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Big Ten media days notebook: Commissioner discusses hot-button issues
• Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany took tactful positions on some hot-button national college-sports issues during his Big Ten media days address Monday. "I've used the word 'overmatched,' " Delany said on the NCAA's violation enforcement officers. "I haven't really gone much beyond that. I don't intend to today. … We need a system that works."
• In regards to a court ruling that allowed Northwestern football players to vote on unionizing, Delany said: "I don't think there's anything that's inevitable. … (If) it goes through, we'll present our (anti-union) position in a vigorous way."
• Delany also said he would be "very surprised" if the NCAA Division I board next week votes to deny the so-called Power Five conferences the further autonomy they seek.
• Dave Wannstedt, a Baldwin native, Pitt alum and former coach of Pitt and two NFL teams, is working for Fox and the Big Ten Network this season. Wannstedt said new coach James Franklin has "created quite a buzz" at Penn State and predicted Franklin will continue to recruit well. In turn, he projects that will lead to success on the field. "They're getting players," Wannstedt said. "And in college football, recruiting is the name of the game."
• Longtime assistant Larry Johnson left Penn State when he didn't get the head-coaching job this offseason and landed at rival Ohio State as assistant head coach and defensive line coach. "He's brought a lot of trust," Buckeyes defensive tackle Michael Bennettsaid. "He's brought a lot of energy and a lot of positive energy, and he's making the D-line a lot closer."
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The head of hardware engineering sold 99% of his beneficially owned shares on Monday
Steve Jobs may be content to let his 5,546,451 shares of Apple (aapl) rise and fall with the vagaries of the stock market, but some of his executive staff are a bit more attentive to their holdings.
One of the more pro-active traders is Bob Mansfield, Apple's senior vice president in charge of Mac and iPhone hardware engineering. Not only does he exercise his options when the stock is high -- always a good idea -- but he picks up extra shares at the 15% employee discount when the stock is down.
On Monday, according to an SEC Form 4 filed yesterday, he executed his biggest trade yet, selling 38,863 shares of Apple at $351.89 each, clearing $13,675,504.96 in the deal and leaving only 501 shares in his portfolio.
Over the past three years, Mansfield has sold nearly $58.5 million worth of Apple stock -- most of it acquired by exercising options and restricted stock units (RSUs). Over that period, roughly $20.6 million was set aside for taxes, leaving him with a net gain of nearly $37.9 million.
Monday's trade may have converted 99% his Apple portfolio to cash, but Mansfield still has a big stake in the company. He holds fully vested options to buy 30,000 shares of Apple at $36.54 a share and 100,000 RSUs (with a strike price of $0.00) that will vest in 2014 -- if he stays with Apple.
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The Catholic League's Bill Donohue enjoys getting agitated about this or that perceived insult against his religion, but he's delighted with a new study showing the religious to be more generous. A little research uncovers a different story, however. [Read more…]
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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Members of the 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron provide weather and forecast information to military air and ground assets throughout Afghanistan. The information they brief on a daily and sometimes hourly basis plays a major role on any movement taking place that day.
"All military operations are affected by the weather, even if they know it or not," said Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Bingham, squadron battlefield forecaster out of Fort Hood.
Battlefield forecasters and weather systems support cadre are utilized 24/7 to keep military missions going by maintaining weather equipment and monitoring weather conditions.
By using tactical weather systems, battlefield weather personnel are able to accurately provide detailed information about the surrounding atmosphere.
"The systems observe the current weather conditions for an area which help us decide what the weather is going to do that day," said Senior Airman Chavis, squadron battlefield forecaster out of Fort Bragg, N.C.
Moving parts
Weather forecasting consists of many moving parts, including models of past weather and atmospheric data, real time data of what is going on, and different algorithms that help predict what the weather is going to do in the future.
"All of these things help us understand what is actually occurring, compared to what the model said is supposed to be happening," he said.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Karlie Rees, squadron battlefield forecaster out of Fort Riley, Kan., said weather forecasting is very dynamic and numerous variables play into the weather.
"The slightest change in the atmosphere can change the entire forecast," Rees said.
Every detail matters when it comes to forecasting, so when equipment isn't properly functioning there are problems across the board.
"When systems are down and give jacked up observations, it not only equals a loss of equipment, but a loss of money and potentially a loss of lives," Chavis said.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Sarah Doyle, squadron weather systems support cadre out of Camp Blanding, Fla., said it is extremely important to know exactly what's going on in the sky, not only to keep operations moving, but to give medical evacuation aircraft precise information so they know what to expect when picking up and dropping off patients in different areas.
"If a sensor is malfunctioning and reading clear conditions, and there is a (medical evacuation) running into clouds and can't see where to land, that's a big problem," Doyle said.
Troubleshoot equipment
Which is why Bingham, stationed at Kandahar Air Field, and Doyle, stationed at Bagram Air Field, traveled to Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak to troubleshoot a sensor that was not properly functioning.
"Whenever one sensor is down, less information is available for an accurate forecast," Bingham said.
"Everything depends on the weather," Doyle said.
Since there were no weather personnel at Spin Boldak, which is a common occurrence at smaller bases in Afghanistan, Bingham and Doyle made a special trip to make sure all the equipment got back up and running.
"Situations like this go to show how important it is to have weather personnel at as many bases as possible," Doyle said. "More weather bodies mean a bigger network of communication to fix things a lot quicker and keep birds in the air."


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Broking and advisory firm
Bell posted a loss of $2.8 million for the 12 months ended December 31, as it booked $3.5 million in one-off and non-recurring items related to the collapse of MF Global, and leasing payments from the relocation of Sydney offices. It is the first loss for the company since it listed in 2007.
Bell did not declare a final dividend. Revenues for calendar 2012 dropped 15 per cent to $132.3 million as the company characterised the period as "appalling" due to thin trading volumes and wavering investor confidence. But executive chairman
"Since August 2012, as a group we were profitable every month, and there has been further improvement in 2013," he said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange. "Investors are more positive."
The results also noted that in the first quarter of 2013 Bell's stake in online broking business Bell Direct will increase to 51.23 per cent, delivering Bell control.
Bell's net tangible assets were at $49 million as at December 31, compared with $54 million a year earlier. Staff numbers were "modestly lower" and a review of overheads led to annual savings of $5 million, the documents showed.
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Rival broker Wilson HTM recently reported losses for the six months ended December 31, while non-listed peers such as Patersons Securities also swung to a loss in 2011-12.


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Chris Brown's Hot Wheels Lambo Proves Money Does Not Buy Taste
To say that Chris Brown is a douche-nozzle would be an insult female hygenic devices. The man is a scumbag, and lower than dirt, but somehow the recording-artist-turned-abusive-boyfriend keeps ending up in the news. While I was hoping it was that he had driven off a cliff in Malibu, it turns out his taste is as bad as his self control. This is exemplified by his decision to customize a Lamborghini Gallardo to look like a Hot Wheels. Ugh. The paint job was done by West Coast Customs, of course known for their outstanding taste in automobiles. Honestly, take away the fact that the car is owned by Chris Brown, and the car is still terrible. I cannot tell which Hot Wheels this paint scheme was based on, but it is not working. Just goes to show you that, in addition to acting like a child, his tastes are also sophomoric as well.


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St. Monica Academy
Tel: (818)369-7310
In 2013, out of all 51 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, St. Monica Academy had the highest mean SAT scores in all three sections of the test: reading, writing, and math.
The Cardinal Newman Society recently named St. Monica Academy to the Catholic High School Honor Roll as one of the Top 50 Catholic high schools in the nation. Only three California schools received this prestigious award.
One of the highlights of our science curriculum is an annual field trip to Catalina Island, where biology students observe marine life while snorkeling with an expert guide.
A genuine appreciation for great literature and drama (especially Shakespeare) is one of our classical curriculum's objectives.
- St. Monica Academy is an elementary school and college preparatory high school with a classical pedagogy and a classical liberal arts curriculum.
- St. Monica Academy seeks to form students in faith, reason and virtue by imparting authentic Catholic principles and by introducing young minds to classical literature and the other liberal arts.
- Teaching methods are directed toward developing memory, sound reasoning, and communication skills in keeping with the natural stages of childhood intellectual development.
School Overview
|School Type
|School with Special Program Emphasis
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools (NAPCIS)
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
|Religious Affiliation
|Roman Catholic
|Grades Offered
|Grades 1-12
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|229 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 43%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|20 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|Average Class Size
|20 students
|Number of AP Courses
|3 courses
|List of Courses Offered
|Link to List of Courses
|Advanced Courses
|Calculus, Latin,
|Average SAT score
|Classroom Dress Code
(1-8 plaid jumpers (girls), navy pants (boys); 9-12 plaid skirts (girls), khaki pants and jackets (boys))
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|Feb. 3 / rolling
|Yearly Tuition Cost
|Tuition Notes
|$5,550 for first student in family in grades 1-8 and discounts for additional students; $9,395 for high school students, with discount for additional students
|% on Financial Aid
|Average Financial Aid Grant
|Acceptance Rate
National avg.: 85%
|Admissions Director
|Mrs. Erin Talbot
|Admissions Associate
|Mrs. Rebecca Quackenbush
|Total Sports Offered
|8 sports
|Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Flag Football, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, VolleyballBaseball, Basketball,
Cross Country, Flag Football,
Soccer, Softball,
Swimming, Volleyball,
|Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
|9 extracurriculars
|Arizona Trip, Community Service Projects, Crusaders for Life, Schola (Choir), Shakespeare Play, Spring Musical, Student Council, Washington D.C. Trip, Yearbook Staff Arizona Trip, Schola (Choir), Spring Musical, Yearbook Staff, Community Service Projects,
Crusaders for Life,
Shakespeare Play,
Student Council,
Washington D.C. Trip,
School Notes
- St. Monica Academy is a co-ed Catholic school with 255 students enrolled in Grades 1 through 12. The natural beauty of the campus, the intimate size of the classes, and the emphasis on charity contribute to a unique family-like atmosphere. Highlights of the core curriculum are poetry, classic literature, Latin, heroes of history, hands-on math and science, performances of Shakespeare and the polyphonic masters, and devotion to the liturgical calendar.
- The Cardinal Newman Society recently named St. Monica Academy to the Catholic High School Honor Roll as one of the Top 50 Catholic high schools in the nation, because of its academic excellence, Catholic identity, and civic education. St. Monica Academy is one of only three California high schools to receive this award.
- Out of 51 Catholic high schools in the Los Angeles Archdiocese, St. Monica Academy boasted the highest mean SAT scores in all three categories in 2013: Reading, Writing, and Math. The scores were as follows: Reading, 625; Writing 631; Math, 626. In the last 11 years, St. Monica students have achieved nine perfect scores of 800 on individual sections of the SAT. Three of those perfect 800s were earned in 2013.
- Graduates of St. Monica Academy are pursuing medicine, engineering, nursing, graphic design, television and film CGI, and liberal arts at colleges such as UCLA, Notre Dame, Thomas Aquinas College, the US Naval Academy, Christendom College, Catholic University of America, and Cal State San Luis Obispo.
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Alec Arapahoe accused of using Taser on his grandmother, great aunt
The next family meal at the Arapahoe abode is absolutely guaranteed to be awkward.
Why? Because Alec Arapahoe, twenty, has been arrested on a slew of charges, including using a Taser to menace and/or shoot his grandmother and his great aunt. Details can be found in a vivid police report on view below.
According to the document, a Longmont police officer was called to a Boulder County home just shy of 10 p.m. on Saturday. There, he spoke with two sisters -- one age 66, the other 63. The senior member of the pair said that Arapahoe arrived at the residence with the scent of alcohol on his breath and a Taser in his possession.
The reason Arapahoe had the latter isn't noted, but his reaction to a demand to turn over the weapon certainly is. First, the narrative says, he began yelling at the women. Then he allegedly grabbed them by their arms and threw them back into their chairs, scratching one of them in the process.
Understandably, the two were eager to call the cops after this particular turn of events, but Arapahoe is said to have grabbed the phone every time they reached for it. He also ranted nonsensically. At one point, he talked about suicide. At another, he used a pen to slash at his own neck in a way that suggested he was trying to open up a vein. And he also pointed the Taser at his head. But when it came time to fire it, he shot at a wall behind the women instead of his own cranium.
The women were freaked out by these actions, and by his subsequent decision to point the Taser at each of their faces in turn.
Nonetheless, one of the women ultimately decided to run from the apartment as he reached into his jacket in an apparent attempt to reload. And how did Arapahoe respond? By tasing the fleeing woman in the back, the report says.
Continue for more on Alec Arapahoe's arrest, including the police report. Despite being barbed, the woman managed to accomplish her goal and phone the authorities -- and when officers found Arapahoe, he's said to have had a Taser cartridge in his possession, accompanied by a noticeable scent of booze. He's now been charged with nine different counts, including third-degree assault on an at-risk adult, false imprisonment and -- you guessed it -- use of a stun gun.
Talk about a twisted way of keeping it in the family. Below, see a larger version of Arapahoe's mug shot, followed by the aforementioned police report.
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Newtown Park
|Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand
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Newtown Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Wellington, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer) matches and athletic events. The main pitch has a 400-metre, all-weather rubberized athletics track around it, as well as the spectator stands and the corporate loungue. A second, rectangular pitch (Newtown Park 2) is attached south of the main facility.
Football at Newtown Park[edit]
Newtown Park and its clubrooms are, during the winter football season, operated by Wellington United. However, Wellington United currently have a groundshare agreements with Wellington Olympic AFC, allowing Olympic to also host fixtures at Newtown Park.. Newtown Park is also the primary home stadium for Team Wellington of the New Zealand Football Championship, a franchise team of which both United and Olympic are members.
Team Wellington, the regional representative of the national New Zealand Football Championship, also use Newtown Park as their primary stadium. In the case of clashes with athletics events, Team Wellington play matches at Porirua Park. Both Wellington United and Olympic are members of the franchise currently operating as Team Wellington.
The second pitch was redeveloped in 2008, and is currently used by A-League franchise Wellington Phoenix for training and minor exhibition matches.
Other Football Events Hosted[edit]
- 1925, 1927, 1989 and 2012 finals of the Chatham Cup.
- 2007 Women's National League Final.
- 2008 Sichuan earthquake relief match - exhibition between Wellington Phoenix United[1] and Christchurch Chinese Community.[2]
- 2008 Pre-Olympic Exhibition match - New Zealand Under-23 vs Chile Under-23
Athletics at Newtown Park[edit]
Newtown Park is the primary athletics stadium for the Wellington region, and during the summer football season is operated by the Kiwi Amateur Athletic Club. It is host to the McEvedy Shield competition, an annual athletics series between four Wellington boys schools. It is also used by many other schools as a place to stage in-house events.
Other events at Newtown Park[edit]
Newtown Park also serves as a community events centre for the surrounding area, hosting cultural events such as Carols by Candlelight.
The #1 pitch was re-developed in 2011 to function as a training venue for teams competing in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. During the tournament, football events were relocated to other venues.
- ^ Not to be confused with Wellington Phoenix FC - Wellington Phoenix United was a team composed of some Phoenix FC players and prominent members of the Wellington football community
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Volume 17, Issue 2: Recipio
Ben Merkle
"In whom you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed,
you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the
purchased possession, to the praise of His glory" (Ephesians 1:4).
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One of the amusing traditions of Australian politics is to watch right-wing commentators embrace Labor dissidents. A month ago
This ritual says a lot about the anti-progressive side of conservative politics. It has no philosophical structure of its own, hence its fascination with Labor ideology. Australian conservatism is anti-equality and anti-environment.
The right-wing commentariat love the Crean-Ferguson message because it de-legitimises Labor in government. Given their role in trashing the Hawke-Keating economic legacy after Labor's 1996 election defeat, it cannot be on the question of open industry competition that Crean and Ferguson want a return to the policies of the 1980s and '90s. Rather, when these two protectionists talk about the Hawke-Keating model, they are referring to the myth of consensus politics – or as they put it, "governing for all Australians".
Pushing against the dead hand of Conservatism
In truth, Bob Hawke's rhetorical appeal for consensus was of limited use to Labor. By the time of the rancorous 1985 tax summit, it was dead as a philosophy of government. Hawke's successor, Paul Keating, delighted in telling his caucus of how he was in "the conflict business" – pushing through big picture reforms against the dead hand of conservative opposition. This is the authentic Labor tradition.
To have sat around in the current term of parliament pleading for national consensus would have meant no action on climate change. If Gough Whitlam had sought consensus in the 1970s, he would not be remembered today for universal health insurance, needs-based schools funding and recognising China. If Keating had listened to every pet shop galah opposed to micro-reform, he would never have built Australia's miracle economy. Conservatives hanker for a broad-based consensus because it means inertia, propping up their ruling class values.
The challenge for Labor is to adapt to the political consequences of the Hawke-Keating economy. The unprecedented wealth creation of the past 20 years has made large parts of Australian society self-sufficient. The old left-wing organisational model – centred on working class solidarity and mass unionism – is moribund.
Need to get rid of old baggage
The modernisation of the party will only be achieved by reformers free from the institutional baggage of old Labor. As former ACTU presidents and sons of parliamentarians, Crean and Ferguson are part of Labor's internal ruling class. With their exit from the ministry, the party's frontbench, for the first time since 1983, is void of second-generation MPs – something Abbott should welcome, given his longstanding complaint about "Labor's hereditary peers".
An interesting feature of Gillard's prime ministership has been the way she has fallen out with the hereditary sub-faction: former cabinet ministers Crean, Ferguson, Joel Fitzgibbon and Robert McClelland. Contrary to the right-wing media stereotype, Gillard is her own person. She is often fitted up as a puppet of the union movement but, in practice, union leaders have supported her mainly because of their hatred of Kevin Rudd.
There is a detailed back-story to her split with Crean, Ferguson, Fitzgibbon and McClelland but in each case Gillard rejected their sense of entitlement, their born-to-rule belief in holding positions of influence beyond their ability. Crean wanted to be the government's chief strategist and when this became unachievable under Gillard, he flipped over to wanting to be Rudd's deputy. Ferguson was once the head of Labor's "soft left" faction but lost control of his group to Gillard in 2003 – a lingering source of resentment.
After last year's Labor leadership ballot, Fitzgibbon thought he was entitled to Mark Arbib's ministerial vacancy. When this went to Bob Carr, the chief government whip became the chief government leaker.
So too McClelland has never recovered from being dumped from cabinet, planting the poison of the ancient AWU matter in a parliamentary speech in June 2012.
Gillard has done the right thing with these four roosters. Whereas weaker politicians would have caved in to them, she has displayed the essential ingredient of leadership: strong-willed independence.
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Take at look at the first teaser for Despicable Me 2 which focuses all on the little yellow Minion guys (who're getting their own film too). It premiered around Halloween, so you have a nice tribute to that in this short video. Thankfully enough, this teaser also hints at the sequel's story direction.
There's some aliens. Yup, aliens. Wonder if Gru eventually stole that moon? As much as the Minions sort of getting on my nerves, I do have to admit I chuckled at the lullaby. What about all of you? Anyone looking to more Minion on Minion action?
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Frederic Andreas (Mayor of Teaneck,1924)
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Born in 1870, came to Teaneck in 1890 when his parents were looking for a summer home. A farm on River Road had been advertised. His father bought it on his son's recommendation without seeing it. They moved in. Father died the next year. Frederic was in wholesale coal business in New York. At first family came to Teaneck for the summer, staying a little later each year. They had a coal stove, no plumbing but the pump in the kitchen. Inside part of the house was built in 1760, a wing added in 1840, then a study was built on south side and a modern kitchen added.
Frederic married Miss Mabel Moore of New York in 1911. His mother wanted them to live in the Teaneck house. She was then an invalid. Moved across the street where a hay field had been.
Andreases had on son -- John Moore Andreas, Ph.D., technical expert who lived in Pasadena, Calif., Frederic Andreas retired in 1944.
He plans to hive his property to the township providing he may live on it tax free until his death. After that the house is to be torn down, the barn and carriage house to remain standing as a meeting place for Boy and Girl scouts or other community affairs.
"When I first came here, I used to ride horseback from my home on River Rd. to the Dyckman Street ferry without going off Phelps property. Phelps had built 30 miles of roads and owned over 3,000 acres which he acquired after buying his original farm."
"At first Phelps used the Nordhoff station in Englewood where he took the Northern railway. Later he had a station built on his property in Teaneck where he took the West Shore. This station was brown stone. Two rooms. There was a woman in charge of the station. She had lace curtains at the window and potted geraniums on the sills. The township government was centered in Englewood. Phelps felt Teaneck did not derive enough benefit from the taxes he paid which was the reason for the agitation for a separate township."
"Phelps' dream was to make Teaneck a residential park such as Tuxedo. He influenced some high class people to come out here. He intended to sell some of his property to them as estates. Because of his death, the plan did not work out. His widow did not want to sell any of the property. After her death the heirs did not wish the continue spending money for the upkeep.
"Phelps had a daughter, Marion, who married the court of Rothenberg, a son, John J. Phelps who died recently and Sheffield who died leaving some children.
"William Bennett, the first township chairman, came here as superintendent of the Phelps estate. He lived on Teaneck Road north of the Town Hall. Several hundred men worked for Phelps in those days.
"Queen Anne was a dirt road, the Clausen farm house being the only house there when I came out. There was near the present Route 4. At first my mother drove me to the station in a horse and wagon and met me in the evening. Later I rode a bicycle.
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In 1656, after repeated Indian attacks, settlers decided to live in stockade village, The one in Jersey City Heights was 800 feet each way. It was called Bergen because it was on a hill. In 1682 Bergen County was created. What is now Hudson County was called Bergen Township. In 1693 Hackensack Township was created. In 1871 the state legislature divided Hackensack township into Palisade, Ridgefield and Englewood townships.
The site of the present armory was the Tri-Township Poor Farm. Although there were no many indigents, they worked the farm. This was later given over to the county and then to the state as the site for the armory.
Most noted Teaneck resident, aside form Phelps, was Conrad N. Jordan, secretary of the treasury under Cleveland. His son, Archibald N. Jordan lives on Larch Ave. Frank Chapman, noted ornithologist is with American Museum of Natural History. He lived here. Lived with his mother on North side of West Englewood Avenue.
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Funny, I was about to say the same thing. Politics from the last quarter of the 19th Century and first quarter of the 20th century are particularly unmemorable. Except for prohibition and trustbreakers, that is.Although I don't have examples ready, eighteenth century American politics are full of dubious candidates.
These days, the figurehead who takes the oath of office isn't really that important. For all of the hew and cry about "leadership" the real issue is about making the agenda. Arnold's political ability is moot; what matters are the advisers he brings with him and the advisers who insinuate themselves into his administration. His lack of policies don't really matter for him, or for Our Glorious Leader either, for that matter.


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Five years ago the now defunct Learning and Skills Council scrapped an £85 million rebuild of the college mid-project, leaving much of the Sheepen Road campus a building site.
But soon students will no longer have to study in temporary classrooms after the replacement Skills Funding Agency agreed to stump up £7 million towards the £9.5 million cost of building a new south wing.
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A fight over the fate of millions of data files once controlled by MegaUpload.com began today in a Virginia courtroom. A federal judge ordered more negotiations.
Update at 2:32 p.m. ET: Here's how CNET.com summed up today's hearing:
(Judge Liam) O'Grady told the parties that unless they wanted to hire their own "special master" to help mediate the talks, then he would send them to a magistrate judge known for his abilities to "bring people together" and hash out agreements.
If you're rooting for MegaUpload or if you're one of the people who stored content on the service, then there's some more good news. O'Grady said he was "sympathetic" with Carpathia's financial plight and he also seemed dismissive of the government's argument that Carpathia shouldn't be allowed to return the information to MegaUpload.
Update at 12:35 p.m. ET: A federal judge has ordered further negotiations on what should be done with millions of data files that went dark when the feds shut down one of the world's largest filesharing sites.
Original post: The site went dark after federal prosecutors charged MegaUpload.com in January with being a criminal enterprise designed to facilitate the illegal sharing of copyright-protected movies and TV shows.
Its flamboyant founder, Kim Dotcom, and six company managers were arrested in New Zealand on U.S. warrants.
Carpathia Hosting, which owns the 1,100 servers that hold MegaUpload's data, is asking the court what should be done with the files, the Associated Press reports.
MegaUpload is no longer paying for the servers' upkeep but wants to preserve the files as potential evidence. Internet advocates, meanwhile, say something should be done so legitimate users of the site -- as many as 60 million worldwide -- can retrieve their data.
Expected to appear before U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady today in Alexandria, Va., are attorneys representing consumers, MegaUpload, the six major Hollywood studios, the U.S. government and Carpathia Holding, CNET reports.
CNET says the digital files could be in jeopardy if the judge decides to allow Carpathia Hosting to delete them or sell off the servers.
Carpathia argues that the cost of keeping the data is too much for the company alone to bear and is asking the court for relief.
Lawyers for MegaUpload are also on hand, but the judge must first rule whether it would be proper for them to participate when the defendants in the case have yet to appear before a court.
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After delivering a speech, he put on his trademark black hat, which is a hybrid of a cowboy hat and a Stetson.
No African-American witnesses were called, and only one dissenting witness was heard—the tireless Stetson.
Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.
Stetson returned east in 1865 and created his own hat company, which produced high-quality hats made for outdoor use.
Based on the hat he had created for himself, Stetson made a version called "The Boss of the Plains."
It may be a love-affair with young Stetson, or it may be something worse.
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Then each Stetson, waked from his drunken sleep, drank again when he heard of the death.
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Stetson presented Peter to a young effendi in a frock coat and fez.
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(Since Robert Todd Felton's computer decided it did not want to blog today—died on a train to New York– I'm filling in with more thoughts on Boston, the subject of our prize book. Felton will be back on Monday, and we will have the drawing for his travel book on Boston as scheduled, after midnight MST Saturday, Feb. 28. Comments you leave on this post will count toward the drawing.)
When I think of Boston, I think of 1776, the beginnings of the United States of America, and some amazing leaders. John Adams, my favorite founder, has been the subject of many biographies, but I can't imagine any more satisfying than John Adams by David McCullough. A little American history must go on the traveler's library shelf in preparation for a trip to New England.
As I write, John Adams stares directly at me from the Gilbert Stuart painting reproduced on the book jacket. He looks stern, intellectual, but also approachable and human. Alternatively, you may get the paperback book which cheats history by using a picture of Paul Giametti, who played John Adams on television.
McCullough portrays every detail of life in John Adam's New England and Boston and how he hated to go down to Philadelphia for sessions of the Continental Congress. But traveling to Philadelphia, despite danger and outbreaks of disease is only one of the multitude of sacrifices made by the founders as they groped toward a democracy.
McCullough scores again with his book, 1776, a day by day tracing of the events of the beginning of the revolution. So many things could have gone wrong. Our army was weak, our navy non-existent and our leaders playing the whole thing by ear. Perhaps a quote from John Adams explains the final outcome. "We cannot ensure success, but we can deserve it."
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Melbourne Lord Mayor John So has called on the State Government to exempt the city for Easter trading restrictions amid growing concern over the impact of the controversial laws.
Cr So said many tourists were attracted to Melbourne on Easter Sunday but the complex trading laws would force many city shops and the department stores to close.
These restrictions were disappointing, he said, and turned the Easter break into a "missed opportunity" to show off the city to country and interstate visitors.
Opposition Leader Robert Doyle attacked the laws as "embarrassing" and a "mess".
"This is unworkable. We should scrap the whole lot and go back to where we were," he said.
"Easter Sunday is a big trading day for all sorts of businesses, whether you have fewer than 100 employees or more than 100 employees.
"Why should you be able to buy fruit from the little fruit shop in Glenferrie Road but you can't go into the supermarket next door? It just doesn't make any sense."
His comments came after the Australian Retailers Association and the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry this week also called for the laws to be scrapped.
City traders contacted by The Age yesterday predicted the CBD would be a "retail wasteland" on Sunday because without the shoppers attracted by the department stores many smaller traders could not afford to open.
Judy Katz, owner of Card & Caboodle shops in the Block Arcade in the city and Chadstone Shopping Centre, said she would be forced to close both her shops on Easter Sunday.
"The city is going to feel like a ghost town. Without Myer and David Jones no one comes. If all your neighbours are closed there is just no point," she said.
Ms Katz said smaller traders had also been hard hit by Saturday becoming a public holiday.
"It is going to cost me about $120 extra per person. Instead of $17.80 (an hour) for a casual, I have to pay $35.60. That is a huge extra cost," she said.
Premier Steve Bracks was yesterday unmoved by the criticism and said Easter Sunday restrictions would remain.
He said the Government had acted to relax the trading rules after complaints from businesses last year and a greater number of shops would be allowed to open this year.
"I think we've struck the right balance between the need for people to do things as they want to on a weekend . . . and the need of families to have some respite, some change, some pause over what is, in a Christian nation, an important part in our calendar," he said.
Since last year exemptions have been expanded to include hardware stores, nurseries, service stations, chemists and fast food chains, leaving large retailers as virtually the only businesses forced to close.
Most shopping centres complexes are expected to close on Easter Sunday because big retailers that employ more than 100 people cannot open.
Centre managers said that without foot traffic from large anchor tenants, such as Myer, David Jones and Coles, small retailers would be wasting their time going to work.
Catherine Daw, retail manager of Chadstone Shopping Centre, said that with the stores closed visitors to Melbourne would simply find other ways to spend their money.
"Not only do the restrictions result in increased costs . . . but they impact heavily on retail sales as a whole," she said.
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To save the banking system, Greenspan, along with a claque of Republicans like Lindsey Graham, now endorses nationalization.
He never invites anybody to dinner except Porcher, the chief of the claque.
But whatever may be said against it, the claque is great and, in France at least, will prevail.
The claque, however, did not acquire its greatest importance until the time of the Restoration.
They have attained to absolute perfection in the arts of the claque.
At the end of the performance he sent for the leader of the claque and rated him soundly.
But his programme was too long, and he had forgotten something—the claque.
claque, klak, n. an institution for securing the success of a public performance, by bestowing upon it preconcerted applause.
The first day there was a cram, the second day only the claque remained.
Is there anything in the world so disgusting as to feel one's self patronized, made capital of, enrolled in a claque?
1860, from French claque "band of claqueurs," agent noun from claquer "to clap" (16c.), echoic (cf. clap (v.)). Modern sense of "band of political followers" is transferred from that of "organized applause at theater." Claqueur "audience memeber who gives pre-arranged responses in a theater performance" is in English from 1837.
This method of aiding the success of public performances is very ancient; but it first became a permanent system, openly organized and controlled by the claquers themselves, in Paris at the beginning of the nineteenth century. [Century Dictionary]


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Very good show William. We have to clean up our own backyard before anything else. I've always found Sitchin rather hard to swallow since most of his work has little if any external reference.
I'm working my way through Chris' documentary cross-referencing with Phillip Coppens' responses. It's clear that NEITHER has a monopoly on the truth.
However, on the questions of Pumapunku and such, I think Chris White takes the easy way out with the "it's possible" approach. Unlike other theories, his can actually be put to the test.
- Humans exist,
- copper tools can be made,
- so can ropes,
- stones identical to the ones used at Pumapunku can be quarried
- communicating only through pictures similar to what the Imara used can be done
- working in conditions that the Imara would have had.
So why is one side just resuming to words only when their theory could be actually PROVED? Build just one monolithic site - let's say a gate etc... Move something the size of the Ba'albek stone a mile uphill etc...
This would be knockout punch to the Ancient Astronaut theory - and also to proponents of other methods of construction of these structures.
It reminds me of the Japanese company that tried the mainstream accepted methods for building a pyramid and could not do it (they resorted to 'cheating' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHOgtQa7LVw ). Now they have new ideas for how the pyramids were built.
Chris White may very well be absolutely right. Unlike the Ancient Astronaut theory, where you'd most likely need the ET in order to confirm the theory 100%, his debunking theories can be tried out in real life.
So why is Mr. White and all the other debunking experts still at the 'talking about it stage'? Most experiments that try to recreate such feats are done on an incredibly miniscule scale or address only individual parts. To my knowledge, I know of NO modern recreations of such monumental constructions using ONLY the tools and methods used the original builders. At most I've seen small limestone blocks (small compared to the bigger ones in the pyramid) being moved around on straight ground for a few feet with great difficulty (underscoring just how impractical those methods really are).
PS: William - Great Job. I fully believe that in order to be able to bring such subjects into the mainstream we must be able to debate and formulate arguments with those on the 'opposing' side, not just preach to the choir. We cannot be 'blind believers' just as I hope that Chris White is not a 'professional skeptic' as he comes across on his site.
The side of the debate that acknowledges absolutely NO faults in such complex arguments, is probably the side that is only interested in promoting their point of view, NOT the truth.
El Gringo has some great things to say, but…….."So why is Mr. White and all the other debunking experts still at the 'talking about it stage'?" This is an easy one: who's going to pay for this? You're looking at a hundred thousand dollars, after insurance, paying wages, some government or private party leasing you the property to use, etc etc.
@Jack Blaylock - Actually that's not that much at all. Let me explain:
Right now there many foundations and societies that sponsor scientific endeavors. Even a subject as "out there" as UFOs gathers hundreds of thousands of dollars from internet donations (See Steve Grier's film "Sirius" that got over $344,000.00 via kickstarter).
So logic would deem that 100 k would be much easier from the mainstream academic boards and foundations that are interested in promoting 'regular' scientific views.
And I'm not naive here to suggest building a WHOLE pyramid or something as absurd. But putting a few stones together in the same way that their theory purports should be more than easy-peasy. I mean, how about the 'lego' pieces at puma punku for starters. Not even talking about carrying them up the mountain at first, but see if you can get some locals to chisel them & drill holes so precisely using bronze tools - give them pictures similar to the pictographs the Imara used (sorry if that's not the right word). Do it a the quarry first to see if it can be done - then, if successful, try the transportation part, then the assembly. If you get all 3 done, you have pretty much proven your theory right.
Just 2 or 3 stones, quarried, transported, chiseled to the specs of the originals and then assembled should do. With $$ in Bolivia or Peru you're pretty much king - so permits for dragging stones around or sculpting them would not be any problem. You don't need to do it in the exact Pumapunku area.
Thanks for letting Mr. White explain his points, and for doing this interview. This interview puts William back into the category of actual truth-seeking, whereas some of his other ones have seemed to be about something else.
Yah I have to admit while Watching Ancient Aliens even me, a lifelong ufo/paranormal fan, thinks that show goes wayyyy overboard in many of their claims....every three minutes the show says things that have no proof and instead seem like just out of the blue conjecture to me...not saying there might not be SOME validity to the subject but that show goes too far, probably because they have so many episodes and so much time to fill up that random thought gets too much time on these shows...
Okay... so it would be expensive to move a stone of one hundred tons one mile uphill... then, how about someone replicating just one, H shaped, interlocking, granite stone like those found in Puma Pun Ku, with it's perfectly cut interior boxes, ledges and absolutely flat interior surfaces? I was a machinist for years (before CNC machines) and even using modern five-axis Bridgeport Milling machines, cutting those shapes in aluminium blocks would be extremely difficult and time consuming, if not impossible. I do not believe that the Puma Pun Ku ruins were chiseled with copper tools and round hammer balls.
Heck, use a pen knife and a balsa wood block and try to do it... good luck.
That is not to say that E.T. did it... but some form of advanced technology had to have been used.
Check-out the work of Christopher Dunn and his analysis of the monuments of Egypt... some old, same old.


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Barrister-turned-ABC broadcaster Susanna Lobez yesterday accused her employer of trying to force her to quit by offering her an inappropriate job on her return from adoption leave.
Lobez has taken the ABC to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to try to win back the position she held as presenter of The Law Report on Radio National before taking unpaid leave as an adoptive parent.
The ABC has offered her a position as a reporter-producer on Radio National's Asia Pacific segment. But Lobez told the commission that the position of "fourth banana" on the segment was not comparable to the position she had left, which had since been permanently filled by another legally qualified broadcaster, Damien Carrick. Lobez said she had been hired by the ABC in 1993 as a legal expert after responding to an advertisement for a qualified barrister.
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"If it's not a botch-up or a communications stuff-up, it must be some . . . attempt to force me into an inappropriate job in the hope I will quietly leave," she said while cross-examining ABC radio director Sue Howard.
Ms Howard denied there had been any attempt to force Lobez out of the ABC.
"We're not offering you the job of your dreams but nobody is trying to get rid of you," Ms Howard said. "We have a job for you."
Ms Howard said the ABC regularly moved staff into new positions, with or without their consent. However, she was unable to give examples of staff who had been moved against their wishes.
Ms Howard said that although she personally believed Lobez was the best person to present The Law Report, the management of Radio National wanted Lobez's replacement to remain in the position because ratings had increased.
Lobez has not returned to work at the ABC since resuming unpaid leave last July.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (August 8, 2014) - In the month of August, the Fort Myers Miracle will wrestle with the monster at JetBlue Park starting with a six-day homestand from Tuesday, August 12 to Sunday, August 17.
Tickets are available for purchase now at www.miraclebaseball.com and at the temporary Miracle offices located on the first floor of the Twins Academy at the Lee County Sports Complex. All tickets are general admission with lower bowl priced at $8.50 ($10 day of game) and upper bowl at $6.50 ($8 day of game). Fans will also be able to purchase general admission seats in the Fenway South version of the Green Monster for $6.50 ($8 day of game). Add $1 to pricing for all tickets for the fireworks show on Saturday, August 16.
As the Florida State League South Division Champions in the first half, the Miracle have secured a playoff spot and JetBlue Park will be the site of all home playoff games. FSL Playoff tickets are now available at www.miraclebaseball.com and at the Miracle offices at the Twins Academy.
Fans can purchase tickets on site inside the team store at JetBlue Park for both the remaining regular season home games and playoffs beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, August 11.
"We are excited about the opportunity to call JetBlue Park our home for August and in the playoffs," said Miracle Chief Operating Officer Steve Gliner. "It is truly an outstanding, first class facility."
Located east of I-75 on Daniels Parkway, JetBlue Park is the Spring Training home of the Boston Red Sox. Due to the beginning of Phase II renovations at Hammond Stadium, the Miracle have relocated for the remainder of the 2014 season.
The upcoming homestand features eight games in six days with two doubleheaders against the St. Lucie Mets. On Tuesday, August 12, the Miracle resume a previously started game at 5:05 p.m. with the Mets. Play will restart in the top of the fifth inning with one out and the Miracle leading 3-2 and will be played through nine innings. A seven inning game will follow approximately 30 minutes after the completion of game one.
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FLORENCE – Marion High School and Wilson High School and Robert E. Lee Academy took top honors at the recent Pee Dee Regional High School Mathematics Tournament.
The tournament, sponsored by Francis Marion University and the Pee Dee Education Center, was held in the university's McNair Science Building's Chapman Auditorium recently.
The 35th-annual event featured approximately 272 students from 15 area schools. Participating schools were divided into Division I, II and III schools. Schools with A and AA athletic classifications were considered Division I, while AAA and AAAA athletic classifications were considered Division II. Division III consists of private schools in the Pee Dee.
High schools participating included: Creek Bridge, Hannah-Pamplico, Hemingway, Johnsonville, Kingstree, Marion, McBee, and Mullins in Division I; Hartsville, Marlboro, Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology, West Florence and Wilson in Division II; and The Byrnes Schools, Robert E. Lee Academy in Division III.
All students participated in a one-hour, 16-question, written competition during the morning portion of the tournament.
Eagle Wu of Marion High School recorded the highest individual result on the exam. Aditya Pande of Wilson High School and Clayton James Garrison of McBee High School took second and third place, respectively.
Those receiving honorable mentions in the written competition were Mary DuBard, Paul Lee, Jonathan Ma and Vincent Razon-Donato of Wilson High School; Brooke Kirkland of Mullins High School; and Clayton Mims and Annisa Fakhriya Rofi of Hannah-Pamplico High School.
The top four individual test scores from each school were combined to create a team score. The four schools in each division with the highest team score qualified for the afternoon finals. The finals consisted of four individuals from each qualifying school answering questions flashed onto an overhead screen. Points were awarded to the first, second, and third persons who answered correctly.
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May 29, 2014
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After bringing down aliens in The Avengers, and becoming a corrupt politician in American Hustle, Jeremy Renner is exposing the shady drug smuggling tactics of the CIA in Kill the Messenger. The film hails from "Dexter" and "Homeland" director Michael Cuesta and follows the true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb, who stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation's streets and more worrisome moves in the so-called "War on Drugs." Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Oliver Platt, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Andy Garcia and more also star in the film, and the first trailer shows off a pretty compelling story from our nation's history.
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Kill the Messenger is directed by "Homeland" producer and director Michael Cuesta with a script from Peter Landesman (Parkland), who wrote the script from Webb's book Dark Alliance: The CIA, The Contras, And The Crack Cocaine Explosion and Nick Schou's Kill The Messenger: How The CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb. The film details the true story of a reporter (Jeremy Renner) who detailed the CIA's connection to the crack cocaine trade, only to be smeared as a result, losing his job, falling into depression, and eventually killing himself. Focus Features releases the film on October 10th.
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Sundaram, S (2000) Survey of Experimental Investigations on Lift Enhancement Using Gurney Flaps. Technical Report. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India.Full text available as:
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This covers the survey of experimental investigations reported in literature to assess the performance of the Gurney flap for lift enhancement on wings, reflection plate model, delta wing etc largely under 2D flow conditions. It is generally observed that lift is increased by 20 to 30% with these miniature flaps for both the symmetrical and cambered airfoils.
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