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At the start of the year Nick Kyrgios was offering prizes for people to follow him on Twitter. But the 18-year-old Australian star won't have to beg any longer for support after he was bombarded on social media during his heroic five-set loss to Frenchman Benoit Paire on Thursday night.
Kyrgios picked up almost 10,000 fans in the space of 12 hours, boosting his tally of followers to more than 13,500.
On November 5 last year, Kyrgios offered to give away a racquet when he reached 5000 followers, but now he'd be hard-pressed deciding who to give the racquet to. ''I want to hit 5000 followers on Twitter, so if you can help me do that I will give away a signed Yonex racket at random when I hit 5000 followers, so spread the word and make it happen people!!,'' Kyrgios said in his blog on www.nickkyrgios.org.
On January 3, leading into the Australian Open, he sent out a tweet urging social media users to follow him. ''52 followers needed to hit the 4000 mark!! Retweet guys & there may be a prize for one lucky follower!! #NKrising #Retweet,'' Kyrgios tweeted.
Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka will head into Sunday's fourth-round match having played fewer minutes at this year's Open than he did in one of his matches at Melbourne Park last year. Wawrinka, or ''the Stanimal'' as Roger Federer refers to him, has spent three hours 52 minutes on court in this Open campaign.
Last year he spent more than five hours on court against Novak Djokovic in the fourth round, going down to the eventual champion 12-10 in the fifth set. This time ntsN, playing he's played just 65 minutes against Andrey Golubev before the Kazakh retired with Wawrinka leading 6-4, 4-1.
The second round was a tougher assignment for the Swiss; he took two hours and 47 minutes to knock over Columbia's Alejandro Falla 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4. In the third round he received a walkover after Canadian Vasek Pospisil withdrew with a back injury.
The Williams sisters withdrew from the women's doubles draw, with Venus complaining of a lower left leg injury. It came just after Serena claimed a record 61st victory in singles matches at the Australian Open, against Daniela Hantuchova. Williams defeated the Slovakian 6-3, 6-3.
Thanasi Kokkinakis teamed up with fellow Aussie Chris Guccione in the men's doubles on Friday after his three-set loss to world No. 1 Rafael Nadal. Unfortunately for the 17-year-old, he suffered his second defeat in as many days as the Aussies slumped to a 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) loss to Croatian Ivan Dodig and Brazilian Marcelo Melo.


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Various studies in different countries have shown that significant energy-efficiency improvement opportunities exist in the industrial sector, many of which are cost-effective. These energy-efficiency options include both cross-cutting as well as sector-specific measures. However, industrial plants are not always aware of energy-efficiency improvement potentials. Conducting an energy audit is one of the first steps in identifying these potentials. Even so,many plants do not have the capacity to conduct an effective energy audit. In some countries, government policies and programs aim to assist industry to improve competitiveness through increased energy efficiency. However, usually only limited technical and financial resources for improving energy efficiency are available, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. Information on energy auditing and practices should, therefore, be prepared and disseminated to industrial plants.
This guidebook provides guidelines for energy auditors regarding the key elements for preparing for an energy audit, conducting an inventory and measuring energy use, analyzing energy bills, benchmarking, analyzing energy use patterns,opportunities, conducting cost-benefit analysis, preparing energy audit reports, and undertaking post-audit activities. The purpose of this guidebook is to assist energy auditors and engineers in the plant to conduct a well-structured and effective energy audit.

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In 1999, North Carolina became the first state in the nation to pass a comprehensive law to protect consumers from unfair home loans. Since North Carolina passed its law, at least a dozen other states have followed us with their own anti-predatory lending laws. This year, we worked with state legislators to pass new laws that will even better protect homeowners from unfair loans and also help fight the recent rise in foreclosures. And just this week, Congress introduced national anti-predatory lending legislation that is based on North Carolina's law.
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As a leader in life-science research, Brandeis is fueling innovation in biotechnology in areas where there is unmet need for more effective treatment or diagnosis. One of the university's success stories is the biopharmaceutical start-up Syntonix, formed by Brandeis, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Children's Hospital Boston to commercialize novel drug-delivery methods. In 2007 Biogen Idec bought Syntonix and it became the first Brandeis spinout to be acquired by a biotech giant.Syntonix was started by Brandeis biologist Neil Simister, Dr. Wayne Lencer of Children's Hospital; Dr. Richard S. Blumberg of Brigham and Women's; and Blumberg's brother Dr. Laurence Blumberg '83, a member of the Brandeis University Scientific Advisory Council and a prominent biotechnology investor.
Syntonix' technologies harness the human body's natural immunological pathways to provide a novel method of drug delivery. Many pharmaceuticals consist of molecules too large to be absorbed through the mucous membranes, meaning that patients with chronic conditions like hemophilia, anemia, multiple sclerosis and autoimmune disorders must take drugs intravenously, by injection. Frequent dosing is typically needed, because the drugs break down quickly in the bloodstream.
In the early- to mid-1990s, Simister, Lencer, Blumberg and their colleagues discovered that the molecular receptor that carries immunoglobulin G antibodies from mother to fetus across the placenta is also found in the mucous membranes lining the intestines, airways, and lungs. This discovery led to the idea that the receptor, known as FcRn, could be used to carry large-protein drugs across mucous membranes into the bloodstream, suggesting the possibility of replacing these injection drugs with inhaled or oral versions.
Then the scientists discovered that the FcRn receptor also prevents antibodies from breaking down quickly in the bloodstream, the normal fate of other molecules. This rescue capability made FcRn part of a so-called salvage pathway. To take advantage of this pathway, Syntonix scientists designed pharmaceutical proteins that bind to FcRn, extending the lifetimes of these drugs in the bloodstream.
"We founded Syntonix with the hope of translating our basic discoveries into improvements in health care. The company developed and expanded our technologies to the stage where they have preclinical drug candidates for treating hemophilia and infertility," says Simister, adding, "Biogen Idec's acquisition is an excellent outcome because they have the expertise in manufacturing and development to bring these drugs to the clinic."
In early 2008, Syntonix filed an application to begin clinical trials of their first product, Factor IXFc for the treatment of hemophilia B.
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Despite the recent controversy over lethal injection drugs in Ohio and Louisiana, Missouri is forging ahead with the execution of convicted killer Michael A. Taylor next Wednesday. The state of Missouri has secured a new pharmacy to provide the drug pentobarbital for use in Taylor's execution by lethal injection, The Kansas City Star reported.
The pharmacy that will supply the drug remains unidentified, since it is considered part of the state's execution team. It has not yet been confirmed if the pharmacy has already provided the drug to the state. According to Taylor's lawyers, Missouri prison officials said they do have alternative drugs that they could use instead of pentobarbital, if needed.
This follows a settlement between Taylor's lawyers and the Oklahoma pharmacy that was suspected of providing pentobarbital for Missouri's last three executions. Taylor filed a suit against the pharmacy, and earlier this week the pharmacy agreed not to provide the drug for use in Taylor's execution. Despite the implication of the lawsuit and settlement, the pharmacy did not confirm that it had supplied the drug to the state.
According to The Associated Press, the office of Attorney General Chris Koster "said in a court filing on Wednesday that Missouri had arranged for a different pharmacy to provide pentobarbital."
In addition, as reported in a separate AP story, Sen. Kurt Schaefer proposed legislation on Wednesday to imbue Missouri's prison officials with full discretion in deciding how to put inmates to death. Though current state law allows executions by lethal gas or chemicals, the Death Penalty Information Center said that U.S. law permits electrocutions, hangings and firing squads as well.
"Because there is some new unknown pharmacist supplying drugs, the same questions and concerns remain," said the Rev. Dr. Cathleen Burnett, vice chair of Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP). Burnett is a Ph.D. who taught criminal justice for 34 years at UMKC. She is ordained in the Methodist Church and serves as its death penalty coordinator.
According to The Kansas City Star, Taylor's lawyers renewed a request for a stay of execution on Thursday, the day after Missouri announced it had a new drug supplier. Taylor's lawyers allege that they don't have enough time to verify that the drug will work properly. The concern is that administering a poorly manufactured drug or combination of drugs may result in prolonged suffering and pain for Taylor. The use of a two-drug combination in Dennis McGuire's execution in Ohio led to a death for McGuire that lasted more than 19 minutes, according to witnesses.
"The defense is not able to know what it is that is being used and it's not able to assess its effectiveness. It is still very uncertain that this drug is appropriate for use in execution," said Burnett.
Taylor's execution would be Missouri's fourth in four months, the last taking place in the end of January. The state also used pentobarbital in its execution of Herbert Smulls Jan. 29.
Burnett said she is afraid that next week's execution will take place. "I think the governor is very invested in going ahead with this execution. Short of some very good legal arguments that the Taylors have, I don't see the governor commuting the sentence," she said. "Missouri has had a long reputation for being eager to execute. I think that's a very sad reputation. The fact that in the last three executions the corrections department proceeded even as appeals were pending indicates that they're not willing to follow the law. I think that perverts our justice system and it turns us into persons that I don't think we want to be."
MADP is holding a vigil ahead of the Taylor execution from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the JC Nichols Fountain on the Plaza. Vigils will be held throughout the state.
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Docket: 02N-0466 - Randomized Dose Response Study of Dryvax in Children Ages 2 to 5
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Mrs. Susan Pearce
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I am against a study of smallpox vaccine on children, or on anyone. Some good reasons we are heading in the wrong direction in this regard are below. 1. The authors of a study published in 1980 by Mutation Research came to the conclusion that smallpox vaccination has a 'mutagenic effect' on human chromosomes. [Neil Z. Miller's 1999 book Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective?, p. 46] 'Viruses and viral vaccines are agents for the transfer of genetic imprints from one host to another. In other words, because they contain pure genetic material (DNA and RNA) from a foreign organism, once injected into a human recipient, the new genetic material is incorporated into the invaded cells.' [Miller, p. 48] In the 1960s, Joshua Lederberg, Dept. of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, said that 'live viruses are ... genetic messages used for the purpose of programming human cells'. Lederberg said that 'we already practice biological engineering on a rather large scale by use of live viruses in mass immunization campaigns.' [Miller, p.49] 'No one knows the long-term effects of tampering with the genetic codes and delicate structure of the human organism. However, the physical invasion of the human body by foreign genetic material may have the immediate effect of permanently weakening the immune system, setting in motion a new era of autoimmune diseases. For example, research indicates that psychotic disorders may be caused by viral infections. The incidence of schizophrenia is on the rise compared to earlier times, and studies now indicate that about one-third of all cases are autoimmune in nature. Once again, some authorities implicate the childhood vaccine programs.' [Miller, p. 49] 2. Bismarck, Germany's Chancellor 131 years ago, stated after there were 124,948 deaths in highly vaccinated people (96%), 'the hopes placed in the efficacy of the cowpox virus as preventative of smallpox have proved entirely deceptive'. [Isaac Golden's 1998 book Vaccination? A Review of Risks and Alternatives, p. 89] 3. Charles Campbell, M.D., of San Antonio, TX, a century ago, found that the bedbug is the carrier of smallpox and that if the premises are kept free of that insect, smallpox will not spread to persons living with the patient. He said that this was the case in all stages of the disease. His experiments showed that the commonly held belief that smallpox is an airborne disease is not true. He also found that fomites (bedding, clothing, hangings) are not contagious, as long as they are free of the bedbug. He also said that smallpox is a disease of people in poor health due to lack of fresh fruit and fresh vegetables. http://www.reformation.org/foreword.html http://www.reformation.org/variola.html http://www.reformation.org/bedbugs.html Type smallpox bedbug into your Google or other search engine to see an article about the smallpox bedbug connection. Although such a connection was not commonly known, there is an interesting story about it from about 1914. The people involved probably were not aware of the connection, either, but I think you'll enjoy reading it. 4. Pure water, Vitamin C, raw fruits, raw vegetables, and their juices are what is needed to have a strong enough immune system to be able to safely get through smallpox without any lasting effects, such as scarring or pitting of the sores. 5. Dr. Vivian Virginia Vetrano tells how to cure smallpox and how not to do it at http://www.rense.com/general31/pox.htm. Dr. Vetrano takes you through all the stages of the disease, telling you what is the cause behind every single part of it. She tells what to do to get through it safely. She also knows what NOT to do in the care and treatment of the patient. It was written November 2, 2002, and is one of the most important articles you can read about this. 6. Sherri Tenpenny, D.O., knows what you can do in a smallpox outbreak. Her very informative article was written soon after the June 20, 2002, Center for Disease Control meeting of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). It can be found at http://www.whale.to/a/tenpenny2.html. We are so lucky that someone of her stature was willing to take the time to write about that meeting because two weeks had passed and the media had still not reported on that historic event. She wanted everyone to read her report so they would have the proper perspective on smallpox so that if there is an outbreak, you will see that there is NO NEED TO PANIC. Susan Pearce Wyoming Vaccine Information Network [Wyoming Chapter of Vaccination Liberation] www.vaclib.org


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Giving shares at Christmas has always been one of the quirkier gift ideas that circulate at this time of year. Yet, with almost 25% of investors saying they would consider shares as a gifting option, perhaps this year the most interesting present hidden under the tree could be the story of graphene disguised as a share certificate. What easier solution could there be for the awkward relative that has it all, and what better gift than a stake in the future of the planet.Graphene shares present the recipient with not only the chance of future profit, but also a personal involvement in the exciting world of nanotechnology. With graphene on everyone's lips this year, and rosier prospects for the material on the horizon you could find the gift you give this year making someone much richer in the years to come. Let's face it, those alpaca walking socks will be thin and tired by the end of the year, if they are worn at all, and the luxury grooming set from Selfridges will have empty lotion bottles and a razor as blunt as the economy. Graphene shares, however, promise much more, and with the whole narrative of graphene set to take centre stage in the next three to five years, the social value as well as the economic value is certainly expected to rise.
Buying shares in companies heavily invested in the graphene industry is actually quite easy. A "How To" guide can be found here. However which shares should be at the top of your list?
Well, a long list of candidates can be found on this site under the companies link at the top of the page. However, for those looking for a bit more guidance allow me to suggest a number of the key contenders for the perfect Christmas gift.
- Focus Graphite has plenty of news in the pipeline, and with the operationalisation of their Lac Knife graphite mine in Canada they are expected to harvest one of the world's richest sources of graphite. With Focus' graphite perfect for exfoliation, and with their large stake in Grafoid, a graphene production company with several orders already on its books, Focus is well placed to be one of the biggest suppliers of the graphene industry.
- CVD Equipment Corporation is one of the companies expected to profit from the burgeoning nanotechnology market. Designers and manufacturers of customized process equipment they will be at the forefront of providing the equipment necessary to accelerate the growth of the graphene industry. Chemical Vapour Deposition is at the heart of many billion dollar growth markets and the company is sure to record a net gain in 2013 with the sale of one of its old production facilities.
- mPhase Technologies is a publicly traded company on the OTCBB under ticker symbol XDSL, is the undisputed global leader in the development of the battery of the future. The company's Smart Battery can accommodate a wide range of next generation handheld gaming devices or high tech PDA/cell phones to an array of sophisticated military, medical, industrial, and consumer technologies.
Whatever you choose, have a fantastic Christmas and I wish you all peace, wealth and happiness for the New Year.


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A lonely tavern, a wild stormy night, a mysterious vagabond, an even more mysterious woman, the State Governor, his adorable daughter, a robbery, a fugitive, a high-strung innkeeper, his thick-headed son, his thicker-headed hired hand and the girl they both love. The Tavern is a wild, comically melodramatic mix with heaping helpings of mystery, suspense, romance and titillating chicanery.
To see a preview of The Tavern as featured on the Lower Peninsula community access program PENINSULA BACKSTAGE, please click here www.peninsula-backstage.blip.tv
May 20 through June 5, 2011.
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Only one seat and one percentage point separated Labour and the National Party after the New Zealand poll. Labour leader Helen Clark is caretaker prime minister, but National Party leader Don Brash has refused to concede defeat. Dr Brash has succeeded in lifting his party's vote from 20.9 per cent at the last election to 39.7 per cent. His promises of tax cuts and his pledge to place a deadline on land-rights negotiations with Maori have worked to lift his party out of the political wilderness. At the end of counting on Saturday night, Labour had won 50 parliamentary seats to the National's 49, and had received 40.7 per cent of the vote. Labour is expected to form a coalition with the Greens (six seats), the Maori Party (four seats) and the Progressive Party (one seat). To govern, Labour needs one more seat, but Peter Dunne, leader of United Future (three seats), a centrist party with family-based policies, has ruled out supporting a Labour-Green coalition, while the New Zealand First party (seven seats), led by Winston Peters, who lost his electorate seat but will remain in the Parliament, is keeping its options open. Over the past six years Miss Clark has led a socially progressive but economically cautious government. Under Miss Clark Labour halted privatisation and the economic reforms that had transformed New Zealand during the previous two decades, but, on these issues at least, her reign has been conservative: last week the International Monetary Fund ranked New Zealand as the most business-friendly country in the world, ahead of Singapore, the US and Canada. At the same time, her policies have cut unemployment to 3.5 per cent, and she has increased benefits for families and low-income earners and lifted spending on education, health, families and pensions. Her Government has also retained New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance and independent foreign policy.
Dr Brash, a former Reserve Bank governor, helped reverse his party's fortunes by promising income tax cuts of more than 10 per cent distributed across all income brackets, with high-income earners the biggest beneficiaries. The policy proved popular in a country where incomes have risen by just 7 per cent since 1991, the year the bargaining power of workers was drastically diminished by workplace-relations changes. According to economist Peter Conway, Australia's average weekly wage is almost 30 per cent higher than New Zealand's, a significant statistic and the one considered most likely responsible for the migration of 20,000 New Zealanders across the Tasman last year. Dr Brash's Maori policies - he has promised to wind up the Treaty of Waitangi land claims process by 2010 and to review Government Maori agencies with a view to scrapping them - have also won support. Although the poll result remains in the balance, it looks likely that a woman will now lead a Labour-Green-Maori Party coalition in New Zealand. This should prove interesting for New Zealanders and perhaps instructive for Australians who have become accustomed to a more conservative political atmosphere in their own country, and may now have an opportunity to witness from afar other possibilities.


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Eczema (dermatitis): A particular type of inflammatory reaction of the skin in which there is erythema (reddening), edema (swelling), papules (bumps), and crusting of the skin followed, finally, by lichenification (thickening) and scaling of the skin. Eczema characteristically causes itching and burning of the skin.
Atopic eczema, which is also called atopic dermatitis, is a very common skin problem. It may start in infancy, later in childhood, or in adulthood. Once it gets underway, it tends not to go quickly away.
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A bill in California would allow cities to designate areas as renewable energy zones and redirect property taxes to renewable energy projects, its sponsor says.
State Assemblyman Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, said the areas would be required to generate at least 10 megawatts of renewable energy, then the city could create a financing district in the area and use the funds collected "for the purpose of promoting renewable energy projects," the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
Such zones would be limited to "an area that is characterized by the proposed development of more than 10 megawatts of renewable energy projects, including, but not limited to, solar, wind, and geothermal projects, as determined by the legislative body," the proposed bill says.
If passed by the state Legislature, the bill would exempt these energy districts from voter approval requirements, allowing city councils to create them with a simple majority vote, the Times reported.
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As Japan marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the country's Fukushima nuclear power plant, the governor of Fukushima prefecture called for terminating nuclear power and promoting renewable energy. "We will call for all nuclear power stations in the prefecture to be shut down so that an accident like this never happens again," Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato ... read more
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Sweet Grandor's glove. I seemed to have made a friend of spherical design. I shall befriend him and name him… Mooncake. Judging by the smile on Moocake's face, he likes his new name. Now I must find shelter before the solar winds destroy my will to live. -Gary Space
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I saw my first in-store Christmas tree ornament display in August. August! I had just gotten accustomed to seeing holiday displays right after Halloween when the poor little ghost and goblin displays were squeezed out by glittering artificial trees and ornament spreads. But Christmas trees before ghouls? What's going on?
I think I can tell you because my employer, the Nielsen Company, is the largest marketing research company in the world. We measure consumer behavior trends—what you buy and what you watch, including mobile and online services. We also provide annual holiday spending predictions (which are pretty accurate, having fallen within 1.5 percent of actual results on unit and dollar sales the two previous seasons) through the combination of a survey of nearly 25,000 demographically representative U.S. households (which includes people who look like us) and more than 500 category-level forecasts of core items sold across food, drug and mass merchandiser stores (including Walmart).
And even though there are always exceptions to every rule, you may be surprised to learn about some of the upcoming holiday buying trends culled from our global insights team:
The good news for retailers is that more consumers—that would be you and me—plan to do holiday shopping this year. On the flip side, because people remain concerned about the jobless recovery, we are still apparently keeping a close and careful eye on our personal finances; and according to the survey, 36 percent of consumers say they will spend less on those gifts. If you're like me, I don't think my son will find presents stacked a mile high under the tree for the first time in his short, 14-year life. Not so much because of the recession (which, reportedly, is officially over), but because the child has everything. (Fellow moms and dads out there, you know what I'm talking about.)
So, what's left to give? Gift cards. Nielsen research predicts a strong season for gift cards and technology products. (Those iPad ads have visions of Apple dancing in my head, in case you're reading this, Santa!) Retailers may also experience positive surprises in discretionary items like clothing, jewelry, toys, DVDs, video games and books. Even big-ticket items like vacations may be on the up rise among upper income households ($100K+). The surveys show that we are not planning to spend holiday money on sporting goods, CDs, cookware, and bed and bath items. Those sales will be flat. It is predicted that those upper income household consumers ($70K-$100K+) will drive online store purchases. Dollar store visits are expected to increase, and will be driven by consumers with incomes $50K and less. Perhaps not surprisingly in this economic climate, dollar stores have seen an increasingly higher income shopper than in previous years.
What is a bit surprising is that the projected increase in holiday spending is being driven by lower-income consumers. Six percent of those households earning less than $20K reportedly plan to spend more, compared to 4 percent of higher income households. All income consumer groups, however, will spend holiday dollars at mass merchandisers (e.g. Walmart, Target, Kmart) supercenters and club stores. As consumers, we have redefined value. These days, value is not just about price; it is about the balance between price and benefits. Makes sense to me, as we all want more bang for our buck; as that buck is so much harder to come by these days.
Nielsen research also shows that we spend a considerable amount of time in front of the TV during the holidays. (I can vouch for that. Give me a showing of "It's A Wonderful Life" or the original "Miracle on 34th Street" and I'm there!) The week between Christmas and New Year's is ranked as the top week for overall live television viewing, watching DVDs and playing video games. The week of and the two weeks following Thanksgiving rank among the top 10 weeks for men's TV viewing. (Girls, say it with me—duh, football, hello.)
So, even though it's not even Halloween you're now fully prepped for the season! Shop thoughtfully and use your consumer power for good.
(Cheryl Pearson-McNeil is senior vice president of Public Affairs and Government Relations for the Nielsen Company. For more trends and insights go to http://www.nielsenwire.com.)


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Financial Totalitarianism
A particularly annoying question I am often asked and have come to hate is: "How do I invest my money for it to survive financial, political and commercial collapse?" The short answer is: "Nohow. Money will not survive collapse; not yours, not anyone else's." But that answer is not acceptable, because accepting it would require a profound loss of faith - faith in money, a profound Götterdämmerung for a civilization based on the worship of money. People want continue to believe all sorts of things: that they can own land (i.e., shares in the Earth), or that they can do good through philanthrophic spending and charity, or that the world with which they have grown up and have lived their lives can collapse all around them, but that if they are informed and prepared, they can survive with all of their middle-class trappings intact. I am told that there is good money to be made in telling them such things.
Those who care to look can easily turn up plenty of evidence that the value of every type of financial asset, not just fiat currency or debt instruments, is unsupported. Its value derives from the goods and services provided by a functioning global industrial economy, which is quickly running out of every type of resource it requires; not just high-EROEI fossil fuels, but also metals, rare earth elements, phosphate, irrigation water and arable land. As industrial activity dwindles, worker productivity will decline precipitously. Many people point to precious metals as the ultimate storehouse of value, but without industrial equipment a man can only put out about 100 Watts of energy - a light bulb's worth - and won't dance any faster no matter how many gold or silver coins you throw at him.
This eventual outcome is the result of long-term physical trends: physical processes that move at predetermined rates and in only one direction. It is not possible to un-burn oil or coal or to un-mine gold or silver. But the short-term political and financial trends point in an altogether different direction: that of the global industrial economy turning boutique. You see, one shoe has already dropped: the level of industrial activity that can be sustained today is already insufficient to provide anywhere near full employment and a reasonable quality of life for vast numbers of people; the solution is to disenfranchise them, to confiscate their savings, to cancel their retirements, to concentrate all of the remaining wealth in as few hands as possible, and to create a boutique economic and financial environment in which the lucky and unscrupulous few can continue to live comfortably, and... wait for the other shoe to drop, I suppose. That will happen once the industrial economy becomes sufficiently disrupted by social and political upheaval that even its boutique version finally crashes.
A feeble (feeble-minded?) counter-reaction to these trends can be discerned: many people want to somehow find an escape from this system while still clinging to their money. This may seem like a contradiction in terms - "fleeing the money system while clinging to the money itself" - but this point seems lost on many people. Most of this counter-reaction is focused on the stampede to precious metals (gold and silver). This train of thought starts out as a smart market play: precious metals have been and continue to be a spectacular investment, and a good way to avoid being robbed blind by the out-of-control printing presses at the US Treasury. But eventually it goes off into ontological self-delusion - that gold and silver are "real" money, as opposed to paper fiat currency, which is "fake" money. Ladies and gentlemen, it doesn't matter whether or not it's shiny; it's all as real or as fake as you are. Some people go straight over the edge and decide to take the law into their own hands and, waving about a dog-eared copy of the US Constitution, set off to coin their own "coin of the realm," not realizing that the realm isn't theirs. If the realm is financially stable, it will simply change the rules to make such a gambit unprofitable. If the realm is financially distressed and teetering on the verge of collapse, it will panic, shout "Terrorism!" at the slightest provocation, and the result is long-term political imprisonment for the ontologically deluded:
March 21, 2011
This Reuters story has since been taken down, after being ignored by media in the US (but not in Russia). Von NotHaus is looking at 20 years in jail. This is a lot, you might think, for stamping some politically edgy shiny trinkets, but then Stalin gave out similarly long sentences to millions of people for doing absolutely nothing, so let us count our blessings. Let's get one thing straight, though: in the United States, by law, anyone who, "except as authorized by law, makes or utters or passes, or attempts to utter or pass, any coins of gold or silver or other metal, or alloys of metals, intended for use as current money, whether in the resemblance of coins of the United States or of foreign countries, or of original design . . ." faces a fine or imprisonment. It is the same in every other country: the term "coin of the realm" implies that it is the realm that controls creation of all coinage and its circulation. You can wave your US Constitution around, or you can swat flies with it, or you can use it as kindling: the result will be exactly the same.
And so, the answer to the perennially annoying question "How do I invest my money for it to survive financial, political and commercial collapse?" is this: "There is no answer to your question. Try asking a different question, to which there might be an answer."


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The Spice Girls Call It Quits
They've had one of the most successful and lucrative reunion tours in history, but even that wasn't enough to keep them together. The Spice Girls are no more.
As for a reason for the group's dissolution, they've cited "family commitments," although insiders are saying that the real reason stems from constant arguing and power struggles.
According to a press report, Mel C and Mel B were the proponents of the break up, telling the other three girls "We've had enough."
But Posh Spice Victoria Beckham insists this isn't the first time she's been faced with such thoughts. She told press, "I've been thinking about this for a long time. I'm not in the music industry any more. I'm in the fashion industry."
Their last concert EVER will be in Toronto, Canada in late February. As for ticketholders in China, Sydney, South America, and South Africa, it's going to be a Spice-free 2008, as they've cancelled all of their remaining tour dates.
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Enjoy the pictures from the Spice Girls concert in Toronto last night (February 3).
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Adele 'loves a bargain'
Adele reportedly furnishes her mansion in the English countryside with "bargain" finds she discovers at local thrift stores.
The 25-year-old Grammy-winning British singer owns an $11 million mansion with ten bedrooms in England's West Sussex region.
The estate is sprawling and comes with 25 acres of land.
Adele's grand home is not being decorated with opulent items, according to UK newspaper The Sun.
Apparently the star prefers to shop at thrift stores near her countryside home.
It is said Adele doesn't get chased by locals or paparazzi, so she feels at home combing through aisles for good buys.
"Adele is like any normal girl – she loves a bargain," a source told the publication.
"She'd rather shop local, too, so these are the obvious places to go. She doesn't get bothered much where she's decided to live so she's got plenty of time to delve into whatever's in the shops."
It is rumoured Adele has finished furnishing her game room. The fun space apparently includes classic arcade machines with games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders.
Meanwhile the Rolling in the Deep singer is hard at work on her third studio album.
"Adele is currently in a recording studio in London and it's in lockdown mode for the next few weeks," an insider told British newspaper The Mirror recently.
"Four tracks are finished in terms of writing and she's now laying down preliminary vocals with backing music and singers.
"The rest of the record will be done in LA. The feel is very much Adele going back to her roots, with some modern jazz and a couple of classic old songs."
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Supernatural S09E10: "Holy Terror"
Despite the copious amounts of whining and crying about Kevin, the pointlessness of his death, and the fact that the Batcave is no longer some fun supernatural clubhouse because now it's yet another location tainted by the loss of a surrogate Winchester, "Holy Terror" was the sort of intense, balls-to-the wall mid-season finale that ruins Christmas in a good way because it needs to be January 14 NOW.
But first: KEVIN. KEVIN, MY PRESHUS ADVANCED PLACEMENT BABY. I know, I know Osric Chau wrote this really nice goodbye note to Kevin and the show and it's not like Supernatural wouldn't go there, and Kevin was supposed to bite it like two seasons ago anyway and IDK, reasons, but maybe there's hope, right? Supernatural's own canon dictates that when one prophet dies, another one takes his or her place, so if Metatron ordered Kevin's death because of his prophet status, well... another one's just gonna pop up, dude! Are we just gonna have Gadreel-the-angel-formerly-posing-as-Ezekiel smite all of them? Forever and ever? Something tells me Dean and the recharged Castiel (and Sam, if he wasn't incommunicado) would eventually notice that, and getting the Winchesters' attention isn't exactly the best way to keep the Winchesters from squashing your aspirations of world domination. Or heaven domination. Whatever.
That brings us to the Sammy Meatsuit conundrum: Essentially taking Dean Winchester's kid brother hostage is a surefire way to not only get his attention, but to end up with an angel sword in your face. ALL Y'ALL DID WAS PISS HIM OFF.
All things considered, Metatron and Gadreel have a pretty crappy plan, but for now, I guess they have the upper hand, or at least the illusion of the upper hand, and "Holy Terror" was certainly a game-changer in that it made it abundantly clear that the tone of the second half of the season will be nothing at all like that the first half. Does this also mean more Abaddon and Crowley action? I hope so!
Let's talk about Gadreel for a sec, though. At first, the big confirmation that Ezekiel wasn't Ezekiel was a smidge disappointing. We saw it coming, sure, but that wasn't the problem. That we saw it coming made the reveal a sort of relief—we were right! We were all right! It's just that the the gut-punch was lessened, in a way, by Ezekiel not being Ezekiel, but also not being anyone particularly special. Gadreel? Who the eff is Gadreel? Cue the verbal vomit to give us this newbie's background, which is actually pretty interesting and could be really interesting given that it parallels Sam's own background in a way.
In short: I'm not entirely convinced that Gadreel is "evil." I mean, he could be, and he probably is, but he also came off in "Holy Terror" as a dude who wants to atone for past sins, and who's so desperate to do "the right thing" that he's pretty easily manipulated. Remind you of anyone? Like, say, a certain Season 4 Winchester who goes by the name of Sam and totally murdered a pediatrics nurse, drank her blood, and let a freaking demon call the shots, all for what he thought was the greater good? (And also vengeance for the Dean-in-hell thing, but ALSO THE GREATER GOOD, OKAY?)
IDK. Gadreel looked kind of apprehensive about the Post-It note of death that Metatron handed off to him and didn't seem all that thrilled about being an angelic hitman, but the idea of restoring heaven to the way God intended it to be (if we're to believe Metatron, which, of course, we're NOT), not to mention the idea of becoming a "good" angel despite that time when evil somehow got into the Garden of Eden under his watch... it just seemed like the right thing to do. "I did what I had to" was uttered several times by several different characters in the midst of doing ugly things in the name of good, and if memory serves, Sam made a similar argument at some point during his demon-blood fiasco.
Good characters can make bad choices. Bad characters can have good motivations. This is the stuff good TV is made of, and while "Holy Terror" was by no means flawless, it was still pretty great.
I'm really not sure about Castiel's method of recharging the angel batteries, though.
Angels don't have souls. They have grace. With that in mind, I assumed that each angel's grace was unique and special. Metatron stealing Castiel's grace at the end of last season was so terrible and traumatizing because, supposedly, Castiel couldn't just go get some more at the angelic Kwik-E-Mart down the street... except he could. Sort of.
The idea of grace being interchangeable between angels reduces it to a sort of commodity in Supernatural's universe. I guess that doesn't make it much different than souls, which have been confirmed to be a form of currency and cannon fodder among angels and demons, but even when being used for less-than-illustrious purposes, souls are still special and unique. When Sam was soulless, Dean couldn't just shove any old soul into that bod and call his bro fixed; it had to be Sam's soul. I assumed that the only way to fix Castiel was to find Castiel's grace, but I guess not. I guess we're all supposed to buy into the idea that Castiel would never steal another angel's grace and that his action falls squarely into the category of "good characters pushed to do bad things," but seriously, if it was that easy, why didn't he just do it in the season premiere and save everyone a lot of trouble?
Still, yay for Cas being a multidimensional wavelength of celestial intent once again. SPEAKING OF WHICH. HEY. LOOKS LIKE CAS IS BACK TO BEING DEUS EX CASTIEL AND WE HAVE A (PROBABLY) DEAD PROPHET ON OUR HANDS. You can fix that, right, boo?
See you 1/14/14. Same Batcave time, same Batcave channel. XOXO
– Jared Padalecki has been really great at his insta-switches between Gadreel and Sam since the beginning of this season, but now he's just getting scary-good. THAT SCENE IN THE IMPALA OMG.
– "And no more stupid angels. Maybe some funny ones." Says Boogertron.
– Single perfect man-tear sighting!
– Gadreel's "I need to get something out of the car" felt very Patrick Bateman-y, like, "I need to return some videotapes."
– So we have Bart vs. Malachi, Metatron and Gadreel vs. Dean (and Cas?) and Abaddon vs. Crowley, and really, everyone vs. everyone. Is anyone else starting to get worried that Season Fiiiiine is starting to get a little crowded? I don't know if we're there yet, but I think it could become a problem, considering how little we've seen of Crowley and Abby so far.
– Is Kevin dead-dead or is Kevin Supernatural-dead, which is a lot like comic-book dead? Do you have a preference?
– What do you think Gadreel meant by "There is no more Sam"? Is Sam dead? Was Gadreel just being a dick? When he said he changed Dean's spell, what did he change it to? Instead of suppressing Gadreel, did Dean accidentally banish Sam?
– Do you think there will be any complications from Castiel stealing someone else's grace, or is grace truly interchangeable among angels?


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I am a freelance video editor and a client has asked me to compile an ad meant to be used as viral video. It involves compositing into their ad several viral videos from youtube like the darth vader VW ad, cats on treadmills, Evian babies break dancing, charlie bit my finger, and some sexy girls in bikinis that we shot, The voiceover says something like "we won't stoop to using viral videos and sexy women to grab your attention." I'm concerned that my clients don't have permission to use the content in this way and so might get sued. Are they violating DCMA or other copyrights? And i so, can I get them to sign something to indemnify me as I am a sole propietership and have a lot of exposure if I get sued.Sorry meant being sued.
Your suspicions are completely correct. Worse, the indemnification of others is only good as their assets and their willingness to provide a defense. Since the copyright to the other videos was established at their creation, whether or not the authors filed for copyright registration, you would need a consent or a license to use them under the circumstances you describe above. A lawyer for the business would help all concerned.
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There is only one exception and that involves getting permission from every one of the brands you intend to use. Highly unlikely, So, don't do it
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Yes, that would violate the copyrights in the videos they want you to composite. You could (and should always) have them agree to indemnify you, but that is not sufficient to protect you. It will not stop you from getting sued, it would just allow you to sue your client to get the money to pay the judgment and/or defend yourself. Obviously that can go wrong in all sorts of ways, including your client going bankrupt or disappearing.
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As another attorney has said, you are correct to be concerned. You would be the one to stand in front, so to speak, because you would be the one actually creating this composition. One could argue that each of your uses of other peoples' work was a 'fair use". Still, that and about four bucks will get you a coffee at Starbucks[tm].
The better tack would be to create a parody of each such video, although that is still not free of danger.
While I normally recommend seeking a license from the copr. owners, they may not wish to license being satirized, but you can try. Maybe half will go along with the gag, especially with credits at the end, and that may be enough to make your point, or your client's point.
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Anglo Pacific Group has agreed to buy the royalties for three Western Australia iron ore exploration licences from DFD Rhodes Group.
The exploration areas, covering part of the central Pilbara region, include a 263 square kilometre area that includes a number of known iron occurrences, Anglo Pacific said in a statement on Thursday.
The UK-based Anglo Pacific, which derives its income from royalties generated by resources projects, agreed to purchase the royalties for $23 million.
The tenements are controlled by a wholly-owned subsidiary of BHP Billiton Ltd, and are subject to a 1.5 per cent royalty on gross revenue.
"Anglo Pacific is pleased to have acquired such a high quality royalty," the company said.
It said it anticipates the iron ore deposits will be mined by BHP Billiton in years to come as part of its planned expansion of iron ore output in the Pilbara.


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When John Sevior joined the Australian fund managers' hall of fame during the week he issued a chilling warning to his stock-picking compatriots that should be heeded by anyone interested in the Australian stockmarket.
Sevior, who started out as a gopher running orders in a small broking firm in Melbourne in 1983, is deeply worried about the consolidation of the Australian equity market after decades of relentless takeover activity.
It is leading to less opportunity for equity returns that are better than the average and it is increasing the risks of investing.
Sevior uses an anecdote about his mother's portfolio of shares from 30 years ago to illustrate what has been happening. Her portfolio comprised G. J. Coles, Myer Emporium, MIM, Gordon & Gotch, SA Brewing, ICI and Carlton & United Breweries.
Today, only two of those companies remain listed, and for Myer it is a second time around.
His own experience in recent years has been similar. Over the past 12 months three of his best stock picks have been taken over or may soon be the subject of takeover – Foster's Group, Coal & Allied and New Hope Coal.
Sevior says the rapidly diminishing pool of stocks and the disappearance of entire market sectors means it has been harder for active equity managers to get sufficient diversification away from the index. By making it harder to pick stocks that deliver absolute returns, it is harder for active managers to deliver overall returns that are better than the index, net of taxes and fees.
That is already happening, as Sevior discovered when he analysed the performance figures behind the decision a couple of years ago by the country's biggest industry super fund, AustralianSuper, to cut the number of active equity managers it employed from 31 to six.
Sevior, who was head of equities at Perpetual when the decision was made, managed to survive this purge but he found good reasons why others were dumped; they had failed to deliver consistently high returns over extended periods of time.
He analysed the data in relation to the AustralianSuper roster of active equity managers over a 15-year period. He found that only two fund managers had a top 10 finish in more than one five-year period and only seven managers had top 10 finishes in more than one three-year period.
Sevior picked up this theme and analysed the performance surveys for active equity managers over the past three- and five-year periods.
In those two periods, only seven out of 50-odd mangers achieved Alpha of 250 basis points or more over both periods.
In other words, if the index returned 10 per cent, only seven managers would have returned 12.5 per cent or more. It is ironic that Sevior has virtually repeated the analysis used by index funds to lure investors away from active managers.
Sevior says Alpha or excess return of 250 basis points (pre-fees) ought to be the minimum requirement for a sustainable, active equities business. AustralianSuper not only dumped 25 managers, it cut the fees paid to those who remained on its roster.
It also started managing money in-house and shoved a whole lot more money with index fund managers, who charge about a third of the fees charged by active equity managers.
Greater concentration in equity markets not only means less opportunity for stock pickers, it can mean higher risks because, according to Sevior, it increases the exposure of investors to the two big sectors in the market – resources and financials.
These sectors are inherently more risky because resource stocks have higher leverage to economic activity and financials to the balance sheet.
Sevior says the other big concern for the funds management industry is the concentration of ownership of financial services companies owned by the big four banks.
Fewer clients buying active equities fund management means more downward pressure on fees and charges.
Sevior, who is on sabbatical from Perpetual Investments after 17 years managing money, is one of those rare breed of people with a gut instinct for successful equities investment. He has consistently beaten the market over the past decade but is humble enough to attribute that to the investment process at Perpetual.
One thing that distinguished his time at Perpetual was his willingness to have a crack at the powerful directors' club.
He says that club has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, particularly in relation to executive pay. He says the more that boards of directors are forced to justify "some quite absurd remuneration requests on open ground the faster we will get to the point where fairness and objectivity are the main influences on remuneration policies".
The latest half-year results from
The cost-cutting, which was masterminded by the new deputy managing director and former chief financial officer,
Ward and his team of internal consultants stood over each business unit head and managed to slash costs by 11 per cent, from $3.16 billion to $2.8 billion, in the six months to September. A big contributor to that was a $200 million decline in total compensation expenses.
Macquarie's bonuses this year are in danger of being very poor for the third year running, after return on equity in the first half plunged to 5.7 per cent. The group does not reveal the hurdles for bonus payments, but it is generally accepted to be 10 per cent. But Ward says there is no great fear of a loss of staff because no one in the bulge-bracket banking world is making money in securities trading, fixed income, commodities or corporate advisory.
Ward says he will throw his hat in the ring when chief executive
The other big executive move is the promotion of US country head Tim Bishop. He is replacing Roy Laidlaw who is retiring as head of Macquarie Capital.
The key to the group's profits staying on an even keel were the annuity businesses, including banking and financial services, which contributed $137 million; corporate and asset finance, which contributed $358 million; and Macquarie Funds, which was the stellar performer with a profit contribution of $410 million, up from $228 million a year earlier.
The head of the funds arm, Shemara Wikramanayake, is one of the many who would be a contender for Moore's job. Based on the latest result, she deserves it. In the worst market for investment banks in a decade, she has delivered in spades.
The Australian Financial Review


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Cadence Design Systems introduced their TripleCheck IP Validator. The test suite supports all major logic simulators, and it provides a simulator-independent native SystemVerilog and/or e coverage database that supports both leading test bench languages. Cadence TripleCheck IP Validator is available now for PCIe Gen 3. Cadence has support for several additional protocols in development for release later this year.
TripleCheck IP Validator is the latest addition to the Cadence Verification IP (VIP) Catalog. The Cadence VIP Catalog simplifies and accelerates compliance testing of interface design IP. It helps engineers quickly and thoroughly verify their implementations of standard interfaces, such as PCI Express 3.0. TripleCheck is integrated with the Cadence VIP PureView user interface, and it provides three main capabilities:
- Test Suite
TripleCheck provides a library of test sequences, including directed tests for basic protocol compliance and constrained-random sequences that provide exhaustive testing.
- Coverage Model
Pre-defined coverage models for both e and SystemVerilog capture all data items and state machine transitions in order to track and measure verification progress.
- Verification Plan (vPlan)
TripleCheck provides a verification plan derived from the protocol specification. The plan is linked to the coverage model so that the coverage data captured during simulation runs is automatically mapped to the plan.
TripleCheck IP Validator builds on the earlier generations of Cadence compliance solutions: PureSuite and Compliance Management System (CMS). TripleCheck combines features of both solutions and includes significant new capabilities. TripleCheck IP Validator helps engineers deal with the growing complexity of standard interfaces, typified by high speed interconnects such as the PCI Express 3.0 standard and cache coherent SoC fabrics such as AMBA 4 AXI Coherency Extensions (ACE).
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>we're using htdig and love it...however we've discovered a need for a
>'whats new' search as well as a keyaord search, and it strikes me that
>given htdig has information about modification dates, it would be
>'relatively easy' to hack it so you could have a webpage with tags
>specifying a date window for results to be returned (and no keyword
>field at all)...so you could have, say an 'everything posted to the
>archive in the last week' page as a useful addition to a mail
>archive...(for example)
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README notes, they are not directly maintained and so they are often
broken (as is the case currently). The biggest problem at the moment
is the scripts do not understand the url_part_aliases or
common_url_parts attributes. I believe several people are working on
this, but I don't think a contribution in this direction would be
turned down.
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Trenton, NJ
Contact: Mike Horan
Kevin Cranston
RELEASE: May 22, 2007
(TRENTON) – New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) Chief Administrator, Sharon A. Harrington, today, announced that the MVC has completed its Lift Oil Replacement Project, which entailed removing petroleum-based fluid from the hydraulic, in-ground vehicle lifts at the MVC's 30 centralized inspection facilities and three specialty vehicle inspection sites and replacing it with an environmentally safe, biodegradable soybean-based fluid.
The new soybean alternative has both performance and environmental benefits. On the performance side, not only will the new oil require no equipment modification or special handling, but it will also protect vehicle lift components from wear and scuffing, reduce corrosion of internal components and will not react with steel or copper alloys. As for environmental impacts, the soybean oil is both biodegradable and non-toxic, making it an ideal product to be used in situations where leaks or spills can result in damage to the environment.
"With emissions testing playing such a critical role in vehicle inspections, it is only natural that we would look to innovative ways to ensure that the MVC's own operations are as environmentally-friendly as possible," said Harrington. "With the switch to nonpolluting, soybean-based oil, the MVC not only gets the same equipment performance, but also contributes to the protection of the environment."
The project, performed by S.A.R. Lifts, Inc. of Barrington, New Jersey, was completed in two phases. During phase one, the old petroleum-based hydraulic oil was flushed out of 56 MVC in-ground vehicle lifts and replaced with the new soybean-based fluid, Mobil EAL 224H. In phase two, to ensure the removal of any residual petroleum-based hydraulic oil, the entire flushing process was repeated again in all of the lifts and filled a second time with the soybean-based fluid.
Vehicle lifts, which are used at MVC inspection sites statewide, are in-ground, hydraulic-and pneumatic-operated hoists used to lift the front end of vehicles. The lifts allow for close examination of steering and suspension components, frame condition, front brake fluid lines and tires during an inspection.


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What's an album version? It looks like either an audio bootleg or an Asian video CD. —Scott (talk) 20:21, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
- The vhs was also released onto cd. You can find mp3s of the songs on the cd from Skreemr.com. Wattamack4 20:31, 15 July 2009 (UTC)Alex
- Although you might have a point of it being an Asian video cd, because I sort of got the image of the cd from [this site]. Wattamack4 20:35, 15 July 2009 (UTC)Alex
- The are a lot of Asian VCDs that are legit, but there are a lot that aren't and it's too hard to tell. I find it very unlikely that Sesame Workshop would bother to release old VHS tapes that aren't on DVD, to a VCD in a foreign market. I'm pretty sure those are illegally done and that we shouldn't include them here. —Scott (talk) 21:33, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
- Oh. Well, should we consider deleting the image? I can take out the rederections of the pages I marked down with the video also being a cd. Wattamack4 21:49, 15 July 2009 (UTC)Alex
- After searching through Worldcat and other sites, I found that this is a real VCD from Asia. It looks like many of the early US video titles were released on various tape and disc formats in Asia, Australia, and the UK. I've been working off and on with trying to cross-reference everything based on a master list of the US titles. So this isn't a CD, and I guess the site that Alex referred to just made songs from the audio track of the VCD. I hope this helps! -- Ken (talk) 01:23, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
- I admit that it's hard to tell with only the front cover to look at, but I've seen other titles from this period for sale on what look like legitimate sites. I've also seen this and other titles listed at a major library in Singapore. Maybe Chris or somebody with more knowledge of Asian videos can tell for sure. -- Ken (talk) 03:29, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Second cover
What's the source for the second Random House cover coming out in 1995? At that point, they were under Sony Wonder, plus the second RH covers only show the original date on the back. -- Ken (talk) 20:13, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
- It looks like Brad added that in April 2008. —Scott (talk) 16:56, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


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As long as we realize that, we may not get to the golden mean when we would like, but perhaps others will.
The golden mean meant struggle—a struggle constant and eternal—to maintain an equilibrium.
It 's what they call the golden mean; too close, too far, we're strangers.
I'm not for the golden mean in every instance; it's a way of exhorting to brutal selfishness.
The fact is that Blackie is a philosopher, who follows the golden mean.
There is no ease, no unaffected simplicity of manner, no "golden mean."
Lincoln's doctrine of the golden mean, became for once a political power.
Up to a certain degree it therefore became necessary to modernize; but the difficulty was to find the golden mean.
To do what one could under the circumstances, was not that the golden mean?
I have seldom found any such thing as a golden mean in this respect, among them.
The desirable middle ground between any two extremes, according to the philosophy of Aristotle.


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Ugly Gun Sunday
Labels: Ugly Gun Sunday, Ugly Guns
A Nurse with a Gun
Labels: Ugly Gun Sunday, Ugly Guns
That looks like two guns, one on top of the other!
So that's what happened to my spare Hi-Standard barrel, S&W 460 compensator and can opener!
Yeah, I don't like ambidextrous safeties either.
I don't know, while it's not what I'd call pretty, nor my "cup of tea" I can kind of see where they were going and appreciate what looks to be craftsmanship.
Is this one of the famed "Pachmayr Combat Specials" that Mike LaRocca built for one of the customers of Pachmayr Gun Works. Using a Series 70 Colt Goverment Model and a six-inch BarSto barrel ? or a poor homebrew clone ?
Just another reason why I don't like compensators and space guns. Drop that and it may be usable and worthy.
Specialized sport target gun, IMHO no uglier than some of the S&W Performance Center stuff. Kind of an "unharmonious" looking conglomeration. I imagine it works well enough for it's purpose.
Shouldn't the end of the barrel be painted organge?
PS-Thanks for getting "Ugly gun Sunday" back on track. I missed it.
Any idea what is mounted to the dust cover? Is it a Laser?
At least it doesn't have front cocking serrations.
What a nasty thing to do to a longslide.
A genuine Pachmayr special. Ugly lies in the eyes of the beholder. Perhaps unorthodox would be a better descriptor. I am curious how it shoots.
I'm curious about what appears to be a laser sight, too. That's actually a low-profile, unobtrusive little thing if that's what it is, especially if it's of the same vintage as the gun.
But it could be almost anything, I just can't think of anything else that makes as much sense.
This is the opposite of that poor, unloved Ruger that someone Polanskied with Rhino Liner and a jeweling bit. A piece of equipment that sacrifices form for function is always all right in my book. It's ugly in a good way.
Didn't Jack Nicholson use something like this at the end of Batman?
A real pachmayr. I bet it's a great shooter. And done with phenomonal workmanship
Granted it's eclectic looking, but I'd like to shoot it.
If I remember correctly, the attachment under the dust cover is a hood that fits on both sides of the gun. By means of a screw, forward of the trigger guard, it puts tension on the slide stop pin that holds the link. He also put a wide link in that causes the barrel to return to the same position after each shot. Repeatable, consistent, barrel movement each time a shot is fired.They were very accurate, even without the muzzle brake.
Even though that gun looks ugly to me, I don't know how to argue against it. It shows mechanical logic and pride of ownership. These are things I normally applaud no matter how lurid or unusual something is.
It's an example of a full-house Pachmayr target gun, I believe for Bullseye competition. The piece under the dust cover is a slide tuner,lets the slide return to the same spot in battery every cycle. I'm thinking 1960's or 70's vintage. Ugly, but probably shoots like a champ.


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Chinese Libertarians Back in the Day
The quintessential statement of libertarian individualism from 500 BC:
The Tao Te Ching, Chapter 57
If you want to be a great leader,you must learn to follow the Tao.
Stop trying to control.
Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be.
The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be.
The more subsidies you have, the less self-reliant people will be.
Therefore the Master says:
I let go of the law, and people become honest.
I let go of economics,and people become prosperous.
I let go of religion, and people become serene.
I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as grass.
Gene, you're into this stuff... Is this legit? (The attribution, not the advice itself.)
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The Tao Te Ching has always been one of my favorite ancient texts, very mystical and I personally think very compatible with the Judeo-Christian tradition.ReplyDelete
The excerpt that you quoted is somewhat of an inaccurate translation, but it is more or less true to the spirit of the text. Economics was not a word, for example. A better translation is:
Govern the realm by the right,
And battles by stratagem."
The world is won by refaining.
How do I know this is so?
By this:
As taboos increase, people grow poorer;
When weapons abound, the state grows chaotic;
Where skills multiply, novelties flourish;
As statutes increase, more criminals start.
So the Wise Man will say:
As I refrain, the people will reform:
Since I like quiet, they will keep order;
When I forebear, the people will prosper;
When I want nothing, they will be honest.
You can see all of the various interpretations sentence by sentence here: http://www.wayist.org/ttc%20compared/chap57.htm#top
Mitchell uses the word economics, but Mitchell is well known for "reading into" texts to produce a translation that will resonate with modern times. I actually like Mitchell's translations a lot (The Book of Job was probably his best), but you can't rely on it's accuracy.
You will find devotees to all the various translations, I like the Gia-Fu Feng version best, it's supposedly quite accurate while still retaining the original spirit. It reads:
Rule a nation with justice.
Wage war with surprise moves.
Become master of the universe without striving.
How do I know that this is so?
Because of this!
The more laws and restrictions there are,
The poorer people become.
The sharper men's weapons,
The more trouble in the land.
The more ingenious and clever men are,
The more strange things happen.
The more rules and regulations,
The more thieves and robbers.
Therefore the sage says:
I take no action and people are reformed.
I enjoy peace and people become honest.
I do nothing and people become rich.
I have no desires and people return to the good and simple life.
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When Qatar Airways operated Flight No QR116 from Doha to Dubai on Wednesday, it was on the Dreamliner [2] passenger jet, making the national carrier just the second airline to make the jet take to the sky after Ethiopian Airlines [3], since the 787s were grounded worldwide for technical reasons.
Speaking at the Dubai Airport shortly after the landing of the flight, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al Baker declined to discuss the magnitude of the loss that the airline has incurred but he did confirm that Boeing will compensate the losses. "We will get compensation from Boeing because we took airplanes that we couldn't fly. Boeing understands that.
They have agreed to compensate not only Qatar Airways but other airlines with 787 models as well," he said. "This is the first aircraft that has been given the go-ahead. A team from Boeing tested it on Tuesday and the remaining four will resume flying by the end of this month," he said. Qatar Airways has a total of five Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner
[3] http://www.albawaba.com/business/dreamliner-487799
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Sergeant Brantner Smith,
First of all, thank you for your articles, I enjoy reading them. Secondly, yes it is disturbing that the Police memorial is not better represented in travel guides. You may wish to look into participation in the Police Unit Tour. Take a moment to view the site and contact your closest chapter to become a member, It is the most intense three days you will ever have and is a very rewarding time with fellow officers all raising money to take care of the memorial, support survivors and build the Hall of Remembrance in the new museum. We have pledged all of the money to build that part of the museum, What others do to honor or remember our fallen is of no consequence, and something we have no control over. We control what we do to remember and honor them and how we serve each other in a time of need. We ride from Portsmouth to D.C. with California and Virginia. We have two routes from Portsmouth because of the size of the groups riding. We meet with the northern chapters at the pentagon and then they all ride in to the memorial together. Last year we were 1,300 strong on the last leg after gathering all together at the Pentagon. Our Chapter along with riders from California and Chapter 4 Virginia escort survivors from their busses on the final walk to their seats for the candlelight vigil. It will bring the strongest to their knees. http://www.policeunitytourviii.org/ Feel free to contact me if you have any questions that I may be able to answer. I will be on the tour again this year as support to our riders. It is a bittersweet journey to touch the name of a fellow officer who I worked with for 30 years. "We ride for those who died" is our motto. We honor them and cherish our time together and become a conduit for healing for each other, especially the "new members," the survivors of the years fallen. I have attached a remembrance I wrote last year for Bo. It is listed on his ODMP, along with the link to his page.
Capt. Sandra K. Reed #163
Thank you for your time.
Pasco Sheriff's Office
Dade City, Fla.
End of Watch
Shards of red and blue light pierce the tree canopy as the caravan moves toward its destination. Through rear windows in the ambulance, I see the medic, perched on the chest of the fallen. The doors open, and I see his tears falling on his fingers as he feverishly works to restore this life. ER personnel stand transfixed. Unable to process the surreal sight of a blood soaked uniform with a medic riding the chest of this mortal hero. Events transpire in slow motion over the next few minutes as this army of medical staff attempt to perform some miracle that will return this soul to friends and family, but God has already called him home. On scene, we move about in disbelief as the words fall heavily over the air…he is gone. As the vanguard of Heavens gate receives a new warrior, the sirens echo eulogies across the darkness of a summer night. Our hearts break, our resolve strengthens and with a new clarity of purpose we move forward. Hold your perimeter, stay the course, we still have a job to do. This is like every other homicide yet like no other. He hovers above us, watching our toil, resting his hand on our shoulders assuring us we will survive this, the deepest cut we have ever suffered. One step at a time, bonding together to ease the pain, working each task as always, to completion, to trial and conviction. We have now joined the ranks of the victims … the survivors.
Now we gather in memory of your life, to raise awareness of your sacrifice, along with all of the others who are with you. We vow to build a great hall where your deeds will be remembered by those who loved you and others who simply wish to pay tribute. Each year, we ride from all corners of this great Nation and from all over the world to be near, to remember, to mourn our collective losses. We will help those who have found themselves thrust into our presence by some similar unfortunate fate. We will be here, to hold them up as we all struggle to endure. To give them some measure of strength as theirs seems to wane. To walk them down that long aisle as eyes watch. To hold them close; clutched to a uniform, a presence, a bond only we can share. The souls of the 18,000 walk among us, gently lifting those who would fall, steadying the step of those who falter, shielding us from the pain we feel as only their loving memory can do. The task at hand is great and we are humbled. With each step we stand taller, transformed in the strength of their collective souls. As night falls a brilliant blue light pierces the darkness, and the souls of the 18,000 take to the night sky and form a barrier between calm and chaos, they are the thin blue line, if only for this night and in this hallowed place. We Remember…
Section 3 Row 24 West Wall (3-24-W) is the hallowed place where Bo's name is inscribed. It has taken four years for me to be able to write this tribute. The pain is still fresh and the wound deep. You are missed, there is a void in our hearts that will forever echo your departure.
Sgt. Smith,
Your article about the memorial in the PoliceOne newsletter today was moving, and I just wanted to send along my thoughts. I've been a cop for two and a half years, and I'm ashamed to say I've only driven past the memorial even though I live and work in southern Maryland. I'm planning on going to police week this year in May to really take in all that the memorial and being together with so many of my brothers/sisters in law enforcement has to offer. I've heard so many great things about the memorial and how we should appreicate it more, and your article really brought that point home. I'm a young cop too (24 years old), and I've seen, especially with younger guys, that invincible "It'll never happen to me" attitude. I know I've fallen into that mentality too, but with reading about all the fatal officer-involved shootings in 2007 I've tried to keep focus on the constant dangers we face everyday. I appreciate your wisdom along with those officers in my department who've been around a while to offer advice and keep us young guys on the right path. Thanks again for your years of service and insight on the memorial. I could not have agreed with it more.
Deputy Kevin P. Meyer #186
St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office
Patrol Division, Squad 1
It's the same for military and law enforcement. With the Christmas season just gone, there is a song that is in "White Christmas" where they sing about a retired general. And the phrase is ["Here comes the general" and they all say "General who?" / They're delighted that he came / But they can't recall his name]. It's become epidemic in our society to limit the powers of law enforcement. And they are glad we come to a fight but not a party. Even those of us who are reserves in law enforcement are somewhat shunned by full-timers, even though we carry the same firearms and drive the same cars and are trained in the same manner. We just don't get paid.
I had a black gentleman who was quite inebriated telling me as he swayed back and forth that I was just prejudiced since he was black. I quietly came back with, "You don't know discrimination till you wear the blue uniform and no one likes you until they are in trouble." He gave me a grin and said, "Welcome bro." He calmed down when I told him that he was not being arrested but just going to detox so he wouldn't walk in front of a bus again.
Bruce Cuyler
Reserve Officer,
Hillsboro, Oregon, Police Department
Betsy –
Outstanding article!
I share your sentiments about remembering and honoring those who have given their all.
I am a police writer and the national field trainer for Advanced Public Safety.
As part of every class that I teach, I spend about 30 minutes on the Wall. I have a video that I got a couple of years ago from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund; I share the book with all of the names in it; I pass around the program from the last candlelight vigil; I share the stories and rubbings of two of the fallen whom I knew; and I close with a letter from a 13-year-old girl to her fallen father that I found taped to the wall during Police Week. Usually about half the class is teary-eyed when I'm done.
It's a story that can't be told too often.
We must never forget.
Thank you for the effort you are making.
Stay safe,
Jim Donahue