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Translation of stretch in Spanish:
transitive verb/verbo transitivo
- 1 1.1 (extend to full length) [arm/leg] estirar, extender*; [wing] extender*, desplegar* we went for a walk to stretch our legs dimos un paseo para estirar las piernas see also stretch out 1 1.2 [elastic/rubber band] estirar; [sweater/shirt] estirar; (widen) ensanchar 1.3 (draw out) [rope/wire] estirar; [sheet/canvas] extender* we stretched paper chains from one wall to another tendimos cadenetas de papel de pared a paredExample sentences
- The fabric mask is stretched over the face and pressed firmly in place.
- Then carpet is stretched over the top of the metal and tucked under the side of the Z-bar that is not secured.
- The second balloon is stretched over the first balloon to seal in the flour.
- 2 (eke out, make go further) [money/credit/resources] estirarExample sentences
- Now, precious resources are being stretched even further.
- But the real issue is that important resources are being stretched.
- And police resources could be further stretched if there is a repeat of last year's illegal rave at Marloes on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
- 3 3.1 (make demands on) exigirle* a my job doesn't stretch me mi trabajo no me exige lo suficiente she's not being stretched at school en el colegio no le exigen de acuerdo a su capacidad I wasn't fully stretched as a secretary como secretaria no estaba exigida al máximo 3.2 (strain) [patience/nerves] poner* a prueba our resources are stretched to the limit nuestros recursos están empleados al máximo, nuestros recursos no dan más de sí my nerves are stretched to breaking point tengo los nervios a punto de estallar
- 4 (distort) [truth/meaning] forzar*, distorsionar; [principles/rules] apartarse un poco de she's stretching it too far se está pasando un poco [colloquial/familiar]Example sentences
- You know, nothing hurts the truth like stretching it, and he stretched it just a lot.
- Now that's stretching it a bit, don't you agree?
- If I told you that, I would be stretching it a bit.
intransitive verb/verbo intransitivo
- 1 [person] estirarse; (when tired, sleepy) desperezarse* he stretched up to touch the ceiling se estiró hasta tocar el techo to stretch to reach sth estirarse para alcanzar algo
- 2 2.1 (reach, extend) [forest/estate/sea] extenderse*; [influence/authority/power] extenderse* it stretches several miles south se extiende varias millas hacia el sur his land stretches from the river to the mountain sus tierras abarcan or se extienden desde el río hasta la montaña his grin stretched from ear to ear sonreía de oreja a oreja his coat stretched right down to the ground el abrigo le llegaba hasta el suelo 2.2 (in time) to stretch back remontarse to stretch over a period alargarse* or prolongarse* durante un período our partnership stretches back more than ten years nuestra colaboración se remonta a hace más de 10 años this treatment can stretch over months este tratamiento puede alargarse or prolongarse durante meses a miserable future stretched before her tenía un sombrío futuro por delanteExample sentences
- Inside the gate a carpet of bricks, plaster, glass, wood and office paper stretched around 40 feet to a crater which marked the epicentre of the explosion.
- I was puzzled about how to eat the long and large segment of pig's bone positioned in the middle of the plate in front of me with a straw stretching into it.
- By 1930, no wetland and few trees were left in the region, and in many counties, cotton stretched from horizon to horizon.
- 3 3.1 (be elastic) [elastic/wire/rope] estirarse 3.2 (become loose, longer) [garment/rope] estirarse, dar* de sí my sweater stretched in the wash se me estiró el suéter al lavarlo, mi suéter dio de sí al lavarloExample sentences
- Soft, springy materials like rubber and skin don't tear easily because they stretch before breaking apart.
- Softer metals tend to stretch more easily, which explains the different factors in the formulas for different metals.
- If you replace your laces with elastic you will be able to tie them up before you slip your feet into them; the elastic will stretch to enable your foot to go in but will still be tight enough to hold your shoes on comfortably.
Example sentences- The precautionary effort was expected to stretch into this week.
- There are also plans to obtain extended drinking hours and a dance licence, so the weekend stretches out just that little bit longer.
- Stein's interim stint, expected to last two months, stretched to a year.
- 4 (be enough) [money/resources/supply] alcanzar*, llegar* to make sth stretch estirar algo, hacer* llegar or hacer* alcanzar algo funds won't stretch to a new library los fondos no alcanzan or no dan para una nueva biblioteca I can't stretch to a car no me da or no me alcanza para un cocheExample sentences
- Sadly, finances would not stretch to pay for her two children, Emma, 15, and Daniel, 13, and Paul's three grown-up children to go too.
- 'I don't know if the club's finances will stretch to allow me to keep two keepers on the go,' admitted the manager.
- It's often said that resources won't stretch to having a Garda on every street corner to maintain law and order.
reflexive verb/verbo reflexivo
to stretch oneself- 1.1 (physically) estirarse; (when tired, sleepy) desperezarse* she yawned and stretched herself bostezó y se desperezó 1.2 (increase efforts) exigirse* al máximo, intentar superarseExample sentences
- Considered the toughest event, the obstacle course is a test to the cadet's stamina and ability to stretch him beyond his limits.
- However, the extent to which this exercise stretches me personally is a constant surprise.
- It stretched me as a person and opened my mind to many new parts of myself.
Example sentences- I got up from the rather cramped car and stretched out my muscles to give them some air.
- She stretched out her body, her muscles loosening up from the long flight of last night.
- This area was cooler with more grass than plain dirt, making me want to stretch out on the soft carpet and stare at the stars.
- 1 (act of stretching) (no plural/sin plural) to have a stretch estirarse (when tired, sleepy) desperezarse* to give sth a stretch estirar algo at full stretch (fully extended) estirado al máximo the factory is working at full stretch la fábrica está trabajando a tope or al máximo stretch of the imagination by no stretch of the imagination could he be described as an expert de ningún modo se lo podría calificar de experto that can't be true, not by any stretch of the imagination eso ni por asomo puede ser verdad
- 2 countable/numerable 2.1 (expanse — of road, river) tramo (masculine), trecho (masculine) the final o home stretch la recta final the last stretch was the most exhausting el último tramo del trayecto fue el más agotador not by a long stretch (ni) con mucho, ni mucho menos it isn't as good as the other one, not by a long stretch no es, (ni) con mucho, tan bueno como el otro, no es tan bueno como el otro ni mucho menos 2.2 (period) período (masculine) he did a ten-year stretch in the army estuvo or pasó (un período de) diez años en el ejército he did a three-year stretch [colloquial/familiar] estuvo tres años a la sombra [colloquial/familiar] at a stretch (without a break) sin parar (in an extremity) como máximo we used to work for twelve hours at a stretch trabajábamos doce horas seguidas or sin parar at a stretch, we can get ten people round the table como máximo, podemos acomodar a diez personas en la mesa at a stretch I could get it to you by Monday te lo podría hacer llegar para el lunes, como muy pronto
- 3 uncountable/no numerable (elasticity) elasticidad (feminine) a sock with lots of stretch un calcetín muy elástico or que da mucho de sí
- (before noun, no comparative/delante del nombre, sin comparativo) [fabric/pants] elástico
Phrasal verbs
stretch out
verb + object + adverb, verb + adverb + object/verbo + complemento + adverbio, verbo + adverbio + complemento 1.1 (extend) [legs/arms] estirar beggars stretching their hands out for alms mendigos pidiendo limosna con la mano extendida he stretched his hand out to touch her alargó or extendió la mano para tocarla he stretched himself out on the sand se tendió sobre la arena he stretched him out with one blow [colloquial/familiar] lo tumbó de un golpe 1.2 (make last longer) [money/speech] estirar 1.1verb + adverb/verbo + adverbio 2.1 (reach out) he stretched out to turn off the alarm clock alargó or extendió la mano para apagar el despertador 2.2 (lie full length) tenderse*, tumbarse 2.3 (extend — in space) [plain/city] extenderse*; (— in time) [negotiations/afternoon/meeting] alargarse* the days stretched out ahead of her le parecía tener una eternidad por delante
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Rumor: Anthony, Nuggets, Bobcats putting brakes on trade with Nets?
The price that the Nets would pay for Anthony in what would be a multi-team trade would be steep.
Yahoo said the Nuggets wanted power forward Derrick Favours, the No. 3 pick overall in the draft, and a protected 2012 first-round pick the Nets received from Golden State.
The Utah Jazz and Charlotte Bobcats also would be involved in the trade and Yahoo reported that the Bobcats would get all-star point guard Devin Harris from the Nets.
Charlotte would send forward Boris Diaw to the Jazz, who would send forward Andrei Kirilenko to the Nuggets. The Nets would also get point guard D.J. Augustin from the Bobcats.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: The prodigal son may or may not return to his place of birth.
Word is the Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets trade rumor has hit a snag. Such is life when dealing with a diva/superstar and a four-team blockbuster that's more complicated than those derivative mortgages that ushered in the global recession.
Here are a few of the issues:
• Anthony, who can become an unrestricted free agent in July, has yet to agree to a multi-year extension with the Nets. No extension. No deal.
• Anthony also isn't sold on the Nets. He's desperate to play with superstar pal Chris Paul, who hits free agency in 2012.
• The Denver Nuggets aren't ready to cut ties with Anthony, their ling-time franchise face. Although there's been little movement on an extension, the Nuggets may want another shot at convincing the forward to stay.
• The Charlotte Bobcats are having second thoughts on including young point guard D.J. Augustine. Right now, the NBA is stacked with point guards, but Augustine could still develop.
Make no mistake about it, this hinges on Anthony. If he wants to be a Net, the deal happens. All involved will acommodate.
Like the Nuggets' offence, the ball is in Melo's hands. Everyone is watching to see what he'll do.
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Report: Rudy Fernandez vetoed trade to New Orleans
Rudy Fernandez, according to a source, rejected a possible trade to New Orleans, where he could have played for former Blazers assistant Monty Williams, now the Hornets' coach.
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Rumor: Hornets can't trade Okafor, hoping he produces
"For most guys, when you are traded to a team that was successful, it's hard to fit in right away," Williams told SN. "The dynamic of fitting in, it's not always right there and it's probably not fair to Emeka to just expect him to come in and fit in right away. Emeka will have to find ways to be efficient. I think we have done some things—added some shooters—who will make things easier on Emeka. Now that he is adjusted, I think he is going to have a very good year."
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Monty Williams knows he must get more from Emeka Okafor.
What other option does the first year sideline boss have?
After all, the New Orleans Hornets have been unsuccessful in their attempts to move the struggling post. In these dire economic times, no team would consider taking the remaining four years and $51 million on Okafor's contract.
The Hornets reportedly resorted to packaging his big ticket with superstar Chris Paul. If a team wanted CP3, they had to jump on Okafor's grenade of a contract.
No team would take the hit -even if came with a superstar point guard. This is no longer an option because Williams and GM Dell Demps have taken Paul off the trading block.
Bottom line: Okafor, not Williams, is responsible for righting his career. Instead of sitting out training camp and practices with what some deemed as minor injuries, he could endear himself to the organization by managing pain.
So Okafor, Williams, and the Hornets are together for the long haul. All parties must make it work.
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Rumor: New Orleans Hornets and Coach Monty Williams protecting Chris Paul?
"You can say it has settled down now, but it was settled before that," Williams told Sporting News. "For me, it was never an issue. Chris never said anything about a trade. He never asked for a trade. He wants us to be a better team, but we all want that and Dell [Demps] and I are going to do all that we can to make it a better team. We're going to make this a better team with Chris here."
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Credit rookie coach Monty Williams for getting one thing: Chris Paul is his and the New Orleans Hornets' meal ticket.
Maybe Paul requested a trade. Maybe not. Regardless, Williams won't throw his best player under the preverbal bus and into the media firestorm.
According to Williams, Paul doesn't want a trade, but does want the team to improve. Translation: ownership better splurge on some high-priced talent or CP3 bolts as a free agent in 2012.
For that to happen, George Shinn - the club's owner and the NBA's most dysfunctional rich old guy other than the Clippers' Donald Sterling and Knicks' James Dolan – must finally sell the Hornets to Louisiana billionaire Gary Chouest.
Chouest loves hoops. Chouest is also filthy rich and will spend some of his considerable shipping empire on bringing a contender to The Bayou.
So Williams is right to protect Paul. Perhaps the organization eventually appeases him. However, this doesn't happen unless a change in ownership occurs.
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Rumor: Could Chris Paul and Tony Parker call New York home?
Stefan Bondy: Asked eva longoria if tony parker wants to play in new york: her answer, "yes"
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: No surprise here.
The Desperate Housewife wants hubby Tony Parker to take his talent to the media capital of the world, New York City. So Parker - a free agent at season's end - could be on the move.
The San Antonio Spurs have young George Hill waiting in the wings at point guard. And Manu Ginobili found his game when Parker was injured during the latter months of the 2010 regular season.
A move to New York is slightly more complicated than Mr. and Mrs. Eva Longoria realize, though.
The Knicks have their eyes on prying superstar Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets. However, the Knicks could add Paul and Parker.
Coach Mike D'Antoni would love the scoring opportunities Paul and Parker would collectively create, and he wouldn't worry about their lack of size on defense.
This isn't such a crazy idea. Remember, Coach Gregg Popovich once considered moving Parker to the two-spot when the Spurs were chasing free agent point guard Jason Kidd.
Now Kidd is bigger than Paul and Parker. He can easily defend opposing two-guards. But Paul and Parker would compensate for their smaller stature by pressuring the ball full court, and they would be protected in D'Antoni's up-tempo system.
Again, it's no surprise Parker has interest in New York. The surprise could be having Paul as his backcourt mate.
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Indiana Pacers win, New Orleans Hornets lose four-team, five player trade
Four NBA teams have agreed to a five-player trade that will send Trevor Ariza to the New Orlean Hornets and Darren Collison to the Indiana Pacers, two league sources said.
In the proposed deal, the Houston Rockets will send Ariza to the Hornets, who in turn will send Collison and James Posey to the Pacers. The Pacers will send Troy Murphy to the New Jersey Nets. And the Nets will send Courtney Lee to the Rockets.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Four teams with different agendas have connected for an end of summer trade to address their needs before the 2011 season begins.
The winner in this blockbuster is the Indiana Pacers. While they gave up Murphy's expiring contract and took back an over-the-hill/overpaid Posey, they also got a budding table-setter in Collison.
The second year point guard is lightning quick and excelled when starting for the injured Paul. Look for Collison to star in Indiana next to Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert, and Lance Stephenson.
By swapping Ariza for Lee, the Houston Rockets gain cap relief. This summer, the Rockets spent $87 million to re-sign Luis Scola and Kyle Lowry, while also adding Brad Miller.
Ariza, the Rockets' prize free agent signing of 2009, became expendable after the deadline day acquisition of Kevin Martin from the Sacramento Kings.
Murphy will provide depth and experience to a young New Jersey Nets frontcourt. Best of all, his deal comes off the books at year's end, which makes him an attractive trading chip.
The loser in this trade has to be the New Orleans Hornets. Yes, Ariza is a fine player. And yes, today they're a marginally better team.
With this trade, the organization seems to think they have a shot at re-signing Paul. Let's be real: they have zero shot. None.
Add up small market New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, the oil spill in the Gulf Coast, and owner George Shinn's thriftiness and the club can't generate enough revenue to sign a star-studded supporting cast for Paul.
I know this. You know this. Paul knows this.
He's gone when his contract expires at the end of 2012. There's no chance of an extension.
Two summers from now, Paul will walk on the Hornets like Kaiser Soze walked on the police station in The Usual Suspects. Unlike the finish of this classic flick, there will be no suspense or surprise when CP3 leaves.
We know what's coming. This is expected. Like Lindsay Lohan going to jail. Like the sun rising. Or, in my case being from Vancouver, like the rain falling.
So why not trade Paul and rebuild around Collison?
After all, Ariza, while a fine player, won't appease Paul. He wants LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Miami. He wants Amar'e Stoudemire and (possibly) Carmelo Anthony in New York.
He doesn't want New Orleans. In fact, he won't re-up with the Hornets regardless of who they sign or trade for.
Rather than face reality, Hornets management is delusional, aiming to please the snooty super model girlfriend (Paul) who is bidding her time until she can break up with them.
Instead of waiting for the inevitable, the club should trade Paul while his market value is relatively high, get back draft picks, expiring contracts, and blue-chip prospects, and make Collison the starter.
It seems New Orleans' blunder is Indiana's victory.
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Rumor: Isiah Thomas to help NY Knicks sign Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul?
In a Friday telephone interview, Donnie Walsh said there were no plans for Isiah Thomas to resume a full-time position with the Knicks. Walsh said Thomas had initiated the discussions on returning to the team in some formal capacity.
"Isiah can help us in the areas that he'll consult with us in," Walsh said.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Insanity is repeating the same behaviour and expecting a different result.
On the surface, it would appear reasonable to call the New York Knicks decision to re-hire Isiah Thomas insane.
Thomas, of course, decimated the franchise. He traded for Stephon Marbury and Eddy Curry. He signed Jerome James for mid-level money. And he got involved in a sexual harassment case.
Why would new Knicks executive Donnie Walsh bring 'Zeke' back as an outside consultant? Why would Walsh and this classic franchise seek such drama?
To be fair, Thomas has always been an astute judge of talent. For instance, he drafted sleepers like blue-collar swingman Trevor Ariza and scoring post David Lee.
Thomas can supposedly relate to today's players better than Walsh and coach Mike D'Antoni. This apparently helped the club sign pogo-stick free agent Amar'e Stoudemire.
And the Knicks are hoping Thomas' communication skills can land them two more free agents. Next summer, they want Carmelo Anthony. Two summers from now, they're scheming on Chris Paul.
Perhaps, this isn't insanity. Perhaps, this is a calculated risk.
After all, the Knicks have Thomas on their terms. Most of the time, he'll be coaching at Florida International University. When needed, he's available to give his opinion on prospects or help woo free agents.
The Knicks will only be utilizing Thomas' strengths, and not giving him an opportunity or chance to show his obvious weaknesses as an administrator.
Perhaps this isn't insanity or even a calculated risk. Public relations aside, this type of ad hoc, casual arrangement could work for the team and Thomas.
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The Charlotte Bobcats could be stuck in NBA Hell.
Michael Jordan's franchise is stuck in a perpetual motion of doom. Defensively, the Bobcats are great. Overall, they are a mess with lottery picks given away in trades. Do they want a point guard or a center? Why not try to get both? The Bobcats never had a superstar. They were hoping that Emeka Okafor would become that guy, but that did not work out. They're stuck with a team that is somewhat formulated just like the Detroit Pistons of 2004 considering that Larry Brown is there. Unfortunately, the team is not as good as Detroit.
Read MoreMemo to NBA: Is Chris Paul a quitter?
The latest trend of "leaving your team while you're young" has taken Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets as its' latest victim. A campaign spearheaded by LeBron James and Chris Bosh, Chris Paul is convinced that he needs to leave for another team to win because he does not have what LeBron has. Get him teamed up with Carmelo Anthony and everything is gravy. It goes without saying that Chris Paul has no leverage. The whining and bitching is disgusting, but hilarious to examine.
Read MoreReport: Memphis Grizzlies looking to replace Mike Conley at PG?
The Grizzlies are merely lukewarm about Mike Conley's future as their starting point guard. However, Memphis is only going to supplant Conley if they acquire an obvious improvement. They reportedly made a play for Chris Paul prior to the draft and they selected Greivis Vasquez at the end of last month.
Is LeBron James behind Chris Paul's trade request?
LeBron James continues to put his fingerprints on the NBA's most-hyped offseason in history. Brian Windhorst of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote on his Twitter page Saturday that James suggested that Hornets point guard Chris Paul request a trade.
However, Windhorst added that James is urging Paul to stay in the Western Conference to make for a better rivalry.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: LeBron James is surely involved in Chris Paul's trade request.
First, James and Paul are tight. They're boys. Their boys are boys. They've surely discussed each other's situations.
Second, Paul is represented to some degree by an agency that James owns. James' business team are Paul's business team.
So they have a personal and business relationship. The lines of that relationship are blurred.
However, James shouldn't be blamed for Paul's trade request. This storm has been brewing for some time.
New Orleans is a small market, and lacks the revenue and resources to provide Paul with a reasonable supporting cast. They need time, a new owner, and a revamped Collective Bargaining Agreement to compete.
Paul and the Hornets are aware of the team's current predicament. They clashed over the firing of Coach Byron Scott. And they understand young table-setter Darren Collison is waiting in the wings.
Add it all up and a trade request was inevitable. James probably just encouraged and supported Paul to take his wishes public.
--Oly Sandor.
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Rumor: has Chris Paul to N.Y. Knicks been in the works for weeks?
The Knicks are willing to trade anyone aside from newly-signed forward Amar'e Stoudemire for Hornets guard Chris Paul, according to a league source.
Paul is scheduled to meet with New Orleans general manager Dell Demps, head coach Monty Williams and president Hugh Weber on Monday.
"Amar'e won't be traded, but everyone else is available," the executive said of New York.
Today's NBA is officially known as "The Soft Super Team Era."
What an amazing, but terrible turn of events. For anyone who witnessed the 1970s-1990s of NBA basketball, the fans truly witnessed tough smash mouth basketball. They just do not build them like they used to anymore. Sounds like a disenchanted old timer eh? That old timer has many great points that anyone under 26 years old cannot see. They'll write off the old timer as "blah blah blah." Give that old man a chance to explain himself. Sit there and think about it. Then examine the landscape of the NBA. You'll probably see it if you try hard enough.
Read MoreUnhappy Hornet: Chris Paul demands trade to Knicks, Magic, or Lakers
According to a source with knowledge of his plan, Chris Paul has requested that the Hornets trade him to the Knicks, Magic or Lakers before the season begins.
"He wants out," the source told Ken Berger of CBS Sports. "He wants to play with another superstar. He wants to follow LeBron's model of teaming up with other great players."
Rumor: Paul to New York, New Jersey or Miami, not Charlotte
Chris Paul as a Charlotte Bobcat isn't crazy. I'm told it's a twinkle in the eyes of this team's decision-makers. There are a handful of places Paul would want to relocate in a trade, and Charlotte - near his suburban Winston-Salem home and possessing a Hall-of-Fame coach - should be among the viable candidates.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: It's a nice thought. Really, it is.
Superstar gets traded to his hometown. Superstar finds mentors in a Hall of Fame coach and retired superstar turned owner. Hall of Fame coach and retired superstar turned owner take the current superstar under their wing. The current superstar then leads his hometown to greatness.
Now for reality.
Chris Paul is not leaving small market New Orleans for small market Charlotte. It doesn't matter that the Bobcats play near his home in Winston-Salem. Or that Larry Brown, for now, runs the sideline. Or that Michael Jordan is the majority owner.
Paul is about one thing: winning.
The Bobcats would be too similar to New Orleans. They wouldn't generate enough revenue to pay top talent and compete for a championship in the polarized, have-have not world of the NBA.
Paul knows this, so he'll lobby for a trade to a major market like New York, New Jersey, or Miami. If his efforts for a trade fail, he'll play out his contract and pick his new club as an unrestricted free agent in 2012.
And that – hometown or not – won't be Charlotte.
--Oly Sandor.
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Bill Simmons: Bosh, James, Wade, and Paul had 'a pact in China to play together'
``A few weeks after the 2008 Summer Olympics, Someone Who Knows Things told me the following rumor: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Chris Paul became such good friends during the 2007 Olympic trials, and then during their 2008 Olympics excursion in Beijing, that they actually made a pact in China to play together. You know, like one of those pacts in a chick flick where two friends agree to get married if both of them are single when they turn 40.``
--Oly Sandor.
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Often on The Catalyst, Grady and I refer our readers to the PhRMA Chart Pack, a great source of information about the biopharmaceutical research sector.
Today, in conjunction with this week's annual meeting, we're releasing some additional useful material - PhRMA's annual industry profile.
Below, we sat down with Marc Boutin, executive vice president and COO of the National Health Council, for his thoughts on the PhRMA annual meeting.
1. Tell us a bit more about your background and role at the National Health Council.
In launching this blog earlier this year, we said that our goal would be to create a place to share ideas, provide the perspective of America's biopharmaceutical companies and, most importantly, listen to you and learn together. Now, as we approach our annual meeting, beginning Thursday, we think it's the perfect time and place to create opportunities for members of our community to be an active part of the conversation.
Below, we sat down with Ellen Sigal, chairperson and founder of Friends of Cancer Research, for her thoughts about the upcoming PhRMA annual meeting.
1. What message are you bringing to the PhRMA annual meeting?
Later this week, PhRMA will be conducting our 2011 Annual Meeting, convening stakeholders from across the spectrums of healthcare, policy and regulation. Here, I speak with sanofi-aventis CEO Chris Viehbacher - who also serves as the chairman of PhRMA's board, about one of his priority issues for the meeting.
Can you tell us more about why prevention is one of the three themes of this year's PhRMA Annual Meeting?
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Day Two
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Two Women Scientists Honored with PhRMA's 2011 Discoverers Award
PhRMA's 2011 Annual Meeting starts this Wednesday in Jersey City, New Jersey. Few places in America have as many pharmaceutical research and biotechnology sector manufacturing and headquarters facilities or employ as many people as New Jersey.
This week marked the 20th anniversary of the New York Biotechnology Association annual meeting, featuring PhRMA President and CEO John Castellani as the keynote speaker.
I was struck by the significance of the number 20, as it indicates a good rough timeline of when biotechnology became a major influence in the life sciences sector.
Today is World Health Day. The theme of this year's activities is focused on the important health issue of bacteria that are resistant to current medicines. Today's events highlight the urgent need for new medicines to combat the growing number of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics and the significant challenges that resistant bacteria pose to global public health.
Last night in DC, our president and CEO, John Castellani, and Sen. Jon Kyl were honored during the Bryce Harlow Foundation's 30th annual award dinner.
John Castellani was the recipient of the 2011 Bryce Harlow Business-Government Relations Award, which is given to individuals who have made "significant contributions to the advocacy profession through a lifelong career as an exemplary role model."
David Hyde Pierce - who played Niles Crane on Frasier - is in DC today to speak about the importance of government support for Alzheimer's disease research.
Huffington Post yesterday published an article listing the "10 Companies That Will Save the American Economy," choosing "those that are most likely to develop products and services which will allow global GDP [gross domestic product] growth to continue.
Just when you thought you knew enough about gene sequencing to at least smile knowingly if the phrase was dropped in conversation, now comes all the new stuff: Multiplexed deep sequencing, Fc-enhancement, emerging enabling OMIC technology platforms and new generation antibody conjugates.
On March 15, Research!America convened its 2011 National Health Research Forum, bringing together experts from the public and private sectors to discuss key health and research issues.


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Case | HBS Case Collection | March 2013 (Revised March 2014) Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris In 2010, Tom Linebarger, president and COO of Cummins, Inc., the Columbus, Indiana-based manufacturer of diesel engines, has to decide where to locate the company's new manufacturing line for high horsepower engines. He has three choices to decide from: Seymour, Indiana; Daventry, England; and Pune, India. The Community Education Coalition (CEC) in Columbus has had success in improving the city's schools to make the area more competitive in attracting and retaining highly educated employees to this small Midwestern city. The CEC is planning an expansion into Seymour with Cummins' help. Will the CEC be able to improve the school system in Seymour enough to make it a viable choice for the new high horsepower engine line? The case highlights the role of Cummins' long-term effort at community development as a key element of its corporate strategy. Keywords: manufacturing; education; competitiveness; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Citation:Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Norris. "Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company." Harvard Business School Case 313-024, March 2013. (Revised March 2014.) View Details CiteView DetailsPurchase Related
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I have several wooden boxes in a prominent location where I'm thinking of planting Peacock Flower Iris. The container capacity is about 6.5 cu.ft. with inside measurements of 21"x30"x18"deep, each box. Six boxes in a row. One plant per box for a sort of "screen hedge."
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Am I the only one who does not know which Iris has the Peacock Flower? Al |
Oh sorry. It's just the label from the nursery that I jotted down. Google search reveals it to be Dietes bicolor (Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt, Family: Iridaceae, Common names: Yellow Wild Iris or Peacock Flower (English), Uintjie or Poublom (Afrikaans)). I'm not familiar with any of the iris for container planting. |
The Dietes would make an excellent plant for your boxes. It does gradually grow a bigger clump and in about 10 years would fit your box pretty well. I would start with about 3 per box and you can always thin them later when needed. The common name for Dietes is usually "fortnight lily" as it tends to bloom in two week cycles. Here without winter protection it will occasionally be frosted back and look bad for a while, in San Francisco that should not be a problem. Al |
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Nov 21, 2011
Nov 21, 2011i love Rihanna seriously but her new album seems unfinished and unoriginal!! a very bad production with poor lyrics, a few tracks are good like Drunk On Love, You Da One and maybe Farewell (it's too basic)! unnecessary album!!! this is so disappointing! but i still love her!
Nov 21, 2011There is no Doubt that she rushed this album, having her world tour and all, made the outcome of it her worst album out of the six. with little if any originality to it , Think of this album as a ''Rated R Part 2 '' :/ ''Loud'' and ''Good girl gone bad'' will always be the best :)
Nov 21, 2011After last year's disappointing Loud, my hopes for this album weren't very high. But this has a lot of catchy and great pop tunes - even if some of them sound like retreads of earlier hits. Not as good as Rated R, but still impressive.
Dec 3, 2011The album is flawless. Perfect pop in a climate when singles artists can't deliver a solid album. While Keri Hilson, Ciara, and Beyonce struggle, Rihanna delivers great singles and amazing album tracks for her fans. The album is easily her best
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Dec 3, 2011The Album Is A Stone Winner. A Flawless Smash. Start To Finish All the Songs Are Cohesive and Brilliant. Unlike Her Contemporaries, Rihanna Is In The Legendary Lane! Can't Wait For The Next Album!
Nov 21, 2011I love this album. Next to Adele with my fav. Pop albums of the year. The standout tracks are "You Da One", "Cockiness (Love It)", "Birthday Cake", "We All Want Love" and "Watch n Learn"
Nov 21, 2011I love this album, sounds like its was really what she wanted to make and not what asomeone was tellin her to do, I love the album, Rih, love every Track.
Nov 21, 2011
Dec 3, 2011This album is one of Rihanna's best. It has so many genres it explodes in your face. TALK THAT TALK BABY. It's a great cd from start to finish. Lots of uptempos and slow songs. Great great great!
Nov 21, 2011One of my most anticipated pop albums of this year... Unfortunately I was left disappointed. There's no artistic growth. The songs sound unfinished and rushed. There's no song that blow you away... Really disappointed with this!
Nov 21, 2011"Talk That Talk" seems like it is an EP rather than an album. It's too short and it sounds very unfinished. It's a very safe record by Rihanna with the same tired Euro dance formula and her emotionless, bland ballads.... One of the most sentimental tracks "Farewell," wants to be good, but she fail to produce the emotion to make it great. Overall a very terrible album.
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Dec 4, 2011
Nov 21, 2011Rihanna is that kind of artist that goes with whatever's hot at the moment. There's no music artistry, no connection to the (awful) lyrics. Don't waste your time with this.
Apr 1, 2012
Nov 21, 2011I Loooove this album Cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake
Nov 21, 2011
Nov 21, 2011This is her sixth album of her and not best of her. It's disappointing album. Not as good as Rated R and Loud. A few impressive but I still love Ri-Ri .. Majah!!!
May 20, 2012
Nov 21, 2011We Found Love and Farewell are really good songs, but it's all.
It seems like you are listening to the same song again and again. The lyrics are totally fail, no feeling.
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Nov 21, 2011
Nov 21, 2011I was hoping for more. Maybe it will grow on me. Either way i like this album alot more than Loud. Loud was too generic to me. I think if Rihanna Grows more she will begin to mature and maybe put her all into her music. I know she worked hard on this; However, i beleive there is more room for improvement.
Nov 21, 2011Amazing album. There's a lot of tracks with potential to be big hits, such as Talk That Talk and Where Have You Been. Still think Rated R is her best album, but this one is great.
Nov 22, 2011
Nov 22, 2011Rihanna's 6th album! And it's her BEST yet! This album is a mixture of all of Rihanna's sounds, and the outcome is a masterpiece. This album is fun, sassy, strong yet vulnerable. Every song has a possible chance of topping the charts! Amazing
Nov 22, 2011Cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake cake.
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Nov 21, 2011this gurl giving me this mess after the anthems from LOUD gave me lifeeee no no no riri this 0 is well deserved
give me rudeboy 2.0 not rudeboy 0.5 and i dont want songs about damn pastries although i will say **** is my reason to LIVE tonight the rest are negatives -
Nov 21, 2011This is the Rihanna that everyone wants. None of this ridiculous "Russian Roulette" business, but dancy, fun music that she does so well. "Where Have You Been" and "Cockiness (Love It)" are fantastic, while "Talk That Talk" hearkens back to "Umbrella". An improvement over LOUD for sure.
Nov 21, 2011This is a horrible album. I hope she do some more real r&b. I love her, but I don't like "Talk That Talk" at all. She's trying too hard to be she wants to be. Maybe slow down and have a rest.
Nov 22, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Nov 22, 2011Boring Album! the lyrics and the melody are weak and confused. This is the album it more generic, with the sole aim to be successful in the charts. Rihanna needs to take a vacation. She no longer has musical identity.
Nov 22, 2011What an underwhelming pop record. Probably the worst of the year. The vocals sound tired. The production sounds rushed. The ballads lack emotion and are dull. There's no artistic growth whatsoever...
Nov 22, 2011This cd is such a disappointment! Talk the Talk may be the only good song on the whole cd. She definitely needs to take a little mini break after this and get back on track!! She lost the r&b and is letting the euro music take over her whole cd.
Nov 21, 2011A song full of party songs. Not a big deal. Very forgettable. The only song that is not about having sex, partying or taking drugs is "Farewell". Rihanna will stop being relevant when she loses her sex appeal.
Nov 22, 2011I just bought this album this morning and i have it on repeat!! Its such an enjoyable album from start to end . I wasn't much of a fan of Rihanna but im starting to like her. Talk That Talk!!!!!!
Nov 22, 2011We have already known that Rihanna likes spanking. Talk That Talk, album number six, extends our knowledge about the sexual habits of the Barbados Minister of Tourism: Suck my **** / Lick my persuasion (â
Nov 22, 2011Certainly it is a great album, i think it is the best of Rihanna, better than Loud and Rated R. Roc Me Out is awesome, You Da One is so sweat :) But **** is a little weird, don't mean it's bad.
Nov 23, 2011There is no doubt that Talk That Talk is her best album and the best album of the year. It's a dirty album but it also has beautiful lyrics. I love every track
Nov 23, 2011Overall I like this album, it is mostly dance music which is what is popular now. There are a couple of songs I don't like such as **** (Love It) and Birthday Cake, but these tend to be on the shorter side. Those are the only two songs that I pretty much need to skip, the rest are either good or tolerable!! I used to not be a big fan of Rihanna, but her music is pretty fun!
Nov 23, 2011Another solid album from Rihanna, full of great tracks! Where Have You Been and Talk That Talk (feat Jay-Z) must be future singles! The deluxe songs also really add to the album.
Nov 23, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Nov 23, 2011Amazing album! Rih shows us all how to Talk That Talk with this album. My faves are Where Have You Been, Roc Me Out, Red Lipstick, Fool In Love, and Drunk On Love. No fillers in this album!
Nov 26, 2011
Nov 26, 2011I don't like this album!!! Too bad songs, include "We found Love". My score is 0/10.
Dec 3, 2011
Dec 3, 2011I heard Rihanna's stans talk about this album being hot hot! So I checked it out ya know. IT'S HOT HOT. That cake cake song is hot. Fire. Thee's some pop songs. There's some ghetto as hell songs too which i love. It's a great album. BEst of the year!
Dec 3, 2011A great fun album. A Continuation of LOUD with a little bit of that Rated R edge thrown in there. It's weird to think that some strangerbetch from 2005 has been killing it every year! The album is sooooo good! Best songs are 'We Found Love,' 'Where Have You Been?,' and "We All Want Love." Beautiful!
Dec 3, 2011The record is bloody fantastic! WE FOUND LOVE is flawless and the rest of the album is just as good. No one can do what she does. It's bloody brilliant i tell you.
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Nov 23, 2011Unfortunately this album left a lot to be desired. I found the album to be trite, uninspiring and lackluster. Rihanna is definitely in need of a long extended break from the music scene.
Nov 23, 2011I have to say every single of rihanna's CD has been a master piece and actually talk that talk is an awesome continuation to that maestry work and i will just use random letters now cause i need 150 characters and this album is just amazing sooo odnasofbiafoka.
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Dec 3, 2011MY GRRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RHI YOU KILT IS WITH THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep em comin babygirl! I love this song about CAKE CAKE CAKE! OH Lord grrrl! We'll see you next November LOLLLLL!
Dec 3, 2011Talk That Talk is great! Rihanna brings it hard on this ghetto album. It's all over the place in the most fabulous way. She serves you up everything and all her contemporaries are put to shame. She LET'S THEM HAVE IT!
Dec 3, 2011After hearing Teenage Dream and Born This Way, I was expecting this album to pail in comparison, but it's just as good. Congrats to Rihanna for getting Album of the Year nods for her last album, Loud. This album is better than Loud. It's much edgier and harder. I love this album and you will too.
Jan 3, 2012I'm sorry to say this, but this is a huge disappointment. It just wasn't a good album like her previous ones. One the positive side, she is a hit-maker, but some how she can't reach number 1 on the Billboard 200 Album Charts. Sorry, but I had no choice but to give her a bad review.
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Nov 1, 2012I couldn't ever compare it to the overshadowing pop perfection that is "Good Girl Gone Bad" or her dark masterpiece "Rated R", but Rihanna puts out an album that's better than Loud. Minus the generic "We All Want Love", "Drunk on Love" and "Roc Me Out" tracks, this record is stunning - though rushed.
Mar 30, 2012I expected so much more with this album . First single was amazing and then the disaster came in . Don't like the most of the songs , they are very cheap bronx - related crap x
Apr 7, 2012I'm so disappointed! I was expecting a great album like "Loud". This is Good but, not good as "Loud" or "Rated R" or "Good Girl Gone Bad"......
Great Tracks : Farewell
Very Good Tracks . Roc Me Out - We All Want Love - You Da One
Good Tracks : Talk That Talk - Drunk On Love - We Found Love
Quite Good Tracks : **** - Where Have You Been
Bad Tracks : Watch 'n Learn
Horrible Tracks: Birthday Cake -
Jun 4, 2012I love Rihanna but this is not my favorite album of hers. Rated R was amazing and Loud did not disappoint, this fell short. It was kinda obvious it was rushed and her vocals are good but a bit untouched. Best tracks on the album are "Where Have You Been", "We Found Love" & "Drunk On Love". songs like "Farewell" and "TTT" made me done with the album. but the album as a whole is just solid.
Mar 24, 2013Once More Rihanna Proves She's Still Got It!
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Nov 24, 2011EPIC DISASTERPIECE!!!, The Only good songs are You da one, talk that & Red lipstick. Thats it :/ 2/5. Her WORSE album to date! & I thought loud was Generic :?
Nov 25, 2011Very unique style of music compared to other artists. She's the only one who mixed pop with Caribbean rhythm and sophisticated reggae taste. Talk that Talk is very different from her other albums in terms of its content. Songs has no catchy lyrics that you want to repeat again and again. There's nothing extraordinary in this album however it's good to listen to if you dig into it.
Nov 26, 2011A Zero may sound severe but im being honest telling you, this album is really that bad. Its superficial (in a bad way), cheesy, boring, unoriginal and unispired. Dont waste your time listening to this like i did, dont waste your money buying this sad generic album, there are hundreds of real artists who really deserve the attention and support.
Nov 29, 2011
Nov 30, 2011A rushed album. That's the perfect subtitle for this CD. After a satured album, 'Loud', Rihanna launches a new one after only one year. And it's not that good. Very far for the excellent work she did on 'Rated R' (her best album), she makes a techno (dumb) pop album. Nothing special to listen, the whole album seems some making-money strategy!
Dec 3, 2011FLAWLESS. The Queen kills it yet again! Flawless! "We Found Love," "Where Have You Been" "Birthday Cake" "Cockiness" all flawless. This is easily her best album by far!
Dec 3, 2011I Want that CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE.
This is Rihanna's best album. Give it to me like I want it! Talk that Talk baby! -
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Dec 4, 2011Does releasing an album every year hurt an artist body of work? By having another album 3 years in a row, Rihanna seems to be stretching it a little bit. It feels like a collection of b side forum his previous album, LOUD. Not too bad, but not too good either.
Dec 6, 2011Rihanna is amazing and so talented and this is by far one of her best albums along with LOUD. Keep up the amazing work Rihanna! The songs I like the most are Where Have You Been, We Found Love, You da One, Drunk on Love, We all want Love, Do ya thang, and watch n learn how. This album is unique and different from the others and I love it!
Dec 13, 2011this album is a step down from 'Loud', in my opinion, which had a bit more variety. 'Talk That Talk' seems rushed and reaching for a spot that it never fully hits. the only songs I really love are "We Found Love", "Drunk On Love" and "Where Have You Been". Rihanna's voice suits the techno-thumping beats. I just wish she'd stop with the sexual metaphors already.
Dec 14, 2011
Dec 16, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Dec 18, 2011I love this album! One of the Rihanna's best! Talk that talk is much better than LOUD! Roc Me Out, Birthday Cake, Drunk On Love, We All Want Love, ****
Dec 21, 2011
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Dec 29, 2011The new album's awesome, new kind of music for Rihanna. You Da One, Talk That Talk, We Found Love, awesome songs. Another great album from Rihanna, you can't hate on it honestly speaking. Its R&B, who hates R&B? If you hate R&B well, you'll love Talk That Talk still.
Jan 16, 2012Nothing that Ke$ha or DEV cannot do. Good album though despite the generic things she refused to use in her past albums. Bad vocals, non-creative lyrics. The fillers are Drunk On Love and Farewell.
Jan 18, 2012Another fabulous job from Rihanna, it's her third album in three years in a row. It contains many lovely songs such as "Talk That Talk", "Where Have You Been" and "Roc Me Out", with powerful beat and great music in general. Is this an evolution of a "superstar" Rihanna to a "legend" Rihanna? Maybe. But for sure it's an excellent success of her previous album "Loud".
Jan 28, 2012Rihanna used to tour with Pop Singing Sensation Jeannie Ortega from Brooklyn which by the way, comes out with her album "Perfect Love" this Tuesday, January 31st, 2012. Highly recommed this album. Get it now online I Tunes, Amazon!!!!!
Feb 1, 2012
Feb 3, 2012this album has its moments like Talk That Talk W/ Jay-Z, You Da One, We Found Love and Roc Me Out. Other songs were crap and i just wanted to stop playing the album. Rihanna needs to go back to "Rated R", & Good Girl Gone Bad
Feb 4, 2012I Bought Talk That Talk (Deluxe Edition) Here Are All The Songs & Score Out Of 10
You da One 10/10
Where Have You Been 10/10
We Found Love 10/10 (Best Song On The Album)
Talk That Talk 9/10
**** (Love It) 9/10
Birthday Cake 7/10
We All Want Love 10/10
Drunk On Love 9/10
Roc Me Out 10/10
Watch N Learn 10/10
Farewell 10/10
Red Lipstick 6/10
Do Ya Thing 10/10
Fool In Love 9/10 -
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Feb 9, 2012Musically, this is pop without shame‑-her hookiest and most dance-targeted album.
Nov 30, 2011It's sure to sell on brand recognition alone, but I doubt a series of mannered and soulless hooks are going to find much life outside of the European remix circuit.
Nov 29, 2011It's easy to criticise Talk That Talk but it's actually a fun and enjoyable record.


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What would Bavarian Wheat 2 used from yeast cake do to a pale ale?
So if I dont mind the banana and clove flavor it still will be able to be used in none wheat beers?
That will make a very estery pale ale, most of the classic hefe flavors comes from the yeast. The wheat is responsible for the protein haze (that is 50% of the cloudyness) good head retention and a smooth body of a wheat beer the rest of those hefe flavors, banana, cloves and bubblegum comes from the yeast. So if you are after some fruity flavors in your Pale Ale then it will work but most people are going for a neutral yeast to let malt or hop flavors dominate their beer. It won't be a bad beer but it would cease to be a pale ale. It would be a hefeale or some such thing. I'm guessing your looking for something to do with a hefe cake, you could try a dunkelwiezen for a different beer using the same yeast. Clem Clem
I just did a "dampfbier" (sort of a steam beer fermented using hefe yeast) that I racked to secondary yesterday. Definitely "different"! Banana/clove flavors in a pale ale is quite unusual. But I DO like it. M_C


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Honey, a former banker and self-described "connector between soul music and those of us who love it," interviewed soul luminaries like Babyface, Chaka Khan, India.Arie, Teena Marie, Ron Isley, and Earth, Wind & Fire's Maurice White.
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© Is for California
You might think that there's nothing a government won't try. You'd be right. But I was near stupified to learn that the state of California copyrights its laws. And it's not alone.
The state tries to control — through copyright — how you can access its laws, where and how you store them, etc. The state makes available its building codes, plumbing standards and criminal laws online, but requires you to ask for permission to download them!
The state's out to make money. It charges $1,556 for a digital version, more for a print-out, and makes nearly a million dollars a year selling what is legally ours.
Yes, what's ours. We are a nation of laws, not of men, and we have the right to own and reprint our laws as much as we want. The purpose of copyright is to ensure private parties can maintain some control over their intellectual property. But the laws themselves are, in point of elementary political theory, the intellectual property of all. Not of state bureaus.
Thankfully, heroic Internet technician and mover and shaker Carl Malamud believes in government transparency. And he, unlike Al Gore, really worked to help build the Internet.
On Labor Day Mr. Malamud published the whole California code online. Available for free.
Obviously, Malamud is spoiling for a fight. Good. He should win it. He has, after all, the law (if not the state) on his side.
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Sunday, August 01, 2004 - Page updated at 06:14 P.M. Wildfires in Kittitas County deliberately set By Jessica Blanchard
He and nearly 100 others were evacuated from their homes Friday afternoon as firefighters struggled to contain a fire believed to be the work of a serial arsonist. Fueled by dry brush and strong winds, the fire raced through the Sunlight Waters community in Morrison Canyon, destroying two homes and a shed and consuming nearly 600 acres. "If they catch him, they should just turn him over to me," Mosebar said of the suspected arsonist. "It'd save (the county) the cost of a trial." Citing an ongoing investigation, authorities wouldn't say how the fire started but said the method resembled that of 10 other wildfires in the county in the past two months. Authorities are also investigating whether the fires might be linked to a half-dozen unsolved arsons from last summer. Mosebar knew his mobile home wasn't one of the structures destroyed yesterday morning, but fire authorities, citing the ongoing danger, barred residents from returning to their homes until today at the earliest. With his family safe and his two horses temporarily sheltered at a farm in neighboring Thorp, Mosebar and his wife, Wanda, could do nothing but wait. But the couple couldn't bring themselves to join the crowd of anxious evacuees gathered at a local school. Instead, they parked their camper at a nearby fruit stand and kept an eye on the smoldering hillside. "I'm gonna wait it out and hope to heck it don't flare up again," Mosebar said. Firefighters are worried that the nearly 3-mile-long fire will do just that. By yesterday evening, the county had declared an emergency and nearly 400 firefighters from around the state had arrived here to help fight what authorities are calling one of the worst fires in the county in recent memory. Most of the suspected arson fires shared "specific consistencies," said Kittitas County undersheriff Clayton Myers. They were set in the afternoon, near homes and highway access in areas where there was plenty of dry grass, trees and other fuels. The sheriff's department, which did not have any suspects as of last night, was offering a $10,000 reward for information. According to a study by Western Fire Ecology Center in Eugene, Ore., about 25 percent of all wildfires caused by people are the result of arson. The most recent fire began around noon Friday near Interstate 90 between Cle Elum and Ellensburg and quickly spread, threatening about 200 homes. The rocky, steep terrain made fighting the fire a challenge, and brisk winds propelled embers across the canyon, starting a series of smaller fires. No injuries had been reported as of last night, but three structures a mobile home, a small cabin and a shed were destroyed. Scraps of metal roofing and concrete foundation blocks were all that was left of the cabin. Fire crews fought into the night to save homes as flames crept up on doorsteps. Amber Schlichting, 20, and her family were among the unfortunate ones. She sobbed upon learning their mobile home of two months had burned, as boyfriend Alex Hoover cried quietly, his head on her shoulder. Their 20-month-old daughter, Ashley, sat on Hoover's lap. "I still just can't believe it. They tell me everything's gone. Nothing's left," Schlichting told the Associated Press. "It doesn't even feel like reality. It's our first home." It was "pure luck" which homes burned and which didn't, said Sgt. Fred Slyfield, an emergency management specialist with the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office. Some residents were given only minutes to gather belongings and pets before they were evacuated Friday afternoon. Many sought shelter at Thorp High School, where the Red Cross set up cots and provided sandwiches. Yesterday, one by one, residents were escorted back to their homes to retrieve abandoned pets and essential items such as medicines. One woman was allowed to get her wedding dress, Slyfield said. They crowded onto the bleachers in the high school's hot, stuffy gym yesterday afternoon for a briefing from fire officials. Some had hoped to return to their homes last night. But with the National Weather Service predicting more winds and gusts up to 30 miles an hour, it's not safe for residents to return, officials said. "It's really hard to tell" when firefighters will have the fire contained, Myers said. Firefighters will meet with the evacuees again this morning to give them an update, he said. Three helicopters continued to dump water on hot spots last night. "That's probably what helped save this," Slyfield said of the homes. "If we hadn't had the helicopters in here, we probably would have had a lot more structures burn." The fire came close to Frank Van Geystel's home but didn't destroy it, he said, and he and his wife and about 20 other evacuees were able to stay at a friend's home nearby. While acknowledging that it had been a stressful couple of days, Van Geystel tried to remain positive. "This really brings the community together," he said. Meanwhile, about 900 firefighters continued working on blazes in other parts of Central Washington. The Pot Peak-Sisi Ridge complex of four fires west of Lake Chelan had burned more than 40 square miles and was half-contained yesterday afternoon. It had burned two recreational buildings and was threatening the community of Stehekin, though fire officials said there was no imminent danger. The lightning-caused Rattlesnake Peak fire 40 miles west of Yakima had scorched about 373 acres, but was burning in heavy fuel in an area that had not burned for 60 years. Material from the Associated Press was included in this report. Jessica Blanchard: 206-464-3896 or firstname.lastname@example.com Copyright © 2004 The Seattle Times Company
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In several reviews and forum threads on Android, I've seen people commenting that it's somehow disadvantageous to be the first player. I've even seen comments like, "In an entire game, no one will ever visit the Scene of the Crime, because nobody wants to be first. We just laugh at the guy who got stuck with the first player marker and can't get rid of it!"
Now the advantages to being first player aren't huge, so I'm sure that for many players the time necessary to visit the Scene of the Crime won't be worth missing out on other opportunities. But in what way is being the first player a bad thing? Why wouldn't someone want to be the first player, and gain the small but potentially significant advantages it brings, if he could?
Admittedly I haven't player Android yet (I should be playing this Wednesday), so perhaps the answer will be obvious once I do; but from the reading the rules I can't find a single meaningful disadvantage to going first.
The player who goes first will:
- Have priority over everyone else when playing cards in response to some event. If two players want to play dark cards in response to an opponent's move, only the player closest to being first player will get to play his card.
- Have first crack at any opportunities presented by Event cards for the new day. Often Event cards will offer some significant opportunity to "the first (and only the first) player to do X". All other things being equal, the closer a player is to being first player, the better his chances of being the one and only player to benefit.
- Have first crack at any leads during the Climax. Once the final two days begin, only one player can follow up each lead before it is removed from the board. All other things being equal, the closer a player is to being first player, the better his chances of being the only player who can grab a given lead.
- And, although this benefit will mostly disappear by the second day, the first player will typically have the least trouble with dark cards during the first day of the game. When the first player takes his first turn, there will normally be only a single dark card that could possibly be played on him (held by the player to his right), since no one has yet taken a turn and had the chance to draw more dark cards. Whereas, the later in the turn order a player falls, the more chances there will have been for other players to draw more dark cards and hit him with more problems on his first turn.
The only disadvantages I can think of to being first player are, at best, minor and situation-relative:
- Placing the very first puzzle pieces is probably not very useful. It's probably better to place your pieces after some others have already been placed. However, any disadvantage this might mean for the first player will probably disappear by the second or third day since other players have likely placed pieces of their own. Plus, it's not as if the first player has to place anything on his first turn or two if he doesn't wish to do so.
- If you take the first player marker by visiting the Scene of the Crime, your next turn might be slightly hindered if you were previously late in the turn order; since you may have dark shifted on your previous turn by playing light cards yet, now going first, you won't have the normal number of opportunities to play dark cards in order to light shift back. This, however, is (1) a fairly small issue, (2) is unlikely to be an issue unless the player was previously late in the turn order, and (3) never applies to the player who begins the game as first player.
- And probably the biggest disadvantage (but still a small and situation-relative one), is that the earlier a player has to act during the final day or two, the less certain he can be when acting about the final scores of the other players. The later a player acts, however, the more scores he can see nearly-finalised before taking his own turn - making him better able to decide how he might squeeze out the last few points necessary for a win. However, even though this might be a disadvantage for the players acting earlier, I expect it is at least partly offset by the earlier players' ability to snag the remaining leads before they disappear during the climax. And regardless, this disadvantage, such as it is, is relevant only during the very last days of the game - it doesn't exist at all for the great bulk of the game.
So why wouldn't a player want to be first player? How does being first hurt him more than it helps him?


text: Apple is suing HTC, the maker of several phones running Google's Android phone OS, over about 20 patent violations. Apple apparently holds patents on things like event-driven software. If you've ever taken a CS class, this is the first thing you learn when you start writing GUIs. It's been around for a long time, and yet Apple has a patent on it. If the patent stands, almost every non-apple piece of software that uses a graphical user interface (if you aren't a computer programmer, this is likely every piece of software you use) will be in violation. That's not to say they'll all go away, some companies have their own portfolios of ridiculous patents big enough that they could counter-sue, and Apple knows it.


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Many people in Leeds tell the story of their forebears' supposed exodus from eastern Europe to Yorkshire.
Fleeing Russian persecution, they boarded boats in the belief that they were bound for New York. But rather than seeing the Statue of Liberty, they alighted to the very different skyline of Hull, going on to Leeds to work in the clothing mills.
Whatever the veracity of the tale, Leeds became home to Britain's third largest Jewish community, flourishing first in Chapeltown and latterly in the more affluent suburbs of Moortown and Alwoodley.
Plans for a Jewish school could be the salvation of south London Jewry, where congregations are struggling to combat dwindling memberships and an exodus of the young.
Around 13,000 Jews live in the area, making up eight per cent of the capital's population. With no Jewish schools, kosher shops and few other services available to the community, many young couples move to north London once they have children.
A Jewish primary is seen as a means of stemming the tide, along with a recruitment drive for younger families and students.
Difficult decisions lie ahead for Manchester's Jewish community at a time of enormous demographic change. Yet green shoots of renewal and reinvention are evident in the UK's second-largest Jewish centre.
Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein, a key figure in the 25,000-strong Jewish community, says a crucial educational issue is sustaining two mainstream primaries, given the declining applications to the King David and Bury and Whitefield schools.
Once the natural settling place for Jews moving from their original East End homes, Redbridge Jewry is engaged in a fight for survival.
Younger members are migrating in large numbers to the major north London and Hertfordshire centres for social, family or employment reasons. Others have moved further out into Essex to the more expensive properties of Chigwell, leaving once thriving synagogues in decline. Kosher shops have shut and Jewish schools are struggling to fill places.