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all four of us are simply exhausted! put on 300 miles today, got home just a bit ago. i'll post a few pics and catch y'all up tomorrow. he's a sweetie, VERY affectionate although a bit confused right now. poor guy has been bounced around a lot over the past few months but unless he does something simply awful (and i can't imagine what!), he has definitely landed in his forever home!!
without further ado, i give you BENTLEY! a verrrrry tired boy! a VERRRRRRY pretty boy!! more later, we have some serious cuddling to do! :D |
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He is gorgeous. You are lucky to have each other. |
Oh pics! I didn't scroll down. He looks right at home. Congratulations. |
I wish you all the best. He is really special. I hope he is ok. |
Wow, VERY handsome! You seemed to have gone from foster to forever pretty quickly ;) I like the way they are all smiling in every photo. CONGRATULATIONS to all of you!!! |
He's a cutie and looks very happy to have found a nice place to call home. |
- Posted by cindyandmocha (My Page) on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 2:37
Oh nina he's soooo handsome. You are one lucky lady. |
- Posted by christine1950 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 7:56
I knew it LOL He's perfect Nina, I'm so happy for all of you,he'd been waiting for you to come along and give him the home he so badly needed. I noticed the sad look is gone from his eyes already. Looking forward to more pictures of all your fur babies. |
- Posted by pamghatten (My Page) on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 8:46
He's beautiful and looks right at home. Congrats! The girls look relaxed too. |
- Posted by homebodymom (My Page) on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 9:59
What a lucky boy! |
He is very handsome.I'm sure he will fit right in with the girls! |
Yes, he is a very handsome, what a beautiful face. And he's very lucky too!! |
thanks, everybody! he's being just perfect!! he's so affectionate, loves to be cuddled and he and the girls have become fast friends! it just doesn't get any better than this! :D |
YAY! More pictures! He truly is home, and your posts are bursting with your joy to have him. :) And holy cow, is that their dog bed? That's bigger than MY bed! LOL |
- Posted by christine1950 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 15, 10 at 8:26
How sweet are those pictures. I see Bentley is a ham for the camera :>) |
since my camera phone doesn't have a flash and he's so dark, sometimes it's hard to find him in a photograph! i wish i'd had the camera handy the first time he heard the grandfather clock chime. he was laying right next to it, turned his head to look at it and did that cute little inquisitive cocking of his head. now, he sleeps right through it! LOL |
- Posted by bumblebeez (My Page) on Tue, Jun 15, 10 at 8:44
What a blessed dog! Keep up the pictures, I love seeing them! |
LOL ok but remember, you asked! all dogs need jobs, right? mine take sleeping VERY seriously! i'll try to get some action shots but don't hold your breath! LOL |
- Posted by murraysmom (My Page) on Tue, Jun 15, 10 at 12:23
- Posted by pamghatten (My Page) on Tue, Jun 15, 10 at 12:53
nina ... you exhausted them yesterday ... they need to recoup! LOL! What type of vehicle do you fit 3 danes in? Love the pic with his head almost in the bear's lap. |
are fred and rocket union? mine keep threatening and i keep asking what more could they possibly want?? LOL pam, i have a trailblazer, it's perfect for the 3 dog as long as i keep the back seat down. they can all pretty much lay down to sleep and not even touch. :) |
- Posted by christine1950 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 15, 10 at 16:04
Its a shame they dont get along Nina, and you were worried for what all of 30 seconds it wouldnt work out HA !!!!! You take wonderful pictures by the way. Keep them coming :>) |
LOL christine...in my defense, i did have one bad adoption experience. a month before i got pea, i had brought home another female, 9 years old. she got much too attached to me and began "resource guarding" to the point where she went after ashley and gave her a pretty nasty bite. i couldn't take any more chances with her and i am not a trainer so after one month, i had to send her back. she is one of only a couple of danes i have met over the last 2 years that i just could not connect with. she was very standoffish to everybody including me and i never could understand quite why she thought she needed to guard me. i got pea instead and the rest, as they say, is history. so yes, i am tickled pink that bentley is doing so well with the girls. pictures? you want more pictures? here they are on the way home... this afternoon, between rain drops, we went outside to see how bentley would do "almost off leash". he is doing great, dragging his little piece of wood around on the long nylon rope and even though he could take off if he wanted to, he is sticking right close to the girls and to home. he seems more concerned about where *I* am! "who peed here??" i don't think it'll be too long before i can get rid of the little piece of wood and just have him drag the long line for a while. :) |
- Posted by christine1950 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 15, 10 at 17:44
Bentley has found his own piece of heaven at your house. I dont think he plans on running off anytime soon, he's already having a great time with his new sisters, he no longer has a reason to run off :>) He feels the LOVE..... |
thanks, christine, that's sweet. i hope he still loves me when i have to go to work on friday and he has to spend a few hours in his crate. waaaa! |
- Posted by murraysmom (My Page) on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 9:17
Nina, I bet you get some big smiles when you stop at a light and all those heads pop up!! Do you have mini horses as well? You go for big dogs and little horses? Nice menagerie and yes, Fred and Rocket are union, for sure!!! |
You go for big dogs and little horses LOL :) Nina, I'm curious about the piece of wood on the rope. Where did you learn about that, what does it do, etc.? I imagine it makes them think they are still tethered, but would like more detail. (by the way, my 23# little beagle would laugh at a little piece of wood...she'd be gone in a NY minute! :) |
murraysmom, yes, i have 2 mini boys. they are both broke to ride for itty bitty kids and red (the silver bay) is broke to pull a little 2-seater cart. haven't had him hitched in ages and hope to do a little driving with him in the fall when it cools off. LOL, yup i get a lot of :O when heads pop up at stop lights. when we are just in the city, i put the back windows half way down and everybody (except me) sticks their heads out. :D weed, i just sorta came up with the idea myself. i first used it when i moved to the boonies with my old siberian husky. i did check with my vet first and he said as long as he can pull it around easily, it wouldn't hurt his neck. it is just a 7 or 8" piece cut off of the end of a landscape timber. i put a big eye bolt in the end to attach the long line to. i used it on my sibe for a couple of weeks but we all know sibes have a tendency to RUN. after a couple of weeks, i took it off of him and he never did stray. i think it just gives the dog a sense that he is still "confined" by a leash but it also gives him the freedom to move around unencumbered, for the most part. of course, the chunk of wood can get caught on things so i'm careful to watch out for that. last night, i tried B without the piece of wood, just put the long line on him. he was really good about staying with us so i unhooked the long line and he was free as a bird. still, he wouldn't go far. this morning, i just opened the door when i was going out to feed and turned all 3 dogs loose. he looked back at me like "aren't you forgetting something??" i said GO PLAY and he and pea took off for zoomies around the tack shed. i LOVE this dog!!! :D |
- Posted by murraysmom (My Page) on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 11:49
Boy, Nina, you have a BEAUTIFUL family of four leggeds there!! Lucky you!!! I'm so glad this has all worked out so well for you. |
- Posted by murraysmom (My Page) on Wed, Jun 16, 10 at 11:58
I was just looking back at all the pictures of the dogs and saw the one with them standing near the tv set. Do you have to say "down in front" when you are watching something and they are walking around?? :) |
thank you, murraysmom. :) this is what i have been needing to help me cope with losing my corgi kids. maggie and simon left a HUGE hole in my heart that, although it will never be completely filled, adding another dog (especially a rescue) is what i needed. LOL, sometimes the dogs block the t.v. receiver and my remote won't go through them so i have to shoo them out of the way! today is the first time i have crated bentley since he's been here. i had to be gone for about 3 hours. i listened at the door and he whined for a few seconds but quieted down. when i returned, he was just laying there, waiting. needless to say, he was happy to see me! :D |
It's good to have a guard bear while you sleep! |
I think you need to buy your animals tee shirts with horse imprinted on some, and dog on the others, because it's hard to tell which is which. LOL. I have never seen a picture of a cocoa Dane. I heard they exists but have never seen one. They are all beautiful dogs. |
Lucky Bentley. Your dogs are wonderful. |
- Posted by christine1950 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 17, 10 at 8:32
Nina Nina Nina, you were in love with Bentley before you even put your hands on him LOL, you have a great place with wonderful fur babies, if I wasnt so far away I'd stop over for a visit and probably never want to leave. |
LOL christine...guilty as charged! there was just something about his petfinder picture that drew me in and i couldn't get him out of my mind. i'm so glad i pursued this, he's a great dog! where are you? c'mon on by, i have a spare room. :D calliope, from what i have read over the past couple of days and from what i'm hearing from my dane forum, bentley would actually be considered a merle. chocolate danes apparently have brown noses as well as brown pads. heck, i was even told by one person that he's probably sun faded and will be black next year! i don't care if he ends up like that or if he keeps the color he has now, a herd of wild horses couldn't drag him away from me. :) |
That's funny - I live in St. Louis and when you said you were coming here, I almost checked to see where you'd be so I could meet you & the doggies. But I decided since you were coming here to evaluate for a "foster" (hehe - ADOPTION), that any distractions wouldn't be good. If I'm ever driving your way though, (all I know is Illinois), I would LOVE to meet everyone! |
oh heck, you should have hollered, i would have LOVED to have met you! as the crow flies, i'm only about 80 miles from st. louis. do you know where Godfrey, IL is? it's an easy drive for me, a little over an hour. i'll bring the gang and we'll have lunch in a park somewhere. :) |
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Can't get enough of proxy access coverage? Check out Steve Bainbrige's take here and the Business Law Prof blog's insights here.
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Non-Stop Coverage Of Shareholder Democracy and Shareholder Activism
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To the tune of lowered income, increased spending and plummeting value of the dollar, major indexes down on the day. The DJIA down -17.31 to 13895.63. The S&P 500 lost -4.63 to close at 1526.75and the Nasdaq fell -8.09to 2701.50. Random Index spinner: Hang Seng Index: up 77.32 to close at 27,142.47.
Personal consumption expenditures declined 0.1% compared to last month. Excluding food and energy the PCE rose 1.8%. Construction spending increased by 0.2% defying expectations of a -0.3% slip.
On the NYSE Friday, 1,337 stocks up and 1,984 down, totaling 883.5 million shares traded.
The euro was at $1.4261 from $1.4147 against the dollar – closing at another high. The dollar was at 114.78 yen from 115.65 yesterday. Crude closing at $81.63 and after reaching a 27 intraday high, gold closed $750.50.
For more market action FT Alphaville
Warren Buffett has once again—for the fourth time—reduced Berkshire Hathaway's stake in PetroChina, to 7.99 percent from 8.21 percent. Though he claims it's just about money, Buffett's actions are indicative of a desire to distance himself from a company which human rights activists have a problem with because of its investments in the Sudan, a region that is currently going through a restructuring of its population. Just as nauseatingly, the sale also hints at Buffett's intent to raise cash in order to buy up a bunch of Bear Stearns (though that has less to do with a dwindling interest in genocide than it does the early stages of dementia). The man cannot be helped. We are done.
Earlier: Why Doesn't Warren Buffett Want To Fund Genocide Anymore?
Somebody Save Warren Buffett From Himself, Bear Stearns
Buffett Further Cuts PetroChina Stake [AP]
The myth of shareholder democracy holds a powerful sway over public opinion. The comments we've received on our two articles on the proxy access rules now up for comment at the Securities and Exchange Commission demonstrate that people continue to be bedeviled by the misguided analogy with democratic political regimes.
One of the mental levers the mythologists of shareholder democracy use to make their case is a kind of demonology of corporate managers. Although corporate insiders, especially chief executives, have demonstrably lost power in recent years to shareholders and independent directors while the risks of running a public company have increased, the continued climb of executive pay seems to have convinced many that executives are somehow fleecing shareholders. The evidence for this is underwhelming, however. While bad characters exist in executive suites and board rooms, they hardly justify enacting wide-ranging corporate governance reforms. Bad CEOs make bad law.
It's important to remember that our system of corporate governance has generated enormous wealth for shareholders and workers over the years, bringing us unprecedented prosperity. We should exercise caution when seeking major reforms, especially when the costs of those reforms will be difficult to measure and the reforms will be next to impossible to reverse. By creating a uniform, national rule for proxy access, the proposed reforms would shut off jurisdictional competition and experimentation between the states. Worse, the proxy access reform is clearly viewed by many of its proponents as a first step in what they view as a revolution in corporate governance. There will be more to come. The proxy access reforms are precedent not a final resting place.
Some of the most thoughtful criticism of our first essay came from Beth Young, who I believe is the author of the Shareholder Proposal Handbook and a senior research associate at the Corporate Library.
We rough up Young's objections to our articles after the jump.
Former Fed Chairman-cum-author/Deutsche Bank consultant Alan Greenspan said in interview with BBC Radio that he and other regulators were fully—blithely actually—aware of the risks imposed by the complex financial derivatives that helped to fuel the recent market turmoil that's messed with your shit. So why wasn't any action taken prior to last week? Because you knew the risks involved, and if you didn't, you're dumber than Greenspan had previously thought.
"I must admit that I do not have considerable concern about the net worth of [wealthy individuals investing in hedge funds] going from $40 million to $5 million, which in many cases is what has happened," he said. In fact, he saw the whole thing as the perfect opportunity to teach you a lesson, not unlike the time he illustrated the dangers of binge drinking to a bunch of middle school students by standing idly by while they downed shot after shot of tequila, saying only to a concerned-looking aide, "this is the only way they'll learn. Nothing like the memory of a good stomach-pumping to make 'em think twice about that next drink."
Oh, and there's maybe going to be a recession. Maybe.
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By John CarneyWhoever said sexism isn't alive and well in America has been asleep behind the wheel or living under a rock for, well, forever. Now, before you get all PC on us, save your breath. The glass ceiling here at Dealbreaker is not only buttressed by myself and Bess Levin – but John Carney smiles down on us and his other female minions from time to time sitting on his glass thrown in his ivory tower.
In addition to Dealbreaker, Neiman Marcus management has an interesting division of how they divvy up "allowances" to their CEO's. Karen Katz, President and CEO gets an annual $25k allowance for clothing while CEO Burton Tansky doesn't get jack. He does however, get a $12k car allowance (will that even get you a Ford Festiva?). James J. Gold, president of Bergdorf Goodman received a $167k "cost of living" adjustment for relocating from Texas to New York and an additional $296k for NY state taxes. Footnoted.org poses the question – are women simply more focused on clothing while men are more focused on cars and taxes?
Dealbreaker.com gets to the heart of the matter – men get more tail when they drive a hot car. Women can only get men to listen to them if they dress slutty.
On how men and women differ… [footnoted.org]
The New York Stock Exchange has released it's calendar for 2008 and 2009. Get excited because in 2008 there will be two extra trading days! It's a leap year, giving us an extra day in February. And there is one less holiday on the schedule—this year we honored the death of Gerald "stagflation" Ford by refusing to work. Unless a former president dies this year, we should have one more day of trading.
Leap years tend to outperform other years, with particularly strong Augusts. Of course, leap years are also presidential election years, which may have more to do with market performance than that extra day in February.
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TRICARE Service Centers will end administrative walk-in services in the United States on April 1, 2014. While our Association appreciates that closing TRICARE Service Centers will result in much needed cost savings, we are concerned about the potential impact on military families. Few, if any, commercial health plans offer walk in customer service. However, few commercial health plans serve populations with the unique needs of our highly mobile military population. We are encouraged by the thorough communications plan that TRICARE has shared with us and we plan to request additional details at a Defense Health Agency briefing being held later this month. Please be assured we will keep you updated on the best alternatives for addressing your TRICARE issues. In the meantime, if you have any specific concerns regarding the closing of TRICARE Service Centers, please share them with us on our website, Facebook page, or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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With all types of brewing, you need to use good, fresh water and clean equipment. Water must be between 195 and 205°F. The proper grind is also essential for maximum flavor extraction. You can find general brewing tips on the Brewing Fundamentals page and brewer-specific tip sheets and articles in the Library.
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976.03 Uniform criminal extradition act.976.03(1)
(1) Definitions. In this section, "governor" includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state. "Executive authority" includes the governor, and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state, and "state" referring to a state other than this state refers to any other state or territory organized or unorganized of the United States of America.976.03(2)
(2) Criminals to be delivered upon requisition. Subject to the qualifications of this section, and the provisions of the U.S. constitution controlling, and acts of congress in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.976.03(3)
(3) Form of demand. No demand for the extradition of a person charged with a crime in another state shall be recognized by the governor unless in writing alleging, except in cases arising under sub. (6), that the accused was present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, and that thereafter the accused fled from the state, and accompanied by a copy of an indictment found or by an information supported by affidavit in the state having jurisdiction of the crime, or by a copy of an affidavit made before a magistrate there, together with a copy of any warrant which was issued thereon; or by a copy of a judgment of conviction or of a sentence imposed in execution thereof, together with a statement by the executive authority of the demanding state that the person claimed has escaped from confinement or has broken the terms of the person's bail, probation, extended supervision or parole. The indictment, information or affidavit made before the magistrate must substantially charge the person demanded with having committed a crime under the law of that state; and the copy of indictment, information, affidavit, judgment of conviction or sentence must be authenticated by the executive authority making the demand.976.03(4)
(4) Governor may investigate case. When a demand shall be made upon the governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with a crime, the governor may call upon the attorney general or any prosecuting officer in this state to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, and to report to the governor the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and whether the person ought to be surrendered.976.03(5)
(5) Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion.976.03(5)(a)
(a) When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against the person in another state, the governor of this state may agree with the executive authority of such other state for the extradition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or the person's term of sentence in such other state, upon condition that such person be returned to such other state at the expense of this state as soon as the prosecution in this state is terminated.976.03(5)(b)
(b) The governor of this state may also surrender on demand of the executive authority of any other state any person in this state who is charged in the manner provided in sub. (23) with having violated the laws of the state whose executive authority is making the demand, even though such person left the demanding state involuntarily.976.03(6)
(6) Extradition of persons charged with having committed a crime in the demanding state by acts done in this or some other state. The governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this state charged in such other state as provided in sub. (3) with committing an act in this state, or in a third state, intentionally resulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making the demand; and the provisions of this section not otherwise inconsistent shall apply to such cases, notwithstanding that the accused was not in that state at the time of the commission of the crime, and has not fled therefrom.976.03(7)
(7) Issue of governor's warrant of arrest; its recitals. If the governor shall decide that the demand should be complied with, the governor shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the state seal, and be directed to a sheriff, marshal, coroner or other person whom the governor may think fit to entrust with the execution thereof; and the warrant must substantially recite the facts necessary to the validity of its issue.976.03(8)
(8) Manner and place of execution. The warrant shall authorize the officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any place where the accused may be found within the state and to command the aid of all sheriffs and other peace officers in the execution of the warrant, and to deliver the accused subject to this section, to the duly authorized agent of the demanding state.976.03(9)
(9) Authority of arresting officer. Every such officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority in arresting the accused to command assistance therein, as sheriffs and other officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with the like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.976.03(10)
(10) Rights of accused; application for habeas corpus. No person arrested upon such warrant may be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding the person shall have appointed to receive the person unless the person shall first be taken forthwith before a judge of a court of record in this state, who shall inform the person of the demand made for the person's surrender and of the crime with which the person is charged, and that the person has the right to demand and procure legal counsel; and if the prisoner or the prisoner's counsel shall state that the prisoner desires to test the legality of the prisoner's arrest, the judge of such court of record shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed the prisoner within which to commence an action for habeas corpus. When such action is commenced, notice thereof, and of the time and place of hearing thereon, shall be given to the prosecuting officer of the county in which the arrest is made and in which the accused is in custody, and to the said agent of the demanding state.976.03(11)
(11) Penalty for noncompliance with preceding section. Any officer who delivers to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in the officer's custody under the governor's warrant in disobedience to sub. (10) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not more than $1,000, or be imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.976.03(12)
(12) Confinement in jail when necessary.976.03(12)(a)
(a) The officer or person executing the governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered, may when necessary confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he or she may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the person having charge of the prisoner is ready to proceed on his or her route, such person being chargeable with the expense of keeping.976.03(12)(b)
(b) The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner may have been delivered following extradition proceedings in another state, or to whom a prisoner may have been delivered after waiving extradition in such other state, and who is passing through this state with such a prisoner for the purpose of immediately returning such prisoner to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he or she may pass; and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent having charge of the prisoner is ready to proceed on his or her route, such officer or agent, however, being chargeable with the expense of keeping; provided, however, that such officer or agent shall produce and show to the keeper of such jail satisfactory written evidence of the fact that the officer or agent is actually transporting such prisoner to the demanding state after a requisition by the executive authority of such demanding state. Such prisoner shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in this state.976.03(13)
(13) Arrest prior to requisition. Whenever any person within this state shall be charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge of this state with the commission of any crime in any other state and, except in cases arising under sub. (6), with having fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of his or her bail, probation, extended supervision or parole, or whenever complaint shall have been made before any judge in this state setting forth on the affidavit of any credible person in another state that a crime has been committed in such other state and that the accused has been charged in such state with the commission of the crime, and, except in cases arising under sub. (6), has fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of his or her bail, probation, extended supervision or parole, and is believed to be in this state, the judge shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer commanding the officer to apprehend the person named therein, wherever the person may be found in this state, and to bring the person before the same or any other judge or court who or which may be available in or convenient of access to the place where the arrest may be made, to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit; and a certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and affidavit upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant.976.03(14)
(14) Arrest without a warrant. The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by an officer or a private citizen without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of another state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in sub. (13); and thereafter the accused's answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.976.03(15)
(15) Commitment to await requisition; bail. If from the examination before the judge it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under sub. (6), that the person held has fled from justice, the judge must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit the person held to the county jail for such a time not exceeding 30 days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused give bail as provided in sub. (16), or until the accused shall be legally discharged.976.03(16)
(16) Bail; in what cases; conditions of bond. Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, a judge in this state may admit the person arrested to bail by bond, with sufficient sureties, and in such sum as the judge deems proper, conditioned for the prisoner's appearance before the judge at a time specified in such bond, and for the prisoner's surrender, to be arrested upon the warrant of the governor of this state.976.03(17)
(17) Extension of time of commitment; adjournment. If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant or bond, a judge may discharge the accused or may recommit the accused for a further period not to exceed 60 days, or may again take bail for the accused's appearance and surrender, as provided in sub. (16), but within a period not to exceed 60 days after the date of such new bond.976.03(18)
(18) Forfeiture of bail. If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender himself or herself according to the conditions of his or her bond, the judge, by proper order, shall declare the bond forfeited and order the prisoner's immediate arrest without warrant if the prisoner be within this state. Recovery may be had on such bond in the name of the state as in the case of other bonds given by the accused in criminal proceedings within this state.976.03(19)
(19) If a prosecution has already been instituted in this state. If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the governor at the governor's discretion either may surrender the person on the demand of the executive authority of another state, or may hold the person until the person has been tried and discharged, or convicted and punished in this state.976.03(20)
(20) Guilt or innocence of accused, when inquired into. The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which the accused is charged may not be inquired into by the governor or in any proceeding after the demand for extradition accompanied by a charge of crime in legal form as above provided shall have been presented to the governor, except as it may be involved in identifying the person held as the person charged with the crime.976.03(21)
(21) Governor may recall warrant or issue alias. The governor may recall his or her warrant of arrest, or may issue another warrant whenever he or she deems proper.976.03(22)
(22) Fugitives from this state, duty of governor. Whenever the governor of this state shall demand a person charged with crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his or her bail, probation, extended supervision or parole in this state from the executive authority of any other state, or from the chief justice or an associate justice of the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand under the laws of the United States, the governor shall issue a warrant under the seal of this state, to some agent, commanding the agent to receive the person so charged if delivered to the agent and convey the person to the proper officer of the county in this state in which the offense was committed.976.03(23)
(23) Manner of applying for requisition.976.03(23)(a)
(a) When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required, the prosecuting attorney shall present to the governor his or her written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged, in which application shall be stated the name of the person so charged, the crime charged against the person, and the approximate time, place and circumstances of its commission, the state in which the person is believed to be, including the location of the accused therein, at the time the application is made and certifying that, in the opinion of the said prosecuting attorney the ends of justice require the arrest and return of the accused to this state for trial, and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim.976.03(23)(b)
(b) When the return to this state is required of a person who has been convicted of a crime in this state and has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his or her bail, probation, extended supervision or parole, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the offense was committed, the secretary of corrections, or the warden of the institution or sheriff of the county from which escape was made, shall present to the governor a written application for a requisition for the return of the person, in which application shall be stated the name of the person, the crime of which the person was convicted, the circumstances of escape from confinement or of the breach of the terms of bail, probation, extended supervision or parole, and the state in which the person is believed to be, including the location of the person therein at the time application is made.976.03(23)(c)
(c) The application shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed in duplicate and shall be accompanied by 2 certified copies of the indictment returned, or information and affidavit filed, or of the complaint made to a judge, stating the offense with which the accused is charged, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence. The prosecuting officer, earned release review commission, warden or sheriff may also attach such further affidavits and other documents in duplicate as he, she or it deems proper to be submitted with the application. One copy of the application, with the action of the governor indicated by endorsement thereon, and one of the certified copies of the indictment, complaint, information and affidavits, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence shall be filed in the office of the governor to remain of record in that office. The other copies of all papers shall be forwarded with the governor's requisition.976.03(24)
(24) Expenses of extradition. The compensation of the agent of the demanding state shall be $8 per day for the time necessarily devoted to the performance of the agent's duties, and the agent's actual and necessary expenses, which compensation and expenses shall be allowed by the county board of the county in which the crime was committed, upon presentation to said board of a verified account, stating the number of days the agent was engaged and the items of expense incurred while acting as such agent.976.03(25)
(25) Assistants to agent returning fugitive. If the district attorney certifies in writing that it is necessary or desirable, one or more peace officers may accompany said agent and shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of $5 per day, unless the county board by resolution establishes a different rate, and to their actual and necessary expenses. Such compensation and expenses shall be claimed and allowed as provided in sub. (24) and the said certificate of the district attorney shall be attached to the verified account of such officer for such services. While so engaged, said officer shall be deemed an officer of this state and shall use all proper means to assist the agent to retain the custody of the prisoner.976.03(26)
(26) Exemption from civil process. A person brought into this state by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer which the person is being or has been returned, until the person has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until the person has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which the person was extradited.976.03(27)
(27) Written waiver of extradition proceedings.976.03(27)(a)
(a) Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or broken the terms of his or her bail, probation, extended supervision or parole may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided for in subs. (7) and (8) and all other procedure incidental to extradition proceedings, by executing or subscribing in the presence of a judge of any court of record within this state a writing which states that the person consents to return to the demanding state; however, before such waiver shall be executed or subscribed by such person the judge shall inform such person of the person's rights to the issuance and service of a warrant of extradition and to commence an action for habeas corpus as provided in sub. (10).976.03(27)(b)
(b) If and when such consent has been duly executed it shall forthwith be forwarded to the office of the governor of this state and filed therein. The judge shall direct the officer having such person in custody to deliver forthwith such person to the duly accredited agent or agents of the demanding state, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such agent or agents a copy of such consent. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the rights of the accused person to return voluntarily and without formality to the demanding state, nor shall this waiver procedure be deemed to be an exclusive procedure or to limit the powers, rights or duties of the officers of the demanding state or of this state.976.03(28)
(28) Nonwaiver by this state. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this state of its right, power or privilege to try such demanded person for crime committed within this state, or of its right, power or privilege to regain custody of such person by extradition proceedings or otherwise for the purpose of trial, sentence or punishment for any crime committed within this state, nor shall any proceedings had under this section which result in, or fail to result in, extradition be deemed a waiver by this state of any of its rights, privileges or jurisdiction in any way whatsoever.976.03(29)
(29) No right of asylum. After a person has been brought back to this state by, or after waiver of, extradition proceedings, the person may be tried in this state for other crimes which the person may be charged with having committed here, as well as that specified in the requisition for the person's extradition.976.03(30)
(30) Interpretation. This section shall be so interpreted as to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.976.03 - ANNOT.
History: 1971 c. 40 s. 93; 1971 c. 298 s. 26 (2) to (4); 1981 c. 289; 1989 a. 31; 1993 a. 486; 1995 a. 225; 1997 a. 283; 2009 a. 28.976.03 - ANNOT.
Judicial Council Note, 1981: References in subs. (10) and (27) (a) to a "writ" of habeas corpus have been removed because that remedy is now available in an ordinary action. See s. 781.01, stats., and the note thereto. [Bill 613-A]976.03 - ANNOT.
Alibi or questions of guilt or innocence are beyond the scope of inquiry in a habeas corpus proceeding. Extradition is allowed even though the accused did no act in the foreign state and has not fled from that state. State ex rel. Welch v. Hegge, 54 Wis. 2d 482, 195 N.W.2d 669 (1972).976.03 - ANNOT.
An extradition proceeding is not subject to collateral attack in a probation revocation hearing. State ex rel. Hanson v. DHSS, 64 Wis. 2d 367, 219 N.W.2d 267 (1974).976.03 - ANNOT.
A request by the demanding state for extradition from Wisconsin of a fugitive accused of violation of the terms of probation need not be accompanied by an affidavit sworn before a magistrate, but is sufficient under sub. (3), if included therewith are copies of the judgment of conviction, or sentence imposed, together with a statement by the executive authority that the fugitive has broken the terms of the probation. State ex rel. Holmes v. Spice, 68 Wis. 2d 263, 229 N.W.2d 97 (1976).976.03 - ANNOT.
As indicated by the presence of a restriction in other uniform acts adopted by Wisconsin conditioning their application to other states with the same or similar acts and the absence of such a limitation in the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, applicability of the statute is not affected in Wisconsin by the fact that a state demanding extradition has not adopted the act. State v. Hughes, 68 Wis. 2d 662, 229 N.W.2d 655 (1975).976.03 - ANNOT.
Only the asylum state, and not the defendant, has a constitutional right to extradition. State ex rel. Niederer v. Cady, 72 Wis. 2d 311, 240 N.W.2d 626 (1976).976.03 - ANNOT.
Sub. (14) was not intended to repudiate the common law rule that an arrest may be made on probable cause to believe that the subject had committed a crime in another state, irrespective of a lack of a complaint or warrant in that state. Desjarlais v. State, 73 Wis. 2d 480, 243 N.W.2d 453 (1976).976.03 - ANNOT.
The scope of inquiry in extradition habeas corpus cases is discussed. State v. Ritter, 74 Wis. 2d 227, 246 N.W.2d 552 (1976).976.03 - ANNOT.
There is no right to a hearing before the governor in extradition proceedings under this section. The mode or manner of a person's departure from the state does not affect the status of a fugitive from justice. State ex rel. Jackson v. Froelich, 77 Wis. 2d 299, 253 N.W.2d 69 (1977).976.03 - ANNOT.
An appropriate issue for the habeas corpus court under sub. (10) is not whether a warrant was properly issued in the demanding state, but whether, given properly authenticated documents, probable cause is stated that justifies the issuance of a governor's warrant in the asylum state. State ex rel. Sieloff v. Golz, 80 Wis. 2d 225, 258 N.W.2d 700 (1977).976.03 - ANNOT.
A convict paroled from federal prison in the state was a "fugitive from justice" subject to extradition by the demanding state. State ex rel. O'Connor v. Williams, 95 Wis. 2d 378, 290 N.W.2d 533 (Ct. App. 1980).976.03 - ANNOT.
Although the sending state could retake a compact parolee under s. 57.13 [now s. 304.13] without process, if it chooses to extradite the parolee it must meet extradition requirements. State ex rel. Reddin v. Meekma, 99 Wis. 2d 56, 298 N.W.2d 192 (Ct. App. 1980). Affirmed, 102 Wis. 2d 358, 306 N.W.2d 664 (1981).976.03 - ANNOT.
No waiver of jurisdiction will be found unless waiver was manifestly intended by the demanding state at the time it yielded to another sovereignty. State ex rel. Graves v. Williams, 99 Wis. 2d 65, 298 N.W.2d 392 (Ct. App. 1980).976.03 - ANNOT.
If the demanding state has not a made judicial determination of probable cause or if documents do not show prima facie validity, the Sieloff analysis appears to be appropriate and not in conflict with controlling federal law in Michigan v. Doran. State v. Stone, 111 Wis. 2d 470, 331 N.W.2d 83 (1983).976.03 - ANNOT.
The court erred in refusing to allow the defendant to introduce evidence that he was not a fugitive from justice. State ex rel. Rodencal v. Fitzgerald, 164 Wis. 2d 411, 474 N.W.2d 795 (Ct. App. 1991).976.03 - ANNOT.
A demanding state's extradition documents are in order when they include a warrant issued by a magistrate from the demanding state who is statutorily required to make a finding of probable cause. State ex rel. Ehlers v. Endicott, 187 Wis. 2d 57, 523 N.W.2d 189 (Ct. App. 1994).976.03 - ANNOT.
The 30 and 60-day periods for detention under subs. (15) and (17) do not apply to persons already in detention. State ex rel. Ehlers v. Endicott, 188 Wis. 2d 57, 523 N.W.2d 189 (Ct. App. 1994).976.03 - ANNOT.
A waiver of extradition and this section expressly gave Wisconsin the right to the petitioner's custody to serve a Wisconsin sentence imposed while the prisoner was serving a sentence in Nevada. At the completion of the Wisconsin sentence, the scope and purpose of the waiver and this section were satisfied and completed. Nothing in the waiver or this section governed or guaranteed future events. Specifically, the petitioner had no right or legitimate expectation that he would be returned to Nevada upon the completion of his Wisconsin sentence or of immunization from potential commitment proceedings under ch. 980. Pharm v. Bartow, 2005 WI App 215, 287 Wis. 2d 663, 706 N.W.2d 693, 04-0583. Affirmed. 2007 WI 13, 298 Wis. 2d 702, 727 N.W. 2d 1, 04-0583.976.03 - ANNOT.
When a Wisconsin prisoner is transported out of state for emergency medical care, acting under s. 976.03 is required. 80 Atty. Gen. 41.976.03 - ANNOT.
Once the governor of an asylum state has acted on an extradition request based on a demanding state's judicial determination that probable cause existed, no further inquiry may be had on that issue in the asylum state. Michigan v. Doran, 439 U.S. 282 (1978).976.03 - ANNOT.
Under the federal extradition act, federal courts have the power to compel a state governor to extradite a fugitive. Puerto Rico v. Branstad, 483 U.S. 219 (1987).


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(1) If you want a job at a certain company, don't send them anything that's not better than what they're already doing today. They're generally looking for people to help them get better and will be drawn to reels that inspire them. (This is key, so I'll repeat this again later.)
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(6) So I believe the IGDA does not insist you're a member for you to attend these events. (Check with them on this.) The reality is, for students, it's not expensive to join, but I do think they let you attend for free. (Hoping you will join down the road.) So GO AND WATCH other people demonstrate their reels, see what works, take notes. Maybe you're a year out from applying, that's GREAT! So you have time to do recon.
(7) If you don't have good video editing skills, or DVD making skills, then find someone to help that does, and buy them lunch/dinner, whatever. There's a big difference when a DVD reel feels slick, vs choppy. We had a reel last night at a IGDA meeting that felt choppy, but the content was good. So bring in help. You're not getting hired for video editing, so it's OK to seek help.
(8) Be honest with yourself. If you've ever watched American Idol, you know that people think they can sing, even when it's bloody obvious they're tone deaf. That means looking at the content of the reel and asking yourself, "Is this fully polished and ready to go?" If not, keep working on it. Then ask yourself, "Is this as good or better than the work I see from this company I want to work for?" If not, then this is the wrong company for you, or you need to aim higher with your demo. Then ask yourself "Is this the kind of stuff they are going to want to see?" Meaning don't send Brutal Orc Models when applying to join the FIFA soccer team. Make Soccer Players, or at least sports characters.
(9) Don't address your demo to HR department (human resources) even if they tell you too. *Accidentally* address it to the head of the department you want to work for. "Art Director", "Programming Director" etc. Then mark it "PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL". In 9/10 companies, this will make it to them. Better still, google or call the company to find out the name of the Art Director, and put his/her name instead of "Art Director". Then send it off. Try not to make it look like a demo DVD. (Plain envelope.) A decent amount of Art Directors will pop the DVD in to check it out. The trick to get them to do this is not to include a cover letter and only print your name and phone number on the DVD â?? DON'T WRITE "DEMO REEL" ON IT! (This way they now just got a MYSTERY DVD in the mail.) Many will pop it into their drive to check it out and that's the right guy to see it. (No need to rot on a giant pile in the HR office.) If they like they reel you will get a call asking where you resume is, make sure that's ready to email or fax.
GET A PROFESSIONAL RESUME (C.V. for the British)
(9a) There's a TON of sites on the web that teach you how to write a professional resume. Some will even write it for you! Do it! That resume needs to be as slick as your Reel. How much will it suck if they love your work, but fail you on a resume. That resume would have to say something pretty bad, but yep, they sometimes do. The most common mistake is too much information. Meaning they detail every job they ever had. Some say incredbly dumb things like "I have fought with employees in the past, but we ALWAYS take it outside". Yep, I had a guy tell me that once in the interview. That's it over. A professional resume is EASY, so do your homework!
(9a) It's mean to say this, but I'm going to anyway, as for a small percentage of very talented people, this does happen. Sometimes the Director you mail your reel too (if they're not great) they sometimes block reels from people that are better than themselves. Sounds dumb, but indeed, it gives them job security and there's at least a few dumb people out there doing the hiring. (I've seen it happen.) So what to do when you know you're demo is equal or better than anything the team is currently producing, and you mailed the Art Director and heard nothing back? Then try one more time and this time mail the same way to the EXECUTIVE PRODUCER for the company. Work out their name also. They tend to not be biased in any way and do have the power to get you hired.
(10) Last night we had problems with file formats like DIVX for the movie files. You MUST just make a DVD. If for some reason you can't make a DVD, and you can't find anyone that can... Then burn a CD and put the movie files on there. NEVER EVER use any funky codecs to encode video with. It must be a Windows Standard .WMV file. (Use the Windows Media Encoder, it's free.) I love DIVX, but last night at our IGDA meeting we had a delay caused by a laptop having problems with projecting a DIVX movie. You can never guarantee the person will have DIVX or any other codec you want to use. So only go with Standards. JUST IN CASE they use a MAC (highly unlikely, but possible) it's worth putting an Apple QuickTime .MOV version on there too. This has all your bases covered.
(11) If impressed they will probably Google you, if they find your homepage, they will look for more evidence of your skills. If they see weird stuff on there, like you're selling crack pipes in your spare time, that's bad. So avoid posting images that didn't deserve to be on a reel, but someone made it onto your site. MANY times, I've liked the reel, then gone to the homepage and found plenty of reasons not to hire someone. (Many many times.)
(12) Remember that there's lots of jobs now. Not just "Artist'. You can be a "Background Artist" a "Concept Artist" a "Matte Painter" a "Lighting Artist" a "Texture Artist" a "3D Character Modeler" a "3D Object Modeler" etc... Lots of jobs, each one has a slightly different set of skills. So make sure to NAIL the job you want. Sending a mix of demos for all jobs in a category tends not to be so smart, as you can't be great at them all. I commonly see good Character modeling, then they also include concept art that's poor or sometimes terrible. That worries the person doing the hiring. If you want concept work, then show nothing but killer concept work. You want to do matte paintings, then show nothing but jaw-dropping matte paintings. That's how to nail this part of the job process.
This list can go on.... I've posted it here so I can keep refreshing it over time.
If you hire professional developers and you have tips to share, please email them to me. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
If you're making a reel and have questions to share with others, please email them to me. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Anyway, I hope this helps.
Advice well shared. Thank you.
Posted by: casebian at November 30, 2007 5:10 PM
dp, i thnik this would be great to put in the wiki and backlink here.
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someone help me out here
I recall this funny clip of an asshole type forcing his way into a d&d game, he has a jug of mountain dew and I think* a pack of chips ahoy cookies. He is beating some "noob" when a demon guy comes out and sends him to an alternate realm* where he is unceremoniously squashed by some big ugly bastard.
What was that from ><
"A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally." "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)
Nah thats not it, this was a real life deal.
OK, it was hawaiian punch and it was on the onion movie. Proteus the invincible ><


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FLORIDA, May 15, 2012 — The shooting of Trayvon Martin has become not just a matter of law enforcement and criminality. It's become an explicitly partisan debate, and more than that, a public crusade. Interestingly enough, the overwhelming majority of pro-Martin crusaders are not family members, concerned lawyers, or law enforcement officials.
No, they are the usual band of cunning politicos, based everywhere from Albany to Miami, profiteers of peril posing as community organizers, and worst of all, media figures engaged in what can only be described as activist journalism.
Their combined efforts to obfuscate this tragic incident have resulted in mass confusion and popular outrage despite the ever-shifting "facts" of the case: Martin was an honor student or had been in trouble at school; he was a gentle pacifist or involved in fights; Zimmerman towered over a kid he outweighed by a hundred pounds, then was shorter than a young man who he outweighed only by his pant-size; there was no sign that Zimmerman had been hurt and then there were pictures of blood on the back of his head; he used a racial epithed and then he didn't, and a network doctored the tape.
We don't know whether Martin's assailant was a trigger-happy neighborhood watchman, or whether Zimmerman killed Martin in self-defense. We know only that Martin is dead and that Zimmerman shot him.
Whatever the case, it was assumed early on that Zimmerman was white, and perhaps of Ashkenazic Jewish background due to his last name. As time wore on, though, facts came to light which illustrated his Latino background and Roman Catholicism. Beyond any of this, however, new biographical details have revealed themselves, and they entail plot twists worthy of an early John Grisham novel.
First off, Zimmerman is not only a minority, but the same kind that Martin was. Apparently, an old family photo shows that one of the man's great grandfathers was Afro-Peruvian. Furthermore, for all of that talk about Zimmerman being a far-right racist lunatic, he is a registered Democrat.
Of course, there are still a handful of bigoted Dixiecrats floating around, but a cursory glance at Zimmerman's personal history should dispel any notion of him being among them.
Shocking as these revelations are, we should expect that others of a similar nature will come down the line. That's been the pattern so far. The question is this, will they be covered heavily in the media if they do not fit a pre-established narrative? News of Zimmerman's African ancestry and party affiliation might have been expected to draw attention, but so far they have not. Had far more irrelevant information been uncovered that would better fit the media's story behind the story, would this not have made the front page?
Almost certainly yes.
The Martin-Zimmerman affair is an almost perfect example of trial by press and public opinion. The judicial process will only confirm people in their existing opinions, or convince them that a miscarriage of justice has occured. The media and political circus has managed to show just how many people — supposedly responsible public officials, reporters, and community activists — are willing to exploit a tragedy to further their own ends. That the death of an unarmed teenager is being exploited for political ends is a tremendously sad statement.
One wonders how much sadder this entire mess will become before it is settled — through the judicial system, and nothing else, of course.
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Seeing all the stuff from Knot & Bow really makes me want to buy something. How can you hold yourself when seeing all this?
Wouldn't mind getting something that is wrapped with all these amazing items.
And there is even more... Take a look and be inspired by the products, colors, shapes and materials.


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Pew: MSNBC's Bias Far Worse Than Fox
This news is certainly no surprise to anyone on the right, but a new Pew study finds that MSNBC is far more biased than Fox News.
The Pew study, Winning The Media Campaign 2012, tracked the political coverage that President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney received between the conventions and the final days of the campaign. The study of the media landscape (including social media) shows that Obama got a bit more positive coverage than Mitt Romney, but that his positive coverage took a nosedive after his miserable performance at the first debate.
But one of the more interesting aspects of the Pew study is the breakdown of bias from MSNBC and Fox News. This part of the study shows that MSNBC was far more biased against Romney than Fox was against Obama.
MSNBC featured 71 percent negative coverage of Mitt Romney whereas Fox coverage of Obama was only 46 percent unfavorable. What's more, positive Romney stories on MSNBC reached all the way to a soaring three percent!
David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun exactly pegs these results. Of MSNBC, Zurawik says, "That's not a news channel."
"That's a propaganda machine, and owner Comcast should probably change [MSNBC President] Phil Griffin's title from president to high minister of information, or something equally befitting the work of a party propaganist [sic] hack in a totalitarian regime. You wonder how mainstream news organizations allow their reporters and corrdespondents [sic] to appear in such a cauldron of bias."
Why anyone considers commentators such as Chris "Tingles" Matthews, Ed Schultz, or Rachel Maddow anything other than complete propagandists is anyone guess, but this Pew study proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that there isn't a single unbiased minute on MSNBC while Fox News appears to be far more balanced by comparison.
Another interesting part of the Pew study is that social media is even less forgiving than the Old Media establishment. This, of course, should also be no surprise. After all, social media is not expected to be unbiased. It is built on everyone's opinion, not any even-handed coverage of the news.
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I recall this act of derring-do for some reasons that have become painfully obvious in the past two weeks and, I hope, for some that are not so obvious.
Now that the world has profoundly changed, many of us will have to summon the courage of a Philippe Petit as we are called upon to enter frightening and unfamiliar spaces, geographical and psychological. Without towers to anchor us, we will search for our strengths and our comforts wherever we might find them.
For starters, try baseball.
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in lower Manhattan and Washington, D.C., and the plane crash in western Pennsylvania, major-league baseball rightly shut down for six days. When the players returned to the diamonds, on Monday, September 17, they did it in great sorrow. The New York Mets donned caps honoring their city's fallen police and firefighters. At Coors Field, solemn platoons of Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks unfurled a giant American flag across the infield. In stadiums across the nation, the sweet seventh-inning yearning of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" was replaced by "God Bless America" or "America the Beautiful." The Mets, who, out of respect for the dead, had moved their series with the Pirates to Pittsburgh, won 4-1. Two nights later, the ordinarily fierce Yankees fireballer Roger "Rocket" Clemens, facing the White Sox in Chicago, became the first pitcher ever to win twenty games in a season while losing only one. Out of respect for the dead, he had nothing to say about his feat. The Rocket's Red Glare was nowhere to be seen.
As the week wore on, baseball struggled to return to "normal," and those who love the game struggled to reclaim the pleasure we take in the game. The best fans could do was take note that the Philadelphia Phillies had crept up on the mighty Atlanta Braves in the closest National League East race in years and that Giants slugger Barry Bonds had hit numbers 64, 65 and 66 in his late-career quest to break the single-season home run record (70) Mark McGwire set -- can it be true? -- just three years ago. Amid the weird dilations of time and space so many Americans have wrestled with since September 11, three years may as well be three decades or three centuries.
Still, try baseball.
With its brutal collisions and belligerent lexicon -- all ³blitzes² and ³trenches² and ³smashmouth² -- our football suddenly seems shockingly warlike. Soon enough, we¹ll get our fill of the real thing in the caves of the Hindu Kush and God knows where else. As for pro hockey¹s everyday bloodletting, who will have a taste for that by, say, mid-December? Like so-called ³reality TV,² the violence of football and hockey may soon be overwhelmed in the public imagination by the monstrosity of actual battle. Baseball, on the other hand, usually reminds us of our best qualities, not our faults. Consider: The very object of the game is to ³go home.² As European intellectuals have noted for 150 years, it embodies both our notion of democracy and our capacity for joy. These visitors may not have understood the sacrifice bunt, but they saw us clearly as we took our leads at first base. There¹s something else, too. Notwithstanding the occasional beanball ³war² or bench-clearing brawl, the game is a sunny, pastoral diversion that, while played at its highest level in cities, constantly reminds us of our easygoing rural origins. All that green grass. All that poised standing around. All that tense and beautiful waiting for something to happen. At its best, we still call it good ¹ol country hardball.
Indeed, the origins of the game as we know it are now accurately traced to the afternoon of June 19, 1846, when two amateur teams met in a place called, appropriately enough, Elysian Fields. Played under rules established by one Alexander J. Cartwright (who ranks in the annals of invention alongside Edison, or at least Eli Whitney), the game ended in a Coors Field-like 23-1 score. Today, I feel duty bound to remind everyone that Elysian Fields was located in Hoboken, New Jersey, scarcely a mile across the Hudson River from the site where the rubble of the World Trade Center and 6,000 lives now lie smoldering. And a bell¹s toll from the Statue of Liberty.
For momentary solace, try baseball.
In St. Louis, baseball is a religion dressed in red, practiced by a congregation that knows every rubric. In Boston and Chicago, the game is a wellspring of wild hope -- hope always dashed but forever renewed. In Los Angeles it¹s a happy doze in the sunshine, in Denver a fiesta of exaggeration, a gaudy parade of .250 hitters filling the cheap seats with horsehide. In Milwaukee, baseball is brown mustard on your shirtfront, in Atlanta a chess game contested by grand masters named Maddux and Glavine. In Tampa Bay...well, the less said about the Devil Rays the better. The point is that baseball endures. Despite disputes and work stoppages, the treachery of the Black Sox and the sorry fate of the Montreal Expos, baseball is an institution like no other, a repository of dreams and optimism that have nourished the American psyche for more than a century. As one sage observed, the game is designed to break your heart, but its rewards are eternal.


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The AD7873 is a 12-bit successive-approximation ADC with a synchronous serial interface and low on resistance switches for driving touch screens. The AD7873 operates from a single 2.2 V to 5.25 V power supply and features throughput rates greater than 125 kSPS. The AD7873 features direct battery measurement, temperature measurement and touch-pressure measurement. The AD7873 has an on-board reference of 2.5 V. An external reference can also be applied and can be varied from 1 V to VCC, while the analog input range is from 0 V to VREF. The device includes a shutdown mode that reduces the current consumption to less than 1 µA. This part is available in a 16-lead 0.15" Quarter Size Outline (QSOP) pack-age and a 16-lead Thin Shrink Small Outline (TSSOP) package. (Click here to see QSOP Package Dimensions.)
Also see the AD7843, which is a sister part to the AD7873.
Full data on the AD7873 is available in the AD7873 data sheet available from Analog Devices and should be consulted in conjunction with the EVAL-AD7873CB Technical Note when using the Evaluation Board.
The board has features that allow the user to evaluate all the functions of the AD7873. On-board components include an AD780 which is a pin programmable +2.5 V or +3 V ultra high precision bandgap reference, and two AD713 quad op-amps. There are various link options which are explained in detail on page 2 of the EVAL-AD7873CB Technical Note.
Interfacing to this board is through a 96-way connector. External sockets are provided for the optional, external, DCLK, CS, and DIN inputs; BUSY, DOUT and PENIRQ outputs; VBAT and AUX inputs ; the VIN input and VBIASED output of the bias-up circuit. External inputs are also supplied to allow the user to easily connect a 4-wire touch-screen panel to the X+,X-, Y+, and Y- inputs.
This evaluation board is compatible with the Evaluation Board Controller which is also available from Analog Devices.
Included in the EVAL-AD7873CB evaluation board package is software for controlling and evaluating the performance of the AD7873 when it is operated with the Evaluation Board Controller. The EVAL-AD7873CB Demonstration/Evaluation Software runs under Windows 95, 98, 2000 & NT. The user interface on the PC is via a dedicated program written especially for the EVAL-AD7873.
To download software, select the link below:
Technical notes are available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
To download the Technical Note, select the link below:
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March 16, 2007
San Diego's Point Loma, And Ocean Beach
Our second day in San Diego, while my wife confabbed with mortgage lenders, the kids and I explored city's western reaches, along the Pacific, far away from our downtown nest. We took a cab - but could have taken the trolley - to the Old Town Transit Center, where we caught the #28C bus to Cabrillo National Monument at Point Loma. There, from high atop the bluff you look back east across the bay at San Diego's skyline. Of course, I had my digicam. Point Loma's history is bound up in naval defense. Still today, Pacific Air Fleet craft on maneuvers from nearby Naval Station Coronado are a constant presence. At the monument's national park complex, museum exhibits detail the journeys of Spanish Catholic conquistadores in Mexico and what's now the southwestern U.S., including the discovery of Spanish captain Juan Cabrillo and his crew by the local Kumeyaay Indians after those foreign agents of a foreign deity landed and christened San Diego as San Miguel. Here's Juan in statuary with the city skyline to the southeast across the bay. A nature path leads one-and-one quarter miles down the bluff side, and if you visit in your own vehicle a road leads to what's described by the park service in their brochure as "one of the last rocky intertidal areas open to the public in southern California." The bluff uplands at Cabrillo National Monument are known for gray whale sightings on the ocean side; you'll want to bring strong binoculars and some patience to the viewing platform just west of the Old Point Loma Lighthouse. That restored structure was used for its original purpose from 1855 to 1891, then fell into disrepair before being restored. It's open to visitors, with rooms rendered in authentic historical detail, and historical text and photos on early lighthouse keeper families. Here's the view looking northwest back toward the lighthouse from closer to the bayside bluff's edge. The grandness of Point Loma is simply the place itself, where strong breezes and warm sun complement sweeping views of the city, naval base and planes, ships in the bay, Coronado Bridge, the 10-mile-long Silver Strand spit at Coronado's southern end, and the ocean. You're somewhat boggled to eventually recall you're still within San Diego city limits. After viewing an excellent 25-minute film on tidal critters and conditions, we headed from Point Loma back past the vast hillside military graves of the nearby Fort Rosecranz National Cemetery to the San Diego hippie haven neighborhood of Ocean Beach. From the national park, we caught the 28C back to Rosecranz and Nimitz, where we transferred to the #923 bus to Ocean Beach. Along Cable Ave. we debarked at Newport Street, the palm-tree lined main drag of the neighborhood, leading right down to the beach. Ocean Beach, or OB as some call it, is intensely laid back - if such a thing is possible. You may wander into The Newport Pizza and Ale House one afternoon, as we did, and find a bunch of young patrons with complicatedly disheveled hair engaged in a sinewy melodic jam utlizing acoustic guitar, tablas and wood flute, while gourmet pizzas pop hot out of the ovens. Yes, there's a hostel across the street. However, just a few doors down comes a subtle reminder that even San Diego's Trustafarian Good Vibes hub is home to blatantly heterosexual carnivores lacking the PC gene. That'd be way-surfadelic Hodad's, where I ate the truly penultimate double bacon cheeseburger, and where along with walls full of vanity license plates from all over the U.S., a sticker on the counter at the cash register proclaims "Straight Pride," showing a generic man and woman holding hands. BurgerLust ensued - and hey, I used to write about great cheap eats for The Seattle Times, so I'm no pushover. Hodad's monster sported finely shredded lettuce, ethereal bacon, cheese, sliced tomato, ridge-cut pickle slices, meaty sliced sweet onions, mayo and ketchup bracketing two fat char-grilled quarter pound all beef patties on a triple-decker bun. Spritz on some California "Just Chili" chili sauce tableside and carefully engineer your conquest. Even so, you're gonna wear some of it on your face and forearms, no way around that. Do not under any circumstances fail to order some "frings," a combo basket of superb onion rings and battered fries. At the beach, Ava absorbed the universal aura of the Sand God. Her brother is out of the frame, building something. Kids cavorted with kelp, as they are wont to do. Dolphins came and went; surfers surfed. The North San Diego County branch of the Twelve Tribes (dolphins in previous lives) made a showing in their multi-hued bus. These "mature, middle-aged ex-hippies" are unabashedly religious, communitarian, hard-working and non-materialistic. Me and my family; we need our space, our bathrooms and our personal computers. But these folks know how to breathe deeply, walk slowly, and savor a sunset, so they're probably several steps ahead of the game. We bought some scrumptious organic grapefruit from them at the Ocean Beach Farmer's market later that afternoon, along with some transcendent strawberries from a Carlsbad vendor. Then took a long walk down the long pier, and just hung for a while. You might even stop in at Ocean Beach Pier Cafe right on the pier for some mango pancakes, a lobster omelette, lobster tacos or clam chowder. They say the food's good, but there are flies. From Newport Avenue and Cable Street, the #923 will take you back downtown. You're either on the bus, or off the bus. TECHNORATI TAGS: SAN DIEGO, POINT LOMA, POINT LOMA LIGHTHOUSE, OCEAN BEACH, SURFING, HODAD'S, NEWPORT PIZZA AND ALE HOUSE, TWELVE TRIBES, OCEAN BEACH PIER CAFE, TOURISM BLOGGING> Posted by Matt Rosenberg at 12:38 PM | Comments (4) |
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