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Kinshuk Jerath is Associate Professor of Marketing at Columbia Business School. His research interests are two-fold: (1) theoretical models that help to obtain deeper understanding of marketing phenomena, especially phenomena related to retailing and online advertising, and (2) applied statistical models for data-based analysis to inform marketing strategy. His research has appeared in top-tier marketing journals, such as Marketing Science, Management Science, Journal of Marketing Research, and Journal of Interactive Marketing. He received a B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and a Ph.D. degree in Marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to being on the Columbia faculty, he was Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Selling to Strategic Customers: Opaque Selling Strategies In Consumer-Driven Demand and Operations Management Models (2009)
Journal articles
Salesforce Compensation with Inventory Considerations In Management Science (2013)
The Emergence of Opinion Leaders in a Networked Online Community: A Dyadic Model with Time Dynamics and a Heuristic for Fast Estimation In Management Science (2013)
A "Position Paradox" in Sponsored Search Auctions In Marketing Science (2011)
Cross-Market Discounts In Marketing Science (2011)
Firm Strategies in the "Mid Tail" of Platform-Based Retailing In Marketing Science (2011)
New Perspectives on Customer "Death" Using a Generalization of the Pareto/NBD Model In Marketing Science (2011)
Store Within a Store In Journal of Marketing Research (2010)
Revenue Management with Strategic Customers: Last-Minute Selling and Opaque Selling In Management Science (2010)
Estimating CLV Using Aggregated Data: The Tuscan Lifestyles Case Revisited In Journal of Interactive Marketing (2007)
Working Papers
An Information Stock Model of Customer Behavior in Multichannel Customer Support Services (2014)
Bidding Costs and "Broad Match" in Sponsored Search Advertising (2014)
Can We All Get Along? Incentive Contracts to Bridge the Marketing and Operations Divide (2014)
Customer-Base Analysis on a "Data Diet": Model Inference Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Summary (RCSS) Data (2014)
Exclusive Display in Sponsored Search Advertising (2014)
Impact of Inventory on Quota-Bonus Contracts With Rent Sharing (2014)
Marketing Attribution in a Multichannel Customer Relationship Setting (2014)
Store Loyalty and Competitive Store- Brand Strategy (2014)
The Coexistence of Organized and Unorganized Retailing in Emerging Economies (2014)
To Platform-Sell or Resell: Channel Structures in Electronic Retailing (2014)
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Consumer Click Behavior at a Search Engine: The Role of Keyword Popularity In Journal of Marketing Research (2014)
The Interrelationships between Brand and Channel Choice In Marketing Letters (2014)
Competitive Poaching in Sponsored Search Advertising and its Strategic Impact on Traditional Advertising In Marketing Science (2013)


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I couldn't think of a better way to start out a speech focusing on current economic circumstances. But given these words were uttered by a central bank governor, you can be rest assured that the speech that comes next will be nothing short of vague pronouncements over a lack luster growth, slightly optimistic forecasting, and, above all, deflecting blame for any of the current difficulties the global economy is facing.
In the type of speech all too familiar to any modern day central banker, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada, goes through the motions of waxing on about the rough road ahead for a country facing an increasing private debt load and threat of accelerated deleveraging occurring both domestically and abroad. While Carney's speech contains a number of revealing points (a mercantilist devotion to Canada's export industry, an ironic criticism of currency rate manipulation by- read China- emerging markets, a Keynesian advocation for sustaining aggregate demand, etc.) I will only concentrate on the speech's focus of debt deleveraging.
In regards to global debt amassing, Carney remarks:
Accumulating the mountain of debt now weighing on advanced economies has been the work of a generation. Across G-7 countries, total non-financial debt has doubled since 1980 to 300 per cent of GDP. Global public debt to global GDP is almost at 80 per cent, equivalent to levels that have historically been associated with widespread sovereign defaults.
This is certainly true. Private debt has skyrocketed in many industrialized countries for the past three decades. Take one look at the growth in household debt in the U.S.:
No mention of the source of this debt accumulation yet; Carney is too wise for that. He makes note of the public sector's seemingly indisputable symbiotic relationship with private debt loads and shockingly declares that, "private defaults often mean public rescues of banking sectors; recessions fed by deleveraging usually prompt expansionary fiscal policies.†To Carney and his central banking peers, bailouts and Keynesian fixes are treated as unquestionable. The political class has found comfort in preserving the status quo despite almost universal outrage by taxpayers over bailouts. Kicking the can is no longer treated amongst various options; it's the only option. Taking the bitter medicine of a market correction never bodes well for reelection, or reappointment, so the narrative must be constructed as rigid with no alternatives.
Carney then proceeds to charge the free market with being unable to manage debt without proper oversight. What he really means is that individuals, who compose the metaphysical idea of the market, are incapable of managing their own debt. In Carney's eyes, it is up to wise and prudent regulators to ensure that the trains run on time and John Q. Public doesn't run up his credit card bill or purchase a home he can't really afford. Friedrich Hayek's concept of "fatal conceit†remains alive and well in the minds of central bankers. Where these intellectually gifted regulators were just a few years ago, Carney doesn't reveal. But of course they were riding the wave of optimism due to the exact impetus for debt leveraging we will get to soon.
In what has to be one of the most nonsensical and counterintuitive statements since Lawrence Summers, former economic advisor to U.S. President Obama and former President of Harvard University, declared that though the financial crisis was caused by too much confidence and debt run-up, the cure involves more of the same imprudent spending habits, Carney offers this muddled statement:
The challenge for the crisis economies is the paucity of credit demand rather than the scarcity of its supply. Relaxing prudential regulations would run the risk of maintaining dangerously high leverage—the situation that got us into this mess in the first place.
Read it twice for the full effect. You see, the problem isn't a deficiency of available credit; central banks around the world have made sure of that. It's the demand for credit that remains an albatross on a robust spending boom. Yet, and this is the best part, regulations that ensure that credit expansion, a driving force in fractional reserve banking, doesn't finance more reckless debt amassing can't be expunged as it would lead to another deleveraging bust.
Carney wants his cake and to eat it too. While he warns of lack of credit demand, he also worries that an increase will lead to another boom and bust. This double talk- wanting success while worrying about too much success- is typical central banker speech.
Carney is not alone in this sentiment. Public officials all over the world, namely in the U.S. and Europe, are desperate for a return to the boom years. The drug of easy credit and debt monetization had them addicted to the good times.
Like any good central planner, Carney speculates on how to best unwind the private debt load in order to run it up again. He paints himself as a deep thinking central planner struggling to find the exact formula where the BoC can use its printing press and discover the perfect equilibrium for credit expansion without blowing up another bubble.
Over the same period, Canadian households increased their borrowing significantly. Canadians have now collectively run a net financial deficit for more than a decade, in effect, demanding funds from the rest of the economy, rather than providing them, as had been the case since the Leafs last won the Cup.
It cannot entirely be business as usual. Our strong position gives us a window of opportunity to make the adjustments needed to continue to prosper in a deleveraging world. But opportunities are only valuable if seized.
First and foremost, that means reducing our economy's reliance on debt-fuelled household expenditures.
Though Canada saw tremendous growth with public spending reforms adopted in the mid-1990s, the cyclical pattern of private overindebtedness has begun to rear its ugly head. This isn't unexpected as the BoC, like central banks all over the world, took interest rates to anorexic levels following the financial crisis of late 2008. As I have noted, this orthodox reaction has set the stage for what looks like a housing bubble that will inevitably pop. Even Carney alludes to such as he states one of the hallmarks of the Austrian Business Cycle theory where the discoordination brought on by credit expansion leads to malinvestment in specific capital ventures and consumer goods:
Moreover, much of the proceeds of these capital inflows seem to be largely, on net, going to fund Canadian household expenditures, rather than to build productive capacity in the real economy. If we can take one lesson from the crisis, it is the reminder that channelling cheap and easy capital into unsustainable increases in consumption is at best unwise.
When the day of reckoning arrives, the market correction will undermine an already flimsy recovery. Not only will private balance sheets containing mortgages and real estate take a hit due to reduced prices but also the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation will be ravaged as it guarantees about 90% of the whole housing market. As Chris Horlacher points out, the CMHC's leverage stands at almost an astounding 100:1. A burst of the housing bubble will likely require a massive bailout via the Canadian government to keep the CMHC functional which in turn will require further debt monetization. The probability of this chance event coming to pass is further emphasized by Carney's earlier comments on the inseparable nature of the private sector from governmental dominance.
While Carney spends a great deal of time laying out the predicaments the global economy is facing, he spends zero time acknowledging the role central banks have in perpetuating these difficulties. The continual and desperate manipulation of interest rates to spur growth is ignored. Carney is a master of pointing the finger at profligate governments and individuals without addressing the core issue at hand. Without a central bank ready and willing to use the printing press to engineer credit expansion, a sustained period of leveraging cannot occur without interest rates spiking. Price signals serve as not only a means to direct investment to those sectors which demand it but also to put a limit on an overextension resources devoted to unsustainable lines of production. The increase in cheap debt can't continue without further inflationary pressure manifesting itself over the whole economy. This is the market's mechanism for regulating credit supply. For now, with relatively stable Consumer Price Index numbers, it seems like Canada's cheap credit has made its way into home prices. As Carney slyly admits in a footnote to the speech, the prospect of curtailing ultra low interest rates in light of further inflation would "exacerbate unfavourable debt dynamics.â€
Ludwig von Mises, writing in Human Action, describes this rock-and-a-hard place dilemma:
The inescapable consequences of credit expansion are shown by the theory of the trade cycle. Even those economists who still refuse to acknowledge the correctness of the monetary or circulation credit theory of the cyclical fluctuations of business have never dared to question the conclusiveness and irrefutability of what this theory asserts with regard to the necessary effects of credit expansion. These economists too must admit and do admit that the upswing is invariably conditioned by credit expansion, that it could not come into being and continue without credit expansion, and it turns into depression when the further progress of credit expansion stops.
The lesson learned here is that bubble-producing exuberance is not the cause of a dysfunctional financial system but only a natural reaction to the policies of central banks. Carney even attempts to lay blame on capital inflows into the country despite the economic fact that purchases of government and corporate bonds must be paid for with Canadian dollars; which means an increasing supply of Canadian dollars must fund these transactions less a decrease of prices in other goods.
The run up of debt in industrialized countries over the past three decades was both a function of fractional reserve banking, governments predisposed to easy credit, and central banks perfectly willing to serve as an enabler to the whole scheme. Canada was no different as the consequences will differ only timing. Massive deleveraging, as painful as it will be, is the only real solution for cleansing an economy of all its zombie debt.
If Carney was truly worried about excessive debt, he wouldn't fear a correction and continue giving away money for almost nothing with record low interest rates. It's the equivalent of leaving out hard liquor in the presence of an alcoholic and then chastising him for giving in to temptation.
Carney is still correct on one issue. These really are "trying times.†But such dire economic conditions are not the result of an unstable private sector or inept central banking but of central banking itself. Carney's speech is wholly reminiscent of the kind of awe-inspiring bravado which former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan employed to charm U.S. Congressmen. In too many words, he says nothing short of "it's everyone else's fault but mine.â€
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I'm in the country for a couple weeks, staying with a friend. He was telling me that people were telling him that after the shenanigans in April there has been an exodus of ESL teachers, leading to a shortage of teachers. In turn the salary and conditions teachers can get at the moment are quite favourable. Now my friend is no dummy and the story sounds plausible, but I was wondering if this was a situation people here were experiencing or was it just a bit of an urban myth...
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I got this in the mail a week ago:
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• One qualified Social Studies Teacher.
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^ OK that's what's going on in the ads, but I'm more interested in the actual interview stage, are attractive candidates asking for and getting better deals?
Jesus markle, your mate seems to have performed the unlikely feat of being even more clueless than you.
A couple of friends of mine used to work at the first school that JD mentioned. They were paid a lot more - close to 40K - but they couldn't wait to get out of there. It was the usual case of nasty office politics with the Farangs stuck in the middle between two groups of tough old Thai teachers.
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And I thought that it was just a car!
So apart from a few snide remarks from people who aren't even in the country there is no definitive yes or no. Gee fellas it's one thing for people to think posters on AF are smartarse tossers who actually know shit but another to actually live up to the stereotype....
Responses so far seem to me to be definitive.
Pay rates haven't changed significantly for 25 years ( for many of which you were obviously not in the country ) and your mate is talking shyte.
Thai real estate market: People don't buy houses, offer them at the same price and let them sit forever until someone does.
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After considerable legal maneuvering, much of it instigated by Bar-Jonah himself, including motions to throw out evidence, requests for changes of venue, and changes in his legal representation because of lawyers who wanted to be off the case, his trial for the sexual abuse of the three boys in Great Falls finally got underway on February 20, 2002 after being moved to a Butte, Montana courtroom.
During the week-long trial, Bar-Jonah's lawyers accused the police of coercing statements from the children involved. The oldest boy, a teenager at the time of the trial, acknowledged under questioning by one of Bar-Jonah's attorneys, Gregory Jackson, that he had gone to visit Bar-Jonah while he was in the Cascade County Jail. The teenager also testified that he had written Bar-Jonah a letter while Bar-Jonah was in jail, commending him for being a friend.
"Nathan," a portion of the letter read, "you treated me really nice. You have never harmed me in any way. I really miss you, big guy. You were like the dad I never had."
However, an FBI expert testified that the young witnesses were telling the truth regarding the allegations of sexual abuse. Testimony was provided that Bar-Jonah had placed a rope around the neck of one of the boys and had hung him from the pulley in the ceiling of his kitchen, and details regarding erotic asphyxia were provided to a stunned jury and a courtroom full of spectators. The prosecution offered as evidence the photo albums seized from Bar-Jonah's apartment that contained thousands of pictures of children, including several pictures of one of the alleged victims. Other testimony from the victims was provided about sleepovers at Bar-Jonah's apartment and how he had touched them in a sexual manner.
Prosecutor Brant Light characterized Bar-Jonah as an adult who literally had groomed his victims, spending months befriending the children so that he could, one day, sexually abuse them. "This is a man who, at age 42, had only one ambition," Light said. "To pursue young boys and molest them."
On February 25, 2002, the jury found Bar-Jonah guilty on one count each of sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and felony assault. He was found not guilty on one count of sexual assault, and the jury was deadlocked on another count of sexual assault. The court declared a mistrial on the final, deadlocked count.
The court determined that Bar-Jonah be designated a Level III sex offender who poses an extreme danger to society, and found that his prospects for rehabilitation were virtually non-existent. The court sentenced Bar-Jonah to Montana State Prison for ten years for the aggravated kidnapping conviction, 100 years for the sexual assault conviction, and to 20 years for the felony assault conviction. It was ordered that the sentences be served consecutively, with no possibility of parole.
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Yesterday, we lost a game to a bad team in terrible fashion. It happens. Why did it happen? The temptation to speculate, extrapolate, and call for changes is incredibly strong. And yet, we must resist that temptation. The worst thing about the Denver Broncos right now is not that they lost so badly to the Raiders yesterday, but that we're 2-5 in danger of having our season prematurely terminated. For all the improvement of some teams in the AFC West, however, it is not so strong that a season is over at 2-5. I don't believe we'll make the playoffs, but what I'm saying is that when it comes to the state of the organization, what you should be looking at is the seasons, not one game.
Now, here's what I think happened yesterday. The game started out with some bad luck. The safety bit on the wrong guy on the Zach Miller throw, and Miller walked in for a touchdown. Then, in lightning fashion, two turnovers were quickly made into Oakland points. We were in dire straights. Only the greatest of teams, the toughest of teams come back from this point.
The key for us at this point is two-part, I think. Firstly, too many of our leaders are sidelined with injury. This is almost primarily on defense. But one way or the other, when we were down 21, we needed some guys to step up and rally the team, and they weren't there. Or, leastwise, they weren't dressed for the game, and if you're not one of the 22 then your impact is minimal.
It might be nice, at this point, to see a red-faced coach spraying spittle and trying with every fibre of his being to exhort the players back into the game from the sidelines. But, as I said, if you're not one of the 22... The problem is not necessarily McDaniels. That's not to say that he might not be part of the problem. But when you get blown out, in my opinion, the problem is lack of leadership and pride on the field.
Now, I notice that a good deal of the leadership on this team is on defense. And what leadership there is is kind of old. Where's our leadership on offense? Where's our young leadership? Guys may be skilled, they may be smart, but where are the leaders? Doesn't it seem that the Broncos need to take a page out of the book of recent Chiefs drafts? The Chiefs (if I recall) drafted a bunch of team captains from college. When your team lacks direction, you need leadership. You love a coach like Rex Ryan, etc., but you still need that leadership on the field.
I honestly believe we're still going to win some games this year. I hope we will get our leaders back from injury, and they can help turn around the spirit of the team. However, the true solution lies in the future. It is not so much who we have to get rid of, but who we need to pick up.
If there's any problem with our coach, it's that his youth has not allowed him yet to develop his leadership. But still, as I said, we need leadership on the field. McD will develop. In the meantime, we have Tebow, and if he can adjust to the speed of the game then we will have 1 leader on offense who will not accept mediocrity. We also need a leader on the O-Line, preferably at Center. I don't know if Walton will be that. Nasty is nice, but you've got to take control if you're the center or it puts too much on the QB, especially if he's a rookie or 1st year guy.
We need a MLB that is an outspoken leader who can also lead with his play. MLB is a key, key position on defense where you need a strong leader. We need a young D-Lineman who can provide some leadership. And a stud safety who can hopefully provide some leadership to the secondary. If Bruton can play well enough to start, he might fill that. Or not.
I believe now that the main flaw with our drafting was that we were valuing intelligence almost ultimately. Intelligence is nice, but on the field it only translates into awareness. You need more than awareness on the field. Awareness, intelligence, fleetness of foot, none of this means anything if you don't have willpower. Willpower is what makes you refuse to get blown out, refuse to stop playing at 0-21.
Willpower, however, is not as easy to draft for, to be sure. As I suggested before, the surest indication may be team captaincy in college, although that is surely no guarantee. If our personnel evaluators are either not valuing this trait (willpower/leadership), then that is a terrible flaw. If they cannot recognize it, then they need help. As this team needs help.
What if our problem all along was not the lockerroom disruption of Marshall/Cutler types? What if it was lack of will? Lack of leadership? Cutler had to go because that is absolutely, without a doubt, a position you need leadership at, and if he didn't have it then he was a liability. But we didn't just magically cure the problem by cutting him. A guy who "doesn't make waves" at QB is not enough to keep the Offensive unit staunch.
Is that what Orton is? A guy who doesn't make waves? Don't judge by this game, but I say I have yet to see him take the ball at the 10 yard line with the game on the line and say "Failure is not an option" or "We have them right where we want them." I have no idea what he does say, but the point is I don't feel like I've seen him yet be clutch. He's competent. We saw proof of that when Chris Simms took over, and we saw a true abomination with no skill or leadership at QB.
This is what I feel we should look for in the rest of the season. Where are the leaders. Orton should play the rest of the year because starting Tebow would only be throwing him to the lions. Let our young O-Line get a year under their belts at least before you stick Tebow back there. For now, let's watch Orton and look for that clutch quality that indicates leadership. So far, all I have seen (with the exception of one part of one game) is late-game sputters.
What I'm saying is don't give up on every single part of this team just because we got blown out. Change may be in the wind, but it should not be dictated by 1 loss, no matter how bad. It's the portfolio. Right now the portfolio shows that sometimes we just have "bodies" out there. That's fine for a bureaucracy, but for a football team, it won't do. For now, the only thing we could do is change which bodies are out there. For better or for worse, we have to wait until the offsesason.
For now, please don't go overboard and take this game and allow it to make you say that every player and every coach on our team is garbage. That's simply not true. We have some good guys in the squad and in the staff. No mater how bad the loss, it's only one game. It only counts as 1 loss on the season. McD has a lot of good traits. I'm no football guru, so I'll leave that for others to outline. But for now, we've got some intelligence and some talent on the team. This offseason, we need to get some leadership that can come in and be the cement on our squads.
I apologize for the length of my post and its somewhat rambling way. But this site is being flooded with negative kneejerk, and I felt some counteraction was needed. You have every right to be negative. But let that simmer for a bit until it brews into something constructive. Save the kneejerk for the DP forums, mmm-kay?


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Spring Arrives Bringing Beautiful Tree Blossoms and Wildflowers
This is my third Spring hiking in Hot Springs National Park and as in years past a glorious experience. Nature is unfurling in a colorful display of blossoms from the tops of Trees to the Forest floor. During our hike my husband Rick and I are looking up into the Trees at one moment and then down to the trail edges. Each branch has newly forming leaf buds or delicate blooms. Autumn Leaves on the Forest floor are splashed with color as Wildflowers push up into the sunlight. I feel as if the Forest is in that beautiful time between a deep sleep and being fully awake. A moment hovering between two worlds delicately balance on the edge of time. A nursery filled with new life waiting patiently to spread their Leaves, Petals and Wings in celebration of spring.
We move through the Forest taking care not to disturb the grace of the spring renewal.
Much Love to ALL!
A Hike Fraught with Twists, Turns and Beauty
I am hiking up West Mountain and the unthinkable occurs, one of my cameras dies :( I thought at first it was the battery but it soon became clear it was the camera. I turned around and headed home at peace with the problem, thankful I took out the 4 yr extended warranty. The little monster was eating batteries, so broad landscapes will be on hold for at least 10 days. It is time to refocus my view of landscapes as I did once before during a couple of weeks in 2010. "Beautiful Birds of West and Music Mountains" "Woodpeckers, Chickadees and Who is the Rock Stacker?"
This left me with one camera so after I arranged for repair service with Sony I headed back outside to console myself with photographing Wildflowers. As readers of my blog may already know I love Wildflowers, so my mission was a wonderful way to spend the rest of my morning. While I searched the grass for tiny blooms I heard a noise above me, I was not alone. Slowly stepping back I turned to look up and find the source of the scraping sound. Peering down at me was a sweet Squirrel whose lovely color was transitioning from winter silver to spring rust.
As I was moving through the park searching for spring flowers when a Cedar Waxwing landed on a Tree in front of me. Soon it was moving off with other birds and I decided to try and follow them. The truth, I lost ground pretty fast so I ended up on Bath House Row in the park going to see if a favorite Tree had blossomed.
When I reached the Yellow Spanish Style Hot Springs National Park Administration Building I could see a the large Saucer Magnolia Tree blossoms were beginning to open. The freeze and snow last weak changed the outer petals from a pink to a pale beige gold. At first I felt sad to have lost the chance to capture perfect pink blossoms. When my mind adjusted to the different colors I realized Nature had presented me with a new version of beautiful. Gold accented the pink making the shape and definition of each blossom a unique floral sculpture. Spring has arrived in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Less than a block from my goal I glanced to my side and saw two lovely rows of blossoming Cherry Trees. To see the spectacular Cherry Blossoms visit my last blog entry "Beautiful Cherry Blossoms Herald An Early Spring". You will also see the beautiful wings waiting for me in the blossoms.
Much Love to ALL!
Beautiful Cherry Blossoms Herald An Early Spring
I had started hiking on West Mountain this morning and ended up on Hot Spring Mountain ( I will post that blog tomorrow). After a series of strange events I then found myself standing in front of 2 rows of pink. Spectacular pink Cherry Blossoms have burst forth in the Hot Springs Historic District. As I began taking close ups of the blossoms a lovely Cedar Waxwing landed on a branch above me. A quick glance my way and my winged morning companion was its way. Another winged beauty arrived moments later, an Eastern Comma Butterfly. It like many other insects was feeding on the tempting nectar of these glorious pink blossoms. A beautiful spring is unfolding in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Happy Spring, Much Love to ALL!
Beautiful Butterfly, Waxwings and Wildflowers
A beautiful spring day awaited Rick and I when we stepped out for a late morning hike. As we headed into Hot Springs National Park I noticed reddish orange buds on several Trees. The park lawn above the wall on Fountain Street was beautifully decorated in white and pink Spring Beauty. I thought about those little Ground Hogs and their accurate prediction of an early Spring.
Normally during the Audubon bird count I am constantly pulling out paper to write down what I see. From the Floral Trail to the Goat Rock my entire list only contained 1 Turkey Vulture. I tried to console myself by reveling in the beauty of the variety of Birds Foot Violets. A glorious sprinkling of violet to white wildflowers decorated the lower part of the Goat Rock Trail. As we hiked higher up North Mountain a flicker of yellow crossed the trail ahead of us. Moving slowly I got close enough to see that the sunny wings belonged to a Variegated Fritillary Butterfly. It is more yellow than the vibrant orange it sports in summer and early autumn.
When we reached the top of the trail I looked up in time to see a tiny Bird landing in the Tree above us. We froze as I tried to get a shot so I could identify it later when I edited my photographs. Suddenly it turned its head revealing a buff crest and black mask. More Birds landed on the same Tree, so Rick and I quickly counted the plump visitors. We agreed on 12 Cedar Waxwings for the Bird count. It was a spectacular gift from Nature to have these beauties land in a Tree next to us. We stood for 20 minutes enjoying the sight of these lovely Birds.
The joy of being in Nature carried across and down North Mountain. When we reached the bottom a single male Robin stared at us then continued digging for worms. After taking a photograph there was a commotion high in the Trees and I glanced up to see 2 Turkey Vultures circling above. Another wonderful hike for the Birds :)
I hope you will all visit the All Hell Has Broken Loose blog to see their really nice interview along with a selection of my photography.
Much Love to ALL!
Places and Beings of Dreams seem Destined to Emerge from the Fog
From above the moving beauty of fog cannot compare to immersion in its world of shadow and mystery. A trail known becomes a world of the unknown where the places and beings of our dreams seem destined to emerge from the gray. On the trail often the fog feels as if it is a living entity as it follows, engulfs and retreats. Step into the wonder filled world of fog with me along the mountain trails.
Love to ALL!
Foggy Blog Postings
Fog, Ghosts and Silhouettes – Jan 2010
Fog, Rain, Wind and Sunshine on the Hot Springs Trails – March 2010
Foggy Paths, Birds, Wildflowers and Lizards Part 1 – April 2010
Fawn, Rabbit, Tanager, Chipmunk and Squirrel – June 2010
A Lovely Rainy Day in the Forest – September 2010
Hiking Into The Autumn Fog – November 2010
Beautiful Foggy Autumn Morning on West Mountain – November 2010
Rain Drops in the Fog – January 2011
A Foggy Morning in the Sacred Spaces of the Mountain – February 2011
Happy Earth Day 2011 – Fog, Rain and Wind in Rainforests of Hot Springs National Park – April 2011
A Foggy Autumn Morning on the Trails in Hot Springs National Park – October 2011
Beautiful Birds in the Autumn Fog – December 2011
Heavenly Mountain View of a Foggy Sunrise in the Valley – December 2011
Nature Paints Winter with a Dusting of Snow
I have been complaining about winter never arriving in Hot Springs National Park, this morning it dropped by for a few hours. To those of you digging out from under several feet of snow our dusting will not be impressive. Just the lightest touch of snow changes everything in the Forest as it redefines shapes and boundaries along the trails. The rust Leaves of autumn are beautiful against the white mix of snow and ice. Winter Leaves of red and green become jewels in the winter landscape. I felt blessed to hike through Nature's new art work this morning, thank you for joining me via my blog.
Love to ALL!
A Winter Hike in the Urban Jungle
Snow is set to fall on Monday morning and I need to collect data about an urban hike I will be writing about for a local magazine soon. More on this later… much later like in a few weeks.
It is easy to take for granted the symbiotic relationship between Nature and Urban Architecture in Hot Springs National Park. There is a graceful flow to the Grand Promenade Loop that travels across the base of Hot Springs Mountain and down along Historic Bath House Row. Please enjoy my hike through the urban jungle on a day when spring was blooming in the icy chill of winter. The Universe painted a joyous path for me to follow today.
Love to ALL!
Little Violets In The Winter Forest
I am dedicating this blog posting to my Mom and Dad.
My Mom loved Violets above all other flowers, my Dad gave her pressed Violets in a love note a few days before he passed away. She kept his note nearby until she passed away twenty years later.
His love note began "The flowers that bloom in the spring tra la" The early spring weather has brought forth lovely clusters of Bird Foot Violets. Each delicate bloom is a reminder of my parents.
Spring warmth has awoken tender green plants along the edges of the trails. Saucer Magnolias are now covered in fuzzy flower pods and Dogwood Trees have tiny pink ball shaped buds. A few Tree branches in the park have already burst out in a spiny orange blossom covering. The Forest has awakened early with a subtle ballet of new growth and color.
Love to ALL!
Missing the Birds as I Hike Along Winter Trails
Nearly two months of extreme heat followed by several severe late summer storms has taken a toll on park wildlife populations. Prior to the heat followed by high winds and rain Chipmunks and Squirrels could be seen in or below many Trees. On some days I hardly knew which way to turn my lens as there was so much activity. I am thankful today to spot a Squirrel I call Bob because of the missing portion of her tail. She lives near the Hot Springs National Park Entrance and has erratic road crossing skills.
The multiple families of Brown Thrashers have vanished from the lower portions of Hot Springs National Park. The once abundant highly visible Northern Mockingbirds are now a rare sighting. White Throated Sparrows that once flocked along the southern slope of Hot Springs Mountain appear only in small numbers at the top in the picnic area.
Although there are many American Robins the flocks are smaller than in years past. Cardinals that once flourished on both North and Hot Springs Mountains are a rare sighting beyond Dead Chief Trail. Pine Warblers too have become a rare sight within the park as are many other warblers that would normally be seen in the winter months.
My constant winter companions of winters past the Red Bellied Woodpecker have also vanished from their regular nesting sites. I have only seen two and heard one in the past three months. I miss being verbally heckled by the numerous juvenile Blue Jays that would follow me across the park.
Perhaps the moderate winter of the north has kept the birds away. However I think the weather extremes of the past summer have significantly reduced bird populations. Those birds that flock in the park year round are scarce. As I review old videos I remember the symphony of birdsong that used to echo through the Forest. The silence in the park is heartbreaking.
Love to ALL!
Winter Wildflower, Rocks, Tiny Nest & a Morris Minor Traveller
A beautiful icy winter breeze is blowing through the Forest as my beloved husband Rick and I head out for a morning hike. Above us two flocks of birds are darting back and forth over Hot Springs and North Mountains. As we enter Hot Springs National Park Nature displays a taste of spring with a glorious purple Myrtle (Periwinkle) bloom.
When we reach the Upper Dogwood Trail the faint beeping of a Downy Woodpecker lingers and slowly fades as we move deeper into the Forest. Soon we are aware there are no voices of other hikers, no rustling in the Leaves and no bird song, it is as if the entire Forest has fallen into a deep sleep. We become aware of muffled crunch of our boots on the damp autumn Leaves coating the trails as it becomes the only sound as we cross from North to Hot Springs Mountain.
Nearing the end of our hike I spot a tiny cluster in debris in a Tree to my side. On closer inspection we can see it is an intricately woven bird nest masquerading as a clump of leaves. A beautiful discovery at the conclusion of a perfect morning in the Forest.
Love to ALL!
PS check out the wonderful Morris Minor Traveller that we spotted at the Fountain in the Park. Rick identified the make when we were still several hundred feet away :)
Winter Hiking Rocks Fungi and a Titmouse in the Forest
The winter Forest sleeps and dreams of spring.
~ Lee Hiller
It was day of unforseen moments, the kind of hike where peace could not be found. Nearing the half way point on my hike I had to turn around as the NPS (National Park Service) was on the trail ahead using trail buggys and mini earth mover. I noticed a tank on the back of a trail buggy, not sure what was being sprayed I retuned home on the trails I had already traversed. Distracted by life when I returned home I inadvertantly formatted the wrong camera card wiping out a morning of scenic trail views.
Perhaps a lesson, details hold a better view of Nature in her winter form. Rocks painted yellow by Fungus, red Leaves glowing on the trail edges, dried floral bouquets and tiny songbirds. Although the overall view of the winter Forest can be considered bleak there are hidden treasures in plain sight.
The loss of the images made me realize they present only one aspect of winter in the park. Hot Springs National Park is a combination of subtle details to be savored as individual tiles in the mosaic of the sleeping Forest.
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Firefighters in Berkeley were at the scene of a one-alarm house fire this afternoon (Sunday), a dispatcher said.
The fire was reported at a home in the 1700 block of Blake Street at about 2:30 p.m., according to Berkeley fire dispatch.
Firefighters remained at the scene as of 3 p.m. and preliminary reports indicated the blaze was on the way to being controlled, the dispatcher said.
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Six shows set for next La Jolla Playhouse season; subscriptions on sale
La Jolla Playhouse announced its sixth and final production of the 2011-12 season: A musical adaptation of "Sleeping Beauty Wakes," to run July 19–Aug. 21 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. In "Sleeping Beauty Wakes," a young beauty is brought to a sleep disorder clinic, and soon all the patients find themselves sharing a familiar dream.
With a score by composer Brendan Milburn and lyricist Valerie Vigoda, both of the acclaimed trio GrooveLily ("Striking 12," "Long Story Short"), the production will be based on the book by Rachel Sheinkin ("The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee") and directed by Rebecca Taichman, who will also direct the Playhouse's 2011/12 world premiere of "Milk Like Sugar."
"Sleeping Beauty Wakes " will be a co-production with Princeton's McCarter Theatre.
The complete 2011/12 Playhouse season includes:
1. World-premiere of "A Dram of Drummhicit," by Arthur Kopit and Anton Dudley, directed by Christopher Ashley, May 17–June 12, Mandell Weiss Theatre
2. "Peer Gynt," by Henrik Ibsen, adapted and directed by David Schweizer, June 28–July 24, Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
3. "Sleeping Beauty Wakes"
4. World premiere of "Milk Like Sugar," co-commission with Theater Masters, by Kirsten Greenidge, directed by Rebecca Taichman, Aug. 30–Sept. 25, Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
5. World-premiere musical "Finding Neverland," book by Allan Knee, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie, directed/choreographed by Rob Ashford, Nov. 8–Dec. 11, Mandell Weiss Theatre
6. "American Night: The Ballad of Juan José," written by Richard Montoya for Culture Clash, developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney, directed by Jo Bonney, Jan 27–Feb 26, 2012, Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre.
Subscription tickets to the Playhouse's 2011/12 season (from $266 for six shows) are available at (858) 550-1010 or lajollaplayhouse.org.
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- Handful of surprises in Playhouse's upcoming season
- Eveoke Dance earns La Jolla Playhouse's next resident company position
- Creating production posters is a team effort at the La Jolla Playhouse
- Junior Theatre presents first-rate, first-grade comedy in La Jolla
- La Jolla Playhouse actress tours in solo show
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Help your little gnome friends get a good night's sleep with these Gnome City Beds. Very easy to make, and your gnomes will truly be appreciative!
Materials for bed:
wooden container
decorative wooden knobs
crafting glue
wood paint
Mod Podge or sealer
Materials for mattress and pillow:
felt pieces
stuffing (Polyfill, cotton, wool or felt scraps)
embroidery floss
Directions for bed:
1] Purchase a wooden box of suitable size. (NOTE: Mine was purchased from a local craft store. It is made out of balsa wood and measures 3" x 4 1/2" x 1 3/4". This was a great size. There was a bottom and a top hinged together. This will make 2 beds. The top was not as deep as the bottom but it doesn't matter.)
2] Remove all hardware. At this point you may choose to fill the holes but I did not. I wanted to maintain that repurposed look.
3] On the flat bottoms, mark the position of the placement for the knob feet centering the marks 1/2" in from the 2 corner sides.
4] Place a dollop of glue on the 4 marks.
5] Position 4 knobs on the glue. Allow to dry completely. (I bought packages of wooden knobs. They are approximately 1/2" x 3/4". I found them in the same area where I found the boxes.)
6] Paint or stain the bed. You can leave it natural, too. I watered down a light brown paint and "white washed" the beds. It tinted the wood more than painted it.
7] To paint flowers, I simply dipped the end of a larger paintbrush in my petal color, and dabbed it on the wood. I made 5 dabs in a small circle. I used a goodly amount of paint to give the petals a raised look.
8] Change paint colors and using the same technique, dab a center to each flower. Allow to dry completely.
9] Using a small, flat brush, put green paint on the end. To make leaves, make one dab for each leaf. Position and paint 2 leaves per flower.
10] After the paint has dried, seal the wood with Mod Podge or the Natural Olive Oil and Beeswax Finish. I chose to use Pod Podge because the balsa wood was rather rough, and I wanted a layer of Mod Podge to smooth out the wood.
Mattress and Pillow:
1] Measure the inside of the bed. Cut out 2 pieces of felt to this measurement.
2] Using 6 strands of floss and a blanket stitch, sew together 3 sides of the mattress.
3] Lightly stuff the mattress, then continue sewing the rest of the mattress closed.
4] To make the pillow cut 2 pieces of felt 1 1/4" x 1/2" less than the width of the mattress. Sew and stuff following the directions for the mattress.
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I see these in our Easter baskets next year! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for sharing this! As someone who wants to fill a natural dollhouse for my daughter without spending a fortune, this is just a perfect DIY project! Wonderful! Thank you for helping us all think outside the box...lol...literally! :)
Oh, thank you for this! I've been making things for my son to play with from a busy board for his first birthday to a felt tree for Christmas, now it's time for gnomes! I've printed off some of your patterns and I'm just so excited to get started! Now, they'll have beautiful, mama-made beds to sleep in. Thank you for sharing!


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Marshall JCM 2000 TSL (602,600?) or Peavey JSX head
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2005-08-23, 20:17
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NY just south of heaven
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I have a marshall DSL and a Triple XXX
Ive demoed both the TSL and the JSX
In my humble opinion The DSL is better tone wise than the TSl ,I think the gain and overall tone is better on the DSl , I think the JSX is better than a XXX , more versatile better cleans,
If I had the choice Id pick the Marshall , because despite what alot of peeps in this forum say Marshall is still the standard , I found with alot of these hi- gain amps you can be lousy and the hi gain amps will hide your lousiness with a Marshall its unforgiving , you better be a good player , if you are it will sound like heaven , all your efx will sound like mint. Now mind you Im a bit older while I play heavy rock heavy blues ,michael schenker UFO , SAxon , Priest ETC , Im not a death metal dude , The JSX is a great amp in its own right , but IMHO The marshall is the way to go , but not the TSL , I dont like the second channel and I think it takes away from the tone whereas the DSL is 2 channel and sounds better. Try em both see what you think
good luck
I should say I have the DSL 100 .
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Warsi: Political correctness could 'distort' report findings
The senior foreign minister Baroness Warsi has said she is concerned that political correctness could lead to statistics on the sexual abuse of children being distorted.
It follows concerns that today's report by the Children's Commissioner was not explicit enough in highlighting the ethnicity of perpetrators of sexual crimes.
She said: "If the victim takes us to a perpetrator who is white, black, brown, of whatever religion background, then we must investigate that fully".


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Unique 2BR/2.5BA Pet Friendly Villa Right Outside Sea Pines Back Gate in Hilton Head Island
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2½
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets considered yes
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$ 660 - $ 1,142 / week
$ 2,829 - $ 3,104 / month
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6 Ocean Gate, South Forest Beach
- YES, We're Pet Friendly!
- Townhouse With Pool & Tennis View
- Large On Site Pool
- Free Tennis On Site
- Multiple TV's
- Wireless Internet
- Short Walk to the Beach
- Sleeps 6
Located right outside the Sea Pines Plantation back gate and one of only 15 villas in this unique setting, this 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath home is ideal for a young family or two. Not only is the beach 150 yards away, the complex tennis court and pool are conveniently located just out your back door. You can even watch a tennis match and the kids playing at the pool leisurely from your porch or ride a bike to Coligny Plaza for lunch and shopping.
Upon entering the first floor, a 2 story wall of windows and sliders exposing lush landscaping and lots of bright sun is there to greet you. The open living area with hardwood floors features soft cocoas, tans, and cranberry in furnishings including a sofa and loveseat and a flat screen TV. The wood dining room table seats 6 and has a window and ledge to the kitchen for assisting with serving of meals. Both areas have sliders to the private back porch.
The tiled, renovated kitchen is charming with granite counters, all black appliances, antique white cabinets, and lots of sunshine. A cottage table for two is perfect for morning coffee or to entertain the chef. On the first floor also are a laundry room and a half guest bath.
The second level features a sitting area with a moss green sleeper sofa and chair that shares the view from the two story windows. The master bedroom with a queen bed is furnished in the Tommy Bahaman style and it has very handsome brown and blue paisley bedding. A TV is provided as well as a private full bath. The guest bedroom offers two twin beds with lime and pink bedding, a flat screen TV, DVD Player, and another private full bath.
If you are looking for a peaceful setting with great amenities at your back door, this is it.
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- 2 bathrooms 1 half Bath
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- 2 bedrooms, sleeps 6
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I have found UAPROFs a good source of information about handsets,
at least for the ones that have them :-)
Cheers, Scott
I have found UAPROFs a good source of information about handsets,
at least for the ones that have them :-)
Cheers, Scott
We're developing a collection of MMS and wallpaper content to be sold for a variety of platforms (Series 30, Series 40 and Series 60). For best results, we are preparing different versions of each title to match the screen size and resolution of each platform.
It would be great if Nokia could provide a comprehensive matrix of recommended MMS Image, Text and Layout/background sizes for each of its platforms. Some Nokia guidelines recommend we leave room for one line of text to appear below the image, but that recommendation has not been fully extended to include all Nokia platforms. Ideally, that matrix could also include sizes for wallpapers, screensavers and color logos. Right now, we have to hunt all over the place for those specs, which do not always agree with each other.
In the meantime, could you please let us know if the MMS sizes below need to be revised in any way? We deduced those sizes based on documentation now available to us, but had to guess in a number of cases, deducting 20 pixels for the text region from the overall layout/background size.
Thank you,
Fabrice Florin
Handtap Communications
Size C - Nokia Series 30 (e.g.: 3510)
mms image = 92w x 34h
mms layout/background = 92w x 34h
3 resolutions: 1-bit b&w (when available); 2-bit gray; 8-bit color (256 colors)
Size D - Sony Ericsson T68
mms image = 101w x 60h
mms layout/background = 101w x 80h
8-bit color (256 colors)
Size E - Nokia Series 40 (e.g.: 7210, 6610)
mms image = 122w x 78h
mms layout/background = 122w x 96h
8-bit color (256 colors)
Size F - Nokia Series 60 (e.g.: 7650, 3650)
mms image = 160w x 119h
mms layout/background = 160w x 136h
8-bit color (256 colors)
We are also making some full-screen MMS messages that do not leave room for a line of text. Those are done at the full mms layout/background size, typically with an animated GIF.
Size C - Nokia Series 30 (e.g.: 3510)
wallpaper: 96w x 65h
3 resolutions: 1-bit b&w (when available); 2-bit gray; 8-bit color (256 colors)
Size D - Sony Ericsson T68
wallpaper: 101w x 80h
8-bit color (256 colors)
Size E - Nokia Series 40 (e.g.: 7210, 6610)
wallpaper: 128w x 96h
12-bit color (4,096 colors)
Size F - Nokia Series 60 (e.g.: 7650, 3650)
wallpaper: 162w x 132h
12-bit color (4,096 colors)
Comments welcome. If we all put our heads together on this, maybe we can help Nokia come up with a definitive list, which could save us all a lot of time in the future.
We have noticed that there's a cap with these figures in our documentation and we will take an action in this issue. Actually, the information is available, but it's spreaded to the several documents.
Series 60:
- Max. image size for messaging is 174x136, or if you want to have the picture and associated image visible at the same time, 174x119. Wallpaper size is 174x132.
Series 40:
- Usable display area in messaging is 122x96. Wallpaper size is 128x128.
All Nokia phones with color screens uses 12-bit colors (4096 colors). At the moment Nokia terminals don't support separate backgrounds in MMS messages.
Best regards,
V / Forum Nokia
What about the regulation set by OMA? Below is an excerpt from the MMS Conformance document:
The still image coding formats to be used in MMS messages are:
· base line JPEG with JFIF as the exchange format
· GIF87a
· GIF89a
The maximum image resolution for which interoperability is guaranteed is 160x120 pixels.


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This summer, St. Patrick Parish in Fayetteville, hosted youth from Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina who participated in Home Works, a non-profit program to repair the homes of those who can't afford or are unable to do the repairs themselves. For a week youth from St. Patrick joined with their peers and adult volunteers to paint, roof and rebuild portions of houses in Fayetteville. Some of the participants were experienced from previous summers, while others were learning construction skills by doing, under the supervision of a contractor and of St. Patrick Youth Ministry Director Vince Mescall.
This year some 95 youth and adults were involved. The youth were housed and fed at St. Patrick's Family Life Center.
Teen Diana Burden, from St. Philip Neri Parish in Fort Mill, SC, was spending her third year in Fayetteville. "I enjoy helping the homeowners to improve their lives, and working with my peers," she said.
Diana and a dozen others were rebuilding part of a bathroom and kitchen, and power washing the exterior of a home while the elderly owner looked on approvingly. The homeowner had heard about the program through Urban Ministries of Fayetteville. "The kids are so nice and polite," she said. A member of a rural Baptist church, she laughed when asked how she felt about all the Catholic youngsters in her home. "We all pray to the same God," she smiled.
At another location, volunteers were repairing a 2300-square-foot roof, a week-long project. "When it would rain," one of the adult volunteers explained, "water would leak into every room of the house." Several of the youth on this site were members of a large group from Immaculate Conception Parish in Wilmington.
First-year teen volunteer Jenna DiSilva, of St. Ann Parish in Rock Hill, SC, joined the program because "I like to help people, and let God's power shine through me and get to others!"
"The theology stays the same – helping others," said Mary Marshall, an adult volunteer in her 12th year with HomeWorks at St. Patrick. "But the program grows every year."
Above: Students prepping and painting outside of house.
Above: Students from three states taking part in Home Works project, sponsored by St. Patrick Catholic Church in Fayetteville.
Above: Students repairing roof on family's home.


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They have ended up on opposite sides of the campaign. But viewed through their major votes on the city's planning commission, the differences between Rohnert Park City Council candidates John Borba and Amy Ahanotu are relatively slight. The fifth candidate in the race, Roger Schwanke, has run a low-key campaign. Part 3 of our series looking at the Rohnert Park council race.
There has been no shortage of drama in the Rohnert Park City Council race. A blizzard of attack fliers. The re-emergence of a controversial former city manager. The disappearance of one candidate from the campaign trail amid personal troubles. And there's still three weeks 'til Election Day. Today, we turn the WSC spotlight on the campaign in Rohnert Park.
Five candidates for Rohnert Park City Council have raised $39,000 to fund their campaigns, but almost $28,000 is in the form of loans from the candidates themselves. A sixth candidate did not file a disclosure by Tuesday's deadline. Follow the money with us in Rohnert Park.
The Press Democrat Editorial Board endorsed Amy Ahanotu and Pam Stafford in the Rohnert Park City Council race. Did the PD Editorial Board make the right picks? Disagree with the choices? Discuss the endorsements here.
The wife of Rohnert Park City Council candidate Jack Rosevear was granted a temporary emergency protective order after a domestic dispute that unfolded Friday and Saturday. Rosevear said he never threatened his wife and suggested the incident was publicized by opponents.
Six candidates are seeking two seats on the Rohnert Park City Council. See how they answered the WSC questionnaire on local issues.
Rohnert Park Councilwoman Amie Breeze did not file to run for re-election. Her decision means potential candidates have until Aug. 11 to return candidate papers.
In a blistering critique, the commander of the Rohnert Park Public Safety Department's fire division said the agency is in disarray. Fire Commander Jack Rosevear says the division lacks support from managers and the City Council, it is hampered by senior officers resistant to change, and it is beset by low morale.
At least four people say they will run for two seats that are open for election. Both will be first-time candidates. The seats are held by Mayor Pam Stafford, who said she will be a candidate, and Councilwoman Amie Breeze, who has not said whether she will run.


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I know the weather has been so wacky lately in so many places, that I'm wondering what in the name of Storm Thunder Team Television Forecast what's goin' on?
Well, I don't need John Belski to come out of retirement to explain it all to me. Read on.
I now have empirical evidence that 1) Hell has frozen over, and 2) the earth has shifted on its axis.
For your consideration, allow me to present my proof:
Exhibit 1: As much as I've been on The Rick for various and sundry omissions and transgressions this season, my brickbats have been sponge compared to those of UK's Biggest, Bluest Big Blue Booster, Matt Jones. The attorney, blogger, TV wag takes every opportunity he can to diss U of L, Cardinal fans and the former Kentucky coach. Constant derision. Hurled with impunity.
Until this morning. Check out these astonishing observations of Jones' on the Cardinal coach.
For once, words truly fail me.
Exhibit 2: Steve Lavin's St. John's Redmen, er Red Storm, stand 4-5 in the Big East, 12-8 on the season. Less than two weeks ago, they were nuggetized into chicken tenders at the Yum!, losing the U of L by 25. It wasn't that close.
Between that game and today, they lost twice in the conference, by a deuce to Cincy at home, and 52-77 at Georgetown. In their last six games, before today, they were 1-5.
This afternoon, in a game of so little interest I took my beagle Abbey to the Cherokee Dog Run, St. J hosted Duke.
Final Score: St. John's 93, Duke 78.
Do not refresh your screens. That is not a typo.
Don't look at me. I didn't watch a play. I haven't a clue how it happened. Other than that axis thing.
Exhibit 3. During SEC games on ESPN, and perhaps elsewhere — they may do it in the NBA now — they've taken to interviewing coaches during the game. Of course, it's when time is out. But, I'm not talking halftime. I'm talking during play stoppage in the middle of a half.
It is the most egregious intrusion by TV into major sports ever. (Those cameras on the field in Vince McMahon's short-lived pro football fiasco don't count. That was not "major sports.")
Can you imagine, a camera and mic in Adolph Rupp's face during a timeout? Red Auerbach's.? Didn't think so.
I rest my case. No wonder there's snow on the ground one day, and the next we're walking in shirtsleeves in the park.
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MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police have taken into custody one man suspected of being involved in the robbery and rape of five people at Irwin Point in St James on Monday.
A source close to the investigation told the Jamaica Observer Thursday that the suspect was held in St James.
The five victims — an eight-year-old child, girls 14 and 16 and two adults — are still receiving medical treatment and counselling.
Meanwhile the police continue their search for other suspects.
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Triumph Of The Will
Review by Guido Henkel
Length: 120 mins.Rated: Not RatedFormat: FullframeLanguages:German - DD MonoSubtitles: EnglishExtras: Commentary Track Short Film
Leni Riefenstahl's notorious propaganda film "Triumph of the Will" is a mixed bag – even more so if you are indeed German, as I am. I had never had the chance to see this film before, as it seems to be censored in Germany, and was indeed looking forward to Riefenstahl's infamous piece of politic antics. Synapse Films – traditionally more of a supplier of horror films for hardcore fans – has now taken heart and prepared a release of this film for release on DVD. The result – in an ominously black case with a blood-red swastika – is now sitting on my desk, ready for me to explore.As expected, "Triumph of the Will" turns out to be a propaganda piece of the sort the "Wochenschau" offered plenty of during World War II. However, there is something almost lyric about the film and a perfection that is somewhat unexpected. Although the film depicts rigid regimen of soldiers, mass discipline marching and parading, stiff salutes and most of all politic antics, certain shots of the film appear almost serene. It is what made Leni Riefenstahl's film so lasting and at the same time sheds a weird light on the filmmaker herself, as she helps glorify what she knew was fascism, dictatorship, hatred and fanatism - and there simply cannot be an excuse for that.The film is such a twisted portrayal of reality that it is surprising it worked – but so is a lot that has been going on during the Third Reich. People obviously believed what they saw in those pictures, the elaborate glorification of a demagogue and staged beauty of dictatorship. Riefenstahl's skillful artistry helped no doubt to manipulate and mislead the masses, and one wonders what would have happened if this film in particular had failed to get its message across. Chances are millions of people would potentially still be alive if a few more people had asked themselves how certain shots in this film could have been achieved if it were indeed an authentic piece of documentation. The entire film is obviously staged and cleverly edited to create an emotional context, to glorify its contents and to lure people, ultimately disguising the horrors beneath."Triumph of the Will" documents the 1934 Nazi party congress in Nuremberg at which Adolf Hitler and countless other Third Reich politicians drove home the message that Germany will be united and dominating the world. From Hitler's arrival all the way to the end, the shows an incredibly orchestrated spectacle featuring tens-of-thousands of extras. Watching it makes it obvious that this film is a puzzle that has been pieced together very carefully, a notion that is stressed even more when we learn in the disc's accompanying supplements that Riefenstahl shot 61 hours of footage using 30 cameras to capture the event, all of which was then edited down to a 2 hour pseudo-documentary over the course of months.Given its importance and the fact that it is a real historic document, it is nonetheless surprising that the film is ultimately not nearly as exciting as it may seem. The ranting in which Hitler is driving himself in his familiar screaming frenzy, the knuckleheaded tirades about the glory of Germany, the stultification of people with arguments that make their point through blaring intonation rather than their common sense, all this is becoming tedious after a while.At the same time, "Triumph of the Will" raises a few interesting questions in my mind, such as the ever-present, "How could this have happened?" which is now replaced with a more pressing question, "Could this happen again?" I am afraid so. The way media bombard us with half-truths and wrangled information, the sensationalism that overrides any form of real journalism, ethic or integrity, and the way people so eagerly embrace this sensibility, clearly shows that there still is a breeding ground for ignorance, intolerance and stupidity. Every day we are lambasted by examples of people who clearly do not mesh with our society and whose intellect is more than dubious.Synapse Films has done a top-notch job bringing "Triumph of the Will" to DVD. The transfer looks much better than I had ever expected. Although the signs of age are clearly visible, traditionally historic documents like this are marred with blemishes and oftentimes barely recognizable. Not so here. The image is grainy but for the most part clean and stable. The contrast is harsh with very deep blacks and glaring highlights, but given the film's origins and nature, this is an impressive presentation.The audio is coming in the form of a slightly noisy mono track in German. There is a constant hiss that goes through the film but given its authenticity, I truly did not mind at all. The audio track has a very narrow frequency response, creating the extremely harsh sounding resonance we know from old footage. The disc contains an audio commentary track by historian Dr. Anthony Santoro who does a very good job conveying valuable facts and information during the course of the film. He manages to put the entire film in a historic context that allows viewers to see the bigger picture of which "Triumph Of The Will" was only a relatively small shard of. Santoro also points out people throughout the film to ensure viewers learn about the characters and key players in this controversial piece. The disc also contains Riefenstahl's short film "Day Of Freedom" as well as some interesting liner notes by Roy Frumkes.After seeing "Triumph Of The Will" on this DVD, I can't help but feel utter disdain for a woman who was obviously extremely talented. While the film may be a great achievement, the cause was certainly not and the fact that Riefenstahl knew who she was working for and simply did not care, makes "Triumph Of The Will" certainly one of the most dubious achievements in the history of motion pictures. It is clearly the single-most successful film ever made in terms of achieving its goal, and at the same time if there ever has been a film that should never have been made, "Triumph Of The Will" is it. While the film is nothing to be proud of, the DVD certainly is. Synapse Films gives everyone interested in true historic documents a film at hands here that has been unavailable for the longest time – for good reason I may say. In the wrong hands, with a twisted mind, this film can most certainly still be viewed as a call to arms. That's how scarily effective this 60 year old production is!
May 14, 2001
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UFC light heavyweight contender Phil Davis has a tough task ahead of him at UFC 163 in Rio de Janeiro. Davis is in the co-main event spot against former champion Lyoto Machida, and unsurprisingly he's the underdog. In a pre-fight interview with UFC.com, "Mr. Wonderful talked about his opponent and what he plans to do to Machida next month. The following quote was transcribed by MMA Mania's Jesse Holland:
"What makes me so confident in this run for the title? I know what I'm willing to do to make it happen. Machida was next in line for a title shot. Winning against him will put me up in the contender race. What makes Lyoto Machida so unique is that he is quite effective at catching people rushing in. Anyone who comes straight at him, he usually punches. I'm gonna stick to my bread and butter. If his tricks are not working that night, it will be a rough night. My plan is to go back to Rio and get another submission win and be able to build my legacy that way."
Davis has submitted Tim Boetsch, Wagner Prado, Alexander Gustafsson, and some guy in a Sprite commercial. It would be a highly impressive feat for him to pull it off against Machida, who has been submitted just once (against Jon Jones), although that came after he was badly hurt from a knockdown moments before Jones choked him unconscious.