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The Utes responded last week in wins over Washington and Washington State. Jordan Loveridge had 13 rebounds in the win over the Huskies. Brandon Taylor - yes, little Brandon Taylor - had eight in the victory over Washington State.
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No Safe Havens for the Photo Industry in 2009
Posted By Paul Melcher On January 2, 2009 @ 8:30 am In Business of Photography | 3 Comments
The world economy, as we can all see, is not doing well. Between massive layoffs and the beginning of a deflationary trend in the United States, all signs point toward catastrophic changes ahead. What does it mean for the photo industry? Let's take a look and make some predictions.
Non-Essential Costs
The first places that photo agencies and image buyers will cut are so-called non-essential costs. Trade shows, reunions, festivals, awards — all will see a dramatic drop in attendance. Already, National Geographic in the United States and PICTA in Germany have been canceled. Two reasons for this: they will not find sponsors and they will not be able to book enough presence.
More shows will follow. The ones probably hurt most will be photojournalism shows, as on both sides of the market, creators and users, there is no more money. Visa Pour L'image in Perpignan will certainly will see a huge decline in its attendance, especially from U.S. participants, as the cost of attending is rising every year, with no tangible return. Others, like PACA, or even CEPIC, will be greatly impacted for the same reasons.
The only shows that might survive are the ones that get image buyers and sellers together, like Picturehouse. But the attendance might be only local, as everyone else will continue to save on travel costs.
Bean Counters Rule
When times get tough, companies tend to rely on their finance departments for help. Thus, creative management is replaced by bean-counting management. For some unknown reason (also known as the turtle reaction), companies no longer look at what will make them more money, but rather what will save them money.
This will accelerate the adoption of subscription-based licensing, as it makes it easier for everyone to manage and budget. Agencies working only with freelance photographers on a commission basis will try to follow — until they realize it is cost-prohibitive. Which will be too late.
Smart businesses will see this as an opportunity, as failing agencies will hit the market for a bargain price. Some will be great opportunities; other will be rotten fruit. Either way, there will be more consolidation.
All image buyers will rush to budget photography. If you thought microstock did well in 2008, just wait until 2009. No one will care so much about great photography, or at least not enough to matter. Any image with a good price will do the job. Since more freelance photographers will hit the market after being laid off their staff jobs, the supply will not be lacking.
Even the Paparazzi Will Suffer
Even assignment and wedding photography will be hurt. First, because companies will reduce their marketing dollars and not spend them on a professional CEO headshot (especially since the husband of the marketing VP is unemployed and has this cool Canon 5D Mark II he bought before being laid off). Others will be happy to do assignment work for free if they can keep the licensing rights. Ex-newspaper staffers will join the growing ranks of wedding photographers and will depress prices.
There is also the looming SAG strike. The SAG is the Screen Actors Guild, and every single movie star is a member. About 75 percent of SAG's membership is already out of work, so they couldn't care less if they went on strike. That would create havoc on the editorial celebrity world, one of the last healthy places for photography.
No more premieres, no more red carpet, no more award shows. Some photo agencies only cover those. It would be a catastrophic blow to them. Others might push their photographers into the street to chase the celebrities, doubling the already overwhelming number of paparazzi in the streets. Besides the fights among them, accidents with celebrities will happen and laws will pass. It is already an oversaturated market, so prices there, as elsewhere, will plummet.
In other words, there are no safe havens. I'm afraid 2009 is not a pretty picture for the photo industry.
3 Comments To "No Safe Havens for the Photo Industry in 2009"
#1 Comment By Pat On January 2, 2009 @ 5:12 pm
Wow that makes scary reading!
I have noticed booking for next year have been quiet for 2009 weddings but have had a few inquiries before Christmas.
Wedding photographers at the top end of the market have not noticed any real changes in their market. So I think there will be winners and losers but those that get through will have a really strong business for the future.
#2 Comment By Stanley Leary On January 2, 2009 @ 5:22 pm
I can see your glass is half full.
National Geographic Seminar is canceled due to contract negotiations more than economy [2]
While the economy is the worst in years, this is the time where so many are competing for so little. How do you pick which photographer when the line is deep for each job? Many will choose price as you have stated. This is the way US car manufacturers think. I believe this is why they are in such trouble. People have continued to spend more for foreign made vehicles because they are consistently better built.
I believe many of those buying photography are still like me when I bought my two Toyota vehicles--they bought for quality so they didn't have problems.
I think the key is to realize for the most part photography is a luxury for the buyer so often. People still will pay top dollar for a good diamond and are still buying luxury cars.
I think the key is to do good quality work and promote your features which make you a better buy. If you have the same kind of work as the guy down the street--then your glass is not just half empty, but in this economy you are going to be changing careers.
#3 Comment By Paul Melcher On January 4, 2009 @ 11:07 am
Sounds worse than it is. Talented photographers will always thrive, but that is rather the exception than the rule. A lot of the way we are used to do business will change very briskly forcing many of us to leave the industry. But I agree with Pat, those who will survive will grow stronger.
Stanley: how can people perceive photography as a luxury item when prices have fallen so low ? There has to be more than just snapshots for it to be perceived as a high value item. Unbelievable Creativity, exquisite customer relationship, and so one. what would you add ?
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As I walked through the grounds, I couldn't help but think of the people who were sent to sanitariums because they were outside of the norm—because their husbands were tired of them, because they were not heterosexual, or because of their home life. I thought about a friend who was committed to a sanitarium/hospital simply because of the stress of seeing her husband abuse her children from a previous marriage. I thought about relatives who did not share the loves of their lives with me because they were homosexual, which was considered a mental illness and might provoke a stay in a sanitarium. I always cry when I think about their loved ones whom I never met. And, I thought about my mother's attorney friend who was defending a woman whose husband wanted to put her in a sanitarium so he could divorce her to marry someone else. At that time, adultery and mental illness were pretty much the only reasons one could get a divorce. The attorney lost the case, the woman went to the sanitarium, and my mother cried for days.
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Latino women control household spending for the lion's share of the $1.2 trillion Hispanic market in the U.S., new research shows.
The Nielsen Company, a unit of Nielsen Holdings N.V., unveils this finding in "Latina Power Shift." The report explores changes among Latino women and their increasingly central role in the U.S. economy.
Eighty-six percent of Latinas say they are the primary or joint decision-maker for every product category examined in the study, including:
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Latinas' economic power is growing in tandem with an increase in the U.S. Hispanic population. The study projects that Latino women will account for 17 percent of the U.S. female population in 2015, as compared to 62 for non-Hispanic white women and 21 percent for the non-Hispanic ethnic female population.
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Looks Mischa has signed on to star in a new comedy called The Science of Cool. IMDB is reporting that Mischa's character will be named Jane and the official MySpace for the film and the production company are also reporting Mischa as the latest addition to the cast. For all the Friday Night Lights fans, also starring in the film is Jeremy Sumpter (who played J.D. McCoy).
There is a formula for being cool!
This is another independent film with a tiny budget of around $6 million (also according to IMDB). And from the MySpace is this take on the film: The Science of Cool promises to be a hilarious, modern take on some of the most classic 1980's teen films such as Weird Science, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Sixteen Candles.


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Prescription Importation
Several Pharmacy groups are suing Maine over a new law that allows residents to import prescription dugs from other countries by mail. The law suit was filed Tuesday September 10th in the U.S District Court over many concerns for this new legislation.
The recently passed law allows mail order firms from foreign countries to take prescriptions written by U.S. Doctors, and fill them in pharmacies in Canada, the united kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. While supports of this law say it certainly gives Mainers medications at a cheaper price, Pharmacy groups in Maine oppose for many reasons.. Including their ability to tightly monitor the quality of the drugs.
"When it's shifted to international sources, pharmacies who utilize brokers, who can be located anywhere in the world, there's a loss of control that's disconcerting to the groups," John Hebert says. Hebert is a pharmacist at the city drug store in Presque Isle and has his own pharmacy in Van Buren. He says he's experienced situations with counterfeit drugs. And that it's a problem because there are many websites out there who offer prescription importation.
Hebert says, "typically you have firm, like the you see being talked about like CanaRx and what they are they're kind of a middle man they work with pharmacies in Canada and they obtain drugs on behalf of residents from different states including Maine."
This practice has been allowed in Maine through recent legislation passed in June, without a signature from Governor Paul LePage. Various pharmacy groups like the Maine Pharmacy Association oppose the legislation and filed a law suit. President of the maine pharmacy association Kenneth McCall tells newssource 8 that their three primary concerns, are the lack of safety and privacy, the unlicensed pharmacy practice, and that fact that it's illegal.
McCall says the FDA has already shutdown over a thousand illegal pharmacy firms. The FDA has also found that about 97 percent of mail order firms are non compliant with FDA rules. For that reason, pharmacy groups argue that this law will jeopardize the U.S's pharmaceutical distribution system, and jeopardize the health of Maine residents.
For more details on the legislation and the context of the law suit, follow this link:
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Ten things to do in Gloucestershire this weekend - February 7 - 8
Posted: February 07, 2014|
If you can avoid the stormy weather there is plenty to do in Gloucestershire this weekend.
Here's our pick of 10 things to do:
1. Take a walk among the snowdrops at Colesbourne House
2.Enjoy a hilarious show at Cheltenham Everyman theatre with the farce Boeing Boeing
3. Leading authors this week stressed how important it is to read to children so if you are a parent why not start now. Here's a list of the best 100 books to read before the age of 14.
4.Enjoy a lovely pint at the Tewkesbury Winter Ales Festival
5. Have your picture taken on the Citizen Love Sofa at Eastgate Shoping Centre or the Gloucestershire Echo Love Sofa at Regent Arcade on Saturday.
6. Support your local one - Saturday is National Libraries Day
7. Eat at the restaurant of the week: Ask, Cheltenham
8. Audition for the Cheltonians
9. Cook the dish of the week: Arbroath Smokie Cakes with chilli jam
10. Watch the film of the week: Robocop (12A)


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The Standard hotels are our primary hotel choices in this location, though availability is not guaranteed. If a given hotel is not available for your tour date, we will reserve you a room at a hotel of similar appeal and quality in the same area.
A Costa Rican volcano lodge set high on a ridge a mere 1.7 miles from Arenal Volcano, Arenal Observatory Lodge offers the adventurous traveler front-row seating for one of the world's most thrilling fireworks displays - a volcanic eruption. And no Costa Rica lodge is so apt to view the roar and fume of the awe-inspiring Arenal Volcano as the Arenal Observatory Lodge!
The magnificent Arenal Springs Hotel is located just 5 miles away from the town of La Fortuna on the way towards the Arenal Volcano National Park. Surrounded by nature and conveniently close to Arenal, the hotel is an ideal choice for travelers wishing to explore Costa Rica.
The Arenal Volcano Inn is surrounded by the nature of Costa Rica's tropical jungle. The hotel features 25 rooms, each with a private terrace and sweeping views of Arenal Volcano.
Arenal Manoa is a beautiful place to rest, relax and enjoy the marvelous view of Arenal Volcano. Surrounded by gardens, pastures and animals, the rooms have been designed so that each one offers you a panoramic view of the volcano.
Located in the northern region of Costa Rica and only two and a half hours from San José, the Arenal Paraíso Hotel is your best option to enjoy the most impressive view of the Arenal Volcano in a peaceful and quiet atmosphere on your Costa Rica trip.
Lomas del Volcán, within the property of a 150 hectare farm, it´s hotel situated on a mountainside of one of the most active volcanos of Costa Rica... The hotel sits at the foot of the majestic Arenal Volcano.
Nestled on the shores of Lake Arenal, the Rancho Margot welcomes guests to the organic sustainable ranch and retreat center. Guests will enjoy a wide variety of activities on the lush grounds of the ranch, as well as deluxe bungalow accommodations. Immerse yourself in the best of Costa Rica at Rancho Margot.
Arenal Kioro is located 10 kilometers Northwest of La Fortuna in San Carlos, in front of the majestic Arenal Volcano. It is a family run company who believes in making friends more than guests. Their hope is every person using the hotel will feel this characteristic hospitality and the sincere treatment from personnel on their Costa Rica trip.
The Royal Corin Resort & Loto Spa has 54 rooms with an elegant design, quiet atmosphere in harmony with natural wealth of the area of the majestic Arenal volcano. Each room has fantastic view of the volcano mainly because of the excellent architectural design of this five story hotel. It is the perfect place to begin your Costa Rica tour.
Luxurious and secluded, Nayara Hotel is nestled in the picturesque foothills of Arenal Volcano. Guests are treated to state of the art interiors in one of 21 suites and 29 deluxe rooms.
Tabacon Grand Spa is located in the Fortuna de San Carlos Region of Costa Rica. The resort combines the impressive force of Arenal Volcano, the warmth of the Tabacon Hot Springs, and the relaxed atmosphere of the surrounding rainforest.
The Springs Resort and Spa is a 165 acre luxury boutique five star hotel in La Fortuna, Arenal, Costa Rica with the best view of the Arenal Volcano and the most onsite guest amenities.


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Too often in our romantic search for our one and only soul mate, we enter into a relationship that have many enjoyable qualities, but a little voice in the back of our heads keeps asking disturbing questions we do not want to answer.
Then we silence the voice, reaffirm our commitment to the relationship, and proudly rationalize that "True Love Conquers All". Only to sadly realize months or years later that the little voice was right.
The Love Dilemma is the reluctance to challenge the "minor issues" as one begins to fall in love. The fear that the entire investment into the relationship may be lost if a minor issue is challenged creates a fear of loss that usually leads one to either:
The natural and virtually unavoidable consequence of this typical emotional pattern is making a long term relationship decision based on incomplete and false information. If one accepts the Equity Theory of Relationships, then the initial misperception of who is putting what into the deal is false from the beginning, resulting in Misguided Expectations. When that party eventually realizes they can neither ignore these issues nor change the other party, they Revisit the Equity of the Relationship, eventually resulting in divorce when the truth of the inbalance is finally accepted.
The romantic notion that there exisits:
One person, our exact "Soul Mate", who is so perfectly matched that we would never fight, never disagree and remain eternally happy no matter what happens, is a cruel myth.
At least with Santa Claus we eventually tell our children the truth, but so many adults still believe the Myth of a Soul Mate, that it continues to be affirmed in the minds of our children and remains a significant obstacle in relationships.
The fundamental fallacy with the concept of a Soul Mate is the assumption that a soul mate embodies perfection through the exact matching of thinking, feelings and emotions.
This thinking is rooted in the Traditional View of Marriage where the gender roles are rigid and well defined. The only consideration in the Traditional Model for Adapability or Personal Responsibility is in accepting your place based upon your gender. A tremendous human capital investment has been made in our religious and societal institutions to accept unhappiness and suffering as good, natural and serving the higher moral objective of the continutity of marriage. Consequently, in this manner of thinking, happiness is only attainable when the parties are perfectly matched, as in matched in heaven as in Soul Mates.
The problem arises with the inevitability of change in modern society and the reality that a modern marriage using Traditional Relationship Roles is doomed to failure.
All of this changes when we recognize that Compatibility is only a single part of Relationship Success. The larger truth is we can create Structed Equilibrium in our relationships by understanding the truth about what we commit to the relationship and by adjusting our Needs and Preferances to allow us to be more resiliate and adapable to the inevitable change that will occur.
A more accurate and modern view of a Life Mate is:
A person of inter-dependent maturity who values their partner's contribution to the relationship more than their own preferences, and whose needs in the relationship are satisfied by the actual contribution of the other person.
Before you entertain the question of Marriage?, you should be able to answer the question Am I Prepared to be a Life Mate?
We are mislead by many myths that traditionally have helped support a paternal dominated society when the woman is dependent upon the man:
Have you ever wondered, why is it that some people are attracted to each other? Perhaps you have heard yourself say "What on earth does she see in him?"
95% of our decisions about who
to love are controlled by subconscious imprinting that occurred when we were
children. As a consequence, we rarely know What We Really Want
Until we recognize that our sexual and romantic desires are affected and controlled by our sub-conscious as a result of childhood events, we can never really know if our intellect is in control of our desires and our decisions about who we have a relationshup with.
How can you answer the question Are You The One For Me? if you are not aware of the influence that your childhood had on your relationship decisions as an adult.
If you find your self attracted to the same type of partner, who time after time turns out to be incompatible, then you may have destructive relationship patterns that sub-consciously cause you to make the same mistakes over and over again.
Locating the persistent, negative patterns in your relationships is the first step toward eliminating those patterns.
The "Love Dilemma" is created in part by the fact that no matter how intelligent we are, millions of years of evolution has created a safety program in our sub-conscious that shades how we "feel" about something based upon our past experiences. Those feeling affect our decisions in subtly, but profound ways.
How this occurs is common for everyone:
As adults, if we want to influence the path of our lives, we must assume responsibility for the choices we make and begin make conscious choices that fulfill our long range goals and desires.
While this appears both simple and desirable, breaking well established neuro-associative pathways is a very daunting task that requires diligence, commitment and courage.
For most people, this is not something they can do by themselves. It is suggested that you work through this in a three step approach:
Since we tend to be more motivated by avoiding pain than seeking pleasure, our next section discusses the pain of failing to end a "pretty good relationship".
One of the hardest things to do is to walk away from a "pretty good" relationship, but it is nothing compared to the emotional tragedy of divorce, that in many ways is more difficult to adjust to than the death of a close family member.
Never forget, your sub-conscious will answer any question posed using your paradigm for its measure of pleasure and pain.
So on the one hand your sub-conscious is pushing you to stay in the relationship, while at the same time you are hearing that little voice questioning parts of the relationship.
The confusion is because different questions are being asked, and often it is difficult to determine if the sub-conscious is pushing you toward or away from a relationship. Often times, the efecct of the sub-conscious seems to be going in different directions. This effect is illustrated in the following examples:
"Should I break-up with him" - Your sub-conscious raises the question becasue there are some fundamental problems with the relationship, but your conscious will answer "NO!" as you rationalize your behavior with the support of your sub-conscious:
Your sub-conscious may start posing the dilemma rather than answer the question:
Answering this question is Painful.
Asking a different question is Not Painful.
Asking a different question is Not Painful.
So rather than asking yourself "Should I break up with him?" you start wondering "Is it really his fault?; Will I find anyone else; Is it really that important...".
You now have entered the endless loop of avoidance, as the answer to that question remains the same.
Perhaps the better question is:
"Why can't I answer the question?"
Listen to the doubting question and let you mind answer it before allowing yourself to revert back to the safety of the alternate question as an answer. This is more difficult than it seems. Depending upon yopur situation it may require third party intervention with professional therapist to really expose the deeply rooted fears and conflicts controlled by your sub-conscious.
Ignoring that little voice may lead you to marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons. Divorce is far more painful, than breaking up a "pretty good" relationship.
A significant portion of this web site and our work is dedicated to answering this question because our mission is to:
Empower people with better decision making knowledge before marrige to decrease the rate of divorce and strengthen the commiment and passion of long term relationships.
There are many good and healthy reasons for breaking up. There are also many bad reasons, or unhealthy actions that divert the responsibility for the breakup onto your partner.
In summary, it is really as simple as this four step process:
There is one more step: courage to do the right thing, just remember you are not alone.
The resources on this web site, and the people behind it, are dedicated to helping everyone who has a desire to improve their relationships or their own ability to become a better relationship partner.
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Try overlays...
Back in the day we had do all the memory management by hand. Programs (FORTRAN) had a basic main "kernel" that controlled the overall flow and we grouped subprograms (subroutines and functions) into "overlays" that were swapped in as needed. I spent hours grouping subprograms into roughly equal sized chunks just to fit into core, all the while trying to minimize the number of swaps necessary. All the data was stored in huge COMMON blocks so it was available to the subprograms in every overlay. You'd be fired if you produced such code today.
Virtual memory is more valuable than full screen editors and garbage collection is just icing on a very tall layer cake...
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> "Adventures of Danny Dunn"
I'll second this. They're great reading. I read every one I could get my hands on as a preteen. Before that I was a lousy reader and not really interested in getting any better. Those books were the key that unlocked the world of reading for me.


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Is Joe Hockey entitled to the three million dollars his wife brings home each year? How shall we take it away from him?
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Every politician, every member of the Commission of Audit, every political donor & those parachuted into highly paid government jobs, should immediately present their tax returns, their family trust & offshore tax returns and their families tax returns for examination by ordinary members of the public. And compared.
… And explain how they deserved it, earned it from their efforts rather than as some sort of subsidy or rent-seeking.
ginnylowndes, I was astonished at the cavalier way the Chief Pooh Bah of the Commission batted questions last night. Very dismissive, very cavalier.
I'll bet he is on a nice little sinecure, and his whole family is mighty comfy, with nothing to fear from his roster of idealogical 'cures'.
From Crikey today,
As Crikey has reminded readers in the past, Shepherd's time chairing Transfield Services was marked by a falling share price, rising losses, impaired asset write-downs because the company paid too much for those assets, a poorly timed share buyback and rising debt. Hardly the most inspiring example of corporate leadership, but good enough, apparently, to get the chairmanship of the Business Council and of the Commission of Audit.
They have built a wall of money around themselves that gives them an illusion of protection from life's uncertainties, a feeling, illusory of course, of immortality. From this comes the smugness, the arrogance, the superiority that we see. It's all a house of cards of course, life is quite capable of cutting them down to earth in a moment. It's a shame they cannot keep some humility when making decisions that affect vulnerable people and unsettle a nation unnecessarily.
Yes it's the most perplexing thing about Fiberals, they just don't seem to connect with where their often unwarranted privilege comes from.
I guess psycho Christians don't have much room for empathy in their version of heaven, which is closer to the concept of a living hell, it is after all just a state of mind.
Here's excerpts from the Crikey.com profile of Commission of Audit Chief, Tony Shepherd, so it's a case of "no sh!t, Sherlock", as to what Thatcherist tripe that he and ex-Lib Senator Amanda Vanstone would be spruiking:
The audit's chief commissioner Tony Shepherd stepped down in March from his role as head of the Business Council of Australia. The BCA doesn't represent most Australian businesses — just the largest 100. It's the ultimate voice of corporate power in Australia. He headed the BCA from late 2011.
……. during Shepherd's parting address to the BCA in March. "The former government should be held to account for the budgetary decisions they made," he said, adding that politicians had to stop pretending the budget was a "magic pudding".
Shepherd has long established ties to the Liberal Party, particularly in New South Wales, and while at Transfield was more than happy to wade into political debates. He warned, for example, of the dangers of Australia leading the world on climate change, stating that "tails do not wag dogs".
Shepherd was the perfect choice for Abbott's Dead Sea Scrolls, then, all 5 kilos of them.
In my view, Australia can easily afford to do what it wants, build what it wants, invest in its people's health and education as much as it wants. Because Australia will never run out of money; some years there'll be more, some less.
It's never about 'balancing the budget' it's about managing the debt, and managing the windfalls.
This 'debt crisis' is a manufactured ploy to scare the shit out of stupid people.
I smelled a rat as soon as this Shepherd bloke opened his mouth, I thought straight away, here's a dyed in the wool Liberal, more trickery from Abbs and co.
No talk about the revenue, raise the taxes for rich ad the mining, what's wrong about raising GST a tad (in Denmark it's 25%)
The Liberal style is always the same: take it away from those who can least afford it.
Born in 1965, this overweight lightweight can afford to wait a little while longer for Abbott to self-destruct. All pre-supposing he has himself no links to the Looters Party slush funds now under investigation.
The health of any economy is intimately connected to consumer sentiment, reflected in retail sales. Would the Commission of Audit, be willing to analyze and quantify the overall negative financial effects, the relentless Abbott – Hockey scare mongering has cost Australia during their tenure?
My guess is we would have little or no debt, that immediate reparations should be retroactively extracted from all Coalition member entitlements and slush funds for the next hundred years.
Liberal Slush fund EightbyFive claims another scalp.
ICAC on the lookout for $1.6180339887 billion.
By leaving Gallagher out of his ministry, we can now see Baird already knew him to be corrupt. That proves a broadbased knowlege of systematic corruption within the Liberal Party in NSW.
Given the direct organisational links Abbott & Hockey have within their local & NSW branches, to those already shown to be corrupt, it is only a matter of time before the axe falls on them.
You can write 'ICAC' the musical, Bob. The rats deserting the sinking ship will sing the loudest.
The number 1.6180339 is eerily familiar to me.
Simple, silkworm: if you add them all up you get 207, which gives you the sum of 9, which, if you divide by the prime number 3, gives you 3×3 which, if you multiply it by 2, gives you: TaDah!! 666 the devils number!
Simple, really.
Don't listen to Glow Worm silk……worm?!?!
That was weird.
Anyway, don't listen to her; you'll be led up some dark alley, populated by chipped fingernails, sweat soaked tattooo's, torn stockings, cheap whiskey, sad eyes, cheap stilletoes, mangy dogs, blinking neon, and strewn prophylactics.
I know, believe me, I know.
Allthumbs told me.
About that number, it's the Golden ratio – you know 'EightbyFive'…..
Ahh forget it silk,
It wasn't any good anyway…
Allthumbs knows squat, Fedallah – my inspiration is Madame Duthé, not Paris Hilton!
That would be:
Why do some images copy over fine (on the ipad), whilst others don't?
Who here knows of such things?
Yeah right,
You're watching too much of 'The Vikings' Fedallah – best lay orf the horny stuff for a while.
Lagertha stirs my loins, Glow Worm.
Be stirred, DQ: not a dame for wimps, she's one of the tough ones:
Sheppard has always been as the public now sees him, a class & status conscious right wing extremist who has displayed an attitude of total distain for anyone he judges to be below his own perceived status.
To him I believe greed is not only thought to be good, but essential element of success. One senses he has always seen workers as serfs who should be grateful to work for their subsistence. It goes without saying he has long been ideologically opposed to unions. Of course it will never have crossed his mind, as Chairman of the Business Council of Australia he was the head of the second most powerful union in Australia.
In Tony Sheppard the Liberal scoundrels knew they had a despotic Grinch, guaranteed to ruthlessly assault anything remotely perceived as 'socialist'. Here be a greedy man prepared to do anything to achieve the enslavement all Australians to satisfy a greedy lust for profits & ideological belief in a privileged class system.
He undoubtedly believes in the fallacy of trickledown economics, as long as there are no drips from his bucket.
Hugh Weiss, when I was still gainfully employed back in 1988-9, I became involved in a rebuttal by my organisation to Greiner's own
'Audit' of NSW Government services.
A wise old head took me aside to calm my high dudgeon, and said: No-one commissions these audits unless they have already told the auditors what outcomes they want. Further, no-one wastes money by appointing consultants without telling them beforehand what result they want. Save your anger, and wait and see what Greiner actually picks up. Then go for it.'
He was right, of course.
And the next Morgan poll will be very interesting.
I was gainfully employed for bloody decades, of course. 88-9 was the year of Greiner's slash & burn.
Interesting Nick ended up on so many boards which had fingers in privatise pies his government sold off.
"Greiner", every time I looked at a board in the noughties, it seemed to have one.
Rewards for the wicked, Hugh Weiss.
These board appointments follow a syncopated pattern – always.
Yes of course. The dogs are told to go out and hunt; the hunter is at liberty to eat whatever of those items he deems edible and to discard the rest.
Talking of who was on the audit team…Amanda Vanstone…Taken from Wikipedia.
In March 1996 Vanstone became one of the two women (with Jocelyn Newman) in John Howard's cabinet when she was appointed Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs. In this portfolio she presided over heavy cuts to the employment programs established by the Keating government, which drew strong criticism.
2001,In the Family and Community Services portfolio she presided over the massive government pensions.
Vanstone proved to be a blunt-talking, robust defender of government policies, and the then Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services, Wayne Swan, described her as "a political hyena who takes delight in attacking society's most vulnerable"
I am glad you posted this, this bogus commission cannot be taken seriously. It's could be likened to a punishment to the good people of Australia for placing the FIBS in opposition for 7 years. Very thatcher and some untested tea party 'ideas' (if such a thing exists) not just revenge of the shopkeepers (that was Howard) this is a vengefulness without precedent.
A commission of small minds, small ideas and vision no further than their wallet to make sure it's zipped tightly closed.
It's galling having that smug privileged prick sit back and tell the rest of use we're working till 70.


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July 28, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has earmarked $31 million for Texas wildfires recovery with most of the money going to devastated Bastrop County.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan on Friday announced the Texas share as part of $400 million in nationwide natural disaster assistance.
Community development block grants will help pay for housing, business and infrastructure needs beyond other public and private help.
HUD says at least 80 percent of the Texas grants are for the Bastrop area, 30 miles east of Austin. The drought-fed and wind-driven fire that began Labor Day weekend left two people dead and destroyed about 1,500 homes.
The Texas Forest Service says last year's wildfire season was the worst in state history, destroying nearly 4 million acres. About 4,000 structures were lost. Ten people died.
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Tracy Morgan Rips on 'SNL' Castmates
Come on Tracy. Tell us how you really feel. '30 Rock' star Tracy Morgan lambastes his old 'Saturday Night Live' castmates in his new book according to the New York Daily News.
"None of the cast I came up with saw this future for me," reveals Morgan in 'I Am the New Black,' out next Tuesday. "All I have to say about that is, where's Chris Kattan now? Where's Cheri Oteri now? That b---- can't even get arrested."
"I invited everyone to go down there one week," explains Morgan. "And Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch and a few others came along. I didn't tell any of them what they were in for, so it was all cool when we got there. ... Then these two girls came out onstage and started [engaging in sex acts], and that just shut it down. All the grips and crew guys from 'SNL' were standing around and loving it, but my castmates took one look at that, turned right around and rushed out of there."
Morgan felt misunderstood by the 'SNL' cast. "I had my finger on the pulse of urban comedy, but when I brought my act to 'SNL,' those mother--------- just felt bad for me," confides Morgan. But he does have praise for his '30 Rock' co-star, Tina Fey. "Tina wasn't scared to come into my world and find the funny up in there. She's that kind of cool," he writes.
Morgan also delves into the deeply personal. Coping with diabetes, being estranged from his mother and losing his father to AIDS.
Tracy Morgan, 40, was discovered performing stand-up comedy at Harlem's Apollo Theater and was a member of 'SNL' from 1996 to 2003. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on '30 Rock' in 2009.
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- Wednesday 14 OctoberBy Jim Brooks
Morgan should be kissing Tina Fey's butt. If it weren't for her, he'd be washing dishes for a living.
- Wednesday 14 OctoberBy willie
This jackass is as funny as a crutch. I know mexicans that can't butcher the english language like this clown can. Whoever said he speaks like he's got marbles in his mouth is being too kind. I rate him right up there with George Lopez on the funny scale--which would be zero. How this no-talent bum ever got a job in show business is a complete mystery.
- Thursday 15 OctoberBy Fanghammer
Sounds like most people here are just jumping on the wagon to bash another celebrity. Rehearsing your bashing skills, indeed. Very easy to do and sometimes fun. Truth is, Tracy Morgan IS FUNNY and has a great sense of humor a lot of the younger generations just don't understand, yet. Look at Andy Kaufman (Google him). He was a little off key but now he's a legend. Like Kaufman, Morgan is sometimes misunderstood.
- Saturday 22 MayBy dennis
celebrity? u have got to be kidding me.. once 30 rock is over so is this clown
- Wednesday 14 OctoberBy CatrinaHighest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Another no class, filthy talking, not funny, dumb @ss.. He probably hangs out with another no talent equally crass, David Alan Greer.
- Thursday 15 OctoberBy PEPPA
I don't wish Morgan any ill will, .... however he's really not talented, and quite boring.
- Wednesday 14 OctoberBy Paul Solomon
He'll say anything to sell a book.
- Wednesday 14 OctoberBy babib1
Tracy Morgan was never ever ever ever funny EVER! I'm barely able to watch scare tactics because he is the host. We get it, he's black and raw but absolutely a no talent. He must have an AWESOME agent. I'm sure this will be turned into a "race" issue by him or other dumb ass! There are "minority" entertainers, he's just not one of them...
- Wednesday 14 OctoberBy dano
I used to change the channel whenever Tracy was in a skit on SNL, especially the character he often did "I'm Brian Fellows", made me puke. Who wrote that crap needs to be shot too, SNL kept doing it over and over. Tina Fey keeps him on 30Rock because he is so bad he makes them look good and he fills the void for the urban ratings. Get ready for a back-lash Tracy, you are going down!
- Friday 16 OctoberBy tom king
tracy morgan is about as funny as a heart attack. he is just another in a long line of untallented comic losers.the poeple that think he:s funny dont actualy know comedy.joe piscopo collin quinn tracy morgan their all the same they suck at acting and theyre not the least bit funny.
- Friday 16 OctoberBy tom king
poblo you call the man brilliant and complex.morgan is about as far away from complex as you can get. gon2kona dont ever put tracy morgans name with richard pryor.different league different sport different world.
- Thursday 15 OctoberBy say what?!
to all of you haters who don't know the history behind tracey and david alan grier. Shut up and they are funny youtube them or something. and it's not luck it's talent. how else would they have come so far? they are not just comedians they are actors as well. and he has every right to write about his past cast members or not. more money or no money it's his call
- Thursday 15 OctoberBy braveHeart
To say Tracy has NEVER been funny is just silly. The man has had his moments, acting like a retard is what makes him funny. If you don't get it, you don't get it. I mean I don't like all the nasty "jew"(seth rogan) humor that "American Pie" started, but hey to each his own.
- Thursday 15 OctoberBy Joe
Tracy Morgan isnt even worthy of the toilet paper i use to wipe my a$$.He's not funny!Cant understand a word he says.He's a legend in his own little black mind
- Thursday 15 OctoberBy PJsouthernerHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Tracy Morgan has become a no good racist SOB. I used to like him but I am getting sick of his derrogatory jokes. He is becoming the next Dave Chappelle. He shoudl thank SNL for giving him the start to become famous enough to ever be considered hired for 3D rock. Morgan had his opportunity throgh Saturday night Live and now he has nerve to mock the show that gave him fame in the first place. It's as hypocritical as Micheal Steele saying Obama does not deserve the Nobel Prize when Steele would be cleaning toilets or picking trash now had Obama not been elected president and the GOP did not have to use a black man to attack Obama to deceive dumb idiot supproters who still think Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the neocons wer such great christians.
- Thursday 15 OctoberBy BIFF JONES
Morgan is blowing his own horn because he has found some measure of success in 30 Rock its in his nature. Just as its been in his nature to be selfish, arrogant, and self destructive in the end those qualities of Morgan's will win out and he will end up with nothing.
- Thursday 15 OctoberBy Jackaloo
Never thought this dude was funny...just lucky. He's no Garrett Morris, Chris Rock, Tim Meadows and he sure as hell isn't an Eddie Murphy.
"I'm Gumby dammit!"
- Saturday 17 OctoberBy jeff
whoever said snl hasn't been funny since akroyd, murray, belushi didn't watch the season (or two?i forget) with the MOST TALENTED group - christopher guest, billy crystal, and harry shearer... don't knock EVERYONE after the first cast...
- Friday 16 OctoberBy violin
A few shows ago, SNL allowed Tracy Morgan to do a guest appearance. He so sucked....I squirmed because I was embarrassed for him.....must be charity.
- Friday 16 OctoberBy rann948
What a jerk. His momma ought to scrub his filthy mouth out with soap. From the looks of him, he won't be long for this world- diabetes will check him out. Such a sob story from an s.o.b.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. ---
The Cal State Northridge women's soccer team opens its 2013 campaign with a home exhibition contest Saturday against Seattle University at 7 p.m. Coming off a 2012 season marked by the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance and a Big West Championship, the Matadors will face a talented Redhawks squad under the lights at Matador Soccer Field.
Saturday's contest features free admission for all. The teams are likely to play three periods of at least 30 minutes in duration.
A quick recap of the 2012 season had CSUN finishing 11-5-6 overall and 6-1-2 in Big West play. At the Big West Championship, Northridge knocked off Cal Poly and then downed Cal State Fullerton in overtime to capture the league's automatic berth into the field of 64.
The 2013 rendition of the CSUN women's soccer program features a intriguing combination of returning letterwinners and newcomers. Head coach Keith West is back for his eighth season at the helm and is hoping to guide the Matadors to their fifth-straight top-four finish in the Big West. The squad features four seniors: Amanda Smith, Haley Chee, Wendy Warner and Chloe McDaniel.
"We are happy with the focus and drive this team has shown in learning the Northridge way," West said. "The group has displayed a good progression and we're starting to come together as a close unit."
McDaniel enters her third-consecutive season as a team captain and was the 2012 Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Smith has totaled a goal, seven assists and nine points in her previous three seasons at Northridge. Chee and Warner have each recorded one career goal entering their final season.
"Our seniors have been outstanding thus far in camp and are who this team really leans on," West added. "I think our former student-athletes would be proud to see how this group of seniors is leading the team."
Among other returners, junior Brittanie Sakajian is the team's top returning scorer. After missing all of 2011, she returned with vigor by tying for the team lead with five assists and added a goal in 2012. She has five goals, seven assists and 17 points in her career.
Sophomore Taylor Hobson should also be a prominent fixture in midfield for CSUN. In her rookie campaign, she recorded game-winning goals at UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State and earned All-Big West Honorable Mention honors. According to West and the coaching staff, another sophomore, Kendall Moskal, has also been playing at a high level throughout camp.
Several newcomers have also turned heads thus far in training camp. Under the grueling eye of the sun and Coach West, Breanna McCallum, Cynthia Sanchez, Camille Watson and others have flashed the potential to be impactful players in just their first season of Division I soccer.
"We have been very pleased with the drive and determination all our newcomers have shown in making the transition to NCAA Division I soccer," West said. "They want to do well and are willing to learn what it takes to succeed at this level."
Seattle was picked to win the Western Athletic Conference title in 2013 after finishing the 2012 season at 9-9-2 overall. Stephanie Verdoia was chosen as the WAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year after posting 10 goals last season. Julia Besagno is the WAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year after scoring three penalty kick goals and helping the squad post five shutouts last year.
CSUN and Seattle have met once on the pitch as Division I foes, a 3-1 Matador victory in the 2010 season.
The Matadors officially open the 2013 season next week with a pair of road matches at Pac-12 opponents. On Friday, Aug. 23, CSUN heads to Tempe, Ariz., to face Arizona State at 7 p.m. Two days later, the Matadors will square off with No. 5 UCLA on the Pac-12 Network. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m.


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Inquiry call over shops row
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INDEPENDENT councillors have backed calls for an inquiry into whether Stoke-on-Trent can support a second major shopping centre.
The Sentinel revealed yesterday how the Potteries Shopping Centre is pressing ahead with a slimmed-down £15 million upgrade – adding a cinema, restaurants and creating 180 jobs – despite the city council's refusal to sell land needed for a full extension.
The authority refused to release the land as it is backing Realis Estates' plans to build the £350 million City Sentral shopping centre on the site of the East West precinct.
Capital Shopping Centres (CSC), which owns the Potteries centre, insists City Sentral will never be built and bosses say a report they commissioned proves there is no demand for more city centre shops. They have called for an independent inquiry into the council's approach to city centre regeneration.
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Non-aligned Hanley councillor Paul Breeze said: "I would support an inquiry. I am extremely angry at what the council has done to CSC. The council land they want to develop is in abysmal condition and it is a key gateway to Hanley. CSC has money it is ready to spend on regenerating the city centre and the council has told them to get lost. I don't understand it."
The Potteries Shopping Centre will include an eight-screen cinema and six restaurants but the expansion plans have been scaled back after the council's refusal to sell the required land in Brewery Street and Bryan Street. It means one restaurant won't be included in the new plan, while another will be much smaller and there are no shops.
Mr Breeze, below, has written an open letter to city council chief executive John van de Laarschot and leader Mohammed Pervez, demanding they rethink their decision.
He added: "Given the very real serious uncertainty that the proposed Realis Estates' City Sentral development will go ahead as originally envisaged at all, doesn't it make much more sense for the council to face the brutal reality of these circumstances and release the land to allow the full Potteries development to go ahead?"
Councillor Dave Conway, leader of the opposition City Independents, added: "An independent inquiry is a good idea because at the moment, I think all of this is going to end in tears. All the indications are that City Sentral is never going to happen."
"The Potteries Shopping Centre has money to spend – and we are supposed to be open for business."
Mike Butterworth, chief executive of CSC, has also indicated the firm will look to invest the money in one of its 14 other shopping centres if it continues to be 'hamstrung' by the council. He added: "There will come a time when we have to ask – why don't we spend our money in, for instance, Nottingham?"
Realis Estates insists it is on track to build the new shopping and leisure complex, but it has acknowledged that its original billed opening of 2015 may not be achieved.


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At any given time, it is possible for a windows computer to not have a console session? For example, if after a computer is started and no one ever log-on, would it have a console session? I thought console session is like KVM and if you have windows logon screen, you would have console sesison by then...
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For years and years, VH1 and VH1 Classic have been putting together awesome music-related countdown shows that run the gamut from the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs to the 40 Greatest Metal Songs. These shows were painstakingly put together after endless hours of debate from not just music critics and our crack team of show producers, but also with input from the artists themselves. However, VH1 Classic's upcoming countdown show, America's Hard 100, will be different in that it won't be a team of producers who determine the show's results — this time around, it will be YOU, the FANS, who determine which songs fall in which order!
Over the course of the next 2 weeks, we'll be soliciting YOUR VOTES to determine what is the greatest hard rock song of all-time. We've put together a list of 100 songs that you'll be able to choose from, broken down into 10 series of 10 songs, to make voting for your favorite hard rock songs as easy as possible. Each day for the next 10 days, we'll reveal a new list of songs that you can vote on. Vote early and vote often –and for as many songs as you'd like!– and you'll be able to see the final results when America's Hard 100 airs in November.
Today, our list of 10 songs include songs from rock powerhouses like AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Scorpions. Check back tomorrow at noon eastern to vote on the likes of Alice Cooper, Def Leppard and Twisted Sister. But for now, here's our first group of 10 songs for you to vote on. Remember, it will be YOUR VOTES that determine the end result of America's Hard 100!


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