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I've been biking to work everyday for the past year on my comfy little 7 speed cruiser and it's workd fine for me(and fits me). However, I'd like to enter the racing atmosphere and have already registered to part-take in the Seacoast Tri-State Century Ride, which I'm really pumped to ride. I've been ooging roadbikes since I've started riding to work last year but have never really persued the idea until now. I've ridden a few bikes at bike shops, but most of the shops I visited didn't have any WSD bikes in my size(I think I may fit in a 44-46cm range). Right now I'm thinking about a 44cm Mercier Elle 2010 (it's less than $600 and in a size small enough) anyone have any good input for searching for small, affordable, WSD bikes?
Suggest you go to Team Estrogen Forums and post this question there. You'll get a bunch of suggestions from other women plus a lot of other info.
As for the Mercier, it has some good points. I looked at one myself when I got back into riding a couple of years ago. For one, it's steel. Steel is the smoothest, most comfortable ride available. Plus it lasts forever. The downside: I believe you can't get one from a LBS (local bike shop), so you have no one to help you adjust fit perfectly. That's very important. Also, when you buy from a LBS there is generally a great deal of service involved in the future as well.
If you order online, you'll have to bring it to a LBS and pay a couple hundred dollars to have it assembled properly, then you'll have to pay separately for a fitting. The fitting involves taking your measurements, putting you on the bike, and watching you pedal on an indoor trainer. That should take a couple of hours if they do it properly. They can adjust the bars, saddle (seat) and a bunch of other stuff to make certain you pedal most efficiently and safely. A bike that is not fit properly can cause you pain and injury. You may need different handle bars, different small parts to make certain the handle bars are the correct distance from you so you aren't too scrunched or stretched out, (In other words, a new stem), etc etc. Much cheaper for you if that is done where the bike is purchased.
Any maintenance in the future will probably cost more money as well. A shop will often give discounts to those that purchase a bike.
With all that, I still think the Mercier it's a pretty good bike. It has 105 components too, as I remember it. Very nice. Steel is real;)
My advice is to go to a LBS and tell them what you are looking for and your price-range, see what they suggest, and see if they are receptive to assembling that bike for you and helping you maintain it in the future. Some places will bend over backwards to help you. Some won't.
See if they have any suggestions comparable in price.
Make sure you find a place that can take care of everything, one way or the other.
But it may cost less altogether to buy from that shop.
Good luck!
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Try a Trek bike in their 43cm frame. It has 650c tires and the lowest standover height of a non-custom bike. The 1.2 series bike costs under $1000 for a quality, upgradeable road bike.
Unfortunately, Trek has discontinued this small frame in all WSD bikes except the expensive Madone 4.7 ($2,500 up). You can, however, still find new 2009 and 2010 bikes in the other models.
I just bought a Giant Avail 3, and absolutely love it. I had been doing triathlons on a 12 year old hybrid, and anyone who says you can do a triathlon on a hybrid is lying. I am 5'0", and learned that Giant is the only brand that makes WSD's for petite women. The Avail 3 is an entry level road bike, and I got the 44 cm size and it fits me perfectly. Cost was $750. Hope this helps.
Sorry, I meant that Giant is the only brand that makes ENTRY level WSD's for petite women. Lots of companies do, just you have to pay much more for them.
I ride the 44 cm Bianchi Eros Donna - I'm quite happy with it and bought it as a beginner road bike. It's quite a bit more expensive (about $1,200), but you get what you pay for. Bianchi currently has a women's bike called the Dama Bianca that is under $1,000 that I would recommend trying.
I would recommend against buying any bicycle with 650 cc tires -- the tubes are just too hard to find in a pinch, and you can never borrow one from anyone else. I have a friend who is less than 5 feet who has 650s on her bike and she seriously regrets it.
I've also ridden the Specialized Ruby, which is a great bike, but definitely not priced for entry-level. I was considering the Specialized Dolce at the time I bought my Bianchi. The Dolce starts around $900.
I would definitely recommend going to a good LBS with a good bike fitter. I am short because my legs are short, but my torso is normal length. That creates quite a fitting quandary.
I'm just a little taller by one inch and recently purchased the Trek LEXA SLX 47cm it's WDS - love it! Smooth ride - great range of gears - couldn't be happier with my purchase. It sounds like it may be out of your price range, but if you plan on cycling - this would make a great choice. I have lots of friends for advice and for the price - this came highly recommended by all. Good luck!
Every bike shop stocks and sells 650 tubes (at least I've never found one that didn't). Stuff 2 in your repair kit (saddle bag) and enjoy a bike that fits.
Trek Lexa is the way to go for a confortable first bike... Women specific design frames WSD... Fits smaller ladies..
I am 4'11' and ride a Trek WSD 47cm. It is the best fitting bike I have ever had.
I would also lend my vote for the Treks. I've had mine for 7+ years here in Chicago. It's seen all kinds of weather and abuse and has only needed minor maintenance. No breakdowns!
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This is the one video re-encoding app that can consistently convert videos for offline use on my ipad. Unlike all the other apps (which seem to exist in a strange sort of SEO spam limbo: You can tell that even their UIs are optimized for keywords, not actual usability), Permute actually does the job and gets out of the way.
Besides being really convenient to use (drag in the file and hit "start"), it's also screamingly fast.
I recode all the movies that to watch on my iPad during long-haul flights, and it just works. $15 well-spent. Five stars.
5 stars: I have been using Permute for over a month now. Yes, I was part of their private beta, and I have to say that these guys are amazingly in tune with feedback and suggestions from users. Permute started off as a super simple video conversion app that I may or may not use to an app that I use exclusively for all audio and video conversions.
Here's the thing with Permute: It is the perfect app for > 90% of all conversions you are most likely to do unless you are an A/V professional. I am not, so Permute is everything I need and nothing more. It's simple, to the point and is super intuitive.
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Solid Suzy opener with the Santana teases right off the bat. Good Maze as well. This song is probably the best of the new material this tour. Bouncing is ok, and includes some monitor feedback which throws Page off a little. Divided Sky is good, it has a few rough spots in the middle from Trey. Guelah is ok, although Mike and Trey have some trouble during the Asse Festival part. Foam is good, just a few tiny spots from Trey. Poor Heart is good and includes more monitor feedback. Horn is pretty right on, a good solid take. Sparkle has also been a really good new song this tour and no slouch here. Antelope is a good solid closer tonight. Maybe a few spots but, who cares? This is a great jam. Overall a great first set.
Nice Glide to open the second set. Llama absolutely rips! Great song. TMWSIY is a rare one to pop up here and is done pretty well tonight. Avenu has a few rough spots in keeping together with Fish during Mike's solo. Mike's Groove is rocking! Great jam. Hydrogen is actually pretty good tonight. Weekapaug is really good, just a little off towards the ending. It also fades out for some reason, maybe a tape flip? Fee is a nice change of pace. Trey flubs the second verse. Rift was ok, a little loose during the solo parts. You can hear Trey or someone say sorry during the Cavern intro. Cavern itself is pretty good, ending with the introduction of Henrietta! Cold as Ice leads Fishman into explaining that he is now missing a wheel from the Electrolux. The Mississippi Queen jam ensues and reprises during the vac solo. Sounds like Fish is teasing Give Me Three Steps and/or the Flintstones Theme during the vac solo. Fish blows the lyrics on the last verse of Love You. Another HYHU ends the segment. This is the last performance to date of Cold as Ice. Requests fall on deaf ears as Trey leads us into a good, solid Jim closer. Really good show tonight.
Single Rocky Top encore tonight. Rocking as usual. Trey thanks everyone and says see you in the fall I guess?
This has been a great tour to listen to and a wonderful time in Phish's history, especially the new Rift era material, although, sadly, NICU has been dropped and Weigh, Mound, Monkey and now Brother are rare so far. I would recommend these shows to anyone to listen to. Can't wait to listen to what Europe has in store!


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is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. Unlike
and surgery, which are localized treatments, chemotherapy is a systemic treatment, meaning the drugs travel throughout the whole body. This means chemotherapy can reach cancer cells that may have spread, or metastasized, to other areas.
Multiple trials of chemotherapy for esophageal cancer have produced up to a 50% response rate. However, the responses are short-lived and have neither cured nor improved long-term survival. Response rates do not differ between squamous cell and adenocarcinoma.
Practically every type of chemotherapeutic agent has been used to treat esophageal cancer. Among the more successful are:
Single agent chemotherapy has produced brief responses in 15% to 30% of patients. Combination treatment with a cisplatin-based combination of two or three agents, either alone or as a prelude to
, has resulted in response rates up to 50%, but with no clear increase in survival. Combining chemotherapy with
and/or surgery has also failed to produce a clearly preferable treatment regimen.
Platinum-based drugs used for chemotherapy include the following:
Cisplatin is used alone for esophageal cancer and in combination with paclitaxel to treat advanced disease. Due to its lower toxicity, carboplatin is being tested as a substitute for cisplatin in this combination.
Possible side effects of platinum coordination complexes include:
Common name: mitomycin (Mutamycin)
Mitomycin is used alone or in combination to treat esophageal cancer.
Possible side effects of anticancer antibiotics include:
Common name: 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)
5-FU is one of several chemotherapeutic agents commonly used to treat carcinomas. It can be used alone or in combination.
Possible side effects of antimetabolites include:
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Paclitaxel combined with cisplatin or carboplatin is a favored regimen for treating esophageal cancer. It produces complete disease regression in about 25% of patients with Stage III disease. Large studies to support its superiority over other chemotherapy drugs have not been performed.
Docetaxel works similarly to paclitaxel and appears to be at least as effective.
Possible side effects of taxanes include:
Vindesine and vinorelbine are newer derivatives of vinblastine that appear to be effective even when vinblastine and vincristine are not.
Possible side effects of vindesine and vinorelbine include:
Common name: irinotecan (Camptosar)
This type of drug damages DNA during cell replication. Since cancer cells replicate faster than healthy cells, the effect is concentrated in tumor tissue. Irinotecan has shown promise in single agent treatment of esophageal cancer and in combinations.
Possible side effects of irinotecan include:
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Part II: The Pitfalls of The Celebrity VC
ED ZIMMERMAN: In the first part of this piece, we discussed assessing venture-investor performance by whether they're founder-friendly or based on their investment returns. My discussions with other investors, however, seemed to keep returning to celebrity VCs.
A celebrity VC is one whose fame in the relevant sector (tech for instance) has given them a broad following. Because we're discussing what makes the best VCs, let's look at whether celebrity VCs make the best investors.
There's a presumption that the celebrity factor is value-enhancing for a VC's portfolio. Scott Maxwell, founder of OpenView Partners, opined to me that some celebrity VCs who were ex-entrepreneurs have better networks. Their celebrity allows them to get more people to pick up the phone, talk or write about them.
This exposure adds value to their portfolio companies. In discussions with my friends on this topic, I was surprised that many believe 'celebrity VC' status is predominantly the province of former entrepreneurs. In Part I, Katherine Barr of Mohr Davidow had referenced the example of Sequoia Capital's investor Michael Moritz, famously an ex-journalist.
Moritz backed Google and Amazon, among other investments. His celebrity factor is based on his performance as an investor rather than his track record as an entrepreneur. Sure, VCs who've made a big splash by founding massive companies get an extra boost of fame and following, but making great investments and cultivating an engaging social media presence can also create that celebrity aura, though it likely would take longer.
See what other startup mentors have to say about VCs who are ex-entrepreneurs.
Is having a celebrity as your VC really all upside? I've certainly seen the 'false positive' effect this can yield. Here's how it works: Company X gets an initial investment from, and gives a board seat to, "CelebrityVC."
Company X wants to shop for its next round, and CelebrityVC is supportive. Twenty potential investors are approached, 18 of whom take meetings and follow up. All of them pass.
Why? Most of them wanted a look at a company that was perhaps a stretch for them, but given CelebrityVC's involvement, they (a) wanted to spend time with CelebrityVC to build a relationship and perhaps co-invest and (b) didn't want to offend CelebrityVC.
The Company is now over-shopped, 45 days have passed
elapsed, no term sheet has landed and the funding strategy is off kilter. There almost certainly were other problems, but the 'false positive' was certainly part of the mix.
Here's another potential downside — a bloated ego. A VC with a bloated ego can disrupt board meetings and management teams.
While not exclusively a problem for celebrity VCs, this is certainly more common among them than other venture-investor demographics.
Similarly, Scott Maxwell noted that this ego issue can manifest itself as a "too busy for you" or "too good for you" attitude. I've worked with celebrity VCs who were both very grounded and appreciative of the obligations their celebrity status entailed — it seemed like they genuinely bent over backwards to avoid even the remotest impression of being an egomaniac. I've seen what Scott is talking about.
It's hard to say whether you should seek out or avoid Celebrity VCs. I certainly wouldn't try to create an algorithm based on someone's Twitter following or Klout score (full disclosure: I'm an investor in Klout). I've too often heard the following: "He has more than a million Twitter followers and if he tweets about us just twice…"
I love Twitter, but being Twitter-famous doesn't make someone a more valuable investor.
Author's note: I'd like to interview @CrazyDrunkVC for the next piece I write on VCs and hope he's not too busy being too Twitter-famous for the likes of me!
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Color streamers can either be attached to walls or placed on the floor where the colors are to stand---for a nice touch.
Once upon a time the colors of the world started a quarrel: all claimed that they were the best, the most important, the most useful, the favorite.
RED shouted out: "I am the ruler of all of you ---I am blood---lifes blood! I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. I am the color of passion and of love, the red rose, the poinsettia and the poppy."
ORANGE started next to blow her trumpet: "I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges, mangos, and pawpaws. I dont hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you."
YELLOW chuckled: "You are all so serious. I bring laughter, gaiety, and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me there would be no fun."
GREEN said:; "Clearly, I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I was chosen for grass, trees, leaves---without me, all animals would die. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority."
BLUE interrupted: "You only think about the earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace, all of you would be nothing."
INDIGO spoke, much more quietly than all the others, but with just as much determination: "Think of me. I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me, all of you become superficial. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace."
VIOLET rose to her full height. She was very tall and spoke with great pomp: "I am the color of loyalty and power. Kings, chiefs, and bishops have always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me---they listen and obey."
And so the colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own superiority. Their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly, there was a startling flash of bright lightning...thunder rolled and boomed. Rain started to pour down relentlessly. The colors crouched down in fear, drawing closer to one another for comfort.
In the midst of the clamor, rain began to speak: "You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Dont you know that you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me."
Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands. The rain continued: "From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of color as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The rainbow is a sign of friendship and hope for tomorrow."
And so, whenever the rain washes the world, look up... and as the rainbow appears in the sky, let us all remember our friendships new and old... and that tomorrow is always a new day."
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SPENCER - Roane County communities came together last week and collected more than 16,000 books for school libraries for the first "Book Flood" event.
From Feb. 11-15, students, staff and residents donated books to supply each school's library, said Mickey Blackwell, superintendent of Roane County Schools. This is the first book donation program held by the school system.
"The week began with amazing figures as the total number of books collected Monday, Feb. 11, was 1,248," Blackwell said. "However, the week continued to show great promise as students continued to deliver large numbers of books to their school. At the end of the five-day event, Roane County Schools accounted for 16,079 books."
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Spencer Middle School students, standing, from left, Kyle Parsons, Emma Parkin, Dillon Greathouse, and Emily Chandler, kneeling, were the top book donators for the first "Book Flood: A Project to Flood Our Schools with Books" event.
Spencer Elementary School collected 4,861 books during the week, Geary Elementary/Middle School collected 4,621, Spencer Middle School collected 3,421, Walton Elementary/Middle School collected 1,833, Reedy Elementary collected 1,094 and Roane County High School collected 249 books.
The schools collected many different books covering a wide range of subjects and topics.
Officials separated the books going to each school library or classroom. Other books that may not have been age appropriate for that school were moved to another school where it could be used.
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* The schools are still taking donations. People can donate books or money to buy books for their schools.
* People can contact the board office at 304-927-6400 for more information.
Books that are not used will be donated to the Roane County Library to be used in its annual Book Sale fundraiser.
"We found a home for every book," Blackwell said.
The event has been planned for a while and originally officials thought they would have done well if each one of Roane County's 2,400 students brought in one book, Blackwell said.
"However, to get over 16,000 books, that is a real accomplishment," he said. "This event has been a tremendous success.
"This is the first time we held this event and it certainly won't be our last."
Blackwell credits the community for really stepping up and helping the schools.
"Everyone pitched in," he said. "This was a community wide effort. I extend a sincere thank you for the efforts shown by everyone involved with this project and especially those who donated books to this worthy cause. Over and over, our students, staff and community, have proven a worthy dedication to achievement and excellence."


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CHAMBERSBURG — Franklin County Master Gardeners will offer a "Japanese Landscaping and Bonsai" workshop at the Ag Heritage Center, 181 Franklin Farm Lane, on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 9 to 11 a.m.
"Japanese Landscaping and Bonsai" will be a multi-sensory workshop designed to teach participants how to create inviting environments, indoors and out, and how to incorporate aspects of Japanese gardening techniques into their landscape.
Whether on a windowsill, balcony or in a yard, the traditional Asian techniques of simplicity, austerity, asymmetry and the use of empty space can increase beauty and serenity in any garden.
The workshop cost is $10 per person and pre-registration is requested.
To register or for more information call 263-9226.
In case of snow, the workshop will be held Saturday, Feb. 23.
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Two questions
1. We need more up front, Man City are trying to offload Balotelli... would you want him?
2. Who would you rather sign, Balotelli or Suarez?
For me, I think 1) If we still had Redknapp or Jol then probably, but I don't think AVB's the manager who would tame him even short term. Sadly. I might still sign him for the comedy value, but only in a virtual world!
And 2) Balotelli all day long; I'd rather a nutter than a cheat.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Balotelli is just too much of a liability at the moment (ok I take Fabs point - but as of now, you could too often end up with 10 players on the pitch). And, I haven't seen him score enough to be any better than what we have anyway.
Suarez, maybe - but my personal feelings about him as a person make me lean towards 'no' again.
NBR, we do need more upfront IMO
1. I wouldn't want Balotelli, firstly I don't think he's that good and secondly I think he'd cause more problems than he'd solve.
2. Suarez, he's a nasty cheat, but at least he contributes on the pitch, Balotelli seems to offer very little at the moment. If I were a Citeh fan, I'd want him gone, he's become a laughing stock!
The comedy Balotelli brings wouldn't be funny if it was happening to our beloved club, seeing the disruption he's caused at Citeh is funny, but I wouldn't wish that on our dressing room, he's be a nightmare to manage.
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Mario is so over rated! he isn't actually that good.
mourinho got rid of him asap!
glad u agree joe. nearly every city fan I speak too has wanted him gone since about a year ago.
he has got a strange hold over mancini.
I think he is blackmailing him over something.
just like when VDV was blackmailing harry in to playing him even when he was hobbling about on a Zimmer frame on the half way line.
marios best performances were meant to be in the EUROs.
but even then, his finishing was terrible. he missed about 5 or 6 good chances. im not talkin about your idea of a good chance which can be an overhead kick from 30 yards out.
he doesn't score enough, his all round game isn't great.
if mancini wasn't around then he would be at a much lower team.
he is bad for team spirit too & just causes problems.
a liability.
he is a big reason why mancini will end up getting sacked.
although he should be sacked anyway for a poor job he is doing. they should have walked the league last yr but he nearly blew it. & this year they are going to lose the title by quite a lot of points. already out the CL again too.
suarez is a very good player. much better than mario. I really wanted us to go for him when he was at ajax.
but harry & our scouts thought he would be too lightweight for the premiership.
id take suarez. his cheating is annoying but that's the way football has gone now.


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No matter how strongly you feel about America's drug policies, Un-Cabaret's The Good, the Bad, and the Drugly is bound to have you howling with delight. Whether it's Kevin Nealon asking you to guess whether he was stoned or not after describing the ridiculous things he's attempted or David Cross's hilarious adventure in Turkey, The Good, the Bad, and the Drugly is the kind of show that will have you lunging for the replay button again and again. Aside from Nealon and Cross, this production also features Julia Sweeney, Tenacious D, Patton Oswalt, and a whole host of other greats.
A mind-blowing collection of drug stories, illegal-substance-related rants and raves by a psychedelic posse of progressive performers. Proceeds benefit the Drug Policy Alliance, an awesome group of freedom fighters who believe that you shouldn't be punished for what you put in your own body.
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This is a waist if time and Money. All you get is random bits and peaces of a comedy act. What a disappointment. In some parts the sound is so bad that it is hard to hear what is said. At least edit it so it is presentable.
A greet Disappointment I never expected Audible to let bad quality like this be sold on there wed site.
Maybe a co-op was doing this for there summer project.
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I rate this a -5 ***** That is the same as a full moon.
"Not funny"
If you're fifteen and have just smoked one, you might giggle once or twice.
I was hoping for George Carlin, Bill Hicks style insightful funny tails. I was disappointed!
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That's because the Dow Jones industrial average has risen every Tuesday going back to Jan. 18. That's 17 straight weeks, a streak that includes May 7, when the Dow closed above 15,000 for the first time.
Only Wednesday has done better on Wall Street, and that was 45 years ago. Back in 1968, "hump day" saw increases for 24 weeks in a row—from June to November—according to Schaeffer's Investment Research.
Part of the reason for Tuesdays' success is simple math. The Dow has been up a high percentage of days this year. The blue-chip index has climbed 56 out of 87 trading days, or 64 percent of the time.
If that percentage were to hold for the rest of the year, it would be the best since at least 1900, according to Schaeffer's.
It's been a year of records and winning streaks for the Dow. The index of 30 big-name U.S. stocks rose for 10 straight days between March 1 and March 14, its longest string of consecutive gains since 1996. During that run, the Dow surpassed a record that had stood for more than five years.
With the Dow rising, and Mondays statistically a weak day to begin with, it is more likely that stocks will rise on Tuesdays, said Schaeffer's Ryan Detrick.
"We've had Mondays down and just as quickly Tuesdays have snapped right back up," he said, noting that Mondays have been the weakest day of the week this year.
During the Tuesday streak, the average gain for the Dow has been 0.52 percent.
And Mondays?
The day everyone loves to hate has lost an average of 0.22 percent.


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AN AUTOPSY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RUNOFF: Republican Sen. Thad Cochran's runoff victory Tuesday may have exposed the limits of tea-party power at the polls, but don't underestimate the movement's continuing power. Despite their string of primary losses this spring, conservative activists retain considerable influence in Congress as they fight the Export-Import Bank, an immigration overhaul and higher taxes to repair bridges and roads.
And Mr. Cochran's challenger, Chris McDaniel, isn't giving up. The state senator said Wednesday that he's weighing a legal challenge to the runoff's results. His campaign has attacked the senator's efforts to reach out to African Americans and other Democratic-leaning groups in Mississippi, saying that outreach confirmed the criticism that Mr. Cochran isn't conservative enough to be the GOP nominee in the deep-red state. But other Republicans have praised the Cochran campaign for broadening the GOP base, saying those efforts could serve as a model for the party as a whole—particularly since African Americans proved to be a crucial element in the senator's narrow victory. Janet Hook reports.
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Congress has three issues with deadlines that must be addressed in the coming months: the highway bill, the Ex-Im Bank charter and government funding. If no action is taken, there will be consequences of varying degrees. Read Damian Paletta's full post in Washington Wire.
A WIN FOR PRIVACY RIGHTS: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that police need a warrant to search information on a suspect's cellphone, delivering a coup for Americans' privacy rights in the digital age. The opinion, which dismissed arguments that there's no legal distinction between smartphones and the pocket litter that police have long been allowed to search when making an arrest, has been hailed by privacy advocates as a sign that the court will continue to protect privacy interests from modern technology. Jess Bravin reports.
A WIN FOR BROADCASTERS: In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court dealt a crippling blow to Aereo Inc., ruling that the online startup, whose technology promised a new and cheaper way of watching television, violated broadcasters' copyrights on programming. Brent Kendall and Keach Hagey report.
LOIS LERNER SOUGHT AUDIT OF SENATOR: House Republican lawmakers said Lois Lerner, the retired Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the agency scandal, had raised the possibility of auditing GOP Sen. Charles Grassley, former chairman of the powerful Finance Committee, over a group's offer to pay for his wife in connection with a speaking engagement. That allegation is likely to heighten congressional interest in Ms. Lerner's emails, several years' worth of which were lost in a computer crash. John D. McKinnon and Gautham Nagesh report.
ECONOMY'S SHARP CONTRACTION: Weather disruptions at home and weak demand abroad have caused a contraction of rare severity in the U.S. economy in the first quarter. Gross domestic product fell at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.9%—the fastest rate of decline since the recession, and the largest drop recorded since the end of World War II that wasn't part of a recession. The news is renewing doubts about the strength of the five-year-old recovery. Jonathan House reports.
ALSO IN THE NEWS: Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a leading Democratic advocate for immigration legislation, declared the prolonged effort dead for the year … A federal appeals court declared Utah's laws banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional … Attacks in Iraq's capital and other cities have led to dozens of deaths … Immigrant "stash houses," where smugglers cram 100 or more migrants into a decrepit house, are thriving along Texas's border with Mexico.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), at The Wall Street Journal's Capital Journal breakfast in Washington on Wednesday, said that the Republicans are in danger of losing the House and the presidency in 2016 unless they move on immigration.
–SUPREME COURT: The court will release opinions for the third day this week as they try to wrap up the current term. The justices are down to decisions in two major cases: religious exemptions from the Affordable Care Act and the president's recess-appointment power.
–OBAMA TOWN HALL:While on a fundraising trip to Minnesota for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, President Barack Obama participates in a town hall meeting at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis, scheduled to begin at 2:10 CDT. The White House will stream the meeting at http://www.whitehouse.gov/live.
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–RAIN OR SHINE: The German Embassy hosts a free World Cup viewing party for the USA vs. Germany match in Dupont Circle Park in Washington, beginning at 11:30 a.m. EDT. A request from the German Embassy: "We want to see fans for each country decked out in team colors fill the circle, where the match will be broadcast on large screens."
Molly Ball of the Atlantic sums up this year's performance of tea party groups after Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran prevailed over one of their favorites in this week's primary: "The organizations claiming to speak for the Tea Party nationally do not appear to be plugged into the real grassroots or have the ability to mobilize effectively in support of the candidates they favor."
Jonathan Tobin writes in Commentary that Sen. Thad Cochran's win on the strength of black Democrat support in the Mississippi GOP primary "may have pushed his party opponents over the edge to the point where they may actively consider a suicidal effort to sabotage his chances in November."
Iraq isn't a "cohesive" country and never will be, writes Aaron David Miller in Foreign Policy, but it doesn't have to be a "failed state" either. "Most likely, assuming that the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) can be checked and a modicum of political reform occurs, Iraq will evolve into an even looser series of decentralized polities, with the Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis each seeking advantage and protection from one another."
Dara Lind of Vox examines the importance of the Supreme Court's decision saying police can't examine the contents of a cell phone without a warrant: The court didn't grant the government any of the powers for police it sought, and "the implication is that the court recognizes that today's technology requires new rules for what people can expect to keep private."
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In its monthly report on the world oil market, the Paris-based IEA now believes global demand will increase by 670,000 barrels a day in 2012 to 89.6 mbd. This is 60,000 bpd less than assumed a month ago.
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My PS3 is off most of the time. I noticed that when I have to reboot the computer where the PS3 ms is running, the PS3 won't see the media server next time. Seems like the PS3 has to be on when the PS3MS boots, if not, the MS won't be seen by the PS3.
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SAN RAMON -- With a July sentencing date in Santa Clara County Court looming, linebacker Aldon Smith found some solace Friday night by attending -- and making a late cameo in -- a charity basketball game pitting 49ers and Raiders.
"It was good to have support, even from Raiders fans, and to see everyone show up for the game," said Smith, who played only the final 10 seconds and dunked at the buzzer in the 71-63 defeat.
Smith spoke for the first since pleading no-contest last month to three felony assault-weapon charges and misdemeanor drunken driving. He thanked the 49ers for the support they've shown him in a self-described tough year. He was unsure if he'll have to meet with NFL officials before training camp, and he deflected questions about his legal issues by instead praising Friday's youth fundraiser.
While Smith has continued to take part in the 49ers' offseason program, Friday night allowed a different forum to showcase his athleticism, having played on Raytown (Missouri) High's basketball team from 2006-08.
Smith threw down several dunks and clanked a few jump shots in warm-ups and at halftime, but he stayed on the 49ers' bench most of the game, rooting on and coaching up teammates. Smith said it was a last-minute call before tipoff not to fully play.
"My jump shot's a little rusty, but the hops are still there," said Smith, noting he's fully healthy. (No players got injured in Friday's game.) Friday's independently organized game (by Mike Bigasan) attracted a sellout crowd of over 1,000 fans to California High, raising funds for several Bay Area organizations and players' personal foundations.
Beside Smith, the 49ers who played were Perrish Cox, Chuck Jacobs, Brandon Lloyd and Kassim Osgood. Those watching with Smith were Quinton Patton (foot injury) and Ian Williams (lower leg).
The Raiders' team included Tyvon Branch, Denarius Moore, Taiwan Jones, Latavius Murray, Brice Butler, Sio Moore, Chimdi Chekwa and Greg Little. D.J. Hayden showed but did not play. Running backs Darren McFadden and Maurice Jones-Drew did not attend, though they were listed as possible participants.
Game highlight No. 1: Lloyd, who showed tremendous leaping ability all game and somehow made safe landings, blocked a shot and sent the rebound about 20 rows into the stands five minutes after halftime. A foul was called on the play, however, prompting Smith to grab the mic and ask the Raiders' Butler if it was a foul, to which Butler said no; Smith drew a lighthearted technical foul for his actions.
Game highlight No. 2: Branch, who fractured his right fibula last September, looks really healthy and knocked down a 3-point basket for a commanding 63-46 lead.
Game highlight No. 3: The 49ers' Jacobs and Cox really showed off exceptional dribbling, shooting and athletic skills, not to take anything away from Lloyd or Osgood. Cox made the game's first basket -- a 3-pointer -- after a Lloyd rebound.
Both the 49ers and Raiders are in the midst of organized team activities, and they'll break for summer after mandatory minicamps June 17-19.
Smith's court sentencing is set for July 25, two days after the 49ers' training camp can begin. Smith also could be facing discipline from the NFL or 49ers for his off-field issues, the latest of which was an April arrest at Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly making a fake bomb threat; charges haven't been filed yet in that case.
Friday's basketball game marked the first Bay Area sporting event featuring 49ers and Raiders since a 2011 exhibition at Candlestick Park, where fights erupted in the stands and shootings occurred in the parking lot. Although the 49ers-Raiders exhibition series is on hiatus, the teams will meet this regular season in Oakland on Dec. 7.
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TUSCALOOSA | A public memorial service for former University of Alabama Director of Athletics Mal Moore will be at 3 p.m. today at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
There will be limited public parking at the coliseum or the eastern half of the soccer lot after 1:30 p.m. Parking for people with disabilities will be in the Coleman lot.
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It's entirely possible that Novell is about to get fleeced, and that GNU/Linux will take a hit in the process, and Microsoft has a history of playing the Big Bad. But are we really being smart to always assume that Microsoft will win every battle it enters?
Novell lawyers pulled some fairly smooth legal judo against SCO only a few months ago. I think it might be a little early to call a winner. Eben Moglen and some other observers have noted the peculiar and difficult to predict consequences of the kind of deal that is being reported.
Somebody has made a serious mistake here, but are we really so sure it's Novell? Microsoft is arrogant and has always had difficulty understanding the free software community (first of all, that it is a community and that communities aren't the same as companies). It's easy from the press releases to see what Microsoft thinks it will get out of this deal.
But what does Novell expect? Why would it make such a "stupid" move? I distrust stupidity like that, coming from educated people who've had enough direct exposure to learn how these things work. I believe Microsoft's blindspot about the GPL and the decentralized nature of GNU/Linux development, because they don't work that way. But Novell has been swallowing the SUSE distribution and I find it hard to believe that management isn't learning.
Maybe they were arrogant too, and did something dumb. But it seems at least equally possible that this is a ploy by Novell. I won't pretend to understand what they could be attempting, or what the odds of success are.
But I do know several factors that ought to be considered:
- Whether a "covenant not to sue" is really not a "license", when it creates all the trappings of one (royalties, exclusivity, etc), is deeply questionable
- If it is a license, then Novell is risking its own right to distribute GNU and Linux (in fact, it might be threatening everyone's right to)
- Right now, there is an enormous amount of controversy surrounding the ethics and legality of software patents in principle. Any big case could have powerful political consequences, especially in Europe
- Whatever the negative consequences of this deal, it's bringing Linux into the mainstream press
- Microsoft gets a lot out of continued threat of patent lawsuits, but actually suing anybody could be disastrous for them
- IBM is spending a lot on the SCO case, which appears to be resolving itself finally
- IBM isn't the only deep-pocketed company to be deeply invested in GNU/Linux
I won't try to predict what will happen. It's certainly possible that Novell is just being dumb and falling for Microsoft's trap, but surely there's some chance that Microsoft is finally going to be the one left holding the bag this time around.
But what does Novell expect?
The word on the street is that Novell knew that infringed on some Microsoft patents and initiated a dialog to solve the infringement.
Or another possibility is that Microsoft approached them, considering Novell is paying a reasonable amount of software developers, including Mono developers, and threaten to sue in case they don't reach an agreement.
What you say is logic and it might be true ... if you assume that Novell and Microsoft teamed up for the good of their customers (which is possible, but really ... I don't think so) ;)
Or maybe Microsoft infringed on Novell copyrights
Microsoft has been putting Unix code into it's "Services for Unix" product. I think it is possible that Novell threatened Microsoft with an expensive lawsuit, and Microsoft was forced to make concessions.
The other issue is the meteoric growth of Linux in the server marketplace. Maybe Microsoft realised that it needs to use Linux on it's servers (like it did Unix services on Windows servers) in order to stay in the server business.
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I love reading Free Software Magazine and all the interesting points of view around here. But that dang calendar thing in the top left of the page... it's too big for the sidebar and spills over, obscuring the first few lines of every article.
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Try without the screenshot.
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Just click on the little red X and go on to something else.
I have no doubt that this thread is repeated somewhere.
I only came to read the reference. Perhaps those who come everyday actually make use of the calendar. Something for everybody.
i saw richard m. stallman
i saw richard m. stallman speak this past weekend, and he mentioned something about a study where they found X number of patents that GNU/Linux violated in X lines of code. Extrapolating that out to the codebase in a typical GNU/Linux distribution, they estimated that the distribution would violate XXX number of patents. I don't remember the exact figures that he mentioned, but i think it was around 200 or so.
the whole thing is pretty shady, though. a lot of balmer's statements about this deal amount to FUD.
i'll tell you for sure that i'll be staying way from SUSE products....
There is no real question that there are software patents whose claims cover GNU/Linux software. Whether any of those claims would stand up in court and whether any of them should stand up in court are both much more debatable questions.
None of these claims would, of course, apply in Europe. And the question of software patents being legalized there has been a constant threat. A challenge to GNU/Linux which would so obviously cause market distortion to favor a company which in Europe is regarded as a "known, convicted corporate monopolist" would lend support to the efforts of people like the FFII who are trying to fight software patents there.
But in order for that to happen, Microsoft has to be drawn into actually attempting a patent lawsuit. So far, it's all been innuendo. Somebody, at some point, has to call their bluff. It was relatively easy to do that with SCO, but Microsoft is a much bigger fish.
Hey you never know
One thing is that we never know what Novell thinking, they are very smart, they doing this for the better of there company (which is tight to Linux, what good for the company is good for Linux). It need to happen, they got make easier for companies to run MS and Linux well. Hey it a five year deal we would soon find out if was a smart choice. Now people dont be i aint getting Suse no more the working w/ MS, remember most of the world works MS software, so they need make the software work w/ MS. (It like having exchange house of money in other country and not been able work with dollars...do u think you will last). Not say no one else have done a lot for Linux but hey Novell has done a lot, a deal thinkpad the case against sco. So Novell point of is hey i take what works even not all open-source, that how the real is, there a company they trying make money, I wish them the best as I wish Red Hat the best...people like to think there some Linux war going on, but what good for Red Hat is good for Novell and vice-versa....and what it important it good for Linux
Microsoft Wants Novell
Here's the way it works. Microsoft wants Novell. So first they make a deal with Novell, and normal Linux users abhor the deal, so they stay away. Novell loses a ton of market share, and the only thing keeping it afloat are the coupons that Microsoft buys, and the Microsoft users using Suse because Microsoft tells them to.
So basically then, only Microsoft people use Suse, and Novell gets most of its money from Microsoft. At that point, Novell basically becomes a Microsoft Linux house and either stays as their lap dog, or gets bought by Microsoft directly.
Microsoft's trying to control employment of open source coders.
Microsoft's aim is to establish a restrictive set of licenses like the one with Novell that aims to (ab)use it's market monopoly position allow it to dictate how those companies remunerate their coders by making provisions for rewards/penalties in contracts and licenses. For example, Microsoft said it will not sue "home/unemployed coders" that produce open source code for nothing, but it will sue those who are remunerated. By doing this it hopes to cut off the money supply that supports open source coders.
Microsoft's Bill Hilf has actually spelled out this strategy:
Bill Hilf: This is an intellectual-property deal. There will be an overlap at some point between our intellectual property and open source that we have to resolve. We knew that. It was going to happen. It was just a question of when.
We said let's put in place something that allows us to a) establish a process for how we can work with an open-source company on our intellectual property, b) do it in such as way that it can still work within the [GNU] GPL [general public license] and c) how do we do this in a way where we can clearly draw the line between the community developer, the noncommercial open-source community guy writing code and the commercial developer who is using open-source code. Doing one of those is easy, doing two of them is actually hard but possible. Doing all three is very, very hard because one can contradict the other.
I my opinion this attempt to use it's monopoly position to manipulate the software employment market is a serious abuse of monopoly and Novell's contract needs to be examined fully and publically to check if it breaks employment, trade, or anti-trust laws.
Another post, another
Another post, another theory.
Perhaps Novell was simply beeing greedy. There was a ruff a few months back that the Novell shareholders wanted to see godo numbers *fast*. The steadily growing Suse business wasn't enough to make up for their declining Netware business. Perhaps that's why Novell made this deal, in the hope to sell a lot more Suse in the short term to please shareholders and they didn't contemplate the long term hard enough.
Sander Marechal
an Anonymous coward from the North (Canada, eh) says
It seems pretty clear from the outside, MS friendlies up to and eventually takes over, or puts out of business, Novell. Either that, or does what they did last time, makes Novell irrelevant. (where's NetWare now??) Tho I don't see any point in making Novell your friend if your ultimate goal is to destroy them (again) Do they (MS) need to do that? I can't see why MS would need a friend on the Linux side. Mayhaps Ballmer isn't Gates? and it's a new MS we're seeing. To paraphrase Rodney, maybe were all gonna "just start getting along." Hmmm, maybe it's not that clear . . .
Does Novell management want what's best for Novell...
Does Novell management want what's best for Novell, or only what's best for Novell management?
The head of Novell already got fired because he couldn't make enough money with Linux quickly enough. The guy in charge now does not want to see that happen to him, and how's he going to convince his user base to switch from Netware any faster? If he sees some quick profits, gets some bonuses, and moves on I'm sure he'll be happy. Then it's up to the next guy to keep the "momentum" going. Isn't this what they teach in business school?
How many MS "partnerships"
How many MS partnerships have turned out badly for MS? And for the partners?
Bye-bye, Novell.
*everyone*? really?
[snip]If it is a license, then Novell is risking its own right to distribute GNU and Linux (in fact, it might be threatening everyone's right to)[/snip]
The part about "threatening everyone's right to" is pure FUD.
-my .02USD
Switching back to SUSE
I overreacted like and am not happy about this deal, BUT it isn't as bad as everyone makes out because no one has read all the details yet,
hence links to follow
Novell/Microsoft Reading List
especially goto
and read and research carefully.
and here is an OPINION why author's's sticking with SUSE
F*** novell
I use SuSE since version 7 and since novell bought it has being constantly worsening SuSE, it became less stable and less stable and the latest release was even broken, what the f*** is it with zmd and mono?zmd giving me unhandled exceptions a la windows?Core apps shouldn't be managed processes.F*** 'em.Does SuSE have to became shit so that windows users fell confortable switching?
Now they make a deal with microsoft, and ballmer is saying the only patent safe distro is novell's SuSE Linux, oooh f*** 'em, f*** microsoft f*** novell f*** 'em i will be using Fedora, my company will be using Red Hat, sue me if you wish, you f***ers.
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|Length Overall
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|13,500 lbs.
|10' 6''
|Tested Weight
|3' 2''
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|Draft Up
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|Draft Down
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|286 gal.
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|Water Capacity
|50 gal.
|22 deg.
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|2x425-hp MerCruiser 496 MAG HO gas sterndrives
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2x500-hp MerCruiser EFI
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By Capt. Ron Svoboda
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|Power Steering
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|Trim Tabs
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|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Transom Door
|Transom Shower
|Wet bar
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