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We share our coast with many animals and many birds. Humans have many islands of their own – islands that are too developed for nesting shorebirds. Now these birds have islands of their own! Islands that are protected giving the birds a chance at survival. They are called "The Bird Islands"
The Bird Islands are nesting locations for a variety of colonial shorebirds. These birds nest in large numbers, side by side, on isolated beach and dune areas. These islands maintain a delicate balance with Mother Earth, a bad storm could wash an entire island away. If that happened where would the birds go? The Georgia Outdoors crew will visit one of these islands, just before nesting season, to find out what is so special about The Bird Islands.
We'll also visit the Altamaha Wildlife Management Area, a very popular place for birding of all kinds. From the great blue heron to the tiny yellow rumped warbler, from the american bald eagle to the swamp sparrow, we'll see these facinating birds and more!
Related Links
Colonial Coast Birding Trail
Audubon Society
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
American Birding Association
The Georgia Ornithological Society, The Waterbird Society, and the A to Z Birders Network
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Despite struggling on offense, the Virginia men's basketball team took down Norfolk State 67-56 at John Paul Jones Arena, in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday.
Justin Anderson and Akil Mitchell led the Cavaliers with 15 points each, and Joe Harris added 12 on 4-for-7 shooting. Virginia won despite 17 turnovers and 22-of-37 shooting from the free throw line.
Rob Johnson had 19 for the Spartans, who got within three in the second half, before the Cavaliers were able to pull away.
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I have been having some average working weeks lately. Partly because Rob is on rural GP placement, so I have no one to talk to during the week when I get home from work! Although I quite enjoy time to myself, I'm a lot bubblier when I'm around others, so sometimes I need people.
Anyway, I have been making up for these boring weekdays with awesome weekends. The last two weekends have been fantastic, I have been making the most of them! I don't usually go out much but I've been making more of an effort, and I have been rewarded with some of the most random fun times with friends and family.
It all started on a Thursday, I didn't want to go home, so I asked my friend Eric if he was doing anything. He was, and invited me along. We went to Robot Bar in the city, and had a few fun drinks with friends Bec & Tom. The combination of people was perfect, we already knew each other, but don't hang out in this small of a group usually. Then we went and had dumplings (from North East China Family) – which weren't very good but the spring onion pancake was delicious, and the wine was going down easily. I think we
were far too loud and enthusiastic annoyed the couple next to us who were clearly on their first date – but you know – if you want a quiet first date, you don't go to a cheap dumplings restaurant! After this I ended up walking my bike home with a friend, and we had a cup of tea because that's what cool 27-year-old people do – right? It was a heap of fun, and I felt it at work the next day but I didn't care. I even backed it up that night with another pub session with some close friends! Two great nights in a row :-) The fun continued that weekend when I rode to Brunswick to hang out with my good friend Andrew – as well as my friend Nick and two other nice guys. I decided to have a relatively early night and be kind to my liver – and I enjoyed riding home slightly tipsy. And on Sunday, I celebrated my homegirl Kasia's birthday in South Melbourne at Hercules Morse (the coolest name for a bar).
I know what you're thinking – Beck you clearly had a flippin' rad time, but what did you wear?
Well, let me tell you, I looked fierce.
Thursday I wore my new pink tartan leggings from BSkinz – they're exactly the same fabric as Black Milk but so much cheaper! The fabric is awesome, so soft.
I really went nuts on the pink theme; gathered all my hello kitty & pink accessories, some black clothes and hey presto – there's a work outfit!
We went to Robot Bar in Bligh Place, just off Flinders Lane. I'd never been there before but I'd go back. It was a fun after work drinks bar, and the cocktails were bloody delicious. At about 8pm we realised we should eat dinner, so made the long journey around the corner to North East China Family for some dumplings. The dumplings were average, not too bad, but I don't think they'd be nice if I ate them sober. The spring onion pancake was bloody delicious though, I would go back just to eat those! As you can see below we had a great time :-)
This is my good friend Eric. He has an old school Nokia phone. Classic hipster phone!
I think I dressed myself very well on Friday, especially considering I was very hung over and had a huge day ahead. I was still buzzing from the great night I'd had; so I think that helped me get through the day! My dressing theme for Friday was 'BLING BLING'. Dollar leggings (Black Milk), rose gold belt (Sportsgirl), obnoxious rose gold chain (Diva); sheer top (H&M) with studded crop (Primark) underneath. Although I was feeling shit, I was looking fierce. Looking fierce definitely helped my hangover :P
Oh and my ridiculous bright pink socks with bananas on them added a certain 'je ne sais quoi'.
Waiting for friends at my local pub – the Turf Club while enjoying the beautiful weather, some chippies and a cheeky bev. The Turf is a great pub, close to my work and my house, and they have great happy hour prices, awesome bar staff; good food; and a great relaxed vibe. The staff know me, because we consistently visit about once a week for a couple of cheekies.
We met some German guys who we were trying to beat at darts, and then foosball. One was sledging us, it was great – Aussies are known for their sledging so it's only fair we cop it back. It was one of those nights were people came and went, Eric popped in; Rob arrived on the Vline, Lauren had come in from Ballarat the day before, and PVK made the long trip from Horsham. Oh and Pete and I work close-by, so we didn't have far to come! Pete and Lauren stayed at our house, and I made everyone a big glass of Hydralyte before bed because I'm a great host!
Saturday's weather was delicious. We went and met Eric and a friend at North Carlton Canteen. I was less hung over (thanks past Beck making everyone a Hydralyte) and enjoyed my breakfast/brunch/lunch. After that Rob and I went for a ride and enjoyed the sunshine in the park. I wore shorts because the weather was soooooo nice!
Later Rob went to his parents house in the suburbs – and I was planning a quiet night in. But then I rode to meet friends at the Union Hotel. I wore black suspenders (Black Milk), my amazing Shaa-Zaam shoes; a pink skirt (Black Milk); a long white t-shirt (Sportsgirl) and my favourite dog necklace (Reroy Kawaii). Oh and I chucked on some pink lippy to make me feel fancy. Oh and my fake hipster glasses because I was riding at dusk – the bugs always fly into my face – so these clear glasses are actually a lifesaver/eye-saver/mascara-saver. My friend Nick was wearing some sweet Nike kicks and a Yankees snapback cap so I was feeling fabulous in super fly company.
Although I wanted Saturday night to kick on, the little old lady inside me told me to go home. So I did, and I got a good nights rest.
I think the rest allowed me to nail my outfit on Sunday too, and I'm annoyed at myself that I didn't take a full length outfit photo! I wore my DIY acid wash denim jacket; Studded unicorn tee (Zara); Black collar sleeveless shirt (StaffbyMaff); Black Zombies leggings (Black Milk); Reebok black hi tops; Three tone necklace, Cheap Monday sunnies and a cute Cath Kidston dog badge (all from Asos)! It was raining so I decided to catch the tram instead. I put on my Red Velvet Velvetines lipstick by Lime Crime; and I was ready to go!
I'm definitely going to have to wear this outfit again because it was great, and I never got any photos of it!
I finished my weekend waiting for a tram home. I like this photo, the mix of the fading light; street lights; and tram are a snapshot of a Melbourne spring evening.
This was only one of my awesome weekends, if I get a chance/my liver doesn't pack it in/I can find some photos; I'll write another post!


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about how Mel Bartholomew took a traditional row garden and little by little changed things until he created the Square Foot Gardening method.
He settled on a raised bed that was 4' x 4'. Of course you can make your beds any width and length you want to suit your particular situation, but he suggests it be no wider than 4' and that it be no longer than 16' in length as you will tend to try to hop over to the other side instead of walking around it if it's TOO long. The photos show one of the reasons Mel wants the beds kept 4' wide or less—it's easy for almost anyone to comfortably reach in and work regardless of their stature.
Another benefit of the 4' measurement is that lumber is commonly sold in 8' lengths so it's easier to build the boxes with fewer cuts if they are 4' wide. Remember, if it's up against a building or fence, it should be no more than 2' wide. Again, 2' divides evenly into that 8' lumber. Those of you familiar with lumber will realize that the finished interior of the raised bed will be a little less than 4', but trust me, the plants won't mind.
After thinking about the raised beds, the next consideration was the soil. The soil in my yard is full of hard clay, and I grew up in Nevada where the soil was very sandy. The solution for BOTH problems is to add organic material (manure, compost, etc.) to the existing soil. NOTE: Most soils only contain about 3 or 4% organic material. This means the first step in a traditional garden is soil improvement—tilling, adding organic matter (a.k.a. amending your soil) and fertilizer to the entire garden plot. The average home garden in America is 20 x 35 or 750 square feet so that's quite a lot of work and expense just to make the soil "good enough."
Mel wondered why you couldn't have great soil from day one no matter where you live. We will get into Mel's perfect soil mix at a later date.
Getting back to the size of the average home garden (750 square feet), you can get the same harvest from 140 squares using the Square Foot Gardening method. That is fewer than nine 4' x 4' raised beds. To get an idea of how many squares you need. One 4' x 4' bed gives an adult salad vegetables. And additional 4' x 4' would be for supper vegetables. If you want, a third 4' x 4' box would give you extras for sharing, freezing, canning or other form of preserving. A child needs 3' x 3' boxes. But remember, children grow up, so you may want to consider still giving them a 4' x 4' box and growing flowers in the extra squares.
Last week we talked about the location of most home gardens. Since it takes up so much room, it's usually relegated to the very back of your property—along the fence line with your neighbor. Why? Because gardens can be unsightly, especially in mid-summer when the weeds start taking over.
Because a Square Foot Garden is so compact, and is easy to maintain, you'll want to put it close to your house. It's also easy to split your garden—a couple boxes near the back door, a long narrow bed along the side of your house, maybe a couple up on legs on the deck. The possibilities are endless.
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favorite motorcycle manufacturer, Harley-Davidson Motor
Company, attributes its success in part to maintaining
a comfortable and healthy work environment for its employees.
Part of this healthy
work environment includes unconditionally guaranteed indoor
air quality through the use of CO2
monitoring and control at its corporate headquarters in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The quality of the air in our workspace will consistently
exceed OSHA and EPA fresh air standards, was
the promise made by Harley-Davidsons facilities department,
to employees four years ago. Maintaining a proper ventilation
rate is a critical part of indoor air quality. Monitoring
and controlling ventilation based on CO2
allows an HVAC
system to maintain the proper ventilation rate at all
times. When CO2 levels are high
ventilation levels are low and people can experience
drowsiness, headaches and stuffiness that may impair their
comfort and productivity. For Harley-Davidson, good ventilation
is the key to its indoor air quality guarantee.
To achieve its guarantee Harley-Davidson chose
to utilize a CO2 demand controlled
ventilation (DCV) system with sensors from Telaire. Telaire's
sensors are reliable, technologically advanced and require
very little maintenance according to Dennis Kerlin, stationary
engineer at Harley-Davidson.
uses an energy management system manufactured by Automated
Logic Corporation. The systems computer program allows
Harley-Davidson to use CO2 sensors
to automatically control the amount of outside air coming
into the building. There are two CO2
sensors and air handlers per floor for each of the buildings
six floors, and each operates independently of the others.
As occupancy increases in a section of the building, and
the CO2 level starts to increase,
the CO2 sensor in that area automatically
signals the energy management system to deliver more fresh
air to the space. This allows the ventilation system to
automatically keep up with changes in occupancy inside
the building.
demand controlled ventilation is part of a comprehensive
indoor air quality strategy at
Harley-Davidson. Temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide
levels are monitored 24 hours a day, and results are logged
and charted twice daily. Air is humidified in winter and
dehumidified in summer to levels between 30 and 60 percent.
Airborne particles are filtered, and fresh outdoor air
is introduced year round.
are assured of indoor air quality and can monitor CO2
levels in real time by checking large digital readouts
that are prominently displayed throughout the building.
Occupants are ensured that CO2 concentration
levels remain at or below 1000 parts per million (PPM)
which indicates that ventilation rates of 20 cfm per person
are maintained at all times, as recommended by the American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE).
system was put to the test during a recent renovation
of the 230,000 square foot corporate headquarters
building. The building remained occupied during the renovation
so maintaining adequate ventilation was particularly important
for employee health and productivity. Telaire's sensors
helped us to maintain productivity despite the dust and
debris from construction, said Kerlin.
addition to maintaining recommended ventilation rates
and the associated air quality benefits, Telaire's sensors
can help reduce energy costs. CO2
sensors allow HVAC systems to change ventilation rates
based on the actual number of people in a building. If
a building is only 50% occupied the CO2
level will reflect this and the sensors will automatically
signal the HVAC system to bring in only enough outside
air to accommodate the actual number of people in the
building. Most HVAC systems without CO2
sensors have to assume full occupancy regardless of the
actual number of people in the building, which results
in very costly over-ventilation. In fact, CO2
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According to a report by a Mississippi-based radio show, Robert Nkemdiche, the top recruit in the country, has decommitted from the Clemson Tigers.
Robert Nkemdiche's mother wants Robert to attend school with his brother Denzel at Ole Miss or possibly at undefeated Alabama. She has not spoken with Clemson's coaches, the school to which her son...
Clemson commitment Robert Nkemdiche wants the Tigers to take yet another teammate. If Clemson does, Nkemdiche says his commitment to Clemson will be completely firm.
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"The word 'actress' has always seemed less a job description to me than a title," Gene Tierney once observed. If she were still among us, the star of stage and screen might be surprised to find tarnished whatever cachet, in the glamour-gilded 1940s and '50s, was attached to the word. If "actress" is indeed a title, in many quarters it is no longer considered one of distinction.
As anyone who follows entertainment news has become aware over the last decade or so, most thespians of the female persuasion now refer to themselves as actors, not actresses. Journalists and other nonactors, to varying degrees, are getting with the gender-neutral program. On the one hand this change in usage is informed by the egalitarian impulse that has pushed aside "stewardess" for "flight attendant" and, less successfully, "waitress" for the ungainly "waitperson" or ambience-free "server."


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As the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce's Sidewalk Sale Days get underway Friday and Saturday, Pleasantville-Briarcliff Manor Patch is looking to make your local shopping a little less stressful.
Look for these green and white Patch bags covering all of the parking meters on Wheeler and Washington Avenues all day Saturday* and you can save your quarters while you browse the local sales, check out entertainment at Nonna's Square or the indulge at the Pleasantville Farmers' Market.
You can also stop by the Patch tent, which will be set up on Saturday on Wheeler Avenue to meet the team and learn more about the site. We will also have some free Patch gear to give out!
Read more about the local deals businesses will be offering Friday and Saturday here.
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Certificates for young readers and library volunteers
More than 120 participants of the reading programme for children and youth and library volunteers received merit certificates at the Hong Kong Central Library (HKCL) today (September 10) in recognition of their reading efforts and services to the Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL).
Speaking at the certificate presentation ceremony, the Assistant Director of Leisure and Cultural Services (Libraries and Development), Mr Lee Yuk-man said the HKPL had organised a wide range of activities to promote reading.
He appealed to teachers and parents to not only share the fun of reading with children, but extend their scope of knowledge and enhance their language abilities.
The top fifty members who have read 1000 to 3000 books in the past year were awarded certificates today, with the youngest aged four and five-year-old Wai Tsz-yan who has read more than 3,000 books.
The most active participating schools in the reading programme were S.K.H. Yan Laap Primary School, Hong Kong And Macau Lutheran Church Primary School, Shek Lei Catholic Primary School (AM), S.K.H Tsing Yi Estate Ho Chak Wan Primary School and S.K.H. Lee Shiu Keung Primary School.
Some of the members also submitted creative book reports after reading and 45 of whom were awarded the "Book Report – Star of the Month".
The reading programme for children and youth received popularity in the community and has recorded a total membership of 73,000 at date. Applicants aged 4 to 19 can join the reading programme individually or through school. Children aged four to nine are encouraged to join the family category to read books with their parents.
To encourage more people to provide voluntary services, the HKPL has recruited volunteers aged 16 with F4 standard or above to support library services. A total of 29 library volunteers who have worked for over 100 hours in the past year were presented with special certificates.
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Celts 4-0withoutRondoThe associated Press | February 04,2013AP PHOTO
Boston guard Leandro Barbosa drives toward the basket under pressure from Los Angeles forward Matt Barnes in the fourth quarter Sunday.BOSTON Paul Pierce scored 22 points and the Boston Celtics held off a late comeback to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 106-104 on Sunday and improve to 4-0 since losing Rajon Rondo for the season.
The Clippers had pulled within 103-101 on a 3-pointer by Eric Bledsoe with 56 seconds remaining. But Avery Bradley drew an offensive foul on Los Angeles Jamal Crawford with 26 seconds to go, and Pierce held on to the ball before making a 3-pointer with 2.5 second left to clinch the win.
The teams played without the point guards voted starters in the All-Star game in Houston on Feb. 17 the Clippers Chris Paul and Rondo.
Jeff Green and Leandro Barbosa scored 14 points each for the Celtics. The Clippers were led by Bledsoe, replacing Paul, and Crawford, who made a 3-pointer at the buzzer, with 23 each.
It was the Celtics fourth game since Rondo tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Paul sat out his seventh in a row with a bruised right kneecap. The Clippers have lost five of those, including their biggest setback and lowest scoring game of the season, 98-73 at Toronto on Friday night.
The Celtics also are missing rookie forward Jared Sullinger after Fridays season-ending back surgery.
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Pondering the Polanski Predicament
There's been a lot of back and forth lately in Hollywood and the film community at large regarding the possible fate of Polish film director Roman Polanski. I have tried to remain neutral during the hubbub and can easily see why some are demanding their pound of flesh. After all, Roman demanded 83 of them back in '77. But we'll leave the discussion of these matters for the interview that follows. I was asked for my thoughts on the Polanski exigency by noted Sioux Falls documentarian/pornographer Lorne Thatch. In between projects and writing his memoirs, The Stevedore's Eel Seems Sickly, Thatch caught up with me during my most recent sabbatical to New York City. I travel to Gotham often this time of year, renting a room at the Chelsea and spending my entire days at the Temple of Dendur in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Only there am I able to exorcise the demons, clear the mind, converse spiritually with Thalia and ferociously masturbate without Simone walking in on me.
So it was my great pleasure to sit down with Mr. Thatch and discuss Polanski's current dilemma and the legal and moral imperatives involved.
Lorne Thatch: Hello, C. Adolph. Thank you so much for agreeing to meet with me.
C. Adolph Moores: My pleasure, Lorne. Always glad to shine some light on the darkness.
LT: This is quite a retreat you have here.
CA: It's a doozy isn't it? It was built by Petronius, the Roman Governor of Egypt, on a commission from Augustus in 15 BC as a dedication to Isis and Osiris. They had to move it when the Aswan Dam was being constructed and it ended up here in 1978. I find all its elements very cathartic and rejuvenating. Outside of the opium den I visit in Kuala Lumpur, I've always done my best thinking in this space. Which is really why I suggested we meet here.
LT: Yes. Bit of pain for me getting uptown this time of day, but I can let it go.
CA: Well, I thought you'd be rather impressed. But if you want to gripe about the drive, feel free. It's your dime, asshole.
LT: Meh. Let's proceed. There is a growing backlash in the media against those in Hollywood who have been most vocal in demanding Polanski's release. Do you think this is part of the general dissatisfaction lately with celebrity in the American culture, be it political or in entertainment?
CA: I think so. Americans are a curious bunch. They detest celebrities but can't seem to live without them. This obsession is part of their intellectual bifurcation and the cause of much of their cognitive dissonance. They continually espouse their desire for freedom but will sacrifice it to the first huckster who promises them riches, eternal life or safety from perceived threats. It's the sort of mentality that can rise up in arms over a bank bailout but remain strangely mute when they learn their government is torturing and murdering people in its custody. It's also a nation that claims to always want peace. Yet we are, by far, the most warlike, bullying, bellicose nation on the planet. Every other country realizes this bizarre dichotomy of ours. The only ones fooled are us. So, getting back to your question, I think there is a creeping mistrust toward all people of fame and, to a lesser extent, wealth. But the Polanski detractors seem more born of the conservative-American hatred of all things foreign, liberal and artistic. Which is why they're giving shit to the people defending him in the press. I mean, seriously, if those people are so fucking concerned about righteousness and the rule of law, why isn't Dick Cheney in irons right now being frog-marched down the halls of the Hague?
LT: Are you in agreement with Polanski's defenders?
CA: Some of them. Most are just empty posers who think championing Roman will raise them up on the artistic respectability chart. C'mon, Whoopi Goldberg!? The very last person I want racing down the court halls with an affidavit to speak on my behalf is Whoopi goddamn Goldberg. She's a polarizing figure. A grenadier on a ninja's assignment. Who's next to help out from the subtlety list, Rosie O'Donnell? Oliver Stone? Sometimes liberals should know when to keep their fool mouths shut. They just can't resist preaching to the converted. In the end, they do more damage than good; turning off factions of the left and enraging the knee-jerk Neanderthals of the right. I think Roman will be served much better by the people petitioning for his release like David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Tilda Swinton, Jonathan Demme, Adrien Brody, Terry Gilliam, Wong Kar Wai, Stephen Frears, Patrice LeConte, Michael Mann, Wim Wenders, Monica Bellucci - shit, even John Landis. These are fellow artists, courageously outspoken, respectable voices demanding reason and calm. They're not out giving their opinion for controversy sake in order to solicit ratings.
LT: But do you agree with them?
CA: I've thought about this long and hard. On the one hand you have an innocent girl being drugged and manipulated into sex by a lecherous old man. On the other, you have the old man being the magnificent son-of-a-bitch who made Chinatown.
LT: Are you insinuating that due to the quality of someone's work they should be considered above the law?
CA: No. I'm just saying Chinatown is a helluva picture. You can draw your own conclusions from that. Some perspective is needed. We're not talking about Joel Schumacher here.
LT: Should Roman Polanski go free?
CA: Yes. And I'll tell you why. She's already forgiven him. She's received an undisclosed settlement. The victim wants the matter dropped. I think this is more a personal vendetta, a witch hunt - call it what you will - by some vindictive prick from way back in Polanski's past who is still residing in L.A. or D.C. and has a ton of clout. The questions are "who" and "why now" after thirty-two years? And all under the guise of protecting our children. Our precious children. I think our culture has taken a very bad turn when its starts focusing all of its efforts and vision on its kids. Fuck a bunch of children. They're dumb. They often smell foul. They aren't funny. They dress poorly, never shut up, eat horrible food, cry too much, whine incessantly and always want to be taken somewhere. They can't hold their liquor, suck at scoring drugs and are complete bores at cocktail parties. What's the attraction? That's really the only crime I can think Roman committed - he exercised poor taste. Let's face it, this is no longer about the rights of that child back in 1977. It's about the American legal system and some rogue on a power trip feeling they were humiliated and are now flexing their international muscle via the Swiss.
LT: Backing up a bit, you're saying children should have no rights.
CA: Yes. I'll go even further. I'm for abortion up until the age of ten. Sort of a warranty system for possibly damaged goods. People have better guarantees on their lawn mower than they do their kids for chrissakes. That ain't right. Kids disappoint much more often.
LT: So you think children should be molested willy-nilly at the discretion of adults?
CA: Of course not. It's like in Chinatown when Evelyn Mulwray tries to save her daughter from her father who is also her grandfather. She ends up getting shot in the eye for her efforts. And all to have her daughter end up with the villainous molester anyway.
LT: What does that have to do with anything we're talking about?
CA: It shows that Chinatown was one helluva picture.
LT: Based on the artistic merit of one film by Mr. Polanski, you believe he should be exonerated of all charges regarding the rape of an innocent child?
CA: No! My god! No. What kind of monster would I be to take such a position? There are plenty of other films he did that would also advocate his release - Repulsion, Bitter Moon, Knife in the Water, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist, Macbeth, Death and the Maiden - I could go on. It's one heck of an oeuvre.
LT: What's that you're wearing on your shirt?
CA: It's an armband showing solidarity for Roman. It's a crossed out Girl Scout Badge with the silhouettes of a whiskey bottle and a Quaalude superimposed on it.
LT: Just to recap. You're calling for the release of Roman Polanski based on the idea that the famous, creative, or well-to-do shouldn't be held accountable for their actions.
CA: No. Businessmen, politicians, most musicians, everyone in dance and on the Teevee should be buried under the jail. The exculpation of lawless behavior should be reserved for quality filmmakers only. And maybe a few songwriters.
LT: What sort of horrific, morally relative universe do you occupy?
CA: Forget it, Lorne, it's Chinatown.
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NORMAN — Julia "Marie" Ralls, 85, of Norman, passed away Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, after complications from surgery due to breast cancer.
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The "Oracle of Omaha" is not a devotee of the world's most popular crypto-currency. That much was clear when Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway CEO and the world's 4th-richest man, Warren Buffett, was asked about Bitcoin on CNBC on Friday.
"Stay away from it," Buffett responded. "It's a mirage basically, it's a method of transmitting money, it's a very effective way of transmitting money and you can do it anonymously and all that… a check is a way of transmitting money, too. Are checks worth a whole lot of money?"
Buffett also compared Bitcoin to a "very fast money order."
The CNBC roundtable accepted and briefly pondered the Oracle's argument before moving on without pressing him on what would appear to be his fundamental misunderstanding of what Bitcoin is and how it is currently functioning in the wild.
Now, I'm not normally in the habit of being particularly bullish on Bitcoin, nor of arguing with perhaps the most successful self-made human ever, but Buffett is just wrong here and he wasn't questioned by the business press around him, either because they view the totality of his words as gospel or because they don't understand Bitcoin any better themselves.
To be clear, I'm not saying his advice to stay away from Bitcoin is wrong, but the comparison of Bitcoin to a check or money order or other method of transmitting money is the same as lumping Bitcoin in with the likes of PayPal. This is clearly wrong.
Bitcoin, for the most part of the past year has been treated essentially as a volatile commodity that has encouraged rampant speculation. In that respect, it's more like gold than a check, which has no intrinsic value in and of itself.
However, unlike gold, Bitcoin also has a higher degree of liquidity on its own (admittedly among a tiny but growing number of companies, most notably Overstock.com Overstock.com).
This combination of perceived value and the ability to function as a currency put Bitcoin in the same category as the U.S. dollars in your wallet on a trip to Toronto or Montreal (if dollars were very volatile) — they're not official, but they do have intrinsic value and you could probably find someone to accept them for goods and services. If not, they're easy to exchange into a more widely accepted currency.
On the other hand, I can't say I've ever been able to walk in to ScotiaBank in Montreal and convince them to hand over $600 in exchange for a blank check.
So far, the Bitcoin faithful have not taken the Oracle's warning to heart. The price of Bitcoin on U.S.-based exchange Coinbase has continued to hover around $630 today.
Buffett's logic is flawed. He admits that the technology (the payment network) is useful. He acknowledges that there is one unit of account on this network, "bitcoins", and that they are scarce. He then concludes that bitcoins should not have value. Yet it is these very ingredients that infer value. After all, anything that is both useful and scarce will have value and command a market price.
Buffet made his billions by following the rules of the conventional money system. Bitcoin threatens that system, so of course he is going to be against it.
That being said, "Bitcoin" may be scarce, but there are many other crypto currencies. Bitcoin is only being supported by a handful of faithfuls to try to make it look stable. I believe other crypto currencies will lower the value of Bitcoin because people will realize there are other options out there.
How many businesses accept Litecoin or Doge? Other real alternatives to bitcoin, they are not.
Other Crypto currecies owe their existence to Bitcoin which was the first mover for the distributed public ledger..Unless they off something significantly better Bitcoin will remain on top. Ofcourse its a true free market and I for one am just pleased the power over money will be taken away from the abusers..no matter what crypto currencies survive..its a win for all in terms of taking power back!!
Buffet only backs sure things, In a 2001 letter, Buffett said: "At Berkshire, we make no attempt to pick the few winners that will emerge from an ocean of unproven enterprises. We're not smart enough to do that, and we know it."
This is not the man you would expect to see and understand the future of Bitcoin, he has rejected Facebook, Google, Twitter so if you look at it positively, the fact he doesn't endorse Bitcoin bodes well for its future.
Bitcoin is for jerkoffs and suicide cults. I really have no interest in block chains or protocols or how to define what it is or how to define what it is worth. I'm looking at where the rubber meets the road and that is at the exchanges.
It is a currency that loses purchasing power as the price goes down and also as the price goes up. If you don't like Bitcoin, then don't use it. Likewise, if you can't afford to lose your merchandise and your customers, then don't accept it.
Bitcoin is a hoax to get USD traded down to a third world currency. Behind that hoax is another reapplication of the same thing applied onto the Bitcoin itself. Gold backed crypto currencies can make gold atoms themselves infinitely divisible and this second part of the hoax is to intercept USD by dumping Bitcoins onto the exchanges faster than Bitcoin Merchant Services. Essentially, you will be buying Bitcoins from gold backed cryptos in the Bitcoin exchanges and then using those Bitcoins to buy infinitely divisible gold atoms.
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Bitcoin is for jerkoffs and suicide cults. I really have no interest in block chains or protocols or how to define what it is or how to define what it is worth. I'm looking at where the rubber meets the road and that is at the exchanges."
You also don't need to know about bits and bytes to browse http://www.forbes.com. Don't worry, we the computer geeks will figure it out for you. Bitcoiners enjoy this thing called thinking.
Not only do I have full faith that Bitcoiners are going to figure it out, I am betting on it. See you in Starbucks when you want to buy the tiniest silver minted coins I can find with your Bitcoins. I want to use your Bitcoins to buy socks and shoes and underwear for myself and my family for the rest of our lives.
Something I'd like to suggest to help Bitcoiners "figure it out" as Henry said.
If possible, find an episode of Adam Smith's Money World. It is a PBS series that used to come on once a week in the early 1990′s. The particular episode you will want to watch is called "Giving Away Billions" and is a story built around an interview with George Soros before anybody in America had any idea who he was. This episode may in fact be the very first introduction Americans ever had to know who is George Soros.
Anyway, it is a good beginner's introductory lecture to understand the concept of the Killer Bees. As if that is even a problem, yet. There's a whole mess of hoax and fraud to be discovered and uncovered in Bitcoin and the other cryptos that are bleeding the life blood out of it. Bitcoiners are such amateurs, they are going to get hardcore punked from every direction at every turn. It's going to be a long road to super ugly before it turns around into something good.
You spent 500 words saying, "Watch Money World on PBS" Thanks for wasting my time. You could have explained how bitcoin was similar to "killer bees", whatever that means we might never know, but instead you just point and laugh at bitcoin as a good cause. If people like you are against bitcoin, then we know who to root against.


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Minnesota announced its 2013-14 TV schedule, which includes an ESPN U game at home against Wisconsin on Nov. 29 and two games later in the season on ESPN News: at Ohio State on March 8 and at Michigan on March 15.
Four other Big 10 games will be on an ESPN network.
That is a good sign for college hockey, reversing the current status quo at ESPN, which broadcasts the NCAA Tournament, but pays no attention to the sport beforehand. You know some highlights will appear at some point to help promote their broadcasts.
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You can hear both Charlie Strong (claps) and Joker Phillips (throws pen) speak this afternoon via the C-J live stream linked above.
For those like me who could not be there. Are you itching for football?
This Strong guy might know what he's doing. Quarterbacks: Shawn Watson, Louisville The buzz: Watson, 51, brings a wealth of experience to Derby City, having most recently served as offensive coordinator at Nebraska. Watson, a passing-game guru, also has coordinated the offense at Colorado and was head coach at FCS member Southern Illinois.
From the Orlando Sentinel: "Several reports Saturday morning had Miami Northwestern quarterback Teddy Bridgewater committing to Louisville during his trip there this weekend. Bridgewater said Saturday afternoon that his reported pledge to the Cardinals was premature, at best. He texted, "NO ...NO COMMIMTMENT AT ALL," when asked to confirm the reports in a text message."
Still looking for Louisville football tickets? The University's ticket office is offering 500 four-game ticket packages for $149 this Sunday afternoon. The mini-package includes the UK game on Sep 4th and two Big East matchups. From uoflsports.com: The package features the opener for first-year head coach Charlie Strong when the Cardinals take on their arch-rival at the newly-expanded Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. The mini-plan, which has tickets available in sections 211-224, also features the Eastern Kentucky game on Sept. 11 and BIG EAST games versus Connecticut and South Florida. The packages go on-sale to the general public from Noon to 2:30 PM on Sunday, August 15 at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in the Brown & Williamson Club during the Football Open House. Tickets can also be purchased by phone on Monday, August 16 at 9:00 AM. Fans interested in purchasing these mini-plans can call ticket representatives in the U of L Ticket Office at (502) 852-7254, 852-3706, 852-4984 or 852-4983.
This is a really solid piece from Brian Bennett. Strong in many ways is the Louisville Cardinals program right now, though. He's the reason why Cardinals fans dream of returning to the top of college football after three non-winning, no-fun seasons under Steve Kragthorpe. He's the reason the school believes it can sell tickets for the new deck on Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, a place the team had trouble filling to half capacity by the end of last year. He is the agent of change. Strong would likely cringe at all those declarations. He's a soft-spoken guy who doesn't seem comfortable talking about himself or dredging up old stories about why it took so long for someone to give him a head coaching job. So we'll let others talk him up. "We all have a world of respect for him," defensive lineman Greg Scruggs said. "If you don't have respect for someone who's accomplished what he's accomplished, then I honestly think something is wrong with you." "When you come in with credentials like he has, then you automatically get respect," quarterback Adam Froman said. "You don't have to prove anything. It's like, 'OK, I'll listen to whatever you have to say.'"
As with Georgia Tech's hiring of Al Groh, I greet Florida's hiring of the Arizona Cardinals' secondary coach neither with laughter nor with weeping. It's a perfectly respectable hire, but it doesn't scare me. I doubt seriously whether Coach Austin is an upgrade from Charlie Strong and I'm absolutely confident Todd Grantham is an improvement upon Willie Martinez, so at least we appear to have won the "offseason coaching change" portion of the competition. Go 'Dawgs!
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Davis Love III emerged from a golfing family to become one of the bigger winners on the PGA Tour in late 1980s and into the early 2000-oughts, with multiple national team appearances.
Date of birth: April 13, 1964
Place of birth: Charlotte, North Carolina
Nickname: DL3 (this became a common shorthand way of referring to Love later in his career, when online social media such as Twitter became big)
PGA Tour Victories:
Major Championships:
• PGA Championship: 1997
Awards and Honors:
• Captain, U.S. Ryder Cup team, 2012
• U.S. Ryder Cup team member, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004
• U.S. Presidents Cup team member, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005
• Member, U.S. team, Walker Cup, 1985
When Davis Love III won the 1997 PGA Championship, he became the third person whose father was a PGA Professional to win the PGA Championship, after Jack Burke Jr. and Dave Marr.
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Davis Love III's father was a highly respected PGA Professional and teaching pro, Davis Love Jr., who is in the national teaching pros hall of fame. His father (who played in multiple major championships as a qualifier) instilled in Davis a love of golf and a respect for the game and its traditions that Davis carries proudly.
By the age of 10, Davis Love III knew he wanted to be a pro golfer. His junior career was impressive enough to win him a scholarship to the University of North Carolina, where Love was a 3-time All-American and the 1984 Atlantic Coast Conference champion. He earned a spot on the 1985 Walker Cup team.
Love turned pro in 1985, his still-raw game marked by tremendous power. In his first full year on the PGA Tour, 1986, Love led the tour in driving distance.
In 1987 he got his first PGA Tour victory at the MCI Heritage, a tournament Love went on to win five times total.
But this early part of Love's career was marked by tragedy: Love's father was killed in an airplane crash in 1988.
Throughout the 1990s, Love was a fixture on PGA Tour leaderboards, frequently posting Top 10s and finishing high on the money list.
In 1992, Love won three times. In 1997, he earned his first major championship at the PGA. His best season, in terms of number of wins, came in 2003 when he posted four victories.
Love has been a staple on American teams in the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, and in 2012 was captain of the American Ryder Cup team.
Love's career PGA Tour victory total might might be higher but for back and neck problems that periodically force Love to withdraw from tournaments. Those injuries sent his game into a spiral in 2006 and 2007, and through much of 2008, but he rebounded to win the final tournament of the 2008 season, the Children's Miracle Network Classic. That was win No. 20 for Love on the PGA Tour.
In the world of business, Love Course Design is an architectural company Davis runs with his brother, Mark.
In 1999, Love's father, Davis Love Jr., was posthumously awarded the Harvey Penick Teaching Award. Davis Love III honored his father in 1997 with the publication of the book Every Shot I Take, about his father's teachings on golf and life. It won the 1997 USGA International Book Award.


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What Customers Want:
Simrit Engineers Develop Design Tool to Accurately Predict O-ring Swell in Application
With millions of dollars in warranty costs and a company's reputation potentially at stake, why do O-ring companies rely on an arbitrary "rule of thumb" to calculate how much a seal will swell in application?
For 60 years, O-ring engineers and customers have accepted the arbitrary rule that a 25 percent volume change is the maximum limit of material swell for O-rings in most applications. To question this rule, and in response to customer and industry demand, Simrit conducted extensive volume swell testing to develop a design tool to accurately predict the swell of O-rings in actual applications.
Out with the Old – Dismissing the "Rule of Thumb"
In the past, when engineers and customers needed to design and select the best O-ring for a given application, they relied on a general "rule of thumb" for anticipating O-ring swell.
The reason behind the rule was basic – engineers analyzed how O-rings behaved when squeezed in the gland and discovered a 75 percent gland fill was typical, leaving 25 percent free gland for thermal expansion and swelling. This rule had never actually been tested or proven, but simply considered conventional wisdom and, therefore, heavily relied on when O-ring customers and engineers designed and selected seals.
But, with so many applications dependent on the technology that seals them, Simrit's technical experts asked: "Why are engineers relying on a general 'rule of thumb?'"
Simrit Changes the Industry
In response to customer and industry needs, Simrit dedicated itself to becoming the first sealing supplier to conduct extensive volume swell testing to establish relationships that can be used to accurately predict the swell of O-rings in applications.
After months of research, Simrit's team concluded that the maximum volume change for O-rings in application was actually 40 percent, not 25 percent. Obviously, Simrit's results showed the old "rule of thumb" was flawed.
Using the initial results as a springboard, Simrit then developed a first-of-its-kind relationship design tool, which could provide the much-needed, accurate linear dimension change information to customers. The design tool, which is now available to all Simrit customers, provides relationship data for any Simrit material in virtually any sealing application.
Simrit's new data – which has been verified by Underwriters Laboratories and proven 88 percent reliable – allows for new thinking about specifications and opens applications to alternative materials. The data eliminates the guesswork in seal selection and allows customers to select the most cost-effective, application-specific seal available.
With this new tool, Simrit customers now have the ability to choose the best seal for their given application, which can, potentially, reduce warranty issues and opens the possible material options for enhanced low temperature behavior, lower cost and better long-term durability.
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When Simrit saw the need for more accurate information, it quickly got to work to provide customers and the O-ring industry a better tool. In fact, Simrit's research data has also been used by Underwriters Laboratories when it was seeking input from the industry on the new standards for materials for ethanol fuels.
Underwriters Laboratories used Simrit's data to develop the new limits in their UL157a requirements for gaskets and seals used in handling gasoline / alcohol blends with higher than 15 percent ethanol. This new standard allows for free swell in these fuels of up to 40 percent based on this data and verification testing.
Since its inception, Simrit has dedicated itself to providing the materials, products and technologies that best help their customers. In doing so, the company has developed material and design solutions that have advanced the sealing industry for the past 60 years. For Simrit, replacing a 60-year-old "rule of thumb" with reliable data is all in a day's work!
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In memoriam Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 1953-2012.
It is with a heavy heart that I write this, having recently received the tragic news of the untimely passing of Professor Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke following a brief illness.
His scholarship and career path is well-known and I do not want to dwell on it here; rather I want to pay personal tribute to a fine scholar and gentleman whose vision provided myself and many others with the unique opportunity to acquire a sound understanding of the world of Western Esotericism, through the MA and PhD programme at EXESESO, Exeter. I know I speak for others as well as myself when I say that when this programme first began, to many of us it seemed like a door into a world we had always sought to understand, but never had the tools or chance to. Because of the flexibility afforded by its format as a long-distance course, combined with academic rigour and a plethora of study-material, it offered us the opportunity to study something we all cared about, without being restricted by our work/family commitments or geographical location, while the study weekends offered sessions jam-packed with knowledge, information, and a chance to talk with some of the most brilliant scholars in the field.
On a personal level, had it not been for the Exeter MA in Western Esotericism, I would not now be pursuing an academic career – in fact I would not be doing a lot of things that this programme opened to me. It was thanks to Nicholas that I was given the opportunity, in 2008, to participate in the organisation of the Esoteric Quest conference in Samothrace, Greece, and that experience opened a new world to me. In 2009, I took the plunge of organising the 1st Phoenix Rising conference at my alma mater in Athens, Greece, and was both honoured and more than slightly moved when Nicholas and his wife Clare contacted me and said they wanted to come – a gesture of support that I have never forgotten. I also remember Nicholas taking a keen interest in my artwork and acknowledging my longstanding interest in it when helping me to focus my PhD proposal. Despite the fact that our paths eventually diverged because in time I felt that a strictly historical approach was not the one I wanted to follow, I have, and will always, remember him as a gentleman, a fine scholar, and one of those teachers who always made you want to surpass yourself.
As we begin to come to terms with Nicholas' passing, my fellow-Exeter graduates and I have already concluded that the best tribute we can pay him is to try to live up to his expectations and continue his vision of bringing the study of esotericism more firmly into academia. For my own part, Phoenix Rising Academy was born out of my desire to help to support the field and provide introductory level courses to people who might otherwise never have the opportunity or the skills to pursue an advanced academic degree, or who indeed were not comfortable nor conversant with the notion of the academic study of esotericism at all. It was always my hope that in this way it would be possible to support the work of EXESESO and to help provide an entry-point and foundation for people who would then go on to pursue the MA programme there. Any misguided impressions to the contrary are just that, misguided, and I have always seen Nicholas' vision as a guiding light in this regard. It is my fervent hope that as time begins to heal the pain of his loss, Clare Goodrick-Clarke and the other EXESESO faculty will continue the path he opened, and that many more students will benefit from his vision of esotericism in the academy and the work that he has left for them.
My sincerest condolences go to Nicholas' wife, Clare, and all who knew him and benefited from his vast knowledge. The best we can do is to remember him and each play our small part in continuing what he started, each according to our ability. May he rest in peace and live on in our memories.
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Precision Engravers and Trophy Shop has moved to a new location at 1365 Laurel Street. The store has been in business…More for over 40 years and is the creator of the Pioneer Plaque that was displayed on the Pioneer spacecraft. According to wikipedia, this spacecraft "was the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt, on July 15, 1972, and to make direct observations of Jupiter." Customers can purchase a replica of this plaque and have a little piece of history that was created right in San Carlos.
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Thanks to Tim Challies for this link to Publishers Weekly which shows the best sellers of 2012. It is a sad sort of list, but interesting to bookaholics like myself.
Later he linked to Bestselling Christian Books of the year.
Any opinions on these?
I've read 9 on the Christian list and 5 on the secular list. I'm surprised The Five Love Languages is still selling so well. It was a very important book in our marriage almost 20 years ago.