additional 11 Hollaback! sites launch internationally, adding to an already vibrant network of 34 sites across four continents. Each site is run by a team of local advocates who are deeply committed to working on-line and off-line to end street harassment in their communities.
"I decided to start a Hollaback! because I wanted to be a part of a collective of dedicated and passionate activists fighting to make the streets safe for women all over the world," said Hollaback! Palo Alto Founder Viviana Arcia. The organization expected to only launch in five cities this year, but is now in 45 cities across 16 countries, with leaders speaking more than nine different languages — each with the same message: street harassment must be put to a stop. New locations include Bogota, Colombia; Boston, MA; San Luis Obispo, CA; Chennai, India; Dusseldorf, Germany; Minneapolis, MN; Montreal, Quebec; Palo Alto, CA; Portland, ME; Santiago, Chile; and Winnipeg, Canada.
"What we tend to forget is that preventing sexual harassment in the long run is about changing our attitudes, not just ensuring physical safety. This is where we come in with Hollaback!" said Hamsini Ravi, Project Coordinator Hollaback! Chennai.
Local Hollaback! site leaders run their local blogs and organize their communities through advocacy, community partnerships, and direct action. Site leaders are as diverse in their backgrounds as they are in their experiences of harassment. Hollaback! reports that 44% lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer, 26% identify as people of color, 76% are under the age of 30, and 90% are women.
"Women and members of the LGBTQ community have always been taught that street harassment is inevitable and something that we need to accept, smile at, or ignore," says Cara Courchesne, Director of Hollaback! Portland, Maine. "Hollaback! changes that storyline."
Hollaback!'s international sites are already having an impact. In Querétaro, Mexico, site leaders have developed a workshop to promote cities free of harassment for all people. In the last two months, 600 young people have taken part. In Baltimore, MD, the site leader has organized several successful events, including an Anti-hate Prom and the Baltimore SlutWalk. In Croatia, site leaders are creating a survey that will allow them to collect data on street harassment that will then be used across the Hollaback! network, giving Hollaback! an ability to compare street harassment across cultures.
I was sitting in a couch studying at Starbucks the other evening. I noticed that there was a man sitting across from me who would stare at me with his mouth open until i looked up from my book and he would look away. I tried to ignore this strange behavior but when I glanced up the next time I noticed he was pleasuring himself through his pants while staring at me. I was horrified and scared. I grabbed my things and asked to talk to the manager of the Starbucks. I told her what was happening and that I didn't feel safe to stay or to leave for fear that he'd follow me. She asked me to sit down and that she'd deal with it. I sat and a few moments later she brought me a calm tea and advised that I wait until he leaves to leave myself. This is a sadly accurate metaphor for the cultural response to street harassment: chamomile tea and changing your own behavior. I'd rather hollaback!
The other day I was at a local pub with my two best guy friends having a pint and enjoying each others company when this group of 6 guys at a table near by started cat calling me. It was really distracting and hard to simply ignore. They were talking loudly together about what I would be like in bed etc. They were certainly using me to try to provoke my guy friends. My friends could tell that I was upset but didn't want to start a fight – so we left. I was really upset after not because my friends didn't fight them but because there was nothing that I could do or say. I was upset because they treated me like an object and I felt like one.
On Friday the BBC published a story documenting the fear felt by some Saudi conservatives and clerics, that allowing women to drive would "end virginity" as well as increase prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and divorce. It is staggering that anyone, let alone more than a small collection of Saudi men, would be the bearers of such a mind-bogglingly, ridiculous misconception.
The report comes after 34-year-old Shaima Jastaniya was sentenced to 10 lashes after being caught committing the abominable crime of driving a sick relative to hospital. Jastaniya was spared following a personal intervention from King Abdullah, who as part of his reform process, has hinted that the ban on women drivers might be under review.
In response and as a means of preventing any reform on the ban, Saudi academic, Kamal Subhi presented a report to the Shura, Saudi's legislative assembly, detailing the detrimental affects that would result in allowing women to drive. It was in this report that he stated that there would be no virgins left in Saudi if women were able to drive. Other profoundly stupid statements, of which there are many I am sure, included Subhi describing a incident in an unnamed Arab state:
"All the women were looking at me,' he wrote. 'One made a gesture that made it clear she was available… this is what happens when women are allowed to drive."
I am certainly intrigued by the nature of this brazen "gesture" that the women made toward Subhi that made her seem available, could it be an eyebrow twitch, a blink, or something as sexually available as scratching one's nose? I can certainly think of one particular gesture that I would like to throw is way. I would also like to learn more about the correlation between women drivers and homosexuality/prostitution/divorce/pornography, perhaps women will conspire to produce the "HPDP laser bus", which will be driven around, brainwashing people with a magic laser. No of course not, how ridiculous.
On a serious note, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a long history of female oppression, Saudi women cannot vote or drive and are unable to leave the country without the approval of a male guardian. Despite this, change is possible and it is in our hands. Sign this petition to help Support Saudi Women, so they can enjoy the same things that we take for granted.
I am a student at UMass Amherst and am now 21. I have been accosted on this street several times. This is pretty shocking considering how open minded, feminist, and family friendly this town is and considering the fact that this is the town center, where the town feels the safest. I have a few stories from the past couple years and thought I would share them in one post rather than a few.
I also want to point out that while some of these stories are about homeless men harassing me, this is not representative of most homeless men and women in this area. I have had friendly and respectful exchanges with people who are homeless in Amherst and the stories following are about the few who, despite their situation, were incredibly disrespectful to me as a woman and made me feel unsafe. This is not due to their circumstances. This is due to their behavior.
The first of these stories is from a few years ago. I was a freshman and on a bus to visit home. We stopped in Amherst Center and a man got on the bus and sat beside me. He smelled pretty terrible, but I didn't want to be rude so I just breathed through my mouth and tried to be polite. I don't know if he was homeless or what, but I figured he wasn't dangerous, that I was safe in the front seat of a bus. He had some food with him (the smell of it wafted to me, it wasn't my taste) and offered me some. I smiled and politely declined but thanked him for offering. A couple minutes later, I felt his hand snaking its way between my legs and up my thigh. I immediately tensed up and said (pretty loudly) "WHAT are you doing?" He stopped, took his hand back and got off at the next stop.
The second was a year later in my sophomore year. It was on Halloween night and I was on a date with a girl I liked. Some pretty hilarious things happened earlier in the night with guys yelling after me (in a harmless and nonsexual way) since I was dressed as Wonder Woman and running to catch a bus with my cape billowing out behind me. Some cars literally stopped and I heard things like, "GREAT SCOTT! IT'S WONDER WOMAN!" To which I would start laughing hysterically. The girl I was out with was dressed as Catwoman. We were holding hands near the end of the night and walking down the street toward her place. The streets were packed with drunk and happy college students as well as sober and serious (but slightly entertained) police officers keeping things safe. We were hand in hand and I was wary of those around us. Suddenly, a guy ran up beside us and matched our pace.
"Hey," he said.
"Hi." my date said.
"What are you girls up to?"
"Just walking" my date said and stared straight ahead.
"I like your costumes. I'm going to a thing in Central. Is that where you live? Central?"
We didn't respond.
"Well, it's a party. I mean, it should be fun. Do you two wanna come with me?"
"No thanks," my date said, "I'm with her."
"Ok, cool cool. So, what are you two gonna be up to? I'm (forgot the name) by the way. So, what are you two gonna be doing?"
By this point, we were trying to outwalk him.
"Just hanging out." my date replied, walking faster.
He ran to keep up with us.
"You guys walk fast! So what building are you going to? In Central, right?" he said, losing his breath.
"We walk fast when we're being bothered by someone and want to lose them." one of us said (I can't remember who).
The guy slowed down, saying, "What? but. Oh."
I think he said something else, I don't remember, but it freaked us both out a bit.
The third was on the same street. It was about one in the morning. the street was almost empty, it was a weekend, and it was very well lit. I was made-up and walking back from a party for the LGBT group on campus. Three guys walked behind me, about my age. They were talking among themselves, but I immediately became wary of their presence, seeing as there was almost no one else on the street. I was walking quickly with my head up, and did not face them once during the following encounter. I was very clearly trying to keep to myself. One of the guys ran up to me (Not cool to do that to a woman who is walking alone in the middle of the night).
"Hey" he said.
I didn't reply or look at him. I kept walking and he matched my speed. He tried a few more times to grab my attention. I ignored him some more until he straight up asked me if I was angry.
"Yes." I replied.
"Why?" he asked.
At this point, I was very nervous about the fact that there was one strange man next to me and two flanking me from behind on an empty street at one in the morning.
"I'm angry because I'm being bothered by someone when I just want to get back to my room." I said, still not looking at him.
"I didn't mean to bother you, I just think you're very attractive and wanted to meet you." he said in the most friendly tone he could manage.
"Great. I'm flattered, but I just want to walk alone. And frankly, I'm a little creeped out."
"Because a man I don't know is bothering me in the middle of the night when I'm walking alone. That's why."
"Oh! You don't have to be nervous with me, I'm an RA, you can trust me."
"Yeah, ok, just leave me alone. I'm not interested. I'm coming back from an lgbt dance. I'm not into guys. Sorry."
" Oh yeah, that's fine. I'm an RA, so I have residents who are gay or trans. I'm totally cool with it. Where are you headed?"
I didn't respond.
"We're headed up the hill to my apartment. Are you headed to Puffton?"
I stayed silent and kept walking.
"Sylvan? Do you live in Sylvan? That's on our way, you know."
I stayed quiet and walked faster.
"Hey! Where are you goi–"
I interrupted him and yelled, "Leave me the F**K alone."
He put his hands up and backed off.
He went up the hill that I was supposed to go up. I had to take the long way to avoid him and his friends. Easily the scariest encounter.
The last was during the day. I was walking down the street and saw a man with a can out to collect change. I grabbed some change I had left and dropped it in and smiled at him. Most people in Amherst know or at least recognize the homeless men and women in town, so I wanted to be friendly. He leaned toward me and said something to the effect of, "What would I have to do for a date?" I rolled my eyes, made a grossed out face, said, "Gross" and walked off.
These things happened on North Pleasant Street, which goes through Amherst Center and into the UMass campus. It is normally pretty crowded with college, high school, middle school, and elementary school students as well as several local families. These incidents made me feel incredibly unsafe in this otherwise very friendly and small community. No one stepped in during any of these encounters. I was even driving down this street recently when I stopped at a light and a PVTA bus pulled up next to me. I looked up at the driver, I kind looking grey haired man, and smiled politely. He smirked and winked at me in a surprisingly sleazy way. I made a disgusted expression and he smiled wider, staring at me until the light changed. That still makes me really angry.
This story happened a couple months ago. I was walking home from a friends house in the dark. I live near a busy commercial street in an "artsy" neighborhood. As I got near the end of the street a guy – in his teens or twenties – started shouting at me, "hey baby girl" and "can I get your number" etc. I ignored it because he was on the other side of the street. Then he ran across the street and was walking behind me and I was really scared.
I didn't know what to do and I saw a girl walk up to the corner, and I decided it didn't matter who she was I was going to tell her this guy was following me and walk with her. It ended up being a girl that I am acquainted with, she told me to walk with her to the drug store which was out of my way but I followed. The guy was still talking to me and I said "you need to go away" "don't talk to me" and she told him to leave us alone too.
We went inside the store and when we came out I didn't see him anymore. I was still nervous so I called my friend and he rode his bike to meet me and walk the rest of the way home with me.
This I was walking around the same corner and in broad daylight a man was standing on his apartment balcony and shouting "hey baby" and I looked over and he was rubbing his penis under his shorts and waving at me. I didn't even know what to do. I just walked away. I'm so disgusted.
I was riding the commuter rail on the way back from a function in Boston. I've taken the rail several times before and typically put my headphones in and write songs or poetry and put my purse or my legs on the rest of the seat to ensure my personal space. The day this happened, the train was very crowded and the only seats free were on the sideways seats, one row facing the other.
I was listening to music and writing a song in my notebook when I noticed a couple boys (about 18ish, maybe early 20s) staring at me. I tried to ignore them and write, but they kept staring. Finally, I heard one start shouting at me.
I ignored him.
"Hey! What are you writing. Hey! C'mon. Tell me."
This continued a few more minutes. Not one man or woman on that train stepped in. I rolled my eyes and responded very calmly.
"I'm writing a song about castration. Why?"
The boys looked a bit shocked to say the least. I kept a straight face and stared them down until they lowered their eyes to the floor. I noticed a couple people around me smirking to themselves.
Needless to say, they didn't bother me the rest of the train ride.
Also, for the record, the song I was writing was not about castration.
So ,umm something happened while I was on the bus yesterday around 8pm and I told one of my guy friends but I'm not able to talk about it to anyone else…and I haven't got the guts to tell my parents. So here it goes: I was sitting in the bus like I do every day. This guy gets in and sits next to me but not directly. Like there's a mini-passage between our seats (1 meter approx.). Halfway through the bus ride, I glance at the window and I could see his reflection (because it's dark outside and there is light inside the bus). What I saw REALLY shocked me. This guy had his dick out and was MASTURBATING. Like really masturbating very openly. I never looked at him directly but I could see everything through the glass window. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I was scared he would cum on me or something plus I was VERY uncomfortable so I changed seats. One minute later, another woman comes and sits next to me traumatized. The f**king pervert got off the bus like 5 minutes after I realized what he was doing.
Now, I don't want to scare my parents by telling them this story (I'm 21 but still). I thought it wasn't a big deal (disturbing but no big deal) but I was wrong. Its been like 2 hours and I'm still a little bit shaken by this. I told my friend and asked me if I'm ok and everything but seriously WHO THE HELL does that!!
Thanks for listening. I didn't know who else to turn to and I HAD to get it off my chest. <3
I've had long hair all my life, waist/hip length. Unfortunately, around when I turned into a teen it became a bit of a burden. Cat-callers would address me by my hair, calling me Blondie along with other lewd things. There's been times where strangers, behind my back, have stroked my hair. Some from the top to the very ends (at my butt), then vanishing from sight. I used to think I was imagining things, until my friend who was shopping with me verified it.
On my sixteenth birthday (July 2006) at a restaurant in the Springfield,MA Marriott hotel, the manager came out and chatted up my mother and I. As he was doing this, he was also stroking my hair and said to me, unbeknownst to my mother, "men love long hair…" in my ear. He was a larger man in his 50's. I wish I reported it. He still worked there as of the second incident described below.
A couple years later (July 2008) there was another incident at this same hotel, same restaurant, where a couple of older business men were asking my mother inappropriate questions. The waitstaff (men and a woman) witnessed this and did nothing, said nothing. We reported it to the front desk and my mother was in tears. The hotel security, a very nice woman, assured us she'd fix this. But she then said she couldn't/didn't because these men belonged to a company(unknown) that frequently puts its employees up at the hotel. They gave us the dinner free, threw in a couple of ice cream bars, and sent us back to our room. That's when I realized how easy it is for people to get away with sexual harassment. Especially at this hotel. Ruined my birthday, twice.


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Nutrition is the single most important factor when it comes to adding muscle. I don't care what anyone says, you could work you're a$$ off in the gym but if your nutrition sucks, you won't gain a single ounce of muscle. This concept of good nutrition has plagued bodybuilders for years and most don't know where to begin. Thankfully, I have come to the rescue.
So then, what is good bodybuilding nutrition? Let's take a closer look.
There are three types of macronutrients. Protein, carbohydrates and fat. To begin, let's go over all three of these.
We've all heard the importance of protein, protein, protein. And yes, it's true. Proteins are composed of amino acids and amino acids are the building blocks of muscle. Therefore, protein should be kept high in a bodybuilder's diet. But how much protein should we be eating on a daily basis?
Contrary to popular belief, the amount of protein required for a bodybuilder is nowhere near the amount that the popular fitness magazines and supplement companies are telling you. In fact, the notion of eating two, three or even four grams of protein per pound of bodyweight is completely ridiculous and will do you no good as a bodybuilder. You would be much better off lowering your protein intake to about 1 gram per pound of bodyweight. That's it!
In addition, spread your protein intake into 5-6 small, well balanced meals per day.
The body simply can't absorb huge amounts of protein in one sitting and consuming any extra will not go to muscle growth, it will simply get converted into glucose!
As far as the type of protein; chicken, turkey and fish happen to be my favorite. Some more include eggs, beef, milk, cheese and sausage. For vegans and vegetarians; nuts, seeds, beans, quinoa, soy and some types of vegetables are all great choices.
Protein should account for around 40% of all calories consumed.
Even more important than protein is your carbohydrate consumption and specifically, what types of carbs you are consuming. But what exactly is a carbohydrate?
Well according to dictionary.com, a carb is "Any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose." Have I bored you to death yet with my science yet? Stay with me, it gets better I promise!
To put in simple terms, anything belonging to the grain, fruit or vegetable group can be classified as a carbohydrate.
Now watch out, because I'm gonna throw some more science at you. There are two types of carbohydrates, simple and complex.
Simple Carbs
Simple carbs digest quickly and enter the blood stream with one intent, to spike insulin!
Now, insulin is a powerful anabolic hormone that attempts to remove the carbohydrates from the bloodstream, since they are rapidly increasing your blood sugar. While insulin does its work at bringing the blood sugar down, guess what happens? The remaining carbohydrates that insulin cannot remove from the bloodstream are stored as fat! That's right, this means every time you eat a cookie, candy or cake, your body is storing fat too!
And let's not forget, insulin also has a direct effect at increasing hunger. So not only will you be storing the remaining carbs as fat in your blood stream, but you will be very hungry again which will most likely result in more fat gain, since you will just eat more food!
Can you say double whammy?
Simple carbs include: Soda pop, fruit juice, most breakfast cereals, most canned fruit, white bread, cookies, candy, cake, etc.
These carbs should be avoided at all times, except in miniscule amounts post workout.
Complex Carbs
To avoid the insulin roller coaster, forget about simple carbs! Complex carbohydrates have a direct effect at keeping insulin in the bloodstream stabilized, which means no fat gain and no hunger right after you eat. These carbs digest slowly and even if you consume too many of them, they will not be stored as fat since insulin is not high enough in the blood. Remember, insulin is a 'storage hormone'. Starting to get the picture?
Complex carbs include: Oatmeal, brown rice, shredded wheat, whole grain bread, etc.
All fruits & certain types of fibrous vegetables should be included in your diet as well. These vegetables include: broccoli, spinach, lettuce, cauliflower, etc.
Carbohydrates should account for about 40% of calories in the diet.
Seriously guys, what is with this whole 'low fat diet' fad? And why does everyone have what I call, 'fat fobia'? We should know by now that fat is not the enemy, and fat is absolutely essential to include in your diet if you want to gain muscle fast.
Despite its horrible reputation as being a 'killer', fat is actually the complete opposite! In fact, fat keeps us healthy and protects us from developing various diseases and ailments.
And forget the whole idea of 'good fats and 'bad fats'. The only fat we truly need to avoid is trans fats, since this fat is the only one truly linked to heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, cancer and various other diseases. This brings me to my next point, which is exposing the truth about saturated fat & cholesterol.
That's right, even though the government & mainstream media has told us all that saturated fat is evil, it's actually a very healthy fat.
"But Drew, I always thought saturated fat clogged your arteries and led to heart disease".
Look, whoever told you that is lying to your face. But I didn't come here to give you a long discussion about why saturated fat is good for you. If you don't believe me, check out this article on the truth about saturated fat & cholesterol.
Some great sources of fat include: nuts, peanut butter, olive oil, sesame oil, butter, cheese, red meat, beef, sausage, eggs, cheese, etc.
Fat should account for at least 20% of calories in your diet. No less!
So now that you know what types & the amount of food you should be eating, it's now time to answer the golden question, how many calories per day?
To tell you the truth, there is no set amount of calories that you should be consuming each day to build muscle. Everyone is different and therefore different diets will yield different results. For example, a 200 pound man who is 6 feet tall would surely not consume the same amount of calories as a man who is 130 pounds and 5 feet tall. So how do we know how many calories to consume?
Experiment! Instead of following generic '3000 calorie per day' meal plans, figure out exactly how many calories your body needs on a daily basis.
To do this, start small, say 2500 calories per day (enough for the average man) and go from there. If you're not gaining weight with this amount of calories, increase! And if you're gaining too much weight, decrease! It's that simple. The ultimate goal should be to gain one pound per week. No more, no less.
To Sum It Up
Nutrition is the most important aspect when trying to build muscle, and most bodybuilders screw it up. Don't be that bodybuilder! By following the above nutrition tips and following exactly what I have shown you, your nutrition will be spot on and you will be on track to gain rock hard muscle fast. After all, trying to build muscle without good nutrition is like trying to eat spaghetti without any silverware. It doesn't work!
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In the following essay, Shires deconstructs the signifiers of gender and power in the novel, claiming that previous feminist critics have not sufficiently examined the contradictions and complexities in Hardy's portrayal of a nineteenth-century woman's place.
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In Chapter 44 of Far from the Madding Crowd, Bathsheba Everdene, Mrs. Troy, runs away and hides in a fern brake. In a sudden act of revolt, born of humiliation at the hands of her husband, who has just confided his unsurpassed love for the dead Fanny Robin, Bathsheba seeks escape from a domain of male victimization. Running without direction in the darkness...
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Skip to comments.Fox News chief's choice words for Obama, Biden and Gingrich [Obama, who he calls "lazy.".......]
Posted on 03/06/2013 8:43:30 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Fox News chief's choice words for Obama, Biden and Gingrich
Posted by CNN Political Unit
(CNN) Roger Ailes has never been known to keep his opinions to himself.
So perhaps it's no surprise the powerful boss of Fox News Channel revealed candid opinions of top political figures including President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich during conversations and meetings that were recorded by his biographer Zev Chafets.
In excerpts of Chafets' upcoming book "Roger Ailes: Off Camera" that were published in this month's Vanity Fair, the Fox News president is shown fiercely criticizing Obama, who he calls "lazy."
The remark came amid an analysis of CNN contributor and Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's claims that Ann Romney had "never worked a day in her life" (Rosen later apologized.)
"Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life," Ailes said in an exchange with his spokesman, according to the excerpt in Vanity Fair. "He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. How many fund-raisers does he attend every week? How often does he play basketball and golf? I wish I had that kind of time. He's lazy, but the media won't report that."
When Ailes noticed Chafets' surprised reaction, the television executive added: "I didn't come up with that. Obama said that, to Barbara Walters."
He was referring to an interview when the ABC anchor asked Obama for "the trait you most deplore in yourself."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
>>Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life<<
Thou shalt not speak Truth about Dear Leader. Fox is sent to the Hinterlands.
Oh, wait...
He never earned a penny that wasn't public money.
What a free loading slacker can do with a benefits programs and the media approves.
Don't hold back Roger, say what you really think!!
How refreshing.
I agree with Ailes' assessments of all 3.
Would that we all could enjoy such privacy.
""He never earned a penny that wasn't public money", "He's lazy".
And those are by far the nicest things one can say about this maggot.
Obama IS lazy. He thinks he only has to utter his wish and throngs of sycophants implement it. Much to our detriment, his Holder's People Secretarys, Chiefs and functionaries Obey. Even the rabid liberal ideologues.
The problem is that this man has never worked a hard day in his life. Never broke a sweat unless it was dragging out his prayer rug, or sweating the sh!t from his Wookie wife.
He works, if you can call it that, a shortened day. Has likely never risen at the White Hut before the sun rises, nor has he ever attempted to solve the ills of this country, preferring instead on how to lie to us and blame the Republicans.
A despicable piece of trash.
Actually, one of his first jobs after college was working for some hedge fund. He later called it working "behind enemy lines".
But come to think of it, maybe he left because he couldn't make a penny there either!
"Shiftless" always came to mind for me.
Maybe he left because he couldn't make a penny there either!
Maybe he left because he couldn't make a penny there either!
I wish he would spend more time on the golf course. It would be better for everyone concerned.
You are wrong. He is Hitler; he just hasn't had time to consolidate the carnage he wants to wreak. If you don't believe that his fondest Muslim wish is to devolve this country to chaos and form a new order, then I don't know what to tell you. I hope you fare well in the coming times under this tyrant.
And since knowledge is power, if more voters, including Obama supporters, were to be made aware of the statutes referenced above then voters could put a major dent into federal government corruption in the 2014 elections. But Fx News' stubborn silence about Congress's limited powers is why I surmise that Roger Allies and Fx News are actually working for Obama.
Yes, I'm saying that Bull OReilly's attack on Alan Colmes the other night was possibly nothing more than an example of deceptive Obama camp propaganda.
Sorry, I think that should be Roger Alles, not Allies.
Haha, and Newt being a prick is not all bad. More Pubes need that virtue.
You're full of it.
Many who cut their pubes too short complain about the pricks.
Gee, Roger. You wouldn't happen to, you know, RUN A NEWS ORGANIZATION or anything that could ... you know, REPORT ON THAT?
Obama is nothing more than Jim Jones (of Jonestown fame) in black face.
He has half our population drinking the mental kool-aid and is working at warp speed to disarm the other half.
If his assault on the Constitution is not stopped immediately we will be left with no ability to ever return to the path laid forth by the Founders.
Have you ever read the Constitution's Section 8 of Article I, Article V and the 10th Amendment?
Like many other patriots, I used to be in Fx News' comfort zone until I started studying the Constitution and its history.
He didn't say Newt was wrong.
Ailes employs some pretty sorry sob's at that channel.
Do you really think you are the only FReeper to have read the Constitution?
You say you have, recently, but why did it take so long for you to do so?
Do you really believe that is the function of ANY broadcaster to conduct video courses on ANY subject?
News networks are not substitutes for an education, nor do they purport to be.
Grow up.
I read BO's first job was with an CIA front that published business news....he was a stenographer aka gopher with a broom closet ofc.
That's just not true, Roger. He scooped ice cream for several weeks one summer.
Of course other FReepers know the Constitution and its history. But when any Freeper makes statements which lead me to question if they possibly don't understand that the Founding States made the Constitution to deliberately limit (cripple) the federal government's powers, then I generally don't give them the benefit of the doubt and speak up.
You say you have, recently, but why did it take so long for you to do so?
I've been independently studying the Constitution and its history for the last 10 years. Unfortunately, everything that I was taught before that in public schools was evidently based more on rumors and gossip than on the Founders' ideas.
Do you really believe that is the function of ANY broadcaster to conduct video courses on ANY subject?
All broadcasters must compete against each other in an ongoing contest to be able to brag the highest viewer ratings in order to keep winning top advertising dollars. So broadcasters must arguably turn every issue, even unconstitutionally big federal government, into an unresolvable soap opera in order to keep viewers glued to their TV screens between highly profitable commercials.
That said, if Obama guard dog Fx News was to actually start enlightening Constitution-ignorant voters about Congress's constitutionally limited powers, then voters, even Obama supporters, could possibly wipe corruption out of DC in 2014. And if that happened then broadcasters would have the challenge of deciding which issue potentially best divides public opinion in order to keep viewers glued to their TV screens between commercials.
News networks are not substitutes for an education, nor do they purport to be.
Even if you find public and private schools that still teach the "Constitution," they are probably not teaching the Constitution as the Founding States had intended for it to be understood as I can testify.
Unfortunately, broadcasters seem to have more credibilility than Bible-based Christian churches these days concerning resolving social issues. And broadcasters seem quite willing to exploit this situation in the name of maximizing advertising revenues.
Fx News commentators, for example, are exploiting differences of opinion concerning the federal budget, seemingly trying to appeal to Constitution-ignorant conservatives by spinning the unconstitutionally big federal budget merely as a matter of prudence as opposed to getting voters up to speed on Congress's constitutionally limited power to tax and spend.
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It doesn't seem like that's possible right now???
Wouldn't it be possible to change the plugin so that you can assign each folder to a specific smarttag OR quite simply set the folder IN the smarttag itself like this:
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Oh gosh! makes me want to actually grow out my hair so I could so something cool like this.
WARNING! Carry on reading! Or you will die, even if you only looked at the word warning! Once there was a little girl called Clarissa, she was ten-years-old and she lived in a mental hospital, because she killed her mom and her dad. She got so bad she went to kill all the staff in the hospital so the More- government decided that best idea was to get rid of her so they set up a special room to kill her, as humane as possible but it wrong the machine they were using went wrong. And she sat there in agony for hours until she died. Now every week on the day of her death she returns to the person that reads this letter, on a money night at 12:00a.m. She creeps into your room and kills you slowly, by cutting you and watching you bleed to death. Now send this to ten other pictures on this site, and she will haunt someone else who doesn't. This isn't fake. apparently,if you copy and paste this to ten comments in the next ten minutes u will have the best day of your life tomorrow. u will either get kissed or asked out, if u break this chain u will see a little dead girl in your room tonight. in 53 mins someone will say i love you or in sorr
yes, and this! I'd love to draw from this.
Bravo, we have a winner in startling image.
Reminds me of Aika from Skies of Arcadia
Très belle photo
You could even say it has a "hair" of steampunk to it. You have the quirkiest mind, and the best judgement of when to indulge it.
It has an air of steam punk to it.
That's cool! Weird, but cool.
Her expression makes it, it's like she says, I'm weird, deal with it
great photo
just .... wow.
This is an awesome picture. She's really pretty, too.
realmente muy buena foto, el retoque fue fantastico, muy apropiado, la expresion 10/10 very good.
Very cool. The black on her neck is a nice touch. <33
That is an awesome face and pose. Really catchy and steam-punkish... Very pretty model.
She kind of reminds me of someone who should have been in the movie: The Borrowers.
LOVE THIS!!! i used to put hangers in my hair and make weird styles, if you don't mind me asking what did you put in the hair to make it stay like that?
Weird--but in a good way.
Simply beautiful vision, I love the goggles and the hair is brilliant. I'd love to do something similar to that.
i just love steampunk and weird things!
The hair is positively stunning!
That is soooooo cool...love it!
You leave me nearly speechless with every piece you publish.
this and theater of absurd...among ur best
this is ART!
Pipi Longstocking meets Steampunk.
That is a very neat hairdo. I like it.
but beautifull
I LOVE her hair!!!!!!!!! Great job!
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Definitely like the hair. =3
I would love to do a painting for those pictures (of course, it would be in a few weeks/months): would you allow it? Of course, I would include all credits to you for original idea and photograph reference.
Fantastic work!
I love this!
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The Indian Premier League kicks off today, as Dean Wilson looks at how the tournament might be on collision course with the ECB if England's top players look to take part in the lucrative competition
Geraint Jones and Owais Shah want England to rediscover the memorable team spirit from six years ago
Later this week sees the start of the Australian domestic T20 competition known as The Big Bash.
England coach, Andrew Flower, has hinted that he may step down before the 2015 World Cup.
Shane WATSON has told his Australia side to lay down an Ashes marker in the one-day series – as he can't stand losing to the Poms.
Same old England were taught the same old brutal lesson by Ricky Ponting and Australia last night.
England have lost to New Zealand by four wickets in their final group game at the Champions Trophy.
Andrew Strauss hailed his under-fire batsmen after England moved to within one win of the Champions Trophy semi-finals.
England won respect as well as their opening match of the Champions Trophy against Sri Lanka at the Wanderers tonight.
Only England could finish a summer of Ashes triumph by facing an unprecedented 7-0 whitewash in one-day cricket.
Not even the law of averages can help England who, after last night's 111-run hammering, will surely become the first ever team to be whitewashed in a seven match series.
England's one-day batsmen failed for the umpteenth time last night to leave them facing an earliest possible series defeat.
England skipper Andrew Strauss criticised his batsmen for being architects of their own downfall.
Joe Denly's England career has hit the buffers before it had begun thanks to a game of football and a clumsy Owais Shah.
England captain Andrew Strauss and the team management will look at whether they should continue to play football as part of their warm-up after batsman Joe Denly suffered an injury in a practice game today.
England one-day batsman Joe Denly crocked in Oval training
England suffered another Oval heartbreak against West Indies tonight when they slumped to a narrow defeat to miss out on an ICC World Twenty20 semi-final place.
England collapsed to their lowest Twenty20 total of 111 all out on the way to a dispiriting seven-wicket defeat against South Africa at Trent Bridge.
England got the warm-up victory they expected but will not lift the World T20 trophy with this kind of performance.
Ian Bell has been condemned to a mad week of 1,500 miles on planes, buses and motorways to win back his England place.
England raided the Blarney army again last night as the selectors came up with another pick 'n' mix squad for the Twenty20 World Cup.
Forgotten man Ian Bell has put himself through boot camp hell in a desperate bid to win back his England place.
Rob Key would jump at the chance to be England's Twenty20 captain - but would pass it up to be an Ashes hero this summer.
England finally ended their winter of discontent thanks to an almighty Duckworth-Lewis cock-up by West Indies coach John Dyson
West Indies v England FIFTH TEST Stars to risk terror threat for IPL cash EXCLUSIVE
England's cricketers will ignore fears about the Lahore terror attack to earn shedloads of cash in the Indian Premier League.
Alastair Cook hit his eighth Test hundred to steer England to an inevitable draw against West Indies at Kensington Oval.
England should be heading to Barbados for the fourth Test on level terms after controlling the majority of the hastily-arranged game at Antigua's Recreation Ground.
Graeme Swann's on-field versatility has put him ahead of Monty Panesar as England's No.1 spinner on the tour of West Indies.


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I've got a VPS that's merrily running Ubuntu 10.04 server (I believe it's on Xen). I was doing some kernel maintenance and updating grub when I noticed that the
update-grub tool writes an accurate
grub.cfg, but this is apparently ignored by Grub in favour of
menu.lst, which the update tool ignores.
Sure enough, if I manually edit
menu.lst, I can boot into whatever kernel I like.
Why this discrepancy? Is this a quirk of the VM template that my hosting provider uses, or is something else broken?


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Favorite Bakeries, Clasen's European Bakery - Wisconsin
Lots of german sourdoughs, baguettes, wonderful pasties.
If I can't bake I buy bread here.
Lots of german sourdoughs, baguettes, wonderful pasties.
If I can't bake I buy bread here.
Hi. I've been lurking for a month or so (and baking for about a year)--what a wonderful community! I'm excited that I'm going to have significant time this summer to spend baking, and I was wondering if any of you had some advice. My apartment doesn't have air conditioning, so it is often upwards of 85 F. I don't mind baking in the heat, but I'd like to figure out how to compensate for such warm ambient conditions.
In an effort to update my curriculum for my students I am in need of some pictures of bread.
What I am looking for are traditional/artisinal bread pictures that show a standard look for bread.
If I want to look at a Miche, baguette, pain de mei, etc it will show the traditional shape and score marks. I have searched many "French" bread sites with no luck. I remember seeing one that came through the RSS Feed once but can not find it again.
Can anyone be of help.
Carlton Brooks CEPC, CCE
Sourdough the First
Here's a thought that might be helpful to us greenhorns, and perhaps give a bit of a hand to our beloved friend, the incredibly hardworking Floyd:
Hey, y'all. I have finally decided to branch out and give honest-to-gosh rye bread a whirl. I have a nice rye starter working, and I'd love to use it to recreate the fabulous rye I had in southern Germany lo these many years ago. It was medium brown inside -- not as dark as pumpernickel -- with a dark, glossy, chewy crust and a fantastic spongy texture. And oh yeah, the taste. Magnifico. (My memory may be slightly colored by the fact that when I was eating this bread I was a hungry youn'un schlepping a 50-pound pack across the byways of Europe. But it really was delish.)
Since baking my first yeasted bread last thanksgiving, I've been hooked. Making a sourdough has been the biggest challenge and after several dozen loaves I finally have one I just have to share. The recipe was from the BBA with 4.5 oz of whole wheat in the KA bread flour. The other items are cinnamon raisin bagels and kaiser rolls.
The only thing I did different this time was to bake directly on a baking stone rather than on a sheet pan, though it doesn't seem like it should make that big of a difference. Does anyone have a secret to share to get the ear to bloom?


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"It's a police car without a siren!" was how Peter Brock described his new VH Commodore SS race car to the press when it was under construction in June 1982. What may have seemed a flippant one-liner in Auto Action was in fact a succinct and accurate summation of how a no-frills road car had served as the starting point for an HDT race car that would win two Bathurst 1000s.
Released in September 1982, the VH SS combined the two best elements of Holden's V8 police pursuit special – high power with low weight. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) approved it as the production car basis for Holden's new race car.


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Due May 1, this is an all-Gaelic short film (17 minutes), written, produced and directed by Marc Almon, who directed Faire Chaluim Mhic Leňid, and stars Angus MacLeod (Faire Chaluim Mhic Leňid, An Cridhe Cabaireach), AGA educator and artist. Highly recommended.
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Comunn Féis an Eilein, who put on the popular féis in Christmas Island, Cape Breton, have released a 45 minute all-Gaelic DVD to celebrate they 20th anniversary of the féis.
It included interviews, songs and stories from over the years. There are English and Gaelic subtitles. Running time is about 45 minutes.
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"A Holiday Section of Gaelic Songs, Music and Stories." The first, and still the best, Gaelic Christmas CD is now available again. We only have limited stocks so order soon to avoid disappointment. This CD features the best of Nova Scotian Gaelic talent with Catriona Parsons, Jeff MacDonald, Winnie Chafe (fiddle), Buddy MacMaster (fiddle), Barry Shears (pipes), and many others. 14 tracks. Highly recommended.
Price: $15.00C-$12.00US
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This book of 89 poems by Lewis MacKinnon is the first complete volume of contemporary Gaelic poetry published in Nova Scotia. The book is completely bilingual. In particular, the English translation, which accompanies each poem on the opposite page, will be of great interest to Gaelic learners and allow non-Gaelic readers to also enjoy MacKinnon's poetic insights. 216pp.
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A new collection of Gaelic short stories from Cape Breton with translations from Gaelic folklorist and scholar Dr. John Shaw. there are 30 stories in all from numerous informats divided into five categories: International Tales, Stories about Robbers and Thieves, Tall Tales, Tales of the Fiann and Historical Legends and Clan Traditions.
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The poetry of Nova Scotian Gaelic bard Allan 'the Ridge' MacDonald edited by local Gaelic scholar and educator Effie Rankin. 23 songs, half with musical notation, as well as notes and photos. Softcover. 212pp.
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Beautiful collection of 48 songs and 9 tales from Cape Breton Gaelic tradition bearer, Lauchie Dan N. MacLellan. Editing and translations by Dr. John Shaw, who edited and translated Sgeul gu Latha - Tales til Dawn. Includes musical notication. Hardcover. 432pp.
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Course by Catriona Parsons of the St. F.X. Celtic Department in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Emphasis on the spoken Gaelic of Nova Scotia. Plenty of vocabulary, examples of usage, dialogues and drills. Books 2 and 3 also have a Gaelic-English vocabulary. CDs are included with each book (MP3 format). Tapes sets are also available by request. Intended for a class setting with instructor but useful for individual study as well. Softcover. 94pp.
$59.95C-$46.95US [CD Set]
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The second part of the local Gaelic course from Catriona Parsons. A complete vocabulary is included at the back. Includes a CD (MP3 format). Tapes sets are also available by request. Softcover. 108pp.
The third and final part of the local Gaelic course from Catriona Parsons. Includes a complete course vocabulary and an explanation of some grammar rules. Includes a CD (MP3 format). Tapes sets are also available by request. Softcover. 116pp.
Over 90 Gaelic songs collected by folklorist Helen Creighton from Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia from the late 1930's until the mid 1950's (rough music notation included). Softcover. 302pp.
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The latest book of Gaelic poetry from Lewis MacKinnon, CEO of Oifis Iomairtean na Gŕidhlig and current Bŕrd of The Scottish National Mod. Softcover, 126 pp.
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"All the Scottish Gaelic You Need to Curse, Swear, Drink, Smoke and Fool Around." Illustrated. Softcover. 96pp.
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The first ever Gaelic/English cookbook. Featuring 58 recipes from Pictou County, Nova Scotia, with colour photos, proverbs, songs and stories. Softcover. 120 pp.
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North America's first Gaelic-language short film is a whirlwind of a tale!
Calum MacLeod is a storyteller without an audience, for his children
moved from Cape Breton long ago. One lonely night Calum confronts the
Baron of the Wind in a storm and demands his children be returned. The
old man promptly falls dead. From distant points the MacLeods assemble
to attend Calum's wake. But the deceased Calum has a surprise ending in
store for them yet.
Shot in the highlands of Cape Breton and featuring Gaelic storyteller
Angus MacLeod and music by internationally renowned signer Mary Jane
Lamond, Faire Chaluim Mhic Leňid is not only "a beautifully crafted
film" (Inverness Oran), "a heart-tugger" (Halifax Daily News) and "a
gem" (Winnipeg Uptown Magazine), it is a historic venture into one of
the world's most renowned oral storytelling cultures.
Loaded with special features, including photos, storyboards, production
notes, music, biographies, trailers and learn Gaelic resources, Faire
Chaluim Mhic Leňid can be viewed with English, Gaelic and no subtitles,
making the film an excellent Gaelic language tool.
The film recently won several awards in the Halifax Independent Film Festival including:
Best Original Screenplay
Achievement in Direction - Narrative
Best Original Music
Achievement in Cinematography
It was nominated for two other awards. It has also been nominated for an award at the prestigious Yorkton Film Festival and will appear at the Worldwide Short Film Festival. Highly recommended!
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A collection of mostly milling songs from the popular traditional singers from the North Shore. Lyrics included. Highly recommended.
Traditional milling songs sung by learners and native speakers alike from across Nova Scotia. Booklet of the lyrics and profiles of the singers included. Highly recommended.
Local Nova Scotian Gaelic activist and singer Lewis (Lodaidh) MacKinnon has released his first all-Gaelic CD called simply A' Seo. There is a good mix of the contemporary and traditional song on the CD, including a couple of original compositions from Lewis himself, and an very pleasant song he translated from the Irish ("Dňmhnall Og 'us Mórag"). The sound is wonderfully mixed with backup vocals provided by another local Gaelic Singer, Patricia Murray, which contracts nicely with Lewis' own strong voice; Lewis is also assisted by well-known musicans Brian England, Troy MacGillivray and others. My favourite is the first track, Ailein Duinn. Lewis takes some artistic license with a couple traditional pieces which some traditionalists may object too, but fit well with the over-all pseudo-contemporary feel of the album. Lyrics to the 11 tracks and background notes are provided. Highly recommended.
$20.00C-$16.00US [Out of Stock]
A collection of 15 traditional songs from well-known singers from Cape Breton including Margaret MacLean, Malcolm Angus MacLeod, Peter MacLean, Angus MacLellan and others. Lyrics included.
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Collection of Gaelic songs from Nova Scotia by Margo Carruthers, a Gaelic singer based in Halifax.


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Wha-bamm. That's how Gretchen Bleiler describes her body slamming the halfpipe floor during the mid-December Olympic trials at Breckenridge, Colo. She under-rotated a 900 and dropped about 15 feet to the icy pipe floor. Bleiler, whose fine features and quick smile are easy on a camera lens, is one of the world's elite halfpipe riders. With the fall on her final run, she finished second to Hannah Teter. But this is the first of five Olympic qualifying Grand Prix events, and the 24-year-old Bleiler is pleased. Standing at the base of the pipe, she laughs as she smacks the back of one hand against the palm of the other to create the proper sound effect.
Moments earlier, the 900 also took out Lindsey Jacobellis, the face of Visa's new ad campaign and another darling of the U.S. team. But making the Olympic team in halfpipe would be a bonus for Jacobellis, a 20-year-old better known as a Snowboard Cross racer, the fastest in the world. After her fall, Jacobellis unclipped her bindings and waved to the crowd, exiting the pipe by lying on her board and riding toboggan-style.
Such is the life of two of the hottest jocks lining up to compete in the Feb. 10-26 Olympic Winter Games. The mission assigned to them for Torino, at least the unspoken one, is to toss the creaky Games a lifeline. Sure, Bleiler and Jacobellis could-should-win gold. But execs at both the IOC and NBC get excited just envisioning Bleiler and Jacobellis riding across the TV screen. It's a testimony to skill, looks and marketing prowess in a sport brought to sizzle at just the right moment.
The skill part, of course, is well documented. Last season, in a return from a knee injury, Bleiler won nearly every major halfpipe comp, including the X Games and the U.S. Open. Her six-trick run includes a 900, back-to-back 540s and a Crippler 540-a back flip with one-and-a-half spins.
Jacobellis, on the other hand, has earned her props with straight up speed in Snowboard Cross: six-at-a-time, first-to-the-bottom, if-you-ain't-rubbin'-you-ain't-racin' sprints down the mountain. She's the 2005 world champ and a three-time X Games winner. The event makes its Olympic debut in Torino, and Jacobellis not only is likely to be one of two U.S. women's racers, she's the only rider-male or female-attempting to make the U.S. team in Cross and Pipe.
Bleiler and Jacobellis-both blond over blue over bodies most women would kill for-are hard evidence that the evolution of snowboarding continues. The sport of perceived deadbeats eight years ago, today it's the hot date of the Olympics. For good reason, Bleiler and Jacobellis will be among the most visible faces of the Games, which likely will be the most lucrative event in NBC's history. Thanks in part to these two, little girls soon will be performing McTwists and method airs into couch cushions, instead of axels and Salchows. Both women are well-spoken and professional, masters of the complete sentence and thoughtful answer. They wear pants that fit, bear no visible tattoos, and yes, they care that you noticed.
Off snow, as it happens, Bleiler and Jacobellis have little in common. Bleiler grew up in Aspen and during the summer lives with boyfriend Chris Hottel in San Clemente, Calif., where she surfs every day. Jacobellis grew up in Connecticut, graduated in 2003 from the Stratton Mountain School and spends free time with her family. Still, they are joined at the wallet like no riders before them, locked in a group hug with corporate America. Both have ventured beyond action sports sponsors and into the mainstream, where every accountant, soccer mom and TV exec (and their kids) can see them for what (cream-of-the-crop snowboarders) and who (all-American girls) they are.
Snowboarding wasn't always so perfectly wrapped for the Olympics. When the sport made its debut at Nagano in 1998, Norwegian Terje Haakonsen, one of the world's most revered riders, refused to compete and compared the IOC to the Mafia. Later, Canadian giant slalom winner Ross Rebagliati had his gold medal taken away (and given back) after he tested positive for marijuana. Riders who competed under the five-ring banner were dubbed sellouts and IOC lapdogs by peers.
By the 2002 Olympics, attitudes had changed. The Games were held in Salt Lake City, on American snow, just five months after Sept. 11. The first U.S. gold medal was won by Vermont's Kelly Clark, and suddenly America found itself wrapping its patriotism around a (gasp!) snowboarder. By the time Ross Powers, Danny Kass and JJ Thomas swept the men's event the next day, snowboarding had become the coolest game of the Games.
Even the sport's core came around. Sure, the three men's medalists were criticized for appearing in a TV commercial for Nestea. But that was expected. "There's always been an aversion to commercialization, whether justified or not," says Peter Carlisle, director of Olympic and action sports at Octagon, the sports marketing company. "But the irony is that many of the riders who criticized that ad then sought out those kinds of deals." Today, companies like Burton Snowboards boast partnerships with the likes of Volvo, which sponsors the Burton-owned U.S. Open, and Motorola, which provides technology for Bluetooth coats and helmets. And Bleiler and Jacobellis have become transcendent, maneuvering between the endemic and mainstream worlds, at ease in both.
If you watch football or The OC, or have turned on NBC in the past two months, you've met Lindsey Jacobellis via her Visa spots. Also in the works are commercials for Dunkin' Donuts and Kellogg's, and a Paul Mitchell print ad. If all goes according to plan, Jacobellis soon will break into the beauty market, endorsing face washes and cosmetics. And someday she hopes to be a voice in a Disney cartoon. "I want to be remembered for being diverse," she says. "I'm not just a hardcore athlete. I'm a girly-girl, too."
In the halfpipe, the girly-girl is revealed when a gold glitter belt peeks out from beneath a pink-and-black plaid jacket. But there's nothing girly about Lindsey the Snowboard Cross racer, and the toughness behind her beauty is a big part of her appeal. At the X Games in Aspen last winter, Jacobellis needed all the grit she could muster. Before her semifinal heat, she gathered with the other racers at the starting gate, where she could watch older brother Ben take off in his heat. Shortly after the six riders disappeared around a bend on the 2,170-foot course, word shot up the mountain that Ben had crashed at about 35 mph, his head slamming into the densely packed snow when he fell. "At that kind of speed, contact is death," says Bud Keene, a U.S. snowboard coach. Jacobellis certainly knew the risks of her sport. She had been in Chile four months earlier when world champion Line Ostvold died of head injuries suffered in a crash during practice for a World Cup race.
When she slid into the starting gate for her race, Jacobellis knew little of her brother's fate, only that he was being taken by ambulance to a hospital. She did know that Ben was stubborn and would not want her to quit, recalling that when they rode together at Stratton Mountain, Ben would bristle when she asked if he was okay after a fall. Jacobellis won her heat, and later learned that Ben had escaped with a concussion. In the final a few hours later, she edged Canadian Erin Simmons for the gold.
Jacobellis is used to being dominant. "Lindsey grew up riding with guys," says Keene. "She got used to taking a much faster path than most women. There is no one who can challenge her."
Except in the halfpipe, on Bleiler's turf. Whereas Jacobellis spends part of her snow time training to ride fast, Bleiler spends all of her time drilling tricks in the pipe. "Gretchen has a very complete arsenal," Keene says. "And she does them big." Bleiler developed her snowboarding chops chasing her brothers down the steeps at Aspen. She joined the national team straight out of high school, then tied for the final spot on the 2002 Olympic team but lost a trip to Salt Lake in a tiebreaker. After dominating pipe in 2002 and 2003, she joined a new team called The Collection in 2004. Conceived by Olympic champ Powers, the team consists of just six riders: Powers, Bleiler, Clark, Andy Finch, Luke Mitrani and Mason Aguirre. "It's ours," Bleiler says. "We make our own decisions. We decide everything, from the sweatshirts we wear to the sponsors we have to the contests we go to."
The Collection provides riders with a coach, physical therapist and marketing director, plus training trips (New Zealand last summer) and a tricked-out RV that follows the team to contests and warms the riders' toes between runs. The team concept, new to action sports, has attracted sponsors such as Snickers, Nickelodeon and Yamaha, which are desperate to reach a young demo hot for snowboarders, skaters and surfers the way their fathers were crazy about Dr. J or John Elway.
Bleiler's poster-girl image is a hit on all fronts. She'll have a cameo on NBC's Las Vegas and a 24 Hour Fitness commercial in January. In February, she'll grace the cover of Men's Fitness. She's already posed wearing nothing but body paint for the cover of FHM (February 2004) and sat on the edge of a hot tub wearing nothing at all in ESPN The Magazine (Jan. 19, 2004). "I'm glad I did it," she says, "but I don't think I'd do it again."
While the IOC is loath to admit that adding snowboarding to the Olympicroster was a ploy to lure the young-U.S. kids just don't relate to ice dancing and biathlon-the numbers speak for themselves. Following the snowboard-fueled 2002 Olympics, NBC reported a 23% increase in ratings among 18-to-34-year-olds, and the network has already sold more than $800 million in ads for the 2006 Games. "Snowboarding is followed by kids, and the Olympics only increase that interest," says NBC exec Mike McCarley.
Lately, everything about snowboarding is big, including the crowd at Breckenridge that braved a minus-3* temperature and brutal winds of the sort that prompted locals to dub the mountain Breckenfridge. Hundreds of down- and fleece-clad fans lined the pipe, goggles down, face masks up, their boards parked in the snow as they leaned over the dashers displaying banners for Yahoo! and Chevy. In the pipe, riders warmed up for their final run.
Gretchen Bleiler slid to a stop after a smooth Crippler, slung her board over her back and began the trudge back to the top of the halfpipe. Lindsey Jacobellis finished with a high straight air, then followed Bleiler up the hill. The wind kicked up, and the two paused and bowed their heads into the blowing snow, their breath clouding in front of them, shallow and fast at 10,000 feet. After finishing second here, Bleiler would go on to win the next Grand Prix three days later, gaining a virtual lock on an Olympic spot. Jacobellis' final-run fall would knock her out of the second event; she'll need a strong ride at one of three remaining trials to earn a halfpipe slot.
But the image that's frozen in the moment is this one, of Bleiler and Jacobellis walking the halfpipe, carrying boards. The U.S. flag flying overhead reminds all that there's more at stake than making the U.S. team. In play is the Olympic image, and what's increasingly clear is that the Olympic winter icon of the future will likely have a snowboard strapped to her feet.


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Released: Jul 01st, 1989
Running Time: 83
Company: Ambassador Video
Cast: Cheri Taylor, Ron Jeremy, Randy West, Bionca (I), Jade East
Critical Rating: AA
Genre: Feature
Who would think that one Jacuzzi would cause a million problems? It seems that Ron Jeremy and his girlfriend have taken over Randy West and Bioca's new toy. Bionca's pissed off and has lesbian scenes with her girlfriends to make her political statement. Randy drawls and talks like a truck driver from Mississippi Burning. Jeremy says screw it and brings over more girls. Cheri Taylor comes in at the tail end for a great sex scene. Send in the clones. Jeremy should have brought more like her in the very beginning. Nice shot graces box cover.


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Watch: Evil-Exes Brandon Routh and Satya Bhabha on 'Scott Pilgrim'
Gentlemen, if you ever want to feel like a total blob of crap, the easiest way to accomplish that is by sitting across from Brandon Routh for a few moments.
Back when "Superman Returns" was about to come out, Legendary Pictures held a special screening of the film on the Warner Lot, and afterwards, guests had the chance to either pose for a photo with Routh or with Kevin Spacey. My wife didn't have to think at all about the choice, dragging me into the line for Routh. In the picture we ended up taking, my wife has a smile on her face I'm not sure I've ever seen directed at me.
And these days? Routh's at least twice as ripped as he was when he played Superman. I can only imagine what would happen if I unleashed her on him now.
Playing the Evil Exes in "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World" has got to be one of the best gigs for any actor in 2010, and every single one of the cast members who played an Evil Ex appears to have had an amazing time doing so. Routh is so good in the role that it almost feels like he's rebooting his career here, and for most audiences, this will be an introduction to stage veteran Satya Bhabha.
Sitting down to talk to the two of them, we jumped right in to discuss playing "bad guys" who aren't, strictly speaking, bad, as well as how they were able to be spontaneous on the set of a film as meticulously constructed as this one.
"Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World" opens this Friday in theaters everywhere.
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