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I may suffer from SHFAITPOFP. That's Spontaneous High Functioning Autism In The Presence Of Famous People.
It might have its roots with an incident with Mick Jagger when I was 11 years old. I was on my bicycle about to cross a road. A white Jag was coming towards me but I thought that if I was quick I'd get across Okay. I pressed down hard on the pedal, the chain snapped and I crashed down onto the crossbar. The Jag slowed and swerved to avoid me, Mick Jagger's head poked out of the window telling me to, "Get off the f**king road!" I couldn't respond, perhaps due to my testicles being pressed up against my diaphragm.
Years later, I was a volunteer helping out at the highly esteemed Questors Theatre in Ealing. (I'm beginning to wonder if it was actually unconscious aversion therapy.) Anyway, I crossed paths with many quite famous actors while carrying props to and fro. On one occasion I had to stand aside and let the gorgeous Judi Dench pass by. I bowed! Yes, bowed. I actually fricking bowed!
Also at Questors, I happened to glance up and come into eye contact with Simon MacCorkindale. I found myself doing a simultaneous eyebrow-bob-reverse-head-nod while one side of my mouth tried a cool smile and the other side went for nonchalance. I swear the poor guy started looking round for security personnel for protection.
A while ago I lived in West Hampstead and many times found myself fleeing from a friendly nod from the likes of Emma Thomson and the bald bloke from the Bronski Beat. One day I happened to find myself trapped in a small patisserie with Gordon Jackson who was ordering croissants as if he was projecting his enormous voice across Wembley Stadium. I commented, "Your voice doesn't curdle the cream so much as hurdle it, ha ha." To his credit, Mr Jackson seemed to recognise my SHFAITPOFP by doing the best possible thing in the circumstances and ignored me.
In the early 2000's, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair visited my company, turned to me and said, "So you're the brains behind all of this?" My response was, "Umm ferr pfeeble crufhh cucckle pfaah .. yes" so overwhelmed was I by his fame.
The exception was Simon Ward. Probably best known for Young Winston Churchill and All Creatures Great And Small. Around the mid 80's I think, he was sat opposite me on a tube. Some children further along the carriage were whispering and pointing at him saying, "It's the Winston Churchill bloke .. James Herriot .." Simon looked at me, smiled and rolled his eyes in a self-deprecating 'kids, what are they like?' kind of way. I smiled back like a normal person and carried on reading my Evening Standard. Weird that.
When I heard of Simon's death in 2012 I was deeply moved.
The only other celebrity whose death I was so moved by was Robert Shaw. He was my childhood hero in The Buccaneers, a TV show about pirates. His voice as he buckled his swash stays with me still. A man filled with so much life. How could that ever go away?
What brought on this post was a Tweet I just sent to Hugh Laurie. I was trying to agree with his observation that some English commentators speak in idioms when talking to none English speakers. I'd just been watching the Winter Olympics and had thought the exact same thing.
His example had been, "Mario, are you whistling in the dark? Or slaying dragons by giving a green light to the shot in the arm on the front foot?"
This is my tweet trying to register my agreement: "@hughlaurie IKR? A spontaneous and almost completely unsycophantic LOL (I'm shite with famous folk)"
What in heaven's name was I thinking?!
Of course, we unfamous-ones can never really know the famous ones. And being famous must be so incredibly difficult when it comes to new acquaintances. How do you separate the genuine from the sycophants? My tweet must have been very helpful. *sigh* I can only pray the dude never reads it.
If you're famous and reading this, "Hiya :) LOL I like real ale but not keen on beetroot."
*facepalm* Oh, Lord …
Anarchy on the Allotment
Home grown memes. Not one of your five a day.
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Me and lots of famous people.
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Monday, 23 September 2013
Proof of a finite universe (ish)
I've been down this road a few years ago but a conversation with a graphic designer displaying work for his Masters made me think, rinse and repeat:
That huge number of images would include all text already written and to be written, all galaxies, all people's faces past, present and future. Any image of any action, every molecule or animal .. anything.
But however huge that number is, it's finite.
The number of possible images in our universe would appear to be finite.
Unless you increase the resolution of your computer that is ...
Just a thought.
- My computer screen has 1366 x 768 pixel.
- That's 1,049,088 pixels
- Each pixel can display 32,000 colours.
- So, the number of unique pictures my computer screen is capable of displaying is 32,0001,049,088
- That's 32,000 to the power 1,049,088 - which is a HUGE number of images.
That huge number of images would include all text already written and to be written, all galaxies, all people's faces past, present and future. Any image of any action, every molecule or animal .. anything.
But however huge that number is, it's finite.
The number of possible images in our universe would appear to be finite.
Unless you increase the resolution of your computer that is ...
Just a thought.
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Friday, 20 September 2013
The art of ..
.. making things more concise: summarisationalising.
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Thursday, 12 September 2013
Exciting new development
Here's something I've been working on for a while now .. it's in its very basic form and experimental but I think I've figured out a way to collect image data from interference patterns on a monitor so it can act as a camera without the need for extra hardware.
Try this http://home.gabaco.net/resonance/
please as I'd like to test it on as many types of screens as possible.
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Monday, 9 September 2013
Big Bang or Super Suck?
Clearly, any matter that pops into existence surrounded by nothing at all is going to feel enormous forces at its boundaries. As this puny pea of matter is sucked large by its surrounding nout the area where matter meets nothing grows. This growing area naturally has a larger sucking-factor and so the 'expansion' of the matter gets faster.
That Einstein bloke really should have thought of this.
Oh! Oh! Wait!
Gravity doesn't suck! It's actually the Earth accelerating as it expands making us stick to the surface.
Obvious really.
More Madera?
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Thursday, 4 April 2013
Flummoxed by Why
The Alien wanted to know, so I trotted out a potted version of humanity's time on this planet. How we'd evolved and spread out over the world to become the various groups and races here now. How some were rich, well fed and comfortable, and some were poor, starving and in constant pain.
'Why are some of you starving and in pain?' he asked.
While I wondered how to answer, I woke up.
'Why are some of you starving and in pain?' he asked.
While I wondered how to answer, I woke up.
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Sunday, 15 July 2012
Amazon recommends ..
Today I received an email from Amazon. They recommend I read "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
This is how I reacted:
This is how I reacted:
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Mmmmm .. cookies
EU Cookie Law - are you ready?A quote from heart internet's blog -
"Last May a law was passed stating that all websites dropping non-essential cookies on visitors' devices have to declare it publicly and ensure visitors acknowledge and agree with them to continue browsing the website. If you/your business resides within the EU, you have until the 26th May 2012 to implement your solution on your website(s). The most important thing to know is that if your website doesn't comply with the new law, you can potentially be fined up to £500,000."
The blog is here:
Forgive me if you're already up to speed, but as I'm fielding a lot of questions about "cookie legislation" recently (in my other life as IT Consultant and Business Mentor) I thought heart internet's blog a good place to start for anyone seeking more information on the subject.
Google's position on use of it's Analytics' Cookies (many blogging sites, including this one, use them) is still not clear. Anyone who can shed light on what they propose please get in touch.
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Monday, 14 November 2011
Wrong room
My room shouldn't have contained a perspiring middle-aged woman pointing at a flip chart in front of six assorted adults who stared blankly at .. well, me.
"Take a seat," she said. "I'm Anita."
Guess what I did. I sat down.
Clearly my appointment was left at the top of the stairs, not right. And I was fifteen minutes early. And Anita's damp finger was pointing at an email address written on the flip chart which started PsychoBitch69@ … Shoot me, but I had time and I was intrigued.
"I've just been explaining," said Anita for my benefit, "that your name and address should appear centered at the top of your CV."
I nodded appreciatively. Anita looked like she needed all the encouragement she could get.
She continued, "Remember to use a normal email address. Employers aren't going to employ someone with this kind of email address are they. And this is a genuine one I came across just the other day."
"That was me," said a burly woman at the other end of the little group of desks.
Anita's mouth moved but nothing emerged.
"What's wrong with it?" Burly woman demanded.
"Well," Anita cleared a throat that didn't need clearing, "imagine if you were the employer. What would you think of a person with that email address?"
"I've been diagnosed as psychotic," Ms Burly explained. "I have a psychotic personality disorder. The doctor said." Ms Burly sat back and placed a green Wellington boot on her desk. Her foot was still in it. "Shouldn't I put that on my CV, like?"
Anita looked at each person in turn, finally stopping at me.
"I think I'm in the wrong room," I said, and stood to leave.
The desperate look on Anita's face will haunt me forever. Don't leave me... it seemed to plead.
I left.
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soil-related works created over a broad period, and inspired by the artist's
range of sources, ideas, and experiences.
"My connection to the earth has always felt very deep and
direct," said Good. "It is my center. It has shaped my sensibility as a
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Here we are a mere 5 or so hours after the California State Athletic Commission hearing for Chael Sonnen's appeal for a failed drug test. While watching the hearing and observing Chael's testimony and the testimony of his doctor, Sonnen claimed that his use of testosterone was for a valid medical reason called Testosterone Replacement Therapy caused by hypogonadism. It is my belief that TRT should not be allowed in the sport of MMA. It is not allowed in the NFL, MLB, and the NBA. It's not even allowed in pro wrestling. This is going to require your thinking caps.
Testosterone replacement therapy is a valid medical treatment for men who have reduced testosterone due to old age, medical illness or past hormonal drug abuse (we'll get back to that in a second). TRT is fine for your average male who isn't in a competitive environment, however inside of a competitive environment, the chance of abuse increases exponentially.
Let's take a trip to the world of professional wrestling shall we. A few years ago, it was common for many wrestlers (such as Chris Benoit) to use TRT as a valid reason to obtain prescriptions. Essentially, all you had to do was show a low testosterone level and a doctor would put you on TRT. So how did you do that? It usually occured one of two ways, either your body's natural testosterone production was permanently damaged due to years of steroid abuse or your temporarily damaged your body's testosterone production by coming off a steroid cycle and getting tested right when your body was still dependent on the exogenous testosterone. You walk into a doctor (usually hand-chosen), he draws your blood, surprise, your levels are low. He prescribes you testosterone and now you have a valid reason to have a high T:E ratio. Of course, in the effort to clean up their company after Chris Benoit's double murder/suicide, they began to crack down, and ultimately ban, prescriptions for testosterone, TRT or not. Yes, you read that right. The WWE, once seen as the Valhalla of steroid usage in the 80's and 90's has outright banned TRT due to its abusive potential.
Back in real fighting, you have a fighter who wants to get a prescription for testosterone. He simply has to undertake those same steps as the pro wrestler. Obtain that artificially low testosterone level, get a doctor to sign off on it and you're good to go. You've got a prescription. Now you've got a cover in case you ever get popped for a bad urine test. I say urine test because no commission tests for blood. What's the difference? Well, with a urine test, all you're going to be able to test is the ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, whether the testosterone is endo- or exogenous, and the presence of steroid metabolites (to determine what type of steroid it is).
How is that significant? Essentially, you can get popped for a ratio of 20:1 which clearly indicates drug usage, but you can claim that you still test within the normal testosterone ranges. You see, there's a difference between T/E ratio and total testosterone. The urine test can't test for total testosterone (which is why we need blood testing).
So basically you can have three fighters.
- Fighter A (legit need for TRT) - T/E ratio =15:1 (at time of test), total testosterone (at time of test, but not tested for) 800 ng/dL
- Fighter B (guy who wants to cheat) - T/E ratio = 15.1 (at time of test), total testosterone (at time of test, but not tested fr) 5500ng/dL
- Fighter C (guy also wanting to cheat) – T/E ratio of 3.5:1 (at time of test), total testosterone (at time of test, but not tested for) 3500ng/dl*
Now to the commission, it looks like the first two fighters are the same because of the same ratio, but that is not true. Without knowing the total testosterone, you have no idea that Fighter B produces the normal amount of testosterone as indicated by his normal amount of epitestosterone contained and his high testosterone level. Since no blood was actually taken at the time of the test and since drug tests come weeks after the fact, he can claim that he does have a high T:E ratio but that's only because his natural testosterone production is so low and that his total testosterone levels are normal, supplementing it with tests taken by his own doctor. Of course, he knew when those tests were being taken and thus, could alter his testosterone level.
In addition, you also have Fighter C who is taking testosterone as a PED and only does enough to raise his T/E ratio to within the "normal" ratio, but he still has a total testosterone way outside the range of normal which benefits him and places him at an advantage to other fighters.
TRT is subject to abuse by your average male who is not in competition who loves the side effects it provides. Many males on TRT see a resurgence in strength, youth and vigor. They are more aggressive and get back some of that sexual fire they've been missing. A percentage of these men begin to increase their dosages in order to see added benefits. Adding athletics to this equation produces a greater risk for abuse. He's in competition and the desire to win and succeed takes over. Athletes that spend hours a day training, weeks and months preparing, watching their diet, exercising and feeling the effects of the prescribed testosterone, it's like a wonder drug. And that's for athlete without nefarious purpose. The athlete who purposefully sought out a doctor to prescribe testosterone will undoubtedly abuse it.
With the lack of blood testing and and the lack of cooperation between the separate Athletic Commissions, TRT should not be allowed. If the commission is unable to to determine the total testosterone levels through bloodwork, they have no ability to determine whether or not the athlete is abusing. Also, each state seems to have their own standards for approval. Some rely on the fighter's chosen doctor which opens it up to more abuse as you can get your doctor to, within reason, ultimately prescribe anything, ask those in California smoking the finest weed for "legit medical reasons". If all the major sports have banned it and even pro wrestling has, why is it allowed in MMA? When will MMA start taking drug testing seriously?
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Peter Travers Rolling Stone
It also addresses questions of aging and neglect that Hollywood likes to run from. Langella, who's played everyone from Dracula to Nixon onscreen, is giving a master class in acting. Enroll now. show more
Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle
A hard, funny and realistic movie about the future. show more
Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal
The concept is schematic and predictable, and watching first-rate actors - the cast includes Susan Sarandon as a local librarian - doing third-rate material is a dubious pleasure. show more
Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer
It's an Alzheimer's allegory, full of humanity, heart, and humor. show more
Joe Neumaier New York Daily News
No one conveys late-life elegy and cool intellectual cunning like Langella. show more
John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter
Robot & Frank reminds quirk-hardened veterans that an odd premise and big heart don't have to add up to too-precious awards bait. show more
Lou Lumenick New York Post
The feature directorial debut of Jake Schreier, has a smart script by C.D. Ford and an impressive supporting cast. show more
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
This is a framework that could have benefitted from more irony and complexity, especially with the resources of Langella, but at the end, I felt the movie was too easily satisfied. show more
Liam Lacey The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Very charming but very slight. show more
Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ultimately a movie that could have been a little jewel is unpolished. show more
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Could have taken this story much further, but, entertaining as written. Well acted, and a touching story line.
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A little slow in places. A little predictable. Burt, a touching tale nonetheless.
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One of the best I have seen tis year. Sure hits home about caring for parents and is humorous at the same time. Worth the money and the time.
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"The Rockies' interest in Cody Ross is based on whether they trade Seth Smith, writes ESPN's Buster Olney."
Should the Cardinals attempt to help facilitate this trade? The Rockies are looking for big league ready pitching as they look to contend this year in the NL West.
A three way trade could send Kyle McClellan to COL, Seth Smith to ATL, and Martin Prado to STL
All three players are arbitration eligible, and will each earn a fairly similar salary in 2012, while also being under team control in 2013. Seth Smith will be under team control one additional year though 2014.
Kyle McClellan would slide into the back end of the COL rotation.
Atlanta appears to be interested in Seth Smith since they are going to play Prado in Left Field anyway, but Smith projects to have more power with an exploitable platoon split (playing everyday vs RHP).
Bill James projects a .822 OPS for Smith vs .762 OPS for Prado. If Atlanta is going to play Prado in Left Field why not trade for a better hitting Left Fielder in Seth Smith? Of course Prado could spell Chipper Jones at 3B, but he can't play LF/3B at the same time (he is not Mark DeRosa, who could actually play 3 positions at once)
The Cardinals could use Prado for about 140 games at second base, boosting their offensive production at the position, and still find some playing time for Greene and Descalso off the bench.
Remember our hero David Freese has been prone to injury so there may be some available innings at 3B for Descalso. The injury risks also apply to Furcal who may only be good for about 120 games a year at this stage of his career. Tyler Greene could backup SS and get and occasional start at 2B even with Prado in the fold.
An STL bench of Greene, Descalso, Schumaker, Cruz/Anderson, and one of Jay/Craig/Beltran/Berkman on any given day would be one of the best in the NL and a real strength over a 162 game season.
Is this a reasonable trade for Mo to pursue? Would it boost the Cardinals win total in 2012?


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I'm surprised there are no comments here. Dr. Belt is very polarizing. You either love him or hate him... I happened to love his teaching style and learned the subject matter. The course work is challenging, but this was a rich experience.
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Reporter: Cory Marshall
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Five year's after her sister's disappearance, Mary Seagle hands out missing person's flyers. Meanwhile, staked in the grass outside Kay Read's home sits a missing person's poster -- They're reminders that Read is still missing.
"I never would have thought it would have been five years," Seagle told 9OYS with flyers in hand.
The then 62-year-old, was taken from her home Valentine's Day, 2008. Tucson Police say the investigation is now considered a cold case, although a detective is still assigned.
Anna Vargas is Read's neighbor. She says while she didn't know Read very well. the two exchanged the occasional smile , "To think that it happened literally right on the other side of the fence from us is kind of scary. We would love to see someone come put [Read's family] out of their misery -- The questioning, the worrying of what happened to her."
Inside St. Paul's United Methodist Church where Read taught Sunday school, Sandy Cannon, a close friend of Read's for over 20 years says Read's legacy continues to inspire.
"It's been very difficult. Of course we were all shocked at the time something like that would have happened. It's been hard, so many reminders," Cannon said.
Friends and family continue to reminisce of Read's kindness. On the five-year anniversary of her disappearance, Read's caring nature is still felt.
"[It's] kind of sad that [in] the time that's gone by that we didn't get to know her and yet at the same time, in a way, she kind of pulled people together anyway," Vargas said in talking about becoming close with Read's family.
Friday evening a prayer vigil will be held in Read's honor at St. Paul's United Methodist Church.
"We just got to find that one person that has to know something and if we can get the word out to that one person for them to get a strong heart and come forward. Do it anonymously, I don't care. Call. Give us Kay Back," Seagle said.
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Final Score: Oregon St. 12 Kansas St. 4
After getting a taste of Kansas St.'s "BatCat" attack in last night's 6-2 10 inning loss in the first game of the Corvallis NCAA Baseball Super Regional, the conversation around the dinner table for the Oregon St. team must have been an interesting one. Because the Beavers came out swinging, and laid a record setting pounding on the Wildcats tonight.
Ordinarily, getting Oregon St.'s 1-2 hitters Tyler Smith and Andy Peterson out is a good way to diffuse the Beaver attack, so even given that both put the ball in play, Kansas St. starter Blake McFadden had to feel pretty good about things with the 2 Beaver table setters set down.
It was a short lived feeling though, as Michael Conforto crushed a ball out to right center for his 11th home run of the season, and before the new record crowd of 3,602 at Goss Stadium had a chance to stop buzzing about it, Dylan Davis, below, followed with another solo home run to almost the same spot.
"As a team, you really want to get out and throw the first punch," Davis said. "You want to put the other team on their heels and after Saturday, we made some adjustments and we really took advantage of some stuff. We were more patient, and looked for more pitches that we wanted."
And it was just the beginning. Danny Hayes followed with a double drilled down the right field line, and Ryan Barnes followed with a single to drive in Hayes, extending his hitting streak to 12 games, and ending McFadden's night before the first half inning was over.
Switching to Levi MaVorhis didn't help, as Kavin Keyes, above, picked up the first of 4 hits he would have on the evening, and Jake Rodriguez followed with the 6th consecutive hit of the onslaught, driving in 2 more runs, as the Beavers batted around to start the game, with everyone in the Oregon St. lineup putting the ball in play.
"Obviously the top of the first told the story of the game," Kansas St. head coach Brad Hill said. "Back to back home runs really got the crowd involved, and you could tell their team just fed off of that. Our freshman on the mound just got a little shell-shocked, and we couldn't shut it down, so that was pretty much it."
The 5 runs would prove to be all Oregon St. Freshman All-American Andrew Moore, who had never allowed more than 2 earned runs in a game this season, would need, but the Beavers were far from finished with battering what would turn out to be 6 Kansas St. pitchers.
"Getting that energy going early on, I think we definitely fed off that the whole game," Moore felt. "The crowd was into it, the dugout was into it, and I was able to go out there and be aggressive with early strikes."
Oregon St. added 2 more runs in both the 2nd and 3rd innings, and also scored in the 5th, 7th, and 9th innings to pound out a 12-4 win.
The 21 hits the Beavers hammered out was a season high, and also an all-time school record for hits in a post season game.
In addition to Keyes, Smith, above, also had a 4 hit game, and both he and Davis had 3 RBI evenings.
Oregon St. has been unstoppable the next day after they have taken a loss, and a big reason has been Moore, who had 3 wins and a save in games the next day after a series opening Beaver defeat. So with the season on the line, Oregon St. coach Pat Casey again handed the ball to Moore, and stuck with him until into the 9th inning.
To the credit of the Kansas St. offense, number 2 in the nation in batting average, the 'Cats did battle, getting 3 earned runs, and 4 total, with a home run by Jared King to start the second inning being the most spectacular. But Moore was overall overwhelming, throwing a career high 9 strikeouts, and allowing only 6 hits to the potent Bat Cat lineup.
After King's homer, Moore retired 6 in a row, including striking out 5 consecutive batters.
"I threw them all 5 of my pitches for strikes," Moore said. "We have to do a great job of mixing them up, and not falling into patterns."
The most trouble Moore encountered came in the 4th inning, when Tanner Wilt and Shane Conlon led off the inning with singles, and a wild pitch and a walk later, the bases were loaded. But Kansas St. got only 2 runs out of 2 sacrifice flies, and Oregon St. immediately answered with singles by Keyes, Smith, and Peterson to get one of the runs back, preventing any momentum swing from occurring.
Moore threw a career 124 pitches, but only allowed 6 hits and 3 walks on his way to his team high 14th win of the season, against only 1 loss. Moore came out to finish the game in the 9th, but an infield throwing error on Keyes, a single and a walk loaded the bases, prompting Casey to call on Scott Schultz to wrap things up. Which, after allowing a run on a fielders choice, he did neatly.
Moore, above, tied the school single season record of 14 wins set by Scott Christman in 1993. McFadden was tagged with the loss for Kansas St. dropping him to 6-3 for the year.
The win improved Oregon St. to 49-11, and dropped Kansas St. to 45-18. It also set up a showdown with a trip to the College World Series in Omaha at stake in tomorrow's deciding game of the Super Regional series.
ESPN has directed the start time of tomorrow's game, originally scheduled for 4 PM, pushed back to 7 PM for a National television exclusive, which will make another long night of it for Beaver Nation. But a 50th win will make it all worthwhile.
Ben Wetzler will try to get Oregon St. to Omaha, while the use of a half dozen pitchers tonight has pushed Kansas St. head coach into a "to be determined" status as far as his starter in the 'Cats quest for their first trip ever to the College World Series.
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David Axelrod Just Sold His Lake Point Tower Condo for $1.28 Million
The profitable sale went for a touch above the political adviser's asking price.
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David Axelrod—who has been a top political adviser to Presidents Clinton and Obama—and his wife, Susan, sold their 46th-floor condo at Lake Point Tower Tuesday.
The sale price was $1.28 million, slightly above the asking price of $1.25 million. That suggests multiple bidders drove the price up; I have a call in to the Axelrods' listing agent, Eugene Fu of @Propeties, to find out.
The couple bought the residence in May 2002 for $950,000, according to the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. According to the listing sheet for the three-bedroom, four-bath condo, the Axelrods did a "complete remodel," creating a "custom, open floorplan with a massive 38-foot great room perfect for entertaining."
Listing photos show warm cherry cabinets and dark granite countertops in the kitchen, an office lined with bookcases, and hardwood floors. With Lake Point Tower being the only residential building east of Lake Shore Drive, there are fantastic lake views.
The eight-room condo went on the market May 30, 13 months after the Axelrods bought a $1.7 million condo in Water Tower Place. It went under contract 12 days later, and the sale closed August 6.
The buyer of the condo, Sudhakar Balachandran, emailed to explain how the sale price went over the asking price. It wasn't because of multiple offers, as he writes: "The listing price was for the apartment only, but did not include the cost of a separate deeded tandem parking space in the Lake Point Tower garage...The final selling price (the 1.28 million that you quoted) includes the tandem parking space and the condo bundled together.


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Payments provider Square is in the process of raising capital at a $6 billion valuation, according to sources familiar with the matter.» Read More
Walter Isaacson, "The Innovators" author, discusses Apple's future and Tim Cook's leadership versus Steve Jobs.
The upsized iPhone 6 could usher in a new era for Apple this fall, giving the tech giant the boost it needs, according to one expert.
AT&T is merging its wireless and business divisions into a single unit led by Ralph de la Vega, former CEO of the company's wireless segment.
Time Warner Cable is experiencing multiple outages nationwide, the company said on Wednesday, but did not specify the nature of the problem.
Andrew Sullivan, Head of Sales Trading, Hong Kong, Espirito Santo, says South Korean and Taiwanese technology stocks look attractive amid a pickup in the sector.
HP received 29 reports of cords overheating and melting or charring, with two claims of minor burns and 13 claims of minor property damage.
Qualcomm may face a EU antitrust investigation in relation to a complaint by a subsidiary of rival Nvidia, sources with knowledge of the matters said.
Good news, we are not in a tech bubble. Or at least that is what one investor told CNBC on Tuesday.
"The guy's had more success in more industries than any entrepreneur I know of on the planet," says tech investor Steve Jurvetson.
A surge in interest in makers of security cameras drove shares of such companies higher, with heavy volume in particular seen in Digital Ally.
Amazon's deal for Twitch shows the e-commerce and media giant's "aspirations to be in live entertainment," the largest investor in Twitch tells CNBC.
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Sustainability is changing the grocery business
Toby Pickard, Senior Sustainability Analyst at the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD), considers how the grocery industry is responding to sustainability issues, drawing on recent IGD research into shopper attitudes to the environment and industry practices. The IGD has recently published a free Environmental Sustainability Matrix to help industry understand key sustainability issues.
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Sustainability issues and initiatives are making headlines and driving competition within the grocery industry.
This October, Welsh shoppers became the first in the UK to be forced to pay a charge for single-use plastic bags. Reading the headlines, campaigns and messages from governments you might think that plastic bags are the biggest environmental issue of our time. Unfortunately, there are much bigger issues, like water scarcity and natural resource depletion: if everyone in the world lived as we do in Europe we would need three planets to sustain our existence.
The reason for the high profile of plastic bags is they have a very tangible and visual impact in our homes, countryside and oceans. They suffer the same high profile problem as product packaging, seen to be of great environmental concern and impact for the shopper. When we poll shoppers about their environmental concerns the amount of waste and packaging that industry produces is always in their top five concerns, and often number one.
The food and grocery industry is making a conscious effort to reduce the use of plastic bags and packaging, through industry-wide voluntary agreements. Many retailers are incentivising shoppers to purchase bags for life and to recycle in the store, to reduce the environmental impact.
Industry's ambition to reduce the impact of carrier bags and packaging is certainly worthwhile. However, many other steps that industry is taking to become more sustainable are not visible to the shopper. Industry ambitions and initiatives include sending zero waste to landfill from shops and manufacturing sites, developing carbon neutral stores, and introducing a revolutionary new grass for beef, lamb and dairy herds to reduce their carbon impact.
There are many reasons for these messages not being passed onto the shopper. Some of the issues are too complex to communicate in a simple message. Our most recent consumer research on environmental issues also shows that shoppers are often not concerned with the details in store and just want industry to deal with the issues on their behalf.
Shopper attitudes to environmental sustainability
Our recent shopper survey shows that shoppers expect the industry to ensure that it is doing the right thing and to be constantly checking its supply chain to ensure it is acting responsibly.
Source: IGD Shopper Track, Environmental Sustainability – How to Engage Shoppers
Shoppers want industry to lead on the sustainability agenda, and they will not be happy if they find out that products that they have bought have a poor environmental record. This is something that industry is beginning to understand and address with the introduction of scorecards to monitor suppliers.
Many of the major retailers and manufacturers are starting to drive efficiencies through the supply chain and become more sustainable in the areas greenhouse gas emissions, packaging, water and waste, and have created their own scorecards to measure improvements.
Those companies that haven't started to measure and monitor their impacts in these areas would do well to start acting now. A recent study by the Carbon Trust Advisory team found that 50% of multinationals look set to select their suppliers based upon carbon performance in the future. In the UK, 56% of multinationals say that in the future they expect to drop suppliers based upon low carbon performance.
It's not a luxury, it's a necessity
Our industry research shows that sustainability issues are playing a greater role in trading relationships, and industry expects it to play an even greater role in the coming years.
"If we are to meet the sustainability challenges that lie ahead, it is important that companies such as Sainsbury's invest in the future right now. We do not see this plan as a luxury, it is rather, an essential investment."
Chief executive, Justin King, 11th October 2011
Sainsbury's '20 by 20' plan is only the most recently launched sustainability plan of many major retailers and manufacturers. It looks certain that sustainability will play an even greater role in trading relations in the future. Given the competitive nature of the industry, each company is likely to try and out perform each other in this arena.
The reason sustainability will play an increasing role is the challenges that industry faces in a resource constrained world, with a growing population who have increasing aspirations for resource intense products and services, along with shoppers' expectations of industry to act responsibly and the potential reputational threat of not doing the right thing.
It is also important to remember the business case for being more sustainable. Marks and Spencer set aside £200 million in 2007 to deliver its sustainability plan, Plan A, by 2012. Rather than costing Marks and Spencer, Plan A contributed a net benefit of £50 million within the first three years, and this year it contributed £70 million, clearly highlighting the business benefits of operating in a more sustainable way.
The food and grocery industry is recognising the strategic importance of sustainability issues, from the cost savings that it can deliver to ensuring supply chain resilience through better collaboration with suppliers.
Environmental Sustainability Matrix
To help industry understand some of the key sustainability issues the IGD has developed a free Environmental Sustainability Matrix.
The matrix highlights the interconnectivity of sustainability related topics (greenhouse gases, packaging, water and waste) and offers solutions and examples of best practice from industry to reduce its impact:
- Environmental Sustainability Matrix: details and free download.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Marks 70th Anniversary of Bombing
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - In wheelchairs and on walkers, the old veterans came Wednesday to remember the day 70 years ago when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. But FDR's "date that will live in infamy" is becoming a more distant memory.
Fewer and fewer veterans who experienced the attack on Dec. 7, 1941, are alive to mark the anniversaries and most of them are in their 90s, many prevented by health problems from traveling to Hawaii. One survivors' group said it would disband because age and infirmity made it too difficult to carry on.
"People had other things that they wanted to do with the remainder of their lives," Pearl Harbor Survivors Association president William Muehleib said. "It was time."
The 2,390 Americans who died in the attacks are not forgotten. Besides Pearl Harbor, there are remembrances elsewhere. In Phoenix, the goal every year is to draw 1,177 people - the number who died on the USS Arizona - to march through the city, but organizers don't come close to that anymore.
Just 45 people showed up last year. On Wednesday, about 300 people gathered for a mile-long remembrance walk, carrying miniature U.S. flags and tags bearing the names of Pearl Harbor casualties.


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The nominees are nominated, the convention speeches spoken, and the media onslaught that is a modern US Presidential campaign begins in earnest.
Brace yourselves!
History shows that, sadly, it's been but a tiny part of the electorate paying serious attention up to this point in the process. I'm not quite sure how true that might be this time around. At any rate, I hope We the People have the wherewithal to get involved now, because this contest truly matters. My five-plus decades as an American have me believing this an election of staggering import. In 60 days, We the People vote. More accurately, the percentage of We the People actually involved in the process will determine a future for us all from, essentially, two alternatives.
One will effectively establish as the new order a callous disregard of our brilliant Constitution, the rule of law, and general lack of critical scrutiny by the dominant press, pushing us past the point where the momentum of the decline in which we've been can be reversed, rendering us incapable of self-governance. Oh, "America" will still exist, for perhaps a long time yet. But it will not be the Republic so masterfully conceived by, and purchased with the blood of, our ancestors. It will be tyranny, under whatever label one wishes to apply; statism, socialism, communism. A gentle tyranny, at first, perhaps led by the most well-intentioned so-called elites, but tyranny nevertheless. And the good nature unique to the people who make up America, that spirit of independence and charity and grace, will gradually diminish. The light of hope that draws people to this land will eventually be no longer visible.
The other, God willing, will find us beginning the process of returning, with much pain and noise and kicking and screaming, to the tenets and values upon which we were founded, our Republic having led to the greatest expansion of human freedom and prosperity in history.
Should the choice be the latter, it will be an extraordinarily difficult challenge that faces those who made it. Those opposed will be angry, bitter, unreasonable, and operating generally out of a morbid, ignorance-based fear. Those supporting will find themselves tempted to trust those they've put in positions of authority, and get back to truly important things like their faith and family. I truly hope that such as these add as a priority to their lives keeping abreast of what happens after, holding accountable those they've entrusted, and turning their energies as well to educating those in our next generation.
In the coming days I'll be elaborating on these thoughts, along with others. I hope you'll join me, and add your words as well.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- New Albany Police say they've arrested two men in connection with home invasion that turned into a vicious rape.
Police say two suspects -- 23-year-old Anthony Bell and 30-year-old Robert Brooks -- entered the home of a 51-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man, on East Oak Street near Vincennes Street in New Albany, Indiana.
Investigators believe Bell and Brooks initially planned to rob the victims, but things quickly took a turn for the worse, according to reports from the police.
Once there, police say Bell and Brooks "continually" assaulted the man and the woman, staying overnight and into the morning. The male victim was still hospitalized Thursday with head injuries he received during the assault. Police say the woman was battered and raped during the attack.
Police arrested Bell on Dec. 1. He is charged with rape, criminal deviate conduct, criminal confinement and attempted robbery.
Brooks was taken into custody Wednesday night at the Beecher Terrace housing complex in Louisville. He's charged with criminal deviate conduct, criminal confinement and attempted robbery.
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|Holiday festival planned Dec. 7
The Northwoods Festival of Trees will be held at the Manitowish Waters Community Center, Saturday, Dec. 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The event will feature a display of decorated trees, wreaths, centerpieces, swags and gift baskets, along with live music activities for children, a silent auction and a raffle.
All silent auction and raffle items are donated and decorated by area businesses, groups and friends.All proceeds benefit the Frank B. Koller Memorial Library in Manitowish Waters.
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I'm off to sunny Florida for a couple of days… I'll be back posting away next week, but I'll leave you with a tiny taste of sunshine and beaches.
For these cookies, I used this dough cut and baked into 2 1/2 inch circles, tinted some homemade fondant with a drop of Sky Blue Americolor soft gel paste, rolled it out and cut it into 2 1/2 inch circles, added a touch of frosting to the top of the cookie, and stuck the fondant on top. Then I used my Americolor Gourmet Writers to draw the designs (for both, you'll need black, brown, green, pink and yellow). That's it.
how to draw a palm tree
1. draw and fill a brown trunk
2. with the green, draw a bunch of green lines in three or four bunches
3. outline the trunk with black (basically, a stack of progressively smaller "M"s)
4. roughly outline the bunches of green lines
how to draw a flamingo
1. draw and fill a pink tear drop shape
2. draw and fill a pink circle above it
3. draw a thick, curvy pink wave connecting the two
4. draw a number "4″ for the legs with yellow
5. draw a beak and fill the tip with black
6. outline with black, adding wings and a dot for an eye, add yellow to fill the beak
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"The Emperor Has No Clothes"
Paul Craig Roberts, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan régime, explains how "the government holds the measure of inflation down by measuring a declining standard of living," which "permits our rulers to divert cost-of-living-adjustments that should be paid to Social Security recipients to wars of aggression, police state, and banker bailouts" — Economics 101. He writes:
- Today, consumers are too indebted to borrow, and banks are too insolvent to lend. Therefore, there is no possibility of further debt expansion as a substitute for real income growth. An offshored economy is a dead and exhausted economy.
The consequences of a dead economy when the government is wasting trillions of dollars in wars of naked aggression and in bailouts of fraudulent financial institutions is a government budget that can only be financed by printing money.
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Ten Things I Bet You Didn't Know About Pixar [VIDEO]
I love things like this! Pixar's fourteen movies are among some of our audience's most beloved films. This video points out ten things you may not have known about the computer animation company.
I love things like this! Pixar's fourteen movies are among some of our audience's most beloved films. This video points out ten things you may not have known about the computer animation company.
The 'Toy Story' gang may have had a memorable cinematic farewell with the wonderful 'Toy Story 3,' but we're not done with Bonnie's (formerly Andy's) toys quite yet! The Woody, Buzz and the rest of the group are going to make their television debut with 'Toy Story of Terror,' a made-for-TV Halloween special that will attempt to bring some of that Pixar magic to the small screen. The first two promos for the special have arrived and ... it looks like more 'Toy Story.' That's a good thing, right?
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I ran across this from a fellow parent on Facebook yesterday, and took a few minutes to watch it. It is a Pixar short that played before Finding Nemo 3D. I am so glad that I'm a parent so I can go see movies like this - with a valid excuse!
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We also saw a few baby videos go viral, both good and bad. The good: a so-cute-its-adorable video of two twin babies having a conversation, which launched into a popular Internet trend. The bad: Well, we'll let tennis pro David Ferrer's actions do the talking (see below).
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She's had to work a lot harder than her nonminority counterparts to get where she's headed, but that hasn't stopped Jaimie Stewart from doing what she was made for. "I've pretty much loved science since I was in kindergarten," she said. A recent bioengineering graduate, and current doctoral candidate at University of California Riverside, she is a first-generation college student and the first in her family to pursue engineering.
This year the college projects that less than 2 percent of graduating engineers will be African American females. Many have identified this problem, and probably most would wait for someone else to fix it, but Jaimie wants to position herself to do something about it. She took her start at UIC with a clear end in sight: to complete a doctorate and teach undergraduates. "I feel like if [minorities] were to see a black female professor they would be more inclined to participate in engineering."
Jaimie's grandmother was a huge motivating factor in her decision to pursue a scientific career. Born into a single-parent home, she lived with her grandmother until she was 12 years old. Watching her lose the battle to colon cancer moved Jaimie to devote her life to medicine. "I wanted to be able to fix the problems she had," she said. So she came to UIC, initially interested in pursuing medicine. As she began to explore the field of engineering, she found herself excited at the prospect of solving problems.
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Aisha Martin, a standout forward at Lorenzo High School in Texas, has signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at Oklahoma Christian University, OC head coach Stephanie Findley said Wednesday.
Findley visited the Class A high school, located in Lorenzo - northeast of Lubbock - on Wednesday afternoon for Martin's formal signing ceremony.
The 5-foot-10 Martin is averaging 24.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.3 steals and 4.0 assists this season for Lorenzo. She's shooting 56.6 percent from the field, 39.9 percent from 3-point range and 81.2 percent from the free-throw line for the Hornets.
As a junior, Martin was named as the most valuable player in District 7-IIA.
"Aisha is a versatile player who'll be able to play many positions for us," Findley said. "She's been a dominant player on the small-school level and I believe she has the capability of being a good player at the college level as well."
Oklahoma Christian, with about 2,200 students, is seeking membership in NCAA Division II and has been accepted into the Heartland Conference, which includes universities in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Arkansas. OC has a strong women's basketball tradition, with three appearances in the NAIA Division I quarterfinals during Findley's 27-season tenure.
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News: Tony Yayo On The Game's G-Unit Exit, "He Got Jealous Of 50" [Video]
Friday, Jul 17, 2009 5:10PM
G-Unit's Tony Yayo recently spoke on The Game's apology and pointed out the mistakes behind The Black Wall Street leader's war against 50 Cent.
In addition to speaking on Game, the "Talk of New York" also explained the misconception behind his loyalty to 50.
"Now he's thinking about his mistakes," Yayo said about Game's apology. "Game is bipolar. One day he's this way, the next day he's the next...From [Young] Buck and Game, I think they just gotta learn how to control them egos. In their eyes, to me, they got jealous of 50. They'll say, 'Yayo is up under 50's a**.' Or 'He's 50's yes-man.' It's not that -- I don't have any hate in my heart towards anybody. I don't have hate in my heart towards Game or Buck...You're either gonna be down with 50 and be below him a little bit...Or you could go against him and get more publicity. Buck and Game, when they went against 50, they got way more publicity. Way more people wanna interview them and know what the beef's with 50. So they gain more interest than me...If I was to flip on 50 today, it would get me more media than me being down with him." (MTV)
Yayo previously weighed in on Game's apology and said too much time had passed to reflect on what "could" have happened.
"Honestly, it was bugged out to me when n*gga said Yayo, [Lloyd] Banks," Yayo told DJ Whoo Kid in an interview. "What he said was real. N*ggas was The Beatles. That's the realest thing he said, like, if me, Fif, Banks, Buck, Game, if we was on our A-game together then we would have still been making money. We making money now but what I'm saying is we wouldn't have allowed nobody to take that number one spot. But it's too late to figure that sh*t out now. What's done is done. N*ggas to me is marked to death. I don't give a f*ck about these n*ggas. At the end of the day, if n*ggas would have just sat there and listened to what 50 said and didn't feel no way, 'cause it's not like 50 was Suge Knight'ing n*ggas over there, it wasn't even like that...If you read the 48 Laws of Power, one of the laws is break away from the group because you get more attention...They actually wanted to be on the same level as 50 and it's hard to get to that level." (This Is 50)
Despite Game's reflections, Black Wall Street associate Nu Jerzey Devil said a rumored G-Unit reunion would never include the rapper.
"Never," Devil said in a phone interview. "Never. I mean, I don't know, I can't speak on them but I know Game won't be a part of it but if they want to do their little G-Unit [reunion] without Game maybe that's something possible. But as far as Game being in it? Never. You know what I mean?" (Champ Magazine)
Game was kicked out of G-Unit around February 2005.
A 24 year-old man who police have identified as Kevin Reed of Compton, California, was hospitalized after a shooting outside the offices of New York radio station Hot 97. Although police have not confirmed many details, a source close to the investigation said the incident occurred at around the time 50 Cent was making an appearance at the radio station to announce the Game had been booted from G-Unit. (SOHH)
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this ding dong from delaware needs to go away.
great cover art.+8
His plugs are falling out.+4
You are on a roll Mr. Pinko
Rather be on a bun Mr. Pinko+5
I'm tellin' you, this moron has Old Timer's Disease! Damn every time this moron goes somewhere it is an embarrassment to the good old USA.+9
'The Special Edition' because well, Joe is, you know, 'special'.+6
Looking at his hands ,when they finally touch each other its the celebration of aborted babies ? Kids in Iraq and Afganistan fighting for freedom, his son is there to or was or still is dunno, can you get a purple heart for stopping a military virus on a lap top or by distributing tetracycline for the clap or whats up ?+2
Tell me again why Biden was chosen for the VP job?
Oh, yeah. The democrats needed an old, typically brain-dead liberal white guy to make Obama look like a genius.Noteworthy Comment +10
Where's the shot of the Manchurian bow and arrow pointed at his head? LOL!+4
Do the Chinese think all white Americans are this dumb?+4
@Rev. idaho Spud. A resounding YES they do. Or should!+5
good job mr.pinko+4
Well done, Mr. Pinko.+2
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Oh gaaaah. "Truth" is here again? I thought you guys fumigated? Someone is definitely poking her brain stem with a fork and hiding her hormone replacement.
Get a grip, bitch. Relax or you're gonna stroke out.+4
@ Truth
If Liberals are so smart, how come Obama can't balance America's checkbook?+3
Pinko, double damn good!
Especially like 'One Child Left Behind'. Does that mean pea-brain Biden? Can we please leave him behind. Maybe someone in China will adopt him.+1
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Dress Biden in a panda costume and call him dum-dum.+3
Proof positive of what twelve years of public educationngets you.
Next month he starts junior high.+3
The underwhelming WON does not have a clue why his handlers chose stumbling, bumbling, incoherent Joe fo' Numbatoo. The handlers wanted to make sure THE-WON was not bumped off. Also, The WON's main squeeeze, Sasquatch, ain't so iggnunt. She knowed dat if Hillary was Numbatoo, her luvin man, THE WON, would have a lot in common with Vince Foster at Marcy Park. Can't have dat. So Sasquatch told the WON, it's time for another LBJ: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how we got Little-Bus-Joe.+3
This is better than Forrest Gump goes to Washington.+4
Just following the Hollywood script, the main character is a sharp black dude, and the minor character is some dull middle aged white guy. Think of The Jeffersons, et al+2
I can just imagine him saying about the Chinese: "And their winkies are only this long."+1
@fb- LOL! Now that's some 70′s style detente!
@Truth- Go back to playing in the HuffingGlue sandbox. Don't worry, we won't tell any of your lil' pals there that you stopped trying to stir things over here. Fine, loyal servant of Dear Leader you are (salute).+3
I'll bet he released it in BETA not VHS….+3
Why don't we hear about all the stupid incompetent things Joseph ROBINETTE Biden says???+2
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The CBS Orchestra is Late Show with David Letterman's house band, led by Paul Shaffer. It first appeared as The World's Most Dangerous Band on Late Night with David Letterman in 1982. The name change came with Letterman's move to CBS in 1993.
The group has also served as the house band for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony since 1986. Shaffer has led as musical director of the ceremony since 1986, as well.
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- Steve Jordan, drums and percussion (1982-1986)
- Hiram Bullock on guitar (1982-1984)
- Felicia Collins, guitar and vocals (1993-present)
- Bernie Worrell, synthesizers (August 1993-November 1993)
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The founder of a CIA-backed company named after the all-seeing eye in Lord of the Rings has prognosticated a dreary startup future if the SEC passes proposed changes to venture capital policy. Rules-changes that could impact anyone who ever plans to pitch their idea in a demo day in the future.
"These changes place unrealistic pre-filing requirements on early stage companies, a policy which shows a total lack of understanding on how young companies operate," wrote Joe Lonsdale, cofounder of big data company Palantir in a note this week to the SEC.
The proposed SEC requirements would increase the amount of documentation required to solicit public funds, according to the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Which has raised fears among some that even pitching at a demo day without the right paperwork could result in a 1 year fundraising ban, according to the report.
In his note to the SEC Lonsdale cited his experience as an entrepreneur to gain credibility for his concerns. The Palo Alto-based Palantir has raised $301 million in venture capital.
Palantir isn't really prophetic, we know, and neither is it's cofounder. But considering the company is behind some of the technology used to predict attacks in Iraq and anticipate riots based on structured and unstructured data, they do come close.
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Police say they found the lab that was at the hotel and a second active lab at the home. Officers arrested three additional people at that scene.
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If seven years is enough to establish a cycling tradition, the eighth incarnation of the Amgen Tour of California was a radical departure.
Like geese flying home for the summer, the riders proceeded south to north this year, starting in Escondido and finishing on Third Street in Santa Rosa on Sunday. No word yet on total attendance or revenue, but race director Jim Birrell sounded highly pleased after the race.
"I think we nailed it this year," Birrell said. "I think we hit it out of the park. You just look at how we were able to showcase the state of California, and the diversity of the state of California. I mean, look at all the big markets that we hit, and all the iconic images that we were able to project to the world. And three mountaintop finishes in an eight-day tour were a big accomplishment. ... They all brought so much drama to each day."
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Veteran rider Jason McCartney, also with Bissell, wasn't crazy about the constant headwinds along the northerly route.
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Every year more than 120 riders line up for the start of the Amgen Tour. But only one cyclist has finished all eight editions of the race: McCartney, a compact cyclist from Iowa.
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Pattern Hair loss
Hair Root Status in treatment of Hair loss
Hautarzt. 1977;28:136
Significance of hair root status method
Braun-Falco O, Heilgemeir GP
The significance of proposition of the hair root status method is reported. The percentage composition of the hair root patterns of neighboring areas of the capillitium and the behavior of the percentage of the individual hair root shapes were examined at time zero and 120 days later. These examinations were carried out in the frontal, parietal and occipital regions of each of 10 male test persons with clinically normal hair growth and statistically evaluated. The hair root pattern of neighboring areas is the same within the different regions of the capillitium. Thus the hair root patterns investigated in the different regions of the capillitium are representative of this respective region. The hair root patterns of males with clinically normal hair regrowth (for the frontal, parietal and occipital region) does not differ with time. Therefore, examination of the hair root pattern at four week intervals can be used for controlling the hair regrowth capacity and therapeutic effects. The significance of the hair root status method in treatment may be relative small in the individual case in a person with normal hair regrowth, but useful when evaluated in a collective of subjects.
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