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For four months now, Dean Richards has been working away under the national radar. It will be different tomorrow. His high-flying Newcastle Falcons will be in the spotlight, three miles down the road from Newcastle Airport.
The Sky Sports television cameras are coming to Kingston Park for the RFU Championship fixture between Richards' Falcons and London Scottish. It is not just any old second-tier contest. It will be the first match in which the man in the middle will be hooked up with a three-inch piece of new technology called a ref cam.
If nothing else, as well as picking up some choice exchanges between the front rows, the occasion will highlight the rehabilitation of Richards. Having taken the rap for the Bloodgate affair – resigning as director of rugby at Harlequins in the summer of 2009 and accepting a three-year ban as the man responsible for the use of a fake blood capsule to engineer the substitution of Tom Williams by Nick Evans in a Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster – the former Leicester, England and Lions totem of a No 8 has been managing very nicely on his return to the game.
The Falcons are 12 points clear at the top of the Championship with 11 wins out of 11. In all, they have won 16 matches out of 16 under Richards. Last month they beat Tonga, which was more than Scotland could manage in what proved to be the national coach Andy Robinson's last stand.
"I'm enjoying life here," the big bear of a 49-year-old says, sitting comfortably in his Falcons sweatshirt in the deserted East Stand bar at Kingston Park. "Professionally, I think the club is going in the right direction. We're winning on the pitch, which is a big thing, and off the pitch the changes we have made have got us moving in the right direction too.
"So, yeah, I'm enjoying it. I love the area. I love the location. Everybody's very welcoming. And you don't have to go far out of Newcastle to see some beautiful scenery."
Deano has been this way before, of course – not so much up in Hadrian's Wall country as putting the rebuilding blocks in place with a relegated side. Back in 2004-05, the man who guided Leicester to six trophies in six seasons spent a year in the Championship laying down the foundations that have taken Harlequins to success under Conor O'Shea.
In the far North-east of England, it is Richards' intention to create a lasting top-flight bastion – something more durable than the fleeting success at Newcastle that was largely bought with Sir John Hall's largesse in the late 1990s.
"It's exactly why we're trying to do things right, rather than fudge the issue and do what a lot of the other [Championship] clubs are trying to do, which is potentially buying players in for the final two or three months of the season and then buying players to play [in the Premiership].
"For us... we're in for the long haul. We had our 'Visions and Values' day the other day, which was looking purely at why we're here and the longevity of it. Unless we've got the right culture and the right vision, the right values, then it's going to be short-term. So let's get everything in place, and let's make it happen."
On his return to the game in late August – having served a longer ban than the combined punishment meted out to Dwain Chambers (two years), Eric Cantona (two months) and Rio Ferdinand (eight months) for their various sporting misdemeanours – Richards expressed genuine remorse and regret about the affair that cost him so much. Four months on, he says he has "mellowed." Does he feel he has drawn a line under Bloodgate now, though?
"Well, it's nearly four years ago, isn't it? So I'll probably say 'yes,'" Richards replies. "People tend to forget that it's nearly four years ago. It's just that the sanction went on a little bit longer than you'd think. But, yeah, there's a line drawn under that, most definitely."
With the backing of local businessman Semore Kurdi, Richards has gone about his rebuilding mission at Kingston Park with a little cross-border influence. The man who was famously punished for larking about with the Calcutta Cup has the sons of two former Scotland internationals in his ranks – lock Sean Tomes and scrum-half Rory Lawson, who played for the Scots against Tonga last month – plus the former Scotland forwards Ally Hogg and Scott Macleod.
"We have got a Scottish influence here but perhaps not to the extent we could do," Richards says. "The foremost thing is we're English, though. To have a nucleus of English-qualified players is a goal and an ambition of mine, because what it will do is bring a culture – an English culture as well, which is something we're very keen on."
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- Commentary and all documents pertaining to the initial challenge launched by Club Nautico Español de Vela (CNEV). These documents include: the Protocol initially agreed by Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), the then holder of the Cup, and CNEV; the version of the Protocol as thereafter amended as a consequence, inter alia, of the parties' controversy with the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC); as well as an arbitration panel award and a series of U.S. Court judgments regarding GGYC's successful attempt to nullify CNEV's challenge and therefore become the 'valid' challenger for the 33rd America's Cup match.
- Commentary and all decisions (mainly U.S. Court judgments) regarding matters which became controversial between GGYC and SNG, leading up to the so-called 'Deed Match'.
- Commentary and decisions issued by the International Jury which operated during the 33rd America's Cup event.
- Commentary and documents executed by SNG and GGYC pursuant to which they eventually agreed to settle their disputes in 2010.
A concluding chapter provides information and documents pertaining to the America's Cup trademarks and other intellectual property issues and to the management of the America's Cup, with suggestions as to amendments that could be considered to the current Deed of Gift. These latter comments are made with a view to limit the possibilities of new controversies and, if any arise, that these are dealt with by arbitration and not, by disruptive, lengthy, costly, and uncertain state court proceedings. In this way the book provides invaluable guidance for trustees, competitors, and event officials, not only for the America's Cup but by extension to other major international sporting events.
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Every month, Census Bureau field representatives ask selected households questions relevant to the U.S. labor force, such as employment status, hours worked, earnings, age, sex, race, marital status, educational attainment, occupation and industry. From those answers come estimates of the unemployment rate, released monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"The CPS is the primary source of information for state and local governments and businesses regarding the country's labor force," said Lester A. Farthing, director of the Census Bureau's New York regional office. "The survey also collects information on rates of voting and registration by a variety of characteristics, such as race, origin and age. The Census Bureau collects these data in the CPS every other November." The Census Bureau's monthly survey, which dates from 1942, is the longest running household survey in the country.


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Today, the Fogelmans took us to Boulder & Estes Park National Park, it was really lovely – initially, not as cold as we thought and certainly didn't need thermals. We walked around the town of Boulder and did lots of window shopping, its a really pretty little town and their mall is quite quaint. Lots of really nice arts and craft shops. Had some lunch there and headed to Estes Park National Park. Jeff kept telling us the temperature outside the car as we were driving along and I was getting my hopes up that if it dropped enough (and it rained, apparently you need it to rain also for snow to be produced) that it would, in fact, snow. We joked about how we didn't believe it was snow on the ground at all – it was, in fact, foam, that was spread around to make the places look nicer (we are still going with the whole "disused movie lot" belief because even though we are in the heart of suburbia, we still haven't seen any neighbours and its so quiet, you can hear yourself breath!)
The village of Estes Park is 7,522 feet above sea level and is surrounded by towering mountains
Up the mountain we continued to climb and the temperature was dropping every couple of minutes. We stopped at this rest stop and it started to snow lightly (not much but enough to officially say we have now been snowed on) and the snow (or should I say "foam" haha) was really thick on the ground, it was lovely. We saw Elk & deer (as we had never seen either Elk or Moose, when we found some Elk, they were so far away & Debbie & Jeff weren't sure if they were Elk or Deer so Bill started calling them "Mooks" cross between a Moose and an Elk! This reference was referred to all day by us all, it was quiet funny). Managed to get some photos before I thought my fingers were going to snap off – it was very cold now because of the wind (and the slight snow actually falling from the sky). Jeff's cousin was here from Austin, Texas for the weekend and they were staying in Estes village so we drove around a bit (saw more elk but it was getting dark so photos didn't turn out but Bill got some video footage as they were right beside the road). The wind was bitterly cold now (should have freed those thermals from their packets but didn't think it wouldn't be that cold)
Met up with Suzanne & Hank and had pizza in this little pub, it was great, they were really lovely people and we had a lot of laughs with them (and of course, it was warm in there).
It is just so easy to talk to Jeff & Debbie & DJ, they are very generous, genuine & caring people and we felt as if we had only just seen them last week instead of 10 years ago – no awkwardness at all, which you may expect after all this time – Jeff is so funny – very dry sense of humour – had us in stitches all day with his "one liners" and Debbie is just such a laid back, lovely person who would do anything for you – she had gone to a lot of trouble to make us feel comfortable in their home (even though she would say "no bother") – we even had water bottles beside our bed (due to the altitude here, you need to drink lots of water) and a big bowl of different sorts of chocolate bars, lollies & something called "trail mix" which contains nuts, raisins, etc (Bill has fallen in love with these and of course when Debbie found out, she went out and bought a really big box of them so Bill can have some for our next leg of our adventure, what an absolute sweetie).
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The author accused Sahara Television network of plagiarising her best-selling book for the 260-part soap Karishma, The Miracle of Destiny.
She had managed to get the serial pulled off air at an earlier court hearing but the successful appeal by the TV company gives the greenlight to it being screened.
Citing Bradford as a "spoke in the wheel", it ordered the author to pay the channel 150,000 rupees (£2,031) for every week the series was delayed since 12 May, as well as costs.
Calcutta High Court said in its ruling that the lawyers of author Bradford failed to conclusively
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Two senior judges said they have read a summary of
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But Judge AN Roy said: "In our opinion, this is just an idea. The plaintiff cannot have a monopoly on a woman making it from rags to riches."
The soap stars top Bollywood actress Karishma Kapoor and is looks to be one of the longest serials in India's entertainment television history.
The Indian Supreme Court had earlier issued an injunction on the broadcast until further arguments in the case could be heard, but Sahara successfully appealed.
The case was seen as a landmark because it is rare to sue Indian television for plagiarism, despite its reputation for copying ideas without permission.
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Just shut up, ok. You had me at disinflation.
Just shut up, ok. You had me at disinflation.
[…] Monetary Policy, Protest Style Unsophisticated protestors, my — actually, I can't say that in a Times blog, and I probably can't post the picture either. But I can give you this link. Somebody has been doing their homework! […]
NO, but Krugman does!
Pound salt. Don't Boris.
Ah, but Jerry, these 'street rabble' do not how to turn off caps lock, and are completely aware that caps lock is a worthless attempt to grab unwarranted attention for oneself.
Thank you, Paul!
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Jerry Boris, You had just better hope that these street rabble have a chance to learn what monetary policy is, and how important money is, so that they will not be won over by arguments to dispense with money altogether. THINK ABOUT IT.
"Street rabble". As opposed to the rabble on Wall St, who, according to the Academy Award winning "Inside Job", use prostitutes and live out-of-control personal lives (not to mention the fact that they rated toxic debt "AAA" and then sold it to their customers and had to be bailed out for $700bn).
The people at "Occupy Wall Street" knows what they want. They want their country back from the people who stole it from them!
It's the details of how to do that that have to be worked out.
But the purpose is clear.
They want their country back! And that includes their land, their air and their water, their jobs, their education, and more. And when they get that, lots of other people around the world will get their countries and their futures back, too.
That's why people all over the world are cheering for them – have a look at the European news, even if you can't understand what they're saying, they're reporting on "OccupyWallSt", more than the US mainstream media is doing!
Not in Sweden, though – here we are taught from the mainstram media that this is not really news. What these people do is propaganda from the left and therefore wrong, wrong wrong.
worldwide bank equity & sovereign treasury debt wants to go to ZERO. the fact that the Fed, ECB & other central wankers refuse to let it deflate is inflation.
the sign for the real protest: incompetent contra-deflation : the death of fiat currency
So basically, we should let the market have a recession, because the market has told us that it wants a recession?
No, we should take concrete steps to keep inflation and employment on target. If the market is feeling attracted to a different path, redirect it back to the path of human happiness.
these government promises are worthless. the prices we pay every day to support them & the financial sector debt upon which they are built are not supportable. the only thing the central planners can do is dig us in a further hole for some short term contracting work or try to inflate another bubble. the stimulus always has withdrawals & bubbles always burst. trying to inflate this stuff any more and fight reality will end all of us up in a very bad place: the end of the $.
what we need is to get serious about a sustainable scope of government we can actually pay for & let all of these decades of crazy bubbles be written off. then, we can have sustainable growth in industries you and I (not some government employees) choose to support. will it be painful in the short term? yes, but short term pain is certainly preferable to a currency collapse.
you sound like you think 'the market' is a live thinking animal, but actually it is a very complicated mathematical formula that simply people can't fathom. So why do you think you can take the correct steps to fix it? Are you smarter that all the world full of people that have tried and failed every time (in the long run).
Thankfully we have a democracy so that no one philosophy can ruin everything. No it takes both sides to ruin everything.
To be sure the protest has the attention of quite a few of the "people" in congress and on the hill. The Reps will twist it their way… The Dems will twist it their way. And the Fed will twist it their way…Ops… He already did..good for you Ben.
That's like claiming all the twists are the same. Shows that you know nothing about the truth.
It's telling that these geniuses are the best Obama can send into the streets.
You have some proof that Obama is sending these people into the streets?
Y'know, like I can prove the Tea PArty is funded by corporations?
So… what economist is going to declare that "Forgiving all debt" "immediately" is (a) "sophisticated", or (b) economically sound?
This is but one demand of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
That's what I thought.
I am! I'm an economist with the Heritage Foundation, and I find all "taxation" a form of non-interest bearing debt obligations. So cut my taxes, and we'll all austerity to a better future.
Oh, and interest rates still at record lows… time to buy gold 😉
If I was one of those total liars from Heritage, I sure wouldn't want to tell anyone that.
Paul Krugman has already come out in support of debt forgiveness, although he has suggested that inflation be the vehicle to achieve this.
Needless to say, I wouldn't be saying this other than for the opportunity of saying that I personally disagree, but you are welcome to your own opinions.
I thought Paul was of the opinion that debt is good for a country? So why forgive such a good thing?
Hey Boris, willful ignorance, racist nihilistic spite and gratuitous insults have made the Tea Party the phenomenon it is today.
You righties are absolutely fabulous! You complain about anyone who doesn't buy into the religion of the failed free market, free trade, and trickle-down theories. We're in the situation we're in because of policies based on those failed theories supported by economists who acted as priests rather than scientists of human behavior and nature.
The fundamental fact is that the economy is imaginary and is made up in our minds. Pretending that ideologies are concrete fact can lead only to failure, which is what happened. These protestors see that fact and they threaten your world, it's that simple.
What Jeff said!
our biology is to be free & interact with others to make up a spontaneous order (http://youtu.be/TlzilMXWMcg) what has failed the USA is the fatal conceit that a group of elitists can centrally plan & force some higher order.
You can take your Hayek and put it, well let's just say that you don't even believe what you're saying. People plan. Do you like Macs or PCs? Doesn't matter. People planned, schemed, planned, developed, and voila, Macs and PCs. Same with economies and markets, free or regulated. You can put your Hayek…
To Calvin Ross: Wonderful! I´ll remember this one the next time I meet a decentralizedimprov-person. Heh heh, put your Hayek….
Three decades of GOP "economics" is what got us here. They set out to bring us back to the Gilded Age and wildly succeeded — in destroying the middle class.
Actually, you're half the time span off. We're "paying" today for the willfully ill-conceived policies of the 1960s: The over-reach of the Great Society coupled with three major wars, Viet Nam, on Poverty, and on Drugs – all of which collapsed in colossal failure – which committed the nation to an economic path that was clearly unsustainable from the start. No administration, Republican or Democrat, nor any Congress, no matter which party controlled it, has done anything to change course along that path. If for this along, neither party is worthy of public blessing nor your support.
Bob: You are correct about the wars; but it's not the Great Society that got us to this point. It's the emergence of "trickle-down" which came with Reagan, that did. What Bush Senior rightly called at the time "voodoo economics."
As I recall, Brother Lyndon paid for that damn Viet Nam war with a phone tax and ran the last balanced budget until Mr. Clinton arrived.
The Budget of 1961-1962 was a great example of fiscal abuse – kissing the ass of tax lawyers and wealthy people. So yes, 1960 is an example of today's abuse of power!
3 years of GOP economists put us here by employing spendthrift policies. Don't forget why the GOP fell so hard in 2006- they failed to uphold the ideas that conservatives and other working people value; Fiscal Responsibility.
Maybe the revolution really won't be televised. Maybe it will be covered by the internet instead.
Turns out the revolution will be tweeted, friended and tumblr'd.
Maybe let's just wait till there is a revolution, huh?
Reading those comments is kind of pathetic… My father is stronger than yours blablabla
Even Bacteria have Cheaters!
LOL Liberals actually believe Clinton ran a "balanced budget" very ignorant. They think sticking a bunch of I.O.Us in the Social Security Lockbox where there used to be real money, counts as a balanced budget.
Perhaps you've been watching a bit much of Fox. He ran the first year-to-year surpluses since Andrew Jackson. Check it out.
Are you on Karl Rove's or Dick Armey's payroll?
I apologize for my final sentence.
I've admitted before that I'm too ignorant to understand the various US federal government accounts. What I do wonder about is why they needed to increase the debt ceiling immediately after the years of Clinton surplus. Can you explain why this would be necessary?
One more quick comment: Those "IOUs" sitting in that file cabinet in West Virginia represent the full faith and credit of the United States — something the GOP did their best to destroy recently, and damn near succeeded.
don't apologize, Rod….it's an astute question, considering the sheer volume of sock puppets utilized by corp run political operations…
folks, this is pure history, not rocket surgery…a previous commenter is correct, the economic disasters we are suffering under are predictable results of the "voodoo economics" arising from the "trickle down" theory espoused by the wall street journal editorial page during the late 70's and labeled "supply side economics"…by deregulating the financial sector and steadily eroding the safety measures put in place after the Depression, Wall street and it's lackeys have systemically dismantled and sold off the U.S. industrial base and the Middle Class for their own profits as well as the power to continue the looting….
those who deny these simple and historical facts are either ignorant of the empirical data or suffer delusions due to cognitive dissonance…the only other explanation available is that they are directly profiting from this debacle in one way or another….anyone who attempts to tell or sell you any different explanation for an inaccurate or inadequate explanation for the current situation is LYING to you…check your wallet after dealing with such vermin
woe is U.S.
I just don't like impugning people's motives absent evidence. Which is what I did.
You are absolutely correct about the empirical historical data. Which today's GOP doesn't give a flip about. It's become the party that denies all forms of empirical data across a range of issues.
OPPORTUNISTIC disinflation? Opportunistic? What are you talking about? Is there some concensus now that the rentiers (aka, bankers, crooks, Wall Street, Malafactors of Great Wealth, Masters of the Universe, etc. etc.) are actually trying to use the current economic situation to INDUCE DEFLATION, so that their assets, in real terms, will actually increase in value? That's ridiculous! That's preposterous! That's … that's … uh … plausible. Or, put another way, is it implausible that these greedy SOBs wouldn't consider doing something like that? If you'd asked in the laste-1990s whether this was reasonable, most people would have said no, but look what's actually happened in the past decade.
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I like this democracy thing. I'm might start building nets used at places like Foxcon. We should sever the Bush Tax Cuts, sever the mis-allocation of resources, take our supply of money back, and we'll handle our credit and money ratios properly.
Sure, slight down-turn, and people will continue making stuff and the people like Erin Burnett's husband. Well, I have a net to sell for when they jump because of their "@#itty" deal behind our money and their copy-paste black-scholes.
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The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and Minnesota Vikings have finally made their big announcement: Mortenson Construction will serve as the construction manager that will build the Vikings' new multi-purpose stadium in Minneapolis.
Mortenson, based in Golden Valley, Minn., was competing with Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Hunt Construction, in final interviews for the job. Michele Kelm-Helgen, the chairman of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, said in a written statement that Mortenson offered competitive terms, a local presence and a history of successfully building sports and entertainment facilities.
According to information provided by the authority, Mortenson has built more than 100 sports and entertainment facilities across the country.
"We were lucky to have the best in the business bid on this project," Kelm-Helgen said. "In the end, we have a great local team with Mortenson."
Not surprisingly, officials with Mortensen were thrilled with the decision.
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Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Prep Time: 15 min + cooling time
Cook Time: 5 min
This is a delicious margarita. Be sure to make lots of the simple syrup ahead of time as these will go quickly at your party!
1/4 cup granulated white sugar
1/4 cup water
1 cup tequila
1 cup lime juice, freshly squeezed
1 cup Triple Sec
3/4 cup water
ice cubes
1. Prepare syrup: Heat the sugar and water in a saucepan until of a syrupy consistency, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and let stand until cool. Make ahead tip: Make the syrup the night before and let it get nice and chilled in the refrigerator.
2. Prepare margaritas: Combine syrup, tequila, lime juice, liqueur and water with ice in blender. Process until the desired consistency. Pour into salt-rimmed margarita glasses and garnish with lime slices.
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People tell me that talking cats are a cliche. Overused, boring, generally pointless.
But I happen to love them. So I'm looking for recommendations of books that contain talking cats, specifically ones that speak out loud or otherwise converse with humans, but just cats talking to each other is acceptable too.
I know about the Warriors series already. There's also The Book of Night with Moon, which has cats that talk to each other, and the werecat Solembum in Eragon. I own a book called Tailchaser's Song that may also fit the bill, but I haven't read it yet.
I may crosspost this to other groups if it strikes my fancy later.
Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore has cats that converse with one of the human characters. That's just one part of this large novel--there's a lot of quirky, surreal stuff going on in there.
Gayle Greeno has 2-3 series about large telepathic cats that converse with humans.
I know of two cat mysteries: the Mrs. Murphy series, by Rita Mae Brown, and the Joe Grey series, by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. In the Mrs. Murphy series the animals all converse with each other, but humans don't understand them. In Joe Grey, Joe and a couple other cats are able to speak with humans and be understood, and also read.
The Wild Road is lovely.
And I strongly, strongly recommend Tailchaser's Song - it's a beautiful story.
Ratha's Creature - now that's written for a younger audience, and is just gorgeous.
The "Ungrukh" or Kingdom of Cats series by Phyllis Gotlieb. Science fiction; the cats (large) are the space/time traveling main characters.
Also Cats in Cyberspace by Beth Hilgartner.
Catseye by Andrew Norton has a few cats that telepathically communicate with the protagonist. It's a bit YA-science fiction, but it's an old favourite of mine.
The Fur Person by May Sarton
The cat is the narrator of this book.
Whittington by Alan Armstrong. This is children's literature -- I read it aloud to my kids and they liked it a lot.
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Maybe not quite in the same vein as the others listed here, but it does feature one of the more memorable talking cats.
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr an early romantic classic.
Carole Nelson Douglas's Midnight Louie series is fun. Midnight Louie is a cat who is also a private eye of sorts, in the Sam Spade style. He talks to other animals, and some chapters of each book are from his point of view as he tries to help his humans solve mysteries and stay out of harm's way. I don't know if it's quite what you're looking for, but for light reading, they're pretty good.
The cat who mysteries by L Braun, the first is the cat who read backwards, there are 17+ of these by now I think. Cosy, but fun in their way.
Michael Marshall Smith's superbly surreally weird sf Only Forward has his clever cat Spangle, with whom their is some communication.
There's a cat group who will probably know more.
#14: Note that the cats don't actually talk in the Cat Who mysteries (at least, not that I recall). But they're fun anyway. I recommend them.
I loved Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander when I was younger. I don't remember much about it now, I just remember being really taken by it.
There is also a cat like demon in Sabriel by Garth Nix who was a very interesting character.
Great recommendations, all! I have read some Cat Who and Mrs. Murphy. Loved the cats in both but I get tired of mysteries quickly, so I only read those every so often. I've read Time Cat several times in my youth and loved it, may have to revisit. :)
Cats, murder & genetic testing -
Can be hard to find, but worth reading. The cats talk, but not to us mere can-openers.
Thanks again Severn!
I like Solo's Journey by Joy Smith Aiken.
FYI, the other books in the Ratha series are Clan Ground, Ratha and Thistle-chaser, Ratha's Challenge, and the new (Oct. 2008!) Ratha's Courage.
Felidae was made into a film - I saw clips of it on YouTube and was very intrigued.
Felidae a film, huh? I see how it would lend itself. A Watership Down-like animation style would be good for that. I'll see if I can find it. Thanks.
So not long after that last post I found the whole Felidae movie on youtube and watched it. Not a bad adaptation. So then I got sucked into watching Plague Dogs and practically bawled my eyes out. That was the saddest thing ever.
Don't forget Joann Sfar's The Rabbi's Cat. A classic talking cat. It's about a cat who eats a parrot and gains the power of speech, only to engage in Talmudic debate with his rabbi-owner.
Oh, behemoth from The Master and Margarita was a total scream. A talking sycophant cat who can weild a Mauser. Formidable.
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Talking cats are cliche? I did not know that.
Has anyone mentioned Coraline? How about Alice in Wonderland?
How dare you insult me in this way!!!!! I am no cliche!
A talking cat is featured in an older Japanese novel, I am a cat by Natsume Soseki (1905 - Japanes, 1906 - English, but still in print). I didn't get very far with it, but it might be worth the effort. A world weary cat looks at Meiji society. I thought Kafka on the Shore was great.
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You're a talking cat that works in the field of applied linguistics?! This topic was made for you!
And do not forget the short story "Tobermory" in Beasts and Super Beasts by Saki. It's laugh out loud funny though written over 100 years ago!
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C Wrede have talking cats, especially the third book - Calling on Dragons I believe.
Tamora Pierce's Tortall books often have talking animals; there is a talking cat in books 2-4 of the Lioness Rampant series.
There are, of course, the Redwall books where all the animals talk, and isn't there a talking cat in The Last Unicorn?
There are cats in several of the Chrestomanci books and although they don't actually talk, they may as well. The ones I specifically remember cats in are Charmed Life and The Lives of Christopher Chant.
Not necessarily talking cats, but cat shape-shifters The Catswold Portal was one of my favorite books in highschool. It is not a young adult title as far as I know.
I second Tailchaser's Song it is an excellent book.
If you haven't checked out the Catfantastic series of short story compilations try those as well, many have talking cats.
I just remembered The Rabbi's Cat, which is a graphic novel, has a talking cat.
jerome and the seraph has a talking cat, monks, death, religion and quantum mechanics. (I hated it, but it's received a lot of positive reviews so it must be one of those books you either love or hate).
Reserved for the Cat by Mercedes Lackey features a talking cat. Also, some of the Girl Genius graphic novels.
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Kaspersky Lab Analyzes Active Cyber-Espionage Campaign Primarily Targeting South Korean Entities
Kaspersky Lab Analyzes Active Cyber-Espionage Campaign Primarily Targeting South Korean Entities
Operation's possible North Korean links uncovered
Woburn, MA – September 11, 2013 -Today Kaspersky Lab's security research team published a report that analyzes an active cyber-espionage campaign primarily targeting South Korean think-tanks.
This campaign, named Kimsuky, is limited and highly targeted. According to technical analysis, attackers were interested in targeting 11 organizations based in South Korea and two entities in China including the Sejong Institute, Korea Institute For Defense Analyses (KIDA), South Korea's Ministry of Unification, Hyundai Merchant Marine and The supporters of Korean Unification.
The earliest signs of this threat actor's activity date back to the 3rd of April 2013, and the first Kimsuky Trojan samples appeared on the 5th of May 2013. This unsophisticated spy program includes several basic coding errors and handles communications to and from infected machines via a Bulgarian web based free e-mail server (mail.bg).
Although the initial delivery mechanism remains unknown, Kaspersky researchers believe the Kimsuky malware is most likely delivered via spear-phishing e-mails and has the ability to perform the following espionage functions: keystroke logging, directory listing collection, remote control access and HWP document theft (related to the South Korean word processing application from the Hancom Office bundle, extensively used by the local government). The attackers are using a modified version of the TeamViewer remote access application to serve as a backdoor to hijack any files from the infected machines.
The Kimsuky malware contains a dedicated malicious program designed for stealing HWP files, which suggests that these documents are one of main objectives of the group.
Clues found by Kaspersky Lab's experts make it possible to surmise the North Korean origin of the attackers. First of all, profiles of the targets speak for themselves – South Korean universities conducting research on international affairs and producing defense policies for government, a national shipping company, and support groups for Korean unification.
Secondly – a compilation path string containing Korean words (for example, some of them could be translated as English commands "attack" and "completion").
Third – two email addresses to which bots send reports on status and transmit infected system information via attachments – firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com – are registered with the following "kim" names: "kimsukyang" and "Kim asdfa". Even though this registration data does not provide hard data about the attackers, the source IP-addresses of the attackers fit the profile: there are 10 originating IP-addresses, and all of them lie in ranges of the Jilin Province Network and Liaoning Province Network in China. The ISPs providing Internet access in these provinces are also believed to maintain lines into parts of North Korea.
Another interesting "geo-political" feature of Kimsuky malware is that it only disables security tools from AhnLab, a South Korean anti-malware company.
Kaspersky Lab's products detect and neutralize these threats as Trojan.Win32.Kimsuky, and modified TeamViewer client components are detected as Trojan.Win32.Patched.ps.
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An interfaith unity service to honor the victims of Sunday's shootings will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at the Jewish Community Campus' White Theatre. Clergy from different faith communities across the metro will lead the 45-minute service.
Three community members were killed Sunday afternoon in shootings at two locations: Overland Park's Jewish Community Center and the Village Shalom senior living facility. A suspect has been arrested and charged with the murders, which will be tried as hate crimes.


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Unexpected: The super winding roads and near the edge experience of climbing a huge mountain on route 66.
As we left the KOA to try to make our way back to the Sea Lion Caves, Kelly asked if we could stop at the ATV rental place next to the KOA
After talking with the store clerk, the girls and I talked about whether it was a good idea or not. They really wanted to do this, so I decided I should suck it up and do it. I secretly wanted to anyway.
So, we rented a 3 person dune buggy. (They both could have had their own ATV, but that was past my comfort zone--oh yeah, so was driving one!)
It was awesome! The dunes were bigger than anything I've ever seen. There were hills everywhere. Sherkston Beaches' dunes in their heyday are minuscule to these dunes. In fact, The Oregon Dunes are the largest Dunes in the US.
I was nervous about going over the big hills and of course, got stuck on one of the hills. In fact, every time I tried to get to the top of the same hill- got stuck. Kelly ran up the hill to flag other riders to help us get out of the sand. I was able to lift the vehicle, but it was too big to move. Of course, we all thought the boys were very cute!
I know Kelly was a bit mad at me because I wimped out on the hills and was ready to go back after our hour was up. I hope she got over it.
It was a great experience
We never made it to the Sea Lion Caves, as the trip to Klamath Falls was 6 hours.
We had a nice lunch in Grant's Pass and then went on to Klamath Falls. The Koa is ok. No frills. We are vegging out tonight...the room has a TV. The girls are in heaven!
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As we end 2010 and begin a new year, the media take a look back at the year gone by. We too wish to look back at all the stories this website has broken in the few months of our existence. Some have been ignored, others have been reported nationally — without credit to those of us who discovered them. Nonetheless, we are happy the information has spread and look forward to leading the charge in 2011. We want to take this time to celebrate all we have accomplished in so little time by highlighting a baker's dozen of stories that we broke. Counting down our stories, from least to greatest.
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12. Oklahoma's Muslim Law Ban Struck Down by Clinton Diversity Pick (story). On election day 2010, more than 70 percent of Oklahoma voters approved State Question 755, which forbids state courts from considering Islamic religious law, Shari'a, in pending court cases. However, federal judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange of the 10th Circuit Court issued a series of injunctions against the measure. In her tangled view, a law prohibiting judges from deciding cases based on religious law constituted an attack on the First Amendment. As we alone exposed, Miles-LaGrange, whom Bill Clinton appointed in 1994 as "first African-American federal judge in the six states that make up the 10th Circuit," is a thoroughgoing mediocrity who has spent her entire career benefiting from or promoting Affirmative Action. She now sees Muslims as the next victims of an oppressive Christian America. Remember this the next time someone calls Bill Clinton a "moderate."
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Over 70 of the top prospects from the state of Missouri and the surrounding areas are on hand here today for Mizzou's Annual Jr Day event.
Gary Pinkel and coaching staff received good news from one of the state's top prospects when Trinity High School athlete Marquise Hill became a Tiger.
"I have always wanted to be a Tiger, nothing has changed," Hill told InsideMizzou.com. "I have been here to the campus many times with Ronnie Wingo, my cousin. This is where I have always wanted to go to school, with the offer in hand it was an easy decision."
Hill, a 6-foot-165-pound athlete that runs a 4.4 forty, is very excited about his decision.
"It's the perfect place for me," Hill said. "The coaching staff is extremely happy with my news."
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First graduate ever from University Honors & Leadership program
Deandra Walker is one of about 1,500 University of Colorado Denver students who graduated in Fall Commencement 2011 on Dec. 17 at the Colorado Convention Center.
But she's the only one who can claim to be the first graduate ever from the University Honors and Leadership (UHL) program.
A native Coloradan, Walker enrolled in the prestigious UHL program during its first semester of existence in fall 2008. Through her experience with the program, she's taken fascinating courses, gained a bunch of close friends, served her community and rubbed elbows with some powerful people.
"I'm very happy that I got accepted into the UHL program, because it's competitive and it's a great honor," she said. "I've had many opportunities [with UHL] that have changed me both as an individual and as a student."
Ever shaken hands with a U.S. president? She has.
The successor to the Chancellor's Scholars & Leaders program, the UHL is designed to engage and challenge high-performing students to reach their full potential. In short, it provides exceptional students with exceptional opportunities.
"[As a UHL student,] I've gone to the chancellor's house numerous times and was able to welcome new professors to the university," Walker said. "I volunteered at President Obama's visit to the university! I stood next to Governor Hickenlooper and was able to get very close to the president. To hear [the president] speak was very moving."
Know why "Frankenstein" became a classic? She does.
On slightly less extraordinary days, Walker attended one of the multi-disciplinary UHL courses, which sometimes combined two or more unlikely subject areas. For instance, her "History and Literature of Science in the 19th Century" class blended science, literature and history, as students studied how classic novels—like "Frankenstein" and "Dracula"—related to the current events and scientific discoveries of their respective settings.
"I liked being able to dive deeper into something that a lot of people take for granted," she said of the course. Maybe even more than poring over canonical literature, Walker liked getting out into the community to apply her growing knowledge and skills.
Through a UHL senior seminar, she did extensive research on reforestation. Then, she put her research to work by handing out informative fliers in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. She talked to community members there about the benefits of planting trees in their neighborhood and encouraged them to take advantage of a local free-tree program.
Transformed by your college experience? She is.
"It's been a long road, [but] I've had nothing but support from everyone in the program," Walker said.
Now, with her biology degree in hand, she's shopping around the West Coast for PhD programs in cellular and molecular biology and other related fields. Even if she leaves the mountains for palm trees, she'll remember all her UHL friends—from her classmates and professor in her "Neuroscience in Society" class to the patient and welcoming administrative staff at the cozy, historic UHL House on Ninth Street Park.
"Basically, the UHL has transformed my college career."
Best of luck to Deandra, and congratulations to all graduates—we're proud of you!


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The design worked well with the rest of the outside lighting on our house, it looks good and the price made it a great value.
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We put these on the columns at the sides of our seat wall that surrounds our backyard patio. We needed some additional lighing on the patio and they look fantastic and were a GREAT price. They are plenty bright and we added a dimmer switch to control the light level. The frosted glass is perfect as these are at eye level and the bulbs don't glare through the frosted glass.
This lamp is a great value - it is attractive, yet not very expensive. The frosted glass keeps the bulbs from showing. Easy to install.
I placed the light in my rose garden where it illuminates the garden and a nearby set of paver stairs. It fits there perfectly and has withstood several wind and rain storms. I placed a florescent bulb to reduce the energy usage of a 60 watt and works beautifully inside the frosted glass.
This lamp has a very nice finish and was easy to install. However, when installing this lamp onto the base, over tightening one of the screws by half a turn caused the casting to crack. This has not affected the performance after 6 months outside through several rainstorms.
these lamps look awsome. I used 4 of them in the front yard with low voltage lightbulbs and they compliment the hardscape and landscape just perfect.


text: T.O. has been fined $7,500 for his end zone celebration this weekend after a touchdown. ESPN - Push 'pay': Owens fined for videotape celebration - NFL I only caught a quick shot of T.O.'s celebration and I didn't realize that he was mocking the Pats issue until I read this article. That's freaking awesome!! hahahaha This really is the "No Fun League". I can understand some of the celebrations that get out of hand. Like T.O.s "Sharpie" celebration or Joe Horn's "cell phone" because those include planting "props" on the uniform or field and that can start to get dangerous, but common, something like this is harmless IMO. The real reason for the fine is that it makes the league look bad because it's bringing up am embarrassment for the league. Now if he had done a Mike Vick dog fighting celebration, THAT would warrant a huge punishment. What are your thoughts?


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I used the top of a solo plastic cup on one of my fett pieces.
Heres the problem: I primed it (fine), put a coat of aluminum down (fine), then put the final coat on (white). When I put the white on - the original color of the cup started showing through (red) and it doesnt look like the paint will dry!!!!
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The first two coats went on fine!! And I let them cure!
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Working for healing and wholeness?
From Facebook posts to news accounts to candlelight vigils, the people of our country have come together over the horror that took place Friday morning in Newtown, Conn. And rightly so. Condolences have been expressed by world leaders. The unspeakable killings of innocent children and teachers have deeply touched people here and around the world.
I remember similar outpourings following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. But I also remember the words of an international guest at our 2002 triennial gathering. She respectfully told the women gathered there that while she grieved along with us in America when those horrible events unfolded, she and the people in her country–and in many countries around the globe–experienced similar horrors daily. And the same is true regarding children dying.
It is calculated that today around 21,000 children will die because of poverty, malnutrition or disease. Children around the world are the innocent victims of war. UNICEF reported in 1996 that 2 million children were killed in war in the previous decade and another 4-5 million disabled. Whether or not those statistics have changed in recent years, any innocent life lost in war is just as unconscionable as the death of 20 children and their six teachers.
As Women of the ELCA we commit ourselves to bring about healing and wholeness in the church, the society and the world. Will the shootings in Newtown move us beyond platitudes to seriously work for such healing and wholeness, for the benefit of all of God's children around the world?
Linda Post Bushkofsky is executive director of Women of the ELCA.
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Thank you for reminding us about the big picture of children who suffer around the world–and encouraging us to do something about it. We all need to work for peace.
I wrote this blog post shortly before driving into the office this morning. On that drive, while listening to the news on National Public Radio, I learned that at least nine young girls were killed in a landmine explosion while collecting firewood. At least three more were injured. I grieve for their lives cut short, just as I grieve for the 20 children of Newtown. The killings, the deaths must stop. And we must be part of the solution. I don't know what that will look like yet, but I know we are called to be part of that solution.
Gun and ammo access in my state, and perhaps yours, is too lenient, and mental health outreach to families in need of support is a proper activity for WELCAs. Let those of us who work to reduce gun violence, misuse, and accidents reach out to one another and
form a work group together in WELCA. My contact is:
Now we know who the snesbile one is here. Great post!
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Salute To Vets
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A little bit of a sideline about last week's Memorial Day parade....As I marched with the Jewish War Veterans there was a lady who called to each of us as we passed, saying, "Thank you, Thank you." I assume she did this to all the units of veterans who marched. Also in the parade was a rather youngish man, an amputee on crutches. He joined us at Beach 116 street and marched almost all the way getting into one of the cars for a short while and then joining us again. I don't know his name but he impressed me.
Jack Braunstein who admits to being 83 and may be older is blind. He marched the whole way as did Paul Gordon 88. I imagine that similar facts could be gleaned from other organizations ranks. I only knew about the JWV marchers. We may be getting older. Congress may have forgotten the veterans but the veterans have not forgotten our country.


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Redskins fans and Robert Griffin's fantasy owners from 2013 probably want to forget about everything Mike Shanahan following last year's fiasco. Jay Gruden is in as the new head coach. Sean McVay is in as the new offensive coordinator. But when people watch the Redskins this season, they will see something that should remind them of Shanahan:
The offense. Griffin said so.
"I think having two years' experience running an offense, a pro-level offense, West Coast type, this is very similar," Griffin told the Washington Post. "So it's not been as tough as you might think. But all the concepts translate over. They might be called something different. But the reads are similar. It's just about the philosophy of the coach. Jay has a little bit different philosophy."
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The most obvious differences on the field will be the reduction in zone-read runs, and more passes overall. The Redskins are still going to give the ball to Alfred Morris plenty, but Gruden is a throw-first coach, and the Redskins are stocked with quality targets on the outside.
Although Griffin won't run as often, he is not Jake Locker; he is an accurate passer who should be able to do just fine in fantasy even if he hangs in the pocket much more often this season. Two other things in Griffin's favor are his health, and the fact that the Redskins' defense, while not as embarrassing as last year's unit, should remain far from elite. Among the QBs ranked in the lower half of the top 10, Griffin is my favorite grab.


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Who has gentle Queens for sale? I live in Louisiana.
Who has gentle Queens for sale? I live in Louisiana.
When and how many you need. I will have a few ready around the end of April.
Plant Hardiness Zone 6B, 5300 ft., Bee Zone A/B, Proverbs 24:13
There is a woman in West Monroe who raises some really nice MnHyg queens. I got a few from her about 3 years ago and the were really gentle.
"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." - Mark Twain
I got some Nwc from honey run apiary. They are the calmest bees I have ever been around. My 3 yr old son helps me and has not been stung yet. I rarely use smoke on them. I got 2 queens from them in may and made 6 splits off the nucs I made.


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Increasingly, Americans are demanding to be jacked into the Internet 24/7—perish the thought of going five minutes without checking your e-mail or surfing naughty Web sites. Several municipalities looking to fill that gap have wrestled with Wi-Fi services, and some have found themselves with more than they bargained for.
A wireless Internet access deal—whether privately subsidized or provided free of charge by a company like Google or Earthlink—might look like an appealing, potentially profit-making venture for a public works department to take on. However, according to a study by the Reason Foundation, such an arrangement could turn out to be a Trojan horse.
"Beware of geeks bearing gifts," says Jerry Ellig, author of A Dynamic Perspective on Government Broadband Initiatives and senior research fellow at George Mason University. He adds that the fine print of a WiFi contract could grant free, unlimited access to rights of way and various pieces of public infrastructure like light and telephone poles, where Wi-Fi hardware typically is mounted.
The city of Mountain View, Calif., went wireless last year with the help of Google Inc., the Internet search engine company that calls the municipality home. The firm pays $36 a year for each pole—375 poles currently bear transmitters—in a thorough, spelled-out agreement. According to Mountain View economic development manager Ellis Berns, access is just one issue municipalities diving into Wi-Fi need to consider at the outset.
"It's difficult for a community to cost-effectively set up their own citywide Wi-Fi network, due to initial capital outlay costs, ongoing maintenance, and allowing for additional staff time to provide information to users," Berns says. He adds that citizens were concerned about the appearance of the transmitters and risks of radiation exposure; those fears were allayed by the fact that the transmitters emit less energy than a cell phone, and hardware designs were approved by city staff before installation.
The Reason Foundation report strongly cautions municipalities against Wi-Fi deals, citing competition with private providers, ever-changing technology, and need for continual improvements. While the report provides much food for thought, readers may want to take the findings with a grain of salt. In a similar report, the organization claimed that iProvo, the municipal broadband system in Provo, Utah, was hemorrhaging money, running further and further in the red with no signs of an upturn. iProvo organizers responded with a 31-page document defending the service, responding point by point to the Reason Foundation's claims.
While several cities have opted for municipal Wi-Fi services—San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Tempe, Ariz. among them—the technology is relatively young and not without kinks.
"There are still issues about reliability, and we need to find applications that specifically help public agencies be more efficient with their Wi-Fi," says Berns. "It will continue to gain in popularity, but like anything else, the technology is constantly changing and improving."


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Mismatch sheen with Aura matte touch up?
Hi All
About a year and a half ago we had the interior of our home professionally painted with assorted Benjamin Moore Aura paints, matte/flat finish (not eggshell). All came out very nice. We had paint left over, and now and then I'll use it to touch up a spot or two -- the color and sheen match is usually indistinguishable from the original application.
Yesterday, I had to do a tiny bit of touch up again using the original paints -- the color has dried to a match, but the sheen is a bit different when viewing the wall at an angle (which is how you view the wall entering the room) -- the sheen of the touch up area looks a bit shiner -- almost like eggshell vs. the original matte. It was pretty warm in the room wen I did the touch up, so I repainted the touch up this morning when the room was cool, but the result is the same.
I know sometimes too many layers of paint can change the sheen. I still have some of the original contractor's white flat paint from the original wall color. Would it be worth testing a small area... maybe put down some of the original white flat paint, let it dry, then touch up over that? Or should I let the paint be a week to see if then sheen settles down?
Actually, before we had the professional paint our home, my wife & I painted a few test swatches on the wall here and there. Well, when the pro painter painted our walls, he painted right over the swatches (didn't prime them) and those swatch areas also view a bit "shiner" at an angle.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Your best results will be to use a cigar roller for touchups unless you have flat paint.
Thanks. It was an Aura flat paint. Would a sponge brush work better than bristle brush, or does that have no effect on the touch up.
If the sheen on the paint you are using is a higher sheen than the flat or matte on the wall, there is not much you can do to dull it. You may have to paint the entire wall.
Higher sheen paints do take 30 days to cure so you could try waiting it out if it is close.
Aura doesn't have a flat- it has a matte- which in reality is a lower sheen eggshell.
What you have is called flashing. There are ways to do touch ups to minimize it, but in a critical light it is always hard. Even with Aura which touches up as good as any lo sheened eggshell.
Matt said use a mini roller. Forget the foam or any brush. You want to recreate the same look as what you are going over. If it was rolled, you need to roll it. And probably feather it out to nothing.
This is a learned skill, not easily transferred by internet forum.
And where they spot primed before painting became more sealed than the surrounding paint. I suspect the original paint was a flat. So then when they put the full coat over it, it had an area that was more sealed.
Usually 2 full coats will correct this, so if they only put one one, that 's why you see it.
Thanks for the great info. You are correct, it is Aura matte (not flat). First off, I'll wait a few days to see if it further cures. Should that not yield results, I'll try the mini-roller.
It could be that the angle of this wall + light is going to be too unforgiving.
Motifone, as the current finish on the wall ages it loses sheen and color intensity, but the stuff in the can doesn't. Admittedly, and surprisingly, a year and half is not a real lot of time for Aura to fade, but we don't know how much sunlight it gets. I agree with the others to allow it more time to "settle" down, but that's a long time between painting and touch-up, even for Aura. Personally, I would just roll the whole wall or live with the touch-up you currently have. In the time you spend screwing around with different tools/techniqes, with no guarantee of acceptable results, you'd have the wall re-rolled with an acceptable result, be done with it, and on to your next project.
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I really appreciate the time you have all taken to give your thoughts. Everything you are all saying makes sense. It's perfectly understandable that with time the original paint could have faded some, to the point that new applications of the original paint won't match. In tandem, the paint in the can may have undergone changes that also lessens the chance of an exact match. I guess with previously touch ups I've done around the house -- including this very room and wall -- I've always gotten very good color and sheen results. It was only a couple of weeks ago I touched up nicks and such on all four walls of this room, and no problems. But it could just be this problematic touch up is on an area of the wall + my viewing angle + light that is just unforgiving. And most of my other successful touch ups were also tiny dings or small scuffs. With this problematic touch up, I was trying to paint over a light pencil line I put on the wall -- a straight edge touch-up, even feathered, is going to be harder to hide. Should have listened to my wife not to draw the pencil line :) But alas, I was overly confident in the Aura, based on past touch ups.
I'll probably just leave it. If it really nags at me, I can just maybe I'll just move the artwork I was hanging up on the wall to cover it. Hah! I was curious if putting down a bit of the original wall paint (contractor's flat white) to reset the surface and then paint over that, if that would work. But if the wall itself has faded, then that's not the issue.
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"But it could just be this problematic touch up is on an area of the wall + my viewing angle + light that is just unforgiving."
Bingo. It's all about the light.
A light pencil mark should have wiped of Aura Matte.
If you have enough leftover paint, try doing a little bigger of an area ad feather it in. I find it's pretty rare to touch up small spots and not see them once the original paint job is cured. A wider area, and/or if you can find a place to break the line (like furniture, or behind a picture, etc.) and your eyes may not be automatically drawn to the difference in sheen.
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There are many Roma here. They make up the majority of the prison population but the divisions that are prevalent in Bulgarian society are reflected, with an interesting twist, among the young inmates. One guy told me "how can we play football with these gypsy boys, they are no good", despite evidence to the contrary before our eyes
It's great to have some of the young people from the HOP programme at the prison with us. Today we had Tsetsi, Sevko and Borislava. There aren't too many girls who'd volunteer to go into a prison but Borislava was very eager and joined with the game against the prison orange team. She made a particularly telling tackle on one of the guys; his team mates are still probably giving him a hard time now!
The afternoon was spent at the local pool with our young HOP friends. Before dinner we met and the FSCI team informed us that there will be talent contest tomorrow! The young people were split into teams. Each team has a mentor (Tedi, Veneta, Valya or Rich P) and the judges will be Nik and Vera. Should be fun…


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Chris Olds at Beckett just gave word that Topps is indeed not scrapping Bowman Platinum in favor of Bowman Inception. Being a Twins RC AU collector, the above card is making me all drooly. Someone get me a napkin.
2013 Bowman Platinum Slated for July 31Posted: January 18, 2013 by Crackin' Wax in 2013, Bowman Platinum
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Intel's 22% decline leaves investors surprised and wondering what's next for the tech giant. Drip Port figures that where there's smoke, there isn't always real fire. With an eye on long-term opportunities, Drip will send more money to invest in Intel this week, now that the stock is down.
The extent of Intel's shortfall
Intel's stock declined when the company announced that third-quarter revenue will rise only 3% to 5% from second-quarter totals, to about $8.6 billion, rather than the 8% to 10% sequential growth that was expected. The missed revenue estimate means an approximate three-cent shortfall in third-quarter earnings per share. The quarter's sales will be about $500 million lower than expected, although they will still grow 16% year-over-year.
The reasons behind the shortfall
Soft sales in Europe related to the falling euro was to blame for the shortfall, Intel said. Skeptics doubt this and call it a cover-up, claiming that Intel's problems are company-specific. Either way, the numbers will no doubt become known during the quarterly conference call on October 17.
Given that other large companies have announced that the euro is hurting sales and, more importantly, that we believe in Intel's management, we are taking Intel at its word. We believe them when they say that this is not a company-specific problem, but a currency issue -- one that will eventually dissipate.
That said, some claim that Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is stealing market share in Europe to the tune of Intel's shortfall. Being smaller, AMD is taking market share, but not $500 million worth. AMD had second-quarter sales of $1.17 billion compared to $1.09 billion in the previous quarter, meaning a sequential gain of less than $100 million companywide. How much higher will the third quarter prove to be? (More than 60% of AMD's sales occur overseas.)
What's next?
Even after its 22% decline, Intel's stock (at $48 per share) is up 17% since January 1, making it an outperformer on a Nasdaq market that is down year-to-date. The stock trades at 29 times our presumed revised earnings estimates for the year, and at 26 times the likely year 2001 estimate -- an estimate that calls for only 9% year-over-year growth.
Near-term upside in the stock should result if Intel proves that it should beat that 9% growth estimate in 2001. Can it? Its new Pentium 4 should launch on October 30 and is based on Intel's new chip architecture. The P4 will not be cheap (the average P4 personal computer will sell for at least $3,000), and the cost to make it won't be relatively cheap, either. The chip is twice the size of the P3. Intel will shrink it in 2001 and, thereby, improve yields per wafer.
Given the success of the P3, the Celeron, and already the anticipation for the P4 -- not to mention Intel's deep reach into the boxes of most PC makers -- it is difficult to imagine Intel's dominance in PCs and servers being displaced. In fact, AMD doesn't even have enough capacity to displace Intel. Meanwhile, Intel continues to earn nearly $2 billion a quarter in net income, and its main markets (PCs and servers) should continue to grow, not shrink.
So, what's all the extra fuss about?
Future markets
The concern is that Intel is late to the cell phone and Web-enabled-device market, including the palm-held device market. Intel has divided itself anew to focus on these opportunities, but it was slow to move -- akin to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and its late-arriving Internet strategy.
I'm somewhat concerned about this, but not as concerned as most. Web-enabled devices that will use chips are going to experience several product generations over the next two to five years -- with new versions likely rolling out, on average, every six months. This will result in many new opportunities for Intel (and others) to make chip sales, either mid-generation or in new-generation products before they're launched.
In other words, these markets are just opening and beginning to grow. Who and what will dominate (if any single company does) is still in question. Competitors beat Intel to the scene in most of these new markets, but Intel's long-term opportunity is still significant. Plus, don't forget its power to acquire other companies.
Drip Port's action
Although we recognize the many challenges ahead of Intel, especially in new markets, we believe that past success can lead to future success. Therefore, we'll invest more money in Intel now. Intel's stock has risen all year, but we didn't buy more shares during the stampede. We will buy more now that it's down. Next month's $100 will be sent to Intel this week.
Before you decide to invest in Intel, do yourself a favor and read the two detailed, knowledgeable posts below. The posts demonstrate how complex this company and its situation can be. One Fool argues convincingly for Intel and against AMD; the other Fool argues the exact opposite, also convincingly. The chip market is large enough for both companies, of course, but the leader is the only company that typically gets a premium valuation.
Related Links:
AMD vs. Intel (Pro Intel), Fool discussion board
Intel vs. AMD -- A Distillation (Pro AMD), Fool discussion board
Pentium 4 to debut next month, CNET News.com, 9/22/00


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