text:
The bursting of the subprime mortgage bubble and subsequent market meltdown in the summer of 2007 vividly illustrate Karl Marx's adage that history tends to repeat itself: the first time as tragedy; the second time as farce.1 This summer's farce showcased the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, the failure of overleveraged fixed-income hedge funds, and sharp losses by quantitative hedge funds. The sad part: these debacles were made possible by players, both sophisticated and unsophisticated, who assumed: "This time will be different." Well, this time wasn't different.
So, just in case someone actually wants to learn from these mistakes, what can the financial markets of 2007 teach?
Answer: the more things change, the more they remain the same.
Moral of the story: embrace enduring truths.
Enduring truth number one: without regulation or some other moderating influence, investors will binge until they explode. In the 1990s, unregistered hedge funds like Long Term Capital Management leveraged themselves 100-to-one until they collapsed under their own weight. This time, we had a shadow banking system of structured investment vehicles operating outside the regulators' purview that let investors gorge on leverage until the markets blew up.
Enduring truth number two: investors who think they're outsmarting everyone else often are too smart for their own good. These days, brainiacs pursuing quantitative investment strategies spend so much time trying to uncover arcane correlations among securities that they tend to overlook the obvious: In a market panic, all securities sell off. Result: the brainiacs lose their shirts.
Speaking of overthinking — you can discard all the fancy Greek words ("alpha," "beta," "delta," "shmelta") that hedge fund managers have been tossing around to impress clients and substitute the only two words that always matter in the markets: greed and fear.
Unfortunately, many of the largest players in the financial markets didn't learn the last time they deluded themselves into thinking that the laws of investment gravity had been repealed. This brings us to a final enduring truth: As long as humans are human, they'll trick themselves into believing "this time will be different" — and it never will be.
Troubled Waters
So what can we expect in 2008?
Answer: Americans will be forced to watch a divisive presidential election even as they continue to suffer weakness in the housing market, high oil prices, a weak U.S. dollar, a Federal Reserve reluctant to lower interest rates, a volatile stock market, and nervous credit markets. Economists will keep debating whether the U.S. economy is entering a recession — even as broad areas of the country experience recessionary conditions and industries (like housing) witness their worst conditions since the Great Depression.
Whatever you call it, it won't be pretty.
Still, there are some positive signs — and opportunities. Economic growth outside the United States, particularly in Asia, remains robust and will provide a counterweight to the U.S. slowdown. Global interest rates also will trend down, because the withdrawal of credit from the U.S. and European economies will have a deflationary effect on asset prices and economic activity in general. Because nobody should misunderstand the fact that the demise of structured finance is a highly deflationary event, the financial and regulatory authorities will fight to avoid the worst consequences of the collapse of structured mortgage finance. Investors will continue to enjoy opportunities on both the long and short sides of the markets, but must tread carefully and employ risk-management techniques in a highly volatile and emotionally fragile market environment.
The Dollar and Oil
More specifically: investors need to keep their eyes on several key investment markers. The U.S. dollar and the price of oil will be two key macroeconomic drivers in 2008. These indicia of value in turn will affect other important signposts, such as the price of gold, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (the VIX) and the stock market indices.
For the moment, the U.S. dollar probably has seen most of its decline against the Euro; it already has dropped 70 percent against the European currency in the past six years. European economies will not be able to sustain much additional dollar weakness.
There is far more downside for the greenback against Asian currencies, like those of China, Japan, India and Singapore, countries that are experiencing strong growth but whose currencies have not appreciated nearly as much against the dollar as the Euro. That means, on a long-term basis, Asian currencies are the place to diversify away from U.S. dollar exposure. You won't be alone in fleeing the U.S. currency: The drive to diversify out of the dollar is broadening to include everyone from supermodels to tourist sites in India to (far more significantly) sovereign investment funds.
A weak dollar has important investment implications for stocks and bonds. Many U.S. companies incur a significant percentage of their sales outside the United States, so these companies' earnings will benefit in the next year from non-dollar earnings. This phenomenon can be seen already in the stock prices of many multi-national companies and is one of the factors that supported stock prices through an otherwise difficult 2007.
But the larger, sadder fact is that we are in the beginning of the end of the dollar supremacy. The economies of China, India and even Russia are growing at twice the rate of the United States and those of the core European Union countries. Middle Eastern nations are enjoying the benefits of high oil prices and investing their oil wealth abroad in a manner that will extend their influence and wealth. The American proclivity for spending over saving (from Congress to Main Street) is sounding the death knell of U.S. economic sovereignty in the 21st century.
As for the world economy's 800-pound gorilla, oil: it did not require a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico to force prices up to the feared level of $100 per barrel in 2007. Instead, strong global demand, a lack of new oil discoveries and fears about supply did the work. A consensus is emerging that most of the low-cost, easy-to-access oil has been discovered and that future oil output is likely to level off. At the same time, projections show demand significantly outpacing supply. Like it or not, the West is under enormous pressure to find alternatives during the coming decades. In the near-term, U.S. and other Western consumers will face high oil prices, which will divert their money from other expenditures. Combine higher oil prices with a real estate recession or depression (depending on where one lives) and there'll be lower consumer spending.
In other words, the news is bad for investors in many sectors — except for investors in energy and related sectors.
The Stock Market
Meanwhile, the equity market has gone on a roller coaster ride, swinging wildly because investors are reacting to every news headline as if the future of Western civilization hung in the balance. Gargantuan write-offs by financial institutions that drank the subprime mortgage Kool-Aid caused investors to sell financial stocks and boards of directors to jettison Wall Street chieftains who'd lost touch with their businesses. To a large extent in 2008, fallout from the collapse of the mortgage business will impair the profitability of several important Wall Street businesses, including leveraged and structured finance.
Indeed, we've seen the crumbling of the entire edifice of structured finance, where individual loans were packaged and sold to institutional investors who had no relationship with the underlying borrowers. Because structured finance was a major profit center for Wall Street, its disappearance will hurt the financial sector's earnings in 2008. Moreover, the collapse of the mortgage market and structured mortgage finance will mean credit withdrawn from the economy, impacting other areas of consumer finance, such as automobile and credit card loans. Consumer credit in general will be more difficult to obtain.
Translation: investors should avoid companies in the consumer finance space in 2008. Instead, they should gravitate toward oil, resource and building/infrastructure stocks, which should continue to experience strong growth in 2008. The global building boom is unstoppable; just read the financial reports of multinational companies active in these sectors. Although the price of oil will likely retreat from $100 per barrel as the U.S. economy slows, the price will likely average above $80 per barrel throughout 2008 as global demand remains strong. This means that oil-rich countries in the Middle East and elsewhere will continue to mint money — and fund enormous building projects.
We can only hope that presidential candidates will address America's energy future in a meaningful way during the campaign instead of engaging in a mudslinging contest.
Credit Markets
The credit markets are likely to see higher default rates than in previous years.
Some of the predictions out there are too dire, however. Moody's Investors Service seems unduly pessimistic in its prediction of an increase from October 2007's default rate of 1.1 percent to a mid-year 2008 default rate of 3.4 percent. Goldman Sachs has issued an even grimmer 12-month trailing default prediction of 4.0 percent for high-yield credits and warns that a recession could push the default rate to 6.0 percent. Goldman Sachs places the odds of a recession occurring during the first half of 2008 at above 30 percent.2
One reason I doubt there'll be such a sharp increase in the default rate is that many structural features have been built into the latest generation of leveraged transactions that give borrowers many ways of avoiding defaults (for example, the so-called "toggle" notes that give the borrower the option of paying interest in cash or in additional notes.) Absent a serious recession, which is unlikely because of global economic health and continued healthy demand for U.S. exports, defaults likely will stay below 2.5 percent through 2008. This means that spreads on corporate bonds are unlikely to widen to levels that truly compensate investors who assume the equity-like risks implicit in owning unsecured, subordinated debt in highly leveraged companies.
Leveraged Finance
The outlook for the leveraged finance markets in 2008 is subdued. We were supposed to see the first $100 billion leveraged buyout (LBO) in 2007. Instead, we saw investment banks stuck with more than $300 billion in LBO loans that, because of the credit market meltdown, they could sell only at sharp discounts.
The culprit was the collapse of the structured credit markets and two types of structured credit vehicles: structured investment vehicles (SIVs) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), particularly the CDOs that owned subprime mortgages. The financial media reported that collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), that is, large pools of corporate loans, were the primary purchasers of the bank loans used to finance mega-LBOs.
But most missed the story-behind-the-story: that CLOs were being financed by SIVs. And SIVs were operating in an economy that was entirely opaque and accountable to nobody except institutions that were willing to finance them with short-term commercial paper. Big problem: SIVs were using short-term funding to purchase long-dated illiquid assets such as mortgage CDO and CLO obligations. When the subprime mortgage market collapsed, leading mortgage CDO paper and CLO paper to plunge in value, commercial paper lenders balked at financing these heavily leveraged SIVs, which naturally collapsed under their own weight.
Here's another enduring truth: Borrowing shortterm to lend long-term has always been a recipe for disaster; the SIV stew was no exception. When the SIVs could no longer borrow money to purchase additional assets, the CDO market came to a grinding halt during the summer of 2007.
The second half of 2007 saw a much-reduced number of CLOs completed, but their cost of capital increased from the London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR) + 50 basis points in the first quarter of 2007 to LIBOR + 130 basis points after the summer. CLOs will continue to attract institutional capital, only because spreads on the underlying bank loans that CLOs own have also increased significantly. These changes are not necessarily a bad thing; just look at what havoc the complacent credit environment wrought. Too many deals were done that served no business purpose other than lining the pockets of the LBO firms sponsoring the transactions. In fact, an unhealthy amount of overall financial market activity has been purely speculative in nature, meaning that it has contributed little or nothing to the productive capacity or capital stock of the global economy. Instead, private equity funds did deals because they generated fees and were doable due to the flood of global liquidity and artificially low interest rates that resulted.
Hopefully, higher funding costs will limit the number of speculative deals in 2008, while offering lenders higher and more appropriate compensation for the risks they assume in financing leveraged transactions. At the same time, the new environment should open the door for strategic buyers to add assets to their businesses without having to overpay to outbid LBO firms motivated to complete deals simply to generate fees.
Buckle Up
The bloom came off the rose in 2007. Financial models ran aground, as the best-laid assumptions of quants and men proved flawed — again. The markets in 2008 will have to cope with fallout from the bursting of the biggest credit bubble in history. The subprime mortgage debacle seeped into every corner of the financial markets and produced hundreds of billions in losses. Investors who move too quickly to pick the bottom in financial and housing stocks are likely to experience more pain. It's going to take all of 2008 and longer to repair the damage to confidence and balance sheets that was wrought by the collapse of the housing market, as well as the mortgage and structured finance markets that grew up around it.
- "Hegel remarks somewhere that all facts and personages of great importance in world history occur, as it were, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce," Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (New York: International Publishers, 1972), originally published in 1852.
- Goldman Sachs, 2008 Investment Grade Credit Outlook, Nov. 21, 2007.
Michael E. Lewitt is president of Hegemony Capital Management, LLC, in Boca Raton, Fla. He's also a member of the Trusts & Estates investments committee


text:
DC Blogs NotedPosted in DC Blogs Noted on October 19th, 2009 by dcblogs
14th & You had a bout with the swine flu and writes: It's the kind of flu that makes raising a glass of water to your mouth and successfully taking a sip a feat of superhuman strength. DC teacher and writer of Dee Does the District reports: students are dropping like flies – going home early with chills, headaches, coughs, and high fevers. Whatever is afflicting them, is in my body. Related: I'm a volunteer in the Medical Reserve Corps. tied to my apron strings
The writer of Adventures in Voluntary Simplicity is considering a vasectomy, prompting pointed reader comments.
An Early Look at Masa 14 (With Menus) Best Bites Blog. A new U Street area haunt.
Toilet bowl destroyed from shot fired with police officer's stolen gun. Vox Populi has the report.
Here are some things that (That's Why) The Lady Is A Tramp wants for her birthday. Things you should buy me.
The DC Creates! Public Art blog has moved to the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities blog.
After attending an art festival in Del Ray, John James Anderson pens some observations about photos printed on canvas in the post, Fart on the Avenue.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
To accommodate the expected high numbers of people wishing to testify on SB1 and to allow testifiers to plan their time accordingly, the House Judiciary and Finance Committees plan to begin the public hearing at 10 a.m. Thursday and end at midnight.
At that time, if there are people who signed up to testify still waiting to speak, the hearing will be continued on Friday, Nov. 1 at a time to be determined.
Due to the anticipated high volume of testifiers for the Oct. 31 House hearing on SB1 relating to equal rights, the Judiciary and Finance Committees will assign registration numbers to people who submit testimony and wish to testify in-person.
Those who submit testimony online and wish to testify at the hearing will receive an email prior to the hearing with their registration number. Those who submit their testimony in person should go to the House Chief Clerk's Office (Room 027) where they will be assigned a number at that time.
Online testimony can be submitted at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.
The numbering system is being implemented to more efficiently assist the flow of people and their testimony during the hearing. It will also allow testifiers to know where they are on the testimony list and plan their presence accordingly.
The committees are waiving the 24 hour deadline for submission of testimony which will be accepted before and during the October 31 hearing.
For additional assistance on the day of the hearing, an information booth will be available outside of the capitol auditorium.


text:
I don't think it is. Maybe you can have a look at gaussian vectors, with covariance matrices such that the diagonal is the same, but not the numbers off the diagonal.
(and with the same expectation vector)
Let X1,X2,X3,Y1,Y2,Y3 be random variables.
If X1 and Y1 have the same distribution,
X2 and Y2 have the same distribution,
X3 and Y3 have the same distribution,
then is it true that X1+X2+X3 and Y1+Y2+Y3 will have the same distribution? Why or why not?
Any help is appreciated!
Let's imagine the Gaussian vector with the expectation vector and the covariance matrix
and then the Gaussian vector with the expectation vector and the covariance matrix
we obviously have , though since the covariance matrices are different, the pdf of M is different from the pdf of N...
Am I wrong somewhere ?
I am sorry...the following may seem very obvious to you, but to me it is not
Statement 1:
X1 and Y1 have the same distribution, AND
X2 and Y2 have the same distribution.
Statement 2:
(X1,X2) and (Y1,Y2) have the same JOINT distribution.
Are statements 1 and 2 equivalent? If not, what is the difference between them? (please explain in the simplest terms if possible as I am only a 2nd year stat undergrad student)
I was never able to understand this, and I would really appreciate if you could clarify this concept.
Plainly, the joint distribution of (X,Y) tells you for any subsets A,B.
Then, if you take , it gives you for any subset A, which is the distribution of X. So, at least, when you know the joint distribution of (X,Y), you know the distributions of X and Y.
But you know much more. For instance, X and Y are independent iff , and this condition only involves the joint distribution. So the joint distribution tells you if X and Y are independent.
More generally, it contains the way the values of X and Y relate to each other. The very fact that X=Y (almost surely) can be read from the joint distribution, while it is not readable from the distributions of X and Y. For the same distribution , there are many variables (X,Y) such that X and Y have distribution ; extreme cases are X=Y of law , and X,Y independent of law .
Maybe if will be clearer if you think that the joint distribution not only tells you the distribution of X but also the conditional distribution of X given Y: (the right-hand side depends only on the joint distribution).
A "visual" way: The joint distribution is a probability measure on that describes how the values of are distributed in the plane. You can think of hot spots (or peaks) where the measure gives more probability, and it gets colder and colder at infinity (nearer to 0). Then for instance you may have some very hot spot near (1,2), which means that has high probability to be near that point, i.e. with high probability X is near 1 and at the same time Y is near 2.
Now, one can see the distributions of X and Y in this setting: they are distributions on each of the axes obtained by averaging the measure on the whole line projecting to the chosen point of the axis. For instance, P(X=x) is obtained by averaging the previous measure on the (vertical) line of equation "X=x"; like a "projection" of the measure. If there was at hot spot at (1,2), then there will be a hot spot at x=1 as well by projection, and at y=2.
But if there are for instance a hot spot at (1,2) and another at (3,4), you will have two spots at 1 and 3 for X, and at 2 and 4 for Y. In that case, you don't know if (1,4) is a likely spot for (X,Y) or not from the distributions of X and Y.
I don't know if this has clarified anything... You'll probably get used to it and understand the concept progressively.
So I think the point is that the joint distribtuion of X1 and X2 tells you MORE than that from the distributions of X1 and X2 separately. In a sense, the joint distribtuion of X1 and X2 gives you more complete information (e.g. whether X1 and X2 are independent or not).
The joint distribtuion tells you MORE, so is it correct to say that Statement 2 implies Statement 1? i.e. IF we know that (X1,X2) and (Y1,Y2) have the same JOINT distribution, THEN X1 and Y1 have the same distribution, AND X2 and Y2 have the same distribution. (But the converse is NOT necessarily true.) Am I right?
In fact, the joint distribution of (X1,X2) simply tells you everything you need in order to compute anything about X1 and X2.


text:
Diane Abbott has written to the chief executives of two major medical insurers to demand an end to a postcode boycott of Jews.
The Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington noted that "thousands of members of the Stamford Hill Jewish community were being discriminated against" by HSA and the Western Provident Association.
Ms Abbott — who also contacted the Financial Services Authority — wrote after being informed by a constituent, Rabbi Avraham Pinter, that WPA was not offering quotes on cash plans to people in the E5, N15, N16 and NW11 postcodes.
The MP voiced concern that "many Jewish families had been left uninsured" following HSA's decision to either freeze or terminate policies over the last few months, despite in some cases owing claimants hundreds of pounds for treatments.


text:
Plan on shopping at Target this week and want to add an inexpensive baking item to your shopping list? Cut the Reynolds Baking Cups coupon from today's Smart Source insert and visit Target to purchase these foil cups for only $0.07!
Reynolds Foil Baking Cups, 32 ct $1.07, regular price
Use $1.00/1 Reynolds Baking Cups from SS 6/23 (exp 9/30)
Final Price: $0.07 USD
Want more store options? Visit Walmart or Kmart for free Reynolds paper Baking Cups!


text:
S3 Graphics and Fujitsu Limited Tuesday announced that Fujitsu will be producing the new range of S3 Graphics' Chrome graphics processors using the company's 90nm process technology. The designers promise that the new chips will offer high clock-speeds amid low power consumption.
"Fujitsu's proven 90nm fabrication technology will enable us to offer the fastest yet lowest power-consuming graphics products," said Dr Ken Weng, General Manager and Vice President at S3 Graphics.
Unlike previously expected, S3 Graphics has decided to use Fujitsu's Mie Plant in Mie prefecture,
While S3 Graphics again declined to comment on performance of its Chrome-series products, it said the new "silicon produced by Fujitsu showed up to 75% performance improvement over earlier S3 Graphics generations". In case of 75% improvement over GammaChrome S18 Pro product released earlier this year, then, in the best case, the Chrome product is to score about 2600 points in 3DMark05, or a bit less compared to the RADEON X1300 PRO, and about 6500 points in 3DMark03, or inline with the RADEON X700 PRO.
S3 Graphics said that Chrome "silicon" runs both 25% faster and with power savings of at least 25% compared to chips made using "conventional 90nm processes".
S3 Graphics' Chrome20 graphics processors are designed for PCI Express bus and sport a bit revamped architecture compared to the GammaChrome family unveiled earlier this year. In particular, the new Chrome20-series will feature a new video engine – Chromotion 3.0, a multi-GPU technology called Multi-G as well as improved antialiasing patterns, according to information posted earlier by unofficial sources. The Chrome20 family of chips does not have any feature-set improvements compared to predecessors and sport a set of DirectX 9.0+ capabilities found in GammaChrome and DeltaChrome.
General specifications of the Chrome20 family were also unknown at press time, but, according to unofficial claims, the top-of-the-range S27 processor would sport 8 pixel processors and, probably, no less than 4 vertex processors. The chip will support DDR, GDDR2 and GDDR3 types of memory with 128-bit interface width.
In mid-September S3 Graphics said in an interview that the new Chrome20-series products would be available within the following two months.


text:
Salvage trucks are vehicles that have low or limited value because they were totaled in an accident. Trucks that have a salvage title cost more to repair than their actual worth (according to the insurance company). Vehicles may become a liability if they get damaged due to floods or accidents. Some vehicles are also recovered theft cars, which go on sale through online auctions. Some people purchase salvage trucks to rebuild them, and save a good sum of money. Salvage trucks generally have a low trade-in value and private sellers often don't find buyers for such vehicles. In order to sell salvage trucks, many independent companies hold auctions. The highest bidder wins the auction and is usually asked for a deposit amount.
How to Evaluate Salvage Trucks for Sale >>
Salvage Vehicles
In order to obtain a good bargain on a salvage vehicle, it's best to research all options before placing an online bid. Although some websites don't offer online auctions, they have a wide variety of salvage vehicles on sale. Worldwide Auto offers an updated inventory of various salvage trucks. The type of damage is listed alongside each vehicle for buyers to better understand the condition of any vehicle.
Locating a Salvage Truck Auction
Look for statewide listings of truck auctions on websites such as Truck-Auction.com. This website offers a directory of car auctions listed by state. Alternatively, you may prefer to bid for a salvage truck through an online auction. The criteria for buying a salvage truck vary on each website and it's advisable to understand the terms and conditions before bidding for a vehicle. Most online truck auctions offer customers various types of trucks such as re-buildable trucks, flood damaged vehicles, wrecked trucks and salvage title vehicles.
Online Auctions
Through an online auction, buyers may be able to purchase a salvage truck for a price lower than it's worth in the Kelley Blue Book. You can search for salvage trucks in their area by entering your zip code on auto auction websites. A few good websites for salvage truck auctions include Salvage Cars, Copart and Insurance Auto Auctions. These websites provide information on current online auctions and help you find trucks located in your area. You may also find good deals on used trucks on iBidMotors or Big Truck Salvage.
6 Tips for Making a Purchase at a Salvage Vehicle Auction
The best deals are easy to figure out if you follow some tips:
- Get to the auction early.You will be able to stake out and observe your competition, their bidding style, and maybe even learn a thing or two while making small talk with them. For example, you can ask them how they are able to determine the value of a totaled car
- Check out the goods thoroughly.From the looks of it, the car is a total wreck. Even if there is practically zero chance that the car that caught your fancy would ever see the roads again, make sure you still check it our thoroughly. You may be surprised at what you find
- Trust, but verify.Do not accept what the auctioneer says at face value - trust, but verify. In an auction, everyone is working for himself, and often you and the auctioneer are antagonists sitting at opposite ends of the negotiating table. The auctioneer wants to portray the item in the best possible light so it will fetch a good price, while you would of course prefer to pay as little as you can get away with
- Keep your emotions in check.It is easy to get into a bidding war with another bidder, especially with an item that looks valuable. Make sure that before you place your first bid, you know the possible value range of the item in question, and how much you are actually willing to pay for it. Even if you win a bidding war, if you pay more than the actual value of the salvage, it wasn't you who won. It's the auctioneer
- Do your research at home.If you are going to a salvage car auction for spare parts, make sure you first have a list of prices used car parts sell for. If you are looking to rebuild a wreck, find out everything you can about that make and model. It is very foolish to win an auction and find out layer you bought the wrong truck
- Bring enough cash. Do not bid on a truck without having the cash to pay for it. At these kinds of auctions, you pay on the spot when you win. Your bid is legally binding and you may get into legal trouble if you are unable to pay your bid. Remember that you might be in for a long day, and may need to purchase many salvaged cars. Make sure your capacity to pay is enough to cover all your purchases
Salvage car auctions may give you a bargain purchase and save you money, but only if you play the auction game wisely.


text:
I'm running Windows 7 Home and IIS 7 on my dev laptop.
Can I run multiple websites (localhost)?
Not virtual or subfolders off of the root but actually have 2 (or more) separate sites like localhost and localhost2 each mapped to a different folder?
Results 1 to 6 of 6
Thread: Multiple websites in Windows 7


text:
Eric Green and Jock Truman, between 1965 and 1975
Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm.
Creator: unidentified photographer
Description: Date range based on approximate age and style of dress of subjects in photograph.
Shows Green (left) and Truman sitting in lawn chairs.
Forms part of: Jock Truman papers, 1852-2011
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation: Eric Green and Jock Truman, between 1965 and 1975 / unidentified photographer. Jock Truman papers, 1852-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 15369
- Green, Eric
- Truman, Jock C. (Jock Curtis)
View all Image and Media Gallery items from the Jock Truman papers


text:
Dominique Wilkins
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|This biographical article does not give any references or sources. (June 2013)
Jacques Dominique Wilkins (born 12 January 1960) is an American former basketball player. He played for the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks in the NBA. Wilkins was born in Paris, France. He was raised in North Carolina.


text:
Prompt, secure access to full statements:
Plan a virtual visit with a provider through your PC or mobile device:
Securely connects you to portions of your medical record:
Online second opinions from top specialists:
Securely request a copy of your Images Studies from our Images Library:
Physician-to-physician medical record access:
Medical record system for physicians in private practice:
Find phone numbers and email addresses for Cleveland Clinic Online Services:
Our award-winning blog brings you insights on health, nutrition and wellness from experts you can trust. Enjoy recipes, videos, infographics and more from the nation's no.1 hospital blog.
Complete our online appointment request form and receive an email response within 1 business day:
Request an Appointment
Contact us with Questions
More Options
Expand Content
General Surgery covers a wide spectrum of routine problems that require surgical intervention. Most patients are initially seen by their primary care physician or internist, because they have noticed a "lump," have abdominal pain, or have an area of tenderness in a limb or their chest or abdomen. Surgical opinions are therefore sought for these "lumps and bumps," abdominal pain, and surgical infections by primary care physicians and internal medicine specialists who seek the aid of the general surgeon in resolving these relatively straightforward surgical issues. Specifically, the department has created a Hernia Center to address patients' questions and schedule evaluations for hernia repair.
The Department of General Surgery offers these services at the main campus, Family Health Centers, and community hospitals. Most of these problems are dealt with on an outpatient surgery basis, and frequently use state-of-the-art technology. Most members of the Department of General Surgery have an interest and expertise in these general surgery problems.
Appointments: 216.444.6664
Cleveland Clinic © 1995-2016. All Rights Reserved. 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 | 800.223.2273 | TTY 216.444.0261


text:
Hardware news tagged DisplayPort
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Smartphone, Tablets and Ultra-Thin Notebooks to Get Micro-DisplayPort Connector.
[2:05 pm]
VESA Begins Development of micro-DisplayPort Connector Standard
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Asustek Rolls Out World's First Intel Thunderbolt 2-Certified Mainboard.
[12:05 pm]
Asus Z87-Deluxe/Quad Features Two Thunderbolt 2 Ports with 20Gb/s Bandwidth
Friday, February 1, 2013
VESA's New DisplayPort Dual-Mode Standard Enables 4K DisplayPort-to-HDMI Output.
[2:12 am]
DisplayPort Dual-Mode Standard 1.1 Enables Full Support for All HDMI 1.4 Modes
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Joint Working Group Moves Toward Wireless WiGig DisplayPort Certification.
[3:28 pm]
Wire-Free Dream Closer with Renewed WiGig VESA Collaboration
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Mobility DisplayPort Standard to Enable High-Definition and Stereo-3D Output on Mobile Devices.
[6:12 am]
MyDP Standard Brings New Output Capabilities to Smartphones, Tablets
Friday, March 9, 2012
Intel to Integrate PCI Express 3.0 Support into Thunderbolt.
[4:40 am]
Intel Outlines Thunderbolt Target: PCI Express 3.0
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Nvidia Licenses Set of Technologies to Halt All Legal Disputes with Rambus.
[6:52 am]
Nvidia and Rambus Sign License Agreement: Nvidia Licenses PCI Express, Serial ATA, Other Industry Standards


text:
In 2013b the editor tabs, for multiple files, behave differently. (1) Anyone know whether I can revert the behaviour to that of previous version, ie scrolling left & right? (2) Anyone save me time by telling me the rule they follow?
Thanks in advance.
Background: I seem to work spatially. I find that I remember where a file-tab is on left to right-ed-ness. The new list on the right appears to be a step forward, but I find I am not working by names, but relative positions, so in short, I am lost & searching for every file-tab change. - Not a happy camper.
I want it gone. Any help?
I at least would like to know what it is doing. Any help?
Is it maybe most frequent to the right or something? Whatever it is, it completely ruins my ability to efficiently move round the file-tabs. Scrolling was painfully slow, but at least I kept a sense of where I was going.
Maybe if I knew the pattern, I'd be able to begrudgingly adapt. I've checked the settings & found nothing. I checked the release notes & found nothing on "editor".
PS. Ok, why can't I edit tags below, after I put in a comma? Have to delete the whole thing & reenter?
Do you have the alpabetical sorting checked? Right click on the panel bar somewhere and make sure it's not checked (or check it to force the order).
You can get to any tab by selecting it in the +n listbox.
Personally, I just vertically align this if I have a lot of files open.
Thanks, Context menu - not preferences.
I found the alphabetize. Not ticked. Also found the - position - not available through preferences, but through context menus on the bar. .
My issue with the new rationale is basically that I know I'm on a tab on a left-to-right bar of tabs & have not obvious way to do what I am used to, just go right, along the list. Instead I have to go into a mode based on filenames & choose from a list.
.I guess. I'll start using keyboard shortcuts & see if they get closer to how I work.
. It seems minor, but it's basically yet another change to the editor rationale that goes completely against the stable way I'm already productive.
. Many thanks for your pointers.
nanren, I'm also taking my time getting used to it...
Related Content
Play games and win prizes!Learn more
MATLAB and Simulink resources for Arduino, LEGO, and Raspberry PiLearn more
Opportunities for recent engineering grads.Apply Today
New to MATLAB?Learn MATLAB today!


text:
Report Stolen Car
Report Stolen Car Page Content
Report Stolen Car Overview
Having your car stolen is a terrible feeling. If you are a victim of auto theft, don't feel alone; a car is stolen approximately every 30 seconds in the United States alone. Stolen Lost Found Online provides this information on how to report a stolen car and the Online Stolen Car Database to ease the stress and get your stolen car back!
Don't forget that time is of the essence. If you experienced auto theft, the sooner you report the stolen car the better.
How To File A Stolen Auto Police Report
The first step in any occurrence of theft is to report the incident to the police immediately. This helps you recover the stolen item if it gets confiscated and helps with an insurance claim process on the account an official police report is required to file a claim.
Here are the general steps to file a police report:
- Call the non-emergency phone number for the local police station or law enforcement agency where the item was stolen.
- Obtain the physical address and go to the police station or law enforcement agency.
- Once there, go to the stolen property department if applicable.
- While creating a stolen property police report it's important to provide the theft detective or clerk with as many details as possible, especially the item's serial number, any identifying marks or stickers. Also include when, where and how the item was stolen.
- Once you have completed the report, be sure to obtain a copy and retain it for follow-up and recovery.
It's important to file a police report for theft, no matter how big, small or valuable the stolen item is, because it helps the police know a thief's (or thieves) M.O. and to control theft by using crime data to increase patrol in areas with a high or rising crime rate. Sometimes an area's theft rate can skyrocket because people don't report theft incidents because the stolen item isn't of high monetary value. This is called petty theft and is how a petty thief can continue stealing because the police are not made aware of their activity.
How To Report A Stolen Auto Online
Get the world on your case! Here are the steps to create an online Stolen Auto report for free:
- If not yet registered, click the "Register" link at the top right-hand side of the page or click the "Report" button at page top.
- Enter your information and click the "Register" button.
- Open the email account used for registration, open the verification email and click the link in the email body or copy and paste it in your browser address bar and press the "Enter" or "Return" key.
- Log in to the Stolen Lost Found Online website
- Click the "Report" link in the main navigation bar or the "Report" button at page top.
- Select the appropriate category.
- Select the appropriate sub-category.
- Select to post as Stolen.
- Enter as much information about the Stolen Auto as possible - the make, model and serial number are especially important. Also helpful are any identifying marks and photos if available.
- Click the "Submit" button.
That's it. Once the Stolen Auto report is submitted it will post on Stolen Lost Found Online immediately and will appear on the search engines within a day. By reporting online you literally make a world of difference for recovering your Stolen Auto, long into the future.
Latest Stolen Auto Reports
- Stolen Arctic Cat WildCat X SE 1000 serial number 4UE16MPV9GT303629
- Stolen Ford F-150 serial number 1ftrf12w37kc15383
- Stolen Awd Subaru ID 15591
- Stolen Jeep GCH serial number 1J4GZ58S5TC268448
- Stolen infinity qx4 serial number jnrar07y4xw065754
- Stolen Chevrolet Camaro serial number 1G1FP23E7LL134735
- Stolen Chrysler Sebring serial number 3c3el45x7tt296608
- Stolen Lincoln LS ID 15579
- Stolen Infinity Qx4 serial number JNRDR09X11W203629
- Stolen BMW 318D serial number WBAVC11080VE12333
Report Stolen Car Conclusion
Stolen Lost Found Online is dedicated to providing the most current and concise Report Stolen Car information. If you have any stolen Auto information, theft prevention or consumer protection tips you would like to share, please let us know. Thanks.


text:
Top Definition
Development of programs by fixing bugs. If a program has a lot of bugs, the development can be "switched" to bug-driven development.
Person 1: So, which development process does your team use?
Person 2: We use bug-driven development, since our only work is fixing bugs.
Person 2: We use bug-driven development, since our only work is fixing bugs.
by JulianH November 23, 2007
The Urban Dictionary Mug
One side has the word, one side has the definition. Microwave and dishwasher safe. Lotsa space for your liquids.Buy the mug
The Urban Dictionary T-Shirt
Smooth, soft, slim fit American Apparel shirt. Custom printed. 100% fine jersey cotton, except for heather grey (90% cotton).Buy the t-shirt
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?


text:
BEIJING (AP) - Karaoke parlors, movie theaters and discos shut their doors Sunday under orders from Beijing officials trying to contain the spread of SARS, which claimed more lives in the Chinese capital, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore and Toronto.
As Beijing health officials recorded eight new deaths and said as many as 2,300 people might be infected, hundreds of construction workers labored around the clock to build a 1,000-bed isolation ward for SARS patients. A ninth person died elsewhere in mainland China, bringing its total to 131, and 12 more died in Hong Kong.
Taiwan, which reported its first SARS death, imposed a mandatory 10-day quarantine on travelers from areas affected by the virus - including mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam and Toronto. But officials did not announce where those travelers would stay while quarantined.
Those violating the quarantine, including foreigners, can be jailed for up to two years or fined up to $8,600, Premier Yu Shyi-kun said.
3 col x 4 in / 146x102 mm / 497x346 pixels
raphic explains how wearing a face mask may protect against the spread of SARS; with information on a mask's limitations. KRT 2003
RESEARCHER: McComas
ILLUSTRATOR: Mattern
sars mask protect protection respirato
Trying to stem panic over the flu-like disease, the World Health Organization said Sunday there was still time to keep SARS from spreading globally if affected countries take strong enough action, and through travel warnings and checks of travelers for symptoms, such as fever, dry cough and shortness of breath.
WHO planned today to designate Vietnam as the world's first country to successfully contain its outbreak. No new cases have been reported there since April 8 - meeting the window of 20 days, or twice the disease's incubation period, set by the WHO as the standard for declaring that the outbreak is no longer spreading.
On The Net:
:WHO information: www.who.int/csr/sars/en/
:CDC information: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/SARS
"I think we still have a window of opportunity. ... At the moment, we still have a chance to contain it and to have it go down in the places where outbreaks are already happening and avoid it spreading to new countries," WHO director Gro Harlem Brundtland said in an interview on the British Broadcasting Corp.
The WHO has issued travel warnings for affected areas, including regions of China and Toronto, which reported its 21st victim on Sunday.
Canada has the biggest outbreak of SARS outside of Asia.
SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, has killed 319 people from Beijing to Toronto in the past several months and sickened more than 4,800 others worldwide.
There have been 41 cases in the United States, but no deaths.
Barring any last-minute new cases, Vietnam was to be declared the first country to beat the disease.
Vietnam had five deaths from SARS after the virus spread through Hanoi's only international hospital, which closed its doors on March 11 - a move that is credited with containing the outbreak.
The Vietnamese government "showed strong commitment at the highest level from the beginning of the outbreak," the WHO said.
Other countries in the region were struggling to deal with their outbreaks.
Thailand said it would host a meeting Tuesday of Asian nations on how to cope with SARS - but will require participants to submit health certificates verifying they are free of the disease.
Singapore said it would close dozens of food markets and ban visits to public hospitals to contain its outbreak.
© 2016. All Rights Reserved. | Contact Us


text:
Woodside Cottage Playhouse™
by Little Tikes | Item #: 475581 | Model #: 620218 |
We're sorry, this item is not available in your selected Club. Check another Club
About this itemThis gorgeous, wood, cottage playhouse comes with five, preassembled walls! Kids will love all the activity this playhouse has to have to offer and mom and dad will love the look!
- There are 5 wood panels and these come fully assembled: (2 sides, 1 back, 1 front with window, and 1 smaller piece for front corner)
- The panels are made from cedar (It is not stained and does not require any treatment)
- Assembly required
Assembled Country
Assembled Size
L 80.00" x W 56.00" x H 50.00"
Component Country


text:
This member hasn't filled in their description.
Blizzards's FML badges
A new Thumb
You've used your thumb on 1000 comments.
Checking you out
You checked out the profile page belonging to one of the last people to have a look at your profile.
Keen reader – Level: master ninja
You have voted for 50% of the entire collection of FMLs to date.
Blizzards's favorite FMLs
Today, I went to the pool. As I started going up the steps to use the water slide, a kid no older than 10 yanked my swim trunks down to "see what's down there." FML
by Blizzards / 07/14/2013 at 1:29am / United States (Maryland) / Miscellaneous
- 1
- « Previous page
- Next page »


text:
Ithaca Takes Down St. John Fisher
from press release
ITHACA, N.Y. – The 16th-ranked Ithaca College men's lacrosse team (14-4) secured the 2014 Empire 8 championship Saturday afternoon defeating visiting St. John Fisher (12-5), 10-6, at Higgins Stadium. It was Ithaca's third Empire 8 championship in program history and first since 2008. Ithaca, who snapped Fisher's eight-game winning streak, will learn its first-round opponent during the NCAA selection show Sunday at 10 p.m. on ncaa.com.
The Bombers return to the NCAA Championships for the 12th time. It is their first appearance since earning the E8 automatic bid in 2008 when they advanced to the semifinal round.
Ithaca sophomore goalkeeper Scott Sidnam was named the 2014 Empire 8 Championship Tournament MVP. Sidnam made 11 stops in the Bombers' semifinal victory over Stevens Wednesday and eight saves against the Cardinals. He was joined on the all-tournament team by teammates Brandon Henne, Eli Gobrecht and Ryan Burns. St. John Fisher was represented by Mike Blood, Jeff Wester and Jamie Campagna. Collin Clark and Drew Simoneau were Nazareth's honorees and Austin Boyd and Michael Maroon represented Stevens.
Ithaca held Fisher scoreless in the first quarter en route to a 5-0 lead mid-way through the second period. It wasn't until 7:10 that Henne scored to break the 0-0 stalemate. The Cardinals netted back-to-back goals, but freshman John Januszkiewicz added two of his own in a span of seven seconds for a 7-2 gap at 4:15. Fisher scored a man-up goal with 16 ticks lingering on the clock for a 7-3 score at intermission.
The third quarter featured five scores, while the fourth had one lone goal to go with six penalties. Ithaca scored the first at 12:45. Fisher snuck within 8-5 at 5:39, goals that junior James Manilla and sophomore Michael Walker rewrote minutes later. Fisher's Wester finalized all scoring in the fourth with a goal at 4:46.
Ithaca laced off 40 shots to Fisher's 25, though the Cardinals edged Ithaca, 33-29, in ground balls. The Bombers won 13 of 20 faceoffs. Senior Brandon Henne went 12-for-17 on the day in the category, while adding a game-best six ground balls, scoring twice and dishing out one assist.
Januszkiewicz and Burns had a pair of goals each, while Walker and senior Joe Perkins each tallied one and had two assists. Manilla, who leads the team in assists, had a trio on the day in addition to one score. Senior Pat Slawta accounted for Ithaca's other goal.
Gobrecht and junior Jimmy Ryan each had two caused turnovers.
Wester led the Cardinals with four points on a hat trick and one assist. Senior Brett Farrell had one and one, while freshman Tim Wagner and junior Kevin DeOrdio each recorded one score. Senior David Haseley dished out one assist. Wester and junior Paul Cefalu collected six ground balls apiece. Cefalu won all seven of the Cardinals' faceoffs.
comments powered by Disqus


text:
"The Bride Is Mine" Wedding Transfer
The Bride Is Mine Wedding Party Apparel Iron On Transfer
Did we forget an important detail? If you would like to submit a question about this product you think would also benefit other customers, please be our guest and do so here.
For general questions or inquiries, please contact our Customer Service Department using live chat or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Comment this
Make sure your text complies with our rules
Today, I was cashiering, and a customer's change came to $5.51. She looked pretty stinking rich, so I just gave her $5.50. She demanded the extra penny, and I asked if she really needed it. She said, "No, but they do, asshole," and dropped her $5.51 in the charity donation box. FML
by ouch / 06/13/2012 at 12:00pm / United States (Florida) / Money
Make sure your text complies with our rules


text:
The statement in question says that there exists SOME n for which its square is strictly less than n. If you show a counter example, there is nothing barring the fact that you simply chose the wrong n. A theorem would be something like "for all integers n, ." Notice the universal quantifier on this statement. To show it is false, you simply have to show that "for all" does not hold true. But as I emphasized above, the statement you provided was not a universal statement. It had an existential quantifier. Therefore, you need to know what it is you are countering. You would need to counter that actual n for which it is supposed to be true. However, you don't know which n that could be. It can be any positive integer. Therefore, you need to prove it is false for all possible choices of positive integers.
To think about it differently, suppose you run the dialog in your head.
"There exists a positive integer for which its square is strictly less than it." Yeah, but the square of 1 is not less than 1. "That is true, but there still exists a positive integer for which it is true."
You see the problem there? You would reasonably charge the person with "well, which positive integer is it?!" It is like saying "there exists intelligent life on other planets." Yeah, but look at Mars, we don't see any intelligent life. "Yeah, so? It's still out there somewhere." To prove that charge false, you would have to show that on every planet out there in the universe, there is no intelligent life. Of course, that is probably impossible. However, proving the statement you provided is not so impossible. In fact, it is quite easy to demonstrate that it cannot be true of the positive integers.


text:
Browse Through:
Default Task - Undo
Classification (12)Regression (3)Clustering (2)Other (0)
Attribute Type
Categorical (0)Numerical (3)Mixed (0)
Data Type - Undo
Multivariate (3)Univariate (1)Sequential (0)Time-Series (2)Text (0)Domain-Theory (1)Other (0)
Area - Undo
Life Sciences (8)Physical Sciences (6)CS / Engineering (18)Social Sciences (6)Business (3)Game (1)Other (6)
# Attributes
Less than 10 (1)10 to 100 (2)Greater than 100 (0)
# Instances
Less than 100 (0)100 to 1000 (1)Greater than 1000 (2)
Format Type - Undo
Matrix (3)Non-Matrix (0)
3 Data Sets
Table View List View
1. Online News Popularity: This dataset summarizes a heterogeneous set of features about articles published by Mashable in a period of two years. The goal is to predict the number of shares in social networks (popularity).
2. Wine Quality: Two datasets are included, related to red and white vinho verde wine samples, from the north of Portugal. The goal is to model wine quality based on physicochemical tests (see [Cortez et al., 2009], http://www3.dsi.uminho.pt/pcortez/wine/).
3. ISTANBUL STOCK EXCHANGE: Data sets includes returns of Istanbul Stock Exchange with seven other international index; SP, DAX, FTSE, NIKKEI, BOVESPA, MSCE_EU, MSCI_EM from Jun 5, 2009 to Feb 22, 2011.
Supported By:
In Collaboration With:


text:
Submit News
New "Wi-Vi" System Uses Motion Sense to "See" Through Walls
Tiffany Kaiser
July 2, 2013 11:05 AM
Recipient E-mail
Sender E-mail
It could be used in rescue missions, police searches and even video games
Have you always wanted
X-ray vision
? MIT researchers have developed something similar, but not exactly what you remember from Superman comics.
An MIT research team -- led by Dina Katabi, a professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science -- has developed a low-power and portable device that allows you to detect people through walls and closed doors.
The new system is called "Wi-Vi," and it differs from other X-ray vision-like devices because it doesn't require equipment that is too large to carry, and it doesn't require a part of the electromagnetic spectrum reserved only for the military.
Wi-Vi, as you can probably guess from its name, is capable of transmitting a low-power Wi-Fi signal to track moving beings on the other side of a wall.
It works like this: Wi-Vi uses two transmit antennas and one receiver. Both antennas transmit the same signals, except one is the inverse of the other. This means that they cancel each other out when they hit static objects, because they create identical reflections. However, when a person is moving on the other side of the wall, the reflections change according to the movement. Put more simply, when the reflections are identical, its a static object; when they change, it's a moving person, thus can be detected through a wall and distinguished from objects like a table.
As a person moves around the room on the other side of the wall, their distance from the receiver also changes, and the system calculates where they are based on the time it takes for the reflected signal to hit the person and travel back to the receiver.
This new tech could have a wide range of uses, such as rescuers trying to find people
trapped in a disaster area
; police searching a building for criminals; video game gestures, and even the general public for when they're walking in dangerous areas or at night.
MIT News
"Intel is investing heavily (think gazillions of dollars and bazillions of engineering man hours) in resources to create an Intel host controllers spec in order to speed time to market of the USB 3.0 technology." -- Intel blogger Nick Knupffer
Related Articles
Microsoft's Kinect, Cockroaches Used to Create Accurate Routes for Disaster Maps
June 26, 2013, 10:51 AM
New X-Ray Scanner at Airports Sees Through Clothes but Not Skin
December 5, 2006, 3:48 PM
Latest Headlines
PIQ ROBOTTM reveals its new artificial intelligence software
November 29, 2016, 12:59 AM
One more time - Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone Around the World
November 24, 2016, 4:00 AM
Google's Smart Contact Lens Project gets halted for 2016
November 20, 2016, 7:00 AM
Cell Research Study shows African Americans have greater immune response to infection
November 10, 2016, 1:00 AM
UTHealth Clinical Trial Shows Progress Using Stem Cells to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury
November 8, 2016, 1:00 AM
Uber Partners with Circulation to Pilot Program Connecting Transportation and Digital Health Care
November 6, 2016, 5:00 AM
More Headlines
Most Popular Articles
What Can You Do with Your New Echo Dot?
December 3, 2016, 5:00 AM
Google has developed Deep Learning Algorithm to detect Diabetic Eye Disease
December 4, 2016, 5:00 AM
Sound Blaster Z SBX PCIE Gaming Sound Card - Superb High Performance Sound Card
December 6, 2016, 1:00 AM
GizmoTab – Verizon's new $80 Tablet for Kids
December 4, 2016, 5:30 AM
Foscam R2 Home Security Camera System – High Quality High FHD Security Video Footage with No Monthly Fees
December 1, 2016, 2:00 AM
Latest Blog Posts
What's in the News?
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 11, 2016, 5:00 AM
Some News
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 10, 2016, 5:00 AM
Today's Talk
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 9, 2016, 5:00 AM
Latest Tech News
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 8, 2016, 5:11 AM
In The News
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 7, 2016, 5:00 AM
e Guide: Mobile Security for 2017
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 6, 2016, 5:00 AM
Apple Car is Not Dead
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 5, 2016, 1:00 AM
More News
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 4, 2016, 5:00 AM
More News
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 3, 2016, 5:00 AM
Top News
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 2, 2016, 5:00 AM
Surface Ergonomic Keyboard
Saimin Nidarson
Dec 1, 2016, 3:01 AM
Chapeconense plane crash: Football rallies around Brazilian Team
Saimin Nidarson
Nov 30, 2016, 1:00 AM
How to Extends Your iPhone's Battery Life
Saimin Nidarson
Nov 29, 2016, 12:49 AM
Top Stories
Saimin Nidarson
Nov 28, 2016, 1:12 AM
News: Fidel Castro
Saimin Nidarson
Nov 27, 2016, 5:00 AM
Top News
Saimin Nidarson
Nov 26, 2016, 5:00 AM
Changes in Social status affect the way genes turn on and off within immune cells.
Saimin Nidarson
Nov 25, 2016, 5:12 AM
Austrian far–right hopeful Hofer may back EU vote.
Saimin Nidarson
Nov 24, 2016, 4:00 AM
Final Fantasy XV Leaked Before Nov 29 Launch Date
Saimin Nidarson
Nov 23, 2016, 1:00 AM
More Blog Posts
Copyright 2016 DailyTech LLC. -
RSS Feed
About Us
Terms, Conditions & Privacy Information
Kristopher Kubicki


text:
We have had many opportunities to see things that before were only scenes in a movie or images in a textbook. When we recognize something the most insignificant scene or piece of history becomes very exciting. We have hunted down many buildings that have been discussed in classes that we would not have looked for otherwise. It is also fun to see pictures and movies of places we have already been to and have our own experiences to recall. We often play catchphrase when we are waiting on a bus or train and we are able to use our own stories to refer to sights we have been to. The bottom image on the right is the Trojan horse that was used in the movie Troy. It is now sitting in Canakkale, Turkey, as a gift from the movie crew. We saw this giant movie prop on our way to our hotel after spending a day in what is suspected to have been Troy. In Munich, Germany, we had a beer at the Hofbrauhaus, where Hitler held his first coup to overthrow the government. In Poland we visited Auschwitz and walked through the barracks and torture cells of the Holocaust. The top image is a row of barracks in Auschwitz I. It is hard to describe the feeling of being in a scene from a movie or a historical place. You have the scene in your mind, you have seen the place being used, and you are sitting in it unoccupied. The event has subsided but there is still this intimacy, because this is as close as we will get to living it. Learning about a place in the actual space is different than learning about it from a text book. The information is more likely to stick. It becomes real, rather than being a parcel of information that you have to memorize.
HTML Comment Box is loading comments...


text:
Minnesota plated 10 runs in the fifth on its way to an 18-9 win over the White Sox. Chris Parmelee hit a three-run homer and drove in four while Ryan Doumit added a solo shot and plated three runs. Scott Diamond allowed four runs over five innings to improve to 11-and-6. The Twins had lost back-to-back games. P.J. Walters will go up against Jake Peavy in this afternoon's series finale. Coverage begins at 12:40pm on 860 AM KNUJ.
Twins Call Up Perdomo, Escobar
The Minnesota Twins have called up infielder Eduardo Escobar and pitcher Luis Perdomo from Triple-A Rochester. Escobar was acquired from Chicago on July 28th as part of the Francisco Liriano trade. He batted .207 in 36 games with the White Sox this season prior to the trade. Perdomo pitched in five games earlier this year with the Twins and gave up three runs, one earned, and five hits over six innings. He struck out three and walked seven.


text:
The playoffs are just around the corner, meaning it's time to start projecting, prognosticating and predicting.
Each conference has two teams locked into playoff berths currently and only Chicago has locked up a division title. That means there are still eight spots up for grabs as well as the top two seeds in each conference.
Will Green Bay or San Diego sneak into the playoffs? What about the NFC West? Which team will get the home playoff game out of that muddied division?
Read ahead for predictions on the eight teams that will be playing first-round games and who they will likely be matched up with.


text:
Apple has finally spoken about the recent so-called 'iSpy' fiasco, saying basically that it is due to a misunderstanding and several software bugs, bugs that it should readily fix in the next few weeks in an iOS update. As the Washington Post point out, the three areas that Apple intends to fix are as follows:
- a bug that allows storing of WiFi information for a period of up to a year. Apple says that this information, which helps iOS devices more precisely calculate its location via cell towers, should be for a period no longer than seven days.
- the second bug is one that backs up that information on a persons computer, which is more highly vulnerable to being hacked than a mobile device.
- finally, Apple plans to fix a bug that downloads a file to phones which have all "Location Services" turned off, and to encrypt that file specifically to those devices it's running on.
You can read Apple's press release here, but in conclusion, you can bet that no matter what Apple says, or does, people are going to protest that it's not enough. The funny thing is that people, and especially the government, who are bitching about this so-called 'iSpy Gate' are nothing but 'iHypocrites', since it has been put into law, for the past ten years, that all cell phones must be able to track their users!
And that's my 2 cents 4 this dreary Wednesday, April 27, 2011


text:
Follow @DaytimeRoyalty
|Hello, soap fans -- and welcome to Daytime Royalty!
For those unfamiliar, we are an uncensored community for fans and lovers of the daytime genre. We have a no-holds-barred atmosphere in regards to the shows, writers, actors etc. but we do not allow member bashing in any form.
You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.
Join our community!
If you're already a member, please log in to your account to access all of our features.
|Promo for the week of June 16th
|Tweet Topic Started: Jun 13 2014, 04:05 PM (6,275 Views)
|Jun 13 2014, 04:53 PM Post #21
Ok, so Ali in the TV Guide interview said the following:
Everything you've seen on screen is sincere. There is no secret agenda or revenge plot. The idea that she has known all along just couldn't happen, especially not with this story going on for so long. Sami could never pull that off because you're right — she does wear her heart on her sleeve. There's another fan theory floating around that Sami knows what EJ did but she's already forgiven him. That's so not happening, either.
Then to reply to the thought that fans just want to spare Sami the heartache, she said:
As a big Sami fan myself, I get that! It's hard to look ahead at that inevitable pain that's waiting for her. I will say this: There is one theory circulating out there on social media that is actually very close to accurate.
And KM has tweeted, just. You. Wait. :) you won't be disappointed to one of her fans when asked about the twist.
So what one theory is very close and won't disappoint KM fans? EJ is yanking at Abby again, the last time he dragged her across the DiMera living room. What if he drags her into the mansion & confesses to Sami? I've got to say I would count Elvis confessing as a twist I would never see coming.
|Jun 13 2014, 04:58 PM Post #22
Ehh. I doubt EJ confesses. He wanted to kill Nick so the affair wouldn't come out. That was me KM tweeted to BTW.
|Jun 13 2014, 04:59 PM Post #23
Fan of EJ+ABBY!
Yes,.. that would actually be something shocking..
However EJ would never do anything to loose what he considered he 'loves', his happy family life with the kids etc and destroy his wedding plans with Samantha (as much as I hate EJAMI). I mean he kept Kristen's secrets from Sami despite how much Sami pulled away from him,..
It doesn't feel like something EJ would do .. considered he was ready to kill a man to keep the secret. Lets face it,.. he did want to kill Nick to keep the secret from falling into Samis ears or eyes.
Edited by DayDreamer, Jun 13 2014, 05:01 PM.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:03 PM Post #24
But does Sami know that EJ knows that she knows? And does EJ know that Sami knows that EJ knows that she knows? ;)
Regarding Sami's maid of honor choices, I think she has a few options other than Abigail. Ciara would probably love to be maid of honor. And Hope and EJ bonded a bit during Gabi's plea deal, so I could maybe see Hope agreeing to let Ciara be part of the wedding. (On the other hand, Ejami's weddings usually end in gunfire, so Hope might want to keep Ciara far away from the wedding!) Sami could also ask Theresa to be maid of honor. Sami and Theresa are cousins, and Theresa doesn't have any issues with EJ, so Theresa would probably agree to be part of Sami's wedding. Or Will could be Sami's "man of honor," and Sonny could be EJ's best man.
But, yeah, "Sami asks Abby to be maid of honor" is either really contrived writing, or Sami is messing with Abby as part of some massive revenge scheme.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:13 PM Post #25
Fan of EJ+ABBY!
|Well, Sami thinks she bonded with Abigail due to their secret lessons.. but I agree with you it seems a bit strange.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:13 PM Post #26
Paige and Eve look nothing alike. Bad casting again.
LOL that Abby is Sami's only friend.
Edited by Rosebud, Jun 13 2014, 05:14 PM.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:14 PM Post #27
There goes Abby, having a meltdown in earshot of Sami. I hope Sami kills both she and EJ. Double murder twist!
And KDP looks OLD.
Edited by mer4santo, Jun 13 2014, 05:14 PM.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:24 PM Post #28
Lots of other people could be her maid of honor. Did she even have a maid of honor at the last failed EJAMI wedding? She didn't have one for the first.
And yes, EJ confessing would be totally OOC for him, considering everything he's done to cover it up. But you could also say that EJ cheating on Sami would be totally OOC for him, considering everything he's done to marry her.
Of course, it probably won't be that much of a twist...maybe he twists Abby's arm, breaks it & she falls into his arms in pain. B-) :
Edited by daysjahvu, Jun 13 2014, 05:24 PM.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:27 PM Post #29
|Yeah, this all looks pretty lame.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:31 PM Post #30
Marlena, Kate, Will, Caroline, Hope.... anyone is more plausible than Abby.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:33 PM Post #31
|Having said that, I am *sure* it is on purpose. Sami knows everything and this is all according to plan. And I think *that* is the shocker, nothing else.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:36 PM Post #32
She isn't exactly buddy buddy with most of those people but I'll grant you Caroline. I don't ever see Hope being a part of a DiMera wedding. I'm just not shocked at all as I figured this would happen months ago.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:38 PM Post #33
That's my best guess too. I'm starting to think AS wasn't telling the truth in the TV Guide interview on purpose but then I agree with what she said in the interview that it wouldn't make sense for Sami to hold in her emotions. Then again Rafe and Kate sleeping together makes no sense so I guess anything goes.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:40 PM Post #34
Not shocked either, LOL, but it's still contrived as hell, these two aren't even the same league, and they have absolutely nothing in common, they would never have even interacted in the first place if it hadn't been for that affair. And don't even get me started on *Sami* taking art lessons! LOL!
|Jun 13 2014, 05:54 PM Post #35
Buh-Bye Tan of Our Lives
I agree that KDP is looking a little "worn"...I revise my earlier agreement that CS could pass for her father.
That being said...KDP is a fierce actress and I hope WHATEVER they have planned for Eve/Fetch dies QUICKLY so we can see her in action outside of such lame as shit characters.
|Halloween Family
|Jun 13 2014, 05:56 PM Post #36
|Kassie D. looks great in the promo but she doesn't look young, she looks like a 50 something woman and there ain't nothin wrong with that.
|Jun 13 2014, 05:59 PM Post #37
|I like the dress Eve is wearing.
|Jun 13 2014, 06:12 PM Post #38
Kdp does look good for a woman her age. I am the same age as her and have sagging skin,wrinkles and greying hair and i don' t care what people thing. Its better than looking like a surgeon bought a luxury car off of your face :blulaugh:
|Jun 13 2014, 06:29 PM Post #39
Thanks nananana7 for posting it. :P
|Jun 13 2014, 06:38 PM Post #40
But maybe then Sami knows that EJ knows that she knows! And EJ tells Abby that Sami knows and he knows Sami knows and Sami knows EJ knows she knows.
I cannot wait to see KDP though I'm deflated with her around Daniel. I get Jennifer and Eve's history but since this is a total new actress I am fine with them nipping that in the bud and letting Eve get in everyone's business throughout Salem. I really would like to see Eve and Kate.
|1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
|Go to Next Page
|« Previous Topic · DAYS: News, Spoilers & Discussion · Next Topic »


text:
Tharani, Karim
Browse by
Karim Tharani, B.Sc., M.L.I.S.
Information Technology Librarian
LS&IT, Murray Library, University of Saskatchewan, 3 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A4
Phone: (306) 966-8785; Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Recent Submissions
Linked Data in Libraries: A Case Study of Harvesting and Sharing Bibliographic Metadata with BIBFRAME (2015-04-30)By way of a case study this paper illustrates and evaluates the Bibliographic Framework (or BIBFRAME) as means for harvesting and sharing bibliographic metadata over the Web for libraries. BIBFRAME is an emerging framework ...
Collections Digitization Framework: A Service-oriented Approach to Digitization in Academic Libraries (2013-01-23)With advances in information technologies, academic libraries are now in a position to offer collections digitization services beyond campus communities. By mobilizing digitization to off-campus communities, academic ...
Transcendental metadata: a collaborative schema for electronic resource description (Collaborative Librarianship, 2011)Academic libraries are attempting to manage growing collections of diverse electronic resources in a cha-otic environment of evolving standards and systems. The transition from a print-dominated resource en-vironment to ...
From Abstraction to Action: Safeguarding Oral Traditions Using Digital Libraries (Common Ground Publishing, 2011)Digital technologies are evolving and new ways of managing, accessing and disseminating information are continuously emerging. Ethnocultural communities with rich intangible cultural her- itage need not be threatened by ...


text:
What We Were All Thinking - The Full Starpulse Oscars Recap
Tonight's Oscar ceremony is probably the most re-designed ceremony in Academy history.
Just look at all the changes. 10 Best Picture nominees, two hosts, no Best Song performances, more dance, a supposed streamlined show, and, weirdest of all, a request for no "thank yous" during the acceptance speeches.
Plus, a few of last year's tweaks will remain. They're sticking with the abhorrent practice of having five actors come out and sing the praises of the year's present crop of nominees (at least only in the Leading categories this year), and the producers are insistent on further expanding the musical feel of last year's show - making us wonder when this will turn into an MTV Awards show and just cease to be the Oscars of old.
Yes, in two years the Oscars have radically transformed themselves, and undoubtedly the ratings will have everybody patting themselves on the back. Even though that really has everything to do with "Avatar's" being nominated after its $700 million haul - something that would have happened if The Academy had stuck to five nominees.
So while the ratings are certain to go up, will all these changes actually make the show better? Let's find out with this year's Mega Oscar Diary (west coast times):
5:00 - ABC's choices for the biggest pregame show that doesn't involve the Super Bowl? Sherri Shepard and Kathy Ireland! What happened, the broadcast school at UCLA couldn't lend out any freshman students for the show tonight?
5:02 - It seemed like a very good idea to stack up all the Best Supporting Actress nominees for the same interview spot to kick off the pre-show, but this doesn't seem like the night for camaraderie - it all seemed a bit awkward.
5:04 - Kathy Ireland thanks Jake Gyllenhaal for her powerful performance in "Brothers". And I'd like to thank her for powerfully sticking to her pre-written questions and closing no matter what happened during the interview.
5:05 - George Clooney makes a joke that his girlfriend doesn't understand English and apparently it's true. Reports also say that he doesn't speak Italian very well. So I suppose they both communicate in some sort of secret beautiful people language.
5:06 - For the second year-in-a-row we get Zac Efron interviewed on the main Oscar pre-show. I have to admit, I've never seen a single thing Efron has ever been in - for all I know his entire career is a trick of Hollywood editing - like the Moon Landing.
5:07 - There's apparently a movie coming out at the end of the month called "The Last Song". This is another Nicholas Sparks adaptation, just about two months after "Dear John". Is he starting to turn into his own 'Lifetime Movie Network' - where we see a new movie of his every time we open up a new magazine ad? Also, apparently Miley Cyrus is the kindest, most beautiful daughter in the world. And that script doesn't have a single cliché in it.
5:10 - Even at 82, Christopher Plummer is looking like the coolest guy at the Kodak Theater. And there's nothing like an interview that closes with, "Thank you so much for talking."
5:11 - Morgan Freeman chewing gum during his interview. Nice of him to show Kathy Ireland some respect. Especially after she thanked him for his philanthropy with all the sincerity of somebody reading that line off a TelePrompTer - which she clearly was.
5:12 - Something that didn't just occur to me until they ran by that list of the ten Oscar Nominees for Best Picture: "Inglorious Basterds" has a swear word in it! It just didn't hit me until now that they're going to be dropping that B-Bomb about two dozen times this evening. Just doesn't seem very Oscar-y.
5:15 - Nothing like starting an Oscar interview by yelling, "Hey Girl!" Something tells me Army Archerd never did that.
5:16 - It seems that advertisers think the demo for the Oscar pre-show is exclusively teenage girls. The first two commercial breaks lead off with "The Last Song" and "Remember Me", respectively.
5:19 - So Whoopi Goldberg just did a 60-second commercial for something that soaks up those times where you pee in your pants a little bit. First of all, what sort of embarrassing moment is that when you go to buy a box of Poise at the supermarket? This is the best argument yet for the self-checkout lane. Second of all, remember when Whoopi Goldberg won an Oscar? What happened there?
5:20 - Only on this ABC Oscar pre-show could Tina Fey and Steve Carrel together seem unfunny. Let's hope "Date Night" doesn't repeat that strange occurrence.
5:22 - Wow! Sherri actually asks not only a good question, but a great question as she asks Jeff Bridges how he chooses his roles. Unfortunately, he just plays the "movie I'd like to see" card. I thought we may actually get some insight.
5:24 - Kathy Ireland just said the world is hanging on Gabourey Sibide's every thought. Is there anybody on this planet, other than people who know her personally, that is even hanging on Gabourey's every other thought? I think Ireland may have set a new standard for hyperbole.
5:26 - I just broke this down like officials reviewing a close play at the goal line during a Replay Challenge and the ruling is in - Kathy Ireland definitely said the Oscars will be hosted by Steve Martin and Alan Baldwin. Just, wow. I guess I'm going to have to refer to Alec Baldwin as Alan for the rest of the diary.
5:30 - And we start the show with a new change that really couldn't be more ill-conceived: The nominees in the leading acting categories simply stand onstage as their names are read off by the announcer (see pic above). How was that interesting or entertaining?
5:31 - And the rumors are true - NPH starts us off with a jacket that would make Liberace think twice and a song with lyrics that are both unfunny and hackneyed, plus a reference to James Cameron that couldn't be lit properly. Wow, this is a bad start - if NPH can't make something work, nobody can - he certainly put his all into it.
5:44 - Well that was a great recovery, despite a bit of a shaky start where it looked like the two-man comedy monologue would result in a clumsy delivery, the opening monologue by Steve and Alan was pretty much perfect. Tons of good gags including mistakenly calling Helen Mirren "Damn" instead of Dame; bursting Meryl Streep's bubble by saying she has the record for the most losses and has a vast collection of Hitler memorabilia; playing up the rivalry between Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron by saying she sent him a gift basket with a timer as a congratulatory present and Cameron responded by sending his ex-wife a Toyota; Martin referencing "The Jerk" by saying that he, like Gabourey Sibide, started his career as being born a poor black child; and the capper: telling Christoph Waltz that if his character was looking for Jews, well he just found the mother lode.
5:44 - Ah, another great recovery - back to the tradition of having last year's opposite gender acting winner present the acting categories. So much nicer, so much simpler, so much less self-congratulatory. And it's certainly an improvement to show these extended acting clips - let us all see the work! Too bad these will only last for the supporting categories.
5:48 - One category, one complete no-brainer, one correct prediction (for everybody). Christoph Waltz wins for Best Supporting Actor with one of his trademark pre-written, and incredibly classy, speeches.
5:51 - Watching the clip of "The Blind Side" is the first evidence of why the ten Best Picture change is a bad idea. Really? We nominated a movie with the line "I'm a member of the NRA and I'm always packin'"? Something that belongs in a Larry The Cable Guy comedy routine?
5:53 - Apparently Gerard Butler's character in the "The Bounty Hunter" couldn't catch a cold if it sat on his face. And that movie couldn't write a laugh line if it had Woody Allen, Judd Apatow, John Cleese and Tina Fey chained in its basement.
5:55 - The Jimmy [Kimmel]/Ben [Affleck]/Jennifer [Garner] strange bedfellow commercial wasn't quite as good as the Leno/Letterman/Oprah commercial, but it's at least on that level.
5:57 - From the Steve Carrell-as-Jude Law introduction to the interviews with the animated characters there was nothing that wasn't fantastic about the way the Best Animated Feature nominees were presented and Pete Docter's acceptance speech for "Up's" win was equally fine - I think we're two-for-two in ignoring the rule about not thanking people (and I'm two-for-two on my predictions. Cheers all around.)
6:01 - It's kind of funny how when Miley Cyrus and Amanda Seyfried listed some of the past Oscar winners they were also naming some of the most memorable moments in Oscar history with regards to the performance of those songs - wouldn't it be nice if we got to see this year's songs performed as well?
6:04 - And now I'm three-for-three as T. Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham take home their Oscar for Best Original Song, and Bingham brazenly goes against the new rules by making his speech a simple and classy thanking of everyone close to him. I think the "Thank You" cam is officially obsolete.
6:06 - And now one of the reasons why the switch to ten is such a brilliant idea: "District 9". How else would we get a brilliant and experimental allegorical sci-fi action film any recognition without ten slots on the Oscar ballot?
6:12 - Two great innovations kept from last year. Presenting screenplay nominees with readings of the actual screenplays and having Tina Fey present the award. A boffo exchange between her and Downey, Jr. lead things off.
6:15 - And I miss my first prediction as Mark Boal pulls off the very mild upset of Quentin Tarantino for Best Original Screenplay. A very nice and quick speech from Boal as he caps it with a simple tribute to his late father. My predictions - 3/4.
6:18 - It's rare for the Academy to dedicate an In Memoriam section to one person, but one look at this retrospective makes it easy to see why - his resume is astounding. It's amazing when you realize that all those 80s teen comedies make up only about half of his contribution to cinema - and the other half is just as classic.
6:22 - Wow, Macauly Culkin looks exactly the same as he did in "Home Alone". I mean exactly. Apparently, the Mac Don't Crack.
6:23 - I wonder if that was an error in the writing or on Samuel L. Jackson's behalf - no other movie has been nominated for Best Picture and Best Animated Feature. There was another animated movie nominated for Best Picture ("Beauty and the Beast") but there was no Best Animated Feature category at the time.
6:28 - A very cool retrospective about short films and how their creators went on to future success. I'm sure these are the awards that have most people wonder why they exist, and this quick featurette gave the category some meaning for most of the casual Oscar viewers.
6:31 - Whoa! Major upset time. Since this category is so tiny (no pun intended) this isn't going to get much run tomorrow in the press, but "A Matter of Loaf and Death" was about the biggest lock of the night - the "Wallace and Grommit" shorts have won four Oscars despite there only being three of them. And now, they've still only won four as "Logorama" pulls a major upset and its directors gives the best speech of the night by far, saying the 16-minute film took him 6 years to make, so he hopes to come back with a feature in 36 years.
6:34 - "Music By Prudence" takes down the Documentary Short Subject Prize and follows it with a bizarre acceptance speech, that appeared as if it were a Kanye West situation until we learned that Elinor Burkett (aka the lady in purple) was involved with the film. That was fun.
6:36 - "The New Tenants" wins the Oscar for Best Live Action Short and while the Director attempts to make a heartfelt speech, his producer keeps trying to prod him along - only to have his mic cut once he finally gets to talk. How sad. Also, my predictions got nailed in that segment - They're now 3/7.
6:38 - Ben Stiller comes out in "Avatar" costume - saying it seemed like a better idea in rehearsal in Na'vi. And you know what, he was right.
6:41 - My predictions recover just as Ben Stiller's bit recovers with a clever envelope gag. "Star Trek" wins Best Makeup, putting me back to .500 at 4/8.
6:42 - Haven't mentioned this in awhile so I'm glad that Mindy Hall did it for me when she brought up the insipid "Thank You" camera after making another speech that was nothing more than thanking people. Just amazing how much the winners have ignored that suggestion.
6:45 - So apparently there's some sort of great debate about how toilet paper rolls out and Cottonelle has created a roll that always "rolls over" since that's what people prefer? Between that and the thing that absorbs the times people slightly pee their pants, it seems we're officially out of things to advertise.
6:47 - Unfortunately we don't get Tina Fey for the Adapted Screenplay presentation. Last year it just seemed so fitting to present both screenplays together.
6:49 - I think that was the longest sustained period of "In The Loop" that didn't feature a four-letter word, and I'm actually very surprised there was a moment that lasted three lines.
6:49 - Wow! Another upset! "Up In The Air" was a complete and utter lock right here and it goes down to "Precious". I can't say I'm upset - "Precious" was simply a better screenplay than "Up in the Air", and it's always nice to see the reaction of somebody who wins out of genuine shock as Geoffrey Fletcher just looked completely overwhelmed by the moment, and Steve Martin nicely topped it by saying that he wrote the speech for him. My predictions - 4/9.
6:53 - These Governor's Awards are kind of like something I've always thought the Oscars really needed - A Hollywood Hall of Fame. This would undo the need for giving people Oscars at the end of their careers for inferior work, and could give the Academy the chance for a second show in the middle of the year. Think of this - The Academy holds its first ever "Hollywood Hall of Fame" induction ceremony on a Sunday in July when nothing else is on TV. The maiden class includes Alfred Hitchcock, Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Orson Welles and Marilyn Monroe - you're definitely watching that telecast.


text:
CHILDRESS — Kenneth George Moss, 70, of Childress died Friday, Oct. 19, 2012.
Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Westhill Church with the Rev. Tommy Sims officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery. Arrangements are by Johnson Funeral Home of Childress.
Mr. Moss was born Feb. 11, 1942, in Crowell to John Henry Moss Sr. and Christine Young Moss. He played part-time on the Professional Golfers' Association tour from 1968 to 1974.
Survivors include a daughter, Kimberlee Thomas of Arlington; two sons, Ken Moss of Mansfield and Kerry Richard Moss of Boys Ranch; six grandchildren; a sister, Rosemary Stewart of Rochester, Minn.; and a brother, John Moss of Childress.
Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 22, 2012


text:
One Armed Boxer
|One Armed Boxer
|Traditional Chinese
|One Armed Boxer
|Dú bì quánwáng
|Directed by
|Jimmy Wang Yu
|Produced by
|Raymond Chow
|Written by
|Jimmy Wang Yu
|Jimmy Wang Yu, Tien Yeh, Tang Hsin, Lung Fei
|Music by
|Wang Fu Ling, Wang Ping
|Mo Shen Ku
|Edited by
|Chen Hung Min, Chang Yao Chung
Release dates
Running time
|89 minutes
|Hong Kong
One Armed Boxer (獨臂拳王) is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film starring Jimmy Wang Yu. It is about a skilled Chinese martial artist who loses an arm and must exact revenge on his rival school.
For the film, Wang Yu, who has both of his arms in real life, had his right arm strapped to his back, and in some shots his other arm can be briefly seen. Released worldwide during 1972, the film came to the United States in late 1973 with a name change: it was released to U.S. theaters as The Chinese Professionals.
Tien Lung, the best fighter at the Ching Te martial arts school gets into a fight with the local Hook Gang at a restaurant where Tien Lung and his friends are dining. The Hook Gang are part of a local opium-dealing and prostitution ring run by a man named Chao and are rivals of the Ching Te school. The Ching Te school is the most prominent martial arts academy in town and controls the local clothes-dyeing and brick factories. In a quick battle, Tien and his friends easily defeat the Hook gang both in the restaurant and again later in the valley where they have a battle royale.
The beaten Hook gang members return to Chao and tell him how Tien and the Ching Te school beat them for no reason. More importantly, the Hook gang lies and tells Chao that Tien had disrespected their group. This infuriates Chao enough to go to the Ching Te dojo and challenge Tien's master, Hang Tui, to a fight. Hang Tui quickly defeats Chao, leaving him even more humiliated.
Chao plans his revenge by hiring a group of mercenary martial artists from Shanghai. This group consists of two karate experts and their teacher, a Judo master, a Taekwondo expert, two Thai boxing fighters, a Yoga expert, and two mystic Tibetan lamas (who are later revealed in the sequel to be students of an Imperial Assassin). With this group, Chao easily destroys the Ching Te school and all of their businesses, leaving everyone dead except for Tien Lung who loses his right arm. Tien Lung vows revenge and begins his training to destroy anyone and everyone who stands in his way.
- Yu Wang
- Yu Tien Lung
- Yeh Tien
- Hsin Tang
- Hsiao Yu
- Fei Lung
One Armed Boxer was followed by Master of the Flying Guillotine, with Jimmy Wang Yu both directing and reprising his role as the one-armed kung fu master Tien Lung.[1] With his arm strapped behind his back, Wang Yu had earlier portrayed the One-Armed Swordsman in two films for the Shaw Brothers Studio.
The second song on the From First to Last album Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count is titled "One Armed Boxer V.S. The Flying Guillotine."
- ^ Thomas, Kevin (2002-05-24). "A 'Master' of Style in Martial Arts". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-05-21.


text:
Xbox Indie games just don't get enough love in the world. It's not that there aren't any good ones, it's just that there are so many bad ones, it's hard to spot a diamond in the mine. Today, though, I've got a gem that will surely sparkle brightly: Cthulhu Saves the World.
The game is an old-school, Lovecraftian turn-based RPG where you play as the Great Old One Cthulhu, adventuring to get your evil powers back. I'm totally in, and for only 240 Points, it's a bargain, too. Check out the trailer:
And if you're wanting to do some Cthulu-based rocking out, head beyond the break for their awesome Cthulu Saves The World music video. It's amazing.


text:
Hardware news tagged WD
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Western Digital Teams Up with SanDisk for Solid State Hybrid Drives.
[9:13 am]
SanDisk and WD Join Forces for Consumer SSHDs
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Seagate's Revenues, Profits and Shipments Drop on Slow PC Sales.
[2:20 pm]
Seagate Ships Lower Amount of HDDs Since Merge with Samsung's Hard Drive Business
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Western Digital: Hard Drive Shipments Not Affected by Growing SSD Popularity.
[2:39 pm]
WD: HDD TAM Down to 135 Million Units, But Not Because of SSDs
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
WD Boosts Quarterly Sales of Hard Drives to 60.2 Million, Increases Revenue.
[2:33 pm]
Average Selling Price of Western Digital's Hard Drives Drop to $61 a Unit
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
WD Begins to Ship World's First 5mm 2.5" Hard Disk Drive.
[10:03 am]
WD Begins to Sell 5mm Thick 500GB Hard Drive
Monday, April 22, 2013
Western Digital Introduces WD XE Enterprise-Class Hard Drive with SAS Interface.
[2:29 am]
WD 3.5" SAS WD XE Hard Drives Offer Flexibility, Extension of Datacenter Hardware Investments
Monday, April 15, 2013
WD Simplifies File Backup with SmartWare Pro App and Dropbox Integration.
[1:19 pm]
Western Digital Introduces SmartWare Pro Backup Application


text:
Financial Crises:
Causes, Consequences, and Cures
What's Happening:
Lifelong Learning Presents
Financial Crises: Causes, Consequences, and Cures
Paul Weller, UI John F. Murray professor emeritus of finance, will discuss two global crises of the last 15 years, including the recent unprecedented U.S. government bailout of banks and financial institutions deemed "too big to fail." He will also review a 1997 crisis concentrated in Asia, as well as Europe's current economic turmoil. Come enjoy this insight into the factors and fallout of such events—and the lessons they hold for the future.
Please register by noon on Thursday, March 29.
|April 3, 2012
|6:30 p.m.
|Quad City Botanical Center
2525 Fourth Avenue
Rock Island, Ill.
|Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.


text:
Scandal Crest Casts Days Of Our Lives Stars.
A troupe of Daytime actors have banded together with the talented improvisers at ACME Comedy for a special project. They will be presenting an improvised soap opera parody called, "Scandal Crest." Krista Allen (ex-Billie), Molly Burnett (Melanie), Eric Martsolf (Brady) and Freddie Smith (Sonny) of "DOOL" will team up with "B&B"'s Sean Kanan (Deacon) for this project. Comedians Diana Costa, Dan Kane, Jen Parker, Dwayne Perkins and Dale Raoul ("True Blood") will be joining them in the project which will plumb the depths of Daytime's absurdity.
The show will premiere online on September 21 at 9:00 PM PST. You can view it on the Scandal Crest website. You can also catch in live and in person if you are in the Southern California area. You can join the studio audience by purchasing tickets from Laughing Stub.
Find out the date of the series finale of "Fringe" by reading our Primetime Dish. And you can have a laugh at the soaps right now by taking a look at our Soap Opera Screen Captures.
Join us on Twitter @soapoperafan and Facebook.
Photo Credit: NBC
Fun fact! Matthew Purvis wrote this story just for you on September 13th, 2012 |