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The England men's and women's teams have turned cricket into an art form, literally, to raise money for charity.
The UK's three leading cricket charities - The Lord's Taverners, Chance to Shine and PCA Benevolent Fund - asked England players, including Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Charlotte Edwards and Sarah Taylor, to draw portraits of each other in support of their 'Cricket United' charitable appeal.
The result is a unique set of drawings, listed below. Having already displayed his artistry out on the field against Australia and New Zealand, England batsman Joe Root - who took Art at A-Level - reveals himself as a gifted artist too with his portraits of Ian Bell and Monty Panesar. Meanwhile, the camaraderie between bowlers Anderson and Swann continues on paper with their characteristically humorous doodles of each other.
Bell relies on a simple stick man to portray Steven Finn, while the latter's portrait of Pietersen is a throwback to 2005 and his unforgettable 'skunk' haircut. The England women players also sketched portraits of each other with Lydia Greenway capturing skipper Edwards on paper and Jenny Gunn drawing her fast bowling colleague Katherine Brunt.
From today, cricket fans will get the chance to bid for the original portraits at eBay at http://bit.ly/Englandportraits. The auction will last for 10 days (until 1pm on Sunday 4 August) with all proceeds going to 'Cricket United'.
'Cricket United' is a joint fundraising appeal by The Lord's Taverners, Chance to Shine and the PCA Benevolent Fund, which aims to leave a lasting legacy from the 2013 Investec Ashes Series. Earlier this month, former England captain Andrew Strauss called on England and Australian cricket fans to get involved in 'Cricket United Day', the UK's biggest cricket awareness day on August 23 - the third day of the fifth Test - and help turn the Kia Oval into 'a sea of blue'.
Fans can show their support in a number of ways: by wearing something blue - a colour that unites the three charities - at the ground on the day, by making a donation or bid on an England portrait, volunteering or helping to spread the word. An online 'Cricket United' supporters' stadium allows fans without tickets to get behind the day by buying a 'virtual seat' and leaving a message of support. The charities are working in close partnership with the ECB, Surrey and their key sponsors.
England captain Alastair Cook said: "It's a bit of fun and the lads enjoyed doing something completely different for charity. We hope the portraits will raise significant funds for three fantastic charities - The Lord's Taverners, Chance to Shine and the PCA Benevolent Fund - and help improve lives through cricket.
"Rest assured, we won't be giving up our day jobs, but we'd urge all cricket fans to support the 'Cricket United' appeal either through this one-off auction or by helping to turn the Kia Oval blue on 23rd August."
The England women portraits will be auctioned during their Ashes Test at Wormsley in Buckinghamshire on August 11-14.
Edwards said: "I've seen at first-hand the inspirational work of the three charities. Funds raised from the sale of the drawings will help support a range of beneficiaries, from children starting out in the game to cricketers retiring from it. And you never know, they may become a collectors' item one day!"
Twelfth Man, the official England fans community, is encouraging cricket fans to put pen to paper themselves this summer and draw their own portrait of an England player, past or present. The cricket art competition will run throughout the Investec Ashes Series and the best five entries will win a set of prints of the England teams' portraits. Details of the competition, including terms and conditions, can be found at www.ecb.co.uk/twelfthman
To find out more about Cricket United visit www.cricketunited.co.uk
Men's portraits
· Alastair Cook by Steven Finn
· James Anderson by Alastair Cook and by Graeme Swann
· Ian Bell by Joe Root
· Johnny Bairstow by Tim Bresnan
· Stuart Broad by Steven Finn
· Nick Compton by Monty Panesar
· Steven Finn by Stuart Broad and by Kevin Pietersen
· Graham Onions by Chris Tremlett
· Monty Panesar by Nick Compton and Joe Root
· Kevin Pietersen by Steven Finn
· Matt Prior by Graham Onions
· Joe Root by Tim Bresnan
· Graeme Swann by James Anderson
· Jonathan Trott by Chris Woakes
· Chris Woakes by Joe Root
Women's portraits
· Tammy Beaumont by Danielle Hazell
· Katherine Brunt by Jenny Gunn
· Holly Colvin by Georgia Elwiss
· Charlotte Edwards by Lydia Greenway
· Lydia Greenway by Sarah Taylor
· Jenny Gunn by Holly Colvin
· Amy Jones by Katherine Brunt
· Heather Knight by Laura Marsh
· Laura Marsh by Danni Wyatt
· Susie Rowe by Heather Knight
· Anya Shrubsole by Arran Brindle
· Sarah Taylor by Tammy Beaumont
· Danni Wyatt by Charlotte Edwards


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24.92. some good news right now would be timely for fundamental reasons but also to bring ADES some attention from chartwatchers.
how true...and i'll add that 23.60 keeps showing up on my charts as a significant MT resistance area as well,so a volume close above that in a weak macro-market w/b VERY encouraging.
Today's close was the highest since March of 2005.From what I can tell, when we hit the 52-week highs around late March/early April, the highest close at that time was on April 5th at $24.19.So this is indeed approaching uncharted waters.

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Apr 14 2008
Video: The Way
A three dimensional world Chinese brush paintings, where life — chi — flows through everything. Stunning and meditative…
Apr 14 2008
A three dimensional world Chinese brush paintings, where life — chi — flows through everything. Stunning and meditative…
Apr 05 2008
It's been a little while since I last posted a video. I thought you'd enjoy this meditation on mandalas… in art, in nature, in the mind.
Everything leads inward to the center.
Mar 28 2008
I welcome any chance to listen to Maya Angelou. Her words have that deep echo of authority, real spiritual authority. She is a template for us all as we mature, reminding us that aging is a path to wisdom, compassion, and surprising strength.
I hope you enjoy this short video!
Mar 17 2008
I hope you like this animated short as much as I do — the story of a frustrated artist, and the visionary blessing of a few drops of rain…
Animation by Michael Sewnarain
Music by Harry Koopman
Mar 10 2008
I first encountered the amazing voice of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan through a fortuitous accident about seven years ago. Up until that point, I had not heard of the great master of ecstatic Muslim/Sufi music of Pakistan and India known as Qawali music. At the time I was living in Hawaii, and I wanted to purchase a gift for my wife. I noticed a music store that was going out of business, so I walked in to see if I could find an interesting CD. Most of their shelves were bare, except for some miscellaneous world music CDs. I didn't recognize any of the names. Most would have been difficult for me to even pronounce. But the photograph of this large man seemingly glowing with "rapture" grabbed my attention. I bought it knowing nothing more. When my wife later opened her gift and we sat listening, we were spellbound. I've been a fan ever since.
|Rapture: An Essential Selection (Music CD)
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Mar 08 2008
This weekend I started asking myself, What are some of the best uses of poetry in the movies? I can think of a handful of movies about famous poets, and a few more that use poetry in a powerful way — though, when I started writing them down, the list was not very long.
One of the first movies that I wrote down was "Four Weddings and a Funeral." I still find the movie to be very funny. How can you go wrong with an appearance by Rowan Atkinson as a stuttering priest performing his first wedding ceremony? But the emotional heart of the movie, the scene that stays with you longest, is John Hannah's truly moving reading of W. H. Auden's "Funeral Blues" read for his dead partner…
|Four Weddings and a Funeral (DVD)
Funeral Blues
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Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Continue Reading »
Mar 06 2008
How do you describe this? Fingerpainting with light and sand? It's also story telling, scenes being shaped before your eyes.
I could imagine someone combining this artform with poetry — Rumi or Mary Oliver or your own poetry, accompanied by shifting sand paintings. Wouldn't that make a great video or live poetry reading?
To see the full playlist of videos, visit the blog's Video Channel tab.
Mar 05 2008
I first saw this video when someone posted a link to it on the Poetry Chaikhana Forum. Watching this video, I am reminded that, despite all its movement, the world, the whole universe, is in meditation… and asks us to join in.
Everyone I show this to loves it. I hope you do too.
To see the full playlist of videos, visit the blog's Video Channel tab.
Mar 05 2008
David Hykes and The Harmonic Choir
Harmonic Worlds
"By THE legendary original overtone-singing/throat-singing pioneer, composer-mystic David Hykes, with The Harmonic Choir. David Hykes' visionary music, Harmonic Chant, helps us find deep harmony and healing. It transforms our abilities to listen to ourselves, to each other and to the universe."
The music of David Hykes is beautiful and otherworldly. I find I slip almost immediately into meditation as I listen. Some aspects of his vocalizing reminds me of something I heard several years ago that was described as Mongolian throat singing. It's like chant, but somehow more primal, getting down beneath words and concepts. Really beautiful work.
Mar 03 2008
This is a truly delightful short animated film about origami ("papiroflexia" in Spanish) — and reshaping the world we live in. Take a moment (2 1/2 minutes, to be exact) to watch this. You'll be smiling and reaching for a sheet of paper…
Created by Joaquin Baldwin at the UCLA Animation Workshop, 2007.
Original Score written by Nick Fevola.
To see the full playlist of videos, visit the blog's Video Channel tab.
Mar 03 2008
John Trudell
Bone Days
"Spoken word that weaves from Native to rock to middle eastern-twinged, with traditional vocals underlying John's intense, forthright message."
I love the spare guitar that often accompanies him on this recording. And the native chant. Creates a feeling of big spaces, plains, wide skies… wide, heartbreaking questions. John Trudell asks fundamental questions of what it means to be a human being, and the craziness that passes for "normal" in the world. I consider him to be a cultural healer, a prophet of sorts, someone who brings us back to ourselves, even when it's painful. Worth a listen.
To see the full playlist of videos, visit the blog's Video Channel tab.
Feb 29 2008
Robert Bly's sleepy voice, Kabir's words, the music of a sitar…
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Marcus Corp. appoints Rolando Rodriguez president, CEO of theater unit
The Marcus Corp. said Thursday it has appointed Rolando Rodriguez, 53, as president and chief executive officer of Marcus Theatres, the company's movie theater division and the fifth-largest movie theater circuit in the U.S.
Rodriguez was also appointed executive vice president of the Marcus Corp.
For the past two years, Rodriguez served as CEO and president of Rave Cinemas in Dallas, which had been the fifth-largest theater circuit in the U.S. until its sale in May 2013.
Rodriguez succeeds Bruce Olson as president of Marcus Theatres. Olson is retiring in September after 39 years with the company.
Based in Milwaukee, Marcus Corp.'s theater division owns or manages 685 screens at 55 locations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and Ohio. Its lodging division owns or manages 20 hotels, resorts and other properties in 11 states.
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On Tap Today: Hello Cello
This is a city that appreciates its cello; after all, how many rock bands can you find in other towns where the cello is a central part of the sound, as is the case with star Milwaukee act I'm Not a Pilot?
But one can never show too much appreciation for this fine instrument. Recognizing this fact, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music is presenting "Art of the Cello" at 7 p.m. tonight. And it's not just your average everyday cello player who'll be showcasing the instrument, but Tamas Varga, a cello player for one of the world's most esteemed orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic. Varga will be playing solo compositions for cello from composers Ligeti, Ibert and Gal, and the evening's concert will also pay tribute to the piano, courtesy of guest pianist Stephen Beus. »Read Full Blog Post
In Tandem Theatre moves back to funny, perceptive 'Apartment 3A'
Can one argue that really great sex proves the existence of God? Can a play in which a woman verbally counts out her simulated, onstage orgasms still be described as wholesome and old-fashioned? Is actor Jeff Daniels' "Apartment 3A," the comedy triggering these questions, really funny?
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It hasn't been the kind of season that College of Charleston forward Willis Hall had hoped for back in October when the Cougars first stepped onto the floor at TD Arena for practice.
Game Day
College of Charleston vs. William & Mary
When: Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
Where: Baltimore Arena (14,000) in Baltimore, MD.
Records: CofC 14-17; William & Mary 18-11
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Notes: The Cougars split their season-series with William & Mary during the regular season. . The Tribe beat the Cougars, 74-63, on Jan. 27 on the road, while CofC routed William & Mary, 87-54, on Feb. 19. . The Cougars shot better than 60 percent in the victory, including going 21 of 26 from the floor in the second half. . College of Charleston is 27-14 (.659) all-time in conference tournament play as members of the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) from 1993-98 and Southern Conference from 1998-2013. . Defensively, CofC currently ranks No. 1 in the CAA in scoring defense (62.5 ppg) which is also No. 25-best in the country. CofC also ranks No. 58 in field-goal percentage defense (40.7%).
The Cougars, who were picked to finish third in their first season in the Colonial Athletic Association, ended up in sixth place with a losing record in the CAA and overall.
But a long run in this weekend's CAA basketball tournament would help to erase the memories of an inconsistent season for the Cougars. The sixth-seeded Cougars will take on third-seeded William & Mary on Saturday beginning at 8:30 p.m. in the opening round of the CAA tournament in Baltimore.
"Everyone gets a shot in the tournament. It's a new chapter," Hall said. "It's a new chance and it comes at you pretty quick. Everyone comes into the tournament with a new chapter to be written. Everything before is in the past and you can't do anything about it. All you can do is maintain focus for those days and take care of business."
Like in any conference tournament, teams will be more intense defensively and harder to score against. Points will be at a premium. That should work in Charleston's favor as the Cougars featured the top scoring defense and the best rebounding team in the CAA during the regular season.
"When you can defend and rebound like we do, it gives you a chance any night out on the floor," Hall said. "If you catch a good offensive team on a bad shooting night, especially with how we defend and rebound, it is going to give us an advantage. Those are two staples for us. As long as we click offensively and do what we know how to do and stay efficient, we've got a real good chance."
The key for the Cougars, at least defensively, will be limiting All-CAA guard Marcus Thornton. Thornton, who averaged 18.6 points a game, scored 26 points during a 74-63 loss to the Tribe in late January on the road. Thornton was held to just nine points in an 87-54 Cougars rout on Feb. 19.
"Marcus Thornton is a really good player, especially for being a junior," said College of Charleston coach Doug Wojcik. "He gets his own shot in a very disciplined system. He knows where his teammates are at all times, but can break it off from a ball screen and rise up and shoot. He has the freedom to do that and he plays the minutes to do that. He's a terrific athlete."
To beat William & Mary and advance in the tournament, the Cougars will have to make their share of shots, an issue they've struggled with all season.
"When we've made shots we've been a pretty tough team to beat," Wojcik said. "We're going into a new arena, so teams are going to have to adjust to new shooting backgrounds. If we can make a few shots, average something like 70 points, a game I like our chances of winning the whole thing."
Only Towson and Delaware, the two top teams in the CAA, swept the Cougars during the regular season.
"We want to go up there and be loose, be prepared and see what happens," Wojcik said. "There isn't anyone in our path we haven't played with and had a chance to win and beat this year."
The College of Charleston's Joe Chealey scored 12 points against James Madison as the Cougars beat the Dukes 75-61 at TD Arena on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Wade Spees/Staff×


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Tight end Vance McDonald, a second-round draft pick by the 49ers, has been playing extremely well in the past few weeks.His statistical impact hasn't been great. The TCU product has five catches for 66 yards. However, San Francisco offensive coordinator Greg Roman said McDonald is making a strong impression because he is making strong strides as a rookie."We've asked a lot of him the past couple weeks, really the past three weeks," Roman said.


text: No recent wiki edits to this page. Location This city borders Taverley to the north-west, Rimmington to the south-west, Port Sarim to the south, Ice Mountain to the north and the Dwarven mines which are directly below the city. General InformationFalador is home to both the White Knights and the Temple Knights. It is a large city and in fact the second largest city in the Free to play area of Runescape. The largest is of course Varrock. Falador contains two banks located to the wast and the west of the city, a hair salon, a pub, a general store, a furnace, a gem store, a chainmail armor shop, a shield shop, a castle to the centre of the city and mines located underneath the city. However, any anvils used for blacksmithing are located north of the city near the gate to Taverley, and require the completion of Doric's Quest to use. This is the city of the Mining guild which is world-famous for its supply of coal and mithril rocks found deep within its depths, as well for the Resource Dungeon (requiring 45 Dungeoneering to enter) located within the guild which contains even a rare amount of Runite rocks and a frequent amount of Mithril and Adamantite rocks. To enter this guild, you require 60 Mining. The Mining Guild is also interconnected to the Dwarven Mine itself. If you do lack this mining level, there is an entrance to the Dwarven Mines to the north-eastern corner of the city. This mine contains a plentiful amount of Copper, Tin, Clay and Iron ores, a few Coal, Mithril and Gold veins and a rare amount of Adamantite veins with additional veins available if you have 15 Dungeoneering.Falador also has a Party Room where drop parties occur. These drop parties will have the player's expensive items randomly drop and then will be a race to pick up as many of these items as you can. It is also worth noting that since late 2007, drop parties have had a lot of restrictions placed upon them to curb gold farming, such as only being available in certain worlds and with bankers around Falador or across the world advertising the party depending on how much will be dropped. Quests available in Falador There are many quests available in Falador including: Doric's Quest (located north of Falador)The Knight's SwordBlack Knights' FortressQuiet Before the Swarm (Members)The Slug Menace (Members)Recruitment Drive (Members)Wanted! (Members)Additional Information The Party Room was formerly in Seers' Village and was Members content, but was moved to Falador on 24 July 2007, the day that the King's Ransom quest was released. Falador also contains Yew trees located south of the city, near a farm and a few vegetable/herb patches. The Make Over Mage is located outside Falador to the south-western corner of the city walls, near the Members gate and Dark Wizards' Tower. For 3000 coins, she can let you modify the appearence and even the gender of your character.


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Chris Campbell introduces you to the Golden Age. Biotech gurus, Stephen Petranek and Ray Blanco, go into detail on how cancer will be a thing of the past in the coming age. Read on…
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On Oct 21, 2015
Did Back to the Future II accurately predict our future? Chris Campbell goes into the drone phenomenon and how it is impacting our personal lives and our wars. Read on…
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You've been lied to. And it was probably by a social engineer. Learn how to protect yourself. Read on…
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Local pollinators are turning the economy bottoms-up. Here are 28 ways you can join the revolution…
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LFT celebrates one technological advance so compelling (and investable) it could change your life — and what it means to be human. Read on…
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DEEP WEB: An Odyssey Into the Ungodly Abyss
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Strap on your seatbelt. You're about to take an odyssey into the abyss… a voyage into the void… a pilgrimage to perdition… a safari into Sheol… an excursion into the infernal regions of the vast underbelly of the Internet: The Deep Web. Read on…
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There have been five mass extinctions in Earth's history. And many scientists believe we're on track for the sixth. But it's not for reasons you might think. Chris Campbell investigates. Read on…
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Let's imagine, for a moment, a perfect world… Chris Campbell asks you what your perfect world looks like, and how to find it in an imperfect one. Read on…
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On Apr 23, 2015
The future is more incredible than you can possibly imagine. To prove it, Chris Campbell dives into three remarkable tech breakthroughs you won't believe exist. Read on…
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Deep in the wandering wilderness of the world there exists a strange creature called a "digital nomad." Chris Campbell captured one in the wild branches of Thailand. In today's episode, the digital nomad reveals what he is, where comes from, and how you can be one too. Read on…
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Digital technology is reinventing our whole world, in service of you and me. It's free enterprise on steroids. It's bypassing the gatekeepers and empowering each of us to invent our own civilization for ourselves, according to our own specifications.
The promise of the future is nothing short of spectacular — provided that those who lack the imagination to see the potential here don't get their way. Sadly but predictably, some of the biggest barriers to a bright future are capitalists themselves who fear the future.
A good example is the current hysteria over 3-dimensional printing. This technology has moved with incredible speed from the realm of science fiction to the real world, seemingly in a matter of months. You can get such printers today for as low as $400. These printers allow objects to be transported digitally, and literally printed into existence right before your very eyes.
It's like a miracle! It could change everything we think we know about the transport of physical objects. Rather than sending crates and boats around the world, in the future we will only send lightweight digits. The potential for bypassing monopolies and entrenched interests is spectacular
But here is what Andrew Myers reported in Wired Magazine last week:
Last winter, Thomas Valenty bought a MakerBot — an inexpensive 3-D printer that lets you quickly create plastic objects. His brother had some Imperial Guards from the tabletop game Warhammer, so Valenty decided to design a couple of his own Warhammer-style figurines: a two-legged war mecha and a tank.
He tweaked the designs for a week until he was happy. "I put a lot of work into them," he says. Then he posted the files for free downloading on Thingiverse, a site that lets you share instructions for printing 3-D objects. Soon other fans were outputting their own copies.
Until the lawyers showed up.
Games Workshop, the UK-based firm that makes Warhammer, noticed Valenty's work and sent Thingiverse a takedown notice, citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Thingiverse removed the files, and Valenty suddenly became an unwilling combatant in the next digital war: the fight over copying physical objects.
There we have it. The American Chamber of Commerce — the supposed defender of free enterprise — is in a meltdown panic, determined to either crush 3-D printing in its crib or, at least, to make sure it doesn't grow past its toddler period.
In the 1940s, Joseph Schumpeter said that the capitalists would ultimately destroy capitalism by insisting that their existing profitability models perpetuate themselves in the face of change. He said that the capitalist class would eventually lose its taste for innovation and insist on government rules that brought it to an end, in the interest of protecting business elites.
An example: when music and books starting going digital, there was a outcry. How will authors and musicians survive this onslaught?
The truth is that there was no onslaught. It was a windfall for consumers that turned into the greatest boon for music and literature ever. Today we see how this is working, and not only working but there are more authors and musicians making money today than ever before. My best example: the Laissez Faire Club.
The methods could never have been anticipated in advance. Some give away their content and sell their performances. Some have found interesting new methods of distributing content behind pay walls that are affordable and convenient. Authors are starting to self publish through fantastic numbers of venues.
I've been touring museums lately, and I've begun to realize something important about the long process of technological improvement. Through our long history of improvement, every upgrade and every shift from old to new inspired panic. The biggest panic typically comes from the producers themselves who resent the way the market process destabilizes their business model.
It was said that the radio would end live performance. No one would learn music anymore. Everything would be performed one time, and recorded for all time, and that would be the end.
Of course that didn't happen. Then there was another panic when records came out, on the belief that this would destroy radio. Then tapes were next and everyone predicted doom for recorded music since music could be so easily duplicated ("Home Taping is Killing Music"). It was the same with digital music: surely this would be the death of all music!
And think back to the mass ownership of books in the 19th century. Many people predicted that these would destroy new authors because people would just buy books by old authors that were cheap and affordable. New authors would starve and no one would write anymore.
There is a pattern here. Every new technology that becomes profitable causes people to scream about the plight of existing producers. Then it turns out over time that the sector itself thrives as never before but in ways that no one really expected.
The great secret of the market economy is that it embodies a long-run tendency to dissipate profits under existing production and distribution methods. This is how competition works. This is how competition not only inspires improvement but makes it unavoidable. And this is one reason that so many capitalists hate capitalism.
The process goes like this. The new thing comes along and it earns high profits. Then the copycats come along and do the same thing cheaper and better, robbing the first producer of the monopoly status. Profits eventually fall to zero and then something even better has to come along to attract new business, earn new profits, elicit new copycats, and the whole thing starts all over again.
I've never understood why leftists complain about profits going to capitalists. In a vibrant market economy, profits are the temporary exception to the rule. They accrue only to the most innovative and efficient firms, the ones that serve the consumer best, and the gains are never permanent. As soon as the company loses its edge, entrepreneurial profit vanishes.
Under free market competition, writes Ludwig von Mises, the trajectory of existing production and distribution models is always to reduce profits to zero. For those who want to hang on to profits, there can be no rest. New and improved must be an everyday experience. There must be a ceaseless striving to serve consumers in ways that are ever more excellent.
This is why business is always running to government for protection. Kill this crazy new technology! Stop these imports! Raise the costs on the competition! Give us a patent so that we can clobber the other guys! Impose antitrust law! Protect me with a copyright! Regulate the newcomers out of existence! Give us a bailout!
Aside from this, there is a public fear of the new. Otherwise, people would not find the self-interested protests of the existing establishment to be persuasive.
Here is a striking fact about the human mind: we have great difficulty imagining solutions that have yet to present themselves. It doesn't matter how often the market resolves seemingly intractable problems, we still can't become accustomed to this reality. Our minds think in terms of existing conditions, and then we predict all kinds of doom. We too often fail to consistently expect the unexpected.
This poses a serious problem for the market economy, which is all about the ability of the system to inspire discovery of new ideas and new solutions to prevailing the problems. The problems posed by change are obvious enough; but the solutions are "crowd sourced" and emerge from places, people, and institutions that cannot be seen in advance.
Capitalism is not for wimps who don't want to improve. If you want guaranteed profits for the few rather than prosperity and abundance for the many, socialism and fascism really are better systems.
The push to stop market progress won't work in the end, of course. Technology eventually mows down its forces of resistance. The mercantilists can only delay but never finally suppress the human longing for a better life.


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NEW YORK - From "Tonight" to "Late Night." From "Today" to "Later Today." Anyone else sense a pattern over at NBC?
Clearly, this is a network with a well-developed sense of time. Starting today at 9 a.m., NBC will learn if it's the right time to extend the dominant "Today" franchise. That moment marks the premiere of "Later Today," a live weekday hour that tries to stake a middle ground between news and chat.
All television is essentially a combination of business calculation and creative energy, but "Later Today" owes more of its existence to the accountants.
NBC has talked for years about expanding "Today," the show that dominates morning television. Even with the program's ratings success, NBC's desultory daytime lineup could never take advantage of its head start.
In recent years, NBC stations aired a mix of the NBC-owned "Leeza," local programming and syndicated shows in the time slot following "Today." Now the affiliates will try a show that blatantly trades on the success of "Today," a program NBC owns and from which it can profit enormously if ratings soar.
Jeff Zucker, "Today" executive producer, developed "Later Today" and put one of his trusted deputies, Mike Bass, in charge.
"We're going to do everything we can to make 9 to 10 (a.m.) a huge success," Zucker said, "understanding that nothing comes before 7 to 9 (a.m.). We will do nothing to jeopardize the success of 7 to 9."
Jodi Applegate anchors "Later Today" from a Manhattan studio that resembles a "Pottery Barn" display floor. Asha Blake and actress Florence Henderson are her co-hosts. Each owes her job to the fickle nature of television timing.
NBC brass spotted Applegate, host of a hit morning talk show in Phoenix, when they were in Arizona a few years ago for the Super Bowl. She moved East and established herself as a network star-in-the-making on the weekend "Today" show.
Blake thought few people were watching her when she anchored ABC's overnight news show, but it coincided with the time Zucker was up pacing the floor with a newborn baby. He liked what he saw.
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Skip to comments.CBS/NY Times Poll Internals [Excellent News for Bush]
Posted on 10/31/2004 8:12:00 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
As most of you know, we here at Polipundit.com are not enthusiastic supporters of either the New York Times or CBS News, but there are some very interesting findings in their latest poll showing President Bush up 48%-45%. You can find the polls at the New York Times website. I cannot link to it.
John Kerry has a 41% favorable, 47% unfavorable rating. This is his worst rating ever.
President Bush has a 48% favorable, 41% unfavorable rating. That is his best rating since last December.
Undecided voters lean to President Bush 50%-47%, validating the Pew finding and calling the Gallup number into question.
66% of Bush voters strongly favor their candidate.
50% of Kerry voters strongly favor their candidate.
By a 49%-34% margin, voters expect President Bush to win.
President Bush has a 49%-44% job approval rating.
The right track today is 43%. In 1996, it was only 39%.
48% of voters will vote on national security issues; only 33% on domestic issues.
By a 54%-29%, voters believe the Bush Administration has made them safer.
53% of voters do not think that Kerry agrees with their priorities, his worst number ever. 42% believe he has the same.
48% of voters do not think that Bush agrees with their priorities. 49% believe he does share their priorities.
52% of voters think Kerry has leadership qualities, his lowest number ever.
62% of voters think President Bush has leadership qualities.
57% of voters are uneasy with Kerrys ability to handle a crisis.
60% believe Kerry says what people want to hear. Only 36% say that about President Bush.
53% of Americans say we did the right think in Iraq. Only 42% disagree.
31% say their families are better off than they were four years ago. 40% say about the same.
Most importantly, the percentage of voters call themselves a liberal has declined to 17%, the lowest number since 1997. 35% call themselves conservative.
Good poll internals. Ping
Bush 296-242
Bush wins OH and FL
Kerry picks up NH
Bush picks up IO, WI, NM
50.9% - 47.4%
Can you say "landslide"???
I thought you could....
Most interesting and encouraging.!
Good. I have decided to believe this poll instead of the Gallup Poll, and now I can get some sleep. If you see a poll you don't like, just Freep for about five more minutes and the world will be rosey again.
52-47 sounds doable.
And that would mean around 350 EV...
Interesting BUMP
Ouch! that's gonna hurt Wednesday morning...
Pray, pray, pray! And GOTV!
What is the party breakdown?
So what's with all the polls showing a virtual tie?
this is good news! If I don't have a nervous breakdown betweeen now and Tuesday night, it's going to be a miracle!
My values have changed for the better since then. I value country over party now.
Welcome to the fold!
Welcome, glad you came over from the dark side.
You can't cheat if it's not close...
The graphs look like the trendlines are converging and Bush is dropping while Kerry aspires; however, given the internals of this poll, those trendlines are deceptive.
The rallies in Mpls and Cincinnati run against the trendlines. Why would 40,000+ pack stadiums to see a the President if he is a "loser"? It makes no sense. Is Kerry getting those kinds of crowds? No, he's getting 12,000 in his backyard of NH! The Big Mo has finally hit and it's at Bush's back!
Think? Good post ... but are you for real?
So put away the razorblades, Gallup-watchers
Thank you. It feels like I'm wrapped in a warm coat on a wintery day.
Welcome to the party, pbrown!
According to this, the party ID:
245 Rep RV, weighted
246 Dem RV, weighted
248 Ind RV, weighted
The internals in this poll are amazing for Bush. In almost every important asset, he does well. Even the undecideds go 50/47 for Bush.
They are indeed the dark side. I didn't come over by myself, I brought 6 family members with me.
You're close. Except Bush will take MN but not WI.
Well, I was optimistic yesterday, but I have become a little worried about the voter turn out in Florida. I sure hope Rove knows what he is doing there, and with Jeb as governor you would think they would have a huge advantage, but I hear this talk about large numbers of early voters being democrats. It is driving me nuts.
This is probably the most important thing ...
66% of Bush voters strongly favor their candidate.
50% of Kerry voters strongly favor their candidate.
The other numbers are good, but they almost worry me that they may have oversample our side ... eg. only 17% liberals. Is that right?
I can't explain the difference in me. I'm just different now. I'm happier and more optimistic than before.
I always felt like I was walking around with a dark cloud over my head......but, no longer.
There's a set of poll results worth framing and hanging on the wall.
Ouch! that's gonna hurt Wednesday morning...
and no socialized medicine to help with his depression on wednesday either.
My Pastor quoted this from the Pulpit this morning.Calling all poll watchers?
Bush will take Wisconsin.
See http://jaycost.blogspot.com/2004/10/poll-update-103104.html.
I'm thinking a lot more than 50% of the undecideds will pull the lever, or whatever, for President Bush. When push comes to shove and they're alone in the voting booth, and no one ever need know how they voted, they'll choose Bush! Their concern for their family's security will override everything!
"I was a liberal pre 9-11. My values have changed for the better since then. I value country over party now."
God Bless You.
Conservatives arent ogres, as the MSM/liberal academia wants you to believe ... some thoughts about conservatism I was having before I coincidentally read your post ... I hope you dont mind if I share as "food for thought":
Conservatism in America is really old-fashioned classical Liberalism of our founding fathers, believing in:
- individual responsibility and personal liberty as two sides of the same coin
- belief that there is a right, there is wrong, and there's a difference (ie, 'just say no' to moral relativism)
- Government serves the people and is constructed to protect peoples rights, liberties, life and property. (John Locke's ideals that were written into our Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson)
- being skeptical of 'wishful thinking' social engineering projects, instead understanding human nature as imperfect, habit-based and not always rational. Such reality requires Govt ("if men were angels, there would be no need of Govt" - Adams), but a skepticism about power ("power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" - Lord Acton)
If we act on the principle of liberty, we immediately get opposed by the socialists, communists and others who demand 'equality' as the highest good. Equality of result is the enemy of freedom, and so conservatives end up being the 'bad people' for opposing illegitimate forms of creating equality through various forms of Govt sanctioned theft, extortion, racism, etc. examples are racial quotas, punitive taxation, socialized industries, welfare-state programs designed to enforce 'equality', etc.
The modern American Conservative believes in preserving the kind of country our founder's idealized, innovating to make the country better but sticking to the principles of liberty that our nation was founded on. The enduring success and value of these political ideals is proof that:
"Good Ideas Never Go Out of Style"
"57% of voters are uneasy with Kerrys ability to handle a crisis.
Ouch! that's gonna hurt Wednesday morning..."
You know the bad news ... the other 43% are already on some form of anti-depressant...!!
Great news. I have two predictions now.....
Best Case:
Bush - 349 Electoral Votes
Kerry - 189 Electoral Votes
Probable Case:
Bush - 310 Electoral Votes
Kerry - 228 Electoral Votes
I never knew the types of parties that were grouped together with the Democrats till 9-11.
For the first time I opened my eyes and saw just what the Democrats supported.
When I looked around and saw what trash had stolen the party, I was no longer a part of it.
I'm sorry that it took something like 9-11 to open my eyes to see exactely what America was facing.
This means that a 3% lead is actually a 1% trail, 4-pt lead is even, and a 7-8% lead generally means we're leading outside the margin of error (but not recount).
Not to be a downer, but given the unknowns of registration and lawyering this cycle, never be comforted until we're doubly out of the margin of error. The good news from this is that most of our solid red states are in this category and that's a strong starting point!
God Bless you.
I remember election night (or early morning) four years ago when Gore announced his challenge, George W. Bush was calm and reassuring to his supporters. He quickly and effectively responded to the first crisis of his Presidency before he became President. I thought that he showed superb leadership qualities, then, and have never doubted about it since.
Not at all!
That is gratifying.
btw, more of my thoughts at this blog, which is currently focussed on and called "Liberating Iraq":
Thanks. I put that link on my favorites list.
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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) is from Maryland. He doesn't like the fact that Lindsay Graham (R) from South Carolina is fighting the union appointees at the National Labor Relations Board and their attempt to shut down Boeing's new 787 assembly line in Graham's own state.
As a result, Cummings is accusing Boeing of unduly influencing Graham and is demanding that Congress step aside for the NLRB.
In a letter Wednesday to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Cummings said new documents released by the labor board show the agency came under undue pressure from Boeing and lawmakers before it filed its controversial complaint against the aerospace giant this year.
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"These new documents, which the committee has now obtained, raise troubling new questions about whether Boeing inappropriately sought to use its political influence in Congress to prevent the NLRB from filing its enforcement action against the company," Cummings wrote.
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So, Rep. Elijah Cummins from Maryland believes a lawmaker from South Carolina should shut up when a union-controlled agency is about to threaten up to 5,000 South Carolina jobs?
Um, Rep. Cummings...Since it's not Maryland jobs that are at stake here, who's influencing you?...
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Buck charged that Bennet's television ads were dishonest, taking snippets of Buck's comments to portray him as wanting to privatize Social Security. Buck said he supported redesigning Social Security so that younger workers in the future would have the option of investing in separate retirement accounts. No one paying into the system would lose benefits, he insisted. "I've never said we should privatize Social Security," he told Bennet, who made that accusation against Buck in television ads. "You in your commercials take little clips out of context," Buck answered to cheers from his ranks.
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More than half of Americans over 65 years old would live in poverty if Social Security disappeared. I will push for a return to fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets to maintain a foundation for economic growth, and I will press to make the preservation of Social Security a national priority.
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Several Photographers set up flower or animal displays at Pyongyangs main square where you can have your photo taken.
It is a great idea! Do they deliver digital or polaroids?
It looked like heavy, old-school stuff. I guess you can have the developed photos delivered to your home.
Lovely portrait!
Photo taken in Pyongyang, North Korea


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Bonfire of the terrorists
National unity shattered by mistrust, savage politics and cancerous hostility
At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, the nose of American Airlines Flight 11 made contact with the World Trade Center's north tower. The attacks of 9-11 had begun.
They never stopped.
In response, we went to war against Afghanistan without a clear mission or the understanding that there would never be victory there. We went to war against Iraq, for no reason connected to 9-11 and ultimately for no good reason at all. Twelve years later, these wars have broken us financially, militarily and spiritually.
Contempt for the Bush administration seethed as the wars ground on. Outrage from the left was met with outrage from the right, fueled relentlessly by some in the media, designed to profit from fanning the flames. Partisanship became ideology became intractable stances of fury. Meanwhile, American bombs and bullets killed tens of thousands in the Middle East, inflaming exponentially the fatwa that was announced on Sept. 11. Blowback finally came at the Boston Marathon.
The campaign to find George W. Bush's successor in 2008 would not include an electable Republican because of the GOP's post-9-11 deception and ineptitude. With no credible opposition, Democrats knighted a candidate whose story was inspirational and who benefited enormously from being anyone other than Bush. One faction of the media turned Barack Obama into a sure thing without sufficient scrutiny, while the other sharpened its knives and lay in wait.
When President Barack Obama was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2009, the attack on America had been raging for 2,688 days. On day 2,684, Rush Limbaugh had wished for our new president to fail.
Saddled with the greatest financial crisis in the country's history — a crisis amplified by trillions in war costs — every remedy Obama proposed was stillborn due to cancerous hostility and distrust. In 2010, tea partiers driven by the lazy patriotism born of 9-11 brought to power hardliners with no other purpose than to obstruct, while an ineffective president is savaged daily by political and media foes who will gamble on a Republican majority in 2017 before acting on the disaster that is destroying us today. A baby born on Sept. 11, 2001, will be able to drive in 2017.
We mocked Osama bin Laden, watching television in his hovel while we tracked him down. But he was watching us on that TV. He was watching this:
An American economy in free fall. Horrendous unemployment. A decimated political system poisoned by hate and ideology. Future generations plagued by financial uncertainty. Our reputation soiled throughout the world. Even as we crept up on him, he may have been smiling at all he had accomplished.
I never believed that bin Laden knew he could take down the towers. But the flames he unleashed set to work on the buildings' infrastructure, and down they came.
In the same way, with the rot already set in from the Clinton impeachment and the Supreme Court's handing of the presidency to George W. Bush, was it genius or dumb luck that al-Qaida struck just as our political structure was primed to crumble?
Either way, the greater fires continue to burn.
Every rote party line vote that guts our future. Every refusal to consider even the most pragmatic compromise. Every bitter sneer hurled from one partisan to the other while Americans suffer and wait for help – each marks another brittle break in our national infrastructure.
But unlike Sept. 11, there are no heroes risking everything to rush in and put out the flames. Instead, we stand on opposite sides of the street, spewing gasoline and hoping the building falls on our enemies — our American enemies — and not on us.
We could stop this. But we won't.
They win.
Wauwatosa writer Tom Matthews completed this commentary on day 4,326 of the attack on America. He wrote the 1997 film "Mad City," starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, and the music industry satire "Like We Care." Email email@example.com
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Those seeking a unique look this Halloween should explore some of Philadelphia's quirkier costume institutions, which offer more interesting alternatives to the bobbing-for-apples standard.
Pierre's Costumes at 211 N. Third in Old City (215-925-7121) is primarily a rental shop ($65-$125 per costume), specializing in "weird." The full-service operation outfits customers with one-of-a-kind creations, altered to each client's specifications. "If we can't costume you, nobody can," says owner Richard Williamson.
For the more intrepid trick-or-treater, Philly AIDS Thrift at 710 S. Fifth Street in Queen Village (215-922-3186) is a whimsical hodgepodge of costume treasures. The two weeks before Halloween are the busiest of the year for the shop, which also offers scary movie classics within its impressive collection of vintage VHS and DVD.


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Benjamin Button 6/10 (In theaters)
Just Friends 8/10 (On TV)
Benjamin Button 6/10 (In theaters)
Just Friends 8/10 (On TV)
I Used To Be a King
Benjamin Button was a horrible movie.
Just didn't like it in general.
Again Benjamin Button is another movie I have been intending to see. In fact, ever since Australia was released my movie watched stopped for unexplained reasons. Underworld was the first movie I've seen in sometime.
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Shooter - 9/10 Love the movie.
Doubt 10/10
I truly find this movie one of the best drama movies I've seen in '08. It just really leaves you questioning throughout the whole movie in search for more clues or the answer as to what the Priest really did. Sadly, in the end, you never find out the truth. So, you are left to decide which side you choose in the belief if he really abused the child or not.
Great movie and one of the best of '08 along with the acting. I definitely think it's worth watching.
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist 8/10
I thought this was a very cute love movie. Just two lovers running around New York searching for a band was really interesting to see and fun at the same time. The soundtrack to the movie was also really great. I've already found about four new bands to experience because of it.
The sad thing is that it was a bit unrealistic as to what they did as I don't think I've ever seen two teenagers run around New York all night long and I literally mean all night long. I also didn't like the fact that they included a certain explicit part in there in which I wasn't sure what it was suppose to represent. If that had to do with "love" then I'm not for it.
Great comedy and romance movie with a great soundtrack though a bit unrealistic.
Old Signature"I don't mean to seem like I care about material things, like a social status."
Spoiler Alert!But he proved that when they did the swimming thing, he was better than his brother who was genetically engineered. Which just shows that any of the people on that ship could've been just as incapable as he is thought to be.
Changeling - 9/10
I can't really complain about the ending because it was a true story. But...Hrmm, I felty like going crazy at times in watching it as well.
Defiance 8/10 - Something just didn't sit right, seemed too cliché...But it was also a true story so i dunno.
After the Sunset - Some good fun and action. 8/10
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In bed by eight...home by eleven
Pinapple Express
Hilarious everytime you watch it. I've seen it about 8 or nine times already and I laugh everytime.


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OK WELL IM HAVING A HUGE ISSUE WITH MY 6 YEAR OLD AND WOULD LOVE ANY ADVICE ANY OF YOU CAN GIVE ME...WELL SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL..BUT OUT OF NOWHERE SHE HAS BEEN STEALING, LYING, AND NOT LISTENING..MY BOYFRIEND WORKS REALLY HARD AND ABOUT A WEEK AGO HE LEFT HIS MONEY ON THE TABLE, LONG STORY SHORT HE HAD 30 DOLLARS MISSING..HIS DAD WAS STAYING WITH US AND NO MONEY HAS EVER WENT MISSING..RIGHT AWAY HE WAS ACCUSING HIS DAD AND WELL HE WAS JUST ANGRY..MY DAUGHTER TOOK THE MONEY AND SHE ALLOWED ALOT OF ARGUING TO GO DOWN AND I ASKED HER OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND MADE HER SWEAR ON MY LIFE TO GET IT OUT OF HER..SHE HAS NEVER STOLE BEFORE! AND THERES MINOR THINGS LIKE SHE LIED ABOUT NEVER SEEING a MOVIE SO I CAN ORDER IT ON TV FOR HER (COST $5.00) COME TO FIND OUT SHE ALREADY SAW IT..AND JUST THIS MORNING SHE WANTED CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST..I TOLD HER NO WAY THATS NOT WHAT SHE EATS FOR BREAKFAST..NEXT THING I KNOW I HEAR HER IN THE KITCHEN TRYING TO TAKE SOME CHOCOLATE! I BANNED CHCOOLATE FROM HER AND SENT HER TO HER ROOM..IM NOT THE BEST PARENT TO DO PUNISHING I FEEL TERRIBLE AFTER BUT THIS JUST HAS TO STOP..I AM 14 WEEKS PREGNANT IDK IF ITS JEALOUSY BC SHES VERY EXCITED OR IF SHE WANTS MORE ATTENTION?? ANYWHO. WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO PUNISH HER IN THESE SITUATIONS??
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why are you typing in all CAPS? anyways, have you tried asking her why she feel the needs to act out all of the sudden? if she has been a pretty well behaved child, obviously something is bothering her, I wouldnt go straight to punishing her without figuring out her motives first..how long was your boyfriends dad staying there? wheres her dad?
feel free to follow my journey!
^^Agreed! I mean she obviously needs to be talked to and made to apologize and have some sort of consequence so she understands what she did is wrong but I'd hardly jump to some major punishment.
And you'll probably get more responses if you turn your caps lock off...gave me a headache reading it...plus I don't like being yelled at (which is what your caps are for on here).
Avery(9), Xander(8) - Autism & Tourette's, Liam (6) - Medically complex ex 28-wkr; trach/vent/g-tube + 8 ^i^
how about moving from "punishing" to "discipining"? Big difference. She's a child - she needs you to teach her right from wrong. You can't expect that she knows how to act appropriately in in all situations. If she's acting out for any reason, that is a cry for help or attention - it is up to you as her mother to figure out why.... what is she trying to tell you? If you jump right to punishing her, you lose the opportunity to help her learn, grow and make better choices. I'm not saying she should be held accountable for her actions - but she is 6 years old for goodness sake - she's so young! Change the way you approach the situation, and you may have a better outcome. Good luck.


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TV Commercials for Stein Are First in Race for Mayor
By TODD S. PURDUM
Published: April 9, 1993
Weeks before any other candidates seem likely to join him, City Council President Andrew J. Stein began the New York City mayoral race in earnest last night by broadcasting the campaign's first television commercials. They are two biographical hymns that portray him as "standing up, fighting back for a better New York."
For months Mr. Stein has been stuck in a double-digit deficit behind Mayor David N. Dinkins in the polls. His commercials, which were promised weeks ago, are a clear effort to spark an upswing in the Democratic challenger's standing and to counter weeks of publicity about his sputtering efforts by reminding voters of his consumer advocacy in more than two decades in public office.
The ads -- one 60 seconds and the other 45 seconds -- cite Mr. Stein's criticism of ambulance response times and the school custodians union, as well as his support for abortion rights and victim's rights. They include testimonials from a rainbow coalition of ordinary New Yorkers: a black minister, an elderly Jewish woman, a young Hispanic mother. 'Even Tougher'
"Life in the city's tough enough," the ads conclude in a not-so-subtle dig at Mr. Dinkins. "Without a mayor strong enough to fight back for people, it's even tougher.
Mr. Stein and his campaign consultant, Philip Friedman, have been forecasting the advent of the ads since February, and Mr. Friedman said these commercials, which are to run near news broadcasts and in prime time, were the start of a pitch that would lead to a formal declaration of his candidacy and the opening of headquarters in each of the city's boroughs in two or three weeks. They are to be followed in May by longer "infomercials" detailing his proposals to improve city government.
Officials of the campaign refused to say how much time had been bought, but other politicians and consultants estimated Mr. Stein would be spending perhaps $250,000 a week.
The commercials began running even as Mr. Stein, his father Jerry Finkelstein and other advisers are arguing over whether to hire Jack Davis, a San Francisco-based political consultant who ran the successful come-from-behind campaign of that city's Mayor, Frank Jordan.
Mr. Finkelstein is said to be unhappy with Mr. Friedman's work, and all parties say they agree a field manager should be hired to allow Mr. Friedman to focus on media and strategy. But Mr. Friedman opposes hiring Mr. Davis. And Mr. Stein said no decisions had yet been made. 'Some Tension'
"There's some tension in every campaign," Mr. Stein said.
David Garth, the media consultant for the Republican mayoral challenger, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and Mr. Friedman's old boss, said it was none too early for Mr. Stein to be on the air. "He's going to have to have an impact to ;get him started," Mr. Garth said. "Right now, there's no movement. I think they hurt themselves in a way when they said they're going to go on and then they didn't. Then you get to feel that there's a lack of steadiness or stability."
A spot check of stations and other media buyers showed that the ads are to run on all the local broadcast stations and New York 1 News, the New York City cable news channel. Mr. Friedman said the ads would not run over the Easter holiday weekend but would pick up again next week.
Mr. Friedman said future commercials would discuss more of Mr. Stein's record, as well as his proposals on crime, education, the homeless and reshaping the city's bureaucracy. He said the testimony from ordinary citizens was intended to counter the Mayor's contention that because reported crime was down and the budget was narrowly balanced, life was better in the city.
"If you pull back, then things are not better at all," Mr. Friedman said. "The basics are as bad as they have ever been." A Cool Reaction
Not surprisingly, Mr. Dinkins was cool to the notion that Mr. Stein's ads marked any particularly significant milestone in the race.
"As far as I'm concerned, the campaign started some time ago," the Mayor told reporters at City Hall. "I never will quite understand the fiction with respect to each of us as to when a campaign starts."
"My belief is that good government work translates into good politics," Mr. Dinkins said. "For Andrew, it's a little more difficult, of course, because he doesn't have a lot to do."
In another nod to this year's campaigns, City Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman yesterday began running $20,000 a week of radio ads on drive-time AM stations for her re-election effort, stressing her record on issues of concern to women in an effort to repair some of the damage stemming from her tough 1992 campaign for the Senate against Geraldine A. Ferraro.
The first ad cites Ms. Holtzman's audit that found city hospitals were failing to perform mammograms, and ends: "Elizabeth Holtzman, for integrity, for compassion, for the women her work has saved." THE AD CAMPAIGN STEIN: HIS POSITIVES, THE CITY'S NEGATIVES
THE SCRIPT: Announcer, over ticking clock and throbbing music: Stop for a minute. Is your life in the city getting better or worse?
Elderly woman: The ambulance was so late, I lost my husband.


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High demand for Al Furjan grocery stores
20 May 2014 - 6:24
DOHA: Shops reserved for grocery stores, cafeterias, laundries, and barber and tailoring shops in the upcoming Al Furjan markets are in high demand. There is more demand for tailoring shops for women than those for men.
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce says most allotment requests received until last evening were for the above shops.
Out of a total of 645 shops in 44 Al Furjan markets in the country's remote areas, 59 are reserved for grocery stores and 43 for cafeterias.
Some 320 applications have been received for groceries, whereas 265 companies have applied for allotment of shops for cafeterias.
Some 41 outlets are for men's salons and the applications received total 159, while 71 applications have been received for 17 ladies' salons.
For 37 shops reserved for electrical goods like wiring and sanitaryware, the allotment requests total 276.
At least 159 applications have been made for 28 tailoring shops for women, whereas the number of applications for male tailoring outlets is 57 (for 29 shops).
There are few takers for outlets for bakeries (40) and meat shops (29) as the number of allotment requests so far has been lower than the number of shops available.
For 34 pharmacy slots, the allotment requests received until yesterday were 33. For 11 shops for footwear and clothing, allotment requests total 159.
There are 40 shops each reserved for bakeries and retail sale of vegetables and fruits.
Some six slots are reserved for Qatar Post to open its outlets, and four each for Ooredoo and Vodafone Qatar, but so far the Ministry has received just one allotment request from each of them.
The Ministry said that until 4pm yesterday it had received 2,337 applications for the 645 shops, adding that only 373 of them had provided bank guarantees of QR50,000 each.
According to the Ministry, applicants who haven't provided a bank guarantee should do the same by May 25 or their request would be cancelled.
Meanwhile, people are complaining that the Ministry shouldn't insist on a bank guarantee of such a big amount at this stage.
"They should ask for guarantee after the allotment, for the applicant's money is stuck until the allotment is decided, and then returning the amount takes time in the case of unsuccessful applicants," a citizen said.
"What's the point in making so much money stuck for three to four months? If 3,000 people, for example, apply providing bank guarantees, the amount sucked up from the market would be QR150m, and it would just remain stuck."
Another problem people are complaining of is that a company that doesn't have commercial registration (CR) for a particular activity cannot apply for allotment of a shop in that category.
So people are rushing to the economy ministry to get those activities added to their commercial licence by paying a fee.
"What happens if the applicant is unsuccessful in getting the allotment? He has to cancel the licence," said another national.
A better way is to decide the allotment and the CR can be obtained later, he said.
The citizen said although the ministry has extended evening hours for commercial registration, the crowding hasn't eased. "There is too much of rush," he said. THE PENINSULA


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Subprime mortgages could put housing market in another bubble
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro on the housing market.
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro on the housing market.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro discusses a range of reasons why the Millennial generation isn't investing in real estate, and whether there's a reason to be optimistic about the future.
John Traynor, People's Wealth Management CIO, explains why he sees a relief rally on the way after the U.S. presidential election.
Brad Lamensdorf, Ranger Equity Bear Fund co-manager, who began shorting Deutsche Bank two years ago, discusses the reason for the move, and Gerald ODriscoll, former Meltzer Commission Staff director, explains where the sector goes from here.
Sean OHara, Pacer ETFs Distributors president, discusses where to invest in the market right now.
AOL co-founder Steve Case on what he believes will be the next 'big thing' in the tech revolution.
Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) said he was not satisfied with the answers the Wells Fargo CEO gave during his testimony on Capitol Hill, and said there needs to be more regulatory and company oversight.
Steve Case, co-founder of AOL, said Hillary Clinton's policy ideas will be best for American businesses and entrepreneurs.
Dan Veru, Palisade Capital Management CIO, discusses whether to invest in the market now.
Rafferty Capital Markets banking analyst Dick Bove discusses the future of Wells Fargos leadership structure in the wake of a customer-accounts scandal.
Liz Claman joined FOX Business Network (FBN) as an anchor in October 2007. She anchors Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman (weekdays 3-4PM/ET).


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