text: Economics / Multi-Asset US Economic Gains Fail to Dent "Safety First" Market Mindset By Joseph G. Carson March 12, 2012 Risk-taking is an important component of an economic recovery, as it unlocks spending and investment power that is pent up during a downturn. But two and a half years since the US recession ended, individual investors are still playing it safe. Even the recent upturn in US mutual funds didn't mark a shift in risk appetites. In January, mutual fund inflows reached $35.6 billion, breaking a seven-month streak of outflows, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI), the national association of US investment companies. But that offset only a little more than a third of $100 billion of outflows during the last six months of 2011. Individual investors continue to pump money into safer fixed-income funds while steering clear of stocks. Equity mutual fund flows were flat in January, after outflows of $150 billion in the second half of 2011. Better economic growth prospects, improved consumer confidence, job market gains and a strong rebound in equity prices have done little to whet risk appetites. For individual investors, cash is still king. The Federal Reserve's fourth-quarter Flow of Funds report shows that at the end of 2011, US households held a record $8.2 trillion in cash deposits, including checking accounts, time and savings deposits, and money-market funds. Near-zero yields didn't seem to bother them. Household deposit holdings now exceed equity holdings, something I've only seen twice in the past 15 years—after equity markets plunged in 2001 and 2008. Today, households are sticking with cash after stocks have gained over 20% in the past five months and nearly 50% since the summer of 2009 when the recession ended. At the same point in the previous economic recovery, equity mutual fund flows turned positive even though stock prices were still below the level when the recovery started. Of course, investors are still scarred by the equity market crash in 2008 and 2009. Unusually high market volatility has created another deterrent for nervous investors. And there's a maze of geopolitical risks to navigate, as well as the upcoming elections and possible changes in the tax code that could affect returns on financial assets. Perhaps this explains why 31% of all US households said they were unwilling to take any risk at all, according to a recent ICI survey. That inclination was little changed from readings during the stock market crisis in 2008 (33%) and the subsequent rally in 2009 (29%). However, as the economy continues to expand and seemingly intractable problems get resolved, we expect investor confidence to slowly and steadily recover. This has broader implications for the economy. When cash sitting on the sidelines begins to get redeployed in risky assets, it often reflects a fundamental shift in risk-taking attitudes as well, as people begin to spend more on big-ticket items or invest more in other areas, such as real estate. Although that process has been dampened so far in this recovery, we believe that more signs of improvement in the US economy will ultimately support a shift in risk-taking, which will create a virtuous circle by helping to underpin even stronger growth. The views expressed herein do not constitute research, investment advice or trade recommendations and do not necessarily represent the views of all AllianceBernstein portfolio-management teams.


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Mothers of Change had a board meeting last week via teleconference (yay for awesome women who live across Canada!). We discussed this and that about where Mothers of Change is at, what activities we are working on, and what we need to do in the near future.
I thought it would be useful to share this with you, and to invite you into membership with us, so that we can be a stronger organization representing your voices.
So, here's what we've been working on to date:
- publishing the blog: there never seems to be enough time for everyone to write the blog posts they want to write! What with our families and our jobs and the other parts of our lives, we are all just busy mamas! But we are each going to try to write at least one blog post a month, to keep spreading education and passion about birth. We would love to have more guest posts from our readers, including your birth stories!
- creating a logo: thanks to our volunteer, Emili, we are very close to having a logo for Mothers of Change.
- creating posters to spread awareness of Mothers of Change: we are only as strong as our membership, so we need to let women know we exist! We have come up with some text for posters, and plan to distribute them via email to midwives across the country. We are hoping midwives will post them in their offices. The graphic design of the black and white posters is still underway. If you have somewhere you could put a poster, please let me know and I will send them to you. Email me at info (at) mothersofchange (dot) com.
- press release: we are in the process of preparing a press release to be sent to all the major newspapers in Canada. Thanks to Briana for her help, and to Karla who will be translating the press release into French.
- applying for non-profit incorporation and charitable status: we just about have all our applications together, and a big thank you goes out to Jennifer for providing legal expertise on our by-laws. We intend for Mothers of Change to live beyond those of us who are starting it, so we want to set the organization up properly. We also hope that obtaining charitable status will help us to get more funding, which will enable us to do more of our activities to ensure mother friendly care across Canada!
Here's what we have planned in the near future (if you can help, that would be great!)
To spread awareness of Mothers of Change and expand our membership:
- information exchanges with doulas and childbirth educators: women need to know we exist to participate in Mothers of Change, and doulas and childbirth educators tend to know a lot of pregnant women. We are hoping to be able to provide on our website a list of doulas and childbirth educators who support Mothers of Change, and these doulas and childbirth educators will provide a link to Mothers of Change on their website and distribute printed information to their clients about our organization.
- link exchanges with businesses: We are hoping to spread awareness of Mothers of Change through asking businesses that have the same values as Mothers of Change to put a link to us on their website, and we will put a link to them on ours (i.e. cloth diapers, organic baby clothing, wooden toys, etc.).
- post on Facebook: each of us board members is going to make a point of highlighting the Mothers of Change blog posts in our own facebook profile, so our friends can see what is going on. We are also going to post about Mothers of Change in Facebook groups and pages that have a birth or breastfeeding focus.
- business cards: we are going to get business cards printed for Mothers of Change so that we have something to give to people when we tell them about our organization. If you would like business cards to distribute, please let me know. There will be a minimal cost for shipping.
- contests and give-aways: We plan to offer members-only contests and give aways, to encourage those of you who are lurking to add your voice to ours through official membership. These will be open to supporting and voting members alike (supporting membership is free; voting membership is $24 a year).
And, to enhance our current blog content:
- webisodes: we'll start recording videos of ourselves talking about various birth related matters, eventually put together some birth videos, and create an educational video-based addition to the blog, posted on YouTube and on our blog.
- E-books: to provide educational content in a book format which some people prefer, and to help with fundraising, we will look into publishing short E-books, and charging about $4 – $5 per book.
Let us know if you have any ideas, or if you can participate in some of these ideas. And please send me an email if you would like to be a member!
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I'm renting my first house have baseboard water heat. a coil in my furnace. Is it usual for the burner to come on when your baseboard thermostats are off and there is no hot water being used? It seems to fire up hours after someone has taken a shower or washed dishes/hands. all summer this has happend. Is it regulating something in the furnace even though no ho water is being used??? Thanks
are you saying that you have hot water baseboard heat using a boiler and the boiler also heats your hot water for showers? the boiler is set to maintain a certain water temp so when you need heat the hot water is there. when you are calling for heat it will also shut the burner off for a while when the temp has been met even tho it is still circulating the water heating the rooms.
Post pics of your boiler.
Not uncommon for the boiler to fire up anytime it needs to to keep itself hot so you can have hot water anytime you might use it.
The controls can be modified to let it cool off when you are sleeping or out of the house if your schedule is compatible.
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Chapter 1. The Rift
As he dropped the last grisly fragment of the dismembered and mutilated body into the
small vat of nitric acid that was to devour every trace of the horrid evidence which might
easily send him to the gallows, the man sank weakly into a chair and throwing his body
forward upon his great, teak desk buried his face in his arms, breaking into dry, moaning
Beads of perspiration followed the seams of his high, wrinkled forehead, replacing the
tears which might have lessened the pressure upon his overwrought nerves. His slender
frame shook, as with ague, and at times was racked by a convulsive shudder. A sudden
step upon the stairway leading to his workshop brought him trembling and wide eyed to
his feet, staring fearfully at the locked and bolted door.
Although he knew perfectly well whose the advancing footfalls were, he was all but
overcome by the madness of apprehension as they came softly nearer and nearer to the
barred door. At last they halted before it, to be followed by a gentle knock.
"Daddy!" came the sweet tones of a girl's voice.
The man made an effort to take a firm grasp upon himself that no tell-tale evidence of his
emotion might be betrayed in his speech.
"Daddy!" called the girl again, a trace of anxiety in her voice this time. "What IS the
matter with you, and what ARE you doing? You've been shut up in that hateful old room
for three days now without a morsel to eat, and in all likelihood without a wink of sleep.
You'll kill yourself with your stuffy old experiments."
The man's face softened.
"Don't worry about me, sweetheart," he replied in a well controlled voice. "I'll soon be
through now--soon be through--and then we'll go away for a long vacation-- for a long
"I'll give you until noon, Daddy," said the girl in a voice which carried a more strongly
defined tone of authority than her father's soft drawl, "and then I shall come into that
room, if I have to use an axe, and bring you out--do you understand?"
Professor Maxon smiled wanly. He knew that his daughter was equal to her threat.
"All right, sweetheart, I'll be through by noon for sure--by noon for sure. Run along and
play now, like a good little girl."
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Just last night one of the most recognisable faces in poker Doyle Brunson took part in his first ever AMA (Ask Me Anything) over at PokerAtlas. Brunson is deservedly known as the Godfather of Poker having been a massive part of the games growth from where it began to what it is today and for one time only fans were able to ask him anything they wanted.
We have included a few of the questions and answers that were delivered but to catch the full session you should really check out PokerAtlas.
Q.) What is your favorite WSOP event?
A.) This is Doyle. My favorite WSOP event is the 50K mixed game.
Q.) What is the funniest thing you've ever seen anyone bet at the tables?
A.) The funniest thing I ever saw was when a guy peed on a dealer. In the old days when the mob guys were here, they thought they could do whatever they wanted. He was one of the mob guys.
Once the session was over Brunson then went on to answer as many of the other many questions that were fired at him during the session. These were posted an hour after the session to allow those that may have asked questions to get the answers that they were looking for.
Q.) Do you think poker is gambling?
A.) No. It's a game of skill. In the long run, the best player will win. I've never had a losing year in 60 years.
Q.) What was the biggest pot you ever won?
A.) 700 and something thousand. And that was 30 years ago.
Q.) Do you play online?
A.) Not now. I did a little bit, but not a whole lot. I had my own online site, and I played there quite a bit. But I never played in any of the really big games. I just didn't trust them because it was too easy for people to collude.
The AMA really did let everyone into the life of Brunson and he revealed quite a lot from his past and what he feels about the game today.


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Matsui W, Gladstone D, Vala,M, Barber J, Brodsky R, Smith BD, Jones RJ. The role of growth factors in the activity of pharmacologic differentiation agents. Cell Growth and Differentiation. 2002; 13:275-283. Abstract
Matsui W, Huff CA, Wang Q, Malehorn MT, Barber J, Tanhehco Y, Smith BD, Civin CI, Jones RJ. Characterization of clonogenic multiple myeloma cells. Blood. 2004; 103:2332-2336. Abstract
Peacock CD, Wang Q, Gessell GS, Corcoran-Scwartz IM, Jone E, Kim J, Devereux WL, Rhodes JT, Huff CA, Beachy PA, Watkins DN, Matsui W. Hedgehog signaling maintains a tumor stem cell compartment in multiple myeloma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2007; 104:4048-4053. Abstract
Matsui W, Wang Q, Barber J, Brennan S, Smith B, Borrello I, McNiece I, Lin L, Ambinder R, Peacock C, Watkins N, Huff C, Jones R. Clonogenic multiple myeloma progenitors, stem cell properties, and drug resistance. Cancer Research. 2008; 68:190-197. Abstract
Jones RJ, Gocke CD, Kasamon YL, Miller CB, Perkins B, Barber JP, Vala MS, Gerber JM, Gellert LL, Siedner M, Lemas MV, Brennan S, Ambinder RF, Matsui W. Circulating clonotypic B cells in classical Hodgkin's lymphoma. Blood. 2009; 113: 5920-5926. Abstract
Merchant A, Joseph G, Wang Q, Brennan S, Matsui W. Gli1 Regulates the Proliferation and
Differentiation of HSC and Myeloid Progenitors. Blood. 2010; 115:2391-2396. Abstract
Rasheed ZA, Yang J, Wang Q, Kowalski J, Freed I, Murter C, Hong SM, Koorstra JB, Rajeshkumar NV, He X, Goggins M, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Berman DM, Laheru D, Jimeno A, Hidalgo M, Maitra A, Matsui W. Prognostic significance of tumorigenic cells with mesenchymal features in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010; 102: 340-351.Abstract
Brennan SK, Meade B, Wang Q, Merchant AA, Kowalski J, Matsui W. Mantle cell lymphoma activation enhances bortezomib sensitivity. Blood. 2010: 116:4185-91. Abstract
Ishizawa K, Rasheed ZA, Karisch R, Wang Q, Kowalski J, Susky E, Pereira K, Karamboulas C, Moghal N, Rajeshkumar NV, Hidalgo M, Tsao M, Ailles L, Waddell T, Maitra A, Neel BG, Matsui W. Tumor-initiating cells are rare in many human tumors. Cell Stem Cell. 2010: 7:279-282. Abstract
Brennan SK, Wang Q, Tressler T, Harley C, Go N, Bassett E, Huff CA, Jones RJ, Matsui W. Telomerase inhibition targets clonogenic multiple myeloma cells through telomere length-dependent and independent mechanisms. PLoSOne. 2010: 5:e12487. Abstract
Lin TL, Wang QH, Brown P, Peacock C, Merchant AA, Brennan S, Jones E, McGovern K, Watkins DN, Sakamoto KM, Matsui W. Self-renewal of acute lymphocytic leukemia cells is limited by the Hedgehog pathway inhibitors cyclopamine and IPI-926. PLoS One. 2010: 5:e15262. Abstract


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A Bitcoin story
It started with 300$, modifying perol's bitcoin bot. The bot was soonly attached to a mySQL database, and I learnt how Python can return several outputs from a function, unlike most languages. The bot kept polling the exchange each two minutes and was buying and selling with simple strategies. In the beginning the bitcoin was trading around 100$, so the bot was happy owner of three bitcoins from time to time. The bot had a short, mid and longterm strategy, too. At its height, the wallet contained 380$. The exchange fees were curtailing gains, too.
Then, the Silkroad affair came, where bitcoins were used to illegally trade drugs and weapons. Unfortunately, it was very windy and I missed the news of Silkroad also because the strong wind blew up three windows of my house and misplaced the satellite dish of my father. Nonetheless, we were fortunate, during the night the wind threw down the chimney of my neighbour on the street!
The Jack of all trades (and master of none?) lost about 180$ in one night. The strategy was to buy when the price was the lowest in the last three hours, and to sell when it was highest in the same timewindow (this was true for short term, for mid term and longterm the interval was simply higher). So, the bot bought and bought until it did not have money anymore. And the bitcoin lost half of its value in the meanwhile. This was an important lesson, which ended in implementing the stop loss mechanism on the bot. Some R code was added to estimate the value at risk of the portfolio.
The sourcecode can be found at src/playground/bots/bitcoin in the GPU git repository.
Well, the rest is history, I never bothered moving out bitcoins or money from the exchange, until mtgox declared bankrupcy. At beginning of February, I had about half a bitcoin. The coolness of Bitcoin is that it is anonymous, so nobody knows where my half bitcoin is now :-) (Update: I wonder if they used the Heartbleed exploit to steal my 1/2 bitcoin...)
Side note, a must read book to implement bots is Webbots, screenscrapers and spider.
Last year was fruitful for deltasql, I learnt dealing with Ajax to have dynamical forms. The navigation with frames makes it also easier to use. There are also two tools to create SQL from .csv files. deltasql 1.6.4 is fairly stable and seems to be used by the community.
For GPU, I mainly read books "CUDA by example" by Sanders and Kandbrot, and "Computer Algebra Handbook" by Grabmeier et al. Part of the client in Freepascal and lot of the server was implemented using a techique involving a simple XSLT transformation using the SQL to XML transformation by Darko Bunic.
I read also some more books including "The Higgs Boson" by Jim Baggot, "Excel VBA Programming for Dummies" and a book on the language R used in statistics.
Ham Radio
My ham radio activities boosted after HB3YGE was so kind to help me in setting up antennas and a radio shak (some pictures on QRZ). Best experiences to date where communicating with whole Europa in digital (using PSK31), learning to differentiate digital modes (RTTY, JT-65, PSK31 and PSK63) and decoding CW with the computer. I also did some phone in SSB, although I am still a bit embarassed with the Ham Jargon. I need more practice! I also found interesting signals like the Czech pendulum and the Buzzer. I happily listened to the Squeaky Wheel and the Pip. And I found info on the Russian Woodpecker, a cold war radar close to Tschernobyl. Goals for this year are to communicate with islands in the Atlantic, use JT65 in HF to come as far as possible, and buying a Funcube dongle to experiment with a usual satellit dish and hopefully to learn something in signal analysis.


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You'll find Hugo Weaving, Abbie Cornish, Salma Hayek and Gael Garcia Bernal at this year's Flickerfest.
Flickerfest has five international and four Australian programs, showcases and more. And with helpful titles such as International 3, where is a short-film fan supposed to start?
The International 1 program isn't a bad place. Besides the excellent Birthday Boy, it also features grotesque gastronomy in the Spanish Las Viandas and amusing hospital-corridor machinations in Plassmangel, which is apparently Norwegian for shortage of space. However, the Belgian animation Flatlife won't be the most exhilarating 11 minutes of your life.
Australian comedian Paul McDermott's 15-minute short The Scree in International 2 is intriguing. The film, which stars fellow comics Paul Livingston and Steve Abbott, combines live action and animation to create a kooky island filled with bizarre flora and deadly fauna.
Those who love cult sci-fi might like to drop in on Blake's Junction 7 in International 4, if only to see Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman, respectively better known as Gareth and Tim from the cult English TV series The Office.
Among the Australian programs, Australian 2 has two gems - the clever Nathan Stone animation The Tooth and Vicki Sugars's Moustache, which "grows" on you by the minute. Meanwhile, 1997 Tropfest winner Nash Edgerton turns his hand to horror in Fuel, and there's some star-spotting to be done in Everything Goes, which features Hugo Weaving and Somersault's Abbie Cornish.
Cornish's Somersault co-star Sam Worthington stars in Blue Poles in Australian 4. Set in the '70s, Worthington plays a young farmer driving to Canberra to see Pollock's infamous painting, who picks up a hippie running from a failed relationship.
The Mexican Showcase is also worth checking out, if only to see a teenage Gael Garcia Bernal in De Tripas, Corazon (Guts and Heart) and Salma Hayek playing a confused nun in Systole a Diastole (Sweet Release, below).
The Annecy program of animated shorts features two noteworthy voices. The plummy tones narrating the sombre medieval-plague tale The Periwig-Maker belong to Kenneth Branagh. And Adam Elliot's 1999 claymation Brother has William McInnes telling the story of a brother dealing with asthma and head lice.
Finally, the Beachside Horror Showcase (Wednesday and January 16) contains the 20-minute Portuguese zombie flick I'll See You In My Dreams and a spider of stupendous proportions in New Zealand's Larger Than Life.


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Through the years, as health care reform has moved in and out of public discourse, faith communities and their leaders have helped frame the discussion based on the beliefs and values of their respective traditions. Some of those perspectives have been collected and are noted on this website.
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The dialogue by Robert Towne has become part of the pop lexicon, "Forget it, Jake—it's Chinatown!" a catch phrase for being in over your head, or for hurting the one you were trying to help. One of those classic American movies from the 1970s, when studios were churning out themes instead of properties for theme parks, Chinatown can be enjoyed on multiple levels. It's a first-class detective story about a man killed by drowning in the middle of a Los Angeles drought. On top of that, it's a disturbing parable about the pressure put on the human heart, with private detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) doggedly pursuing the elusive facts about Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) and her deep-seated reasons for hiding the truth from him. "You may think you know what you're dealing with," intones John Huston as the depraved millionaire Noah Cross, "but believe me, you don't."
This heavy material is handled with a light cinematic touch by director Roman Polanski. With no stylistic affectations, no deep shadows or German Expressionistic camera placements, all of the elements of the crime story are instead brought out into the sunlight. Scenes are often filmed at Jake's eye level, placing the audience at a similar vantage point to his as he untangles the various lies and scandals. Polanski doesn't shy away from throwing the violence right in our faces, direct and immediate. When Jake gets his nose sliced open by a thug (played by Polanski himself, smirking all the while) the camera doesn't flinch, and less than a minute later we see a full-on close-up of Nicholson the movie star with his nose crisscrossed by a white bandage.
There's also an eccentric sensuality that runs through the film, with the characters getting turned on by strangeness. This cuts both ways, since the central discovery about Evelyn is both illicit and amoral. But that's what gives the film its staying power—not just the shock of discovering those peculiar depths of humankind, but that slight intangible thrill of moving toward it. "There's something black in the green part of your eye," says Jake, right before he kisses Evelyn for the first time. She completes their odd seduction by referring to it as a flaw in the iris. While her revelation has become almost a joke in movie culture, with Nicholson slapping the truth out of Dunaway, her performance reaching the heights of hysteria, the moment retains its power in context. It's forceful because in addition to the sick hunger of the villains, there's also Jake's hunger to understand.
All of the scenes involving Jake rifling through newspapers and visiting offices, hat in hand, attending meetings and interviews with clients and cops, ground Chinatown as a straightforward detective story. The exhaustive, labyrinthine narrative is built up like a fortress around this film's bitter heart. If we place ourselves in his shoes, as a kind of moral crusader, what we end up facing is the emptiness of an all-or-nothing fuck you. It's the kind of ending Hollywood was able to do at one time without fear, where they could upset the moral compass of the hero in order for the audience to think about their own.
Paramount meant what they said when they were giving Chinatown the "collector's edition" treatment. It looks and sounds pristine, with not the slightest shimmering in Jake Gittes's cream-colored suits.
An hour of featurettes includes detailed interviews with a terse Roman Polanski, a relaxed Jack Nicholson, a detail-oriented Robert Towne, and a suave Robert Evans. This was the compelling mix of personalities that willed Chinatown into existence. They all spout enjoyable anecdotes, not least of which is Polanski's tale of how he smashed Nicholson's TV set when the actor preferred watching a basketball game to going the extra mile for a scene. But it's more revealing just watching the personalities. Nicholson has warm recollections of his brazen youth, stands up for Dunaway's diva antics, and is specific about his choices as an actor. Polanski states within his interview he didn't even really want to make the film that badly, and approached it as an assignment, which perhaps helps with the detached tone; and even so he gives the film a sense of harsh irony. Of course, they talk about the fight between Towne and Polanski over the downer of an ending, but the tone remains buoyant and enthusiastic. Most enjoyable is Evans, who purrs his answers like a regal cat and heavily implies that this masterpiece would never have been willed into existence without him. Arrogant, perhaps, but he also seems to really enjoy the glamour of his Hollywood icon status.
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This seems to happen a lot. The question you pose is: If I was not released what were you doing offering a tenancy to someone else?
What do we have here?
·The release was agreed.
·You moved out.
·The check out was completed.
·It was agreed your deposit would be returned.
·A new tenant was set up.
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Todays lyrics:'Well the men come in these places.'
Yesterdays lyrics:'Brand New Friend' by Lloyd Cole
What:4.5M Steady in dry conditions today for me
Why: We all know we love getting out.
7D: Cracking report
ale: Good news then
Tom: And the same with you.
georgina: Thats really good: Well done
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Didn't know yesterday's lyrics.
Tom - that is good news but steady does mean steady - I was able to train for VLM and run it well (for me) with a constantly grumbling hamstring - no speedwork, no hills, watch the mud and ice after each run. You'll be right. I've never done the Hereward Relays but know of them of course.
Alehouse - more good news. I've known far more medics be negaitve about the chances of a return to running than I have positive so if he's confident I would be.
birkmyre we have your rain here if you'd like it back?
What: something on the turbo
Why: I need to get on the bike more
Last hard: getting up
Last rest: 15/11
Lyrics - yes.
Tom: Phew
AH: You will be back
What: Splash at lunch, trot tonight
Why: Recovering from last nighst club run
Last Hard: Last Night
Last Rest: Thursday
Lyrics: yep
Another no re the lyrics.
Thanks for the comments, particularly Straycelt (although if you are posting after midnight you can always start the thread!!).
I will be 59 at the turn of the year. I like your advice:
Patience (which I have only gained in the last year!):
Controlled progression (I like the phrase...I usually say progressive consistent consistency);
Will power.
Add a dose of common sense and that sounds like a good recipe!
What: find the box of common sense.
Why: so I can control my progression
Actually will go for a short walk, short exercise bike session (no more than 2 x 5 minutes, gently), plus stretches.
Straycelt: arthoscopies...on what? Mine was on my shoulder, which reminds me I should change my forum picture.
Hiya. Thanks for all the congratulations guys, really kind! I'm so pleased, it puts an end to 3-4 years of really short-term stuff.
What: Again nothing.
Why: Still adjusting to new routine. Home Run tomorrow though.
Last Hard: Sunday.
Last Rest: Yesterday.
Lyrics no.
14-0 bad luck ezmap! Pammie* it's infuriating when the internet does that isn't it! alehouse yes new nearest parkrun at Brockwell, might try it this weekend. Sounds like you won't have to make that journey for a little while then, that's good news. I'm sure the physio will continue improvements. Tom and Dustin hope those hamstrings start behaving. 7D well done in Nijmegen.
Sounds sensible, Tom!
GGG: I've done Brockwell a couple of times and it isn't the easiest of courses if you are't used to hills. I have seen some of the London based Ethiopeans doing a hill session there! One of the girls that I coach (not that she does what I tell her!) lives nearby so when I have been down in London have done Brockwell, plus Wimbledon and the Last Friday of the month in Hyde Park. Wonder when the next time will be!
Good morning, good morning. Sitting at desk looking out to the mountain on my right and can't see above 100ft. Soggy, soggy day. Late on as took delivery at work of industrial size multi gym we're storing for a friend for a few months. Will be assembled and in full use by tomorrow
Lyrics: Yes indeed
What: Not sure but it should be a run
Why: Got to get back into the routine
Last Hard: Getting to sleep last night.
Last Rest/Easy Yesterday really
AH RKnee outside anterior meniscus complex tear and inside posterior meniscus horizontal split, throw in a Baker's cyst and job done. Took 12 months to run a mara again(New Orleans and VLM last year) and hope to continue the comeback at VLM with GFA
7D..loved the report. Did the Njimegen Marches in the 80's and on day 3 I asked when the killer hill was coming and was told we'd already been up it
Have a good day all.
morning all,
GGG - good news on the job front!
Tom - all sounding positive...
Aleh- likewise, all good news, and yes, time is integral to the healing process
what - club night, timed pyramid (rather than dstance)
why - Tuesday
lyric - not sure
Good news on the injury front Tom and Alehouse.
7D: check you out!! Well raced and really well written. I enjoyed that report.
Straycelt: hope you don't have to run up that soggy hill tonight . Blimey, that was some injury! You clearly don't do things by halves.
Managed 4 slow miles last night and 7.5 this morning. HR still dodgy and there's lots of white stuff covering my tongue . Usually a sign of some infection. I feel pretty much ok though.
I know the words today
afternoon all
ooh chickadee, hope you are ok
alehouse I have run at brockwell a few years back, if thats south London, oh and the last friday serpy one
went back to the track last night, first one in months, it was great!
what: club run not sure how much
why: I need to get to the club I need to up my training
last hard: thelast 300m last night which was the fastest
last easy: all weekend
have a good day all
What: nothing
Why: dreich
Last rest: yesterday
Lyrics: no
Greetings all,
Whay - 4.25m recovery run
Why - Legs are mashed
Last hard - Sunday
Last Rest - Monday
Lyrics No
Take care all and dont forget to listen to your own advice - s..... always been my problem, I can listen to others, but never to myself...
Can't keep up with the thread at the moment.
Tom - glad you are managing to keep that injury at bay, so you can celebrate your 65th in style.
Alehouse - will be good if you can be all fit and well to celebrate your 60th!
Wabo - well done at the track.
chickadee - get well soon.
Lyrics - yes!
What: No run - didn't manage to fit one in!
'something on the turbo' ended up being an hour with 3 x 10 minute intervals off 5 minute recoveries. Pleased to be able to raise the HR.


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Up to now, it has seemed to me that the only use people have made of it is to give vent to some of their stored-up disagreeable thoughts under the guise of telling great truths to the nation—the excuse, of course, being that we were going through our usual political crises before elections. Perhaps this is a good thing, for it lets all of us get out of our systems the disagreeable things we think and feel. Then, when the elections are over, we start again with a clean slate, and in spite of all the things we said about each other, go on working together on a comparatively amicable basis.
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One of my regrets is that this really marks the end of the summer for me. I shall be away from here a great deal of the time from now on, and the real joy of country life, of course, is when you live it day by day.
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A congressional censure of a staff member?
A congressional resolution that they don't like Dick (Nancy would be at odds with Barney on this one)?
This is the Pub. Leave common sense at the door.
|March 1st, 2008, 07:15 AM
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Do you really know what you're talking about or do you just believe anything that supports your hatred of the president?
They aren't spying on citizens, they are spying on foreigners. Foreigners don't have the same rights under US law. It's not illegal.
Here, read...
...they said it much better than I could have.
68-29, even most of the democratic party agrees that FISA is a good idea.
Mike you've gone off into far left wing land with Nancy and Harry. Take off your tin foil hat and come back to the middle, Bush will be gone in less than a year.
Comparing Bush to a facist like Hitler is ignorant. Facists, like Hitler were born out of socalism. The same socialism that the far left supports.
Nancy Obama and Hillary are much more Facist than Bush ever will be.
|March 1st, 2008, 09:23 AM
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Yeah, they are the same except for the slaughter of 6 million jews, killing of millions of and civilians and soldiers in firebombings, airraids and invasions of cities, the removal of basic freedoms (including the right to own/bear arms), control of the media, extremely high taxation, supression of religions, etc.
Oh wait, they aren't the same at all. You're all sompletely insane if you think that.
|March 9th, 2008, 08:53 PM
1. Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "War of Aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths.
2. Violating U.S. and international law by authorizing the torture of thousands of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths, and keeping prisoners hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
3. Violating the Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans, without due process, without charge, and without access to counsel.
4. Violating the Geneva Conventions by targeting civilians, journalists, hospitals, and ambulances, and using illegal weapons, including white phosphorous, depleted uranium, and a new type of napalm.
5. Violating U.S. law and the Constitution through widespread wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant.
6. Violating the Constitution by using "signing statements" to defy hundreds of laws passed by Congress.
7. Violating U.S. and state law by obstructing honest elections in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.
8. Violating U.S. law by using paid propaganda and disinformation, selectively and misleadingly leaking classified information, and exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative working on sensitive WMD proliferation for political retribution.
9. Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential power by asserting a "Unitary Executive Theory" giving unlimited powers to the President, by obstructing efforts by Congress and the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions, and by promoting and signing legislation negating the Bill of Rights and the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
10. Gross negligence in failing to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina, in ignoring urgent warnings of an Al Qaeda attack prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and in increasing air pollution causing global warming.
Want more? I have plent more all you have to do is ask. Oh I can't forget number 11 though.
11. He has murdered the English language
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You do realize that there is a holy war being waged against America and all Americans. They will not quit or compromise. It is their religious duty. There can be no truce. And they really do torture people in horrific ways then behead/ murder them. They do use mentally disabled and children for human born IEDs. It is their religious duty to convert or kill everyone who does not believe as they do. They do not want to be left alone.
If Al Qaida, Hezzbolah don't play by the rules or convention, why should the U.S.?
I don't understand why people get hung up on the WMD thing proving some big conspiracy. It only proves our government is stupid. If G-Dub knew the WMDs were not there, they would have planted them, and attacked anyway. Personally, I think they are there, we just haven't found them yet.
Blame Saddam Hussein for the war in Iraq, he was warned.
This country is at war. Unconventional, but it is still a war.
On Katrina. That was a huge disaster. I don't think we would fare much better today. Understand this, FEMA worked as planned. It's just the plan sucks. But the bigger issue is those people didn't prepare to take care of themselves. They sat on their collective asses waiting for someone to save them. NOLA thought feds were going to fall out the sky with food, water and checkbooks. It never has worked that way. They always meander in days and weeks later. It is up to local resources to have a plan in place and supplies until FEMA comes on board. Then, traditionally, FEMA manages what the locals have in place and augments it with the spending power of the federal government.
FEMA has been like that for years, long before G.W. Bush.
Hypothetically: Do you think Detroit/Metro is better prepared to deal with a major, unheard of, once in 500 year disaster?
Like three feet of snow and the power grid fails?
Peace out, cub scout
|March 10th, 2008, 12:43 AM
XXXJ im not sure where your going with your post but I do agree that there is a holly war, but if we havn't learned anything from the past. You can't fight against a holly with an army.
Im sure they do torture people in horrific ways, but so do we.
As quoted by George Santayana
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
|March 10th, 2008, 08:12 AM
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The only thing we have to learn from history is that if we do not go in and "fight to win" we will lose (vietnam).
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Is it a war that we can't win? Perhaps.
Is it mishandled at times? For Sure.
Can you fight dirty people without also fighting dirty? Not a fucking chance.
On to Katrina. What the fukc would you have liked them to do? Divert the hurricane and tell it that it didn't belong? It was a fucking natural disaster. Mother nature executed that bitch perfectly. It was almost as if god was chasing the devil. Hit the area most vunerable, and kicked the shit right out of them. People fled the area to Texas and the areas they went too damn near drowned in flooding. Some of the people went into OH and IN and the areas got socked with the worst tornados in years.
Let's hear the plan you could have had in place within days of the storms that you could have executed immediatley and still manage to jump thru the loopholes of politics to try to please most.
I still stick to my guns on the fact that FEMA is a mismanaged POS and the funds need to be gifted to a proper aid such as Red Cross. Red Cross was able to respond immediatley because that is what they do. They didn't have the loopholes of bullshit to jump thru.
Oh back on topic. That pic is a joke. Doesn't suprise me people think of Bush like that. What do you think some of the Saddam people would say with the pics that floated around with him? Similar situation. There are always haters opposite and equally as strong as the allies in any circumstance..
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Our Leadership
Our executive team is made up of leaders with broad business and technology experience. You will find them sitting in the same open work spaces as everyone else, always ready for new ideas.
Rick Smith, CEO & Founder
A pioneer of technology with the vision of making the bullet obsolete, Rick founded the original company, TASER, in 1993. As the TASER device become ubiquitous in law enforcement, Rick pushed the company beyond weapons technology and towards a broader purpose of matching technology to public safety needs in order to make the world a safer place. Under his leadership, the company has grown from a garage in Tucson to a NASDAQ-listed global market leader in conducted electrical weapons, body worn cameras and software. Rick was winner of the Ernst and Young 2002 Entrepreneur of the Year. Rick graduated from Harvard with a B.S. in Neuroscience (Cum Laude) and later earned a Master in International Finance from the University of Leuven in Belgium and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Luke Larson, President
As President of Axon, Luke is responsible for leading the company's day-to-day operations and overseeing all aspects of the company. Luke joined Axon in 2008 and has filled a variety of executive and management roles since then, becoming President in April 2015. Prior to joining Axon, Luke served two tours in Iraq as a Marine Corps infantry officer and was awarded the Bronze star with V for valor on his first tour. Luke graduated from University of Arizona on an NROTC scholarship and has an M.B.A. from Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Jawad Ahsan, CFO
Jawad joined Axon in 2017 and is responsible for leading the company's global finance organization. Prior to Axon, Jawad was CFO for Market Track, a SaaS-based marketing intelligence company, and before joining Market Track, he spent 13 years in various roles at General Electric (GE), most notably serving as CFO for GE Clinical Business Solutions. Jawad gained substantial international experience with GE's internal Corporate Audit Staff, working across more than 20 countries in several industries including financial services, healthcare, aviation, oil and gas, electrical distribution and supply, and film and entertainment. Jawad is a graduate of GE's Financial Management Program with GE Plastics, and earned his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross.
Kathy Trontell, CIO
Kathy is responsible for leading the company's Information Technology & Services organization. Before joining Axon in 2016, she previously held senior leadership roles in IT, finance, sales strategy & operations, manufacturing, and more, at Silicon Valley companies including Tesla Motors, Salesforce, Symantec, NetApp, and Sun Microsystems. Kathy holds a combined degree in Architecture and Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University.
Doug Klint, General Counsel
Doug is responsible for legal, risk management, corporate governance, securities compliance and intellectual property. Doug joined Axon in 2002 and served as the company's President from 2010-2015 in addition to General Counsel. Prior to Axon, Doug served as Vice President and General Counsel of Aspec Technology, a publicly traded semi-conductor IP company located in Sunnyvale, CA from 1998 to 1999, at which time he was promoted to President and CEO and continued in that role through 2001. He was also Vice President and General Counsel of Zycad Corporation, a publicly traded high technology company located in St. Paul, MN and Menlo Park, CA, from 1984 to 1998. Doug has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Gustavus Adolphus College, and a Juris Doctor Degree from William Mitchell College of Law, cum laude. He is admitted to the Minnesota State Bar and the Arizona State Bar.
Josh Isner, Executive Vice President Global Sales
Josh is responsible for global growth, customer service, professional services, and sales operations. Josh joined Axon in 2009 as a member of the Leadership Development Program, and after rotating through several departments in the company, he eventually helmed and led the domestic video and cloud sales team to a record year in 2014. Josh previously held the roles of Director of Leadership Development, Northeast Regional Sales Executive, and VP of Video and Cloud Sales at TASER. Josh has a BS in Government & Political Science from Harvard University.
Marcus Womack, Executive Vice President Software and Services
Marcus is responsible for leading product management, engineering, security and design for the Axon software platform. He is also the General Manager for Axon's Seattle office. Marcus joined Axon in 2013 after his company Familiar, where he was CEO and co-founder, was acquired by Axon. Prior to that, Marcus was VP and General Manager at iLike Events & Ticketing from 2009 to 2011. From 2007 to 2009 he was Director of Product Management at iLike and from 2005 to 2007 was the Lead Program Manager for Microsoft Xbox Live. Marcus holds a B.A. degree from Pacific Lutheran University.
Todd Basche, Executive Vice President Devices
Todd joined Axon in 2016 and oversees all research and development for Axon devices. Prior to Axon Todd was VP of software planning and product management at Dell and has held a variety of executive positions in Silicon Valley companies ranging from Rovi to Apple, where he worked directly with Steve Jobs and was responsible for the iLife and iWork suite of products. Todd also has an extensive background as an entrepreneur as a co-founder of Visioneer as well CEO and co-founder of WordLock Inc. Todd has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University.
Gretchen Mastellon, VP of People Operations
Gretchen joined Axon in 2016 and oversees all aspects of Axon's people strategy. Prior to Axon, Gretchen was Divisional VP of Human Resources at Coach, the multinational luxury fashion company based in NYC. Gretchen started her human resources career working for Pcubed, a global management consulting firm, and has a B.A. from Columbia University.
Darren Steele, VP of Marketing, Training and Communications
Darren oversees the company's marketing, training, and communications. Prior to joining Axon in 2016, Darren served in leadership roles at Fortune 100 startup and agency businesses. His roles include Principal and Strategy Director at Mindspace where he led groundbreaking projects for Google, Starbucks, and Expedia. Darren was also Group Product Manager at Microsoft for both Xbox and Windows teams and Director of Sales and Marketing at Access Software. Darren has a B.A. and M.B.A. from Brigham Young University.
Josh Goldman, VP of Operations
Josh joined Axon as VP of Operations in 2017 and leads supply chain, quality, manufacturing, and international operations. Prior to Axon, Josh was a managing partner at Logistics Delivered, as well as VP of Operations at Ruan Transport Corporation, where he excelled in strategic enterprise-wide leadership and managed P&L/business development for operations across the continental US. Josh began his career as a Marine Corps Logistics/Supply Officer serving two tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Colorado and an M.B.A. from the University of Redlands with advanced study at the University of Cambridge Institute of Economic and Political Studies.


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Unlocking the Door to Cloud-Based Access Control
Advancements in the computing landscape are driving the adoption of more and more cloud-hosted offerings in security. Integrators seeking to grow their business into new markets or by offering new solutions can turn to access control as a solution (ACaaS) as their catalyst.
Christian Morin September 5, 2013
Besides the mentioned benefits of the cloud like easy installation, reduced upfront expenses and little to no maintenance, cloud-based access control also ushers in a whole new range of potential services for integrators to offer.
First and foremost, just by saving the time needed to install and properly set up servers, integrators are able to focus on providing more guidance in terms of hardware selection, risk identification and system design. And in a highly competitive market, taking the time to guide an end user to their ideal system and ensuring they are happy with the end result could become a differentiating quality that brings additional references and business.
More than that, managing access control-specific services like issuing credentials, adding new cardholders, all the way to more elaborate tasks like printing and delivering cardholder badges or monitoring and handling access control alarms, become great potential value-add opportunities. Depending on the end user's capabilities, level of comfort with the system or available resources, integrators can tailor their offering on a per-customer basis and offer varying degrees of complementary services. To the customer, the integrator then becomes a one-stop shop for IP security technology that is hassle-free, cost-efficient and effective.
In similar respects to VSaaS, integrators can also propose an access control hardware leasing program in cases where the end user really wants to forgo all equipment investment. Without necessarily being limited to these examples, temporary installations that still require a few doors to be secured, like a blood drive clinic or a short-term event with backstage areas, could benefit from this type of service. Integrators can also choose to bundle the cost of the hardware into the monthly fee, offering a financing option, and ultimately making it easier for the customer to manage cash flow and risk when adopting a new IP security solution.
Considering the Platform Risks
Regardless of all the benefits, when proposing a hosted security system, integrators still might be met with uncertainty and apprehension. Privacy issues and security risks may be of concern to some end users. But this is where choosing to offer a cloud-based solution with advanced security features comes into play. Encrypted communications, data protection capabilities, and strong user authentication and password protection are key features for any cloud-based system.
In the case of a breach, the end user relies on full audit trails to verify who had access to the system and see what changes were made. Properly investigating the cloud platform's inherent security functionalities and policies, and checking out their certifications can also help confirm the reliability and security of your cloud-based deployments, and put the minds of your customers at ease.
Looking at the Cloud's Forecast
As the demand for extending mobility into the field continues to rise, and more and more end users, as well as integrators, consider the benefits of hosted security systems, VSaaS and ACaaS will gain tremendous traction in the industry. At that point, it will be interesting to see what other types of systems come into the cloud, and how information from all these systems will be managed.
A unified cloud-based platform might be beneficial to those end users who seek to merge information and functionality, but for now integrators wanting to explore new potential revenue streams or spread into untapped markets can rely on fully-hosted VSaaS or ACaaS to get the job done.
Christian Morin is Director of the Stratocast Product Group at Genetec (genetec.com).
The Outlook for Access in the Cloud
A November 2012 report by IMS research, titled "The North American and European Markets for Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) - 2012 Edition," indicated the following market outlook:
- Hosted access control was estimated to be the second-largest market opportunity for ACaaS for North America and Europe in 2011, and was also estimated to be the fastest growing market from 2011 through 2016.
- Small contract sizes were estimated to be the largest market in 2011 and are forecast to remain the largest market in 2016, representing about 59% of the contract size market.
- Small and medium-sized businesses are forecast to remain the largest end-user customer type through the forecast period. Enterprise and government is anticipated to see strong growth and is predicated to represent about 13% of the market in 2016.
Pricing Models — According to the IMS report, the current state of the ACaaS industry does not have a set standard for pricing. Some providers may charge their dealers monthly for the number of connections or doors or the provider may charge the dealer quarterly or perpetual annual subscriptions. The dealers may charge a markup to the end user and only charge by the number of doors or the dealer may charge by users, transactions, sites or a combination of all three. The billing model for ACaaS remains customized and on a per-project basis.
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Interesting. My thoughts, after watching the video: He is probably suicidal. His words were chosen carefully to mask his true feelings. "I cant commit suicide, i'm Christian". IMO, he's not saying he doesnt WANT to. He's saying he "cant", which is very different. Towards the end (last 3 minutes or so), you really start to realize what state of mind he's in. He's giving away his possessions, and again states "what reason do I have to live?". As much as it sucks, there would be liability on the part of the doctors and the state if his guns were not taken away. Not much choice in the matter.
I'm sorry it happened to him that way. I'm not a psychologist, and cant make any sort of diagnosis, but i've interviewed enough people to recognize the word games and deception. He's probably a decent guy, but finds himself over his head. He needs help.


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Brown bids to blow away gloom at Lisburn Distillery
Jimmy Brown has vowed to keep fighting to lift Lisburn Distillery off the foot of the Carling Premiership table.
Without a win and with just one point collected in seven games, the Whites are already looking like candidates for relegation unless things improve quickly.
That means players such as Dave Rogers, Philip Simpson, Gavin Melaugh, Glenn Ferguson and Rory Hamill — who Brown brought to the club after taking over from Paul Kirk in the summer — have yet to taste victory in a White shirt.
And with 11 goals conceded in their last two games there doesn't seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel for Brown and his troubled troops, who face fellow strugglers Ballymena United at Ballyskeagh tonight as they aim to claw their way from the foot of the table into a position of safety.
"It's been a tough six weeks since the league started," admitted Brown.
"I put together a squad and when you look at it on paper you say it's a fair squad, but on the pitch it hasn't worked that way.
"It's my job to keep working at it, it's difficult, it's hard and the heads are down in the dressing room, my head is down too, but I'll pick myself and get back at it again."
Leaking goals has been a problem for the Whites and Brown wants to see that problem sorted out before the team can move forward and start collecting points.
"We've found ourselves two or three goals down at half-time in games and it's hard enough trying to win games without being in that kind of situation," he said.
Ballymena are slightly better off, with six points from their eight games so far, coming from two wins, but they are only two places better off than the Whites — who have a game in hand.
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Japan used aid as whaling bribes: report
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The ABC's Four Corners program says it has evidence Japan has been using aid money to buy the votes of small Caribbean and Pacific island nations for a return to commercial whaling.
Environmental groups have long claimed Japan has been using aid funds to buy votes at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) but Japan has always denied the charge.
Four Corners, to be aired tonight, spoke to Solomon Islands fisheries department chief Tione Bugotu who claimed Japan poured money into the country in exchange for its IWC vote and cheap access to tuna.
Mr Bugotu told the program he was now investigating the theft of millions of dollars paid to the fisheries department by the Japanese.
"This is money which is due to the Government of the Solomon Islands as revenue through fisheries," Mr Bugotu said.
"The money has been diverted elsewhere and certain officers chose to help themselves."
The Solomons voted for a return to commercial whaling at last month's IWC meeting in Korea despite promising Australia it would either abstain or vote against Japan's proposals.
A similar claim was made by former Dominique government member Atherton Martin, who resigned in 2000 after Japan allegedly bought his government's vote with aid.
He said Japan told the Dominique government there would be no more aid without its vote.
"That is more than extortion," Mr Martin said.
"I don't think the international legal community has yet come up with a term to describe this blatant purchasing of small country governments by Japan.
"That has to go down in legal history as being the high end of public sector extortion."
Four Corners says it has obtained a letter from Grenada's accountant general confirming that Japan made payments to cover the country's IWC fees.
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It's not that Kratzat has an aversion to drums or drummers. His 2008 debut CD, The Dentist, features them on more than half the tracks. Rather, this adventurous and thoughtful young player says he has long been interested in ensembles that are "missing one of their key components. This has in the past meant not including a chordal instrument, such as piano or guitar, which has given me the freedom to really play with the harmony. Acoustically, [Kerrytown Concert House] fits more sustained instruments like piano, and dropping the drums will make it easier to be more free rhythmically."
Kratzat's playing draws on the work of two of his primary influences, bassists Charlie Haden and Larry Grenadier, players who are not, as he puts it, "Bebop--chops-aholics, but instead lead with melodic intuition." Which is not to say that Kratzat's lacking in chops. Everything on his CD--whether with full band or on spare duets with violinist extraordinaire Jeremy Kittel, or on a unique vocals-and-bass duo treatment of Jimmy Rowles' famous instrumental "The Peacocks"--amply illustrates Kratzat's ability to lay down lush, out-of-the-ordinary harmonies as well as rhythmic underpinnings that are noteworthy for technical intricacy and compelling propulsion.
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