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Brainiac though has also never been used in a live action film before (despite previous attempts) so it would make sense to use him in the sequel. Fans have been clamoring for him for ages it seems as well. I guess we'll have to wait and see, and under a month to go too! Also @Demotion...I've been saying for a long time now that this film seems to be structured similarly to "Batman Begins" and we all know who was teased at the end of that film
@SalvorHaldin that's an interesting thing if true.
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So I thought that I knew about Quality Score (QS). I choose targeted keywords in a campaign, match those keywords in the copy in an ad and point the ad to a relevant landing page. Simple. I should have a QS from 7 to 10. No problem.
A client of mine, a massage therapy school in Sarasota, FL, asked if I could create a locally targeted campaign to help capture local searchers who were not specific in their search query about location. I already had a traditional (not locally targeted) campaign set up that utilized terms with the city in the term ("Sarasota") and I was averaging a QS of "7", so I did not think that it would be a problem to replicate that.
I started by setting up the campaign with the same terms that I had been using in my other traditional campaign with the city ("Sarasota") removed. The ads had the words "massage", "therapy" and "school" at least twice. Once I had about a month's worth of data, I reviewed the Adgroup to determine how I was doing.
I didn't even have QS of 4! Most of the terms were 3 or under and the terms that I expected would do the best were 2's. What went wrong?
Plenty. First of all, many of the terms that I was using were no longer as relevant to the ad copy (ex.:"career in massage"). Secondly, I wasn't using exact and phrase match on some of the most important terms, so the broad match terms were causing ad impressions for even less relevant terms. This meant that the Adgroup's overall CTR was very low (a big No-No). Lastly, I wasn't taking into consideration how the account overall would be affecting the CTR and ultimately the QS.
I needed to do some very intense intervention. The first thing that I did was review the keyword list for terms that were less relevant. The terms must have the words "massage", "therapy" and "school" in them. Plurals were okay, but if I didn't have two of those three terms in the targeted keywords, I would pause the keywords. Since I had many terms that had "career" in them, I just decided to make another Adgroup focused on targeted keywords that included "career" in them. The second thing that I did was change some of my broad match terms to phrase match. I knew that the terms should be relevant, but keeping them broad meant that there was a lot of garbage that was causing my ads to show. Thirdly, I used the Keyword Report (under "See Search Terms" at the top of your Keyword interface on Google) to look for negative keywords so that they can be eliminated. Lastly, since I began to see improvement, I decided to use the same approach on other Adgroups because CTR for the entire account influences QS.
The result was an enormous improvement in CTR for the Adgroup (from .29% to 1.59%). It also led to an improved QS (most going up one or two digits) and a lower cost for the client (by about 15% per click). And best of all, better CTR usually leads to more conversions.
Here is a summary for QS improvement:
- Make sure your Adgroup is limited to terms that are very relevant to your ad copy. You can always make other Adgroups to better target your terms.
- Change broad match terms to phrase or exact match. As a note, pause (not DELETE) your old terms. Deleting them will eliminate valuable data.
- Look for negative keywords.
- Apply these approaches to other Adgroups so that your account improves overall.
I hope that this helps. Let me know if you have other questions.


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Synthesis of YVO4:Eu3+/YBO3Heteronanostructures with Enhanced Photoluminescence Properties
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1 Center of Materials Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Xiasha University Town, 310018, Hangzhou, China
2 Zhejiang University City College, 310015, Hangzhou, China
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Nanoscale Research Letters 2009, 4:1009-1014 doi:10.1007/s11671-009-9349-zPublished: 29 May 2009
Novel YVO4:Eu3+/YBO3core/shell heteronanostructures with different shell ratios (SRs) were successfully prepared by a facile two-step method. X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to characterize the heteronanostructures. Photoluminescence (PL) study reveals that PL efficiency of the YVO4:Eu3+nanocrystals (cores) can be improved by the growth of YBO3nanocoatings onto the cores to form the YVO4:Eu3+/YBO3core/shell heteronanostructures. Furthermore, shell ratio plays a critical role in their PL efficiency. The heteronanostructures (SR = 1/7) exhibit the highest PL efficiency; its PL intensity of the5D0–7F2emission at 620 nm is 27% higher than that of the YVO4:Eu3+nanocrystals under the same conditions.


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Oh, come on, don't you agree, dear reader, that the code is the product of your work? And as something you produce, it's a damn reflection of yourself? Yeah, it's strange, but as in arts or even when you're blogging, you're tipping the world a little bit about yourself. If your code lack quality and that fine treatment, what image do you form from your fellow programmer? Laziness, lack of communication skills, lack of principles and even neglect.
Am I weird or what!?Do you remember GOTO? (Don't scream in panic please! You have my honor if you're an assembly programmer). Well... luckily :) if you're not, probably you don't use GOTO for years. I like Perl, well, I love Perl.... oh right, I would exchange a hand for an opportunity of programming Perl in Slashdot (cool!) and it's one of the programming languages I've most programmed in my life. But I bloddy don't know how to use a GOTO in the damn language!
What do I mean with that? Check it out: once an experienced programmer has stated: "Yeah, junior, put quality in your work. Never use GOTO. I'll scream on you if I find a GOTO when reviewing your code!" and that followed like that:
[Me]: "Oh, sure, it's one of my principles when I'm working. I think I've never used a GOTO in the last bunch of years"
[The fella']: "Ah ha! But you'll see when our customer is screaming in your back and you have to deliver that code during that dawn." [slow motion for the voice, please] "He-he-he-he-he"
Again, I've felt like an ET! What do my boss think when I say 'Code quality is my priority'? What do my fellow think of it? It looks like he appreciates quality, luckily, but when it comes to an extreme situation, he signaled that he sacrifices it!
Well, I'm really not questioning the quality of his work. Actually, he works in one of the most critical part of the system, so ho should be a very experienced programmer. But when it comes to an extreme situation, quality is sacrificed.
An analogyCan you answer why we have so many computer systems crashing and so few bridges collapsing? Or so few hardware failing? [Hey, Breno, if you're reading, tell me!]. Well, one of the raw "ingredients" that form a bridge is concrete (cement and some stones). Have you ever found a constructor telling:
"Oh, I'll put more water here and little bit less stone so we'll have more material!"
or an engineer stating
"The bridge design map?! For what? For storing it in the drawer after the project conclusion!?"
Man, that's quality. Those kind of workers don't lack quality in their work. They deal with lives. If the bridge collapse, it's the engineer laziness that killed the people.
Why would you, fella', not put quality in your code? Keep reading...
What is quality?Well, in my opinion, what is quality? Simply stating, quality as I've ever seen is:
- Enough documentation: please, think about the next devil that will sit in your chair and face your code. Some docs about the system design, the purpose of your packages or your intentions about dominating the World would be great, wouldn't they?
- Comments: please, let me know what is inside your head. If you take more than 5 seconds to think about your chunk of code, it's not trivial. Comment it!
- Indenting: please, be organized and indent your code. If you're a Python programmer, the compiler if your friend.
- Good architecture: maybe you think it doesn't matter now, but in the future, the [bad,lack of] architecture will destroy the system. If problems arise and the cost to fix them is giant because they don't deserve a quick fix, the deserve a really deep change in a damn lot of code: that's an architectural problem.
- Thinking about the future: will your system scale? Will the number of users grow? Will the network bandwidth be greater and more data will be flowing through your system pipes?
- Say no to repetition: please, be structured. Don't repeat code, use private functions, use helper procedures, common modules, constants. PLEASE, DON'T HARDCODE VALUES!
- Good object orientation (or structured) practices: it may look weird, but I've already seen people dealing with Java [or insert your object oriented programming language here] that didn't know what polymorfism, overloading, clever exception treatment, etc. When I'm working with something, I always try to get to know deeply the theory about what I'm working with. Otherwise, my knowledge will become superficial and soon or later my boss will kick my ass! ;)
- Know deeply your problem: give your problem some of your synapses before coding. Read about it. Look for a library that do what you're trying to do, discuss it with someone. Draft it before heavily coding.
- Test, 1 2 3: maybe you're hired as a "System analyst", "Senior programmer" or even a "Twitter System Engineer - Systems". Yeah, in your role the word TESTER doesn't appear. (I'll scream, like in PL/SQL code)BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD NOT TEST YOUR CODE. [Juan, I owe you a beer or a chocolate box for that!]: please, create automatic unit tests, test your code, write about your tests and tell your boss that your damn code has been testes before the test team put their hands on it! Yeah, that's quality.
- [DEBUG]: Log, please: BubbleLog.Warn ("Please, be verbose about what is happening inside your code");
- Make clear code: please, write beautiful code! As in arts, you have the tools and the techniques, so express yourself and create a good looking painting.
One of the [real] guys I most admire, a fellow from university, is a damn good programmer and a bloody smart person. Man, he's code is a charm. Once I've asked him for a project we've had already delivered, just to see how fu**ing lazy I was. Clear code, smart comments, good object orientation practices. I'll post something from him in the next few days, you'll get amazed ;)
Too much bla-bla-blaI know, so read these concrete tips; that's what inspired me to write this post.
And look these guys from Coding Horror: in their article they cite:
The difference between a tolerable programmer and a great programmer is not how many programming languages they know, and it's not whether they prefer Python or Java. It's whether they can communicate their ideas. By persuading other people, they get leverage. By writing clear comments and technical specs, they let other programmers understand their code, which means other programmers can use and work with their code instead of rewriting it. Absent this, their code is worthless.
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First of all, I just want to say that the indisputable star of this weekend was José Andrés. Besides having the most inventive and exciting food at his restaurants Jaleo, minibar, Café Atlantico, Zaytinya, and Oyamel in DC and Bazaar in LA, he is potentially the most charming man alive. And--from my initial post--the idea that anything could top him throwing pork in my mouth was completely ridiculous. But we'll get back to him--just wanted to throw that out there.
The only thing worth reporting from Friday, which was otherwise uneventful, was the Stella Artois press lunch, Tales and Ales: Where Belgium Beers meet Louisiana Crawfish, hosted by John Besh and Beer Sommelier Marc Stroobandt. The slideshow of the meal is below and the food was actually delicious.
Moving on...
The grand tasting tents were kind of a disappointment. The event should be called "Wine and Food Classic" based on the ratio of wine to food booths. It was overwhelmingly wine-focused, with not-that-exciting food booths. I suppose some people are thrilled to see a million different wine booths, and its not that I don't like wine--I love it--but I was really looking forward to the food tasting--which was seriously lacking.
Surprisingly, I thought the best thing at the tasting, food or drink, was the Patrón Bloody Maria (recipe below in slide). I've done extensive Bloody Mary recon and this was by far the best I've ever had. I think it was the touch of olive oil that made it so special, it turned it into more of a delicious gazpacho--with tequila. Top Chef Season 1 winner Harold Dieterle agreed--responding with the Bloody Mary when I asked what the best thing he had tried today was. There was also a delicious meatball in the Spain tent (there was a Spain tent--see pictures below), but otherwise none of the food really stood out. The crawfish lunch was definitely the best food I had during the day.
Even so, the tents were still a lot of fun, filled with exciting sightings. See for yourself:
Roasted beet salad with tomato jam and seared scallop
Best thing at tasting.
You're welcome!
paired with Chardonnay by Banfi Vinters
paired with white or red sangria
Strawberry cheers!
Eli Kirshtein and Drew Nieporent
Eating Carnitos tacos, deep fried pork, with crema, guacamole, salsa, gabbage and lime
Can you count 6??
The most surprising thing for me was the crowd that this event draws in. Apparently other people knew about this, but I was expecting a much more serious 'foodie' group. The event turned out to bring in an odd mix of industry insiders and food network enthusiasts, who have never heard of superstar chefs José Andres and Thomas Keller, but flock to see Giada De Laurentiis and Gail Simmons. Nothing against Giada or Gail, I'm big fans of both of them, but lets be honest, they're not the real stars of this event--or so you would think. The line to get into the food demonstration to see both Giada and Tom and Gail were around the block, while José's event was barely half full.
The other amusing thing was the serious security surrounding the event's celebrities. Standing in the middle of the grand tasting in Aspen's Wagner Park, there were 6 security guards standing in a circle surrounding Thomas Keller, Giada De Laurentiis and Gail Simmons. 6? Really? What exactly do they think is going to happen in the middle of the park in Aspen? The best part was that in the crowd standing around watching (probably partly generated by all the security), I overheard multiple people watching and going, "who's Thomas Keller?" who is, of course, the true star of the three as the chef of two of the best restaurants in the country, French Laundry in Napa Valley and Per Se in New York -- each with three Michelin stars.
Very excited by Thomas Keller myself, I went up to ask him some questions on video. This is a huge moment for me, and just as he says hello, my flip camera dies! Obviously this happens. I had been waiting for him to finish up with someone else, desperate to interrupt and say HELLO I'M ON LOW BATTERY HERE but respectfully, I didn't and.... It died. So, I did the only thing I could do -- held up the camera, pretended it was on, and continued asking questions. Pretty horrible. Unfortunately, I couldn't get anything good out of him. I told him I knew he was the best, but who did he think was the best? He said he couldn't answer that -- so then who's your favorite? Much too PC to get anything fun, he just said they were all his friends and he couldn't decide. So, Per Se or French laundry? He said he feels close to both and can't pick one because it's like asking a parent to pick between his children. That one was actually kind of cute, but come on Tom, give me something!
I did manage to get a fun video with Top Chef Masters winner Marcus Samuelsson, with an unexpected HuffPost shoutout!
So let me tell you about the events I went to:
In the Kitchen with Top Chef with Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons.
This demonstration was okay. Gail is adorable and Tom warmed up by the end but it just wasn't that exciting. For me. The crowd LOVED them. LOVED. Literally, they laughed when Tom breathed. I'm a major Top Chef fan and a fan of them both but was overwhelmed by the extreme enthusiasm. But weirdly--when Gail asked, who watched TV Wednesday night? Referring to the Top Chef premiere, no one seemed to know what she was talking about.
They started with cocktails. Gail made a gin cocktail with iced mint tea and lemon, and Tom took out a Stella. They each made a different form of lamb merguez (sausage). Tom used the sausage meat as filling and wrapped it in lamb loin with green (fresh) chickpeas, tomato and jus, while Gail sautéed premade merguez served with mint greek yogurt and harissa. Tom explained if you don't want to make the sausage, you could cut a premade one out of the casing and wrap it in lamb to make the same dish. It was definitely fun to watch them, but nothing life-changing.
Celebrate Caviar! with Jacques Pépin and his daughter Claudine Pépin.
Now this was a lot of fun. They were a great duo with a very cute father-daughter rapport going on. He was the expert and as he was showing her, he showed the audience. She'd scream out "mines not working!" And he'd say, "oh move over, I will show you -- do it like this -- ". She rolls her eyes at the audience and takes a sip of champagne. It worked. She assisted getting bowls, pouring cream, while asking him questions to move it along.
Informative/Worthwhile Q&A
How long can you keep caviar once its opened?
Claudine: "How long can it last? It never lasts in my house, usually 20-30 minutes", Jacques says he keeps it for a week.
What's the difference between caviar and roe?
Caviar is made from roe. Roe is the egg and then the roe is salted and made into caviar.
Not a question just advice -- but Jacques tells the audience, always crack an egg on a flat surface -- on an edge the shell can go inside the egg and bring bacteria with it.
The proper way to make melba toast: cut off crust and then cut horizontally from the edge to make one slice into two very thing slices. To do this, start at the corner and then move the toast around as you would cut a cake.
Now...back to José. Secrets of Salt with José Andrés
José's demonstration on a seemingly boring subject, salt, was by far the best -- the most fun, the most useful, the most well thought out. He emanates charm as he playfully jokes around with the audience, and teases his three adorable daughters as they help him cook and run around the room delivering gifts (cookbooks, aprons, t-shirts) to audience members with answers to his questions. Instructing the girls to do most steps of the cooking process, he makes his demo even more accessible because -- hey, if they can do it, I can do it! (Though in reality these girls of 11, 9, and 6 have definitely had more experience at the stove than I've had). He immediately gets the room screaming by telling us that he made a bet with Gail before the show that his room would be louder than hers (his demo shared a wall with Tom and Gail's), so we needed to cheer to help him out. He then engages the topic, "Salt is the beginning of life. Too little -- no life, too much -- no life, just the right amount -- wow!" and proceeds to make seemingly advanced versions of seabass, pork, salmon and prawns using almost only salt, water, and spices. He made it seem so easy that I even wrote down the instructions with the feeling that I could actually try and succeed -- shared in the slides.
Boils potatoes in salt water (pours in lotssssss of salt)- until water (mostly) evaporates With sauce: Smashed parsley, cilantro, cumin, olive oil
Make a thick bed of water and salt, lay the seabass on top and then cover with more water and salt, and put in the oven 3 pounds, 30 minutes, 400 degrees When cooked: crack the hardened salt shell with a spoon, take out the meat (easier to take the skin off if it still has scales because holds it together), add a little olive oil, a little sherry vinegar, herbs. done.
Same technique as with the seabass--cover the pork on top and bottom with a salt-water mix but add herbs (because "pork and herbs have a love affair") 3 pounds, 30 min, 400 degrees When the pork is cooked, crack the salt cover, remove the meat and slice. While still hot, put a slice of iberico ham between each slice, the fat will melt (can use prosciutto, if failure is an option for you) Add chives, rosemary, olive oil, flowers And...you have pork with ham
Make a bed of a pound of salt, pound of sugar, water, rosemary and thyme, dill, juniper berries, places salmon on top and covers with the mix. Put a weight on top and leave in the fridge for 4 days....becomes cured salmon! When done, slice, then add a little olive oil (always add olive oil) and if you'd like, some flowers
If you don't have time to cure the salmon--a quicker option: sprinkle the plate with salt and sugar, slice the salmon and place on top, a little more salt and sugar, a little olive oil, done.
In a hot pan, sprinkle a layer of slat and just put the prawns on top- no oil! and just turn the prawn over He says "turn over like youre going to the beach- if you do just on one side, you're in trouble! Also says not to chop off the head--the best part is the head-- its like marrying someone, you marry for their head and their intellect- not their body! (he's so good)
His three daughters
Its pretty clear how obsessed with him I am -- as I detail his performance. Even down to the colors of his plates, his presentation was just on a higher level.
Even more advanced was his cocktail -- a salt air margarita, which I didn't get a picture of because he gave all three of them away. The girls delivered two to audience members and one to Gail, with the message to Tom: "No margarita for you!"
Saying how much he hated sipping a salt-rimmed glass, he created "salt air," like foam in the sea.
For the margarita: liberal amounts of Patrón and Cointreau ("recipes are overrated") lemon, sugar, ice, shake.
Makes the salt air by blending water, salt, lemon, and pure lecithin, a natural emulsifier -- it actually turns into foam and he puts it on top...a salt-air margarita!
Enough said.
The 2010 Food & Wine Best New Chefs Dinner was fun. It kind of felt like you were in a Top Chef event, but the food wasn't that amazing.
Heres the food:
Marinated Rabbit Salad with Baby Beets, Peas, Tuna Maionesse, and Pickled Carrot
look at that smile...
Fine Herbs, Brown Butter, Burnt Lemon
Sweet and Spicy Sauce, Polenta Purée
English Pea and Potato Risotto, Lamb Sweetbread Confit, Wilted Pea Tendril
Smoked Steelhead Roe, Sweet Spices and Preserved Virginia Ramps
Fried Chocolate, Cardamon Tofu, and Green Garlic
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In the end, none of it really mattered that much, just to be around all these people was exciting enough. Plus, I was drunk from the Bloody Marias.
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The downtown streets of New Orleans are deserted as Hurricane Gustav approaches on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Weaver)
A New Orleans couple is calling Lexington home until the powerful hurricanes that are pounding the coast blow over.
Michael Garcia and Amber Territo packed up their most important belongings and began their journey to Lexington after being invited by Lexington friend Keys Arnold.
The couple said their trip should have been eleven hours. But with traffic, it took eighteen. They brought their most important possessions with them: social security cards, medical papers, family videos, and the family dog. They learned from Hurricane Katrina just how devastating it can be to lose items like that.
Although the couple was forced to evacuate the city they love, they say they're glad to be here in the Bluegrass. "We're treating it like a vacation", says Keys Arnold. He, Territo and Garcia are hopeful that when they return home they will not see devastation; and will be able to continue life as normal.
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2 months and one week ago the owner of Muse Boutique got a phone call from the police about a high speed chase coming to a close thanks to the brick façade of her building in old town Pocatello. Although they never found the driver, Muse Boutique was able to find a fresh start.
"Out of lemons, make lemonade," said the store's owner, Kerry Harmon, the day after the accident, leaving her shop in shambles.
"We had just barely put the new inventory up for Christmas and it was all gone, and we had to start all over but at the same time starting all over was a good thing," said manager Emily Muller.
The newly glittered silver walls are a good representation of the silver lining Kerry and her manager Emily found, giving them a chance to start fresh and design their dream store after only saving about 2% of their past merchandise. But it's not just new décor and dresses; there is also a new luxury spa in the back.
"She had been talking about it and thinking about doing it for a few months before the car came through and since they closed this down for the remodeling here to fix the damage she decided let's just go ahead and do it," Muller explained.
The design aesthetic was completely Kerry's doing, making sure that it was the perfect blend of hip and historic, considering her building is the oldest commercially run in Idaho.
"Talking about it doesn't do any justice they just need to come in and see it because it is amazing," added Muller.
Thanks to hours of hard work, help from the community and Kerry's insurance company, Muse is now a one stop shop for the ultimate day of pampering.
"Come in we'll dress you pick out a new outfit go back get your hair done makeup done feet pampered, get all relaxed and then go out for a girl's night."
The spa and salon officially opens on Friday, where they will accept walk-ins and appointments. Kerry is still looking to hire hair stylists and nail techs, so feel free to contact Muse if you are interested.
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Detroit City Council President Pro Tem George Cushingberry says he was stopped for 'driving while black.' / Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free Press
Twenty-seven days.
That's how long it took for a Detroit City Council member to be involved in a scandal after being sworn in.
Twenty-seven days.
But I'm not going to spend time dissecting what happened Tuesday night when George Cushingberry Jr. was stopped by city police officers. Detroit's inspector general is investigating Cushingberry's conduct, and I can't wait for that report.
■ Related: Detroit Councilman Cushingberry claims police mistreatment in traffic stop
I'm not going to comment on Cushingberry's assertions that he was stopped for "driving while black." Had he been in Grosse Pointe, he'd have been in jail Tuesday night. I know. I had a long conversation with a black Free Press editor who was stopped three times while leaving Grosse Pointe one night three years ago.
"What were you doing?" I asked him.
"Trying to get out of Grosse Pointe."
(The officers were stopping potential suspects in a rash of burglaries. My colleague and his two friends fit the description: black and in a car.)
But about what happened on Livernois between the Penthouse Lounge and Starvin Marvin's, where Cushingberry eventually was pulled over, the only question I ask is one that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. asked so many times during the U.S. civil rights movement:
"How long? Not long."
King was talking about justice. I'm talking about exemplary leadership.
How long before the Detroit standard of leadership will not be someone who would drive around with a liquor bottle in the backseat from a party the week before?
So how long before that would not be an excuse?
Not for a council member.
See, the problem and joy are: I was raised by my grandparents. We were brought up with a sense of pride that was a symbol of our race, not missing from our race. I was raised in a household of teachers and principals and chemists who knew judges and dentists and doctors. We all lived exemplary lives because our names meant something, people's opinions of us meant something.
Column critics
When I wrote a column, almost a humorous one, Friday calling for the Detroit Lions to convince Tony Dungy to come out of retirement to coach, I mentioned that Dungy was the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl.
■ Rochelle Riley: My dream? Tony Dungy coaching the Detroit Lions
Two readers wanted to know why I mentioned his race, calling me a race-baiter and hateful. (Yes, it was only two readers. I wouldn't know about those on our forum because I rarely read the forums at the end of stories.) One would have thought I'd donned a sheet with holes for eyes and called them names. Oh, wait, someone else did that.
But I wrote back to them:
"Race is not always negative. Why do you want my culture, my race, to disappear? Why are you so hateful when I celebrate a member of my race who has achieved, especially when some in high-profile positions are doing so poorly? Why should that bother you? Shame on you for being upset that I celebrate positive which doesn't allow you to point out only the negative."
I will continue to celebrate black achievement, black leadership. But by that same standard, we have to stop ignoring the opposite.
How long? Not long.
Cushingberry and leaders like him not only give the council a bad name, they give black leadership a bad name. And they give those council members who are exemplary a bad name.
And at some point, Detroit has to decide that tax dollars shouldn't be spent on rum bottles in backseats and scandals with our Police Department, which has better things to do. Sorry, Mr. Cushingberry, but Detroit 3.0 needs to have zero tolerance where leadership is concerned.
Business as usual
And to think, at the time I heard about the Cushingberry-police scandal, I was writing a column lamenting all the vitriolic expressions of dismay over Brenda Jones becoming president of the council.
I was writing that critics are guilty of living in the same past they allege Jones was. They hadn't even given her a chance to get her seat warm before assuming that business would proceed as usual.
Well, apparently business is proceeding as usual. Jones, who could have, if nothing else, called for an investigation or remained silent, went from being troubled to saying it was a police matter to defending Cushingberry.
"Why are we considering having anyone removed for a ticket?" she said. "If you get a ticket, you're a citizen. Yes, he is a public figure, but he has a ticket for failure to signal. Would you remove someone for failure to signal? Would you all do it?"
No, I wouldn't call for someone's removal from the council for getting a ticket for not using a signal. Problem is, they don't give tickets for being embarrassing. And Detroit still gets the black eye.
■ Related: Henderson & Kaffer: Yet another scandal, another black eye for Detroit
So I'm having the same conversation around town as usual when a scandal erupts. When will more of our best and brightest step up to lead so we're not stuck with people that controversy follows like a hungry dog — which also apparently applies to Cushingberry, who has been disciplined by legal boards and sued by clients.
How long? Not long.
I hope.
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MetroPCS sponsored a 30-minute live chat this weekend (see replay below) with UFC President Dana White. The discussion covered a wide variety of topics, including contract negotiations with UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva.
The 37 year old has two fights left on his current contract, and one would expect the negotiations to center on a standard four fight contract. As it turns out, White proposed an eight-fight contract that would presumably be career spanning.
According to White, Silva's response can be summed up in two words - "F--- that." Silva rejected the eight fight deal, and instead said "I want a 10-fight deal."
Silva has been mercurial on the subject of retirement saying variously he wants to quit MMA and switch to boxing, wants to be retired by 35, wants to fight for ten more years. and only has a handful of fights left, so wants to make them great.
Randy Couture retired at 47, and took a great deal more punishment than has Anderson Silva, who has never been knocked out. Thus the idea is not necessarily a contract negotiating posture.
The ten fight contract is even more plausible. With two or three fights per year, that would put Silva at age 40 or so, any many tens of millions of dollars richer.
What do you think? How much longer does Anderson Silva have?
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12/10/12 9:34 PM by da Vinci 81
He's not fighting 10 more times. Anyone has the option to retire whenever they want. He's likely just negotiating a high base rate and ppv % so that no matter how long he fights he always has a certain amount of guaranteed money built in.
12/10/12 9:18 PM by SilentSamurai8
Fo show!GETrO service.
12/10/12 8:58 PM by UGCTT_ Lay'n'PrayNINJA
If TRT is still so easy to get and accepted by the ACs...
12/10/12 8:51 PM by orcus
"He's 23 years old and is already considered one of the best WWs on the planet" By whom?
12/10/12 8:40 PM by AresSmashedPrahjuhdee
give me a fucking break, "already considrered one of the best WW's on the planet" lol, amazing what beating Penn can do for you. and Weidman would fucking murder Hory at 185
12/10/12 8:39 PM by MachidasStraightLeft
A bulked up and much improved Rory against an over-the-hill 41/42 year old Silva? Honestly I could see either man winning. Now, not so much.
12/10/12 8:35 PM by MichaelMeyers
It's going to be funny to see Dana's reaction when Anderson starts losing...and he will.
12/10/12 6:52 PM by CrazyPope
lol and you know all this because? He's 23 years old and is already considered one of the best WWs on the planet, why is him getting a title shot at MW in the future inconceivable?
12/10/12 6:46 PM by ortman166
Lol rory will never have anything for Anderson. Ever. Not that he'd ever get a title shot at middleweight.40 year old Anderson finishes rory
12/10/12 6:32 PM by KneeToFaceKO
Hell yeah. GOAT


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A tenant has a right to exclusive possession and can exclude others including the landlord. Thus, the fact that an agreement specifies certain limited rights of entry for the landlord reinforces the idea that the occupier has exclusive possession (Street v Mountford [1985] AC 809, 818 HL, (Lord Templeman)).
This can be turned on its head so that the absence of any such rights (in cases where one might have expected the licensor / landlord to have bargained for them) is an indicator that the occupier does not have exclusive possession (Essex Plan Ltd v Broadminster ((1988) 56 P & C.R. 353, 356 -7, Hoffmann, J.).
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Don't expect Sen. John McCain to host a pool party for the Dodgers any time soon.
The Dodgers ruffled some feathers Thursday when they celebrated their NL West-clinching victory by splashing around in the outfield pool at Arizona's Chase Field. It was seen by some as a sign of disrespect, especially since the Dodgers and Diamondbacks had some heated moments earlier this season.
McCain was really disgruntled, though. The Arizona senator blasted the Dodgers on Twitter following the controversial celebration, even agreeing with an article that labeled the Dodgers, "idiots." (And not in the positive sense, Boston fans.)
Check out McCain's swing-from-the heels tweet below.
No-class act by a bunch of overpaid, immature, arrogant, spoiled brats! "The #Dodgers are idiots" azcentral.com/insiders/danbi…—
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Advertising is regulated by both federal and state law. Under the law, your ad is unlawful if it tends to mislead or deceive. This means the government doesn't have to prove at an administrative hearing or in court that the ad actually fooled anyone -- only that it had a deceptive quality. Your intentions don't matter either. If your ad is deceptive, you'll face legal problems even if you have the best intentions in the world. What counts is the overall impression created by the ad -- not the technical truthfulness of the individual parts. Taken as a whole, your ad must fairly inform the ordinary consumer.
In addition, if your ad contains a false statement, you have violated the law. The fact that you didn't know the information was false is irrelevant.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is the main federal agency that takes action against unlawful advertising. State and local governments also go after businesses that violate advertising laws; usually this is the responsibility of the state attorney general, consumer protection agency, and local district attorney. Consumers and competitors may also be able to proceed directly against the advertiser.
Over the years, the FTC has taken action against many businesses accused of engaging in false and deceptive advertising. A significant number of those administrative actions have been tested in court. By and large, courts have upheld even the most stringent FTC policies. For the most part, the FTC relies on consumers and competitors to report unlawful advertising. If FTC investigators are convinced that an ad violates the law, they usually try to bring the violator into voluntary compliance through informal means. If that doesn't work, the FTC can issue a cease-and-desist order and bring a civil lawsuit on behalf of people who have been harmed. The FTC can also seek a court order (injunction) to stop a questionable ad while an investigation is in progress. In addition, the FTC can require an advertiser to admit that an earlier ad was deceptive, and run ads that state the correct facts.
Most states have laws -- usually in the form of consumer fraud or deceptive practices statutes -- that regulate advertising. Under these laws, state or local officials can seek injunctions against unlawful ads and take legal action to get restitution for consumers. Some laws provide for criminal penalties -- fines and jail -- but criminal proceedings for false advertising are rare unless fraud is involved.
Consumers often have the right to sue advertisers under state consumer protection laws. For example, someone who purchases a product or service because of a false or deceptive ad might sue in small claims court for a refund, or join with others (sometimes thousands of others) to sue for a huge sum in another court.
A competitor harmed by unlawful advertising, or faced with the likelihood of such harm, generally has the right to seek an injunction and possibly an award of money (damages) as well, although damages are often difficult to prove. Such cases usually are based on one of two legal theories: unfair competition or commercial disparagement. The following rules will help keep your ads within safe, legal limits.
Rule 1: Be Accurate
Make sure your ads are factually correct. Don't show a picture of this year's model of a product if what you're selling is last year's model, even if they look almost the same.
Be truthful about what consumers can expect from your product. Don't say ABC pills will cure headaches if the pills offer only temporary pain relief. Don't claim a rug shampooer is a wizard at removing all kinds of stains when there are some it won't budge.
"Waterproof" or "fireproof" means just that ? not water resistant or fire resistant under some circumstances. The term "polar," when describing winter gear, suggests that it will keep people warm in extreme cold, not just in temperatures near freezing.
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Does your ad feature someone's picture or endorsement? Does it quote material written by someone not on your staff or employed by your advertising agency? Does it use the name of a national organization such as the Boy Scouts or Red Cross? If so, get written permission.
Under U.S. copyright law, the " fair use" doctrine allows limited quotations from copyrighted works without authorization from the copyright owner. In some circumstances, this doctrine provides legal justification for the widespread practice of quoting from favorable reviews in ads for books, movies, and plays ? and even vacuum cleaners. However, with the exception of brief quotes from product or service reviews, you should always seek permission to quote protected material. For more on the fair use doctrine and many other aspects of copyright law and practice, see The Copyright Handbook: How to Protect and Use Written Works, by Stephen Fishman (Nolo).
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State law may require merchants to stock an advertised product in quantities large enough to meet reasonably expected demand, unless the ad states that stock is limited. California, for example, has such a law. In other states, merchants may have to give a rain check if they run out of advertised goods in certain circumstances. Make sure you know what your state requires.
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If you say that goods or services are "free" or "without charge," be sure there are no unstated terms or conditions that qualify the offer. If there are any limits, state them clearly and conspicuously.
Let's assume that you offer a free paintbrush to anyone who buys a can of paint for $8.95 and that you describe the kind of brush. Because you're disclosing the terms and conditions of your offer, you're in good shape so far. But there are pitfalls to avoid.
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- You offer credit to high-risk customers at favorable terms but employ draconian (although legal) collection practices against buyers who fall behind.
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|Automated detection of obstructive apnea and hypopnea events from oxygen saturation signal.
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|Our objective is to automate the detection of apnea and hypopnea events in obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea (OSAH) syndrome based on analysis of arterial oxygen saturation signal alone. This is the first attempt where wavelet is used to detect OSAH events. Detection of OSAH events through wavelet depends on the fluctuations in the magnitude of the transformed coefficients, thus circumventing the problem of variability in the criteria on the magnitude and duration of the signal. Our work evaluates the performance of the wavelet transform to detect OSAH events against three conventional amplitude and duration algorithms. High performance in the detection of OSAH events can be achieved through the wavelet algorithm (score 96.55%, sensitivity 95.74% and specificity 97.02%) if the threshold on wavelet coefficients is individually tuned for each study. However, this is impossible in clinical practice. It is interesting to observe that the conventional methods based on amplitude and duration are able to attain a performance as close as this. The Nervus algorithm obtains the best result (score 96.66%, sensitivity 95.26% and specificity 97.46%) compared to the amplitude duration algorithm, the drop duration algorithm and the wavelet algorithm with global threshold, in descending order of performance.
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Flash offers Quick Shift Bounce system
Sony has introduced an external flash unit, the HVL-F43AM, and several other accessories designed for the company's range of Alpha DSLRs. The flash accessory features GN43 output at 105mm/100 ISO and a "quick shift bounce" system, which enables users to maintain the flash head position while quickly switching between horizontal and vertical orientation. Wireless controls provide further options for managing light ratios across three separate units without additional equipment.
Users can set power levels in 22 increments, ranging from 1/1 through 1/128 level, while the highest output power requires a 2.9-second recycle time. The water- and dust-resistance housing integrates an LCD screen and direction buttons for output control.
Aside from the flash unit, Alpha owners can also obtain a new mounting bracket for multiple cold-shoe accessories, a soft carrying case, and lens hood for the DT 35mm F1.8 SAM and 85mm F2.8 SAM lenses. The flash unit will be available for $350, while the bracket, case and lens hood are priced at $50, $50 and $20, respectively.


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Rosemary Rudy was killed in the two-car crash on westbound lanes in Denville near mile marker 40 at about 10:30 a.m., according to Sgt. Adam Grossman of the New Jersey State Police.
Mark Rudy, her son, was driving in the right center lane in a Buick LeSabre when he lost control of the vehicle and veered into the right lane, striking the driver-side fender of a Chevy Cobalt driven by Richard Sibello, Jr., Grossman said. The impact caused both vehicles to ...


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Florida defenders stuff LSU running back Charles Scott in the Gators' 13-3 victory over the Tigers on Saturday.
BATON ROUGE - Timing is everything with an offense and a play caller.
LSU offensive coordinator Gary Crowton showed a poor sense of timing on Saturday night when his unit scored all of three points in a 13-3 loss to No. 1 Florida in front of the largest crowd in Tiger Stadium history (93,129) and one day after LSU announced he received a $50,000 raise to $450,000 a year.
Offensive line coach Greg Studrawa, whose unit allowed five sacks after six the previous Saturday and who watched the running game gain just 66 yards on 30 carries, also received a raise of $55,000 to $230,000. ...


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Gingerbread Scones Recipe
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup cold butter, cubed
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 egg, separated
- Coarse sugar
- Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk the first seven ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In another bowl, whisk molasses, milk and egg yolk until blended; stir into crumb mixture just until moistened.
- Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 6-8 times. Pat into an 8-in. circle. Cut into 12 wedges. Place wedges 1 in. apart on a greased baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, beat egg white until frothy; brush over scones. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. Yield: 1 dozen.
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"I found them to be very dry. I make scones a lot and know that the dough is typically dry until you knead it, but these were dry and crumbly after baking. Would recommend adding a little more milk if you're going to make this recipe, but I agree that the spices are off. There are several other scone recipes on this website that are better than this one."
"Great recipe but 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes was way too long. The bottoms burnt for me... so I will be lowering the temp and time...i always fined gingerbread of any kind doesn't take long."
"I love making scones for events that I cater. This recipe was really good and uses items I have on hand. I often use a scone pan that I have that makes small triangular scones for catering. But for family and friends I make them like suggested in the recipe. Then I make a flavored butter or clotted cream to serve with them. Delicious!"


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No, not OFBB, but my birthday bourbon. I got a bottle of 16 yo Hirsch for my birthday today.
Ok, I bought it two weeks ago in Chicago for myself for my wife to give it to me on my birthday. It's not often that I go over $50/bottle, but this was one of those rare times.
I wanted to post my tasting impression, but I just wanted to relax and savor it. I didn't want to have to think. And I didn't want to drink more of it - I didn't want to put a big dent in it as it's my only bottle. I will say, though, that it does have a unique character. Also, it was much smoother and more mellow than I expected. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
My wife also made me a very nice gift. She bought bourbon labels off Ebay, matted them, and framed them. She made two frames. Once we get them hung in my home office, I will snap a photo and share it with you.


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April 5th, 2014 (F1Plus / Chris Cameron-Dow) - Ferrari's Fernando Alonso qualified a surprisingly lowly 10th for the Bahrain Grand Prix, apparently due to a loss in power in Q3. His team-mate, Kimi Raikkonen, had no such problems and set the sixth fastest time of the session. Each driver moves up one place on the grid due to Daniel Ricciardo's grid penalty.
Over the past few seasons, it has become almost normal for Fernando Alonso to be higher up the grid than expected - he just seems to have an ability to deliver quality qualifying laps when they are most needed. So it was quite surprising to see him six tenths of a second slower than his own team-mate in Q3. The reason, as confirmed by Alonso after qualifying, was a drop in power from his Ferrari power unit.
Alonso explained his qualifying session:
"We tried our best as usual today and now we need to wait for the car to come back from parc ferme to work out why there was a drop in power in Q3. In winter testing here we had already seen that this circuit is particularly suited to the Mercedes powered cars, because the long straights allow them to use their top end performance. But given how free practice and the first two parts of qualifying had gone, maybe we could have hoped to be a bit higher up the order."
Despite his struggles in qualifying, Alonso remained optimistic about Sunday's race. He will be hoping to deliver a characteristic fighting drive for Ferrari tomorrow. He said, "Now, we must think only of doing well tomorrow, especially at the start, given we are on the clean side because of Ricciardo's penalty. Then we must work out the best strategy, choosing between two or three stops. A lot will depend on how the tyres perform: I think that, in lower temperatures than we have seen so far, the Medium could throw up some surprises."
Kimi Raikkonen expressed satisfaction with his qualifying result, and with the progress the team has made since the start of the season. He said, "I am reasonably pleased with my qualifying, because up until this morning, I did not feel completely comfortable in the car, but the faith I put in what we had at our disposal was paid back with this result.
"We are improving in all areas, on the engine, data acquisition, electronics and the new parts fitted to the car have given me a better feeling from the front end. Sure, we are not yet where we want to be, but I think we are on the right path and we have the right people to give us every possibility to continue to move forward.
"It's hard to say how tomorrow's race will go, because in the simulation done yesterday, I was struggling on the Medium tyre, while the balance was better on the Soft. We know we can't fight with Mercedes, but today's result gives me more confidence than at the previous races and I will do my best to bring home a good result."
Raikkonen has yet to finish ahead of Alonso in a race since they became team-mates at the start of this season. He will be hoping to change that record tomorrow.


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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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This year, 2012, we as a nation of love of America need to think positive. Should we elect a Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?
Let Obama continue putting people to work. Let him prove that he can get this country on the right track. If Romney gets in office, and as with all presidents, he does not know what waits for him as president.
They all -- I mean presidents -- don't know what they are headed for and it takes them one year to find out, so I say why? So many people hate Obama when his hands have been tied because the speaker of Congress hates him so much they won't pass any bill he puts before them. Is it jealousy, greed or they want his job?
So be it. If the Republicans get in the White House, this nation will be gone to hell in a wastebasket. There is not one of these people, including Obama, who can get this economy back on track without God's help, and they need to rely on God with pure honesty, not lies. God sees all and knows all. And don't let money rule this nation. God will take care.
LuLu 3 years, 9 months ago
What planet is this person from?! Do you just pull this garbage out of thin air?!! WAKE UP, Mrs. Mathis!!!!
waltspecht 3 years, 9 months ago
So, you would agree that President Obama has the right to tell relegions they have to fund birth control and abortions for their employees, despite it being in violation of the basic tenants of the Bible as interpreted by these Relegions? You agree these same Relegions must hire individuals whose life style is in direct opposition to the tenants of that relegion? You agree that everyone needs a Cell Phone paid for by the taxpayer? Tell me, what are you going to say when our President calls for transportation for everyone, beyond Public Transportation? Such as providing them a vehicle, gas and insurance on the Taxpayers dime? You sure you can afford four more years? Or are you one of the 57% non-contributors?
ObjectiveEyes 3 years, 9 months ago
I read today where taxpayers paid $1.6 billion (yep, with a "B") for free cell phones. $1.6 BILLION!
Sister_Ruby 3 years, 9 months ago
It's the ignorance of folks like Miss Nadine that the Democrats are counting on. The Dems thank God every night and every day for this kind of blind ignorance. It's a shame really.
ObjectiveEyes 3 years, 9 months ago
She probably votes for Sanford Bishop, too...you know, the one that has sponsored 6 bills in 26 years. After 26 years, he's part of the problem, not the solution. Hopefully we can boot Bishop AND Obama this November.
gotanyfacts 3 years, 9 months ago
I understand your position, Nadine. The problem is that it is based on a lack of understanding.
First, President Obama has not been creating jobs, at least not outside of the political arena. In fact, his policies have damaged the job market. People and businesses are hesitant to put their money on the line to expand when both his rhetoric and his policies make their success less likely. His moratorium on drilling in the Gulf and more recently his blocking of the Keystone pipeline have cost us jobs and will raise the price of gas when you fill up. Job growth, especially after a recession, is expected. Compare the rate of growth to the years following previous recessions and you will see that recoveries were handled much better then than now.
Second, Presidents do not put bills before Congress. Bills are typically written in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. For instance, since the republicans took control of the House of Representatives, numerous jobs bills have been passed and sent to the Senate where Democrat Majority leader Harry Reid has prevented them from even being voted on. Over twenty of them sit in the senate today. Your sources of information probably failed to pass this along to you. Could it be possible that republicans oppose Obama's policies because they disagree with those policies? Or, do Reid and Obama oppose republican proposals because they hate republicans?
Please look at what the Obama administration has really done these three years. In the name of helping people, we see the government dictating what the people can and can not do. Obamacare restricts freedom of both businesses and individuals to decide what they want to provide or purchase in the form of insurance. As a political favor to his political supporters,the Obama administration told Boeing they could not build a factory in South Carolina that would provide many well paying jobs . Every one should fear a government that gives itself more power over its people, regardless of political leanings.
Nadine, in spite of what you seem to believe, Republicans also want the citizens of our great country to be prosperous, healthy and happy. The difference, in my view, is that the Republicans believe the goal is more achievable through greater personal freedoms and less governmental control while Democrats consistently show that they believe that politicians and bureaucrats know whats best for us.
I agree that God knows all and sees all. He may be seeing us putting our faith in politicians rather than in Him.
agirl_25 3 years, 9 months ago
About the Boeing comment: This was political. During a Romney speech he made reference to Boeing and I think you are referring to them not building in a non-union state (South Carolina, a right-to-work state) and if you would check facts I think you would find that you may be wrong or have interpreted the fact incorrectly. I don't think it had anything to do with the President or Congress saying Boeing could not build where they wanted to. A Right to Work law makes it harder for unions to collect money from non-union workers. Unions hate these laws about as much as most Republican voters love them.About six years ago, Boeing was ramping up to build its newest passenger jet, the 787 Dreamliner. The company explored making all the planes at its factories in Washington state, but in 2009, it decided to start a second, smaller production line in South Carolina. The union plants in Puget Sound would make seven planes a month; the non-union facility in North Charleston, S.C. would produce three a month. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers complained. The NLRB's general counsel tried to bring the parties together but failed. In April 2011, the general counsel's office formally issued a complaint on the grounds that Boeing built its factory in South Carolina in order to punish the union. Romney claimed that the NLRB told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state." This presents a sweeping distortion of the NLRB's actions that is not borne out by the facts. An office at the NLRB has started a process that could, at the theoretical limit, result in a factory closure, but the NLRB as a whole hasn't told Boeing anything. The office of the NLRB that moved the complaint forward could have asked for the factory to close while its complaint was pending, and it did not. The legal basis for the action centers on whether Boeing was trying to punish the union for being willing to call a strike, not that Boeing had opened a factory in a right-to-work state. Romney's statement reflects reality in that a Democratic administration tends to give more weight to union complaints, and unions don't like to see jobs flow to right-to-work states. But his words go far beyond what the NLRB has actually done.
**Oh and PS....before the jabs start....I am non-union (altho my husband was union for 20 years, I am neither Democrat or Republican, I despise Harry Reid, most all politicians for that fact, and don't think we have have had anyone decent in Washington since Barbara Jordan was in Congress, since Thurgood Marshall sat on the Supreme Court, since Sam Nunn represented me in Congress, and remember Nadine is entitled to her opinion.......opinions are like those little orifices .........you know the ones down there where we sit....we all have them.....so get over it!!!!!
gotanyfacts 3 years, 9 months ago
Bottom line is that the NLRB, weighted with democratic appointees, was blocking a privately owned company's expansion in South Carolina. The Wagner Act set up the NLRB during FDR's administration and like many good intentioned actions has gone from giving voice to those who needed it to creating the new playground bully. Like judges interpreting law, the NLRB can create new powers through imaginative interpretations. You acknowledged that the NLRB reflects the leanings of the administration in power. Congressman Issa is attempting to discover how much influence the Obama administration exerted in this case. Looking at the facts, I think giving Obama credit for the pressure on Boeing is a logical interpretation. As for the statement that "ttheoretically ... a plant could have been shut down" indicates that what was being done had to result in tremendous pressure on Boeing. Just what the union wanted.
agirl_25 3 years, 9 months ago
Yes and I find it very interesting and think you may too, that many writers are comparing the storyline of ATLAS SHRUGGED to Obama's Boeing-NLRB scenerio......stating "In an almost eerily similar fashion, Obama's National Labor Relations Board is attempting to control Boeing; not what they make … but where they make it." The major part of the story line involves government, unions, and how they are trying to control everything from how much one can earn, to what one can own and produce.
Abytaxpayer 3 years, 9 months ago
Another uninformed blind follower lock-stepped to the end of the cool-aid line. .................."Here's Your Sign"
gotanyfacts 3 years, 9 months ago
Bottom line is that the NLRB, weighted with democratic appointees, was blocking a privately owned company's expansion in South Carolina. The Wagner Act set up the NLRB during FDR's administration and like many good intentioned actions has gone from giving voice to those who needed it to creating the new playground bully. Like judges interpreting law, the NLRB can create new powers through imaginative interpretations. You acknowledged that the NLRB reflects the leanings of the administration in power. Congressman Issa is attempting to discover how much influence the Obama administration exerted in this case. Looking at the facts, I think giving Obama credit for the pressure on Boeing is a logical interpretation. As for the statement that "ttheoretically ... a plant could have been shut down" indicates that what was being done had to result in tremendous pressure on Boeing. Just what the union wanted.
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|Evaluation of fibrin sealant for biologic mesh fixation at the hiatus in a porcine model.
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Jewtopia World Premiere Opens Newport Beach Film Festival
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|Among those who star in Jewtopia are (from left) Jon Lovitz, Rachel G. Fox, Rita Wilson, Joel David Moore, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Camryn Manheim and Tom Arnold. Some of them and others from the production are expected to turn out for the April 26 world premiere in Newport Beach.
As in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, complicating matters for all involved are overbearing family members, who in Jewtopia are played by veteran actors like Wilson (as Adam's mother Arelene Lipschitz), Tom Arnold, Jon Lovitz, Camryn Manheim, Wendie Malick and recent newsmaker Nicollette Sheridan. Adam also deals with a demanding fiancée Hannah (Jamie-Lynn Sigler), who drags him to five rehearsal weddings to ensure a perfect ceremony.
Fogel, whose play has been seen by more than 1 million people worldwide, makes his feature film directing debut with Jewtopia. He continues the comparison with My Big Fat Greek Wedding in an Entertainment Weekly post, where he reportedly says of the 2002 film, "you didn't have to be Greek to think, 'That's my family.' Jewtopia is universal like that, too."
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"Magic" Stoves, Sinks, and Other Inventive Elder care HelpersBy , Caring.com contributing editor
Would it help your peace of mind if your forgetful parent had a stove that prevented pots from boiling over? Or a faucet that automatically shuts off when the sink or tub are full? In the world of home appliances and fixtures, the future is now.
Today's Wall Street Journal offers a roundup of handy new products that address the memory slips, vision problems, and motor-skill issues common to aging. A motion-sensor lighting-control system that illuminates the way to the bathroom when you get out of bed! Dishwasher drawers that can be emptied without bending over. A microwave whose controls have a large, easy-to-read font! Many innovations were shown at the recent annual National Kitchen and Bath Industry Show and are available now, or being introduced soon.
These ideas -- along with some we've mentioned before -- can help our aging parents stay in their homes longer. And they might do the same for the rest of us someday. It makes me wonder: What other innovative products (or just wishful-thinking ideas) could make life easier for older bodies?
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Question-Week ending Sunday 05/09/04:What person in your life has encouraged you the "MOST," to stay enthusiastic about your causes or interests? Please read our Pre-Poll Commentary before taking this poll.
Pre-Poll Commentary:
Our fifteenth keyword in our poll series on moods and emotions is ENTHUSIASM. For the purpose of this poll we will describe the meaning of ENTHUSIASM as "great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause."
A complete list of the polls in this series can be found below:
Our fifteenth keyword in our poll series on moods and emotions is ENTHUSIASM. For the purpose of this poll we will describe the meaning of ENTHUSIASM as "great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause."
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However, keep in mind that this emotion is often short lived. We can become very enthusiastic about a subject or cause one moment - and lose that enthusiasm the next moment. Most enthusiasm erupts like a fire from within us, by the hope or promise of something great that may happen to us or those we care about. Then minutes later, we have that fire doused by someone else's comments or statements, contradicting our emotion.
Too often, other people destroy our enthusiasm. This is not always a bad thing since we may sometimes be naive of the dangers or disappointments that may follow blind enthusiasm. However, if you perform due diligence on an enthusiastic cause, and have extracted enough reasons and benefits to pursue your cause - you shouldn't let the doomsayers move in to douse your fire.
Enthusiasm can be a wonderful and powerful emotion. It drives people to perform at their BEST and allows them to achieve the worthiest of causes. It should be used in a positive way to give you the energy to do your research; learn all your can about your cause or objective; discover the obstacles and the resources needed to overcome those obstacles; put a detailed plan together with deadlines to accomplish your objectives - and make your cause or goal a reality.
But keep in mind that enthusiasm wanes quickly. To keep it alive, the process described above will help to keep the embers burning. There are few substitutes to an organized plan, to stay committed and fight off the doomsayers. High quality ideas coupled with a well thought through plan, is a recipe for results and achievement.
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However, I was happy to see that parents took the number one spot. I was a little disappointed that "A Coach" came in second, 10% points ahead of "A Spouse." We usually have comparatively short relationships with a coach verses a spouse. However, a caring coach can be very supportive during the brief time they know us and can lend help us build enthusiasm toward the activity and life experiences they encounter with us.
I would have hoped that "A Spouse" would be more supportive and enthusiastic than the 12% showing, but it was much better than the mere 2% received by "A Friend."
The key to this poll is to understand the great power the emotion of enthusiasm can play, en-route to achieving what we want from "the game of life." Seek and use this emotional power wisely!
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