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According to MDD Chairman Hernan Jasso, Roney Powell, who is running for one of three available spots on city council, tried to aggressively reach and make contact with incumbent city council member Lionel Garcia while Garcia was speaking during public comment.
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History teaches a hard lesson on accounting
Students learning economics should also learn history. In particular, it's important that they are taught that quack international accounting standards exist alongside quack economics. The two tend to go hand in glove because the vested interests often overlap.
One notable example is the increasing move to using "fair value" in bank accounts, a philosophy that means that assets or instruments are recorded in the balance sheet at the price that the company believes they would fetch on the open market rather than the price actually paid. Mark to market is a close cousin, in which assets are priced based on today's market price.
The approach looks neat and tidy, especially to auditing firms who struggle to define more cautious subjective measures, such as prudence.
But there are two particularly dangerous weaknesses to watch for in fair value accounting standards: false profits and fake capital. Both can appear in the accounts of banks as a result of fair value accounting during a bubble. Worse, prospective losses are excluded from accounts of banks because losses that can be clearly foreseen don't have to be taken, again giving the appearance of capital that doesn't exist.
But history here teaches valuable lessons. To be blunt, mark-to-market accounting has been tried before with disastrous results only to end up reinforcing asset price bubbles to the point where they trigger a crisis. It was mandated in the German Commercial Code as far back as 1861 and a financial bubble developed shortly afterwards. The resulting instability in the newly federated Germany is seen by many as a trigger for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. The lessons from this helped contribute to subsequent prohibitions in law across Europe.
By the 1920s, the US still used the mark-to-market model in accounting conventions for its banks. They helped to fuel the late 1920s asset price bubble, also known as the Wall Street boom, as the rising value of assets used as security triggered an associated lending bubble.
The first big bank to collapse in December 1930 was the giant Bank of the United States, whose accounting flattered its apparent worth following a series of ambitious takeovers. The collapse followed a run on the bank that destabilised the entire banking system and led to the Great Depression. President Franklin D Roosevelt later took the US banks off the fair value model altogether.
Market negation
Experience tells us the theory of fair value accounting requires the efficient market hypothesis to work. But whether markets are efficient or not, accounting standards provide a means to disrupt the markets. Even if markets were efficient during all periods, mark to market can serve to negate that.
The problem with mark to market is not merely that what has gone up might go down. That is the easy bit. The problem is the system as a whole is prone to behave as if all gains are readily convertible into cash, when they are not and never can be.
Problems become acute when the gross amount of assets in a system marked to market – or worse still, marked to a price generated by a computer model – becomes greater than the amount of cash, credit or equity which is needed to make transactions happen at those prices. Beyond this point, the realisation of unrealised gains becomes an impossibility. In theory, you could raise cash from asset sales, but this practice, if repeated, may well cause other asset prices to collapse.
The fault with mark-to-market accounting is not merely that asset prices might go down, the problem is when a whole system is being ratcheted up to a point where the question of whether asset values might go down becomes a situation where asset values must go down.
When the party presenting the rosy but unreal picture is a limited liability company, one of the most dangerous things that can be done is making distributions to shareholders (dividends, bonuses or buybacks) or taking out borrowings secured on unrealised gains or missing losses.
Tipping point
A tipping point arises when creditors eventually and inevitably realise that their interest is being put at risk by what is little more than equity extraction in disguise. The timing of the first symptoms of a credit crunch in the banking sector in the second quarter of 2007 exactly matches the realisation – through a new disclosure standard SFAS 157 – on this type of accounting.
The right question came from an analyst on a call with Bear Stearns management in April 2007, the year before it collapsed: "You guys are paying yourself on these gains?"
If the term "unrealised gain" is changed to "unfunded gain", the fundamental problem with the mark-to-market approach becomes even more apparent. It is simply not possible for all parties to realise the gains at that value at that point in time. If a particular idea becomes a bad one, once you study the lessons of its previous applications in history, you may wonder how once more it gets traction in the financial system in the first place.
• Tim Bush is head of governance and financial analysis at shareholder research and advisory consultant PIRC
--This article first appeared in the print edition of Financial News dated January 13, 2014


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The polyester suits, blow-dried hair and 1970s-style political incorrectness return in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
The buffoonery goes epic in the sillier-than-silly sequel, a broad, down-and-dirty comedy overfilled with funny people trying to one-up one another on the set in the classic "Best line wins" school of comic improvisation.
Many jokes land, and some die quietly.
Still, darned if The Legend Continues doesn't offer a sometimes-on-the-money commentary about 24-hour news and what it has done to the institution of journalism.
Anchorman 2 suggests the notion that, if there's a live car chase, a celebrity acting up or a cute critter story "trending," it's what television should cover — and that the idea originated with Ron Burgundy:
"Why do we have to tell people what they need to know? Why can't we just tell them what they want to hear?"
That might be the sanest thing that Burgundy (Will Ferrell) says, after he has pulled his "team" back together and landed them gigs at a new Australian-owned cable-news startup in the dark days of 1980 New York.
Ron needs sports bigot Champ Kind (David Koechner), investigative lady's man Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and weather nerd Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) so that he can fulfill his destiny: to "have salon-quality hair and read the news."
He has lost his wife (Christina Applegate), and an anchorman played by Harrison Ford has run him out of the business. But cable offers them another shot. If only they can get the better of anchorman bully Jack Lime (James Marsden). If only their boss stops insisting on "synergy" that keeps his troubled airline out of the news. If only Brick's voice doesn't betray a half-dozen nervous disorders.
Ron has to get a handle on having a black boss (Meagan Good, bringing it) and his wife having a shrink for a beau (Greg Kinnear). Brian has to get over the money and women he gave up as a pet-fashion photographer to return to news. Champ has to adjust to the TV sportscasts showing nothing but home runs.
And Brick has to find someplace other than the office vending machine to take the office receptionist (Kristen Wiig) he wants to date.
You can tell the pros from the novices in this outing, with Carell blurting out random noises and words and scoring snickers every time he opens his mouth.
His scenes with Wiig are exercises in improv — each waiting to react, cleverly, to whatever unexpected burp comes out of the other. Applegate holds her own. Folks such as Kinnear, Ford and Marsden settle for just doing their lines, trying to keep a straight face.
And Ferrell is the same bundle of comic energy he has shown himself to be during the past few months of selling this film.
The whole cast — but Ferrell especially — hurls so much at the wall that many of the best bits from the movie's many TV commercials are nowhere to be found in the finished film.
Not all of them work, and the story tilts so heavily toward Ferrell that if you aren't a fan you have no business paying to see two hours of his tomfoolery.
The finale, leaving no cameo unturned, is a dud.
But Anchorman 2 proves that you don't have to be a fine wine to age well. Even a cheap Burgundy can get the job done.


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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced an HDMI Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) signal generator platform that enables HDMI high-speed device testing up to 7 Gb/s. The platform can be used for economical research and development, in-depth chip characterization and Authorized Test Center-based compliance pass/fail testing.
Leading manufacturers are implementing HDMI in consumer products such as televisions, computers and set-top boxes, which requires them to pay close attention to the interoperability of these devices; high-speed compliance testing and in-depth characterization are the most critical tests. The Agilent E4887A HDMI TMDS signal generator platform provides every configuration, the ability to test combined and separate jitter-tolerance compliance, and characterization testing.
The platform includes three configurations that meet individual test needs:
The Agilent E4887A is a flexible, expandable platform that can evolve to suit future test needs. It provides fully automated test with the N5990A test automation platform from the Agilent solution partner BitifEye. The standardized test reports allow comparison and exchange between the Authorized Test Center, research and development divisions, and all other users of the N5990A test automation software platform.
"Many Authorized Test Centers use Agilent's E4887A-007 high-end TMDS signal generator solutions because of their full range of capabilities, performance, and dedication in presenting industry-leading serial data generation and analysis test capabilities to accelerate HDMI 1.3 tests," said Siegfried Gross, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Digital Verification Solutions Division. "Agilent continues its commitment to fully support the deployment of HDMI technologies with high performance and complete test solutions."
U.S. Pricing and Availability
The Agilent E4887A platform is available now, starting at $130,000 for the E4887A-003 3.4 Gb/s configuration; $176,000 for the E4887A-037 3.4 Gb/s configuration; and $270,000 for the E4887A-007 configuration, which allows up to 7 Gb/s.
Additional information about Agilent's E4887A HDMI test platform is available at www.agilent.com/find/HDMI. High-resolution images are available at www.agilent.com/find/HDMI_images.
About Agilent Technologies
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It was the event that rocked the nation and catapulted the U.S. into World War II.
Friday, the nation marked the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Over the past seven decades, the number of vets who survived that tragic day has dwindled, but for the ones still living, they hope this day will never be forgotten.
Tucked away in his wooden chest, old photographs, documents and papers are memories Joe Sweeney of La Crosse just can't let go of.
"Here was my battle station right up here," said Sweeney. "Starboard Bridge."
It was March 4, 1940. He was only 21 years old and a big change was coming in his life.
"My draft number was coming up and I didn't want the Army," said Sweeney. "So I jumped in the Navy."
Before he knew it, he arrived at Pearl Harbor four months later.
He was the chief storekeeper at the general store and life was great.
"I had it all made," said Sweeney. "Top rate."
He said Dec. 7, 1941, started out just like any other day.
"Oh boy, I'll never forget it," said Sweeney. "I was having coffee."
He and his crewmates were then interrupted. Someone shouted the harbor was being attacked.
"We thought for sure he went off the rocker," said Sweeney. "I stepped outside of the office and we had an ammunition hole, and I look up and sure enough, red fire balls."
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor cost thousands of lives that day.
"[It was] the loudest thing I ever heard," said Sweeney. "When the Arizona blew out of the water, I saw daylight unearthed."
Sweeney witnessed the whole thing from his battle station aboard the U.S.S. Whitney.
"I could see it all," said Sweeney. "Boy, our five destroyers, they were tied alongside of us. They were firing over our heads. We were right in it, right in the middle of it, but we didn't get hit."
The U.S. would soon enter World War II.
It's these memories Sweeney can't forget.
"Never leaves you, I guess," said Sweeney.
And he hopes no matter how many years have passed, no one will forget either.
"Oh I think you should always remember it," said Sweeney. "Not because I was there, but because of how it happened."
Sweeney was discharged from the Navy in 1946.
He's has made about three or four trips to Hawaii. He said every time he goes, he always makes sure to stop and spend some time at Pearl Harbor.


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The Society's manuscript department contains rich resources for the study of American history and culture. Numbering over 1,400 collections and well over a million items, the Society's manuscripts span the years 1613-1930 and are useful to scholars working in a variety of disciplines. The history of AAS's manuscript collecting is varied, although the underlying principle for acquisitions has always been that material should relate to the history of America. As the Society has moved away from the role of general library and museum to that of research library, so too has the gathering of manuscripts become more specialized. Today, manuscripts are actively acquired in four areas of collection strength:
- American book history
- New England diaries
- papers of prominent early New Englanders in the political, religious, and military spheres
- papers and records of 18th- and 19th-century Central Massachusetts families, voluntary associations, and businesses
Manuscript collections, like their printed counterparts, are generally limited chronologically to the period before 1877. Although the acquisition of manuscripts has become increasingly focused over time, AAS holds important collections in areas beyond those described above. Also in the manuscripts department are the Society's own archives. An excellent account of the Society's acquisition of manuscripts, by William L. Joyce, appears in the Society's Proceedings 89 (1979): 123-52.
Isaiah Thomas' gift of his own papers initiated the Society's acquisition of book trade manuscripts, and today the early American book trades continue to be a central focus of all of the AAS collections. Today, the manuscripts department holds much material valuable for the study of the history of the book in America. Through the years, large and small collections of records of publishing businesses have been acquired, including those of Mathew Carey, Copeland & Day, D.C. Heath, G. & C. Merriam Company, Lee & Shepard, McCarty and Davis, and West, Richardson, & Lord. Booksellers' records, such as those of William Cobbett, Jeremiah Condy, and the Boston Booksellers Association, are also at AAS, as are records of bookbinders like William Merriam, printing press manufacturers such as R. Hoe and Co., and paper manufacturers such as Tileston and Hollingsworth. AAS has records not only of its own library, but also of other library associations such as the South Gardner, Mass. Library Association, the Worcester County Atheneum, the Washington County, N.Y. Farmers and Mechanicks Library, and the Westfield, Indiana Monthly Meeting Library. Related manuscript collections include the Book Trades Collection and the Newspaper and Periodical Receipts Collection.
The Society's extensive collection of diaries offers opportunities for insight into the lives and thoughts of seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century New Englanders. Some of these diaries span a great number of years and volumes, making them of particular interest. Massachusetts diarists include the early New England divines Increase Mather and his son Cotton Mather; silhouette artist Ruth Henshaw Bascom; Salem, Mass. minister William Bentley; teacher and housewife Susan E. Forbes; Westborough, Mass. minister Ebenezer Parkman; printer and AAS founder Isaiah Thomas; and teacher and housewife Caroline Barrett White. There are also diaries of a number of children and young adults, such as Louisa Jane Trumbull, James Ferdinand Fiske, Edmund Quincy Sewall, and the student journals of two young women attending Margaret Fuller's Greene Street school, Mary Ware Allen and Hannah Gale.
Isaiah Thomas' acquisition of the Mather library from Hannah Mather Crocker in 1814 marked the beginning of the Society's commitment to preserving the papers of prominent early New Englanders. This library contained the manuscripts of Richard, Increase, Cotton, and a number of "minor Mathers"; also present were papers of such other notables as the three Thomas Shepards. From that time onward, much other early material has come to the Society.
Virtually all phases of Central Massachusetts history are covered by the Society's manuscript collections, as well as all themes of Massachusetts life. Resources on personal, family, religious, business, political, social educational, early industrial and military life are all available. Included among the Society's substantial holdings of family papers are those of the Brown family of Worcester, an African American family; the Chandler-Ward families of Petersham and Lancaster, the Dewey-Bliss families of Worcester, Williamstown, Northampton, and Royalston; the Parkman family of Westborough, three generations of Worcester Salisburys, the Wards of Shrewsbury, and the Waters family of Millbury.
The Society's collection of voluntary association records complements its other manuscript holdings. Charitable organizations, literary societies, and musical associations were popular eighteenth- and nineteenth-century commitments and diversions, and so the Society's collection of voluntary association records is an important complement to its other manuscript holdings.
There is manuscript material at the Society valuable for research in other areas as well. There are several collections of manuscript music, strengthened by an accession received in 1983 from Mrs. Irving Lowens. The preeminent collections of James Fenimore Cooper's printed works at AAS are complemented by eight boxes of his papers received in 1990 from the estate of Paul Fenimore Cooper, Jr. Included are literary manuscripts, business and legal papers, and correspondence with family, friends, and publishers. AAS also has a large archive of research material on Cooper compiled by James Franklin Beard, Jr.
From the outset, the Society was concerned with every aspect of America's history, and archaeology was a major interest of early members. Although the artifacts that accumulated during the nineteenth century have long since been transferred to other institutions, several manuscript collections (and the Society's own archives) reflect this interest in archaeology.
Approximately three hundred scrapbooks, most dating from the second half of the nineteenth century, contain material gathered on a wide variety of subjects. Notable are scrapbooks of publisher Joel Munsell, temperance lecturer John Bartholomew Gough, and publisher Clarence Winthrop Bowen. Additionally, a number of volumes deal with the theater in Boston and Worcester. Many of the scrapbooks are listed in the Society's General Catalog; a checklist is also available. The scrapbooks collection is in the process of being integrated with the manuscripts collection, and records for them will be created in the online catalog.
Finally, there is a Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. Arranged alphabetically by personal name or place name, it consists, for the most part, of single items by a wide variety of individuals, businesses, and organizations. Occasionally there are several items by one person, but not enough to warrant making a separate collection. An alphabetical checklist in the library provides access to these manuscripts.
The Society actively seeks additions to its manuscript holdings. Gifts are a vital source of collections, particularly of family papers and diaries. The Nancy and Randall K. Burkett Fund, endowed in 1999 for the purchase of manuscripts, has provided valuable support for expanding the collections. Several other funds, including the Henry F. DePuy Fund, the Harriette Merrifield Forbes Fund, and the John Thomas Lee Fund are designated for both book and manuscript purchases.
Collection Access
There are three main resources for access to the AAS manuscript collections:
- search the catalog
- the published manuscripts catalog
- the collection descriptions
Currently, collection-level records for about 1,200 of the Society's manuscript collections (more than eighty per cent) are available in the catalog.
The Catalogue of the Manuscript Collections of the American Antiquarian Society, published in four volumes in 1979 by G.K. Hall, is a printed version of the card catalog produced in the 1970s when the Society's collections were arranged and described under the supervision of William L. Joyce with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Catalogue is available for use in many university and research libraries in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Records for all collections processed or reprocessed since the Catalogue was published in 1979 can be found in the online catalog. The printed Catalogue is arranged alphabetically, with personal names, geographic names, and topical subject entries interfiled in one sequence. At the beginning of volume one is a list of the subject entries used when processing the collections and a list of the forty-six collections that were item-cataloged (meaning that each manuscript in the collection was described individually). Typically, the following information is provided for each item: collection name, author name, recipient name, date, type of manuscript, place where the manuscript was written, number of pages, and a very brief summary of content. Most of volume four is a chronologically arranged list of materials in the item-cataloged collections.
Manuscript collection descriptions for approximately half of all processed manuscripts are available. If collection description for a collection exists, a "finding aid" link will appear in the "more about this item" area on the right side bar section of the collection's online catalog record. Additional collection descriptions are added online as time permits. Paper copies are filed in binders in the AAS reading room. They often contain useful information that goes beyond the descriptions provided in the online catalog or the printed catalog, and therefore it is essential that readers wishing to use manuscripts consult the collection descriptions before requesting collections. The descriptions contain the following information: collection name, size, location, finding aids, source, biographical information, and content description. If a collection is available on microfilm, that information is stamped on the collection description. Large collections have longer collection descriptions, which often include contents lists. Contents lists itemize collections at the box, folder, or volume level, providing more specific access to the information contained within collections. Handwritten card indexes to the correspondence in several collections not item-cataloged are available in the manuscripts department. When these exist, they are mentioned in the collection descriptions.
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Selected portions of the manuscripts collection have been made available online.
Produced in cooperation with Alexander Street Press, Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society brings together 100,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, semantically indexed and online for the first time. Access in available in the reading room. Offsite access may be purchased from Alexander Street Press.
Transcriptions of the Grant-Burr Family Papers are available to be browsed and searched as pdf files. This collection contains over five hundred letters written between 1827 and 1892. Central to the collection is the correspondence between and to Daniel Grant (1818-1892) and his wife Caroline Burr Grant (1820-1892). The letters of these articulate and well-educated New England families discuss their experiences in westward expansion, early female seminaries, courtship, marriage, childrearing, missionary activity, the California Gold Rush, and the Civil War.
Northern Visions of Race, Region & Reform in the Press and Letters of Freedmen and Freedmen's Teachers in the Civil War Era is an online resource documenting conflicting representations of African-Americans, white Southerners, and reformers during and and immediately after the Civil War. In particular, it looks at the stereotypes popularized in the northern press, and the ways that these depictions were countered—or in some cases, reinforced—in the letters written for northern readers by freedmen's teachers and freedmen themselves. This resource was created by Professor Lucia Knoles of Assumption College working from primary resources at the American Antiquarian Society.
The Journals of Edmund Quincy Sewall Jr. 1837-1840
Thoreau scholars have long been aware of the journal kept in Concord, Massachusetts during a period of seven weeks in 1840 when twelve-year-old Edmund Quincy Junior was attending John and Henry David Thoreau's Concord Academy and boarding in the Thoreau household. Edmund's manuscript journal of 1840 was given to the American Antiquarian Society in 1945 but only recently has it become possible to present this diary alongside the three earlier journals Edmund kept between 1837 and 1840 mostly detailing his home life in Scituate, Massachusetts. Together these diaries offer a boy's eye view of what it was like to grow up in a social circle of New England's progressive intellectuals and reformers.


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The ending of Mass Effect 3 continues to spark internet debate. Earlier this week, we let you know of the petition drive to change the ending of ME3. Today, BioWare community manager Chris Priestly has made a post on Mass Effect 3's message board letting gamers know that the company is listening to the critics.
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Name: Scott
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Appearance: (The flower is supposed to be a pink Gracedia flower. He wears it because he thinks it looks awesome with the rest of his outfit.)
Bio: When you first meet him, Scott seems rather shy and quiet. He also has a dry, sarcastic sense of humor, which makes him come off like a jerk at times. When you get to know him however, you'll find that he is one of the nicest people you'd ever meet. He is fun loving, and can be rather silly at times.
Scott was born and raised in Straiton City Unova, where he led a pretty normal life. His favorite Pokemon is Musharna, he lived close to the Dreamyard so he practically grew up around them. Every day after school, he'd go to the Dreamyard and frolic with all the Munnas and Musharnas that lived there. He'd even help Professor Fennel with her studies on Dream Mist at times.
During school, he would often be teased for his fascination for the Musharna line. Saying he should like more "manly" Pokemon like Charizard, and Nidoking, instead of "sissy" Pokemon like Munna. He tried not to let them bring him down too much, but deep down, it hurt, and he hasn't quite gotten over it yet. After completing high school, he decided to go on a journey to see the world. When it came time to deciding what Pokemon would be his travelling partner, that was an easy decision, he wanted a Munna to spite those bullies who had teased him. So, he went to the Dreamyard, and caught one of the Munnas he had befriended during his froclics in the Dreamyard; using a Poke ball he got from his dad. She allowed herself to be caught by him, so it was an easy battle. Scott named her Shaana, and together, the two set off on a journey together.
Name: Shaana
Species: Munna
Obtained: Starter
Gender: Female
Nature: Bold
Ability: Synchronize
Level: 19 (Leveled up using the fizzy cola and birthday cake)
Event: Pursuit, Captivate
Attacks: Defense Curl, Psywave, Lucky Chant, Yawn, Psybeam, Imprison, Moonlight, Hypnosis
Egg Moves: Magic Coat, Barrier, Baton Pass, Helping Hand (Obtained using the Chocolate Memory Berry)
Held item: TwistedSpoon
Contest Stats: 0/0/0/0/0/0
Bio: Scott's first Pokemon. He captured her right before leaving his hometown, but has known her for longer. She has a taken a liking to her trainer, and she seems to get jealous when he is around other females, human or Pokemon.
Birthday: October 25
Location: Active
Name: Angela
Species: Togetic
Nature: Calm
Gender: Female
Level: 10 (Leveled up using Hot Cross Bun)
Ability: Serene Grace
Obtained: Adopted
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Attacks: Growl, Charm, Metronome, Sweet Kiss
HM: Fly
TM: Flamethrower
Egg Moves: Nasty Plot Body Slam (Obtained using Chocolate Milkshake)
Move Tutor moves: AncientPower
Event: Featherdance
Held item: None
Contest Stats: 0/0/0/0/0/0
Bio: Scott saw Angela in the window of an adoption center for Pokemon during his travels. According to the employees, She had very little time left in the center before she was about to be released. Scott found it strange as to whay anyone would give up a Togepi, as they were incredibly rare and adorable. Even stranger that no one else adopted her in all that time. So he took it upon himself to adopt the poor girl before she was released. After recieving her, she has been spoiled by the employees of the day care center, and the beauty salon. While Scott himself has yet to use her.
Birthday: April 6
Location: Active
Name: Hoodie
Species: Scraggy
Gender: Male
Level: 15
Obtained: Traded
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Moxie
Attacks: Leer, Low Kick, Sand Attack, Faint Attack, Headbutt
Move Tutor: Ice Punch
Held item: None
Contest stats: 0/0/0/0/0/0
Bio: To be added
Birthday: November 19
Name: Aaron
Species: Horsea
Gender: Male
Level: 10
Obtained: Adopted
Nature: Timid
Ability: Swift Swim
Moves: Bubble, Leer
HM: Surf, Waterfall
Held item: None
Contest stats: 0/0/0/0/0/0
Bio: To be added
Birthday: December 16
Location: Active


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By Tom Philpott : Military Update
Service members who have household goods damaged or lost during government-directed moves will be reimbursed under a more robust "full replacement value" standard starting by at least March of 2008.
Congress set the deadline in the 2007 defense authorization act signed into law Oct. 17. The National Military Family Association and other service advocacy groups had urged the action after the Department of Defense fell behind in implementing "Families First," a personal property program initiative that includes a goal of full replacement value (FRV) reimbursement.
Air Force Col. Steven Amato, director of passenger and personal property for the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, said the start of FRV might take effect even sooner, perhaps by this time next year, if Families First can get back on schedule for executing a broad re-engineering of the Defense Department $1.4 billion personnel property program.
But if Families First is not fully implemented by March 2008, the department still will shift to FRV reimbursements on household claims, Amato said.
DoD is the moving industry's largest customer with 500,000 moves contracted for every year. About 1,300 moving companies get a share.
The department has worked for over a decade on what became Families First, a comprehensive effort to improve quality of moves, reduce claims, quicken the claims process and run the entire personal property program more efficiently through technology.
When Families First is fully implemented, a sophisticated information management system will link customers, carriers and transportation offices across the U.S. military.
But a long-standing complaint for military members, reflected in after-move surveys going back years, is low reimbursements for damaged goods. Congress now feels that solution should not be delayed until bigger challenges for Families First are worked out.
Historically, about 35 percent of military moves result in damage claims.
The figure has been nearer to 20 percent in recent years but it still tops the list of complaints tied to moves.
Currently, when household items are lost or destroyed, members receive only a depreciated value for the goods. On rare occasions when an entire shipment is lost, carrier liability to members is capped at $40,000.
A sofa that cost $1,000 five years ago, for example, would be valued using the depreciation formula 25 percent below replacement cost, a depreciation rate of 5 percent per year. Other items depreciate at 10 percent. The concept, used for decades, is that household items are "used" and so the government should pay replacement value of used items.
Under FRV reimbursement, however, if a carrier lost an item the member would get a new one. Exceptions involve cars, motorcycles and boats because replacements of equal value are easily found. But with items like furniture, appliances, electronics, carriers would buy new items or settle claims for enough money so members could buy them new.
The shift in formula will affect repairs too. Currently, if an older $300 television is damaged in a move, the depreciated value might be $150. If the repair estimate is $200, the carrier now will pay no more than that depreciated value, $150. The service member is stuck paying $50 in repair costs out of pocket. Under FRV, the mover would pay full repair costs.
Maximum FVR liability per shipment would be capped at $50,000.
FRV liability coverage already is common for private sector employee moves with companies choosing to buy the higher liability coverage.
Military members now can only buy FRV coverage from carriers on U.S. domestic moves. The cost is a few hundred dollars on an average military shipment of 6,000 pounds. For senior ranks with larger shipping weight allowances, buying FRV coverage costs $400 or more. Fewer than 10 percent of members buy the extra protection. An FRV option isn't even offered by carriers on overseas moves, though private insurance is always an option. Not many service members opt for it.
By spring 2008, however, the entire military will be better protected financially from transportation mishaps. The higher FRV reimbursements will be paid by the government. Movers simply will raise their rates, charging the government more for each move, to reflect companies increased liability.


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One man is dead and Hana Highway was closed after a crane fell on a man in an industrial accident in Kahului, Maui Tuesday morning.
Emergency Medical officials say that around 8:45 a.m. a man was pinned under the crane when it tilted onto its side, crushing him beneath it, as he was moving equipment in the company's base yard.
Police identified the man as 62-year-old Ronald Nakasone. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Jumpking Inc.® of Mesquite, Texas, is voluntarily recalling about 1 million trampolines and about 296,000 "FunRing" enclosures sold separately and with Jumpking trampolines. Welds on the frame of these trampolines can break during use, resulting in falls and possible injuries. Additionally, the mounting brackets of the FunRing enclosures have sharp edges, which can cause lacerations. Jumpking has received 47 reports of one or more welds breaking on these trampolines. This resulted in 21 reports of a variety of injuries, including a concussion; head, neck and back injuries; a broken arm; sprains; lacerations; and bruises. The firm also received 12 reports of other incidents, including nine reports of serious lacerations, when children came into contact with the sharp edges of the enclosure brackets. The recall includes 14-foot and 15-foot Jumpking trampolines sold separately and with FunRing enclosures. The brand name "Jumpking, Inc." is written on a warning label wrapped around a leg of the trampoline. The eight legs of these trampolines fit into perpendicular sockets welded to the top rails. Trampolines with weldless sockets that fit over the connecting top rail pieces are not included in this recall. The FunRing enclosures have an arched design where the vertical poles are connected by arches at the top. Some enclosures were sold separately from the trampolines. The trampolines and enclosures were manufactured in the U.S. and China. Later units, that include the rubber sleeves that fit around the mounting brackets, are not included in the recall.The trampolines with enclosures were sold at discount, department and toy stores nationwide and in Canada from July 1999 through December 2003 for between $350 and $450. Trampolines without FunRing enclosures were sold from July 1999 through February 2004 for between $180 and $220. FunRing enclosures were sold separately for between $150 and $250. Consumers should stop using the trampolines and/or the enclosures, and contact Jumpking to receive free repair kits. To order the repair kits or for more information, contact Jumpking Inc. toll-free at (866) 302-8669 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or go to the company's Web site at www.jumpking.com
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HOLBROOK - A Marine from Holbrook who lost his leg in an explosion in Iraq survived another close call after being trapped in an avalanche on Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
Marine Cpl. Keith Zeier, 26, lost his leg following an explosion in Iraq in 2006. He received a prosthetic leg.
Following his injury, Zeier decided to climb Mount Washington in New Hampshire two weeks ago to raise money for Ascents of Honor, a charity that helps wounded veterans. During his climb, an avalanche struck and flung him 800 feet down the mountain.
Zeier says that he suffered a torn rotator cuff, injuries to his leg and was forced to crawl for two hours to be rescued.
"I don't look at anything in life as a failure," said Zeier, when asked whether he would try and climb another mountain. "It was a setback. With setbacks, you can let them define you or you can continue and push the fight."


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I had the pleasure to recently participate in the White House Business Council and Office of Public Engagement's Roundtable with Muslim-American Business Leaders that brought together the business and faith-based community for a dialogue on how to support small businesses that start, grow and create job that sustain our nation's economy.
The forum recognized the tremendous contributions of Muslim American entrepreneurs and small business owners. There were nearly 40 business owners in attendance that represented various industries and sectors of small business. The roundtable provided a platform to acquaint business leaders taking part with SBA's programs and services that are available to assist small businesses.
Joining me at the roundtable was SBA's John Shoraka, Associate Administrator for Government Contracting and Business Development and Ann Marie Mehlum, Associate Administrator for Capital Access. Other participating agencies included the National Economic Council and the Department of Commerce International Trade Administration.
The conversation outlined the progress that SBA has made in supporting entrepreneurs, including minority-owned small businesses, and laid the groundwork for greater collaboration in the coming months with these important community leaders.
The SBA was privileged to have a seat at the table to help address the needs of the Muslim-American business community. It gave us an opportunity to tell the story of SBA's mission to counsel and assist businesses, and to strengthen the economy of our nation. We were able to provide information about our key programs they can use to grow their businesses. This includes SBA's lending programs that work to address gaps in capital, as well as our government contracting programs that help small businesses compete in the federal marketplace.
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I won't say who said this but a somewhat famous British celebrity said "voting is just not that cute anymore", dismissing the General Election as thought it was a transient trend like footless tights or cowboy boots.
The ironically funny thing of course is that this time round, the General Election in the United Kingdom IS cute and ultimate, important. We have in our hands the most unpredictable election in years as well as the possibility of a 'hung parliament' (where no political party as an outright majority) and from talking to people my age and those younger, it seems like all of a sudden, it DOES matter.
Whilst I've not been deeply analysing party politics or campaign details, I do know that more so than the last time I was able to vote, my interest has piqued because finally, the issues that are at stake are relevant to me.. I'm currently away in Sydney whilst all the polls have opened in the UK but I organised a postal vote beforehand to ensure that I'd have something of a say. This unnamed celebrity therefore could not be more wrong about voting.
Oh and it can also be INCREDIBLY cute with the help of these Rubbish Mag political finger puppets.
The candidates Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg all get knitted and you most certainly can stick your finger up at whoever you support or don't as the case may be.


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I think DD2 (8 weeks) is about to go through a sleep transition, similar to what her sister did. She's been nursing frequently, ramping up, more and more into the evening. When she finally does crash, she's going 4 - 5 hours.
I know most Mom's would be thrilled to have their LO's potentially sleeping through. I am. But.... Her frequent feedings (45 min - 1.5 hours) has my supply on high. Then when she crashes, my supply keeps on trucking and I'm becoming engorged. Last night I actually had to wake her.
Here's my dilemma:
I need to build up a stash (I have to leave her for a full day for a wedding in 3 weeks). I haven't started pumping yet because I didn't want to affect my production. Normally I'd pump in the morning. But she's so hungry in the mornings that she cluster feeds.
I'm tempted to pump in the middle of the night. I shouldn't, because I know that it will continue to cause me to be engorged. But I have next to no time at any other point in the day due to the cluster feedings.
So I guess the question is, when do you pump when you're cluster feeding and the only opening will aggravate engorgement?


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Dodgers Caravan 2010 2nd part.
First of all I want to give a BIG THANK YOU to all that participated in the Dodger Caravan and to all those that helped put the event together and those that worked the long hours from the morning event at the Children's hospital event, to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles luncheon, to Best Buys to play video games with the fans and sign autographs to going to Olvera Street in the evening! I could see how tired some of you look so THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your hard work!
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El Senor Jaime Jarrin, the voice of the Dodgers in Spanish! He is just a class act! This will be his 51st year with the Dodgers!
Matt Kemp at Best Buys playing games with a young fan. We made quite an impression on Matt Kemp that he said at Best Buys ""Hey, you guys made it here too!". We had an unforgettable day!
Jaime Jarrin taking the mike en la Plaza de Olvera Street.
Dylan Hernandez, Dodgers Beat writer for the LA Times
I asked Dylan if he wanted to ring the Bell at Olvera Street
Update: I did not know the significance of the Bell but I found this (Thanks Greg!)
Bell of Dolores
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This replica of the "Bell of Dolores" was presented to the City of Los Angeles by the Republic of Mexico in 1968. This cherished relic of Mexican history represents not only Mexico's bid for freedom, but also the beginning of democracy here in California. This bid for freedom began not in Mexico City, but in the little village of Dolores. And it was here that Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was assigned as parish priest, where he became active in politics and sided with the less fortunate of Mexican society. On the night of September 15, 1810, at 11 p.m., Father Hidalgo rang the parish church bell, now known as the "Bell of Dolores" to summon patriots to fight for their independence from Spain. Every year on September 15, the President of Mexico tolls the original "Bell of Dolores" now hung at the National Palace in Mexico City, and cries out "Viva la independencia…Viva America…", Father Hidalgo's call to arms beginning the Mexican War of Independence
Matt Kemp at the tables signing autographs. Notice the 55 since '55 patch. All of the players were sporting the patch on their jersey
Here is the patch
That is all folks!
Football prediction on this Super Sunday:
Colts 31
Saints 28.
Everyone have a wonderful Sunday. I am heading to the hospital to visit tia Marina for her birthday celebration with a Mexican trio singing to her in the lobby.
Thank you to my friends Erik, Lore (LTD23) and Elisa for contributing to a great day!
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"Damas y Caballeros, los Dodgers de Brooklyn son los Campeones del Mundo"….Senor Vin Sculley. : )
..and Happy Birthday Month to your blog…I love it!
Dinner was spectacular!!!…AND on the HOUSE!!! It was so embarrassing. John said he's laminating the post and hanging it it in his basement. Joe wants to link it to his website for the steakhouse. Emma…it was fabulous!
I'll get you the patch once I find it.
That is great that your had a fabulous birthday dinner. I want to read all about it!
Emma: What a cool day. Matty Kemp seems like a sweet guy. Cute, too😉
My Grandma bet on the Super Bowl. I wonder whose numbers will be right…
Kemp was super nice at the Caravan. There was this girl about 10 that started crying because she was excited to meet him. He put her at ease.
Hope your gradma won! Glad I did not bet.
Sorry your Super Bowl prediction was off the mark, but the caravan must have been fantastic. Your pics are great. I wish the Yankees caravan would roll through Santa Barbara right this minute!
Just saw the Robinson and other black history parts. Very good! I think Wills' number should be retired, too. He was my favorite as a kid. I played short and wore #30.
That is OK, like I said, I am not much of a football fans these days. There is only room for my Dodgers in my heart!
You are going to Spring Training soon so is just around the corner!
Thanks Knouff!
Did not know you played shortstop and wore #30! Very cool!!
My next part on Black History will be on our very own Sweet Lou! Sweet Lou Johnson! I have not started but sometime this week it will be ready.
Looks like a great time! As for the football game, I know what you mean…pales in comparison to baseball!
Give me Baseball or don't give me anything at all!
Pitchers and Catchers report in 11 days for us! Woohoo!
Emma, cool photo of you and Jarrin! But who moved the Liberty Bell from Philly to Olvera Street?😉 (I kid, of course!) I heard Jarrin a couple times when I was in LA–I enjoyed listening to his Spanish broadcasts! !Luego!🙂
You know Greg,
I am ashamed to admit that I did not know anything about the bell until you mentioned it and I started looking for info. Thanks!
Hey did you know that Jaime has a degree in Philosophy?
No, I did not, Emma, but I believe it! Good for Jarrin–and for 50+ years with the Dodgers (kinda like Vin)!


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She was born in San Antonio on Aug. 7, 1931 to William Wheeler Pettus and Sally Gee Pettus and attended and graduated from public school in Goliad, where she excelled in tennis and basketball.
She carried fond memories of her classmates all of her life and was faithful in attendance of class reunions. Her graduate studies began at S.L.I. in Lafayette, La., and concluded at the University of Texas at Austin where she pursued pre-med studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology in 1952.
After her graduation, she applied for and was accepted for admissions to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, which was quite an accomplishment for a woman during that time.
In 1952, she married Joseph A. Cohn Jr. from Bishop, who was a recent graduate of the University of Texas Law School. To his great tribute, she gave up her opportunity for a medical education to become a dedicated, loving, wife and mother. Her children and their families were the delight of her life as she watched and encouraged each of the children in their growth and development, instilling in them a love and appreciation of family, a need for full and productive lives and to respect the lives of others. The qualities she urged on her family she more than exemplified herself.
As a member of the following organizations in her adopted new hometown for 61 years, accepting leadership roles in all and president in many, Honey Cohn believed that to be a member was to be worker, and had no quarrel with the philosophy of "lead, follow or get out of the way."
These organizations were Charity League of Corpus Christi, Junior League of Corpus Christi, Symphony Guild, Lawyers Wives Auxiliary of Corpus Christi, Alter Guild and Jenette Hammer Guild of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Art Museum of South Texas where she served on the board of trustees for 14 years, La Retama Club, Antiques & Flowers Club, Las Donas de la Corte, and The Order of De Pineda of Corpus Christi.
She also decorated Corpus Christi's galas from one end to another and they were always beautiful. She particularly enjoyed her early Junior League work of helping to educate the public and public officials of the need to include in public education, the awareness of the needs of the young readers suffering from dyslexia, as a condition to be addressed and not as an inability to learn.
While she was able to trace her family to early England, she was particularly proud of being a sixth-generation Texan. Honey was a direct descendant of William Pettus of Virginia who came to Texas as a member of Stephen F. Austin's Colony in 1822 as one of the "Old Three Hundred" and who served in the Texas early assembly that issued the Texas Declaration of Independence and served in the resulting revolution.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, former Judge Joseph A. Cohn Jr.; three sons; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; son William Joseph Cohn and wife Donja Cohn of Austin; grandchildren John Joseph, Elizabeth Arleigh, Justin Wayne and Chad Michael; great-grandchildren Ethan Joseph and Hannah Madison; son James Fletcher Cohn and wife Frances Howell Cohn of San Antonio; and son Mark Jarrell Cohn and wife Kathleen Cohn of Billings, Mont.; and grandchildren, Kaitlin Kearney, Kylie Catherine, Christopher Joseph, and Kellie Kathleen.
She is also survived by her sister June Pettus, nephew Jefferson B. P. Spires, both of Victoria, niece Sidney and husband James Mangum of Mason and cousins James M. Pettus III and Shannon Mayo of Corpus Christi.
Honey will always be remembered for her love of life, wonderful sense of humor, love of family and friends and unconditional generosity. She has enriched the lives of all that knew her and will be greatly missed.
In lieu of flowers, friends may make contributions to St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 137 S. Chilton Ave, Goliad, TX 77963; The Presidio La Bahia, P.O. Box 57, Goliad, TX 77963; The Women's Shelter of South Texas, P.O. Box 3368, Corpus Christi, TX 78463 or the charity of their choice.
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In any event, recently I noticed that there were certain movies which, although not designed to be, are like sequels to earlier, unrelated films. Movies that show you what would have happened years later if only you use a little imagination and poetic license, and I thought it would be fun to pair some of them up in a list.
Know what else I noticed? There are a whole bunch of people who like to comment on articles who don't actually read them. They miss the conceit of the entire article that's set up in the introductory paragraphs and jump from the title to the entries. I'm also not sure they read the entries. It's basically title, entry title, pictures, comment. So yeah, for them, this column will be a bit of a confusing train wreck. And even though they are the worst people in the world afflicted with all manner of masturbatory-induced venereal diseases, maybe you'd be good enough to point them to the first two paragraphs above. And don't worry about them getting offended by the preceding sentence. They won't read it.
OK, so here we go:
Say Anything/Blue Valentine
In 1989 Cameron Crowe released what I like to call his best film about a simple, but kind-hearted, lower middle-class 19-year-old high school graduate named Lloyd Dobler. Lloyd has a crush on Diane Court: a smarter, highly motivated, upper middle-class girl. Lloyd has no true ambition in life other than being with Diane, and he treats her well. Ultimately, she bows to family pressure and breaks up with Lloyd. Do you remember how he wins her back?
Yeah, not like this. This just pissed off the neighbors.
Although a memorable scene, Lloyd's Peter Gabriel-infused serenade does not save the day. Instead, after breaking Lloyd's heart, Diane comes back to him when she is struck by a family tragedy - her father (and basically only friend) is arrested and imprisoned for stealing money from the old folks at his home for the aged. She is alone and turns to Lloyd for help. Lloyd admits he loves her so much that it doesn't matter if she's back because she wants him or just because she needs someone, and they go off to a new life together.
Unless of course they crash and burn in a fiery death. We just don't know.
Well twenty one years later director, Derek Cianfrance explored similar themes with his ultra-depressing and ultimately half-baked movie called Blue Valentine. (Although Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are so talented, and improvise some great moments. So you can almost overlook all of that). The movie takes place in two times about ten years apart. How it starts is a little familiar.
Dean (Gosling) is a slightly older, simple, lower middle-class guy who doesn't care about anything other than being with Cindy (Williams). She is a motivated high school student who wants to be a doctor. When problems arise - in the form of her dbag boyfriend knocking her up-she turns to Gosling for help. He agrees to marry her and even raise the other guy's kid. Like Lloyd Dobler, he has no ambitions other than being with his girl, and like Lloyd he is a genuinely good man.
"I don't know, sir. I can't figure it all out tonight. I just want to hang out with your daughter."
So What Happens Next?
"Um, ditto."
Where Say Anything implies a happily ever after ending (barring an unforeseen plane crash), Blue Valentine flashes forward ten years. Dean is a devoted father. He also remains faithful and sexually interested in his wife. He does, however, chainsmoke, drink a bit too much, and has no other aspirations in life. He works as a house painter out of necessity, but is otherwise at home with the woman and daughter he loves.
And guess what? It's just not enough. Cindy grows to resent him. She hates her life. And even though he was exactly what she needed at the desperate moment at 18, she is not what she wants or needs ten years later. He is exactly the man he promises to be and it does not matter, because that is not the only factor in a successful marriage.
Some might say I'm being too hard on Cindy. I have three replies to that:
1) I'd love to be "hard on" Cindy. Michelle Williams. Mrowr! Zing! (Okay, we got that out of the way;
2) The semi-retarded screenplay is even harder on Cindy. Dean's tattoo? The giving tree. Yeah, the giving tree. The book about that tree that gives and gives and gives and the boy who takes and takes and takes until the tree is reduced to nothing. Most overt and functionally retarded symbolism ever.
How many blue collar Italian guys from New York do you know sporting this tattoo?
3) I'm not really criticizing Cindy. It was inevitable. She should have never married Dean in the first place. Being a solid guy was the only thing she really liked about him and it just wasn't enough. She made a mistake, but she was scared and 18.
Kind of like Diane Court. Kind of exactly like Diane Court, just with a baby on the way. 1980s favorite sweethearts Lloyd and Diane don't stand a chance. Thanks Blue Valentine!
Goonies/National Treasure
This one's easier to explain. Goonies stars young Sean Astin as Mikey Walsh, a young boy with a love of old historical pirate tales. Some of this love was fostered by his now-absent father who has left treasure maps behind. With the help of his politically incorrect friends (the English-butchering Asian and the fat Jew), Mikey finds a cave of secret treasure to save his town from demolition.
So What Happens Next?
Well based on casting alone you might be tempted to think Mikey grew up to be . . .
"I'll find Precious by following the clues on the back of the Hobbit Articles of Confederation!"
But free your mind. The actor is irrelevant. We're talking character. And it's not so hard to believe that a thrill-seeking kid who loves history, adventure, and pirate gold would grow up to be. . . Well you see where I'm going with this, right?
"I'm still haunted by Chunk's Truffle Shuffle."
Yep. Nick Cage as Benjamin Gates in National Treasure. He's a guy who loves history, and adventure, and is motivated by treasure. And much like little Mikey Walsh, he got the bug from his dad. Both characters use antiquated maps to find treasure underground.
But the similarities don't end there. Mikey Walsh has asthma. Benjamin Gates has some sort of disorder that makes him speak in an unnatural breathy manner, like he's trying to shout, exhale, and whisper at the same time. It also helps that Cage's character is so simplistic and emotionally one-dimensional that there's hardly anything besides the ability to shave separating him from an earnest, intelligent 12 year old boy.
There is, however, one revealing difference. While the Goonies' treasure hunt is pretty far-fetched, Gates's are impossible, both historically (the first movie gets the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence wrong) and logically (the first movie is about a treasure map that is hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence). When viewed as a latter-day Mikey, Gates actually makes more sense. He's a crazy person.
After experiencing the unlikely payoff of One Eyed Willie's gold, Mikey has retreated to the only place that he could possibly replicate that success: An imaginary world of his own design, where, to quote Gates in National Treasure 2: Book Of Secrets, "The past is filled with incredible mysteries. The clues to solving them are all around, hidden in plain sight." The National Treasure films all take place inside Gates' head, like the first half of Beautiful Mind if that movie never acknowledged that John Nash was hallucinating his top secret government missions. Gates is what happens to Mikey if he never grew up: A real treasure hunter in the same way your local crazy homeless guy is a real astronaut-wizard.