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We are pleased to announce "Who Am I For Myself? Anxiety & The Tyranny of Choice"
Featuring Renata Salecl, Charles Shepherdson, Patricia Gherovici, Jean-Michel Rabaté
Slought Foundation | Thursday, February 16, 2006; 6:30-8:00pm
Free admission (Reservation not required)
Organized by Aaron Levy
Part of the Conversations in Theory Series (Learn about Conversations in Theory)
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"Who Am I For Myself? Anxiety & The Tyranny of Choice," is a public conversation with and presentation by internationally acclaimed scholar Renata Salecl on Thursday, February 16, 2006 from 6:30-8:00pm. Please join us as Renata Salecl engages Charles Shepherdson, Patricia Gherovici, and Jean-Michel Rabaté in a wide-ranging discussion about the anxiety of choice in late capitalism. This event has been made possible in part through the sponsorship of the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania.
"In the Western world," Salecl writes, "people are not only under the impression that there are endless possibilities to find fulfillment in life, but they are also encouraged to be some kind of self-creators, i.e., they are supposedly free to choose what they want to be. In this highly individualized society, which allegedly gives priority to the individual's freedoms over submission to group causes, people, however, face an important anxiety provoking dilemma: 'Who am I for myself?'"
"The idea that we are supposed to be able to manage ourselves and that there is a choice in how we deal with our emotions, is linked to the very perception of the self that dominates late capitalist society. Today, the true self is increasingly self-made, and more than that, an individual project. In the 1980s and 1990s, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, academic theories emphasized the social construction of the self. However, now self construction has become a cultural imperative in the West, and the emphasis is not on social determinations, but on the individual project of self-making. This is related to what Ulrich Beck and others have called 'individualization.' While individualization takes many forms, it always involves a 'fetishization' of the autonomous self, one that refuses to acknowledge the idea that society can set limits on self-aspiration. Paradoxically, the ideology of a limitless world is itself a product of late capitalism and the relentless drive of consumer society with its emphasis on endless choice and possibility. If, one the one hand, we live under the assumption that everything in life can be a matter of choice (on top of consumer and usual political choices, we can choose not only how we look, but our sexual orientation, whether or not to have children, what kind of medical treatment we want, etc.), on the other hand, the very choice itself seems to be anxiety provoking and deeply dissatisfying. That is why we often hear in the popular media that our society actually suffers from so-called tyranny of choice and an abundance of freedom."
Renata Salecl is an internationally acclaimed philosopher and sociologist, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. She regularly teaches as a visiting professor at Cardozo School of Law in New York. In her work she uses the framework of psychoanalysis to analyse current social and cultural phenomena. Her books include The Spoils of Freedom (Psychoanalysis and Feminism After the Fall of Socialism); (Per)versions of Love and Hate; and On Anxiety. She was also the co-editor (with Slavoj Zizek) of Gaze and Voice as Love Objects; and editor of Sexuation.
Charles Shepherdson is Professor of English, SUNY Albany. He writes on contemporary continental philosophy and psychoanalysis. He is the author of Vital Signs: Nature, Culture and Psychoanalysis (Routledge), and The Epoch of the Body (Stanford), as well as a collection of essays published in Belgrade by Zenske Studie, The Ethics of Female Love. His work has had support from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the editor of Insinuations, a new books series on psychoanalysis and philosophy at SUNY Press. He is currently working on a book on tragedy, as well as a book on Lacan and Philosophy.
Patricia Gherovici is a Lacanian analyst in private practice and founding member and director of the Philadelphia Lacan Study Group and Seminar. She has published in numerous journals and collections, including "Where Id Was: Challenging Normalization in Psychoanalysis" (Continuum: 2001). She is the former director of a mental health clinic in The Puerto Rican neighborhood of North Philadelphia. Her recent book, The Puerto Rican Syndrome (Other Press, 2003), won the Gradiva Award in Historical Cultural and Literary Analysis and The Boyer Prize for Contributions to Psychoanalytic Anthropology.
Jean-Michel Rabaté, a Senior Curator at Slought Foundation, is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania since 1992, and has authored or edited twenty books on Modernism, Bernard, Joyce, Pound, Beckett, Lacan, Derrida, psychoanalysis and literary theory.
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Browsing through the latest issue of Wired magazine (my favorite print pub!), I stumbled upon a "reader rant" that stopped me in my tracks. A guy named Edward Aboufadel from Ada, Michigan, was responding to a recent article titled Living by Numbers, about our new data-driven lifestyles. He writes:
People who are really 'living by numbers' are type 1 diabetics, who struggle every day to keep their blood glucose in range with carbohydrate counts, insulin doses, and exercise. Given the rapid development of continuous glucose monitors, perhaps Nike and Apple could team up with Medtronic to develop a hardware/software/social networking system similar to Nike+ but for diabetics.
Right on, Edward. Sometimes I feel like I can see numbers swirling around my head. So many of them, every friggin' day. No wonder I can hardly remember a single phone number by heart these days.
To prove Edward's point I thought I'd keep a detailed log for a full day this week (yes - just one day!), and share it with you all here:
6:28am - 110 BG (blood glucose)
7:32 am - 3 units (insulin dose) for 45 gram carbs
9:26 am - 166 BG
10:51 am - 173 BG (after 0 carbs - sheesh!!) -->.85 units correction
11:48 am - 156 BG with .70 units IOB (insulin on board)
12:43 pm - 3.5 units for 55 gram carb --> with .50 IOB
3:12 pm - 130 BG
5:40 pm - 121 BG
7:22 pm - 107 BG + 3.65 U for 55 g carb
9:37 pm - 126 BG + .30 U correction
... and this was an "easy" day, since I didn't work out (messes with the math) and I went to bed early.
So, if the numerical soup above means anything to you, then you are a bona fide insulin-toting type 1 diabetic. My condolences.
For those who are not, but assume that daily diabetes care is "like brushing your teeth," think again. Maybe it would be — if your life depended on toothpaste and every gram of food you ate had to be matched per a precise ratio to the exact amount of toothpaste you ingested.
Editor's Note: Just in case you're one of those egghead types who actually enjoys living by numbers, check out these Wired guides:
How to Live by the Numbers: for Nutrition, for Exercise, and for General Health.


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Lyudmila Purgina
M.Tsvetaeva, Tverskaya [street] - Translation (Rus.) - Poem by Lyudmila Purgina
Tverskaya [street]
by Marina Tsvetaeva
Here's the world, where the show-windows're shining,
Here's - the Tverskaya street, worth to grieve about.
Who is better for Asya in need, than Marina?
Who is better for me, than so dear Asya?
We are walking together, excited,
Absorbing all around: sunset, lanterns, voices,
And lowering our eyes for sometimes
Under the glare of somebody.
It is only for us, with shining fires,
And the Moscow april evening - only for us.
To all adults - the street,
we are fond of Tverskaya,
That's the cradle of half-adult's hearts.
That's - the cradle of a gold dawn cheering,
And surprise of the things, given by dawn...
Here's the window with Tate's brilliants,
Here's - another window with fires burned...
We shall catch all by our senses or faith,
All the understar distance or the heaven's breadth!
And towering above the grey square
The Maundy Monastery is turning scarlet.
We are going, never stopping a talk.
All are dear - words, dear all are - the features!
Oh, the unforgettable april - and Tverskaya all,
Was the cradle of our youth, riches!
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Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization
What are the keys to a successful verification?
September 30, 2013
Dear Veteran Small Business Owner:
I write to provide you with important information you should know before applying to Veterans First Program. As the Executive Director of Small and Veteran Business Programs for the Department of Veterans Affairs, I want to alert you to changes in the process for Verification of eligibility for the Veterans First Program and inclusion in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP). Our current average processing time for those who have submitted a complete documentation package based on following the guidance in this letter is less than the 60 days required by regulation (you may find current average processing times at VetBiz.gov). If you want to avoid a process that ends in failure, please read this letter before proceeding.
While we seek to expand the number of eligible businesses included in the Veterans First program, we also seek to ensure that only eligible firms receive this opportunity. The process for verifying firms has become more comprehensive since February 2011, when we implemented Public Law 111-275. In 2012, approximately 58% of applications were denied. That rate has been reduced to less than 20% due to our Verification Assistance Program, but some applicants still have trouble. Most denials are a result of misunderstanding of the regulation, 38 CFR Part 74. This regulation has been in place for a long period of time, and the regulatory requirements have been tried, tested, and validated. While we have initiated a rule change process, the current regulation remains in place, and must be complied with in full, in order to be verified.
If you want to avoid being denied eligibility, I urge you to take advantage of our Verification Assistance Program. Our goal is to increase understanding and awareness of the specific requirements and reasons for noncompliance, in an effort to increase the success rate of applicants.
If you want to be verified on the first try, I urge you to do the following:
- Attend a Hands-On Application Workshop: These online workshops highlight key issues causing denial and provide tips to navigate the process. You can sign up for the workshops at VetBiz.gov.
- Review Verification Assistance Briefs: These briefs have been designed to clarify rules associated with 38 CFR Part 74. The briefs are based on an analysis of issues that cause the majority of denials. A large percentage of the reasons for denials are due to issues addressed in the Verification Assistance Briefs.
- Use Verification Self-Assessment Tool: This tool enables you do a comprehensive review of the entire regulation, and check your business model against requirements of 38 CFR Part 74.
- Seek Verification Counseling for Any Remaining Questions: The Verification Counseling Program has been developed to provide training and assistance to applicants who have trouble understanding 38 CFR Part 74 after using the briefs and the assessment tool. The counselors receive the same training as the Verification examiners. They can answer questions and guide you through the Self-Assessment Tool.
If you take advantage of these tools, found at the VetBiz.gov web site, you will increase your level of success.
Other important information:
- Once your firm has been approved, it must inform Center for Verification and Evaluation (CVE) of any changes or other circumstances that would adversely affect its eligibility. Any such changes or other circumstances may be grounds for CVE to re-evaluate your firm's eligibility for the Veteran's First program, and could lead to debarment.
- Any information pertaining to your CVE application may be subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Documentation provided to CVE by an applicant is subject to FOIA requests, may be subject to publication in response to a FOIA request, and can be used for purposes other than the Verification application by FOIA requestors.
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- Retain a copy of your determination letter so you can confirm your firm's eligibility. If you do not receive a copy of the determination letter, call the Help Desk and they will send you one.
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Document ID: HPSBUX0111-175 Date Loaded: 20020220 Title: Sec. Vulnerability in dtspcd (rev. 3) ----------------------------------------------------------------- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: #0175 Originally issued: 12 Nov. 2001 Last revision: **Revision 3** 28 Feb. 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- The information in the following Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible. Hewlett-Packard Company will not be liable for any consequences to any customer resulting from customer's failure to fully implement instructions in this Security Bulletin as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PROBLEM: Buffer overflow in dtspcd PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.10, 10.20, 10.24, 11.00, 11.04, and 11.11. DAMAGE: Possible unauthorized access, possible increased privileges. ** Rev. 3 ** SOLUTION: Install the appropriate patch for the HP-UX release: 10.10 PHSS_25785 10.20 PHSS_25786 10.24 PHSS_26029 11.00 PHSS_25787 --->>>> 11.04 PHSS_26030 11.11 PHSS_25788 MANUAL ACTIONS: None AVAILABILITY: The patches for 10.10, 10.20, 10.24, 11.00, 11.04, and 11.11 are available now. CHANGE SUMMARY: Rev. 1 Patches available for 10.10, 10.20, 11.00, 11.11. Rev. 2 Patches available for 10.24 and 11.04. Rev. 3 Patch ID for 11.04 corrected. ------------------------------------------------------------------ A. Background A buffer overflow has been reported in dtspcd. It may be possible to exploit this overflow to gain unauthorized access. B. Fixing the problem Patches available for HP-UX releases 10.10, 10.20, 10.24, 11.00, 11.04, and 11.11. C. Recommended solution Install the appropriate patch for 10.10, 10.20, 10.24, 11.00, 11.04, and 11.11. Note: Some of the patches have dependencies on other patches. This is documented in the patch text. All patches are now available. The ftp site which had temporary fix files will be deleted. D. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security Bulletins from the HP IT Resource Center via electronic mail, do the following: Use your browser to get to the HP IT Resource Center page at: http://itrc.hp.com Use the 'Login' tab at the left side of the screen to login using your ID and password. Use your existing login or the "Register" button at the left to create a login, in order to gain access to many areas of the ITRC. Remember to save the User ID assigned to you, and your password. In the left most frame select "Maintenance and Support". Under the "Notifications" section (near the bottom of the page), select "Support Information Digests". To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins or other Technical Digests, click the check box (in the left column) for the appropriate digest and then click the "Update Subscriptions" button at the bottom of the page. or To -review- bulletins already released, select the link (in the middle column) for the appropriate digest. To -gain access- to the Security Patch Matrix, select the link for "The Security Bulletins Archive". (near the bottom of the page) Once in the archive the third link is to the current Security Patch Matrix. Updated daily, this matrix categorizes security patches by platform/OS release, and by bulletin topic. Security Patch Check completely automates the process of reviewing the patch matrix for 11.XX systems. For information on the Security Patch Check tool, see: http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/ displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B6834AA" The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous ftp: ftp.itrc.hp.com:~ftp/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix On the "Support Information Digest Main" page: click on the "HP Security Bulletin Archive". E. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to email@example.com Please encrypt any exploit information using the security-alert PGP key, available from your local key server, or by sending a message with a -subject- (not body) of 'get key' (no quotes) to email@example.com. Permission is granted for copying and circulating this Bulletin to Hewlett-Packard (HP) customers (or the Internet community) for the purpose of alerting them to problems, if and only if, the Bulletin is not edited or changed in any way, is attributed to HP, and provided such reproduction and/or distribution is performed for non-commercial purposes. Any other use of this information is prohibited. HP is not liable for any misuse of this information by any third party. ________________________________________________________________ -- -----End of Document ID: HPSBUX0111-175--------------------------------------


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Sanctuary Throwback Wednesday 18 April Club Anything
"Sanctuary Throwback Night" occurs Wednesday, 18 April, at Club Anything, 807 S. 5th Street in Milwaukee.
This night (Sanctuary referring to the bar's first incarnation) brings former bartenders Shawn and Antoinette to the front bar and more recent manager Abbey to the bar in the back room. Regular guest djs Dale and Saintpaul, who are known for their "gothadelic-synthpoppy-industri-funkin'-discobilly-retrogroovin'-electrified-goof tuneage," have been charged with providing the soundtrack for the evening.
Dale, an original Sanctuary (what Club Anything was before it was Club Anything) dj, is known for reading the crowd and appeasing its every musical desire. Saintpaul, who's spun tracks at parties and clubs all over the city, describes his musical sets as "like if James Brown, Nine Inch Nails, and Weird Al got into a bar fight. Except less predictable."
Throwing in a bit of original music from their "Greetings From the Imposter" project along with original videos and spoken word, these nights are entertainment at its best.
Cover charge is $3 and cans of Pabst are on special for .50.


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There's been some focus lately on the inconsistencies between what people say and what they actually do online, in terms of:
- how much personal information they're prepared to give away, and
- what precautions they take in practice to safeguard their privacy or the security of their personal data on the internet.
The Policy Maker's Anguish: regulating personal data behaviour between paradoxes and dilemmas (full paper) is an interesting paper by Ramón Compañó and Wainer Lusoli of the European Commission - Directorate General Joint Research Centre, from The Eighth Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS 2009), London 24-25 June 2009.
It defines this (much studied) "privacy paradox" as:
users are concerned about privacy but they disclose a significant amount of personal data and take no action to protect themselves.
The paper confirmed the privacy paradox is still alive and kicking, based on an August 2008 survey of over 5000 young people from 4 EU countries (France, Germany, Spain, UK), and outlined existing research on the paradox, including in the US.
(On the position in the USA, see also the 2007 Pew Internet research Digital Footprints: Online Identity Management and Search in the Age of Transparency.)
The privacy paradox
"In general, the public is primarily concerned about loss of privacy that lead to security problems but few everyday activities are considered extremely or very private. Our results confirm as much, as disclosure of 'basic' biographic information is unrelated to privacy concern; on the other hand, there is a very weak negative correlation (Pearson's R2 -.04) between these and disclosure of potentially more sensitive data (medical history, etc). The survey confirms that social networkers, particularly younger users, may well be ill informed about the detail they are making publicly available, as it is often unrelated to their privacy concerns. But the need to appear seems to justify disclosure in young people's eyes. Online social networking, for instance, is more about enhanced and increased personal disclosure than about the maintenance of wider social networks (Cachia, 2008; The Economist, 2009)."
See part 4 of the paper for discussion about:
- the "control paradox" ("People desire full control on their personal data, but avoid the hassle to keep it up to date. People know that there are technology tools to protect them and think they may be efficient, but they do not use them")
- the "responsibility paradox" ("While most people believe that it is either their own responsibility, they seem to admit that many users do not have the knowledge to do this effectively"), and
- the "awareness paradox" ("Data protection (DP) legislation is unknown and unloved… "personal experience may matter more than understanding of the legal system. It is not surprising that young people should ask for 'hands-on' regulation. Young people desire reassurance, via practical tools more than via awareness raising. Tools such as guarantees (labels and logos) appeal to young people, while they also appreciate tools that may assist control of personal data provided to public or private authorities.").
Overall the paper takes the view, which will surprise no one, that policy makers need to take into account that citizens do not always behave rationally, and that a multi-disciplinary approach is needed:
"trust in rules (fair play by service providers) emerged as an important factor in addition to traditional understandings of trust. Indeed, there are multiple enablers of identity disclosure. Guarantees, assurance of data protection law respect and precise information on systems are likely to encourage the adoption of services based on personal data disclosure. Solutions based on these principles need implementing, regulating and enforcing…
An obvious approach to increase trust is to reinforce safety concerning privacy and personal data online through technical improvements of personal data management systems. In parallel to technical improvements, there is a need to monitor usage patterns regarding such systems and to understand perceptions in order to identify ways to enhance the take up. Young users place great value on privacy, data control, and free services, but not at the expense of security of procedural fairness. The traditional security / privacy paradigm still prevalent in policy circles needs revising to include a wider variety of parameters. Guarantees, assurances that data protection law will be protected, and precise information, all of which should encourage the use of eID systems, should be promoted. Finally, there is a need to harness young people's current practices."
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The mainstream media are demonstrating that their fawning coverage isn't limited to President Barack Hussein Obama. The establishment press loves Michelle LaVaughn every bit as much. Today's Washington Post Politics Web site carries the story "Michelle Obama wows Britain with high style, rubs shoulders with new royal Kate Middleton." The article substantiates its claim that Mrs. Obama dazzled the English with support from an impartial, disinterested observer. I know she's impartial because she authored a book titled ""Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style."
On NPR's Web site, the headline is "Michelle Obama Wows Britain With Her Style." The accompanying Associated Press article begins:
There weren't any hugs, like last time, but U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama shared a warm handshake with the British queen and gained more fans during her state visit to the U.K.
How does the AP know that Mrs. Obama gained fans? Did they take a survey pre- and post-warm handshake?
The Sky News Australia Web site also headlines "Michelle Obama wows UK with her style." On its Web site, People reports: "Michelle Obama brought her signature colorful, feminine style to the British capital on Wednesday, dazzling in an array of elegant designs." On NBC New York's blog called Thread/NY, "the inside line on New York fashion," we learn "First Lady Earns High Marks in Tom Ford at Buckingham Palace." Who issues those marks? Does he grade on a curve?
Over at Access Hollywood, the story is "Glam Slam: Michelle Obama's Drop Dead Gorgeous Gown." The piece starts:
Wow. Wow. Wow. What a dress.
Just have to take a moment today to admire (and pay tribute to!) First Lady Michelle Obama's beautiful gown. She looked like a goddess at last night's State Dinner at Buckingham Palace in London!
The ruched, ivory, georgette evening gown with ribbon details is by Tom Ford, one of several American designers she has worn during her visit to the UK. Stunning.
Insert whistle here.
The ultra flattering gown showed off Mrs. Obama's toned arms and shoulders. The First Lady wore her hair in an up-do with long, dangly earrings.
Ooh. I was hoping they'd get to those toned arms and shoulders. Verily, a true goddess.
I think we're getting the message. Much of the mainstream media love, love, love Michelle Obama. Maybe she didn't wow Britain, but she certainly captivates the establishment press.


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THE EIGHTH ANNUAL OPTIMIST AWARDS BANQUET, Part I
Fifth Annual | Sixth Annual | Seventh Annual Awards Banquet
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen and Cavalier fans! It is I – El Optimisto.
My friends, how many times have you sat through an Academy Awards telecast or even one of your children's awards banquets and thought: "Man, I wish this would last longer. I wish it would last twice as long!"
Well, for those of you who answered "Almost always!" – you're about to be made happier than the proverbial pig in the proverbial slop. Because this year, we're making the unprecedented move of breaking the EIGHTH ANNUAL OPTIMIST AWARDS BANQUET into a groundbreaking two-part cavalcade of whimsy!
Oh mama.
OK – so now that we've established that, you're probably wondering: "OK, but what's J.J. Hickson doing in here with that white tuxedo? Is it on accounta the Royal Wedding?"
No, it's not on accounta no damn Royal Wedding!!
Our beloved Cavaliers had a tough year in 2010-11. Tougher than any I've been a part of.
And yet, I almost can't remember feeling better, more positive and optimistic for the future. We have the best owner and fans in the NBA. Our coach has a proven track record of turning teams around – and the evidence manifested itself down the stretch. And Chris Grant made savvy, unemotional moves (and prudent non-moves) that have the Wine and Gold poised for short- and long-term success.
We took care of some of the minor and technical awards at a closed event late last week. Semih Erden was named this year's "Best Turkish Rookie" and Bob the Dancing Usher captured the coveted "Best Dancing Usher" trophy (or "Ushie") for the third consecutive season.
As for today's events, I'm ready to get this fanfaronade started. So let's macht schnell and make with the hardware. J.J. don't got all day.
So sit back and enjoy and please remember – as always – NO gang colors.
So this year's Cavaliers didn't win 60 games or make the playoffs. Sometimes I think I'd rather watch this hard-working, scrappy bunch of overachievers. And – you never know – maybe some former Cavaliers from last year's 60-win squad will make this year's Second Team. (Not bloody likely.)
Taught a young team to win and then taught foes to fear the beard.
Even if you weren't Shelden Williams, you'd still want this dude for a brother-in-law.
Floats like a butterfly. Stings like a bee.
I done told you people: Beware the Baby Bull!
A pro's pro. Might be a superhero in his spare time.
Like a bridge over troubled water.
Didn't kill any bats this year, but is still the league's most exciting player on its most boring team.
What's not to love?
Called out the shamockery that the Slam Dunk Contest has become. Also, has a really cool name.
Almost made the All-Nemesis Team for tormenting the Cavs this year.
Good player. Good person.
Even with his own issues, former Cavs coach kept Denver together through the Melodrama.
I was going to put Charlie Villanueva on the squad, but I thought: the guy already had a tough year dealing with All-Nemesis Hall of Famer, Kevin Garnett. So I cut him a break. After all, Ryan Hollins cheesed off a lot of people this season.
Unfortunately once again, I'm unable to put my personal nemesis – ESPN's Bill Simmons – on the list. But that's just because he doesn't have a position (besides on his arse on a couch and nowhere near an actual athlete, coach or locker room.)
Against Cleveland, he cannot be stopped or destroyed by conventional weapons.
Nobody likes him. Boobie don't like him, too.
Seeking coveted spot on All-Nemesis All-Time Team.
Selfishness screwed up two teams in one season.
Good player. Bad person.
Committed the coaching cardinal sin: quit on his team midseason.
With so many Cavaliers contributing to the cause this year, it was almost impossible to pick a winner.
Daniel Gibson was his rock solid self, finishing in the Top 25 three-point shooters. Samardo Samuels got his break when Antawn Jamison went down and made the most of his golden opportunity. And 21-year-old Christian Eyenga got better before our eyes.
But this year's award goes to Ramon Sessions, who excelled selflessly in every role. He was productive as a starter and maybe better in reserve – coming off the bench to drop 32 on the LakeShow in an exhilarating February win. Sessions did what he was asked with class and quiet confidence. He embodies what the team is about.
But the Professor – bald and beautiful himself – wears this badge of virility with great pride. And every year for the past few years, his running list includes some prominent Cavalier personnel.
Notable omissions include Larry David, James Gandolfini, Lou Gossett, Jr., Sir Ben Kingsley, Sir Fred Biletnikoff, Andre Agassi, Cal Ripken, Alan Arkin, Kimbo Slice, Robert Duvall, Stanley Tucci, Hector Elizondo, Ghandi, Ed Harris, John Amos, "Hey Now!" Hank Kingsley, Ron Howard (who lets his freak flag fly), John Malkovich, David Cross and Charlie Brown.
For bolting the Cavaliers, Z probably wouldn't have made the team anyway. But this pelt made it an easy decision.
Hank Schrader
Ron Washington
Everyone in the organization showed that they had the cajones to get through this campaign with dignity – but the following five men put theirs out there when the chips were down.
Baron Davis punctuated his Cavaliers debut with a Big Apple dagger that gave Cleveland their third straight win over New York. Esquire scribe Scott Raab tormented the Heat and ESPN all year, and made a statement (in hot pink) when Miami returned on March 29. In that same game, Ryan Hollins served notice that the Cavaliers would be pushed around no more. And of course, Dan Gilbert not only fired off the most famous scathing screed in sports, but vowed to win a title before the screed's subject could in South Beach.
But the man who takes the inaugural Golden Cajones Award is Coach Byron Scott, who took the job with no assurances – and didn't care. He built the team in his tough image. He kept the locker together through a 26-game losing streak. He never lost his cool.
And for those reasons and more, Coach Scott takes the cake.
And as winner of the award, if anyone ever says to him, "Man, you've got a set of brass ones!" Coach Scott can proudly respond ...
"No. They're gold."
That is the conclusion of today's portion of the All-Optimist Award Banquet. Hopefully everyone got enough rigatoni and creamed spinach from the buffet. And I hope – if you don't agree with all the winners – that you at least enjoyed the presentation.
Please tune into cavs.com later this week for Part II of the EIGHTH ANNUAL OPTIMIST AWARDS BANQUET– featuring my co-emcee for Day 2 …


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He said Deloitte was interested in buying assets in analytics, risk and governance, security and privacy, strategy consulting and possibly even technology consulting. "You can't grow fast enough to meet the needs of our clients in key markets without inorganic acquisitions," Mr Salzberg told The Australian Financial Review during an exclusive interview while visiting Sydney.
The race for growth in key markets has led to a flurry of M&A activity. Last year alone, Deloitte made 30 acquisitions worldwide. The largest,
Mr Salzberg said over a decade Deloitte has developed a culture that accepts acquisitive growth as positive. "Ten years ago that wasn't the case. In some parts of the world [member] firms wouldn't even hire people from the outside, everyone was home-grown," he said. "That creates stress because typically people you want to hire from outside cost more than home-grown [talent]."
As the big four firms –
"We're managing the size and growth of our consulting business. It's quite doable."
China slowdown a concern
On the global economy, Mr Salzberg voiced concerns about Asia-Pacific economies' performance, calling it the "most difficult part of the world right now" for the $US32 billion ($32 billion) professional services giant.
Mr Salzberg said that as the US returns to growth and Europe "bottoms out", the failure of China to bounce back, India's turmoil and the uncertainty surrounding Japan's debt and environmental predicament have become concerning.
"Looking at China's 7 per cent growth from the outside, sitting in an economy that's flat or growing at 1 per cent, it's easy to say 7 per cent is great. But China's economy should be growing by at least that amount given the magnitude of the population and investment," Mr Salzberg said.
Deloitte, which posted a 3.5 per cent rise in global revenues last week, has made a big investment – upwards of nine figures – in China over the last six years.
"I worry about [the Chinese market] dipping a little bit," Mr Salzberg said. "But there's evidence of reform and I'm optimistic they'll produce positive outcomes," he added.
He said global clients are still concerned about economic uncertainty and its dampening effect on investment and deals, as well as unstable regulation.
Growing income disparity a top world issue
Growing income disparity also makes Mr Salzberg's list of the top three world issues at the moment. "It's something that comes up often and how [governments] solve it will affect our business and how we operate in particular countries," he said.
"It has broad implications in terms of unemployment, taxation, social policy and public interest definition."
As a point in case, Deloitte got stung with a £14 million ($24 million) fine by the UK accounting watchdog this month – the biggest ever issued by the Financial Reporting Council – over its role in the 2000 sale of the British car-maker MG Rover, that collapsed. The FRC felt Deloitte failed to manage conflicts of interest as both administrators to MG Rover and advisers to the "Phoenix Four" group of directors that bought it from BMW in 2000.
Commenting on the outcome, Salzberg said: "We are very disappointed with that result. It creates a new definition of public interest, but the new definition is not set, that's part of the problem."
The biggest risk currently facing global professional services firms is "not anticipating and properly managing through an environment that's changing right in front of your eyes," Mr Salzberg said.
New small and agile competitors are coming out of nowhere.
There is growing concern that the current price competition, if sustained for too long, will become permanent. Meanwhile, staff retention and development is commanding a bigger portion of firms' budgets.
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1. Re: Many open Oracle sessions18475 Mar 31, 2007 7:15 AM (in response to 494029)Hello James,
Could you please give more information about the system you are using:
- version of rails
- operating system where the rails app runs
- operating system and version for the Oracle RDBMS
- version of the OCI API.
Do you have the same behavior in your development environment with WeBrick?
Tugdual Grall
2. Re: Many open Oracle sessions494029 Apr 2, 2007 1:18 PM (in response to 18475)Hi Tugdual,
version of rails - 1.1.6
operating system where the rails app runs - Linux
operating system and version for the Oracle RDBMS - Unix and 10g
version of the OCI API - 0.1.16, the only final version of Ruby OCI8 I could find
This does not happen when I use WEBrick. Connecting through WEBrick a session is created for a user that connects. However, that same Oracle session is used whenever the user connects to the site. If the user leaves the site, the session still remains. When WEBrick is shutdown/restarted the Oracle session is removed.
This does not happen with the Apache/FastCGI setup. I also think I might have triggered this somehow more recently. I've been developing for more than 2 months. This problem has popped up only in the last week.
Any thoughts or help would be most appreciated.
3. Re: Many open Oracle sessions494029 Apr 2, 2007 7:06 PM (in response to 494029)I went back to Apache with CGI (not FastCGI). I connect to my web app. I look at Oracle sessions but there seems to be no trace of any session. This seems really weird.
4. Re: Many open Oracle sessionsMlei-Oracle Apr 3, 2007 5:18 AM (in response to 494029)Hi ijsamuel,
Could you try the latest version (e.g. 1.2.3) of Rails? It may have been fixed in 1.2.x.


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"There can be little doubt that the ECB's decision to funnel nearly half a trillion euros into the eurozone banking sector in late December had a profound market impact," said Neil Mellor, an analyst at the Bank of New York Mellon.
However, he warned that the greatest risk is that in swelling its balance sheet, the ECB has "become increasingly hostage to the fortunes of the eurozone economy and loans that are of unknown discounted value."
Investors are unsure how the markets will react to the amount actually taken up. For example, a higher than anticipated number may stoke concerns about the financial health of the eurozone's banks, but could equally shore up the prevailing market mood by increasing the amount of liquidity in the markets. One outcome of the December offering is that the banks, awash with cash, looked for places to invest their new money _ stocks and the government bonds of Italy and Spain are thought to have been beneficiaries of the ECB's largesse.
Given that uncertainty over this week's ECB operation, European stocks are trading in very narrow ranges. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was flat at 5,916 while Germany's was up 0.2 percent at 6,861. The CAC-40 in France was 0.1 percent higher at 3,446.
U.S. markets are expected to open modestly higher _ Dow futures and the broader S&P 500 futures were both up 0.3 percent.
Sentiment in the markets has not only been buoyed in recent weeks by the seeming calm in Europe's debt crisis. A run of strong U.S. economic data, particularly with regard to jobs, has helped too. Later, there will be interest in monthly durable goods orders figures, as well as a closely watched consumer confidence report from the Conference Board.
However, European debt concerns will never be too far away, especially as Greece has still to get its hands on the bailout cash it needs to avoid a default next month.
Greek lawmakers are to vote on a package of tough salary and pension cuts Tuesday as part of measures needed to secure the payout of the debt-ridden country's second international package of bailout loans.
The parliamentary vote comes a day after the Standard & Poor's ratings agency downgraded Greece's credit rating to "selective default" over a debt writedown deal with private creditors that is an integral part of the second bailout.
The downgrade had been widely expected, as ratings agencies had said the bond swap with private creditors would constitute a selective default. Once the swap is carried out next month, the agencies are expected to upgrade Greece.
"The market's reaction was one of complete indifference, such is the reality of life in this latest, but not unexpected, twist in what has become the almost everyday routine of the European debt crisis," said Michael Hewson, markets analyst at CMC Markets.
Earlier in Asia, the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo rose 0.9 percent to 9,722.52 _ its highest close since Aug. 2, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 1.7 percent to 21,568.73. Mainland Chinese shares were mixed, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.2 percent to 2,451.86, its highest close in more than three months. The Shenzhen Composite Index for China's second, smaller stock market lost 0.6 percent to 969.51.
Oil prices fell for the second day running, albeit modestly _ benchmark oil for April delivery was down 10 cents to $108.46 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Last Friday, it hit $109.77 a barrel, its highest close since May 3. Crude has soared from $96 earlier this month as stronger U.S. economic indicators bolstered investor confidence.
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In an article released on Monday by the non-sectarian Biblical Archaeology Review, Professor Lemaire pronounces both box and inscription genuine - though he concedes there is a chance the ossuary did not hold the James of the New Testament, but the bones of a contemporary with the same name.
"It will be extremely important if it's authentic," said Lawrence Stager, a professor of Israeli archaeology at Harvard University. "Everything that they've put in this non-technical article seems to point in that direction."
Professor Stager said that if the discovery proved genuine it would have a big impact on the debate over how accurately Christian texts depicted the life of Jesus - and would force scholars to take the New Testament more seriously.
"Of course you'll never prove or disprove the miracles [of Jesus]," he said. "But to give him an actual authentic setting of place and persons is no small accomplishment."
James is described in the New Testament as an early church leader who brokered an important compromise that allowed non-Jews to convert to Christianity without following all the Jewish dietary laws.
The box's Israeli owner, who asked to remain anonymous, said he bought it from an Arab dealer 15 years ago for a few hundred US dollars and did not focus on the text of the inscription until Professor Lemaire did - circumstances that would suggest it is not a forgery, said Stephen Feldman, deputy editor of the magazine.
"Neither the buyer nor the seller knew the significance of what they had on their hands," Mr Feldman said.
However, James, Joseph, and Jesus were common names, and while the chances of all three being mentioned in the right order are slim, it is not impossible, Biblical scholars said.
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Editing speech data is currently time-consuming and error-prone. Speech editors rely on acoustic waveform representations, which force users to repeatedly sample the underlying speech to identify words and phrases to edit. Instead we developed a semantic editor that reduces the need for extensive sampling by providing access to meaning. The editor shows a time-aligned errorful transcript produced by applying automatic speech recognition (ASR) to the original speech. Users visually scan the words in the transcript to identify important phrases. They then edit the transcript directly using standard word processing 'cut and paste' operations, which extract the corresponding time-aligned speech. ASR errors mean that users must supplement what they read in the transcript by accessing the original speech. Even when there are transcript errors, however, the semantic representation still provides users with enough information to target what they edit and play, reducing the need for extensive sampling. A laboratory evaluation showed that semantic editing is more efficient than acoustic editing even when ASR is highly inaccurate.
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The advocacy group Public Citizen wasn't asking the questions when the U.S. Senate Banking Committee held its hearing this week to consider President Barack Obama's nomination of Janet Yellen to be chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
But that didn't stop the group from issuing a statement with the pointed questions it said should have been asked about how, exactly, Yellen would resolve the problem of banks that are too big to fail without severe disruption to the U.S. financial system.
As its name implies, Public Citizen is a nonprofit group that advocates on behalf of everyday citizens' interests in issues related to health, safety and democracy.
The financial system is still susceptible to instability more than three years after the enactment of the landmark Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the group said. As Fed chair, Yellen could push the Fed harder to limit risky banking practices and make the financial system safer.
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- Implementation of a Dodd-Frank rule that would restrict compensation schemes that incentivize bank employees to take unwise risks.
- How to make banks "smaller, simpler and safer" so they're no longer too big to fail.
Micah Hauptman, financial policy counsel at Public Citizen, said Yellen can "hit the reset button at the Fed" and redirect the central bank from "coddling Wall Street to passing strong rules that help prevent future crises."
Bartlett Naylor, financial policy advocate at Public Citizen, added that Congress created the Fed "to serve America, not the banks."
"Too often, the Fed seems to judge its success by the wealth of the industry it supervises, not the health of [the] nation," Naylor stated in a press release. "Ms. Yellen needs to express clarity in her views about protecting our financial system, and if confirmed, must retain new, independent experts to guide her as staff."
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Warrior Thomas Leuluai is expecting decision-making time to be at a premium when he makes his return to the NRL against Parramatta on Saturday.
The reason isn't so much the quicker pace of the game compared with the English Super League, where he spent the past eight years before coming back to his native Auckland.
It's more that the 27-year-old is pretty certain the Ricky Stuart-coached Eels will come up fast on defence.
"They look very aggressive on D," Leuluai said.
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Leuluai made his NRL debut with the Warriors as a 17-year-old in 2003, when Stuart was in charge of the Sydney Roosters and had just guided them to the premiership.
Among the Warriors' results during Leuluai's first stint there was a 58-6 defeat to Stuart's Roosters in 2004, which remains the most points the club have conceded in a match.
Leuluai left for Britain and the London Broncos at the end of that season and his past six years have been with English giants Wigan.
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England is a winter wonderland this morning… everything covered in white. The trains are late and traffic is halted in some areas.
Yesterday, it was the financial markets that were frozen. Not much movement. But investors still aren't coming in from the cold.
Uh oh… we get bad news from Reuters. You know that U.S. budget surplus you were counting on? You know… that $61 billion that was supposed to show up in 2012? (After a long string of deficits, of course).
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The Financial Times reminds us who is handling the cash:
"The Bush administration went on a $5 [billion] spending spree in Iraq in 2004 just six weeks before returning control of the government to Iraqis, according to a Democratic lawmaker investigating the payments.
"Huge sums were doled out, sometimes in dollar bills from the back of pick-up trucks, it was alleged."
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What progress he is talking about is difficult to see. Apparently, the money was so sloppily redistributed that much of it ended up in the enemy's hands, whoever the enemy may be.
And we're not talking peanuts. The amount at issue is $20 billion, of which $12 billion was in cash. How can you distribute $12 billion in cash? That's 120 million hundred-dollar bills. Even if you gave out one of them every second, every eight-hour working day…it will still take more than three years to get rid of it all.
According to the report, the United States actually took 360 tons of cash into Iraq. Who would do such a stupid thing? Rep. Henry Waxman wanted to know.
We assume Waxman was merely grandstanding for the voters; he's been in Washington long enough to know the answer.
Meanwhile, more bad news comes from the housing market. In Orange County, CA, tax officials are having a hard time collecting. Property tax payments are getting later and later, says the local paper.
And poor Motown…U.S. automakers are taking record losses. They no longer dominate; neither the world…nor even the U.S. auto market. And the city they once made famous they now make miserable.
"Near where Piquette Avenue meets John R. Street," reports the London Telegraph, "there is still a plaque paying tribute to the former Model T factory that once pumped out more than 1,000 vehicles a day…[now] empty runs and grass growing through the cracks in the pavement add a post-Apocalyptic grimness to this once bustling area upon which the American Century was made…"
Now the city that gave the world tail fins has lost more than half its population…and the half that is left is not the best half. More than 15% of residents are unemployed…and half are functionally illiterate, according to the National Institute of Literacy.