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A Rochelle group hopes to make a splash at a world famous aviation competition. Team Bamzoniacs will compete in Chicago's Red Bull Flugtag. The team's goal: bring home the gold, or at least look good trying.
"Successful flight and a soft landing is really what we're after...obviously we want to win," said Shane Theiss.
You've heard the saying 'winning isn't everything'. But for Shane Theiss, after months of planning and 100 hours of building a manpowered aircraft, winning the 2013 Red Bull Flugtag is pretty darn important.
"I'm gonna try not to crash into the water," said Megan Bratko.
Bratko's main goal as the aircraft pilot is to glide the Bamzoniacs' Airstream Travel Trailer as far as she can from a 30 foot ramp.
"It's supposed to fly but it doesn't have a motor or anything, it's just like wood and fiber and tape and I just go off a dock and I glide across the water," she said.
At least that's the hope. For anyone who has ever seen the Flugtag event, there's often more crashing than gliding. And unfortunately, there's no way of telling how the team's creation will perform.
"It's too risky to make a test flight. We don't have the body of water to do it over, to build a 30 foot high structure to launch it off of, it's not feasible to do it," said Theiss.
But winning the aviation event isn't just about who stays above water the longest. Creativity is a major part in scoring. The Rochelle team has worked hard to have a creative edge in the competition, and hopes its past experience in other Flugtags give it an edge.
"We've always kinda gone with un-aerodynamic machines. We've done a zamboni, we've done a pontoon boat and now we've done an airstream travel trailer," he said.
Worst case scenario, if the Airstream Travel Trailer doesn't take flight and nose dives right into the water, Megan isn't too worried.
"Luckily I'm a good swimmer," she said.
About 30 other teams will compete this year. The Bamzoniacs take flight, hopefully, Saturday September 21 at Burnham Park in Chicago. The first launch is at 1 pm.
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This year over 7,000 attendees will make the trip from all corners of the globe to hear from over 300 speakers across dozens of stages, workshops and roundtables catered to every sector.
This year's speakers include some of The NextWomen's fantastic previous interviewees, such as Danae Ringelmann, co-founder of Indiegogo and one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Technology; Cindy Gallop, Founder and CEO of Cindy Gallop LLC and IfWeRanTheWorld and Shelia Marcelo, Founder and CEO of Care.com, the largest online care destination in the world.
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LOL! What's wrong with Michelle O's lunch menu? #MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu
Hard tack soaked in milk served on edible tray.—
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The peasants are revolting! Townhall.com has rounded up a number of complaints from students about skimpy school lunches mandated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and kids have even put together their own "We Are Hungry" music video to protest the clampdown on calories.
First lady Michelle Obama went so far recently as to call obesity America's number one security threat, but if these kids don't get something to eat soon, there might be a revolution from within against #MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu. So what's cooking?
Lettuce Leaf in a cup #MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu—
mb (@imsure) September 25, 2012
Grilled Blue Heeler on a bed of arugula with a low-fat bitter-clingy dressing. #MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu—
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu Unhappy meals.—
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu hope with a side of change #eatyourpeas—
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu: Tofu cubes with green pea foam – And half of an Oreo cookie's filling—
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu tofu fake ice cream with contraband chocolate syrup smuggled in by students—
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu Fail O' Flakes.—
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu… one ACORN… that's it, nothing more.—
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu Morning after pills but no soda #tcot #Obama2012—
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu 8-FL OZ of Kool-Aid.—
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu Nanny State Nuggets.—
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Macaroni and Che's-
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#MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu the rich—
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Maybe some re-education will make you kids appreciate these new smaller portions.
If students are not eating what is offered on #MichelleOsSchoolLunchMenu, they simply need to be educated on how delicious it is.—
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So...based on this articles from probasketballtalk, the Blazers want to move up in the draft in order to select a PG. Unfortunately they have the unenviable position of selecting 21st overall, which would actually increase the package that they would have to give up if they wanted to move to #6 overall (hopefully you already see where I'm going with this). With that being said there are any number of options, or maybe just one big options.
Trade Idea
From Wizards: #6
From Blazers: Nicolas Batum + #21
Execute the trade only after Options #1, #2, and #3 fail:
Option #1 – Nibble at Khan for the #2 with a package that does not include McGee
Option #2 – Knock on the Utah Jazz's door for #3 and offer a salary dump (possibly Okur) and/or trade Crawford; if a straight up swap for picks is not an option.
Option #3 – If all else fails…see where Kantner falls
Option #4 – If none of the above works out in our favor, then execute the above trade with Portland.
Reason: Batum appears to be a better talent than Leonard, Singleton, et. al and the Wizards don't have to worry about "investing" time and money into teaching him how to catch and shoot a 3pt or play defense. (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/355396-nicolas-batum-finally-allowed-to-flourish)
My thoughts - Batum can be a building block for the future at that position, especially with his perimeter offense (very good catch and shoot guy, which plays nicely into JW's style of play). You keep the rest of the roster together (which the ability to trade Blatche if/when Bookere breaks out of the box. At #18 and #21 your looking at any combination of (based on prejections from nbadraft.net and DraftExpress) two of the following players:
Tobias Harris
Jordan Hamilton
Bismack Biyombo
Kenneth Faried
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Plus #34
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About 1 in every 3 to 5 known pregnancies ends in miscarriage. This can happen a variety of different ways. Some women will have some of the signs of miscarriage below, while others have no problems whatsoever and find out at a later prenatal appointment that their baby has died (missed miscarriage). Here is more on the signs that may indicate a problem with your pregnancy from About.com Guide to Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss.
Falling hCG Levels
If you are having blood work done, your practitioner is looking at your hCG levels. While there are ranges to look at which can give you some basic information about a pregnancy. Repeated numbers give a better look at what is going on inside. When the hCG levels begin to fall, you may be having a miscarriage or other pregnancy complication, including an ectopic pregnancy.
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Bleeding in pregnancy can be quite worrisome. While there are some instances when bleeding might not indicate a problem, you should always report any spotting or bleeding to your midwife or doctor. They may recommend various tests to check on the health of your pregnancy. Sometimes bleeding is not a problem, but that is not something that you can determine at home, you need the help of your practitioner.
Ultrasound Results
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ANDERSON — The Anderson Legends semi-pro basketball team brought "showtime" to Eastside Elementary School on Saturday, thrilling a capacity crowd on the way to a 160-109 exhibition win over the Indianapolis Kings.
Head coach Kojak Fuller was pleased to see the turnout at Saturday's game.
"I was very blessed to see the stands were full, and hopefully this will send a message to the rest of Madison County, specifically Anderson, that we may need a bigger venue," he said. "These young men are exciting, and what we're about to bring to the city of Anderson, maybe we can get the City of Anderson to back us and get us a larger venue."
The former Mr. Basketball and Anderson High School star would like to see his team playing in the Wigwam, bringing more basketball to his old stomping grounds.
The Legends will play regionally based teams from Fort Wayne, Dayton and Cincinnati, and Fuller feels like more teams will schedule them once they hear about the caliber of players Anderson has on its roster.
Despite blowing out the Kings by 51, Fuller didn't like that his team gave up 109 points and said that will be something they will work on going forward.
"I don't want them scoring no 100 (points)," he said. "We can do that, but I don't want our opponents doing it. Like I said, we want to be an example even for the younger kids that's coming up to where they understand no matter what level of basketball you're playing, play hard. You play to really take over your opponent on both ends of the court."
Anderson and University of Evansville product Troy Taylor, who helped organize the team, said he enjoyed the game.
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Wayne E. Lohrman, 88, Cass County, passed away at 12:55 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in Chase Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Logansport, following a lengthy illness.
Born Jan. 2, 1925, in Carroll County, he was the son of Floyd Virgile and Vera Pearl Michael Lohrman.
On Jan. 1, 1945, in Delphi, he was married to Mariam Buchanan Lohrman. She preceded him in death Dec. 25, 1996. He was later married on Jan. 15, 2001, to Ruth N. Hopper Bowyer, who survives.
A graduate of Democratic High School in Cutler, Wayne was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served three years during WWII.
Wayne was a Cass County farmer. In 1981, he retired from the Grissom Air Force base where he had worked in Civil Service for 31 years.
Wayne was a member of the New Waverly United Methodist Church. He also belonged to the Indiana Farm Bureau.
Wayne enjoyed flying. He also enjoyed building projects and working on the farm. Wayne delighted the neighborhood children with his "flying" UFO.
Surviving with his wife are one son and daughter-in-law, Edwin W. and Hilary Lohrman, Logansport; one daughter and son-in-law, Suanne and Randall Goss, Bringhurst; one stepdaughter, Susan Brewer and her husband Conrad, Logansport; two stepsons, Roger Bowyer and his wife Sandy, Logansport and Nelson Bowyer, Peru; one brother, Ronald K. Lohrman and his wife Teddy, of Tucson, Ariz.; two sisters-in-law, Cora Lohrman of Anoka and Frances Lohrman of Delphi; 12 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Gene V., Dwight D. and Melvin J. Lohrman; and one sister-in-law, Jane Lohrman.
A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Fisher Funeral Chapel with Pastor Mandie Gould officiating.
Burial, with full military rites, will follow in Davis Cemetery, near Burnettsville. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral chapel.
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Michelin's `radial' plans hinge on demand
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TYRE manufacturer Michelin on Friday said that while its plan to manufacture a range of tyres in collaboration with Apollo Tyres is still on track, the company would wait for the country's slow adoption of radial tyres to gather speed, before it started work on the manufacturing front.
Talking to the press here, Mr Herve Dub, CEO, Michelin India, said the penetration of radial tyres in the Indian market is less than 1 per cent currently, which makes it unviable to set up manufacturing facilities here, despite the fact that Michelin Apollo Tyres has bought land at the Ranjangaon industrial estate near Pune. "We have realigned our partnership with Apollo in this regard so that both of us can tap the immediate growth opportunities in the market.
"Michelin's strategy will be to grow our truck and bus tyres business significantly along with focussing on the passenger car side," Mr Dub said.
He pointed out that the pace of radialisation and adoption of advanced technology by the domestic truck and bus industry was not in keeping with the company's initial estimates.
While penetration of radial tryes in Europe, the US and Thailand was a 100, 85 and 30 per cent respectively, it is 1 per cent in India, he pointed out.
"This leaves us with a huge window of opportunity to tap," he said.
Michelin will grow its business by tapping the seven-lakh-unit-a-month replacement market and the 7,000-unit first time sales market for radial tyres.
"With the quality and quantity of trucks in the market growing rapidly, the market is picking up and we will further grow it by educating the trucking community about the benefits of adopting radial tyres which gives better fuel economy and longer life," he said.
The company on Friday also launched Michelin Priority Partner, a multi-brand tyre retailing store where it will display a range of tyres for cars and other passenger vehicles and offer customers one-stop destination for all tyre-related issues.
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== PostgreSQL Weekly News – August 15 2010 ==
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
Npgsql 2.0.10, a .NET data provider for PostgreSQL, released.
== PostgreSQL Local ==
FrOSCon 2010 will take place in St. Augustin, Germany on August 21-22,
The Call for Papers for West is open until September 5, 2010. Details at:
== PostgreSQL in the News ==
Planet PostgreSQL: http://planet.postgresql.org/
PostgreSQL Weekly News is brought to you this week by David Fetter.
Submit news and announcements by Sunday at 3:00pm Pacific time.
== Applied Patches ==
Tom Lane committed:
- Modify the handling of RAISE without parameters so that the error it
- Add three-parameter forms of array_to_string and string_to_array, to
- Remove the arbitrary (and undocumented) limit on the number of
- Extend psql's e and ef commands so that a line number can be
- Add the ability to compute per-statement latencies (ie, average
- In pgsql/contrib/pgbench/pgbench.c, get rid of a bunch of dubious
- Fix pg_restore to complain if any arguments remain after parsing the
- Fix Assert failure in PushOverrideSearchPath when trying to restore
- Add xml_is_well_formed, xml_is_well_formed_document,
- Minor #include cleanup. I just noticed that libpq's pqsignal.h was
- In pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c, clean up failure to use ClosePager()
- In pgsql/src/include/storage/backendid.h, myBackendId now needs to
- Add a sf (show function) command to psql, for those times when you
- Fix ef and sf to not fail on functions with nonnull probin.
- In pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c, fix planner to make a
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pgbench.sgml, avoid unnecessary use of TPS
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pgarchivecleanup.sgml, improve
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml, clarify bit numbering in
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml, assorted improvements to
- In pgsql/src/bin/psql/mbprint.c, fix psql's copy of utf2ucs() to
Robert Haas committed:
- In the libpq docs, provide stable target anchors for libpq
- Use double quotes rather than double quotes for libpq target
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml, fix incorrect errno definitions in
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml, fix one more incorrect errno
- Correct sundry errors in Hot Standby-related comments. Fujii Masao.
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml, reorder docs on lexical structure
- In pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c, make RecordTransactionCommit()
- Include the backend ID in the relpath of temporary relations. This
- Fix assorted dtrace breakage caused by patch to include backend IDs
- Further dtrace adjustments for the backend-IDs-in-relpath patch.
- Add doc link and additional index reference to pgcrypto. Kevin
- In pgsql/src/backend/storage/lmgr/lmgr.c, make LockDatabaseObject()
Bruce Momjian committed:
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml, add EXPLAIN documentation
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml, properly lowercase identifiers,
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml, back out syntax case changes —
Peter Eisentraut committed:
- In pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml, <example> is a floating
- Add some links to tables in the docs.
Heikki Linnakangas committed:
- In pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/arrayfuncs.c, the sanity check added
== Rejected Patches (for now) ==
No one was disappointed this week
== Pending Patches ==
Erik Rijkers sent in a doc patch for pgbench defining TPS to mean
Kris Jurka sent in another revision of the patch to fix COPY IN.
Peter Eisentraut sent in a patch to allow specifying hosts by name in
Pavel Stehule sent in another revision of the GROUPING SETS patch.
Robert Haas sent in a patch to reduce the size of the id for
Boxuan Zhai sent in four more revisions of the MERGE patch, and Heikki
Joseph Adams sent in two more WIP patches to add the JSON type, the
Fujii Masao sent in a patch to align the docs and code for
Greg Smith sent in another revision of the patch to add individual
Joseph Adams sent in a patch to fix utf8-to-unicode.
Joseph Adams sent in some general utility functions for, among other
Zoltan Boszormenyi sent in a WIP patch to add replication to the SQL
Dean Rasheed sent in another WIP patch to implement triggers on views.
Robert Haas sent in another revision of the patch to refactor
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Pima County Sheriff's deputies say they caught a cornered criminal who tried to dig his way out of trouble when his back was against the wall.
The bust happened at The Best Western off Oracle Road in Oro Valley. Adam Lohse is now facing a laundry list of charges including burglary, operating a chop shop and forgery after a bizarre take down.
Lohse tried digging his way out of the room through a wall and even the ceiling. But he wasn't able to get too far. When deputies got inside the room, they found jewelry, credit cards and other valuables that didn't belong to him.
They connected him to several other burglaries, pus other departments had been after him for some time. And just this week a grand jury indicted him on 18 charges.
This all started when deputies received a tip that Lohse was staying at the hotel. Lohse's girlfriend came to the door and said he was in there and then shut the door.
Deputies arrested her but the charges were dropped. Detectives say this sort of case is a first.
"I don't know what he was thinking. If he was going to be able to get into the next room. And then make his way out. The place was completely surrounded with officers. And deputies. So, either way he was going to wait a long time in the other room and uh deputies were going to figure out he was there either way," said Det. Jesus Banuelos, with the Pima County Sheriff's department.
Lohse has a criminal history for DUI, drugs and fleeing police.
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North Kingstown Town Council member Michael Bestwick has been cited following an alleged hit and run at Pagoda Inn.
Reports recently released from the state that witnesses saw Bestwick back into a SUV while leaving the restaurant on Oct. 15. Witnesses said Bestwick left the parking lot in his white Ford F-150.
"I supposedly hit someone," Bestwick said in response to the report. "I didn't realize that I had hit another car. There was no damage to my truck, just a black mark."
Police reports indicate a witness said she sat next to Bestwick at the bar and he seemed tired and smelled as though he had been drinking alcoholic beverages.
Later that night, police arrived at Bestwick's house and inspected the truck, which they alleged had minor damage and paint transfer on the driver's side rear bumper. Police photographed the damage and attempted to contact Bestwick, who was not home at the time, but received no answer.
On Oct. 18, Bestwick arrived at the North Kingstown Police Department after police left him a message that morning concerning the incident, telling officers that the morning's message was the first he'd heard of an accident involving his truck.
Bestwick's truck showed no signs of damage and, according to police, appeared to have been recently cleaned and waxed, especially in the driver's side rear quarter panel area. Bestwick told officers he washed the car after he noticed a black mark on the rear bumper.
When police confronted Bestwick with the photographs showing the damage and paint transfer on his truck, he told officer he did notice the damage and responded by washing the truck.
Bestwick has been cited for duty to report collision with unattended vehicle and improper backing.


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Ole Miss Protest: Admin SpeaksBy Sandra Knispel | Published 07 Nov 2012 12:56pm |
University of Mississippi officials are embarrassed by last night's protest on campus. An estimated 400 students voiced their anger over the re-election of President Obama, shouting racial epithets. But with no apparent property damage the university is eager to put things in perspective. Chancellor Dan Jones said the event was NOT a riot.
I want to ensure folks that campus is safe," says Jones. "There was no personal injury. There was no damage to property. It was an ugly incident. There were racial slurs used. The university leadership wants to condemn that kind orf behavior in the strongest possible terms. The university leadership calls on all of our students to follow the creed for the university – to respect all people. And we certainly need to use civil language when we communicate with other people."
Two students were arrested and the investigation into last night's protest continues.
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The Abernathy Volunteer Fire Department was horsing around for a good cause Sunday.
The group hosted their 3rd Annual Horseshoe Tournament Sunday evening at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Abernathy.
Each participant paid $20 to enter. All proceeds will benefit the West Texas Muscular Dystrophy Association.
In addition to this event, the Abernathy Fire Department kicked off their Fill the Boot campaign.
The money raised will benefit West Texas MDA and summer camp for Jerry's Kids.
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Back by popular demand! Seeing as last week's open thread went so swimmingly, I, your beloved Emporer (intentional misspelling) have brought it back for the second week in a row! So a few rules to abide by when in the "royal palace"
1. No cursing. If you must do a F*** or a sh** but lets keep it PG 13 folks.
2. Leave bad blood at the door. If you got beef with someone, don't continue it here.
3. Leave trolling at the door as well. If you must troll, please come up with something more clever-er than "Donkeys"
4. Dont turn this place into a mess of a thread over politics, race, war religion, etc.
5. Respect each other.
Don't follow these rules, and my Imperial Homies Bronco Mike and Tim Lynch will handle ya'. Here's a pic:
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Well, now that the ground rules are out of the way, lets talk about some of the things that have happened in the last week:
Wrestlemania happened last week for the 29th year at the home of the Sanchise.
About 2 weekends ago, "Mile High" Mike Alvarado avenged his lone loss to Brandon Rios and brought the IBF Super Lightweight belt back to the Mile high city. Lets hear it for one of Denver's own!
Eli Manning molested the eff out of Chris Mortenson's hair.
Peyton is developing a fast repertoire with Wes Welker.
A little birdie told me that Bradfather has hooked up with Sofia Vergara. More details on that as the weekend unfolds.
BIG shout out to Bronco Mike and K Monty for making this such a hit last week
Calikula's Imperial Quote of the Week:
This one is from one of my favorite movies Gangs of New York.
"Boss Tweed: You killed an elected official?
Bill: Who elected him?
Boss Tweed: You don't know what you've done to yourself.
Bill: [taps his glass eye with a knife] I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. So because you are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth. You can build your filthy world without me. I took the father. Now I'll take the son. You tell young Vallon I'm gonna paint Paradise Square with his blood. Two coats. I'll festoon my bedchamber with his guts. As for you, Mr. Tammany-f******-Hall, you come down to the Points again, and you'll be dispatched by my own hand. Get back to your celebration and let me eat in peace."


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Bull and Bear – an optimistic and pessimistic view of investment news. Today's stories: Is this a flight from smart phones to oil? Exxon Mobil became world's biggest company last month. The commoditisation of smart-phones. Google enjoys record valuation. Markets celebrate again as more good news comes out of the US. Sterling falls some more
Is this a flight from smart phones to oil? Exxon Mobil became world's biggest company last month
Exxon Mobil just missed out on a record in 2012, raking in $44.8 billion in 2012, which was 9 per cent up on 2011. Its record was set in 2008, when the company made $45.22 billion.
As an aside it is interesting to note that the then world's largest company made its highest ever profits in the year when markets and banks, and indeed capitalism went into near meltdown. In 2012 the big growth came from refinery and profits from oil exploration but production fell.
BP will be releasing its latest results tomorrow.
At the time of writing Exxon's market cap is $410 billion.
For a while last month the US oil company was once again the world's largest company by market cap, while Apple was relegated into second spot.
Poor old Apple, it could only enjoy profits of $41.7 billion last year, with growth at a positively pedestrian 61 per cent.
At the time of writing Apple's market cap is $425 billion, with Exxon Mobile once again trailing behind with a market cap of $410 billion.
The commoditisation of smart-phones
Exxon Mobil's p/e is 9.28; Apple's is 10.28. From one point of view that seems quite odd. Apple saw growth running at 61 per cent, and yet enjoys a p/e only slightly higher than Exxon's.
But perhaps we only need to look at the contrasting fortunes of Samsung and HTC to get an indication of why.
A year ago HTC was number two in the US smart phone market; only Apple was enjoying higher sales. In Q4 profits at HTC fell by 91 per cent.
The news did not come as a surprise. Last month, its CEO Peter Chou told 'The Wall Street Journal': "Our competitors were too strong and very resourceful, pouring in lots of money into marketing. We haven't done enough on the marketing front."
Meanwhile, profits at Samsung were up 76 per cent in Q4 last year, with its Galaxy smart phone leading the charge.
The smart phone business probably has not peaked yet, but it must be moving close to that point. At that stage, revenue will come from replacement phones and maybe via incremental innovations.
But the contrasting fortunes of Samsung and HTC show quickly this market can change. Smart phones are beginning to look like much of a muchness, and even quite trivial benefits can give a company a major sales advantage, until rivals catch-up and then someone else comes up with a trivial benefit themselves.
Even Nokia and the renamed BlackBerry seem to be following this trajectory of market leadership to crash and who knows – with their latest product offerings – maybe short –term recovery.
Google enjoys record valuation
Perhaps that is why the Google approach is so compelling; it does not sell smart-phones (not in a big way, anyway), but it does make it easy for hardware and consumer electronics companies to make them. Traditionally, the tricky bit in the smart phones business is the operating system. Google supplies this free, and as you know, makes money from advertising.
The strategy appears to be pleasing investors. The company's profits were up 7 per cent in Q4 on the year before, hardly the growth rate shareholders in the company have become used to, yet shares surged on Friday, hitting a new record high, and taking the company's market cap to $255 billion. Its p/e ratio is around 24.
The reason given for last week's jump in the Google share price was speculation that it is close to reaching an anti-trust settlement with EU regulators.
One can be pretty bearish about Google too.
There are an increasing number of reports that several hardware companies are considering disabling the Google bit of the free operating system, and installing other search engines. So Motorola launched an Android smart phone with Google disabled, with Microsoft's Bing as the search engine instead. In China, a number of companies are using Baidu (Google's main rival in the search engine business in China).
Google is apparently paying Apple quite large sums of money for it to continue to use the Google search engine. It may only be a matter of time before Google pays makers of Android phones to include its engine in the free operating system it has designed.
And if Google pays Android makers to use its tools, is that very different from Amazon subsidising its Kindle Fire from the money it makes from online sales/advertising?
There is another way of putting it. The smart phone business is increasingly looking like a mature industry, and smart phones are looking like commodities.
Markets celebrate again as more good news comes out of the US
The first half of last week were not good days as far as news on the US economy goes. Despite that, markets did pretty well. Friday, however, was a good day for economic news, and the markets did very well.
Just to remind you, earlier last week we saw data showing that US consumer confidence was back to a 14 month low, and US GDP contracted (just) in Q4.
But then Friday came along and things looked a lot better.
First off, the job data was good, or at least it was good-ish.
January saw another 157,000 new non-farm jobs. It was the sixth successive month to see more than a 150,000 monthly increase in non-farm labour.
Perhaps even more encouragingly, data for November and December was revved up by a substantial 127,000.
Some cynics look at the US job s data and say that the growth is coming from part-time jobs. Maybe it is, but in January the average hours worked also rose from 34.5 to 34.6.
The bearish take on the data is that US unemployment is still 7.9 per cent; in fact it went up in January from 7.8 per cent in November and December.
Friday also saw the latest Purchasing Managers' Index from ISM for US manufacturing. This rose from 50.2 (just a smidgeon over the 50 no change mark) to hit 53.1, which is a one year high. This was an encouraging report, and does suggest Q4's contraction may indeed have been a one-off.
Markets certainly don't need much encouragement these days, and on Friday they were very encouraged. The Dow passed 14,000 for the first time since 2007. In fact, the index is now just 155 points shy of the all-time high set on October 9 2007.
As for the FTSE 100, it ended last week on 6347, a five year high and 374 points off the post dot com crash high set on October 30 2007, and 583 points off the all-time high set on December 30 1999.
Meanwhile, the yield on US ten year government bonds rose above 2 per cent last week and for the first time since April. At the time of writing the yield on US ten years is 2.0457, and 2.0957 on UK ten year treasuries.
Sterling falls some more
Sterling has taken quite a tumble this year.
On January 1 there were 1.2297 euros to the pound and 1.6318 dollars. This morning, there were 1.1518 euros and 1.5698 dollars to the pound. Sterling is at round a six month low against the dollar but a 16 month low against the euro.
The recent falls in sterling will be good for exporters but not so good for inflation.
Those who say the UK needs export led growth may find reasons to be bullish on sterling's fall.
Those who say we need to see real wages increase as inflation falls must be feeling a touch bearish, right now.
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WHO: Mark Hunt vs. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva
WHAT: UFC Fight Night 33
WHERE: Brisbane Entertainment Center in Brisbane, Australia
WHEN: Friday, December 6
Mark Hunt vs. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva -- Heavyweight bout
The featured fist-fight on tonight's lineup pits fan-adored K-1 Grand Prix champion Mark Hunt (9-8) versus resurgent leviathan Antonio Silva (18-5).
Though this is the big hurrah and the scrap everyone's anticipating, the match-up analysis is painfully straightforward due to the obvious differences between Hunt and Silva. The most significant of those glaring disparities are height and girth -- Hunt is a pear-shaped 5'10", Silva is a gangly 6'4" -- speed, agility and combat specialties. Overall, this boils down to a high-level striker vs. grappler match: Hunt, a legit world class striker, will enjoy a massive edge in speed and agility while Silva, a towering Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, will dwarf "The Super Samoan" in the cage and endeavor to exploit Hunt's aversion to wrestling and grappling.
It's comically ironic that both men will hit the scales at about the same weight yet Silva will impose a daunting six inches of height and eight inches of reach on Hunt. And even though Silva is being painted as the grappler here, his hands are probably the biggest catalyst for his quasi-revival. "Bigfoot" has never been an inept striker (his third black belt is in Shotokan karate) but his unkempt tendencies have been honed into a much more serviceable package. He throws long, straight punches with considerable zing, his improved footwork and sense of balance enables him to unload combinations quicker and the addition of his stand-up prowess makes his takedown attempts less predictable.
Considering the match-up variables here, range should once again dictate success. Bigfoot is almost a sitting duck out in open space and Hunt should avoid being cornered or clinched like the plague. The catch is that most of Hunt's striking voracity actualizes at toe-to-toe range where he's in severe danger of being engulfed by Silva's size and clinch tactics, and that's also where Silva's more primitive striking has a better chance to become a factor. Since Hunt, who's mostly a boxer despite his kickboxing accolades, pretty much has to enter the danger-zone in order to land punches, he must do so in the center of the cage with the luxury of myriad escape routes. The farther away from open space and the closer to the cage perimeter Hunt is, the more Silva's chances of locking horns and working his core competency increase.
There's another little twist to the dynamics in that Hunt, or any striker for that matter, is also at risk of being taken down any time his feet are planted firmly to generate power on his strikes. No foot plant equals no hip torque, which equals no punching power -- and Mark Hunt with no punching power is like a Sherman tank with no cannon.
This puts reactionary timing as the second most important variable, as Silva will be looking to broadside Hunt with a clinch attack or a takedown while he's committed to a heated combination. Of course, purposely darting directly into one of the deadliest wheelhouses in all of MMA is no easy task -- Silva must engage at unexpected times, from unpredictable angles and keep his head off-center at all times. On the flip side, this means that Hunt will have to be especially judicious with his strike selection, walk that fine line of committing to fight-ending volleys without leaving himself exposed for a takedown and rely heavily on his footwork and cage motion to avoid head-on collisions. His leg kicks, however, are an under-utilized tool and one that'd wreak havoc on Silva during his lumbering pursuit.
When Hunt is in the pocket, he'd best be throwing quick and hard combinations on his way out. Hunt has shown the ability to alter his menu with the inclusion of more anti-takedown strikes. Generally, he keeps a lower level, targets the upper-chest more than the head and chin and, in what's his most formidable adjustment, keeps his right hand cocked for a nasty uppercut that's perfectly attuned for an opponent looking to change levels. Hunt is game and talented enough to knock people out while backpedaling, but the way he rapidly changes from retreating to exploding forward with lightning-fast salvos is another trusty ruse that Hunt's employed successfully.
Though he's made some strides with his grappling and takedown defense, Hunt was almost starting from square one and I doubt it'll be enough to consistently repel a mammoth like Silva. Overall, the fact that Silva can contest Hunt on the feet much more effectively than Hunt can contest Silva on the mat is probably the reason Silva is a narrow favorite. Really, Mark Hunt is one of the last and only one-dimensional fighters at MMA's top level, and his survival is a testament to how ridiculously good that one dimension is.
If I were a betting man, I'd either go light on Silva or steer clear of this one. It's the type of fight that will likely be decided by circumstance, live-time instincts or capitalizing on one simple mistake.
My Prediction: Mark Hunt by TKO.


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Monthly Archive for April, 2013
TV: CNN sets 'New Day' for morning news; TNT re-ups 'Dallas'
Jeff Zucker continues to renovate CNN, for better or worse. Today, the Cable News Network announced a new morning show called "New Day," premiering June 10 with former ABC correspondent Chris Cuomo and former "Situation Room" co-anchor Kate Bolduan as co-hosts, with Michaela Pereira as the news anchor. She's currently the co-host of "KTLA Morning […] [Read More]
TV: Buster Posey– ready for his closeup?
I don't know what Buster Posey is thinking about way way way down the road when his baseball career is over, but he ought to consider taking up acting. Those Toyota commercial he's been doing prove the guy is as much of a natural in front of the camera as he is behind home plate. […] [Read More]
TV: NBC renews five dramas for next year
In advance of the annual upfronts, NBC has renewed five solid dramas for the new season. On Friday, the network announced new seasons for the sci-fi series "Revolution," Dick Wolf's "Chicago Fire," the superb family drama "Parenthood," the dark-fairy tale thriller "Grimm" and the network's stalwart, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." I just got […] [Read More]
TV: Decisive moments in life and photography
What was the first photo I ever saw? I don't know, but I do remember two photographs I stared at for hours as a very little kid. One was of a group of boys at school with wooden models in their hands. The blond boy on the far right held a model of a boat. […] [Read More]
Pop music: A brand new (Spencer) Day
Apologies to anyone who thought a blog called WaitWhat_TV was about TV. Actually, it is most of the time, but they do let me out occasionally to breathe fresh air and live performances, which is what I did Thursday night at Yoshi's San Francisco to hear singer-songwriter Spencer Day for the release of his new […] [Read More]
Pop Music: Don't play that song for me
Spencer Day has a better memory than I do. I sat down with him the other day for a lunch interview and he reminded me that I'd first interviewed him 10 years ago. It's an interesting process when you interview someone whom you've talked to before. There's a familiarity that can be a curse or […] [Read More]
TV: Flying by the seat of our pants on live radio
Every time I'm on Ronn Owens' KGO radio talk show, I have a ball. Usually that's because I like Ronn and he really knows a lot about TV. He doesn't ask me when "My Mother the Car" is coming back, for example. But today was one for the books, both mine and Ronn's, it turns […] [Read More]
TV: Let's talk about 'Mad Men'
What year is it? Does anyone know? If you're watching "Mad Men" on Sunday night, (and who isn't?) I'm not supposed to tell you what year it is when the sixth season opens. Creator Matthew Weiner will descend on any critic like the hounds of hell if we reveal what year it is, the state […] [Read More]
TV: Check out 'Game of Thrones' custom mix
Didn't get enough of "Game of Thrones" on Sunday night and can't wait til next week's episode? Here's something to keep you going til then: A totally awesome video Ode toArya's Prayer created by Bay Area teacher Edgar Camago using only sounds and images from the show. [Read More]
TV-Film: Two actors, same role: Who's better?
It probably isn't easy for an actor to assume a role that seems permanently attached to another actor. Mads Mikkelsen plays Hannibal Lecter in the new NBC prequel "Hannibal" and despite the fact that "The Silence of the Lambs" was released 22 years ago, I had a tough time watching him without thinking of Anthony […] [Read More]


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'Out in Israel' [www.outinisraelsf.org] is a month-long festival taking place throughout the Bay Area during April 2010. It is a celebration of LGBT Israeli culture that is set to include film series, literary readings, musical performances, dance, and panel discussions on LGBT culture in Israel and from Zionist perspectives.
We, Palestinian Queer activists, living inside Israel and in the Palestinian Occupied Territories, are calling for queer communities in the Bay Area and around the United States to protest against such an event. 'Out in Israel' uses the name and the cause of queers to whitewash the image of Israel's oppression of Palestinians, and to transform the focus from its human rights violations, occupation and war crimes, to the "liberal" and "gay friendly haven" of the Middle East.
We wish to salute the efforts of queer groups that refuse to keep a blind eye and a deaf ear to Israel's double standards and who are loudly reminding the world that Israel's multi-tiered oppression hardly makes a distinction between straight and gay Palestinians.
'Out in Israel' should be out against the multiple forms of oppression that the state of Israel is practicing against Palestinians, including the Palestinian LGBTQI community. 'Out in Israel' should be out against policies of discrimination practiced against all Palestinians, including LGBTQI's. 'Out in Israel' should be a call for the state of Israel to be out of Palestine*.
Say NO to 'Out in Israel'; say NO to Israel's double standards and refute the myth of Gay-friendly Israel. Say No to Israel's propaganda to whitewash its occupying and oppressive image.
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Searchable Map of Nelspruit using Google Earth DataSatellite View is showing Mbombela, the capital of the Mpumalanga province in South Africa.
The city is located in the north-eastern part of the country on the Crocodile River about 100 km (60 mi) west of the Mozambique border.
The city of Nelspruit was officially renamed Mbombela by the South African government in October 2009.
Mbombela has a population of about 220,000 inhabitants. Spoken languages in Mpumalanga are Swati, Zulu, Tsonga, Ndebele, and Northern Sotho.
The city is a center for manufacturing and an agricultural hub for northeastern South Africa.
Mpumalanga's mild subtropical climate (winter months are June, July and August) facilitates the growing of citrus and tropical fruits, for this reason many fruit production farms settle in the area around Mbombela.
Nelspruit is a gateway to Mpumalanga province and a stopover point for tourists travelling to the Kruger National Park. The city is one of the ten venues for the FIFA World Cup 2010.
When in Mbombela you may visit Lowveld National Botanical Garden, the Kruger National Park one of the largest game reserves in Africa.
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The traditional closing-day feature at Woodbine is the $150,000 Valedictory Stakes (G3) for older horses going 1 3/4 miles around three turns of the Polytrack. Rain fell through the day but cleared up in time for the feature race, with a relatively "warm" race time temperature of 46 degrees. This is also 2 weeks later than usual, as closing day had been the first Sunday in December for many years. Imperial Pippin, the only filly in the race, was sent off as the 2-1 favorite in the field of 9, off her second place finish in the Maple Leaf Stakes. In to challenge her included 5-2 second choice Peyton, winner of a 1 1/2 mile allowance race last out, and 4-1 third choice So Long George, off an allowance win and making his stakes debut.
Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson sent 6-1 fourth choice Heathcote to the front and he was allowed an uncontested lead of as many as 3 1/2 lengths through easy fractions of 24.86, 50.94, 1:16.16, 1:42.19, 2:09.15, and 2:34.37, while stalked by 7-1 fifth choice Quaesitor, who in turn was as many as 18 lengths ahead of the rest of the field. Entering the stretch for the final time, Heathcote began to extend his lead, opening up by 5 1/2 lengths over the tiring Quaesitor at the 1/8 pole. Peyton, who was unhurried in sixth and as many as 24 lengths back, rallied late but to no avail, as Heathcote cruised past the post 12 1/4 lengths clear in 2:59.42. It was another 1 3/4 lengths back to Quaesitor third. Favorite Imperial Pippin checked in 8th.


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Born: June 11, 1969
Assif Tsahar (born Israel, June 11, 1969) is an Israeli tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist. He has lived in New York City since 1990.
He has performed with Cecil Taylor, Butch Morris, William Parker, Mat Maneri, Hamid Drake, Peter Kowald, Susie Ibarra, Rashied Ali, Warren Smith, Wilbur Morris, Le Quan Ninh, John Tchicai, Fred Anderson, Rob Brown, Roy Campbell, Gerald Cleaver, Agusti Fernandez, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Joe Daley, Herb Robertson, Cuong Vu, Chris Jonas, Ori Kaplan, Oscar Noriega, Alex Harding, Steve Swell, Cooper-Moore, and Tom Abbs
In 1999 he founded Hopscotch Records.
This recording (the Hollow World) extends Tsahar's responsibility for some of the most exciting improvised music currently being created (Signal to Noise)
The Aylerian tenor can speak in tongues as articulately as anyone can these days- it's a thrill when abstraction is truly compelling (Village Voice)
Few young jazz players generate the kind of buzz among New York cognoscenti that tenor saxophonist Assif Tsahar, have over the past couple of years. ...through shifts in register and tonal quality, Tsahar has a knack for creating the illusion that he is playing more than one instrument- This is some of the least dense and frenetic free jazz to come out of New York, and some of the most emotionally affecting. (Jazziz)
(Assif Tsahar) ... spring forth with a potent, fully formed style that marks him as an important new voice on his instrument. It's is always a revelation to find avant-gaurdists worth hearing even in their quiet moments. (Music hound Jazz - the essential music guide)
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No, Sonos hasn't added AirPlay or Bluetooth. It's better. This is an update that can be added (via a free download) to any Sonos speaker or player and it works with the updated iOS app.
Sonos says that 60 percent of music purchased is bought directly on users' iOS devices (iPhones/Pads/Pods), and that music often stays on those devices because we infrequently sync with PCs. This update makes it easier to play downloaded music over a Sonos.
First, you need to update the software on your Sonos speakers or players. You can do this via the Sonos desktop software. After that make sure that your iOS device is running iOS 6, the latest version. Then update the Sonos app.
While this sounds like AirPlay for Sonos, it's not, but it's actually a little better. With AirPlay you can only play one stream from your phone to your playback device. With this Sonos update you can play up to five separate tracks on separate Sonos zones in your home (the update actually allows for up to 12 unique streams and up to 32 players). It's also able to sync the music among multiple zones via its own network.
I tried the update this morning. The whole process, including updating the app, took about five minutes. Afterward I saw my iPhone appear as an option (called This iPhone) in the Sonos music menu. I went directly to Ben Folds Five Whatever and Ever Amen and played "One Angry Dwarf." It played without issue, sounded great, and I was able to play it Bonnie "Prince" Billy in a separate zone, streamed from the same phone. If you're a Sonos user, try it.
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David Yates on Ron and Hermione: "It was a hell of a snog"DH Film
Leaky is currently going through its footage from the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiere in New York City, and has this bit from David Yates that sheds a bit of light the big kiss between Ron and Hermione:
A: Emma said that she and Rupert were really feeling the pressure from the public for the kiss in seven. How did you guys combat that?
DY: It's a big moment for both of them. It's a huge moment in a series of films. I love that relationship between Ron and Hermione. I love the fact that it's so repressed and trapped and unrequited and unfulfilled. ... I just said look guys, just give yourself to these characters. Let Ron take over, let Hermione take over. ... And give yourselves to those characters, let them do the snogging. You shouldn't even think about it.
And it was a hell of a snog actually. Yeah it's really cool actually. They did brilliantly, I'm so proud of them.
Q: And there's a huge battle raging around them.
A: We're in the middle of a huge battle when they snog. It's pretty intense.
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The cause of Cory Monteith's death is still not known, an autopsy on the actor is scheduled for today, but over the years the "Glee" star opened up about his past drug use and time spent in rehab.
During the junket for 2011's "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie," Monteith spoke to Access Hollywood about going public with his past.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Cory Monteith & Lea Michele: Glee Couple On & Off Screen
"I think it's important for me to kind of provide an example kind… lead by example and kind of use my experience to inspire others," Monteith, who was in rehab multiple times – most recently in March – told Access in 2011.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: James Gandolfini: A Look Back
Also in 2011, he spoke candidly with Parade magazine about his drug abuse.
"I'm lucky on so many counts—I'm lucky to be alive… I burned a lot of bridges. I was out of control," he told the mag, before adding that his drug use included "anything and everything, as much as possible."
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Family and friends staged an intervention for the Canadian when he was 19 years old and he entered rehab, but soon relapsed and stole money from a family member.
"I knew I was going to get caught, but I was so desperate I didn't care," he told the mag at the time. "It was a cry for help. I was confronted and I said, 'Yeah, it was me.' It was the first honorable, truthful thing that had come out of my mouth in years."
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The family member he stole from gave the actor two choices: sober up, or the theft would be reported to the police and charges would be pressed. He opted to stop "fighting" himself, and set out to get clean. After relocating to a small Canadian town (Nanaimo) to live with a family friend, he quit using drugs and became a roofer. Monteith dabbled in acting, and after performing a scene about a suicidal man, finally felt a sense of pride from "working had and being good at something."
The actor also opened up about his struggle with addiction on Canada's "George Tonight."
"It wasn't so much about the substances per se. It was more about not fitting in… I hadn't found myself at all. I had no idea who I was. I had no idea where I was going," he said on the talk show in 2011.
In the interview, he explained that the success of "Glee" inspired him to come forward with his struggles.
"I felt like I needed to step in at some point and relate to people going through my experiences and the truth of my life and where I come from," he said.
When asked if it was ever hard to staying sober while in the Hollywood spotlight, the actor said, "No man, you mean now, no, it's like I just redouble my efforts on what I'm doing."
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EYEWITNESS LOCAL NEWSGold And Blue Barbecue To Raise Money For St. Albans High School
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Reported by: Jeff Morris
Reported: Jul. 7, 2014 2:26 PM EDT
Updated: Jul. 7, 2014 3:12 PM EDT
St. Albans , Kanawha County , West Virginia
Here is a chance to feast on barbecue, rub shoulders with some former Mountaineer greats and raise money for a good cause.
The Sugar Bowl Foundation is announcing its lineup of special guests for the 2014 Gold and Blue BBQ Presented by Suzette Raines. The event is scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. Friday, July 18, at St. Albans High School, according to a news release from the foundation.
Fans will be able to meet and greet former Mountaineers including Major Harris, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, John Pennington, Brad Knell, Mark Plants, Rasheed Marshall, Levi Phillips and Rick Sherrod.
In addition to getting a chance to meet former players, fans also will have a chance to get their hands on some great keepsakes. The Dale Sparks Collection Silent Auction will include items from Don Nehlen, Pat White and Avon Cobourne.
Organizers said 100 percent raised from the barbecue event ticket sales will be donated to the St. Albans High School girls' athletic teams. Each program will use the funds to help with their financial needs in 2014-2015.
Tickets are $25, and the admission price covers food and drinks. Tickets can be purchased from members of St. Albans High girls' athletic teams, Charleston Department Store, Generations Barbershop and on the foundation's website.
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About us
Shanti Music,
was founded in 1986 by Fritz Renold (President) and Helen Savari (Vice President) and incorporated in 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts but moved its residency from Boston (USA) to Schönenwerd, in the Canton Solothurn (Switzerland) as "Kollektivgesellschaft" later that year on the 1st of September.
Since their return from the United States to Switzerland in the early 90s, Fritz and Helen Renold have placed an emphasis on developing students' talents to reach qualities compatible to the international standard of musicianship. A concept called 'Bands across the Sea' was then born with the employment of Fritz Renold at the 'Alten Kantonsschule Aarau'. The Renolds began this concept by engaging Fritz' band the Bostonian Friends and consequently other jazz greats of the international music scene, linking them with young aspiring student musicians in studying and performing a given piece of music together. Such an emphasis has now become especially relevant 17 years later in an educational environment that is in a process of making major changes and expansion to be compatible with the Bologna treaty, particularly in the music field.
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Worth County-- There was a shocking discovery in a Sylvester neighborhood Tuesday night.
A family found a man's body behind their home. Sylvester Police are investigating but right now they believe the victim died of natural causes.
The body was discovered around 7:30 Tuesday night in some woods behind a home on Greenbriar Avenue. The coroner believes the man died sometime late Monday afternoon or early Monday night.
Authorities won't tell us much more because not all of the relatives have been notified. Neighbors believe it's the body of a man who often walked around town and who was recently reported missing.
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Becoming a More Educated Fan: Do Your Research
One of the scariest things I've seen in the world is when someones opinion is presented as fact, and due to the person's authority or respect, that opinion becomes fact, and is propagated and spread as fact, and soon it is viewed by the community as a whole as fact.
Now this may not seem like a big deal to many, which is fine, it's not really important to most. But as a person who works with groups of people who haven't got along for decades, I can say the biggest issue these people have is with how the children are given false information about the other group and because it came from respected individuals, they hold onto the belief for the rest of their lives, continuing and perpetuating the cycle.
So the main discussion point of this post is to look at misinformation and examples of how it's spread. Now this one won't be as long, but it will be important.
History, and Disinformation vs. Misinformation:
So first things first, since the invention of the internet, it has been easier and easier to to spread information in general. That trend has grown even more rapidly with social media, such as Facebook and Twitter. As these tools become a bigger part of how information is spread, and as the internet lacks true accountability for credentials and sources, it becomes easier and easier to pass of an opinion as fact, citing an unknown source.
Now this could be for a number of reason, but if breaks down into two categories, based on intent, misinformation, which is just wrong, but passed off as fact, while disinformation is intented to alter opinion, sabotage and mislead. Now throughout sports history, there have been examples of both, and since I have no contact with the authors of these examples, I will give then the benefit of the doubt, and label all these examples as misinformation, while I'm sure some are not.
I am currently studying an article written by three sociologists, that focuses on social media and the ability to perpetuate misinformation. The first thing they note is that often misinformation is spread by outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter, that aren't used by eyewitnesses, or in journals or papers that aren't read by eyewitnesses. But because of how rapidly data spreads on the internet, it's almost impossible to do damage control once the data has been circulation for some time.
It just needs to be noted that since the social media rising of the late 2000's, information has become more and more corrupt. And while the internet and tools like Twitter and Youtube have many benefits, looking to those sources for information is very risky. Now I won't delve too deeply into this, but here are a number of links that are useful if you have any further questions:
Spread of (Mis)Information in Social Networks
Distributing information — good and bad — in the social media age
Misinformation Through Social Media
Limiting the Spread of Misinformation in Social Networks
A Few Examples:
Nestle, Green Peace, and Some Nasty Candy:
Disturbing? Yea that was the point.
During the late 2000's, Green Peace launched a campaign against Nestle to get them to stop using palm oil, which Green Peace believed Nestle was getting from deforestation. Green Peace's brutal, as seen by the video, campaign against Nestle caused massive damage to Nestle's public image in just a week. Nestle quickly responded with a number of studies and audits done by independent researches on Nestle's methods. They showed Nestle got over 90% of it's palm oil from tree plantations, not from rain forest, that Nestle closely monitored their providers, and that each year, Nestle planted more tree's then it took down. Despite these facts, Green Peace continued its media barrage on Nestle till Green Peace supporters asked Green Peace to stop the campaign because of negative backlash at Green Peace for ignoring the study.
Woody Paige, Orton, and the Denver Post:
Recently on It's All Over, Fat Man, TJ stole my thunder on this topic. Woody Paige, since the season ended, has, as usual been opinionated. Now I enjoy Paige's writing, he's cocky enough to be funny, and has an enjoyable style of writing. But he also has a bad tendency to make things up or start a fire where there isn't one. Now I don't doubt that Paige has connections within the Broncos organization, moreso then me anyways, we'll let's just review the story.
Soon after the season ended, Paige wrote an article explaining how Orton was a cancer to the locker room, mocking Tebow both in TC and sulking and ignoring Tebow once he went out with injury.
Now this quickly spread around the internet, especially here at MHR. The idea that Orton wasn't a supportive teammate became reality in peoples mind. Luckily it didn't spread to the rest of the MSM, who about two days later talked to Tim Tebow about the season, and Tebow was asked about his relationship with Orton, which he mentioned as one of friendship and competition. During this interview, NFL Network showed a number of clips during the SD and Oakland games with Tebow, Orton and McCoy on the sidelines, Orton pointing to the clip board and talking to Tebow. There were a number of clips of Orton and Tebow talking on the sidelines, as well as Orton cheering during Tebow's big run against the Raiders. Later in the week, Eric Decker was tweeted about the claim and said that during training camp, no one was more respectful to each other then Tebow and Orton. I asked a friend of mine who works for the media who attended two days of Denvers camps last off-season and he reported that while it was obvious Orton and Tebow weren't best buds, they talked and laughed together, and he never saw Orton mock or laugh at Tebow, but he admits he didn't go to every day. Even in rewatching the season, the very limited sideline shots show Orton and Tebow talking.
Luckily this information was refuted quickly, but it did some big damage here on MHR, and some still hold onto this misinformation. Whether you like Orton or not, it's unacceptable to spread incorrect data.
BYU, The Denver Post (again), and Independence:
At the end of the NCAA football season, Brigham Young University, one of the staples of the Mountain West for some time, was rumored to be considering leaving the Mountain West to become independent. At this point, there was no real news, just end of the season rumors. But near the end of August, the Denver Post reported that since teams must inform the Mountain West a number of weeks in advance to leaving the conference, and it's sources, both at BYU and at the Mountain West, said no report had been filed and that a number BYU sources had reported said that BYU was looking forward to staying in the MWC for years to come.
There were a number of sources referenced in the article, at least two at BYU and one at MWC. Within a week, there were over 105 articles saying BYU wasn't leaving, including sites like SI and ESPN, in two weeks, if you searched "BYU staying MWC" you got thousands of sites, all reporting the same thing, and they all had one thing in common, the Denver Post article. Just three weeks after the Denver Post article, BYU went independent. This was a shock to just about everyone because the media had been propagating the idea that BYU wasn't leaving. The Denver Post rapidly took the original article down, but the shame had already spread. The Post issued a statement shortly thereafter saying that one of the researches of the article had lied about his sources and had been fired.
Because one man, for whatever reason, made up a story, it spread around the news and internet, and became the reality, till it was shattered. Misinformation, like what this man provided, made the Denver Post look bad, got him fired, and gave fans the belief that what they were believing was correct, though it was blatantly wrong.
Taco Bell, Lawyers, and Real Beef:
In late 2010, an Alabama-based law firm took a case out in California against Taco Bell for false advertising, claiming their "meat" was only 35% beef. The law firm started an advertising campaign against Taco Bell, and soon the information that the lawsuit was based on became public. In the following months Taco Bell lost millions of dollars worth of business, and the basis of the lawsuit actually was broadcasted as fact on the news, from Fox to MSNBC to Comedy Central.
And just this April, the law firm withdrew their case when Taco Bell presented their recipes and evidence showing their meat was actually 88% pure beef. The law firm, who launched their case loudly, withdrew quietly. Taco Bell, in response, started a large scale marketing plan to try and undo the damage that was done. They took out full page ads in the New York Times, LA Times and other major newspapers and online, that mocked those that sued them and set the facts straight:
Shooters, Vaccines, and Asking for Another Opinion:
During the tragic shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, a women claiming on Twitter to be witnessing the events began tweeting updates of what was going on. She mentioned multiple shooters, using hunting rifles, and acting in certain patterns. The media, lacking any sources and trying to keep track of the story, latched onto this women's account and used it as their primary source for updates. Even major politicians, who hadn't been contacted by the military, used what this women was saying. Shortly thereafter, as the military started releasing details, the information provided by the women on Twitter was proven to be incorrect. This action by this women cause the media to send the wrong message to the people, caused many politicians and military family members to look foolish, all, as she said, to get on TV.
The last example I will use started in 1998 as a medical study done by a British doctor showed a connection between Autism and vaccines. Within a year, parents were calling for vaccines to no longer be required for public schools, or that vaccines should just be outlawed. Due to this public groundswell, it was estimated that over a million children, who would be vaccinated, weren't. Despite a number of other studies done following the 1998 study that showed there was no connection between Autism and vaccines, due to the rising Autism rates, both in the US and globally, parents were taking action. Boycotts, marches and other actions were taken, even lawsuits against the developers of a number of vaccines. In the following years, a number of studies used the British studies numbers to prove the connection, the spread of information based on one source had begun.
Then in late 2010, the author of the original study, Andrew Wakefield, was discredited as the notes and video logs of his study became public. It turned out the study had been fixed, and the research was designed to give the desired result. Along with children being reported to have Autism on the study who didn't have Autism, money transfer between parents and the company, and just plain falsification of information, the study was disproven. But because the study had been in the public eye for over a decade, that information had permeated a generation, and that long term misinformation doesn't go away easily.
I know these weren't all football related, I didn't want to use any examples of misinformation that had been started on MHR, but I hope I got the point across. purposefully starting rumors, or passing incorrect information off as fact only makes you look bad in the long run, hurts the image of those you spread misinformation about, and makes the community look uneducated and foolish. So whether intentionally or on accident, try and get multiple sources if you have a controversial statement or are challenged on it, if you can back it up, you'll only look better, it's worth the effort. So please, let's step up our game on MHR, keep the facts straight.
Next time on Becoming a More Educated Fan: Accountability, Double Standards and Fan's Honor


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Brian in Jeollanam-do has the scoop on a new Korean television show titled Tiara that features Korean Playboy model Lee Pani:
Apparently in the show Lee Pani goes on dates with men to include even foreigners:
If you click the link above you can view the episode and as Brian mentions the guy in the episode does speak pretty good Korean. However, maybe some of you out there that watch lots of Korean TV can comment on whether this is true or not:
From my limited TV-viewing experience this might be one of the few times we've seen an attractive Korean woman with an attractive white guy on TV. He certainly comes off a lot better here than those assholes on "Sexy Mong" who portrayed drunks and date rapists. She's a nude model, though, and it was hard to find a picture of her remotely work safe, so that might account for why it's acceptable for her to be with a white guy, even for just one episode, considering the sexist depictions of Korean women who sully themselves with foreign men.
My wife buys a lot of the Korean dramas over the Internet and I sit down and watch them with her and whenever a foreigner appears in them I don't get this impression, but it could be that these type of variety shows in Korea we don't watch do give this impression of foreigners being drunks and date rapists.
What I continue to find humorous and frustrating about Lee Pani is that with the wealth of well researched articles on this website, the 2nd most searched for phrase that brings visitors to the ROK Drop is "Lee Pani". This is because if you search her name in Google you will see incredibly that the ROK Drop is number one on the search listings due to a short blurb I did on her telling visitors to check out this even shorter posting by the Marmot. My site also tops Yahoo with the ROK Drop receiving both the 1st and 2nd listings for "Lee Pani" there.
Fortunately if you look at my side bar my more well researched postings remain in the Top 10 though the Lee Pani posting is climbing month by month. Just like with my Rekha Sharma Nude posting, this just goes to show the internet runs on porn. I'm sure the legions of you searching for "Lee Pani" and ending up here at the ROK Drop don't mind that.