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Campus Life Hosts Finals BreakfastMay 11, 2011 at 10:10 AM
On the Sunday night before Finals Week, Campus Life, Pioneer Catering and volunteers served the students from 10-11 pm. Jim Pratt, Director of Campus Life was the "Omelet King"; taking pictures and manning the breakfast pizza was Admissions Director, Kim Heldt; Susan Sullivan, Director for Alumni ladled up gravy and biscuits, Norm Reynolds, School of Business, served a ton of pancakes and Mike Atkinson, Provost, scooped up tater tots and scrambled eggs. Approximately 100 students took advantage of this delicious late night buffet.


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Did Steve Ballmer Overbid for the Clippers? Of Course He Overbid
Of course Steve Ballmer overbid for the Clippers. Why would you expect anything different?
News this morning is that Mr. Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, offered $2 billion to buy the LA Clippers from Donald Sterling, in as bizarre a fire-sale auction as you'll ever see. Mr. Ballmer outbid – by hundreds of millions – other high-profile suitors, including a group comprising David Geffen, Oprah Winfrey, and Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, and a group that included former baller Grant Hill. It's not even clear if Donald Sterling, who bought the team for $12.5 million in 1981 and owns it along with his wife, is going to sell or not; his lawyers says he's going to oppose a sale.
For Clippers fans, Ballmer for Sterling is a trade they'll take any day of the week. But we're MoneyBeat, not the Daily Fix, so what we want to analyze is the deal.
Mr. Ballmer bid $2 billion for a franchise Forbes estimated was worth $575 million. That's roughly a 248% premium, and nearly quadruple the $550 million the Milwaukee Bucks fetched in April, the previous record deal for an NBA franchise. It's also not far off the $2.15 billion the cross-city Dodgers went for in 2012, a record price for a franchise in any sport.
The Clippers have made 10 playoff appearances in their 44-year history. They have never been to even the conference finals, to say nothing of the NBA finals.
For anybody else, $2 billion for the Clippers may seem unreasonable, but Mr. Ballmer, who ran Microsoft from 2000 to 2014, has a history of overpaying for (generally underperforming) assets. The last big one he pulled off was so contentious within the boardroom, it drove employee #30 out of the company. And of course who could forget the $44.6 billion large he offered for Yahoo?
Let's take a look at some of the more notable deals of the Ballmer era:
aQuantive. In August 2007, Microsoft acquired aQuantive, a online ad agency, for $6.3 billion cash, and 85% premium. At the time, it was Microsoft's largest deal. "This deal takes our advertising business to a new level," the company's COO, Kevin Johnson, said at the time. How'd it work out? Microsoft took a $6.2 billion write-off on the business in 2012. "The acquisition did not accelerate growth to the degree anticipated," the company said.
Skype. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 billion in an unsolicited bid "even though there were no signs of other serious bidders," as we wrote at the time. The price tag was three times what the company had gone for just 18 months prior, as the company was scrambling to catch up in the mobile and Internet markets. How'd it work out? Microsoft doesn't break out Skype revenue, so it's hard to really know. But the service is popular, and they just unveiled a gee-whiz "Star Trek" like universal translator service.
Nokia. In September 2013, Microsoft acquired Nokia's handset business, for $7.2 billion in cash. "It's a bold step into the future – a win-win for employees, shareholders and consumers," Mr. Ballmer said at the time. How'd it work out? You could argue, if you like, that it's too soon to say; the deal closed only in April. But Microsoft controls less than 4% of the U.S. smartphone market. Moreover, whether it's a win-win for employees, shareholders, and consumers, it was a definite loser for Mr. Ballmer: the Nokia deal was apparently the deal-breaker for him, and the internal fight over it led to his ouster.
Yahoo. Of all the deals Microsoft did do, it's the one that it didn't do that may be the most instructive. In February 2008, Microsoft offered $44.6 billion for Yahoo, a 62% premium to the company's stock, in an attempt to merge two struggling search businesses. It was a huge deal in the high-tech world, and it was a huge, public, messy battle that Microsoft eventually lost in one way, and won in another. Yahoo ultimately rejected the deal, although angry shareholder would later boot founder Jerry Yang over it. Yahoo's stock, which was in the $30 range when the deal was announced, would soon sink into the single digits, and would languish in the teens range for years after.
Not exactly a sterling record, no pun intended, and we didn't even mention Microsoft's stock, which went from $58 when Mr. Ballmer took over in 2000 to $40 and change today.
Still, we hope it happens, if for no other reason than we can't wait to see Mr. Ballmer's pregame pep talks, which if history is any guide, should be epic:
Update: Mr. Ballmer's $2 billion bid represents a 248% premium; an earlier version of this post misstated the figure.


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The NAACP Supports the Confirmation of Congressman Mel Watt to Serve as Director of the FHFAOctober 30, 2013
(Washington, D.C.) -- Today the NAACP released the following statements calling for the confirmation of Congressman Melvin "Mel" Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency(FHFA).
From NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous:
"Congressman Mel Watt is a champion of champions who will hold banks accountable and will move our country forward," stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. "In a time when we are stuck in too many ways, Congressman Watt will work to ensure all families have access to the dream that defines our country. He is poised to be a strong and fearless voice for struggling homeowners crippled by the recession and a force against predatory lenders who prey on black and brown communities. We are confident he can make change for families who need real change."
From Lorraine C. Miller, Interim NAACP President and CEO:
"Congressman Mel Watt is a fierce advocate for homeowners," stated interim NAACP President and CEO Lorraine C. Miller, who served as the 35th Clerk of the House of Representative. "I have known Congressman Watt and observed his effectiveness on the House Financial Services Committee for over a decade. I am confident that he is the right person for this critical position. He was among the first to speak against the predatory lending crisis that lead to the collapse of the housing market and massive loss of wealth particularly in communities of color. We urge the Senate to confirm his nomination as his leadership and vision are needed to ensure that homeownership is accessible and affordable for all Americans."
Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP Washington Bureau Director and Sr. VP of Policy and Advocacy:
"The NAACP strongly supports the nomination of Congressman Mel Watt to serve as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. With 40 years overall experience in housing and finance, Congressman Watt has spent the last 20 years of his career as a stalwart supporter of civil rights, human rights and economic justice in the U.S. Congress," stated Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP Washington Bureau Director and Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy. "Congressman Watt has served admirably on the House Financial Services Committee and on the House Judiciary Committee. As chair the Congressional Black Caucus in 2005 and 2006, he led the effort to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act. Congressman Watt is a thoughtful and gifted lawmaker, who is eminently qualified to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency."
On May 1, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated North Carolina to serve as Director of the FHFA. The NAACP fully supports the president's nomination of Congressman Watt to serve as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. You can read more about the NAACP's work and our five "Game Changer" issue areas here.


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What the Nunn Campaign Memos Confirm About Money in Politics
The internal memos and 144-page campaign plan prepared for Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn are a fascinating if somewhat horrifying glimpse of the political industrial complex.
The document–available here–was first made public by National Review. Much of the reporting so far has focused on internal opposition research in the memo exploring the potential weaknesses of Ms. Nunn's candidacy.
But I'd argue that the real revelations involve fundraising's central role in every aspect of political campaigns. That's not really news, but it is described in the memo in incredible detail.
Ms. Nunn is advised to focus on fundraising "with relentless intensity" and to raise $15 million to $20 million if she is to have any chance of winning.
A section called "Strategic Use of Michelle's time" suggests that in the third quarter the candidate should spend 70% of her time on fundraising, 20% on media and political events, and 10% on debate prep.
Ms. Nunn's political advisers estimated that more than $80 million would be spent on this U.S. Senate race, with $30 million coming from the two major campaigns, $30 million from various party organizations and $25 million from independent expenditures.
So far the Nunn campaign has raised more than $9 million.
The campaign of millionaire Republican businessman David Perdue, a former CEO of Reebok and Dollar General who won a competitive GOP primary and runoff election, has spent $5 million, including $3 million of the candidate's money. Mr. Perdue is expected to contribute additional personal resources.
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The memo calls Ms. Nunn "a fundraiser's dream" because of her national connections, which include Warren Buffett, General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt and pop singer Usher. The document also says that her father, former senator Sam Nunn, has a contact list that is a "treasure trove."
The memo makes explicit links between taking political positions and fundraising, with references to specific constituencies such as the gay community "and their substantial resources." Ms. Nunn is advised to exploit her support for same-sex marriage to raise at least $300,000 in donations.
Another strategy outlined is "to use the attacks against Michelle to raise even more money." To that end, publication of the memo may serve as a fundraising tool for the Nunn campaign.
These documents are worth studying if only to confirm most voters' worst fears about our cynical, money-driven political system.
Linda Killian is a journalist and a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Her most recent book is "The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents." She is on Twitter: @lindajkillian.
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Emerging-Market Stocks Advance After China Growth Data
Emerging-market stocks rose from a two-week low as slower-than-estimated expansion in China's economy and a lower growth target from South Korea's central bank fueled speculation about more economic stimulus.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index added 1.3 percent to 926.13 as of 4:31 p.m. in New York, paring its weekly decline to 2.1 percent. Energy companies led the advance with Petroleo Brasileiro SA rallying in Sao Paulo and OAO Novatek gaining in Russia as oil advanced. Brazil's Bovespa rose to a one-week high while Russia's Micex Index gained for the first time in three days. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong increased 0.8 percent.
China's gross domestic product expanded 7.6 percent last quarter from a year earlier, the slowest pace since 2009, putting pressure on Premier Wen Jiabao to take steps to secure a second-half economic rebound. The Bank of Korea reduced its 2012 economic-growth forecast for the second time this year, a day after it unexpectedly cut interest rates.
"What we're seeing is a relief rally," Win Thin, global head of emerging-market strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., said by phone from New York today. "The euro debt crisis and global growth concerns are definitely still intact, but the China data wasn't extremely bad and it looks like there will be more economic stimulus."
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MSCI's index of developing nations has tumbled 9.8 percent in the past three months as data worldwide pointed to a slowing global economy and European policy makers wrangled over solutions for the region's debt crisis. The gauge trades at a multiple of 10.1 times estimated earnings, compared with 12.3 for the developed-nation gauge, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
The IShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index exchange-traded fund, the ETF tracking developing-nation shares, added 1.9 percent to $38.49.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index, a measure of options prices on the fund and expectations of price swings, dropped 6.2 percent to 26.34, the most in two weeks.
Crude oil rallied for a third day on the New York Mercantile Exchange, lifting oil producers on Brazil's Bovespa and Russia's Micex Index.
The Bovespa index added 1.7 percent after Petroleo Brasileiro, the state-controlled oil company known as Petrobras, surged 5.2 percent, the most since May 21. Retailer B2W Cia. Global do Varejo jumped 6.7 percent to lead the advance in Sao Paulo.
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The benchmark Micex gauge rose 1.6 percent in Moscow, led by OAO Novatek. The Russian natural-gas producer jumped 6 percent on speculation the company may breach OAO Gazprom's monopoly on exports.
OAO Rostelecom, Russia's long-distance phone operator, gained for the first time in three days, advancing 1.1 percent as first-quarter profit jumped after broadband and paid television subscribers increased.
South Africa's FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index rose 1.2 percent and Poland's WIG20 Index jumped 1.7 percent.
South Korea's Kospi index climbed 1.5 percent and Vietnam's VN Index increased 2 percent, the most since May. India's rupee gained 1.4 percent against the dollar, the most among 25 emerging-market currencies tracked by Bloomberg.
China's central bank may cut interest rates once or twice more this year and reduce the reserve-requirement ratio two or three more times in 2012, the China Daily reported, citing Zhu Baoliang, chief economist at the State Information Center. Economic growth will rebound in the third quarter after hitting a bottom the previous quarter, according to the report. The government cut rates on July 5 for a second time in a month.
'Dovish Stance'
"In Asia, authorities seem to be busy downgrading their growth forecast," Benoit Anne, head of emerging markets research at Societe Generale SA in London, wrote in an e-mailed note today. "That means that we expect Asian central banks to shift to a more dovish stance going forward."
China Southern Airlines Co. gained 8.4 percent in Hong Kong, the most since October, after the Shanghai Daily said the government may set up investment companies to buy stakes in domestic carriers.
In Seoul, South Korea's central bank said the nation's economy will expand 3 percent this year, compared with a 3.5 percent prediction made in April and a 3.7 percent forecast in December. Consumer prices are expected to rise 2.7 percent, down from an earlier forecast of a 3.2 percent gain.
Hyundai, Samsung
Hyundai Motor Co. jumped 3.4 percent, its biggest gain since June 18. The company's union, which ended discussions with management on June 28, agreed to resume negotiations on July 18, raising optimism Hyundai Motor will avert work stoppages that would dent earnings.
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of televisions and mobile phones, climbed 4.4 percent, rallying from a five-month low.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. advanced 1.1 percent, leading gains among technology shares after reporting profit in the three months ended in June climbed 38 percent to 32.8 billion rupees ($595 million). Analysts had estimated profit of 31.8 billion rupees.
The extra yield investors demand to own emerging-market debt over U.S. Treasuries fell seven basis points, or 0.07 percentage point, to 358, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s EMBI Global Index.


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Fans flock to Coliseum for ticket plans, visits with Garth and players
|Members of the Schneider, Lebedin, Rothberg and Steinberg families
Following a greeting by the Ice Girls and Sparky, visitors were met in the locker room by Chris Campoli, Wade Dubielewicz and Islanders alum Steve Webb. Some of the youngest Islanders fans were ecstatic upon seeing their stars in person, including members of the Schneider, Rothberg, Steinberg and Lebedin families.
"We've been buying group tickets together for about five years," said Laurie Lebedin. "We've had birthday parties here because it's such a great place and so accessible. The kids are so excited by these events. We'll be here until the place closes down because they love this."
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Guests were also invited to visit the training room, and equipment room to see where the players prepare for their games each night.
The tour of the Coliseum wasn't over with Campoli, Dubie, Webb and the players' facilities. Fresh off making difficult decisions with the roster, Garth Snow welcomed fans to the Coliseum office for some friendly chatter.
"It's great meeting the fans and getting their input," said Snow. "It was a tough day with all of the cuts being made, but there's always time for the fans."
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During her academic clinical rotations, she served diverse populations and honed her ocular disease experience in Oklahoma, Miami, Florida and New York.
Before moving to the Northern Virginia-Washington, D.C. area, Dr. Vo was the sole practitioner at a top-ranked specialty boutique in the East Village of Manhattan. One of her specialties there was fabricating one-of-a-kind "sunglass contacts" for industry models to use in photo-shoots.
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Definition of holiness in English:
noun[mass noun]
1The state of being holy: a life of holiness and total devotion to God
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- Moses learns at that moment of contemplation, four things about holiness.
- All religions have their symbols of holiness through which the sacred flows into the mundane.
- Paul also tells us to lead quiet lives in godliness and holiness.
sanctity, divinity, godliness, saintliness, sanctitude, sacredness, faith, devotion, devoutness, divineness, blessedness, spirituality, religiousness, piety, piousness, righteousness, goodness, perfection, virtue, virtuousness, purity, sinlessness
1.1 (His/Your Holiness) A title or form of address given to the Pope, Orthodox patriarchs, and the Dalai Lama.
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- A news agency recently reported you as the spiritual adviser to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
- In the typical Tibetan home, there are photographs displayed of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other incarnate masters.
- So when a friend of mine invited me to attend teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, I signed on for two weeks worth of teachings.
1.2 [as modifier] Denoting a Christian renewal movement originating in the mid 19th century among Methodists in the US, emphasizing the Wesleyan doctrine of the sanctification of believers.
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Do as the Romans do? Or as Mark Zuckerberg and his new wife should have done? The Italian imbroglio -- the couple was accused of failing to tip at two restaurants -- sent us scurrying off for an expert opinion. Giovanni Tempesta, a lecturer at Stanford University who leads tours to Italy (http://littleworld.com), says Italians do not customarily tip. However, he says, Americans should. If service ("servizio") is included in the tab, "leave an extra 3 or 5 euros at the table to make them happy," Tempesta says, noting that servizio goes into the owner's pocket and then to the waiters indirectly via wages and benefits. If service is not included, he recommends his tour clients tip 10 percent to 15 percent.
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You can do your part to help the Brits pay off the Diamond Jubilee celebration: Taxpayer-owned Apethorpe Hall is for sale. The Northamptonshire estate is "one of the few surviving houses in the U.K. to have been visited by three English monarchs: Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I," the Telegraph reports. (Maybe Liz II can find time to stop by.) As with all aged properties, there are a few hitches: First, the estate has 48 rooms but no WC, having been built circa 1480. Second, the purchaser must keep the property open to the public at least 28 days a year. And finally, the annual maintenance bill runs 100,000 pounds ($154,000) -- on top of the $3.8 million pricetag.
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Sixteen People Arrested At Oakwood College Basketball Game
Huntsville, Alabama (December 10, 2007) Fifteen adults and 1 juvenile, were arrested and booked on various charges following a fight between two females after a basketball game at Oakwood College. Police spokesman Wendell Johnson said at 11:30 Saturday night, a Huntsville Police Officer working off-duty at the game arrested and charged an 18-year-old student with Disorderly Conduct. Johnson said as the Officer began to leave with the student in the back of the patrol car, an estimated crowd of several hundred people surrounded the vehicle and became very hostile. At 12:08 a.m., the Officer requested assistance. Johnson said Officers attempted to restore order by directing the crowd to disperse. Some individuals refused, others tried to incite the crowd by cursing and fighting with Officers. Order was eventually restored and the crowd dispersed. Johnson said 16 individuals were arrested on various charges including Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, and Harassment, while four individuals were charged with Felony Assault for attacking Police Officers. The individuals were booked into the Madison County Metro Jail without further incident. Two Huntsville Police Officers suffered minor injuries. Johnson said the incident is being reviewed by Commanders to ensure compliance with Departmental Policy. Meanwhile Public Safety Director Rex Reynolds and Police Chief Henry Reyes are in communication with Oakwood College President, Dr. Delbert Baker and Chief of Public Safety and Transportation, Lewis Eakins concerning the incident.
Names and Charges of People Arrested at Oakwood College
1. Racardo Dion Paige, DOB 07/25/1987, Assault 2nd degree and Resisting Arrest.
2. Nathan Santana-halter, DOB 08/30/1986, Assault 2nd degree and Resisting Arrest.
3. Marcus Andrew Winkfield, DOB 08/29/1985, Assault 2nd degree and Resisting Arrest.
4. Jared Ryan Wilson, DOB 09/14/1987, Assault 2nd degree and Resisting Arrest.
5. Joshua Adam Stockling, DOB 08/06/1987, Disorderly Conduct.
6. Amanda Leacia Freeman, DOB 08/15/1989, Disorderly Conduct.
7. Temidayo Michael Are, DOB 07/19/1988, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest.
8. John Enyiinna Osuji, DOB 09/13/1986, Disorderly Conduct.
9. Shola Seraphina Martey, DOB 09/19/1989, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest.
10. David Leon Sullivan, DOB 04/05/1989, Disorderly Conduct.
11. Tanisha Nichole Smith, DOB 11/14/1988, Disorderly Conduct.
12. Chase Devaughn Sherrod, DOB 02/20/1989, Disorderly Conduct.
13. Tonika Ja-ne Phillips, DOB 09/23/1989, Disorderly Conduct.
14. Ltasha Nicole Phillips, DOB 05/15/1987, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest.
15. Dudley Albert Thorne, DOB 05/15/1989, Harassment and Resisting Arrest.
16. Juvenile, age 17, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest.


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The Letter: Key Gives Nod for Seymour in Epsom
The Letter: Key Gives Nod for Seymour in Epsom
This afternoon the PM acknowledged the importance of Epsom to National's re-election prospects when said he wanted National's supporters in Epsom to vote for ACT'S David Seymour. We always thought David could win Epsom, for which he has been campaigning door to door (9,000 doors so far) since February, but with this support from the PM he is certain to be the next MP for Epsom.
Panic in Labour List
Because of the way MMP works Labour is facing losing all its list MPs while still wining back some constituency seats.
MMP rules of thumb
As much of the electorate does not understand MMP the Labour and National poll vote is overstated by about 5%. But in the marginal seats where the electorate realises there is a real contest the Labour and National vote increases.
Labour could win 3 to 4 extra constituency seats
Labour should win: Christchurch Central; the seat was Labour's safest. Waimakariri: Kate Wilkinson is retiring and Clayton Gosgrove contesting. Napier; where popular Chris Tremain is retiring and Stuart Nash is Labour's candidate. We would add Mangakiekie where the boundary changes favour Labour except the Labour candidate Carol Beaumont is a proven vote loser. So as not to help Labour, ACT will not stand candidates in these marginal seats.
No Labour list MPs
On present polling number seven on the Labour list Kelvin Davies misses out. For every constituency Labour wins a list member is ejected. If Labour wins 3 seats, out goes Moana Macky, Maryan Street and Andrew Little. If Beaumont wins, Sue Moroney is out. (Spot the difference). If Labour's vote falls just another 2% during the campaign, highly likely then that Jacinda Arden and David Parker are out.
Policy Wonks
There has been a bit of a reaction to our statement we think it was a mistake for ACT to have gone into government in the past. Whale Oil points out that by being in government ACT has achieved Partnership Schools which have been a brilliant success. But Partnership Schools came from the Confidence Agreement – not by not by taking ministerial offices. ACT will again enter in a Confidence Agreement to deliver stable centre/right government. National does not lack MPs who will make competent Ministers. What National lacks are fresh new ideas. That is what ACT will deliver.
Best new idea
What if there is a policy that will increase New Zealand's GDP growth sustainably by a third, significantly reduce unemployment and lift real wages? What if we can pay for it by getting rid of the useless greenhouse emissions trading scheme and corporate welfare? This policy is backed by many of the world's leading economists; Larry Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury and Vernon Smith, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and even President Obama. Jamie Whyte will be announcing the new policy this week – keep an eye out for it.
Green Labour
Buried in Labour's "pro wood" policies is a proposal that companies needing to buy offsetting carbon credits must purchase 50% of their carbon credits from New Zealand forestry owners. It is called global warming for a reason. A New Zealand carbon credit is no better for the environment. Labour admits New Zealand forestry owners will increase the price of ETAs but then say "COST: This measure will be revenue-creating rather than a net expenditure". That is like saying a tax increase has no cost because it raises government money!
Some Goss
Where does this nonsense come from? The transfer of the Central North Island forests to iwi has made Maori the nation's biggest forest owners. A new generation of Maori leaders' whole work experience has been that wealth comes from the government. How to increase the value of their forests? Get the government to change the rules to force the country to use wood. Iwi have lobbied Shane Jones who has been the driver of this potentially multi-million dollar gravy train.
Forced Consumption
Whyte put the issue rather well in his daily
"Yesterday my 10-year-old told me she had a brilliant idea to boost economic growth. She had learnt at school that much of the money earned in New Zealand comes from the food industry. So, she figured, if the government just forced people to buy more food, then even more money would be made from food and we would all be richer. Only joking. My daughter isn't that stupid. But apparently David Cunliffe is.
In a recent speech to ForestWood 2014, a gathering of the forestry industry, he began by observing that forestry is a big part of the New Zealand economy. He then claimed that he could make it an even greater source of wealth to New Zealanders by forcing us to buy more wood. He would do this by using taxpayers' money to build government offices and 100,000 "affordable homes" out of wood.
Many of the assembled wood growers must have been thrilled. How delightful to hear a politician's plan to force people to buy your products! But I hope that at least a few of them were disgusted. Mr Cunliffe's policies are not merely a path to national economic decline. They appeal to immoral and anti-social urges: vote for me and I will prey on others for your benefit.
Benjamin Franklin said that democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Mr Cunliffe should be ashamed of confirming this cynical view of his job."
Fairfax media thinks ACT will do well
The Dominion last week ran a beat up that John Thompson, the president of ACT, has a conflict of interest because he is a Kiwi fruit exporter who supports the opening of the export market. The story only makes sense if you believe ACT will hold the balance of power. Actually it still does not make sense. The President of the Labour Party is often a trade unionist. Labour was founded by trade unions to promote their interests. The Fairfax papers have never claimed Labour having a trade unionist as their president is a conflict of interest. Someone needs to tell the Dominion that ACT is a free market party.
Govern Alone?
Maybe the Fairfax media is right that ACT will do exceptionally well. In the Herald poll ACT has gone from zero to .8%. As a percentage increase that is an infinite increase. Projected forward at that rate of increase ACT could govern alone. That statement is no sillier than the commentary the Herald has run on its poll. We are not trumpeting ACT's spectacular rise because the margin for error in the poll is 3.5%. so ACT might already be on 3%.


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Happy New Year! I would like to thank you for all your support in 2013 and am really looking forward to 2014. As you know, there will be quite a few changes on my side, Mirka and me growing our family and Stefan Edberg joining my team. It will without doubt be an exciting year and I am thrilled to share it with all of you. Thank you so much for all your kind wishes and gifts we received these past days and weeks. It is simply overwhelming, every time again!
All the best and a great 2014 to you and your families, too.
Fantastico Roger!! A good start to 2014 ... keep it up, lots of love and a Happy New Year ... lots of love x x x
Wow Rogi, that was awesome!
I am missing watching his performance but Niemenen can be a tricky opponent. It was a good win, he marched through the second set with ease. Love the idea of a bitten bagel SAVORITWHILEITLASTS !
Well done Roger!
Well done Roger!
That's our boy!!!
Anyone else Think that Rogers Back hand look More solid with this New racket!!
just finished watching your first match of the season. Wonderful my maestro. Congratulations. A great present from you to us all.
Roger's new racket's become a lethal weapon now, let's hope it can deal with Rafa's heavy topspin.
Roger's new racket's become a lethal weapon now, let's hope it can deal with Rafa's heavy topspin.
I was thinking that as well but it is now 5:1 to Rog. Still an excellent score!
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I've been a gamer almost all my life. I had an Atari 2600 joystick in my hand from the time I learn to sit up, and I've burned through every gaming platform since. Yes, dear internet - my name is Erin, and I'm a nerd.
And like all nerds, I've dreamed that skills I've acquired blasting baddies, head-shotting noobs, and dominating pixels would some day be humanity's only hope for survival...and then I wake up and go back to filling out TPS reports like the corporate monkey I am.
OHNOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOY!!! It's almost time for Halloween!!!!!!
So if you're looking to kill some time, and for some reason HAVEN'T played the original Dead Rising - now's the time. Dead Rising 2 was just released, and Amazon slashed the price of the original to $10!!! And I bet if you looked, you could probably find it even cheaper used. Unfortunately, I think the original was only available on the XBOX360.
"Yo these zombies are pimps, son!" Or at least that's what I think the dialogue should be when you see a zombie rocking a sideways baseball cap and walking with a limp. "Zombie Thugz", that should be the title of the new "Dead Rising 2" trailer that you can check out below. And there should be some Eminem playing in the background. That "Lose Yourself" song from "8 Mile" maybe. And there should be a zombie Nicole Kidman. I don't know what the hell I'm talking about anymore.
I don't understand one word in the "Dead Rising" trailer, well other than when they say "Dead Rising" but the rest is completely lost on me. What I do know is that the film is based on the much loved video game and it'll be hitting Xbox 360's marketplace sometime in the near future. I have no idea what language the final product will be in but from the looks of things a terrible voiceover isn't really going to hurt anything.
Actress Zelda Rubinstein, best known for her role as Tangina in Tobe Hooper's classic "Poltergeist," died of natural causes on Wednesday. She was 76.
Have you longed to feel the rancid breath of a giant ape on your face as he leaps over your head to attack a rampaging Tyrannosaurus Rex? If so, you're in the luck. Filmmaker Peter Jackson has helped Universal Studios relaunch their "King Kong" theme park ride, which will open its doors this summer. Remember to pack your banana hammock.
The first trailer for Capcom's upcoming live-action adaptation of "Dead Rising" has appeared online. It's cheap, it's ugly, and it's extremely violent. In other words, I'm giddy with excitement.
Anchor Bay recently announced they have acquired the rights to Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo's "After Life," a new horror/thriller starring Christina Ricci, Justin Long, and Liam Neeson. When this thing will see the light of day is still anybody's guess.
Even though zombie games are a dime a dozen these days, I'm a bit more excited about "Dead Rising 2" than the rest. The original was an innovator in the genre when it came out for the 360 years ago, and was a hit despite it's tremendous difficulty. Late this morning, the first gameplay trailer was thrown on the hungry masses, and I like what I see, especially in the last 10 seconds or so:


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As a child, many of my most cherished memories include popcorn. Growing up, my family loved spending simple evenings snuggled on the couch watching movies, gathered around a big bowl of fresh-popped popcorn. We always made sure to pack our popcorn popper on our camping trips and a huge bag of popcorn for the road when we would head north to go snow skiing. Once I hit high school and my friends became an extended family we would spend many Friday nights sprawled across my living room floor watching scary movies. Shortly after the opening scene we would catch whiffs of butter drifting in from the kitchen followed by the 'POP!' 'POP!' of the first few kernels exploding in the heat. Not long after, Dad would come parading in with stacks of bowls filled with fluffy kernels of popcorn and an assortment of seasonings for us to dress our snacks in.
From the time I was young up to my freshman year, studying entrepreneurship at Indiana University, I had always felt a desire to create a business of my own. My dad, a business owner himself, was always my biggest inspiration and supporter. We would spend evenings together on the phone discussing potential business ideas when, one day inspiration struck.


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Frozen Beer Experiences!Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
I had an unusual beer experience today.
The beer I ordered with dinner poured into the glass with a slushy sorbet consistency. Very weird. The beer flowed out of the bottle no problem, and none of what remained in the bottle after I poured was frozen. The beer itself seemed perfectly normal. I think what was happening was that the beer was only just above freezing, and the chilled, thick-bottomed mug I was pouring it into was even colder. The temperature differential between the two meant the beer froze into a foamy slush when it touched the mug. Or maybe not. Anyone got a better explanation?
Anyway it was quite disconcerting. At first I thought the restaurant had developed a trick for deliberately achieving this amazing effect. Then I remembered the waiter looked as surprised as me to see a beer sorbet on my table. Perhaps it was just a fluke. Or was the waiter surprised at my surprise?
Are there any restaurants or bars that deliberately try to reproduce this effect? I guess it's the ultimate in a cold beer.
My only other frozen beer experience (besides the obligatory exploded bottles in the freezer) was on an Eva Airways flight from Taipei to Manila. I settled in and asked for a beer. I think it was a Kirin. When the beer showed up I found it not only refused to pour more than a dribble, but something was rattling around inside the can. Realizing it had frozen solid I asked the flight attendant for another one. No need she said. If I would only wait this one would eventually defrost. Well at least that sorted out my in-flight entertainment. Thanks Eva Air!


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Original Title: Estasi d'amore (1)
English Title: Another Time, Another Place
Year of Poster: 1950s
Category: Movies
Actor/Artist/Director: Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan, Sean Connery, Glynis Johns, Sid James, Terence Longdon, dir. Lewis Allen
Studio: Paramount
Country of Poster: Italian
Country of Film: American
Size: 55 x 39 inches = 140 x 99 cm
Condition: Very Good
Price: $300
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Notes: An American reporter (Turner) working in Europe during World War II begins an affair with a British reporter (Connery). She's conflicted on whether to marry her rich boss or the charming young reporter she is having an affair with. Finally, she choses the British reporter only to find that he is married and has a son. The two separate shortly thereafter, then decide to stay together and work out their problems.
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In a Baltimore convention hall the size of a football field, a woman wearing a fashionable lavender suit sits quietly at a card table. Hundreds of people, here to attend a health products trade show, pass by on their way to booths filled with items for sale. Occasionally, someone stops to ask the woman a question. She is older and very pretty, with a heart-shaped smile and dark eyes. Her modest sales approach and stylish look nearly betray the seriousness of her intent: Madeleine Mumcuoglu has come from Israel to share her discovery—a remedy for the flu.
For more than twenty years, Mumcuoglu (pronounced mum-shu-glu) has studied the European elderberry (Sambucus nigra) and its impact on the influenza virus. Her dedicated effort stems partially from her respect for its history as a folk remedy for colds, coughs, and upper respiratory infections. But her scientific character is at work as well. She holds degrees in pharmacology, microbiology, serology, and parasitology from universities in France and Switzerland, and began working at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center's bone marrow laboratory in 1983, focusing on immunodeficiencies.
According to her research, elderberry extracts have successfully and consistently defeated the flu virus in laboratory tests. In small clinical trials, Mumcuoglu and her colleagues have found that elderberry extracts speed flu recovery by two to four days compared with a placebo (see box, page 33).
Mumcuoglu is excited by her findings because, for one reason, elderberry appears to be more successful than flu vaccines. When a new influenza strain appears, it takes time to identify it and develop a vaccine to fight it; meanwhile, people suffer and/or die from the new flu virus. Conversely, elderberry seems to cast a broader net. With the head of virology at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mumcuoglu has tested elderberry extract against eight strains of flu virus—the Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ann Arbor, Texas, Panama, Yamagata, and Shangdong strains—and found it effective.
"I think nature has done a very good job here," Mumcuoglu says. "The basic structure of the influenza virus and its variants are, so far, vulnerable to this part of our natural medicine chest."
Elderberry counteracts influenza in this way, Mumcuoglu says: Viruses cannot replicate on their own, but must invade living cells to do so. The flu virus enters cells by using its tiny spikes, called hemagglutinin, to puncture cell walls. Elderberry's active ingredient, which Mumcuoglu has isolated and patented, disarms the spikes by binding to them. The spikes also are covered with an enzyme called neuraminidase, which breaks down cell walls, but elderberry's bioflavonoids may keep this from happening, Mumcuoglu says. Unable to replicate, the influenza virus can't spread and do harm.
Mumcuoglu began researching elderberry in 1980 while she was completing her doctoral studies at the University of Zurich and searching for a dissertation topic. Her supervisor, Jean Lindenmann, who discovered interferon, suggested that she focus on elderberries. He had twenty-two pounds of them in his freezer, so she had an ample supply with which to start.
She began by cataloging elderberry's proteins and isolating their active principles, then tested them against the influenza virus in the lab. She found that two of the active principles worked and obtained U.S. patents for them and the standardized process she developed to preserve their effectiveness.
Mumcuoglu moved with her husband to Israel in 1983 and began working at the medical center while she tried to find a way to manufacture an elderberry product. Last fall she started her own company, Razei Bar, in Jerusalem, where European-grown berries are used in her products. The company produces lozenges and extracts sold under the trade name Sambucol in Israel, Europe, the United States, and South Africa. Currently, Mumcuoglu is conducting research into elderberry's ability to fight other viruses, including herpes, t-cell leukemia, and AIDS, and hopes to conduct the larger clinical trials on elderberry that will be needed to convince mainstream physicians that her product works.
Although her company has been operating for less than a year, Mumcuoglu has donated her products in bulk to homebound senior citizens and AIDS groups, a generosity born from personal experience. Her grandmothers died of influenza in Algeria during the 1950s, so she knows firsthand that the flu can prey mercilessly on the weak, including not only the elderly, but also people with impaired immune systems and those without ready access to flu vaccines.
"Flu is a killer," Mumcuoglu says. "Very few people in Europe and the West know this because, for many, the flu is something to put up with for eight days, then it's over. But for senior citizens and immunodepressed people, flu is a high-risk virus. It really doesn't need to be."
Influenza received its name from ancient astrologers, who attributed its outbreak to the influence of the stars.
Flu symptoms include a sudden rise in body temperature (the body's attempt to keep the virus from multiplying), fatigue, chills, body aches, sudden fever, runny nose, headache, and coughing. Acute symptoms last about seven days, while weakness and fatigue can last for weeks. The flu is highly contagious and has an incubation period of twenty-four to seventy-two hours, meaning that it can spread before its victims begin to feel ill.
Most research into elderberry's medicinal attributes has focused on extracts made from the European elder (Sambucus nigra). An American species (S. canadensis) has been used in folk medicine in ways similar to the European species, and it reportedly contains many of the same constituents found in its European counterpart. However, research into the American elder's impact on the influenza virus is lacking.
The bark, roots, leaves, and uncooked fruit of both species of elderberry are considered toxic and shouldn't be ingested.
One of Mumcuoglu's studies of elderberry extract involved twenty-seven victims of an outbreak of the Panama flu (type B) at a kibbutz in southern Israel. Fifteen patients received an elderberry extract and twelve took a placebo. Neither the researchers nor the patients knew who was receiving the elderberry and who was receiving the placebo.
Within two days, 93 percent of those who received the elderberry showed a significant reduction in symptoms, including fever, according to the study, while 92 percent of the group taking the placebo took up to six days to improve.
Reference: Zakay-Rones, R., et al. "Inhibition of Several Strains of Influenza Virus in Vitro and Reduction of Symptoms by an Elderberry Extract (Sambucus nigra L.) during an Outbreak of Influenza B Panama". The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 1995, 1 (4):361-369.
Jan Knight is editor of Herbs for Health.
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A headhunter in the financial services sector talks to Joris Luyendijk about fear and foresight in the banking world
• This is part of a series in which people across the financial sector speak to Joris Luyendijk about their working lives
This is a story is about why banks, their threats notwithstanding, may not be so eager to leave London for a city with lighter regulation or lower taxes. Obviously dozens of factors must play a role in a decision to relocate, but a recruiter I spoke to recently mentioned a factor I had not heard before, and I thought: let's share it here in the hope that financial workers will come forward to confirm or contradict.
I shall call this recruiter "Marcus". He is a wonderfully astute man who spoke to the blog earlier about how financial recruitment works: "We have these stock tricks and invented stories to tease out information. It's all about org charts, 'maps' if you will, of who in a bank works where, on what, with whom. Banks really don't want us to have these charts as it makes poaching much easier for us."
Marcus got back in touch when the post So, how can bankers live with themselves? went up. In it another recruiter highlights a largely ignored disconnect between national electorates and an increasingly globalised financial elite. In one quote: "Many of my clients simply don't seem to care a whole lot about what the general public think. These are extremely well educated and multilingual professionals. Many are in mixed marriages with kids who have lived on two or three continents. They don't belong anywhere and don't feel beholden to any national project."
Marcus texted that he recognised some of his clients in the description of post-national bankers, adding: "A lot of Brits and Yanks in particular are getting fed up with the anti-banker sentiment."
We decided to meet for a chat about how bankers in his network are taking the continuing anger at the financial sector. Will they leave? But first I ask him: how are things these days in the financial sector in London?
"It's grim. Normally there's one round of redundancies a year. Last year there were three. In April I am expecting another round. Banks still need to cut. Until now it was mostly dead wood. The sort of people that would make me think, are you still here? Those people are now out. And the cutting continues.
"At the same time banks are being far more aggressive in targeting their bonuses towards key staff and giving a big hint to everyone else that they can stay or leave, the company is easy either way. The idea of getting a (large) bonus just for turning up and doing your job is over. Of course this may change as the economy improves. There are some who are realising that they are going to have to work hard to get their bonus! About time too.
So what are the effects of the broad anger directed at the banks?
"European bankers seem less bothered, perhaps they move in more exclusive circles, in the sense of being farther removed from British society at large. I get people telling me, they want to go to Asia. They say they can't stand the complaining and bashing anymore."
But will they go?
"People pissed off at the tax rates in Europe go to Singapore or Hong Kong. That happens. Japan is seen as too insular. But even Singapore and Hong Kong is not where you want to be, if you are aiming for a high-flying career in finance. Sure, for two years or so it can make your CV look good – provided you made a real impact and you got out again.
"But top people are very scarce in Asia and banks tend not to let you go easily once there. For the most ambitious bankers New York and London are still where you want to be. It's like football. No matter what, you want to play in the Premier League, not in some far away league – no matter how much they pay you there."
Are the banks themselves moving away, say, in response to new regulation?
"I don't see any one making moves. For a while there was this rumour that JP Morgan was going to take the plunge. They didn't renew the lease on a building, and were going to lease something much smaller. So everyone was going, is this it? In the end they just moved into another building.
"It's a huge step and will have to come right from the top, boardroom level. The thing is, no one wants to be the first, have all that on your shoulders. There's a degree of lock-in. Simply because the financial sector is in London, it's hard for individual banks to move away from here. Hedge funds have moved to Zurich. But a hedge fund employs 30 people. A major bank employs 30,000 people.
"Suppose you decide to move your operations to Zurich. Inevitably you are going to lose a few people in the process. You need to fill their positions. Where in Zurich will you find people with the right qualifications? You won't, so you end up having to lure people from London to Zurich. That's going to be hard. Also, it will be become easier for competitors staying on in London to poach some of your stars – much easier for people to switch jobs than to stay in your job while moving to another country. Bankers have partners who may have got jobs as well. Their kids are in school. They've got a social life here. Say, this banker is married to a high-flying lawyer; is she also going to move? What will she be doing in Zurich or Dublin?
"SocGen [Société Générale] have their trading floor in Paris. They want to move part of it to London for exactly this reason; it's so hard to hire in Paris."
I had what I came for, a "light-bulb moment" of insight that banks leaving London or New York are bound to lose staff that will be very hard to replace. But then Marcus talked about the impact of the crisis on banks' hiring, on the ins and outs of "arse covering", on how Goldman Sachs is like Manchester United and why his dream is to talk to a German:
"In the old days as recruiters you'd work very hard from January to July, and take it easy the rest of time. By late December, early January you'd hear what the banks' and financial firms' hiring needs were going to be. Then you'd work till July to fill these.
"This year everyone in the banks is waiting for the other to move. They're telling me, 'We are waiting to see who we'll lose.' People are scared. In other years they'd have made a specific plan how they were going to make more money in the coming year, and this would come with particular hiring needs; we're going to expand into area X, expecting to generate Y extra revenue and for that we need Z new people.
"These days, they don't make plans because they are too scared that they won't work out. If everyone is hiring and you fuck up, it doesn't really matter because everyone was doing it. But now that everyone's hunkering down, if you stand out by hiring and it doesn't lead to extra revenue.
"It's arse covering. It's the same reason why people in corporations prefer to deal with bulge-bracket banks. If you hire one of those unknown boutique outfits, no matter how much better you may think they are, and no matter how much better value for money you believe they're offering, if it all goes wrong but you hired Morgan Stanley, you can say: 'Look, these guys are the most prestigious in the industry, what can I do?' Whereas if you hired some unknown Ludvick Associates or something, it'll be easy for others in your organisation to lay the blame at your feet.
"Same story in consultancy. Often management has taken the decision already, but they still hire a big consultancy firm to seal that decision with its approval."
Earlier, Marcus said that bonuses were coming down or were even disappearing. What about salaries?
"Goldman Sachs has been most clever about compensation. Two years ago all banks doubled salaries because bonuses came under such pressure. Goldman was the only one to make this temporary, limiting it to two years. Now every other firm wishes they had done this because Goldman is bringing down the salaries again. For others this is very difficult because it means you actually have to go into the contract and change it, which is a legal nightmare.
"Goldman Sachs … I'd say it's like Manchester United. Only Manchester United players love Manchester United, everyone else hates them, but every player in the league would secretly love to play for them. Still, Goldman has lost some of its sheen, with the appalling losses they have had.
Marcus's first interview for this blog contained fascinating stuff about recruitment research and the hunt for the "org chart". He had some more gems:
"Italians and Lebanese are fantastic sources because they all seem to know each other. If you get one to talk to you, they'll go, wait, I have a cousin who works there and there, and I know someone who knows someone who is on that team. Spanish bankers are like that, too.
"So when I start doing research on a particular team at a bank, I will go down the list of people, and start by calling the person with an Italian or Spanish name. Of course this is not an iron-clad rule, but generally speaking it works well.
"Lebanese are more guarded than Italians when you establish contact. Almost impossible to get talking are the Germans and Swiss. They say nothing. It is a real shame because they are so precise. That would be my dream, to get Germans to talk to me."
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They're as anonymous in the sports world as middle relievers and third-string quarterbacks, but twin doubles aces Bob and Mike Bryan wouldn't have it any other way.
"I think we've got the perfect deal," Mike said.
The Bryans, who will come to San Jose this week for the SAP Open, have each topped $4 million in prize money. They're widely popular in tennis circles - so much so that they command appearance fees to play - but neither has to worry about being noticed at the grocery store.
"Mike and I have a great niche in the sport," Bob said. "(Andy) Roddick has to deal with a lot of pressure and media commitments. I'm sure he would like to go through an airport one time and not sign an autograph.
"Mike and I are famous in the tennis world, and that's great. It's great to go to a tennis tournament and have fans root for you and take pictures. But when we go home and want some privacy, we have it."
The Bryans, 29, are identical twins with far from identical personalities. "Bob is more of the leader of the team," Patrick McEnroe said. "Mike's a little more of a worrier. He's always worried about something."
McEnroe knows the Bryans as well as anyone in tennis. As captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team, he was on the sideline two months ago in Portland, Ore., when the brothers clinched America's first Davis Cup title in 12 years.
The Bryans are a machine on the court. They have finished No.
Off the court, the twins have never spent more than a week apart in their entire lives. They share homes in Tampa, Fla., and Camarillo, where they mostly resemble the odd couple. As Mike put it, "I'm doing the laundry, the dishes and packing the bags usually, and he's just watching TV on the couch."
Mike, who is two minutes older, is the one with the longtime girlfriend, and both joke that it will be a little weird when one or both of them marry. "I think we're going to eventually live on the same street or something," Mike said. "Twins got to stick together."
Despite the differences, the former Stanford stars co-exist with only occasional spats.
"I'm more left brain; he's more right brain," Mike said. "I think more (about the) future. I'm more of a planner. He's more creative. He's never on time. He's messy. I'm the one who has to keep the ship sailing smoothly."
Bob doesn't disagree. But, he adds, "He knows nothing about computers. I'm kind of the technology guy. We're a good match."
They've been a good tennis pairing since they were 6. The sons of former players - Wayne Bryan played in college; Kathy (Blake) Bryan played professionally - the chest-bumping twins were raised with rackets in hand. And doubles was always their forte, largely because Wayne Bryan, who managed his own tennis club for 25 years, wanted his sons to play together in college.
In many ways, playing doubles was the best of two worlds for the brothers. If one or both lost in singles, they'd always have a doubles trophy to bring home.
Bob would go on to win college tennis' triple crown for Stanford in 1998 - singles, doubles and team titles - and was on the cusp of a singles breakthrough as pro when he turned his focus strictly to doubles.
"He kind of made the sacrifice for me," said Mike, who also played singles but was slowed by injuries.
Bob isn't complaining. After all, he and Mike set an Open era record by reaching seven consecutive Grand Slam finals in 2005-06 and have won every major at least once.
"To be No. 1 in the world and to win Grand Slams and to win Davis Cup, it's a dream come true," Bob said. "I wouldn't change a thing. Every day I wake up, and I can't believe the way it has gone."
The Bryans' dominance is a welcome sight for teammates on the U.S. Davis Cup team.
"We wouldn't want another doubles team, that's for sure," Roddick said. "The amount that they do for tennis as far as kids clinics, they're always involved in that sort of stuff with their dad, really promoting the game of doubles. Their passion for tennis is up their with anybody."
Dick Gould, the twins' coach at Stanford, isn't surprised by their success. If they stay healthy, he believes they can flourish into their mid-30s.
"You learn you never underestimate what someone can do," said Gould, who will be at HP Pavilion on Tuesday to watch the Bryans play. "Being on the Davis Cup team has been a big boost for them. They love the team concept."
The twins enjoyed the ultimate team experience - and fulfilled a major goal - when the United States defeated Russia in the Davis Cup final two months ago.
"We never dreamed that this career would be as sweet as it has been," Mike said. "We always had dreams of maybe being No. 1, but never dreamed that we'd be No. 1 four times and dominate like we have the last few years."
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Crate and Barrel Commercials: Less is More
Crate and Barrel's new commercials are simple and classic, mixing their identity with storytelling, music, and a little wit.
Usually when I see a type-only commercial on TV, it's for a local business who wants to do something "artsy" but has no budget.
However, Crate and Barrel has a new series of commercials that rely strictly on typography as the visual. Type set entirely in Helvetica.
If someone suggested to me doing a commercial with black type set entirely in 50pt Helvetica flying in from different angles on an all white background, I'd have some serious concerns.
But these commercials are brilliant.
Black type set entirely in 50pt Helvetica on an all white background is the Crate and Barrel identity, and these commercials use that as a visual foundation. More specifically, they use the ampersand.
From there they tell a simple story using thoughtful, and sometimes witty word pairings with the ever present ampersand in the middle.
Mom&Daughter: Carrying out a holiday tradition of baking cookies in the kitchen (a Crate and Barrel kitchen, of course). Home&Coming: Celebrating Christmas with the family. Love&Light: Enjoying the annual Hanukkah rituals.
The wordplay is wonderful.
There's more to these commercials, though. There's a soundtrack.
The music selection for each video is as well done as everything else. MIKA's "Celebrate", Lenka's "The Show", Lucy and The Cloud Parade's "Come Together". Each song provides much needed energy for the type to dance.
In the overcomplicated world we live in, where the norm is special effects and 3D, it's nice to see a video so simple. Not only that, but simple for good reason.
No wimpy budget or lazy creative director dictated this simplicity. These beautifully simple commercials came from a well developed concept centered on the brand they were meant to promote.
Nice job, Crate and Barrel. Thanks for proving once again, less is absolutely more.


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Young Vic blows the dust off this classic play about politics, the environment and whistle-blowers
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A new adaptation of Ibsen's Public Enemy, better known as The Enemy of the People, has opened at the Young Vic Theatre. Richard Jones directs this version of Ibsen's classic by playwright David Harrower, which shifts the action to the 1970s.
The play tells the story of Dr Stockmann, who finds dangerous bacteria in his home town's new spa, but instead of being thanked for making this life-saving discovery, he is silenced by the media and politicians and his career is ruined.
Nick Fletcher stars as Dr Stockmann and Darrell D'Silva as the corrupt local mayor. Until 8 June.
What the critics like
This revival of Ibsen's Public Enemy "makes it sharply topical and relevant", says Charles Spencer in the Daily Telegraph. Jones's gripping production blows the dust off this piece about ecological dangers and even manages to raise some laughs in what was the closest Ibsen got to a comedy in his mature masterpieces.
"The Young Vic has a special line in putting classic plays through the mincer and producing something startling and fresh," says Sarah Hemming in the Financial Times. Here Jones tackles Ibsen with provocative comic zest and sharply satirical staging.
"This is the Young Vic at its most vigorously upfront," says Libby Purves in The Times. Ibsen's angry play was a howl of protest against the establishment-led populism, hovering between satirical comedy and straight drama - "it's a class act".
What they don't like
David Harrower might have been advised to totally rewrite Ibsen's plot for the modern world, says Michael Billington in The Guardian. Of course, this was already done with spectacular success in Jaws, "which feels far closer to Ibsen's spirit than this jangling update".


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Since I wear work boots at work, thin socks aren't practical. I haven't made myself any socks for work yet since I need them to be machine washable, and I can't get Wool-Ease worsted here. I've made DH socks out of Briggs & Little Tuffy, but he wears them around the house since they are hand-wash. I've got some superwarsh worsted here waiting to become 2 pairs of socks for him, but since they're 100% wool, I want to get some wooly nylon to work with it as well. My guess is that he'll use those ones for work.
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House Republicans are backing away from their threat to plunge the United States into a catastrophic budget default and will instead pursue the somewhat less reckless strategy of passing a three-month increase in the debt limit. According to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), the bill will also contain a provision cutting off congressional pay [...]
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