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The recent record of senior Liberals as company directors has been appalling. When they go onto boards, their brain cells seem to turn to porridge, making them incapable of recognising impending disaster. Let's call it the Oatmeal Curse.
To convince readers, Pierpont can cite four outstanding examples.
The most recent, of course, is senator
Pierpont has met Arthur and must say he seems a sensible chap. The gossip around the Croesus Club is that he is one of the brainiest fellows in the Liberal Party, which your correspondent can well believe.
But what could he have been thinking when he was on the board of Australian Water Holdings? The Oatmeal Curse is the only logical explanation.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is investigating allegations that AWH was heavily influenced by the family of the notorious Labor MP
Arthur joined the AWH board in 2008 and became chairman in November 2010, on a salary of $200,000 a year, plus bonuses. He resigned a year later to become a senator.
Sydney Water contracted AWH to manage the installation of water and sewerage infrastructure in the city's north-west and agreed to cover its administrative costs.
The agreement between the two companies on costs has been described as "sloppily drafted", which seems an understatement.
ICAC heard that in 2010 Arthur had been visited by the former chief executive of Sydney Water, Dr
That company included Eddie, who allegedly held a 30 per cent stake in AWH and was planning to make $100 million by doing a public private partnership with Sydney Water. Arthur has denied strongly that he knew Eddie was connected with AWH and said Kerry had not used the word"dishonest".
Investigations into Eddie's activities have today reached the level of an industry in New South Wales, but even back in 2008, Pierpont would not have regarded him as an appropriate associate for a rising Liberal politician.
Whether the Obeid family actually bought 30 per cent of AWH was the subject of heavy investigation in ICAC this week and the question may be clarified later. However, Eddie's son worked as a consultant for AWH, which ought to have alerted Arthur to a connection.
What is certain is that Arthur's period as a director and chairman was not crowned with any financial success for the company.
Under examination by
Indeed, by the time he retired as chairman, AWH was arguably insolvent.
Eddie's sons Moses and Paul Obeid told ICAC that in 2010 the family had to inject $486,000 into AWH so it could pay its tax and employees' salaries. That injection caused some heated discussion within the family, because they had already invested $3 million in AWH.
So maybe Arthur didn't know about Eddie, but he should have tried to ensure AWH was decently solvent.
Arthur said that he had done no due diligence on the finances of AWH before joining the board. His successor,
Former health minister not immune
A second senior Liberal who is in deep reputational damage is the former federal health minister Dr
APCH was the responsible entity for Prime Retirement and Aged Care Property Trust, which collapsed in 2010 owing investors about $550 million. Back in 2006 the board of APCH passed resolutions providing substantial fees to be paid to itself if (a) Prime Trust achieved ASX listing; (b) if APCH was removed as the responsible entity; and (c) if Prime Trust was taken over.
The board passed these resolutions even though the APCH constitution prohibited any amendment which would benefit APCH. Also corporate law prohibits the payment of a benefit to a responsible entity or a related party without the approval of unitholders. Nevertheless, when Prime Trust listed in August 2007, it paid $33 million to APCH. That money was then passed on to entities associated with the owner of APCH,
After Prime Trust's collapse, ASIC brought a civil case against the directors which was heard by Judge Bernard Murphy in the Federal Court. Last December, the judge ruled that Michael (who was chairman) and other directors had failed to act in the unit-holders' best interests.
Penalties in this case have not yet been decided. The busted investors are so irate they have formed an action group, started their own website and made submissions to the court on penalties.
They are also annoyed that the board transferred the management rights to Prime Trust's villages to a company associated with Bill for no consideration. Those rights were subsequently sold to Babcock & Brown (now Lend Lease) for $60 million which went to Bill and his family.
They are even more annoyed by the fact that the directors' professional indemnity insurance of $5 million will be entirely spent on the directors' legal fees, leaving nothing for investors.
Whatever happens as a result of all this anger, Michael's reputation has been dented, even though he's on a couple of other boards, which seem to be operating satisfactorily.
A third example is the Liberal Party's former leader, Dr
Elderslie's last debenture prospectus, featuring a smiling photograph of Dr John, was issued in February 2008. The chairman's statement said Elderslie had been producing strong, consistent returns for investors throughout its 50-year history.
The trustee, Perpetual, thought the prospectus had failed to comply with ASIC benchmarks, which had been toughened following the collapses of Fincorp and Westpoint. The prospectus was withdrawn and Perpetual appointed Greg Hall of PricewaterhouseCoopers as an investigative accountant to Elderslie.
The Oatmeal Curse was working in overdrive.. Dr John and another director resigned on June 3.On June 20, Perpetual wrote to debenture holders saying Greg had reported that Elderslie was either insolvent or about to be unless it received a significant cash injection. That was a rude shock to debenture holders, who included Pierpont.
Dr John tried to rescue the company, saying he had recruited a consortium of investors for Elderslie. But they never turned up and on July 2, Perpetual appointed Greg and his partner Philip Carter as receivers.
Despite the sunny picture painted in the February prospectus, Elderslie turned out to be roadkill. The business had only ever been marginally profitable, if at all.
Peter's company Hotel Nominees owed Elderslie $68 million – roughly 14 percent of Elderslie's stated assets – and was unable to pay anything like that sum. Peter himself went into bankruptcy immediately.
Elderslie had technology businesses which it was unable to manage and had used debenture funds to finance venture capital businesses which never produced cashflow.
Pierpont is painting this picture of Elderslie briefly and with a broad brush. He could go into considerably more detail.
Elderslie had $140 million debentures issued at the time of its collapse. The receivers have so far returned about 13¢ and expect the final payout to be between 15¢ and 17¢. Needless to say, this is all capital and the chances of any interest being paid is zero.
Blue-ribbon Peacock
Pierpont's final example is another former Liberal leader,
Like many other observers, Pierpont regarded Andrew as a rising star in the Liberal Party, being both intelligent and politically astute (not always the same thing).
By 2007, he was looking around for another job and became chairman of MFS – an outfit which created and developed investment trusts, mostly based on real estate. It was managed by
MFS's modus operandi was to find a suitable business, buy it, enhance it (through refinancing, restructuring or mergers), then sell part of the equity into a fund, which MFS would manage. In the palmy days of the mid-2000s, this was highly profitable.
If MFS had spun off such businesses to outside investors, it would have made profits and could have built a solid base. Keeping them in-house was a winning strategy as long as the share market was prepared to put fancy valuations on them, but MFS was headed for trouble whenever the market cracked.
Andrew would eventually suffer the Oatmeal Curse, but his instinct for self-preservation must have been strong. At the end of every board meeting, he would ask "Are we solvent?". That precaution may have saved him from disaster after MFS collapsed.
In September 2008 MFS had promised a $96 million dividend to investors but had a jarring problem – it didn't have the cash for the payout. In desperation the company raised $108 million by assigning in-house loans to the Premium Income Fund, which it controlled.
MFS had bought a global tourism company called Stella which had a book value of $2.7 billion. By late 2007 MFS was trying to sell Stella at a profit, but it was vastly overpriced and the property market was going pear-shaped.
Crisis struck in January 2008. On January 15, Macquarie Equities tipped MFS as an outperform recommendation. Macquarie put a target price of $7.14 on the shares when they were trading at $3.94.
On January 18, the company announced that Stella would be split from MFS and there would be a share issue to raise $550 million. That immediately drove the share price down to 71¢.
KordaMentha was brought in as adviser and managed to keep MFS going for several months, but it was all too hard and the group went into administration in September. Andrew exited a little before the final collapse. He now lives most of the time in Texas.
So there you have it. Four cases in the past decade when senior Liberals have been associated with corporate scandal or collapse.
Of those Liberals, two (maybe three) were possible prime ministerial material.
Which proves to Pierpont that it must be easier to run Australia than a public company. So chairmen should logically be paid more than the prime minister (that should be good for a few free lunches).
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Even Ernie gets nervous - the difference is how to use nerves
Coping with 1st tee nerves
By Premium Golf's contributing sports psychologist, Nick Hastings
Let me paint a familiar picture. We're preparing for a big tournament. We're reasonably happy with the amount of practice we've done. The swing feels ok and even the weather has turned out nice. We've got a good night's sleep last night so there's no reason in the world why that first tee should be a problem. No reason at all.
If only that were true.
The shoes go on, clubs on the trolley as we take the short walk to the first tee. For some reason, our previous feeling of calm feels like it's been squeezed through a sluice gate, and in its place comes a wave of utter nausea - prickly and bubbling under the surface of our stomachs like a kettle waiting to boil. Our hands, previously still, become volcanically charged and start shaking uncontrollably. Our hearts begin to pound a little and we return to that horrible 'first date' feeling where the abject terror of making a fool out of ourselves is relived in graphic detail.
And then we have to walk on the tee. Suddenly the trees, normally inconsequential, are descending over the fairway like giant lacrosse racquets ready to scoop our ball up and render it unplayable. The bunkers seem enormous, the green grass a mere moustache around them, no more than a few yards wide. 'Hell', we think, 'Why on earth do I play this wretched game?'
It's going to be another one of 'those days'.
This is a story that is recounted to me by players all over the country - no matter how good or bad, everyone has a tale of paralysing nerves and their potential to destroy their golfing enjoyment.
Nerves are essential for peak performance
There is reason why everyone gets nervous and it is this - nerves are essential for peak performance . Amateur golfers are adept at remembering the occasions where nerves have paralysed them, but they seldom recall occasions where they simply couldn't be bothered, where they felt like there was no incentive to play. These are occasions where we are not nervous enough, and they are just as damaging as being too nervous.
The key is to find that zone between being too nervous and not nervous enough - this is called the Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning (IZOF). Let's now look at three ways you can move towards this optimal state of mind.
The physical
On a physical level, many of you may well use breathing techniques of some description to reduce your nerves that little bit. 90% of my clients when I ask them what they do simply say 'well I just breathe deeply'. The problem with this is that it doesn't really give your body any clarity about what the aim of the breathing is. It's vague and ambiguous - something that both brain and body respond badly too. Instead try this: focus all your attention onto breathing through your heart . Almost feel it beating in your chest (you may want to place a hand there too to help you with this). With each deep breath, focus on slowing your heart down until you can actually feel this happening in your body. As you get better and better at this, you'll actually be able to slow your heart quite considerably* - back towards its normal beat. You are now in a much better state to hit a good golf shot.
You can repeat this exercise with any area of your body that becomes especially prone to nerves. I get lots of my clients to focus and on their fingers and hands - which shake as they grip the club. With each breath, focus very strongly on your hands and slow them down. Almost feel as though you're slowing the blood flow a little. This is especially valuable for putting - where a shaky hand will certainly not help you hole many putts. You might try 10 seconds of breathing through your heart, 10 seconds breathing through your hands. You'll be amazed at how much more in control you feel.
The mental
On a mental level, there are two ways of helping to overcome excessive nerves. First of all - ask yourself this question - why do you play golf? Most players talk about enjoyment, challenge, exercise, competitiveness and company. Far fewer golfers talk about winning or results as their primary motivation. Unfortunately, what happens when we get nervous is that we tend to move far more into a results based motivation - we become heavily focused on the result of the shot instead of the process of hitting it. Bear in mind that you cannot literally control where a golf ball will go. You can only influence it. Motivating yourself by results only will only make you more nervous, tense and uncomfortable. I often hear clients say early on - 'Yes but it matters Nick'. But does it really matter? In the grand scheme of things? Here lies the key. If you want to be less nervous, learn to care that little bit less. Motivate yourself by challenge, not results. Develop a sound pre-shot routine and stick to it. Get aggressive in your targeting. At the end of the day, the best players in the world are the ones that relish the challenge of each individual shot and are not afraid to lose. Enjoyment then results - not the other way round. I suggest you try the same thing.
The role of practice
Finally let me talk about practice. Do you think Ernie Els was nervous when he teed off in his first Open Championship? Of course he was. Do you think he was nervous when he teed up in 2004? Of course he was. But last time round he wasn't as nervous as he had been in years gone by. Why? Because he was used to it. Most amateurs get terribly nervous because they are simply not used to playing under pressurised conditions. Asking someone to hit a drive under high pressure who's only learned to hit a driver on the range (low pressure) is a bit like asking someone who's grown up in a quiet village to sleep next door to an airport! It's just not going to happen. The answer - simulate pressure in your practice. I recently worked with a chief executive who was preparing for a major speech. He had floundered in the past because of how nervous he got. I asked him how he practiced and he said he'd just recited the speech on his own in front of the mirror a few times. Is this the same environment as it would be in front of 500 delegates? I don't think so! The only change I made was to have him practice in under pressure - in front of his wife - which at first made him extremely nervous, and then to a group of 100 students, which terrified him. But he got used to it - he got used to the nerves and started using them to his advantage. He never struggled again. So if you want to be less nervous on the 1 st tee, it's essential that you create nerves in practice and learn to deal with them in advance. Otherwise you're nowhere. Play with someone on the putting green for £10 a putt. That's pressure. Go on the far corner of the range nearest the trouble and practice with 30 brand new golf balls. That's pressure! It might sound counter-intuitive, but if you really want to handle 1 st tee nerves, this is the way to go about it.
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Stephen House, chief constable of Strathclyde Police, confirmed his officers would visit the Rangers and Celtic training grounds shortly before games to brief staff on offences such as breach of the peace and assault.
He said police would only arrest a player on the pitch during a match "as an absolute last resort" for fighting or using inflammatory language, but confirmed the individual would be deal with later.
Among the other measures agreed at a summit yesterday were banning fans from football grounds if they are convicted of domestic abuse, scheduling more Old Firm derbies midweek and reducing the availability of alcohol near their grounds.
A dedicated Football Intelligence Unit may also be set up to track down and prosecute those who post sectarian or incendiary messages on fan message boards and websites.
Alex Salmond, the First Minister, convened yesterday's summit between the clubs, police and football authorities following a "shameful" cup tie between the pair last week that saw players and managers confront each other.
Mr House called for him to intervene as the match coincided with a "spike" in violence across the west of Scotland, with almost 200 violent and anti-social crimes, including 40 cases of wife-beating, being recorded.
Speaking at a joint press conference, Mr Salmond hailed an eight-point action plan agreed at the meeting but Martin Bain, the Rangers chairman, denied there was proof of a "linkage" between Old Firm matches and violence.
Both he and Peter Lawwell, his Celtic counterpart, agreed there had been an overreaction to last week's match, branding much of the criticism that has followed "disproportionate and ill informed".
Despite this, the First Minister hailed the four-hour meeting as a success and said all those present were committed to upholding Scottish football's "good reputation".
Mr House said: "The priority for me is reducing the levels of violence across the whole of the west of Scotland associated with the Old Firm matches."
On the wider influence exerted by players and managers, he said: "What we're talking about is an in-depth briefing by senior police officers that explains to players the law.
"The players will be left in no doubt that if they break that law then we will be looking to deal with them at some point."
But Mr Bain said: "Where you look at where there's a spike in domestic violence and crime, you can look at New Year, Christmas, bank holidays. There's no doubt there's a spike at Old Firm games but I don't accept the linkage between that."
Mr Lawwell added: "While many of the issues surrounding the Celtic v Rangers fixture have been blamed on the clubs, clearly there are a number of societal issues which need to be addressed."
Also present at the summit in Edinburgh were Stewart Regan, David Longmuir and Neil Doncaster, respectively chief executives of the Scottish Football Association, Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League.
In a joint statement issued afterwards, they agreed there was "absolutely no place in football" for violence and bigotry but no club is "directly responsible" for disorder in Scotland's streets and homes.
However, the statement admitted that managers and players are role models with a "particular duty" to ensure their behaviour sets a high standard so that football is "a powerful force for good".
The action plan agrees all parties should explore changing the scheduling of next season's football fixtures. Police believe midweek games lead to fewer crimes as fans have less chance to consume alcohol than at weekends.
"Tough new measures" to reduce alcohol consumption are to be introduced, including changing licensing laws to limit the supply of drink near the grounds around match times.
Ministers will consider extending Football Banning Orders, whereby fans are prevented from attending matches, to those convicted of domestic violence.
Police will focus more on "public order" offences committed on the internet, such as bigoted remarks on websites. The action plans also agreed to ensure existing rules are "rigorously applied" and existing initiatives fully supported.
However, Mr House ruled out a suggestion that Old Firm derbies be played behind closed doors, arguing that crime within their stadiums was not the problem.
A joint group will be set up to develop "concrete proposals" and report to ministers before the start of next season. It will also consider a separate six-point plan drawn up by the two clubs.
This called for a detailed academic study into the links between violence crime and football, the creation of a Scotland-wide police football intelligence unit and more consistency in the policing of football matches.


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The Reminderville Athletic Club will help kids have a "no-bummer summer" by sponsoring a summer day camp throughout the season. There will be five, 2-week sessions filled with activities, including swimming, field trips and more. Before and after childcare will be available. Register during normal business hours at the Reminderville Athletic Club.
Registration will remain open until all spots are filled. Visit remindervillerac.com for more information. As well, people are urged to sign up for a 5k and 1 mile run April 15. The race will begin and end at Reminderville Athletic Club. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. with race time beginning at 8:30 a.m. Sign up at the RAC or at hmapromotions.net. For more information contact the RAC at 234-212-9773. Reminderville families can also join for the Kids Easter Egg Hunt on April 15. Children 6 years and younger will start at 1 p.m. and children 7 to 12 years will begin at 2 p.m. The egg hunt will be next to the police station at 3602 Glenwood Boulevard. The Reminderville Athletic Club is at 3100 Glenwood Boulevard in Reminderville.


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By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
EVERETT — Things have changed dramatically in the nearly quarter century Sgt. Kirk Rudeen has been bird-dogging the highways and byways of Snohomish County.
He began in the 1980s when cup holders became the rage to accommodate new drive-through fast-food restaurants and cups of coffee for longer and longer morning commutes.
Cellphones followed. Their ever-evolving technology brought seductive instant Internet access, cameras and text messaging.
The result, Rudeen said, has been more distracted drivers, mostly between their 20s and 40s.
A quick spin along Evergreen Way through Everett and I-5 underscores his point.
It took just a few minutes before he pulled over a Texas woman on Evergreen. Her eyes had wandered from the road to her iPhone. She was trying to reset her playlist.
A few blocks away, he stopped a man in a delivery van. He had one hand on the steering wheel, but his neck was bent down and eyes were diverted. He explained to the trooper that he was tapping into GPS.
A man from Sri Lanka in a rental car was the next driver whose eyes were scanning his hand-held technology. He was looking on GPS for directions to the state Department of Motor Vehicle's office.
"It's a 'You-caught-me' sort of thing and it's one excuse after another," Rudeen said.
Several Snohomish County law enforcement agencies are in the middle of emphasis patrols looking for texters and talkers along with drivers who aren't wearing seat belts. The campaign began May 20 and ends June 2.
Last year, during this same time period, officers on routine and extra patrols statewide issued 3,171 seat belt violations among 11,047 stops.
Similarly, last year during the same stretch, 1,059 cell phone violations were written. By contrast, in 2010, the same year cell phone use became a primary law in Washington, only 63 drivers were cited statewide.
Rudeen worries that drivers are establishing bad habits that could cost lives.
Critical seconds and nano-seconds are squandered talking on cell phones and glancing at small screens while zipping down freeways at 60 mph, he said. The brain needs time to process information and shift from one thought to another.
"Your reaction time is delayed," Rudeen said. "Your mind is trying to figure out what to do, to brake or swerve. It's actually a rather complicated exercise for the brain, which must perceive the danger and understand what you are doing to determine what action to take."
Rudeen figures at 60 mph, a car is traveling at more than 87 feet per second. The average reaction time is 11/2 seconds, which means most folks take about 130 feet before they begin to react.
Lose a second or two to the distraction of a text or cell phone conversation and soon a driver could be traveling the length of a football field before reacting, he said.
On the same trip, Rudeen pulled over a Mukilteo woman, 55, who was talking on a cell phone. She told him the call had been an emergency she had to take and tried to convince him to let him off with a warning.
He gave her a ticket. It's best to pull over to the shoulder or off the freeway altogether before making a call, he said.
Talking while driving with a cell phone to the ear remains the most common infraction involving hand-held wireless communication devices, according to state statistics.
Before the law changed in 2010, making cell phone citations a primary offense, there were about 700 cell phone citations issued in a given month. After the law changed, the number of citations has been hovering around 4,000 a month.
Text messaging while driving is harder to enforce. It averaged about 30 a month before the law was toughed up and about 130 a month afterward.
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Good position on arrival can walk to hotel from station,central for sightseeing. Excellent staff very helpful esp reception would thoroughly recommend. Would have appreciated room service/tea tray in room.
This hotel still improves its quality. Although only 3* it's a very good place to stay. Very friendly and absolutely helpful staff. Rooms equipped properly with. Very good restaurant. In case of early check out, they offer very good package breakfast. Uncomfortable keys, poor noise protection
Breakfast - super: for every taste. Staff very helpful. No possibility for extra bed for older child. Nevertheless the double bed is wide enough for little child. Payment for dog 10EUR - other hotels in Kielce asks only 25PLN. Parking costs PLN 37.
The location is very convenient, the rooms are comfortable and the staff is very friendly
Location, new rooms, service Charge for the car parking
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good position to visit the fair in Kilece, very good restaurant!!! nice personal, big parking
Everything. Wonderful and helpful staff, spacious room, spotless, comfortable, food selection and affordable wine also flat screen tv with free internet access and a port for a laptop computer as well which was great for our business trip. Lack of English Films or programmes. Only News channels available
Very nice and helpful staff. Good restaurant.Free internet connection. It is really worth to stay here for any bussiness in Kielce.
Free internet connection, quite good breakfast Rooms a bit too small as for 4* and "LUX" variant, no TV/radio speakers in bathroom, no safety deposit box in the room no tea choice in the room
Very good hotel, quite confortable and in a strategic position. Breakfast is rich and good. Internet didn`t work
Breakfast was suuperb The pillows on the bed were square and too soft
Good hotel. The restaurant and food is good. The pub in the hotel has a nice atmosphere.
The staff were pleasant and helped us out although there english was limited which we really appreciated. Room was nice and quite large, wifi is always a bonus and good to have.
The rooms are fitted with air conditioning. All the staff were very friendly, helpful and polite. The centre of town was within walking distance as were the main attractions and the railway station and bus station.
Didn't like the view from outside my window so asked at reception if I could change rooms,my request was granted without any fuss and I ended up with a room with a huge balcony.
Staff are very helpful and friendly. Hotel and room was very clean and modern. Price very reasonable. An excellent option for a budget. In town centre. Thoroughly recommend.
This hotel offers great value for money. The staff are exceptional, very helpful and caring. Additionally everyone we talked with spoke excellent English..
Good location to city centre, staff very polite and spoke good English, very modern hotel in a very old, drab Polish town. The buffet breakfast was very limited, not enough hot or warm dishes on offer.
good price and clean rooms payment needed to be done upfront at check-in very weird and unconvenient, on the last night could not get into the room, payment at check-in was not even correctly calculated, got no excuse from staff had to pay before i could enter my room again, very very unprofessional, they just don't care
Hotel staff very friendly it was situated in a good location and the food was good.Rooms were clean also.would stay again.
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I liked everything. The staff was very friendly.Thank you.
I slept here only. Poor breakfast.
There are only smoking rooms. The breakfast is served as a menu (no buffet).
nice, clean and big rooms, internet access, comfortable stay Restaurant was closed, noisy night due to Disco
helpful staff, quiet room, easz to find the hotel.
no swimming pool +fittness room under repair
uitstekende kamer, goed verzorgd
the hotel has an excelent position and very quiet. Yor rest if you will and you go around if you want to. Very good
The stuff was very nice, helpful and welcoming. The breakfast was very nice too, a plenty to choose from. The hotel is in a green area and has a playground for children and a good restaurant. Value for money.
It's in a very comfortable location for people with pets, you can go for a walk in the park right on the other side of the fence. Absolutely charming interior. Tasty food.
Impossible to find even with a GPS. No central air and two of the five rooms were unbearabley hot.
Everything was fantastic. Couldn't have asked for a better hotel. Having a beer outside surrounded by woodlands was wonderful.
Animal Protection Projects I was in the hotel during the day for only one hour, the hour the staff wanted to clean the room (11 - 12 am). After that time I went out but nobody cleaned the room. At the reception I was told that it was my fault, I should not have stayed in the room the time they usually clean the room...
Will never stay at this hotell again the standard of the rooms
Very comfortable hotel, reasonable price. Food very poor.
My family and I stayed at Hotel Ameliowka while we attended a wedding in nearby Kielce. The hotel was located in pretty countryside and there were plenty of parking spaces. The location was rather remote and rustic. The breakfast was adequate. It was very hot during our stay and the lack of air conditioning made it extremely uncomfortable at night. The hotel staff provided us with a fan that did help somewhat.
Clean and quiet rooms. hotel rooms is not accessible by wheelchair due to big stairs from ground floor to 1st floor.


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Kuroda's April-Was-Enough Message Faces Investors Wanting More
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's conviction his April plan to double the nation's monetary base will be enough to end deflation is confronting its biggest test with a sustained sell-off in stocks.
The Topix index fell 1 percent yesterday, extending its decline to 14 percent from a May 22 high, after the BOJ refrained from adding stimulus or expanding its toolkit for tackling volatility in bonds. Kuroda has repeatedly said the BOJ has taken all "necessary" measures.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe contributed to the retreat in stocks last week by putting off until autumn a structural deregulation program he vows will bolster growth. Politically handicapped from pursuing bolder steps before elections next month, the risk is that lawmakers will step up pressure on Kuroda to address market turmoil through monetary measures.
"Apparently the BOJ considers a stock plunge is temporary, but the central bank would be forced to act if stock prices keep heading south," said Yoshiki Shinke, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute in Tokyo. At the same time, "if a central bank does everything investors call for, it would be pushed into a corner and forced to react endlessly," he said.
The yen surged after the decision, trading 1.8 percent higher as of 8:52 a.m. in New York. In Tokyo, 10-year yields were at 0.880 percent yesterday, compared with a record low of 0.315 percent on April 5 and a high of 1 percent on May 23. Even after a one-day plunge of 6.9 percent on May 23, the Topix is up 28 percent this year, at 1,101.15. The Nikkei slipped 1.5 percent yesterday to 13,317.62.
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"The Nikkei falling to around 12,000 would be the limit for the government's patience with the BOJ," said Takuji Okubo, chief economist at Japan Macro Advisors in Tokyo, formerly of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. "The central bank would come under pressure for further measures such as more easing, longer maturities -- some sort of stronger commitment to easing," he said, referring to purchases of longer-dated debt.
Yesterday's policy statement restated the April pledge to increase the monetary base by 60 trillion to 70 trillion yen ($720 billion) per year. Policy makers left unaltered a one-year fixed-rate loan facility the bank has tapped seven times since April to try to ease bond market volatility. Twenty of 23 analysts in a Bloomberg News survey forecast that the BOJ would approve loans of two years or longer at yesterday's meeting or said that such a move was possible.
Not Needed
"We have concluded that we don't need to have a new tool for now as volatility has been greatly reduced amid our efforts for flexible operations," Kuroda said at a briefing. "We will discuss when needed" any extension to the funding limit, he said, adding that "I haven't seen the need for it so far."
The BOJ has so far offered 13 trillion yen in the one-year fixed-rate operations, with banks and financial institutions taking up a total of 10.4 trillion yen.
Yields matter in Japan because the nation bears the world's biggest public debt burden, with the International Monetary Fund last month urging a "concrete and credible" plan for fiscal consolidation. The IMF said last year that Japan's borrowings may amount to 245 percent of its economic output this year.
"Volatility in the bond market is calming down," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute in Tokyo, and one of the economists who expected no extension of the funding operation.
Price swings in Japan's government bonds maturing in more than a year have almost halved in the past two months. Volatility has declined to 3.79 percent since it reached 6.86 percent on April 16, the highest since September 2003 on a 10-day reading basis, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies.
Not 'Swayed'
The BOJ's stance "sends a signal that Kuroda won't be swayed by short-term swings and volatility in bond yields," said Hideo Kumano, executive chief economist at Dai-ichi Life in Tokyo and a former BOJ official. According to Hiroshi Shiraishi, an economist at BNP Paribas SA in Tokyo, the central banker also avoided the mixed message of expanding bond-buying options for financial institutions while simultaneously trying to push them into holding riskier assets.
Officials before the meeting were divided over whether to extend the loans to a two-year horizon, people familiar with the discussions said last week.
Yesterday, Kuroda said that the central bank has more scope to increase purchases of exchange-traded funds than of Japanese real-estate investment trusts, or J-REITs. The BOJ also said that 3.15 trillion yen of loans will be extended to 70 major and regional banks on June 20 through a program set up under former Governor Masaaki Shirakawa.
Exports, Output
The BOJ upgraded its assessment of exports and production, saying both are "picking up," and also saw some initial progress toward pulling the nation out of 15 years of deflation. Annual consumer-price changes are "likely to gradually turn positive," the bank said, a switch from saying on May 22 that the benchmark gauge was "expected to register smaller declines for the time being, and thereafter is likely to gradually turn positive."
The economy is "picking up," the central bank said, after a revised report this week showed annualized growth of 4.1 percent in the first quarter, the fastest pace in a year.
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|Margin Notes
|Chap. 298
|Deficiencies appropriations.
|Chap. 298
|Northern Arapahoe Indians. Determination of money due.
35 Stat., 924.
15 Stat., 655, vol. 2, 1012.
19 Stat., 254, vol. 1, 168.
|Chap. 298
|Eastern Cherokees. Payment of interest.
35 Stat., 938.
34 Stat., 664.
35 Stat., 939.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ in the Office of Indian Affairs an expert accountant to state the account of the Northern Arapahoe Indians, in order to determine what sums of money, if any, are still due said Indians from appropriations made in
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fulfillment of the treaties with the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes ratified by the acts of Congress approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight (Fifteenth Statutes at Large, page six hundred and fifty-five), and February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven (Nineteenth Statutes at Large, page two hundred and fifty-four), one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
That the general deficiency appropriation act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, so far as the same provides for the payment of item two of the judgment of the Court of Claims of May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and five, in favor of the Eastern Cherokees, shall be so construed as to carry interest on said item two up to such time as the roll of the individual beneficiaries entitled to share in said judgment shall be finally approved by the Court of Claims, and for the payment of said interest a sufficient sum is hereby appropriated.
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Sociology and Anthropology Seminar
Thursday, 14 August 2014, 04:00 pm — Thursday, 14 August 2014, 05:00 pm
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As part of the School of Humanities and Social Science Sociology and Anthropology seminar series, Dr David Farrugia will present, 'Rural Youth Subjectivities in Late Modernity: Situated Narratives and Affective Intensities'.
In late modernity, rural youth are positioned as peripheral both to the economic and cultural dynamics of global capitalism, and to the dominant theoretical preoccupations of sociology.
Addressing this trend, this seminar draws on research conducted with young people in regional Victoria to explore the spatio-temporal dimensions of rural youth subjectivities.
The aim is to provide a re-located account of young people's identities, acknowledging the theoretical challenges presented by 'globalisation' whilst exploring the significance of place for young people positioned as 'peripheral' due to growing up in a 'disadvantaged' regional community.
The seminar discusses the situated desires and personal investments articulated by young people developing an orientation towards their futures, as well as how young people's intensive, embodied experiences of themselves emerges from affective relations to space.
Highlighting the impact of metrocentric cultural distinctions, and the productive limits of embodied subjectivity in different spaces and places, the seminar presents a spatialised analysis of rural young people as 'peripheral' youth.
Dr David Farrugia is a Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Science and a member of the Newcastle Youth Studies Research Group.
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My Heroes Or Heroines Do Good Deeds Every Day - Poem by Francis Duggan
The general public the legends create
The heroes or heroines we do celebrate
And if you wish to know what constitutes a hero or heroine ask someone other than me
For we all look at life one might say differently.
My heroes by the majority remain as unsung
And my heroes can be ageing, middle aged or young
My heroes or heroines not known in renown
They never do become the toast of the Town.
My heroes or heroines do good deeds every day
For to help others out they go out of their way
They do not do it for ego or honour or pay
Good karma awaits them one can only say.
My heroes or heroines of themselves never boast
And to them others never do drink a toast
For their acts of kindness they only are known
One might say they are in a class of their own.
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Autumn Concert Series
Autumn is a great time to explore good music at leisure and in depth. These live-concert series around the region will keep you coming back again and again.
1. Carnegie Hall's ambitious Ancient Paths, Modern Voices Festival turns its discerning curatorial eye towards China and its music, past and present.
2. Caramoor is probably still best known for its excellent summer concerts, but the music—and the environment—are just as magical when cooler weather prevails.
3. Wordless Music has taken New York City by storm, and for good reason: nowhere else can you hear such an exciting and innovative mix of alt-classical and smart rock, jostling against each other happily.
4. It's hard to believe that BAM's Next Wave Festival, once the enfant terrible of New York concert life, is now an august 27 years old. The music is as fresh as ever, though: Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, So Percussion, and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) are all on hand.
5. Mt. Kisco's Copland House has become a nerve center for fostering the creations of new American composers as well as nurturing the work of past generations. Programs this fall include music of John Corigliano, Mark O'Connor and the home's longtime owner, Aaron Copland.


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The much-anticipated film Paa is on the verge of hitting the theatres. It is releasing tomorrow (December 4). Today, Amitabh Bachchan is holding its premiere at the IMAX Wadala multiplex, and it will be a big event with the who and who of Bollywood attending it.
Amitabh wrote on his blog that it was a great joy speaking to all the Bollywood celebrities. "Shahrukh (Khan) and Aamir (Khan) had confirmed earlier as have Akshay (Kumar) and Hrithik (Roshan) and Ajay (Devgn) and Anil (Kapoor) and Ranbir (Kapoor)…. the Industry is such a colossal bank of talent. Dilip Saheb is unwell as are Shammi ji and Shashi ji and Dharamji … but speaking to them after such a while was a joy and an accomplishment in itself," he wrote.
He continued, "Dev Anand ji, just back from London and in his elements as ever, writes a note to me and sends across a bouquet of flowers. Says he will try. Its 50-50 he says, exuding exuberance as ever over the phone. Shammi ji and Shashi ji are not keeping too well. I spare them the strain of traveling all that distance, as I do with Dharam ji, who is down with a severe flu condition. But Sonny and Bobby confirm they shall be there. Vinod Khanna calls in and regrets. He is out of town, but shall catch the film later and sends wishes for success. Hema ji acknowledges and will be there as will Jeetendra … and the list goes on."
Well, Amitabh deserves all the praises for arranging such a big event meticulously at this age. Unlike others, he sent invitations and called personally well in advance to attend Paa premiere. Younger actors should learn a lesson or two from this veteran!


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Michigan announced Wednesday that reserve sophomore quarterback Tate Forcier did not meet university standards and is ineligible to participate in the Gator Bowl.
Forcier has played in eight games behind starter Denard Robinson and thrown for 597 yards and four touchdowns. He helped lead the Wolverines to a triple-overtime defeat of Illinois when Robinson was sideline with an injury.
The suspension puts the Wolverines in a tough position against Mississippi State on Jan.1. Robinson's backup is now true freshman Devin Gardner, who is seeking a medical redshirt after appearing in two games and throwing 10 passes.
If Robinson goes down, Gardner could be pressed into action. Slot receiver Jeremy Gallon has also worked extensively at quarterback and could be used in an emergency to preserve Gardner's eligibility.
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The Umatilla depended on the great numbers of salmon found in the rivers for food and trade, even using the dried fish for fuel. Dried salmon served the same purpose corn and buffalo products did throughout the North American plains as an integral part of the local trade.
When Lewis and Clark's men first encountered the Umatilla, the terrified Indians hid in their homes or abandoned them at the strangers' approach. Determined to placate the Indians, Clark forced his way into one of the lodges and convinced the inhabitants of his good will through the liberal distribution of gifts.
Years later Clark explained that the Umatilla told the Corps members that they thought the Americans were sky gods and feared that the spirits meant to kill them. Apparently, as Clark approached the villages on the day of the first encounter he had casually killed a crane. The band associated the loud noise of the gunshots, the dead crane, and the sudden appearance of strangers as bad signs.
The Umatilla were also frequently raided by neighboring Paiute and may have chosen to hide to avoid such a confrontation.
By 1855 the Umatilla were settled with the Cayuse and Walla Walla Indians on the Umatilla Reservation near Pendleton, Oregon. As of 1990 there were more than 2,300 members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
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Nahla Betelmal <firstname.lastname@example.com>
st: interpretation for negative and positive slope combination of interaction term
Fri, 10 May 2013 10:20:42 +0100
Hi David, thank you for your reply, but can you kindly explain more or
give me a link or reference how having a log function can solve the
issue and how to do it plz. Do you mean taking the log of the
dependent variable only or both the dependent and all continuous
independent variables? And how can this help plz
Many thanks in advance
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From: "David Crow" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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Subject: st: interpretation for negative and positive slope
combination of interaction term
Date: Thu, May 9, 2013 11:34 pm
Yes, Nahla and David Hoaglin were absolutely right. Many apologies.
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:06 PM, David Hoaglin <email@example.com> wrote:
> Dear Nahla,
> You are correct about the slope and intercept, as shown in Figure 7.8
> of that book. In David Crow's simplified model, B2 does not
> contribute to the slope for MV.
> A major part of your difficulty comes from trying to make ratio
> interpretations of coefficients in a model whose coefficients can tell
> you about differences. One usual way to get coefficients that have a
> straightforward interpretation as ratios is to analyze the dependent
> variable in a logarithmic scale. If it is not appropriate to work
> with your dependent variable in a log scale, you may be able to use a
> generalized linear model with a log link function.
> David Hoaglin
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Nahla Betelmal <email@example.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply David, but I think there is something not quite
>> right. If you check this file, p.133 figure 7.8
>> http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/21120_Chapter_7.pdf
>> You will notice that in order to get the slope for the group with
>> Dummy= 1 (overconfident manager in my case), we should add the
>> coefficient of beta and gama ( MV and OC*MV in my case) , and to get
>> the intercept for those managers we should add the alpha and y ( my
>> model intercept and the coefficient of OC )
>> I found the same in other files, the problem is that all the examples
>> they provide both beta and gama are positive which makes the addition
>> and interpretation process easy.
>> my question is how to add and interpret when one is positive and the
>> other is negative . As the effect of MV on realistic managers is -
>> 0.0566 and on overconfident managers is + 0.0596 , it moves from
>> negative to positive 0.003 (again the interaction is significant
>> although at 10 level). how many times MV effect overconfident managers
>> more than other managers ?
>> I would really appreciate help in that
>> Many thanks
>> Nahla
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Telengana Statehood Drive Stays Strong
The results of by-elections in the Telangana region of India's southern Andhra Pradesh show the region still firmly in favor of separate statehood and have been a blow to the Congress party, which is in favor of a united Andhra state.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti—the political party dedicated to establishing a separate state of Telangana, which includes Hyderabad—has won six seats of the 12 being contested for the state legislature and is leading in five other constituencies, said senior party leader T. Harish Rao. The final results for the by-elections will be announced Friday evening.
"This proves the Telangana sentiment is still high among people," Mr. Rao told India Real Time. "The win will give a boost to the movement."
Mr. Rao—nephew of TRS leader K. Chandrashekar Rao, who has been spearheading the Telengana movement—won an assembly seat in today's by-elections.
The Congress party chief in the southern Andhra Pradesh state, D. Srinivas, suffered a defeat in his by-election in the Telangana region.
The by-elections, held July 27 for 12 assembly seats, were called after the resignation of 10 legislators of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti party and one each of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and a regional Telegu Desam Party on demands for a separate state of Telangana earlier this year.
In December last year, India's government agreed to carve a separate state out of the southern Indian province of Andhra Pradesh, which includes the information-technology capital of Hyderabad, following days of violent protests. The government, however, declined to provide a timeframe for the final resolution to be introduced in the state assembly. Several legislators later quit their posts in support of a separate Telangana.
The movement for a separate Telangana state dates back to 1956 when the region was merged with the state of Andhra Pradesh as part of a reorganization of states along linguistic lines formulated by then-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The Telangana region is spread over 10 of the 23 districts that make up Andhra Pradesh.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi party, formed in April 2001 to support the cause, argues that the region has been neglected by the government, with high poverty and unemployment rates and lack of proper irrigation facilities.
The by-elections are set to return to the assembly the same preponderance of statehood-supporting politicians as quit previously, which could augur for more agitation at a later date. It remains to be seen, though, whether they can force New Delhi's hand in granting separate statehood.
"The by-elections can only be indicative of various political events but will have no determining effect on the future course of the movement for a separate state," said Professor Chintamani Mahapatra, a political analyst at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University.


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The same group that ran ads attack 2004 Presidential candidate John Kerry's war record, claiming he did nothing to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor have just released an ad that claims that Mitt Romney led the secret mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden...
The source of the material in the ad is based on what its sponsors say are documents that show that Mr. Romney's private equity investments had made a leveraged buy-out of the Obama raid, and that they borrowed over $100 million from investors to purchase all rights to the raid. These rights included the authorization to say that Mr. Romney was on the raid, and to have all rights to the marketing and licensing revenues from the raid. The group said they would make the documents available to the public right after the election.
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Pau Gasol: Lakers' defense will be back in time for playoffs
The big issue for the Los Angeles Lakers has been how they defend the pick-and-rolls of opposing offenses.
Their 7-footers Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol often switch, which leaves them exposed on the perimeter vs. speedy guards, which negates their shot-blocking ability at the rim.
It was a problem for them in the 2011 playoffs, when the New Orleans Hornets pushed them to six games in the first round with then-point guard Chris Paul, and then Jason Kidd and J.J. Barea of the eventual NBA champion Dallas Mavericks swept them out of the second round using similar strategies.
In Wednesday's 113-108 win vs. the Staples Center co-tenant Los Angeles Clippers, the Lakers fixed that problem just as Paul started to lead a fourth-quarter comeback.
Coach Mike Brown put 6-7 forward Metta World Peace, 2003-04 defensive player of the year, on Paul and they stopped switching.
Earlier in the week, Gasol told USA TODAY Sports that he thought the Lakers' defense would come around in time for the playoffs.
"We're still making adjustments. Mike wants us to be really aggressive on the ball," said Gasol, who endured rampant trade speculation after he almost was shipped to the Houston Rockets before the season. "I think we'll be fine. We're a veteran team. We understand how to play the game. Find the things that work for us out there, believe in them, commit to them and it'll work out."
An ambassador for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital where families find treatment for their terminally ill children at no cost, Gasol has a background in medicine. His mother was a surgeon in his native Spain. His father was a nurse administrator. Gasol left medical school to enter the NBA.
In a wide-ranging interview, he talked about his season, his charity and the Lakers' playoff outlook:
Q: How long have you been involved with the hospital?
A: With St. Jude, I've had a long-term relationship with them since my days in Memphis (2001-08) where we used to do regular appearances at the hospital. … I love what St. Jude does. I think it's extremely importantly because they need a lot of funding because 75% of their funding comes from public donors. It costs $1.7 million per day to run the place. A lot of great work is done there, treatment, research. So we need to continue to support it so they can continue their rate of success of curing kids with deadly diseases. … Almost every year when I got to Memphis to play the Grizzlies I visit the hospital. It's usually around two hours or so. As much as the schedule allows me to.
Q: So it puts in perspective your worries about getting traded by the Lakers earlier this season?
A: When you look at it through a broader lens, it makes it feel like it's really nothing. When you put yourself in somebody else's position, what they might be going through, a child battling cancer, battling for their life, what that family goes through, what that family goes through is a million times bigger than dealing with a trade, or playing here, playing there. I've had enough experiences in life. I love my profession. I love what I do. I'm very competitive and I want to win every single game. As much as a loss hurts me, there's much bigger things than a game. I've experienced so many in the hospitals and in my relationships with UNICEF, traveling to Africa and seeing many kids in devastating situations. That gives me a broader view of life in general.
Q: You and your brother Marc (of the Grizzlies) are considered among the most personable, likable guys in the NBA. Where does that come from?
A: I guess the way we've been raised. The values that our parents taught us when we were little, appreciating everything, being humble, respecting and valuing what you have. Those things helped a lot, helped us be who we are today. What we've gone through, we appreciate so much what we've been able to accomplish, our position and the affect we can have on others and try to give back and make other people's lives better.
Q: So now it's soon onto the postseason where you two get to try to outdo each other?
A: We'll see. There's a chance. That'll be a hell of a battle. It's been a special season. There's a lot more to come. We'll see how it plays out.
Q: Where do you find time for charity work during a season?
A: We don't have a whole lot of time, especially with this compact season. But you can still make the time. I also have a relationship with the Children's Hospital here in L.A. and (last Wednesday) I presented new software for the hospital that a pharmaceutical company from Spain donated. It was over $200,000 and it's going to make the hospital's care of the patients better. That's what I'm about. I try to make positive impact on people and organizations that are doing the right thing and doing such great work for children. That's what love to be involved with. Here (in the NBA) it's a little more done and encouraged (than in Europe pro leagues). There it's starting to be also part of the professional teams giving back more to the community. I also do it myself. If I think there's a certain place or certain institution I'd like to be involved with I usually call them up, "Hey can we make this work?" Usually they're very happy to have me involved for a day and visit.
Q: What are the Lakers missing to be champions again?
A: Better consistency when we're out there playing. Where I think we're the best team, we don't sustain those efforts and those stretches and that's what hurts us. We got to be a little more disciplined, a little more consistent, a little more concentrated on what works and when we're at our best.
Q: How different is it playing in coach Brown's motion offense vs. Phil Jackson's triangle offense?
A: This offense, it's based on a lot of reads, how the defense plays you. There's a lot of options. It's predicated on ball movement and changing sides of the floor. It worked really well for us for a while. Now we play a different offense. There are more set plays. We also try to get some ball movement. That's something we need to continue to emphasize. It's going to make a big difference for all of us.
Q: The question keeps coming up: Do players believe in Brown?
A: It's never been an issue. Mike is the coach that he is. He has been that way his entire career. We work hard to do what he wants us to do. We've been successful in the past and we want to get to that level again.
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SQL Server log data is very important for any DBA to troubleshoot SQL Server related problems. In SQL Server 2000 there was no facility to check System and Application log, however in SQL Server 2005 there is facility of the log viewer. It is very useful tool and very easy to use as well.
In SQL Server 2005 all the windows event logs can be seen along with SQL Server logs. Interface for all the logs is same and can be launched from the same place. This log can be exported and filtered as well.
Following two images describes the how to launch log viewer and analysis the logs.
Following are kind of logs which can be viewed in Log Viewer.
- Database Mail
- SQL Server Agent Logs
- SQL Server Error Logs
- Windows Event Logs (Application, Security and System)
Reference : Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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Thanks for the article on the SQL log. While the logs are useful for many purposes, more often than ever they are very confusing and overwhelming with the number of records. Would it be possible for you to write few articles to decipher the log in a simple fashion approach, that is for some generic scenario's like (CPU usage, culprit transaction etc) what kind of message some one should be looking for. I could very well google this and find out but so far the articles I have seen are little bit overwhelming with ton of information and I have come to love your simple, practical fashion approach.
Thanks much
nice, thank
Hi Pinaldave,
Thanks for the info. I was wondering, is there any way to clear the log? (is there a table which I can delete records from?)
There was a small bug in some software which generated hundred of thousands of the same messages. If I can delete them the log would become more usefull.
best regards


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So I'm trying to follow the old measure twice, cut once proverb with my next BT4 installation. Normally, I use VMWare or a small 8gb usb thumbdrive for BT, but I would like something with more storage capacity yet still mobile for this installation.
I have a 500GB USB HD which has a very small footprint. I plan on doing a USB bootable install, but I don't want the whole drive to be just for BackTrack. My thought was to use maybe 10 or 20GB for the BT4 install and then make the rest of the drive a large fat32 file system so I could mount it from virtually any computer I happen to be near. I could also mount the same file system from withing BT4 after it boots if needed. This way I can store various data on the remainder of the drive (ie, dictionary files, rainbow tables, database client install media, scripts (perl, python, ruby, powershell, T-SQL, PL/SQL), etc).
So with the above in mind, how would you lay out the drive partitions. My concern is either making the BT partitions too large and wasting space, or too small and loosing BT functionality (like not having enough room for Nessus logs).
So if you have some experience using BackTrack on a USB drive and have an opinion on an efficient way to layout the disk I'm very interested in hearing it.
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Congressman Wu Files Reelection Papers (Paws for Laughter)
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What else can I say except I welcome all the material I can get in 2012:
Despite recent news reports of bizarre behavior and calls for his resignation, Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) has filed for reelection.
Wu filed a statement of organization with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday to be able to run for his seat in 2012.
Two major Oregon newspapers and Oregon Republicans have been calling for Wu's resignation after revelations, originally reported by The Oregonian, that Wu had been exhibiting strange behavior, including dressing in a tiger costume and sending emails to his staff in the voice of one of his daughters.
Wu's re-election campaign has already been endorsed by the special interest group Cub for Growth
12 Responses to "Congressman Wu Files Reelection Papers (Paws for Laughter)"
Clu Seatoe on
February 27th, 2011 2:17 pm
If this is the criteria, what about that guy in Washington who dresses up like a president an makes unconstitutional proclamations but ignores lawful proclamations of unconstitutionality.
Anything come to mind??
Anybody? Anybody?
joyannaadams on
February 27th, 2011 2:25 pm
Right, Obama needs a Mascot. Putin has the Tiger…I suggest a weazel.
Wait, I would NOT insult such a fine animal.
SignPainterGuy on
February 27th, 2011 2:34 pm
Is it someone who has a wife who thinks she can instruct everyone else on their eating habits and dietary choices while ignoring her own advise ? Do they also have two daughters who the press seem to allow their privacy and don`t hound at every turn, unlike they`ve done all other First Kids ?
I don`t know, I got nuthin` ! Can you give us a hint ?
OK_Loyalist on
February 27th, 2011 4:24 pm
I can see the ads now, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVR18o2rq2o is the background music
SignPainterGuy on
February 27th, 2011 4:34 pm
Too cute !
Marshall_Will on
February 27th, 2011 7:20 pm
I can't thank Doug enough for propelling this story into the national limelight as much as possible! What further proof does the rest of the country need that Oregon has gone off a Deep BLUE cliff!?
And Wu won handily! On a seperate note, on Saturday myself and Mrs. Will met the Republican contender that ran against Wu last fall. John Kuzmanich. What a great, common sense, down to earth guy! His wife is absolutely wonderful.
Oddly neither were dressed up like A.A Milne characters. What has essentially unfolded ( or rather 'folded' ) in Oregon is… our State GOP. John was elected State Chairman for the OR Tea Party and our membership ( and my new task ) is growing by leaps and bounds!
John mentioned that at their very first "rally" about 11 people showed up. But at every meeting they always ask "How many of you have NEVER attended -any- kind of political rally before?" and it's amazing to note that while the 'crowd' grows ( still, 90%+ raise their hands! )
SignPainterGuy on
February 27th, 2011 7:27 pm
Sounds like you had a good time yesterday ! I was hoping you`d report in on it today ! Did it go well ?
I haven`t seen much detailing the "other" goofy stuff Wu has done, the Tigger suit is rather mild by itself !
Marshall_Will on
February 27th, 2011 7:28 pm
Oh.., btw, a few Repub. reps showed up ( largely embarrassed and humbled I suppose ) and the basic msg. was; "If you don't like what's going on with the OR GOP.., and would like to 'change' it, well then JOIN it!"
Yeah dude, been there done that. Every year it's like "Well.., we didn't get beaten 'nearly' as bad as we did 'last' cycle?" Great claim to fame guys. Meanwhile our state -continues- to be Liberal Lightening Rod attracting the lowest form of Lib-scum from coast-to-coast.
One young gal ( a student at PSU ) pointed out that Multnomah County "just so happened" to have 90,000 BLANK BALLOTS the day OF the last Election ( you know… "just in case"? ) Posters may not know but Oregon has been "Vote By Mail" for years! All it has proven to be is "An Invitation For Fraud".
Even w/ all the under handed tactics OR's lib flakes pull, we're still within striking distance. What we hope to create is a bluprint other -former- solidly CONSERVATIVE states can reclaim their state!
Marshall_Will on
February 27th, 2011 7:36 pm
Again, for those that may not have followed.., we didn't get our Oregon Gov. race results until WELL into the following day! Chris Dudley ( some of you may remember him as the former TrailBlazer back-up Center ) was LEADING our Dem-scum Kitzhaber right up until Multnomah counted their "ballots".
Well sh!t people. Now we're being forced into playing Liar's Poker. "Uh… 'how' many votes does the Repub. 'have'? Oh… well, we'll have Portland count LAST and that will tell us how many we'll have to tab on top?"
We are going ALL OUT to combat voter fraud this upcoming cycle. No more "cardboard box" drop off's for registering! We'd like to do away w/ "Fraud By Mail" too. We can DO this guys! We need to get these fraudster stories out to any news media outlet that will LISTEN! Have a great week. I'll be down at Guard. Have FUN!
SignPainterGuy on
February 27th, 2011 7:45 pm
Have fun !
OK_Loyalist on
February 27th, 2011 8:39 pm
Thanks for the update and have a good week yourself !
Clu Seatoe on
February 27th, 2011 9:30 pm
Lame-O. lame-O. What a zero, pathetic hatchet job.
Maybe the guy needs to be replaced, but this is not why. There's a glaring lack of any good reason. We don't know what occasioned the costume, which over the years we've all donned on occasion.
And even though "…Wu went on ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday and admitted that he is receiving counseling and taking medication. He has called his behavior "unprofessional and inappropriate…," but how does Mao's daily behavior stack up against that definition?
It sounds far more likely that Wu is simply not voting according to the liking of the paper's editor's and hence the personal hatchet jobs.
One would think a by-lined reporter would know the difference between "email" and "voice mail". http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/1…
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President Obama's tax plan would create "A Simpler, Fairer Tax Code," according to the official fact sheet. The president's budget uses "simplify" numerous times in describing the plan, and the president declared in his State of the Union address: "let's simplify the system."
Chris Edwards is director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, and a former senior economist on the congressional Joint Economic Committee.
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The outlook for American taxpayers is pretty grim. The federal tax code is getting more complex, the president is proposing tax hikes on high-earners, businesses, and energy consumers; and huge deficits may create pressure for further increases down the road. Despite promises by President Obama and other politicians to simplify the federal tax code, it gets more complicated every year:
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Of late, U.S. economic policy has been dominated by responses to short-term crises — the Wall Street bailouts, the economic stimulus bill, and post-hurricane spending. Whether or not such interventions make sense, they divert attention from the urgent need to bolster America's long-term competitiveness in the global marketplace. While U.S. fiscal policy has been directionless, many of our international competitors have initiated dramatic tax reforms that put them at a distinct advantage for attracting outside investment and attendant job growth.


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A grandfather who fell outside a bank and saw his £1,000 in cash blow away in the wind was amazed when strangers returned almost every penny.
Barry Eastwood, 54, had left the Abbey Santander branch in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, after withdrawing the money for his car insurance.
But as he crossed the road, Mr Eastwood tripped and fell on his face, breaking his glasses.
The money was blown from his hand and Barry went back to his car with just £60 left.
His son Richard, 29, who had been waiting for him, jumped out to try and recover some of it.
Grandfather who watched £1,000 cash blow away after he tripped outside bank stunned as kind strangers return almost every penny
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text: [[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_1_5425032_e020947A.jpg]]->''"[[CatchPhrase Hi, I'm Jack, and this is my sister Meg.]]"''The White Stripes were an AlternativeRock duo consisting of Jack and Meg White. They were founded in Oak Park, Michigan (one of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}'s smaller northern suburbs) in 1997. In the band's lifetime they released six albums (and a few live albums):* ''The White Stripes'' (1999)* ''De Stijl'' (2000)* ''Music/WhiteBloodCells'' (2001)* ''Music/{{Elephant}}'' (2003)* ''Get Behind Me Satan'' (2005)* ''Icky Thump'' (2007)The height of their popularity would likely be in 2007-08, around the release of the single "Icky Thump" (their only US Top 40 hit, something they achieved without bothering with pop radio airplay), though the 2003 release of the single "Seven Nation Army" (which reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart without crossing over) was a previous peak. In February 2011, in a [[http://www.myspace.com/thewhitestripes/blog/541926276 statement on the band's website]], it was announced that the band had disbanded after 14 years of existence.Music/JackWhite has gone on to a successful career in his on right, opening Third Man Studios in Nashville, TN, releasing a solo album in 2012 and running two other bands in the process.Jack and Meg were married before founding the band, and now consider each other siblings. Meg White remarried in 2009.----!!TheWhiteStripes provide examples of:* AnimatedMusicVideo: "Fell in Love with a Girl": [[BuiltWithLego stop-motion LEGO animation.]]* AmicablyDivorced: An extremely close platonic friendship has evolved out of Jack and Meg's earlier marriage. Meg was the maid of honor at Jack's 2005 marriage to model/musician Karen Elson. Meg and her second husband Jackson Smith were married in Jack White's backyard in 2009.* AntiLoveSong: A few of them. Examples include "I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman", "Fell In Love With a Girl", and "Effect and Cause".* ArcNumber: The number 3 is a big part of the band's methodology, especially in their image (the red white and black combination) and music (which adheres to three basic elements: melody, rhythm, storytelling).* AudienceParticipationSong: "Seven Nation Army".* AuthorAppeal: As mentioned below, Jack seems to have a thing for redheads, and several of the band's songs make reference to (or are just plain about) sexy red-headed women ("Fell In Love With a Girl", "Take, Take, Take", "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues", etc.).* BadassBoast: These occur in a few of their songs, but "Ball and Biscuit", which is basically 7+ minutes of continual {{Badass Boast}}ing, particularly stands out: "Right now you could care less about me / but soon enough you ''will'' care by the time I'm done."* BetterAsFriends: Luckily, they managed to find this out without breaking up their music duo.* BoyMeetsGhoul: "Little Ghost".* BreakupSong: Many ("I'm Bound to Pack It Up", "There's No Home For You Here", "Red Rain", "You've Got Her In Your Pocket", "The Denial Twist", "I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman", etc.) covering the topic from every conceivable emotional angle. Kind of funny when you consider that they were once a couple themselves.* BunnyEarsLawyer: Jack White, non-stop.* ChainedToABed: The music video for "Icky Thump".* DoesNotLikeShoes: Meg White, who often performed and posed for photos barefoot.* ADogNamedDog: The lyrics in "The Hardest Button to Button" mention the birth of a baby boy that is named "Baby".* DuelOfSeduction: "Conquest"* DrosteImage: The video for "Seven Nation Army".* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Jack and Meg.* EpicRocking: "Ball and Biscuit," clocking in at over seven minutes.** "Death Letter" could get quite long, too, when played live.* {{Gainaxing}}: Meg plays the drums without wearing a bra.* {{Garfunkel}}: Meg, but she was so modest and shy that she isn't an ''obnoxious'' Garfunkel.* GratuitousPanning: The lead guitar in "Hello Operator" stays in the right channel for much of the song. The vocal track in "Take, Take, Take" will occasionally fly between channels at random.* HairTriggerTemper: Jack beat the living crap out of Jason Stollsteimer, the lead singer of The Von Bondies, and was forced to take anger management classes.* HappilyMarried: Inverted, into "[[AmicablyDivorced Happily Divorced]]". * HeavyMeta: ** "Rag and Bone" is about taking and reusing old stuff no one else wants, a transparent metaphor for Jack White's approach to making music.** Jack & Meg consider each other siblings, and pretended to be related when they first gained media attention. Jack claimed this was because he wanted them to focus on the music and not their relationship. John Anthony Gillis changed his name upon marrying Megan Martha White, before they formed the band together. * HeroesWantRedheads: Jack sang about redheads on a least one song on every album after De Stijl. And then married one.* IAmTheBand: Many people tend to assume that the White Stripes ''were'' Jack White, since he was the sole composer of almost all of their original material, sang lead on most songs, and played all the instruments aside from drums. According to [[WordOfGod White himself]], however, the band is actually an aversion, as he claims that Meg's drumming was the foundation of their sound and a major source of creative inspiration to him. * IAmBecomingSong: "I'm Slowly Turning Into You".* KayfabeMusic: Jack insisted that his and Meg's relationship was that of being the two youngest siblings of ten (note that Jack actually ''is'' the youngest of ten kids), and that the idea for the band forming came when Meg began playing on Jack's drumkit in 1997. [[WordOfGod Jack says]] that this was to hide the true relationship of them being married (and AmicablyDivorced), as he feared people would focus more on the band's relationship than their music.* LetsDuet: "This Protector", "Rag and Bone"; "It's True That We Love One Another" is a three-way CallAndResponseSong among Jack, Meg, and English singer Holly Golightly.* Letters2Numbers: Subtly done with the back cover of ''Elephant'' - the E's in the title are actually rendered as backwards 3's. * LimitedWardrobe: Limited to white, black, and red.[[note]]"But the White Stripes' colors were always red, white and black. It came from peppermint candy. I also think they are the most powerful color combination of all time, from a Coca-Cola can to a Nazi banner. Those colors strike chords with people." -- Jack White.[[/note]] * LongRunnerLineUp (LogicalExtreme): It was just Jack and Meg from formation to split.* LoveHurts: A major theme at times; Jack described ''Elephant'' as "a concept album about the death of the sweetheart".* TheMaidenNameDebate: Jack (born John "Jack" Gillis) took Meg's last name when they married and kept it when they divorced.* MindScrew: "St. Andrew (This Battle Is In the Air)". * MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Depending on the song, they could vary anywhere from the 1-2 range to the 6-7 range, often on the same album; part of what made the band so critically beloved was their ability to write and perform with equal skill songs that ranged wildly in style, instrumentation, and attitude. * NonAppearingTitle: "Black Math", "The Air Near My Fingers", "Passive Manipulation", "Instinct Blues", etc. More frequently averted however. On the other hand, all but one of the band's albums (''Icky Thump'') had a NonAppearingTitle.* NotableMusicVideos: From the likes of Michel Gondry and Alex And Martin.* OdeToYouth: "We're Going To Be Friends"* OffTheTable: The White Stripes made a music video entirely out of {{LEGO}} and stop-motion. Jack White consulted with the LEGO company about having LEGO figures of Meg and himself packaged with the release of the single. LEGO refused, claiming they wouldn't cater to a market other than children. When the video was a hit, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen LEGO changed their minds]], only for Jack to turn around in a fit of anger and refuse.* OncePerEpisode: The word "Little" was used in at least one song in every one of their albums.* TheOner: The video for "The Denial Twist".* PissTakeRap: The song "Icky Thump" has rapid fire singing from Jack White, and the lyrics:--> Who's using who?--> What should we do?--> Well you can't be a pimp--> And a prostitute too.* ProtestSong: The Stripes had two of these: the first being "The Big Three Killed My Baby" about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin how much Jack hates the Big Three for killing Detroit]]. The second is ''Icky Thump'', which focuses on illegal immigration (he thinks it's kind of ridiculous for white Americans to be complaining about it).* {{Retraux}}: Jack consciously appropriates imagery and music from everything from TheThirties (Robert Johnson, ''De Stijl''), TheFifties (portions of ''Get Behind Me Satan'') to TheSixties. There is also the Victorian-style video for "Blue Orchid".* SelfBackingVocalist: "There's No Home For You Here", which features a chorus of backing vocals, all by Jack White.* SelfTitledAlbum: "The White Stripes", their debut.* ShoutOut: "The Union Forever", from White Blood Cells, is about ''Film/CitizenKane''. Most of the lyrics are lines from the movie.* SiameseTwinSongs: "Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn" and "St. Andrew (This Battle Is In the Air)" from ''Icky Thump''.* TheSilentBob: Meg. * SingleStanzaSong: "Passive Manipulation" and "Little Room".* SomethingBlues: "Instinct Blues", "Catch Hell Blues", "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues", etc.* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Get Behind Me Satan'' largely eschewed the band's earlier distortion-heavy blues/punk rock sound in favor of lighter, country-inflected songs featuring piano and marimba; they'd return to their roots on their next and final album ''Icky Thump'' however, so the record fell short of being a full-blown NewSoundAlbum.* SongStyleShift: Jack has commented that "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" was an attempt to write a song that incorporated as many different styles of blues playing as possible; hence its abrupt shifts from gentle, country-style acoustic blues to screeching, up-tempo electric blues and back again.* SpokenWordInMusic: The beginning of "Little Acorns", the end of "Your Southern Can Is Mine".* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "We're Going To Be Friends", a nostalgic acoustic number about an innocent childhood friendship between a boy and a girl on an album (''White Blood Cells'') full of passionate, often bitter and angry hard rockers about messy adult relationships between men and women.* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Meg sings "In The Cold, Cold Night", "Passive Manipulation", and "St. Andrew".* StudioChatter: The end of "It's True That We Love One Another".* TextlessAlbumCover: ''White Blood Cells'', ''Elephant'', and ''Get Behind Me Satan''.* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Their entire philosophy, especially prior to ''Get Behind Me Satan''.* ViolentGlaswegian: Jack is part Scottish -- see HairTriggerTemper.* WorkingWithTheEx----