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Mr Beazley fights his emotions.
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IT TOOK less than an hour for fate to deal Kim Beazley a second blow.
Defeated by his own MPs, his leadership rejected, the former Opposition leader made it back to the sanctuary of his office with his composure intact.
But when his wife, Susie Annus, threw her arms around him as he came through the door, flanked by staunch supporters Julia Irwin, Michael Hatton, Kim Wilkie and Jennie George, tears appeared in his eyes.
Ms Irwin declared the result a brutal tragedy. "Kim Beazley is one of Labor's great leaders," she said. "And today he has been denied becoming prime minister of Australia."
Ms Annus was on the brink. "Don't say that I'm going to cry," she warned.
Over the next half hour, other backers, such as NSW Left powerbroker Anthony Albanese dropped by to offer support. And then came the phone call that took Mr Beazley's political tragedy and compounded it with a personal one.
As Mr Beazley went into his personal office, a staffer beckoned Ms Annus to take a call just outside. As she talked, tears welled, and she rubbed her neck.
Then she went in to break the news to her husband that his younger brother, David, had died, aged only 53, from a suspected heart attack that morning. Supporters took their leave, but not without some urging that Mr Beazley should cancel his press conference.
But Mr Beazley, never a man to shirk duty, insisted on pressing ahead. As he stood at the podium, declaring his commission as leader had been terminated, his voice was thick with grief. As he thanked his wife and family, it gave way altogether, for what seemed like an eternity as he fought to suppress a sob.
"Family is everything," he finally declared.
It was a sad end to a political career that promised so much.
The son of a former Labor minister, Kim Beazley snr, he was slated for big things once he went into Parliament in 1980 and then moved rapidly through a series of ministries to become deputy prime minister to Paul Keating in 1995. Over the years, many had cast him as a man who would make a great prime minister, but was too decent to be a truly effective Opposition leader.
The former Labor prime minister Bob Hawke endorsed that view as he paid tribute to Mr Beazley's quarter century in public life, including five years as his defence minister.
"It's a tragedy," Hawke told The Age. "When you think of what he did in 1998 it was the best performance by a leader of the Opposition in the history of Federation.
"A redistribution of 12,000 votes and he would have become PM. Then in 2001 he was beaten by Tampa and 9/11. He has been unlucky."
Mr Hawke recalled former US secretary of state George Schultz and former defence secretary Cap Weinberger confiding in him that Mr Beazley was the most impressive defence minister they had ever dealt with.
It was a view echoed by senior military and security experts, Mr Hawke said.
Mr Beazley and his wife left Caberra on a government VIP jet yesterday headed for Perth to console his elderly parents.
As he did so, Prime Minister John Howard joined the tributes to his political career, declaring his adversary a "very decent" man.
"It's a brutal game, politics, and it's all happened in a way that must be very hurtful to him, but I wish him well," he told Parliament.
Mr Beazley himself was circumspect about the prospects of any further resurrections in his political career.
"For me to do anything further in the Australian Labor Party, I would say would be Lazarus with a quadruple bypass," he said.
"And so the time has come for me to move on."
But not without a moment of candid reflection on whether he had any regrets.
"Do you think I'd go for 25 years in politics without a single regret?" he said.
"Only about 4332 of them."
After its crushing defeat of 1996, Labor turned to Mr Beazley to rebuild its fortunes.
He led the party through two other difficult elections, helping Labor claw back seats against a xenophobic political tidal wave that threatened to wipe it out in 2001, before handing the leadership to Simon Crean.
In 2003, believing Labor's fortunes sunk, he challenged Mr Crean for the top job and lost.
Six months later he lost a second ballot to a Crean protege, Mark Latham, but returned unopposed once Mr Latham's leadership imploded in January 2005.
Mr Hatton declared the final press conference a triumph of professionalism.
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Nicholas Malicki Accused of Murdering Two Phoenix Bail Bondsmen at His Friend's Suggestion
Anthony Giunta got a little scraped up earlier this week while being picked up by a pair of Phoenix bail bondsmen for skipping bail, and he urged that his friends and family who were watching the incident shoot the bail bondsmen.
Police say 23-year-old Nicholas Malicki obliged, and murdered the men.
The bondsmen, David Brickert, 37, and Wesley Kampen, 39, of Sanctuary Bail Bonds, went to pick up Giunta from an apartment in the area of 17th Avenue and Peoria.
Giunta resisted the arrest and "sustained visible injuries to his face," according to court documents obtained by New Times.
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Giunta's family and friends started to surround the bail bondsmen, who were escorting Giunta away in handcuffs, and they were "vocally upset" about Giunta getting a little roughed up.
"Anthony yelled to the crowd to shoot them!" a probable-cause statement says.
Sure enough, police say, one of the people in the crowd pulled out a handgun, and shot the bail bondsmen from behind at close range.
Giunta was arrested a few hours later with the handcuffs dangling from one of his wrists and "minimized his involvement" when talking to the cops, according to court documents.
On Wednesday, though, Giunta decided he'd talk and identified Malicki as the shooter. Several witnesses also saw a photograph of Malicki, and police say each one identified Malicki as the shooter.
Police heard that Malicki also was trying to scrape together some money from people to help him skip town. They also heard he was staying at a house off of 27th Avenue, between Bell and Union Hills.
Police conducting surveillance on the house saw him leave the house with several others, and after pulling over the car, they found Malicki in the backseat with more than $500 in cash.
Malicki claimed he was there when Giunta got roughed up but claimed that he just rode away from the area on his bicycle and never even heard the shooting.
He says he's being "framed by all the witnesses" and that it's "another Nick" that the cops should be looking for.
The cops didn't buy it, and Malicki was booked on two first-degree murder charges, as well as another felony charge for having a gun as a convicted felon. He has two prior drug convictions.
Malicki's bond was set at $750,000, although if we had to guess, any bail-bond agency is going to be a little apprehensive about making that happen.
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Get an overview of this hotelUpscale hotel on the beach, with 4 outdoor swimming pools
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Nestled on the beach, this Anissaras hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Sarandaris Beach, Port of Hersonissos, and Convention Centre Creta Maris. St. Paraskevi Church and Aquaworld Aquarium are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
Spend the day relaxing at the beach, practicing your swing on Aldemar Royal Mare's golf course, or pampering yourself at the full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's 6 restaurants.
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All-inclusive room rates at Aldemar Royal Mare are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
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Some rates at Aldemar Royal Mare are all-inclusive. These rates include onsite meals and beverages, and may include taxes and gratuities. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Lie back and work on your tan with relaxing beach amenities like umbrellas and sun loungers. Summer fun is a breeze at Aldemar Royal Mare, where you can play a round of golf at the golf course, cool off in one of the 4 outdoor swimming pools, and enjoy a treatment at the full-service spa.
Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 6 restaurants. The property also offers a snack bar/deli and a grocery/convenience store. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a beach bar, a poolside bar, and a bar/lounge. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This luxury hotel also offers a complimentary children's club, a children's pool, and outdoor tennis courts. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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- Outdoor tennis courts - 4
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- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 6
- Shopping on site
- Spa services on site
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- Children's pool
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
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- Furnished balcony
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- Free bottled water
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- Designer toiletries
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Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast each morning.
Symposio - This buffet restaurant serves dinner only.
Candia - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine and serves dinner only. Open daily.
Allegro - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves lunch only. Open daily.
Royal Palm - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in Asian cuisine and serves dinner only.
El Greco - This restaurant specializes in Greek cuisine and serves dinner only.
24-hour room service is available.
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A golf course, outdoor tennis courts, and a health club are featured at the hotel. 4 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with an indoor pool. Other recreational amenities include a children's pool.
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- Bicycle rentals on site
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Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, THALASSO & SPA CENTER . Services include facials, body scrubs, and manicures and pedicures. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam.
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Book a stay in any "Premium" room category and receive wine, mineral water, fruit basket, and slippers upon arrival, beach towels, coffee and tea making facilities, a luxury bath set, daily replenishment of mineral water and fresh fruit, and afternoon maid service.
Must book a qualifying room type to receive benefits. Full details at check-in. Offer subject to availability. Taxes and gratuity may not be included. No refunds for any unused portion of offer. Offer is not valid with groups/conventions and may not be combined with other promotional offers. Other restrictions and blackout dates may apply.
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Bonis has some nice white shoes. Seriously, I have always admired how white he keeps those shoes walking around here in the Dominican Republic. Bonis is a missionary intern from Castillo del Rey (King's Castle) in Nicaragua. And as a missionary, Bonis is walking the walk of faith in those white shoes. He has come here on a very tight budget and there are days when he doesn't have a peso to his name. Today was one of those days.
Today he was supposed to come the office and share devotions in our staff meeting. The title of his message was to be "The benefits of obedience". He walked out the door not sure how he would get to office and praying for God to provide transportation some how, some way. He has been serving in a small town 45 minutes away from our offices, so it was going to be a long walk in those white shoes.
As he walked Bonis contemplated what he would share in devotions. He had hardly walked just a few blocks when a car pulled over. It was someone Bonis had never seen before. Bonis explained to us that it turned out to be a brother who had seen him at an evangelistic event. The brother offered him a ride to the capital.
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Killing prompts review of Bend off-leash dog areas
Park district may add small-dog areas to parks
BEND, Ore. - Bend Park and Rec District officials said Thursday they are considering making changes to dog parks following an attack that killed a dog at Pine Nursery's off-leash dog park.
The Deschutes County Sheriff's said a small Papillon was killed by an American Bulldog in the park's grassy field Tuesday afternoon.
Parks Services Director Pat Erwert said park officials will meet with dog owners and groups next week to discuss potential changes and improvements to all of the parks.
He said there's a good chance a small-dog area will be added to Pine Nursery. He also said a small dog run was included in the original plans for the park, but was not constructed.
"We want to make sure that whatever we do fits the needs of the people who want this," Erwert said. "So like our planning for any park or trail, we'd like to get some input."
Erwert said after the park district gets feedback from dog owners, they'll decide what improvements can be made.
Bend Park and Rec maintains seven off-leash dog parks in Bend. The only one with separate areas for big and little dogs is at Riverbend Park.
Erwert said another new dog park in NorthWest Crossing will open next year.


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All 350 anglers, media at governor's fishing opener had success
Last Saturday provided the perfect setting for the 62nd annual Minnesota Governor's Opener, held on Lake Kabetogama near the Ash River Trail.
If you've never been to 25,760 acre Lake Kabetogama, you probably have two questions; how do you pronounce that funky name and where is it located?
First, you may want to say Kabetogama a few times in private before attempting an oral recitation at dinner parties or the bait shop counter. Try this with me: Ka-buh-toe-guh-muh.
No, this is not the official phonetic transcription from a highly trained researcher working for a dictionary publishing company. It simply made sense in my head as I simultaneously typed and read aloud.
Kabetogama (good job, you've got it right!) is located 144 miles northwest of Duluth and 28 miles southeast of International Falls. Nestled in Voyageurs National Park, the lake has 200 islands dotting its 15-mile breadth.
Even though the scenery is breathtaking, the real wonderment comes from a realization of how the lake was formed. Four waves of glaciers exposed the rock of this historic trading route over 10,000 years ago.
By the end of last Saturday's Governor's Fishing Opener, Tim Pawlenty had caught a walleye. Actually, he caught a few. And so did most of the other nearly 350 participants that jigged, jiggled and juggled their bait in the flotilla of boats.
Personally, I loved the lake as much as the approximately 250,000 visitors who enter Voyageurs National Park each year. It truly looks and feels like a Canadian lake without ever crossing the border.
The only downside of the Governor's Fishing Opener weekend was the inability to use cell phones. Reception was almost non-existent, enough to send a text message but without the coverage to make a call. And because the reception was so poor, cell phone batteries were sapped within a few hours as they strained for a signal.
Yet for some visitors who make the trek to Lake Kabetogama, it should be that way; a step back from the connectivity and instant gratification of mainstream society. E-mails were left sleeping in inboxes and Facebook pages sat idle without an update. Life was at vacation-pace.
Even so, after a few days the guests of the Governor's Fishing Opener did find cell phone reception, in a small circumference around one of the area's most visited attractions; a walleye statue adorning a saddle with steps leading up to the seat, inviting photo opportunities just above a sign that reads "Lake Kabetogama."
So I too, just like the many who rode the bucking walleye before, saddled up and had my photo rendered for future exploitation, hand in the air as if I were on a one-ton bull.
And in the middle of this unfamiliar place, a few familiar faces emerged, Dennis Mackedanz, Blake Johnson, Butch DeLaHunt and Chamber director Katie Magozzi, who are hoping to land the Governor's Opener in Park Rapids for 2012. The organizing committee is working hard, though the greatest unknown is who will attend the 2012 opener as Governor.


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South Carolina blanks Heels 8-0 to force game three
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A five-run second inning and stellar pitching propelled South Carolina to an 8-0 win over North Carolina Sunday in game two of super regional play.
Gamecocks pitcher Jordan Montgomery pitched a complete game, allowing no runs on four hits and striking out three.
"That's a really good team," said Montgomery. "I tried to go out there and battle and keep them off balance a little bit."
"Obviously the key to the game was Montgomery, he was sensational," said North Carolina head coach Mike Fox. "We couldn't get anything going. They're a very good team. They beat us in all three phases in the game today pretty handily."
Two hits and a walk put the Gamecocks up 1-0 in the bottom of the second. Tar Heel starter Hobbs Johnson walked another to load the bases with two outs. A double by Joey Pankake and single by LB Dantzler extended the lead to 5 before Johnson's day ended early.
Johnson pitched 1.2 innings allowing five runs off of five hits and three walks. Righty Reilly Hovis entered in relief pitching one scoreless inning before walking four runners in the bottom of the fourth to walk in another run.
"We have the utmost respect for their team. We're not going to feel comfortable with any lead," said South Carolina head coach Chad Holbrook. "Obviously our team played very well today. Montgomery was incredible, to shut out a team like Carolina is an awfully hard thing to do."
Taylore Cherry came in to relieve Hovis and closed out the inning unscathed.
Tanner English singled to short in the bottom of the fifth. Cherry then walked Graham Saiko to put two on. Chase Vergason sent English home on a sac fly and an error by Colin Moran scored Saiko to put the Gamecocks ahead 8-0.
Lefty Tate Parrish entered for the Heels in the middle of the seventh. Righty Mason McCullough came in mid eighth for Parrish.
"The series now is 1-1. We haven't really accomplished anything or won anything," said Holbrook. "We have nine innings to go."
North Carolina and South Carolina will meet Monday at 7 p.m. for the final game of the series. Benton Moss will get the start for UNC and Jack Wynkoop will take the mound for the Gamecocks.
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Pitt quarterback Tino Sunseri probably can't play better than he did against Connecticut.
But neither could many quarterbacks in college football.
Sunseri completed 29 of 42 passes for 419 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions against a defense that is ranked 106th of 120 schools. The Panthers cruised to a 35-20 victory.
Only three quarterbacks in Pitt history — none of them named Marino — have thrown for more yards in a game.
Sunseri's passer rating was 168.6, which would be seventh in the NCAA if he maintained it for an entire season. Stanford's Andrew Luck, the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, has a 176.95 passer rating.
Sunseri's number for the season improved nearly 10 points to 123.5.
"Tino did a good job of managing the game," coach Todd Graham said. "This was the second time all year we reached our goal of 100 percent ball security (no turnovers)."
The other came in a loss to Notre Dame.
Graham was unhappy Sunseri was sacked three times, clearly showing his displeasure at the end of the first half when he failed to get rid of the ball and was tackled for a loss of 13 yards.
"There are plays I didn't like, but it's always going to be like that," Graham said.
For the most part, the passing game was in rhythm.
"We kept them off-balance," Graham said. "I thought Tino was very solid. I challenged him to execute and do the things like we wanted it done."
The next challenge is for Sunseri to match the productivity of Cincinnati quarterback Zach Collaros on Saturday at Heinz Field, with first place in the Big East at stake.
Collaros has the second-most interceptions in the conference (six) behind Sunseri and Rutgers' Gary Nova (seven). But he has the second-best passer rating (147.3).
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The Pitt defense has been stingy on third down most of the season. Connecticut failed to convert all seven of its chances in the first half and finished 3 of 14 for the game. For the season, Pitt has allowed only 44 of 129 third-down conversions, good for 23rd in the nation.
Donald leads league
Pitt had six sacks against the Huskies, two by sophomore Aaron Donald, who leads the Big East with seven in eight games. The Panthers have 27 sacks on the season, with four games remaining. They had 34 last year.
Pitt (4-3, 2-1 Big East)
Next opponent: Cincinnati (6-1, 2-0)
Time and place: 7 p.m. Saturday, Heinz Field
Scouting report: Quarterback Zach Collaros led Cincinnati to a come-from-behind victory in its most recent game, a 37-34 decision at South Florida on Oct. 22. Collaros completed 26 of 41 passes for 389 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two scores, including the game-winning 2-yard run with 12 seconds left.


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In the escalating negativity in American politics, each side of every battle constantly unearths arcane new details that attack the other sides, which partisans quickly incorporate into dueling character assassinations. As a result, we are inundated with stories about ministers with controversial statements, supposed examples of corruption, potentially tainted campaign staff or advisers and the like. At the same time, voters are dangerously uninformed about important political policies and their consequences.
Why do so many Americans know almost nothing of the policies elections are supposedly about, but so much about the soap opera details of dirt that can be heaped on opponents? It is because the individual benefits from being informed about embarrassing details that denigrate rivals often far outweigh those from becoming better informed about policies.
People acquire information when they expect their benefits from a better choice to exceed their added costs of obtaining the information to make it. However, in affecting public policy, each person's vote is but one among many. Therefore, an individual voter has only a minute chance of influencing any election, which means that the benefits in terms of changing policy from becoming better informed politically are virtually zero. Even media editorializing about the importance of each vote, illustrated by a handful of elections decided by only a relatively few votes, ironically demonstrates that your individual vote will not matter even in very close elections.
In contrast, the private payoff to being informed about political dirt can be substantial. The greatest part of that payoff for many people is in looking "with it" at various social gatherings.
Given that "birds of a feather flock together" at such gatherings, especially when politics is so divisive, most people at events where conviviality is important tend to largely share political beliefs (Hollywood comes to mind, as do many Web site communities). Since no one is likely to challenge their already shared views in such situations, there is little necessity to be able to seriously defend them against logical or factual objections. This makes the payoff to such information very small (why seriously try to demonstrate what someone already accepts as true?), especially when reinforced by the tendency to set a low standard of proof for arguments that support your position, but to carefully scrutinize any opposing argument or dismiss it out of hand.
In contrast, since what unites many groups is often a common disdain for "the other guys," there is a substantial personal payoff in those situations to knowing dirt that can be used to demonize them or demean their character. It proves you are a member of the club in good standing, at least as committed to "the cause" as those you want to impress or fit in with. It allows you to demonstrate how smart and informed you are with the latest "can you top this" revelation about how evil your opponent is. The same sense of shared outrage can be also invoked against the partisans of your opponent. The same sense of shared outrage can be invoked against your opponent's partisans, along with indignation that your obviously innocent and truthful candidate is similarly attacked by others, using their own collection of dirt, but ignoring the dirt you want to emphasize.
There are many reasons for the negativity of politics. But the increasing dominance of attention focused on discovering political dirt seems to be crowding out many citizens' already limited incentives to discover policy-relevant information. That can only undermine the collective wisdom of the electorate, which politicians laud before each election, with potentially severe consequences. Of course, boilerplate rhetoric aside, that may not bother candidates or their parties much, since whoever wins will soon override much of that wisdom by substituting government determinations and impositions for many choices such wise citizens should be left to make for themselves.


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How Do I Convert MM/DD Date Format to DD/MM in Excel with Report Generation Toolkit?
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How can I programmatically convert MM/DD/YYYY (12/31/2008) date format into DD/MM/YYYY (31/12/2008) date format using National Instruments Report Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office?
Microsoft Excel handles date and time as a floating point decimal representation. The integral value (to the left of the decimal) represents the number of days since the beginning of the 20th century. The decimal value represents the time of day from midnight in seconds divided by 86,400 (i.e. 6:00:00PM = 0.75).
Excel chooses the default regional date format (i.e. MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, etc.) based on your current location setting. In Excel, you can manually change the format of a particular cell by right clicking on any cell and selecting Format Cells, then selecting Date, and finally changing the Locale (location) to the desired format. This allows you to format the date however you'd like.
Unfortunately, Excel does not have a function call to programmatically change the Locale (location) setting for a cell, but there are a couple of work-arounds to write dates to Excel in the format DD/MM/YYYY.
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KnowledgeBase 3EJEC9NS: Report Generation Toolkit Compatibility with Microsoft Office and LabVIEW
White Paper: Creating a Report in Microsoft Excel Using the LabVIEW Report Generation Toolkit: Introduction
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Last Updated: 11/19/2014
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The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts (1985)
by Douglas Adams
No current Talk conversations about this book.
The footnotes for each episode are by the far the best part of this book.
I only heard some of the original episodes (either on the BBC or when repeated on a pirate radio station in London), and having later heard the LP version and read the books, I was surprised at how many sections were nevertheless new to me. Possibly, of course, I was not paying attention last time. The notes about the chaotic recording sessions are entertaining, as bewildered actors are shut into cupboards to record their lines for electronic alteration, and sections of the tape have to be cut out of antiquated machines with scissors. It is interesting how clearly the original show, despite its later iconic status and huge development, started out clearly in the line of evolution from the Goon Show to the slightly batty BBC Radio 4 comedies of the early 21st century.
MB 31-xii-2012
This book is hilarious! I got my copy signed at his last talk at the University of California at Santa Barbara the month before he passed away. Mine is is the 10th anniversary edition.
Down the stares from Ursa Minor, you must be incredibly fit.: My mother certainly doesn't think its funny. The anti-gravity effects of art are really quite exaggerated. Adams does give a deft insight into the moral and social problems posed by cloning. Americans won't get it. Better than the radio tapes because your laughter doesn't stop you hearing the next bit. Stars are so misleading
Contrary to what you might believe, completely different from the books of the same name. New characters, new plots, new excuses to read out-loud in a British accent. In short, lots of fun, definitely recommended to anyone with a sense of humour.
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Jul 23, 2009 05:40 PM|EricCagle|LINK
I have a ReportViewer control displaying on an aspx page. The report contains a details section with a Table control. Within the Table I have a single grouping based on one field. The far right column of each detail row is a complex electrical calculation based on several other colulumns on the same row (I have this column calculating correctly). In the Table footer, I want to display a total (or sum) of the calculated column. I have been looking for hours now and almost all of the answers say to use SQL to calculate the answer at the time of the query. Because of the complexity of the calculated column, I would prefer to perform the calculations in the report.
I would assume there is a way to just write an expression something like "=Sum(Report!CalcField.Value)" but I cannot get anything to work.
Help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Table sum reportviewer
Jul 23, 2009 07:00 PM|FileFoundException|LINK
Give RunningValue a try; it may work depending on your computed column.
=RunningValue (Your_Expression,Sum,Nothing)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159136.aspx for more.
Jul 27, 2009 11:52 AM|EricCagle|LINK
I do not believe that will work, or I do not know how to write the expression. In looking at the MS page, the expression used in the first parameter is "Fields!Fieldname.Value". In my case, I am not trying to sum a field from the dataset, but rather the value of a calculation in another report textbox.
Any idea?
Jul 27, 2009 12:59 PM|FileFoundException|LINK
EricCaglebut rather the value of a calculation in another report textbox.
Is that field then coming from calculations done on one or more DataSet fields?
At any rate, it's really a lot better and much faster to solve the problem in SQL? Can you show what the expression looks like?
Jul 27, 2009 03:29 PM|EricCagle|LINK
Sorry, I should have mentioned this, but I don't believe that I can use SQL to calculate the sum because I am using grouping in the table on the report. I am performing the calculations as described but need to place the sum in a group footer row. I am not sure that makes things easier or more difficult? Is there not a way to place the sum of a detail row of a table into the group footer of a table? This seems like it should be a basic function of the reportviewer tool.
Jul 27, 2009 06:32 PM|FileFoundException|LINK
You did not answer the question, though. This column the sum of which you want to put in the footer is based on calculations done on fields? Yes? If so you can put these calculations in the RunningValue expresssion parameter.
If you can, please provide a sample of your expression.
Jul 27, 2009 06:54 PM|EricCagle|LINK
OK, sorry for not being clear on your question/comment. I have changed the query slightly to simplify the calculation process.
In the table control on the report, I have a detail row with the following fields: kW Peak Capacity, Estimated Load Factor, and Annual kWh. The first 2 fields are now directly from the query (Fields!Capacity and Fields!EstLF). The third column is a calculated value based on the previous two fields =((Fields!Capacity.Value)*(Fields!EstLF.Value)*8760). This part works fine.
In the group footer of the table control, I simply want to get a Sum of the third column (Annual Kwh).
I have tried =Sum((Fields!Capacity.Value)*(Fields!EstLF.Value)*8760) and your suggestion of RunningValue. Both just give a message on the report "#Error".
Jul 28, 2009 10:37 AM|FileFoundException|LINK
What is the error? If you're in Visual Studio, it will give a message in the Output window.
I actually tried both methods with your expression and they do give the sum without errors.
Jul 28, 2009 12:01 PM|EricCagle|LINK
Like I stated, the report runs with no problems but instead of showing the value of the Sum expression I get "#Error" on the report in place of the calculated value. I am getting this regardless of either function I use. I do not see where a description of the error message is.
I am going to create another report and keep everything simple just to test the formula. If you could explain how you tested, I would appreciate it.
Jul 28, 2009 12:16 PM|FileFoundException|LINK
I just created very simple report with dummy data [two fields] and then I created table with a footer. in one cell of the footer row I added the sum expression and it worked as expected.
Usually when your report generates an error or in invalid operation, the report builder inside Visual Studio will show a warning in the output window or errors/warnings window. Do you see anything in that window?
Jul 28, 2009 12:38 PM|EricCagle|LINK
No, there are no errors being reported in visual studio--just the #Error on the report.
I created a simple report also. Nothing on it except a table. On the table there are 4 columns (name, capacity, EstLF, AnnualkWh). On the detail row of the table, the first 3 columns are coming directly from fields in the dataset. The fourth column contains the expression "=Fields!Capacity.Value * Fields!EstLF.Value * 8760" and works correctly by giving the value of the calculation.
My problem is that in the fourth column of the footer row I want a sum of the fourth column and it gives an error. My exact expression is "=Sum(Fields!Capacity.Value * Fields!EstLF.Value * 8760)" without the quotes of course.
Have you tried this exact calculation and had good results? As a test, I tried changing the sum expression to "=Sum(Fields!Capacity.Value * 1)". This should just total up the values of the Capacity column since 1 * Capacity.Value would just give the field's value, right? Well, in doing that, I still get the same error on the report. It seems to not allow the multiplication of values within a Sum expression. Have you been able to make this work?
Jul 28, 2009 12:56 PM|EricCagle|LINK
I just found out the problem... After much disgust with the reportviewer, it turns out that the error was caused by some bad data in the database. I had one record that had a NULL value for one of the fields. Although the reportviewer did not show it as a problem for the field, when performing a calcualtion on the null value it gave an error.
To catch this in the future, I used the expression "=Sum((IIf(Fields!Capacity.Value Is Nothing, CDbl(0),Fields!Capacity.Value))*(IIf(Fields!EstLF.Value Is Nothing, CDbl(0),Fields!EstLF.Value))*8760)"
This converts NULL values to 0 within the calculation.
Thanks for all your help!
Jul 28, 2009 02:24 PM|FileFoundException|LINK
That's good.
That's why I like to use t-sql function IsNull.
Sep 06, 2012 03:45 AM|rizhaider|LINK
Great thinking I have struggled alot in a similar kind a prob. Thanks by your idea Eric, it really helped me, resolving my problem. But any how there must be a detailed error from ReportViewer or VS. I think MS should have to spend more time on ReportViewer to be able to compete it with CrystalReports, no doubt Crystal Reports guys are far more advance in their business.


text: CEI Today: Supreme Court on labor unions, Obamacare, EPA; new federal regulations on the books July 01, 2014 Monday, June 30, 2014In the News Today SUPREME COURT RULING - ALOYSIUS HOGAN & TREY KOVACS CEI.org: What's at Stake in Monday's SCOTUS Decision on Harris v. QuinnToday, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to decide Harris v. Quinn, a case that threatens serious consequences for personal care workers, such as daycare and home health care providers. Labor policy experts at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, senior fellow Aloysius Hogan and policy analyst Trey Kovacs, have been following this case closely. Both Hogan and Kovacs cite two big issues at stake with this case:1) Forcing private employers, employees, and independent contractors to be government employees2) Threatening individuals' First Amendment right to freedom of association > Read more> Interview an expert See also: Hobby Lobby isn't today's most important case HOW MANY NEW FEDERAL RULES? - WAYNE CREWSCEI.org: Number of Proposed and Final Rules in the Federal Registers The actual numbers of proposed and final rules published in the Federal Register—not just the page counts such rules command—merit close attention. The chart shows how, in 2013, rules finalized dropped by 1.3 percent, from 3,708 to 3,659. (In a future column we'll examine some possible reasons for this recent decline). Obama's first year in office brought 3,503 rules, so the increase since then is four percent. > Read more> Interview Wayne Crews SUPREME COURT EPA RULING - WILLIAM YEATMAN Globalwarming.org: A Festivus Review of UARG v. EPA Infused with the Festivus spirit, I'm airing the following grievances regarding the Supreme Court's ruling in UARG v. EPA, which was rendered Monday:Grievance #1, to the Supreme Court: Why Didn't You Heed Your Own Words!?! > Read more> Interview William Yeatman More in the News... House Science Committee Moves "Secret Science" Bill; Greens Fret On Ozone NAAQS, CASAC Completes a Coup d'EPA Unanimous Supreme Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional Obama "Recess" Appointments Why the Supreme Court's Aereo Decision Protects Creators without Endangering the Cloud ENVIRONMENTAL GLOOM & DOOM - BILL FREZZAJohn Tierney Channels Julian Simon, Debunks Environmental Gloom and Doom The idea that we're running out of natural resources seems obvious, though untrue. How can that be? Resolving this conundrum requires understanding why human ingenuity is the Ultimate Resource, as the late economist Julian Simon called it in his classic book by that name. First published in 1981, its insights remain valuable today. For an in-depth look into Julian Simon's legacy, we turn to John Tierney, longtime New York Times columnist, science writer, co-author of Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, and winner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute's 2014 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award. He holds court this week on RealClear Radio Hour. > Read more Apply for CEI's Journalism Fellowship! CEI's Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellowship is a one-year fellowship that aims to provide journalists the opportunity to improve their knowledge of free markets principles and limited government through interaction with CEI policy experts. > cei.org/warrenbrookes Sign Up for the Weekly Cooler Heads Digest! Every Friday afternoon, we send out an electronic newsletter on the latest energy and environment happenings, known as the Cooler Heads Digest. Sign up today! CEI is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy group dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. For more information about CEI, please visit our website, cei.org, and blogs, Globalwarming.org and OpenMarket.org. Follow CEI on Twitter! Twitter.com/ceidotorg. Saturday, 10am ETRealclearradio.org Lisa Kennedy Montgomery ("Kennedy"), host of The Independents on Fox Business TSA Still Flouting the Law on Body Scanners INTERVIEW A CEI EXPERTMedia Contacts:202-331-2277Annie DwyerChristine Hall Keara VickersCEI Experts by Issue Advancing CapitalismConstitutional and Legal IssuesEnergy and EnvironmentFinance and EntrepreneurshipHealth and SafetyLaborNanny StateRegulatory ReformTech and TelecomTrade and InternationalTransportation


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Gynecology For Women in Mid- and Later-Life
From the beginning of puberty through menopause, women experience many physical, biochemical and emotional changes. Some of these changes require medical intervention. Some can result in pain, stress, even embarrassment. At Southwest General Hospital, we offer innovative treatment options to help you deal with the changes that occur later in life, to help you feel like yourself again.
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Pelvic floor disorders affect millions of women, and many of those women suffer with incontinence needlessly, not realizing the help that's available. We've developed a unique program that specializes in the evaluation and treatment of this common physical concern. Through education, physical therapy and other treatments, we can help you deal with a variety of problems, including:
- Muscular or joint impairments (such as pain, weakness or numbness) related to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare activities or menopause
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Study of a Drug [DCVax (tm)-Prostate] to Treat Prostate Cancer When Hormone Therapy is no Longer Effective.
This study has been withdrawn prior to enrollment.
(Redirection of company goals)
Northwest Biotherapeutics
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First received: August 6, 2002
Last updated: April 30, 2013
Last verified: April 2013
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The purpose of this clinical research study is to assess the safety and efficacy of an investigational therapy called DCVax(TM)-Prostate.
|Prostate Cancer
|Drug: Dendritic cell immunotherapy
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase III Clinical Trial Evaluating DCVax(tm)-Prostate, Autologous Dendritic Cells Loaded With Recombinant PSMA for the Treatment of Metastatic Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: prostate cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Hormones Prostate CancerU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Northwest Biotherapeutics:
Patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer are eligible if they have a rising PSA or three or fewer metastatic lesions. The experimental therapy uses a patient's own white blood cells and "teaches" the cells to recognize a "flag" on prostate cancer cells. This may help the immune system destroy prostate cancer cells. Side effects reported from the Phase I/II trial include skin reactions of redness, pain & swelling at the injection site, and short-lived headache, fever & fatigue. Full details are available in the informed consent.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria
Hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) – progressive disease despite androgen deprivation and serum testosterone <50ng/dL; progression defined as either:
- Rising PSA over 6 months with at least a 50% increase between the 1st and 3rd measurement, and the 3rd measurement >2.0 ng/ml; or
- Progression of metastatic lesion on bone scan, or
- Progression of lymph node metastasis by CT scan.
- Zubrod or ECOG performance status of 0-1.
- Three or fewer bone metastases on a bone scan with minimal symptoms.
- No lymph node lesions greater than 3.0 cm at longest diameter.
- Adequate hematological, hepatic and renal function.
Exclusion Criteria
- History of other active malignancy.
- Prior chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunosuppressive or investigational therapy for metastatic disease in previous 12 months.
- Strong opioids, immunosuppressives, megestrol acetate or other estrogenic hormones (e.g., Saw Palmetto, PC-SPES) within 1 month prior to enrollment.
- Brain, liver, or lung metastases; uncontrolled heart, liver, lung, or renal diseases or other serious illness.
- Prior splenectomy.
- History of severe asthma, anaphylaxis, or other serious adverse reactions to vaccines or any of the antigens included in the skin test.
- History of moderate to severe lower limb lymphedema, or recent signs of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or thrombo-embolic disease, or impending stroke.
- History of immunodeficiency or autoimmune disease; positive HIV, HbsAg or anti-HCV.
- Impending untreated spinal cord compression or urinary outlet obstruction.
- Any medication that might affect immune function. (Exceptions: Nonprescription doses of NSAIDS; acetaminophen or aspirin; low doses of antihistamine therapy; normal range doses of vitamins; and H2 blockers).
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00043212
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|Highlands Oncology Group
|Springdale, Arkansas, United States
|United States, California
|University of California, Los Angeles
|Los Angeles, California, United States
|University of California, San Diego Medical Center
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|United States, District of Columbia
|Walter Reed Army Medical Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States
|United States, Florida
|Cancer Centers of Florida, P.A.
|Orlando, Florida, United States
|United States, Illinois
|St. Francis Medical Center
|Peoria, Illinois, United States
|United States, Louisiana
|Louisiana State University
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
|United States, Nevada
|Clinical Research Solutions
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|United States, New York
|Albany Regional Cancer Center
|Albany, New York, United States
|United States, North Carolina
|Carolinas HealthCare System
|Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
|United States, Ohio
|Cleveland Clinic Foundation
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States
|United States, Texas
|Mary Crowley Medical Research Center
|Dallas, Texas, United States
|Tyler Cancer Center
|Tyler, Texas, United States
|United States, Utah
|University of Utah
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
|United States, Washington
|Cancer Care Northwest
|Spokane, Washington, United States
|United States, Wisconsin
|St. Luke's Medical Center
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|Northwest Biotherapeutics
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00043212 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
DC3-HRPC, October 2001
|Study First Received:
|August 6, 2002
|Last Updated:
|April 30, 2013
Keywords provided by Northwest Biotherapeutics:
prostate cancer
hormone refractory prostate cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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The video above is a great documentary produced by Roman Neimann and Andzei Matsukevits about Kristjan Aasmäe and his story of getting involved in BMX via a Simple Session live stream and eventually making it this year to compete in the contest. Here's what Risto Kalmere, Simple Session organizer, had to say about the film:
"Following the dream-come-true story of an aspiring local BMX-rider Kristjan Aasmäe, the short film brings out the contrasts between the world famous wintertime BMX-and skateboarding event Simple Session in Estonia and the country's own BMX-scene.
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Redskins release former Boilermaker
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former Purdue safety Stuart Schweigert was released Monday by the Washington Redskins.
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Schweigert played in Sunday night's Hall of Fame Game against the Indianapolis Colts. He was late getting over in coverage, allowing Colts quarterback Quinn Gray to throw a 30-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Onrea Jones in the second quarter.
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You'd think Hamilton coach Steve Belles would be used to this by now.
Reggie Daniels' 25-yard interception return for a touchdown early in the second quarter capped a run of 17 points in less than three minutes as the top-seeded Huskies cruised past No. 5 Mountain Pointe, 34-10, in the 5A-I semifinals on Friday night at Chandler.
Hamilton advances to the 5A-I state title game against Desert Ridge next Monday.
While it is Belles' ninth trip to a championship game, he said the senses haven't been dulled by the frequency of the trips.
"It doesn't get boring," Belles said. "People ask me, 'Well, is it old hat?' Never. It's hard to get here."
The Huskies are trying to become the second team in 5A to win the state championship three consecutive times. Peoria Centennial did it from 2006-08 in 5A-II. It would also give them four state titles in five seasons and six since 2003.
"We've still got one more hurdle to go," Belles said.
The Pride looked to be doing well when it forced a field goal with 11:12 remaining in the second quarter, falling behind by a manageable 10 points. However, Kendyl Taylor followed that up with 67-yard touchdown run, and then Daniels picked off Mountain Pointe quarterback Kyle Faunce for the score, and the rout was on.
Hamilton stretched the lead to 34-3 late in the third quarter on a touchdown pass from Kyren Poe to Steve Henson, and Mountain Pointe got its only touchdown of the night with under a minute remaining.
"They're a class program and a great team," Mountain Pointe coach Norris Vaughan said. "I mean, a great team."
Hamilton offensive lineman Christian Westerman, an Ahwatukee Foothills resident, returned to the Hamilton starting lineup after missing the first two playoff games because of an injured knee, but only lasted a series.
He injured the knee again on the game's opening drive and didn't return, but said he would play in the championship contest.
"I got in there for a drive and we scored, so that was cool," Westerman said. "I got it hurt in a pile, but I'll definitely be able to play."
Hamilton quarterback Kyren Poe finished the game with 103 rushing yards, 94 passing yards and two total touchdowns. Taylor added 92 rushing yards and the long score.
The Hamilton defensive line pressured Faunce all night and had six sacks, and the Pride could only muster 53 yards rushing on 30 carries.
The Huskies have not seen Desert Ridge this season, but Belles wasn't taking the Jaguars lightly. Desert Ridge has won eight straight games.
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New Delhi, Feb. 21: Parliament today approved a bill that penalises public officials who disclose the identity of whistleblowers, the only one of six draft legislations targeting corruption under consideration that the House has passed despite a push from Rahul Gandhi over the past few months.
The Congress vice-president blamed the Opposition for stalling proceedings that prevented the passage of these other bills, and told reporters he would request the Prime Minister to bring ordinances to implement these legislations.
The Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making that Disclosure Bill, popularly known as the Whistleblowers Bill, was passed by the Rajya Sabha on the final day of Parliament under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.
The bill, passed by the Lok Sabha in the previous session, now needs the President's approval for it to become law. Under this legislation, every government office will need to set up a cell to handle disclosures made by whistleblowers in public interest.
Officers are expected to probe only disclosures carrying the name of the complainant — anonymous complaints need not be entertained. But no public officer in charge of a complaint can share or disclose the name of the complainant. Violators face up to three years in jail and a Rs 50,000 fine.
Activists who have lobbied for the legislation said that its current version was riddled with loopholes, but that they were glad at least a basic draft was passed by Parliament.
"Though it is unfortunate that it had to be passed without some important amendments, something is better than nothing," Dhananjay Dubey, brother of Satyendra Dubey, the engineer who was murdered in Gaya in 2003 after he raised concerns about corruption on the Golden Quadrilateral project of the NDA government wrote to friends on Facebook. "At least we have a basic framework now."
Bills to enhance the accountability of judges, ensure time-bound delivery of goods and services, prevent the bribery of foreign officials, increase transparency in public procurement and amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act are pending with Parliament.
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Cancer patients will have easier access to the painkiller morphine with Parliament today passing the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2011.
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Shaking Up Credit Suisse
On Sept. 25, Credit Suisse Group Chief Executive Lukas Mühlemann made a brave gesture. Two weeks after terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, the Zurich bank went ahead with plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange, the first foreign bank to do so after the attack, which shuttered U.S. markets for four days. The message: A world-class financial institution, with $686 billion in assets, was still confident in itself and the markets, despite the tragedy and its dreadful ramifications.
Two weeks later, Credit Suisse sent a very different message. On Oct. 9, Mühlemann warned investors that the bank had lost $180 million in the third quarter--a huge comedown from its $960 million profit in the same period last year. (Final figures come out Nov. 20.) It's not just CSG's controversial investment bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, that's spilling red ink. Plunging world stock prices triggered a $240 million loss on its 5%-plus stake in insurer Swiss Life and hurt profits at its insurance unit, Winterthur. On top of that, CSG will take a $120 million loan-loss charge due to the collapse of SAirGroup, Swissair's parent. The numbers from Credit Suisse's homeland were so grim that the $120 million third-quarter loss at CSFB gleaned little notice.
Is there something seriously amiss at Credit Suisse Group? Analysts have mixed views. On the one hand, the Swiss bank is suffering from the same trauma as other institutions since September 11. On the other hand, observers note that the bank's performance was already slipping well before the tragedy. An alarming sign: Second-quarter return-on-equity slid to 12.4% from 20.6% in the same period of 2000. UBS's stock, which long lagged CSG's, has outperformed its rival. At $45, UBS's share price is little changed from a year ago, while CSG's at $34, is down about 26%. "Credit Suisse is suffering more than its peers," says Kiri Vijayarajah, banking analyst at Schroders Salomon Smith Barney in London.
SHAREHOLDER PRESSURE. The word in Zurich is that big CSG shareholders, including corporate gadfly Martin Ebner, whose BZ Group Holding Investment owns about 10%, are putting Mühlemann under great pressure to act. Credit Suisse officials insist that's not so. Maybe. But Mühlemann is clearly pushing hard to restore the group's lost luster. He's cutting costs broadly--not just at CSFB--and bringing the group's operations more under his control. Mühlemann's plan to combine private banking, retail, and insurance operations into a unit called Credit Suisse Financial Services should save up to $200 million by eliminating duplicate e-commerce projects and technology and cutting staff. It should also generate up to $100 million more in revenues by making it easier for the various divisions to sell one another's products, says the bank.
Long before Oct. 9, Mühlemann had taken some important steps, chief among them bringing in John J. Mack, the former Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. (MWD ) executive (nicknamed "Mack the Knife") as chief executive of CSFB. Mack already plans to cut 2,000 jobs in the U.S. and London--some 7% of the workforce. The goal: to wring out $1 billion from operating costs in 2002. "Most banks would let these problems fester until the end of the year," says Mark Hoge, who follows Credit Suisse for Banc of America Securities in London. "Not Mühlemann." Hiring Mack, Hoge says, was Mühlemann's "biggest achievement" this year.
Not all the news from Credit Suisse is bad. "Its private-banking and asset-management operations are market leaders," says Bank Julius Baer analyst Philip Zieschang. Credit Suisse managed more than $890 billion as of June 30. Assets under management rose more than $25 billion through June.
"INDIGESTION." Yet Credit Suisse's clumsiness of late has done plenty of harm, too. "It's showing the signs of an institution that has grown too quickly and now has indigestion," says a board member at a rival European bank. The bank has grown fast, acquiring Winterthur in 1997 while CSFB went on an expansion binge culminating in the purchase of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in August, 2000.
CSFB's tangles with regulators in New York, Bombay, and Tokyo have given it a reputation as a bank that winks at compliance where big profit-generators are concerned. For a global operator, the bank can lack finesse. Mack, for whom China is a priority, flew off in mid-October to smooth ties with Beijing. The perceived offense: A Taiwanese official attended a CSFB event in Europe.
Then there's the Swissair debacle. In the post-September 11 collapse in air traffic, Swissair, the ailing national carrier, ran out of cash. It then sold its 70%-owned subsidiary, Crossair, to its principal creditors, Credit Suisse and UBS, which arranged a loan to keep the company afloat. But before the money arrived, Swissair had to ground its planes. Crossair will now take over most Swissair operations. Essentially, the banks bought Swissair for a song, outraging many Swiss who blame them for running the airline into the ground so they could cherry-pick assets. "That airline used to be a national jewel that could have been saved if the banks had acted sooner," says a board member of another Swiss bank.
Credit Suisse defends its actions, noting that Swissair wouldn't be flying at all without the banks' backing. Still, Mühlemann has since resigned from the board of SAirGroup. Amid the controversy, former Credit Suisse internal adviser Christopher Chandiramani told the press on Oct. 4 that the bank unfairly dismissed him after he warned that Swissair was flying into trouble. The bank disputes the allegation--but paid him $120,000 as a settlement when he threatened to sue.
Mühlemann's biggest challenge remains reining in CSFB. In the equity boom of the 1990s, the investment bank was a highflier, a legacy of the aggressive First Boston culture. Under Allen Wheat, CSFB chief executive from 1998 until July of this year, the investment bank hired top-flight analysts and investment bankers in droves, courting them with lavish bonuses, multiyear contracts, and generous revenue-sharing agreements, insiders say.
BLOATED PAYROLL. The consensus is that CSFB bought DLJ at the top of the market for $11.5 billion. Wheat had expected the market to keep booming. Now the firm finds itself in a bust with bloated costs. Before buying DLJ, CSFB had 16,500 employees. Today, even after laying off 2,000 people, it has 25,500. Its investment-banking payroll alone is 34% higher than at the time of the merger. CSFB won't give specific numbers but admits that its total compensation costs are more than the Wall Street average, which is about half of net revenues.
Investors applaud Mack's moves so far to get control of CSFB. Some want him to do more, though. "We see [Mack's] cuts as a first move," says a Geneva fund manager who asked not to be named. "There is scope to cut plenty more fat." Banc of America analyst Hoge says that up to 3,700 jobs, or 13.5% of the CSFB workforce, should go. Some shareholders also fret that the management layer below Mühlemann is too thin. "Mack is good, and so is [Thomas] Wellauer," the private-banking head who will head up CSFS, says the Geneva fund manager. "But I wonder if they have enough talent at just-below-the-board level." A Credit Suisse spokesman says management is "lean rather than lacking talent." Still, Mühlemann will have to do more to persuade investors that the bank is overcoming its troubles. In a world at war, that will take more than brave gestures.
By David Fairlamb in Frankfurt, with Emily Thornton in New York
— With assistance by Emily Thornton


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I heard my daughter's mother call my daughter a nick name "CHINA" in spanish, it sound like she was upset with my daughter when she said "NO CHINA ! ". Later my daughter told me now her relatives are calling her the same and they told my daughter it meant someone who was nasty.
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Mixed Experience on Celebrity Infinity: Celebrity Infinity Cruise Review by willden
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Mixed Experience on Celebrity Infinity
Destination: Baltic Sea
Embarkation: Copenhagen
We recently completed a two week cruise of the Norwegian fjords and the North Atlantic Ocean through to Iceland. Our experience was something of a mixed bag, some good and others not so good.
Let's get the negatives out of the way first. There was nothing that was especially bad or unpleasant about the cruise - more a few relatively minor concerns plus a few on-going irritants we have with the RCCI brand. In no particular order these are:
• Michael's Club. From what was previously a very pleasant, if up-market, piano bar this seems to have been converted into a private club for the exclusive few - WTMB! On the one occasion we ventured into the room we were abruptly informed it was an exclusive venue to which we were apparently not entitled to use even though we are Elite members. It is situated pretty much in a thoroughfare adjacent to the casino and whenever we walked past it was generally completely More empty so just for whom the venue is being exclusively reserved in anyone's guess. It seems to us that it is a waste of valuable space and would surely be far preferable to revert to its original purpose as an albeit refined venue but open to all passengers.
• Speciality restaurants. We went to Bistro on 5 for dinner one evening; we were the only patrons even though we spread our meal over a good one and a half hours. Again, this restaurant is very visible but it always seemed empty. In fact on the evening we patronised the place we were informed by the charming waitress that we were the first customers they had had that day! Although only a nominal USD5 is charged, we found the food to be of poor standard – overcooked, chewy crepes with far too spicy fillings for our taste. The obvious underutilisation and lack of popularity of the Bistro is similar to our previous experiences on the Constellation and the Eclipse. It occupies a relatively large space in a prime position on deck 5 which, in our view, could be put to much better use.
For the first time on a cruise, we decided not to visit either of the other speciality restaurants, in this instance the SS United States and Qzine, which at USD45 a pop each are quite excessively expensive. Probably because most passengers feel the same way, neither venue ever seemed to be well patronised despite the daily hard sell and, towards the end of the cruise both were aggressively marketing two for the price of one offers as well as half price charges for a restricted luncheon menu on specific days. We strongly suggest Celebrity consider reducing prices in these establishments to make them more viable options for the average passenger.
One other point – while the menu in SS United States provides an undoubted fine dining experience, it seems to be identical to the sister restaurants on other Celebrity ships (e.g. the Murano on Constellation), so loses some of its WOW factor as one knows precisely what to expect.
• Entertainment. Real curates egg stuff, some pretty good, most mediocre cruise ship fare but entertaining enough. An operatic quartet, whom we encountered on a previous cruise, was especially good. The Celebrity orchestra was outstanding but some of the so-called Broadway type shows were distinctly ordinary despite a lot of energy from cast members.
• Library. The library is relatively small and poorly stocked but, even then, some selfish passengers saw fit to abuse the facility. On one occasion we noticed a particularly inconsiderate passenger take out eleven books!
• Condition of ship. As many other reviewers have pointed out, the Infinity is a bit run down and showing her age. But hey, she is almost 14 years old and, to our knowledge, has only been refurbished once since she was launched in 2001. While a bit tacky in certain areas she is on the whole, reasonably well maintained but, we suggest, should be scheduled for a dry-dock refurbishment before she gets in too noticeable a state of disrepair.
• Cabin. Our cabin was a Concierge class balcony on the 8th deck, port side. Comfortable with adequate storage space. The only problem – it was an inter-leading room. Our neighbour seemed to be an insomniac and had the TV blaring until the wee hours of the morning on most nights. We found to our detriment that the inter-leading cabins on the Millennium class are most definitely not sound-proofed!
• Embarkation. Pretty shambolic! There did not seem to be much organisation and, even though we were Concierge and Elite passengers, our queue seemed to be as slow as all the others.
As we mentioned, nothing overtly off putting but concerns that perhaps Celebrity management should consider to maintain the status and marketability of its special position in the cruise industry.
Now for the positives!
• Itinerary. We chose this cruise because of the itinerary and were not disappointed. We did not participate in any of the ship's excursions, opting as is our wont to do our own thing in each of the ports visited. However, for people who have not previously visited the bigger cities of Oslo and Reykjavik, we recommend they consider doing one or other of the ship's suggested excursions as most of the better attractions, for example for Iceland such as the Blue Lagoon, geysers and Gullfoss Falls, are some distance from the port. We had been to both these cities before and had experienced many of the recommended highlights so, on this occassion, we confined ourselves to exploring the respective ports and environs on our own.
Each of the ports were uniquely beautiful and we easily found something of interest to do in each venue. Ports on this cruise were:
ï€ Oslo: We docked close to downtown Oslo, starting our walking tour by visiting the imposing opera house before making our way to the city centre. Oslo is a beautiful city, and is easy to navigate. We strolled through downtown marvelling at many impressive statues and beautiful gardens. There was a choir festival on the go during our visit so every 100 metres or so, we were entertained to some folksy Norwegian choral works. The grounds of the formidable, somewhat austere Palace and adjacent gardens were also worth strolling through.
ï€ Kristianstad, Norway: A quaint little town but being a Sunday, most facilities and places of interest were closed save for a small food market. The main attraction, the fish market, was also closed on the day we visited.
ï€ Stavanger, Norway: We again just did our own thing opting just to walk through the town that has some lovely parks and fountains.
ï€ Torshavn, Faroe Islands: This was the only tender port but the tendering was very efficient and swift. Public transport is free circumnavigating the town and its environs on a regular basis with buses arriving promptly every twenty minutes. So, a good tip is to catch any Red bus - it will take you on a scenic tour overlooking the port and surrounding areas. If one chooses, the service can easily be used to "hop on, hop off" to visit some of the town's attractions such as the cathedral and the ultra-modern grass covered Nordic House that houses a concert hall, theatre, restaurants and art gallery.
ï€ Reykjavik, Iceland: As mentioned, we had visited Reykjavik previously when we toured extensively taking in the geysers and hot springs, Gullfoss Falls, the thermal power plant and Pingvellir National Park where the fissure between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates that is gradually tearing Iceland apart, is clearly visible. If one has not visited these attractions then a ship's excursion or private tour is almost mandatory.
We therefore stayed in Reykjavik itself for the day plus we were docked there. The first day we opted to do a walking tour through the downtown area visiting, inter alia, the shopping district, the impressive cathedral and the infamous phallic museum (which, had it not been for the pensioner's discount we received on the admission fee, would have been a complete rip-off!). We then purchased tickets for the hop on, hop off bus that offered a scenic drive around the city, the most notable attraction of which is the striking Pearl Observatory, comprising the observatory, a number of restaurants and a conference centre, that offers majestic views of the city and surrounding areas.
The next morning we followed the crowd and ended up doing a delightful walk from the ship along the shorefront to the city centre passing a number of unique statues, a restaurant and entertainment park made entirely of scrap metal, and an awesome sculpture of a Viking ship along the way. About a ten kilometre round trip but well worth the effort.
ï€ Lerwick, Shetland Islands: we really enjoyed this visit to a bit of Scotland in the middle of the North Atlantic! We walked our socks off through the town, its many gardens, flea markets, dockside attractions and the old fort overlooking the town.
ï€ Geiranger, Norway: Without doubt, the highlight of the whole trip. It is a majestic fjord. The sail in to the town of Geiranger takes a good four to five hours and one is gobsmacked by the beauty of the many waterfalls, snow-capped peaks and sheer majesty that greets one as the ship slowly meanders its way through the fjord. The famous Seven Sisters waterfall is everything it is drummed up to be and the town of Geiranger itself, is so beautifully situated it literally takes one's breath away.
We docked using a "floating dock" which was interesting, unique and an attraction in itself. Our visit included a strenuous walk through the magnificent cascading series of mini waterfalls and then a bus drive to the two most scenic viewpoints on either side of the town offering awesome views of the town and the surrounding mountains.
Surely one of the most beautiful places in our wonderful planet?
ï€ Bergen, Norway: Our last port of call and the only day of the trip where we had really bad weather being greeted by heavy rains as soon as we docked. Bergen apparently, is not called the rain capital of Norway for nothing! A complimentary bus service takes passengers from the port to the centre of town, returning to the ship at regular intervals throughout the day. The weather was pretty miserable but we still managed to get to see some of the sights of the city including the cathedral (currently being renovated), the famous fish/food market and the picturesque coloured houses one sees in all the picture postcards of Bergen. Fortunately, the weather cleared so, along with all the other tourists from the four cruise ships that were in town that day, we opted for the funicular ride up the mountain overlooking the city. The funicular ride is very efficient and quick so the formidably long queue waiting soon dissipated and we were soon on top of the mountain with great views of the city and surrounds. Well worth the journey.
• Elite perks. This was the first cruise for which we qualified for Elite status benefits. These included some very welcome free internet minutes, complimentary laundry (wash and fold), an
evening "happy hour" with complimentary drinks and snacks, as well as an exclusive continental breakfast venue serving a range of smoothies, fresh fruits and speciality coffees in addition to the usual range of breads and pastries, cheeses and yoghurts.
• Captain's Club. Marlene, the vivacious Captain's Club hostess on board the Infinity was quite simply the best, most efficient and hard-working we have yet experienced on any of our previous Celebrity cruises. Highly visible and on hand to attend to Captain's Club member needs she invariably gave the impression that nothing was too much trouble.
• Staff visibility. One or other senior staff member, be it the Hotel Director, Staff Captain, Executive Chef or the Master himself, were noticeable around the vessel on most occasions, while virtually the entire senior officer contingent were on hand during functions such as the Captain's Club reception.
• Service standards. We have always been impressed with the quality of staff training within the RCCI organisation. Staff, with very few exceptions, are invariably well trained, approachable, friendly and courteous always seemingly willing to go the extra mile. Our experience on this cruise was no exception. Our cabin attendants, Luciano and Francisco (two native Indians from India!!) were especially attentive and efficient.
We had pre-arranged a ship's excursion to Windsor Castle that dropped us off at Heathrow well in time for our return journey to South Africa. As such we had priority disembarkation so we did not experience the frustrations many passengers apparently had regarding lack of transport from Harwich.
The trip to Windsor was interesting and gave us a good insight into this historical town. We recommend it to other passengers seeking a seamless transfer to the airport but who have a few hours to kill before their flight.
All in all, we had a great cruise. Indeed, despite the few irritations one experiences on any holiday, what is there to really complain about when one has the good health and good fortune to even be able to cruise anyway, and to be able to see so many unique and beautiful places with cruise ship ambience and convenience?
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Typical Concierge class balcony cabin. However, this is an inter-leading room. Our neighbour had the TV on until the early hours of each moring and the inter-leading rooms on the celebrity Millennium ships are definetley not sound-proofed!
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