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On Christmas Day, the Oklahoma City Thunder were able to defeat the Orlando Magic by the score of 97-89 to kick off the 2011-2012 NBA season. Strong bench play as well as the two-headed monster of Kevin Durant and James Harden were the keys to victory for the Thunder. The Magic actually held the lead for most of the first quarter. But a late surge sparked by Harden tilted the score in Oklahoma City's favor at the tail end of the period and they never looked back. Orlando was able to keep things relatively close for the remainder of the game. However, the Thunder were always able to keep the Magic at a distance whenever things started to get interesting. Ryan Anderson, starting at power forward on opening night, had a solid performance with 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field (6-of-12 from three-point range), 10 rebounds, and two assists. Jameer Nelson finished with 18 points and six assists. Dwight Howard was underwhelming, finishing with 11 points, 15 rebounds, and two blocks, not making much of an impact on both sides of the floor at all. Durant led the way for Oklahoma City with a game-high 30 points, six assists, five rebounds, and two steals while James Harden chipped in with 19 points (10-of-12 from the free-throw line), six rebounds, and three assists.
In a way, this experience was beneficial for Orlando.
The Thunder are the favorites to win the Western Conference this season, so it was good to see where the Magic stood in comparison. And that's where the good news ends because Orlando just doesn't compare to Oklahoma City. The Thunder have the look and feel of an elite team and championship contender, while the Magic do not. This was evident in several ways.
Let's start with Kevin Durant. It's cliche but every elite team in the league has a go-to scorer. The Miami Heat have LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. The Chicago Bulls have Derrick Rose. Oklahoma City has Durant. In this role of go-to scorer, this player can get you a basket anyplace, anywhere, anytime. That's what Durant did against Orlando and they couldn't stop him whatsoever. Hedo Turkoglu had the primary assignment on Durant and it was a one-sided matchup. Turkoglu could do nothing to stop Durant from doing whatever he wanted on offense.
For example, on one possession in the second quarter, Durant used his quickness to blow by Turkoglu for a dunk. Exacerbating the problem was that Howard was late to rotate to the weak-side in an attempt to stop Durant. On another possession in the third quarter, Durant posted up Turkoglu on the right block, faced him up, attacked the rim, and made the layup while drawing the foul on Howard who was — once again — late in rotating over to help. Basically, Durant did whatever he wanted offensively and even in the instances in which Turkoglu did everything correctly on defense, it didn't matter.
On the flipside, the Magic did not have anyone that could do the same things as Durant. This is nothing new. Orlando's glaring weakness is their lack of a dynamic shot creator on the perimeter. The Magic were able to put points on the board when they ran their offensive sets. When Nelson was aggressive in the pick-and-roll, Orlando usually came away with points. When Nelson wasn't aggressive or not in the game, points were hard to come by for the Magic.
Although Nelson played well, displaying that much-needed aggression on offense, he still settled too much at times. A perfect example came in the third quarter when Orlando was mounting a run and cutting into the Thunder's double-digit lead. Nelson had the ball in transition following a turnover from Oklahoma City. Nelson could have taken a wide-open three-pointer on this particular fast break, which is a good shot for him since he's a good three-point shooter. Yet for whatever reason, Nelson passed it to Turkoglu on his right side. Turkoglu passed it back to Nelson. Then Nelson passed up another open three-pointer. Finally, Nelson passed it to Anderson on his left side. Anderson promptly missed the three-point shot. Given that Nelson already had eight points in the period at that point in time, he should have given himself the green light to shoot the basketball. But of course, in the midst of brilliance, Nelson does this. Nelson tries to be too much of a playmaker rather than be a scorer when the situation asks for the latter.
That was a critical juncture in the game, too, because the Magic were chipping away at the Thunder's lead. In that sequence in which Nelson was playing hot potato with the ball on the fast break, Orlando was down by 10 points but they squandered that possession. Two minutes later, Thabo Sefolosha made a corner three-pointer from the right side of the floor to increase the lead to 13 points, Durant made a jumper a few possessions after that, and Oklahoma City quelled the rally.
Another difference in the game was bench play. The Thunder's bench is steady and efficient, and it starts with Harden.
Harden was superb for Oklahoma City, astutely maneuvering around screens on offense to create for himself and others. Harden was aggressive in drawing contact either at the rim or on the perimeter. Harden's 12 free-throw attempts showed the fruits of his labor.
And players like Nick Collison, Eric Maynor, and Daequan Cook were solid. When the benches for the Magic and Thunder were doing battle, the difference between the two teams was night and day. Harden led the attack for Oklahoma City, while Orlando was plagued by poor play from Chris Duhon and Glen Davis. Only J.J. Redick was decent coming off the bench for the Magic. Duhon's issue continues to be his bad habit of passsing the basketball while not looking at the target he's throwing to, throwing it in traffic, or throwing it while jumping in the air. Duhon was terrible in tonight's game and it'll be interesting to see how long he lasts as Orlando's back-up point guard before head coach Stan Van Gundy decides to use Larry Hughes as a stopgap solution. As for Davis, he missed a number of mid-range jumpshots (this should come as no surprise) and he struggled to finish at the rim. Foul trouble in the first half didn't help his cause either.
Lastly, Howard was a non-factor in the game. So was Jason Richardson for that matter. Surprisingly enough, this was a winnable game for the Magic. Even though the Thunder were led by Durant and Harden and most of the role players did their jobs, Russell Westbrook didn't make much of an impact. Nelson played Westbrook to a stalemate in some respects. But Howard and Richardson did little to nothing and Orlando lost. Granted, Oklahoma City didn't make life easy for Howard offensively but Richardson just missed shots. Richardson had plenty of good looks on the perimeter but he couldn't make anything. The problem is that if Richardson isn't making shots, he becomes a liability on the court because he brings nothing else to the table on offense to compensate and he's porous defensively. If Howard and Richardson played more to their standards, Orlando could have won. There's no doubt about that at all.
The Magic's margin for error is small, though, and that's why they lost.


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Frank Hague | |
1920 photo | |
30th Mayor of Jersey City | |
In office May 15, 1917 – June 17, 1947 | |
Preceded by | Mark M. Fagan |
Succeeded by | Frank H. Eggers |
Personal details | |
Born | Jersey City, New Jersey, United States | January 17, 1876
Died | January 1, 1956 New York City, New York, United States | (aged 79)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Jennie W. Warner |
Children | Frank Hague, Jr. |
Residence | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Frank Hague | |
1920 photo | |
30th Mayor of Jersey City | |
In office May 15, 1917 – June 17, 1947 | |
Preceded by | Mark M. Fagan |
Succeeded by | Frank H. Eggers |
Personal details | |
Born | Jersey City, New Jersey, United States | January 17, 1876
Died | January 1, 1956 New York City, New York, United States | (aged 79)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Jennie W. Warner |
Children | Frank Hague, Jr. |
Residence | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Frank Hague (January 17, 1876 – January 1, 1956) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from 1917 to 1947, Democratic National Committeeman from New Jersey from 1922 until 1949, and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1924 until 1949.
Hague has a widely known reputation for corruption and bossism and has been called "the grandaddy of Jersey bosses."[1] By the time he left office in 1947, he enjoyed palatial homes, European vacations, and a private suite at the Plaza Hotel.[2] His wealth has been estimated to have been over $10 million at the time of his death, although his City salary never exceeded $8,500 per year and he had no other legitimate source of income.[2] His desk, according to legend, had a specially designed lap drawer which could be pushed outward towards the person with whom he was meeting. This allowed his "guests" to discreetly deliver bribes in the form of envelopes containing large amounts of cash.[3][4] However, according to New Jersey preservationist John Hallinan, the drawers were a traditional feature of 19th century partners desks and that "[t]he last thing [Hague] would need to do is take a bribe personally." As of September 2013, the desk was in storage awaiting restoration.[5]
During the height of his power Hague's political machine, known as "the organization," was one of the most powerful in the United States controlling politics on local, county, and state levels.[6] Hague's personal influence extended to the national level, influencing federal patronage [7] and Presidential campaigns.[8]
Francis "Frank" Hague, born in Jersey City, was the fourth of eight children to John D. and Margaret Hague (née Fagen), immigrants from County Cavan, Ireland.[9] He was raised in Jersey City's Second ward, an area known as The Horseshoe due to its shape which wrapped around a railroad loop.[10] The ward was created when the Republican-controlled legislature gerrymandered a district within Jersey City in 1871 to concentrate and isolate Democratic, and mostly Catholic, votes.[11]
By age 14, Hague was expelled from school prior to completing the sixth grade for poor attendance and unacceptable behavior.[12] He worked briefly as a blacksmith's apprentice for the Erie Railroad. While training at a local gym for his own potential debut as a prizefighter, he arranged to become manager for Joe Craig, a professional lightweight boxer. Craig was successful enough to allow Hague to buy a few suits that made him appear successful.[13] In 1896, Hague's apparent prosperity gained him the attention of local tavern owner "Nat" Kenny who was seeking a candidate for constable in the upcoming primary to run against the candidate of a rival tavern owner.[14] Kenny provided Hague with $75 to "spread around", and Frank Hague quickly won his first election by a ratio of three-to-one.[15]
Hague's victory in the Constable election brought him to the attention of Hudson County Democratic political boss "Little Bob" Davis, and Davis asked Hague to help get out Democratic votes for the upcoming 1897 Mayoral election.[15] Hague's efforts were credited with generating large voter turnout in the Second Ward for the 1897 and 1899 elections. As a reward for his work, Hague was appointed as a Deputy Sheriff at a salary of $25 per week.[16] Over this time, Hague took a leadership role in the Second Ward Democratic club.[16]
In the 1901 Mayoral election, Republican Mark M. Fagan was elected. Hague's second ward was one of only two that voted Democratic. Hague survived a Republican challenge for a third term as Constable the following year.[16]
As a ward leader, Hague was approached by a woman to provide assistance for her son, who had been arrested for passing a forged check. The son, Red Dugan, had been a classmate of Hague's in school. According to the Boston Evening Transcript of October 4, 1904, Dugan had deposited a forged check for $955 in the Peoples Bank of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and convinced the bank manager to let him withdraw $500. Hague ignored a subpoena to testify in Hudson County Court and traveled to Massachusetts to provide an alibi for Dugan. Hague and another deputy sheriff, Thomas "Skidder" Madigan, claimed that they had seen Dugan in Jersey City on the day of the alleged offense. Both were threatened with perjury charges.[17]
Upon returning to Jersey City, Hague was found guilty of contempt of court for ignoring the subpoena. He was fined $100 and stripped of his duties as Deputy Sheriff.[17]
In spite of the resulting press coverage of the event, Hague was more deeply embraced by his constituency. Thomas Smith wrote: "But to the residents of the Horseshoe, Frank Hague had gone out of his way to help a friend - had practically given his livelihood to aid a brother."[18] In the succeeding municipal election of 1905, which saw the return of incumbent Fagan to the office of mayor, Hague was elected to a fourth term as constable.
Hague rose through the Democratic machinery of Hudson County, which drew much of its strength by providing newly arrived immigrants with the rudimentary social services.[19] Hague took a job as a collector for a local brewery, leaving him with time to spend in the streets and the local taverns which were hubs of political activity.[20] He also spent his time cleaning up the loose ends of the Second Ward's south-end Democratic Club to consolidate his power.
As a reward for his efforts in turning out votes in the 1905 election, Bob Davis named Hague as the party leader for the Second Ward and arranged for Hague to be appointed as Sergeant at Arms for the New Jersey State Assembly.[21]
Hague broke ties with "Boss" Davis in 1906 over a difference of opinion on a candidate for appointment to the city Street and Water Board.[22] As a result, Hague supported H. Otto Wittpenn for mayor in the 1907 election. Wittpenn was a reformer who opposed the control Davis held over Hudson County politics. Over the objections of Davis, newly elected Mayor Wittpenn appointed Hague as chief custodian of City Hall - a "cushy" job with plenty of patronage opportunities.[23] During the Wittpenn administration, Hague also became friendly with Wittpenn's secretary - a Presbyterian Sunday school teacher named A. Harry Moore.[24]
The resulting battle for control of the Hudson County Democratic machine would ironically result in one of the greatest boosts to Hague's rise to power - the Walsh Act of 1911.[25] In 1909 Davis, seeing support for Hague increasing, supported Wittpenn's re-election against former mayor Fagan. Hague's second ward produced the largest plurality of Wittpenn votes of any of Jersey City's 12 wards.[26] Davis then arranged the appointment of Fagan to the Hudson County Tax Board. When Wittpenn's administration began facing troubles, including Fagan's discovery of a Pennsylvania Railroad property that had paid no taxes for four years, Wittpenn blamed Davis.[27]
Seeking to curb the influence of Davis, Wittpenn announced his candidacy for Governor, stating "I have endured the machine as long as possible, but patience is no longer a virtue."[27] Davis, in turn, prevailed upon Woodrow Wilson, then President of Princeton University, to oppose Wittpenn's candidacy.[27] Wilson's victory was overwhleming, even in Hague's ward despite heavy-handed tactics used there. The Jersey Journal wrote: "Cops on duty were using clubs and blackjacks to assist Mayor Wittpenn and Frank Hague defeat the Davis men."[27]
Wilson's reform-minded term as Governor saw the establishment of Presidential primary elections, introduced workers' compensation, and brought about passage of the Walsh Act which provided for a non-partisan commission form of municipal government that was greatly reflective of his academic writings in Congressional Government.
"Little Bob" Davis died of cancer shortly after the 1910 gubernatorial election leaving a vacuum in the power structure of the Hudson County Democrats.[28] Wittpenn quickly endorsed the idea of converting Jersey City to a commission form of government, but was opposed by forces, including Hague, attempting to take control of the party. Hague campaigned heavily against the idea in the Horseshoe, claiming that such a system of city-wide elected commissioners would erode the influence of the working-class and consolidate power among the city's elite.[28] Wittpenn's opponents successfully petitioned for a change in the date of the vote on the charter change, moving it from September to mid-July, and the proposal was defeated. As a result of this campaign, Hague came under the scrutiny of the Jersey Journal, which had supported the proposed charter change. It was reported that Hague's older brother, a battalion chief on the city fire department, had been on "sick leave" for three years at full pay.[29]
Hague reconciled with Wittpenn to support his re-election in 1911. Wittpenn then supported Hague's nomination for Commissioner of Streets and Water. Both were elected. The new position greatly expanded Hague's patronage authority. While City Hall employed a few dozen custodians, there were hundreds of workers in the Street and Water Department.[30] Hague's work as head of the Department of Street Cleaners even convinced the Jersey Journal to endorse him as a "reform candidate" in the next election.[31]
In the spring of 1913, having gained confidence in his own ability to assure himself a place on the commission, Hague supported the renewed effort to change the Jersey City government from the Mayor-Council model to a commission model under the recently adopted Walsh Act. This act would place all executive and legislative powers in a five-man commission, each of whom would head a city department. The five commissioners would choose one of their colleagues to be mayor. The vote for charter change passed, and the stage was set for Frank Hague's rise to power.
In 1913, the first election for the city commission saw 91 men on the ballot competing for five available seats on the commission. Hague finished fourth with 17,390 votes and was elected to the first City Commission of Jersey City. The only Wittpenn-supported candidate, A. Harry Moore, was also elected.[32] As a result of having garnered the most votes (21,419) former mayor Fagan became the first mayor under this new form of government, and the only Republican to hold that title in Jersey City for the following 75 years. Hague was named public safety commissioner, with control over the police and fire departments. In the same year, Hague cemented his control of the Hudson County political machine by securing for himself the leadership of the Hudson County Democratic Organization Executive Committee.
Hague immediately set about reshaping the corrupt Jersey City police force with tough Horsehoe recruits.[33] Hague spearheaded crackdowns on prostitution and narcotics trafficking, earning him favor with religious leaders.[33] These enforcement acts went as far as Hague himself marching across local Vaudeville stages personally directing the shut down of "girlie shows."[33] At the heart of this change was an inner cadre of officers known as the Zeppelin Squad or "zepps" who were personally loyal to Hague alone.[33] The "zepps" would spy on, and report back to Hague about other members of the department.[34] Eventually, Jersey City had one patrolman for every 3,000 residents, causing a marked decline in the city's once-astronomical crime rate.[35]
Hague took steps to curb the police department's lackadaisical work ethic, punishing offenses that had gone unpunished for years. He also made much-needed improvements to the fire department; at the time he took office Jersey City's fire insurance rates were among the highest in the nation.[36]
Upon discovering in early 1916 that millions of pounds of munitions were being stockpiled on the Jersey City waterfront, Hague travelled to Washington, D.C. to register concerns for the safety of his constituents.[34] His meetings with Congressmen resulted in no action, Congress having decided that Jersey City was an "appropriate port."[34] Hague's concerns were shown to be valid in July 1916 when the Black Tom explosion sent shrapnel flying across the city.
In 1917, Hague, with his reputation as the man who cleaned up the police force, ran for reelection. He put together a commission ticket called "The Unbossed."[35] The ticket consisted of him, Parks Commissioner Moore, Revenue Commissioner George Brensinger, ex-judge Charles F.X. O'Brien and City Clerk Michael I. Fagan. It swept all five spots on the commission. Moore topped the poll, and traditional practice called for him to be appointed mayor. However, when the commission met for the first time on May 11, Hague was chosen as the new mayor.[36]
Technically, Hague's only responsibility as mayor was to appoint the school board. Otherwise, he was merely first among equals, with no powers over and above the other four commissioners. However, soon after taking office, he wrested control of the Hudson County Democratic Party from Wittpenn.[36] This allowed him to significantly influence the makeup of the commission in this overwhelmingly Democratic city. He soon built the organization into one of the most powerful political machines in the country. Hague himself became very wealthy, owning a $125,000 summer home in Deal, living in a large apartment in the best building in the city, and able to give a $50,000 altar to a local Catholic church.[37]
He also had the support of a significant faction of Republicans which dated to his initial election as mayor, when he cut a deal with then-Governor Walter Edge in which Edge effectively ceded North Jersey to Hague in return for keeping South Jersey for himself.[38] Also, as public safety commissioner (a post he held throughout his entire tenure), he controlled the two departments with the most patronage appointments in the city. This post also placed responsibility for maintaining public order in his hands.[36]
Hague soon extended his influence statewide by helping to elect his "puppets" as governor.[37] In the 1919 gubernatorial election, Hague endorsed State Senator Edward I. Edwards and aggressively campaigned for him. Edwards carried Hudson County by 50,000 votes, which was enough for him to win statewide by just under 15,000 votes. Hague proclaimed himself leader of the New Jersey Democratic Party, and Edwards allowed him to recommend dozens of appointments to high state offices. Democrats won five out of eight gubernatorial races between 1919 and 1940, more often than not due to massive landslides in Hudson County. However, he was never able to extend his dominance to the state legislature.[35]
Hague was able to stay in power despite a nearly constant effort to turn him out of office from 1921 onward.[38] He was also able to avoid prosecution despite numerous federal and state investigations in part due to the fact he took most of his kickbacks in cash. However, from the early 1940s onward, many of the older ethnic groups started moving to the suburbs. They were replaced by Poles, Italians, Eastern Europeans and African-Americans. Hague never adapted his methods to the new groups.[35]
Hague had little tolerance for those who dared oppose him publicly. He relied on two ordinances of dubious constitutionality to muzzle critics. A 1920 ordinance effectively required people making political speeches to obtain clearance from the chief of police. A 1930 ordinance gave the public safety commissioner—Hague himself—the power to turn down permits for meetings if he felt it necessary to prevent "riots, disturbances or disorderly assemblage." The latter ordinance was struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States, but continued to be enforced for several years after that decision.[39] The police were also allowed to stop and search anyone without probable cause or a warrant after 9 pm.[37]
In 1932, Hague, a friend of Al Smith, backed Smith against Franklin D. Roosevelt during the race for the Democratic nomination. When Roosevelt won the nomination, Hague offered to organize the biggest political rally anyone had ever seen if Roosevelt would launch his presidential campaign in New Jersey. When Roosevelt formally began his campaign with an event at the Jersey Shore town of Sea Girt, Hague's machine made sure there were several thousand Hudson County voters looking on and cheering.[40] Hague's support was rewarded with funding for a massive medical center complex complete with a maternity hospital named after his mother, Margaret Hague.[41] During the 1936 campaign Hague provided 150,000 adults and children to cheer Roosevelt during a visit.[37]
Hague's use of voter fraud is the stuff of legend.[42] In 1937, for instance, Jersey City had 160,050 registered voters, but only 147,000 people who were at least 21 years old—the legal voting age.[35]
In 1932, Governor Moore appointed a lawyer named Thomas J. Brogan, who had served as Hague's personal attorney in corruption hearings, to an associate Justice seat on the state's Supreme Court. Less than a year later Brogan was named as Chief Justice. In at least two instances of alleged voting fraud in the 1930s (Ferguson v. Brogan, 112 N.J.L. 471; Clee v. Moore, 119 N.J.L. 215; In re Clee, 119 N.J.L. 310), Brogan's court issued extraordinary rulings in favor of the Democratic machine, in one case asserting that the district superintendent of elections had no authority to open ballot boxes, and in another case ruling that the boxes could be opened, but no one had the right to look inside.[43] Brogan also assigned himself to the Hudson County jurisdiction, thereby controlling the local grand jury process and squelching other election fraud cases.[44]
Although Hague, like other political bosses of the time, was not above outright fraud at the polls, the keys to Hague's success were his matchless organizational skills and demand for complete loyalty from his subordinates. His command over the Democratic voters of Hudson County, a densely populated urban area in a state that was still mostly rural, made him a man to reckon with among state Democrats and Republicans alike. He was a close friend of Al Smith, the New York governor who would become the first Irish-American presidential candidate in 1928. In addition, Hague's support of Roosevelt for President was rewarded with a steady stream of perks that sustained Hague's organization throughout the Depression.
The beginning of the end for Hague came in 1943, when former governor Walter Edge was returned to office. Edge's attorney general, Walter Van Riper, initiated several prosecutions of Hague cronies. Hague retaliated by having his handpicked U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey bring federal indictments against Van Riper, but Van Riper was acquitted. Edge also initiated reforms in the civil service, freeing it from Hague's control.[38]
Edge's successor, fellow Republican Alfred Driscoll, succeeded in further curbing Hague's power over state government. He led the effort to implement a new constitution, which streamlined state government and made it less vulnerable to control by locally based bosses like Hague. For example, county prosecutors were now directly accountable to the state attorney general. It also set up a new state Supreme Court, which was given supervision over the state's judges. As the first Chief Justice, Driscoll appointed an old Hague foe, Arthur T. Vanderbilt. Driscoll also installed voting machines throughout the state, which made it harder for corrupt politicians to steal elections.[38]
Seeing the writing on the wall, Hague abruptly announced his retirement in 1947. However, he was able to have his nephew, Frank Hague Eggers, chosen as his successor. It was generally understood that Hague still held the real power.[45] This ended in 1949 when John V. Kenny, a former Hague ward leader alienated by the appointment of Eggers, put together his own commission ticket. Due to the presence of a "third ticket," Kenny's ticket was able to oust the Hague/Eggers ticket from power, ending Hague's 32-year rule.[38] Kenny soon set up a machine which proved every bit as corrupt as Hague's, but far less efficient at providing services.[46][47]
Though Hague was accommodating to labor unions during the first half of his mayoral career—Jersey City police were known for turning back strikebreakers, something unheard of during the period—he became a savage opponent of organizers in the 1930s. The turnaround came about during a dispute with labor boss and former supporter Theodore "Teddy" Brandle, whose attempts to organize the work crews on the Pulaski Skyway construction project (1930–32) touched off a labor war so intense that local newspapers called it "the war of the meadows."[48]
The rise of the CIO in the mid-1930s represented a threat to Hague's policy of guaranteeing labor peace to the sweatshop type industries that might otherwise have fled Jersey City's high property taxes. When Socialist presidential candidate Norman Thomas came to speak on behalf of the CIO during a May Day rally in Journal Square, Hague's police swept Thomas and his wife into a car, took them to the Pavonia ferry and sent them back to New York.[49] Hague spent much of the decade inveighing against Communists and labor unions,[37] and his attempts to suppress the CIO's activities in Jersey City led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision, Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization 307 U.S. 496 (1939), that is a cornerstone of law concerning public expression of political views on public property.
Hague died on New Year's Day in 1956 at his 480 Park Avenue duplex apartment in New York.[50] While hundreds gathered to see the casket depart the funeral home, only four men were seen to remove their hats for the passing of the coffin.[10] One woman present held an American Flag and a sign that read, "God have mercy on his sinful, greedy soul."[10]
Hague was interred in a large mausoleum at Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City.[51]
Hague's pride and joy was the Jersey City Medical Center, which he began creating almost as soon as he became mayor. By the 1940s it had grown into a 10-building complex that provided virtually free medical care to Jersey City residents and was one of the biggest medical facilities in the country. Even at the time it was too large to operate cost-effectively, including the Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital in honor of his mother.[52] As of 2006, only two of the buildings were still in use. The remainder were slated to be redeveloped as a luxury condominium complex called the Beacon.
"We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear those words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist.' You never heard a real American talk in that manner." - speech to the Jersey City Chamber of Commerce, January 12, 1938.[53]
"Listen, here is the law! I am the law! These boys go to work!" - speech on city government to the Emory Methodist Episcopal Church in Jersey City, November 10, 1937.[54][55][56]
As the eight professional pallbearers hefted the 700-lb., hammered copper casket out of Lawrence Quinn's Funeral Home in Jersey City, a solemn voice called out to the pressing crowd: "Hats, men." Of the hundreds on the sidewalk, only four men were seen to lift their hats as a final gesture of respect toward Frank Hague, who died last week at 81. He was the last of the great machine bosses and the most absolute of them all. On a salary that never exceeded $8,500 a year during his eight terms as mayor of Jersey City, he came to reckon his personal fortune at more than $2,000,000, his homes at four (in Jersey City, on Manhattan's Park Avenue, on Miami's Biscayne Bay and on the Jersey coast at Deal).
John V. Kenny, the former Mayor of Jersey City whose control of the Hudson County Democratic party crumbled after a flurry of Federal extortion charges in late 1970, died last evening of heart disease. He was 82 years old.
John V. Kenny, the leader of Hudson County politics for more than 20 years, was buried here in Holy Name Cemetery today after a funeral mass sparsely attended by political figures.
Frank Hague, former Democratic boss in New Jersey and Mayor of Jersey City for thirty two years, died at 5 P.M. yesterday in his apartment at 480 Park Avenue.
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Hometown Heroes Sikai Feat. Dublin
Shoutout to any Artist who doesn't get any support from your hometown...this is your anthem!
Listen to Hometown Heroes, the new track by Sikai featuring Dublin which was dropped on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010. Sikai's odds keep getting better with each new leak, and Hometown Heroes will undoubtedly improve his chances of winning. It's a worthy addition to a respectable catalogue that has seen a lot of growth since Sikai debuted in this game. We're looking forward to the follow-up.
Hear more of Sikai on It Was All A Dream (Prod by Apollo Keys). Check out Sikai's profile page for the most recent info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Make sure to hit Sikai with a follow and/or like on Twitter.
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Dean Harris: Gustine irons out fireworks insurance approvals
A little bit about a lot of things:
• Seems like getting the necessary clearances and approvals for Gustine's annual Fourth of July fireworks show gets more and more difficult each year, as referenced in a story in last week's Press-Standard.
We're happy to follow up, however, with a report from City Hall that Gustine's insurance carrier has agreed to provide the same amount of liability coverage as in past years and will issue a conditional letter of approval, contingent on the school board approving use of the high school stadium for the event.
So it appears that the show will go on, as well it should be – pending, of course, school board approval at the June 12 meeting.
What would the Fourth of July be without fireworks to cap one of Gustine's biggest days of the year?
Seems like getting the necessary approvals for the fireworks grows more complicated each year, but the partnership of the city, school district and chamber of commerce has allowed the tradition to continue.
• Had the opportunity Friday to visit with valedictorians and salutatorians from this year's graduating classes at Orestimba and Gustine.
These soon-to-be-graduates are reminders that our local high schools are turning out some quality young adults who are going to go on to good things in their lives.
I always enjoy interviewing the top students…..they tend to be driven, hard-working and focused, traits that are going to take them far.
I am a bit humbled to interview kids who are smarter than me, but come away optimistic that the generation coming up is going to fix some of our mistakes.
• Congratulations are in order to Newman's Ed Ford, who is about to become commander of the state Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Ford is a well-known West Side veteran whose post-retirement passion has been working with the VFW on behalf of those who served.
That he has risen through the ranks to become state leader speaks volumes about his dedication to that cause.
Ford is the first local veteran to serve as state commander.
We're proud to have a West Sider assume that position.
We have no doubt that Ford will represent the local post well – and that he will be an effective voice and leader of the statewide organization.
• Woke up to the sound of voices and laughter drifting through our open bedroom window Friday morning…..and had to wonder just what the heck was going on at 6 a.m. or so.
But not for long. Quickly figured out that, in the closing days of the school year, the seniors were probably up to something on campus – and that proved to be exactly the case.
Turns out they were committing their senior "prank," which in this case involved getting together for an early breakfast of donuts and pop-tarts, and then parking their decorated "senior" vehicles around campus.
From the sounds, it was clear that they were just having a good time…..didn't hear anything to indicate something malicious or destructive was afoot, so I didn't lose too much sleep over the commotion.
OHS Learning Director Theresa Lerma Wren shed some light on the situation at the senior award program that night, saying the class had actually run some prank ideas by administration to see what would fly…..now is that doing things the right way, or what?
Administrators properly nixed some ideas…..such as putting the campus supervisor's cart on top of the gym (okay, that would have been funny, but wrong).
They came up with one that let everybody have a little fun, with no harm done.
• Another job well done by veterans Monday at Hills Ferry Cemetery.
While the annual Memorial Day program at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery draws more people and attention, I have always been somewhat partial to the local observance and its more intimate setting.
Both programs, of course, pay tribute to the sacrifices of those who laid down their lives in defense of freedom and honor the memory of all departed comrades who served their nation.


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This workshop will provide an overview of the anticipated 2006 Building Code of NYS, with a focus on: exterior handicap accessible route, fire department access, fire separation distance, stairs (including guards & handrails), and a quick overview of the major anticipated changes coming in the next edition. This course is intended for landscape architects, architects, and site engineers to provide them with information on the typical code provisions that are issues in design and to give them an idea of the anticipated major changes to come in the upcoming new edition of the NYS Codes.
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Highways Are Closed—But Not Daf Yomi
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Gov. Dannel Malloy is ordering all state highways closed today, due to Hurricane Sandy. After 11 a.m., trucks will not be allowed on state highways. After 1 p.m., state highways will be closed to all non-emergency vehicles.
"Residents need to take this storm very seriously," Malloy said in a release. "Beginning in the next several hours, wind gusts will begin to exceed 50 m.p.h., making traveling along our roads—especially wooded areas like the Merritt Parkway—very dangerous. We're doing this in two phases, so that trucks will first be prohibited and then all non-emergency vehicles. If you're in a non-evacuation area, stay home."
Meanwhile, amid all the storm closings, one local institution reported it is proceeding with a regularly scheduled event during the storm. The Yeshiva of New Haven announced it will still convene its "Daily Daf" course Monday at 4:45 p.m. on the second floor at 765 Elm. St. The course is a daily study of Talmud coordinated with Jews around the world to cover the 2,711 pages of the Talmud in a seven-year cycle. "The Daf has never had a day off. No matter the hurricane, rain, hail, sleet, or snow, the daf goes on. This is our daily lifeblood, it has NO day off and is never canceled," the Yeshiva stated in a release.
Meanwhile lots of events are canceled.
• The Board of Aldermen's Aldermanic Affairs Committee's Monday night meeting has been postponed to an as-yet-undetermined date.
• The Monday 5:30 p.m. Dancing Thru Pregnancy class at the Yale Health Plan is canceled this week.
• The day care centers at Yale-New Haven Hospital's two campuses (including St. Raphael's) are closed through Tuesday.
• Because of the storm religiously observant Jews should not use the eruv this weekend.
• CONNCAT's art studio dedication, originally scheduled for Monday, has been rescheduled for Friday at 6:30 p.m.
• START Bank is closed today. Meanwhile, the bank sent the following message: "The retirement reception scheduled for October 29 for Lynn Smith of Start Community Bank has been postponed due to the impending storm. We love our customers and your safety is our first priority. Check www.startbank.com for the new date."
• The JCC is closed.
• Eli Whitney Museum sent the following message: "Due to the projected severity of the impending storm, we have changed the date of
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"Hope to see you then,
"Bill Brown."
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"Yours in health and wellness
"Mubarakah Ibrahim"
• Yale cancelled Monday's classes.
• Yale-New Haven Hospital sent in the following release:
New Haven, CT—October 28, 2012—The following Yale-New Haven Hospital outpatient clinics will be closed on Monday due to Hurricane Sandy's expected impact:
—The Primary Care Clinics located on Howard Avenue (Adult, Pediatrics, Women's Center, Nathan Smith); the Adult and Pediatric Dental Clinics; and Winchester Chest Clinic.
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Radiation can effectively destroy brain tumor cells â but at a cost. While killing the tumor cells the treatment also damages normal cells in portions of the brain involved in learning and memory, leaving people with varying levels of impairment. New work by researchers at the University of California, Irvine suggests that human embryonic stem cells are able to ameliorate radiation-induced normal tissue damage.
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So many of you have heard me go on and on about my bloggin BFF CB.
She is one of the funniest, smartest and most gorgeous woman I have been lucky enough to know!
And now she has given me one of the best gifts I could have ever received!
She graciously worked her cute butt off, in fulfilling my every demanding wish!
Look at my Blog!!!
My blog that now fits me to a T!
You all now have a new button to replace my old one as well!
I have cute FB and Twitter buttons too!
I can't stop staring at my new gorgeous blog.
CB You are so amazing!
And I am totally going to make this up to you!
Why the name BOUDOIR?
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
My New Look!
15 comments:
- EnVii said...
i love your entire blog its awesome and PINK!! i love pink! and YES CB rocks!! shes awesome she is one of the bloggers i would LOVE to meet
- October 5, 2010 at 10:04 PM
- Amanda said...
Looks fabulous!
- October 6, 2010 at 12:44 AM
- Kimberly said...
Love the new look Hun... it's so girlie and cute.
All the best,
Kim - October 6, 2010 at 2:14 AM
- LB @ brokenwoodenspoon said...
Rock it sista! I love the new graphics and layout.
- October 6, 2010 at 5:01 AM
- Copyboy said...
Love the new look 'n CB. She's one talented Crazy.
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looks so cute! love the layout!
thanks for following me!
Best wishes!
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looks great!
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SO cute...love it!
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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT. You are one lucky bitch.
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CB is one talented bitch!! It looks awesome over here! Love the new header especially!
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- Annie D said...
Love the look!! And the boudoir theme! I am doing a boudoir photo shoot in a couple of weeks, so I'm kind of in love with the whole boudoir theme :)
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Now if I can get the skank to do mine since I have been begging her FOREVER!!!
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Funny, smart AND gorgeous....
Well, okay... Who am I to argue???
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Join Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day! Our Earth Day event is about encouraging local, organic, earth-friendly choices as a way of promoting better health for our planet and ourselves. Environmentally friendly vendors will be on hand with everything from green cleaning products and recycled fashion accessories to better lawn care for you and your wildlife! We'll have live music performed by The Mudpuppies and by The Environmental Hootenanny with Tom Calliman and Ann Shapiro. Both performances are at the Peacock Pavilion. Come learn what you can do to make the planet a healthier place for you and your family.


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Date of birth: 1981 Place of birth: ItalyBiography: Elena Santarelli reportedly shot to fame in 1999 when she won the prestigious Elite model Look competition. She then went on to secure a contract with Elite. Elena was a catwalk model involved in high profile campaigns for Armani. She appeared in the Italian version of 'I'm a Celebrity, Get me out of here!' and went on to launch her calendar which really raised her profile. She is reportedly still dating her professional footballer Bernardo Corradi.


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We're pleased to introduce a new feature available at Zombal that allows members to share their completed work with the rest of the scientific community for free. We anticipate that over time, the vault will become a useful centralised resource for scientific research and ideas.
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Hot rodding has lost a friend, innovator and industry Champion. Todd Gartshore, co-owner and vice president of marketing for Baer Brakes, passed away over the weekend.
Gartshore co-founded Baer Brakes in 1994. Previously, he had worked at companies including Quickor Engineering, HKS, CarTech and Vortech. He also served on SEMA's Board of Directors and the MPMC Select Committee.
"Todd was a passionate champion of this industry and especially SEMA where he served on the Board of Directors and made sure people knew what it meant for them and what they could do for SEMA," said a message posted on the Baer Brakes website this morning. "Todd was known for his great sense of humor; he loved to make people smile and laugh. And if you cried from laughing so hard, he was completely delighted!"
Gartshore was a fixture at industry events including Goodguys events around the country, races and shows and will be missed by his many industry friends.
All of us at the Goodguys Rod & Custom Association send our condolences to the family and friends of Todd Gartshore, as well as the entire Baer Brakes family.


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quote:Ryan is easily a top 10 QB. Get over it
quote:Top 11 in passing the last 3 years says otherwise, but don't let facts get in your way.
quote:How many playoff wins?
quote:Right since playoff wins are all that matter?
quote:good thing we don't overpay our QB like some teams do, causing weaknesses at key positions because there isn't enough cap room
quote:I dont even think having a single win matters. If we were talking 5+ games sure but, he has only played in 3 freaking playoff games and in all 3 you could say he has at least been average. last 2 years he lost to eventual SB champ and in 08 he was a rookie who lost to Arizona who probably should have won the SB. So it isn't like he lost to a shitty Seattle team right?


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Carolyn L. Kindel, 60, Hays, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at Hays Medical Center.
She was born Oct. 10, 1952, in Concordia to John F. Sr. and Velda (Geisler) May. She graduated from Concordia High School and Fort Hays State University with an associate's degree in radiology tech.
She worked for Hays Medical Center as the manager of the central supply until becoming disabled. She continued volunteering in various capacities at the hospital and community after becoming disabled.
She was a member of Healing Hearts for Bereaved Parents and began the local chapter in Hays.
Survivors include two sons, John Kindel and wife, Joy, Olathe, and Jeremy Kindel and wife, Kellie, Pittsfield, Mass.; four brothers, John May Jr., Concordia, David May, Salina, Jerry May and wife, Lavonne, Concordia, and Jeff May and wife, Chris, Salina; two sisters, Kathy Kindel and husband, Eugene, Aurora, Kan., and Angie Rader and husband, James, Killeen, Texas; four grandchildren, Daniel and Meghan Kindel, Emily Smith and husband, Kirby, and Sara Schmidt; and two great-grandchildren, Ava and Hadley Smith.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Donnie Jr. and Joshua; and her parents.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, Concordia; private burial will be a later date.
Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday, with family greeting friends from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to Carolyn Kindel Memorial in care of the funeral home.
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Authentic grenadine syrup is made from pomegranate juice sweetened with sugar and flavored with a few drops of lemon juice and orange-flower water (as opposed to corn syrup and red dye). Once you taste the real deal in, say, a Mary Pickford, you'll never go back to the Shirley Temple cocktail mixer of your youth.
This recipe was featured as part of our DIY Home Bar project, as well as our DIY Holiday Gifts Advent Calendar.
- 1Heat pomegranate juice in a small saucepan over medium heat until steam rises from the surface and a few bubbles have formed around the perimeter of the pan, about 5 minutes. (Do not boil.) Remove from heat.
- 2Add sugar and stir until it has dissolved and the liquid is no longer cloudy, about 5 minutes.
- 3Stir in lemon juice and orange-flower water and let the syrup cool to room temperature, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a container with a tightfitting lid and refrigerate for up to 1 month.


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Numerology. Numbers. List of numbers. Rational numbers[edit] Natural numbers[edit] Powers of ten (scientific notation)[edit]
1 (number) The glyph used today in the Western world to represent the number 1, a vertical line, often with a serif at the top and sometimes a short horizontal line at the bottom, traces its roots back to the Indians, who wrote 1 as a horizontal line, much like the Chinese character 一.
The Gupta wrote it as a curved line, and the Nagari sometimes added a small circle on the left (rotated a quarter turn to the right, this 9-look-alike became the present day numeral 1 in the Gujarati and Punjabi scripts). The Nepali also rotated it to the right but kept the circle small.[1] This eventually became the top serif in the modern numeral, but the occasional short horizontal line at the bottom probably originates from similarity with the Roman numeral . In some European (e.g., Germany) and Asian (e.g., Israel) countries, the little serif at the top is sometimes extended into a long upstroke, sometimes as long as the vertical line, which can lead to confusion with the glyph for seven in other countries. 2 (number) 2 (Two; .
It is also a Stern prime, a Pell number, the first Fibonacci prime, and a Markov number—appearing in infinitely many solutions to the Markov Diophantine equation involving odd-indexed Pell numbers. 3 (number) It is frequently noted by historians of numbers that early counting systems often relied on the three-patterned concept of "One, Two, Many" to describe counting limits.
Early peoples had a word to describe the quantities of one and two, but any quantity beyond was simply denoted as "Many". As an extension to this insight, it can also be noted that early counting systems appear to have had limits at the numerals 2, 3, and 4. References to counting limits beyond these three do not appear to prevail as consistently in the historical record. Three is the largest number still written with as many lines as the number represents. (The Ancient Romans usually wrote 4 as IIII, but this was almost entirely replaced by the subtractive notation IV in the Middle Ages.) 4 (number) Four is the second square number, the second centered triangular number.
A number is a multiple of 4 if its last two digits are a multiple of 4. For example, 1092 is a multiple of 4 because 92 = 4×23. The prime factorization of four is two times two. Four is the smallest composite number that is equal to the sum of its prime factors. 5 (number) Five is the third prime number.
Because it can be written as 221+1, five is classified as a Fermat prime; therefore a regular polygon with 5 sides (a regular pentagon) is constructible with compass and unmarked straightedge. 5 is the third Sophie Germain prime, the first safe prime, the third Catalan number, and the third Mersenne prime exponent. Five is the first Wilson prime and the third factorial prime, also an alternating factorial. Five is the first good prime. 6 (number) The SI prefix for 10006 is exa (E), and for its reciprocal atto- (a).
Since six equals the sum of its proper divisors, six is the smallest perfect number, Granville number, and -perfect number.[1][2] As a perfect number: Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers.[4] Unrelated to 6 being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler.
7 (number) In fact, if one sorts the digits in the number 142857 in ascending order, 124578, it is possible to know from which of the digits the decimal part of the number is going to begin with.
The remainder of dividing any number by 7 will give the position in the sequence 124578 that the decimal part of the resulting number will start. For example, 628/7= 89 + 5/7; here 5 is the remainder, and would correspond to number 7 in the ranking of the ascending sequence. 8 (number) (two cubed), and is the first number of the form All powers of 2 ;( ), have an aliquot sum of one less than themselves.
A number is divisible by 8 if its last 3 digits are also divisible by 8. 8 is the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents 3 bits. 9 (number) In the NATO phonetic alphabet, the digit 9 is called "Niner".Five-digit produce PLU codes that begin with 9 are organic.
Common terminal digit in psychological pricing Nine Lives cat food; its name is derived from the legend that a cat has nine livesNine Network a.k.a. Channel 9, an Australian free-to-air television stationNine West, a clothing brand [1] 10 (number) 10 (ten A collection of ten items (most often ten years) is called a decade.The ordinal adjective is denary.Increasing a quantity by one order of magnitude is most widely understood to mean multiplying the quantity by ten.To reduce something by one-tenth is to decimate.
(In ancient Rome, the killing of one in ten soldiers in a cohort was the punishment for cowardice or mutiny; or, one-tenth of the able-bodied men in a village as a form of retribution, thus causing a labor shortage and threat of starvation in agrarian societies.)With ten being the base of the decimal system, a scale of 1 to 10 is often used to rank things, as a smaller version of a 1-to-100 scale (as is used in percentages and wine-tasting). 11 (number) 11 (eleven In English, it is the smallest positive integer requiring three syllables and the largest prime number with a single-morpheme name. Its etymology originates from a Germanic compound ainlif meaning "one left".[1]).
If a number is divisible by 11, reversing its digits will result in another multiple of 11. As long as no two adjacent digits of a number added together exceed 9, then multiplying the number by 11, reversing the digits of the product, and dividing that new number by 11, will yield a number that is the reverse of the original number. (For example: 142,312 x 11 = 1,565,432. 2,345,651 / 11 = 213,241.) 12 (number) 12 (twelve A group of twelve things is called a duodecad. The ordinal adjective is duodecimal, twelfth. The adjective referring to a group consisting of twelve things is duodecuple. As shown below, the number twelve is frequently cited in the Abrahamic religions and is also central to the Western calendar and units of time.
Numbers. A notational symbol that represents a number is called a numeral. In addition to their use in counting and measuring, numerals are often used for labels (telephone numbers), for ordering (serial numbers), and for codes (e.g., ISBNs). Classification of numbers[edit] Natural numbers[edit] The most familiar numbers are the natural numbers or counting numbers: 1, 2, 3, and so on. Mighty Number. Numerology.
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Steve Stricker of the USA is in contention with a first-round 3-under 67.
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The English People Daily reports on a new wave of spending in the UK housing market from Chinese investors. Estate Agent Today also carries the story, but doesn't mention this as the source or link back to them.
Apparently, the Chinese spent 170 million odd on central London property alone in the last 12 months to March 2010. The article quotes Liam Bailey of Knight Frank as saying '…Asian investors are now buying more than a fifth of all central London's new properties and account for 49 percent of all investment purchases in London …'
This seems a very high number to me and I am sure I read somewhere last week that it was the Spanish, Greeks, Americans etc who were the next big property investors. Of course this is all 'research' and guesstimation from Knight Frank and their conclusions appear to be, domestic ownership is harder in China, the economy is forcing people to look outside and more and more Asians are sending their offspring to UK Universities.
I know a few people who got fat helping Russians buy property over here and I am sure those same people are looking at the latest foreign investment with pound note signs in their eyes.
That said, this is not the super rich, multi million pound purchases, this is more modest £400-800,000 purchases for their kids (lucky kids is all I can say!!). If this is the case, then this puts everyone in with a shout of securing this channel, epscially those close to Universites and good transportation links. To this end, this will be the only time you will hear me recommend buying another domain name. Purchase a Chinese domain name and point it to your website. Go one stage further and provide a decent translation of at least your home page so our Chinese friends can find 'London property' on the Chinese google search. (it is not that simply, but this is a good first step).
I conducted a quick test. I translated 'london property' into Chinese, then searched on Google China. The results provided me a page of chinesse and whilst I have no idea what the text says, you can clearly identify the domain names, none of which I recognise. This says to me 'opportunity'.


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Poll Positions: Top 25 Chatter
In 2003-04, no less than 3 teams ranked in the preseason Top 10 found themselves out of the Top 25 at the end of the season. In 2004-05, 5 of the preseason Top 20 were not among the nation's 25 best teams by the time North Carolina cut down the nets.
Last season, over half the entire preseason Top 25 - 13 in all - were unranked by season's end, including 5 of the preseason Top 10. Who were not deemed to be among the 25 best teams in America at the start of last season? No less than 3 out of the 4 teams who reached Indianapolis, including national champion Florida.
I mention this not to embarrass anyone, or claim I could have done better (I couldn't – just check my bracket from last year). I'm just making the point that as much as sportswriters know (or think we know, depending on your point of view) about any sport, no one can accurately and knowingly predict how an entire season will play out.
There will always be the sleepers, the upsets and surprises. But more importantly, there will always be the busts and the outright overrated.
The latter is why I hate preseason polls. Just about every year a highly ranked, yet overrated, team inevitably gets beaten by a mediocre team early in the season. Sportswriters and coaches are then forced to ask themselves a very important question before they derive the following week's Top 25 rankings:
Were we wrong about said overrated team? Should they never have been ranked that high in the first place? Or is said mediocre team actually just underrated? Answer: We are never wrong!
So of course said mediocre team BECOMES said overrated team by virtue of the fact that they are now too ranked in the Top 25. Then down the road they get beat by another mediocre team, and, well, you get the idea.
This is why it seems to take a lifetime for a clearly overrated team to mercifully leave the Top 25. Or why some NIT-bound teams use the "but we were ranked in December" excuse to try to squeeze their way into the NCAA Tournament. It usually takes until about the end of January for the process to work itself out and the truly deserving are ranked among the 25 best teams in America.
It has already begun this year. Vermont is now widely considered the favorite to win the America East this year, thanks to their huge win over ACC power Boston College (#23 AP). But the Catamounts are not as dominant as they looked against BC, who is simply not the same right now without Craig Smith and is still learning to play without his presence down low. The Eagles should not have been ranked in the Top 15 as they were in the preseason.
Oral Roberts – who lost to Loyola Marymount less than two weeks ago – is now among the schools "also receiving votes" in the weekly rankings - receiving 3 votes in the AP and 7 votes from the coaches (the same number of votes awarded to truly underrated Virginia). All for beating a young Kansas (#10 AP/ Coaches) team that missed countless lay-ups and foul shots. More on that later.
Texas (#25 Coaches) lost their entire starting five from last year and has all freshmen taking their place this season with the exception of sophomore AJ Abrams. UConn (#18 AP/Coaches) doesn't have a junior or senior in the starting lineup.
Ohio State (#3 AP/Coaches) is ranked in the Top 5 mostly due to freshman Daequan Cook and the imminent arrival of Greg Oden. Georgia Tech (#19 AP/Coaches) Coach Paul Hewitt flatly stated during a press conference for the EA Sports Maui Invitational that his Yellow Jackets should not be ranked as high as they are, a rating they earned at least in part because of their outstanding freshman class.
All these teams are simply too young and inexperienced at this point to merit such high rankings. Once they play an entire season and develop their young players, these schools may well be among the Top 20, or even Top 10, come March. But not right now. No way.
Look for at least one of these teams to suffer an upset early on and give a few surprising, albeit undeserving, schools their day in the sun.
Kansas (#10 AP/ Coaches) Coach Bill Self has proven himself to be one of the best recruiters in America. He has taken his team to consecutive Big 12 titles in the past two seasons. In his first full 3 seasons coaching in front of some of the most demanding fans in college basketball, Self has compiled a very respectable 72-24 record.
But there's one thing that fans of any team have a very low tolerance for: bad losses.
In Self's first season, Kansas lost a heartbreaker to the Richmond Spiders. The following year, the team fell to Iowa State. Then came losses to Nevada and Kansas State. And just last week, the aforementioned Oral Roberts stunned the Jayhawks 78-71.
Sure enough, upset losses happen to every team, even national championship teams. The problem though, is that all of those losses happened at Allen Fieldhouse, once considered one of the most impossible places to win in the country. That is something Jayhawk fans are having a tough time swallowing, especially now after the shocking loss to the Golden Eagles.
It still says here that Coach Self will prove the naysayers wrong and establish himself as among the greats in KU coaching history. However, a few more losses like he had last week, or another early NCAA Tournament exit, and he may not have the chance.