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|Malliavin calculus, density estimates, and Stein's lemma.
|Seminar on Probability and its Application
|Frederi G. Viens, Purdue University
|Consider a centered random variable X satisfying almost-sure conditions involving G : =(DX; -DMX) where DX is X's Malliavin derivative and M is the pseudo-inverse of the generator of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup. It turns out that X is Gaussian if and only if G=1 almost surely. The comparison of G with the constant 1 allow one to show Gaussian-type lower and upper bounds on the tail P[X > z] (see [5]), and on the density of X via a new density formula (see [3]). A connection to Stein's lemma, particularly in [5], can be extended to comparisons with other distributions than the normal, including the entire so-called Pearson class, as seen in [2]. A multidimensional extension of the density formula is obtained in [1], although Gaussian comparisons in this case, particularly lower bounds, still elude us. Time permitting, we will mention some examples where the estimation of G is relatively straightforward, via a Malliavin-calculus device based on the Mehler formula, resulting in some striking applications to stochastic PDEs, as in [4] and [5]. Literature: [1] Airault, H.; Malliavin, P.; Viens, F. Stokes formula on the Wiener space and n-dimensional Nourdin-Peccati analysis. Journal of Functional Analysis, 258 no. 5 (2009), 1763-1783. [2] Eden, R.; Viens, F. General upper and lower tail estimates using Malliavin calculus and Stein's equations. Preprint, 2010. [3] Nourdin, I; Viens, F. Density estimates and concentration inequalities with Malliavin calculus. Electronic Journal of Probability, 14 (2009), 2287-2309. [4] Nualart, D.; Quer-Sardayons, Ll. Gaussian density estimates for solutions to quasi-linear stochastic partial differential equations. To appear in Stochastic Processes and their Applications, 2010. [5] Viens, F. Stein's lemma, Malliavin calculus, and tail bounds, with application to polymer fluctuation exponent. Stochastic Processes and their Applications 119 (2009), 3671-3698.
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Let functions $f(n)$ and $g(n)$ be increasing in $n$. I am trying to say the following precisely:
As $n\rightarrow\infty$, if $f(n)$ is "smaller" than $g(n)$ then $A$ is true, and if $f(n)$ is "the same or larger" than $g(n)$ then $B$ is true.
where, by $f(n)$ being "smaller" than $g(n)$ I mean that $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}g(n)-f(n)=\infty$, and by $f(n)$ being "the same" as $g(n)$ I mean $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}|g(n)-f(n)|=c<\infty$. Basically, here $g(n)$ "segments" (if there is such a term) the set of positive increasing real functions in two subsets. But, how do I state this compactly and precisely?
I thought of using the Landau notation in the following manner:
As $n\rightarrow\infty$, if $f(n)=o(g(n))$ then $A$ is true, and if $f(n)=\Omega(g(n))$ then $B$ is true.
Is this what I need? Does the union of the sets $o(g(n))\cup\Omega(g(n))$ contain the set of all positive increasing real functions and, if it does, then are the subsets the same as defined above? The definitions of $o(g(n))$ and $\Omega(g(n))$ involve limits of fractions, which makes me wary...

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Colesta Hatchel Land was born in Dallas on Aug. 23, 1924, and passed away on June 20, 2012.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ottis Clark Land, to whom she was married for almost 63 years.
She is survived by three children, two sons, Terry Land and his wife Kathryn of Texarkana, and Michael Land of Hadlow, Kent, UK; and one daughter, Debbie Hudgins and her husband Jack of Amarillo. Mrs. Land
is also survived by five grandchildren, Alyson Denson and her husband Wayne, Derek Land and his wife Stephanie, Holly Hudgins and her husband Charles Fuller, Scott Hudgins and Kaki Hudgins; seven great-grandchildren, Chase, LeAnna, Brett, and Alex Denson and Paxton, Tatum, and Kaki Land; and one brother, Eugene "Tiny" Hatchel and his wife, Toni.
Mrs. Land is remembered by her family as devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother. She was affectionately called "Kaki;" one granddaughter and one great-granddaughter bear her name as a tribute to her character and warmth. She was a dedicated teacher and enjoyed traveling and playing cards with friends.
Mrs. Land was a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a B.S. in business and received a Masters degree in education from Stephen F. Austin University. She worked as a bookkeeper and taught sixth grade at Andy Woods Elementary School in Tyler. She enjoyed hard work and was actively involved in raising Santa Gertrudis cattle for many years. She was active in Bible Study Fellowship and taught an adult Sunday school class at Green Acres Baptist Church, where she was a member since 1955. She and her husband established scholarships at Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
A private burial was held in Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery in Tyler.
The family wishes to express heart-felt gratitude for the exceptional care and personal affection extended to Mrs. Land by all of the staff at Sterling House and Dierkson Memorial Hospice. Special gratitude is extended her special caregiver, LaToya Roberts.
Memorials may be made to the Running W.J. Therapeutic Riding Center, 4802 S. Kings Highway, Texarkana, TX 75501.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 1, 2012


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Vodafone – what not to do with customer service…
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Just over a week ago I switched to Vodafone, the drawcard being the ability to get a HTC Desire HD phone (and what an amazing phone it is!). Vodafone being the sole provider of them in Australia (although you can get the standard HTC Desire from Telstra). This morning my phone stopped receiving service… Emergency calls only… tried to call work as I was running late – but no – sim card not working… The message I got was 'Your sim card does not allow a connection to this network' when I try to connect to Vodafone.
So I called Vodafone, 33 minutes on hold just to get through, whats more beforehand you have to speak to Lara – their automated phone answering service… she doesn't understand hardly anything I say… I have spoken to these types of systems before but this was just impossible. Already upset that my phone wasn't working and now the phone system wouldn't let me through… although eventually getting her to understand… so after 33 minutes the phone is picked up and I have to tell the operator all my details again that I had already told Lara… what is your phone number? what is your pin? come on guys why do I tell Lara just to tell the 'real' people who answers the phone again?
So the man that answers the phone tells me to turn my phone off… I have already done that I say, and taken the battery out and tried the sim card in another phone… well you will need to get another sim card then…. you will have to go into a vodafone shop… then call back to activate it or they can do that for you in the shop…
So I headed to the shop, and I must admit that I got quite decent customer service although I was upset with the lack on answers in the end… I got a new sim card, the customer service person entered it onto the computer and transferred my information from my old sim card to my new one… we put it in the phone… it didn't work… re-looked it up on the computer – the computer had a sim-fail error message… service person called service centre and apparently someone will look at it in the next 24-48 hours… No answers about why or if they will be able to fix just someone will eventually look at it – no you won't have phone service to who knows when…
So being enraged and missing my phone I logged a complaint about my still not working phone – I know it has only been like 20 hours without it – but what if someone has been trying to call or something has happened to one of my kids. My phone is my communication channel… Anyway… so I logged a complaint and it obviously picked up a few words and suggested that I needed to activate my sim card… thought it was worth a try – had to speak to Lara again… oh my – after completely mucking it up the first two times she finally got it right and after me telling her my phone number and pin she told me that this could not be processed at this time of the day and to call back tomorrow! What the! Make me suffer the pain before telling me that I have no hope to have my phone service tonight! How rude!
So will vodafone pick up their customer service – time will tell – Is this how they treat all their new customers… Will they make me pay for these days of service with no service… Are they breeching their contract by not providing me service?
What do I think they should do in this situation?
- Provide a customer with a temporary sim card with another number on it (ie: prepaid) and divert their number to it.
- Compensate the customer with a bonus for their wasted time in solving this problem and the lack of phone service.
- Let the customer know exactly when the situation will be addressed and give them a phone number to call that does not have a 33minute wait time.
- Delegate responsibility better to shop staff – they should be able to change sim cards and fix all this and help the customers without having to call someone – surely a happy customer is the best outcome.
- Have better quality sim cards – this should not happen in the first place!


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I took my Ruger SR1911 to the range this morning for a quick tension relief session, and everything quit on round 19.
The entire thing just totally locked up. We could see a casing inside, but did not know if it was live or spent. Tried everything, and then had to settle for some very tense moments with a hammer to get the slide back far enough to get the casing out. It was a spent round but we had no way of knowing that until we had it open.
The slide is still totally locked, nothing is moving in any direction without the help of a hammer, and we have it back as far as it will go. So ..... off to Arizona in a box.
This would have been round 189 or 190 total through the gun, with no issues of any kind in any way shape or form until now. Same ammo for every single round.
More to follow, will know when Ruger gets it.


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Smart Marketing, Competitive Marketing
By Jimgris-Oracle on Nov 18, 2007
Well, that must have been an interesting press conference, eh? My goodness. Very cool.
I'm happy to see these changes in Sun's external communications to customers. It's far smarter than the bulldog public attack tactics we used to do. When I was in marketing (before I joined the OpenSolaris engineering team) I wasted several years of my career doing that stuff around standards and open source and Java. Heck, I even won an award for it! Embarrassing. Based on that experience, though, and four years of working in the OpenSolaris Community (where such nonsense is not tolerated), I can see clearly that those activities were counterproductive. It made Sun less competitive and less respected and less credible. But even if this so-called "hardball" marketing is going away, it doesn't mean we are any less competitive in the marketplace. In fact, Sun's product portfolio is probably more competitive today than it has ever been, and we are cutting interesting deals and moving faster than anyone even realizes.
Are we still making mistakes? Sure. But we are people, so you can expect that. And although our communications to the market is improving, I think we as a company still have to improve our communications to the various developer communities we are involved with. As our engineering opens, so too must our communications. The two functions are directly related, and right now too much of both lives inside of the firewall. We'll get there, though. It's a fine line to balance corporate interests with community interests, and there's no rulebook for doing this on the scale we are attempting. In fact, I can't think of a multi-national corporation that has done as much in this area. Can you?


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The Fellowship of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Character Analysis
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Adelard Took
After Bilbo's departure from the Shire, he leaves Adelard an umbrella as a gift: "Adelard had carried off many unlabelled ones" (1.1.130).
An uncle of Sam's; he appears when Sam comments, "Live and learn! As my gaffer used to say. Though he was thinking of gardening, not of roosting like a bird, nor of trying to walk like a spider. Not even my uncle Andy ever did a trick like that!" (2.6.116).
Bandobras Took
The most recent war that has been fought in the borders of the Shire (before the events of the Lord of the Rings series) was an invasion of Orcs fought back by Bandobras Took. This battle was a very long time ago (outside of living memory, says the narrator), which tells you how peaceful the Shire generally is. (Incidentally, this is the same Took whom Tolkien calls "Bullroarer" in The Hobbit – supposedly, he was strong enough to strike the head of the leader of the Orcs [Golfimbul] clean off and into a rabbit hole. And that, Tolkien tells us, is the origin of the game of golf. Neat!)
The Boffins, Grubbs, Chubbs, Tooks, Brandybucks, Burrows, Bolgers, Bracegirdles, Brockhouses, Goodbodys, Hornblowers, and Proudfoots
At Bilbo's birthday party in the first chapter, all of these fine representatives of the Shire families appear to help him celebrate. These are their names: a directory of Hobbiton society.
Daddy Twofoot
The Gaffer's next-door neighbor, with deep suspicions of Hobbits who live across the Brandywine River on the way to Bree (i.e., the Brandybuck family).
Farmer Maggot
This farmer's land lies beyond Hobbiton, close to Bucklebury Ferry in Marish (in other words, in the Shire, but not in the same part of the Shire that Frodo and Sam live). Frodo, Sam, and Pippin stumble upon his farm as they travel off the road to the Brandywine River. Frodo is a bit shy of Farmer Maggot because, when he was a child living in Buckland, the farmer chased Frodo away from his mushrooms with his dogs.
But now that Frodo's all grown up, the farmer turns out to be helpful: like the Gaffer, he had a visit from a Black Rider looking for information about Frodo Baggins. Farmer Maggot refused to tell the Black Rider anything and sent him on his way. Farmer Maggot speculates to Frodo that this Rider is after some treasure of Bilbo's. Frodo won't (or can't?) answer, and Farmer Maggot doesn't pry. He does offer to give Frodo, Sam, and Pippin a ride to the Ferry in his wagon. Still, he hasn't forgotten that Frodo was once the child who stole his mushrooms: he recalls that Frodo was once one of the worst rascals in Buckland.
Folco Boffin
One of the younger generations of Hobbits who grew up with Bilbo's stories of far-off places; also a good friend of Frodo's. He helps Frodo pack up Bag End just before he leaves for Rivendell with Sam.
Gorhendad Oldbuck
Many years ago, Gorhendad Oldbuck, head of one of the oldest families in the Shire, crossed the Brandywine River to the east and built Brandy Hall. He changed his name to Brandybuck and "settled down to become master of what was virtually a small independent country" (1.5.4). Brandy Hall is now a giant network of tunnels, and the people living there are in some ways quite different from those of the old Shire. They like swimming in the Brandywine River, and they are also a little more connected with the larger world.
The gardener at Bag End who preceded the current gardener, Ham Gamgee (the Gaffer).
Hugo Bracegirdle
Hugo Bracegirdle likes to borrow Bilbo's books and is careless about returning them. Pointedly, when Bilbo leaves the Shire, he gives Hugo a gift of an empty bookcase.
Milo Burrows
In an inversion of his gift to Dora Baggins, Bilbo leaves Milo Burrows "a gold pen and ink-bottle" (1.1.138), since Milo never answers letters.
Marcho and Blanco
These two examples of the Fallohide kind of Hobbit (tall and vaguely Elf-y) led their people west across the Baranduin River with permission from the high king at Fornost, in order to found the Shire. Since this time, the Shire has been the primary residence of the Hobbit folk. (To clarify where the heck Fornost, Bree, and even the Shire are, check out this map.
Mrs. Maggot
Farmer Maggot's wife; when Farmer Maggot sets off with Frodo, Sam, and Pippin to give them a wagon ride to Bucklebury Ferry, she warns, "You be careful of yourself, Maggot! [...] Don't go arguing with any foreigners, and come straight back!" (1.4.102). Mrs. Maggot also remembers Frodo's mushroom stealing past: when Farmer Maggot drops the three Hobbits off at Bucklebury Ferry, he passes on a basket of mushrooms from his wife to Frodo, with her compliments.
Odo Proudfoot
This elderly Hobbit sticks his feet on the table as Bilbo starts his speech at his birthday party. Once Bilbo disappears, Odo removes his feet and stamps for emphasis, out of shock.
Old Noakes
A Hobbit from Bywater, one of the many Hobbits gossiping with the Gaffer about Bilbo's upcoming party in the first chapter. He's the one who offers this rumor about Frodo's parents' drowning: "I've heard they went on the water after dinner in the moonlight [...] and it was Drogo's weight as sunk the boat" (1.1.14).
Rory Brandybuck
Rory Brandybuck is an old friend of Bilbo's. In return for his hospitality over the course of their friendship, Bilbo leaves Rory "a dozen bottles of Old Winyards, a strong red wine from the Southfarthing" (1.1.143). Rory is extremely grateful for this fine vintage.
Sancho Proudfoot
Odo Proudfoot's grandson; the day after Bilbo's party and sudden disappearance, Sancho begins "an excavation in the larger pantry [of Bag End], where he thought there was an echo" (1.1.157). Apparently, all of the Shire thinks Bilbo lived with tunnels of gold – not true, but the legend inspires silly Hobbits like Sancho to look.
Sandyman is the miller for Hobbiton (by the way, a miller grinds grain into flour). He's a mean-spirited gossip. When the Gaffer is sitting at The Ivy Bush inn talking about Bilbo and the residents of Bag End, Sandyman suggests that perhaps Frodo's parents' drowning was a murder rather than an accident. The Gaffer scolds him, "There isn't no call to go talking of pushing and pulling" (1.1.17).
Ted Sandyman
Ted Sandyman is Sandyman the miller's son. Many years after Bilbo's disappearance, he sits in The Green Dragon inn and argues with Sam the same way that his father the miller argued with Sam's father a decade before. Ted thinks that Bilbo's tales of Elves and dragons are all a load of bull. He sums up: "Oh they're both cracked [...] Leastaways old Bilbo was cracked, and Frodo's cracking" (1.2.29). Sam is outraged at his jibes.
Tobold Hornblower
Old Toby is the first grower of Hobbit pipe-weed on record; his area of the Shire (Southfarthing) is still known as the best producer of pipe-weed for smoking. Old Toby is also the name of an excellent kind of pipe weed.
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AURORA — Somin Lee of Overland shot a 65 to take top honors at the Grandview Invitational on March 14 at Heritage Eagle Bend.
Lauren Jagels led Evergreen with a 96, while Rachel Bechtholdt shot a 99. Maddie Moran (112) and Jennifer Butler (121), dealing with an ankle injury, also competed.
Patricia Lee of Highlands Ranch came in second with a 67, followed by Valor Christian's Lindsey McGetrick with a 69 and Katy Dachova of Arapahoe with a 70.
Zach Strande wasn't supposed to be here. The Evergreen sophomore was on the outside looking in as one of 10 alternates for the 2011 Freestyle Junior Olympics in Steamboat Springs.
The United State Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) only takes the top 60 skiers in moguls for the week-long event, which kicks off competition on March 9 and runs through the 13. Strande, however, was 64th in the standings. But one by one participants started to drop out and the next thing the 15-year-old knew was that not only was he going to Steamboat Springs, but he was competing.
Reprinted from March 15, 2006
March came in like a lamb, but it was a very frisky one. The day was warm, blue and spring-like, but that little lamb kicked up its heels, creating a considerable amount of wind. Since then, March has been as fickle as usual, with warm near-70-degree days spiced with spring snow and typical wind.
DENVER — There's no flashy ring jacket. Just a red mouthpiece, a little shadow boxing on the side and a picture of concentration. That's Garrett McCarty.
A 13-year-old Evergreen Middle School seventh-grader, McCarty hasn't always emphasized those characteristics. He boxed for two years, in the fourth and fifth grade, before he just stopped for a variety of reasons. He, as Clear Creek boxing coach Beau Campbell said, forgot just how close the boxing community truly is.
Head coach: Terry Hensley
Assistant coaches: Dale Hutchings, Matt Erholtz, Devin Black
Classification: 4A, Jeffco
2010 record: 13-7
Top players: Ethan Murphy, Sr., C; Cody Jess, Jr., OF; Jack Daly, Sr., P/SS
Season opener: March 18, vs. Castle View, Coors Field, noon
Reprinted from March 6, 2008
For many years when winter visitors to Colorado called us to inquire about where they could see rosy-finches, we would either take them or send them to the top of Squaw Mountain to visit the Swanlunds.
When we were faced with this request recently, we didn't know a really "sure spot" to send these visitors.
Head coaches: Scott Haebe, Jennifer Mintle
Assistant coaches: Rob Wright, Mike Sellers, Greg Cooper
Classification: 4A
It's not that Kirk Petrik doesn't have confidence in the Evergreen Cougars ski team. He does. But what it was able to accomplish Feb. 24-25 as Aspen Highlands during the 2011 state skiing championships, well, that was unexpected.
COLORADO SPRINGS — The No. 6 seed in the state isn't supposed to struggle to beat the No. 27 seed, but they Cheyenne Mountain Lady Indians' girls basketball team knew they were in for a tough one against Evergreen.
In fact, the Lady Cougars played even with the bigger and deeper Lady Indians for a while. And even though they trailed 37-32 at the half, they quickly tied the game at 37 early in the third quarter.
CONIFER — Ali Meyers wasn't sure about playing Emily Elmgreen in such a situation. But the freshman guard rose to the occasion. So did starter Taylor Rauch and the rest of Evergreen's defense.
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Partha Iyengar, Country Manager - Research, India, Gartner: The big overarching focus on growth by the FM is the fundamental feel good factor in this budget. Given the fact that one can argue that a lot of the weakness in the Indian economy is what I call a sentimental recession, his strong statement that there is no grounds for doom and gloom heading into the new year.The big specific positives of the budget are that he has focused both in terms of the letter and spirit of the budget on the key planks of growth for India and health of every industry, including IT, which is Infrastructure, Education, Skills Development, and incentives for the growth of domestic manufacturing.Some of the other positive areas are support for entrepreneurship, the MSME sector, both in terms of financial and overall support.The recognition that the overseas trust deficit in terms of a comfort level on Indias investment climate has to be addressed is also welcome.HOWEVER, the budget is only a directional statement, and the challenge for India historically and even currently is in the execution of the statement of intent outlined in the budget.This has been Indias Achilles heel, in that bold pronouncements in the budget never see the light of day or are not implemented as effectively as they can or should be.So it was disappointing to not see any statements on what the government would do to ensure mechanisms/oversight to ensure speedy and efficient implementation of these programs. Overall a 7/10 score for the budget. R K Agrawal, Chairman, CII Eastern Region & Managing Partner, S R Batliboi & Co.: The Budget 2013 is a balanced and inclusive in nature. Particular attention has been given to infrastructure, affirmative action, the housing sector, warehousing, roads and Skill development which are commendable. Social inclusion has received particular attention, and thats a welcome step. The 15% investment allowance as announced by the Finance Minister will catalyse the investment scenario.The MSME sector could have been given greater attention. However, introduction of schemes such as the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Scheme, Inflation Index Bonds for older people are appreciable. Rajiv Kaul, Past President, CII, and Chairman, Nicco Corporation Ltd.: The Budget proposals will have a positive impact on the manufacturing sector. The increase in planned expenditure will boost supply to a large extent. With Rs 100 cr minimum limit for investment allowance, large investment has been taken care of.However, MSME and current account deficit still remains areas of concern. I feel overall the Budget has sent a positive indication which will give the much-needed confidence to the industry.Sanjay Budhia, Past Chairman, CII Eastern Region, and Managing Director, Patton International Ltd.: The proposals are quite promising. The Budget has provided a definite indication for presenting the much-needed GST bill as early as possible. The budget has laid emphasis on growth, education, health and social sector.Dr Rupali Basu, CEO, Apollo Hospital: The health sector has been given a priority with a proposed allocation of Rs 37,333 cr. Additional focus has been given to the expansion of ayurveda, homeopathy and herbal sectors. The modernization of the health sector will get a major lift up due to the proposed investment allowance. Regional geriatric sector has been allotted Rs 150cr. I personally appreciate the focus on special sectors like SC, ST along with the women and children.Rajan Vaswani, Past Chairman, CII Eastern Region, and Chairman and Managing Director, Wesman Engg. Co Pvt Ltd.: From the capital goods market point of view, the budget is a very creative one with everything in the right balance. The Finance Minister has come up with some new ideas which can lend credence to the countrys growth story.Pallavi P Kaul, MD, Nicco Ventures Ltd.: Focus on skill development and education from Central level is a progressive step. Sustainability has been ensured by proposing conversion of garbage waste into energy by local municipality. The stress on renewable energy sector will go a long way in lessening the existing power shortage in the country.India Ratings: The Union Budget 2013-14 attempts to boost the demand for core sectors such as steel, cement and construction by providing an investment allowance on capital expenditure and additional interest deduction to first time homeowners.The proposal to provide 15% investment allowance to manufacturing companies investing in excess of INR1bn over the next two years may potentially enhance the viability of investments by improving the internal rate of return for such projects by 200bps to 300bps (depending upon the duration of the project and the debt equity mix).The economic equivalent to this is an interest rate reduction in cost of debt for the project to the tune of over 75bps. However, given the structural issues impacting capital investments, the benefits are likely to accrue largely to brownfield expansions.The proposal to allow first time homeowners, availing home loan of less than INR2.5mn, an incremental deduction for INR0.1mn of interest has a similar impact of reducing effective interest rate by 75bps to 100bps on the home loan.Cumulatively, India Ratings expects these two proposals to provide fillip to investment activity as well as support to core sectors in the short term.India Ratings notes the priority accorded in the Union Budget 2013-14, to addressing some of the many challenges faced by the infrastructure sector, although the agency recognises that solutions for some of the problems have to necessarily be found outside the framework of the annual budget.The announcement regarding constitution of a regulatory authority for the roads sector is welcome and addresses a long felt need. Insofar as the regulator can be constituted quickly and armed with independent powers, it has the potential to address a number of problems plaguing Indias highways development programme. If the regulator can facilitate expeditious dispute resolution and ensure fair and practical interpretation of several concession provisions, it can have a salutary effect on the credit quality of many road projects.The announcement that 3,000km of road projects will be awarded in the first six months of FY14 seems a trifle ambitious given that less than one-fourth of that number was achieved in the first eight months of FY13. However, if this is sought to be done on the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) route, as opposed to the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, the target could yet be achieved.The EPC route will avoid some of the challenges in the BOT model viz.,developer apathy, commercial bank aversion to funding toll road projects and over-optimistic traffic forecasts, the latter adversely affecting credit profiles of many projects in the past.The budget also reiterated the governments commitment to press ahead with some of the previously announced measures such as credit enhancement from India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited ('IND AAA(SO)') and the encouragement for setting up of infrastructure debt funds.Both of these have the potential to galvanise the bond markets to fund the massive infrastructure investments that India urgently needs. However, to reap significant benefits in the form of large debt inflows from fixed income players, particularly foreign investors, it is imperative that the government works towards clearing the policy and project execution cobwebs afflicting the sector as well ensuring a fully functional contract enforcement regime.It should come as no surprise that the finance minister expects coal imports, which crossed 100 million tonnes during April-Dec 2012, to go up to 185 million tonnes in 2016-17.While it may be a little premature to form a definitive assessment, the governments plans to encourage public private partnership projects along with the state-owned Coal India should, prima-facie, be deemed positive if it helps accelerate and supplement domestic coal production particularly to meet the acute fuel scarcity facing power projects. Arun Kumar Jagatramka, CMD, Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd.: The Finance Minister must be complemented for presenting a responsible and a harmless budget by not falling in the trap of short term populist measures in a pre-election year. The budget also expresses an intent to encourage growth and investment.Nirakar Pradhan, Chief Investment Officer, Future Generali India Life Insurance Co Ltd.: The Union Budget announced today addresses the twin concerns of reining in fiscal deficit and reviving economic growth.Fiscal deficit at 4.8% in FY14 reinforces commitment towards fiscal consolidation and seems to pacify rating agencies. Hike in plan expenditure by 30%, credit enhancement of corporate bonds by IIFCL (Govt. owned entity), 15% investment allowance for projects above Rs. 100 crore and announcement of new industrial corridors augur well for pick-up in investment cycle. Budget targets to shift savings from gold to productive sectors like equity market and housing. Overall, we feel, the Finance Minister has presented a pragmatic and balanced budget and not a populist one, especially considering its a pre-election year. Dr. P. Nandagopal, MD & CEO, IndiaFirst Life Insurance: It is a positive budget from the insurance and BFSI perspective. On the big picture, the investments in education, skill development, infrastructure and rural development will have positive impact on the life insurance demand. On the specifics, while there're no additional tax concessions as expected, the big announcement is the proposed open architecture for bancassurance through the broking route.In the long term, this would deepen the distribution reach of the banks in offering a wide range of insurance products. We need to check the details and also take steps to see the broking model does not result in excess distribution costs for the insurance companies which are already reeling under the pressure of thinning margins.Sminu Jindal, Managing Director, Jindal Saw & Founder Svayam: Increase in allocation of budget to Rs.110 crore for Department of Disability Affairs is a much needed welcome step. At Svayam, we hope that the funds will be utilized for creation & implementation of empowering schemes for people with reduced mobility.We hope that investments will be made for programs such as skill development , making public infrastructure accessible to all and creating accessible infrastructure.Sanjiv Kataria, Communications Counsel for the Education Sector: The Finance Minister has seized the opportunities for youth by focusing on Human Infrastructure developmenta meta resource for growing India. Allocation of $12 billion in 2013-14 on education, representing one-sixth increase over last year, will unlock the potential of young to contribute to Indias growth for 2020 and beyond.Governments emphasis on Right to Education, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Mid-day meals, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Skill Development will go a long way in enhancing literacy, growing school enrolments and building marketable skills.By funding skill building of youth, firms set up in association with National Skills Development Council have a key role cut out for themselves in offering skills that get them jobs and building their confidence to live as equals.Direct transfer of scholarships to girls, including those from SC, ST, will encourage parents to educate them just as they invest in boys.Nidhi Saxena, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Karmic Lifesciences: With this budget India may have missed an opportunity to assert itself in the life sciences domain. Industry expected Government to promote Scientific and Research infrastructure development to give a big thrust to R&D, including Clinical Research. India needs a strong research culture so as to create at least one blockbuster drug for which R&D and Clinical Research activities needed encouragement by way of a long term tax holiday on products developed in-house, extension of weighted deduction on R&D on all research related services, grants and scholarships for translational medicine.Despite an outlay of Rs. 37,330 crore for Health and Welfare, private Infrastructure Development in the sector setting up of new Hospitals and Labs -- is likely to lag with little incentive for the sector to play a big role.Move to continue non-tax benefits to MSMEs even after they cross the threshold limits is welcome. The Clinical Research Organisations urge their inclusion in the MSME definition.As President & Founding Chair for Women in Bio, India Chapter, I would have liked to see special dispensation for encouraging ventures by Women entrepreneurs especially in life sciences. However, looks like women have to contend themselves with women friendly sops like an allocation of Rs. 1000 Crore to ensure safety and security of women as well as the proposal to set-up India's first women's bank as a PSU bank.Ravi Kiran, co-founder, VentureNursery: The move to allow investment in Technology Business Incubators to qualify as CSR investment is a good start and good for tech incubators. Hope it comes with a mechanism to establish accountability of such investments.The Government needs to recognize private accelerators role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem as well.Continuation of non-tax benefits 3 years after the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises move to next level is welcome, even though the exact impact will need be assessed. I would also have liked to see reforms in the way we define MSMEs today as it is fundamentally flawed in today's context.Alternative Investment Funds getting pass through benefit needs to make a distinction between pooled angel investment versus individual investment.Rishi Jain, Executive Director, Jain Group: It is very encouraging to see that the Central Government and the Finance Ministry are giving more priority to the Affordable Housing sector, as well as in the infrastructure development area.The move by the Finance Minister to boost the tax exemption for Housing Loans upto Rs. 25 lakh by 1 lakh will definitely add a much needed boost to the affordable home buying activity.The Service Tax differentiation between luxury and affordable properties also shows that the Finance Ministry is recognising the distinction between middle class home buyers for whom a house is a necessity and the HIG home buyer for whom home buying is a luxury.The thrust towards development of new roads and the announcement of a new port in West Bengal is a welcome move as well.However, the introduction of 1% TDS on properties exceeding Rs. 50 lakh will lead to further complication in transactions of immovable property will add to the woes of an already clogged Paperwork and Compliances requirement for a Real Estate developer.It is also disappointing that no significant announcement has been made for the Hospitality Sector, even though talks have been on for a very long time.Lowell Paddock, President & Managing Director of General Motors India: The budget is encouraging due to its focus on agriculture, irrigation, education, skill development, health care and infrastructure. Since it addresses some of the concerns of the industry in general, it should help economic growth going forward.As far as the automotive industry is concerned, the budget did not meet the expectations. We were expecting the roll back of the excise duty imposed last year. Instead there is an increase of 3 per cent excise duty on SUVs and there is also a hike in customs duty of 25% on high end imported vehicles. These hikes are not on the expected lines and will impact the sale of SUVs. Having said this, we have to see the fine print to understand the clear definition of SUVs.The automotive industry is one of the growth drivers of the economy with its backward and forward linkages to generate multiple and substantial employment opportunities any duty concessions would have helped the industry to register some growth as the industry has already started slowing down due to high interest rates, fuel prices, commodity prices, negative market sentiments etc. Some concessions announced for electric vehicles and increased allocation for the road transport sector are welcome decisions.Some of the other announcements made by the finance minister for manufacturing, R&D activities, regulatory authority to monitor road projects, focus on skill development etc should enhance the competitiveness of the Indian industry. The intention to further promote the development of infrastructure, particularly in rural areas, is a positive step. The governments commitment to continue with its reform process is likewise a positive step.Similarly, the investment and demand stimulating measures in manufacturing especially the investment allowance for two years, purchase of buses under JNNURM, movement on GST and some positive action on industrial corridors are also welcome decisions. These proposals, if implemented effectively, should have a positive impact on industry and the economy as a whole.The challenge now is the implementation of the proposals. Our hope is that the market will respond favorably.Vinod Gupta, Managing Director, Dollar Industries Ltd: We are elated that our year long demand of putting hosiery industry out of the ambit of excise duty is now heard. Now, the problems, which our industry was facing from non-branded garments is sorted out. It is a big relief for the entire industry. The prices of the products will be cheaper now. The consumers will be benefited, while the industry will have scope to grow faster.Fr. E. Abraham, S J., Director of XLRI: With Incubators set up by companies in academic institutions qualifying as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity entrepreneurship in higher education institutions will get a major boost. XLRI as a respected management institution looks forward to welcoming forward-thinking organisations to set-up incubators in our campus. With the economy getting more mature it is imperative that entrepreneurs are encouraged to help shape a vibrant economy and sustainable future. It is definitely a move in the right direction to allocate Rs.1 lakh crores towards skill-training for youth in our country. This is definitely a need of the hour and will help in ushering in a more inclusive society and help underserved sections of our youth to contribute their mite in the economic progress of our nation. However, it is equally important to monitor the organisations that get funding to ensure that desired outcomes are met. Higher education institutions must be given a role in auditing the skill-training institutes so as to ensure that optimum utilisation of funding is done by the large number of government and private vocational institutes.Sanjay Chamria, VC & MD, Magma Fincorp Ltd.: Finance Minister Sh PChidambaram presented his budget in the parliament today. Contrary to the entire pre budget hype, the budget was without any big announcements. While containing the FY 13 fiscal deficit at 5.2% is laudable, taking necessary steps, even if they are politically unpopular, to manage the FY 14 fiscal deficit within budget estimates of 4.8% are essential to reduce costs for private sector and encourage it to make fresh investments.It will in any case be inevitable for the fiscal deficit to be maintained as proposed to avoid reduction of Indias rating to Junk status. Keeping in line with the need to boost investments to spur growth in the economy, the 15% Investment allowance for entities investing over Rs.100 cr is a great step forward. In my view it will have been appropriate for this to be extended to the MSME segment as well to further boost the dormant investment cycle. In the budget, the Finance Minister has continued with his focus on Agriculture through higher target of Rs7 lac crores for agriculture credit, continuation of interest subvention scheme and extending the same to private sector banks, 22% increase in budget allocations to Ministry of Agriculture, These and other steps will help boost rural economy and in turn will help companies well positioned in the interiors of the country. Consistent with governments focus on affordable housing, there is a 50% increase in allocation to Rural Housing Fund from Rs 4000 cr to Rs 6000 cr. Recognising the huge shortage of housing in urban areas, an Urban Housing Fund with an allocation of Rs 2000 crore is being set up.This along with tax measures such as allowing additional deduction of interest of Rs 1 lac for first time home buyers with loans uptoRs 25 lacs will help provide boost to housing sector as well as housing finance companies in Tier II, Tier III and smaller cities and towns. Steps taken to increase insurance penetration specially in Tier II an below cities are welcome. Steps such as allowing unhindered opening of branches by Insurance companies in locations other than Tier 1, easier KYC norms will provide a boost to the sector. Continuing with his investor friendly image, FM has taken further steps to boost the market and to get more foreign funds. . These include simplification of procedures for foreign portfolio investors, providing clarification on what will FII and FDI constitute, , allowing FIIs to trade in exchange traded currency derivatives, introduction of dedicated debt segment on stock exchanges, liberalisation of Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme etc. Hopefully all such steps will yield results in deepening of the bond market. The FM has introduced tax on super rich (albeit for one year) and has also increased surcharge on companies along with dividend distribution tax. While various steps are required to be taken to increase revenues to control deficit, credible steps are required to increase the tax base and improve tax compliance rather than increase taxes on existing tax paying entities. Fulfilling industrys demand, FM has exempted securitisation trusts from income tax and has clarified that tax will be levied only once at the time of distribution of income from the trust. This will provide a fillip to the securitisation market which had been hampered by tax demands on SPVs resulting in various litigations. While overall the budget has moved in the direction of reducing fiscal deficit, more credible steps on reduction in subsidies to help reduce inflation, lower interest rates and increase the growth in the economy would be our expectations from the government going forward. Hemant Kanoria, Chairman and Managing Director, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited: Keeping in mind the existing macroeconomic realities, I feel the Honourable Finance Minister has presented a well calibrated budget. Union Budget 2013-14 has been a sincere attempt to re-start the growth engine while trying to maintain fiscal rectitude to the maximum possible extent. It is heartening to note that infrastructure development has figured prominently in his speech. The initiatives to provide support to Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs) are commendable, especially as the banks are constrained and unable to increase their exposure to infrastructure projects. I hope the IDFs will be able to mobilize resources from a diverse cross section of investors with Governments active participation. There are several other positives for the infrastructure sector. Enhanced corpus for MGNREGA, PMGSY, RIDF, Indira Awas Yojana along with increased funds for NABARD so that refinancing can be extended to projects pertaining to warehousing, cold storage, etc. will go a long way in addressing the supply bottlenecks that have been fuelling food inflation.The decision to announce 3000 km of new road projects in next 6 months, the proposal to build 2 new ports (in West Bangal and Andhra Pradesh), 1 harbour in Tamil Nadu, dredging of national waterways, proposal to create a grid (combining ports, inland waterways and roadways) augur well for the infrastructure sector.The work on 3 industrial corridors is also something to cheer about. I am especially excited about the proposal to step up domestic coal production by forming PPPs with Coal India Ltd. Also States have been encouraged to submit their discom restructuring plans to Ministry of Power and avail benefit of the scheme. As regards, oil & gas sector, the proposed move to move from a profit sharing to revenue sharing arrangement in terms of shale gas production is also a step in the right direction. National Housing Fund has been provided additional funds to promote rural housing through refinancing and has also been instructed to set up an urban housing fund. Further, additional tax incentives for the first time home owner is also a good move.I feel all these steps will play an important role in stimulating internal demand that will help in pushing the economy to a higher growth path. Ramana Akula, CFO Pearson India: It is overall a positive budget from the education sector standpoint despite the expenditure management exercise the government has increased allocation to the education sector by 17 per cent. The education cess of 3% has been retained for the financial year 2013-14; this move will continue to promote the public spending in various education schemes like Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.However, some expectations such as extension of tax sops provided to vocational education in agri sector to other streams of vocational education have not been met but nevertheless the budget of 2013-14 should provide a boost to the education sector and the overall economy largely due to serious measures to promote saving and investments in the economy.S. Ramani, Partner of Savourites Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.( 6 Ballygunge Place and The Wall): The already heavily burdened consumer is forced to pay more in the form of service tax. At the end of the day the consumer ends up paying more.India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA): The India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) welcome the budget for its boost to the Indian Electronics and semiconductor industry. We believe the steps outlined for this sector by the Honble Finance Minister will help to boost this sector by attracting investments, promoting entrepreneurship and domestic manufacturing.Vandana Luthra, Founder & Mentor, VLCC: The budget announcement for the financial year 2013-14 is not really on the lines we had hoped for. As a constituent of the Preventive Healthcare and Wellness domain, we were expecting this sector to be also included under negative list of Service Tax.We are disappointed that the Budget has got nothing pertaining to the wellness sector. However, it is heartening to learn that government has given due importance to vocational education to provide skill development to 50 million people through National Skill Development Council and we believe that NSDC would encourage beauty & nutrition courses wherein earnings for qualified professionals can be substantial. Increase in Surcharge on Corporate Tax is going to impact the cash flows but we believe that the Honble FM really may have had no choice given the need to raise inflows to control the fiscal deficit.A most welcome step certainly is the setting up of an all-Women bank as also the Nirbhaya fund for women safety.Anurag Kedia, Director- New Projects, The Four Fountains Spa: We would have liked to see Service Tax on spa services reduced from 12% to 6% in order to make spa therapies more affordable. High prices of spa services are a disincentive for people to invest in their health and well-being. Spas have an important role to play in reducing stress levels and improving the productivity of the countrys new age workforce and its important to keep spa services affordable so that more and more people can try them. Since the time-frame for introduction of GST seems indefinite, a reduction in service tax levels would have helped in keeping spa services affordable.The allocation of Rs. 4,727 crore for medical education and research and Rs 1,069 crore to the Department of Ayush for the development of alternative medicines are long-term positive initiatives for the wellness industry. We hope this will have a trickle-down effect on the spa industry. Ajay Bimbhet, Managing Director, Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Limited: The overall budget looks to be responsible which signals positivity and growth. Keeping the financial environment of the economy in mind, the budget seems to be a realistic one. Kuldip Maity, MD & CEO, Village Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.: From the standpoint of the microfinance industry, the only direct gain from this budget is additional Rs. 100 Crs for the Microfinance Equity Fund allocated to SIDBI. It is one kind of recognition of our good work but we would have been happier if the size of the fund was Rs. 200 crores. My expectation from the Budget was also to relax the Service Tax for the microfinance loan which would have helped MFIs and our own microfinance borrowers. However, I heartily welcome the idea and initiative for Indias first Womens Bank as public sector bank. The idea to allow Banking correspondents to sell micro-insurance products will help cover more economically poor people. It is another good attempt. I also think that allocation of Rs.6000 crores to the Rural Housing Fund to refinance rural housing through NHB and another Rs.2000 crores for urban housing is a great boost for common people. To Post Your Comment On This Article Click Here Your Name : Your Email : Your Comment : Verification Code : Comments Posted on this news: There are no comments on this News. 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Author Candace Bushnell Prefers Bloody Marys to Cosmos and Buys Her Butter at the Greenmarket
"Luckily, there were strips of candied bacon soaked in maple syrup, which I devoured just for the bacon-ness of it all."
Naturally, when we spoke with Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell, she was on her way out the door to a fabulous event. The occasion? A party celebrating the release of her new book, Summer and the City. "It came out today. It's all over the place," she gushed, sounding like she was in the process of strapping on a Manolo. But Bushnell also tells us that a new book means a new book tour, and a book tour means no time for food. "It's like, once I start doing the book tour, I know that I am not going to have regular hours to eat," she explains. To compensate, she says, "This is a time when you just need to eat to keep going." For Bushnell, that means lots of steak and oysters. But no Cosmos — she's a Bloody Mary girl now. For more tales of eating on the go, read on in this week's New York Diet.
Friday, April 22
Even as a kid, I never liked breakfast. I just don't like to eat then. I like to get up and work. I think sticking a whole bunch of carbohydrates in your stomach in the morning is probably the worst way to begin the day. A lot of the time I'll eat a banana or a yogurt, or maybe a soft-boiled egg. But my work time is from six or seven or eight in the morning until two or three, so I usually don't eat until I finish working. And then I eat like a pig.
I had another day of running around and doing phone interviews for Summer and the City. We finished at three, so my girlfriend and I went to Knickerbocker. I ate half a dozen clams and oysters, drank a bloody Mary, ate a cheeseburger with blue cheese and bacon, and salad instead of French fries. The bacon is thick and perfectly crisp. We split a bottle of wine.
Then I went home and watched TV, and ate a quarter cup of sunflower seeds and drank two bottles of water. Finished Joyce Carol Oates's A Widow's Story and went to bed.
Saturday, April 23
For lunch, I had a smoked-salmon bagel and cream cheese, probably from Bagel Bob's, which is next door. I happened to skittle by the farmers' market at Union Square and was overwhelmed by choices of delicious ingredients. I willed myself not to cave in by buying gorgeous roses, tulips, and paperwhite narcissus instead. But then I passed a cheese place. I bought Colby cheese and a tub of fresh, sweet cream Amish butter, which calls out for the further purchase of "freshly baked" bread. Then I passed the pork place. I'm crazy about pork and always want to make a pork rib roast, but you need at least six people to eat it and my husband never wants it. So I got Italian sausages instead. I got home only to find that the puppy, Pepper, had chewed up the Al Styron book.
Then Charles came home and cooked. He cooked sautéed chicken breast, and I think we had potatoes and salad. We both cook. We decide if we're going to stay in or go out, and if we decide to stay in, it usually ends up falling on the shoulders of the person who's less tired. Sometimes I'll call him up, and I'll say, "Oh, I'm going to make this for dinner. What do you think?" And then sometimes he'll call up and say he wants this, this, and that. He's a principal dancer with the New York City ballet, so he can always be counted on for something healthy. It's not that he's on a restricted calorie diet, but he's not going to eat French fries. When I was a kid, I used to make homemade candy. I could make, like, Bavarian cream cake. Every once in a while, but nobody wants to eat all that cake.
Sunday, April 24
We went to the McInerneys' for Easter Sunday lunch and had leg of lamb, my favorite. Jay Mac is a really good cook, although he did try to broil pine nuts once and they exploded and set fire to his kitchen. Note to would-be chefs: Nuts can be dangerous!
Charles had gotten up at 8 a.m. to make roasted vegetables. I was trying to sleep, but all I could hear was him chopping carrots, turnips, and fennel. Those are three vegetables I hate, but I pretended to like them for the sake of the Easter Bunny. I made roasted potatoes with garlic and rosemary. I do not skimp on the olive oil or garlic. We ate all those vegetables, and white asparagus, green beans, and then for dessert, we had three different kinds of cake. That's a holiday.
And then I think we came home, and I probably ate some prosciutto, and cheese and crackers, nuts, what else anything I can find. I'm actually half Italian, so for me, those are things that I pretty much always have. But it's probably not good. Also, earlier, I'd made Easter baskets with the cheapest candy from the CVS. Later that evening, I ate as much of this candy as possible — marshmallow Peeps, jelly beans, and Whitman Maple Eggs. I felt rather less than stellar afterwards.
Monday, April 25
The McInerneys threw a party for Summer and the City at their fabulous downtown penthouse apartment. I was running around all day and ate four cheese and crackers, figuring I would eat at the party. Luckily, there were wonderful tiny deviled eggs, so I consumed about twenty for protein, and strips of candied bacon soaked in maple syrup, which I devoured just for the bacon-ness of it all.
I had maybe two glasses of white wine. If it's available, I'll have a glass of Champagne. Maybe vodka and something, or a Bloody Mary. I'll have a couple of drinks and then I'll stop and drink water, which I know is boring. But you know what? If you don't go to clubs, you don't need to drink until four in the morning!
Tuesday, April 26
Sure enough, there was really no time for food. I got up at 5 a.m. and did 27 satellite-TV interviews for Summer and the City. It's a pretty common thing. If you were an actor and you were promoting a project — a movie or a TV series — you'd go into the studio and then you just sit in a room, and basically talk into a TelePrompTer, and people ask you questions. I got a tiny break and had half a bagel with cream cheese.
I finally finished at one, so I got changed, took off my makeup, and rushed over to the Knickerbocker Restaurant across the street. I ate half a dozen oysters, a steak, and salad. Also, two Bloody Marys, then a 45-minute rest. I think I'm going to eat that every day.
In the evening, I headed out to a Barnes & Noble on Long Island for a reading/signing, which meant I was working from 5 to 9 p.m. and therefore had no time for a proper dinner. I got home at nine o'clock, and I had to go to bed at ten! So I ate a handful of dried fruit and nut mix, and went to sleep.
Wednesday, April 27
I was up at 5 a.m. to do the Today show followed by two more interviews. Today is great, though. It's so much fun to do it. I probably didn't have to get up that early, but I did. All of these places usually have bagels and cream cheese, and some fruit. But it depends on — some people like to eat before they go on, and some people can't eat. If you have to be on, you just don't want to have a lot of carbohydrates in your system. It slows you down, you'll crash. It depends on the person. For me, I've been doing this so long, so I know my body pretty well. I would never recommend that anybody eat the way that I do, but it works for me.
Returned home at noon, walked dog, had my hair blown dry, then headed over to the Knickerbocker again for oysters, steak, salad, and the requisite two Bloody Marys.
That night I went to an event for Gilt Groupe and Summer and the City. They're really nice. They kindly offered to do this event, and we said yes. So I had to dress up! Sometimes, after these events, a slice of pepperoni pizza —' that's go-to for me. I might get home and I might think, Oh, I've got to have a slice of pizza.


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The NX100 Paint Maintenance Module is a preventative maintenance/troubleshooting course for the NX100 controller and EPX series industrial robots. Individuals responsible for maintenance/repair, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and diagnosis should attend this class.
Primary topics include:
- Intrinsically safe pendant
- NX100 controller hardware architecture
- Circuit board replacement
- Elementary diagrams
- I/O connections
- Power distribution
- Basic servo theory
- Servopack replacement procedures
- Motor replacement
- Preventive maintenance schedule
- Robot calibration procedures
Course Overview
Classroom lectures on maintenance procedures are reinforced with demonstrations. Material covered in the lectures is enhanced with actual hands-on maintenance and troubleshooting performed by students in Motomans 5,200-sq.ft. training facility located in Greensburg, IN. Students perform lab exercises which reinforce topics covered in class lectures. Class size is kept small, typically 12 or fewer, to promote the high level of hands-on learning required. Students work closely with Motoman instructors to grasp the concepts of robot/controller maintenance. This course includes an optional one-day overview of basic robot programming for the selected controller to facilitate maintenance and diagnostics procedures. Those who have completed formal Basic Programming are not required to attend this part of the course.
Course Materials
Students receive a copy of the NX100 Paint Maintenance Module manual which details Preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairing systems. Additional handouts relate to specific topics covered in the class. Students are urged to take notes, participate in discussions, and to bring up specific topics related to system maintenance.
In order to attend the 3.5 day NX Maintenance class, attendees must have attended the NX Basic Programming class. Otherwise, attendees must attend the 4.5 day NX Maintenance w/ Programming Overview.
Training class will be conducted at the Training Facility located in Greensburg, IN.


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Today, August 1st, marks the 30th anniversary of MTV. Launched in 1981, the network aired its first music video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles, and has since broadcast thousands of videos on such dynamic series as 120 Minutes and Yo! MTV Raps. Although initially MTV mainly dedicated itself to sharing music videos, it has since become an influence on popular culture not only in music, but film, fashion and reality entertainment as we know it. However, it's the music video that has arguably been the channel's biggest claim to fame.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum displays dozens of collection items featured in music videos, from ZZ Top's Eliminator Couple used in the "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" videos to the (yes, THE) jacket Michael Jackson wore in the "Thriller" video. Click here to view a photo slideshow of some of the things you'll see in the Museum that you might just recognize from a music video. And while here, don't forget to also check out the Rock Hall's Video Killed the Radio Star video installation on level two of the Museum.
Andre 3000 out OutKast's outfit from the group's video for "Roses."
Tell us in the comments section below- what is your favorite music video of all time and why?


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No one does fairy tales like Disney. If you don't believe me, just ask them. In "Maleficent", they manage to turn one of the most hated villains into a hero and turn Angelina Jolie into a character compelling enough to justify revisionist history.
The film begins with "Let us tell an old story anew and see how well you know it." Consider it the modern version of "Once upon a time..." or for snarky baby boomers "Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale...." That ounce of voiceover lets you know that you're about to get your mind blown for the next hour and a half. In typical fairy tale fashion, we're introduced to the two lands, one occupied by humans, complete with a king, a castle and his loyal subjects. On the other side is the land of the Moors. That's a place where magical beings, especially fairies, exist. They're too busy having fun and accepting each other to need a ruler. However, there is one fairy, a winged girl with horns by the name of Maleficent (Isobelle Molloy) who seems a bit stronger than most and able to fly with a grace and power that makes them an unofficial protector.
When a young human orphan Stefan (Michael Higgins) attempts to steal a jewel from the Moors, Maleficent scolds him and makes him return his quarter-sized loot. A friendship forms and over the years, a romance. But as often the case, the two grow apart. When King Henry (Kenneth Cranham) decides to invade the land of the moors, he gets his armor handed to him. On his deathbed, the king offers the hand of his daughter to whomever can defeat Maleficent. The adult Stefan (Sharito Copley) cripples Maleficent by cutting off her wings in the film's most heartwrenching moments. Maleficient exacts revenge upon King Stefan by cursing his newborn daughter Aurora by way of the familiar spinning-wheel.
In an act of mideval bad parenting, he sends the baby away to be cared for by three slightly inept fairies, Knotgrass (Imelda Staunton), Flittle (Lesley Manville), and Thistletwit (Juno Temple). Maleficent starts by watching from afar, but eventually takes on a more hands on approach to raising the child who turns into a wide-eyed teenager (Elle Fanning).
With augmented cheekbones and the unintended (or intended) regal sexiness of a noir character, Angelina Jolie shines in "Maleficent" in a way that threatens to overshadow the rest of the cast. From 3D effects that maximize the effects of flight (the rest of the 3D is a bit meh) to her overpowering physical presence, the fairy turned villain is sure to leave a lasting impression. With a role so overpowering, this could've easily turned into a hamfest for Jolie with her barking orders, casting spells and such at the top of her lungs for effect. Instead, she handles each evolution of the character with grace, even during the traumatic parts. Older viewers will see more than a bit of Endora from "Bewitched" (Agnes Moorhead) in the stoic, but heart of gold character on the big screen.
Telling the classic "Sleeping Beauty" from the side of the villain is a Herculean task for many a director, especially a first-timer like Robert Stromberg. Luckily, he has the superb script of Disney veteran Linda Wooolverton ("Alice in Wonderland", "Beauty andThe Beast") to lead the way. It's got enough charm and humor (although much of it solely placed on Jolie) to make the time go by. Superheroes may rule the summer, but Jolie makes for a villain that will remind you that Disney doesn't always need capes to tell a good story.
"Maleficent" - MPAA: Rated PG for mature themes and brief violence. Running time: 97 Minutes. In theaters nationwide.


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Radiator Patch, Main Mission Antenna, Iridium Communications Satellite
Each of the main mission antennas on an Iridium satellite consists of more than 100 of these small antennas, manufactured by Raytheon. They receive signals from ground-based phones, and the signals are then processed by onboard computers. After processing, the original signal is either retransmitted to the ground or passed to another satellite.
Motorola Space and Systems Technology Group, Satellites Communications Division, donated this artifact to the Museum in 1998.
Gift of Motorola Space and Systems Technology Group.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Manufacturer
- Raytheon Company
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Unmanned-Communications
- Materials
- Copper, aluminum, mylar.
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 6.4 x 0.6 x 6.4cm (2 1/2 x 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)


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Valuable Tools To Help
Understand Atheists
From: "Cyrix"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: May 13, 2002 4:01 AM
Subject: Just wanted to say ...
I discovered your site a few hours prior to writing this e-mail and I can say yours is the best Atheist site I've come across to date. Your articles are precise and contrasted and certainly serve as an educational tool for myself and others to understand my fellow Atheists and their opinions on religion.
-- Cyrix
From: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "Cyrix"
Subject: Re: Just wanted to say ...
Date: May 13, 2002 11:03 AM
We suspect that bringing about an easy-to-grasp definition for atheist and popularizing it among the general public might do us a world of good when it comes to reducing the stigma that is everywhere leveled against us. Another important tool in that respect, that also has numerous possibilities just in the lives of atheists is to help encourage atheists to study their heritage as atheists, that is, to follow those trends in thinking and science that led to modern atheism: this will help the atheist as well as help reduce the stigma.
One way in which we seem to differ from other organs and entities alleging to speak on behalf of "the atheist" is that we don't pretend to speak for "the average atheist" or anything along those lines. Why? Because atheism being simply the absence of a god-belief is a very small component in any atheists overall outlook, which tends to be very comprehensive. Most atheists, we've found, relegate the entire question to a very unimportant status: we just don't give a rat about religion, and thus the fact that we're atheists is way down on the list of important things we might say about ourselves. Only a handful of atheists, mostly the activists, have much to say at all about their atheism, and many if not most of them think the rest of the atheists are just like them except that they're afraid to come out of the closet.
It is very hard to identify a group by name, define that group by saying that each member of the group shares a specific trait with the others, and then even conceive that most of them could be almost wholly unaware that they even have that trait except in the vaguest of terms!
What has happened is that atheism should not even exist as a concrete concept. For there to exist a word that means "not religious" and for there to exist a word that means "not infected with Hepatitis C" ought to be equally absurd!
This is not the case, though; religion is so all-important to so many people that they have invented a word to identify those who are not religious. Likewise, sight is so important to so many people, and to be without it such a harrowing thought, that we have the term "blind" to identify those who do not see.
While a blind person might agree to the importance of there being a word to distinguish between himself and the sighted majority, this does not seem to be the case with atheism: atheists, for the most part, not only want to be left alone about both religion and any distinction between them and religionists, most atheists don't even like the word atheist! That this is not entirely due to "the dreaded 'A'-word" is shown by the tendency on the part of atheists to shun more socially accepted synonyms for atheist.
I'm not sure I understand why this is, this is just my observation.
One possibility brings up the fact that atheism is the default condition when it comes to religious belief. Even theists admit this when they talk about "the natural man" who, as they say, has yet to be "enlightened" by the religious experience or dogma. People seem to accept terms and distinctions that show how they differ from the norm or from the default or from the majority. Do folks go around identifying themselves as "sighted" (meaning "not blind")? We don't do this: "sighted" is the default and "blind" is an impairment. Even the most extremist of homosexuals, those who consider it perfectly normal, will distinguish themselves from the majority, simply because nobody is calling heterosexuality anything other than perfectly normal!
The same does not hold for theism and atheism: theists boast of the fact that conversion is not natural, not the default. Atheists, meanwhile, seldom consider themselves anything but fortunate for not being theists. Very few atheists bemoan the fact that they're not religious, that they just don't get it! In fact, this opinion tends only to surface when you remind a particular atheist of his or her atheism. The rest of the time, we're not thinking about theism -- or our own respective atheism. More than one person I've know has told me, "Well, I never really gave it much thought before, but now that you told me what atheism is, I guess I'd have to say that that's what I am: an atheist!"
This is as close as I can come right now in describing why this tends to be the case, though.
A related factor is the fact that theists tend to attach much more importance to my atheism than I do! My atheism is a major issue with them, deciding whether or not their kids can play with mine or even whether or not I get to work or live at a certain place. (I've had this all happen except the kids part, when I was the kid in question.)
My atheism is so utterly important to many theists but I am only vaguely aware of my atheism, if that? It doesn't seem right, but that's another observation I've made. And unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), that one will have to wait for some thoughts from me.
Again, thanks for writing and helping us to see just what it is that we do here!
It's one thing to post a bunch of information and even to post it with a specific goal in mind. But to hear feedback that shows that your goals are coming true is quite thrilling indeed. But even if I were to do all this work and find my premise entirely wrong, at least we'd now know that premise to be wrong, so nothing is in vain when trying to find out what's going on in our world!
Cliff Walker
Positive Atheism Magazine
Six-and-a-half years of service
to people with no reason to believe
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Did you know? The Food Safety Summit will be held Tuesday, April 8 through Thursday, April 10, 2014 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD.
Over 1,500 food safety professionals including leaders from Chiquita, McDonald's, KwikTrip, Tyson Foods, The Cheesecake Factory, ConAgra Foods, US Foods, as well as federal and state regulators and academicians from around the country will gather next week in Baltimore for the 16th Annual Food Safety Summit. The Summit is designed to meet the educational and information needs of the entire food industry and will offer three days of informative and educational sessions and a sold out trade show floor offering the latest products and services from top companies in the industry.
Highlights include:
•Half-Day Workshop on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 on Doing the Right Thing - Meeting Consumer and FSMA Food Safety Expectations. The speakers will discuss how the food safety supply chain should address food safety. They will also discuss the pros and cons of using regulatory third party audit versus a consultant audit to address the FSAM FSVP.
Speakers include:
- Roberta Wagner, BS, MS, FDA/CFSA
- Charlotte Christin, JD, LLM, FDA
- Ricardo Carvajal, Esq., Hyman, Phelps and McNamara PC
- Jorge Hernandez, US Foods
- Mark Mignogna, Sysco, Inc.
- Faye Feldstein, Deloitte Consulting
- Craig Henry, Decernis, LLC
- Keynote speakers Ed Lonergan, CEO of Chiquita Brands, and Don Zietlow, CEO of Kwik Trip, will share their passion for Food Safety and how their dedication to the industry has continuously evolved and grown to lead them to where they are today.
The keynote will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.
- The third annual Food Safety Summit Town Hall will take place on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. FDA's Mike Taylor, USDA's Brian Ronholm, and AFDO's Joseph Corby will address pressing issues of today in regards to regulatory agencies and the private sector.
- This year's Food Safety Summit Expo & Conference offer industry professionals the opportunity to attend three pre-certification programs on HACCP, ServSafe, and Seafood HACCP, four half-day workshops, 20 education sessions, and an exhibitor showcase theater on the tradeshow floor. The Food Safety Summit has been approved for 25.5 NEHA Continuing Education Credits. The complete conference program is available here.
- Expo Show Floor will feature over 150 exhibiting companies offering new products and services from leaders in the industry. There will be two full days of presentations from exhibitors in the Exhibitor Showcase Theater to hear from experts about the newest solutions in food safety.
- Awards Programs - There will be two awards programs during the Summit.
The 13th Annual Food Quality Award Reception will celebrate this year's winner for their outstanding contributions to food safety and quality. The NSF Food Safety Leadership Awards will recognize food safety industry members' achievements that have lasting impact for consumers and industry alike.
Tentative Schedule to include dates/hours:
Monday, April 7 Schedule
- HACCP Certification Training Seafood/ HACCP Segment Two Training from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 8 Schedule
- Half Day Conference Workshops on One Health, Pre-Requisite Programs and Traceability from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m
- Workshop: Doing the Right Thing - Meeting Consumer FSMA Food Safety Expectations from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Welcome Reception with a chance to meet AFDO Regulators from 5p.m. to 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 9 Schedule
- Conference Sessions from 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
- Keynote Presentation - Ed Lonergan, CEO of Chiquita Brands, and Don Zietlow, CEO of Kwik Trip, Inc. from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- Exhibit Floor Open from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Conference Sessions from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
- Conference Sessions from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
- Food Quality & Safety Award Reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 10 Schedule
- Conference Sessions from 8 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
- Town Hall (with NSF Awards) from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- Exhibit Floor Open from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Conference Sessions from 2:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
For more information on attending or exhibiting, call 847/405-4000.


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Scrabble word: BOUNTY
In which Scrabble dictionary does BOUNTY exist?
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Definitions of BOUNTY in dictionaries:
- noun - payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
- noun - the property of copious abundance
- noun - generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
- noun - a ship of the British navy
- Liberality in giving.
- Something that is given liberally.
- A reward, inducement, or payment, especially one given by a government for acts deemed beneficial to the state, such as killing predatory animals, growing certain crops, starting certain industries, or enlisting for military service.
- adj - a reward [n -TIES] : BOUNTIED
There are 6 letters in BOUNTY: B N O T U Y
Scrabble words that can be created with an extra letter added to BOUNTY
All anagrams that could be made from letters of word BOUNTY plus a wildcard: BOUNTY?
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Kenosee, Canada
Travel Blogs from KenoseeKenosee Travel Blogs (2)
An oil refinery and a pow wow
... for such a small one. After that, we drove and met some Rangers in Weyburn, who gave us a delicious supper. Then we drove to Kenosee to set up camp and tour an oil refinery. Bad BAD mosquitoes. EVIL! They all bit my face. Later, we went back to camp ...
An elk farm, the Super Slides, and losing my watch
Today after we woke up, we went to see an elk farm (boring) and Cannington Manor where we played croquet and made rope. Later we went to the organic farm where I bought soup and candy for whoever. After that, we drove back to camp, got changed and ...


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Hibernate Query Wizard for Netbeans 5.0
By xzajo on Mar 25, 2006
Hibernate is equipped with an extremely powerful query language that (quite intentionally) looks very much like SQL. But don't be fooled by the syntax; HQL is fully object-oriented, understanding notions like inheritance, polymorphism and association.
HQL Wizard for NetBeans 5.0 helps to create selects in HQL. The wizard is part of hibernate plugin based on xdoclet. The project pages are on nbxdoclet website. The HQL wizard can be open be using code completion of hibernate bean's (POJO) facade class.
The wizard is shown bellow:
Detailed steps how to create the query in the example:
- To create first join select USER -> N-1: Address address property in entities view and click to Add button. The address is added to Entities list.
- To add first Left Parameter select address -> town item and click to Add button.
- Type ? to First right parameter.
- To create second join select User -? N-1: Car car item and click to Add button.
- Add two user -> age rows. It is similiar like adding car -> type row.
- To add first parentheses select car.typ="fiat" and user.age > 20 rows and click to Set Or button.
- To add second parentheses select user.age < 50 and user.age > 20 rows and click to Set And button.
- Change generated method name to getFiatForTown.
After click to Ok button code, shown bellow, is generated to facade class:
public java.util.List getFiatForTown(java.lang.String addressTown) { Session session = store.HibernateUtil.currentSession(); org.hibernate.Query query = session.createQuery( " select user " + " from " + " User as user " + " join user.address as address " + " join user.car as car " + " where " + " address.town = ? " + " and (car.type = \\"fiat\\" " + " OR (user.age < 50 " + " AND user.age > 20) " + " ) "); query.setParameter(0,addressTown); return query.list(); }
The wizard read the information about entities (POJO) from xdoclet tags. It it not so difficult to implement reading of EJB30 annotations. I'm not sure if someone wants to use it with annotations. Is this wizard handy? Please give me feedback and report bugs to nbxdoclet's bug tracing system.


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Every year, Super Lawyers uses its patented selection process to bring attention to the attorneys who deserve it the most. Both employers and potential clients turn to the Super Lawyers lists to find the best attorneys in the business. Now that 2013 is coming to a close, the time has come to announce the best of the best with the Super Lawyers Top Lists.
So what are Top Lists? The attorneys who make the Top Lists are the cream of the Super Lawyers crop. They have not only been selected to their state's Super Lawyers list, they've also received the highest point totals during the selection process.
Super Lawyers creates its lists using a patented multiphase selection process. Candidates are first evaluated by the Super Lawyers research department, before being assessed by peers in their practice area.
"Super Lawyers is proud to provide visibility to outstanding attorneys," said Julie Gleason, Director of Research for Super Lawyers. "The Top Lists take that step to the next level by highlighting those attorneys who demonstrate a truly exceptional level of accomplishment."
The attorneys on the Top Lists are selected on a state-by-state basis and span a wide range of practice areas. Here are just a few of this year's Top List attorneys:
- Carter G. Phillips (Top 10, Washington, D.C.), whose 76 arguments before the United States Supreme Court are the most of any attorney currently in private practice.
- Ted Wells (Top 10, New York Metro), dubbed the "go-to guy" for defense in high-profile white-collar criminal cases and complex civil litigation.
- Charla G. Aldous (Top 50 Women, Texas and Top 10, Texas), the personal injury attorney whose verdicts and settlements from 2000-2005 garnered more than $675 million.
If you've been included in a Top List, there are a few easy ways to promote the achievement. The Super Lawyers Promotional Kit provides templates to use on your blog, website, or social media accounts.
Mary Williams, Director, Marketing and Product, Super Lawyers
with Corey Licht, FindLaw Audience Team


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Comics Time: Mome Vols. 14-16
Vol. 14: Spring 2009--Kaela Graham, Adam Grano, Derek Van Gieson, Laura Park, Olivier Schrauwen, Gilber Shelton, Pic, Dash Shaw, Ray Fenwick, Ben Jones, Frank Santoro, Jon Vermilyea, Sara Edward-Corbett, Conor O'Keefe, Emile Bravo, Lilli Carre, Hernan Migoya, Juaco Vizuete, Josh Simmons, writers/artists
Vol. 15: Summer 2009--Kaela Graham, Andrice Arp, Tim Hensley, Sara Edward-Corbett, Ray Fenwick, Conor O'Keefe, T. Edward Bak, Gilbert Shelton, Pic, Nathan Neal, Noah Van Sciver, Robert Goodin, Dash Shaw, Paul Hornschemeier, Max, writers/artists
Vol. 16: Fall 2009--Kaela Graham, Archer Prewitt, Ted Stearn, Dash Shaw, Lilli Carre, Conor O'Keefe, Ben Jones, Frank Santoro, Jon Vermilyea, Nicholas Mahler, Laura Park, Nate Neal, Renee French, Sara Edward-Corbett, T. Edward Bak, writers/artists
Eric Reynolds, Gary Groth, editors
Fantagraphics, 2009
Vol. 14: 120 pages
Vols. 15-16: 112 pages each
$14.99 each
Buy them from Fantagraphics
Buy them from Amazon.com
Things kinda went off the rails here, no?
Like, looking at that list of contributors, you can see some standouts: The Cold Heat material from Jones, Santoro, and Vermilyea is not the strongest Cold Heat material in the world but it's imaginative and, particularly with Vermilyea at the drawing table, sharply delineated, as is Vermilyea's delightfully sick solo material. Josh Simmons impresses with his blackly comic strips, particularly a memorable number involving homunculus-sized versions of Tom Cruise and Michael J. Fox grinning soullessly at the assembled paparazzi. Tim Hensley kills it as always with the concluding chapters in his Wally Gropius saga, featuring peerlessly communicated body language perhaps the greatest anti-climax in comics history. I think this is some of the tightest material we've seen yet from Sara Edward-Corbett--I love her white-on-black trees and her Ice Haven-esque children-adults. Lilli Carre is alarmingly good at depicting male lust. Nate Neal's not-so-instant-karma piece in Vol. 16 is explicit and haunting. Dash Shaw is a restless talent, albeit so restless he never seems to settle down even in the middle of any given strip.
But what is Mome at this point? Gone is the "recurring cast" model. Also gone is the Saturday Night Live style approach that replaced it--recurring cast featuring a couple of breakout stars with a celebrity guest each issue. Now it's just all over the place. Here's Gilbert Shelton's unfunny rock epic, here's Ray Fenwick and Archer Prewitt and Ted Stearn's unfunny funny-animal things, here's an astonishingly hamfisted political comic from Emile Bravo, here's some comics from Spain that are stiff and disjointed, here's some Conor O'Keefe stuff that's gorgeously McKay-ian but sort of amorphous, here's some awkwardly self-referential stuff from Laura Park and Nicholas Mahler, here's a T. Edward Bak cover version of Dan Simmons' The Terror and a Renee French piece that just get buried under the accumulated other, lesser contributions. I'm not sure what Mome is supposed to deliver anymore, and I'm not sure how receptive I am to whatever it is delivering.
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While I sort of agree with you, there's only one thing I really have to disagree with you on. I *really* like Laura Park's material. Yeah, it's self-referential, but I think she has a really good grasp of storytelling and layout. I think she's showing a *ton* of potential for the future, too. I think she's one to watch, and I'm happy she's in Mome so I can read her work.
You don't like FUZZ & PLUCK?!?! Who doesn't like FUZZ & PLUCK!?!
Kenny: I think Park's art is impeccable, but that's as far as I can go with it at the moment.
Eric: I'm not any happier about it than you are!
Funnily, I mean, finally, someone gets it. A Fuzz and Pluck comic is a tragedy, not a comedy.


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It almost seems like some folks here feel we are attacking her actions. This is not the case. All of us have a responsibility to make sure that all the potentially bad things that can happen are brought to light. Do not be so one sided that you blindly assume that pointing a gun at someone just because you " feel" threatened is a justification for implying deadly force. Too many people around here carry their little feelings around on their shoulders.
I have read it over and over, and I still do not see where the imminent danger of personal injury or death was in this scenario. Just a " feeling". Well, if that's what we go by in the CCW community, someone will get their feelings hurt sooner or later by someone not on the board, but the court.