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Smucker Co-CEOs Pay Packages Shrink in Fiscal 2011
J.M. Smucker Co.''s co-CEOs, great-grandsons of founder Jerome Monroe Smucker, both received smaller pay packages in the 2011 fiscal year than in 2010, according to Associated Press calculations. Timothy Smucker, also chairman of the board, received total compensation worth $4.3 million, down 10 percent from 2010. His brother, Richard Smucker, who is also executive chairman, received a $4.5 million pay package, down 7 percent. Timothy Smucker''s salary and bonus rose 4 percent to $853,000 and $17,000 respectively. But his non-equity incentive pay fell 32 percent to $1.1 million, and his stock award remained at $2.3 million, while his other compensation, including life insurance and personal use of the company aircraft, fell 36 percent to $48,345. The company set Richard Smucker''s salary, bonus and non-equity incentive to identical amounts. His stock award was slightly larger, $2.5 million, a 6 percent increase. And the value of his perks fell 5 percent to $52,507. The company, based in Orville, Ohio, will have one CEO, Richard Smucker, as of Aug. 16. Timothy Smucker will continue as chairman.


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Social good – the defining DNA of a business
Reputation has always been as much about what you do as what you say. Whilst previous decades showcased the business sector's core social contract as being a good employer and cash converter, today responsibility goes much further. Businesses are expected to be nothing short of honest and decent with the social good as a core concern. Recent evidence is strong in showing how cash corrupts and the pursuit of wealth above all else is socially unsustainable and quite frankly unfashionable. Culture is shifting in favour of correcting the moral imbalance and business is in the driving seat to lead the change.
The age of "conscious capitalism" is upon us. It was perhaps not until mainstream society witnessed morality in public life take an apparent nose dive (as typified by recent banking sector crisis) that we really started to see business values have renewed meaning and purpose. Whilst every good corporate entity may have spent time defining a mission statement and core values, the unique political and social environment that exists today is making sure those values are the beating heart and agile brain of smart organisational strategy.
Consequently, the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) now has the potential to go way beyond being a siloed concern or ticking a policy checklist. Big businesses recognise the benefits of expanding CSR practice into organisational strategy and a whole new group of values-focused, socially-minded business start-ups are emerging with the social good as their defining DNA.
Being relevant, competitive and respected today is intrinsically linked to an organisation's ability to be market orientated, connected and engaged with stakeholder audiences and customers. The internet is shaping corporate culture, demanding responsible business practice across all aspects of society. Social media is the tool that champions transparency and trust, provides real-time customer feedback and is the key to building community and brand equity – its importance will continue to evolve exponentially.
The notion of responsible, social business should no longer be the sole endeavour of CSR specialists or marketing departments. Core values need to stand up to the truth test of today's savvy customers and really mean something. Not just in terms of what a business says but what it actually does.
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Lil Wayne Goes 'Krazy' On New Track: Listen
In honor of Weezy Wednesday, Lil Wayne offered up a new track off his alleged last album, Tha Carter V, that has him sounding more Yeezus than Weezy.
Drake and Lil Wayne Team Up for Massive 2014 U.S. Tour
Drake season is about to go into overdrive.
Drake And Lil Wayne To Perform In Detroit This August On Co-Headlining Tour
rammy Award-winning, multi-platinum selling, recording artists Drake and Lil Wayne today announced a co-headlining U.S. tour.
Lil Wayne Goes Off On Justin Bieber's Manager Scooter Braun!
Don't make Weezy mad because he will let you know!!
Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg Among Music Stars Lashing Out at L.A. Clippers' Owner Over Racist Comments
The backlash against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling after racist comments were revealed over the weekend has been swift and decisive, with such music superstars as Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg and Meek Mill making statements denouncing the franchise boss.
Chris Brown Teams Up with Lil Wayne and Tyga for 'Loyal' Video
The flashy video also boasts high-profile cameos including Usher and Trey Songz.
MTVu Woodies Recap: Lil Wayne, Childish Gambino Play 'Music College Students Love'
Among awards shows, the mtvU Woodie Awards are a peculiar affair. The crowd were genuinely pumped to be in a converted gravel lot in downtown Austin.
Lil Wayne Retiring!
I know we've heard this before but this time it's no rumor.
3/3/14 – Most Requested #EminemAt5 Song With Slacker
It's 5 O'clock and you know what that means! #EminemAt5 is on with Slacker!
Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Tyga Come Together on 'Senile'
This latest single from the upcoming Young Money compilation follows previously released tracks from Drake and Nicki Minaj.


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Back in September 2010, I wrote about Smart's bid to carry the iPhone 4 in the Philippines. The commitment price then was allegedly in the 6-billion peso range {read story here}. That did not pan out but Smart continues to talk to Apple regarding their internet-enabled iDevices.
I've chatted with several Smart execs about this before and though they say that they're continuously talking to Apple, they would not comment on the iPhone itself. Turns out the big PLDT man himself has spilled the beans (my guess is that this was prematurely announced).
A report from Inquirer.net quoted Manny V. Pangilinan confirming that Smart will carry the iPhone 4S by December.
Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of Smart's parent firm Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., confirmed that Smart was in talks with Apple to launch the latest version of the iPhone—iPhone4S—before yearend.
"We're working on the iPhone4 first because there's a lot of demand for it,†he said.
The iPhone 4S will be offered to the high-end subscribers of Smart so we're looking at Plan UnliData 4000 or All-In Plan 3500 (probably with some cash out).
For more than 3 years, Globe has captured the iPhone market in the Philippines, leaving Smart no choice but to pick Windows Phone 7 and Android devices as their flagship handsets (Smart has a strong partnership with HTC to bringing premium Android handsets in the country). They also banked on their Netphone strategy but that's mostly Android as well.
It will be interesting how Smart will position the iPhone 4S to its subscribers and how this affect its partnership with HTC. More importantly, we're all interested how much the iPhone 4S be priced once it lands on their lap.


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Dissertation Defense, Kai XieDate: Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
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Location: Iacocca B023
Title: Advanced Digital and Analog Error Correction Codes
Practical communication channels are inevitably subject to noise uncertainty, interference, and/or other channel impairments. The essential technology to enable a reliable communication over an unreliable physical channel is termed as channel coding or error correction coding (ECC).
The profound concept that underpins channel coding is distance expansion. That is, a set of elements in some space having small distances among them are mapped to another set of elements in possibly a space with larger distances among the elements. Distance expansion in terms of digital error correction has been a common practice, while the principle is by no means limited to the digital domain. In a broader context, a channel code may be mapping elements in an analog source space to elements in an analog code space. As long as a similar distance expansion condition is satisfied, the code space is expected to provide an improved level of distortion tolerance than the original source space. For example, one may treat the combination of quantization, digital coding and modulation as a single nonlinear analog code that maps real-valued (complex-valued) sources to real-valued (complex-valued) coded symbols.
Such a concept, thereafter referred to as analog error correction coding (AECC), analog channel coding, or, simply, analog coding, presents a generalization to digital error correction coding (DECC).
This work investigates the design and analysis of two of the most powerful DECC (turbo and LDPC codes) in the first part. Next, it proposes a complete system for analyzing AECC and design rules, classifies the existing AECCs, and presents some new AECCs with better performance.
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Washington, September 7, 2010 – The new American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) 2010 Lodging Survey, the most comprehensive industry-wide survey of its kind, polled 9,000 U.S. hotel properties regarding in-room amenities, security and technology features, food and beverage options, guest services, sustainability, property offerings, and much more to give hoteliers an detailed analysis of the industry at large. Funded by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF) and conducted by STR, the survey is conducted every two years to track notable trends in all segments of U.S. hotels in more than 100 areas.
Among the many major findings, the survey revealed the following:
New technologies are becoming more common:
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"Due to its large sample size and the sophisticated analytic breakdown by market segment, the 2010 Lodging Survey provides the largest representative sampling and view of trends in the American lodging industry," said AH&LA President/CEO Joseph A. McInerney, CHA. "Not surprisingly, there were large upticks in both technology and sustainability as hotels continue to cater to guests' interest in these two areas."
AH&LA members can download a copy of the 2010 Lodging Survey via the Members Only section of the AH&LA Website, www.ahla.com. Individual data points are available for sale for $250 each from the AH&LA Information Center at (888) 743-2515. Comparisons can be made dating back to the first AH&LA Lodging Survey in 1988. Press interested in an index of research questions and more detailed statistics can contact Kathryn Potter at (202) 289-3131 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Serving the hospitality industry for a century, AH&LA is the sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders in the lodging industry, including individual hotel property members, hotel companies, student and faculty members, and industry suppliers. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., AH&LA provides members with national advocacy on Capitol Hill, public relations and image management, education, research and information, and other value-added services to provide bottom-line savings and ensure a positive business climate for the lodging industry. Partner state associations provide local representation and additional cost-saving benefits to members.


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London walks around the environs of the Bank of England reveal a mournful succession of blue plaques commemorating the beautiful Sir Christopher Wren Churches that were victims of Victorian arrogance.
But, following the bombing raid of the 29th December 1940, ten more Wren churches stood in ruins.
The principal parish church of the City was a wreck — St Mary le Bow on Cheapside had once been the church of the Archbishop of Canterbury when resident in London. With its great bell, it stood on the main market street (in Old English a 'cheap' is a market).
The bell rang out in former centuries to signal the curfew; to be born within the sound of it was to be a 'cockney' or a Londoner. When the church was bombed the bell fell out of the tower and melted. In a sense, there would be no more true-born Londoners until 1956, when the bell was recast.
Reference has already been made to the destruction of St Bride's on Fleet Street. The interior of the church was somewhat marred by the Victorian pews, but it was its steeple that attracted affection.
St Bride's steeple is a series of concentric drums reducing as they ascend, and it gave rise to the design of the tiered wedding cake, the church itself being known as the 'wedding cake church'.
St Lawrence-in-the¬Jewry-next-Guildhall, the church of the government of the City, had burned before the eyes of the Guildhall fire- watchers, its steeple crashing down in flames into the body of the church.
St Alban's, Wood Street, was likewise a shell and later the authorities would seize the opportunity to demolish the remains of the body, leaving only the tower, since the church stood in the middle of a narrow street.
The church of Christchurch, Newgate Street, stood next to the postal headquarters, and as it blazed two postmen rushed into the furnace to rescue what they could. They seized the carved font cover made by Grinling Gibbons, Wren's master woodcarver, and this now resides in the church of the Holy Sepulchre-without-Newgate.
Here, too, there would be no restoration as the City Corporation wished to broaden the curve at the corner of Newgate Street. The remains of the church are now a garden dominated by the old tower.
St Olave's church on Ironmonger Lane would have its body replaced by a new one, but finally became an estate agent's office. St Nicholas Cole Abbey on Queen Victoria Street, the church of the Hudson Bay Company, with a weather vane in the shape of the Nonsuch — the company's first ship — would be restored to use.
The church of St Andrew by the Wardrobe on Queen Victoria Street, which features on our Shakespeare London walks, had been badly abused by Victorian beautifiers and would now suffer the further indignity of having an office built in its interior to house the Society for Ancient Monuments.
The little brick church of St Anne and St Agnes, the cheapest of Wren's churches with only a wooden turret instead of a tower, would be restored to become a Lutheran Church with services in Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian.
Tucked away behind the cathedral was the minuscule church of St Augustine, the church of St Paul's Choir School. Here only the tower was left standing. A committee of architects called the Architects Co-partnership would conspire to erect a bizarre replacement built of concrete and lead in the modernist style. It is difficult to imagine anything more incongruous with the Wren tower and the great cathedral next to it.
Strangest of all was the fate reserved for the church of St Mary Aldermanbury, on Love Lane.
In 1966 the remains of the church were shipped to Fulton, Missouri, USA, where the restored church now stands as a memorial to Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech made at Westminster College, Fulton, in 1946.
The bombing of London and other cities in Britain continued after the night of the 'Second Great Fire'.
On the 11 January 1941 a direct hit on Bank Underground Station blasted a great crater in the middle of the road, under which lay the station ticket office. Bodies were thrown up from the station and scattered all around. The crater was of such depth that army engineers had to erect a bailey bridge across it for traffic at this major intersection.
During mid-January to mid-March there were a number of minor raids known as 'nuisance raids'.
On 8 March there was a heavy raid of 125 bombers, then from March through to mid-April an average of one raid per week, the heaviest of these being on 19 March, when there were 479 bombing sorties dropping 400 tons of high explosive.
On 16 and 19 April there were two heavy raids. These were remembered by Londoners as 'The Wednesday' and 'The Saturday'. 'The Wednesday' saw the destruction of Chelsea Old Church, the church of Sir Thomas More.
On The Saturday' St Paul's was hit again.
We will continue with our London walks Blitz Blog tomorrow.
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> If you look around enough, you can find deals on cheap PCs.
> While many of them are older and slower than what is wanted by "those
> with too much time and money on their hands" (gamers), they can make
> fine Linux firewalls or kick-around boxes.
> One case in point:: I received a fax yesterday from Micro Source
> (www.microsourcedirect.com) that is selling some older Compaq boxes
> (probable an inventory closeout). Pentium(1) 166MHz, 32MB ram, 1.2GB
> disk, CD drive, Sound & Ethernet on the motherboard, keyboard, mouse
> and 15" SVGA monitor. Cost $295.00 plus shipping.
$300 is too much for a firewall. I use 486s that can be obtained for less
than $60, often much less. No monitor, though. :)
> With the present-day cost of ram and disk, add another 128MB ram and a
> 10GB disk for an acceptable box. Being a network manager (ie Target),
> I wouldn't dream of making these into main fileservers on the
> enterprise, but I did buy 6 of them for user workstations on a test
> net.
> I'm sure that the power producers for the state of CA would love
> everybody to have 5 or 6 of these in their homes.
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Energy is the ability to do work. Some forms of energy can be seen and felt. Other forms are stored energy, waiting to do work. The forms of energy that can be seen and felt include light and heat. For example, you can see sunshine and feel its heat. When wood burns in a fireplace, its light can be seen and its heat felt. There is stored energy in the wood before it is burned, or in the food that people eat, waiting to be put to work. There is also stored energy in the rock at the top of a wall waiting to fall off, or the child's body at the top of the arc of a swing, pausing before coming back down. Stored energy also includes gas, coal and oil, all fuels made from fossilized plants that were growing millions of years ago. Energy is locked inside, waiting to be released when the fuel is burned. Then the energy can be put to work, heating our homes, lighting our lights and moving our cars.
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Sustainable energy sources can produce power without wearing out the source. Sustainable sources are continually renewed. With power from the sun, including wind, water, living materials, like trash and farm waste, and from geothermal sources, the source of the power doesn't wear out. Power from fossil fuels, like oil, gas and coal, as well as nuclear power relies on resources that are being used up. These sources also produce various forms of pollution when they make power. In addition to using sustainable energy forms, people need to practice energy conservation, reducing waste and improving energy efficiency. This will decrease the impact of our energy use on the environment in order to have a future with a clean earth, and to have power when we truly need it.
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Biomass power is the process of making energy from plant and animal matter. Industrial wastes such as sugar cane stalks, sawdust, straw and organic material, as well as energy crops like sugar cane, corn and trees can be turned into fuel. The original material can be burned directly, gasified, biologically, or chemically converted to biogas or other fuels. Anaerobic bacteria digests the material, making biogas in the biological process. Chemical or biochemical conversions make methano, ethanol, or other fuels. Biomass energy is most economical when the power plant is near the organic source and when both the heat and energy produced are used. Many biomass plants use two or more different fuel sources to make power all year long when one waste product is not available. Energy made from biomass often makes less pollution than fossil fuel power. It is also a sustainable form of energy.
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Fossil fuels include petroleum (oil), natural gas and coal. Fossil fuels are made from plants and animals that lived millions of years ago and died. That organic material was buried in layers of sediment. After it decayed, it was heated and compressed deep underground. The plant and animal matter changed into crude oil. Today oil companies drill for the crude oil and take it to refineries where it is changed into fuel oils, gas and many other products. The world's top 5 countries for oil production are Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United States, Iran and China. The top 5 oil states are Texas, Alaska, California, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Pollution from fossil fuels includes carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide. Fossil fuels are a non-sustainable form of energy.
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Geothermal energy comes from the heat of the earth. Radioactive decay in the earth's crust and volcanoes make heat. Deep wells, up to 4500 meters deep, are drilled into hot dry rock, hot water or steam sources. The heat is then used directly, in heat pumps or as steam to drive turbines to make electricity. Geothermal energy is classified according to the temperature of the source rock. Low temperature is less than 90°C, while moderate temperature is between 90° and 150°C. High temperature sources, more than 150°C, are found near volcanoes. Some of the problems with geothermal energy include air pollution from radon gas, hydrogen sulfide, methane and ammonia. Mineral deposits also harm geothermal equipment. Geothermal sources are found all over the world and supply reliable, inexpensive power. Depending upon the source and methods, geothermal energy can be a sustainable form of energy.
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Hydrogen energy is made when hydrogen molecules combine with oxygen, producing water and heat in a chemical reaction. Hydrogen energy uses fuel cell technology. Fuel cells can be small enough to power a hand-held phone or large enough to supply electricity and hot water to a town. Fuel cells can also be mobile, powering vehicles. The fuels used vary from water, to fossil fuels or biofuels. Using solar power, water can be split into hydrogen and oxygen, a method called electrolysis. Other hydrogen-rich fuels, like natural gas, methanol, propane or gasoline, require "reformers" which extract the hydrogen from the fuel. Hydrogen energy made from water produces little pollution. Reformer-produced hydrogen energy does make some pollution, but less than in conventional power plants. Efficiency of hydrogen energy can be up to 80%, especially when the extra heat produced is also used. Hydrogen energy is a sustainable form of energy.
Hydropower uses the energy of falling water to make electricity or mechanical energy . As water falls a vertical distance (the "head"), the potential energy of that fall is released. Hydropower can be made at large dams or small weirs. It can even be produced in rivers using the natural flow of the water. The advantages of hydropower include low maintenance costs and no pollution. Building large dams to store water is costly, requiring considerations for flooding, siting and environmental factors. Hydropower installations can affect local wildlife, especially fish. Hydropower is a sustainable form of energy.
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Nuclear energy is created from the fission, or splitting of uranium atoms. The most common fuel used is the uranium isotope known as uranium-235. This is made from uranium mined in the western United States, and then processed into 1" long pellets. Each pellet is equal in power to one ton of coal. In the reactor core of the nuclear plant, atoms of uranium are split, creating heat. This heat is collected by circulating water in the form of steam or pressurized water. The heat is then used to drive steam turbines. Up to 330,000 gallons of water a minute is used to carry the heat of the nuclear reaction. The wastes produced by nuclear energy are spent fuel, excess heat and the potential for radiation leaks. Used fuel rods are now stored at the nuclear plants, but may one day be stored in a facility like the proposed Yucca Mountain, Nevada repository for nuclear waste, now being discussed by the federal government. Nuclear energy is a non-sustainable form of energy.
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Solar power uses the sun's rays to produce electricity and heat. Using photovoltaics, electricity is made directly from the sun's rays, while in Solar Thermal power the heat of the rays is used. Photovoltaics currently relies on three technologies. Monocrystalline and polycrystalline cells are silicon-based. Thin-film cells use semi-conductor materials. Photovoltaic cells in modules are connected to make arrays. More modules are added to increase the total electricity made. Batteries are used for storage of electricity when the sun's rays are absent. Solar power from photovoltaics has a high initial cost, but low running costs and a long life. With improving technology, the cost of solar power is decreasing. Solar Thermal power uses solar rays to produce heat. In high-temperature systems, mirrors concentrate rays, producing temperatures from 350° C to more than 1000° C. These high temperatures produce steam that is used to drive turbines or make hydrogen for fuel. Low temperature systems are used for space heating, hot water production, desalination , cooking and food processing. Solar energy makes no pollution and is a sustainable form of energy.
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Wind power makes electrical or mechanical power. Wind moves two or three blades mounted on tall towers to drive turbines that create electricity. Each turbine can produce 600-1000 kW (1 megawatt) of electricity, enough to supply 600-1000 homes. Grouped together, several turbines form a wind farm. New technology has improved power output of turbines up to 2.5 MW. Variable speed turbines increase equipment life. Turbines can be placed offshore to take advantage of ocean winds and to reduce environmental impact. Offshore energy can then be stored in batteries or used to make hydrogen. Wind power creates no pollution and is a sustainable form of energy.
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To quote the great Dennis Miller, "now, I don't want to get off on a rant here..." but while I may get a big kick out of calling the guy President Amateur Hur, and its one of those "haha, but not really" types of jokes, I'm starting to get worried. Obama is starting to make George W. Bush look like James Bond.
Worse yet, I'm starting to think I can be president.
Since when do leadership skills matter anyway? All you have to have is a pulse
and proof of citizenship and you're all set!
I don't blame him for treating us like we're stupid, we all saw how increasingly idiotic his supporters became as the 2008 campaign wore on. If they were dogs McCain would be president right now because they would've had to be put down for liberal rabies long before election day. I'm sure Old Yeller would've appreciated knowing that all he had to do was declare his undying love for a vapid Democrat running for president and he would have never been shot.
The audacity of dope this president continues to put on display for the world is just hard to believe. He calls job growth caused only by the hiring of temporary census workers a sign of recovery like people are too dumb to know they're going right back to unemployment.
He then criticizes BP's CEO for going yachting while the oil spill continues, and he does it from a freakin' golf course.
So why is this not hypocrisy you may ask?
Clear his mind? WHAT MIND? Based on the decisions he has been making since taking office I hadn't noticed he actually had one.
So what Bill Burton is trying to tell the world is that the president has to relieve himself of stress, and pissing on the constitution isn't good enough because that's technically "work," so he has to go on the golf course on Fathers Day (where's his family?) with Biden, as if he needed yet another zero added to his scorecard.
Meanwhile the CEO of BP is obligated to work himself up into a stroke, because that's what the leadership of a beleaguered corporation needs right now?
Children are running the government! These guys think they're like the popular clique in high school who say and do ANYTHING they want while criticizing "outsiders" if they do the exact same thing.
Does anyone think its an accident that General Stanley McChrystal and his people blabbed to a reporter about the morons they have to answer to? These guys plan and predict the movements of TERRORISTS! You bet your butt they knew their words were going to go from the reporters pen to Barack's ears.
The General didn't exercise "poor judgment," he knew exactly what he was doing. He was crying for help, or for a real president...or a unicorn, I don't know...he seems to have an equal chance of finding any of those things in Washington DC these days.
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I'm not looking to replace the permanent champion of O.B.A.M.A acronyms above....I just want to share some of my own:
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Then there is also Over Bites Are Marxist Attributes
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There is:
Apple Cinnamon
Yogurt Burst
Multi Grain
Banana Nut
Honey Nut
and now...
Directions: Just add Kool-Aid.
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Last week I came up with a limerick about Obama (here) and got some really good ones sent to me in response, below are some of the ones I thought were funny and/or very clever:
A Kenyan imposter that you know
Said, "Screwing is one thing I do know,
A woman is fine,
And sheep are divine,
But Larry is numero uno.
Before he took office as president
Obama, congressional resident
was hired for voting
but spent time devoting
his efforts to mark himself present
He got elected because of his race.
To the White House, a once beautiful place.
Spreading his Obama stash around,
Driving the country into the ground.
Never letting a crisis go to waste.
Obama, a man of no worth
With his wooky of oversized girth
Rode his ghost written books
And his sound bites and hooks
To election with no proof of birth
There once was a man from Mombasa
Who lived in a very fine casa
He thought he was king
And loved the left wing
Al Qaeda, Hamas, and La Raza
This last one was a bit unorthodox...A trilogy of sorts, the last one doesn't work technically, but I really liked the effort
Obama's the fellow they picked
They chose him because he's so slick.
A fast talking schemer
the ultimate dreamer,
but BP has taught him new tricks.
While he's off putting balls on the green
with new skills even he's never seen,
BPs working swiftly
with skills new and nifty
to bring in more cash for their queen.
They pay 20 billion
to make a few trillion,
and then disappear from the scene.
Now I don't want to spoil it,
but the gulf's a huge toilet
and I wish it was all JUST a bad dream.
This is the last addition to the headlines archive. I'm putting the headlines on an indefinite hiatus. After more than a year of coming up with 1-2 on average every day I'm out of juice for writing them, especially since I've upped my posting frequency for the blog itself. The result is my creative energies have been transfered to other things. I don't know how this will play out yet, but I'm going to give it a rest for now
POLL FINDS DEMS PLACE LAST IN THREE WAY RACE FOR CONGRESS WITH GOP AND THE OIL SPILL - June 17
BIDEN DEFENDS BP CHAIRMAN CALLING GULF RESIDENTS "LITTLE PEOPLE," POINTS OUT HE REALLY MEANT "WEE THE PEOPLE" - June 17
AIDE LEAKS EXPLANATION THAT OBAMA CONSIDERS FREQUENT GOLF GAMES TO BE LIKE EXTENDED CIGARETTE BREAKS - June 16
OBAMA HAILS BIDEN AS A GENIUS FOR SUGGESTING THAT THE DEFICIT COULD BE CLOSED BY TAXING TAXES - June 16
OBAMA SPEECH TO FOCUS ON ASKING AMERICA WHAT HE SHOULD DO WITH "A FRIEND" WHO HAS SCREWED UP BEING PRESIDENT - June 15
BIDEN RUSHED TO HOSPITAL TO GET STOMACH PUMPED AFTER MISTAKING TAR BALLS FOR BLACK LICORICE FLAVORED PASTE - June 15
OBAMA PLACES OIL SPILL DISASTER SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 9-11 AND VOTERS WAKING UP TO HIM - June 14
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Everyone knows how this works, if I missed any good ones let me know by commenting below!
10. Didn't know about the spill because the teleprompters were on vacation.
9. Someone challenged him to see how many rounds of golf he can play before people get pissed.
8. Didn't want to act until his team created an oil spill graphic that incorporated his logo
7. Was too busy waterboarding Rahm Emmanuel for answers on why his cabinet calls him President Jenga.
6. Didn't know where to go because "Caution Slippery Floor" signs wont stand on water.
5. Wasn't sure it was actually that bad after seeing gulf residents with "this is what change looks like" signs.
4. Clean up the ocean? Pssh he was just waiting for the iPhone to release the app for that.
3. Wanted to test Keith Olbermann's theory that rednecks would avoid the beach if the ocean was black.
2. Hasn't cared about oil since Air Force One was retrofitted to run on the magic of the 2008 election.
1. Being asked "did you plug the hole yet daddy" at least 50 times while being president was actually an item on his "bucket list."
You probably know by now what the Chairman of BP Carl-Henric Svanberg has had to say about who BP cares about...
Small people, small people, we care about the SMALL people...who are these small people? The leprechauns dancing in his head?
The collection of Barack action figures that the president forgot to gift to the queen?
In any case, to quote the great Paul Harvey, here is the REST of the story...
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You've likely seen cartoons from conservative cartoonist Michael Ramirez in the past, this is the best political cartoon I've seen in a while. This guy is awesome. Check out more of his work here.
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I think I'm starting to understand one of the reasons why President Amateur Hour slaps his logo on EVERYTHING. To give the perception that HE is in CONTROL. I'm not sure that tactic is going to actually work for him for too much longer....
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I think this could help explain why North Carolina Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge attacked those college students the other day...click the respective years to see the "before and after" of the whole story.
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The Blue Planet is a BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 12 September 2001.
Described as "the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans", each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life. The underwater photography included creatures and behaviour that had previously never been filmed.
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Even before he worked out for the Denver Broncos on Friday, Peyton Manning threw passes for the San Francisco 49ers and underwent a physical exam earlier this week, according to league sources. The Arizona Cardinals have been informed they would be wise to proceed without Manning as a candidate to join the team, and will retain quarterback Kevin Kolb, paying him a $7 million roster bonus due after a Friday deadline of 4 p.m. ET.
That leaves three teams as finalists to sign Manning, including the Tennessee Titans.
Talks with the Miami Dolphins were described as "positive," but he informed them midweek they were not going to be among his finalists, sources said.
Now San Francisco is the sleeper team few were expecting.
Manning worked out for the 49ers on Tuesday night at Duke in Durham, N.C., with coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman witnessing a passing session that was described by a source as "very impressive" — enough so that the 49ers sent a doctor to Durham to conduct a physical exam Wednesday.
Once Manning works out for the Titans, the process of football discussions, medical reviews related to his neck surgeries, physical workouts and parameters of a contract will be in place for the quarterback to make a decision on his next team.
There is no known deadline for Manning's decision, but the process has been exhaustive since he was released March 7 by the Colts. Before Friday's visit with Denver, it was Manning who insisted upon working out for the teams, endorsing the integrity of the process.
Manning first visited the Broncos March 9, followed by a visit to the Cardinals, but there were other unreported developments last weekend, such as the Seattle Seahawks parking a jet at an airport in the Denver area in a failed attempt to visit with the quarterback, according to sources.
Manning returned to Indianapolis after his Arizona trip to get an updated MRI on his neck. It was in Indianapolis where he visited with Dolphins coach Joe Philbin and offensive coordinator Mike Sherman. Sources also say Manning had a meeting with Dolphins owner Stephen Ross in Durham, where he has spent time working out at Duke.
The majority of teams that were provided with the latest medical data, including their own physical exams and extensive quality video of Manning's throwing sessions at Duke, had informed the quarterback that it was not necessary for him to physically work out for them.
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Legislator Jay Schneiderman, Superintendent Dr. Carl Bonuso, Athletic Director Todd Gulluscio, Coach Shannon Judge, Bridgehampton Athletic Director Mary Anne Jules, India Hemby, Rachael Miller, Kasey Gilbride, Samantha Duchemin, Emma Romeo, Emmeline Luck, Katherine Matthers, Erica Selyukova, Assistant Coach Melissa Edwards, Bookeeper Elizabeth Marchiesella, (front row) Cassandra Spencer, Phiona Vall, Hollie Schleicher, Kerrie Vila, Calista Cafiero at the Suffolk County Legislature last week.
At the Suffolk County Legislature's General Meeting on December 3 at the Riverhead County Center, Legislator Jay Schneiderman honored the Pierson-Bridgehampton Girls Varsity Field Hockey team. The Lady Whalers claimed the title of the New York State Class C Championship at Cicero North Syracuse High School on November 17 2013.
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Robert Scoble posted a link to Thomas Hawk's blog post on photowalking. The premise is simple: make your camera a part of you. I find this very difficult, because I feel like cameras offend people in most situations, annoy them in others and are just generally touristy otherwise. A camera phone on the other hand doesn't give me quite the same feeling, though I do struggle sometimes. I need to get over this.
The principles of photowalking are simple. Hawk goes into much more detail and his post is worth reading. To summarize, the rules are as follows:
- The camera goes with you everywhere
- Take pictures everyday
- Share your work and join a community
- Be engaged in photography social networks
- Never hesitate (in taking a shot)
- Shoot in RAW and photoshop it
- Know your rights: where it's ok to shoot and where it's not
- Art is more important than rules
- Money spent on gear is always worth it
- Back up your photos
- Learn to shoot in manual mode
- Shoot with a group of people (it's safer)
- Get used to using a macro lens
So now some of these are way more technical than I ever get, especially since a 2 megapixel cell phone camera is my current primary camera. Obviously not sufficient for a serious photographer. If only I had more money to devote to this hobby, it's something I've always wanted to spend more time doing. Maybe after I get my Ph.D.


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Cranes are seen in front of high rise apartments and office buildings in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
BEIRUT: The number of real estate sales plunged in 2012 but the total value of transactions grew by 3.8 percent, statistics published by the Directorate of Land Registry showed.
The value of sales transactions increased to $9.175 billion in 2012, up by $330 million compared to $8.841 billion in 2011.
The number of transactions, however, declined by 9.9 percent in 2012, following a more acute drop of 11 percent in 2011. Sales to foreigners registered a sharp decrease of 8.9 percent in the volume of sales.
Construction permits issued by the orders of engineers in Beirut and Tripoli posted an average decline of 12.4 percent year-on-year during the first 11 months of 2012 across Lebanon.
This is also the case of cement deliveries that continued to decline by 6.5 percent year-on-year in the first 10 months of 2012.
The Daily Star reported this week that in spite of dire outlook for the luxury real estate market, rents and sale prices in the capital remain high.
Brokers and developers suggested Lebanon's real estate bubble is set to burst in 2013, but demand from upper-class Syrians escaping into Lebanon will keep rents up.
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Michael Biel Sr., age 82, of Millville, died on Sunday evening, March 11, 2012, a patient of Millville Health Center and under the care of Columbia Montour Home Hospice. Formerly of New Jersey and most recently Tobyhanna, he has resided in Columbia County since 2009.
Margaret A. Nearing, 96, of 1396 Burning Well Rd., Wilcox, died on Monday, March 12, 2012 at Elk Haven Nursing Home in St. Marys following a lengthy illness.
She was born on April 20, 1915 in Wilcox, daughter of the late John and Anna Simko Pavlina.
On Nov. 4, 1933 in the Holy Cross Church in Rasselas, she married Linus J. Nearing, who died on Feb. 11, 2001.
She resided in the Wilcox area all her life and attended Wilcox schools.
Mrs. Nearing was a member of St. Anne's Church in Wilcox.
Earl E. Jacobs, 77, of 407 Cobb St., Johnsonburg, died on Monday, March 12, 2012 at Elk Regional Health Center following a short illness.
He was born on Sept. 1, 1934 in Johnsonburg, son of Harold and Katherine Stager Jacobs.
On Oct. 28, 1961 in Holy Rosary Church in Johnsonburg, he married Dorothy Dworsky. She died Feb. 4, 1986.
He resided in Johnsonburg his entire life and was a graduate of Johnsonburg High School, Class of 1952.
Mr. Jacobs was a member of the Holy Rosary Church, Johnsonburg American Legion Post 501 and Wilcox Sportsmen's Club.