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This is what happens when you have a community organizer as President, and not someone who understands business.
There are a heck of a lot more business owners who make over 250k than under 250k, and Obama just told not only them, but thier best customers, that he's going to raise their taxes.
Most people who make over 250k, dont make it in a steady salary, its made from monthly sales and profits - that fluctuates every month. They are not going to spend that extra they get every month if they know their bosses and/or customers of their business are going to pull back.
Now that they are all clear that their taxes are going up, does Obama think they are suddenly going to increase their investing, spending, and hiring?
I dont think so.
Of course, thats no consolation to anyone looking for a job.
Its amazing how anyone thought Barack Obama could create, or enhance the foundation for a healthy, job creating economy.
Think about it - What did Obama ever do before he was elected that would make you think he has the experience or know how to create jobs?
Obama never ran anything, never met a payroll, never invested or borrowed his own money to create a business - never. He hasnt a clue on the mind of a business owner or manager. He has never went through the thought process or experienced for himself the risk and incentive that goes into running a successful business.
Sure, Mitt Romney is a rich guy. He isnt a regular joe who you'd find in a bar sipping beer.
But as the head of a private investment firm, Romney has had to make himself an expert on over 80 different companies in a wide array of industries. Some didnt work out, but many did. He made mistakes, but learned from them to create wildly successful business's.
When you go see a doctor, or take your kid to one, do you care how personable he is? As a matter of fact, many doctors are not personable at all. You want the expert, the doc with the most experience.
Well thats Mitt Romney. He may not be the regular Joe, but he knows how the business owner thinks. He knows what it takes to create a successful business. Couple that with his 4 years as Governor, and his success at turning around the Olympics, and thats what this country needs, a true, experienced turn around expert.
The business community has spoken. They are sitting on over 3 TRILLION in cash, and are afraid to invest it.
Obama had 4 years. He came in on an economic downturn, and could have had a V shaped economy, but its been more like an L.
We can stay on the same path, and keep the empty suit, or hire the doctor. He may not be that personable, but he's got the experience and know how to cure our ills.
The court ruled that Arizona:
- cannot make it a state crime for a person to be in the country illegally;
- cannot make it a crime for illegal immigrants to apply for a job;
- cannot arrest someone solely out of suspicion that they are an illegal immigrant.
Thank you Barack Obama for introducing this lawsuit.
Now we have de-facto amnesty in Arizona.
I guess this is what he meant by "Fundamental Change"
With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations (of immigrants brought here illegally as children) through executive order, that's just not the case, because there are laws on the books that Congress has passed." — President Obama, March 28, 2011
so Obama unilaterlaly violates the law, but if any politician calls him out on this, they are percieved as anti-latino and will lose the Latino vote.
Not a bad way to win an election - break the law, and dare anyone to stop you.
Imagine for a second a Republican president submits to Congress a bill abolishing the capital gains tax. Congress rejects it. The president then orders the IRS to stop collecting capital gains taxes, and declares that anyone refusing to pay them will suffer no fine, no penalty, no sanction.
It would be a scandal, a constitutional crisis, a cause for impeachment.
This is what Obama meant by "fundamental change".
Not to mention, Obama's ACORN had a hand in Fannie Mae's collapse as well.
The ACORN convention in New York in 1992, the "ACORN-Bank Summit," was organized to hammer out deals with giant banks like Continental, First Fidelity, Mellon, PriMerit, and Chemical. Representatives signed agreements to establish programs for low- and moderate-income people to qualify for mortgages in their communities. Citibank, the nation's largest bank, did not participate. In response, the conventioneers held a lively action at Citibank's downtown Manhattan headquarters, and won a meeting to negotiate for similar programs. The meeting also led to increased Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac funding from the secondary mortgage market to ACORN neighborhoods. These efforts led to billions of dollars of primary and secondary mortgage money flowing into ACORN communities over a period of several years
They're actually proud of the fact that their efforts led to BILLIONS of dollars of mortgage money flowing into Acorn neighborhoods through Fannie Mae.
It was the collapse of Fannie Mae that started the crisis - and it was Barney Frank who fought attaempted reforms of Fannie Mae..
In 1994, subprime lending was $40 billion. In 1995, almost one in five mortgages was subprime. Four years later such lending totaled $160 billion.
By 2003, the government was involved in financing almost half - $3.4 trillion - of the home-loan market.
By summer 2005, almost 40 percent of new subprime loans were for amounts larger than the value of the properties
Barney Frank led the fight AGAINST the Bush adminstration when they tried to reform Fannie Mae starting from way back in 2001.
•September 2003: Then-House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Barney Frank (D-MA) strongly disagrees with the Administration's assessment, saying "these two entities – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – are not facing any kind of financial crisis … The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing." (Stephen Labaton, "New Agency Proposed To Oversee Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae," The New York Times, 9/11/03)
Apri 2004l: Rep. Frank ignores the warnings, accusing the Administration of creating an "artificial issue." At a speech to the Mortgage Bankers Association conference, Rep. Frank said "people tend to pay their mortgages. I don't think we are in any remote danger here. This focus on receivership, I think, is intended to create fears that aren't there." ("Frank: GSE Failure A Phony Issue," American Banker, 4/21/04)
This is yet another example of Obama handing goodies to a certain section of the electorate, then daring Republicans to fight him on it.
Its a pretty shrewd stunt on the part of Obama.
Give amnesty to ileegals, and shore up the hispanic vote. If Romney fights him on this, he loses the hispanic vote, which imperils Florida.
Never mind the fact that 800,000 or so more people will now vie for jobs pr postions in schools that LEGAL Americans are fighting for. Never mind that what Obama did, circumventing Congress, is against the law - it doesnt matter.
Romney had his own plan for this, andthe Obama people knew it, so they jumped ahead of him.
So thats what our country has come down to - skirt the laws to get elected, or fight them, and lose the election.
Its Rules for Radicals 101.
New unemployment claims out today.
More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, suggesting hiring remains sluggish.
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment benefit applications rose 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 386,000. The increase came after the government revised the previous week up to 380,000.
The four-week average, a less volatile measure, rose for the third straight week to 382,000. That's the highest in six weeks.
The trend in jobless claims suggests ... that the underlying pace of employment growth has softened," said Bricklin Dwyer, an economist at BNP Paribas.
Barack Obama:
The private sector is doing fine. Where we're seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government"
Obama has NO PLAN to grow jobs. He thinks the American people are stupid, and wants us to think that government is the only way jobs could grow, so then he could do what he does best - spend taxpayer money.
Great Post.
th collpase started with Fannie Mae, yet there is nothing in Dodd/Frank that even mentions FannieMae.
Warren Buffet had this to say on the subject last December on CNBC:
"The banks havent cost the taxpayer anything, Fannie and Freddie have cost the taxpayer plenty".
Its been 3 years since Democrats passed a budget. We are spending over a TRILLION dollars a year more than we take in, with NO plan to reign in this incredulous and dangerous spending, yet Congress has the time to grill a Bank CEO over a trade.
Obama's quote:
"Overall, the private sector has been doing a good job creating jobs," Obama told reporters this morning. "The big challenge we have in our economy right now is state and local government hiring has been going in the wrong direction," he explained.
That is a very, very telling insight as to the attitude and ideology of Barack Obama.
Forget, for a second, that he made this comment 1 week after the disasterous jobs report, where only 69,000 jobs were created, and the previous month was adjusted down from 115, 000 jobs to 74,000.
First, in that statement, Obama has articulated better than any Republican, Conservative, or Tea Party member ever could about Obama's disdain for the capitalism and the private sector. He doesnt believe that job growth and national prosperity should come from small business's and corporations. He believes it should come from government.
ObamaCare, Dodd/Frank, the EPA and the thousands of other regulations and taxes that Obama is levying is proof of either how oblivious he is about pro growth policies, or his scorn of capitalism itself. Sure, many of those new regulations and taxes havent gone into effect yet - but they will, in the very near future, and that is scaring the hell out of employers.
Second, Obama's statement also gives insight as to how he thinks jobs are created - by spending government - aka taxpayer - money.
Why is it that the foundation of EVERY Obama jobs bill involves spending hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money?
Obama has added over 5 TRILLION to the debt in a mere 3 years. The total debt will be 17 TRILLION by the time his term is over. We borrow 40 cents out of EVERY dollar we spend. So we are supposed to borrow even more for Obama's flawed idea of how jobs are created?
Third, Obama's statement CLEARLY illustrates that Obama HAS NO PLAN.
His plan is to revisit his old jobs bill, which spends ANOTHER 500 MILLION of taxpayer money - which he says is FULLY PAID FOR?
How? We have spent 1.3 Trillion every year of his Presidency more than we take in - but spending another 500 million in one shot wont add even more to our debt? Please.
What this does say to the hopeless millions out there seeking a job is this - you wont see any uptick in hiring while Obama is President.
Ask yourself, Why would ANYONE hire now?
- the job market is getting worse, The coming collapse of Europe, coupled with Obama's threat to NOT extend the Bush tax cuts, the threat of ObamaCare and its 500 billion in tax raises, the fiscal cliff in January.
Its time for business owners and corporate management to hunker down and preserve capital - not take the risk that comes with hiring - which involves spending or borrowing.
Romney said to hang on just a little longer - help is on the way.
Its time for a change of leadership, and a change of ideology- backed by real experience
Or we could all hold hands, cast a vote for Obama, and jump off the cliff together.
The idea that MA ranked 47th in job creation during Romney's tenure by the Obama adminstration has already been proven a blatant distortion :
From Politifact:
"From December 2002 to December 2003, the job growth in Massachusetts was 51st highest nationally out of 50 states plus the District of Columbia -- in other words, dead last. The following year, it was 46th, then 40th, then in Romney's final year in office -- December 2005 to December 2006 -- it was 30th in the nation."
6 month intervals of unemployment in MA vs the nation during Romney's tenure:
Jan 2003 5.5% 5.8%
Jun 2003 6.0% 6.3%
Jan 2004 5.6% 5.7%
Jun 2004 5.3% 5.6%
Jan 2005 4.9% 5.3%
Jun 2005 4.8% 5.0%
Jan 2006 4.8% 4.7%
Jun 2006 4.8% 4.6%
So, MA went from 51st nationally when Romney entered office, and was 30th when he left. Obama avgs that out to 47th, but look at the direction. Under romney's tenure. MA was steadily increasing their rank of job creation as compared to the rest of the states - but you wont see that clarification from the liberal media.
So whats your answer grunt, higher taxes to pay for all those entitlements that those in the private sector do not get?
Wisconsin was running a massive deficit. they were spending 3.4 billion more than they had. In the real world, that is unsustainable.
Because of Walker's reforms, Wisconsin's fiscal house is back in order, with no tax raises, no layoffs, and lower property taxes.
If your answer is raise taxes on the well off, to put it in the hands of middle class, so they have more to spend - that doesnt work either. Its called socialism.
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the industrious out of it. You don't multiply wealth by dividing it. Government cannot give anything to anybody that it doesn't first take from somebody else. Whenever somebody receives something without working for it, somebody else has to work for it without receiving. The worst thing that can happen to a nation is for half of the people to get the idea they don't have to work because somebody else will work for them, and the other half to get the idea that it does no good to work because they don't get to enjoy the fruits of their labor
Below are 2 excerpts from a BBC article about France's elections, where Francois Hollande edged out Sarkozy.
Take note as to how Hollande is described by the press:
"Francois Hollande, the Socialist candidate who won the first round of the French presidential election is an experienced political organiser"
"The Socialist candidate has promised to raise taxes on big corporations and people earning more than 1m euros a year."
Sound like someone we know here in America?
"I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do. … I support what they do," Ms. Warren said of Occupy Wall Street.
There have been at least 7,263 documented Occupy arrests in 116 U.S. cities as of May 31, 2012
Nice "intellectual foundation", Miss Warren
Another Elizabeth Warren "alliance".
"I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do. … I support what they do," Ms. Warren said of Occupy Wall Street.
Oakland leaders assess damage after Occupy protesters vandalize City Hall, burn American flag
Published: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 4:44 PM
"Mayor Jean Quan was among those inspecting damage caused after dozens of people broke into City Hall on Saturday, smashing glass display cases, spray-painting graffiti, and burning an American flag"
Nice "intellectual foundation", Miss Warren
Think about it, what business in their right mind would hire in this environment?
Hiring and expanding involves spending capital or borrowing.
You have the looming ObamaCare, which would drastically add to the costs of hiring employees, and the 500 billion in tax raises associated with it.
There is the countless new regulations that have been dumped on business, especially the finance industry.
There is the looming tax cliff. Democrats and the President have shown no inclination to extend the Bush tax cuts. Obama's rhetoric has been more in the opposite direction - make the well off pay their fair share (ignoring the fact that the 1% pay 40% of all taxes anyway)
Why would you hire in the face of hundreds of billions of dollars in tax raises coming in a mere 6 months?
Then of course, there is the impending collapse of Europe, with its cradle to grave entitlements and universal healthcare and skyrocketing tax rates pay for it all.
We cant even blow off Europe because thats not us- Obama is driving this country in that very same direction.
So really, why spend precious capital, or borrow, to hire and expand with all that is coming?
Perhaps new leadership here, from someone that knows what it takes to incentivise business and make it work.
Someone who recognizes that Europe's woes could attract more capital and business here - with the right policies and free market ideology.
Or,we could have another 4 years of social justice, more debt, more food stamps, more govt spending, and ever increasing taxes to pay for it all.
Gallup, your a naive fool.
Everytjime you go on one of your leftist rants, you show us in glaring detail what little you know about Wall St, business, and capitalism.
What planet are you living on that "Mitt Romney wants to dump more taxpayer funds on the Wall Street craps table"?
That is an idiotic statement.
Sure JpMorgan lost 3 billion, but they still made 5 billion for the quarter.
Not to mention, this loss by JPMorgan - WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY ANYTHING IN DODD FRANK. So what good is it?
The financial crisis started with Fannie Mae. The collapse of Fannie Mae is what started the dominoes falling.
Where is Fannie Mae or the GSE problem addressed in Dodd/Frank?
It isnt.
And we wonder why - when the Bush administration was trying to reform Fannie Mae since 2001, the fiercest opponents of that reform was Chriss Dodd and Barney Frank.
Dodd/Frank lops thousands of pages of new regulations on smaller banks that had nothing to do with the crisis, and in the process, doesnt even address the root of the 2008 problem.
Thanks for proving my point Remembedat.
If the Bain way was really what you described, leveraging companies, sucking them dry, then shoving whats left to bankruptcy, dont you think that reputation would have prevented them from making future investments?
What company would come to them for help if thats really what they were doing?
What company would allow Bain to make any investment in them if thats what they were all about?
What company would pay millions for managerial consulting fees if Bain was bankrupting companies over and over again, as you and Mr Obama suggest?
How do you explain the successful investments in Staples, Sports Authority and others mentioned above?
And lastly, why ismt Obama talking about HIS OWN succesful investments or policies as President?
Articles like these, and Obama's attacks, are relying on those naive of business, and the mentally feeble.
Take for instance, a guy who opens a pizzareria, then it fails after 2 years. Then opens another, and it fails, and another one, and it fails.
Even though he failed, does he know more about the pizza and restaurant business then a guy who never ran one? Of course.
Now what if he opens one more and its a success - makes him millions's, is he a job killer because of his previous ventures? Or a job creator because he learned from his past mistakes, and took a risk to open one more?
This is what you have with these attacks on Romney. The "Bain Way' was to use what assets the company had, and expand the business with leverage.
The idea was, who has a better chance of survival - the mom and pop hardware store, or Home Depot?
Many of his early ventures didnt work, but these are the ones that did:
Monsanto Company, Outboard Marine Corporation, Burlington Industries, and Corning Incorporated, The firm invested in or acquired many well-known companies such as Accuride, Brookstone, Domino's Pizza, Sealy Corporation, Sports Authority, and Artisan Entertainment, and of course, Staples.
Thats capitalism folks. Thats business. It involves taking risks nobody else would take. Obama is cherry picking Romney's early ventures, and of course, ignoring the many success's.
Romney knows more about business than Obama ever could not only because of his succes's, but his failures as well.
What is Obama's record of executive experience or investment before he ran for President?
Zero, there isnt any. He never ran anythiong, or created a single job. He's never even attempted to run a business.
What is Obama's investment record now as President?
535 million of taxpayer money evaporated in 2 short years from Solyndra.
5 trillion of debt added in 3 short years.
And were talking about AMPAD?


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Degree shows 2011: Chelsea graphic design
Posted by Mark Sinclair, 23 June 2011, 14:10 Permalink Comments (12)
Chelsea College of Art and Design's graphic design communication degree show has been put together really well. I went along yesterday – here are some of my highlights...
Filling the campus' Triangle Building, it's clear from the outset that this show is serious about getting its graduates' work out there. It's a nicely designed space, with each student benefitting from plenty of room and some real consideration taken into how the work is presented. For example, here's what the student's portfolio folders look like.
And another inventive touch was to have pages from the students' blogs that documented the projects on show, printed out and hanging from the ceiling. Admittedly, many were impossible to read (being too high up) but the imagery at least gave some idea as to how work and ideas were formed.
But onto the work. Here's one of the first things you see as you go in – it's part of a shop identity and interior design for Drop Dead Clothing Ltd. by Stephanie Jones (note the coffin 'counter' containing three cats):
Following this, Alistair Hanson's life-size construction offers a nice play on fighting fire with fire: it's a fire extinguisher, made of wood:
3D was also the driving force behind Alex Hill's new take on camouflage. These pieces replicate the familiar patterns in a relief form, literally remaking a landscape out of what is usually a two-dimensional print (see top image also):
This being a graphics show, too, there was still plenty of print and typographic work on display. At a larger scale, Julian Shaw's supergraphic piece offers up a range of abstract shapes within a format that can be applied to walls (the individual panels come in a pack enabling people to create their own design in a space):
Jack Gladstone's posters from his It's Okay to Touch series proved popular when I visited, as they're made with heat-sensitive ink:
While Sara Mererid Williams worked on a range of wooden block type, documenting the process in a lovely magazine and a poster:
And this font is Knockout Rounded, designed by Dave Russell. It's "Simple. Punchy. Round," apparently:
There's also a rack of printed material to flick through and one of my favourite pieces would have to be Craig Sharp's magazine, Versus, which not only looked great but had some really interesting content, too:
And here's a shot of Nicolas Cambier's immersive three-screen installation which displays his film Courage. It's filmed as if the viewer it actually right within the story:
Victoria Vialichka's online magazine, HUSH, also looked good (though sadly most of the other great web work and app design proved too difficult to photograph well enough). HUSH aims to promote emerging European fashion design:
Finally, a degree show just isn't a degree show without a bit of tongue-in-cheek objet d'art. Here are Jed Cullen's explorations into "techno-kitsch ornamentation". Eerie porcelain. Brilliant:
More work from Process, Chelsea's graphic design communication show can be seen at chelseagraphics.co.uk, while the course homepage is brighterchelsea.com. The exhibition continues at Chelsea College of Art and Design until June 25, as do the school's Fine Art and Interior and Spatial Design degree shows.
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I have always been a bit dubious of Chelsea's design courses but from the photos up here, this looks to be the best Grad show yet. Well done to all involved!
2011-06-23 18:27:11
VERSUS and all the tyoe fonts in Craig Sharps Zine = wild!!!!
2011-06-24 09:02:50
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2011-06-24 09:15:00
i love the irony of the wooden fire extinguisher!
2011-06-24 09:54:17
LCC's will be better.
2011-06-24 11:08:00
The whole article seems written with irony. Am I the only one?
2011-06-24 12:00:00
With the chelsea graphics show they also fund and design it all themselves
2011-06-24 13:13:14
I went to this not knowing much about Chelsea's graphic design course, but it was quite impressive I thought. Beautifully designed space too.
2011-06-24 14:09:51
@ Aly, I was going to type more or less exactly what you wrote and as we share the same name I thought for a second, have I already logged on wrote this and not remembered.
Anyway, yes didn't know much, but thought it was bloody brill. As a current student, I hope the LCC can bust out the goods also- Next Thursday everyone.
2011-06-25 21:51:57
Loved the creativity and usage of effects.
2011-06-26 16:15:48
I've seen all the undergrad (graphic) shows from UAL so far and I have to admit that the Chelsea show is the best one of all. CSM was really shit and Camberwell was "so so". well done Chelsea!
2011-06-27 04:29:38
Very envious, wish I made that fire extinguisher. Or, could.
2011-07-01 12:21:59
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Ethnic food is increasing in demandFebruary 28, 2011 | caribbean, ethnic food trends, japanese, thai
Have you ever heard of the Travel Channel television show, "Bizzare Foods?" Well, it's not only the program's host Andrew Zimmern who's hungry for the taste of the exotic. In fact, according to two recent studies conducted by Mintel and the other by NPD, there's a rise in adventurous eaters seeking to try different ethnic foods aside from the "big three" — Mexican, Chinese and Italian. In the Mintel study, researchers cited data from their 2009 and 2010 "Global New Products Database" and found that there was a rapid growth in retail items with the descriptive words such as like,....


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Kevin Tway wins Boise Open
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Kevin Tway won the Boise Open on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title, beating Spencer Levin with a 6-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.
The 25-year-old Tway, the son of Champions Tour player Bob Tway, closed with a 7-under 64 at Hillcrest Country Club to match Levin at a tournament-record 23-under 261.
"My hands were shaking a little bit," Tway said about his winning putt. "It was on the same line I had in regulation and I just wanted to make sure I got it to the hole."
Levin finished with a 63. Making his second start since hand surgery last fall, he missed a 10-foot birdie try in the playoff.
Tway earned $139,500 to jump from 39th to sixth on the money list with $219,794, wrapping up a spot next season on the PGA Tour.
"This means a lot because I've struggled since turning pro," the former Oklahoma State player said. "This really hasn't sunk in yet. I've always wanted to play on the PGA Tour since I was a little kid."
Michael Putnam, a two-time winner this year who tops the money list with $430,684, had a 63 to tie for third with Bronson La'Cassie and third-round leader Philip Pettitt at 22 under. La'Cassie had a 65, and Pettitt shot 67.
Russell Knox, the Scot who shot a 59 on Friday to match the tour record, finished with a 69 to tie for 12th at 19 under.
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Sonnet 29: When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, . . .
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, . . .
Not marble nor the gilded monuments
Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme,
But you shall shine more bright in these contents . . .
While one sere leaf, that parting Autumn yields,
Trembles upon the thin, and naked spray,
November, dragging on this sunless day, . . .
On the fleet streams, the Sun, that late arose,
In amber radiance plays; the tall young grass
No foot hath bruised; clear morning, as I pass, . . .
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight . . .
The brawling of a sparrow in the eaves,
The brilliant moon and all the milky sky,
And all that famous harmony of leaves, . . .
The sorrow of true love is a great sorrow
And true love parting blackens a bright morrow:
Yet almost they equal joys, since their despair . . .
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art—
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart, . . .
Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
I miss him in the weeping of the rain; . . .
We're writing our names with sizzles of light
to celebrate the fourth. I use the loops of cursive,
make a big B like the sloping hills on the west side . . .


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Answered by Dr. Brian Speer, DVM:Hi, Simone - In general, Aspergillosis is an infectious disease that occurs in an individual or population of individual birds out of an interaction between characteristics of the host (the birds themselves), their environment and the agent. Mere exposure to Aspergillus spores, alone, should be unlikely to cause disease unless there was a very large amount of fungal spores - enough to overcome the bird's normal immunologic defense systems. Chronic respiratory irritation, inadequate vitamin A nutrition, and other concurrent disease processes all can function as causal contributors in an individual with this disease.
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Answered by Steve Martin & Staff:Hello, Whenever someone asks me if a particular behavior could be related to a health problem I always recommend the person have the bird checked out by an avian vet. I figure if the person wonders if it is possible, then it likely is possible, and it is usually best to have a professional evaluate the possibilities.
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Answered by E.B. Cravens:Diego, Marrow (pumpkin/squash family) seeds are very nutritious for parrots. They have a wide range of health benefits including containing manganese, zinc and other trace mineral, helping curb certain forms of cancerous cells, and naturally acting as anthelmintic (de-worming).
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Answered by E.B. Cravens:Dear Friend, Millet sprays (white proso is the most common) are fine foods for parrots, parakeets, lovebirds, finches, canaries, etc.
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Answered by Jamie Gilardi:Dear Christina, Most parrots form long-term monogamous pair bonds, generally for life, although 'divorces' do occur in some cases. Budgies may be the exception here, although I'm not sure that has yet been studied. These topics are very hard to study on wild parrots, so you may be asking a lot of questions that are simply not yet answered.
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Answered by Phoebe Green Linden:Hi and thank you for writing World Parrot Trust about your Cockatiel's diet. It can be super-frustrating to try time and time again with the pellets and still have her refuse to eat them. Food fights can be common with parrots, so the first thing I'm going to recommend is that you take a break from the dietary concerns. Relax, and let go of any preconceived notions you have on how long it should take, how many she should eat, etc. Presumably, she's healthy, so you can trust her wild wisdom.
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Hello Mehmet, Sounds like you have a very intelligent parrot in your house. It's never easy to be in a love triangle involving a bird, no matter what end you are working from. Good for you for seeking quality information on this behavior challenge. With a basic understanding of how behavior works and using a powerful tool in positive reinforcement, we can focus on a few key areas that will help you reduce the biting and build a better relationship with Gago.
Preventing the bite
Avoiding situations where Gago has bitten in the past or is more likely to bite is one of the most important steps we can take to improving your relationship with Gago. On the one hand, we want to keep him from rehearsing the biting behavior. Any behavior that is performed over and over again, whether it's driving a car, showing off a card trick, or, as in this case, biting, is going to come more fluent and more efficient, which in this case, is not something we'd like to see happen! We don't want that behavior becoming stronger, longer, faster, and more intense.
Additionally, when a parrot bites, it means we have put him in a situation where he feels that is his most effective – if not his only way - of getting his point across. A parrot usually gives signs through body language that he is uncomfortable or stressed before he bites. You noticed that Gago doesn't always give a sign before he bites; good for you for looking for those signs! If in the past we have ignored those body language signals and continue interacting with the bird in the same manner, he will learn that the only behavior that gets his point across is biting. When the biting becomes so swift, we can look at two areas to help us prevent the bite from happening:
1. Identify environmental conditions that have usually preceded the bite. For instance, stepping the parrot up off of a favored person, putting our hand in front of his abdomen to step him up from a perch, and, as you mentioned, putting the bird back in the cage or taking him to an unfamiliar room are all very common conditions that we can reliably use to predict a bite.
Once we have identified the conditions, we can effectively avoid them! If he bites when you put him back in his cage, than we can have the person who has a stronger relationship with him be the one to do that until you are able to maintain a healthy relationship with him. If being taken in to a strange room or being placed on an unusual perch has historically brought about a bite, then these too can be avoided.
2. Look for the tiniest of signs that Gago might bite. These might include a tightening of feathers against the body, lowering his head, gripping his toes tighter on his perch, shifting his body weight in the opposite direction, taking a step away, even possibly just turning his eyes away from you… these are all tiny signs you might notice would precede a bite. Once you have identified these and see them while you are interacting with Gago, then you can stop what you are doing, and immediately return to the last place he was comfortable. This strategy will teach him that he can get across the point that he is uncomfortable without having to bite, allowing him to use less body language to get the same point across.
Become the bearer of all things good
In addition to avoiding situations that Gago would be most likely to bite, we can at the same time start increasing the value of having you close by Gago. We can remove all of Gago's most favorite goodies, such as nuts, sunflower seeds, grapes, banana, and so on, from his food bowl and have them delivered to him by only you. Much like a child getting his dessert only after he has eaten his dinner, we are still allowing Gago to have his full diet, just arranging Gago's personal favorite food items with teaching interactions so that he associates these highly enticing treats with activities he has previously found less desirable. You can either feed this to him by hand through the cage bars or on a perch, one goodie at a time. If Gago has a history of biting your fingers when you try to handfeed him, you can try using spoon to offer the treat or simply drop in his food cup. The idea is that once Gago starts to realize that every time he sees you, he gets something really yummy out of it, he will start looking forward to your presence.
Utilize a positive reinforcement program to build on his good behavior
Once Gago has started to associate your presence with his most favorite goodies, we can go about using positive reinforcement to give him information about what we want him to do in situations where he previously would have bitten. With positive reinforcement, we give the parrot something he likes, such as a food treat, scratch on the head, favored toy and so on, when he performs a behavior we want to see continue or increase. For instance, if there are certain scenarios where he will step on to your hand without biting, then we can immediately offer him a treat for doing so. It's important to deliver that goodie promptly so that he associates it with the behavior we want. In this case, because he loves your wife so much, it could be that in order to have the opportunity to be with her, he steps up on to your hand. (There is a fabulous article about this written by Dr. Susan Friedman's daughter here: http://www.thegabrielfoundation.org/pdffiles/year.pdf)
Something that might help us when we think of behavior and start to learn about positive reinforcement is analyzing the relative value certain activities might have for the bird. For instance, sitting with your wife sounds like it is a very high value activity for Gago. So could be sitting on a high perch with a panoramic view of the household, away from reaching hands and strange objects. On the other hand, walking in to a strange room or going back in to his cage, away his favorite person and away from the hub of socialization and enrichment, would have a significantly lower value to the bird.
When moving from a high value activity to one of lower value, we can use positive reinforcement to balance the value the bird might find from each activity. Let's take the example of Gago going back into his cage, a common environmental condition of parrots to bite. If every time your wife puts him back in his cage, he gets a lovely nut, the value of stepping on to that cage perch will increase. It might help to increase the overall value of being in the cage by making sure it is filled with lots of enriching toys, perhaps rotating the toys every few days so the environment stays fresh.
For further information about working with parrots through positive reinforcement is Barbara Heidenreich at www.goodbirdinc.com. She has a terrific magazine called "Good Bird!" and many articles and DVDs. Additionally, for more information about how understanding behavior can help us with our birds, you can visit Dr. Susan Friedman's site www.behaviorworks.com and look for her articles under "Written Works."
With a keen eye like you have demonstrated and armed with some information, I have no doubt you and Gago will be on the road to a better relationship. It takes patience and you can keep the sessions short and happy, and you will each come away feeling more empowered!
Hillary Hankey
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Answered by Jamie Gilardi:Dear Lena, First of all, anytime a parrot exhibits play-like behavior, that's a very good sign indeed as it indicates that the bird is feeling good about life. After all, depressed, malnourished, or sick birds are really unlikely to be inspired to play.
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Answered by Jim McKendry:G'day, Thanks for getting in touch with WPT with your question. Perhaps the first mindset to establish in achieving your long-term goal of building a trusting relationship with your third Budgie is that you can successfully build that relationship in the short-term whilst he is still inside his cage. As you are already aware, once he is out and about with the other two, arranging your environment so that you have opportunities to shape a positively reinforced association with you would be a real challenge. With a bunch of impeding variables that would be difficult, if not impossible, to control in an out of cage environment, let's focus on what can be achieved while he is still in his cage.
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Answered by Jamie Gilardi:I would recommend some form of heating over the winter period for these Plumheads.
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Answered by Steve Martin & Staff:Hi Bruce, My name is Melissa Williams, and I am one of the trainers with Natural Encounters, Inc.
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I spend my summers on the cape and love all water sports. Last year I bought a SUP board that can be converted to a windsurfer. I understand that it is not the best setup but it is what I have to learn. I have been out with a friend twice and want to get out more. My fear is to go out by myself in case I need help. Is there a group that is starting out, that look out for each other. What would be the best way to gain confidence?
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I think that Flax pond in Nickerson is a hidden secret for beginners....
You can't get blown out to sea on a pond.....There are sups and windsurfers for rent there...
wind there will be a little up and down, but you wont have chop waves to figure out.
The classics are Kalmus and West Dinnis....if you go when the wind is onshore, you will always make it home...>West Dennis has a nice crowd and learning ther maybe be easier than Kalmus which has more chop/boat wakes
Never gonna learn to Kite, and Never gonna SUP at Kalmus....
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Yes--the group aspect makes learning easier and more fun. Any beach with windsurfers present and onshore wind/low chop should help with that. Agreed with the Kalmus and West Dennis suggestions above, for mid cape. I'm not familiar with the launches on other parts of the cape. But generally windsurfers are so friendly that they will come over and give you pointers, even if you don't ask. (USUALLY this is a good and welcome thing...hahaha). That really helped me learn, because there were things I didn't even know I was doing wrong, and people would have friendly advice or encouragement. Even if the others are more advanced, that atmosphere of learning is usually there among sailors of all levels--lots of people are working on aspects of their sailing and enjoy talking technique. Then you start developing a network of people to keep in touch with about when the wind is looking good and when/where to sail.
Some other things that helped me learn were sessions when the tide wasn't super high and I could touch bottom--makes it easier to keep getting up and trying again--and a shorty wetsuit so I could spend a lot of time falling in and not get too chilly. Booties saved my feet from falling onto shells. There are pointers and videos to look up online for some mental practice in between sessions. good luck
PS I don't think the SUP sailor is terrible...my brother in law is learning that way, seemingly successfully so far.
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I would suggest lessons with a qualified instructor. Besides improving your skills and confidence, they can also cover self-rescue techniques, something every windsurfer should know. Both local windsurf shops (
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Here is a link to a clinic happening this Saturday. Not on the Cape, but not too far (Boston!) and could be a good opportunity to learn some basics and meet others like you.
Otherwise I second Peter's suggestion that some instruction is very beneficial. Many of us learned the hard way and it goes so much faster if you have someone helping along for at least the first few times out. AT the very least, get an instructional DVD: I personally love Peter Hart's "Windsurfing FUNdamentals". Oldie, but still 100% relevant to "gaining confidence."
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Waqoit Bay in Mashpee is great. Mostly shallow and onshore with a SW and W wind. Look up Wills Work Rd.
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West dennis is a good place to learn and there are a fair number of other sailors there most summer days if it is southerly winds.
The best time to go is at dead low tide. Minimal chop and consistent wind.
Go when it is 10-15 a very nice speed.
Ponds are good but wind will be gusty and shifty and can be frustrating.
As much as it is good to learn the sailing it is equally good to know when and where to go.
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West Dennis is the place, lots of friendly wsurfers, eager to help you learn and provide coaching.
All comments above are right on target in terms of conditions. My one additional advice I can give about being a Newbie is to learn to WATERSTART as soon as possible.
This will open up the sport for you in a big way and will make life a LOT easier when you don't have to uphaul. It's worth a lesson, it's not that tough and will make you a lot more confident in expanding your conditions.
Happy to have another windsurfer join the ranks, have fun!
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Thank you so much for all of the advise. I have been able to get out and feel much more confident and see myself throwing my gear in my car and getting out there a lot more!! Thank you again for your support!
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To us fellow WSers, it's a common sight, but some "civilians" ... non-WSers ... are still surprised, even here in the windy Columbia River Gorge, when a female starts yanking gear out of her car on an extremely windy day, rigs up, hits the water, and rips, all by herself. Most civilians presume it's a young, strong male's sport, but many really OLD, or overweight, or scrawny, or female, or really YOUNG ... and several combinations of those descriptors ... excellent WSers blow that myth out of the water every windy day. Their common trait is confidence, often preceded and attained by a good, go-for-it attitude and lots of TOW (Time On the Water).
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Both parties scheduled their national conventions in hurricane zones at the height of hurricane season. Charlotte is about 200 miles inland, but they have had a history of at least some damage from Atlantic hurricanes. Tampa is even more threatened, historically speaking.
And it turns out that Tropical Storm Isaac, currently in the Atlantic, should become a hurricane by Thursday, and by some estimates could get on a course to hit Tampa next week, when the conventioneers come to town.
"There is still way too much uncertainty right now, and it's too early to know what effect it could have in the U.S. and in Florida. It depends on how much time it spends on land in Cuba. We don't know what kind of shape it will be in by the time it clears those islands," said Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
"There is no immediate threat to the U.S. at all, but it is a concern, and we would urge folks to pay attention to this thing," Feltgen said. "Check in over the next few days, and if you don't have a hurricane plan and pack in place, you might want to start doing that."
In 2008, Hurricane Gustav, which hit the Louisiana coast, forced RNC planners to cancel some events at their convention in Minneapolis, including a speech from President George W. Bush, who had drawn criticism for his handling of Hurricane Katrina, which swamped New Orleans in 2005.
There's a decided difference between the optics of a hurricane shutting down one day of a convention (and let's marvel at the fact that, not but four years ago, the mere incidence of a hurricane was considered a net negative for Republicans), and a hurricane hitting the site of the convention. It's still a bit speculative to say that this will happen, as noted above. But if Tampa does face a hurricane, the city's mayor told CNN they would call off the convention.
"We're prepared for it, we've trained for it, we have contingency plan after contingency plan," (Mayor Bob) Buckhorn said. But in the event of dangerous weather, "human safety, human life trumps politics," he said.
And Buckhorn is absolutely right. What the GOP would do at that point is anybody's guess. I'm assuming that one of the options is not "put a plank about fighting climate change, which perpetuates more intense and more frequent weather events, into the party platform."


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We are experiencing the greatest revolution in history: the Consciousness (R)Evolution. This is a time prophesied by the Maya of Central America, the Quechua of the Andes, Himalayan Buddhists, desert Bedouins, and many other cultures for shapeshifting into a sustainable, just, spiritually fulfilling, and thriving world. You have a role to play in co-creating this new era.
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24" iMac vs. Mac Pro for AVCHD editing
As I expected, my 2.4GHz iMac is a little slow at editing AVCHD in Final Cut Pro 6. Also, the encoding times for exporting the video is horrbile. (it took about 50 minutes to export a five minute video). I was planning on upgrading anyways this fall. Budget is not an issue, but I really do not want to go over $2,500.
So, would the high end 24" 3.06GHz iMac with 4 gigs of RAM (with a 4850 in it) compete on the level of the base 2.66GHz quad core Mac Pro (with a 4870 in it)?
Would the quad core, clocked at a slower speed, be better for editing and encoding AVCHD video content?
I am torn, because I love the beaut of my iMac and I love the expandability that the Mac Pro can bring me. However, if I do get the mac Pro I am going to sell my iMac to a friend. This will let me have the money to buy a nice 24" LG monitor (I love LG), and a blu ray burner.
If the Mac Pro is better than the high end iMac, I will probably be buying it. How about the 8core? Is the extra money worth it in performance?
In the End I will roughly be paying $2,500 for a mac pro with the 4870 included (due to student discount), or $2,144 for a 24" high end iMac with 4850 included in that price.
the 24" 3.06 4 gig ram will do very nicely! i have it and love it...and may be selling it. only had it for 3 months. i want the quad core imac now for what i do, plus i'm getting into animation, which a quad will benefit from.
just curious what you ended up doing. I am in the same boat now refurb 08 mac pro or new imac quad core.........
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Here are my top three "sleepers," plus a few more, at each position:
Team Defense
1. Seattle Seahawks — The Seahawks used eight of 10 draft choices this year on defensive players. The injection of youth should help bolster a strong unit that went largely unnoticed last season — despite posting solid numbers across the board.
2. Detroit Lions.
3. Chicago Bears.
Deeper Sleepers — Buffalo Bills and Arizona Cardinals.
1. Dan Bailey, Dallas — He finished with 32 field goals while making a high percentage of his attempts, as the Oklahoma State product missed only five field goals all season besides hitting all 39 extra points. Playing his home games indoors at Cowboys Stadium is a plus, as is working with a potent offense.
2. Alex Henry, Philadelphia.
3. Connor Barth (Tampa Bay).
Deep Sleepers — Matt Prater (Denver) and Dan Carpenter (Miami).
Rookie Surprise — Blair Walsh (Minnesota).
Tight Ends
1. Fred Davis, Washington — Based on talent and potential, he is a legitimate No. 1 tight end, with plenty of upside. He could easily lead the Redskins in receptions.
2. Brent Celek, Philadelphia.
3. Brandon Pettigrew, Detroit.
Deep Sleepers — Jared Cook (Tennessee) and Jacob Tamme (Denver).
Rookie Surprise — Coby Fleener (Indianapolis).
Wide Receivers
1. Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh — He was one of the breakout performers in 2011. He finished with 69 catches for 1,109 yards, but had only two touchdowns. He is explosive, and is locked in as the No. 2 receiver for the Steelers.
2. Jeremy Macklin, Philadelphia.
3. Ed Decker, Denver.
Deep Sleepers — Pierre Garcon (Washington) and Brandon Lloyd (New England).
Rookie Surprise — Justin Blackmon (Jacksonville) — another former OSU Cowboy.
Running Backs
1. Benjarvis Green-Ellis, Cincinnati — He is a solid ball carriere who scored 24 touchdowns over the past two seasons, and will be the Bengals' starting running back — and could be in the top 15 among National Football League rushers this upcoming season.
2. Reggie Bush, Miami.
3. Trent Richardson, Cleveland.
Deep Sleepers — Peyton Hills (Kansas City) and Michael Bush (Chicago).
Rookie Surprise — David Wilson (N.Y. Giants).
1. Andy Dalton, Cincinnati — He had an impressive rookie season, and has formed a great bond with wideout A.J. Green and former Oklahoma Sooner and Ardmore Tiger Jermaine Gresham, who will be at tight end. Look for Dalton to continue to improve making him a solid No. 2 QB for your fantasy team.
2. Carson Palmer, Oakland.
3. Alex Smith, San Francisco.
Deep Sleepers — Matt Flynn (Seattle) and Jake Locker (Tennessee).
Rookie Suprise — Former OSU QB Brandon Weeden (Cleveland).
All these players I've listed are players who will likely be flying under the radar who some fantasy team owners might want to look at after all the elite players have been drafted — and could put up a lot of points for their teams. Good luck, and I hope that you dominate your respective fantasy league.
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First explain why you are protesting a company that has no say in the decision? Is the fact that 75% of HIV/AIDS patience do "NOT" adhere to the proper schedule in taking their medications. Do you have first hand knowledge that this boy is ...100% or as you like to throw around 96% unable to transmit the disease through sex or blood? Would you sign a binding legal contract that if any other child becomes infected by this boy you will bare all costs and pay all lawsuits and lawyers fees to fight this if it happens and to pay all damages when you lose the lawsuits? You had 17 people at your protest and how many were paid? I know of 6 who were. Now you are telling more falsehoods stating that this young man isn't "UNWELL" when he is a carrier of an incurable disease. My CDC report above isn't science? Stigma/fear, try truth/fact. Where you are confused is I respect all the good things you and your group do for infected individuals and your fight to educate those so as not to become infected, but this fight with MHS is unwarranted and immoral.
More proof this child should not be enrolled at MHS. The facts speak for themselves.
Such ignorance. Hershey Co. had nothing to do with the decision, good one I must add. You want to effect the income of a company that is owned by the Hershey Orphans Trust and punish thousands of kids b/c of a decision they had nothing to do with. It has been written for over 100 years that all enrolled children must be in excellent health. That is legal by the federal laws on private institutions. Get your facts straight and if you have a gripe about the decision then go to the Milton Hershey School administration and complain to them. It is separate from the Hershey Co. Where is your compassion and fair play when it comes to the thousands of children you aim to hurt. You can't have it both ways. Shame on you!!!!!!!!!!
protecthersheychildren.org The only organization fighting for the rights of the students at MHS, past, present and future.
I will answer it loser. Child care professionals and top educational professionals. The president of the BOM should be a business professional, first rate and successful. Most important, only one lawyer in an advisory capacity.
The real truth is that the BOM of the Trust should give DTSD all the money, close the foundation and then screw DTSD. Let them spend the money as frivolously as the BOM of the Trust do. HERCO is 100% owned by the MHS and has only one time in 30 years received any money from this losing entity. It was $2,000,000 and they had to borrow that.
Robert Reese is a hero to thousands of orphans and needy children from the past, present and future. Zimmerman's Palace is crumbling to the ground and I hope he stays alive long enough to pay for his crimes. The big shame here is that 2 MHS alumni have been on the BOM for years and have let these transgressions go on during their tenure. It took a Hershey High alumnus to bring down the house of cards. Only one thing left and that is for the IRS to become involved along with the US Department of Justice. That would be the icing on the cake.
BORING. Using children to sell candy. Milton Hershey never believed in advertising. You sell your product by giving quality at a reasonable price. Since the quality is zero now I guess this is the only way to sell the product. Using children as sales slaves.
MHS was famous around the world. It educated great kids in academics and in vocational trades second to none in the early years. They lost their mission and the kids are the ones who suffer most.
The school was primarily for "ORPHANS" as Milton Hershey wanted. Now orphans are ignored. Shame on MHS and the Hershey Trust.


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HP Byron Nelson Championship
Fantasy Fix
We discuss the caddie carousel, 2011's unluckiest Major League pitcher, German beer and of course, this week's PGA Tour stop
HP Byron Nelson Championship
Where: Irving, Tx.
Course: TPC Four Seasons Resort
Defending champion: Jason Day held off a trio of players by two shots to pick up his first PGA Tour title.
Purse: $6,500,000
This Week's Fix Six
2. Sean O'Hair
3. Jason Day
4. Rory Sabbatini
5. Nick Watney
6. John Senden
Welcome to another edition of Fantasy Fix, where we wish every player would make it as easy to predict a tournament's outcome as David Toms did last week. Not that he made the weekend easy, but the 44-year-old did say he was going to "win again soon" and that Colonial was one of his favorite events on the PGA Tour. As I learned a long time ago, 2 + 2 = 4. But wait, that sounds like I'm taking away from what turned out to be a brilliant prediction. I definitely don't want to do that, so let's just call it what it was: genius. Hopefully, this week's selections will bring as much success.
The PGA Tour continues its Texas swing at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Like last week's Crowne Plaza Invitational, the field is a little disappointing with No. 10 Matt Kuchar leading the way. That doesn't mean it won't be an exciting tournament, though, especially since Colonial's event didn't end in a playoff. We're due.
Random tournament fact: Byron Nelson won this event in 1944 when it was known as the Texas Victory Open. He pocketed $2,000 and promptly bought a brand new flat-screen TV. Or something like that...
Jason Day. The Aussie had a quiet week at Colonial (T-31) following his T-4 at the Players, but he is becoming a weekly play no matter what the tournament. The 23-year-old picked up his first PGA Tour win here last year. Of course, no one remembers it, since an even younger player, amateur Jordan Spieth was in contention heading into the final day before finishing T-16. The teenager Spieth will be back playing this week, but we're pretty sure Day will be the one contending again.
Dustin Johnson. In the past two years, Johnson has recorded a T-4 and T-7 with all but one of his eight rounds being in the 60s. He's played very well in 2011, but surprisingly, is still looking for a win. That could definitely change here. Who is the most excited about DJ's prospects in Texas? How about Joe LaCava. The longtime caddie for Fred Couples has a new boss. Not that Freddie didn't pay well, but with Johnson turning 27 next month, he will provide plenty more years of ringing the cash register.
Scott Verplank. The veteran has five top 10s here in the past decade, including a win in 2007, a solo second in 2001 and a T-5 last year. He pulled out with a wrist injury last week, but if he can make it through all four rounds this week, don't be surprised to see him contend. A friend of the late Byron Nelson, this event means a great deal to the Verplank, so if there was ever a week for him to tough it out, it's this one.
"Hey, Alex. I know you turned down being Dustin Johnson's new caddie a few weeks back, but I figured I'd throw out the offer of being on my bag anyway. I'm younger than DJ, have more majors and have already been ranked No. 1 in the world. I also know you are a big Dirk Nowitzki fan and being from Germany, I can guarantee we will all hang out and enjoy a cold Krombacher together. Let me know, Martin Kaymer."
Thanks for the offer, Martin, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to turn you down as well. I'm more of a domestic beer guy anyway. OK, so Kaymer didn't really write me and I don't know if he's ever even met the NBA superstar. But that doesn't mean you should be shy. Please feel free to e-mail me with comments, questions or just to make fun of my picks. And of course, you can follow me on Twitter.
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Nude Sandra Bullock Confronts Chelsea Handler in the Shower (Photos)
by Julie Zied | October 16, 2012 at 10:42 AM | Chelsea Lately
Friends don't surprise friends in the shower.
Sandra Bullock made an unexpected cameo during Monday night's episode of "Chelsea Lately." The Oscar-winner appeared completely nude in a pre-taped sketch where she confronted an equally naked Chelsea Handler in the staff bathroom.
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"Hi, Sandra," a stunned Handler said.
"Sandy," Bullock corrected.
"Hi, Sandy," Handler replied.
"For friends and industry insiders it's Sandy," Bullock said. "You might just want to call me Sandra."
"Well, you just told me to call you Sandy, so. . ." Handler replied.
"Don't worry about what I just said, okay? What you need to worry about is pulling your sh-t together with this fancy new stage that you have which I think is a sham," Bullock said, referencing the brand new studio Handler debuted on Monday's show.
"First of all, stop calling yourself the white Oprah," Sandra continued.
"I never called myself the white Oprah. I was misquoted in Serbian Vogue," Handler replied.
"You have a responsibility to be a respectable talk show host," a disapproving Bullock said. "You have a responsibility to be a role model — a role model to young girls and gay and questioning youth," she continued.
"And you need to lay off the booze!"
Jennifer Aniston Gets Teary Talking to Chelsea About Her Engagement
After calling the late night host a "huge disappointment," Bullock slapped Handler in the face several times. When Handler asked why Bullock was hitting her, Bullock replied, "Because I think you could be something really big and inspirational to all women. To all women," she said, motioning to Handler's curves. "Oprah thinks you're the real deal."
"She does?" Handler questioned.
"No, she actually has no idea who you are," Bullock answered, abruptly leaving the shower.
During a later interview with guest Jennifer Aniston, Handler said she was one "the only one who was really naked" during the sketch, admitting she was clueless about the use of pasties or any other kind of cover-up. Take a look below:


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Art: Waste some time wisely on Rafaël Rozendaal's new website Fill This Up
What better way to spend your Friday than on Rafaël Rozendaal's latest creation, Fill This Up. Rafaël is one of the very few people that uses the World Wide Web productively, and he spends his time making websites for us proles to click around open-mouthed like those pigs those scientists convinced to play basic computer games. His latest venture sees him turn the boring browser into a canvas upon which we can drag our cursor around to make pastel shapes unfold like origami in quick succession. Drag to fill the page, click to reverse it back to white. Just like a lot of Rafaël's work, this is simple, alluring and strangely brilliant.


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Inventor Andy Brewster is just about to go on the road trip of his life, and takes a pit stop at his mother's house. This turns into an unexpected twist of events with her along for the ride.
Bruce St. James said, "Eh. Then again, what should I have expected with a son and his Jewish mother taking a cross-country trip in a compact car. There are a few funny moments, an attempt at a touching ending but ultimately I didn't buy the relationship between Seth & Babs."


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10.27.13 MEN'S SOCCER: Cavs' Early Goal Not Enough at Tiffin
Men's Soccer, 2013-10-27
(TIFFIN, Ohio) - Walsh's upset bid over Tiffin came up short as the Dragons scored two back-to-back goals midway through the second half for a 2-1 win. The Cavaliers are now 5-10 overall and 5-8 in the GLIAC. Tiffin (10-2-2, 8-2-2) came into the game as the No. 3 team in the Midwest Region.
The Cavaliers lone goal came from Quebec Gibbins (Sr., Canton, OH/Jackson) as he put a ball through to the right side of the goal just 2:12 into the game. It was one of the few offensive opportunities Walsh had in the game as the Cavs generated only eight shots in the game. Still, the Cavs held a 1-0 lead for the majority of the game.
In the meantime, Tiffin's offense kept the Cavs' defense on its toes with shot after shot. The Dragons averaged nearly a shot every three minutes with 33 total in the game. Tiffin eventually scored when Karl Jones received his own rebound after a shot and hit the back of the net the second time around at 64:54. Just under six minutes later, the Dragons took the lead on Andre Carvalho-Landell's goal from 15 yards out.
Despite the many shots, Justin Nolan (Sr., Medina, OH/Highland/Ashland) was strong in goal with nine saves.
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Avon Wash off Waterproof mascara
169 reviews
76% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.9
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on 7/28/2008 12:59:00 PM
Age: 44-55
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Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
I bought this to use as a waterproofing coat to go over my UD Skyscraper mascara, and for that it works great! Watery/teary eyes will not budge this stuff, but it was easy to get off with eye makeup remover. This is now my new black, inexpensive waterproofer.
I had been using UD's "Lingerie & Galoshes for Lashes" in conjunction with Skyscraper mascara, and was quite pleased with this combination, but, ever the perfectionist, I kept experimenting.
I find that MAC's "Prep + Prime Lash" ramps up my lashes more than UD's "Lingerie."
Since I'm cheap as well as a perfectionist, I didn't want to continue to buy "Lingerie and Galoshes" when I wouldn't use the "Lingerie" part.
So, I decided to look for an inexpensive waterproof mascara to use over Skyscraper as a top coat. Avon had Wah-off on sale, so I decided to try it.
It works fine for my purposes; it's lightweight, and because it's black and not white like "Galoshes," I don't have to wonder if I have white globs apparent on my lashes.
Wash-off" does a fantastic job keeping my mascara in place, even when I get teary.I'm not sure it packs enough "punch" for me to use it on its own, but as a waterproofer it's terrific. continued >>
on 7/24/2008 6:56:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This mascara doesn't lengthen much but it makes my eyelashes much blacker and lasts all day. It's the best waterproof formula I've tried in high-end and low-end mascaras-I can swim with this for hours and it still stays on yet it comes off easily with my cleanser.
on 7/23/2008 1:51:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Olive, Cool
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I ordered this because it was on sale for only $1.99. It gives nice length and average volume, but it lasted all day long and was easy to remove. I would definitely buy this again.
on 6/14/2008 4:44:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Oily, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Relaxed, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
This is my everyday use mascara and I really love it, it´s great because it applies beautifully, without clumping or doing a mess and even being waterproof is very easy to remove with just soap and water, I really like the brush. Is the only mascara that I keep buying time after time after time, the only caveat is that I find that it doesn´t do anything special (volume or lenght) for your lashes but is perfect when you want them to look like they have some color and texture to them.
on 6/13/2008 12:35:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
i have a huge problem with mascara that flakes off and make me have racoon eyes to i normally don't wear any mascara on my lower lashes unless it's waterproof. but i hate taking waterproof mascara off at the end of the day because i find it either doesn't come off all the way or you have to use one of those oily gross removers that leaves an oily film on your eyeball and you can't see properly for a couple hours.
so i saw this "washable waterproof" and i was sold. while the mascara doesn't really do anything for volume or length, it does keep your lashes separated and it doesn't flake or smudge. and the best part is that it comes off easily at the end of the day as promised, without that gross oily remover. i use a regular make-up remover and it works but warm water with some soap would work just as well.
on 6/1/2008 11:35:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
If you want simple lashes like a little definition without lengthening or thickening this is quite good enough. Does not clump, doesn't flake, doesn't smudge on me and stays the whole day. I would continue buying but they're not holding this product at the local Avon stores where I am at the moment but I'll definitely buy again. (^_^)
on 5/20/2008 9:02:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Black
Doesn't do much for my lashes. I've noticed it to be flaking after 2 months of sporadic use. It also smudges by the end of the school day. Argh. The cheap price, any where from $1 - $5, keeps it from getting a 1. I would not repurchase because it's just not for me. I need more enhancement. Btw, it can't hold curls very well.
on 5/8/2008 8:47:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Only mascara I wear, lasts all day, no smudging, and washes off easily with soap and water. Doesn't get any better than that!
on 4/30/2008 11:50:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This isn't my favourite mascara at all. I don't like how the brush is, i'm used to a more full brush. The good thing though its like a basic mascara. Maybe if you need to go to the grocery store and whatever, but I definatly need more in a mascara then this has to offer. It never kept the curl of my lashes which was a bummer. I wouldn't buy it again, but everyones different.
UPDATE: Ok, well I got better with my mascara techniques and decided to try this again with the good reviews. I do like it and think I'll start buying this mascara for my everyday use. I tried this in Black and I also tried the mini one in Violet which is kinda nice. But yes, I added a star.
on 4/3/2008 11:55:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Why is this product so inexpensive? Because it's cheap crap! It does nothing but flake- flake! flake! flake! It didn't come off completely when it got wet, but it flaked so bad I'd rather go without and be embarrassed by my blond eyelashes than to have people gawk at my abused and decomposing eyelashes. Also, absolutely no volume. This mascara sucks!
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