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|August 12, 2014 11:15 AM EDT
Within the world of Big Data & the IoT, there's a significant sub-culture of what @CloudExpo & @DevOpsSummit faculty member Lori MacVittie has recently termed "passive tethering."
Her example was a little barcode reader she carries around that scans food items for gluten. The device hooks into databases "out there," as she puts it-probably in the cloud somewhere out there.
Let's take a look at how this device interacts among the dimensions of Big Data and the IoT that I outlined the other day. These dimensions are urgency, importance, frequency, consequences, remedy & cost.
The final analysis also includes size, ie, dataflow of course. I leave size out of the group of dimensions as I see it as a function of them, particularly frequency. Also, it seems to be a habit to focus on the size of the problem-eg, how many cloud instances do we need to buy-rather than the data's real significance to the organization.
Small Size, Big Impact
In Lori's use case, the dataflow from even millions of such devices will not be particularly large, but it's the other dimensions that matter more. The importance of this information is critical to buying a particular food item. To the merchant and supplier, it's critical to the sale. The urgency of this information is thus very high as well.
The consequence is a lost sale, the remedy an awareness that people will have this device, and presumably many others checking for all conceivable aspects of what's in the food they're buying.
I could see the activity or passivity of these devices--and of the data they eventually generate--as fitting in nicely with the frequency dimension. Lori's key point, as the term passive tethering implies, is that her device is not tethered to the Internet around the clock, not "always on." But as she also notes, it is a thing, a thing in cyberspace, not saying much but demanding urgent attention when it does speak.
The bottom-line here seems to be that the actual cost of deploying and serving this application and others like it won't be particularly large per se, but the potential of opportunity cost lost will be very high.
In my particular case, not that anyone wants to know other than for use-case reasons, sugars are the big killer. I'd like my smart watch, smart belt, or smart ring to let me know, when I prompt it, whenever something has less than X milligrams of sugar. I'm sure we can think of at least 100 other things, and perhaps will see the Swiss Army knife approach to such devices in the future.
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Ryan Howard
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Career w/Phillies: .279 AVG / 177 HR / 499 RBI / 2 SB
Ryan Howard, in five years, is arguably the Phillies greatest offensive weapon ever. Blocked by Jim Thome on the system depth chart, Howard finally found regular time because of a Thome injury in 2005. The big man made the most of his time, swatting 22 home runs in 88 games. For that half-year output, Howard won the National League Rookie of the Year award. His encore? Hitting .313 with 58 home runs and 149 runs batted in, easily one of the most prolific seasons in Phillies history. He won the Most Valuable Player award for his efforts, cementing his place as one of the game's most feared players. Since, Howard has remained a steady power hitter, crushing more than 40 homers in 2007 and '08. Though his averages have dropped since that 2006 season, there's no doubt Howard is far and away the games top home run hitter. His mammoth Septembers have helped the Phillies reach postseason play, and in 2008, he came alive late in the World Series to help energize the Phillies to their second world championship.
Comment: It's amazing Howard has played merely five seasons. The numbers he has attained are mind-blogging – he's averaging 35 home runs and almost 100 RBI per season. When he strides to the plate, everything stops. He's that special. In a few years Howard could see his way into the top 10 of this list – for now, a ranking at the top of the 25 makes sense.
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BOOM. Roasted.
are you kidding me? averaging 35 home runs and 100 rbis??
baseball refernce.com has his 162 game averags… 50 home runs, 145 rbis. (195 ks) . find me another power history who averages those numbers who doesnt have a candy bar named after him
35/100 per SEASON, Jim. Yes, the 162 game averages are better, of course.
i just think its not fair to say he averages that PER SEASON when he didnt play a full season until his 3rd year
Well, I just lost the "Guess the top 10" contest. Despite his short career so far, Ryan Howard's unprecedented achievements already had him in my top 10.
Well I definitely see your point, Jim.
Also, very funny, ill admit it, you got me
youuu son of a gun you
Well played sir. Pulling out the old April Fools a month early joke. The comments in that previous thread were priceless. Also, I think this an appropriate spot for him. I might have put him slightly higher, but he's still too early in his career to be considered top 10 material.
Yeah, Tim, you should give the big man more credit. He may have seen major league time in 2004, but 39 at bats hardly qualifies as a "year" in my book. His 2005 season was merely a large cup of coffee. His numbers adjusted over 3 1/2 seasons is much more accurate, and impressive. Where's the love for guys like Wes Chamberlain?
Just to say this in this thread: I did this because I wanted to remind everyone why I'm doing this: It's a fun feature that allows us to look back. It's a subjective list, of course. There is NO way to do a straight objective list in rating baseball players. It's impossible.
I wanted people to remember this was about appreciation players, more than anything. That it's a list makes it fun to debate. But when your "debate" is "this guy was not as good as Pete Rose" every day, it gets old. And when you threaten to stop following the blog, it's kind of foolish. I do what I do for you guys. I wouldn't steer you wrong.
Now, Jamie, I thought hard about Howard's placement, and I can definitely see him cracking the top 20. Still, he has shown to be very one dimensional lately, and I couldn't justify putting him ahead of guys who have had longer, more consistent careers. Wes Chamberlain? He wasn't bad but he probably just missed the top 100.
Now this is where the rage comes out… How on Earth do you rank Ryan Howard higher than K-Stock? Nice joke Tim… for a second I thought you ate a couple of bad mushrooms.
I also feel he will someday be in the top 10 or maybe the top 5. Should you really penalize him for his short service time? He has been the most dominant offensive player for the Phillies since he first dug into the batters box at the CBP Who else has been that much of force for ALL his days in red pinstripes? I hate to place a newbie that high also, but I have a hard time ranking him this low. By the way, this has been a fun thing to read over the last couple of months. Thanks for all your hard work. All of us fans really appreciate all you do to keep the site going.
Again, a valid argument about this. If it's any consolation, Howard has the shortest service time of those remaining.
Rookie of the Year, MVP, World Series Champion, 2nd all-time in HR/AB behind the heavily asterisked Mark McGwire.
It speaks for itself.
there goes my list too. had him at 10.
Of course players should be penalized for tenure!!
Otherwise we would put Jimmie Foxx in the top 5 (played one year with the phillies, his last in 1945, not even playing 50 games)
The Thome injury came in 2005, not 2006, right? Thome was traded during the fall of '05.
By the way, nice Michael Scott reference to open up the thread.
I thought his mammoth numbers would have him in the top 15 at least, but oh well… and I agree with Jim in that you can't do averages when the guy didn't play a full season until his 3rd year… His numbers ARE much more impressive than that 35/100 "stat."
I was so lucky to get in a picture with Howard while I was still on the Phillies.
Tim, I wasn't complaining about his placement, I just pointed out that his stats were actually over 3 1/2 years instead of 5. That would, of course, yield much higher averages. You are correct that he has become on-dimensional lately, but let's hope that changes again this year. If not, and if he only his .250 and has 200 K's, I can live with it if his other numbers are there. As Ryan said on Baseball Tonight yesterday, I'll take 50 HR's with 150 RBI's any day even if the strikeouts are high…
Just one fan's prediction — We have not seen the best of Ryan Howard. I predict he will have a Hall-of-Fame career and will someday hit over 60 home runs. Yes, I am optimistic, but this guy is special and all he has to do is cut down his strikeouts by 20 % and stay healthy.
More .300 averages along with the homers and RBI's and he will transcend all criticism. He even occasionally flashes some impressive leather in the field when he is focused. This guy has eventual top ten potential. With some refined arrogance added to his demeanor, maybe even number 1.
Also, Don Demeter, who was disparagingly referenced in the Stocker thread, was once described by Gene Mauch as a reliable power hitter who had steel springs in his wrists. Don was a very solid player who was very popular with the fans. I believe he was also involved in the trade with the Tigers that brought Jim Bunning to the Phillies.
Memo to James Kay — I have a bat, photo and ball autographed by Wes "The Kingfish" Covington. He is one of my all-time favorites and I loved his batting stance — yet to be emulated. Don Demeter was traded for Jim Bunning as was a minister. Pete Incavilia(sp) lived in my apartment house and is a great guy, and would have been an outstanding middle linebacker. I am glad someone besides me remembers them.
BurrGundy, I obviously misinterpreted your Stocker thread comment. Thanks for the positive clarifications on these guys. Big Cool Wes.
ryan howard will never hit .300 again, his swing is way to slow for that and pitchers have figured out how to hit him. something higher than .250 is reasonable of course. he should be able to hit 270-275
so we're going to end up with what- two players, MAYBE, from the 08 team in the top 10? tim i'm not trying to attack you but that's just silly. the top 10 should be predominantly players from the 80 and 08 teams. the value of winning a world series simply can not be overstated.
i beg to differ christopher.
i think a lot of the guys, especially on the 2008 team, have not played with the phils long enough. are you saying that shane victorino is better than chuck klein or richie ashburn? are you saying that brett myers is better than jim bunning?
this is not the top 100 phillies teams, its the top 100 players.
ALSO, history is often more kind of a to a player than present day. we remember the mishaps with rollins, we remember the arbitration issues with howard. its really hard to judge a player who has not completed his career really high up.
consider this: for howard to only play 3 full seasons, ,and already be named the 25th best player for a franchise that has been around for over 100 years with over 10,000 players ( and yes, 10000 losses) is a huge honor.
Just a note: I had Demeter on my short list outside the top 100. In retrospect he was a heck of a power hitter, and I wouldn't have been against making room for him in the rankings.
Dude how the fuk is Howard 25 on a 100 list? He would definitly be top 12-If not top 10. Your doing this based on what? Stats? LoL. No seriously, all due respect your information is highly incorrect. I'm not even a Howard fan, and anyone can agrue this until there blue in the face, and I'll still tell you your wrong.
I have questioned in the past when Tim started to do his countdown of his "greatest–" list about the inclusion of current players from the 2008-9 team. The repeated complaints from more than one posters such as " ..have not played with the phils long enough " to get a true picture of a current player's potential greatness will continue to persist. Ranking current players with short "sevice time" requires even greater SUBJECTIVE thinking on Tim's part. Consequently, his rankings will and have invited "debates" and at times compelled Tim to defend his choices. I have already expressed my appreciation for Tim's time and effort with research and enlightened us with information on selected players of generations past. However, as stated, to include and select current players with INCOMPLETE record complicates the listing and as a few commented, penalized those players having potential greatness with a LOWER ranking.
However, as Tim said, the list is a "fun" feature for the purpose of entertainment and enlightenment and that matters more than rankings for his blog. Keep up the good work.
this is an appropriate spot for R-HO. whew. god i love that big guy.
I would have put him higher but to each his own I suppose.
I still don't know why you're against giving players with so-called "incomplete" records time on the list, Bruce.
Think about these scenarios:
– God forbid, a current player is injured or dies, or just simply retires before 2009.
So then the player's record is suddenly "complete"?
– Von Hayes decides to make a comeback for the Phillies in 2009.
Are we going to automatically DQ him from the list because he decided to come back?
The list chronicles players from 1883-2008. I wouldn't have done this list during the season, but by doing it in the offseason, it allows for a closed date. As of right now, I'm saying Howard is the 25th greatest Phillie. I do not in any way consider potential in my rankings. Why should I? Like I wrote before, what if he decides to retire right now? He is then entrenched solidly between Maddox and whomever comes after him.
I don't think adding current players complicates anything. Nor does it make my job any more subjective. I'm basing Howard's ranking on his performance from 2004-2008. Just as I'm rating Mike Schmidt on his performance from 1972-1989. And so on.
I would never Dairy Queen Von Hayes from the list because he decided to come back.
Howard is easily the top 10 greatest. I strongly believe hes still hasnt hit his greatest season yet so keep watch of him i see him cutting down on Strikeouts and Hitting atleast 60+ Homers
Uhh Jim, the "Baby Ruth" was not named after Babe Ruth…. it was named after "Ruth" which was some president's daughter.

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So we are really starting Jones? Lets hope for the best
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The New York Knicks have won 14 of their last 15 games despite a roster that's hardly healthy, so getting some rest heading into the playoffs would be a welcome opportunity.
With a win Sunday, they can afford to do just that.
The Knicks look to clinch the Eastern Conference's No. 2 seed when they host the Indiana Pacers in a preview of a potential second-round postseason clash.
New York was a game behind Indiana in the race for the second spot on March 17 after suffering its fourth consecutive defeat, but Thursday's 118-111 overtime loss in Chicago is its only setback since.
The Knicks (52-27) pulled three games ahead of the Pacers with Friday's 101-91 win at Cleveland coupled with Indiana's 117-109 home loss to Brooklyn, meaning New York can lock up the No. 2 seed Sunday. Even with a Pacers win - which would give them the season series 3-1 - the Knicks would need only one victory or one Indiana loss in the final two games to clinch.
But New York would like to take care of business Sunday, and give Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith a breather prior to the playoffs after they've combined to average 57.2 points over the past 15 games.
"It's very beneficial," Smith said of the chance to rest. "It means a lot. It's something we've been talking about consistently over the last few weeks, we've been wanting to lock up that two seed."
Finishing second would earn the Knicks a first-round date with Boston, but a showdown with Indiana could be looming in the East semifinals. The home team has won each of the first three meetings in the season series.
"We've proven this year we can win on the road, but it always helps to have home-court advantage," coach Mike Woodson said. "That goes a long way when you're trying to get to the Eastern Conference finals."
Even when Woodson's team beat the Pacers 88-76 at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 18, Indiana caused problems for New York. The Knicks shot 36.7 percent in that game, and that was their most efficient performance against the Pacers this season.
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So we are really starting Jones? Lets hope for the best
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This team is simply on fire, can't wait to see Sheed back in the action!
Thats bad the Knicks built a 20 point lead without Melo .. why put Melo in the game with 5 min before halftime ???
Let's clinch the 2nd seed.
Pacers are a joke. Win or lose today I have no doubt our boys we'll stomp this overrated bunch out with ease in the playoffs.
No Tyson, K Mart, Sheed, Camby or Stat and they can barely cope.
Melo with the sick dunk!
We lost a 20 point lead to a 7 point lead at the half because Melo didnt want to sit on the bench untill the 2nd half.
Kidd & Shump was doing so well guiding JR, Cope, and Novak on defense.
Melo hard dunk on Hibbert then steal was good but George is in Melo head, and Stevenson is in Felton head
Knicks winning too bad game isn't on nationally would have been a great old school double-header Bulls-heat/Knicks/pacers but I guess the 2nd/3rd seeds in the East don't rank like 8th in the west Lakers Question of the day: with Kobe out who is going to be the showcase nba team for every other national NBA broadcast now???
Hats off boys 2nd seed in EC wrapped up, now boys earn a nice rest before the playoffs.
As for Pacers....Can all the 'experts' please oh pleaseeeeeeeee STFU about the 'Mighty' Pacers. Bar none the most overrated team in all of the NBA. Bulls, Nets and even the old ass Celtics far more difficult playoff proposition than this Pacers team. After Bynum not sure if any player is straight up hijacking his team for his salary as Roy Hibbert.
being u checked the box-score u also notice Melo took 23 shot attempts to get 25 points.
Woody's best decision in this game was not letting Melo get any playingtime in the 4th qrt.
Jim.... im tired of this forum giving all the 2012-13 Knicks success this season to a 40% FG Melo, as if the other 4 players on the court dont exist. This forum talk about Tyson, Kurt, Amare, Novak, Felton, Cope, and White like a dog this season.
Little do they know, it was HOF Jason Kidd orchestration that lead coach Woodson & Melo having a succesful season.
In the Pacers game it was clear to see that Knicks-players - Kidd, Shump, JR, Copeland, and Novak/Prig had this WIN in their pocket as early as the start of the 2nd quarter. When u seen our offense rotating where 7.2 Hibbert had to keep running outside to defend Copelands Jumper, and Shump/JR slashing to the paint with Hibbert outside defending Cope. When Hibbert went to the bench Cope took it straight to the hoop on West, plus our transition game gave us a season high of 16 fastbreak points. com'on Melo shouldve forgot about the scoring title to cheer for his teammates from the bench.


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Phillies Win NL East For 3rd Consecutive Year
Pop the champagne Phillies fans; for the 3rd year in a row, this team has won the NL East and will be playing in the post-season. In a game that included at least one RBI from every starting position player except lead-off hitter Jimmy Rollins, the Phillies powered their way to a 10-3 mashing of the Astros to win the title. Rollins did have 2 hits in the game though, plus a walk and he scored twice.
A true team effort, the win included back-to-back triples by Rollins and Shane Victorino, a massive 2-run homer by Raul Ibanez, a sac fly, a stolen base and 3 doubles. Pedro Martinez pitched only 4 innings and allowed 3 runs, but his teammates picked him up with their hitting and some great relief pitching. Kyle Kendrick, who spent nearly the whole year in the minors, pitched 3 innings of scoreless ball allowing only 2 hits. Chad Durbin picked up the 8th; Scott Eyre got the 1st 2 outs in the 9th and, believe it or not, Charlie Manuel put Brad Lidge in to finish the game. Lidge got his old buddy Lance Berkman out on 1 pitch.
So, it is time to rejoice! Since I was not able to attend the game tonight, I broke out some old photos from the 2007 NL East clinching game. Here are a few ways the Phillies may now be celebrating:
Here at home, the Phillies unofficial mascots, J-Roll Smurf and Chutley Smurf are also partying hard. A drink and a victory lap:
Now just take a deep breath and exhale…ahhhhhh! Time to relax…for now. Home field advantage is still up for grabs. That challenge will begin with tomorrow night at 7:05pm in the last game of 4 against the Astros. Go Phillies!
Photos by Jenn
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Its great that the Phillies won the East, but there not so strong finish leaves a question mark. Good luck in the postseason!!
Yay, Jenn! They did it! Congrats and relax the rest of the week. We all need our strength for what's to come. I'm stocking up on the Tums.
Not sure I like the Lidge appearance for the last out in a blow out game but now you get to start at zero. Game on!
Celebrations are wonderful right now…home field would be real good…first 4 in the line up with 100 runs each outstanding and still 4 games left of the season…then every game counts…can't wait..:-)
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As Peter said the first four guys in the lineup have 100 runs or more. That is an amazing stat. Un comparable, well maybe the Yankees could challenge but nuf' said. The Phillies "are" the real deal. New post.
Congratulations on the clincher
Yes, HFA is still up in the air! Is just who wants it more! I hope my Dodgers do! I have a friend that is a long time Dodger fan living in Brooklyn that that already booked flight/tickets based on the Dodgers having that HFA. He is making his dream a reality of seen the Bums at Dodger Stadium.


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Best of FN in 2012: April – June
Here is a roundup of the best news and analysis published by Financial News's daily website during the second quarter of 2012.
• April
April 2: The BBA's Knight's tale – Almost five years to the day since Angela Knight started as chief executive of the British Bankers' Association, the UK trade body representing more than 200 banks, she revealed she was to step down in the summer.
April 3: FSA fines JP Morgan Cazenove's Hannam £450,000 – The FSA carried out one of its highest-profile censures to date in its clampdown on market abuse with a £450,000 fine against Ian Hannam – JP Morgan Cazenove's global chairman of equity capital markets.
April 16: Billionaire head of BTG Pactual faces trading investigation – FN revealed that André Esteves, the billionaire chief executive of the Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual, was under investigation for trading undertaken in his personal account in Europe in 2007, according to the prospectus for the bank's initial public offering published this month.
April 25: BofA Merrill hits back with senior UBS hire – Bank of America Merrill Lynch hired Alex Wilmot-Sitwell from UBS as president of Europe and emerging markets (ex-Asia), the exact position to which Andrea Orcel was due to be promoted before he defected to the Swiss bank in March.
April 26: The uncertain sale of Deutsche Asset Management – Deutsche Bank was seeking to unload a large chunk of its asset management business but, in the bank's earnings call, one analyst forgot to turn off his microphone, and let slip that "they can't get this business sold".
• May
May 1: Bats Europe completes Chi-X integration – Bats Global Markets passed an important milestone in its merger with Chi-X Europe by combining the operator and its own European venue on to a single technology platform.
May 9: Ex-Dresdner Kleinwort bankers win bonus battle – A group of 104 ex-Dresdner Kleinwort investment bankers won their dispute against their former employer, after a London judge ruled that the bank broke its promise to pay guaranteed bonuses to them in 2008.
May 14: High-ranking trio to depart JP Morgan amid trading blunder – Three high-ranking officers at the centre of JP Morgan Chase's giant trading blunder were expected to leave the firm, sources said, as losses on the trade increased.
Expected to leave were Ina Drew, who ran the Chief Investment Office – the risk management group tied to the losses, since 2005; Achilles Macris, who was in charge of the London-based operation that placed the questionable trades; and also trader Javier Martin-Artajo.
The trio exited because of their direct involvement in the mistakes that led to the losses. Drew set the trading strategies for the CIO unit, and Macris and Martin-Artajo were responsible for carrying out her instructions and overseeing the problematic portfolio.
Another executive who departed was trader Bruno Michel Iksil, nicknamed the 'London Whale' for the big positions he took in credit markets on behalf of the CIO.
May 16: FSA bans BGC's Verrier in staff-poaching fallout – The UK Financial Services Authority banned Anthony Verrier, a senior executive of interdealer-broker BGC, from working in the UK financial services industry after relying on findings by a High Court judge that it said raised questions over his "honesty, integrity and reputation".
May 18: Facebook IPO in numbers – Facebook set the final price of its hugely anticipated initial public offering, which, at $18.4bn, would have made it the fifth largest global flotation, assuming all the share options were exercised. According to Dealogic, the only other IPOs that had been larger were Agricultural Bank of China, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, AIA Group and Visa.
May 25; @GoldmanSachs embraces PR in 140 characters – Goldman Sachs launched its Twitter account at its AGM and by the end of the day had managed to attract nearly 9,000 followers with just three tweets.
@GoldmanSachs began tweeting with the message "We are now live on Twitter (finally) at the GS Annual Meeting. Follow us here for updates on our work, our research, and our people."
But if followers were expecting to get any updates on the AGM, they would have been disappointed. A couple of hours passed with no mentions until the meeting was over. Goldman then tweeted: "Annual meeting is a wrap. Prelim votes show all directors elected with overwhelming support. Shareholders support GS on all proposals." By December, the US bank had attracted more than 30,0000 followers with around 750 tweets.
May 30; High Court judge denies appeal on €52m bonus dispute – A High Court judge denied Commerzbank an attempt to appeal a ruling that said the German bank had broken a contractual agreement with 104 former Dresdner Kleinwort employees over unpaid bonuses.
May 31: Deutsche Bank's Ackermann bids farewell after decade at helm – Deutsche Bank chief executive Josef Ackermann told the German bank's shareholders of his sadness at stepping down after a decade as he prepared to pass the baton to Anshu Jain and Jürgen Fitschen.
• June
June 12: Rolet ushers in new era with management rejig – The London Stock Exchange Group announced a series of high-profile changes to senior management and board. New figures included Alexander Justham, the former director of markets at the Financial Services Authority, and David Warren, a former chief financial officer at Nasdaq OMX.
June 12: Meet UK banking's new lobbyist – FN profiled Anthony Browne, who was named as the replacement for Angela Knight as chief executive of the British Bankers' Association. Browne brought to the position a mix of political, media and financial experience.
June 15: HKEx pulls ahead in race for LME – A nine-month bidding war for the London Metal Exchange swung in favour of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, after the UK group recommended its bid over an offer from a US rival. The deal also continued a successful advisory run by the financial institutions group at Rothschild.
June 18: Plus Markets secures vote for Icap sale – The fate of Plus Markets Group had various twists during the year after the company had attempted to put itself up for sale, but failed to attract enough interest for the whole group. On May 14, the company announced it had decided to close after failing to find a buyer.
Plus Markets shareholders were unhappy about the company's decline. Speaking to Financial News, Spencer Wilson, a representative of Plus Markets' second-biggest shareholder Amara Dhari, said: "We believe the group's management has destroyed shareholder value in the business. For some time now, we have been trying to have a constructive dialogue with the board and its advisers, with little success."
On June 1, Icap took pole position in its bid to acquire the junior exchange business Plus SX and its prized exchange licence when Plus management said it favoured the interdealer-broker's offer over a rival proposal from Gulf Merchant Bank. On June 18, Plus Markets secured the votes to pass through a sale to Icap at an Extraordinary General Meeting, after Icap raised its original bid from £1 to £500,000.
Plus Markets' other two businesses were later sold. The derivatives exchange Plus DX was sold to Pipeline Capital, a company which is run by DX's former managing director Clive Connors. Plus also agreed to sell its technology solutions arm, Plus TS, to a consortium of employees and investors led by Hirander Misra, a technology consultant to Plus and the co-founder of Chi-X Europe.
June 21: Nasdaq unveils European derivatives ambition – Nasdaq OMX said it planned to launch a new London-based interest-rate derivatives platform, making it the latest exchange to attempt to break into the tight-knit European derivatives market.
June 22: Ricci handed sole control at Barclays CIB – Barclays named veteran banker Rich Ricci as the sole head of the corporate and investment bank, as Jerry del Missier, his former co-head, moved into another high-profile role – chief operating officer for the group.
June 27: Barclays bosses rule out bonuses after racking up $450m in fines – Four of Barclays' top executives pledged to give up their bonuses for this year after the UK bank accumulated more than $450m of penalties for its role in the setting of Libor and its European equivalent.
June 29: 3i to slash staff and office network – UK-listed alternatives firm 3i Group, under new chief executive Simon Borrows, postponed plans to return to the fundraising market until at least the end of 2013 and outlined a drastic round of office closures that would reduce headcount by over a third.


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Attending from Beeville were Monica Blackwell, Frieda Hartzendorf, Erie Head, Evelyn Jeanes, Pam Jeanes, Karen Knowlton, Mary Claire Luce, Myrtle Lucke, Lana Massengale, Marie Meadows, Falba Jo Roberts, Catherine Thornton, and Elizabeth Thornton. Attending from Karnes City and Kenedy were Jan Anderson, Pam Burge, Gretchen Dupnik, Frances Eckols, Jennifer Gonzales, Pam Kerlick, Susie Kotara, Sabrina Lewallen, Aide Lopez, Kathy Morgan, Irene Perez, Linda Vegh, and Laura Veth.


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It was the 11th Annual National Day of Silence in 2007. Erin Davies was a student living in Albany. She proudly displayed a rainbow sticker on her Volkswagen Beetle, a sticker that ultimately made her the victim of a hate crime.
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Mary Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, on March 25, 1925, the only child of Edward Flannery and Regina Cline O'Connor. Both her parents were Roman Catholics from active Catholic families, a religious heritage that had a deep effect on her thinking and writing. As a child, she attended parochial school and early developed an interest in domestic birds and poultry. In her later writings she recalled that, when she was five, a newsreel company came to film her pet bantam chicken, which could walk both forward and backward. Years later, in a high school home economics class, she responded to an assignment to make a child's garment by creating a white piqué coat for a pet chicken. Also during her early years, O'Connor began to develop a talent for drawing and cartooning, an interest which remained with her through her life.
In 1938, her father was diagnosed as having disseminated lupus, a progressive disease in which the body forms antibodies to its own tissues. With that, the family moved from Savannah to Milledgeville, Georgia, where Regina O'Connor's father had been mayor. Edward O'Connor died in February of 1941, and Flannery remained in Milledgeville for most of the rest of her life, with time away only during her brief period of healthy adulthood between 1945 and 1950.
In 1942, O'Connor entered Georgia State College for Women (now Women's College of Georgia) in Milledgeville. She graduated with an A.B. degree in English and social sciences in 1945. During her college years, her interests were divided between fiction writing and cartooning. She did both, along with editing, for college publications. After her graduation, she decided to attend the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, where she had been awarded a fellowship on the basis of some of her stories, which one of her teachers had submitted to the workshop. It was about this time that she began to drop "Mary" and to use "Flannery" alone as a writing name.
The Writers' Workshop, founded by Paul Engle, was the most prestigious program of its kind when O'Connor was a student there, and she learned much from the experience. One biographer, Harold Fickett, records her willingness to accept criticism from the workshop and her willingness to rewrite work in accord with her teachers' suggestions. This sort of docility probably did not come easily to O'Connor, who was a person of strong convictions and a willingness to stand up for them. During her time at Iowa, she began to publish stories; her first publication was "The Geranium" in Accent in 1946. That story was one of the six of her thesis collection for the M.F.A. degree, which she received in 1947. She stayed on at Iowa for an additional year, teaching and writing the beginnings of her first novel,...
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The Federal Communications Commission earlier this year introduced a draft proposal giving Internet service providers the ability to segregate access to the Internet for those able to pay vast sums of cash, effectively ending its status as a "net neutral" public utility.
The outcry in recent weeks has been raucous as net-neutrality advocates have fought back, aided by a long list of tech companies, such as Google, which worry that any segregation of access could hamper further technical innovation.
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The New York State Police at Ellenville announce the arrest of David J. Miller, age 41, of Napanoch, NY for Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a Felony.
On June 18, 2013 State Police at Ellenville responded to a reported burglary in Spring Glen, NY where pipes and a heating system were removed from a seasonal residence. After an extensive investigation, State Police learned that David Miller was hired as a contractor to renovate the residence. He ultimately removed the heating system for scrap metal.
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MARTINSBURG -A Hardy County man arrested more than half a dozen times for indecent exposure was arrested again Monday night for allegedly exposing his genitals and "gratifying" himself in the infant section of a Kmart in Martinsburg.
Dale Scott Whalen, 39, of Fisher, was later arraigned on one count of felony indecent exposure and was transported to the Eastern Regional Jail, where he is being held on $30,000 bail.
The Associated Press reported June 3, 2011, that prosecutors said Whalen had been arrested seven times for indecent exposure since 1995, when he pleaded guilty in Monongalia County Circuit Court to felony indecent exposure. He pleaded guilty in connection with a June 29, 2010, incident, during which he was caught masturbating at a public pool.
The incident occurred just hours after Whalen was released from jail for a June 7, 2010, indecent exposure charge, during which Whalen was seen naked in downtown Morgantown, the AP reported.
One of Whalen's prior arrests for indecent exposure occurred in Martinsburg in the summer of 2007, when he was caught masturbating at a video rental store on Foxcroft Avenue, local court records show.
Whalen's arrest Monday occurred after the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department arrived at the Kmart, located at 1287 Winchester Ave., at about 6:54 p.m. in response to an indecent exposure complaint.
Deputy N. Schoppert spoke with a manager at the store, who said that a man, later identified as Whalen, had been walking around the store and exposing his genitals, records show.
"This deputy observed Mr. Whalen on video exposing his penis and gratifying himself in the infant section of the store. This deputy collected video surveillance of Mr. Whalen gratifying himself in public throughout the store," reads a copy of the criminal complaint contained in the warrant for Whalen's arrest.
The police report says Whalen's criminal history shows the man was also previously convicted of felony indecent exposure July 13, 2012. Indecent exposure is a misdemeanor, but it's charged as a felony when a person is arrested for or convicted of a third or subsequent indecent exposure offense.
According to a copy of the criminal complaint filed after Whalen's prior arrest in Martinsburg for indecent exposure, on June 3, 2007, officers from the Martinsburg Police Department responded to Video Warehouse, located at 904 Foxcroft Ave., for a report of a man exposing himself in public.
Officers spoke to an "extremely upset" female employee at the store, who said that a man, later identified as Whalen, had been in the store for several hours.
"She further stated that a female customer had come up to her and advised that she should keep an eye on the suspect, because he was doing 'some sick things with himself,'" a copy of the criminal complaint reads.
The employee said she began watching Whalen and saw that he was masturbating in the corner of the store, records show.
When Whalen turned around, his pants were open and his genitals were hanging out. He was told to leave the store and, as he did, he attempted to flee the area, but another customer was able to detain him until police arrived.
Whalen pleaded guilty to misdemeanor incident exposure June 13, 2007, in connection with the incident and was sentenced in Berkeley County Magistrate Court to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended for two years of probation.
If convicted of felony indecent exposure, Whalen faces one to five years in prison and a fine of up to $3,000.
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Although Brocade has performed quite well this year, the market seems to show no interest in discussing the company's prospects unless it involves M&A speculation. And it seems that the company's strong fourth-quarter performance has only served to fuel that fire.
Brocade ended the year on a strong note. Fourth quarter revenue grew 4% sequentially and improved 5% year-over-year to $578.3 million -- easily beating consensus estimates of $566 million. This is certainly encouraging -- particularly given how tech stocks have disappointed investors due to a poor macro environment that has hurt enterprise spending.
The company was helped by better-than-expected performance in product revenue, which improved 7% year-over-year and 5% sequentially. Likewise, profitability was impressive. The company reported GAAP net income of $54 million. This compares to a loss of $4 million in the year-ago quarter as operating income also grew 12% year-over-year.
The company reported GAAP earnings per share of 11 cents. This compares to a 1 cent loss last year. Non-GAAP earnings per share rose by a penny to 17 cents per share -- beating analysts' estimates by 3 cents. The same, gross margin improved by almost two points year-over-year and by one point sequentially.
For the company's performance, CEO Michael Klayko said this:
Q4 was an excellent quarter for Brocade and a strong ending for fiscal 2012 during which we established a number of company records including revenue, net income and operating cash flow. Our product portfolio across all areas of our business is the strongest it has ever been and we are driving industry transformation in emerging areas of growth including virtualized data center, cloud computing and software-defined networking
After such a strong performance, it's hard to disagree. Although Brocade lags behind bigger rivals such as Cisco (CSCO) , the company is clearly outperforming Dell (DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) . But I wonder how long this performance can last without some type of a trip-up due to the expected change in leadership now that Klayko is leaving.
It goes without saying that the strategic direction of the company will be determined by Klayko's replacement. That said, it's hard to imagine a better time than now for M&A speculation.
Cisco remains at the top of my list of suitors. Not only does Cisco have the financial means, but equally important are the synergies that align very well.
What's more, Brocade has more than doubled its free-cash flow over the past five years, making this a buy that Cisco can easily justify. Too, a deal like this would help strengthen Cisco's enterprise and cloud position and would also be a good defensive play -- keeping Brocade out of the hands of rivals like EMC(EMC) , Hewlett-Packard and even Dell.


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Glad to see the dude keeps up every facet of BaN with continuations of Liber and MV. Though Liber II got less interesting with each listen......
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Whereas MV: II was already boring before the end of the first play through
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Originally Posted by unorthodox
terrible chapter
Completely bare of noteworthy content.
unlike Naruto Sasuke didn't need his daddy's help to get out of the barrier, he already planned his escape while Naruto had to think about it.
Originally Posted by Avinash012
Didn't Kin & Co killed Tobirama...?
Originally Posted by Miyata
Lol naruto is better with shadow clone than he is /thread minato > tobirama
Naruto is better than Minato, with Rasengan. . . Naruto >>> Tobirama & Minato.
Originally Posted by Lordofd100x
I think its obvious what person you would pick...
Yup, it couldn't be more obvious.
Originally Posted by Midday
Inventing something doesn't mean he's strong, it only makes him a good inventor.
So, you are denying that Tobirama is strong. . . ? hmm
Meaning, you think he is weak?
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Originally Posted by Whizgigger
Why are you here then? Just for Madara? Its a story about Naruto.
I've been waiting 2 weeks for this, and literally, that's all that happened.
Flashbacks are pretty much just filler.
we know Tobirama invented shadow clones.
Sasuke prattled on a bit about something he didn't even do, and by the looks of things Hashirama and Madara got blown up.
Originally Posted by Miyata
This chapter wasnt bad...Lol virgins
Retards gonna retard...
Anyone who has a Summoning Contract could have saved themselves using Reverse Summoning.... This goes for Sasuke and Sakura both....
Originally Posted by Majin Tobirama
Naruto saved sasuke. so get over it.
ummmm he didnt need him to ahaa
He asked "What's our next move Naruto?" because of this.
He asked "Can we really get through this with just that chakra?" because he doesn't know what the hell is Naruto's plan was.
How do you expect him to know what to do when it was between both Kuramas, Naruto & Minato?
Last edited by Bieber; 08-28-2013 at 09:51 AM.
1/5, Chapter was just one long explanation.
Originally Posted by Konan is a Badass
Minato is nothing but a fraud who got his yellow flash title off Tobirama's shit
Lol FTG with kunai and space time barrier would crush tobirama even in his base mode!!! Minato is the quicker thinker in battle IMO from his feats so far
Chapter 499 - Kushina helps Naruto beat Nine-Tails
Chapter 599 - Obito's mask falls off
Chapter 637 - Madara loses Juubi
Chapter 643 - Obito starts an attack while Naruto & Minato talk to Kurama
You can find a lot of chapters "simplified"
Last edited by Vegeto30294; 08-28-2013 at 09:51 AM.
Originally Posted by PabloEscobar
Sasuke: "What's our next move Naruto?"
Sasuke:"Can we really get through this with just that chakra?"
The Noob don't know what to do
I hate people who over rate and under rate Sasuke, he's strong okay? But not "SO6P" strong.
he was on 3 tomoe sharingan about to save naruto with a SUMMONING JUTSU lol probablybanother MANDS SLAVE.
Originally Posted by PainTotheEarth
sakura has always been fodder..they both dont care
Yes my man it is all about Sasuke and Naruto
All I heard was, ''Bla-bla-bla-bla-bla''.
Yes . Sasuke the noob got his saved by Naruto this time
BS you think his summoning can move faster than a TTB?
sasuke could have got out of there didnt need minato help like naruto
What a maroon! Sasuke didn't need Naruto's assistance to escape from the barrier! You're the noob for not reading the chapter just scanning through the chapter! Anyone can make an opinion in that case!
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By Bob Huber: CNJ columnist
When I was a kid, there was nothing more pleasurable than summer baseball. A friend might ask, "What you want to do today?" and I always replied, "You crazy? Play ball, of course."
I'm not talking about Big League, Little League, or the Abner Doubleday Code of Conduct. I'm talking about a bunch of guys getting together on a rocky hillside in my Colorado hometown and having it out with bats and balls. (Girls weren't allowed, because they argued if called out — a genetic flaw.)
Bases were at various locations — sometimes behind trees — and they were separated by 20 or 30 paces, sometimes 50, whatever fit the terrain. No adults were there to tell us the correct measurements or to umpire close calls. Our parents didn't want to be there. They were too busy outwitting the Great Depression.
The scenario for that brand of baseball went this way: First you scrounged up a glove and a ball cap. Gloves were hard to come by. Their value in trade was a dozen comic books, with covers, or two Roy Rogers six-shooters complete with holsters. Used greasy ball caps came from mechanics at the Ford garage.
Then the two biggest, baddest guys from the sixth grade flipped a coin to see who got first pick of the wannabes. That meant eager beginners like me — scrawny, humble, and just a second-grade graduate — were lucky to be picked at all.
In this atmosphere the number of players was never the same. A team might have 20 guys one day and three the next depending on what was showing at the matinee. It made little difference, because if a ball were hit, none of us knew what to do anyway.
So as low man on the totem pole I stood to one side looking lovable, my Ford cap at a jaunty angle, desperate to be picked to play in the godly world of unorganized sports. Secretly I didn't want to be picked, because I couldn't catch a ball and feared disgrace.
I couldn't hit a pitched ball either. In those days I had what was known in medical circles as a roving eye, diagnosed by our local druggist, Doc Kronke. That meant I had weak eye muscles, which could only be corrected by store-bought glasses purchased in Doc's drugstore. Without them, I saw two pitched balls coming at me.
First biggest, baddest guy: "That kid bats like an old lady swatting hornets."
Second biggest, baddest guy: "Once in a while he hits one. A hornet, I mean."
Most of the time one team had a whole bunch of players and the other only a few, and the team with a few usually won, because no one got in the way. Some games lasted a week, delayed only by darkness. Scores were in the hundreds.
So time marched on until one day I realized I had outgrown my need for Doc Kronke's glasses, and I became one of the biggest, baddest guys myself. I could spit, scratch in bad places, and peruse raw recruits with the best of them.
Then when it was my turn to pick, I saw a little kid with glasses — they resembled the bottoms of Coke bottles — and he looked just like me a few years earlier. His eyes were sad and hopeful, but he was lovable.
That's when it ran through my mind that I should break this endless chain of unnatural selection. All I had to say was, "Hey you, Four-eyes. Get over here."
I looked away, hoping for a sign, and it so happened that Virgil Crotchmire took that moment to stroll onto the field. Virgil was an old timer like me and was a heckova first baseman with a batting average in the .900 range.
So I was suddenly in a quandary. It was a case of picking Virgil the Magnificent over Four-eyes the Worthless — Tradition vs. Groundbreaker, Evil vs. Good.
I glanced at my biggest, baddest opponent and saw a little smile cross his lips. I knew what he was thinking, that I'd pick the kid with glasses. Then he'd get Virgil. "Make up your mind," he said. "We need to start the game."
"OK," I said. "Virgil, get over here."
Well, what did you expect? You think I'm stupid? Besides, I needed to teach that kid with glasses a basic law of baseball.
You see, I knew that someday that kid would grow up to be a biggest, baddest guy too, picking his own team, and he'd remember what he saw that day. As George Steinbrenner put it, "Half of this game is 90 percent mental."
Bob Huber is a retired journalist living in Portales. He can be contacted at 356-3674.


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When Sasame drugs Naruto, Sakura and Jiraiya, she prepares to let them be given to Orochimaru in order for her to be led to Arashi. But, when she discovers that they were planning to be killed, she begs the ones about to do so to stop. Naruto reveals that he and the others faked being put to sleep, and attack. Kagerō attacks Naruto and Jiraiya with a powerful technique that shortens her life, then escapes with Jigumo and Kamikiri. When Jigumo and Kamikiri discover that they were being used by Orochimaru, they attack him, but are apparently killed by the latter.
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