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The men situate themselves around the (sigh...) "Guy's House" living room as Chris fills them in on what happens next: "From now on, the only communication you'll have with Trista is on the days we've planned for you." As opposed to last week, in which their systematic emergence from five limos and the entirety of the first rose ceremony occurred in a purely organic state, like continental drift. Explain what's new. "Right now, you'll be dating Trista in groups of five." So, um, who's going? "Who's going?" Yes, and where? "Where are you going?" Yes. "Good questions." Uh, thanks. "You'll get those answers, as Trista sends you video invitations." We pan across the room for some reaction shots of the guys -- oh, look, Marky Mark brought Charlie a black knit cap from The Past -- as Chris reaches down below the camera's gaze to a place where, Elvis-on-Ed-Sullivan-style, the producers have mercifully decided not to show us for fear that the ladies at home just might not be able to handle it. Chris's hand comes up holding a VHS cassette, which he throws to Rob in a grand gesture of she'll-never-love-you-either-sissy-boy camaraderie. Rob's tell-tale Mood Hair lies flat and curl-free against his head ("My mood hair is mad because I haven't told it how sincerely glad I am to have it on my head today") as we cut to the various levels of hulking Evolution In Action following Rob into the next room. The guys watch as Rob puts the tape in, and we quick cut over what was doubtlessly forty ensuing minutes of fifteen guys offering multiple variations on, "Dude, is the television even ON right now?" and "Dude, the television has to BE ON THREE for it to work" and, in one quietly though emphatically stated case, "Oh look, it's Golden Girls!" (Josh again) while Rob preens in the reflected surface of the screen and thinks, "I am so sincere about how much I love my beauty."
Finally, Trista "Feminism Is For Lesbians And The Ugly" Rehn makes her first appearance this week, popping up on the screen like some hussied-up Max Headroom For The New Millennium and talking to the guys in a relaxed tone, safely ensconced behind the date-rape-buffering fourth wall. Trista informs them and us that the first group date will let her find out "who's a high roller and who's just bluffing," as Brian S., Russell, Josh, Brook, and Rob will be accompanying Trista to Vegas. I reflexively start a T-minus countdown until the first Swingers reference causes the U.S.S. Cheese to liftoff for its long journey to The Planet Of Insanely Outdated Cultural References. I give it four minutes.


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Finish: Smoky milk chocolate.
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Colin Daniels
"Thank God for the All-Star break" indeed, Brian Shaw
"Brian Shaw needs help. Until he is supplied with the type of player who can share his message through his play the Nuggets will continue to struggle mightily"
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Peyton Manning owes it to Broncos fans to speak
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Are the Nuggets buying what Brian Shaw is selling?
"There's no question that the current Nuggets responded better to George Karl. Andre Miller did, that's for damn sure. Miller undermined the new coach to the extent that Shaw refuses to play him even though the Nuggets desperately need him."
Michael Sam is sure to get the Tebow treatment
"Wherever he goes the media is going to follow in droves. Sam's performance on the football field is going to be a secondary story for a long time to come. His sexual preference is what is going to draw massive interest from the networks, magazines and newspapers and make things tricky for teams that might otherwise draft him without concern. If Michael Sam's draft stock falls don't blame bigotry, blame the media."
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Dear Peyton: another open letter to Manning
Yesterday the Denver Post published an open letter to Peyton Manning which has gone viral. It was written Laurie Lattimore-Volkmann whom the paper described as "a journalism professor, blogger, mom, and a Broncos fan" living in Charleston, SC. In it she waxes poetic about the quarterback's dedication, preparedness and legacy.
Reading it in the wake of Sunday's Super Bowl had me grinding my teeth. That's why I decided to offer up an open letter of my own to Peyton.
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If you're going to mess with the unis give Denver the D
Rumors abound that Nike has been given the green light to design new Denver Broncos uniforms to be revealed for the 2015 season. There's even a possibility, according the scuttlebutt, that the shoe company might design several different new looks for the Broncos, making them the Oregon Ducks of the NFL.
Most of what's making the viral rounds is probably untrue. The no-fun-league isn't likely to allow Denver to mix and match their look from week to week the way Oregon does. It would not be surprising, though, if the Broncos unveiled a new look.
If that happens I believe that the Broncos should bring back the "D" for Denver on the helmets. Not the old D - a slick new one that integrates the more modern look of Denver's logo. The proposed uni is this photo made the rounds last season and it was a huge hit among fans that spied it.
Give us the D, Broncos. God knows we could use it.
Radio Row: Another shakeup at Mile High Sports: Reed Marks is out
"The Reed Marks show will be missed - even though it had barely gotten off the ground. It was often the only show to cover hockey, baseball and college athletics in a given day - particularly during the Broncos' playoff run."
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There is a growing schism in Broncos Country
"For some people the wounds of Super Bowl 48 are just too raw for any kind of celebration yet there is no denying that, aside from the thrashing the Broncos took, the 2013 season was a mostly joyous experience."
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The Super Bowl is less painful to watch in Lego
I have heard tales of people re-watching Super Bowl 48. I guess it was on NFL Network last night. Not me. No thanks. I won't ever watch that game again. Ever. Once was plenty. However, watching the Broncos get thumped by the Seahawks is a little more tolerable in Lego.


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Bun B - Happiness Over Riches
Artist: Bun B
Featuring: GLC, BJ The Chicago Kid
Producer: The Weathermen
Album: Closed Sessions (Vol. 1)
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Back in the '90s philosophical trio Biggie, Diddy, and Mase helped us to understand one of life's most fundamental concepts when they said "Mo' money, mo' problems." On Bun B & GLC's latest track, Happiness Over Riches, the UGK vet and Chi-town native pick things up where their predecessors left off, further exploring the problems that can come with excess cash. While both have a long history of microphone excellence, here the two emcees' verses are arguably outshined by guest vocals from BJ The Chicago Kid, while a The Weathermen-produced melody, which could best be described as a more dramatic version of the Shaft theme song, hums in the background. Somewhat disappointingly, the last minute of the track is occupied by a monologue that could have easily been replaced by a third verse. Does the shift to spoken-word derail the record? You decide. Happiness will be featured on the RubyHornet.com compilation EP The Closed Sessions: (Vol. 1), set to drop in March.
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Chris Christie
The Christmas Weekend Veto
Dec 29th - 6:02 am
At about 4:30 Saturday afternoon, staff from Governor Chris Christie's office in Trenton New Jersey called the majority offices of both houses of New Jersey's Legislature. Their message was that a massive structural reform bill for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would be vetoed.
In contrast, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office told no one – not even the sponsors of the legislation – that a joint press release would be coming out later that night from the two governors, announcing rejection of the bill and implementation of their own reforms at the Port Authority.
The same release casually mentioned in the last paragraph that "neither governor is approving the legislation as passed."
The lead was so buried on this one that my news desk at NY1 asked me twice if I was sure Cuomo was vetoing the bill. Yes, I told them, I am sure. But I could understand the confusion.
In New Jersey the news leaked. Of course it did. I covered news in Jersey for 13 years. I coulda told you it would leak. All credit goes to Shawn Boburg at the Bergen Record who has done some excellent reporting on Bridgegate and the Port Authority.
Boburg (who I do not know personally) was the guy who called former Christie aide Bridget Kelly last January to inform her that he had in his possession of an unfortunately worded email of hers that read: "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."
The problem with this leaking out the way it did is that it made Cuomo look like he was not in control of his own story. The story instantly became the vetoes, not the other reforms the two governors are implementing – many of which are very good.
For example, asking for the resignations of all the commissioners. (Should have been done a year ago, but whatever). Among those who will be asked to tender his resignation is Pat Foye, the Port Authority executive director and Cuomo appointee who sources say has been providing information to US Attorney Paul Fishman about the Bridgegate scandal.
Fishman has been trying to build a case. Sources say they can likely get many of the players on conspiracy, but there needs to be an underlying crime if people are going to get charged with covering one up.
The two governors are also looking to end the destructive relationship between the executive director and the deputy executive director, which some have argued led to the current crisis. Bill Baroni was the deputy and instead of answering to Foye, (technically his boss ), he answered directly to Christie.
Cuomo and Christie have also proposed selling off the Port Authority's real estate assets, and many believe there will soon be a fire sale for the largest real estate donors who just wrote huge checks to both governors for their respective re-election campaigns. That would be 2013 for Christie, and this past fall for Cuomo.
In fact, most who have been watching this process closely think the unilateral reforms from the two governors "fall far short."
Or as Assemblyman James Brennan of Brooklyn puts it: "The governor's proposed reforms may be positive, but they are not relevant."
There are no whistleblower protections, for example. No yearly outside audits to be presented to the comptrollers and legislatures of both states. No change that would make failing to REPORT a crime a CRIME itself.
All of those provisions were in the now-vetoed reform legislation.
New Jersey Assemblywoman Valerie Venieri-Huttle called the vetoes "a total rebuke to the ratepayers and the elected members of the legislature from both states." She also called both Cuomo and Christie – who are not exactly shrinking violets – "spineless" for going this route.
The two bills passed unanimously by more than 600 votes in both states. That is basically unheard of. But there is no chance for an override, because New York is starting a new legislative session in January.
Essentially, to get any kind of reform the process must start over from the very beginning. And that is going to be tough to do.
The two governors likely understand that, which some believe is why the vetoes were announced in the odd manner that they were. Sure, some of the sponsors had their suspicions, as Jesse Mckinley astutely pointed out, especially when Cuomo's office refused to negotiate or offer any changes to the bill.
But the Saturday night news drop over Chistmas weekend was, well…special. Even for Christie and Cuomo.
Obviously, Christie doesn't want any more public discussion about him and the Port Authority, which might help explain his desire to veto the bill at the witching hour and abruptly end the conversation.
Christie still harbors presidential ambitions, although his chances are much slimmer now than he seems willing to admit, according to this excellent Op-Ed by Joshua Henne.
So, now the conversation comes back to Cuomo and his angle. The two governors dined together in New Jersey last week (at Il Villaggio on Route 17, which is not exactly inconspicuous, btw ).
One would assume that during that meal, they made the joint decision to announce these vetoes on the Saturday night over a holiday weekend, as a midnight deadline to take action loomed for Cuomo.
We know Christie, a Republican, helped out Cuomo, a centrist Democrat, in his re-election bid this fall by making three public appearances with him on homeland security issues. Perhaps this was Cuomo's way of saying "thank you"? We already know that Cuomo and Christie have had an alliance for quite some time.
An honest look back at the Port Authority these last few years reveals that it's mostly been the New Jersey side that has run roughshod over the rules, and used the place as a patronage pit. New York, curiously, has actually shown a lot less interest in abusing the authority lately.
With the vetoes, Christie seems to think he can turn the page on an ugly chapter in his governorship, and also fulfill his wish to finally get Foye fired for exposing Bridgegate. Cuomo, meanwhile, gets control of his passion project to modernize the New York airports.
It's really anybody's guess what these two were thinking and discussing over Italian food in a restaurant known for its proximity to strip clubs.
But perhaps the funniest take on all this comes from Steven Goldstein, founder of Garden State Equality, who wrote on his Facebook page after the vetoes: "The award for the most annoying same-sex couple of the year goes to Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo."
Good Gov't Groups: Sign Port Authority Reform
Nov 14th - 12:59 pm
Several good government groups are calling on Governors Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie to sign a package of bills aimed at reforming the Port Authority that passed its final hurdle in the New Jersey legislature, yesterday.
The bills, designed to provide more transparency and oversight to the agency, have now passed both houses in New Jersey and New York.
The legislation comes after last year's Bridgegate Scandal, which essentially led to a massive, dangerous roadblock after lanes were closed on the George Washington Bridge. There's been skepticism whether New Jersey Governor Chris Christie authorized – or even knew about – the closures. It's been reported that his administration was involved, but Christie says he had nothing to do with the closures.
That back and forth ultimately led to this package of bills. They allow for more transparency in the form of regular audits and the release of documents to the public, as well as a closer look at decisions made by officials in the agency.
The bills now head to the desks of both Governor Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie – both of which have faced questions about the scandal at one point or another.
In a statement jointly released from Citizens Union, NYPIRG, Reinvent Albany, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, and New Jersey Foundation for Open Government, the groups said, in part:
"After months of controversy, the public deserves a more open and accountable entity that will reform the way it does business. The Port Authority was created in the spirit of bi-state cooperation, and the voters of New Jersey and New York deserve the final approval of these important pieces of legislation. It is only through increased transparency, sound governance, and professional management that public confidence and trust can be restored.
We thank Assemblymembers Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Amy Handlin and Senators Loretta Weinberg, Robert Gordon and Joe Pennacchio for their leadership in New Jersey, as well as Assemblymembers James Brennan and Amy Paulin and Senators Andrew Lanza and Michael Ranzenhofer for their stewardship of the legislation in New York."
Christie Robocalls For Hayworth
Oct 13th - 7:00 am
From the Morning Memo:
The campaign of Republican former Rep. Nan Hayworth has unleashed a robocall this weekend featuring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
The call appears to be an edited version of a 2012 phone call Christie recorded for Hayworth.
In the call, Christie says he has endorsed Hayworth "and I hope you will too."
"Nan is a strong, principled woman who has lived in the Hudson Valley for over 24 years," Christie says in the ad. "A doctor, a mother, a small business owner. Nan knows that tax relief, spending restraint and fewer regulations on small business owners is the only way to create new jobs for everyone in this country. She gets it and I hope Nan Hayworth will get your vote."
The call comes as Hayworth seeks to win back her old seat in the 18th congressional district against Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who unseated her two years ago.
Christie, a possible 2016 presidential candidate and the current chairman of the Republican Governors Association, has been criticized this year for not aiding the Republican candidate for governor in New York, Rob Astorino.
With Friends Like These
Jul 22nd - 8:37 am
From the morning memo:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, for now, is taking a pass on getting involved on Republican Rob Astorino's behalf in the race for New York governor.
The reasoning is simple, according to NJ.com: Christie, the head of the Republican Governors Association, doesn't think Astorino has much of a shot.
"I will spend time in places where we have a chance to win, I said that right from the beginning," said Christie while campaigning in Connecticut.
"We don't pay for landslides and we don't invest in lost causes," he added. "If the New York race becomes competitive, I'll consider campaigning in the New York race, but right now, by the public polls, there's a lot more competitive races like this one in Connecticut."
A Siena poll of likely voters released on Monday found Astorino trailing Cuomo by 37 percentage points.
The Christie comments also come as Astorino, the Westchester County executive, lags in fundraising against Cuomo as well.
Christie had reportedly met with Astorino late last year to discuss a potential run for governor against Cuomo, a Democrat who the New Jersey Republican has had a publicly cordial relationship.
During the controversy over lane closures at the George Washington Bridge, Cuomo was careful not to criticize Christie's handling of the situation.
It was rumored that Christie was going to even appear at Cuomo's second Adirondack Challenge this past weekend, but ultimately did not attend (The optics, to say the least, would have been very interesting).
Astorino, meanwhile, due to make a joint appearance with Zephyr Teachout this morning at the Tweed Courthouse — an eyebrow raising event that could garner both campaigns more attention during a relatively slow summer.
Teachout, a Fordham law professor, is challenging Cuomo on the Democratic primary ballot (Her petitions are being challenged by the governor's re-election campaign).
The joint appearance comes as both Astorino and Teachout try to raise their name recognition with voters and gain the attention of Cuomo.
Astorino has challenged the governor to a series of debates around the state, which the Cuomo campaign has brushed aside.
It's interesting to note, too, that Cuomo started his own campaign in 2010 for governor at the Tweed Courthouse, launching an effort based on cleaning up Albany.
Feb 21st - 12:10 pm
It was a bit of a surprise when I received a phone call shortly before deadline last night from a very agitated Patrick Foye, Cuomo's hand-picked Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. I thanked Foye for reaching out, but it became clear pretty quickly we were not going exchange pleasantries.
He was furious, saying he heard that I had a bunch of "fukakta f*%#ing theories" about the Bridgegate scandal that's been tormenting Governor Chris Christie — and that Governor Cuomo has been trying to avoid.
I may be the world's worst Jew, but I did grow up around enough Yiddish to understand what Foye meant. It was difficult to get much else from the conversation, which felt a bit like a verbal barrage of salty language and vitriolic venom.
On Wednesday, the Port Authority held it's first monthly meeting since the Bridgegate scandal really took on steam. Foye is the central figure in the case because he was the first person to call the controversial lane closures on the George Washington Bridge a "violation of federal law and the laws of both states."
Foye expressed that belief in an internal September 13th email sent to other Port Authority officials in September and CCed Howard Glaser, a top aide to Cuomo.
At the meeting we asked Foye whether he reported his belief to proper authorities. Foye said he sent an email to the Inspector General, the law enforcement arm within the the bi-state agency. fair enough. But that was it? Glaser apparently had one phone conversation with Foye after that, but never spoke to the Governor about the case.
But if your top guy at the Port Authority – who happens to run the agency – suggests a crime was committed, might that rise to the level of at least a conversation with the Governor? Cuomo Administration officials have maintained that they believed it was a mess that was somehow contained to Jersey. The problem with that is twofold:
1) Anything that is done under the auspices of the Port Authority (like lane closures enforced by PA police) is immediately the problem of both states, since it's a bi-state agency. There is no "New Jersey" side or "New York" side.
2) Foye's email explicitly said New York law was violated…that's what "both states" means.
Foye yesterday refused to say whether he ever had a conversation with Cuomo. I asked him a variation of this question at least three times, and he referred me to the governor's office on "second floor" – which is odd because the second floor had referred me to him.
Cuomo has said that he first learned of the lane closures in October when it hit the press. So, did he and Foye have a conversation then? The legislature in New Jersey finally began to investigate, and that's when Foye was called down to Trenton to testify.
But it was not until that testimony on December 9th that Foye revealed there had been no traffic study – the stated reason from the Christie appointees (who have since been fired) as to why the lanes were actually closed. Clearly, Foye had already conducted his own internal investigation and determined that malfeasance was afoot. It's an open question whether people could have known about this case on the "New York" side and kept quiet to avoid getting into a messy scrum with Christie.
Matt Wing, a spokesman for Governor Cuomo says,
"Clearly Pat Foye acquitted himself exactly as a public servant should."
Let's look at the oath and guidelines Foye is obligated to uphold. According to the Port Authority's own ethics policy,
"No employee shall commit any act or neglect any duty which in any way is prejudicial to good order, discipline, or efficiency, or reflects unfavorably upon the good name and reputation of the Port Authority, or adversely affects the interests of the Port Authority or those of the general public."
In addition, as a lawyer, Foye is obligated to uphold rules of professional conduct outlined by the Unified New York State Court System which includes,
"A lawyer should maintain high standards of professional conduct and should encourage other lawyers to do likewise…Obedience to law exemplifies respect for law. To lawyers especially, respect for the law should be more than a platitude."
Foye didn't simply write a hyperbolic email on September 13th. He doubled down on the claim that a crime had been committed Wednesday saying,
I believe then and I believe now, and obviously given the multiplicity of law enforcement investigations underway there is some serious question of violations of federal and state laws. It was my belief then, it is my belief now.
It's clear the culture of secrecy is alive and well at this massive bi-state agency. And when things go wrong there is a tendency to hush them up out of an overarching concern about the agency's bond rating. These agencies were set up to be above the politics of both states — but now it appears that it could be operating beyond the laws of them as well. The Port Authority has been operating in a gray netherworld where a lack of transparency keeps pests in the press from finding out what is actually going on.
But when something really bad happens, the ultimate authorities here – in this case the two Governors – are obligated to find out the truth and be honest about what they know. That appears not to have happened here.
And that is what I would call "fakakta."
Pataki: Christie's 'Damaged' And Clinton's 'Beatable'
Feb 4th - 10:19 am
While other top Republicans like former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and ex-VP candidate Rep. Paul Ryan are rallying around NJ Gov. Chris Christie as the George Washington Bridge scandal continues to unfold, former Gov. George Pataki is suggesting the mess has made Christie damaged goods for 2016.
"Like everyone else, I have no idea what Gov. Christie did or did not know," Pataki told Newsmax TV's John Bachman.
"But a year from now that will be clear. And, at that point, either the governor will have been exonerated and in a position to run or not, in which case we won't be talking about it anymore."
"…If, in fact, others in his administration or the governor himself were aware that this was going on, then, sure, he cannot run for president because he was very unequivocal in his press conference," the former governor continued. "If it turns out that there were people on his staff who did this as a rogue matter, then he's been hurt, but it's survivable."
"We just have to wait and see over the next few weeks what happens, but, clearly, someone who had been the frontrunner has been damaged severely and we have to take a look."
Pataki, who once harbored White House aspirations of his own, said he does not think there will be a "dearth of talent" for the Republicans in 2016, noting that there are many leaders in the party – including a number of (unnamed) "former governors."
It's "way too soon" to start naming names of potential candidates, Pataki insisted, adding: "There's a lot of good, capable people out there."
He did not rule himself out of the running, saying he has learned to "never say never" in politics, even though he's having a "tremendous time" in the private sector.
Pataki also had some harsh words for his fellow New Yorker, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is the current frontrunner for the Democratic nod to replace President Obama.
"Absolutely she's beatable; anyone is beatable," Pataki said. "She has great name I.D., but you look at her record as secretary of state, you look at her comments on Benghazi."
"One of the things most troubling to me was Secretary of Defense (Robert) Gates', not quotation, but recitation of when he was sitting with Obama and Hillary and she was acknowledging that she opposed the surge in Iraq solely to help her political career. That is wrong."
Pataki noted that his son was a Marine lieutenant in Iraq during the surge.
New York Lawmakers Want GWB Investigation
Jan 9th - 2:14 pm
A trio of New York lawmakers are calling for a New York-based investigation of New Jersey officials closing access lanes on the George Washington Bridge in order to exact political retribution.
The call from Sen. Adriano Espaillat and city Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa come after Gov. Chris Christie apologized in a lengthy news conference for his government and political aides shutting the bridge down in order to exact political retribution on the mayor of Fort Lee.
But the New York lawmakers say there also needs to be a determination if there was any impact on the New York side of the bridge as well.
Espaillat, a potential Congressional candidate against Rep. Charlie Rangel later this year, is reviving his call to have key Senate committees — transportation, government operations and investigations — probe the incident.
He had initially sent a letter to committee chairman in November after the issue was first raised, but before smoking gun emails revealed the extent of the bridge closure and the involvement of the Christie administration.
The bi-state Port Authority has oversight of the George Washington Bridge.
"The George Washington Bridge has enormous impact on the Upper Manhattan neighborhoods I represent," Espaillat said today in a statement. "Some of my constituents rely on it to commute to work, and traffic from the bridge frequently causes problems along local streets, and makes conditions less safe for pedestrians. Had this incident been successfully suppressed from the public, it would have marked a terrible precedent and negatively impacted our community's future."
Senator Espaillat – GWB Hearing Request Closure – November 2013 (1) by Nick Reisman
Grimm Rushes to Christie's Defense (Updated)
Jan 9th - 12:07 pm
Rep. Michael Grimm is standing with Gov. Chris Christie at a time when Republicans aren't rushing forward to defend the embattled politician and possible 2016 presidential candidate.
In a statement released while Christie's news conference was still going on, the Staten Island Congressman managed to not only praise Christie but bash President Obama.
"Governor Christie demonstrated true leadership and accountability during today's press conference," said Grimm. "I have known Governor Christie since he was a United States Attorney with a distinguished anti-corruption record and I was an undercover agent working a high profile public corruption case with his office. I know him to be a man of unquestionable honor and ironclad integrity, and I take him at his word. In an a time when President Obama and key figures in his administration shamelessly pass the buck and avoid accountability for one massive failure after another, the Governor's swift and immediate action to dismiss those responsible, commit himself to a full vetting of his staff, and embrace his responsibility as his state's chief executive is both uncommon and refreshing."
Update: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is chiming in on Grimm's statement, as it tries to boot the congressman from office this year.
"It's comes as no surprise that Congressman Michael Grimm who is currently being investigated by the FBI himself, would be the first elected official in the country to come to Chris Christie's defense," said DCCC spokesman Marc Brumer. "Maybe they can they can carpool to federal court together. Only Congressman Michael Grimm would use a scandal in another state to try to divert attention from his own scandal plagued tenure in office. Another day, another desperate attempt by Congressman Grimm to distract New Yorkers from his failed record."
Update: The National Republican Congressional Committee is now getting into the mix, putting out a statement going after Grimm's opponent, Domenic Recchia, and the D-trip.
"Speaking of traveling to federal court, when Domenic Recchia went there last month to plead leniency for Colombo crime boss Carmine Persico's mobster son-in-law, did Carmine pay for Domenic to get there in a fully stocked stretch limo? And while we're talking about traffic in New York, let's not forget that the DCCC's anointed candidate Recchia voted for a plan to charge drivers $8 to enter Manhattan below 60th St. which would have cost Staten Island drivers millions. So 'traffic talk' is probably not a winning conversation for Recchia and his Washington surrogates," said NRCC spokesman Ian Prior.
Democrats Pounce On Christie GWB Scandal
Jan 8th - 12:12 pm
Natinoal Democrats can barely contain their glee over the revelation this morning that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie – a leading GOP contender for the 2016 presidential race – was not only closely involved with lane closings on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge in September, but that those lanes were closed in a clear act of political retribution.
Emails and texts released by the New York Times show that a deputy chief of staff in Christie's office gave a signal to the Port Authority to close the lanes about two weeks before the closings occurred.
And Christie's handpicked chairman of the Port Authority, David Samson, was also involved, according to emails that describe his efforts to "retaliate" against New York officials who had not been told of the changes and sought to ease the gridlock.
Christie had repeatedly insisted that his office had nothing to do with the lane closures, and his many statements were highlighted in a DNC video released late this morning. (Look for the Fred Dicker cameo at the end; it's a clip from his radio show in which he announces the governor has cancelled his only scheduled public appearance today).
DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz also issued a statement calling the revelations about the Christie administration's involvement "troubling," but not surprising.
"These revelations are troubling for any public official," Wasserman Schultz said, "but they also indicate what we've come to expect from Governor Christie – when people oppose him, he exacts retribution. When people question him, he belittles and snidely jokes. And when anyone dares to look into his Administration, he bullies and attacks."
"For 121 days, Chris Christie disparaged the questioners and later lied saying no one in his office was involved. That was clearly untrue given the discovery of emails that came directly from his own top staff. Time's up, Governor."
From an incredibly hyper-local standpoint, this is a nice gift for Gov. Andrew Cuomo – to see a man who is widely perceived as a potential political rival to the governor at the national level embroiled in a scandal on the very day the governor is giving a high-profile speech that will net him national headlines that are likely to be largely positive.
Tri-State Govs Celebrate Sandy Aid Passage
Jan 28th - 6:52 pm
With the $50 billion in Superstorm Sandy aid winning its final passage in the U.S. Senate, the three governors from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey said a joint statement this evening they're grateful the package is finally approved.
In the statement from Andrew Cuomo, Chris Christie and Dannel Malloy, the governors note that it was a "difficult pathy in getting to this moment" but thanked the Senate for speedy passage.
There's also thanks for the "tenacious efforts" of the states' Congressional delegations.
But those are the only references in the statement for a saga that dragged on for months following the storm that devastated parts of the New York City metropolitan area.
The dispute over funding to pay for cleanup costs and infrastructure repairs saw Christie and Rep. Peter King of Long Island, Republicans both, openly questioning and assailing the GOP leadership in the House of Representatives.
But the effort also put a focus on the relationships between the three governors in the tri-state area, with extra special attention on Cuomo and Christie, who have by all accounts worked well together, but are also potential presidential contenders down the road.
Here's the statement:
"Our genuine thanks and gratitude goes out to the U.S. Senate for its thoughtful consideration and passage of the Hurricane Sandy disaster relief package. Despite the difficult path in getting to this moment, the Senate membership clearly recognized early on the urgency and necessity of approving the full aid package and its importance in rebuilding our battered infrastructure and getting our millions of affected residents back on their feet as quickly as possible. To all Americans, we are grateful for their willingness to come to our aid as we take on the monumental task of rebuilding and we pledge to do the same should our fellow citizens find themselves facing unexpected and harsh devastation.
"We also make special note of the tenacious efforts of our respective Congressional delegations in steering the Sandy aid package through their respective houses and bringing this aid home to their people."


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US 5236340 A Abstract A container, such as a bucket, for containing tools of particulate material, such as mixed sand and cement, which has two leg members extending from its underside, the leg members being arranged to sit astride the apex of a pitched roof so that the container can sit stably on the roof apex. The container is useful for working on a roof, particularly when fitting the ridge tiles.
Claims(7) 1. A container capable of being positioned so as to sit (1) securely astride the apex of a roof and (2) on a horizontal surface, said container having a longitudinal axis, comprising
an upper rim surrounding said longitudinal axis; a lower edge spaced from said upper rim; first and second planar leg members extending from said lower edge in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; and a base member having first and second base member portions, each of said base member portions extending from said leg members at an acute angle to said longitudinal axis to form sloping surfaces, said base member portions intersecting at said longitudinal axis to form a central reentrant portion projecting along said axis toward said upper rim, whereby said container rests on said leg members when mounted on said horizontal surface and on said first and second base member portion when seated astride the apex of said roof, the angle between each of said base member portions and said longitudinal axis being substantially similar to the pitch of the roof such that said base member portions are in substantial contact with roof surfaces adjacent the apex of the roof. 2. A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the leg members are an integral part of the container.
3. A container as claimed in claim 2, wherein said base member is an integral part of the container.
4. A container as claimed in claim 1, in which the container has an opening surrounded by said upper rim, and wherein said upper rim includes a hook adapted to hook over an external member.
5. A container as claimed in claim 4, in which the hook is formed integrally with the rim.
6. A container as claimed in claim 1 which further comprises a handle secured to said upper rim.
7. A container as claimed in claim 1 wherein said upper rim and said lower edge are circular.
Description This invention relates to containers, particularly containers which are capable of being used to hold material and tools when workmen are carrying out roofing work. When the pitched roof of a house is being built or repaired, it is very difficult to position building material and tools, which are to be used in the work, on the sloping parts of the roof. Slates and tiles can often be stacked by lodging them in an unfinished part of the roof against the battens which are nailed to the roof rafters as part of the construction, but they can be dislodged if kicked by a workman. Tools and other material are even more difficult to retain on a partly-constructed roof. At the final stage of the construction, when the ridge tiles are being put in place, mixed sand and cement needed for fixing the ridge tiles in place, has to be carried up onto the roof in a bucket and this is very difficult to position securely, particularly as it has to be moved frequently as work proceeds. The present invention provides a container which is capable of solving this problem and can be used to provide safe storage for a range of.,materials and tools. According to the invention there is provided a container which is capable of holding objects, such as hand tools, or particulate material, such as mixed sand and cement, the container comprising leg members capable of being positioned so as to sit securely astride the apex of a pitched roof. Preferably, the leg members are formed as an integral part of the container. An embodiment of the invention will now be described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which, FIG. 1 is a side view of a bucket constructed in accordance with the invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view from below of the bucket of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 shows the lower part of a bucket, constructed in accordance with the invention, positioned straddling the apex of a roof which is under construction or repair, the roof being shown in vertical cross-section, FIG. 4 shows a scrap view of part of the rim of a bucket, FIG. 5 is an alternative embodiment of the invention, and, FIGS. 6 and 7 are perspective views of two alternative forms of bucket. In FIGS. 1 and 2, a bucket 10, having a longitudinal axis 10a is provided with the usual semi-circular metal handle 11, which has a wooden grip 11a positioned in its center. The bucket has a circular horizontal cross-section for most of its height, an upper rim 23 and a lower edge 23a. The base 12 has two intersecting base member portions 12a and 12b which form an angle Θ with the longitudinal axis, and a central reentrant portion 13 which thus forms two downwardly extending protrusions or leg members 14, 15. Each leg member 14, 15 has a respective flat base area 14a, 15a and these areas together enable the bucket to stand stably when placed on an ordinary flat floor. However, when the bucket is placed astride the apex of a pitched roof, the sloping base member portions 12b, 12a of leg members 14, 15 will contact the side flanks of the roof and the bucket will again sit stably. As shown in FIG. 3, the bucket can be positioned astride a roof 20 under construction, with leg members 14, 15 lying against the strips of batten 21 which extend along the roof rafters 22. In an alternative arrangement, not shown in the drawings, the central reentrant 13 of the bucket can be of sufficient width that, if the bucket is placed on a finished roof, the leg members can straddle the ridge tiles and contact the sloping surfaces of the roof tiles below the ridge tiles. Thus, the bucket will sit stably even on the completed part of a roof. The bucket is shown with external ribs 16 which provide strength and ornamentation to its sides. As shown more particularly in FIG. 4 (but also shown in FIGS. 1 and 2), the bucket has an upper rim 23, which is formed folded over all around its circumference to give strength to the bucket and which has a hook 24 formed as an extension of it. The hook 24 is arranged conveniently for hooking over an external member such as a batten so as to give the user an alternative way of positioning the bucket during roofing operations, particularly when moving operations from one part of a roof to another. The hook 24 can also be used to hook over the rung of a ladder. FIG. 5 shows an alternative form of the invention in which the leg members are formed as a separate unit or base into which a bucket can fit. Unit 30 comprises leg members 34, 35 and the unit has a central reentrant 33. In this case an ordinary flat-bottomed bucket 40 is fitted into unit 30, being either a tight fit therein or being provided with a quick-action set of catches (not shown) which can secure the bucket to the unit when it is needed for roofing work. FIG. 6 shows a bucket which has a square cross-section, having the usual handle 41, with a reentrant 43 forming leg members 44, 45. FIG. 7 shows a bucket which has a square cross-section, having the usual handle 51, with a cross-shaped reentrant 53 which thus forms four leg members 54, 55, 56 and 57, one at each corner, so that there are two alternative ways of placing the bucket to straddle the apex of a pitched roof. Patent Citations
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- Self parking fee: CAD 18 per day (in/out privileges)
- Valet parking fee: CAD 25 per day (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: CAD 25 per day
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Will the kids get it? There's a good chance. People who suffer from IBS are more than twice as likely to have a first-degree relative with the same symptoms, according to research from the University of Sydney in Australia. "It's very common to see colicky infants whose parents have IBS or reflux," says Dan Levy, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. "They may have a lower pain threshold than other babies."
Signs they got nabbed: The classic symptoms are frequent crampy abdominal pain or alternating bouts of constipation and diarrhea. IBS usually appears during the school years, but precursors, like colic, may be apparent earlier in a child's life. "There's also a big emotional component," says Tanya Remer Altmann, M.D., author of Mommy Calls. Flare-ups are common during challenging transitions in a child's life, such as going to school or even just attending a party he doesn't want to go to, Dr. Levy says.
What you can do: If you suspect your child has IBS, have him checked out by your pediatrician. "IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion," Dr. Altmann says. "We want to rule out the possibility that something more serious is going on, like inflammatory bowel disease." If the problem turns out to be IBS, it can usually be managed with lifestyle changes. That may mean avoiding certain foods that might be triggers, adding probiotics (the healthy bacteria found in yogurt), and/or teaching kids some stress-management techniques, such as relaxation exercises or yoga.


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The celebration of the past, however, is muted by the reality of the present.
A month before spring training, fans of all 30 major league teams are supposed to have hope about what the coming season will bring.
Makes for good marketing. Bottom line, however, is while there is reason for hope with most teams, there's no argument over which teams are the worst.
First place in the six divisions is up for debate.
Last place, however, is a slam dunk. Mark it down now.
Last place still belongs to the Royals in the AL Central, Oakland in the AL West, Toronto in the AL East, Washington in the NL East, Pittsburgh in the NL Central and San Diego in the NL West.
These are not overnight failures. They have earned the distinction.
The Royals were once the model franchise of baseball. That '85 season capped off a decade in which the Royals won six division titles, advanced to the playoffs seven times and twice participated in the World Series.
They, however, have since joined Pittsburgh as the poster children for baseball futility.
There was a change in leadership. Manager Dick Howser was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1986 and died in 1987. General manager John Schuerholz resigned in 1990 to take a similar position in Atlanta. Original owner Ewing Kauffman died in 1993, the franchise then run by his estate under an ownership group led by David Glass, which bought the team in 2000.
Once an organization that thrived because of a farm system that produced the nucleus for that decade of success — anchored by Hall of Famer George Brett — it has since gone fallow. The marketing department has made efforts to reconnect with the past, including the slogan True Blue Tradition in 2007 and New Blue Tradition in 2008, but the product on the field hasn't come close.
The Royals have gone through eight managers in 24 years, have had a winning record only once in 16 years, managed to finish as high as third only twice in 14 years and, after avoiding a 100-loss season in their first 33 years of existence, they have lost 100 or more four times in the last eight. The once productive organization has had a single All-Star 17 of the last 20 seasons.
And when the major off-season news is that catcher Jason Kendall opted to sign as a free agent because the Royals were the one place that offered him a chance to be the starting catcher, can anyone seriously predict that the franchise's fortunes are about to change?
The Pirates, meanwhile, are coming off a professional sports record-setting 17 consecutive losing seasons, dating back to 1993, the year after the Pirates had won three consecutive division titles, and ownership decided to purge the roster.
This is a franchise that has been only 79 days in first place in the last 17 seasons — 32 of them in 1997. It's finished in last place 10 times en route to surpassing that old record of 16 consecutive losing seasons, which belonged to the 1933-48 Philadelphia Phillies.
In fairness, the new leadership of president Frank Coonelly and general manager Neal Huntington have been on the job for only two years and have preached about a building process that is beginning with the formation of a farm system that had been gutted by a series of wasted No. 1 picks and limited bonus money. They are not promising instant success, which is wise.
The Nationals story began in Montreal and is a sad statement on the evolution of baseball to its current big-market, small-market stature. A team that seemed ready to be an annual contender a decade ago, suffered its first blow when original owner Charles Bronfman sold the franchise a consortium of Montreal businessmen head by Claude Brochu in 1991. There was a glimpse of hope in 1994. The Expos were set to knock off Atlanta in the NL East, but sitting in first place on Aug. 11 with a six-game lead on the Braves, the baseball world turned upside down on the Expos.
First the players went on strike, forcing cancellation of the 1994 World Series, and then Brochu's ownership group went on a cost-cutting spree that gutted the franchise. In that off-season alone, the Expos lost outfielder Larry Walker to free agency, refusing to offer him arbitration, and then dealt closer John Wetteland to the Yankees, rotation ace Ken Hill to St. Louis and center fielder Marquis Grissom to Atlanta without getting a player in return who became a big-league regular.
And then things got worse. Jeffrey Loria bought the team in 1999, and in 2002, after plans to contract and eliminate Montreal and Minnesota went bad, Loria was allowed to buy the Florida Marlins from John Henry, who was buying Boston, and Major League Baseball took control over the Expos.
Omar Minaya, named the general manager by MLB, went for a quick fix during the 2002 season that further retarded the organization, giving up prospects Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips and Grady Sizemore along with Lee Stevens to acquire Bartolo Colon from Cleveland. And if that wasn't enough of an insult to the Montreal fans, in 2003, with the Expos in a five-way tie for the NL wild-card race on Aug. 28, word came out that Major League Baseball would not approve the $50,000 it would have cost to bring up additional players when rosters expanded in September.
"It was a message to the players," Minaya said of a team that lost 15 of its final 27 games, and eventually was shipped to Washington, D.C., where the third time is not so charming for Major League Baseball in the nation's capital.
With crowds having failed to respond to the simple arrival of big-league baseball, the Nationals front office has taken a dangerous path this off-season, signing second-tier free agents — right-handed pitcher Jason Marquis, catcher Pudge Rodriguez and reliever Mike Capps — to sizable salaries to appease the restless ticket buyers. Bottom line is that off-season window dressing won't hide in-season failures.
The A's were the hope for small-budget franchises in the early part of the decade, but they got caught up in the hype about Moneyball and outsmarting the rest of baseball, and seemingly overlooked that the root of their success was a dominating rotation. When the quartet of Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Tim Hudson and Rich Harden keyed four consecutive division titles in the first four years of the century, but failed to advance past the first round of the postseason, changes were made. But strong pitching was still a key when the A's return to the AL West title in 2006 and advanced to the ALCS behind a rotation build around Zito, Harden and the additions of Dan Haren and Joe Blanton.
None of those starting pitchers, however, remain. And the A's have fallen on hard times, searching for an identity, changing lanes consistently. Figure this out. Two years ago they dealt Dan Haren to Arizona for a package of young players that was built around outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. A year later, they dealt Gonzalez, closer Huston Street and lefty Greg Smith to the Rockies for outfielder Matt Holliday. And then, last July, they dealt Holliday to St. Louis for a package of prospects supposedly built around third baseman Brett Wallace, who the A's then dealt to Toronto this off-season for another prospect, outfielder Michael Taylor.
Now they find themselves the only member of the four-team AL West without hope for the coming season.
Toronto was once the model franchise for all of baseball, but then along came the reign of general manager J.P. Ricciardi, who immediately upon his hiring tore up a scouting department that was the backbone to a farm system that had produced more players than any in baseball for more than a decade. And after announcing upon his arrival that he had learned in Oakland how to succeed on a limited budget, proved his lessons hadn't hit home because the Jays faded into oblivion, and Ricciardi began to whine that he couldn't compete with the big bucks of Boston and the Yankees, even though in 2008 Tampa Bay showed those two big-spenders were not invincible.
Ricciardi is now history, and the Jays are going back to their roots, rebuilding a scouting staff that had been ravaged, but it's not an overnight success formula, and there are no false promises that Jays fans grew tired of hearing from the Ricciardi regime.
San Diego has become the unsolvable puzzle with its recent actions. Coming off back-to-back division titles in 2005-06, the Padres saw a third consecutive postseason appearance disappear in the final days of 2007. After back-to-back losses at Milwaukee in the final two games of the regular season, including Trevor Hoffman blowing a ninth-inning lead with two outs and an 0-2 count on Tony Gwynn, Jr., in Game No. 161, the Padres lost a play-in game with the Rockies when Hoffman couldn't close out an 8-6 lead in what became a 9-8, 13-inning loss, and it's been downhill ever since.
The budget was slashed thanks to a pending divorce of owner John Moores, and a depleted farm system as a residual of a three-pronged front office in which scouting director Bill Gayton was constantly overruled by the Sandy Alderson brigade, the Padres underwent a major change of direction in the last year. Former agent Jeff Moorad entered into a purchase agreement with Moores last winter that allowed Moorad immediate control of the team and led to this off-season's firing of highly regarded and well-liked general manager Kevin Towers.
It did not, however, result in any influx of talent, which leaves the Padres as the only team in the NL West without a hope for contention in 2010.
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The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession
Academic journal article Business Economics , Vol. 36, No. 2 , April 2001
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By Peter L. Bernstein. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2000. 432 Pp. $27.95 hardcover.
Peter Bernstein, author of Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street and Against the Gods: The Remark able Story of Risk, has done it again. His latest book, The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession, is fascinating to read, broad in concept, and highly informative. The author states at the outset: "...the story is neither a complete history of gold nor a systematic analysis of its role in economics and culture....Instead I explore those events and stories involving gold that most appealed to me because they display the desperation and ultimate frustrations that have inflamed human behavior."
Why is gold so desirable, initially as adornment and then as a form of money and then back to a status symbol or a store of value? Some of the reasons are the qualities of gold: malleable, imperishable, chemically inert, extraordinarily dense, soft as putty--and relatively scarce. Almost all the gold ever mined is still around, if you include shipwrecks at the bottom of the seas. Bernstein notes that, if you piled all this gold in one solid cube, you could fit it aboard any of today's great oil tankers; it would weigh about 125,000 tons, compared with the U.S. steel industry's ability to produce 120 million tons a year!
With that as background, Bernstein traces the uses of gold through history--and a broad sweep it is! He starts with the Bible, which includes the use of gold as adornment, the golden calf, and the detailed description of use of gold in sanctuary and tabernacle. He then shifts to the use of gold in Greece, Rome, and Byzantium, initially as adornment but later as a medium of exchange. Gold coins and bars were developed as a standard with a known fineness and weight to facilitate trade and commerce, as described by the historian Herodotus. But a society that uses metal for money is constrained by the supply of that metal, which, Bernstein points out, can be resolved in one of three ways: suffer downward pressure on prices, import gold by plunder or trade, or debase the coin by using the same amount of metal to produce a greater supply. All three methods have been used, with greater or lesser degrees of sophistication, and these developments are described in broad strokes.
Then Bernstein describes the effects on European economies of the discovery of gold in the New World and massive gold imports by Spain, which enabled that country to wage a series of wars against their European neighbors. While this was going on, international trade was growing rapidly and economic relationships were developing with trading partners thousands of miles apart. Price inflation characterized this period, caused by rapid increase in the population and a slower growth in the supply of food. This increased the demand for gold but also led to the use of private money, or bills of exchange, to facilitate trade. …


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A new genus of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera) from deep-sea sediments of volcanic origin in the Kilinailau north of Papua New Guinea
Title | A new genus of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera) from deep-sea sediments of volcanic origin in the Kilinailau north of Papua New Guinea |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2004 |
Refereed Designation | Refereed |
Authors | Gad, G. |
Journal | Helgoland Marine Research |
Volume | 58 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 40-53 |
Abstract | A new genus and species of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera), Phoeniciloricus simplidigitatus, is described inhabiting fine sand covered by a layer of volcanic ash at a water depth of 1,813 m in the New Ireland Basin near the Kilinailau Trench (north of Papua New Guinea). The described specimen is a postlarva enclosed in a larval exuvium. This is the first report of a species belonging to the Nanaloricidae from the deep sea. This occurrence is surprising, because Nanaloricidae are typical inhabitants of coarse sands in the intertidal or littoral zone. Preference for these shallow water habitats is reflected in many morphological features which characterize the Nanaloricidae, and are not normally found in Loricifera inhabiting fine-grained, clayish, deep-sea bottoms. The postlarva of the new species is characterized by a long narrow mouth tube, an urn-shaped lorica divided into ten plates, and 13 small lorica spikes. Distinguishing features of the Higgins-larva include short spinose toes lacking mucros but having small and slightly enlarged bases, short scalids on the introvert, many thoracic plates arranged in 6-8 rows, numerous small papillate flosculi in the collar and caudal regions, and three pairs of filiform, short locomotory appendages on the ventral side. Some features of the new species, especially of the Higgins-larva, are discussed as adaptations to the deep-sea environment. |
DOI | 10.1007/s10152-003-0167-x |