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"I think it's been a good year for us," Brady said. "We've had a lot of success and we've won a lot of games. Following last year when we went 13-7 (in the regular season), we were just looking to come back strong. This year I think what's really special is that our team just has that special bond as a team, and you just can't beat that. We've had a lot of success on the field and we hope to keep it going at districts."
Brady has been a big part of Cascade's success this year. The Bruins leadoff hitter is batting .380, with a .515 on-base percentage, 26 runs scored, 12 RBI, four doubles, four triples and seven stolen bases.
"He starts us off," Stencil said. "The biggest thing is he gets on base no matter what."
Once Brady's on base, he can usually rely on his teammates to get him across the plate. According to Brady, the Bruins have been able to win close ballgames because someone on the team steps up at the right time.
For a video of Aaron Lommers and David Krueger interviewing Brady and Lande, click here.
"It's people coming up clutch every day. And it's someone new," Brady said. "We get that clutch AB (at-bat) or a good pitching performance. Like last week we were kind of struggling with pitching and (sophomore Matthew) Butler comes out and throws a shutout against Kamiak. Everyone's just playing their part and we're just getting the wins."
Looking ahead, Brady already has made plans for beyond Cascade High School. The junior has verbally committed to play baseball at the University of Washington, picking the Huskies over Gonzaga and Santa Clara.
"I couldn't pass up that offer," said Brady, who frequently attends baseball, football and basketball games at UW.
Brady, who wants to study communications, was signed primarily as an outfielder, but may also be called upon to pitch for the Huskies. He is 3-3 on the mound for Cascade this season and could find himself on the mound for the Bruins in the postseason.
The Bruin co-captain can't wait for that opportunity.
"It's fun. This is why you play. You play for the pressure moments," Brady said. "You come through sometimes, sometimes you don't. Yeah, we're disappointed we lost (the conference title), but we also know that we're already hosting a district game. We're just looking to take it day by day and see how far we can get. We think this year is our year, so we're just seeing if we can make some damage in the playoffs and see how far we can get."
Snohomish SS Haakon Lande has put the entire package together
There are many reasons the Snohomish Panthers are one of the favorites entering the Class 4A District 1 baseball tournament. Near the top of that list is junior shortstop Haakon Lande.
Lande helped the Panthers to a 15-4 regular-season record and the Wesco 4A North championship. They play host to Jackson at 2 p.m. Saturday in the first round of districts.
Snohomish head coach Kim Hammons said he is most impressed with how much Lande has improved since his freshman season.
"He started as a role player on the varsity as a freshman," Hammons said. "He was nervous about being out there, as most freshmen would be, and as the year progressed Haakon became a significant contributor in helping us win a Wesco North title."
Lande's contributions have increased over the past two seasons.
"Last year, as a sophomore, you saw him start to develop as an all-around good player," Hammons said. "A good hitter, hitting with a little bit of power, running the bases and making the plays defensively. This year he has put the entire package together and he has been invaluable sitting in the middle of our lineup."
Lande has worked hard each offseason to improve his skills and become one of the key pieces in the Panthers' offense. His play has earned him a scholarship offer from Washington State University, which he has verbally accepted. He can't officially sign with the Cougars until next fall.
Defensively, Lande always has had the skills, but his improvement at the plate has been startling, especially this season.
"The first few years I was kind of struggling on offense, just kind of getting used to high school baseball," Lande said. "This year, I've just relaxed and am hitting the (pitches) I want to hit."
It has paid off statistically. Going into Tuesday's game against Arlington, Lande was batting .345 (19-for-55). His 19 RBI led the Panthers. He also had two home runs, three doubles, 14 runs scored and was 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts.
One of the biggest challenges to Snohomish in the district tournament is likely to be Cascade, which is led by junior pitcher/outfielder K.J. Brady. Brady has committed to the University of Washington, which could make for some Pac-12 battles in the future between the two standouts.
Aside from the Bruins, the Wesco South champion Edmonds-Woodway Warriors come into the tournament as one of the favorites, but Lande said the Panthers focus right now is on Jackson.
"Over the past few years we have kind of struggled with Jackson," he said. "I'm hoping we get past them."
Hammons has nothing but praise for his shortstop, but said the credit for the Panthers' success goes to everyone.
"It's been a very impressive year and Haakon has been one of the keys, but we do have a lot of good players on this team," Hammons said. "You just don't have a good year without having a combination of good defense, good hitters, good pitching, good catching and that's exactly what's happened.
"We have a full team of very good players."
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It's not meant to be a store of value. (Score:5, Informative)by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @08:19AM (#43279845)
Like all currencies, it's main use is as a medium of exchange. It's pretty decent as that, but sucks for storing value.
The two purposes are not mutually exclusive. (Score:5, Insightful)All currency is a medium of exchange AND a way to store wealth. In the principle's simplest example, I can work eight hours today and use the wages to feed my family for a week... thus storing my wealth in an easily carried, widely accepted fiat currency. The ability of a civilization to evolve a middle class from the landowner/sharecropper paradigm is only plausible when a worker can store away the fruits of his labors, rather than eat them every evening.
Re:The two purposes are not mutually exclusive. (Score:5, Insightful)
Nah, they suck as a medium to store wealth for more than short periods of time. What the OP is missing is that currency is a method of account: A ton of prices are set up with respect to a currency: This is why, say, having oil be priced in dollars and not in Euros was such a big deal a while ago. High demand for currency as a percentage of GDP is telling you that all of the things that are far better stores for wealth than money are just no good (ie, a recession), or that the currency is not really a currency, but a commodity that you are speculating with.
Which is why Bitcoin is not something that really resembles a currency: The supply increases slowly, its value vs anything that you could want to buy with it fluctuates wildly, and most of the inventory is being held by people hoping it will go up, instead of actually being used.
While an electronic coin is theoretically possible, the Bitcoin implementation shares more with a pyramid scheme than with a real currency: Everyone that holds it wants to hype it so that it goes up in price vs actual currencies, but if the usage drops, it's useless, and only the people at the top of the scheme, those that mined very early, get anything that resembles a return.
Thus I love the idea but distrust it immensely.
Re:The two purposes are not mutually exclusive. (Score:5, Interesting)
It not only has value as an investment (I personally put about $1000 in when the price hit $14usd/1btc, sold half at $55 and half at $65 and made quite a bit of money), but it also is useful for grey market transactions.
For instance, I purchased some Modafinil, a prescription drug which is hard to acquire in the US but is non-recreational and not of concern to the DEA, and I used bitcoins to do it simply because it was the only way to easily pay in such a way that the vendor didn't know anything about me beyond the wallet ID of the one-time use wallet I generated specifically for this transaction, I don't know anything about the vendor outside of his (probably also one-time-use) wallet ID, and yet I ended up with some Modafinil and he ended up with some cash.
As a long-term investment, Bitcoin is ludicrous; I agree with this. The price is about to crash as the new ASIC miners come out, and this cycle will likely happen again several times before we hit the 22 million hard cap, which makes it the domain of day traders, not investers. But as a currency, it is wildly more useful than USD, or whatever. You can send bitcoins to someone quickly, easily, and without using a third party transfer service. You can easily purchase bitcoins using cash with websites like localbitcoins.com. There are many websites selling legitimate products, things like computer hardware or ebooks, and the list grows every day.
Bitcoin's value is not as an investment. Bitcoin's value is that, even without the backing of a major government or whatever, it has value as a currency simply because of its featureset.
We don't consider the 'featureset' of a currency very often, since most currencies have exactly the same featureset as every other currency; you can take it to a bank and change it into 'electronic' money, deposit it into your paypal, etc. But bitcoin has all of those features built into the actual currency itself, with no reliance on third parties and built-in (relative) privacy.
I also agree that it's in a bubble and about to crash.
However, I don't understand what the new ASIC miners have to do with it. I thought that the total bitcoin mined collectively per day stays pretty much constant regardless of the horsepower thrown at it (it self adjusts).
What concerns me more is the cost of collective mining is proportional to the price. So looking at this chart, you can see periods were many bitcoins were gobbled up and calm periods, where I think that the transactions were due mainly to
Re:The two purposes are not mutually exclusive. (Score:5, Informative)
If Miners leave the system, then the computational complexity goes down for verifying blocks. If the price of Bitcoin goes up (which it must with greater usage), then mining becomes more profitable, and will attract more minors.
Really the system works pretty well to balance itself, and likely has nothing to do with a possible crash in price.
If you look over at LiteCoin, a much less popular crypto currency derived from Bitcoin, they just has a large run up, then dropped over half their value. But in the end, they still didn't fall back to their original run up price. They are likely to continue to rise in price as compared to other options.
Really, I think the fears of Bitcoin crashing are overblown. Right now Bitcoin has a capitalization of almost 800 million. Quite a bit, but nothing like the 68 billion capitalization of eBay (PayPal). At LEAST a billion or two of that can be contributed to PayPal. And people think Bitcoin is over valued at a fraction of that? When Bitcoin arguably better addresses the same problems of facilitating transactions, only better, cheaper, more securely?
The best way to get bitcoin regulated is when people hear you can use it to attract minors.
Is bitcoin a gateway drug? What's next, ByteCash?
Re:The two purposes are not mutually exclusive. (Score:4, Insightful)by Time_Ngler (564671) on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @02:30PM (#43294563)
Paypal and Bitcoin are apples and oranges, though, although I get what you're saying. When paypal collects a fee, that goes right into the company coffers, and therefore part of the shareholder value. Bitcoin transaction fees just go to the miner that collected them. The investors get nothing. Instead they get to pay around 12% interest per year to the miners (currently, of course this will drop).
Valuing bitcoin is a tricky business, a lot like valuing gold, but different from that also. The weird thing about bitcoin is that, unlike gold, it's value doesn't change with the amount used. For example, 20,999,999 BTC could be locked away by long term investors, leaving 1 BTC for the entire economic side of bitcoin to run on, and the economy would work just as well as if it had all 21M BTC to work with.
However, in the first scenario, if an investor decided to cash out, it's the economy that must support him. So if he sold 1 BTC, then the entire circulation of bitcoin in the economy would double in size in terms of BTC, which would cause the value of all BTC to drop to half. This is really important in understanding bitcoin in my opinion, because compared to a regular stock, where future events can be baked into the price, the price of Bitcoin cannot similarly be.
Why not?
Because the price of bitcoin must equal the amount being circulated, times the amount of currency in regards to intrinsic worth each of the players in the economy need to conduct business. In other words, consider the example where only 1 BTC was used by the economy and the rest tied up with long term investors. Every time a consumer wanted to buy a TV that normally goes for $1199, they'd have to get that amount in Bitcoin, whatever it might be. Similarly, a business would need it's cash flow for it's purchases, and refunds, etc. So, take that amount as valued in USD, and divide it by the amount of Bitcoin available to the economy, and you get the price that USD/BTC has to be. After all, if it wasn't, then consumers would have to adjust their transitory holdings, businesses would have to adjust the amount used for cash flow until it was.
So, in essence the investors are facing a situation somewhat like the prisoners dilemma. Cash out before everyone else to get most of the profit. But if no one cashes out, or more people cash in than cash out, and the price goes higher, because you squeeze the economy into less and less remaining bitcoin. In a normal system with physical goods, eg. gold, the value of the economy decreases as more investors pile in and start locking gold in vaults, which means less rings for sale, so the effect is tempered. But with bitcoin, this steam valve never get released..
Can you guess what happens here? Both forces diverge, when one is strong the other is weak. Investors buy more and more of BTC, so the price of BTC hits the roof, so some investors cash out, and then it hits the floor, because the bitcoin economy has more BTC to work with, and the price of BTC has to match the total intrinsic value amount needed to run the economy divided by the economy's share of the Bitcoin. (The fact that investors can cash out at anytime cannot be baked into the price). And again, in circles. And the nearly unnoticed people trying to work an economy lose and gain and lose and gain. Until they get sick of it, and shops slowly go belly up or refuse to take BTC, until it dwindles to nothing. And the bubbles one after another start to fade, along with the economy, until nothing is left.
Modafinil is a Schedule IV controlled substance, and definitely of interest to the DEA. Adrafinil is unregulated, but does the same thing pharmacologically.
Are you kidding me? (Score:4, Insightful)by Sycraft-fu (314770) on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @05:41PM (#43296943)
"But as a currency, it is wildly more useful than USD, or whatever."
That is one of the most moronic things I've read about bitcoins. It is hardly usable as a currency. You've found a few specialty shops that will take it for payment. Good for you. I can find an entire COUNTRY of stores that take USD, and plenty of places around the world. Go have a look at Amazon.com, look at what you can buy there, for US Dollars but NOT for Bitcoins.
You seem to be all caught up on the fact that you can "send" Bitcoins directly to someone else. So what? That is a semantic argument. All currencies are just shuffling bits around in computers anyhow. The details really don't matter, what matters is how easily you can use it to pay for things. Bitcoin is very hard, few people accept it and, surprise, surprise, they convert it to real money as soon as they can. US dollars are very easy, they are accepted all over the place.
While an electronic coin is theoretically possible, the Bitcoin implementation shares more with a pyramid scheme than with a real currency: Everyone that holds it wants to hype it so that it goes up in price vs actual currencies, but if the usage drops, it's useless, and only the people at the top of the scheme, those that mined very early, get anything that resembles a return.
But the thing is every currency is useless if the usage drops. Ask the people who had plenty Reichmarks or Zimbabwean dollars or Soviet rubles how that worked out, whether it's fiat money or gold standard doesn't matter since they'd never be able to convert all that money to gold if everyone wanted to cash out. That promise is as worthless as the paper money it was written on, sure you could do it in good times when you could have bought gold for it on the commodity market too, but not when you'd actually n
only the people at the top of the scheme, those that mined very early, get anything that resembles a return.
Bitcoin doesn't exactly have pyramid scheme dynamics. Rather, it has bubble dynamics. The winners those who jump off right before the bubble bursts, the losers are those who do it too late. I've seen estimates/claims that Satoshi (and possibly his friends) sit on 1.2 million bitcoin, which they never have moved. That is a lot of money, but it could quickly become worthless.
While an electronic coin is theoretically possible, the Bitcoin implementation shares more with a pyramid scheme than with a real currency: Everyone that holds it wants to hype it so that it goes up in price vs actual currencies, but if the usage drops, it's useless, and only the people at the top of the scheme, those that mined very early, get anything that resembles a return.
You mean like every fiat currency out there as well, including the US dollar?
Its job is to support current transactions, and to circulate. As long as it's vaguely stable for short periods of time, compared to the transaction speed, amount of it available and the willingness of commodity providers to accept it, that's good enough. Immediately after the US occupation of Germany post WW II, cigarettes were the main practical currency, even though they weren't very storable, had a random value, and weren't easy to use in large quantities, because there was enough supply available from
I have to agree with the OP. The two purposes might not be mutually exclusive, but a currency can certainly be "useful" for one purpose and not the other.
From a USAian perspective, the $US is (for now) a global medium of exchange and easily carried. Unfortunately, the dollar has lost over 90% of its value since the inception of the Federal Reserve. Right now, they are eroding the value with $85 Billion per month in artificial credit expansion. Is the currency really a store of wealth if the purchasing p
Indeed. If the Bitcoin gains any traction as substitute for coin of the realm, they'll cite it's use on Silk Road and any other nefarious uses as justification to outlaw and abolish. The very last thing the financial powers that be want is a medium of exchange they have no control over. Which brings us to good old untraceable cash money... already increasingly restricted, how long before it's deigned a tool of the underworld?
Bingo. For a medium of exchange, BitCoin has a lot of positive aspects. However, until it becomes a mature currency, one is best moving value into it, doing the buy/sell, then moving out of it as fast as possible.
On the other hand, the best medium of exchange that holds its stored value would be precious metals. Gold is the most popular and with proper assay certificates stored with the medium, the chance of getting a fake bar can be fairly low. However, gold isn't as good for an exchange mechanism as a
I do not doubt that the US government will try to regulate Bitcoin, fail, and then try to outlaw it. That will still have very little effect on Bitcoin as it does not rely on recognition by the US government. They would have more chance of trying to outlaw the rouble. I think that they should just ignore it and let it dwindle into obscurity instead of giving it constant limelight and coverage.
I store my money in my well fed family.
It must be a good store of value over the short term to be useful as a medium of exchange. If the value of your money changes significantly between receiving it and either spending or investing it, then you have a problem.
What's bitcoin? (Score:4, Insightful)by enrgeeman (867240) <email@example.com> on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @08:21AM (#43279847) Homepage
Seriously, with the number of bitcoin articles here, hardly anyone should be able to honestly vote that.
I kind of know what it is, but I don't really know. it's like those articles about 'raspberry pi'.. they all assume we're supposed to know what it is and that we're supposed to care. At least Bitcoin has a name that gives me some idea of what the product is used for. And I know that it's a virtual currency, but I've never seen an option to pay in bitcoin anywhere.
What's bitcoin? It's sort of a universal currency used in a bunch of mmorpgs (simfarm, simcity, Second life, minecraft etc) that people are trying to use as a substitute for Paypal, right?
The End-Game (Score:4, Interesting)Here's what I want to know about Bitcoin: What happens when the last bitcoin is mined? I think there's a max of 21 million bitcoins, and currently about half that many have been mined and are in people's hands.
If bitcoin continues long enough to reach the end-game, wouldn't it create a deflationary spiral?
Re:The End-Game (Score:4, Informative)by Enry (630) <(enry) (at) (wayga.net)> on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @09:02AM (#43280095) Journal
Yes, which is the exact same problem as using the gold standard - there's only so much gold out there (and it has way more uses than sitting in a vault backing currency).
In what sense do you mean "deflationary?" Do you mean that the price of everything else denominated in bitcoins would decrease (as in ordinary currency deflation) due to scarcity?
I don't think so, because bitcoins are not like an ordinary commodity that people want for its utility, thus there can never be a shortage. If people want to store more value, they have the alternative of using dollars or euros, for example, or physical commodities like gold or real property. Also, new digital currencies with la
"What happens when the last bitcoin is mined?"
As opposed to trying to make something with unlimited availability have value?
If you mean that the prices of goods and services in bitcoins will continue to decline, then yes.
Contrary to the endless propaganda being spewed by central bankers, so-called "mainstream" economists and the media, deflation is a good thing, not the bogeyman. In fact, it should be the natural long-term trend, with periodic short term cycles. Technological advancements and productivity gains should be increasing the purchasing power and increasing standards of living for wage earners.
Eroding the purchasing
Bitcoins sure seem to have had a goal of making sure that a Bitcoin never loses value. Unfortunately, the real world never works that way: Tools and equipment depreciate and have to be maintained. Arable land loses its fertility. A good house becomes a bad house because drug dealers move into the neighborhood. Business investments can go south. Perishable commodities like food spoil. Countries and their currencies fall as surely as they've risen. And Bitcoins only have value as long as people are willing to
Currently, bitcoin transfers don't get validated until a new block is mined. Would mining the last coin mean that no new transactions are possible?
Fundamentally, a currency is backed by the resources of a country. The US Dollar is backed by the US GDP, the CNY by Chinese GDP, and so on. If US GDP increases, your USDs go up in value. Bitcoin however is backed by nothing. It has no intrinsic value per se, unlike currencies or stocks. It is valuable only because others think it is valuable. If tomorrow everybody thinks 1 Bitcoin is worth 100 USD, they are worth 100 USD. If everybody thinks they are worthless, they are worthless. It is the ultimate deriva
If bitcoin continues long enough to reach the end-game, wouldn't it create a deflationary spiral?
Making artificial inflation become impossible, should be one of the design goals of any currency. It's called "learning from mistakes."
Some people will mention mistakes have been made on both sides. So I guess it's a question of which ones are more recent and relevant. Is boom/bust your bogeyman, or is inflation & unbounded government debt your bogeyman?
Personally, I think volatility and
Bitcoin is simple, and complicated (Score:5, Insightful)by magic maverick (2615475) on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @09:15AM (#43280171) Homepage Journal
I love the idea of a decentralized, non-controllable, virtually anonymous (and truly anonymous with the use of proper laundries), non-government, non-corporation, currency. I love the idea that I can just send a few coins (or parts or whatever) as a tip to anyone else without an intermediary taking a cut. I love that I can use it for true micropayments, microdonations etc.
I support Bitcoins because, while it's not the best possible option, it's the best existing option.
But, I don't like that early adopters are massively rich. I don't like that the current chain is 2GB and rising (hard to download when your Internet connection is rubbish). And there are a few other minor issues with it.
But ultimately, I think that, as a tool to remove power from governments and corporations, it's a good one. It's a good currency to use to be paid in, and to spend, and to save for a rainy day. But, like any other store of wealth or capital, don't put all your eggs in one basket. Just like you don't put all your savings into stocks or gold, don't put them all into Bitcoins.
I don't like that the current chain is 2GB and rising
That was last year. It's 6GB now. [blockchain.info]
It's a good currency to use to be paid in
and to spend
and to save for a rainy day
Most assuredly not.
Why do you think that Bitcoins are not a good currency to save? I have an amount that, while the value against fiat currencies has varied, has generally increased in value. Sounds like a good investment to me. Better than certain stocks at least. And people do put their life savings into stocks. I've only got a small amount of capital in Bitcoins, but that's mainly because I don't want to hand over my details to an exchange. I would rather receive the BTC in exchange for labor done. Which is how I got most
Why do you think that Bitcoins are not a good currency to save?
Because it's yet another fiat currency not based on or backed by anything of actual, tangible value.
Sounds like a good investment to me. Better than certain stocks at least.
I realize that's what all the lemmings have been conditioned by the media and Wall Street to compare things to: "Sir, where would you like this hot poker inserted; down your throat or up your ass?"
As part of a varied bundle, I can't see anything wrong with investing in, and using BTC.
It's all relative. Yes, I suppose I'd rather keep my wealth in BTC form, if for no other reason than its deflationary nature, than in stocks or rapidly-dying government fiat... but this baby, [kitco.com] despite T.P.T.B. sup
Because it's yet another fiat currency not based on or backed by anything of actual, tangible value.
I hear this a lot, but I've yet to be convinced that shiny metals themselves are of actual, tangible value. Speculation and perceived value is what keeps gold prices where they are.
I've yet to be convinced that shiny metals themselves are of actual, tangible value.
LOL! To tell you the truth, I wouldn't be convinced, either... unless, that is, I'd formed my opinions not on the insane silliness spouted by the media but rather on some actual knowledge of history...
The value of a Bitcoin (unique to anything not patterned after Bitcoin) is the ability to engage in a transaction without the aid of any centralized third parties.
That is an intrinsic property of Bitcoin. And relatively unique to Bitcoin (and other crypto currencies).
You may not value that property, but it does exist, and some people do value it.
Crypto, value, etc. (Score:3, Informative)
I have a very conflicting view of Bitcoin. Here are a few of my thoughts on the subject:
1- Crypto: how do we know the bitcoin crypto is really good/really secure? Who has done an audit of the code?
Implications: Cryptography is a very hard subject to tackle. Many an encryption scheme has been cracked and left in tatters, that seemed formidable enough at first sight. If the bitcoin cryptography is cracked, then fake bitcoins can be ''mined'' (meaning: created out of thin air) and the whole currency disappears in a puff of smoke (so to speak).
2- Security: how do we know the bitcoin P2P client is really secure? Who had done an audit of the code? What about the currency transmission protocol?
Implications: if you can't "fake" bitcoins, at least you can intercept them out of thin air between Alice and Bob. What then? The same bitcoin exists twice and that cannot be good for bitcoins.
3- Obscurity: who is *really* the creator of Bitcoin? Why is he hiding behind a pseudonym?
Implications: Yes, being paranoid here - but, really, who is this "Satoshi Nakamoto"? Please read more here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto [bitcoin.it] before criticizing this position. Essentially, and as long as we do not know who "he" is, the whole bitcoin-is-a-secure-digital-currency could be some very elaborate scam... Also, see point #1 and #2 above: I would feel a lot more confident in Bitcoin if the currency had been created by a recognized researcher in cryptography and digital currencies.
4- Economics: Bitcoin is essentially a ''fixed size'' currency... As someone has already pointed out, this has ''interesting'' properties, for various values of ''interesting''. If all bitcoins are mined then what?
Implications: once all bitcoins have been "mined", the only result can be a very serious "inflation" in the value of bitcoins if demand for this currency helds up - the only way to maintain a sustainable level of economic activity would be to raise the price of bitcoins by using it sub-division properties (yes, you can split a Bitcoin into smaller values). So right now 1 BT is, say = US$ 1. But what happens when 0.1 BT = US$1? This would imply staggering inflation in the implied value of Bitcoins and a Ponzi-like scheme, where the very first "miners" of BT would reap a staggering reward, leaving everyone else holding the bag. This could potentially bring a crisis of confidence in Bitcoin, and crash the entire currency, tulip-mania style.
You think I am going too far? There is now a cottage industry dedicated to selling you computing platforms (usually using Nvidia/ATI and OpenCL) to mine more Bitcoins. This, to me, smells of a ''mania'' phase, since, lest we forget, Bitcoins are completely immaterial and are not recognized anywhere except within circles of a dubious nature (Silk Road, anyone?).
In other words, yes, Bitcoin is fascinating in many ways... But I am not 100% sure this thing has been thought out in all of its aspects...
Re:Crypto, value, etc. (Score:4, Interesting)by Omnifarious (11933) <eric-slash&omnifarious,org> on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @01:33PM (#43282833) Homepage Journal
- 1. Crypto - It has been casually audited by several people. I know several people who've been closely associated with the cypherpunks crown who have looked the protocol over and found it fairly secure. Dan Kaminsky is one of these people. I have also personally audited it. Though I think my opinion is worth far less than the other people I've mentioned. The problem here, of course, is who do you trust to do the audit? Why?
- 2. Security - This is a good point. They are Open Source projects, so they are available to anyone's inspection. Some flaws have been found in the code, though none that are network breakingly serious (the block size flaw introduced in 0.8.0 is the most notorious here, but that was fairly trivial for the network to handle once it was found). More effort could go on in this area. Again though, who do you trust to do the audit? And why?
- 3. Obscurity - Who cares who created it? Why does it matter at all? Everything is up for public inspection. There are no hidden secrets here. For all you know, it was created by a respected cryptographer. I can well understand why someone who created a system like Bitcoin would want to remain anonymous. Phil Zimmer was certainly treated extremely poorly for having created PGP.
- 4. Economics - The deflation (Do not mix that up with inflation. The two effects are opposites and have a very different effect on the economy.) problem is interesting. I have not seen any convincing arguments for whether it's a blessing or a disaster. Everybody is expecting it though, and I suspect that will make it better. And while I think it will significantly hamper the availability of credit, I don't necessarily think it will stamp out investment. But those are questions that are pretty hard to answer a priori. One interesting thing is that if enough people think that deflation is really bad, the protocol can easily be altered to allow for currency creation again. But all the participants have to agree.
3- Obscurity: who is *really* the creator of Bitcoin? Why is he hiding behind a pseudonym?
Implications: Yes, being paranoid here - but, really, who is this "Satoshi Nakamoto"? Please read more here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto [bitcoin.it] before criticizing this position. Essentially, and as long as we do not know who "he" is, the whole bitcoin-is-a-secure-digital-currency could be some very elaborate scam
Not more "scam" than the person who created the first 1000x1000 all ad, no content page, sold it for $1/pixel and made almost a million dollars in the dotcom age. Assuming he created it I also assume he mined lots of the early BitCoins which would, if it became a huge economy, be worth lots of money. At least, it wouldn't have to be more of a scam than BitCoin already is
It is ONLY a medium of exchange. Its considered good or bad depending on whether it can be counterfeited. While I find it an interesting idea to create a monetary system that is independent of any national power, I will not consider "another" unbacked currency. Especially a virtual one.
If you really want to make something, create a currency based on labor contracts. Offer your time for sale: I promise to work 10 hours on whatever legal project you would have me work on. And sell that. The
Offer your time for sale: I promise to work 10 hours on whatever legal project you would have me work on.
This is basically the Labor Theory of Value, which argues that only work creates value. This formed the basis of the theory of capitalism created by one Karl Marx: The idea was that money was simply one kind of commodity that everyone had collectively decided can be exchanged for the results of other people's work.
For example, if I want a cheese sandwich, I can grow the wheat, thresh it, grind it into flour, add some oats and such that I've also grown, pull up some water from the well, bake some kind of bre
I am opposed to bitcoin based on reasons other than trust, and those reasons are more important to me.
It's basically a kind of pyramid scheme. The people who got in early win if more people enter later. They want us to believe in their virtual coin so that they can be rich.
I just don't understand how anyone can see value in a number. Even if the number is difficult or rare. I mean, the first rock I pick up is likely more unique and more difficult to make, but has it any monetary value? No. For me, Bitcoin is an exercise in economics, and economic theory is the most widely believed fairy tale ever. If economics are involved, nothing makes sense anymore. Hell, even quantum mechanics is logical compared to economics.
Value in a Crypto Currency comes from the community behind it. The people who mine coins have a strong want to see them used, so the miners readily support fledgling coin based businesses and deals. Further demand comes when a crypto currency becomes available to trade on an exchange it has a chance to gain money from traders and investors.
If this process can grow then the currency will increase in value.
There will be an exchange rate like with any other currency. In every country I have ever been to there is a an "official" exchange rate" and an under the table one that is much better. Why would this be any different? Just another scam in the making.
https://www.aurumxchange.com/rates [aurumxchange.com]
The exchange rates may not be negligible, but they aren't outrageous
The only medium of exchange that will work is one that is controlled by the government, and audited by the people. So far we haven't had this. We've had various delicate systems controlled by private interests that all go through an ebb and flow of success and failure and I see no reason bitcoin will be any different.
Fixing the monetary issues of today isn't complicated. It doesn't require knee jerk completely polar opposite ideas like bitcoin. It only requires regulation and reform.
1) The central bank
The central bank needs to be government controlled and not for profit. It should try to realize a profit like any well run organisation,
You're confused about the purpose of government. Government is not in business to make a profit. That's what private entities do. Government exists to maintain fairness between people and groups, not to profit from them.
>> The only medium of exchange that will work is one that is controlled by the government
Not true unless you are specifically talking about a fiat currency (i.e. one that governments can make out of thin air because it isn't backed by anything, so has no intrinsic value, such as the US dollar).
If you switch to a currency with or based on intrinsic value such as gold, silver, livestock etc. you dont need a government to control it. Such systems have already worked reasonably well for thousands of years
I think that long-term, unlimited accumulation of wealth is a terrible thing for society. Thus, the better Bitcoin is for this purpose, the less I like it. Ability to save some wealth is useful --- savings for a rainy day, a college fund for the kids, a nest-egg set aside for retirement. But, the ability for a tiny number of people to end up with thousands of lifetimes of others' wages (and the ability to throw that money around to assure that thousands more lifetimes will be spent serving their self-enrich
I wouldn't keep any money in bitcoins, but they can be useful for money transfer.
As a store of value: Terrible.
As a medium of exchange: Great!
portability (Score:2, Interesting)
If I had a beef with bitcoin is its lack of portability. Now I know many of us a technical bent and in your head you went "what do you mean crazy man?!? I can use it on linux or windows or android! " well you don't understand the larger meta portability I am talking about.
I cannot put a dozen bitcoins into my pocket, hike into some remote area and trade them to the locals for goods and services. I cannot physically move a bitcoin and control who has access to it. I look at things like the bank seizures bei
My biggest complaint about BitCoin is that it could very easily be used as a way for BotNet operators to monetize their exploits. The whole idea behind BitCoins' value (as I understand it) is that they should be worth the same amount as the processing power used to compute them would have cost. However, since the BotNet operators don't pay the costs of processing (those costs, in terms of electricity to run the processors are paid by the owners of the compromised machines), they basically get to steal money
Waiting for Bytecoin... (Score:5, Funny)by fahrbot-bot (874524) on Wednesday March 27, 2013 @01:35AM (#43288531)... at eight times the value of Bitcoin.
"Sending money" (Score:4, Interesting)by Captain_Chaos (103843) on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:01AM (#43301961)
One thing I'm noticing in this discussion is the fact that apparently in America the concept of sending money directly from one person to the next is considered alien and revolutionary by many, even though you can do that with good old USD too. It's called a bank transfer. I think it's because the use of cheques is still so widespread in the US.
I've never understood that strange preference for paying by cheque. I did an internship in the US, and I could choose between receiving my wages as a cheque, or having it directly deposited into my bank account. I chose the latter, as I am used to that and it makes much more sense. I think I was the only one in the entire company.
I don't get it. Really, a piece of paper? That you can lose? That can be stolen? That's a hassle because you have to physically bring it somewhere to get your money? That can bounce (a really weird concept to me)?
Here in the Netherlands (and certainly most of Europe as well, I don't know about the rest of the world) it's extremely common to pay each other by direct bank transfer. It's how everybody receives their wages and pays their bills. If you go out to dinner together it's common for one person to pay the bill and everybody else to transfer their share to their bank account. It's fast, easy, safe, and secure. With the phone apps every bank has these days it's a matter of seconds to do. There is no "bouncing", once you receive the money it's yours. Very odd that it just doesn't seem to want to catch on in the US.
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Stephanie Jones, 30, parked her baby stroller and settled herself onto a bench at Vernon Park Mall recently with 10-week-old Owen cradled in her lap.
Ignoring the activities of people around her, she put on a cover-up — similar to an apron — and began feeding her baby. Not with a bottle, but with the most perfect food made for babies — breast milk.
It's acknowledged that some people might be intimidated by seeing a mother breastfeeding her baby.
Victoria Brown of Walstonburg, an international board certified lactation consultant, said woman expose more of their bodies wearing low-cut tops and bikinis than they do breastfeeding.
"It's not indecent exposure to breastfeed," she said.
In fact, North Carolina law allows women to breastfeed in public or private.
Brown, who has breastfed seven children and has been helping mothers with breastfeeding for 20 years, said most people are not aware when a mother is nursing.
The Surgeon General reported in 2011 a public opinion survey in 2001 found only 43 percent of adults believe women have the right to breastfeed in public.
Yet, since the beginning of humankind, breastfeeding infants and young children has been the norm.
With aggressive marketing of manufactured baby formula in the mid-20th century, mothers were encouraged to feed their young ones from a bottle. But starting in the 1970s, health advocates and agencies have progressively turned around and now recognize a mother's milk as vital for at least the first six months of life.
The N.C. Breastfeeding Coalition was formed in 2005 to promote, protect and support breastfeeding as a normal activity. The Surgeon General and Healthy North Carolina 2020 encourage support for breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics lists a variety of benefits on its website, and recommends breastfeeding until babies are at least 12 months. The World Health Organization recommends two or more years.
Brown said she has noted an increased number of mothers who breastfeed, and do so in public.
"As people realize the benefits of breastfeeding," Brown said, "more people are doing it."
Mothers who breastfeed
Jones, of Southwood, nursed her 4-year-old daughter, Sage, for 19 months and now does so for Owen.
When she was pregnant with Sage, her neighbor Bridget Williamson, told her about Le Leche League meetings headed by Brown — Le Leche is a support group for breastfeeding mothers.
"I got to see some of the moms feeding their babies," Jones said, "and the latch-on technique."
The technique is one of the methods to help new mothers avoid breastfeeding problems. From there, mothers often become comfortable with their own way of nursing their babies.
Jones, a dietician, continued to attend meetings after Sage was weaned because she wanted to be a Le Leche League leader.
"I got the help, and I thought I would pass on the knowledge," she said.
Her training and experience as a dietician moved her to want to breastfeed both of her children, and her husband John was supportive, Jones said.
She cites better brain development — especially with supplements, including omega 3 fatty acids or fatty fish like salmon — as one benefit of breastfeeding. Immunity is another often-cited benefit.
Williamson, 37, breastfed her two children — Grayson, 7, for 15 months, and JoGina, 5, for two years.
"I didn't want them to have formula," she said. "I wanted them to have as much immunity as possible."
She nursed JoGina longer because she was producing an excess amount of milk and she began donating milk for a premature-born baby whose mother could not breastfeed.
Williamson, who uses a cover-up, said she breastfed her babies anywhere, even at church. She had one uncomfortable experience — not for her, but for a young man who happened to walk into the choir room to where she had retreated when her baby became fussy. Alone with her baby, she didn't cover up.
"He was just kind of stunned," she said, "and he walked out."
Williamson was impressed when she was nursing her baby in a store and a mother came over to her and began teaching her own children about what breastfeeding a baby is all about.
She said she can't understand why anyone would be disgusted by seeing a mother nurse a baby.
"To me, disgust is a man-made formula going into a child," Williamson said.
Kenyetta Jones, 23, of Kinston, learned about breastfeeding through Lenoir County Health Department. She nurses 10-month-old Kahlea.
She nurses her daughter in public, including once in a crowded mall in Chesapeake, Va.
"If (people) see me holding her in a cradle position," she said, "they say, 'Oh, so sweet.' "
Not in public
Sara Wolf of Grifton has three children — Christian, 10, Courtney, 7, and 5-month-old Connor.
While she's breastfed each of them about two years, she's never done so in public or even around family members.
"I will go into a restroom or my car," she said, "but no, I do not feel comfortable breastfeeding in public. When I breastfeed, I have to be relaxed and comfortable."
Besides being shy, she said her first experience seeing a woman nursing a baby without a cover made her feel uncomfortable.
Brown said she doesn't use a cover-up because it draws more attention than not using one. A woman can nurse without a cover without exposing everything, she said.
Kenyetta Jones said some women are worried they won't be able to do it right.
"It's all about being comfortable with yourself," she said, "being calm, relaxed."
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
For breastfeeding support:
What: Le Leche League meetings, babies are welcome
When: 7 p.m., the first Monday of each month
Where: The Wellness Center at Lenoir Memorial Hospital
For information, call Victoria Brown at 252-747-7785
For tips on breastfeeding in public, go to the N.C. Breastfeeding Coalition's website at ncbfc.org, click on "for parents," scroll down and click on Breastfeeding in Public


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The Weston Golf Club
275 Meadowbrook Road
Weston, MA 02493
From Mass. Pike (I-90)
- Take 128 North to Exit 26 (Route 20).
- Head West on Route 20 for 1 mile.
- Take Left at intersection, green sign, Regis College/Wellesley, Wellesley St.
- Go 1/8 mile and take first left onto Meadowbrook Rd. Club House 600 yards down road on Left.
From Route 30 (Heading East)
- Once in Weston, at first set of lights, take Left onto Wellesley St.
- Follow past Regis College to end, stay to Left at stop sign.
- From stop sign, bear Right at "V" (follow sign to Waltham).
- Take first Right onto Meadowbrook Road.
- Clubhouse is 600 yards down road on Left.
From Concord
- Take Route 126 South to Route 117.
- Go Left on 117E. Follow 117E to Church Street.
- Make Right onto Church Street and follow into Weston Center. (Unitarian Church on your Left and Town Common on your Right.)
- Go straight, crossing over Old Boston Post Road onto School Street down to traffic light at Route 20.
- Cross over Route 20 and make 1st Left onto Maple Street. Maple Street crosses over Wellesley Street and you are on Meadowbrook Road. Clubhouse is 600 yards down on your Left.


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The Tobacco Heritage Trail (Victoria)
The Tobacco Heritage Trail, a system of long-distance recreational, multiuse, non-motorized trails, is a project of major importance for Southside Virginia. The off-road trail, which will primarily utilize abandoned railroad corridors, will be limited to non-motorized traffic (not including handicap equipment) and will be for multiple user groups, pedestrians, hikers, bicyclists, and horseback riders. With portions accessible to those with mobility limitations.
The Town has pursued with the help of local businesses and citizens, to open 5 miles of the trail that will connect to the Town & Railroad Park in the Central Business District. Through donations by the public and businesses we have cleared 3 miles of trail that is open at interim trail condition and 2 miles of completed trail through a DCR grant. (Geocaching here as well)


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The Kings scored an historic Super Rugby victory in their tournament debut in Port Elizabeth.
The Kings won 22-10 in front of a crowd exceeding 30 000 against Australia's Western Force.
What a magnificent achievement. What a wonderful night for rugby in the Southern and Eastern Cape. What a night to remember.
South Africans be proud of a team that played for themselves, their region and their country.
Hopefully now the hatred with subside.
Luke Watson, a former Grey High captain, led out the Kings and proved inspirational in the opening 30 minutes before an accidental elbow to his larynx ended his evening. His replacement Jacques Englebrecht was as imposing as every Kings player stood tall in defence to turn a 10-5 deficit into a 11-10 lead and ultimately victory.
The Kings players with Super Rugby experience like hooker Bandise Maku, lock Steven Sykes and midfielders Andries Strauss and Ronnie Cooke were outstanding but it was a local teenager, winger Sergeal Petersen, who stole the hearts with a brace of tries to be named man of the match.
Petersen was in school at Grey High just three months ago and what made the night even more monumental was the first try should go to local lad from the region's greatest rugby institution and that the player of the night should be a product of Grey High.
Kings Director of Rugby Alan Solomons deserves every accolade, as does coach Matt Sexton.
'It was an incredible defensive effort,' said Solomons. 'We turned over a lot of ball and made a lot of mistakes but they will learn at this level. But their commitment can't be faulted. It was a huge effort.'
Kings stand in captain Andries Strauss said the players were always confident they were good enough to win.
'We will enjoy the night, but we are a grounded unit and we know it just gets tougher with each match.'
The Kings were given no price and no chance and done no favours.
The Kings lead the South African Conference after week one and that alone is a screen shot that makes this year among the most historic in South Africa's Super Rugby history.
The Kings were everything but an embarrassment. They were an inspiration and they deserve every bit of applause for what was achieved in Port Elizabeth on Saturday night.
No new team in the competition has ever won in their first match. That bit of history belongs to the Kings.
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Jake's Corner
1/14/14 Octomom Charged with Welfare Fraud
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
KANYE WEST allegedly punched an 18-year-old man who called KIM KARDASHIAN an "[N-word] lover" at an office building in Beverly Hills yesterday. Sources say Kanye punched the guy in a chiropractor's waiting room before someone separated them. The man reportedly wants to press assault charges.
"Octomom" NADYA SULEMAN has been charged with three counts of WELFARE FRAUD. Officials in Los Angeles County say Nadya failed to report $30,000 in income she received from public appearances and video residuals while also collecting public assistance. She could get up to six years in prison if convicted on all counts. She's due in court Friday, and prosecutors are recommending bail be set at $25,000.
Lindsay Lohan is reportedly on the banned list of Britney Spears' "Piece of Me" show at Planet Hollywood Resort. Britney's father, Jamie, has been keeping Lohan at a distance since he became the Brit's conservator in 2008, after her famous meltdown. A source says that Britney's father "always felt that Lindsay was a bad influence on Britney."
1/13/14 Pam Anderson Marries...Again
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Monday, January 13, 2014
PAMELA ANDERSON has married RICK SALOMON for the SECOND time. Salomon is probably best known as the male "star" of the PARIS HILTON sex tape. Pam married him in 2007, but they got an annulment a few months later. They started hooking up again last year and Pam says, quote, "We're very happy. Our families are very happy and that's all that matters."
WHITNEY HOUSTON'S daughter BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN married her adopted "brother" NICK GORDON. They announced it on Twitter. Bobbi and Nick aren't siblings biologically OR legally. Nick was "unofficially" adopted by Whitney as a teenager. Bobbi turns 21 in March.
SEAN PENN is getting rid of his guns. During a charity auction for Haiti over the weekend, one of the items up for bids was a sculpture that will be made out of all 65 of the guns Sean owns "in the continental United States." He credited, quote, "a strong woman . . . from South Africa" for convincing him to ditch them. Obviously, he was referring to his new girlfriend CHARLIZE THERON.
JUSTIN BIEBER egged his neighbor's house Thursday night, and the neighbor caught some of it on video. All he really got was Justin's voice, because it was dark . . . but Justin reportedly threw about 20 eggs. Police are investigating.
JIM CARREY busted SHIA LABEOUF at the "Golden Globes" last night. He said, quote, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard. I believe it was Shia LaBeouf who said that. So young, so wise." Meanwhile, Shia Tweeted Friday that he's, quote, "retiring from all public life."
Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie have split after three years of marriage. Her rep released a statement saying that the two have mutually decided on an amicable separation and they remain good friends.... the couple just drifted apart.
1/10/14 Anne Hathaway Almost Dies
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Friday, January 10, 2014
ANNE HATHAWAY was at the beach in Hawaii with her husband ADAM SHULMAN this week . . . when she was nearly SWEPT OUT TO SEA. Anne had gone for a swim in the ocean . . . when she was pulled out by a rip current. She screamed for help . . . and fortunately, a surfer came to the rescue, and brought her back to shore. But in the process of almost dying, Anne cut her foot on a reef or something, so her husband had to tend to her injury. And he did so by SUCKING ON HER TOE.
Whenever someone hires LINDSAY LOHAN, they know how difficult she is to work with . . . but are apparently under the assumption that THIS TIME it's going to be different. It never is. Last year, OPRAH WINFREY gave Lindsay an eight-episode reality show on OWN, reportedly in exchange for getting Lindsay's first post-rehab interview. The show premieres on March 9th . . . and in a preview that was recently shown to TV critics, Oprah reportedly slammed Lindsay. She said, quote, "This is exactly what everybody said was going to happen and I believed differently. She doesn't understand. This is her life . . . you think you have forever." She said this after Lindsay refused to take part in a scheduled day of filming, and fought with the show's producers. Oprah is shown telling Lindsay, quote, "My truth is, I really do want you to win . . . but if that isn't what you want, I'm okay with that. I will tell these guys to pack up and leave today." And Lindsay responds, quote, "I know this is my last shot at doing what I have to do." In the preview, Lindsay also insists that she's dedicated to sobriety, but when her "sober coach" is asked if she's kept away from alcohol, the coach says, quote, "Um. You know."
Lindsay Lohan is (allegedly) being extorted after her laptop was stolen while she was at an airport in Shanghai in China. The thieves who took the computer on Tuesday have reportedly managed to access Lindsay's personal Twitter account and posted a series of Tweets. They then allegedly impersonated the actress writing, 'It was great to be in China and I want to thank everyone for their hospitality, however someone has stolen my computer at the airport.' An insider claims that the thieves have since made contact with Lohan demanding money before the laptop could be returned. Lindsay's team is said to be frantically trying to wipe the computer remotely, but they have not had any luck yet.
1/9/14 LiLo's Computer Drama
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Thursday, January 9, 2014
Pretty much everyone has seen Lindsay Lohan naked, but we might be seeing it again soon. As you know, Lindsay's computer was stolen at the airport in China, and sources say it contained a bunch of nude pictures from various photo shoots that were never supposed to be released. The computer also had private correspondence with various celebrities, including WOODY ALLEN and LADY GAGA . . . and Lindsay doesn't want that going public, either.
DEMI MOORE is dating a 27-year-old rock drummer named Sean Friday. And they recently went to Mexico with Demi's daughter RUMER and her boyfriend, actor Jayson Blair. It was actually Rumer who set them up. Well, here is the interesting part: Blair turns 30 in March . . . which means that Rumer's boyfriend is OLDER than her mom's current boy toy. And at 51, Demi is four years older than her new boyfriend's MOTHER.
JUSTIN BIEBER and SELENA GOMEZ are still hanging out. Over the weekend, they camped together, then went to a beach resort in Santa Cruz. Ever since Selena canceled her tour in December there have been rumors that she was diagnosed with LUPUS. A source says Justin reached out to her immediately and wants to spend time with her.
"In Touch Weekly" claims JUSTIN BIEBER tried to rent out a whole MOUNTAIN on New Year's Eve . . . so he and his friends could snowboard in private. But he was DENIED. The resort wouldn't comment . . . other than to say, quote, "What Justin does at the mountain is completely confidential."
1/8/14 LiLo's Computer Stolen
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Lindsay Lohan claims her computer has been stolen from an airport in China and she's offering up a reward for its safe return. Lohan has been in China during the new year where she was honored with the Sohu Fashion Achievement Award, and was also spotted partying in Shanghai nightclubs. But on Tuesday Lilo revealed that someone stole her computer from the airport, and she is desperate to get it back.
A Photoshop expert claims that KIM KARDASHIAN used Photoshop to manipulate the workout selfies she posted over the weekend. He pointed out supposed evidence that proves she enhanced her butt and shrunk her waist and hips.
When DREW BARRYMORE found out her now-husband Will Kopelman hadn't seen a couple of her movies, she immediately rectified the situation. He says, quote, "She was angry and surprised I hadn't seen 'Grey Gardens' or 'Ever After' and immediately sat me down and had me watch them."
Yesterday on "Ellen", LEONARDO DICAPRIO revealed that he almost got eaten by a gigantic GREAT WHITE SHARK back in 2006. It got stuck in a shark cage with him while he was filming a scene for "Blood Diamond", and it got within a few feet and tried to take a bite out of him.
Blue Ivy Carter turned TWO yesterday . . . and BEYONCÉ and JAY-Z reportedly celebrated by giving her a HORSE. But not just any horse.
MediaTakeOut.com says they bought her a $75,000 horse . . . a, quote, "full-blooded Arabian, suitable for competing in equestrian."


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August 1, 2014
Gear Editor Charles Saufley is a career writer and editor from San Francisco. Before joining Premier Guitar he served as Associate Editor at Acoustic Guitar magazine (where his predecessor was esteemed PG Editor in Chief Shawn Hammond.) He became music obsessed not long after birth—thanks in no small part to older siblings who 'babysat' him with a set of headphones, Revolver, and Sticky Fingers. Charles still spends a lot of time listening to records. And his many git-fiddle heroes include Roger McGuinn, Pete Townshend, Tom Verlaine, Eddie Phillips, Nokie Edwards, Gabor Szabo, John Cippolina, Randy Holden, Erkin Koray, Greg Ginn, and Sonic Youth.


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Lanz's Floral Bouquet Nightgown Is As Beautiful As a Garden in Full Bloom
Women's Lanz Floral Bouquet Nightgown
Lanz's Floral Bouquet Nightgown Is As Beautiful As a Garden in Full Bloom
Those wonderfully fragrant weeks when the peonies, roses, and lilacs are in bloom are captured in this summer nightgown from Lanz of Salzburg. The nightgown is beautifully trimmed with Lanz's signature ribbon and lace. Sleeveless nightgown features a gently gathered bodice for nonbinding fit and pintucks along the hem. Approx. 50" long. 100% cotton lawn. Machine wash and dry. Imported. Available in both Misses' and Women's sizes.
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Women's Lanz Floral Bouquet Nightgown
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The final round of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational has been suspended due to wet conditions. UPDATE: The tournament is set to resume at noon ET.
In an update written by Ben Everill of the Australian Associated Press, Jason Day admits that his health is not as good as it can be entering this week's Memorial.
Charley Hoffman was removed from the published field of this week's Memorial.
Kyle Thompson spun a 4-under-par 35-32=67 in the final round of the Rex Hospital Open and survived a three-man playoff to claim the title.
Overnight leader Steven Bowditch rode seven birdies to a final-round, 5-under-par 34-30=64 to post 18-under 259 and a four-shot victory over a trio of runners-up.
English pair Tyrrell Hatton and Eddie Pepperell along with Denmark's Søren Kjeldsen earned exemptions into The Open Championship with their high finishes at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.
Søren Kjeldsen did it the hard way, enduring a final-round 5-over-par 39-37=76 at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open before beating Eddie Pepperell and Bernd Wiesberger at the first extra hole.
With a two-stroke victory at the Mizuno Open on the Japan Golf Tour, Taichi Teshima earned an exemption into The Open Championship.
Amateur Austin Connelly back-pedaled to a 3-over-par 37-35=72 in today's third round of the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship and at 1-under 207 will not be partaking in the final round in Irving, Texas.
Overnight co-leader Steven Bowditch tossed up a 4-under-par 33-32=65 in today's third round of the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship to post 13-under 195, good for a two-shot lead over five players.
At 1-under 71-67=138, Trevor Immelman made the cut on the number at the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship.
Brendon Todd chased his opening 72 at the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship with a 1-under-par 35-33=68 in the second round and missed the cut by two shots.