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Totty stretch lead with rout of Walmersley: Bury League
2:20pm Thursday 24th November 2011 in Billiards By Bury Times Sports Reporter
Tottington Con Club increased their lead to five points at the top of the league as the three top teams all won.
Seedfield Bowling Club dropped two points, while Tottington and Walshaw Con took maximum points from their matches.
The other winners were Elton Liberal Club A at Dobbies.
In the opening match, Chris Banner started slowly and was overtaken with 95 on the board, but rallied with a 13 break and a good in off to finish to beat J Birtwhistle.
Mick Middleton caught Jamie Street in the second game early on and could have secured the points, but a late flourish from the latter closed the gap to 20 points. Bruce Holden played well in the last match with Paul Cooke missing a lot of shots and leaving an opening shot almost every time.
At Seedfield, Paul Eslick gave the home side an early lead over Prestwich Con Club's Andy Lester, which proved to be the winning margin.
Prestwich fought back through Alan Conchie, who narrowly beat Bill Mitchell to reduce the deficit to just five.
When Bob Capron finally overcame the handicap advantage of Brian Ridley, it was too late as he had already reached the target to win the match by three points and snatch the aggregate points.
Walshaw hosted Dobbies S&SC A where Barry Weall beat Eddie Docker in the opener and G Farrington overcame Vinny Fox to give the home side a healthy lead. The final game between Matt Gilmore and Peter Stanyer proved to be excellent with both players recording runs of 30 and 33 respectively. Gilmore maintained his handicap advantage throughout to take all five points.
Tottington Con Club took all five points when Walmersley came travelling. Sid Bailey led the way with a good victory over rookie Roy Salmon. David Nicholson continued his good season with another win over Stephen Barcroft and Phil Spring completed the rout by defeating Tony Sudhurst.
Results Dobbies S&SC B 328 (1) Elton Lib Club A 365 (4) C Banner 125 J Birtwhistle 115, J Street 105 M Middleton 125, P Cooke 98 B Holden 125.
Seedfield Bowling Club 361 (3) Prestwich Con Club 358 (2) P Eslick 125 A Lester 108, W Mitchell 113 A Conchie 125, B Ridley 123 R Capron 125.
Walshaw Con Club 375 (5) Dobbies S&SC A 316 (0) B Weall 125 E Docker 107, G Farrington 125 V Fox 104, M Gilmore 125 P Stanyer 105.
Tottington Con Club 375 (5) Walmersley Con Club 293 (0) S Bailey 125 R Salmon 96, D Nicholson 125 S Barcroft 108, P Spring 125 T Sudhurst 89.
Breaks: M Gilmore 30, P Stanyer 33.


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What does it take to create Silicon Valley!
I was pointed out to a piece of news on TV, where a ruling chief minister of an Indian state apparently announced that he could make a particular state of India another Silicon Valley! Interesting!!
First, what's the secret behind Silicon Valley? Well, I am not even qualified enough to state that! However, all I can say is: it is probably a desire to do something very different, and to make the world a better place – that's possibly the biggest driver in all the entrepreneurs that have come to and out of Silicon Valley in the USA.
If you looked up Wikipedia, it says that the term Silicon Valley originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually, came to refer to all high-tech businesses in the area, and is now generally used as a metonym for the American high-technology sector.
So, where exactly is India's high-tech sector? How many Indian state governments have even tried to foster such a sector? Ok, even if the state governments tried to foster, where are the entrepreneurs? Ok, an even easier one: how many school dropouts from India or even smal-time entrepreneurs have even made a foray into high-tech?
Right, so where are the silicon chip innovators from India? Sorry, I dd not even hear a word that you said? Can you speak out a little louder? It seems there are none! Rather, there has been very little to no development in India, barring the work that is done by the MNCs. Correct?
One friend told me that Bangalore is a place that can be Silicon Valley. Really? How?? With the presence of MNCs, he said! Well, Silicon Valley in the US does not have MNCs from other countries, are there? Let's see! Some companies with bases in Silicon Valley, listed on Wikipedia, include Adobe, AMD, Apple, Applied Materials, Cisco, Facebook, Google, HP, Intel, Juniper, KLA-Tencor, LSI, Marvell, Maxim, Nvidia, SanDisk, Xilinx, etc.
Now, most of these firms have setups in Bangalore, but isn't that part of the companies' expansion plans? Also, I have emails and requests from a whole lot of youngsters asking me: 'Sir, please advice me which company should I join?' Very, very few have asked me: 'Sir, I have this idea. Is it worth exploring?'
Let's face the truth. We, as a nation, so far, have not been one to take up challenges and do something new. The ones who do, or are inclined to do so, are working in one of the many MNCs – either in India or overseas.
So, how many budding entrepreneurs are there in India, who are willing to take the risk and plunge into serious R&D?
It really takes a lot to even conceive a Silicon Valley. It takes people of great vision to build something of a Silicon Valley, and not the presence of MNCs.
Just look at Hsinchu, in Taiwan, or even Shenzhen, in China. Specifically, look up Shenzhen Hi-Tech Industrial Park and the Hsinchu Science Park to get some ideas.
Obama urges US to 'keep going' in clean energy!
I was watching US president Barack Obama deliver the state of the union address. There was lot of positiveness. First, he urged the Congress to get together and pursue a bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change. He called for the nation to embrace the need for modest reforms in medical healthcare.
The USA's first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing. After shedding jobs for more than 10 years, the US manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs over the past three years. Caterpillar is bringing jobs back from Japan. Ford is bringing jobs back from Mexico. And this year, Apple will start making Macs in America again. That should great news for the Americans!
Following the first manufacturing innovation institute in Youngstown, Ohio, Obama announced the launch of three more manufacturing hubs, where businesses will partner with the Department of Defense and Energy to turn regions into global centers of high-tech jobs. He asked the Congress to help create a network of 15 hubs and guarantee that the next revolution in manufacturing is made in America.
America, he said, was poised to control its energy future. The US has doubled the amount of renewable energy generated from sources like wind and solar — with tens of thousands of good American jobs to show for it. He urged the Congress to pursue a bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change.
Four years ago, other countries dominated the clean energy market and the jobs. Last year, wind energy added nearly half of all new power capacity in America. He called to generate even more. Solar energy gets cheaper by the year — there's a need to drive down costs even further! He urged the US to keep going all in on clean energy, like China. Obama added that those states with the best ideas to create jobs and lower energy bills by constructing more efficient buildings will receive federal support to help make that happen.
The initiatives in manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, housing — will help entrepreneurs and small business owners expand and create new jobs. However, none of it will matter unless the US equips citizens with the skills and training to fill those jobs. That has to start as early as possible, he urged!
Obama has signed a new executive order that will strengthen USA's cyber defenses by increasing information sharing, and developing standards to protect national security, jobs, and privacy. He called upon the Congress to pass legislation that would give the government a greater capacity to secure USA's networks and deter attacks.
As Obama said during his speech, "The greatest nation on Earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next!" Can India, at least, learn?
10 key trends for global PV industry
Finlay Colville, vice president, NPD Solarbuzz, USA, recently presented the 10 key trends for the PV industry. According to him, the 10 key trends are:
1. PV demand growth. The industry has been characterized by strong growth rates of 25 percent to >100 percent Y/Y for the past decade. Now, the industry needs to plan for growth at more modest levels.
2. Globalization of PV demand. The emerging regions emerged for PV demand in 2012.
3. China end-market demand in 2013. China is forecast to account for approximately 25 percent global demand in 2013. The emerging demand is confined to a select group of countries across the three emerging regions.
4. Capacity imbalance reset. The nameplate capacity levels at the 60-GW level are often cited. However, the the PV industry currently has an 'effective' capacity of 41-42 GW. Therefore, demand needs to exceed 40 GW for proper reset.
5. Competitive shakeout. The top-10 module suppliers by MW for 2012 only comprised 50 percent of the year shipments. Also, a similar pattern is seen for c-Si cell production. We can expect another two years of shakeout on the supply side.
6. Cost and price rationalization. Every segment of the supply side is subject to price/cost pressure: from poly to BoS supply. Even reducing the silicon/nonsilicon costs of modules to 53c/W level by the end of 2013 may still result in negative gross margins.
7. Supply and demand rationalization. The poly suppliers have been operating at reduced utilization since 2H'12.
8. Evolution of PV technology roadmaps. Strong marketshare gains from standard c-Si multi ingot/wafers. The end-markets are driving module efficiencies and power ratings. The alternative growth methods have not gained traction and are being phased out.
9. Capital expenditure cyclic patterns. The PV process equipment suppliers have been impacted severely by overcapacity and overinvestments of 2010 and 2011. There is a strong chance that 2014 will end up as low as 2013. Also, technology-buy cycles don't exist as yet in the PV industry.
10. Domestic protectionism counter measures. The effects of trade wars may yet have a profound effect on the PV industry into 2014. There will be direct effect of global overinvestment into domestic manufacturing. The other countries have an impact, but China and Europe decisions are key.
In summary, the PV industry is a 30-GW end-market today, and is forecast to grow to the 40-GW level in 2015. Europe demand is declining, but greater number of countries/territories expected to provide new PV demand. Demand in China during 2013 is essential for local suppliers.
The PV industry is capable of producing 12-15 GW per quarter. Supply and demand need a 40-GW+ market to balance. The shakeout phase is proceeding slowly, and will continue for the next two years. Reducing costs are not yet keeping up with price declines. ASP and ISP stabilization period is needed badly.
The end-market demand has become dependent on low ISPs. Also, multi c-Si based modules are dominating the industry. PV equipment suppliers are unlikely to see meaningful new order intake until 2014 or beyond. Finally, trade wars and domestic protectionism measures are crucially dependent on the EU and China decisions in 2013.
What's this EoI got to do with semiconductor fabs in India?
Last week, I was alerted to a news on a local daily, which simply read: Government invites EoI for semiconductor fabs! With all due respect, what is the need for an Expression of Interest (EoI) in the first place? At least, I fail to understand!!
Having spent most of my life in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, I've seen plenty of fabs come up in the past decade, and before. Why? In the 1990s, no one used to even give a second look at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), which [I don't know if many are aware] started operations in 1987.
Back in the mid- to late-1990s, I had the pleasure of attending several trade shows at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC), Taiwan. In fact, I tracked the rise of the Taiwanese and Chinese companies in telecoms and semiconductors. Back then, no one even noticed TSMC, as well as the Chinese backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC). However, the art of manufacturing, which had found its bearings in Taiwan, were steadily shifting to China. I even remember visiting Huawei in the middle of 2000, and later ZTE.
By 2000, many of the Taiwanese firms had moved their operations to China for managing cheaper labor costs. Today, China has assumed gigantic proportions, hasn't it? Today, even TSMC is in the list of top 10 global semiconductor companies. I had even written a post congratulating TSMC for making it to the top 10 R&D spenders during 2010.
What exactly does this EoI from the government of India set out to achieve? Well, for starters, the EoI should come from the technology companies on whether they are interested to start a fab in India. By the way, do you know what happened to the SIPS or the Indian semiconductor policy announced in 2007? It sank without a trace! A Karnataka Semicon Policy was unveiled with great fanfare last year. The result? No takers!! Read more…
Chinese fabless market set to double! And India's?
I received a report from IHS iSuppli, which stated that China's fabless market is likely to double by 2015! Well done, China, and all kudos.
According to the report, there are 3Cs – China, Consumer and Convergence — that China has been focusing on. However, there are three more Cs — Culture, Content and Contribution — that the report urges China to focus on.
The report states: "The companies must accommodate and adjust to the differing cultures of overseas customers. They must learn more about end-content sectors that drive the growth of technology markets. And China's fabless firms must take advantage of government contributions to the industry, given that Beijing has instituted a range of policies designed to improve the fabless industry in areas including investments, tax rates and capital investments."
Having taken its own sweet time, the Chinese fabless industry is coming up well, and fast! However, what is the state of the fabless market in India?
If one goes back to Dec. 2009, Pravin Desale, VP and MD India operations, LSI Corp., while speaking at Mentor Graphics' U2U conference, had said that India has only two (2) fabless firms. If this number, or even a number below double digit is considered to be correct, then India surely has a lot of catching up to do!
Now, who are the leaders in the fabless semiconductor business globally? That's Qualcomm, Broadcom, even AMD (as per 2010 reports), MediaTek and Marvell. Four of these companies are based in the USA, leaving MediaTek as the only Asian (Taiwan) representative.
Do Indian companies have the necessary experience of designing complete chips from scratch? Perhaps, some may have. Can the Indian companies get the silicon manufactured easily (local manufacturing) and later, debugging it? Here comes the first major gray area! Do the Indian companies have easy access to tools? Perhaps, some, most of them, have that access today!
Now, guess what? The last para — I had written about 7 years ago! ;)
iSuppli raises 2010 foundry forecast; interesting lessons to learn for India from China's story!
"During the first three quarters of 2010, foundries were under intense pressure to meet customer demand," said Len Jelinek, director and chief analyst for semiconductor manufacturing at iSuppli. "The pressure is leading to increased revenue, as consumer spending has come back with a vengeance following a dramatic downturn in the fourth quarter of 2008 and for all of 2009."
By 2014, total pure-play foundry revenue will reach $45.9 billion, managing a CAGR of 9.4 percent from $26.8 billion in 2008. Pure-play foundries are contract manufacturers whose business consists of producing semiconductors on behalf of other chip companies.
Enhancing foundry forecast
I started by asking Jelinek what were the chief reasons for enhancing the foundry forecast. Jelinek said: "The forecast increase is based on the anticipated strength in demand for products in Q2 and beyond. Additionally, it is also simple math. The foundry market had a good Q2, and last year, Q1 and Q2 were quite challenging. So, by having a good first half of the year, the percentage must increase."
Also, given that there has been renewed demand for consumer electronics products, what are the specific CE products, besides netbooks, mobile phones, that have been seeing renewed demand, and why?
Indian chip industry dead? You've got to be kidding me!
I was recently chatting with a friend at LSI, who asked my opinion on the Indian semiconductor industry. Interestingly, in one of my groups on LinkedIn, a member has started a discussion on 'whether it is ripe for India to get a silicon IC fab'!
Complete contrast — an industry friend recently narrated an incident where this friend was asked by someone else — whether the Indian chip industry was dead! Wow!! Someone's got to be kidding!
First, I can't really determine what's the expectation level among people regarding India's semiconductor industry. It seems that the interest is starting to build up, at a very slow pace.
However, folks need to understand that the semiconductor industry is extremely complex. You can't get away by making some sort of statement about this industry! There is much more to semiconductors than someone merely writing a headline — "recovery is in sight" or "recession hits semicon" or 32nm is a great process node"!
Why aren't more headlines like "overcoming ASIC design productivity roadblocks," or "What lithography tools are doing for the photoresist market" doing the rounds? Or even: "Are designers as conscious of yield as they should be?" If you can spot the difference, you can make some comment on the semicon industry!
Two, the Indian chip industry CANNOT BE DEAD! It never was, never has been and never will be! Most people would find it tough to answer when Texas Instruments first started operations in India! Why did it choose to start so early? Simply because it backed India as a center! Naturally, the Indian semiconductor goes back that early!
Some folks perhaps relate more to the semiconductor industry with the advent of the India Semiconductor Association. The Association is an industry body, fulfilling its need. However, a lot of work has been going on in semiconductors before ISA came into being. I wonder whether folks have really cared to track this industry in India. I do remember when I first starting covering semiconductors in India, in the early 2000s, there were lot of curious glances from others! :)
Coming back to the Indian semiconductor industry, from 'Made for India', it has moved on to 'Made In India'. Isn't that a significant shift?
As for silicon IC wafer fabs in India, or for that matter, any fab in India — yes, it is still a good time to have one! Perhaps, the last time around, patience seemed to run out! And that's a hard lesson to learn for those looking to invest in fabs — there is NO quick turnaround time in semiconductors!
Moshe Gavrielov, Xilinx's President and CEO, recently said in EE Times that venture capital would not return to the semiconductor industry, even after this recession. If this does happen, it would be very unfair! Where would all the start-ups go?
Again, this statement brings clarity to the subject of semiconductors — this is a very complex industry, and definitely unlike IT/ITeS. We in India are so much into services that we fail to see the wood from the trees!
People love to compare China with India. Friends, do visit China or even Taiwan! Try to find out how they went about building their semiconductor industry, and manufacturing and R&D ecosystems. There are several lessons to learn, numerous role models to follow.
I strongly believe India can very well go the same route! We need some good startups in India as well. If and when those happen, please do not expect fast turnaround times. Please believe in India, and believe in its semiconductor industry. It needs your support.
Nearly 60pc of China chip manufacturing goes unused in Q1: iSuppli
EL SEGUNDO, USA: Once the world's fastest-growing chip-manufacturing region, China hit an all-time low in the first quarter of 2009, with nearly 60 percent of the nation's semiconductor manufacturing capacity unused, according to iSuppli Corp.
Semiconductor manufacturing capacity utilization in China fell to 43 percent in the first quarter, the lowest level since iSuppli began tracking the market in 2000, and a massive drop from a recent high of 92 percent in the second quarter of 2004. This rock-bottom utilization rate comes as a direct result of low demand spurred by the global economic downturn. However, the utilization plunge indicates that China's long-nurtured goal of establishing a vibrant domestic semiconductor production industry is in serious jeopardy.
"During the last 10 years, the Chinese government has worked to develop a domestic economy that would provide the nation with economic independence," said Len Jelinek, director and chief analyst for semiconductor manufacturing at iSuppli. "The establishment of a technologically strong Chinese semiconductor industry was considered an essential element of China's long-term domestic economic and technological independence. Unfortunately for China, the plan collapsed as global sales dried up before demand generated from internal sources was able to grow to match demand generated from the rest of the world. Once viewed by China's government as a pillar of growth, semiconductor manufacturing has turned out to be a financial burden."
China's investments in capacity and technology in the semiconductor sector have not provided the financial returns that were forecast for investors, Jelinek added. Adding to China's dilemma is the overestimation of capacity, which was expected to be shuttered in other regions in favor of lower-cost, more efficient Chinese manufacturing.
"With the addition of the current global economic recession, China's focus has shifted from establishing semiconductor manufacturing independence to restructuring its entire chip industry before it simply collapses."
China's utilization is expected to rise moderately through the rest of the year, but will remain very low at 54 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009. Over the longer term, utilization will rebound to 84 and 85 percent in 2012 and 2013. However, when utilization recovers to these levels, China's semiconductor industry will look very different from how it has in the past, with the number of competitors in the industry likely to be dramatically reduced due to consolidation.
The figure presents iSuppli's quarterly and annual estimate and forecast of semiconductor utilization in China.
Looking ahead
What will China's semiconductor industry look like when utilization recovers?
"Since Chinese semiconductor manufacturers do not possess a technological differentiation from their competitors, they are at a disadvantage, since there is simply far too much of the same kind of capacity in the world chasing after the same opportunities," Jelinek said.
"This will lead to mergers and consolidations. However, even if suppliers with similar technologies merge, will they create anything but larger companies with bigger cash-flow problems?"
At first glance, such a scenario is most likely what will happen. Nonetheless, there will be one ancillary effect that will significantly impact the landscape of companies in China: The bigger company will be viewed as the most likely survivor.
This perception will transform into reality as customers assure themselves of a strong supply source by aligning with the largest, most cost-effective semiconductor maker. In the end, the smaller company simply will be forced out because it is uncompetitive in technology and price.
No recovery until 2012
With iSuppli not forecasting a recovery for Chinese manufacturers until 2012, it is unlikely that weak companies can survive two years in the face of a negative cash flow.
iSuppli anticipates the first merger in China's semiconductor industry will be finalized in the second quarter of 2009. This will signal that time is of the essence if a company or a group of companies is going to be able to weather the storm. iSuppli anticipates that by the second half of 2010, a smaller—yet stronger—semiconductor industry will emerge in China.
LCD monitor panel prices rising despite downturn: iSuppli
iSuppli Corp.'s LCD PriceTrak Service recently reported that prices for LCD monitor panels are rising, despite the weak economic situation and cuts in consumer spending. Isn't this quite unusual, and on surface, really spectacular, given the recessionary conditions.
Thanks to my good friend, Jon Cassell, I was able to get into a conversation with Ms. Sweta Dash, director of LCD research at iSuppli. I started by trying to find out the reasons for LCD monitor panel prices to be doing reasonably well in these times.
China's program driving demand
Sweta Dash said panel demand has been strong due to 'China's rural consumer stimulus program', which increased sales of small-size TVs that uses monitor panels. Also, the panel demand was strong from branded manufacturers due to inventory adjustments.
She added: "Monitor brand manufacturers and retail channel orders mostly stem from the demand for inventory replenishment because they have kept their stockpiles at lower-than-normal levels since the end of 2008. Now, factory demand is strong as they need to buy panels for inventory adjustments."
The figure here presents iSuppli's estimate of pricing for various sizes of panels for LCD monitors.
In that case, is China's rural customer stimulus program the only major factor behind this rise in prices of LCD monitor panels?
According to Dash, the other factor is the inventory adjustment by brand manufacturers. TV sales in the US were also better than expected due to the very aggressive prices by brand manufacturers.
"Some retailers reported that they could not meet their demand due to low inventories level. Now, they are trying to adjust the inventory level. Besides better than expected demand for TV and monitor panel, severe cut in factory utilization rates (severe cut in panel production) also contributed to the tight supply for the monitor panel and small-size TV panel, which resulted in panel price increase," she noted.
Is there any specific reason behind the retailers placing higher orders during recession? Or is it only due to the very low prices?
Dash clarified that it is mostly inventory adjustments. "In March, the inventory levels for monitors at the brand and channel levels were below three weeks level; and some were at two weeks level, which is considered low for this time of the year. Also, once the panel price starts increasing, buyers try to buy more in order to take advantage of the very low price."
Situation regarding component shortages
There was also a note in iSuppli' report regarding component shortages. I was keen to find out the exact situation with component shortages, and which specific ones!
Dash said that there is tight supply for PCBs and driver ICs. The lead time for PCBs is extending from two to three weeks to four to six weeks; and the lead time for certain driver ICs is extending to about six to eight weeks.
No recovery soon!
Interestingly, iSuppli cannot declare that monitor end-market demand is headed for a sustainable recovery at this point.
Dash added: "In the absence of a strong rebound in end-market demand, rush orders are not likely to be sustained in May with component shortages being resolved by then. And, the forecast for panel demand is most likely to remain conservative at that time. Also, panel prices are still below cost level. Therefore, in spite of the increasing panel demand, suppliers are still losing money. Further, panel suppliers are rushing to increase their utilization rates and production."
Koreans doing better than Taiwanese
Evidently, the Korean suppliers seem to be doing better than the Taiwanese, as of now. What would be the key reasons for this?
According to Dash, the Korean suppliers were able to provide more competitive prices due to weaker Won rates.
She added: "Also, the Korean suppliers have higher generation fabs, and they have more in-house or regional component production, which gives them the cost structure compared to Taiwan suppliers. They also have more internal customers (for example, Samsung LCD's internal customer is Samsung TV and monitor brand).
Year ahead for LCD monitor panels
Finally, how does the year ahead look like for LCD monitor panels?
Monitor panel demand may face some softness after the inventory adjustment in Q209. That is the reason why panel suppliers have to expand their production cautiously.
"Otherwise, it has the danger of pushing the market back to over supply. We still expect real end-user demand to recover in the second half of 2009 especially by Q4-09. If panel manufacturers act cautiously and expand rationally in the first half of 2009, they can see real demand recovery in the second half of 2009," noted Dash.


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Most of these tumors are benign and grow on the adrenal glands, which are located on top of the kidneys. Other tumors occur elsewhere in the body.
In most cases, pheochromocytoma has no known cause. In others, it is caused by a genetic mutation.
Factors that may increase your chances of pheochromocytoma include:
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Following the Boston Bruins' narrow defeat at the hands of the despised Vancouver Canucks, CSN New England's hockey segment, "Sticks and Stones", invited Tony Gallagher of the British Columbia-based tabloid The Province on to talk about the game.
The conversation, inevitably, turned to Dale Weise's rejection of a fight with Shawn Thornton. While Gallagher was toeing the Canuck party line, Shawn Thornton was getting mic'd up for an interview, scheduled to follow Gallagher's.
"Sticks and Stones" producers then thought it'd be fun to allow Thornton to refute Gallagher's
idiotic claims. Hilarity ensued.
Video after the jump
Thornton: "He's 180 pounds?"
Gallagher: "...Well...uh...40 pounds...20 pounds...same thing!"
Wow. Thornton just annihilates Gallagher's arguments, and while wearing quite the dapper suit, if I do say so myself.
This has to go down as an all-time classic in the history of New England sports television, right?
And, SCoC members, how can you be the most hated team when you have no toughness? How can you?
UPDATE: The Province's "Legion of Blog" has fired back at Thornton, Michael Felger and CSNNE, accusing CSNNE of "ambushing" Gallagher (though after Felger said that they were going to put Thornton on, Gallagher said "bring it on"), call "Sticks and Stones" (quote)"childish"(unquote), AND goes on to make fun of Thornton's awesome suit.
It's safe to say that everything about The Province sucks now.


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News: Young Chris Ends Silence On Seizure, Collapsing At NYC Concert
Friday, Dec 24, 2010 7:43AM
Rapper Young Chris has broken his silence on collapsing at a New York City concert this week after reportedly suffering a seizure during a performance.
Speaking via a statement, Chris thanked his fans for their support and said he was healing.
Dear Fans,
I am overwhelmed with the love and support I have been getting from family, friends and fans. I simply over worked myself. As I chase down success I have to take care of myself better while I am chasing my dream. I'm getting rest now and going to work towards having a better balance between work and health. Thank you to all those who were involved in helping and thank you to all the media for giving me priceless respect. I truly appreciate it. Your prayers are heard, Trust me. Love you all.
Young Chris aka Christopher Ries (Statement)
The rapper's seizure took place Wednesday (December 22) evening at nightspot SOB's.
Rapper and half of the Young Gunz Young Chris was rushed to the hospital after reportedly having seizure during his show at SOB's in New York. According to eye witnesses, Young Chris collapsed in the middle of his set after suffering a seizure. While being taken away from the paramedics, Young Chris was reportedly conscious and is currently being rushed to the hospital. (Hip Hop Wired)
The incident comes just months after signing a record deal with hitmaker Rico Love's Division 1 Universal Motown imprint.
"A month or two ago, Rico reached out," Chris said in an interview. "He had seen some of the viral videos that I had shot. One of the first things he said to me was like, 'Yo, I almost forgot how nice you was! What's the [label] situation? What's going on? I told him, 'I'm free.' I had two [other] deals on the table at the time...The Internet was a blessing for me from day one. Some people say it's a gift and a curse--in my case, it was a gift. That's what kept me relevant over the years since the Roc-a-Fella break up." (XXL Mag)
Rico broke the news of the signing via video announcement last October.
"What up, it's Rico Love, Mr. Turn The Lights On, we here, Young Chris photo shoot," Love said in a video. "We wanted to make this formal announcement announcing that Division 1 has done a joint venture, label deal, with Universal Motown and the first act off the label is going to be Young Chris aka Chris Ries. I'm happy that we finally closed the situation. I'm a big fan of Chris, for years, and I'm going to tell a quick story. My first time meeting Jay-Z, I was performing with Usher on The Truth Tour, 2004, and the first thing I said to Jay when I met him backstage was, 'I love Young Chris. I'm a fan of Young Chris.' And he said, 'Yo, that's my little man. He's got a bright future.' ... Now it's Young Chris aka Christopher Ries, the re-introduction, coming soon. This is only the beginning..." (Official Division 1)
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Liverpool's Downing to consider Middlesbrough return
Liverpool winger Stewart Downing would consider a return to first club Middlesbrough to play a part in their promotion push.
It's understood Downing, who has had few first-team opportunities under Brendan Rodgers, would not be averse to a loan move back to the Riverside Stadium.
Liverpool seem likely to attempt to offload the 28-year-old, who joined the Reds in a £20million switch from Aston Villa in July last year, in January with Rodgers keen to address his lack of strike-power.


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February 25, 2010
Locutus said:
That's a secret until I have all 10 seasons of SG1 downloaded.
Man, that's one huge 73.3 GB d/l.! Have been at it like for ages and about 67% done so far.
Don't get SyFy in my location so have to rely on d/l's for SG-U. Have all up to S01E10. Are there any more to find?
Haven't tried HuLu yet, but think it may be blocked by my ISP. Is it worth investigating further? And, if so, what's the "secret", tell me more.. LOL
October 22, 2008
I doubt your ISP would block Hulu – it is a completely legit website. Rather, Hulu is for USA only; anyone not from the USA will be blocked from viewing (unless you use a proxy, of course).
That said, forget Hulu. They plan on putting up a paywall later this year so it will be useless to most of us soon. Find other sources, like http://www.fancast.com/.
No offense, but doesn't the iPad suck like hell? Here are the reasons why:
-3-4 drops on the carpets will create "lines" on the screen"
-coffee spill will completely destroy the iPad
-whoops… it fell on to the hard floor… it's done.
-screen is un-scratchable, the back is highly scratchable
So you got the iPad right? Just to let you know, go buy the world's best protection gear, including arm strap, back case, front case, and protective screen cover thing. Oh, and don't forget your trusty iPad bag or what ever. :)
November 1, 2009
Nope I like my gadget "naked". I've had my iPhone for almost two years dropped it to a tile floor from counter height (luckily landed on it's back), had it slide off of the trunk of my car, etc. Never had a problem with it. The iPad feels much more sturdy so no I'm not worried about it. Even if the back does scratch it's not going to affect it's use.
And all of those things you mentioned would definitely destroy my 17" HP laptop. I'm much less worried about the iPad. I may end up getting a bag for convenience but not really for protection. And a coffee spill is much more likely to destroy the laptop because it would just go in between the keys and get on the circuit boards. E iPad has many fewer openings for the liquid to get in.
And in general, laptops, net books, iPads, etc are not really toys. If I planned on treating my things like a child, I wouldn't have bought them in the first place.
October 22, 2008
Hope this isn't what you had in mind….
October 22, 2008
May 28, 2009
I love the "Will it blend" videos!!! 99% of them are fantastic!!!
Good find Jyo!
November 30, 2009
November 1, 2009
Jabtano said:
I'm waiting on the HP-Slate which will be running win7.
For better and for worse…here's the comparison I've seen: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/hp-slate-to-cost-549-have-1-6ghz-atom-z530-5-hour-battery/
February 25, 2010
Ashraf said:
I doubt your ISP would block Hulu – it is a completely legit website. Rather, Hulu is for USA only; anyone not from the USA will be blocked from viewing (unless you use a proxy, of course).
That said, forget Hulu. They plan on putting up a paywall later this year so it will be useless to most of us soon. Find other sources, like http://www.fancast.com/.
Many thanks Ashraf. LOL – will try out the fancast link, it looks interesting.
As for HuLu, I am outside USA – that's why it's blocked…
November 22, 2009
Jyo said:
Hey I'm not the only Stargate fan here! Stargate Atlantis FTW! pssh… pssh… torrents… cough*
Hells yea! SGA is the best. they only showed the first 2 episodes here, how bif of a file is each episode?
I just rent the dvd's, and since i'm paranoid, i make a "back up" so i can still return/replace the dvd's. (and put it on my itouch…..)
iPad = 2-3 drops on the ground = screen broken
iPad = falls into puddle of water = completely dead
Take the iPad with extreme care! Don't believe me? Then google it… I don't see why an iPad is so special. It's just a larger version of the iPhone. No offense really…
…and Flash! Why, how can I survive without flash? :(
March 19, 2010
@ Joji:
iPad = 2-3 drops on the ground = need to see doctor because of motor coordination problems or need to lay off the grog.
iPad = falls into puddle of water = need head read for carrying it across a body of water without sticking it in a bag first or need to lay off the grog for thinking you could carry it across a body of water without potential repercussions.
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Damn it the ACC has really become the new Big East
"Brett McMurphy @McMurphyESPN Notre Dame will join ACC as full member w/exception of football. ND will play 5 football games annually vs. ACC, sources told @ESPN " This worked out so well for the Big East. Swofford caved and I don't see how this helps the ACC much. This worked out so well for the Big East after all.


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Identity Theft Reaches Epidemic Proportions
(PRWEB) September 12, 2003
Las Vegas, Nevada – Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Bill Gates and one out of every eight Americans, what do they all have in common? All have been victims of identity theft. With 9.9 million victims last year alone, the FTC warned the thefts cost businesses $ 48 billion and over $ 5 billion in out-of-pocket expenses to individuals in 2002, with an upward trend continuing in 2003. Identity theft can happen to anyone, no matter their age, gender, economic status, or race. It is now one of the fastest growing crimes not only in America but worldwide. It is big business, providing a very lucrative and low risk revenue stream to the thieves perpetrating the crime. Statistically, over 9.9 million Americans fell victim to identity theft in 2002, up 86% from 2001,and current incidence trend analysis indicates a similar upturn in 2003.
Identity theft or fraud is the unauthorized use of another person's identification with the intent to commit any unlawful activity. It occurs when a con artist uses an individual's personal information to apply for a loan, a credit card, a driver's license, or even a job. In our media-driven society where individuals are often perceived as guilty until proven innocent, this crime can lead to a ruined credit rating, a tarnished reputation, and even wrongful imprisonment. With the recent implementation of regulations under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, financial institutions have more of a responsibility to safeguard the personal information of their customers than ever before, but despite this the crime continues to flourish enjoying an incredible growth rate, almost doubling every year.
Identity thieves employs a variety of methods to steal key pieces of individuals' identities from low tech dumpster diving to high tech Hacking. Once a thief has information such as a Social Security number, driver's license, credit card, or bank account number, it is an easy process to impersonate the victim. Generally, the identity thief will spend or steal as much money as possible in as short a time as possible, and move on to someone else's name and information, leaving the victims finances in ruin.
Usually victims are not burdened with paying the bills that identity thieves build up, so the thieves claim that it is a victimless Crime. However, what does ensue after being victimized is the long and often arduous task of clearing their credit report, righting their financial status, and regaining control of their identity. While struggling through this complicated and lengthy process, they often experience difficulty in obtaining new credit, securing personal loans, buying a house or car, sometimes even losing even established credit lines. Victims of identity theft often find that the authorities are unable to offer ant real assistance as they attempt to uncover the deception that has allowed another person to impersonate them.
Today, Americans are all too familiar with the term "identity theft," but the vast majority has no concept of how damaging it is or how to protect themselves. Unfortunately, consumers are rarely alerted to identity theft until the fraud has been perpetrated, and by then its too late. This is a national and international dilemma of epic proportions. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, issued the following statement in relation to this growing economic menace "…the greatest threat to consumers today is the growing menace of identity theft. Identity theft is far more insidious and harmful to our national welfare than many realize. It attacks the trust and confidence that nurture our open economy, even as it destroys individual lives."
Introducing Identity Shield
Identity Shield is a comprehensive membership service and instructional guide designed to keep you well informed and help you guard your personal information. Identity Shield members will receive a host of services and benefits. These services and benefits will educate and simplify the process consumers must go through in order to ensure the accuracy and privacy of their credit related information. The FTC said you can't totally protect yourself from identity theft, but you can lower your risk by monitoring your accounts, checking your credit report regularly and being careful about who sees your personal information, and you can accomplish this safely and easily by joining Identity ShieldÔ
About Identity Protection Group
Identity Protection Group is a subsidiary of Allen Mulligan Rearden LLC it was founded in response to the growing threat posed by identity theft. Our experts have appeared on numerous Radio and Television shows and have real world experience in dealing with identity theft, as well as extensive experience in financial services, the credit industry, and consumer advocacy. Our goal is to protect consumers from becoming victims of identity theft, and help those individuals who have already been victimized through the long and arduous process of restoring their personal financial privacy.
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MS clearly wants the Xbox to feed into the whole Windows 8 worldview and since they have struggled with pretty much every other part of their portfolio over the last 12 months they are probably viewing this as the one product they can use to help move the other stuff.
I'm not sure they are right but I think that's the most likely strategy they are implementing.
voodoo1102 wrote:I remember being quite vocal (on this very site) about the launch of Kinect, and that it would mean a decline in quality - that Microsoft would move away from the "Core" gaming experience to focus on the fad of motion control. Aside from the redesign for Kinect buggering up the dashboard and filling it with adverts, this nay-saying was largely unwarranted and I think I was wrong. True, there hasn't been a single game on the Kinect that I'd want, but it wasn't the death-knell for Xbox gaming that I thought it would be.
So I'm not sure what to think of talk of the new Xbox being more of a media hub than a games console. So long as it can do what I want - i.e. play games at the same quality or better than a PS4 - I'm not fussed what other functions it has. Just remember the adage - it is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.
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"HIGH HEELS ARE "PLEASURE WITH PAIN,'' SHOE DESIGNER CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN tells Grazia magazine in an interview picked up by the Telegraph. "I really have not so much sympathy,'' he says. "If Tina Turner and Prince's back-up band can perform on stage in them for three hours, you can't tell me they are impossible to walk in.
...If you can't walk in them, don't wear them.''
The high-end cobbler argues that "if Tina Turner and Prince's back-up band can perform on stage in them for three hours, you can't tell me they are impossible to walk in."
Personally, I don't know how Tina dances at her age let alone wears Leboutin's shoes.
Louboutin says the very first shoe he designed under his own name was inspired by the late Princess of Wales. Spellbound by her sad expression while her husband Prince Charles gave a speech; Louboutin wondered what would bring a smile to the princess's face. So the international jet setter designed the Love Shoe for her, which was a contrasting trim flat pump that spelled out the word 'love" across the top of both shoes. Diana never bought a pair, but a few years later she inspired him to design something else called cleavage shoes. "It was Diana dancing with John Travolta who inspired me. She was wearing these really bad English shoes and they showed half her toes. It looked tacky but so good somehow. She had that naughtiness and it was appearing subconsciously."
For anyone who wonders about those trademark red soles he admits they came about by accident. ''This shoe arrived back from the factory but for some reason it didn't look quite as good as my sketch. So I used a bottle of red polish to coat the underside of the shoe scarlet. Problem solved.''
Louboutin will have a high fashion shoe exhibit at the London's Design Museum next month celebrating 20 years of theatrical-style shoe designs from stilettos to studded sneakers.
While he has no sympathies for us women he does sympathize with men.
"Women have these giant heels. They get taller and taller," he says. But "men in high heels? That's a prosthesis. … The men need help, but a man in heels is ridiculous.''
Obviously Louboutin has never seen a drag queen work those calf muscles in a pair of heels. Fierce baby, fierce!


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A prolific children's author captured youngsters' imaginations during a visit to the district.
Wes Magee spent a day with children from all age groups at Eastburn Junior and Infant School, near Keighley, as part of the school's writing festival.
He helped pupils explore the art of story-writing during a series of creative sessions.
Mr Magee was born in Scotland, though now lives in a hamlet on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. He has written many books and poems for children, and has also published six poetry collections for adults.
The writing festival organised by literacy co-ordinator Sandra McLean also included a visit by local poet Craig Bradley and a writing competition for the children.
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We are here to give because of the abundance God has given us, to share with each other, and to receive, because God has created us to depend on each other.
We are here to celebrate the differences that otherwise might divide us: differences of age, of body, of culture, of opinion, of ability, of religious conviction.
We are here to put things in perspective: to celebrate what matters, to laugh about things we take too seriously, to cry about things that truly touch our hearts.
So may it be this morning: Amen!
Bonhoeffer believed that in the future a religionless Christianity—stripped of its religious garments—would be limited to two things: prayer and action.3 He believed that through these two acts Christians would learn to see the world from a new perspective, with the eyes of those at the bottom of society—the people that Matthew called "the least of these." For Bonhoeffer, prayer—especially intercessory prayer—becomes important because it creates a powerful sense of empathy and solidarity with the people one brings before God. This, in turn, motivates one to engage in "righteous" action—the seeking of justice in human society.read more
In A Joyful Path, Year Two, we focus on some of the main tenets of Progressive Christianity and Spirituality, giving our children the foundation they need to walk the path of Jesus in today's world. It has stories and affirmations written to help children clarify their own personal beliefs while staying open to the wisdom of other traditions.read more
I see Jesus in every human being.read more
It's interesting to see what Jesus thought about beliefs. Jesus, in his parable of the Good Samaritan, makes it clear that the righteous one is not the Pharisee or the lawyer, who are learned and who know about the law, correct belief, or so on. The righteous one is the one who cares for his neighbor, who reaches out to the stranger in need.read more
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When I came up with Fettucine Carbonara with Roasted Tomatoes, it turned out to be not only delicious but one of my most popular posts. It also generated a lot of the "it's not authentic, you can't call it Carbonara if it has cream" kind of reaction from the purists. Me? I'm not such a purist. There are plenty of Carbonara recipes that include cream and I don't really care if they're "authentic" or not, as long as they taste good. Still, I was determined to cook up a dish of Carbonara that didn't resemble scrambled eggs and bacon slopped together with pasta. When the latest Williams-Sonoma catalog arrived, with a tempting photo of Carbonara on the cover, I was inspired. Drawn from their recipe but changed up a bit to suit what I had on hand, it worked well. Still, given the choice, I think I prefer a little cream. What say you, dear readers?
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- Pancetta, 2/3 lb
- Garlic, 2 or 3 cloves
- Parmesan, 1 1/2 to 2 cups grated plus more for the table
- Eggs, 4
- Olive Oil, a couple tablespoons
- Black Pepper
Put the water on to boil for the pasta. Dice the pancetta and mince the garlic.
Whisk the eggs to blend and grate the cheese.
Combine the eggs and cheese and set aside for now.
In a large saute pan or skillet, heat the olive oil over medium to medium-high heat then add the pancetta and garlic.
Cook, stirring frequently, until the pancetta is browned then turn off the heat. The water should be boiling by now. Cook the pasta until it's al dente. Drain it but reserve the cooking water.
Dump the pasta into the skillet with the pancetta. Turn the heat back on to low and add about a cup of the pasta water and toss it together quickly.
Now quickly whisk another 3/4 cup of the pasta water into the egg/cheese mixture.
Pour over the pasta and turn off the heat.
Toss it all together quickly, adding a little more water if necessary. Season with black pepper.
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-- The consummate professional, Dan Henderson, responds on today's UFC media call to promote the The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 Finale, to why he called Michael Bisping a douche bag on last night's episode of the Spike TV mixed martial arts reality series. Bisping didn't seem bothered by the remarks, saying, "I have always respected him as fighter and respected him as a person. That isn't the first time someone has called me a douche bag and I doubt it's going to be the last. I didn't lose too much sleep over that." It seems as if the coaches are now playing nice with UFC 100 -- where "Hollywood" and "The Count" are booked to throwdown on July 11 -- less than four weeks away. Grudge match it isn't like seasons past. Will the pair do enough talking inside the Octagon on fight night or is this 185-pound contest destined to be a disappointment? Share your thoughts in the comments section below, Maniacs.


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Hi there fellow Maritime adventure fans. I'm a big fan of CC (my Dad left so many copies lying around the house that it was impossible to to pick one up.) I've just finished reading two books back-to-back by an author named Shane M Brown, who apparently studied underwater archaeology, but ended up writing novels instead. They both had heaps of diving/underwater type of adventure scenes, both were great reads, and I wondered if anyone on the forum knew where I could find a hardcopy of these books to give to my Dad? I read these on my laptop, but he doesn't like reading from a computer screen. The books I'm after are:
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Or if anyone knows of other books by this author, I would love to hear about them. (I've already read some of Matthew Reilly's books, but they're not as good as Brown's)
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I couldn't find them in print. Sorry.
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Hey, thanks for checking! It's not just me then. Oh, well, I'll just have to get my Dad to read them on the computer screen. Thanks again for checking. I was beginning to feel this place was empty. Keep on readin'
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After eight seasons spent in Serie A, Catania will spend 2014-2015 in Serie B. Despite beating Bologna on Sunday, Chievo's win over Cagliari means that even if Catania take three points against Atalanta on the final matchday, they won't have enough to climb out of the drop zone.
What makes their relegation doubly painful is the fact that Sicilian rivals Palermo, sent down last year, clinched promotion back to Serie A last week. It also doesn't help that last season was Catania's most successful in the top flight, with the side challenging for Europe and ultimately finishing eighth.
Painful, and puzzling -- no one can quite work out just how Catania fell so far, so fast. Losing Francesco Lodi and Alejandro Gomez couldn't have helped, but the return of Lodi on loan hasn't really boosted the squad. They started the season with the same coach, Rolando Maran, only to sack him, bring him back, and sack him again when he couldn't save the side. No formula seemed to work.
So now here we are, with Catania down in Serie B. At this point, they've got 29 points from seven wins, eight draws and 22 losses. Sunday's game marked their first road win of the season. Well done, Elephants.


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New Orleans, La.- Two years before Detective Robert E. Williams died of cancer, he was fighting through treatment and working through Hurricane Katrina.
He left a legacy of increased healthcare coverage for his fellow officers, like Officer John Passaro.
"Back in February of 2013, I was shot in the line of duty," said Passaro.
Passaro goes to rehab regularly to try to get movement back in his legs.
"I was actually in the hospital for over 100 days so it was quite a while," said Passaro.
It's an expensive treatment that likely would have been capped out by insurance had Detective Robert Williams not fought for increased healthcare coverage for his fellow officers while he was dying of cancer in 2007.
"He fought through Katrina, and his body was getting weaker," said his wife Debbie Williams.
Robert Williams was diagnosed with multiple myeloma just two months after he and Debbie married in 2002, and the treatments quickly added up to their $1 million claim cap.
"Family started to get together thinking what house are we going to sell?" said Debbie Williams.
"There was also talk about seeing about him retiring on disability, and he would have none of it," said Robert's brother Eric Williams. "It wasn't what he wanted."
What he wanted was to continue serving his beloved city even in the darkest days and through his most difficult treatments.
"He managed to stop two armed robbers on his way home from chemotherapy," said Debbie Williams. "On the day that he passed away, he passed away with his radio on the side, and that was really hard. He took his last breath and the radio was going off."
Now, his legacy lives on.
The 8th District Subdivision is now named for Detective Robert E. Williams to honor him for his dedication to his fellow officers.
"I appreciate every thing's he's done for the city and of course his service to the department and helping us who have followed him," said Passaro. "He has helped all of us out quick a bit."
Debbie Williams continues spreading her husband's goodwill.
Through the The Robert Williams Memorial Fund, she presented a check to office John Passaro, and to the wife of officer Rodney Thomas, who was recently killed in a hit-and-run crash.
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Fashion conspiracy theory? Probably not, but there is just a hint of truth in it. "I don't think we pull out these uniform ideas from the ether just like that," Maria Grachvogel told us backstage at her Spring '14 show. "We all have our inspirations and references, and sometimes, it all just collides, then we telegraph messages to each other without meaning to. I guess it's a controlled coincidence." One of those coincidences this season is the skirt-pants combo. Raf Simons played with the look in his Resort '14 collection for Dior, and now, London designers have rolled with that ball.
The style opened Osman Yousefzada's Spring '14 show. His iteration offered a beautiful white lace overlay (above, right). Simone Rocha produced a pair in a very hip, plasticized crochet (above, center), and Roksanda Ilincic crafted hers in an elegant stiff pleated silk gazar. Meanwhile, Grachvogel presented a dress-trousers hybrid in flowy, diaphanous silk (above, left). Such designers as Naeem Khan have also been up to bat, but being Indian, it should be all but instinctive for him. Said Yousefzada backstage, "It's the classic kurta silhouette that's been going on for centuries in India—it's as ubiquitous as the sari. I can't figure out why it has taken so long to catch on here." After this season, we're guessing that will change.


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That's the most surprising statistic we found when researching local colleges on College Scorecard. It's part of the whitehouse.gov website, with information put together by the US Department of Education to help students compare the cost of higher education.
We asked Miller-Motte why their institution cost so much more than local 4 year colleges. For starters – a spokesman said UNCW is a public school that gets public assistance to help them keep their costs down. Miller-Motte is private.
In general - we also know that providing hands-on technical training to students is more expensive than traditional classroom instruction out of a text book.
Still - the bottom line matters. Students at Miller-Motte are taking out substantial student loans to cover tuition.
The College Scorecard shows Miller-Motte has a 25% default rate, so 1 in 4 students there ultimately default on their student loans. It's a much higher default rate than any other local college we found on the list:
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submitted 3 years ago by theimben
This would be too amazing for words. I'd love to dig up old episodes of Radio 4's News Quiz and A Little Bit of Fry and Laurie :) The BBC has produced some really brilliant stuff in the past. Unfortunately stuff from the past 7 days is really very poor quality. I want to go back 10 - 20 years and dig up old lost gems.
My argument for this would be that as licence fee payers isn't the content that the BBC produces kind of ours? So we have a right to access to it?
On the other hand, they would lose out on revenue from DVD sales no doubt and it's an enormous technical operation making so much content available online.
This is something that 4oD already does, up to a certain extent. But you have to pay for a lot of the content and they don't upload all of their programmes. This would definitely set them out from the competition.
[–]CraigTorso 7 points8 points9 points 3 years ago (2 children)
they're not allowed.
News International and ITV lobbied against the BBC being able to release their back catalogue on line, because they were concerned everyone would watch old BBC shows rather than the crap that those channels pump out.
It is a bit of an outrage, but while there's a Tory administration don't expect it to change
[–]stordoff 1 point2 points3 points 3 years ago (1 child)
Got a source for this? I don't disbelieve you; just want to read more about it.
Couldn't BBC Worldwide sell it though?
[–]CraigTorso 3 points4 points5 points 3 years ago (0 children)
this is a far from full analysis of the situation but is at least official
OFCOM didn't make their decision on the issue "unaided" they were relentlessly lobbied by commercial concerns, but due to the words I'd normally use to search this topic, I'm struggling to find the relevant news pieces from the time the decision was taken
[–]stordoff 3 points4 points5 points 3 years ago (3 children)
I think that the lost potential revenue from DVD/CD sales would be a little hard to swallow. What I would like to see is for the BBC to flood iTunes with content at a decent price (e.g. The News Quiz at 29p per episode).
I think that the BBC would see a nice income from this.
[–]theimben[S] 5 points6 points7 points 3 years ago (2 children)
That's a great idea :) Old episodes of radio shows are the hardest thing to find. And if you do find them the series is all in parts and messy and poor quality. I'd certainly give a few quid for them.
[–]hennell 2 points3 points4 points 3 years ago (1 child)
You have to know where to look but there are places for radio content...
Obviously your first stop is itunes/other online mp3 shops which actually sell quite a lot of radio content these days... I think Possitiv productions (Milton Jones, 99p Challenage etc) have almost all their work for sale.
For the non-buyable content (obviously only for that...) there's radioarchive.cc and demonoid.com (I can probably invite you to the latter if needed) which have more then enough BBC radio content to be getting on with.
As for current shows, if you're on windows search for 'radio downloader' - it lets you subscribe to any show which it nabs and converts off iplayer. It's brilliant.
(Note: You heard none of this from me and I vouch for the legality of none of it. Obviously my 80gb radio collection is all from itunes and such...:) )
[–]theimben[S] 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children)
I'm already a member of radioarchive.cc and it's probably the best unofficial source. Radio Downloader looks brilliant, definitely checking it out. Thank you :)
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The sys admin's daily grind – Trickle
Blown Away
If your data traffic suffers from congestion at times, don't worry. Now you can shoot down programs that are heavy on traffic to free up the inflow and outflow.
I am over 40 years old and am starting to mellow in my old age. No, I'm only joking; certain phenomena still drive me up the wall. For example, when I am using SSH on a server to edit a configuration file and the bandwidth is so pathetic that the landing zone is a matter of luck when you try to position the cursor – that really makes me mad.
I know, I know, today even a line to a Black Forest village has enough bandwidth for an SSH connection, if you have exclusive access. Because hell, as Sartre already knew, is other people: In my case, it's the HTTP connections that are pushing my poor little SSH to the edge. I could turn to Mosh [1], but that helps with shaky connections rather than crowded lines. My remedy for traffic jams goes by the name of trickle [2] [3].
This traffic-shaping tool uses
LD_PRELOAD to redirect some standard library calls, such as
socket() and therefore only works with dynamically linked binaries. However, that practically includes all programs that the typical user deploys to eat up bandwidth. In the simplest case, I might even be one of these users myself; then, I can practice self-restraint when calling traffic-producing programs. To this end, I can start Firefox, for example, with:
trickle -u 32 -d 256 firefox
This command limits the upload speed (
-u) to 100KBps and the download speed (
-d) to 300KBps. Beware: These are actually kilobytes, not bits. I can also reduce speed in one direction only, if I am not worried about the other direction. Figure 1 shows the successful application of a download limit to 2Mbps.
Late Throttle
Trickle's boons naturally only occur to me when the download is already running and the SSH session hangs. Luckily, trickle has a daemon mode. Therefore, I launch trickle when I boot the machine with
trickled -u 32 -d 256
Of course, the values must be adapted to match the available bandwidth. When launched, the trickle daemon searches for
/etc/trickled.conf, which can look like Listing 1. It assigns certain protocols a priority and does some tweaking.
Listing 1
[ssh] Priority = 1 Time-Smoothing = 0.1 Length-Smoothing = 1 [ftp] Priority = 5 Time-Smoothing=3 Length-Smoothing=5 [www] Priority = 10 Time-Smoothing = 8 Length-Smoothing = 10
The values that follow
Time-Smoothing and
Length-Smoothing determine how great the fluctuations can be over a certain interval. The smaller the value, the greater the benefits are for interactive protocols such as SSH. With larger values, sometimes a major outlier is permissible in both upward and downward directions. Trickle has some disadvantages compared with real traffic shaping, but it's fine for home use – maybe I really am getting soft.
- "Charly's Column: Mosh" by Charly Kühnast. Linux Magazine, November 2013, pg. 46: http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Issues/2013/156/Charly-s-Column-Mosh
- Trickle: http://monkey.org/~marius/pages/?page=trickle
- "Traffic shaping with Trickle" by Oliver Frommel. Linux Magazine, January 2006, pg. 70: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2006/62/Traffic-shaping-with-Trickle
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Police have confirmed the sighting of a two metre long crocodile spotted lounging near an artificial dam on the tourist island of Crete - but admit they have no idea how it got there.
Police and firemen went to the site after reports that the animal had been spotted bathing in the sun at the Potami Dam near the Greek city of Rethymno and were stunned to discover that it was completely true – and took this video of the beast to prove it.
Officials said had they not seen the video they too would not have believed it was true but it clearly shows a crocodile, and records its movements proving that it was alive.
The Director of the Department of Transportation and Hydraulic Engineering Projects Management at the Crete Development Organisation, Vangelis Mamangakis, said: "At first we thought it was a joke, but once we realised that the witnesses were backed up with camera evidence we started investigating the incident, and working out how to catch it."
He added that another concern was that there were indications that was not just one crocodile, but two. He said that two reptile experts have been called in to help set up a trap to capture the crocodile and the lake has also been sealed off to prevent locals unwittingly falling prey to the crocodile. One of the experts is reptologist Petros Lymberakis, a specialist for the Museum of Natural History who will come to the area to assist in locating and dealing with the reptile.
The bid to capture the crocodile was given a special urgency after local media reported that the two crocodiles could even breed, leading to fears that there might be other crocodiles.
Crocodiles are not native to Europe although there have occasionally been similar incidents. Firemen and river police in Austria for example were called to rescue a South American crocodile from the Danube in 2001. The animal was caught and later handed over to Vienna Zoo.
Mamagakis believes that the crocodile may have been kept as a pet at a home or by a visiting zoo and was subsequently abandoned.
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