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Definition of skittle in English:
1 (skittles) [treated as singular] A game played with wooden pins, typically nine in number, set up at the end of an alley to be bowled down with a wooden ball or disc.
Example sentences
- Then on Wednesday at 9.30PM the name of the game is adult skittles and week ends as per usual with Whist on Thursday at 9pm.
- The skittles set (the English equivalent to 10-pin bowling) comprised six plastic bowling pins and two plastic balls.
- Alex was a real livewire and had loads of energy and many a happy time we had playing football and skittles.
1.1 (in full table skittles) A game played with pins set up on a board to be knocked down by swinging a suspended ball.
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- If either of the two white skittles are knocked over, the break finishes and any points made during it are lost.
- It seems more likely, however, that the biased ball is just an alternative solution to try to reduce the amount of space needed for the skittles game.
- While other mums may let their children win the odd game of dominoes or throw the occasional game of skittles, I always try to win.
1.2British informal Chess that is not played seriously.
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- Skittles Chess for fun or chess without a clock; A skittles room is where you go and play for fun while waiting for your next formal pairing.
2A pin used in the game of skittles.
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- This float looks like a miniature skittle seen in a bowling lane.
- The ball hit him square in the forehead and he fell like a skittle.
- The table featured a croquet-like hoop at one end called the 'Port' and an upright skittle at the other called the 'King'.
verb[with object]
1Knock over as if in a game of skittles: she put her hand out and skittled a row of bottles
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- And anyone who can steer a 41-seater through our ancient narrow streets without skittling half a dozen street lights deserves a medal.
- I don't drive but, if I did, I am sure that I would have by now, been responsible for skittling a few cyclists over - and who would have been to blame?
- I have seen him skittle opponents with the ball in his hand - and quite a few have ended up in hospital such is the power of the man.
1.1 Cricket Get (batsmen) out in rapid succession: Pakistan were skittled out for 93
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- Two run-outs, which took the number of dismissals by the fielders to eight in four games, helped skittle Doncaster for 60.
- However, that effort was matched by Dunfermline's South African amateur Johan Mans, whose 4-25 helped skittle Drumps for just 74.
- Hughes then returned 5-22 in skittling Thixendale for 131.
Words that rhyme with skittleacquittal, belittle, brittle, committal, embrittle, it'll, kittle, little, remittal, spittle, tittle, victual, whittle
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Definición de disinterest en inglés:
sustantivo[mass noun]
1The state of not being influenced by personal involvement in something; impartiality: I do not claim any scholarly disinterest with this book
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- As Brynor neared, he glanced at each of us in turn with the casual, detached disinterest of a scientist examining a particularly repulsive insect.
- I watched with detached disinterest as Sean and Amber presented themselves to the audience and received their medallions from the organizers.
- In fact, I think the word I'm looking for is disinterest, in the sense of impartiality.
impartiality, neutrality, objectivity, detachment, disinterestedness, lack of bias, lack of prejudice;
open-mindedness, fairness, fair-mindedness, equitability, equity, balance, even-handedness, unselfishness, selflessness
2Lack of interest in something: he chided Dennis for his disinterest in anything that is not his own idea
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- A hand propping up his head shows his disinterest in the conversation.
- As a result of this cycle of mutual disinterest, young people tend to have a weaker party identification than their elders do.
- Some people exude outright disinterest and apathy towards their country's films.
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Develop alternatives to methyl bromide for the control of soilborne diseases of strawberry.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The oldest fast-food company in the
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The chain has been owned for the past decade by a group of
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Southern Oregon University senior Tye Austin Hoseclaw received first place in the International American Protege Piano & Strings Competition, professional division, according to a news release.
Hoseclaw, a 23-year-old music performance major and classical guitarist, will be featured in a winners' recital at Carnegie Hall in New York City March 3.
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- Current studies: postpartum counselling for women experiencing a distressing birth; cost-effectiveness of midwifery group practice compared with standard maternity care; foot reflexology for dysmenorrhea; an intervention for women after a primary caesarean section to improve perinatal mental health and plan for a future pregnancy.
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- McCourt, C., Weaver, J., Statham, J., Beake, S., Gamble, J., Creedy, D. Elective cesarean section and decision making: a critical review of the literature. Birth 2007, 34 (1), 65-79
- Gamble, J., Creedy, D., McCourt, C. Weaver, J., Beake, S. (2007). A critique of the literature on women's request for caesarean section. Birth 34(4):331-340.
- Gamble, J., Creedy, D., Moyle, W., Webster, J., McAllister M., Dickson P. (2005). Effectiveness of a counselling intervention following a traumatic childbirth: A randomised controlled trial. Birth 32(1):11-19.
- Gamble, J. & Creedy, D. (2001) Women's preference for caesarean section: Incidence and associated factors. Birth 28 (2):101-110.
- Gamble, J. & Creedy, D. (2000) Women's request for a cesarean section: a critique of the literature. Birth 17 (4):256-263.


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Johann Friedrich Böttger
Johann Friedrich Böttger (also Böttcher or Böttiger; February 4, 1682 – March 13, 1719) was a German alchemist. He was born in Schleiz, and died in Dresden and is normally credited with being the first European to discover the secret of the creation of porcelain in 1708,[1] but it has also been claimed that English manufacturers[2] or Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus[3][4] produced porcelain first. Certainly, the Meissen factory, established 1710, was the first to produce porcelain in Europe in large quantities and since the recipe was kept a trade secret by Böttger for his company, experiments continued elsewhere throughout Europe.
Around 1700, as an apprentice chemist with the pharmacist Zorn in Berlin, Böttger locked himself up to discover in private the Alltinktur or Goldmachertinktur, an alchemist's secret substance with which supposedly any disease could be cured and base metals converted into gold. His activities did not stay secret for long and soon he was regarded as an adept in alchemy. When King Frederick I of Prussia learned of this, he requested that Böttger be taken into "protective custody". Böttger escaped, but was detained and taken back to Dresden. The monarch of Saxony Augustus II of Poland, who was always short of money, demanded that Böttger produce the so-called Goldmachertinktur in order to convert base metals into gold. In 1704, von Tschirnhaus was ordered to oversee the goldmaker. Presumably by involving Böttger in his experiments, he spared him the fate that overtook former alchemist adventurers. Böttger, however, was not interested, and refused any cooperation until September 1707. He did not want to be involved with porcelain, which he thought was von Tschirnhaus' business. Only when ordered by the king did Böttger start to cooperate.
In December 1707 the king went to the new laboratory that had been furnished for von Tschirnhaus in what is today Brühlsche Terrasse in order to examine the invention.[clarification needed]
Under von Tschirnhaus' supervision and with the assistance of miners and metal workers from Freiberg, experiments with different clays continued. Substantial progress was achieved in 1708 when two shipments of minerals proved to be suitable: a sample of kaolin from Schneeberg and alabaster as flux material. August the Strong appointed von Tschirnhaus to Privy Council and director of a manufacture which was still to be set up. He decreed "that von Tschirnhausen was to be paid off 2561 Thaler". Von Tschirnhaus asked to earn this title only after the production had been started. When Von Tschirnhaus died suddenly, on 11 October 1708, the project came to a halt.
The origins of porcelain date back to 200 BC. One thousand years later the production of translucent porcelain succeeded in China, and Chinese porcelain became known in Europe through trade, arousing admiration and envy. But its composition and method of manufacture were a mystery. Porcelain was valued as equal to silver and gold and indeed was also referred to as white gold. Until 20 March 1709, when Melchior Steinbrück arrived in Dresden, the porcelain works were suspended. Steinbrück was the tutor of von Tschirnhaus' family and now was in charge of administering the estate. Among others he got hold of the formula to make porcelain. On March 20, 1709 Steinbrück signed the list of assets before a notary and met Böttger, who suddenly on March 28, 1709 notified the king about the invention of porcelain. Böttger became head of the first porcelain manufacture in Europe.
In 1719 the arcanist Samuel Stölzel escaped from Meissen to Vienna and betrayed the secret of porcelain production. He claimed that Tschirnhaus and not Böttger had discovered porcelain. Also in 1719 the secretary general of the manufacture in Meißen, Caspar Bussius reported: "that the invention of porcelain is not due to Böttger but von Tschirnhaus and that Böttger received the written 'science' from Steinbrück".
In a later report from 1731, Peter Mohrenthal wrote: "All of Saxony will remember von Tschirnhaus and his fame will persist forever, as long as the porcelain factory in Meissen is unique besides the Chinese one... Since Mr Tschirnhaus is the first who luckily found the secret to porcelain while the reputed baron Böttger later worked out the details... Because death disrupted all endeavours of Mr. von Tschirnhaus, which the world can not pay for with gold."
In literature[edit]
The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger is the theme of Gustav Meyrink's Goldmachergeschichten. His name is changed to Johann Friedrich Bötticher.
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher. Böttger – Vom Gold- zum Porzellanmacher. Dresden 2011. ISBN 978-3-941757-31-8.
- ^ Hildyard, Robin. (1999) European Ceramics. London: V&A Publications, p.46. ISBN 1-85177-259-6
- ^ Pots of fame economist.com, 31 March 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2013. Archived here at the Wayback Machine (archived October 21, 2012).
- ^ Biography of Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus Tschirnhaus Society, 9 February 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2013. Archived here.
- ^ "The Discovery of European Porcelain Technology" by C.M. Queiroz & S. Agathopoulos, 2005.
Further reading[edit]
- Gleeson, Janet (1999). The arcanum: the extraordinary true story. New York: Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-67484-2.
- Hoffmann, Roald. "Meissen Chymistry – American Scientist". Retrieved 26 January 2010.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johann Friedrich Böttger.
- Texts on Wikisource:
- Johann Friedrich Böttger in the German National Library catalogue


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"Thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Jason Leffler. A good man; a good racer. Godspeed friend."—Stewart-Haas Racing, the NASCAR team co-owned by Sprint Cup driver Tony Stewart.
"Really sad for Jason Leffler and his family. Thinking about his little boy."—NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Brad Keselowski.
"Just got out of my Dirt Car after the A-Main to learn about Jason Leffler. I raced ALOT and talked ALOT to Jason, I AM SAD."—NASCAR Nationwide driver Kenny Wallace.
"Another reminder of how this sport we love can be so cruel. Thoughts with his family. (hash)LEFturn."—IndyCar driver Justin Wilson.
"Deeply saddened by the passing of Jason Leffler tonight. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. (hash)LEFturn"—NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch.
"Very sad night. What a great guy we lost tonight. Rest in Peace Jason. ... Jason & I flew together this past weekend to Pocono. We talked sprint cars, cup cars and Charlie Dean. He loved racing & he loved his son!"—NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne.
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"Sad to hear of Jason's tragic passing-thinking of his family and son Charlie. May he rest in peace!:—NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Ryan Newman.
"Sitting here in disbelief.. All I can think about is Charlie.. Prayers to the Leffler family..."—NASCAR Nationwide driver Elliott Sadler.
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"Another racer gone too soon. So sad, Our thoughts are with his family and friends."—NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Martin Truex Jr.
"I'm completely devastated to hear about Jason Leffler. It doesn't seem real. Pray for his family tonight."—NASCAR Nationwide driver Trevor Bayne.
"Life isn't fair, it doesn't give you an alert when it's ur time. That's why you gotta live life like it's your last day and do what you love!"—NASCAR Truck Series driver Darrell Wallace Jr.
"Jason was a great representative of our brand & will always be a part of our family. Our hearts ache for his son, Charlie, and family."— Great Clips, Leffler's former sponsor.
"So so sad to hear that Jason Leffler has passed. Good friend, once a teammate, always will be remembered. (hash)LEFturn thinking of Charlie..."—NASCAR Truck Series driver James Buescher.
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Fiction. Instructing the reader in how to properly pack a box of books, the narrator unloads his failed relationship as he readies his ex-girlfriend to move out.
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Tom Triumph grew up in northeastern Massachusetts. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and SUNY Cortland he lived in New York City for four years before leaving for Vermont.
He wrote the dark comedy one-act play "The Best Roommate in the World" which was produced at Clark University in Worcester, MA. It was chosen to be revived the following fall for incoming freshmen. He has since written a play and various prose works.
While in the big city, he worked for several publishers, including William Morrow, George Braziller, and for the notorious Barney Rossett. Before leaving New York, he began writing and editing articles for a retail-consulting firm.
As a freelance writer, he has published in several retailing journals, including Women's Wear Daily, Home Furnishing News, and Footwear News. In addition, his book reviews and commentaries have appeared in the Southern Vermont Review. Other articles have appeared in Rugby Magazine, the Mountain Villager, Vamlegram, Edutopia, and one of his cartoons has graced the pages of Seven Days, the local Vermont arts magazine. Many of his writing is available on his blog Tom Darling Writes! linked below.
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For more than a decade, the Lupus Foundation of America and its network of lupus activists across the country have worked diligently to stimulate millions of dollars in federal and state funds for lupus research and education programs. We must continue to make our voices heard and educate our elected officials about the impact of lupus on individuals and their families. Together, our work can elevate lupus on the nation's health care agenda. The Foundation is committed to working with the United States Congress, federal government agencies and state legislatures and agencies to improve the lives of the more than 1.5 million Americans affected by lupus.
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The first time my lovely wife and I drove out to visit my parents in Oregon we had our first born daughter with us . . . lil skeeter was just 6 weeks old.
We drove home via the northern route and started noticing signs for Wall Drug somewhere in Montana. After hundreds and hundreds of miles the signs for Wall Drug increase several fold.
Once you get within a hundred mile radius the signs are practically on top of each other.
We still to this day laugh when we see a bumper sticker for Wall Drug.
Wouldn't you know that there is a Wall Drug sign right here in Long Grove, Iowa?
Just follow the signs, its just 755 miles away!!
As you come into Long Grove you will see the giant sign and arrow pointing the way to Wall Drug -- this is on the corner of Cadda Rd and 1st Street.
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Now that the deadline has passed for the former Oklahoma director of America's Disaster Relief to turn in receipts and contracts to account for more than $70,000, the CEO of that national disaster group has turned over information to local authorities for investigation.
Pottawatomie County District Attorney Richard Smothermon has confirmed that his investigators are now probing matters involving Tonia Allen, the former Oklahoma director of America's Disaster Relief who was assisting with tornado recovery efforts in Steelman Estates.
Jan France, the CEO of America's Disaster Relief, and its board, earlier this month removed Allen from her volunteer position as the Oklahoma and Texas director. That action was taken while that non-profit organization asked questions of her about missing documentation, including receipts and contracts to account for more than $70,000 in disaster funds and donations, along with questions as to why both the Oklahoma and Texas ADR accounts were overdrawn.
When France began to uncover problems and concerns, she asked publicly for Allen, who resides in Texas, to have documentation turned in by July 18 to clear up this matter, but when Allen missed that deadline, the all-volunteer organization made a complaint to the district attorney's office.
The News-Star has attempted several times to contact Allen for comments about this matter. Initially a recording on her cell phone said she was not accepting calls; now it is no longer a working number.
France, who said she's sending information to investigators, said anyone who made a donation of money or in-kind items to ODR or to Allen, is asked to send her a copy of their receipt if they have one. Even without a receipt, she's asking for those who made donations to make a list and let them know that information as well.
And while the investigation is ongoing, France said there are ADR officials helping tornado victims in this area. For now, there are building materials and other items available for tornado victims still in need as that group operates out of The Mission at Pink, 30483 Highway 9, Tecumseh, Oklahoma 74873.
The new Oklahoma director of ADR is Grace Goodenough, while Chaplain Kevin is coordinator and Cori Allridge is assistant director. They can be reached at 405-650-7722, France said.
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C. Gregory Martin, DDS, is a general dentist and the practice owner of this location. He graduated from University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. Based on many years of valuable dental experience, Dr. Martin and his staff are proud to offer professional, compassionate care to patients that visit this practice.
Dr. Martin's dental center has an on-site dental lab that fabricates new dentures and provides repairs and relines, often with same-day service. Being able to provide dentures in a day is a significant advantage, especially for patients who have traveled far distances. The on-site lab also eliminates the need to use outside commercial labs, which helps keep our fees low.
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DEAR AMY: My mother was an alcoholic. She wreaked havoc on my life (and my brother's) in ways she doesn't even remember.
My father's desire to "keep the peace" enabled this behavior, even though he was a clinical psychologist. Now that they're older, they've come to see themselves as saints who deserve more love and respect than they're being given, even though we've given them reasonable access to our lives.
I bought the house across the street from theirs, for instance, hoping the proximity would ease their minds as they grow older, and my brother allows them to see his daughter as often as possible. Many people move far away from their parents in order to avoid this type of drama, but we haven't, and we're paying a price for it.
Is there any way we can get them to realize that their sense of entitlement points to the elephant in the room -- the damage that Mom's drinking caused, and that Dad's weakness enabled -- and that they should be grateful that we're still around?
Sad in the South
DEAR SAD: Your desire for appreciation mirrors your parents' in some ways. You are all trying to reframe your relationship and remake one another into something you're not.
Because you are the family member reaching out for help, I'm going to assume that you are also the most capable of change. Grab your brother and attend an Al-Anon meeting.
You must also work on ways to accept your folks' limitations without expecting them to change. In short, you must do something they will not do: see the truth for what it is and make choices based on that. One choice might be to relocate. A therapist will help you to deal with your anger and expectations.
DEAR AMY: My spouse and I moved into a new neighborhood. Our house is one of eight homes that share a common courtyard that acts as a driveway for the garages. This is a master-planned community with large parks and playgrounds. The houses are close to one another.
Our neighbors let their two young children play in our courtyard early in the morning and late at night. They also let these two children scream at the top of their lungs, and the noise has been so bad one of the couples on our courtyard moved out because of it.
Now these neighbors have put up grotesque Halloween decorations. They know why the neighbors moved, but nothing fazes them, so what now?
New Kids on the Block
DEAR NEW KIDS: If your community has rules about decor, then take your concerns to the community board. If there are no rules, then you'll have to tolerate these decorations. Steel yourself for a transition into a Santa frenzy, and realize your neighbors' taste doesn't have anything to do with you.
If you have spoken with the parents about this noise, and they haven't done anything to mitigate it, you should handle this the old-fashioned way: Throw open your window, yell, "Kids! Pipe down! Some of us are trying to get some sleep!"
Send questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.


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Reward a righty. Convert a lefty. This is the book you need to snap your spouse, children, and friends out of that status quo trance. Share the conservative joy and arm them and yourself for the battle for our country's future. Click below for a sample.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Highlights from Book Presentation
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Fix It Now Freebies!
Did you buy a copy before April 2015? If so, you need to contact me for a free replacement -- or replacements if you bought more than one. I've added a lot and you need the revised version.
Monday, October 06, 2014
Vote for Terry
In a previous post, I said I had not heard from the Lee Terry campaign about the statement I was asked to make about voting for Terry. At Lee's request, we met today and he graciously asked to use the statement. Onward and upward. Click below to read the statement.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Why I Am Voting for Lee Terry
Some pro-life friends asked me to endorse Republican Lee Terry. They are worried that conservatives won't vote for Terry and he'll lose to pro-choice Democrat Brad Ashford. I said I could not endorse Terry. An endorsement is a seal of approval. I said I would explain why I am voting for Terry. I submitted my explanation to the Terry campaign September 12. As of today I have not heard from the Terry campaign, but that campaign or any other entity is welcome to use my statement, which you can see by clicking below.
Friday, August 22, 2014
Maxwell Platform
Click below for a summary of my positions.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Fix Immigration in Home Countries
I recently traveled to Guatemala with my wife and four Guatemala-born children. I developed some thoughts about immigration, wrote 'em up, and submitted them to the Omaha World-Herald as a column. The OWH rejected it. Click below if you want to read it.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Running for Congress . . . in 2016
Click below for the statement I delivered to news media.
Saturday, January 04, 2014
Nebraska Football : Reality Check
Stories about the bowl victory over Georgia said Coach Pelini was not willing to resurrect his "Nebraska is back and we're here to stay!" declaration made after the 2009 bowl victory. Why is Nebraska NOT back after 6 years of a coach making SEC money?
Friday, November 01, 2013
Rape . . . Pregnancy . . . Abortion?
Click here to hear Chip "channel" C.S. Lewis and his Screwtape Letters to address the issue of whether abortion is the answer to pregnancy resulting from rape.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Message to Tea Party (and anyone else with a conscience)
Are you still going to have Congressman Lee Terry as a headliner at Tea Party events? Click below for my take on the debt ceiling deal.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
This Needs to Be Examined
The term "excessive force" is used in the label for this video. I will wait on a conclusion until I learn all the facts, but what I see and hear looks terrible.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Don't Analyze It; Just Enjoy It!
Monday, March 18, 2013
Alliance Not Involved in Smearing Stothert
The Omaha Alliance for the Private Sector has nothing to do with the recent slams on Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Jean Stothert.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
We're on the one road,
Sharing the one load,
We're on the road to God knows where.
We're on the one road,
It may be the wrong road,
But we're together now who cares?
North men, South men, comrades all,
Dublin, Belfast, Cork, and Donegal.
We're on the one road swinging along,
Singing a soldier's song.
Friday, March 15, 2013
The Operative Word Is "Joy"
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. That's Latin for: I announce to you a great joy. It's how the introduction of a new pope begins. That's what you saw bubbling up in St. Peter's Square: pure joy. The guy on the balcony is as close as we get to God in this life. He's a sinner, but he's our link to Peter and thus to the One who commissioned Peter to lead the church. Viva il Papa.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Pardon a Proud Papa
That's our son, Oto, on the right side of the picture, kneeling at the communion rail at the Mass celebrated by the cardinals before they entered the Sistine Chapel for the conclave on Tuesday. The picture was at www.demotix.com. I need some space space space space space.
We think that's Oto beneath the arrow. Only a mother's radar was able to detect it. The picture was at www.religionnews.com. . .. need space space space space space space.
Oto, wearing a blue jacket and waving an American flag, can be seen at 1:15 and 2:42. The original video from the Vatican Television Center disappeared. This is from YouTube.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Pope of Firsts (Our Son Was There!)
Friday, March 08, 2013
Stand with Rand
I hate the filibuster, but I loved U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) standing up for the Constitution.
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Market Numbers Hide Truth
"We're the healthiest horse in the glue factory." That's Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss on KFAB today quoting former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) quoting fellow debt commission leader Erskine Bowles, former Clinton White House chief of staff and nationally prominent Democrat, on how robust financial market indicators can hide the true state of the nation's overall, long-term fiscal situation.
Friday, March 01, 2013
R.I.P. Andrew Breitbart
I saw this speech live June 18, 2011, at the RightOnline convention in Minneapolis. I had dismissed the guy as a smart-aleck. I underestimated him. He died a year ago today. I wish he was still alive.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Today on Scott Voorhees (Pack of Lies)
I'm guest-hosting. Chuck Hagel had to scramble to apologize for criticizing an aggressively gay nominee for an ambassadorship more than a decade ago. The federal Defensive of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 face court challenges. Where are we as a society on homosexuality and same-sex marriage?
Sunday, December 23, 2012
A (Capitalist) Christmas Lesson
Bill, my unofficial program observer (not to be confused with Bo Snerdley, Rush Limbaugh's official program observer), offered this nugget, this gem, this choice Christmas morsel.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Sixth Omaha Mayoral Contender
Click below for the news release issued yesterday by a new entrant in the 2013 race for mayor of Omaha.
Monday, December 03, 2012
Nebraska Football: No, Seriously, Pelini Has to Go
How many times can a coach making $3 million say after a debacle of a game: "I'm shocked, we didn't execute, I don't know why, and I don't know what to do about it"?
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Nebraska Football: Bye-Bye Bo
Written during 3rd quarter with Wisconsin winning 63-17.
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NEW MADRID -- Roger Williams, 50, died July 27, 2012, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born Sept. 11, 1961, in Clayton, he lived most of his life in care facilities and had been a resident of the Golden Living Center in New Madrid since Nov. 1, 1985.
There is no information available about his parents or siblings.
He is survived by his extended family which includes the aides, nurses, doctors and staff at the Golden Living Center and his guardian, H. Riley Bock, New Madrid County public administrator.
Roger imparted a sense of usefulness and purpose on those who cared for him; he will be missed by all who knew him.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the Evergreen Cemetery in New Madrid with Tim Farrenburg officiating.
The Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid is in charge of arrangements.
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Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, vice-chairman of the commission to redraw Colorado's legislative districts, accused Republicans on Monday of attempting to create a "supermajority" by including non-voting minority jail populations in drawing communities of interest.
Webb directed his comments at fellow Reapportionment Commission member Mario Nicolais, Republican, who has proposed controversial House district maps for Aurora and Arapahoe County that have Democrats incensed over the possibility of losing control of the House for the next 10 years. Republicans currently control the state House by only one seat, and Democrats have a five-person majority in the Senate.
An unapologetic Webb verbally attacked Nicolais early during this week's Reapportionment Commission meeting, stopping short of calling his fellow commissioner racist, but suggesting an "insensitive" approach to drawing minority communities of interest. Webb said that Nicolais used the Arapahoe County Jail population and its "thousands of black and brown inmates" to skew Latino and African American voting blocs.
But Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson, in emails to legislators the following day, disputed Webb's figures. Based on figures that he provided on the ethnic breakdown of the prison population, if the prison were excluded the minority population in the district would stay exactly the same, slightly less than 20 percent.
As of July 26, the jail had an inmate population of 1,208, including 693 white inmates, accounting for approximately 58 percent of the population; 415 black inmates, accounting for 34 percent of the population; 85 Hispanic inmates, accounting for 7 percent of the population; 10 Asian-Pacific inmates, accounting for 0.8 percent of the population; and three Native American inmates, accounting for 0.2 percent of the population. Another two inmates are listed as unknown, according to Capt. Vince Sauter, who oversees the Arapahoe County Jail.
Webb suggested that Republicans account for a 20 percent minority House District 37 in southern Aurora only by counting the jail population. Webb said the district is really overwhelmingly non-minority, and accused Republicans of using non-voting minority inmates to draw GOP-favorable districts.
"While counted for the Census, these inmates are certainly not voting for the candidate of their choice nor influencing the outcome of the election," Webb said in his prepared remarks. "At best, the proponents of the alternative plan are so out-of-touch with the minority community that their assertions could be categorized as insensitive. At worst, the proponents unapologetically used the minority community as pawns for political advantage."
Webb did not return several calls by The Colorado Statesman to elaborate on his initial comments after the reapportionment commission meeting.
Asked if he believed Webb was implying that he was taking a biased approach to drawing minority communities of interest, Nicolais chuckled. He said he would review the jail population numbers, but denied using a minority jail population as "pawns" in some political game.
"I did not draw that district with the idea of hiding a population, it was drawn basically with what we got from the Census," said Nicolais.
He cautioned against members of the commission publicly attacking individual colleagues on the commission.
"We do have to stay away from some of the very direct attacks against each other," continued Nicolais. "I think [Webb] has some very legitimate concerns, so I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt…"
But Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, one of only two black lawmakers in the Legislature, believes Republicans are skewing minority voting blocs to design Republican advantages in the Denver metro area. Fields' House District 42 would only contain nine of her original precincts, and the proposed map pushes her to the far eastern portion of Aurora. The commission at its July 18 meeting on a Republican party-line vote adopted the map. Unaffiliated chairman of the commission, Mario Carrera, voted with Republicans to give the proposal a 6-5 advantage.
Fields believes under the Republican proposal, there would be less representation for communities of interest within Aurora and HD 42, especially for Hispanic and African American populations. She feels Republicans are in fact attempting to create an advantage for their party by including non-voting minority inmate populations.
"That move is deceptive, it's manipulative, and it's disingenuous," said Fields. "If they're trying to do those kind of things in order to make sure that they maintain the majority in the House, if that's a tactic that they're using, then I'm appalled."
Rep. Angela Williams, D-Denver, whose House District 7 would not be affected by the reapportionment proposals, is raising larger concerns over limiting representation for communities of color in the Legislature. Williams, who is the second of two African American lawmakers at the Capitol, said under the Republican proposal, minority voting blocs, especially African American voters, would be denied representation.
"It is a reality at this point, and not only in the Latino community, but within the African American community," she said. "This is a democracy, and we're trying to be fair, and we're trying to make sure everyone has an opportunity to make sure their communities are represented."
Williams applauded Webb for catching the use of the Arapahoe County Jail population, calling the Republican proposal "hideous, unacceptable and appalling."
"If [Nicolais] could have gotten away with it, and had we not had Commissioner Webb to represent and to try and show that we can create competitive districts all over our state, that probably would have never been caught," said Williams. "It just shows you the need to have proper representation…"
Webb also was critical of Republicans for attempting to protect Latino incumbent Rep. Robert Ramirez, R-Westminster, of House District 29. Republicans contend that the district is a Hispanic community of interest, despite its Latino population of less than 10 percent. Ramirez is the only Republican Latino lawmaker serving at the Capitol. Webb suggested that Republicans are out to protect incumbents, not communities of interest.
"When drawing legislative districts our charge is not to protect incumbents, regardless of race or ethnicity," said Webb. "There is no constitutional mandate to do so. When we draw districts that have a high minority population, it is done so to protect the minority community of interest, a community particularly singled out in our constitution mandate."
Ramirez fired back on Tuesday, arguing that Commissioner Webb should follow his own advice, noting that during earlier reapportionment debate, Democrats had sought to protect incumbent Latino Reps. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, and Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, from being placed in the same district. Democrats had argued that it would be unfair to Latinos. Ramirez charged that Democrats have the same interests in protecting their incumbents.
"You're going to say that you're hurting Pabon and Duran, yet they're still a Latino that would be representing the minorities in that community?" Ramirez said in questioning Webb's logic.
Ramirez went on to criticize Democrats for their proposal in the Denver metro area, arguing that under one Democratic map, he would have been drawn out of HD 29.
"That map was a very biased, unrealistic map," Ramirez said.
Nicolais acknowledged that the reapportionment process can be filled with partisan bickering, but said the commission is still focused on drawing fair maps for the state, not political parties.
"We're more likely though this cauldron to come up with a good map for the entire state, and that's what we're charged with," said Nicolais. "Rather than having one party control the process on one side or the other, this is the way to do it."


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Skip to comments.Gunwalker: Details of Coverup Revealed
Posted on 09/03/2011 6:10:34 AM PDT by Kaslin
Emails reveal attempts to hide that Gunwalker guns were present at Brian Terry's murder within hours of Terry's death.
Just days after Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Acting Director Ken Melson was forced into a make-work job at the Justice Department and long-time Janet Napolitano confidant U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke abruptly resigned, the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious rapidly gained momentum with evidence of a coverup instigated within hours of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's death.
Also, the Justice Department begrudgingly revealed that Fast and Furious guns were recovered at the scene of more than twice as many violent crimes as they has originally told congressional investigators.
And in the latest bombshell, emails reveal that the White House had indeed been briefed directly about Operation Fast and Furious while the operation was still walking thousands of guns to the Sinaloa cartel.
Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News reports that a coverup kicked in within hours of Brian Terry's murder:
In a letter, Grassley and Issa say the lead prosecutor on Fast and Furious, Assistant U.S. Attorney Emory Hurley, learned almost immediately that guns allowed onto the street in his case, had been recovered at Terry's murder. "(I)n the hours after Agent Terry's death," says the letter from Grassley and Issa, Hurley apparently "contemplated the connection between the two cases and sought to prevent the connection from being disclosed." The Justice Department recently transferred Hurley out of the criminal division into the civil division.
An internal ATF email dated the day after Terry's death reveals the quick decision to not disclose the source of the weapons found at the murder scene: "… this way we do not divulge our current case (Fast and Furious) or the Border Patrol shooting case."
Another ATF email indicates that the justification both offices used to not charge the suspect with crimes related to the murder scene "was to not 'complicate' the FBI's investigation."
ATF whistleblowers revealed the link between the two cases to Congressional investigators and CBS News, saying their supervisors were attempting to cover it up.
Citing the documents in their possession suggesting the conspiracy, Rep. Issa and Sen. Grassley demanded that the new U.S. attorney for Arizona, Ann Scheel, provide documentation — including emails, memos, and even handwritten notes from members of the U.S. Attorney's Office — that may relate to the coverup. They also stated that they wanted to hear testimony from three more Justice Department officials: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emory Hurley and Michael Morrissey, and Patrick Cunningham, chief of the DOJ Criminal Division.
The DOJ originally claimed that Fast and Furious weapons had been recovered at 11 crime scenes in the United States, but a Fox News investigation now reveals that a total of 42 Fast and Furious weapons were recovered at those crime scenes. Revised DOJ figures now also admit that an additional 21 Fast and Furious guns were tracked to violent crimes in Mexico.
Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Richard Serrano reveals that the White House had been communicating about the gun-running operation, despite previous denials:
The supervisor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation in Phoenix specifically mentioned Fast and Furious in at least one email to a White House national security official, and two other White House colleagues were briefed on reports from the supervisor, according to White House emails and a senior administration official.
But the senior administration official said the emails, obtained Thursday by The Times, did not prove that anyone in the White House was aware of the covert "investigative tactics" of the operation.
The White House response involves an interesting choice of phrasing, stating that these emails did not prove that the White House was aware of the tactic of allowing thousands of guns to "walk" to the cartels. Mike Vanderboegh, one of the bloggers most responsible for bringing Gunwalker to light, calls the White House response a "Nixonian 'modified limited hangout,'" and states that the smoking gun evidence of more White House involvement does exist.
For now, congressional investigators are tightly focusing their probe into the actions of the Department of Justice and the ATF, and have spent very little time — publicly, at least — delving into the roles that the FBI and DEA have played in the scandal. Likewise, investigators have not yet focused their energies on the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Dennis Burke, the U.S. attorney that just resigned as a result of his actions in the plot and coverup, was the long-time chief-of-staff for Napolitano while she was governor of Arizona. It is unlikely that a high-risk operation run on Napolitano's "home turf," where she had been both governor and state attorney general and was still responsible for national security, happened without her being personally briefed.
Just noticed that 4 pretty big articles on this posted here this morning..including one from CBS...seemslike the sttory is accelerating...there will be a tipping point soon...
I'm still anxiously awaiting the "Butterfield moment."
It's coming!
I mentioned here last night...I remembers Josh Steiner...from the Clinton admin..who testified under oath that he had "lied to his diary.."
If you are going after the truth(regardless of the topic) and don't agree 100% with the administration you must be a racist.
(the lie is the weapon used most often by the criminal)
To do so would be RACIST, doncha know? Our Rhino leaders do not have the guts to go after this adminstration on anything, because he's BLACK and that's the bottom line.
I hate being pessimistic, but being Black democrat politician means you never have to say your sorry.
...This regime has got to go, NOW!!!
Thanks for posting.
Impeach, convict and deport the Kenyan communist!!
As Obama's #s continue to implode, and he looks more and more like a loser next year..then he also becomes fair game for the MSM..they'll start to pile on...
The entire administration needs to be impeached and convicted
I'm reminded about what the Declaration of Independence says about when governments become destructive to the rights they are supposed to protect.
Dangerous, reckless, irresponsible, criminal, take your choice, they all apply to this administration.
Life plus 300 years each so none of them ever sees the light of the day
No to deportation. Supermax.
Supermax for the Kenyan, for his towel-buddy Rahm, for Janet the Ice Woman, for Grijalva, for all the ATF mucky-mucks, and for the white-crow racist Holder.
Let The Won spend the next 20 years listening to his own dulcet voice, until finally even he gets sick of hearing his own b.s. -- that will be justice, finally, for The Impostor.
US prisons are a refuge for gays, and a refuge for muslims.
How would prison be for a GAY MUSLIM..?
I have this uneasy feeling that we might have one DC gentleman who WANTS to be packed away to the Big House...?
The list, ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
It's starting to seem that way...
Then we still feed and house them....3 hots and a cot for life.
More like the 'Rosenberg' treatment (Julius).
Seeing that we are at war, and this is an act of treason, the only fitting punishment is the gallows.
It is, the Law.
Media needs to be on this more than they are.
Soon it will come down like dominoes though
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Saving settings D2X
I am not in the habit of asking questions before trying to suss it out myself, I have read and re-read Darryl's very informative article on shooting & custom banks, I still have to ask this very basic question.
I have a D2X, which is new to me.
I have made my personal changes to the settings, I have then (after making the changes to settings) created two banks in the Shooting menu Bank & Custom banks (One each which I have labelled).
My question is, does the sheer act of creating the banks AFTER making the changes save it to the banks I have created, there is no obvious (at least to me) save current settings option.
My apologies if this is a Numpty question but I am a tad confused by the process.
Thank you in advance for your time, patience and expertise offered.
Regards from the land of OZ
#1. "RE: Saving settings D2X" | In response to Reply # 0sergeantcigar Registered since 23rd Dec 2005Sat 03-Nov-12 04:14 AM
The banks, even after you re-labeled them, remain A, B, C, D. Whichever bank you were in (A,B,C,D) when you made the changes will retain the changes. Giving a bank a custom name does not change the contents, as you are not creating a new bank - merely renaming it.
#2. "RE: Saving settings D2X" | In response to Reply # 1Leeston Registered since 30th Dec 2008Sat 03-Nov-12 07:15 AM
Thank you very much for your reply, most helpful.
I think I have sussed it, in the menu, whatever changes I make when using Bank A will use those settings, then if I switch to Bank B and make changes it will then use those settings when Bank B is used.
Thanks again.
Regards from the land of OZ


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|FSIN > SEC Filings for FSIN > Form 8-K on 28-Nov-2012
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This Form 8-K is being filed in connection with certain litigation relating to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of June 28, 2012, by and among Fushi Copperweld, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), Green Dynasty Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Holdco"), Green Dynasty Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company wholly owned by Holdco ("Parent") and Green Dynasty Acquisition, Inc., a Nevada corporation wholly owned by Parent ("Merger Sub"), providing for the merger (the "Merger") of Merger Sub with and into the Company. Holdco, Parent and Merger Sub are entities affiliated with Mr. Li Fu ("Mr. Fu"), Chairman and Co-CEO of the Company, and Abax Capital Partners (Hong Kong) Limited ("Abax").
As previously disclosed in the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by the Company on October 19, 2012 (the "Definitive Proxy Statement"), twelve putative stockholder class action lawsuits were filed against the Company, members of our board of directors and officers in connection with the proposed transaction. Eight of these actions have been consolidated into a single action pending in the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for the County of Clark (the "Shareholder Litigation") under the caption In re Fushi Copperweld, Inc. Shareholder Litigation. On August 23, 2012, the plaintiff in the Shareholder Litigation filed a Second Amended Stockholder Class Action Complaint ("SAC"), alleging that the board and officers breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the Merger Agreement and the events leading up to the execution of the Merger Agreement, and alleging that the Company and Abax aided and abetted those breaches.
On November 16, 2012, the plaintiffs in the Shareholder Litigation filed a motion for preliminary injunction (the "PI Motion") seeking from the Court an order and decree to enjoin the Company and other defendants from soliciting proxy votes and conducting any meeting of stockholders of the Company to approve the Merger Agreement. A copy of the PI Motion is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Court has set a hearing date of December 6, 2012 with respect to the PI Motion. The Company has reviewed the PI Motion and believes it to be without merit. The Company intends to continue defending the litigation vigorously. Pursuant to an agreed upon schedule, the Company will file its opposition to the PI Motion with the Court on or about December 3, 2012.
With respect to the PI Motion, the Company notes the following:
Projected Financial Information. As previously disclosed in the Definitive Proxy Statement, the Company does not, as a matter of course, publicly disclose financial forecasts as to future financial performance, earnings or other results and is especially cautious of making financial forecasts because of unpredictability of the underlying assumptions and estimates. However, in connection with the evaluation of the buyer group's proposal, the special committee of our board of directors (the "Special Committee") and its advisors were provided with certain non-public financial forecasts that were prepared by Company management, which have been previously disclosed in the Definitive Proxy Statement. The Special Committee was aware that Mr. Fu, as a member of management, was involved in the preparation of such forecasts (including, without limitation, revenue and capital expenditure forecasts related to the Jiangsu facility reflected in the November 25, 2011 Projections) when it reviewed the forecasts, and took this information into account in reviewing and considering such forecasts.
As set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement, the forecasts provided to the Special Committee cover the fiscal years 2011-2015. In the PI Motion, plaintiff requests disclosure of forecasts for fiscal year 2016. However, as of June 2012, the Company's management had prepared with respect to 2016 only (i) forecasts for Copperweld Bimetallics, LLC, our US subsidiary and (ii) a schedule of expenses for our holding company (on an unconsolidated basis). These limited estimates, which are attached for reference as Exhibit 99.2 hereto, did not include the operations of our Chinese subsidiaries (which constitute the majority of our assets and sources of revenue). Such limited estimates were not provided to, or relied upon, by the Special Committee or by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("BofA Merrill Lynch") in the preparation of its financial analyses.
As previously disclosed, on November 23, 2011, the Special Committee instructed the Company's management to revise its latest forecasts to more accurately reflect the potential upside of several planned growth initiatives that had been developed by management, including a $120 million investment in the Jiangsu facility over 2013 and 2014. We note that the Special Committee believed that making such revisions would provide the basis for the buyer group to increase their offer price, as the investment in Jiangsu would result in meaningfully higher revenue estimates for the Company beginning in 2014 and better reflect the Company's growth potential. In fact, after such revisions were made, and the revised forecasts were provided to the buyer group's financial advisor, the buyer group agreed to increase its offer price from $9.25 to $9.50 per share in December 2011.
BofA Merrill Lynch Fee. As previously disclosed in the Definitive Proxy Statement, BofA Merrill Lynch has acted as financial advisor to the Special Committee in connection with the Merger, and the Company has agreed to pay BofA Merrill Lynch for such services an aggregate fee of approximately $4.6 million, $250,000 of which was paid as a retainer fee, $1.25 million of which became payable upon the delivery of BofA Merrill Lynch's opinion, and the remainder of which is contingent upon consummation of the Merger and based on percentage thresholds tied to the per share price of the Merger consideration. We note that this fee of $4.6 million was a result of the Special Committee's amendment to the original agreement, following the negotiation of the final purchase price and the delivery of BofA Merrill Lynch's financial analyses and fairness opinion, to adjust the per share price tied to the fee percentage thresholds. The Special Committee determined that such amendment was appropriate given, among other things, the amount of time required to complete the transaction, the difficult conditions in the industry in which the Company operates, the amount of senior-level attention that BofA Merrill Lynch had dedicated to the engagement, and the high quality of work performed by BofA Merrill Lynch professionals. The Special Committee also considered that the amendment of the aggregate fee payable to BofA Merrill Lynch would not impact the consideration to be paid to the unaffiliated stockholders in the Merger.
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis. As previously disclosed in the Definitive Proxy Statement, BofA Merrill Lynch performed discounted cash flow analyses of the Company to calculate the estimated present value of the stand-alone, unlevered, after-tax free cash flows that the Company was forecasted to generate based on the Company forecasts from the second quarter of 2012 through fiscal year 2015. BofA Merrill Lynch considered numerous variables, made various assumptions and performed a sensitivity analysis as part of its discounted cash flow analyses. As previously disclosed in the Definitive Proxy Statement, one of the variables considered by BofA Merrill Lynch was the amount of repatriation friction coststhat the future cash flows and the terminal value of the Company might be subject to if the profits of the Company's subsidiaries were repatriated to the Company. BofA Merrill Lynch considered a range of repatriation friction cost scenarios from 0%, 9% and 35%, as part of its sensitivity analyses in connection with its analysis of the $9.50 per share merger consideration. To understand the future value of the Company, BofA Merrill Lynch believes it is appropriate to consider various assumptions to understand how such assumptions would impact value; repatriation friction costs are just one of such assumptions. Furthermore, as clearly disclosed in the Definitive Proxy Statement, the preparation of a financial opinion is a complex analytical process involving various determinations as to the most appropriate and relevant methods of financial analysis and the application of those methods to the particular circumstances and, therefore, a financial opinion is not readily susceptible to partial analysis or summary description. BofA Merrill Lynch believes that the various analyses summarized in the Definitive Proxy Statement must be considered as a whole.
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In fine (and bloody) style, HBO's Boardwalk Empire returns to 1920 when the ban on booze led to a syndicate of bootleggers and smugglers. Created by Sopranos scribe Terence Winter and coproduced by director Martin Scorsese, the story centers on Atlantic City treasurer Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi), who schemes in private while preaching temperance in public (Mark Wahlberg and Tim Van Patten also serve as producers). Jimmy (Michael Pitt, Buscemi's Delirious costar), a war veteran, acts as his right-hand man, while zealous Agent Van Alden (Michael Shannon) and refined mobster Arnold Rothstein (A Serious Man's Michael Stuhlbarg) represent significant threats to his enterprise. Nucky's other associates include his sheriff brother Eli (Shea Whigham), sexpot girlfriend Lucy (Paz de la Huerta), and distributor Chalky (The Wire's Michael K. Williams). If Nucky has little regard for law and order, his soft side emerges in his dealings with Irish immigrant Margaret (Kelly Macdonald, excellent), who segues from abused wife to kept woman. As Nucky puts it, "I try to be good. I really do." After he sends Jimmy away a spell, his sidekick joins forces with Al Capone (Stephen Graham, Public Enemies) and disfigured vet Richard Harrow (Jack Huston), abandoning his son, common-law wife Angela (Aleksa Palladino), and mother Gillian (Gretchen Mol), who has a fling with Lucky Luciano (Vincent Piazza). Inspired by Nelson Johnson's book, Boardwalk Empire takes a Deadwood-like approach to history by combining characters both factual and fictional with blue language and ladies without brassieres. Winter, who won an Emmy for The Sopranos episode Pine Barrens, takes liberties with the historical record, but the series never claims to represent the truth and nothing but--which is only fitting when everyone's hiding secrets. If the entire ensemble deserves praise, Buscemi rules the show as thoroughly as Nucky rules the city. --Kathleen C. Fennessyfrom£10.75 | RRP:
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Boardwalk Empire - Season 1 (HBO) [Blu-ray][Region Free]George Orton
In the past ten or fifteen years, American television has undergone a remarkable transformation. Way back at the tail-end of the 20th century, US shows often felt like the more conservative, conventional cousins of their UK counterparts: bound by network restrictions that prevented them from pushing programming boundaries in the same way that other, more liberal, countries were able. But ever since pay-for-subscription US networks like HBO and Showtime were given more leeway to make shows for mature adults (with far fewer restrictions on language, violence and sexual content) we've seen a wave of high-quality shows like Oz, The Sopranos and The Wire demonstrate just how well-written, intelligent and un-patronising American TV can be when it's at its best.
The latest addition to that impressive list is Boardwalk Empire. Set in Atlantic City at the start of the prohibition era (and backed by Martin Scorsese as executive producer - and, sometimes, director), you can probably guess that the series revolves around gangsters, guns and gambling. But behind the obvious flashy allure of these elements, there's a lot more going on. Like the Sopranos, the show's gangster trappings are hung off a more universal and relatable skeleton built around families, romance and politics. This helps to give viewers an intellectual and emotional connection to the show, to go alongside the visceral reaction that the show's more violent moments are sure to provoke.
Boardwalk Empire is certainly not a show for the faint-hearted: although used sparingly, there are some moments of extreme violence and sexual content that might turn off audiences looking for a more reserved and historical approach to the series' subject matter. But despite the sometimes convoluted webs of gangster relationships and human drama that make up so many of the show's storylines, the series manages to stay surprisingly faithful to real-life history. The central character, 'Nucky' Thompson - played superbly in an effortlessly understated manner by Steve Buscemi - is a fictionalised version of local politician and racketeer Enoch Johnson, whilst other real-world historical figures such as Albert "Chalky" Wright and the famous Al Capone are also incorporated into the fabric of the TV show. It's fascinating to watch their various story threads play out in a fictional context, but it's even more interesting when you appreciate the real-life historical links that these characters have to the era.
As well as boasting a very strong central cast (alongside Buscemi, there's Michael Pitt as a young WWI veteran with whom Nucky shares a fatherly bond, and Kelly MacDonald as an Irish immigrant mother who develops a complicated personal relationship with Nucky), the show benefits from a fantastic raft of supporting players. Anthony Laciura provides a hilariously minimalist performance as Nucky's awkward manservant, whilst Michael Shannon steals every scene he's in as Nelson van Alden, an intense religious zealot who also happens to be a Federal Prohibition agent. Stephen Graham provides a compelling mix of bonhomie and psychotic menace as Al Capone, whilst Michael Kenneth Williams - probably best known as Omar Little from 'The Wire' - brings a certain dignity and strength to Chalky White.
Complementing the interesting storytelling and great acting are some of the best production values I've ever seen in a TV show. When I first heard about the rumoured $18 million budget of the show's first episode - just one episode! - I thought it sounded a little steep. But when you combine a full-scale re-creation of Atlantic City's waterfront (probably the showiest aspect of the series) with the lavish interiors of the clubs and casinos that Nucky frequents, as well as all the fine period detail that's apparent in every element of the show - from the costumes to the cars to the cabaret acts - it's easy to see where the money went. And on Blu-Ray, this detail looks even more impressive, with the high-definition format allowing you to pick out every street sign, advertising hoarding or liquor-label for closer examination, should you so desire.
By the end of this first season of Boardwalk Empire, it's likely that you'll be hooked on the intelligent mixture of politics, human drama and organised crime that the show provides - and luckily, with a second series complete and a third on the way, you won't have to wait long for more. With the season finale leaving certain characters in some very interesting places, and setting up a very different framework for the second year of the show, I can't wait to see how the series progresses.
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InterContinental Hotels Group is doing something that no international hotelier has done before: launching a hotel specifically designed and targeted for the Chinese.
The first opening of Hualuxe Hotels and resorts is expected in late 2013 or early 2014.
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On many levels it is a no brainer. IHG is no stranger to China. It already has around 160 hotels in China, which account for more than 10% of group profits, including Crowne Plaza and the luxury InterContinental brands. It has around the same number of hotels in the pipeline, with 70% of the new rooms already under construction.
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• Are people turning off Misha B?
• Can Amelia Lily sweep in and steal the crown?
Did Gary Barlow reflect or influence the opinion of the viewing public this week when he commented that he was starting to find Janet Devlin boring? More than likely, it would be a mixture of the two. Either way, it didn't carry enough weight to impact on the phone voting in Week 6, as Janet was safe for another week.
What is interesting when we look at the social media figures for Janet is that her growth in fans on her official channels is starting to slow down, whilst other contestants speed up. Week 6 is Janet's worst as far as traction across social media goes, and for the first time, another contestant has overtaken her with the sheer number of Twitter followers (at the end of Sunday's show, Marcus had 230,767 followers and Janet 224,750).
So, are people becoming disenchanted with the 17 year-old Irish girl? Did she peak too soon? Janet certainly started the live shows as one of, if not the, favourite to win. She gained a large social audience thanks to her significant media coverage during the audition stages (compared to everyone else remaining in the competition). When added to her online audience thanks to her popularity as a YouTube vlogger / singer prior to the show, it gave her a bigger initial audience from which to grow and progress through the competition than others. She also appears to have more emails sent about her via ITV's email marketing (in which viewers need to sign up before being able to view the programme live on ITV's website), as well as her performances being featured as the landing video on the programme's YouTube channel more often than her peers.
Here's a bonus graph this week, which shows the number of fans and followers each of the remaining contestants have increased by during the live shows for the last six weeks:
During Week 3, Misha B's social channels were the only ones to grow at a faster rate than they did during Week 2. Everyone else had significantly less new fans and followers that week than they did the previous week, which would most likely be reflected in the viewing figures.
From Week 3 onwards, after the allegations of bullying from Tulisa and Louis, Misha B's numbers have continued not to grow significantly week on week, whilst other contestants have. This weekend during the live shows she grew by less than 5,000 across Facebook and Twitter, down approximately 6,000 on the week before.
From watching Misha B after her performances and during The Xtra Factor, she appears slightly uncomfortable with somewhat predictable replies to questions that appear rehearsed. Perhaps she is thinking too much about how she is coming across in an effort to appear warm, friendly and as far from a bully as possible? The problem with this is, it could have the opposite effect and come across as awkward, which could be distancing her further from voters. So, is Misha B suffering from the aftermath of bullying allegations or is she sabotaging herself by over compensating? She has spoken in the media this week about being misunderstood as a result of the comments from Tulisa and Louis. The week after the comments were made (in Week 3 – her most 'socially popular' week), she found herself in the bottom two and the viewers stopped flocking to her Facebook and Twitter in the same numbers since then.
On the flip side, Marcus (who prior to Amelia Lily coming back was the latest contestant backed as favourite to win by the bookies) has continued to grow week on week (after week 3, where all except Misha B took a nose dive). From a social perspective, he is certainly racing ahead and during the entire week (rather than just over this weekend) his Twitter followers grew by more than 66,000 (more than three times that of Janet and six times that of Misha B). Craig too is steadily increasing each week, and as of the last two weeks Little Mix have been gaining momentum also.
With the comeback of week 1 exit Amelia Lily (who received a whopping 48% of the public vote), it will have certainly ruffled a few feathers amongst existing contestants and most likely those who had previously been booted off. Amelia Lily has consistently maintained a healthy social media audience, despite leaving after the first live show, she has had more fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter than approximately half of the contestants that remained in longer than her. She also did a lot of gigs and appearances during her time away from the show, which will have helped.
She must certainly be seen as a threat by the other five contestants despite having been seen by the public for four less weekends on a trot; Britain does love an underdog after all.
What we can see looking back over the last six weeks, is that the week a contestant leaves the show there is a spike in the number of fans and followers across Facebook and Twitter. This can be attributed to viewers wanting to continue to follow their journey, with social media a great way to do this. We experienced that with Kitty this week, with her fans and followers increasing during the live shows by 4,804 as opposed to 3,301 in Week 5. If her mentor Louis Walsh was active in social media as the other judges are, could Kitty have benefited even slightly?
This is also evident when looking at how former contestants have grown across social media since leaving the show. The re-introduction of 2 Shoes, James Michael and Jonjo Kerr saw them back on the public's radar throughout the week and this was reflected in the big spike of their social audience. Those that left during Week 5 also continued to grow, with The Risk picking up more than 36,000 fans during the week and Johnny increased his online following by almost 24%.
Those former contestants who not only didn't get the chance to re-join the show, but were left off The X Factor tour list, only grew by modest amounts, demonstrating that it really is a case of out of sight, out of mind.
Week 5: The X Factor: Social media and the live shows infographic
Week 4: The X Factor: Social media and the live shows infographic
Week 3: The X Factor: Social media and the live shows infographic
Week 2: The X Factor: Social media and the live shows infographic
Week 1: The X Factor: Social media and the live shows infographic
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