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And now, a letter from Gerard Henderson ...
The Monthly is one of the few journals of opinion in the democratic world which does not run a letters/correspondence page in its printed edition. Hence this note to Crikey, writes Gerard Henderson.
Dec 7, 2007
The Monthly is one of the few journals of opinion in the democratic world which does not run a letters/correspondence page in its printed edition. Hence this note to Crikey, writes Gerard Henderson.
The Monthly, published by Morry Schwartz, is one of the few journals of opinion in the democratic world which does not run a letters/correspondence page in its printed edition. This is convenient for contributors to The Monthly who can bag their opponents sure in the knowledge that those they criticise have no adequate right of reply. Hence this note to Crikey – which readily publishes replies and corrections and genuinely believes in debate.
The current issue of The Monthly carries a long article by Robert Manne on the ABC during the time of the Howard government. Professor Manne also happens to be the chairman of The Monthly's editorial board. In his piece, Manne alleges that "the Howard years saw the rise and rise of an aggressive right-wing commentariat" including myself who "for the past 11 and three quarter years… maintained a consistent rhetorical attack on the supposed left-wing bias of the ABC…"
Manne's article completely overlooks the fact that the Hawke and Keating Labor governments were highly critical of the ABC before the Howard government came to office. And I was critical of aspects of the ABC well before John Howard entered the public debate on this issue. In Whose ABC? (Black Inc, 2006), historian Ken Inglis refers to my criticism of ABC TV's coverage of the First Gulf War (Sydney Morning Herald, 22 January 1991) as initiating a "public and domestic conflict as troubling as any in the ABC's history". Prime Minister Bob Hawke supported me publicly at the time. John Howard said nothing. The fact is that I had a difficult relationship with Mr Howard between 1986 and 2003.
For the record, I commenced my regular spot on ABC Radio National Breakfast in January 1994 – during the time of Paul Keating's government. Manne claims that I "moved from Keating fan to Howard lover without so much as a word of explanation". If Manne had followed my work, he would know that I was broadly supportive of the economic and foreign policies of the Hawke, Keating and Howard governments.
From his comments in The Monthly, it is clear that Manne believes that I should be dropped as a commentator on RN Breakfast. How interesting, then, that John Howard's Office was a key critic of my RN Breakfast appearances in the second half of the 1990s. How interesting, too, that Manne actually voted for John Howard in 1996 – as he later confessed to readers of his Age column.
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I'm with you Glenn – who in hell cares about these two and their ongoing feud? Put them in a sandpit together and let them throw sand at each other till they're done! Boring, boring, boring.
Shock horror! I am astounded by Henderson's revelations of bias in The Monthly, an independent magazine paid for by regular punters. I'm taking my objections straight to shady side of a toilet door with a fat texta.
Must Crikey use up valuable space with this argument between Manne & Henderson ? Does any body really care what either of them thinks or says ?
This is a sadly inadequate response to the argument that Manne put forward. Other governments were critical but no government bullied and repressed the ABC the way Howard's did. Board-stacking -Windschuttle, Albrechtsen et al – was outrageous and odious.
Why is my subscription being used to provide this schill with a soap box to stand on? The sooner you shut up, Gerard, the sooner our Kyoto Protocol targets on CO2 emissions are met. Oxygen thieves!


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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 1.0.0-beta-1
Fix Version/s: 1.0.0-beta-2
Component/s: None
Environment:Seam 3.1.0-SNAPSHOT
See the attached application and stack trace.
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OWB-622 beanmanager injection in afterBeanDiscovery method parameter
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found the error, tried to commit a modification (revision 1185190). We still need to validate it agains TCKs.
- "Jozef, in CDI-1.0 there must only be 1 AnnotatedType per class."
I do not think that the spec says anything like that. I would agree that this is ambiguous in the spec.
- "I fixed OWB which should now work with your sample. We are currently voting on
OWB-1.1.2 which includes this fix."
Thanks, is there a way to try that out? (e.g. a snapshot build?) I would like to verify also the other Seam 3 modules.
I fixed OWB which should now work with your sample. We are currently voting on
OWB-1.1.2 which includes this fix.
Jozef, in CDI-1.0 there must only be 1 AnnotatedType per class. If you add an AnnotatedType for a class in BeforeBeanDiscovery, then this AnnotatedType will get used. Of course there is still something fishy in OWB I fear. Will debug through it further.
David, I've create a
OWB-623 and will fix that today.
(12:42:13 PM) struberg: seems seam-config adds XMLConfiguredBean dynamially and public <T> void processAnotated(@Observes ProcessAnnotatedType<T> event, BeanManager manager) {
(12:42:13 PM) struberg: if (event.getAnnotatedType().isAnnotationPresent(XmlConfiguredBean.class))
(12:42:29 PM) struberg: will return without vetoing the original bean in owb
(12:42:37 PM) struberg: seems like a timing issue somewhere
The original beans do not have the @XmlConfiguredBean annotation. This annotation is only added as a marker to the configured beans. Therefore, the code you quoted seems correct to me.
Updated princess-rescue example - fixed interceptor signatures.
On the 'must throw Exception' note, we should make that check optional. It's totally harmless to not declare the exception.
came a bit further.
There are plenty of issues around here (so far none in OWB):
*) Seam-config adds a @New bean manually, also for non-injection points. This is against the spec
*) Seam-catch has broken Interceptors:
org.apache.webbeans.exception.WebBeansConfigurationException: @AroundInvoke annotated method : passExceptionsToSolderCatch in class : org.jboss.solder.exception.control.ExceptionHandledInterceptor must throw Exception
at org.apache.webbeans.util.WebBeansUtil.checkAroundInvokeAnnotationCriterias(WebBeansUtil.java:1012)
According to the interceptors spec, any @AroundInvoke method must declare 'throws Exception'
I can start this app in tomcat+myfaces+owb standalone, but it subsequently crashes with the following Exception:
javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: /home.xhtml at line 15 and column 91 action="#{gameManager.newGame}": Target Unreachable, identifier 'gameManager' resolved to null
at javax.faces.component._MethodExpressionToMethodBinding.invoke(_MethodExpressionToMethodBinding.java:96)
Caused by: javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: /home.xhtml at line 15 and column 91 action="#{gameManager.newGame}
": Target Unreachable, identifier 'gameManager' resolved to null
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.el.TagMethodExpression.invoke(TagMethodExpression.java:87)
I just tried that and it made no difference.
can you try to add a META-INF/beans.xml file (content = <beans/>)?
Thanks. I must have missed that. Which log file did you get the exception from?
Anyway, that looks like a bug in OpenWebBeans since that injection point is definitely valid.
your exception is in fact:
Caused by: javax.enterprise.inject.UnsatisfiedResolutionException: Api type [javax.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanManager] is not found with the qualifiers
Qualifiers: [@javax.enterprise.inject.Default()]
for injection into Method Injection Point, method name : beforeBeanDiscovery, Bean Owner : [XmlConfigExtension, Name:null, WebBeans Type:EXTENSION, API Types:[org.jboss.solder.config.xml.bootstrap.XmlConfigExtension,java.lang.Object,javax.enterprise.inject.spi.Extension], Qualifiers:[javax.enterprise.inject.Default]]
at org.apache.webbeans.util.InjectionExceptionUtils.throwUnsatisfiedResolutionException(InjectionExceptionUtils.java:92)
at org.apache.webbeans.container.ResolutionUtil.checkResolvedBeans(ResolutionUtil.java:98)
at org.apache.webbeans.container.InjectionResolver.getInjectionPointBean(InjectionResolver.java:265)
at org.apache.webbeans.event.ObserverMethodImpl.getMethodArguments(ObserverMethodImpl.java:387)
at org.apache.webbeans.event.ObserverMethodImpl.notify(ObserverMethodImpl.java:203)
at org.apache.webbeans.event.NotificationManager.fireEvent(NotificationManager.java:461)
at org.apache.webbeans.container.BeanManagerImpl.fireEvent(BeanManagerImpl.java:473)
at org.apache.openejb.cdi.BeansDeployer.fireBeforeBeanDiscoveryEvent(BeansDeployer.java:146)
at org.apache.openejb.cdi.OpenEJBLifecycle.startApplication(OpenEJBLifecycle.java:200)
... 40 more
Same exceptions with a simple example: config-princess-rescue

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The use of packaging techniques to maintain freshness in fresh-cut fruits and vegetables: a review
Article first published online: 8 APR 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.01911.x
© 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 Institute of Food Science and Technology
International Journal of Food Science & Technology
Volume 44, Issue 5, pages 875–889, May 2009
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Rojas-Graü, M. A., Oms-Oliu, G., Soliva-Fortuny, R. and Martín-Belloso, O. (2009), The use of packaging techniques to maintain freshness in fresh-cut fruits and vegetables: a review. International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 44: 875–889. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.01911.x
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- Edible coatings;
- fresh-cut fruits and vegetables;
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Browning and other discolourations, softening, surface dehydration, water loss, translucency, off-flavour and off-odour development, as well as microbial spoilage are some of the most frequent causes of quality loss in fresh-cut products. Nowadays, the use of innovative modified atmospheres and edible coatings stands out among other techniques in the struggle for maintaining freshness and safety of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. A few studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of these techniques when applied to different fresh-cut commodities. However, treatment and storage conditions for fresh-cut fruits are still being largely explored to better keep their fresh-like quality attributes. This review discusses the recent advances in the use of innovative modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) systems to maintain freshness of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, special attention is devoted to the development of coatings that can be used as a complement or alternative to MAP.


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Sheamus wins WWE title
In case you missed the Survivor Series last night, Sheamus cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and captured the WWE Heavyweight Championship just shortly after Roman Reigns defeated Dean Ambrose in the tournament finals. Well, reports have now surfaced that the decision to do that was made just a couple of hours before the pay per view started. Management was still debating the idea all day long.
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Sheamus denies boy band member
While doing a promotional appearance to promote the WWE tour of Europe, Sheamus revealed a rather interesting tidbit about his past. The former world heavyweight champion stated that he once prevented Nicky Byrne from entering a night club because he was underage. When questioned about the denied entry, Sheamus told his girlfriend that he doesn't know Byrne because he does not follow boy bands.
November 5, 2015
King of the Ring participants
The eight participants of the King of the Ring tournament have now been officially announced. In the first round, Dean Ambrose will take on Sheamus. The surging Adrian Neville will take on Luke Harper. Two veterans in Stardust and R Truth are the next match. The remaining match will see Wade Barrett taking on Dolph Ziggler. The first two rounds will take place on Monday Night Raw, while the remaining two rounds will be on the WWE Network.
April 27, 2015
Disco Inferno bashes Sheamus
While the company is refusing to reveal details, rumors are floating around that Daniel Bryan was sent home early from the tour of Europe because he suffered a concussion while working a match against Sheamus. Disco Inferno had some strong feelings about the matter. Through social media, he stated that the Celtic Warrior doesn't really now how to work properly in the ring if he is constantly giving concussions to his opponents.
April 22, 2015
Daniel Bryan suffers concussion
Reports have now surfaced that Daniel Bryan was sent home because he suffered a concussion while working a match against Sheamus on an episode of Smackdown during the tour of Europe. WWE officials were not completely aware of the injury, so they allowed him to keep working shows. Upon finding out, they decided to send him back to the United States early, which is a good thing because his neck has not been at 100% yet.
April 18, 2015
Finn Balor in Ireland
Since Ireland is one of their stops during the tour of Europe, WWE made sure to bring a hometown hero to help sell the show. Finn Balor was brought along with the main roster. He received a great ovation from the audience as expected. He successfully defeated Adrian Neville in a match. Afterwards Sheamus came out to congratulate his fellow countrymen. However, to play up his new heel character, he turned on Balor and attacked him.
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Finn Balor touring
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AWD has been perfectly clear in saying America needs no more Kennedys, Clintoons, nor Bushes. Hell is filled with Kennedys and is busy making room for Bubba and Hitlery in the spacious Democrat wing. George Herbert Walker Bush and George W Bush were tremendous disappointments and should grovel to the ground and beg for mercy from conservatives. After all, both Bushes both claimed to be conservatives and proved to be wussypants moderate RINOs.
So now the latest of the undending Bush herd, Jeb, thinks it's his turn at sucking as a US president. So he's reportedly considering a run for the presidency in 2016. This excites AWD only a little less than a proctology exam from Dr. Scissorhands! Or eating glass. It's so hard to decide! I would like to ask Jeb Bush concerning him running for president the following: Haven't Americans suffered enough?
What makes Bush the likely choice for the wussypants RINO Republican Party? Here's what he said during the Republican primary this year:
"I used to be a conservative and I watch these debates and I'm wondering, I don't think I've changed, but it's a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to people's fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective and that's kind of where we are."
If Jeb used to be a conservative, he's a shoo-in for the Repubs! Just what we need! Another p*ssy who wants to make friends with liberals! Sorry, Jeb! Republicans don't need more of your type! They're all filled up with wussies! They need some testosterone! And you appear to be severely lacking in that department!
The current mindset of the RINO Republican elite is to go all in to attract Latino voters. And Jeb Bush hablars Espanol…so he just has to be the nominee!! Or Marco Rubio, who is proving to be more and more RINOstic every day. Hussein got 70-odd percent of Hispanic votes in 2012 and the RINOs are peeing in their lacy, pink panties! Even when election results show that Romney lost because he didn't close the deal with conservatives! Heaven forbid Republicans actually nominate a conservative! It would just be awful for them to actually win!
There is only one group in America that hates Tea Party conservatives more than the Democrats. The wussypants Republicans. They redistricted Allen West out of office and refused to help Michelle Bachmann and Steve King with their reelections because those leaders wouldn't kow tow 100% of the time to Boehner and his crowd. The RINOs do not tolerate conservatives easily. So it's not surprising Jeb Bush would throw his RINO sombrero into the ring and it's not surprising the RINO elite would force him on Republicans like they did Romney.
One small problem. I promise you…even if it turns Al Sharpton white…AWD will NEVER, EVER, EVER vote for Jeb Bush! There is not one chance I will even consider it! And I know there are millions of me out there who will also sit out the next presidential election if Bush is on the Republican ticket! I crap you negative!
So AWD was thinking of things I'd rather do than vote for Jeb Bush:
- Move to Detroit and begin my new rap career as MC Cracka
- Have a long makeout session with Whoopi Goldberg with Kenny G playing on the stereo
- Invite Michael Moore to my house for dinner
- Attend a Alec Baldwin/Susan Sarandon/Sean Penn movie fest
- Turn in my guns and join the Brady Foundation
- Get a cat for a pet and name him Mr. Mittens
- Turn in all my cowboy boots and wear nothing but Birkenstocks with socks
- Pull for those comm-a-nist, blue-scumbelly Tarholes from UNC
- Sell my family members to be used for medical experiments in North Korea
- Accept Allah and start blowing the sh*t out of everything…including my favorite gun range
Any longtime readers realize by reading the previous bullet points that AWD will NEVER, EVER vote for Jeb Bush. I have less than zero confidence the Republicans will ever be capable of pissing and hitting the ground so I fully expect them to nominate a Jeb Bush…or Lindsey Graham…or John McCain…oops…he's already had his time to suck.
AWD invites everyone reading this to list what they would prefer to do rather than vote for Jeb Bush. I know the list will be long. But everything we list as things we'd rather do than vote for Jeb Bush will be the same things wussypants RINOs would do before nominating a conservative.
The Republicans say a third party will only guarantee Democrat control of Washington. But RINOs running the Republican Party are doing a pretty damn good job of keeping DC in Democrat hands themselves!
America thirsts for statesmen and all we have are sorry politicians. Conservative Republicans seek a strong conservative but all we are force fed are wussypants RINOs!


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Q4 2012 Earnings Call
March 13, 2013 10:00 am ET
Dennis B. Meulemans - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Vice President and Secretary
Mark S. Heaney - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Darby Anderson - Vice President of Home & Community Services
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Dennis B. Meulemans
Thank you, operator, and good morning. This is Dennis Meulemans, and thank you for joining us. Before we begin, I'll briefly state the Safe Harbor statement. This presentation will contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments, the company's future performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including factors outlined from time to time in our most recent Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, our earnings announcements and other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These are available at www.sec.gov. The company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
With that complete, I'd like to turn the call over to Mark Heaney, our CEO.
Mark S. Heaney
Thank you. Good morning and thank you, all, for joining us on Addus HomeCare's 2012 fourth quarter investor call. I'm joined here in our Support Center by Dennis Meulemans, whom you just heard, our CFO; and Darby Anderson, Vice President for Home & Community Services.
I characterize our performance in the fourth quarter as I characterize our overall performance in 2012, as positive, strong and from a strategic perspective, critically important.
Our consolidated revenues for the quarter increased by 9.4% to $63.8 million. Net income from continuing operations was $3.5 million, an increase of 20%. These results represent a solid beginning for our new company with a single focus on growing our core business while we at the same time work to expand our relationship with managed care, who are increasingly assuming responsibility for our at-risk populations.
After announcing our decision to enter into a strategic evaluation of our Home Health division at the end of the third quarter, we not only completed our evaluation but ultimately sold the division on good terms in a forthright manner to one of the top home health companies in the country, LHC Group. Our home health professionals have landed with one of the best. That was important to us. We retained an equity interest in important markets for both us and LHC. And we look forward to exploring avenues, markets or opportunities where we might work cooperatively to provide patients with a best-in-class personal care, home health and hospice continuum of collaborative structure we think payors will increasingly favor as health care reform evolves.
With the sale of the Home Health business combined with our steady improvement over the year in growing our core Home & Community business, as well as our improved cash management, we have de-levered the company to an unprecedented level.
In the quarter and over the year, our core service, our core competency, Home & Community services performed solidly. Revenues in census were steady up. Our efforts at becoming a sales organization are taking root. We're not done. Our operating costs were controlled or reduced.
We've made steady progress with our centralization efforts, wherein we are reducing site staffing and operating costs through the increased use of technology. Technology not only intended to make us more efficient, but more importantly to make us more effective in the delivery of outcome-oriented personal care services, linking our caregivers and their at-risk consumers to the health system, resulting in a consistent, predictable, early identification and early intervention system, that being our highest pure objective.
Over the year, I believe our team has effectively operated the business for growth and earnings while at the same time evaluating, making decisions and executing on strategies which we believe have positioned us for what we think will be a very exciting and rewarding future as the industry transitions to managed care.
Now at this time, I'd like to turn the call over to Darby Anderson, who is going to talk to us a little bit about our Home & Community operations in the quarter. Then Dennis will give us more comments on our financial performance. But at the conclusion, Dennis, I'd like you to turn it back to me because I'd like to come back with some closing comments, addressing where we think the world is headed and how we think we can go on. Darby?
Darby Anderson
Thank you, Mark. I'm also pleased to report a strong quarter with year-over-year revenue growth of 9.4%, census growth of 5% and units of service growth of 9.2%. Our operating costs, when measured as a percentage of revenues, are down from a year ago. Overall, I am pleased with our results for the quarter and our consistent growth.
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During a recent call into Dori Monson's show on 97.3 KIRO FM, Hutcherson vowed to do all in his power to defeat same sex marriage legislation. "As long as the Bible says it's wrong, I'm going to fight it like it's the last thing I can do," he told Monson, no stranger, either, to the occasional rant. "It's no different than any other sin. If someone walked around and said, 'We want to be a minority because we are divorcees,' I would fight that just as much."
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From the pre-production of "Rajjo" to its post-production, actress Kangana Ranaut is said to have been taking a keen interest in all aspects of her forthcoming movie. This is so because the movie-making process fascinates her.
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While New Zealand's stock market is the 3rd smallest among AsiaPac exchanges, it is not immune from the "glitches" even the largest exchanges have become used to in the new normal era of 'liquidity providers'. For the 2nd time this month, equities trading in New Zealand (the entire market) is halted after a "technical fault" at the operator of the exchange. As one trader noted understatedly, "there seems to be a reasonably regular occurrence of issues, which is a bit of concern."
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Equities trading in New Zealand was halted today for the second time this month after a technical fault at NZX Ltd., operator of the country's stock exchange.
The market was closed about 10:15 a.m. in Wellington due to a problem with its FIX messaging system and will remain shut until at least 1 p.m., according to an e-mailed statement from the exchange. A problem on June 10 that postponed all trading for most of the day followed a 15-minute delay at the start of trading on April 28.
"It's pretty disappointing to see," James Lindsay, who helps oversee about $21 billion at Tyndall Investment Management Ltd. in Auckland, said in a phone interview. "There seems to have been a reasonably regular recurrence of issues, which is a bit of a concern. You just want it going. It's not a good look."
New Zealand is the third-smallest equity market among 16 major countries in the Asia-Pacific region tracked by Bloomberg News, ranking below Pakistan and the Philippines. The country's benchmark NZX 50 Index gained 0.2 percent to 5,139.02, taking this year's advance to 8.5 percent, before the halt.
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"There seems to be a reasonably regular occurrence of issues, which is a bit of concern"? There seems to be a bit of a regular occurrence of old people smelling bad and shitting their pants, but what the fuck, eh?
Free shit for everybody... it's all for the old folks.
In Cozumel they kill the power on the island at 9 PM.
Get over it
"The market was closed about 10:15 a.m. in Wellington due to a problem with its FIX messaging system and will remain shut until at least 1 p.m., according to an e-mailed statement."
Apparently the only market on the planet where for 3 hours "the Fix" was not "in"...
I had a feeling the Kiwi "market" was as rancid as the Australian, since Kiwi fund managers such as Pie Funds Management cooperate with Australian investment cartels on various scams.
Newest Oz financial innovation? Fraud in the name of charity.
Complexity breeds chaos. TPTB can no longer control the system and the option manipulation that has been used with QE flow to paint the tape has created unsustainable and insane imbalances... balance between the financial economy and the real economy will be restored...
Bullish! New highs for the S&P!
It must have been the weather. Heard it was cloudy. Skynet only works when it's sunny.
They are the only country in the world actually raising interest rates right now.
"Taste of things to come"?
"Computers hate normal period"?


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Greg Knudson
Born: Chicago
Age: 65
Occupation: Director of the Center for Business and Economic Development at IUPUC
Family: Wife, Ginger, three grown sons, Christian, of Detroit, Erik and Thomsen, of Charlotte, North Carolina
Hobbies: I work out four or five times a week, and I try to bike. Both my wife and I are believers in fitness, and this is a great community for that.
Education: Bachelor of Arts from Valparaiso University. I studied in my junior year at University of Cambridge in England. I have a master's degree in international studies and economics from Western Michigan University. I worked on my Ph.D at the University of Florida, in economics, demography and international studies.
● Why and when did you move to Columbus?
I moved here in March of this year to take the position with IUPUC.
● What did you do before you came to Columbus?
Most recently, I was managing director of Rocket Ventures, a venture capital firm I founded in Ohio.
● What was your first job?
My first job was at this small company in Detroit called General Motors. I was senior marketing manager of worldwide marketing and product planning, first in Latin America and then in Europe. It was great because it was the world's largest company at that time, and it was an unbelievable training ground.
● What primary lessons did you learn from that job that have helped you today?
I learned the impact and the importance of global business. I saw it from one of the world's largest corporations, so it was so clear.
Another thing I've learned is the importance of management, and it was drilled into me every day. It was very tough at that company.
The other thing I learned is the importance of business analytics; the analysis of markets and really understanding what makes business in markets grow and go. We looked at economics, the market, advertising, promotion and sales — all aspects of the business as it pertained to GM in Latin America and in Europe.
● What are the biggest leadership lessons you've learned?
I got my training at GM and then I was involved in several technology companies, including some startups. The leadership lessons I've learned from all of those is the importance of passion. You can't succeed without passion and a lot of drive.
From a management point of view, it was how to listen, be honest and be process-driven. But when you have a passion for the business, that's when you really succeed.
I spent all of my career growing organizations, either organically as startups or growing them from within and that's what I'm doing every day now.
I'm helping the community by really leveraging the faculty, the staff and the expertise in the community.
● How did you develop your leadership capabilities?
First, through coursework and management, and later through jumping in and working for such a big corporation.
Every day they were pushing management strategy — how do you work your staff and win their hearts and minds and make them feel engaged?
I've just taken that through my career. Right after that I worked for a really high-tech firm that raised a lot of venture capital and went public. So I went from the world's largest corporation to a startup, and I further developed my management skills in the high-tech culture.
● What are some of the lessons you have learned or examples that demonstrate the level of community involvement in Columbus?
I think Columbus is one of the most pulled-together communities I have ever seen. It's absolutely amazing how corporations and organizations jump in, both financially, but even more importantly through their expertise.
There are executives involved on a number of boards and committees, and it's an amazing community from that point of view.
I believe volunteering and working is so important for the community and the individuals as well.
I am meeting and connecting with so many people, and it's helping me grow these organizations and the Center for Business and Economic Development. It all kind of works together.
● What advice do you have for people who want to become more involved in the community?
I tell people if you can, volunteer and get engaged, and there are so many opportunities that you will find something that drives your passion. This community is ahead of almost any other and it's because of the talent that's here, to be a welcoming community and a diverse community, and that is so important.
It's a small town with big thinkers, and that's really magical. When you are in a large city with millions of people you expect that, but finding it here has been really special.
● You mentioned that you have been all over the world during your career. Do you still like to travel?
Now our travel is to Chicago, or down to Louisville or Bloomington or Indy, to see what is going on there. We have our boys in Charlotte, and we do love it there. I spent 25 years of my life traveling overseas. I was somewhere, if not every week at least every month, so now it's kind of nice to be in one place.
● Community involvement
I became involved right away, and I thank goodness for our university president, Dr. Marwan Wafa, for that. He has been great in introducing me and letting me run with things. I'm on the Columbus Economic Development Board, on a special committee called the Columbus Connection Center.
I'm also on the IUPUC Business Advisory Committee, which is the business school. I'm on the Jackson County Learning Center Board of Advisers.
I've formed my own Center for Business and Economic Development Board of Advisers, and I'm a teacher at the MBA School.
I'm trying to elevate the Center of Business and Economic Development and take it to the next level, by leveraging the talent on the faculty and area consultants. Part of our mission is to improve the economic vitality of the region by offering our expertise.
I'm doing a variety of learning workshops like entrepreneurial boot camps, CEO 101, which explains what it means to run a new company, and events like the recent SPARK Columbus that was organized by the Chamber of Commerce. I think what's making my experience here so enjoyable is the involvement and the engagement.


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Rarely a day goes by that we don't see another case regarding someone, somewhere, that has used one of those 'evil' guns for self-defense when protecting their property, their homes, their lives and their families lives as well. We've seen example after example of this…yet the mainstream media looks the other way, as usual! Gee, I wonder why that would be…hmmm?
Here are two recent reports I read about earlier today…see what you think. – You can read both in full here and here.
First up we have this story:
One suspect is dead after a quick-thinking 21-year-old man sprang into action and grabbed his father's gun to fend off three armed intruders and protect his parents in Texas.
The Houston-area young man and his parents were at home baking a cake Thursday night when there was a knock on the door, KHOU-TV reported.
"I see a young boy and I think it is a friend of my son so I open it a little bit," the father, who didn't want to show his face or give his name on camera, told KHOU. "These guys push and out comes two more, they push me on the ground."
With the father down, the suspects went after the mother, telling her to get on the ground. She ran to her bedroom, where her son was already grabbing the gun from under the bed.
"I just hear a couple of times, boom, boom, boom," the father said.
The son opened fire and struck one of the suspects, who died in one of the back bedrooms. The other two fled the scene, but deputies responding to the call picked up two men matching their description and took them in for questioning.
The entire attack lasted less than a minute, the family said. No charges are expected to be filed against the son, but they're not taking any joy in the outcome.
"One young life is lost," the father said.
Friends…you can watch the news report about all of this in the first highlighted link at the top of this blog post, it's worth the time. For some reason the video and this site turns a shade of gray when I insert it…really weird.
Here's the second report:
An alleged robber is dead after breaking in to a house in Hickory, North Carolina.
Police received a call Saturday morning from a homeowner who said he'd shot an intruder, and arrived to find both men still at the house. The homeowner is alive and lightly injured; the intruder was pronounced dead at the scene.
The survivor, identified as Paul Ohla, explained his side of the story to WBTV3: "Guy kicked in the door, he came in and, ah, grabbed me and threw me down…He kept beating me and I finally got a hold of my .38, and I shot him."
52-year-old Carl Perry, a neighbor, said he heard two or three shots, according to the Hickory Record.
"I think it's a bad deal went wrong," he remarked.
Ohla was taken to the hospital for light injuries sustained during the altercation, but is expected to make a full recovery.
Investigators are still piecing together exactly what happened, but did find evidence of a break-in. Ohla is reportedly cooperating with police, and says he was acting in self-defense against a man he did not know.
WBTV3 has more on the story:
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And big brother wants to do something about guns…how about leaving us the heck alone. These reports are two examples of just why we need the nanny state to get our of our lives!
By the way, in both cases above, the cops couldn't have gotten there in time to help any of the home owners…and we all know that!
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Despite increasingly vocal opposition, the FCC approved changes in media ownership regulations on June 2, 2003 that are expected to lead to a new series of mergers as media companies seek to expand and enter into new combinations in local markets across the U.S. Changes the FCC made included raising the percentage of the nation's TV households one company can reach from 35% to 45%. It lifted a 28-year band on allowing newspaper and broadcast combinations in larger markets and is also allowing one company to own more radio stations locally. The vote split along party lines 3-2, with three Republication commissioners voting for the change and two Democrats objecting. The FCC did not touch the ban on mergers among the four major TV networks, but they do stand the most to gain from the vote. The FCC received more than 750,000 pieces of mail -- the most related to any one issue in the history of the FCC. Many critics claim that further consolidation will drown out minority viewpoints and destroy competition. Some say it will lead to more unemployment in the entertainment industry.
The following industry people and corporate entity spokesman had this to say about the ruling:
Viacom spokesperson:Today's decision is a first step in responding to Congress's and the court's mandate that the FCC's broadcast ownership rules reflect the rapidly evolving, highly competitive and diverse media landscape. It will help ensure that free, over-the-air broadcasting continues to be available across America, while enabling media companies to succeed as they always have by serving local communities.
Rick Mischel, ceo, Mainframe Entertainment:Consolidation of television stations will make it harder for independent producers and studios to secure broadcast space, as vertically-integrated conglomerates will have incentive to show their own in-house developed programming rather than programming from independents. More consolidation means independents will have a harder time hanging on to the rights to their shows. Consolidation means that advertising rates could climb, and original production of animated commercials could decline. strict enforcement of anti-trust laws should prevent this.
Neil Court, partner/executive producer, DECODE Entertainment Ltd.:Loosening up local media ownership rules in the U.S. has no immediate impact on us or on the independent animation business in the U.S. However, it's evidence of the republican's belief in "bigger is better." Bigger media usually means bad things for indies, since it leads to fewer buyers and less competition. But practically, for independent animation companies, our buying community (large free TV networks and cable channels) are already fully vertically integrated 10-ton gorillas, so the FCC changes won't make any real difference to us.
News Corp.:The decision is an important step toward recognizing the realities of today's broad and competitive media market.
Harvey Harrison, ceo/co-founder, Catalyst Agency:This move continues the consolidation of media ownership in fewer and fewer entities thus squashing competition and innovation. This means fewer and fewer opportunities in the major media so that independents will need to resort to new and fresh ways to reach an audience such as online. For example, see www.homestarrunner.com and www.maddox.xmission.com as two examples of some splendid work.
Andrew Fitzpatrick, chairman, Monster Distributes Ltd.:Planning to stay away from the pub tonight and save my Euros for a bid for Disney. No, really, consolidation of media ownership is always bad for independent producers and distributors as it reduces outlets for programming, reduces prices and leads to increasing vertical integration with large media concerns wanting to own the content they broadcast.
NBC:While today's decision by the FCC to update its media ownership rules is a first step in the right direction, we have much further to go before there is a level playing field between free TV and pay TV.
Ian Dawson, exec producer at Steele VFX:In the immediate future it may provide new work as these entities look to rebrand themselves after consolidation, but in the long run it hurts us all. It prevents competition, which may raise prices to consumers while lowering profits for vendors and independent producers since the big fish will have more negotiating power and the ability to extend payments out beyond 90 days. For commercials, it may increase the amount that a corporation will have to pay for advertising time, which will put more pressure on agencies and the production process to produce same quality creative for less. Alternatively, it may force some agencies to find alternative ways to advertise their clients products, which will hurt the production and post-production markets.
Writers Guild of America, West:Today's 3-2 FCC vote is profoundly troubling. The television programs, which have over many years had the greatest impact on the American public, have traditionally come from a broadly diverse group of independent writers and producers speaking with individual voices. Today's FCC's vote opening the door to even more deregulation and media consolidation at the same time further closes the door to independent voices. The creativity, diversity and quality of American television will suffer as a consequence.
The winners today were five media giants. The losers were the American people. The networks currently exercise both creative and financial control over virtually all television, including that which comes from people they call independent. This imbalance belies the fundamentals of competition and diversity and restricts what ideas the public will see in both news and entertainment. The Writers Guild and the American people must not be silent while the FCC allows action by which independent voices are further silenced.


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Abramelin, on 10 May 2011 - 11:40 AM, said:
So here is a different version of that oath:
"There is a certain grandeur in the oath of Rustringen recorded in an old thirteenth-century document:
'We Frisians will defend our land with five arms: with sword and buckler, with spade, fork and spear, whether the tide be ebbing of flowing. We will fight day and night so that all Frisians may be free, both now and hereafter, as long as the wind blows through the clouds and the world remains.'
OK, and now to find the original Frisian text.
Not found the original text yet, but I found something close and nowhere else then on the Taaldacht site (that gives me hope Van Renswoude can actually answer my question):
Ak skilu wí úse lond wera mith egge and mith orde and mith thá brúna skelde with thena stápa helm and with thene ráda skeld and with thet unriuchte hêrskipi.
(Ook zullen wij ons land verdedigen met zwaard en met speer en met het bruine schild tegen de hoge helm en tegen het rode schild en tegen de onrechte heerschappij.)
In English:
Also we will defend our land with sword and spear and with the brown shield against the high helmet and against the red shield and against the injust lordship/rule
And it is indeed a text from Rüstringen:
http://books.google.... skelde&f=false
In the OLB the Scheldt with all it's fancy letters is actually spelt as SKELDA.
Saendfal nw Skelda wrdon Stjurar
O.E. scield, scild, related to sciell (see shell), from P.Gmc. *skeldus (cf. O.N. skjöldr, O.S. skild, M.Du. scilt, Du. schild, Ger. Schild, Goth. skildus), from base *skel- "divide, split, separate," from PIE base *(s)kel- "to cut."
Here's the explanation for the name of the Scheldt:
The Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde [ˈsxɛldə], French Escaut) is a 350 km[1] long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands. Its name is derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English sceald "shallow", Modern English shoal, Low German schol, Frisian skol, and Swedish skäll "thin".
So, does anyone have an idea if the word Scheldt could actually be named after the word for shield?
Sceald says shallow but shoal is more like a divide, maybe even a split or seperate, usually a shoal is some kind of sandbar that can divide the water.
We have places called shoal everything, Shoalhaven, I know what a shoal is. Plus the shoals in Atlantis, I'm always looking for shoals...
A shoal, sandbar (or just bar in context), or gravelbar is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles.
Kind of sounds like she'ol too.
So, I'm just wandering whether the word for Scheldt could actually be shield and in a newer form is actually shallows but used to mean shield, cut off, divide - like shield yourself from something, put up a barrier context.
Otharus, do you have an opinion on that one?