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Goodness me sounds like you just like lying around the pool and hugging the kid. Surely you could get out and look around the fine sights of Texas. By the way the hot dog thing sounded completely gross.
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A relax day? What do we have to relax from?!
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We haven't done much today. We lazed around this morning and were slowly getting ready to go to the Space centre when we just decided we didn't need to go today. We hung with Hannah this morning. She came for a cuddle after her first feed while Caron and Mike slept in.
We had lunch at home and did some shopping this arvo and Jeff and I cooked dinner tonight. Jeff even drove Caron's car today. He did really well, but he said it took ALOT of concentration, especially with left-hand turns.
After dinner we were going to go for a walk, but spoke to Bruce and Necia on Sykpe instead. They loved seeing their beautiful grand-daughter in real time and they watched as I fed her.
Caron and I bathed Hannah and then Mike read Dr. Suess as she fell asleep. (see photo below)
Do I sound like an excited Aunt?
Maybe the Space centre tomorrow?
Katie.. and Jeff xoxo
Goodness me sounds like you just like lying around the pool and hugging the kid. Surely you could get out and look around the fine sights of Texas. By the way the hot dog thing sounded completely gross.
They are what you do in Texas... that and eat!!! Why else would you come here? hehe. Its over 30C everyday and most of the time I'm freezing because everywhere is air-conditioned.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, this is so cute, a little tear came into my eye.. (about Hannah) But then i laughed when i saw the pic, because Hannah is fast asleep and Caron seems highly amused..
ok these are all my comments so far..
1- u w bad wheelie bags makes me laugh so loud! if i was behind you i would definatly punch you in the back of the head.. (fbook joke)
2- I cant believe u can buy a gun in a shop! thats CraZy!!! (i thought Kenya was odd w alcohol in every supermarket)
3- Hannah looks SO so Cute!! i love that you are an aunty and uncle!!
4- Driving would be trippy- good one Jeffro, keep it up!
5- Do the space thing, it sounds heaps interesting.. :)
6- i told you that you'd get jet lag 3 days later!! - ill let Kenno and his failed experiment know! haha
7- Can you please record for me, some how, a reall strong Texan accent - i am absolutly fasinated by them!
8- LA sounded cool too, you'll go back there right?
9- since dad has gone, i have taken over all the washing and cleaning, mum's back has gone out (i am not implying that dad did any washing or cleaning, but now i feel inspired to do it, while he's away)
10- mum's back is actually really bad, u can pray for her about it. - please
11- We own approx 36towels, i washed them all the other day.
That is all from your little housewife/slave! just kidding, my OCD loves it!
Missing u guys heaps aye! love the photos. xoxox im off to youth group! love ya
How was the space stuff did you enjoy, we are just working hard over here keeping this great country going while you guys have a holiday and spending time with my granddaughter.
Just had diner with Rachel Paul Josh and Zack . It was fantastic they are our other grandchildren. It is always a pleasure to spend time with them. love Dad


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Holden isnt worth all the hype he gets now. (im sure ill get banned for that)
Stu was Boltons player of the year in his one healthy EPL year
He deserves every bit of the love fans have for him.
O'Brien has done a hell of a lot more for the US than Holden has
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You don't get banned for stupid opinions.
Please tell me how Holden being the victim of two dirty, terribly timed tackles is related to his innate health.
Holden and Torres are two guys who I think get too much love on this board, especially Holden. I was always surprised to see him get a tryout in the EPL when he wasn't even a completely dominant player in the ACC. That didn't work out but he was solid in the MLS, but not dominant. I was again surprised to see him get an EPL move. When he was in a US shirt pre-2011, he was never a standout. Usually a solid sub, but he wasn't a dynamic offensive force, so under a Bob ball, when we're down a goal in the first half most of the time, he wasn't exactly what we were looking for in the 65th minute. Now he was outstanding for 2/3 of a season in Bolton. One of the best midfielders in the EPL, but when looking at what Holden can do as an elite player, we're essentially going on what he did for 2/3 of a season. That's not exactly a huge track record. O'Brien didn't have a huge track record either, but his Ajax performance was comparable to Stu's Bolton play, but for a bit longer period of time. And by virtue of his starting spot in 2002, he's certainly been more important than Stu for the USMNT.
When he was in a US shirt pre-2011, he was never a standout.
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- Which child needs MaMU the most?
I realize that some people will suggest one of sully, tharja or nowi for galeforce (mostly tharja it seems)... but does that mean they need mu just because of galeforce? Or is there someone else in need of MaMU more then anyone else?
Or to rephrase that... any child out there that gets often left out with a not very optimal father?
Im looking at cynthia atm because her daddy pool is so limited (and Im already looking at giving some of those dads away to others)
What do you guys think?
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Number_0ne 4 years ago#2
It really depends on your asset and flaw, but I'm inclined to say Nowi for Manakete Morgan and a better Nah.
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IceDissolver 4 years ago#3
Cynthia has everything she needs from Sumia already. Galeforce, Luna, Dual Guard+, and Tomefaire make her a great Dark Flier support.
MU x Sully is pretty much for Galeforce, as Kjelle already has amazing options to be a frontliner.
Nah doesn't really need MU either... if she plans on ending in Manakete. Manakete speed caps are a little too low to make full use of Galeforce in the hardest DLCs. Still, MU makes Nah better... Just not by that much.
The reason why you see mostly Tharja is because Noire kinda sucks without MU. The best she can do is be a full-time Sage support with Ricken... or some other dad that gives Sage. Or Nosferatu tanking if Tharja x Gregor. She does get a full set of Limit Break, Armsthrift, Vantage, Wrath, and Vengeance. A lot of people will argue that Gregor's better used for other kids though.
Ah ok... but you see here's the dilemma...
I was pairing up the other children and i ended up coming to cynthia last, and then realized I used up all of her dads other then MU...
Chrom x Olivia
Henry x Maribelle
Gaius x Nowi
Fred x Cherche
Should I look at moving Henry to Sumia and going someone else for Maribelle? Maybe Ricken?
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Lissa is arguably and ironically the best usage of MU genes, which about ties with Maribelle. Lissa is a bit on higher priority because Owain did not have a complete pack like Brady's acess to DG+ and Luna right off the bat
Cynthia is more of a "good for Morgan" thanks to Sumia's extremely good base genes, and being arguably the best gen 1 for an amazing parental pair up fodder.
Nah and Noire comes next Noire is essentially alternate Cynthia while Nah is gives double Dragon combo and some solid genes if not for her terribad speed mods
Kjelle has the whole "Vaike and Donnel dillema" around her, but she is basically yet another alternate Cynthia. Sully is not as good as Sumia though
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Col_Mobius 4 years ago#6
jlee479 posted...
Ah ok... but you see here's the dilemma...
I'd move Chrom to Sumia, personally. I really like Sumia!Lucina.
IceDissolver 4 years ago#7
jlee479 posted...
Ah ok... but you see here's the dilemma...
That is troublesome...
Well, MU x Sumia isn't bad. With that, Cynthia can become a main unit instead of support, but it's debatable how far of a boost that is.
Brady's much like Cynthia in that he's naturally good at supporting. He gets Sage with Galeforce, Tomefaire, Luna, Dual Guard+. So you can pair Maribelle with whoever you want if you plan on using Brady as a support Sage.
Gaius x Nowi is for Galeforce, so I don't really have much to say about that.
Cherche x Fred is for a tanking Hero Gerome, right? I don't really have much to say about that either.
Well... If you want to do Sumia x Henry, you should be aware of two things. One, It kinda wastes Henry's Berserker genes, which are really great for those male pair up supporters. Two, Cynthia doesn't get Armsthrift if she goes Sorcerer. However, it's not a bad choice. It gives Cynthia a good magic modifier, and she can make use of Anathema if you have her support a crit stacker. You just have to decide what you find better.
After all, Sumia has to marry someone, and it won't be Chrom or Gaius, so it has to be Henry or Fred. And Fred doesn't give Cynthia anything of importance. (Not that she needs anything, of course, but...)
Anyway, just take your pick between the two. Both Fred and Henry are wanted by the other women, so you just have to make sure Sumia steals one away.
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IceDissolver posted...
Cherche x Fred is for a tanking Hero Gerome, right? I don't really have much to say about that either.
Wait. Actually, I just thought of something. Gerome lacks Armsthrift, so you won't be able to use stuff like Helswath unless you like farming Infinite Regalia a lot. Gerome will either be stuck to forged Short Axes or 1 range. You should take that into consideration too.
Thanks for your post...
btw I go back on doing Ricken!Brady, the Cavalier line is kind of wasted since brady already comes with it
Also, I was actually planning on going support Gerome, but now that you mention it, he gets Pavise, Aegis and Sol... you think he makes a solid frontline tank?
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Fred!Gerome make a Solid Supporter and Hybridized support Gerome.
Brady is one of REALLY few child who can take Lon'Qu, but Henry is better for Brady. if Henry has been used, use Lon'Qu on Brady, its pretty cool.
Alternatively, just dump Lon'Qu into Severa or Laurent
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Re: st: Binning question
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Thanks Nick,
I have some 300 size values that need binning for each of my 96 smpls.
With so many categories - the equal-width bin method will end up splitting
certain observations into separate bins (so for example; 39.27 might end
up in one bin, while 39.38 might end up in the next bin) depending on
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I was hoping for some code that might recognize certain size values as
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Hopefully someone might suggest some code to help me bin this data.
Much easier and clearer just to use equal-width bins.
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Size is normally distributed and the variance is small. I want to bin my
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....Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun said the cutoff results from the charity's newly adopted criteria barring grants to organizations that are under investigation by local, state or federal authorities. According to Komen, this applies to Planned Parenthood because it's the focus of an inquiry launched by Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., seeking to determine whether public money was improperly spent on abortions.
Seriously? That's their story? They're planning to respond to every politically-motivated witch hunt led by some two-bit state legislator or grandstanding county commissioner by cutting off funding to the target of the investigation? If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you.
This was a craven political decision, pure and simple. Joan Walsh said this: "The Komen Foundation just destroyed its brand, and it's going to be very, very sorry." Yep. What a loathsome move.


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There are two popular memes that are responsible for most people thinking that iPhones are a bigger opportunity than iPads:
1) Nobody needs an iPad
2) Everyone uses a phone
Nonsense, I say.
As to need for an iPad, when did basic need determine product success? Did anybody "need" a flat screen TV, when they all had TVs already? The iPad does enough things differently than existing alternatives to make it a compelling product. And what gives iPad the opportunity to be the biggest Apple product ever is the large percentage of the population (nationally and globally) that could find the iPad compelling, for different reasons. Kids will love it for games, seniors will love it for ease of use, hospital users will love it for portability…the list goes on and on. It's a universally useful product.
As to phone ubiquity, that actually works against the iPhone, since most everyone is locked into phone contracts that make switching difficult. The iPhone market in the US is limited because of AT&T exclusivity, and the phone is expensive (for a phone) for much of the international market.
If the iPad had been released a few years before the iPhone, the relative importance of these products would be easier to discern. It will take a few years for the iPad to overcome the iPhone's head start. And each of these products will have a halo effect on the other. But the iPad will prevail as Apple's number 1 product, just as it is already the fastest selling product out of the gate in Apple history.
I think part of the problem analyst have in determining the size of the market for iPad is the problem of categorization. We have these existing buckets which all the number crunchers use and they attempt to stick it in a existing category. For example the iPad is a tablet. Tablet PCs have always failed so let's estimate 1M units in the first year. They have no clue how well iPad will sell but they need a guess. If the iPad was a smart phone then we have metrics on how fast the smart phone market is growing and we can guess market rate performance, but alas the iPad is not a phone. So is it a PC? It is next to impossible to determine the long term success of a product in the 1st qtr of release since we are in the early adoption phase, but the fact that the iPad is flying off the shelf now points to a fairly larger potential if the iPad reaches mass market status. Most tech product follow a S curve type adoption. So the fact we can move several million units points to a much larger target market.
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It will be interesting to see where the iPad falls. Many of the Mac faithful have bought into this already. The challenge may be getting those not in the Apple ecosystem to buy into the iPad.
And as Pat wrote"...part of the problem…is…categorization." This is a real challenge from a forecasting standpoint. Is it a Tablet, Notebook, a big iPod Touch. Currently, I think the closest would be a Notebook if only due to it ability to connect to the web via 3G/Wi-Fi. But as others have written, it is primarily a media consumption tool, not a media creator. This puts it into a different category than most PCs.
Yet, as I have seen with those in their 20s, most of the 'work' done on the computer to link to social networks. This is why many young adults are giving up the computer (unless needed for work), the landline phone, and home-based internet connection. Instead they are an iPhone (or other smartphone) to serve all of those needs. With a 3G connection, I can see the iPad fulfilling all but the phone better than an iPhone. So this will likely see strong sales among the 20 somethings, especially those not wanting to use ATT cellphone service.
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In a few years, say "Touchscreen" and everyone will ask "iPad, Macbook or iMac".
Gaming is one area of the market where Apple's idevices are having a huge sort of stealth impact. Since the Iphone is a smart phone and the Ipod an MP3 player, they were sort of hiding under the radar in all the statistics. I think it is obvious now that Apple is a force in the hand held gaming platforms and is no longer being ignored
Devices like the iPhone and iPod touch may have sparked a collapse in handheld game system sales in April, new NPD data found. The overall US console market's revenue dropped 27 percent last month, but the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP accounted for 61 percent of the overall drop even though they represented just a quarter of all revenue. Nintendo was especially hard-hit as DS sales were cut by more than half versus a year ago to just 440,800.
The drop-off wasn't explained by analysts, but the six-year age of both the DS and PSP lifecycles is widely recognized as an influence on sales.
However, recent signs have hinted that the decline may be attributable to the effects of media players and smartphones, especially those from Apple. The iPhone and iPod are already known to have damaged Nintendo and Sony revenue in the past year by leading many to either buy one of Apple's handhelds in place of their rivals or to switch most of their game buying to the newer hardware. Nintendo may have privately singled out Apple as its only true threat in portable gaming where Sony is now strictly secondary.
Today I saw Jake Humphry who hosts the Formula 1 Grand Prix broadcasts for the BBC, holding an iPad on-air as he did interviews and kept the discussion going with his 2 colleagues. He was getting updates, notes and cues through it and he'd just take a quick glance at it as he gestured quite naturally while holding it. Better than an iPhone or netbook.
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As to need for an iPad, when did basic need determine product success? Did anybody "need" a flat screen TV, when they all had TVs already?
Funny story: I just visited some friends yesterday who won a flatscreen TV in a raffle. They've been trying to sell it in order to raise money for an iPad :D
(They don't have another TV so I assume they're finding the iPad more broadly useful)
I agree with your points. We just need to wait for applications to be developed for the device and push it into areas that no one has thought of. It will happen even faster than it did with the iPhone.
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Roman's story shows the pent-up demand for the iPad. :up:
One of the biggest misconceptions about the Apple iPad is that it is essentially a larger iPhone or iPod Touch (I?ve also heard the term ?iPhone on steroids? thrown around). This is simply not true: The iPad and iPhone are completely different beasts when it comes to hardware, software, and what you can do on each device. That said, the two devices do can perform a lot of the same functions: Both allow you to play games, browse the Web, send e-mail, watch videos, and listen to music.
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Watching Punk's Best in the World DVD a day or two before Royal Rumble really put me in a sour mood watching him lose.
In the DVD you had him show how he's always been passed off as a champion who was given prestige by the belt, not someone who gave prestige to it (HHH's words, I believe). Punk commented how angry he was at the fact that he was relegated to something unworthy of his talents while The Miz ME'd Wrestlemania. That he clawed his way up every time only to be given a pat on the back or a MitB win with a lacklustre run stemming from it. Then what happens? He gets fucked again, this time so Rock/Cena can headline Wrestlemania.
Now maybe I'm being selfish (because I'm sure Cena/Rock will be a draw) but,
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, Punk shouldn't have been passed up yet again. And, as Bubz said, by ONE FUCKING ELBOW. What happened to The Rock that could barely catch his breath, let alone move himself back into the ring, when he said he would take the belt in a restart? One desperation spinebuster in (after Punk's signatures, I might add) and Rock's delivering the elbow like he has a still hot deep-fried Twinkie shoved up his ass. Absolutely no continuity in his selling and a slop of a performance throughout the match.
Call me disgruntled, hell, bitter-as-fuck even, but I cannot stand The Rock that's come back. On the one hand you've got Punk throwing creative promos at Rock (yes, his boxing with God line might have been cribbed but I stand by my point) and what does he get in return? Some Hollywood wannabe screaming "Snagglepuss". Rock vilified Cena for being kid-friendly and immature, but that's exactly everything that is wrong with The Rock, himself. He doesn't throw around good promos and nor does he make up for it with his wrestling. All he is is just that teenager that still giggles whenever someone says "tits" or anything remotely edgy and that's how he works his promos. The crowd eat it up because it's a knee-jerk reaction - "He said THAT on PG? Hehe!". It isn't clever, and it most certainly isn't fresh when he rehashes his insults every week. I can't help but think that we wouldn't accept it from anyone else but we do from him simply because he's The Rock. He's like the Kim Kardashian of wrestling, really. Pushed for his name and not for his (lack of) talent.
Where does that leave Punk? Relegated to some insignificant mid to upper card feud so WWE can sell their Wrestlemania and act like their product and stock value isn't falling? Maybe he'll win it from Cena later in the year when things lull over but for what point? I don't see him winning his rematch purely because of how Rock was booked here (Rock did not look believably beatable until The Shield interfered) and the fact that Cena won the Royal Rumble match and almost slipped up on Raw in saying he's facing Rock at WM instead of the champion.
This entire angle just felt like a big fuck you to Punk. He got everyone talking about WWE after his Pipebomb Moment and now when things simmer down they'll toss him to the side, again. That's their record with him (if you're going to argue its too soon to comment). Build him up with the longest reign of the modern era then flatline it with the most anti-climactic end in recent history. But it's okay because Rocky did it. A big name excuses everything else.
I'm sorry if this is wildly off-topic but seeing that match nominated as a MotYC pisses me off. The entire PPV was just typical WWE fuckery. If I removed my emotion surrounding the match and its finish, I can't see myself giving more than ★★★, anyway. It's totally not deserving of anything remotely near the title of MotY. It wasn't even the best match on the card. While Show/ADR may not be MotYC either (and wasn't even their best encounter) it was, at least, fun to watch. Something you couldn't make me say about Punk/Rock with a gun to my head.
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Yes it is, George. Holden's modern take on the large stationwagon can pack a load, can be used for lots of different things and, so long as you don't drive around in it all day on your own in second gear, the PC Police will likely turn a blind eye.
George and wife Ellie are keen on a recent and reasonably basic Sportwagon, so that would make it the Omega, which is in good supply on the used market.
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Holden quenched some of the 3.6 V6's thirst for petrol with its SIDI technology (that stands for Spark Ignition Direct Injection) and powertrain upgrades. It's rated at just over nine litres per 100km, overall. Beyond that, there's a lot more to like about the wagon which, though no longer a new design, carries its styling well. The Omega is well equipped and there's not a lot of reason to search out higher-grade models. However, with the way the used market works it's possible to get a high-line Sportwagon for the same price as an Omega, just by shopping around. Low mileage 2008-2009 models fall well within their budget.
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Here's a Sportwagon rival if ever there was one, with four- or six-cylinder power, European ambience, many clever features and even a 4x4 version. Trouble is, they're scarce on the used market and a very recent one will probably break their budget. Skoda has established a good reputation.
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The survey of advertising agency buying teams finds fewer are cutting radio budgets, and client interest in the medium is growing. The report notes that the top three media, television, Internet and radio, appear to be the breakout hits of the advertising recovery.
Although most industry studies have shown that between 15% and 20% of retailers currently use cart abandonment campaigns, 83% of Silverpop survey respondents plan to take advantage of this tactic by the end of 2011.
In the last year's fourth quarter, newspaper websites drew an average monthly audience of 105.3 million unique visitors, 62% of all adult Internet users. Newspaper websites continue to attract key demographics, reaching 58% of 25-to-34-year-olds and 73% of individuals in households earning more than $100,000 a year on average throughout the quarter, shows the analysis performed by comScore ...
The majority of respondents said they are likely to leave a website or give false information when required to register. However, 66% of consumers surveyed say social sign-in, the ability to sign-in to a website using an existing online identity from providers like Facebook, ...
Adults 25-34 will spend an average of $189.97, compared to the $60.22 adults 65+ will spend. Men will spend the most on Valentine's Day gifts, at $158.71 each, twice as much as the average woman.
Advertisers can enhance the engagement of their advertisements because of this digital solution, says Alex Wang, PhD, in a study sponsored by Adobe. Participants viewed either a static print version, or interactive iPad version, of Wired magazine and responded to questions about the ads they had seen. Advertisements in both editions came from the same brands and had similar creative.


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I thought I might gloat about what my Dad and I got up to on Saturday.
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Poverty & Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina exposed the shocking extent to which poverty and income disparities exist in our country. For many Americans, the tragedy made visible the unfinished struggle to achieve racial equality and economic justice. Appalled at the government's inability to respond in a timely and competent manner to the evacuation needs of those affected by the hurricane, Americans from across racial, economic and political spectrums saw Katrina and its devastation as an opportunity not only to examine what went wrong, but also to take preventive measures.
The inequities so glaringly exposed in Katrina's wake provide a rare window of opportunity to address policy priorities that have resulted in two Americas.
Report: The World After Katrina: Eyes Wide Shut?
- The World After Katrina: Eyes Wide Shut? - Leadership Conference Education Fund Report - 12/1/05
- Video highlights from a panel discussion of the report
- LCCREF Panel Explores Interrelationship between Race and Poverty - 12/19/05
Forum: Rebuilding the Gulf Coast Region: The Civil and Human Rights Implications
- Video highlights from the October 28, 2005 forum
- LCCREF Forum Participants Testify About Hurricane Katrina and Rebuilding Efforts in the Gulf Coast - 11/4/05
- For Rent - Unless You're Black: An Audit Report and Study on Race Discrimination (pdf) - GNO Fair Housing Action Center - 4/24/07
- The Race to Rebuild: The Color of Opportunity and the Future of New Orleans - The Center for Social Inclusion - 8/31/06
- Envisioning a Better Mississippi (pdf) - NAACP, Mississippi State Conference - 8/24/06
- The Faces of Hurricane Katrina: A Portrait of Poverty Throughout America - The Leadership Conference - 8/22/06
- Abandoned & Abused: Orleans Parish Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina - ACLU - 8/10/06
- A Continuing Storm: The On-Going Needs of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (pdf) - Appleseed Foundation - 8/1/06
- And Injustice for All: Workers' Lives in the Reconstruction of New Orleans (pdf) - Advancement Project - 7/6/06
- Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - 5/11/06
- In The Eye of the Storm: How the Government and Private Response to Hurricane Katrina Failed Latinos - National Council of La Raza - 3/1/06
- Bringing Katrina's Poorest Victims Home: Targeted Federal Assistance Will Be Needed to Give Neediest Evacuees Option to Return to Their Hometowns - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - 11/3/05
- Lessons of Katrina: America's Major Racial and Ethnic Groups Find Common Ground After the Storm - New American Media - 10/27/05
- Employment and Training in the Response to Katrina: Some Principles for Ensuring Access to Jobs and Training (pdf) - Center for Law and Social Policy - 10/25/05
- Changes Needed in Katrina Transitional Housing Plan to Meet Families Needs - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - 10/13/05
- Rebuilding Homes and Lives: Progressive Options for Housing Policy Post-Katrina - Center for American Progress and New Vision: An Institute for Policy and Progress - 10/13/05
- New Start New Orleans: Good Jobs for a Better Gulf - Center for American Progress - 10/12/05
- Ending Concentrated Poverty: New Directions After Hurricane Katrina (pdf) - The Enterprise Foundation - 10/12/05
- The Women of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast: Multiple Disadvantages and Key Assets for Recovery (pdf) - Institute for Women's Policy Research - 10/1/05
- Addressing the Health Care Impact of Hurricane Katrina - Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Unisured - 10/1/05
- Essential Facts About the Victims of Hurricane Katrina- Center on Budget and Policy Procedures - 9/19/05
- Lessons from History: A Blueprint for Revitalizing the Gulf Coast - Center for American Progress - 9/15/05
- Meeting the Basic Needs of Hurricane Katrina Victims: Recommendations to Federal Policymakers (pdf) - Center on Budget and Policy Procedures - 9/9/05
- Who Are Katrina's Victims? - Center for American Progress - 9/2/05
- Survey of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees September 2005 - The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - 9/1/05
Fact Sheets
- Voice: Voting and Political Expression in the Gulf (pdf) - The Opportunity Agenda - 8/23/06
- Child Poverty in States Hit by Hurricane Katrina - Center for Children in Poverty - 10/25/05
- Shared Sacrifice, Stronger Leadership Needed in Aftermath of Katrina (pdf) - Center on Budget and Policy Procedures - 9/19/05
- Katrina Relief and Federal Spending and Deficits - Center on Budget and Policy Procedures - 9/19/05
- Katrina: Demographics of a Disaster (pdf) - The Urban Institute - 9/9/05
- Assessing the Number of People with HIV/AIDS in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina - The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - 9/1/05
Leadership Conference/Education Fund Resources
- Post-Katrina, Every Day Is Still a Challenge - Civil Rights Monitor Fall 2006
- Lessons of Katrina: America's Racial and Ethnic Groups Find Common Ground After the Storm - Speech by Wade Henderson - 11/17/05
- Civil Rights Groups Call White House Response to Hurricane Katrina a Trojan Horse - Press Release - 10/21/05
- Letter to Congress Regarding Hurricane Katrina Response - Advocacy Letter - 10/20/05
- The Present Administration's Response to Hurricane Katrina - Advocacy Letter - 10/21/05
Feature Stories
- Three Years after Hurricane Katrina, Rebuilding Continues on the Gulf Coast - 8/28/08
- U.N. Criticizes U.S. Discrimination toward Black Katrina Victims - 3/14/08
- New Orleans to Washington: 'We Want to Go Home' - 10/9/07
- Katrina Panel Highlights Important Steps to Recovery - 3/23/07
- The Gulf Coast One Year after Hurricane Katrina: Residents Still Putting Lives Back Together - 8/22/06
- Civil Rights Groups Protest Upcoming New Orleans Municipal Elections - 4/5/06
- NFHA Releases Report on Housing Discrimination against Katrina Evacuees - 3/24/06
- Interfaith Delegation: Inadequate Government Response Post-Katrina Left Religious Community "Holding an Empty Bag" - 12/29/05
- CBC's Comprehensive Katrina Relief Bill Applauded - 12/7/05
- New Post-Katrina Poll: Ending Poverty Should Be Number One Priority - 11/21/05
- Federal Wage Protection Law Reinstated for Workers in Gulf Coast - 11/15/05
- Groups Call for Investigation of Relief Efforts' Failure to Comply With Civil Rights Protections - 10/24/05
- Briefing Highlights Katrina's Toll on Asian American Communities in the Gulf - 10/19/05


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ECB rate cut talk lifts shares, euro slips
By Richard Hubbard
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's share markets firmed and the common currency slipped on Tuesday as a sharp fall in euro zone inflation and rising unemployment bolstered expectations of an interest rate cut by the European Central Bank this week.
However, the euro's falls against the dollar were capped by rising speculation that soft U.S. economic data may persuade the Federal Reserve, which starts a two-day policy meeting later in the day, to stick with its aggressive stimulus plan for longer. FED
Annual inflation across the euro zone dropped to a three-year low of 1.2 percent in April, while separate data showed joblessness hit a record 12.1 percent in March. ECONEZ
"I'd be very surprised if they (the ECB) didn't cut rates. I don't know how bad it has to get before they actually take action," said Richard Driver, a currency market analyst for Caxton FX.
"There's plenty of debate over how much good a rate cut would actually do, but to be honest, with inflation so weak as we've seen this morning, it's worth a try," he said.
The euro was down 0.2 percent against the dollar at $1.3070 while against a basket of six major currencies, the greenback was hovering near a two-week low around 82 .DXY.
A cut in the ECB benchmark rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 0.5 percent after its policy meeting on Thursday has been largely factored in by financial markets, though many analysts and dealers still harbor some doubts it will happen.
Only a narrow majority of 76 economists polled by Reuters last week forecast a 25 basis point cut in the main rate to 0.5 percent on Thursday. A separate survey of money market dealers showed they were evenly split on any move. Continued...


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The first downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV leaves protagonist Niko Bellic behind, instead focusing on "Johnny Klebitz, a member of Liberty City biker gang The Lost," reports USA Today.
The add-on, dubbed "Lost and Damned," comes to the Xbox 360 on February 17, and tells a side story to that found in Grand Theft Auto IV.
"Johnny is a very different character than Niko, with a very different background," said producer Dan Houser. "I can't go into too much detail on the story, because we try not to give away too much plot before the game is released. But I can say that the story will show you a different side of Liberty City."
Sadly, there is still no word on pricing for the downloadable expansion.
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MIDDLEBURY — On Monday, for the second straight game the Middlebury Union High School boys' lacrosse team gave a Division I power all it could handle, but came up just short, this time to third-ranked South Burlington, 8-7.
Two days before, the 6-8 Tigers lost to visiting first-place Champlain Valley, 7-6. And that result followed a convincing, 9-5 win at Mount Mansfield, a team the Tigers needed overtime to defeat at home on May 9.
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ADDISON COUNTY — In high school baseball action earlier this week, Middlebury dropped a home contest, while Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Otter Valley lost on the road.
The regular season ends this week, and the Vermont Principals' Association will announce playoff pairings on Monday.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Top-ranked Emory defeated the Middlebury College women's tennis team, 5-1, in an NCAA Division III semifinal on Tuesday. The semifinal appearance at Kalamazoo's Stowe Tennis Center marked the second for the Middlebury women and first since 2005. Middlebury, ranked No. 5, ended its season with a 16-5 record, while Emory improved to 27-5.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College on May 2 announced its third class of inductees into the Middlebury Athletics Hall of Fame, one that includes graduates from five different decades, from as early as 1944 and as recent as 2001.
The class includes four men and two women who, combined, played eight different sports for the college, and one who also coached at the college. The induction ceremony and dinner will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5.
The inductees announced were:
• Gordon "Gordi" Eaton for Alpine Skiing.
Girls' Lacrosse
5/24 MUHS vs. S. Burlington.................. 16-4
Boys' Lacrosse
5/23 S. Burlington vs. MUHS.................... 8-5
5/23 Mt. Anthony vs. OV........................ 13-2
5/24 VUHS vs. Mt. Abe........................... 10-9
Well, Kevin Durant probably isn't walking through Danny Ainge's door this summer, not after the way he, Russell Westbrook and the rest of the Team That Should Still Be Seattle Supersonics have performed so far in the NBA playoffs.
MIDDLEBURY — The host Middlebury College women's lacrosse team used a 6-0 first-half run in Sunday's NCAA Division III regional final vs. Gettysburg to spark a 13-9 victory that sent the Panthers to the NCAA Division III Final Four.
The 20-1 Panthers will face No. 1 Cortland State (20-0) on Saturday at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia in one semifinal. Franklin & Marshall (20-2) will meet Trinity College (18-3) in the other semifinal, and the winners will play on Sunday, May 29.
BRANDON — For more than half of Friday's home game vs. Division I power Mount Anthony, the D-II Otter Valley softball team more than held its own.
The Otters did allow the 13-1 Patriots to score two unearned runs in the second and one run on two hits in the third, but rallied for four runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 4-3 lead.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys' tennis team took one step closer to an undefeated regular season on Wednesday, when the Tigers edged visiting U-32, 4-3.
The 9-0 Tigers, in a battle with 13-0 South Burlington for the top seed in Division I, are set to wrap up their season by visiting Harwood on Monday. The Tigers defeated the Highlanders, 6-1, earlier this spring.
On Wednesday, the Tigers benefitted from a forfeit at No. 5 singles, but won despite playing without injured No. 2 Jon Fitzcharles, who hurt his ankle two days before.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School girls' lacrosse team won twice late last week to move into third place in Division I at 10-2, percentage points behind second-place Mount Anthony (11-2).
The Tigers play three times this week as the regular season concludes, hosting South Burlington (7-6) on Tuesday before playing back-to-back road games on Thursday at Rutland (6-7) and Friday at first-place Mount Mansfield (11-2).
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Stephe's Best Music
In a random order.
from the musical 1776
Momma Look Sharp
Molasses To Rum
Keith Jarrett
The Köln Concert
Bregenz, Pt. 1
The Glass Horse
Magical Strings
On the Burren
anything by
Joni Mitchell
anything by
Cheryl Wheeler
Indigo Girls
Blood and Fire
Hey Jesus
Kid Fears
Closer To Fine
Get Together
Home is Where the Heart Is
Sally Fingerett
From a Distance
Julie Gold
Lucy Kaplansky
Still Life
Land Of The Living
The Gift
I'm Fine
Patty Larkin
You are the New Day
King's Singers
Let Me Fall in Love Before the Spring Comes
Hugh Blumenfeld
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
Arlo Guthrie
Jogging the Memory
Malcolm Dalglish
Day Of Radiance
anything by
William Ackerman
lots of stuff by
David Wilcox
All My Life
East Asheville Hardware
Fearless Love
Johnny's Camero
You Should See The Way It Feels
Farther to Fall
Top of the Roller Coaster
Eye Of The Hurricane - Live Songs & Stories version is best; it has a great violin part.
Leave It Like It Is
Rusty Old American Dream
Appreciating The Differences / Good Together
Shiny Ride / Spin
All My Life
Down Here
Slipping Through My Fist
We Call It Freedom
Falling For It
Advertising Man
anything by
Al Petteway
but especially:
Evolution, on Midsummer Moon
Fire in the Glen
Andy Stewart
This Island Earth, Sticks and Stones
Jonathan Edwards
The Best Of The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet
A Decade Of Steely Dan
Steely Dan
Spyro Gyra
Catching the Sun
Kindred Spirit
Canyon Trilogy
R. Carlos Nakai
Holly Near
Ronnie Gilbert
album This Train Still Runs
Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish you were Here
Pink Floyd
Cello suites,
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jack Williams
The Lone Palmetto Sings
Atlantis Goin' Down
Silly Love Songs,
Paul McCartney
Nanci Griffith
Love at the Five and Dime
In the Distance
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Family Hands
Just Because
It Don't Bring You
I am a Town
Beth Neilsen Chapman
Beth Neilsen Chapman
Fast Car,
Tracy Chapman
Heart of the Home,
Andy Stewart and Manus Lunny
Peter Paul and Mary
Puff, the Magic Dragon
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Blowin' in the Wind
Those Three Are on My Mind, about
Andrew Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
, and
James Chaney
, by
Pete Seeger
Fred Small
At the Elbe
Denmark 1943
Every Man
Everything Possible
Face at the Window
Light in the Hall
Scott and Jamie
The Distance
The Heart of the Apaloosa
Ann Zimmerman
Not Far from Emmanuel
Blue Wild Indigo
The Way Were Were
Barbra Streisand
The Rose
Bette Midler
Eric Bogle
No Man's Land
A Reason for It All
The Green Fields of France
John McDermott
When I Was a Boy
Dar Williams
Jackson Browne
The Load-Out_Stay
The Word Justice
Fountain of Sorrow
My Personal Revenge
How Long
When the Stone Begins to Turn
A Matter Of Trust
We Didn't Start The Fire
John Stanfield, Carolina 12-String, Rails and Fences
Can't help but fly
. The Poly Song.
Pippin, Corner of the Sky
Not So Silent
Shawna Caspi
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This one is thanks to the husband, who spotted it online: a pity, as he said, that she didn't know what she was wearing.
The Daily Mail headline ran, "I cant remember how wicked I felt the first time I wore red". And the main featured red item in Jane Asher's wardrobe (for this estimable actor was the subject of the piece) was gorgeous Isabelle de Pedro dress. "It's red with short sleeves and is covered in art prints. It's a real conversation piece."
Yes, sure. But it isnt just "art prints", it's the most famous set of Roman paintings from Pompeii, excavated in the early twentieth century and studied intensively ever since. (The lustrous red colour is at least partly due to restoration efforts - with petroleum jelly - soon after the building was discovered.)
Asher's dress is taken from one of the grandest reception rooms of a "villa' just outside the walls of Pompeii -- featuring flagellation, the revelation of a phallus, a female "Pan" suckling a goat and (probably) the god Dionysus with Ariadne on his lap.
Quite what they represent, who knows?
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Businesses spend money on automation, not employees
Tough times for the unemployed have been a boon to automation
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"Down at the well they got a new machine
The foreman says it cuts man power by fifteen."
Country Comfort, by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
By now, you've probably heard about a New York Times story last week that reported what everyone in the materials handling business has known for the past year: businesses are spending money on automation, not employees.
"Workers are getting more expensive while equipment is getting cheaper," the Times reported, "and the combination is encouraging companies to spend on machines rather than people."
What struck me most was a quote from Dan Mishek, the managing director of a Minnesota company that makes plastic products for equipment manufacturers. According to the Times, Mishek's company spent $450,000 on new technology last year, but hired just two new workers, whose combined annual salary and benefits are a third of what he spent on technology. Of course, the technology and equipment spend is a one-time investment while the salaries and benefits keep recurring and get more expensive every year.
Explaining the disparity between the two numbers, Mishek said publicly what a number of individuals have said to me privately. "I want to have as few people touching our products as possible," Mishek told the Times, "… especially when workers are getting even more expensive."
Part of what's driving these investments is the tax credits and depreciation bonus passed by Congress last year. At the time, a panel of experts on CNBC predicted it was a great deal for American competitiveness but not for the American worker. "A company can buy new accounting software that makes them more competitive," one of them said. "But they also layoff two accountants."
But I think there's something else going on, and it's not pretty. We are at the start of a long-term and painful structural change away from providing lots of jobs that require little skill towards a few jobs that require a reasonable degree of technical skill. Caught in between are the unemployed who don't have the skills needed to fill the jobs that are going wanting.
"People don't seem to come in with the right skill sets to work in modern manufacturing," Mishek complained to the times. "It seems as if technology has evolved faster than people." That too is a complaint I have heard over and over in private conversations with end users, consultants and solution providers in our industry.
As we enter the political season, I hear politicians from both sides of the aisle proclaim that what we need are policies that will bring back manufacturing to the United States. That will put the unemployed back to work.
I think that's great. But without education programs and policies to develop the skills in demand from businesses like Mishek's company, those policies will be for naught. And that won't happen over night.
Not so great for the unemployed. In the meantime, it's good to be in the automation business.
About the AuthorBob Trebilcock Bob Trebilcock, editorial director, has covered materials handling, technology, logistics and supply chain topics for nearly 30 years. In addition to Supply Chain Management Review, he is also Executive Editor of Modern Materials Handling. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Trebilcock lives in Keene, NH. He can be reached at 603-357-0484.
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