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There are 20 Trophies that can be earned in this title.
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|Trigger Finger
|Perform a Counter
When exploding near an enemy by using the button, you have a chance of performing a counter. A red button flashing to be pushed will appear above you; all you have to do is push the button to explode again and you will get it. I found that the spawn machines are a guarantee to give you the chance to counter. Jump up next to one and keep pushing the button to explode and the trophy will pop. Should be one of the first trophies you get in the game.
|Dangerous To Be Around
|Level up to Max Level
You will get this while going through the first level. Anytime you kill an enemy, a red explosion cloud will appear from it and you will collect it. If you need to, you can even camp by a spawn machine and continue to kill them and fill up your bar on the left. As soon as it is filled for the first time the trophy will pop. You have to have this full to get an S ranking so you should be going for this in every level.
|The Way It Should Be Played
|Complete any level with an A-Rank or higher
This trophy you should get upon completing the first level if you are following the Road Map. The details on how to get a good ranking are all detailed in the each of the Domination trophies.
|Save The Universe!
|Complete Adventure Mode
Upon completing the game this trophy will pop!
|Nibia Domination
|S-Rank all Nibia levels
Listed below are my stats for each of these levels. You may be able to get less kills and credits, but if you can get what I did or more then you will get an S rating. Just so you know, I never counted enemies while I was going through any level. I would kill all of the enemies from every spawn pod until they stopped dropping credits, also in some I farmed to make sure I was maxed out. Below is an explanation of each:
|Arbor Domination
|S-Rank all Arbor levels
See Nibia Domination for tips and info on S-ranking levels
|Squall Domination
|S-Rank all Squall levels
See Nibia Domination for tips and info on S-ranking levels.
|Look, 'Mon, I Can Fly!
|Explode 10 times in the air without touching the ground
A very easy trophy and can be acquired in the first world as soon as you obtain the double jump upgrade. Once you have this move and you have full Speedcharger, then you're set to go for this trophy. Jump in the air using and explode with . Continue doing this until the trophy pops. You need to have a fast recharge or you will not be able to stay in the air. I went for it right after I got the upgrade and it was no problem at all.
|Speed Runner
|Beat a par time for any level
This trophy will pop after you complete your first level under the par time. See Speed Runner 1000% !!! for more details.
|Super Potential 1000% !!!
|Completely upgrade Explodemon and unlock all of his abilities
You need to purchase all of the upgrades from the store, collect all of the Gold Speedchargers and unlock his abilities from progressing through the game.
|Speed Runner 1000% !!!
|Beat the par times for all levels
I recommend going for this last because these will be the most difficult for most players. Also, you will want to have a fully upgraded character to make your life easier as you dash towards the finish. You shouldn't be going for any extra items since you should already have an S rating on the levels, full speedchargers, and have already bought the upgrades meaning you don't need to collect credits. Below are the required times for each level:
|Quintuple Frag!
|Destroy five enemies in less than five seconds
See Duocuple Frag!
|Decuple Frag!
|Destroy 10 enemies in less than five seconds
See Duocuple Frag!
|Duocuple Frag!
|Destroy 15 enemies in less than five seconds
The absolute best place for this is found in the tunnel right before the goal room in 2-3. You need to break the three barriers along the way and try not to kill any of the enemies. I used the aim explosion to knock boxes out of the way and then waited until all the enemies were at the other end to explode the second and third. You then need to jump down into the goal room and come back up. At this point the spawn generator should spit out more enemies. Go back to the right and come back to this tunnel again. It should be filled with enemies and an explosion run back and forth will net you the trophy.
|Bring it down! Bring it down!
|Bring down a Vortex dropship
While going for this trophy you will also get the Street Fighter trophy as well. You will need the ability to perform a 3 hit combo first, which is in world 2. Once you have unlocked this ability, as soon as a drop ship starts to appear on the screen you will want to jump towards it and explode at the last second for maximum power (you should be doing this almost the whole game anyway) and then perform the 3 hit combo. It will take more than that but not much and you need to have it destroyed before it leaves the screen. I went for it after I had upgraded everything and it was pretty simple. Just jump at it, spam and it should come easily.
|Sizzle Sauce
|Destroy 100 enemies by dunking them in acid
Acid will first be introduced in the third world. You simply need to kill 100 enemies by knocking them into the acid that is found throughout the levels. This trophy is first farmable in world 3-1 after being taught about the acid. There will be a spawner next to it and you can stand to the right of it and blast the enemies into it for a few minutes until the trophy pops.
|Street Fighter
|Perform a 3-Hit Combo
You will get this while going for the trophy Bring it down! Bring it down!. However you can get it at any time against some of the bigger enemies. You will see a number appear over your normal counter indicator - 2, 3, trophy unlocks. Just keep pushing and it will pop. It is not difficult at all and you will probably get it without actually going for it, so don't worry too much if you don't get it right away after unlocking the ability.
|Sticky Ball
|Close Explode the same green sticky 10 times
Two good strategies are laid out below for this trophy. It is a little tricky, but with some perseverance it shouldn't cause too much trouble.
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In Squall you'll find sticky ball enemies that don't die unless you hit them into acid, lighting or explode them with boxes. The first one you find will be in a little pit and it's the best place to get this trophy. A close explode is when the enemy is really close to you and you explode him. You'll know it's a close explode because time will slow down a bit when you explode. Let him jump to you and when he's really close to you push to explode. The first one you see is the best one because you can get a good rhythm going with it when it's in the small pit because it can only bounce off the walls and it can't escape.
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I got Sticky Ball at the end of 2-4. Leave the sticky respawn generators in tact during the boss fight, then once you have won take one of the sticky balls to the opposite generator so there are two under it and exit the room so it saves. Re-enter the room, slide under the generator so you're blocking the gap in the wall and mash the explode button. You might end up close exploding the generator a few times but the area is so small it will hit the sticky balls as well, I managed a 16 hit combo from this.
|Defeat Absorbemon without taking any damage
I got this in the second fight with him in world one. As the trophies says, just defeat him without getting hit. If you do get hit, you can restart from last checkpoint (which will be the start of the fight) and try again. I would recommend going for it on the earlier levels because he is much easier so this shouldn't pose much difficulty.
|Weapon of Mass Destruction
|Destroy 1000 Vortex
This will come gradually over time. There is no need to worry because you will get it while playing through. Mine popped while going through world two. You will get this during all of your different playthroughs for each of the trophies, so no need to worry about this one.
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I recently started encountering infuriating behavior on my machine (briefly alluded to in a previous post ).
Doing Build --> Rebuild Project on my machine just started failing two days ago, after working for weeks without a problem. The build error error message textarea claims that idea is not finding all kinds of packages, but I can manually see files from those packages on my file system. I have no idea why this is happening: never seen it before, no one else on my team has this problem on their machines.
Yesterday, I manually deleted the entire project directory hierarchy and resynched from svn. The first time I tried Build --> Rebuild Project it worked, and I thought that this behavior was over. But I was mistaken: Build --> Rebuild Project randomly fails.
Anyone ever seen anything like this before?
Here is a detailed accounting of all the things that I did:
1) gutted my svn project directory and resynched
2) tried Build --> Rebuild Project; it worked normally.
3) ran some ant targets. (Our team uses all kinds of ant scripts, both for compiling, junit testing, as well as other stuff. The ant compiling script is an alternative to Build --> Rebuild Project; it was written because it is needed, for instance, on our continuous build server. I always do a complete clean of the class directory when I execute the compile and test ant targets.) Everything worked: the compiling and junit tests all pass.
4) I noticed that a lot of things were missing in idea, such as my run configurations, so I restored my previous day's .iws file from a backup. Now Build --> Rebuild Project failed again with the same nonsense missing package errors.
5) Guessing that that previous .iws file must be corrupt and so be the cause of all my problems, I tried deleting it, shutting down idea, and restarting idea (which generates a fresh .iws file if none is there). But Build --> Rebuild Project failed again with the same nonsense missing package errors. So, that previous .iws file cannot be the culprit.
6) tried steps 1) thru 3) again; same behavior. But when I tried Build --> Rebuild Project after running the ant scripts, it failed again.
7) by this point I have wasted most of my work day on this problem. Before giving up on the day, I eventually tried another Build --> Rebuild Project. Now, for some inexplicable reason, it worked. But instead of taking maybe 3 or 4 minutes, it takes more like 30 minutes, with almost all of the time spent in the final step of "Updating caches". A final Build --> Rebuild Project again worked, but again took forever.
8) today, first thing I do is try Build --> Rebuild Project twice in a row. Now, both times it completes in the usual 3 minutes or so.
9) then I ran my ant scripts; they work fine.
10) then I retry Build --> Rebuild Project; it fails the first 2 times with the same nonsense errors. The 3rd time it works normally. I did nothing in between!
My guess for the cause is that it has something to do with idea's caching. The sometimes taking forever to update the caches is what clued me in to this. The fact that the ant scripts, which use no caches, always work regardless of whether or not Build --> Rebuild Project works is consistent with this.
I have observed that when I execute the ant script to clean/compile/junit, that after ant has started gutting the class directory, I see idea reparsing files. Maybe sometimes it gets confused. But what is strange is that it always seems to be the SAME packages that idea thinks are missing (not all of them, just a subset). Of course, this could also be because these packages are what always pop up because of the build order failing on them first.
Something else is worthy to note: often when I try to execute Build --> Rebuild Project, the first attempt fails with an error dialog that says something like
"Failed to create directory ..."
where ... is a subdirectory in my classes directory. A second attempt to Build
> Rebuild Project always gets this past this step. I have been seeing this error message for at least a week or more nowlong before the problems described above--so it may be a red herring.
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Panhandler wins first contested case against Federal Way begging law
Misdemeanor charges were dropped during a court trial Nov. 5 in Federal Way's first contested aggressive begging case.
After listening to testimony from officer Arron LuBrant, Federal Way Municipal Court Judge Michael Morgan intervened in the jury trial and dismissed the charges against transient Douglas Henness, also known among his peers as Thadius.
Morgan ruled that while Henness held a sign, sat in proximity of a roadway and accepted donations from a motorist when summoned, he was not aggressively begging. The city failed to prove its case, Morgan said.
In court, Henness looked on patiently with attorney Stephen Johnson at his side. LuBrant testified seeing Henness sitting a few feet from the sidewalk and holding a sign near 1st Avenue South and Southwest Campus Drive on March 22. LuBrant passed Henness once and came back to the area approximately an hour later.
At that time, LuBrant witnessed Henness get up from his perch and approach a car idling at a red light, LuBrant said. He saw Henness accept something from the vehicle's passenger, then return to his position. This prompted the officer to approach Henness and explain the city's law, LuBrant said.
"He didn't really agree with me," LuBrant said in court. "He didn't want to listen."
Henness was cited with aggressive begging.
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The law department spent a significant amount of time crafting the law, which the city believes will allow some control over panhandling but not infringe upon anyone's First Amendment rights.
Among other things, the law makes it illegal to hold a sign or beg in a way meant to solicit money, goods or other valuables from motorists. The law also prohibits begging in a manner that is aggressive, defined by the ordinance as the following: Using intimidation, providing false or misleading information, utilizing a method that threatens the safety of a person or property, impeding traffic, exploiting children, attempting to provide services in return for valuables or begging near an automated teller machine, at a public transportation stop, on public transportation or on private or public property of which the owner has asked the beggar not to engage in his or her actions.
The amendments were needed to ensure pedestrian and traffic safety, the city council ruled in February.
The ordinance does not list specific fines or jail time for violators; that would be determined by a judge.
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Douglas Henness won his case primarily because of how the ordinance was written, said his attorney, Stephen Johnson. The ordinance implies a panhandler must engage in a proactive manner to secure donations, he said.
"The entire tone of the city's ordinance is of someone doing something proactive, and what Mr. Henness was doing was just sitting there," Johnson said. "There was no intentional activity on Mr. Henness' part to quote 'aggressively beg.'"
It cannot be proven the sign was directed at traffic, Johnson said. Henness was not impeding traffic because the stop light was red and the vehicle he approached was already at rest, Johnson said.
Henness said he understands the city's desire to curb panhandling that threatens or endangers citizens, but insists he does not partake in such actions. Henness said he is happy to have the ordeal behind him.
Effectiveness of the law:
To date, 11 aggressive begging cases have been filed. Three defendants have pleaded guilty, five cases were dismissed and three are pending a court date, city spokeswoman Linda Farmer said.
An unknown number of beggars have been issued warnings for their actions but have not been accused of committing a misdemeanor, Farmer said.
The city does not agree with Judge Morgan's decision and is still considering an appeal, city prosecutor Ryan Call said. The city does not have enough information yet to determine if the ordinance is working effectively, Call said.
"We are still experimenting with it," Call said.
The police department has received positive feedback from citizens on the ordinance, police spokeswoman Cathy Schrock said. A decrease in panhandling has been noticed, she said.
"We can say we feel there has been a very positive impact on panhandling since the inception of the ordinance," she said.
Initially, officers conducted an aggressive effort to let panhandlers know their actions are not allowed in Federal Way, she said.
"We contacted every panhandler we could find and said this is your official notice," Schrock said.
Johnson suspects the city may take another look at its aggressive begging ordinance after Henness' case. Aggressive begging is too broadly defined, he said.
"Maybe what the city can do is look at this ordinance and tone it back a little bit," Johnson said.
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But hey, let's adjust expectations. Fear of God (free download), released earlier this year, also had strong lineup of contributors (Kanye and Ross among them), but we weren't too impressed with the end result. Still, based on "Trouble on My Mind", we're pretty stoked to dig into Fear of God II.
Pusha T: Fear of God II: Let Us Pray
01 Changing of the Guards [ft. Diddy]
02 Amen [ft. Kanye West and Young Jeezy]
03 Trouble on My Mind [ft. Tyler, the Creator]
04 What Dreams Are Made Of
05 Body Work [ft. Juicy J, Meek Mill, and French Montana]
06 Everything That Glitters [ft. French Montana]
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08 Feeling Myself [ft. Kevin Cossom]
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10 My God
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The 49ers are putting contract talks on hold with quarterback Colin Kaepernick, according to NFL.com. Driving the 49ers' decision is the investigation by Miami into an incident there involving Kaepernick and two other players two weeks ago.
Kaepernick reportedly has sought $18 million a year in a deal that would kick in after this season, the final year of his rookie contract. The 49ers' goal has been to get it done before the season. But, NFL.com reported Thursday night, they have tabled negotiations until the Miami situation is resolved. The investigation is "in the early stages,'' a Miami police public information officer told NFL.com.
An incident report naming Kaepernick, teammate Quinton Patton and the Seahawks' Ricardo Lockette was filed to the police April 4 by a woman who had shared a hotel room with them, and later had been rushed to the emergency room of a nearby hospital. Kaepernick denied an initial report that the police were investigating a sexual assault.
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Soft Tissue Foreign Body
What is a soft tissue foreign body?
A soft tissue foreign body is an object that is stuck in the soft tissue under your skin. Some examples are wood splinters, slivers of metal or glass, and gravel.
What are the signs and symptoms of a soft tissue foreign body?
- Pain when you touch the injured area
- Redness and swelling
- Bruising or bleeding
- An open wound
How is a soft tissue foreign body diagnosed?
Your caregiver may press on the edges of your wound to feel for the foreign object. He may need to feel around in your wound or make an incision to get to the foreign object. Your skin will be numbed with medicine before your caregiver explores your wound. Stitches may be used to close your wound. You may also need any of the following:
- X-ray: This picture may show certain objects, such as metal, glass, and gravel.
- CT scan: This test is also called a CAT scan. An x-ray machine uses a computer to take pictures of your wound. The pictures may show the foreign object and tissue damage. You may be given a dye before the pictures are taken to help caregivers see the pictures better. Tell the caregiver if you have ever had an allergic reaction to contrast dye.
- MRI: This scan uses powerful magnets and a computer to take pictures of your wound. An MRI may show the foreign object and tissue damage. You may be given dye to help the pictures show up better. Tell the caregiver if you have ever had an allergic reaction to contrast dye. Do not enter the MRI room with anything metal. Metal can cause serious injury. Tell the caregiver if you have any metal in or on your body.
How is a soft tissue foreign body treated?
Your caregiver will decide if the foreign object should be removed. The decision will depend on how deep the foreign object is and if removal will cause more damage. Some foreign objects, such as splinters, can be removed easily. Other foreign objects may dissolve and absorb into your body, or may work their way out of your body at a later time.
- Wound flush: Caregivers use saline (salt water) or germ-killing cleansers to wash out your wound. This helps remove dirt or other small objects and decreases your risk for infection.
- Td vaccine is a booster shot used to help prevent tetanus and diphtheria. The Td booster may be given to adolescents and adults every 10 years or for certain wounds and injuries.
What are the risks of a soft tissue foreign body?
You may have a reaction to the foreign object. A reaction is when the foreign object irritates the soft tissue. Some foreign objects, such as plant thorns, are more likely to cause a reaction. You may develop an infection. Your foreign object may damage nearby tissue right after your injury, or when it works its way out of your body. Over time, a foreign body that is left in may travel to a different area of the body. This can damage blood vessels or organs.
How can I manage my symptoms?
- Elevate: Raise the injured area above the level of your heart as often as you can. This will help decrease swelling and pain. Prop the injured area on pillows or blankets to keep it elevated comfortably.
- Decrease your risk for a scar: Rub lotion or ointment on your skin after it heals. Apply sunscreen to your healed wound if you are out in the sun. The area may turn a different color if it is exposed to sunlight. Do this for at least 1 year after your injury.
- Care for your wound as directed: Keep your wound clean and dry. When you are allowed to bathe the area, carefully wash the wound with soap and water. Dry the area and put on new, clean bandages as directed. Change your bandages when they get wet or dirty.
When should I contact my caregiver?
Contact your caregiver if:
- You have a fever.
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- The skin around your wound feels numb.
- You have questions or concerns about your condition or care.
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Gross Weight
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The bridge gross weight formula decreases the gross weight for shorter vehicles because their weight is distributed over less area. Under this formula, no two consecutive axles can carry a weight greater than that determined by the following formula, even if the gross vehicle weight is less than 80,000 pounds: W=(ln/(n-1)+12n+36) [where: w=gross weight (to nearest 500 pounds); l = spacing between the outer axles (in feet); n=number of axles].
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Tibet House California invites you to attend our weekly teachings on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM at the Trinity Cathedral Church of Sacramento located at 2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816. The goal of the study program is provide a firm foundation in the knowledge of Mahayana philosophy. For that end, the teacher is providing teachings from the following three key Mayahana texts.
- The Way of the Bodhisattava by Shantideva
- The Relative Truth and the Ultimate Truth by Je Tsonkhapa
- The Seven Point Mind Training by Atisha Shrigyan Dipankar
The Way of The Bodhisattva
Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara or Bodhisattvacaryavatara has been one of the most influential Indian texts in the Tibetan tradition. It has also become both popular and influential among Western practitioners, and has become almost required reading in many academic courses in contemporary universities. The work is arguably only second to the Dhammapada in its popularity and in the number of translations into modern languages (Asian as well as European). The work's popularity perhaps needs an explanation, and it certainly demands translations that are both accurate and readable.
Relative Truth-Ultimate Truth
The Buddhist teaching of the "two truths" is the gateway to understanding the often-misunderstood philosophy of emptiness. This volume is an excellent source of support for anyone interested in cultivating a more holistic and transformative understanding of the world around them and ultimately of their own conciousness.
The Seven Point Mind Training
Lojong (Tib. བློ་སྦྱོང་,Wylie: blo sbyong) is a mind training practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on a set of aphorisms formulated in Tibet in the 12th century by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje. The practice involves refining and purifying one's motivations and attitudes.
The fifty-nine or so slogans that form the root text of the mind training practice are designed as a set of antidotes to undesired mental habits that cause suffering. They contain both methods to expand one's viewpoint towards absolute bodhicitta, such as "Find the consciousness you had before you were born" and "Treat everything you perceive as a dream", and methods for relating to the world in a more constructive way with relative bodhicitta, such as "Be grateful to everyone" and "When everything goes wrong, treat disaster as a way to wake up."
The Teacher
Shrigyan Atisha Dipankar(Ravi Verma) comes from Bihar in India, the place where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment. Verma has pursued a form of Buddhism that is called Buddhayana or the Vehicle of the Buddha. His teachings combine the tenets from the three major strands of Buddhism: Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. He remains focused on the truth of suffering and elimination of suffering. For Verma the most effective to learn Buddhism is by reading the ideas in the book by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Ethics for the New Millennium. Ravi Verma has the honor of translating this book into Hindi. He is also a documentary film maker. His Holiness the Dalai Lama blessed his documentary film on the Heart Sutra Journey of the Heartby appearing in it.


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The main event at UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis in Milwaukee, held at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, will feature one of the most anticipated rematches in MMA history when Benson Henderson looks to avenge his loss to Anthony Pettis.
The co-main event provides a bout hardcore fans have been arguing about for nearly a decade. And from the main card down through the prelims, the fights hold a wide range of veterans who all are well aware that losses at UFC 164 will place their careers in jeopardy, while a win will launch them into final pushes for a belt.
With all that in mind, some rather surprising statistics underscore the already notable gravity of the event. UFC 164 holds the world's only non-finishing champion, the two most experienced active veterans in the game and some of the most active fighters in the world at any weight class.
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Union County Freeholder Chairman Linda Carter (center) joined Freeholders Bette Jane Kowalski and Bruce Bergen in congratulating the fourth grade winners of the 2013 Union County Arbor Day Poetry Contest.
Zanajah Wilson from the Roosevelt School in Rahway took first place; Austin Zielenbach from Harding Elementary School in Kenilworth came in second place and Aydin Graves from St. Genevieve School Elizabeth placed third.
Contestants, ranging from grades four through eight, had to prepare an original work in an effort to promote Arbor Day and creatively show the importance of trees in Union County.


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CoNNECT –Research Collaborative Through Connectivity
Study Description and Methods
CoNNECT will recruit CCRN practices with collaborative care delivery models and existing DARTNet(www.dartnet.info) practices without collaborative care to examine similarities and differences between practices that have onsite mental health providers compared to primary care practices that use a traditional referral model of offsite mental health providers.
For additional information on how CoNNECT and DARTNet will work together, please visit www.dartnet.info/CoNNECT.htm.(www.dartnet.info)
Specific Aims and Objectives
We will be tracking two main elements in this study:
- The number of patients identified with a comorbid mental health and physical health diagnosis; and
- The number of patients who initiate treatment secondary to a mental health diagnosis. CoNNECT will use AcTIONet's relationship with CINA to extract data from electronic health records to generate this data and combine it with other data from participating practices.
This project was conducted from August 2010 through July 2012.
This project is currently under analysis. Check back soon for key findings and publications.
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Washington, DC –The Center for American Progress release today a report entitled A Global Imperative: A Progressive Approach to U.S.-China Relations in the 21st Century, authoredby Nina Hachigian, Michael Schiffer, Winny Chen. The report argues that though we have serious policy differences with China, the urgency of our shared challenges, most particularly on the need for dramatic reductions in global carbon emissions, does not allow time for posturing that ultimately fails to deliver. Without a serious commitment by the United States and China, we will not be able to avoid the dire consequences of climate change.
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'To Win & Die in Dixie' by Steve Eubanks
Some authors just write while others, like Steve Eubanks, really write. This is the biography of James Douglas Edgar, the father of the modern golf swing. I knew I was going to enjoy the book within the first five pages. It's one that you can read with a glass of wine or a cup of coffee and just savor.
The story begins on the night of August 8, 1921, as Comer Howell, the 20-year-old son of Clark Howell - owner of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper - and a fledgling reporter, was riding in a car with two other newspaper people and came across a man lying in the road. They got out of the car to give assistance as they saw blood beside the man, who they eventually learned was Douglas Edgar, the victim of a hit-and-run. Edgar later died, and thus the tone is set for the book's subtitle: "The Birth of the Modern Golf Swing and the Mysterious Death of Its Creator."
As I read this passage, I thought, "Who is Douglas Edgar?" So begins a great tale of Edgar, during which I learned a lot about the early history of golf.
J. Douglas Edgar was raised in northeastern England. At age 13 he began caddying to make a little money but had no desire to play golf. One day, a gentleman asked if he had ever played and he replied "No," adding that he wanted something more challenging. So the person put a ball on a tuft of grass and said, "Hit it." Edgar proceeded to whiff the ball six times and, on the seventh try, dug into the dirt a foot behind the ball. Edgar was hooked, and golf became a passion for the rest of his life.
The book's subject went on to lead a very full life. Particularly interesting is how he ended up at Druid Hills CC in Atlanta. Edgar played against the best - Bobby Jones, Harry Vardon and Ted Ray - and beat them all.
Jones said Edgar was the best golfer he had ever seen. One time Edgar bet $700 on himself to win the Southern Open against the best players in the world, and he did. That tidy sum was over a year's wages in those days.
Particularly surprising to me was that, while reading Eubank's book, how little I knew of Edgar, as none of the many golf history books I've perused mentioned him. So do yourself a favor and buy this book to learn about a dominant character in the early days of golf. Then settle into a nice chair and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy it.
"To Win & Die in Dixie," by Steve Eubanks, Published by ESPN Books, 256 pages, $26, ISBN 978-0-345-51081-5
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5 Reasons You Should Hate Professional Sports
I am not a sportser. I do not sport, nor do I mingle among sportsed or sporting folk. And what you have to understand is that for people who grew up not caring about professional sports, being a "sports fan" seems just as weird and alien as being a brony, a furry, or a comedy writer. Scheduling your day around a game that other people play and having an emotional response to whether they win or lose seems super weird to me, sure, and I'll make jokes about how dumb you are ("You sure are dumb!" I'll say, and then laugh and laugh, slapping my belly to add a rhythmic punctuation to my chortles), but I won't actually make the argument that what you're doing is bad for society. OK, fine: Yes, I totally will. Right now. In this very article.
Now, I don't think sportings themselves are bad. Competition and having fun outside are great for the body and soul, I'm told, and I wouldn't want to take that away from anyone. No no no, the institution of professional athletics is the festering pile of social ills that I'm tackling today. Because it's the worst fucking thing. Just the worst.
#5. Sports Team Names Are Stupid
Let's start off with something simple, factual, and non-controversial: College sports team names are dumb. Every single one of them. Literally as dumb as a butt.
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The idea is that sports teams are named after something important in their community's history, but as Cracked Workshop Moderator and Researcher Evan V. Symon pointed out to me, they aren't that at all. The Toronto Raptors, for example, are so named because they held a contest around the time that Jurassic Park was popular, and everyone thought "raptors" sounded cool. The Anaheim Ducks are named after the Disney movies about a kids' hockey team and Emilio Estevez's dedication to douchebaggery. And the Washington Redskins are named after some fucking asshole who pretended to be a Native American to get attention.
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People have been arguing for decades in defense of naming a sports team after a racist turd-snorter. That's where these priorities are right now. Which should make it less surprising that ...
#4. College Sports Are Bad for Schools
Varsity sports are fucking a big, bloody hole right in the center of the American education system, and laughing the entire time. If we did away with all varsity sports -- yes, all of it, today -- the world would be a better place. I'm serious, why do we play sports in college at all? What's the fucking purpose? Aren't those supposed to be schools? Aren't we supposed to be teaching people about the real world?
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"But sports bring in money!" you spit desperately at your computer screen. No, they don't: Sports teams are actually massive financial drains on their colleges, with only 10 percent turning a profit. Most colleges end up more like the University of Michigan, which lost $7 million over two seasons.
"But that's good for the college's prestige!" you cry deliriously, flapping your elbows like bird wings and rubbing peanut butter on your exposed chest (it's so easy to make you sound ridiculous when I'm describing you, and also you're fictional). Ah yes, you poor fool, you've fallen directly into my trap: Sports have no correlation with academic prestige. Ivy League schools consistently suck at sports, refusing to award scholarships for athletics or compromise academic standards, and that's never stopped them from being Ivy League fucking schools. So sports are less a source of prestige and more of an alternative to it. So unless you can tell me how the $450 million spent renovating this stadium at Texas A&M University wouldn't have been better directed toward, say, the faculty or academic resources, I'll just stick with the fact that college sports are awful and can go to hell.
And that's just the beginning. Because once you move beyond college, you realize ...
#3. It's an Outrageous Waste of Your Money
The LA Dodgers spent $235 million on player salaries last year. And that's just one example: Over in Minnesota, they just spent $678 million on a new complex. Oh, wait, I'm sorry, that number's wrong: $678 million refers to how much of it is coming out of local taxes. The total price is $975 million.
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You might think that this is justified because it's an investment in the community, but that's not true either: According to every analysis of subsidies for sports teams, they suck money right on out of the community and into the pockets of the rich folks behind the scenes. And the players, obviously. Our tax money is just offsetting the costs for the billionaires -- even though the enterprise would already be profitable. Did I mention that the NFL is a nonprofit organization that pays its commissioner $30 million a year?
I realize I'm throwing a lot of numbers at you in a comedy article, so just think about this: Why is this money being spent at all? This is a fucking game, right? As a writer, all I need is a living wage to be happy to spend all day writing, so why are we giving athletes -- people who basically go to summer camp and the gym for a living -- multimillion dollar contracts? Surely we're not worried they're going to leave the industry and become neurosurgeons. The only thing a football team can lose its star player to is another football team. So we're basically watching billionaires play a private stock market while we pay for the privilege of sweeping the floor.
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This is us. This is us.
The crazy thing about this to me is that the reason we (and by "we" I mean "virtually everyone but me and like 20 people I know") like sports, on a psychological level, is because they're a respite from things we have to worry about. When you spend all day hearing about, say, Ebola (Holy shit! Ebola!), it's nice to focus on something silly, like someone throwing a football around. It's nice to get worked up about that, even -- to let some steam off. Who cares? It doesn't matter -- or at least it shouldn't. We're spending so much money on it that it kinda does: It's your money getting sucked down the drain, and you just stare blankly while ...


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The Future of American Progressivism: An Initiative For Political And Economic Reformby Cornel West Roberto M. Unger
Seizing the quintessentially American idea that everything is possible, Unger and West argue that we can stimulate economic growth and guarantee opportunity and sufficient resources for all citizens. They propose specific reforms in business, taxation, social security, and education, and their program is an image of American political and civic life as a vital, evolving, and hopeful arena for solving our collective problems. Theirs is an all-inclusive, bipartisan, business-friendly vision.
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A local family is taking part in this weekend's Baltimore Running Festival as a way to give back, and they're hoping to raise awareness about an organization doing amazing things for children with special needs. Jennifer Franciotti reports.
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Residents are invited to a public meeting at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Middle School cafeteria to review the draft of the Howland Middle School's Safe Route to School program.
According to township trustee Matthew Vansuch, the township has been awarded a grant by the Ohio Department of Transportation to develop a plan for the middle school. Parents and guardians were surveyed as to the barriers and obstacles to safely getting their children to school. The anonymous results were tabulated and a local committee of stakeholders with an ODOT consultant.
''We're looking for public input concerning specific recommendations,'' Vansuch said.
According to Vansuch, consultants with ODOT observed dropping off and loading students in the morning and afternoon at the middle school, recalibrated the current program and have come up with a new program.
''The new program takes less time and has a faster response and report time than the older model,'' Vansuch said. ''When the final draft is written, we wanted to make sure the public had a chance to give their input.''
Howland Township and the Howland Local School District are working together to make safe routes to school for students a priority, officials said. The goal of the committee is to draft and implement a school travel plan that accomplishes these objectives.


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This episode of The Motley Fool's Market Checkup is dedicated to the world's largest pure play biotech stock, Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD ) . Market Checkup gives a full examination of Gilead's second-quarter results, takes a closer look at the company's current product portfolio and analyzes the future drugs that have investors excited about the stock's future.
In this video, health-care analysts David Williamson and Max Macaluso drill down on Gilead's strong drug development pipeline. Watch and find out why investors should be excited about Gilead's diversification into oncology products and which blood cancer drug is poised to become a blockbuster despite fierce potential competition from Johnson & Johnson.
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1948 Bowman "Movie Stars" Complete Set Uncut Sheet (36)
Starting Bid - $100.00, Sold For - $580.00
This 1948 Bowman "Movie Stars" uncut sheet presents the complete set of thirty-six cards. This is a rare and interesting set, with fronts designed very much like 1948 Bowman baseball, and backs very much like 1949 Bowman baseball. Included are top movie stars of the day such as Eve Arden, Sonja Henie, Cesar Romero, Shelley Winters, William Demarest, Yvonne De Carlo, etc. All Bowman sheets are rare. We do not recall ever seeing another uncut sheet of this issue, though it is certainly possible that others exist. This is a complete final process sheet with backs fully printed. This sheet was obtained many years ago by our consignor directly from a Bowman executive. Bright and clean, with just a few cards with very light surface creases in the lower right hand corner. Overall in Excellent condition. Dimensions: 9-7/8 x 18.5 inches. Reserve $100. Estimate $200/$300. SOLD FOR $580.00
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Healthy Cookie Dough Bean Dip (No, It's Not a Dream)
(Credit: Chocolate-Covered Katie)
Some inventions are practical solutions to obvious problems. Tired of fumbling with buttons? BAM! Zippers. Slicing bread taking too long? Oh, how about some presliced bread? But then there are the inventions that seem to emerge from a dream, problem and solution linked together by the same logic that says the giant chihuahua speaking to you is, undeniably, also your friend Jim. You know it's right, but you're not sure, exactly, why.
This brilliantly weird Cookie Dough Dip falls firmly in the dream category. Healthy dessert blogger Chocolate-Covered Katie found herself eating a lot of the cookie dough for her Chocolate Chip Blondies, which use chickpeas or white beans as the main ingredient, and decided to just do away with the cooking altogether. And it was good.
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But then, to prove to herself (and the world!) that her bean cookie dough dip tasted as good as actual cookie dough, she brought a bowl to a party, left it on the snack table, and watched the unsuspected healthy eaters chow down. All were astonished to find it was mostly beans–not butter and flour. No one seemed to blink at the idea of "cookie dough dip." Sometimes, these things just work out.
BA Test Kitchen says: As a gluten lover, I'm always skeptical of gluten-free recipes. This, however, drops the gluten-free products for something we all have in our pantries–canned beans, y'all. Rock and roll.


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Neurologic diseases or neurologic complications of medical diseases accounted for 17% of all admissions to an adolescent service over a 2½-year period. The largest diagnostic categories were trauma, convulsive disorders, infectious and parainfectious illness, and drug ingestion or abuse. Of all the patients admitted, 62% were suffering acute and potentially fully reversible illnesses, 23% suffered from chronically handicapping conditions, and 15% had progressive and potentially or probably fatal diseases. These illnesses account for a significant proportion of the morbidity and mortality of the adolescent years. In addition, many of these conditions superimpose chronic disabilities upon attempts at full adult adjustment. The effect of these illnesses on the patient's life adjustment calls for a multidisciplinary approach to treatment, with the full availability of a wide range of ancillary personnel.
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G.I. Joe Japanese Movie Trailer: Cobra Commander in Motion!
Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2009 by Russ Fischer
…well, he's almost in motion, anyway. This Japanese trailer for Paramount's upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra doesn't show a lot of new footage, though what we do see is cut in a hyper-kinetic fashion that does the footage more service than the last domestic trailer. But the highlight here is one brief glimpse at Cobra Commander (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), as he's standing next to Destro (Christopher Eccleston). Watch the clip after the break. Read More »


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The Weld District Attorney's Office is warning residents to be vigilant about scams they may encounter in the aftermath of flooding.
The office issued a news release warning people to be cautious of those offering home repairs and asking for charitable donations.
Officials have already received reports of home repair scams and false solicitations for donations in the state, according to the news release.
The office recommends that people give to reputable organizations, like the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, United Way and the Weld Food Bank. Keep in mind that most legitimate charities have .org websites, and check with the Better Business Bureau of the Colorado Secretary of State's Office when in doubt. Emails, door-to-door pitches and solicitations for cash may also be fraudulent.
For repairs, the district attorney's office recommends hiring a reputable contractor and asking for references. Avoid door-to-door solicitations and paying cash, and withhold payment until the work is completed.
Those who believe they may have fallen victim to a scam should contact their local law enforcement agency immediately. For information on how to help flood victims, call 2-1-1 or visit www.helpcoloradonow.com.


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Korea Zinc's Quarterly Profit Declines as Metal Prices Fall
Korea Zinc Co., the world's third-biggest producer of refined zinc, posted a worse-than-expected
6.8 percent drop in second-quarter profit as metal prices declined.
Net income was 166.2 billion won ($146 million) in the three months ended June 30, compared with a revised 178.3 billion won a year earlier, according to a regulatory filing by the Seoul-based company today. That missed the 199.5 billion won average of 16 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Prices of zinc and lead averaged lower in the second quarter from a year earlier as the European sovereign-debt crisis and concerns about an economic slowdown in China, the world's top metals user, curbed demand. Nyrstar NV, the largest producer of refined zinc, last week posted a first-half loss on lower prices.
Korea Zinc fell 3.5 percent to 378,000 won at the close in Seoul trading, paring its gains to 24.3 percent this year. Korea's benchmark Kospi index gained 0.8 percent today.
Sales dropped 5.5 percent to 1.42 trillion won, today's filing showed.
The average price of zinc for immediate delivery slipped 14 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, while cash lead decreased 22 percent. Zinc and lead combined were the biggest contributors to the company's revenue in 2011, taking up
42.7 percent, according to a company filing on March 30.
Cash silver averaged 23 percent lower during the same period, while the average price of spot gold gained 6.8 percent.


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Jenna Jameson Tease …
It's a "tease" in the sense that the new ad we're doing with Jenna Jameson isn't going to be launched until March 10, as part of Los Angeles Fashion Week. But I can tell you that it evokes screen siren Bettie Page (think Jenna in a black wig and a pleather bikini), the tagline is "Pleather Yourself," and it's sexy as hell. Here's what Jenna says about the ad, which was shot by celebrity photographer Gavin Bond:
"I've worn a lot of pleather in my life. Anybody who knows me knows that I've kind of lived half my life in it. I love the idea of having choices outside of leather. The outfit that I'm wearing in the ad is so sexy that I suggest if people want to have a better time in the bedroom — then please explore the pleather side."
Thank you, Jenna Jameson! And you can find some more information about great alternatives to buying leather (in addition to just, like, not buying it), right here. Be on the lookout for Jenna's new ad on March 10—it's kind of spectacular.
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i am happy that there are others in the spotlight supporting the vegan way and helping to end the suffering of animals but PLEASE lets be moral. JJ is a PORN star for goodness sake!!!instead of someone winning her bikini why would someone want to wear a bikini she has work?? why not acution it off? you may make more money.
Ironic really since she has probably caused more men to beat their meat most people on the planet.
Abacha damn it. That is what I was going to say. Good post though. I guess swallowing man milk is considered vegan?
She gets more than enough meat in a different fashion if you know what I mean.
hecks yea! fake pleather AND jenna jameson rock!!
whats with all the porn stars at PETA?
Hi John According to famousveggie.com's list of vegetarians she is veg but I don't see a whole lot of other internet substantiation. Whatever the case she is certainly doing much to help animals. For anyone who is interested Gene Baur Bauston cofounder of Farm Sanctuary just released a new book called "Farm Sanctuary Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food." You can get details and read some pretty impressive praise for the book at genebaur.com.
my compliments jenna this is the way to go! you are a shining example for many!
it's fantastic is jenna a vegetarian too? no meat……?


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Here's another example of the demise of privacy: your picture of a sleeping Jim Boeheim draped across some folding chairs. Apparently, Boeheim felt compelled to explain his catnap lest someone misunderstand his action or, in this case, inaction. This new Twitter culture misnamed as "social media" has opened up our world as if millions across the planet were living in a fishbowl. Here's the part that we old guys cannot fathom: These people do it on purpose! Nothing is considered personal or private. Bathrooms, bedrooms and sleeping basketball coaches in today's world have somehow become entertainment, topics of discussion. Years from now trying to explain to our youths words like confidential, private or phrases like "between us" or "on the sly" or maybe even "behind closed doors" will be met by blank stares or heads cocked like a dog hearing a high-pitched whistle.
This Internet world with its amazing immediacy revealing everything at our fingertips boggles my mind. It seems that every day it's reaching deeper into our lives, making things heretofore kept to ourselves now fodder for the evening news or at least the local paper. When will we realize that just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. So, Coach Boeheim, I'm sorry some dimwit is now certainly bragging to his friends about his ridiculous behavior. Perhaps he's never worked long or hard enough to need an afternoon snooze.
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NUREMBURG, Germany - It certainly looks as if the German government has declared open season on Germany's tiny home-schooling community.
CBN News was first to bring the story of Melissa Busekros to American television last year. The home-schooled teenager was snatched from her family by police in a SWAT style raid and put in a psychiatric ward. After an international uproar, Melissa was returned to her family.
But other home-schooling families face even worse persecution. More and more parents are being sent to prison. Heavy fines are leaving home-schooling families destitute. And more and more children have been taken into state custody.
Throw Back to the Third Reich
It's been 70 years since compulsory education was made law by Adolf Hitler's government. And in what is eerily reminiscent of the 1930s, more and more home-schooling families have been forced to flee Germany or risk losing their children.
Klaus and Kathryn Landahl fled to England after they were tipped off that authorities were going to take custody of their kids.
The Gorber family, who reside in southern Germany, have had six of their children taken from them by the state.
And Juergen and Rosemarie Dudek each face 3-month jail terms, and are economically ruined from heavy fines.
These are just a few of the cases. But there are only about 400 home-schooling families left in Germany now.
The home-schooling experts CBN News spoke to believe the government wants to wipe out the small home-schooling community here, before it can become popular, like it has in the United States.
"What you're having now is legitimate full blown persecution. They're trying to eradicate this movement before it can gain traction and become a popular movement like it has in America," explained attorney Joel Thornton, President and CEO of the International Human Rights Group, which defends German homes choolers in court.
In the Bavarian town of Schwabach, attorney Johannes Hildebrandt, who also represents home-schoolers, says the movement is at a critical point.
"In the courts, it is in danger. Home schooling is very strange to the German people. They have no experience with this kind of education," Hildebrandt said.
The German government's argument against home schooling as stated by Wolfgang Drautz, German Consul General is that "The public has a legitimate interest in countering the rise of parallel societies that are based on religion or motivated by different world views and in integrating minorities into the population as a whole."
"Germany does not want the kind of citizens that home schooling produces. They've seen how the home-schooling movement in the U.S. developed and they're very keen on that not happening here," said German academic Klaus Guenther, who is also an American citizen and was home schooled.
Home schooling Barred to Non-Germans
The Germans don't even want non-Germans home schooling in Germany.
American missionaries Clint and Susan Robinson moved their family to Germany only to have their visa application turned down because they home school. They now have to leave the country, and are looking to move to Austria, which allows home schooling.
"What we're trying to do is get a house just across the border so we're living in Austria, where our visa comes from so the government can't control us with home schooling," says Clint Robinson.
Susan added tearfully, "We left our home country and came over here and God supplied this house and the environment and just everything, and now they're saying 'no, you can't stay, you've got to leave.' It's hard."
And at the same time that the German government is persecuting home-schoolers in Germany, including Americans who want to homeschool there, Berlin is encouraging its diplomats abroad, including its diplomats in Washington, to home school their children with a state homeschooling curriculum.
Thornton said, "Their officials are actually encouraged to home school and not put their children into American schools and into foreign schools."
A Questionable Education
A lot of American Christians would have good reason not to want their kids subjected to German state schools. The sex education curriculum is often pornographic, even for young ages, and the occult is often celebrated.
Missionary Robinson told CBN News, "I know of schools right in our area where it's not just mixed swimming but mixed showering after the swim class is over and mixed locker rooms and then they leave and go to the next class."
German home-schooler Heiko Krautter told us he would be sinning to put his children in a state school.
He said, "These things in the school, the official state school, they destroy the children. And we teach the children in the things of God. And the people in the official school teach the children in other things, against God."
Krautter fled Germany after this interview and took his family to Norway.
Thornton believes Germany's war on home-schooling is just a part of Europe's war against Christianity.
"This is a battle to eradicate spiritual life from every person in Europe, to eradicate spirituality and Christianity from the culture," he said.
And the unfortunate victims in this battle are the families who believe educating their children is their God-given right.
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– When controversy looms on Wall Street, chances are that Geoffrey Raymond isn't far behind, magic markers in hand. The 54-year-old Brooklyn artist has become a regular sight lately on the scene of big Wall Street fiascos, where he gives the public a chance to vent by scrawling comments on his oversized portraits of powerful corporate executives.
He spent Monday and Tuesday outside the Manhattan headquarters of Lehman Brothers, urging passers-by to sign his latest work, a painting of the investment bank's chief executive, Richard Fuld. Sign they did. Bystanders filled the canvas from edge to edge with comments about greed and comeuppance.
"Blood suckers," read one.
"See you at the soup kitchen!!!" read another.
Lehman Brothers workers were invited to sign, too, as they entered and left the building. Their remarks, recorded in green ink, ranged from wistful to angry.
"What a day. What a year. What a firm," said one.
Another worker scrawled, "You are a coward," next to Fuld's visage. Called, "The Annotated Fuld," the painting is the latest in a series that began when Raymond turned up outside the offices of Dow Jones & Co. last summer as the company and its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, were being sold to Rupert Murdoch.