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Born | 1972 |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Michigan |
Occupation | Journalist, editor, author |
Notable credit(s) | senior editor at The New Republic; former assistant editor of The American Prospect; author of The Big Con; former fellow at New American Foundation; frequent guest on BloggingHeads.tv |
Jonathan Chait | |
Born | 1972 |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Michigan |
Occupation | Journalist, editor, author |
Notable credit(s) | senior editor at The New Republic; former assistant editor of The American Prospect; author of The Big Con; former fellow at New American Foundation; frequent guest on BloggingHeads.tv |
Jonathan Chait (/ˈtʃeɪt/; born 1972) is a commentator and writer for New York magazine. He was previously a senior editor at The New Republic and a former assistant editor of The American Prospect. He also writes a periodic column in the Los Angeles Times.
Chait, the son of a doctor and a small business owner/entrepreneur, grew up in the suburbs of Detroit and is a graduate of the University of Michigan. There he wrote for The Michigan Daily and co-founded The Michigan Independent. He lives in Washington DC and is married to Robin Chait, an education-policy analyst at the Center for American Progress think tank.
Chait began working at The New Republic in 1995. In January 2010, The New Republic replaced The Plank, TNR's group blog, with the Jonathan Chait Blog. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate and Reason. He took over The New Republic's TRB column from Peter Beinart in March 2007. His columns from 2008 are a finalist for the National Magazine Award, in the category of best commentary.
On Sep 12, 2007, his book, THE BIG CON: The true story of how Washington got hoodwinked and hijacked by crackpot economics, was published by Houghton-Mifflin.
On March 16, 2009, Chait appeared on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report to counter conservative arguments that the New Deal was a failure.[1] The impetus for that appearance was an article he wrote for The New Republic called "Wasting Away in Hooverville".[2]
Chait also appears in "The Rivalry," a 2007 HBO documentary about the history and culture of the Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry.
Chait joined the staff of New York magazine on September 6, 2011, leaving his post of Senior Editor at The New Republic.[3] Chait explained the move as follows: "Obviously I love TNR and had no plans to leave, but the opportunity at New York was irresistible. Everybody who works there raves about it, and my friends in journalism have noticed for a while it's become phenomenal — 'the best magazine in America,' as one editor friend of mine told me".[4]
Chait usually writes about domestic politics and policy. Many of his writings are critiques of what he perceives to be illogical positions taken by conservatives. A self-described liberal hawk,[5] he has however written pieces critical of left-wing figures such as Naomi Klein,[6] and also wrote a TNR cover article condemning the state of Delaware.[7] He makes frequent use of humor[citation needed] and sarcasm.
He drew considerable attention with his "Case for Bush Hatred", in which he defended his dislike not only of Bush's policies but also his personality and mannerisms, including the perceived falseness of the then-president's political persona.[8]
Chait took a dim view of the presidential candidacies of Howard Dean, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton, believing that all of them suffered problems with electability. During the 2008 presidential race, Chait wrote many items supportive of Barack Obama.
Chait also occasionally writes about sports, particularly stories involving his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Chait strongly criticized the editorial staff of the Detroit Free Press following a controversial article by Michael Rosenberg that alleged systematic infractions of NCAA rules by the Michigan football program under former head coach Rich Rodriguez. Chait suggested Rosenberg's editor should "lose his job" and called the investigation's methodology "journalistic malpractice."[9] On February 22, 2010, following an investigation stemming from allegations raised in Rosenberg's article, UM announced that the NCAA has found probable cause that the school committed five major violations,[10] corroborating some but not all of the allegations in Rosenberg's article. On May 24, 2010 the University of Michigan responded to the NCAA Notice of Allegations, stating in part, "the University is satisfied that the initial media reports were greatly exaggerated if not flatly incorrect.";[11] after which, Chait claimed that Rosenberg's allegations that Rodriguez "operated a football sweatshop has been totally debunked."[12]


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To get to this point, Sherman has secured at least 65 percent of the fan vote in each of the previous three rounds, beating out Chicago Bears wide receiver Alshon Jefferey in round one, New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham in round two, and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in round three.
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The right-hander's 2005 numbers were impressive, at both the major and minor league levels. Before being called up to the big show, he recorded a stellar 0.94 WHIP at AAA Portland. In San Diego, he continued to impress, posting a 1.05 WHIP and 1.70 ERA in 47.2 innings pitched. If there was a fly in Hensley's ointment, it was his K/BB ratio. While he struck out more than three batters for every walk allowed in his minor league career, including a 3.23 mark in 2005, that figure dropped sharply to a mere 1.65 in the majors. This year, Hensley has fanned eight while walking six, a ratio of 1.33. Keep an eye on this stat, which will play a huge role in determining if he can succeed as a starter in San Diego.
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Avast ye scallywags! The Pirate Party Brigade are a bunch of scurvy Pirates and we were shipwrecked upon the fair Isle of Jersey. To pass our monotonous days we crafted instruments out of shells and bark and will be setting sail to shores near you to pillage the drums of your ears and steal your wenches.
"Relaxed was not in order on the Discharge Stage though as Jersey's Pirate Party Brigade did their best to get the mid-afternoon crowd bouncing with their ska-gypsy-punk. I had no idea what to expect but was instantly drawn to them and when they let off a confetti cannon mid-song I knew these guys not only had the music but the show to really be worth catching properly in future" - Tom Girard - Chaos Festival 2012 |
HASTINGS!We're very pleased to announce that whilst away for Penn Festival, we'll be travelling down to the fair ole town of Hastings the next day to celebrate 'Pirate Day.' We didn't even know it existed til now, and we can't wait to get down there to witness what looks like complete and utter madness. We'll be playing of course, Venue TBA shortly. |
PENN? FRIEND!Our mateys over in Penn, Buckinghamshire, have kindly invited us to come over yet again and play they're joyous little Festival for a third time in a row. Always attracting such a great crowd, we cannot wait to set sail and play some of our newest material that we just know are going to get everyone in the second tent jumping and acting like 17 year olds again. Could we possibly go any bigger & better with the confetti cannons this year? who knows....
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Robert Pattinson is a lucky guy because no one has a single bad thing to say about him! Rob's Breaking Dawn co-star Guri Weinberg took to his Twitter on June 19 when asked by fans what Rob is really like — and he had nothing but a glowing review of the 25-year-old actor.
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While the water level at Lake Beseck remains drawn down mostly to the mud to facilitate a dam repair project, the town of Middlefield has applied for a state STEAP grant to monitor and improve the lake environment when the water returns.
Middlefield has requested $395,000. The maximum possible for a STEAP grant, which stands for Small Town Economic Assistance Program, is $500,000.
Selectman Ed Bailey, who also serves on the Lake Beseck Ad Hoc Committee, told the Town Times he was "pretty confident" in Middlefield's chances. Lake Beseck is a state-owned lake, but "unless the town gets involved, not much happens," Bailey recently said.
According to the grant application, the money would go to control phosphorous levels and invasive aquatic plants, as well the funding of a limnologist, or lake scientist.
"The decline in the water quality of Lake Beseck threatens recreational, economic, and social activities ... Because Lake Beseck is such a valuable local asset, it is important that water quality is managed and plant populations are controlled," reads the grant application.
High phosphorous levels create problems in the lake. "Algae responds directly to phosphorous in the water column," said Mark June-Wells in an interview with the Town Times. June-Wells wrote the grant application and is the limnologist currently studying Lake Beseck for the town.
Runoff of fertilizer from the entire watershed area, the contents of the storm drains, and decaying plant mass in the water have contributed to high levels of phosphorous.
According to the application, Middlefield could use an alum treatment to deal with the phosphorous. June-Wells said that aluminum sulfate "binds directly to the phosphorous and holds it strongly to the bottom of the lake ... It essentially harvests the phosphorous."
The alum treatment is non-toxic, according to June-Wells, but risks of an alum treatment include pH swings in the lake water. "That can be mitigated through responsible practices," said June-Wells, including staggered applications.
STEAP grants are aimed to help small towns make capital improvements and Middlefield has included the purchase of a $150,000 aquatic plant harvester in the application.
The plant harvester is a boat with a cutter and conveyer belt to remove weeds from the water. "We could go out there and manage our own weeds," said Amy Poturnicki, chair of the Lake Beseck Ad Hoc Committee.
The grant also requests $30,000 for maintenance and operation of the harvester. The harvester would likely be operated by a town employee, according to both June-Wells and Poturnicki.
Where to store the harvester when not in use is still a question.
The third part of the STEAP grant application would provide $50,000 of funding for five years of a Lake Manager. This would fund June-Wells as a town consultant, replacing his current contract with the town.
The third part also requests $35,000 for five years of water quality equipment and monitoring. "The purpose of that is so I can always have my finger on what I call the heartbeat of the lake," said June-Wells.
The state will announce the grant recipients in waves until Sept. 15.


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Nice take down of the scab refs in this column about last night's Pats-Ravens game
Here's what I think should happen. At the end of this farcical exercise in corporate avarice, and whenever he has determined that his ego has been sufficiently fluffed and his power sufficiently recognized throughout the land, commissioner Roger Goodell should take his entire 2012 salary and split every dime of it up among the players in the National Football League, because they are the ones he's putting at risk and they are the only ones keeping the NFL from descending into a form of opéra bouffe that would embarrass roller derby... This was my first live exposure to Goodell's ongoing experiment in national consumer fraud, but it doesn't take very long to get used to the offbeat polyrhythms the experiment has forced upon the game. First, you have the play. Then you have the dramatic appeal to the scab officials. Then you have the overreaction to the dramatic appeal to the scab officials, which usually involves either head-butts or slap fights. ... If, as is the case with almost everyone my age, you got used to the basic flow of a football game by watching it on TV every Sunday, the effect of what's going on out there this year is jarring. There is an almost palpable sense of ambivalence and uncertainty. Plays no longer end when they should. The fans in the stadiums and the fans watching at home and, god knows, the gambling community in both places have an obvious moment in which everybody wonders if something completely screwy is going to happen... Ray Lewis, who's been around long enough not to care, was a little more direct. "That's another subject and I really don't want to go there and damage the win, but you can't do that to the game," he said. "You have to let the game take care of itself. The saddest thing about it is when you hear other people talk about it and say, those are the rules. Those aren't the rules. The rules of this game are do whatever you have to do, by whatever means necessary. (Not for nothing, but this is not a turn of phrase that Ray Lewis ought to be using, given events earlier in his life. We continue, however.)... The players are outraged. The coaches are outraged. The fans are outraged. Even the pet TV commentators seem marginally perturbed. ... It's their lives. It's their bodies, and people with the heart of Torrey Smith deserve better than to be made complicit in dishonest vaudeville. http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...-patriots-game |
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Goodell knows people will continue to watch and that is all that matters to him. With the amount of honest complaints he may even get more ratings because people will want to see it for themselves. Football fans will have a hard time walking away from it.
Until people shut off the televisions, or stop going to games Goodell has the league by the proverbial balls.
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Steelers' Larry Foote To Replacement Refs: 'You Should Go Kill Yourselves'
by Charlie Wilmoth Sep 24, 2012 Deadspin notes KDKA's Jory Rand's reporting about Larry Foote telling the replacement refs, "You should go kill yourselves" after the Steelers' loss against the Raiders Sunday. Larry Foote was the first Steeler to exit the field. I was set up nearby for our postgame show, and heard someone scream, "You should go kill yourselves. Y'all (bleep)ing suck!" I leaned around the corner and saw Foote enter the Steelers room, while several officials, entering their room, craned their neck to see who it was that had yelled at them. Foote had already left the room by the time media was allowed in so we were unable to ask him about it. Foote was upset about a play in which the Raiders' Willie Smith took out Ziggy Hood's knees. Hood was injured on the play, and the Steelers were apoplectic. Hood managed to walk off the field, but his status is currently unclear. The lack of calls on plays like these this season has been frustrating, but Foote's comments still went way over the line. We'll see whether the NFL has anything to say about them. http://pittsburgh.sbnation.com/2012/...ill-yourselves
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Last nights game was just the icing on the cake to an incredibly terrible week for the refs. This was the nightmare scenario for the league. After week 1, I thought the refs did an ok job. Week 2 was ridiculous, and I'm still dumbfounded by how bad week 3 was. Something has to be done.
I had hoped Seattle would win that game, but can't help but to feel bad for GB. It wasn't just the TD call at the end. The push by Tate in the endzone that wasn't called and the absolute mugging he gave earlier in the game that was actually called on the defense. Then there was the INT that got called back for roughing the passer. The guy dove to make a tackle on a runner outside of the pocket who was running with the ball when he dove. I know if those calls were against the Steelers, I'd have a broken TV right now. |
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Goodell is pissing on his own shield.
you know I had to go to a Seattle board to see what's going on...Seattle fans think they were owed one http://www.seahawks.net/viewforum.ph...0b5b3b320575cf If you think the regulars are better, then go back and watch our 2005 superbowl that was robbed from us Simultaneous possession of the ball means the offense has the ball that's the rule. When an offensive player gets the ball in the endzone the play ends instantly, touchdown. BUT when the defender intercepts it the play isn't dead until he hits the ground. The defender caught the ball in the air but he hasn't completed the catch until he gets to the ground, ie. he doesn't officially have possession until he gets to the ground. If Tate gets 50 percent possession for even an instant before the packer comes to the ground with control then it's a seahawks TD because he only needs possession for an instant and the Packer needs it all the way through the catch. It was not an interception. He did not have SOLE possession of the ball prior to hitting the ground. They showed the frontal view on the replay which clearly showed Tate get both hands on the ball prior to contact with the ground. It may not be the popular call but it was the correct call. and my favorite Seahawks win. Screw the rest of the universe. We are OWED this shit. Screw EVERYONE! I do not care! Sea!! hawks!! ]Simultaneous control; tie goes to the offense. Always has; always will. Screw everyone. We win! End of f'ing story. Call on your the field is final. We've Been told that same shit for f'ing DECADES!!!! From testeverde's helmet td to roethlisbergers. I've Been told to GET OVER IT, so everyone Else can f'ing get over it this time. Suck it up and get over it cupcake! |
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Rachel Nichols @Rachel__Nichols If there was ever an official photo of this whole replacement ref debacle, this is it pic.twitter.com/5eIGjRdR Peter King @SI_PeterKing One of the great disgraces in NFL history. Tom E. Curran @tomecurran You know what's scary. The outcry and attention being devoted fills the NFL's sails with pride over how important "their" game is to us. http://nfl.si.com/2012/09/25/golden-...wks/?eref=sihp |
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aside from the portion of their fan base that still forgets how many times their receivers dropped the ball in XL, I actually think they have one of the better fanbases - that is one helluva stadium and they represent quite well
Some of them just need to let go. We've been on the losing end of two Super Bowls, and both can be attributed to Neil throwing to the Cowboys secondary, and the Packers just being flat out ball-hawks in the last one. Do you see us feeling we are owed something? Nope. Moving on . . . nobody is coming to the realization that the more horrible these replacement refs look, the more the actual refs are going to dig their heels in. They have taken the position, "you need us more than we need you" - I personally don't see this getting done unless Goodell and co. just throw up their hands and give them what they want. RE: The NFL is going to respond to last night's game. Wanna take bets as to what their response will be? My bet is "Rule # bla bla bla states this. The refs made the right call according to this rule. The end." Guarantee it. No way will they call out the idiots they put in place. Same boilerplate answers from the New NFL. Someday, someone is going to do a PR thesis on "The Decaying Brand of the NFL from 2007 - Present" This game is vastly different from the one we saw just 5 seasons ago. I'd say the XL Steelers are the epitome of what the game once was. Goodell Needs to Go: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...er-goodell-era
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FlowNet: An Inexpensive High-Performance Network
The only way to solve this problem is to add information to the frame to give switches guidance on how to handle individual frames. For example, if a frame is tagged as part of an e-mail message, a switch would know that it is perfectly acceptable to delay this frame, but also that it should probably not be discarded. On the other hand, if this frame is part of a video stream, then a switch would know that if this frame cannot be transmitted right away, it should be discarded, resulting in a small glitch in the video. Information on how a frame should be handled in a congested network is known as quality-of-service information or QoS.
QoS information can be provided in three ways. The first is to completely redesign the network from the ground up. This is the approach used by the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network design. ATM is a circuit-switched rather than a packet-switched network. In a packet-switched network like Ethernet, each data frame contains its destination address in its header. The process of delivering a frame to its destination is similar to that of delivering a letter. At every switch, the destination address is looked up in a table to see where it should go next. Circuit-switched networks like ATM put the destination address into only one frame, called a flow-setup frame or flow-setup cell. The flow-setup cell establishes a route through the network, much like placing a phone call does. Subsequent frames are automatically routed through this pre-established connection. The flow-setup process allows the ATM network to allocate network resources ahead of time in order to provide quality-of-service guarantees.
ATM's circuit-switched design is fundamentally incompatible with Ethernet's packet-switched design. ATM also differs from Ethernet in the size of its frames. Where Ethernet uses variable-size frames, ATM uses fixed-size 53-byte frames or cells, of which five bytes are header and 48 bytes per frame are payload data. This leads to a serious problem: the rate at which cells must be routed is so fast that it can be done only with custom hardware, which makes ATM very expensive.
The second way to provide QoS information is to put it in the data portion of an Ethernet frame. This is the approach being taken by the Ethernet community, through protocols such as RSVP. The advantage to this approach is that it is backwards compatible with existing hardware, which is important because an enormous Ethernet infrastructure is already installed. ATM can be made to interoperate with Ethernet through a technology called LAN emulation (LANE), but it is both difficult and inefficient.
The problem with implementing QoS using the existing Ethernet frame format is that most existing hardware will not recognize the new protocols associated with QoS. This can undermine the QoS mechanisms by injecting frames into the network which are not properly tagged or by not handling tagged frames properly. Thus, while this approach is backwards compatible with existing hardware, it probably won't be reliable unless most of the existing infrastructure is replaced.
The third approach is to add QoS information to the Ethernet header. This is a non-backwards-compatible change, but not as radical a redesign as ATM, and it can be done in a way that makes it easy to interoperate the new network with existing hardware. This is the approach we have taken in the design of FlowNet.
Like ATM, FlowNet is a switched network based on fixed-size cells. Unlike ATM, FlowNet cells are large—800 bytes instead of 53. This allows room for a 14-byte Ethernet header plus an additional QoS extension. The QoS extension header is 18 bytes, making the full FlowNet header 32 bytes long. The remaining 768 bytes (=256+512) are data payload.
FlowNet interoperates with Ethernet through a simple bridge device. To convert a FlowNet cell into an Ethernet frame, the bridge simply strips off the QoS extension. To go the other way, it generates a QoS extension with default or user-configured values. For example, the bridge could be programmed to give frames from certain workstations high priority, while frames from other workstations receive low priority.
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10. Part 10
The court is held in delicate suspension. Elves stand against walls, below stairs, some afraid to meet eyes, others conferring openly. Yet no voice is raised above a murmur, no foot stirs. The minstrel is in corner silent, though Turgon did not command him to be so. I listen for the sound of foot falls that would announce the approach of further news.
Only Idril is not disturbed, for she talks quietly to her father, pours him wine, bids him drink, smiles and even passes without care to the window to gaze upon gossamer mounds of snow topping tree and hill.
I wish to walk with her, but I do not. Even now at the thought my skin grows clammy, my breath burns, and I do not dare to even look at face or limb of her lest the thoughts return to me, the dark desire, the loathing that weaves itself into my love song, remembrance of Lothelen when it took but a moment to submit to shadow passion in complete . . . But in knowing that it is there my fear increases, and feeding on the fear the desire increases, and I am dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, swallowed within myself . . .
"Then it has happened," Turgon speaks softly so that only I hear him. "I am betrayed."
I turn from Idril. My eyes crawl his face, wild, fearing he has read my heart in my expression, remorse filling my gut for he is my mother's brother, he is my king, but fear spreading malice to my hands, for he controls my fate and keeps to himself that by which my dark world is lit.
But he speaks only of the stranger.
"Do you know this?" I hear myself say.
There are footsteps.
The page raises his hand as he enters the room, and seems to catch each of us by the throat with the simple gesture, for abruptly there is utter stillness. Idril returns to her father's side and I peer at her over Turgon's head. She meets my gaze pensively, for we are both disturbed by Turgon's wordless, distant expression. But I find myself more troubled that she must worry, and though I long to reassure her I have no means of doing so, no knowledge of a gesture that she would not misinterpret. I cannot touch her. I dare not speak. In frustration I stare at her, until she looks away, and I am left again with the hollow feeling that with every attempt to breach the barrier between us I merely build it wider. But what can be built can also be destroyed. Unless it destroys those who attempt it.
The three of us wait as the page bows, approaches, his face wary with the news he must tell.
The stranger is a Man, brought to Gondolin by one of our own.
"They will let him pass through the gates," Turgon says quietly, evenly. "He wears the armour from Vinyamar."
The pages bows again, leaves, and I see he has understanding. I do not.
"My Lord?" I ask, and Turgon looks on me.
"It is as I spoke to you once," he says. "Peril draws nigh to Gondolin. And a messenger comes from Nevrast."
The words bring a chill to me, but I know not if it is because of his ominous tone or that Idril looks at me when he speaks the word "peril."
The trumpets sound.
From the towers of the Great Gate they resound, circling the walls of the Echoriath, distant, clear, proud. For a few moments the City is held silent. Then from the city walls is issued an answer, so that our ears vibrate with the clamour.
When the last echoes fade, and the gate of the King's house opens, Turgon rises from the throne. He looks out over the court and he is tall, tallest of the Children of World save Thingol, and his eyes pierce with the light of Aman. He is lordly in glimmering robes, gold and white sword belted to his side, the king-helm aloft on his brow.
But he steps down to greet the stranger.
I stay aside the throne.
Now they enter, the mail of the Guard flashing bright, and in their midst is a tall figure, cloaked in a grey mist which is not penetrated by the light. By his side is an Elf captain, Voronwe Aranwion who sought the West, and on his right marches Ecthelion, Lord of the Fountains, Warden of the Great Gate, but the stranger is not eclipsed by their presence. All look upon him with awe, for they all have forgotten that he is just a Man, all but I.
"You have come to the Hidden Kingdom," Turgon speaks slowly, gravely. "And now you will learn its names." His voice raises, deep and grand. "I welcome you to Ondolinde, the Rock of the Music of Water. To Gondobar, City of Stone, Gondothlimbar, City of the Dwellers in Stone, Gondolin, Stone of Song. To Gwarestrin, the Tower of the Guard, Gar Thurion, the Secret Place, and to Loth-a-ladwen, the Lily of the Plain." He pauses a moment, the ringing of his voice fading slowly in the stone halls. "You have entered through the seven gates to stand in the House of Turgon before the Lord of Gondolin," he says at last. "Will you now speak?"
And the stranger's cloak diminishes, revealing a man tall and strong, and so noble is his countenance that even I grow doubtful of his mortality. His head is golden, and upon it is the steel helm which Turgon had fashioned, wrought with wings and now adorned with swan feathers. He is clad in a hauberk of untarnished silver, and bears the figure of a swan on a great blue and white shield.
He speaks in a voice so rich with authority and virtue that all listen and wish to obey it. "Yes, I will speak, for I am Tuor, son of Huor of the House of Hador, and I bring warning from Ulmo, Lord of the Waters to you, Turgon, and the people of Gondolin. I bring a warning that the Curse of Mandos now hastens to its fulfilment, when all the works of the Noldor shall perish. I bid you to depart, and abandon this fair and mighty city that you have built, and go down Sirion to the sea."
Tuor's eyes are sharp and bright, and in the silence which follows his speech he turns his gaze from Turgon. I meet his eyes in curiosity, studying this Man, this mere Man, who has delivered the errand of a Vala to a hidden Elf-King, commanding that he leave the glorious kingdom which has been his home for nearly four hundred years. Does he not fear for his fate? Is he so confident that we will believe the words of his mouth? Does he know that he shall never leave this place should the King choose not to listen to his warning, even unto its destruction?
I see that he does know all this, and I fear what strength lies in the mortal that he takes such a task.
His face is fair indeed and it is with a slight nod that Tuor takes his gaze from mine, looking now to the other side of the throne where Idril sits. He glances upon her and on his face is born a dawn beautiful and awful to behold. For his eyes have seen few women, and now they will see none but her forever.
For a moment I am moved to pity, for though I do not turn I know that Idril in kindness will smile at this Man, and then his doom shall be sealed even as mine is, for silver maiden she will stay, belonging to none but the sky and the water which hold her brightness without fear.
Turgon stands with his face to no one, his head held high, his gaze fixed through the glass pane of a window, and his hands are clasped tightly behind his back. The words of Tuor were not unexpected; in his heart, he has heard them many times, has known that one day he must leave this place. But to hear his deepest sorrow voiced by one who knows no regard for Gondolin, for what he, Turgon, must leave, only stirs his spirit to a grief near anger.
In his pride of Gondolin is Turgon's greatest weakness, and it is now brought to test.
The King pivots round, sweeps his gaze across the court to rest on Tuor. "If these are Gondolin's last days," he says. "Then stay you awhile, and come to know this city before memory is all that is left of her." Saying no more, Turgon leaves the throne room, and I am left ill at ease, for if Turgon does not heed the Lord of the Waters, then who indeed can sway his mind and what price shall it cost him?
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So, we need to change plans for the release party. Ann Arbor Brewing
Co. has no available room as the University of Michigan has graduation
this weekend. I tried to get a reservation today, but, no avail.
Instead, we do the next best thing: Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti
Sorry for the late notice.
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You do need to live an unhappy life due to tight schedules of in your work place. You should identify various activities that can make you joyous and jubilant. Some people draw their joy from jogging, running, ball games, and swimming. [Horseback riding in Michigan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkaLqFYDkWo ) is one of such activities that meet your physical, social, emotional, and spiritual happiness. Spiritual happiness occurs when you connect with nature. This is what you get when you ride your horse in the forest.
People in this city ride their horses to satisfy different desires. Some are very sensitive to the joy of their children and the rest of the family members. They major more on the primary joy that their family members get. It therefore becomes fantastic to ride the animal in your home compound. It is a source of income to people riding them in the competitive spirit. They have all the necessary tips to ride them.
While some people ride these animals for fan, others do it to enhance and boost their physical wellness. Chasing after the horse is very interesting and enthusiastic. It makes your children grow up in an environment that values physical fitness. Your body accumulates some toxins and chemicals that affect that your overall health. The best way to ensure that you remove them from your blood circulation system is through sweating.
People who engage in regular physical activities maintain a constant and healthy appetite. The principle behind this is energy replacement. Animal racing activities are some of the most important activities that help your body assimilate the food you eat. It ensures that the walls of your stomach are strong. This eventually makes peristalsis process easy.
Wise parents will use the horse racing opportunities to make the joints and bones of their children strong. Most parents in Michigan introduce their children in animal racing when they are still young. They learn different methods of keeping the animal in control in the field. Their hands hold the controlling lopes while their legs lie strong at the belly sides of the animals. Their bone density increases as their joints get stronger.
It is more fan to have your children interact with new kids in the animal racing activities. Children become very happy when they do some activities together with other children from different backgrounds. This is more fantastic especially when children of different race and tribes gather for such celebrations.
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The wonderful folks of Stereogum premiered "Tropics of the Sand" by Motel Beds with Kelley Deal. The song is one half of a very limited Record Store Day 7″ with Torres. Torres' song is titled "The Harshest Light" and is a never-before-heard gem.
The 7″ is out this weekend, along with Misra Records "15 Years: Adventures in Obstinacy". Tracklist for the comp is below.
01 R. Ring – "Fallout & Fire"
02 Shearwater – "Whipping Boy"
03 Crooks On Tape – "If Feelings Mean A Thing"
04 Motel Beds – "Smoke Your Homework"
05 Summer Hymns – "Beginning to See"
06 Centro-Matic – "Triggers and Trash Heaps"
07 Sleeping States – "Rivers"
01 Phosphorescent – "I Am a Full Grown Man (I Will Lay in the Grass All Day)"
02 Southeast Engine – "Adeline of the Appalachian Mountains"
03 Holopaw – "Discotheque"
04 Emily Rodgers – "Bright Day
05 The Mendoza Line – "Triple Bill of Shame"


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You can call me VocaloidBase. I completely new to this forum, so please don't do anything funny to my butt. I'm very sensitive. Uhn Not me but my but... yeah thats what i meant.
I enjoy listening to vocaloid music, play video games (mostly sonic), reading books (harry potter) and obviously watch anime. I'm also trying to learn how to draw manga, but unfortunately I have been really unsuccesful.
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Why must I pay the penalty for players not understanding the meta? How to counter pick? Etc. Just left a game because someone wanted to adc jax, and their response, "nah I'll be ok" So I get to have a 30 minute wait time, because players don't understand the simple mechanics of this game.
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How many of these threads do we really need? Meta is not set in concrete and there are viable alternatives that do work. The key if someone is breaking meta is to ask if he has already proven that his choice is viable and not just 'testing it out'. You do not have to drop. That is your choice. You pay the penalty for your own decision.
Pay the penalty of a 30min wait because you decided to leave. Or pay the penalty of further reduced elo cause you decided to give him a chance. Rama is one of the never dodging do what he wants types i'm going to assume.
******* ******* everywhere. entered a solo queu where three people auto locked into their favorite adc. I went 21-3-11 as anivia mid and we lost.
If I were forced into ADC role, I'd take Jax too. I'd also let my team know that I don't know how to play any ADC champions (which isn't entirely true, I'd just be better playing Jax as ADC than any ADC champion), and if they forced me into the role, I'd take Jax. Now, the thing about it is, yeah, Jax isn't a standard, ranged ADC. But he is a carry, and he will do just as much, if not more damage than other ADC. He has a good escape with his Q, and he's a heck of a lot tankier than any other ADC. The question really is just how well can he deal with laning phase harass from the enemy's ranged ADC. BUT... the 30 minute wait penalty is because Riot doesn't want you dodging simply because you don't like your team's composition. Riot would rather you work something out so that all 5 players are happy with the team's composition.


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Here are some interesting things about fathoms as related to the distance of ones outstretched arms. Your reach, fingertip to fingertip is very nearly the same as your height.
Since the fathom is a very old measurement based on this reach one might conclude that either people were indeed six feet tall in ancient times as well as today or that people were just as big at exaggeration.
In use this is not a practical measurement unless you knot a rope as described because, as any sailor knows, to measure a rope with no knots you don't count by your fingertips since you are grasping and coiling but by something a bit less counting off your coils and multiplying.
My own reach is about 5' 9", larger than my 5' 7" height but my grasp is nominally only 5' which is actually more convenient when measuring off how much line to play out for anchor rodes and such.


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Why NII Holdings (NIHD) Is Up Today
Update (4:23 p.m.): Updated with closing price, day high and low prices, price change and volume information.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- NII Holdings Inc.
(NIHD) soared 24.38% to $2.78, up from its previous close of $2.24, at the close of the trading day on Monday after the company announced that it had reached an agreement to use Telefonica SA's
(TEF) network in Mexico and Brazil.
The company hit a high of $2.85 and a low of $2.59 for the day and holds a one-year high of $9.82 and a one-year low of $1.90. On Monday, the stock had a volume of 17,100,944, more than three times its average volume of 5,564,500.
TheStreet Ratings team rates Nii Holdings as a "sell" with a ratings score of D. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
NII Holdings, which offers Nextel mobile phone service in Latin America, had its biggest one-day increase since Nov. 2008 after the stock had fallen 65% in the past year.
Telefonica will permit NII to use its 3G mobile phone service in the two largest Latin American nations in order to support NII's own Nextel coverage, according to a statement released by the two companies. The partnership helps the Reston, Va.-based NII serve its customers without the added expense that would come with expanding its own service to more remote parts of the coverage area.
"We rate NII HOLDINGS INC (NIHD) a SELL. This is driven by a number of negative factors, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its feeble growth in its earnings per share, deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and generally high debt management risk."
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- NII HOLDINGS INC has experienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. Earnings per share have declined over the last two years. We anticipate that this should continue in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, NII HOLDINGS INC swung to a loss, reporting -$4.15 versus $1.31 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 66.5% in earnings (-$6.91 versus -$4.15).
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Wireless Telecommunication Services industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 263.9% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$82.42 million to -$299.94 million.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Wireless Telecommunication Services industry and the overall market, NII HOLDINGS INC's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to -$62.41 million or 156.91% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
- Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stock's performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 65.10%, worse than the S&P 500's performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the company's earnings per share are down 372.22% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Naturally, the overall market trend is bound to be a significant factor. However, in one sense, the stock's sharp decline last year is a positive for future investors, making it cheaper (in proportion to its earnings over the past year) than most other stocks in its industry. But due to other concerns, we feel the stock is still not a good buy right now.
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'Fast Money' Recap: A Relief Rally
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Federal Reserve finally announced that it would begin tapering its asset purchases under quantitative easing. Investors cheered the move as the S&P 500 closed at all-time highs.
On CNBC's "Fast Money" TV show, Tim Seymour, managing partner at Triogem Asset Management, said the Fed's decision removes a big headwind for investors and provides a lot of clarity, something market participants love.
Karen Finerman, president of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, said the Fed has done a great job and the economy has been improving nicely. She added her hope the Fed sees continued economic improvement.
Dan Nathan, co-founder and editor of riskreversal.com, noted the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX.X) dropped 15% on Wednesday and added that a lot of managers use it as a cheap form of portfolio hedging.
Guy Adami, managing director of stockmonster.com, said the industrial sector should continue to work and he likes Honeywell International (HON). Seymour said emerging markets should do well going into next year. He suggested the Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX) and the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ) for investors who want a "high-octane" trade. Finerman said she plans to stick with the financial sector, which should benefit from improving asset and housing prices, along with a better economy. Specifically for financials, Adami likes Blackstone (BX), Prudential Financial (PRU), and U.S. Bancorp (USB).Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Kass: Get Ready for the Fall
One of my favorite ways of measuring investor sentiment is by looking at the ratio of bulls/bears who appear on CNBC, the degree to which the bulls are emboldened and even glib after a relentless market advance (like the current one of six to seven weeks) or when the bears preach the end of the world after every 5% to 7% correction.
But my favorite way of measuring investor complacency is by observing the VIX.
The VIX was originally introduced by the CBOE in 1993. At that time, it represented the weighted measure of the implied volatility of eight S&P 100 at-the-money put and call options. In 2003, it was expanded to use options based on a broader index, the S&P 500, which allows for a more accurate view of investors' expectations of future market volatility.
VIX values greater than 30 are generally associated with a large amount of volatility as a result of investor fear or uncertainty, while values below 20 generally correspond to less stressful, even complacent, times in the markets.
The VIX closed last week at a multiyear low of 13.45. (It edged up to around 14 in Monday's trading.) As can be seen in the two charts below (which compare the VIX to the S&P 500), the VIX is an uncanny forecaster of market tops and bottoms. A high and peaking VIX typically indicates a market bottom and a low and bottoming VIX often spells out a market top. (Hat tip to Barry Ritholtz's Big Picture blog for the charts.) This month is the fifth time in over two years that the VIX has hit 15.0 or below (The blue circles in the first chart below indicate points of time in which the VIX closed the week at under 15.0.)Select the service that is right for you!
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Style: Kali--That reply is outstanding! I don't even know where to start analysing this, they stand by it but then say it is ceremonial? a drowning man reaches for a piece of wood (at least that would have a marginal chance of keeping him alive!)
at least he tried to bless you (spelling aside!) :) -
That term is used to describe all manner of things that are anything but capable of withstanding a bullet, computers for example.
The fan's makers say this howeverThrust, Cut and Slash Proof against Knife Attacks, Small Caliber Fire Arm Proof"
Unfortunately they also say
Custom Made for Martial Art Masters
You'd not have the skills, for the deadly after all.
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Style: Aikido / FMA / Krotty--My dad's spectacle frames are made of titanium.
If you want to kill him, you'll need to aim for the two glass bits on the front.
When life gives you lemons... BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!
"what's the best thing about aikido then?"
"To be defeated by your enemies, to be driven by them from the field of battle, and to hear the lamentations of your women." ermghoti -
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