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The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to complain about it.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Not a fantastic position to be in, but better than we could have hoped for even a few weeks ago.
I'm going with The Boy Named Sue on Saturday.
If you pray, say one for us?
Fifteen years looking at pages like this one
As Bill reminds us all.
I've been working full time on web-related projects for about nine years now, and I spent a good deal of time on web-stuff for the three or four years preceding that.
As someone who has tried to develop and supply new services in this area, I never cease to be amazed at the speed of innovation and the hunger among users for the very latest stuff. They want it all, and they won't pay for it - and they often get it as well, blast them!
In so many ways, that CERN release has changed so many aspects of our lives, our work and the economy in a way that would have been impossible to predict.
When it gets to 20 years, maybe there should be some big public holiday to mark it, or something?
OK. You can go back to moaning about politics and stuff now.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Cognitive surplus
(HT: Bill T.)
Monday, April 28, 2008
Low Standards
Every day has seen fresh 'revelations', smears and innuendo. And - as I've pointed out myself on a number of occasions - Ken is pretty far from being the ideal Labour Party candidate for this job. But there is reporting, and there is smearing. And The Standard dived over that line a long time ago.
The result appears to be too close to call.
But if Ken Livingstone loses, there will be no doubt that the Evening Standard's relentlessly negative targeting of his campaign has been the decisive factor. It will be a display of political muscle-flexing that hasn't been seen since notorious 'it woz The Sun wot won it' crowing of the early 1990s - a tabloid campaign that resulted in five calamitous years of John Major's government.
If Ken Livingstone loses, the only realistic winner will be Boris Johnson. And it would be reasonable to assume that The Standard will be in no position to criticise Boris for any failures that are likely to happen on his watch. Londoners would have an obvious riposte if they did: "But you told us to vote for him!"
And those mistakes WILL happen .... be in no doubt about that one.
So, one newspaper may be able to exercise enough power to gift the management of a city to a pet politician. And if that happens, that same newspaper will be in no position to scrutinise one of the EU's most powerful men.
For far too long now, the Standard has been allowed to avoid measures to break its monopoly. There is barely a position on the political spectrum that would not agree that this monopoly is bad for London's politics, bad for consumers, and bad for jobs. And just to illustrate how much of a monopoly it is...
- London has a larger population than at least ten of the twenty-seven EU member states.
- It only has one paid-for newspaper covering the whole city.
- The Irish Republic - a nation with only a bit more than a half of London's population - has ELEVEN daily paid-for newspapers.
But it's the right thing to do. And it needs to be done. Badly.
A smartarse post for a Monday morning
Everyone who wants to stop smoking should read it. I did. It helped me do it where lots of other methods failed. But there I go again! Passing the buck from meta-ethics to meta-epistemology!
Sunday, April 27, 2008
The myth of democracy?
Eric has nodded me towards this one:
I'm rushing to get to this before Norm does. He's going through Simon Blackburn's list of myths and commenting on them. Things aren't looking bright for Blackburn so far (look at Normblog entries for today - the final tally is still being completed). But - as I type - Norm hasn't got to democracy yet.
6. The myth of democracy
Politicians preaching democracy as a value forget the two things wrong with democracy: the "demos" bit and the "cracy" bit or, in other words, the people and the system whereby they are supposed to govern themselves. By and large, even in systems with advanced educational resources, the people cannot do better than take their news and opinions from the likes of Rupert Murdoch (and according to Nick Davies's Flat Earth News, the British Government employs some 1,500 press officers whose job it is to manipulate the people). This is when things are going well. When they are not going well people naturally suppose that disagreement deserves death. It is tempting to think that the only solution is the Hobbesian sovereign with his monopoly of power, but as John Locke said: "This is to think that men are so foolish that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by polecats or foxes, but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions."
For Icelanders, Scandinavians and Europeans, with our long parliamentary traditions, democracy may be the least bad system of government, but it is a long way from being any use elsewhere.
Blackburn seems to be making three fairly fundamental errors here:
- In his first sentence, he's assuming that democracy = direct democracy. It's interesting that he presents democracy as some myth that is preached by politicians here. A fairly basic understanding of the distinction between direct and representative would dissuade him from writing that sentence.
- His highlighting of Rupert Murdoch's influence, and the claims - interesting as they are - of Nick Davies in Flat Earth News - would suggest that media distortions make any effective democracy impossible. He doesn't recognise here that this is a continuing dialectic in which things are getting better. People are more sceptical of the accuracy of news reporting than they ever have been. The barriers to entry are lower than they ever have been, and the kind of real monopolies that the Citizen Kanes of this world can enjoy are very much a thing of the past. Just to clarify this, I'm saying monopoly in business terms. There is no question that commercial monopolies are as strong - and getting stronger - than ever before in this sector. But there is a level of pluralism in the media (and you're looking at a small limb of it here) - the real issue here - that could only have been dreamed of a fifteen years ago. This should not quieten any demands for lower levels of media concentration, or for more public service standards in the media. But things are getting better, not worse.
- The final para is probably the most annoying though. In 1974, Portugal, Spain and Greece were all military dictatorships of one kind or another. Today, we Brits look at some elements of their democratic settlement with envy. Eastern Europe was not a democracy in any recognisable sense of the word, and even at the most basic - visible - level for us Britishers - this country was a great deal less democratic than it is now. Institutions have had to respond to inexorable demands for accountability, and for the application of basic liberal standards. And I've not mentioned anywhere beyond the boundaries of Europe yet.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Catastrophic flexibility
But I thought Peter Wilby's argument yesterday was a very odd one. Yes - of course WWII was largely a continuation of the 'great powers' struggle that had dominated Europe since before Westphalia, with the new complication of the emerging United States as a dominant actor in the European stage. And there is the limit of my willingness to say anything authoritative on the wider historical context.
But the one lesson of WWII that surely unites almost everybody was that the rearmament limitations and the curtailment of Germany's expansionist ambitions that were imposed at Versailles should not have allowed to become a matter for pragmatism or flexibility.
That the international community as it was composed at the time - the League of Nations - needed to be able to assert itself effectively. It failed to do so and the result was a catastrophe.
In the run-up to 2003, Iraq was able to repeatedly frustrate attempts at weapons inspections - a demand that the UN was making unequivocally. Close observers of Saddam regularly reported that he believed that liberal democracies weren't capable of asserting themselves in this way.
I understand (and largely agreed at the time with) the argument that "...invading Iraq is a mistake because it probably won't be the success you think it will." It's a view that I held - and hold - with little enthusiasm.
But the experience of the WWII provided a justification for over-reaction in the face of suspicions - not inaction. It weakens - not strengthens - Wilby's anti-war position.
Humph RIP
"We're coming to the end of the show, and Samantha has to nip off now. She's off to meet her new Italian gentleman friend who works in an ice-cream shop.
So, while she's licking the nuts off a large Neapolitan..."
Friday, April 25, 2008
His Nibs
He's alright, Terry is.
Q: What would you do with the UN?And....
A: No men allowed for five years.
Q: Can you name a major moral, political or intellectual issue on which you've ever changed your mind?And....
A: It would appear that capitalism will not soon collapse under the weight of its own contradictions after all.
Q: What would be your main blogging advice to a novice blogger?But, best of all....
A: 1. Blog about things that you actually know about and that no one else blogs about. 2. It's not necessary to have an opinion about everything. 3. Don't hector me about not taking my own advice.
Q: What philosophical thesis do you think it most important to disseminate?
A: Social-democratic internationalism.
Page 123
1. Pick up the nearest book.Nearest book: Birthday by Alan Sillitoe
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.
P.123 - sentences 6, 7 and 8 read as follows:
"An open grey cardigan showed a white blouse buttoned to the neck with a purple brooch, a grey skirt below. He focussed on her face, uncertain why such coercion was necessary, noting the serene aspect of someone who had come through the test of a lifetime, a glow of innocence yet authority from a person few in the room could finally know.(The length of Sillitoe's sentences, it's not always certain you will find an eighth one on any given page!)
After the first surprise she liked what she saw, as if part of getting back into a world which little resembled what she had known before, which she had inhabited for as long as many people in the room had lived, to go by stones near George's grave, of those who had been born and had died in the time spent caring for him."
Who to pass this on to? Well, let try...
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Libertarian parables
Mayor:thief :: juror:vigilanteOh, and I'm tempted to turn the comments off on this post because life is just too short.
A house divided
Summary: The democrats may be fighting like cats and dogs, but the result is a huge turnout - so the 'fractious' downside is more than cancelled out by the 'wide awake' upside - and whichever Democrat candidate goes forward can expect their voters to turn out.This raises an interesting question about the conventional wisdom on political unity. Voters, we are told, don't like divided parties. They want
But have voters expectations changed in recent years? In the same way that they have become more demanding consumers, expecting more by way of interaction and response from the suppliers that they choose, is it also the case that they are less likely to be the passive consumers of politics that conventional wisdom has cast them as?
Also, the past decade has seen a huge transformation in the way that advertising works. I've commented on this before: Advertising has to be much more subtle these days. The kind of media virus approach outlined by Douglas Rushkoff increasingly has seen corporate bodies abandon their adherence to the corporate message.
(OK - I'm not that much of an expert on the ad industry, so I'll stop there: But you get my drift?)
But all of this raises the question: Is Labour's disunity going to be an electoral disaster? Or is it the case that a public - disenchanted with the nuanced and opaque alternatives that they are being offered - could be seduced by a movement that offers a good old blood-and-guts argument?
In terms of 'Labour Hold' messages on election night, could the rising tide of public interest float more boats than the stormy waters sink?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
"I wish Brown would stop trying to make himself media friendly and stop listening to the spin doctors. The guy is never going to come accross as one of the lads, or the life and soul of the party and the spin machine should stop trying to portray has somebody else.My id agrees with all of that apart from the certainty of Labour's defeat.
He should just forget about publicity stunts and be the quiet introverted "intellectual" he seems to really be. In fact he should just stick 2 fingers up at the media (literally actually, he should go on the TV and say that the press can go fuck themsleves), accept that the media has already decided King David should be crowned the winner of the next election.
He should spend his remaining time in office carrying out as much of the constitutional reform he probably secretly knows is necessary as it is possible for him to do so in 18 months."
And in the Guardian today, John Harris - in an uncharacteristically 'not-bad' article says...
"...stepping back from received opinion, perhaps the public hasn't come to quite the swingeing conclusion on the Brown government that so much of the commentariat would like to believe."Meanwhile, if you want to lay against the Tories, have a gander at Political Betting. I'm of the slightly unformed opinion that the bookies are more worth listening to on how the next election will go than the pollsters.
According to these figures, here are the probable outcomes of the next election:
43.7% - Tory winOn balance, I'm glad I'm not going to be a Tory on the evening of the next election.
29.9% - No overall majority
26.5% - Labour win
However, much less pleasant reading can be had looking at the League One promotion odds. Swansea are up already. There is one other guaranteed promotion spot up for grabs, and then one promotion slot for the winners of the play-offs.
Forest are three points off the guaranteed slot with two games to go (though the recent formbook is on our side). Betfair are offering about 13/8 on us. But Leeds may have the 15 points that were quite rightly docked at the start of the season given back to them.
The fuckers.
The White Shite.
Well, now it's Bertie Ahern's turn...
Ideas: The pinch point
(You may have seen this already - it's a few weeks old - if so, apologies).
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Open the door, get on the floor...
This lot were on. What a fine tune it is too.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Plan 59
Via David Thompson.
- If lots of other people are saying it, it probably isn't worth saying. I don't think that politics is a suitable setting for the development of a personal social circle or peer group, and the most annoying blogs and bloggers that I've found tend to be the ones who try and cosy up to like minds. There is no fun in discussing anything with people who agree with you very much, and groupthink is a poison. So the more 'apostates' the better, I say. Oddly, the Euston Manifesto decent left association seems to be widely misunderstood, (if sometimes amusingly and weirdly obsessively by
Flying RodentMalky Muscular). I've never met a group of people who vary as widely on so many things, apart from broadly agreeing with the statement that they signed.
- It's really annoying when someone urges you not to argue a position because solidarity demands that you shouldn't. Solidarity is where you do something together. Like strike, or some other direct action where unity is a tactical necessity. Arguing is completely different. Rival social forces respond to concerted actions. Arguments are, in themselves, feeble things - until they help to shape some social force that can actually carry out an effective direct action. Groupthink, and me-too arguments (I'd include joint-letters to newspapers or petitions in this) actually delays the shaping of such social forces.
These are probably slightly daft arguments that I'll regret making once I read the comments. But I'm making them anyway. Whaddaya think?
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Asset subtraction
Having worked around politicians and civil servants for a long time (admittedly, often at a distance), I've always been surprised at how much they believe this to be the case.
As Chris says, it isn't.
Next week: Why getting more signatories on a letter to the editor weakens the case that is being made by the letter - while at the same time, it increases the likelihood of the weakened case being published.
Two out of two
I suppose it's a bit like that 'look away now' warning they give you on the Saturday evening news, before Match of the Day.
Well, last time, I think I enjoyed The Orphanage a lot more than I would have done if I'd read the review before going to see it.
And, yesterday, I think I enjoyed 'Son of Rambow' in much the same way. It was a complete surprise, and a very good one.
Two out of two. It works. Try it yourself.
Which side are you on?
I'm very much on Gracchi's side of this argument, but I think that there is a much more powerful argument that he fails to make:
Our constitution, such as it is, specifies MPs as being the people who should make the big policy decisions that will effect us all. They get their legitimacy from us when we vote for them, and they need our approval every 3-5 years to continue in that post.
Politicians have rivals. People who we would probably prefer not to supersede politicians, but people who don't really care what we think. They are, in no particular weight or order, commercial vested interests, professional commentators, minority groups within the general population, bureaucrats, and representatives of foreign powers.
These people often conduct themselves in highly complex sub rosa ways. They hire deniable PR companies, they attempt to influence people in subliminal ways, they commission dubious research, they are able to call upon sympathetic journalists to distort issues massively. This paragraph could hextuple in length without even scratching the surface of the kind of latitude that non-elected political influencers enjoy in their daily competition with politicians.
But here's one example that I've not seen articulated in the blogosphere before - until I visited the absolutely bloody excellent Labour and Capital blog, that is: The way that fund managers make decisions about their shareholdings. Often decisions that can be made off-the-cuff without any accountability or scrutiny - and decisions that act against the public interest (or, indeed the interests of those shareholders). Just one example.
So, call for more scrutiny of politicians - their private lives and their decision-making processes - if you like. I'm in favour of some improvements in the transparency and quality of parliamentary decision-making myself.
But, if you make those demands without making commensurate demands upon the many rivals that politicians have, you need to remind yourself which side you are on.
And, like Tim M, and Matt S, and the many liberals that ignore the narrative of history as a clash of social forces, it is not on the side of democracy.
Within liberal democracies, it is the real dividing line between the left and the right. Am I wrong?
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Friday, April 18, 2008
But, every now and then, I see something that everyone interested in web-design should look at.
And this site about how CSS can re-clad the same content in different websites is very nice. The 'under the sea' design is really worth a look.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
One paragraph
You have a paragraph to make a convincing case to the contrary. To show that you understand the nature of the social problems that you think need confronting, and an idea of how those problems can be addressed.
Would it be this paragraph?
There are plenty of things wrong with the existing order here in the UK, and plenty of worthwhile fights left to fight. We need, for example, to free people from the oppression and misery of living on sink estates; break the hold of crime and violence over our young people; restore their belief in the value of education and self-improvement; provide child-care for single mothers to enable them to work; provide homes for all our citizens and residents; integrate all our ethnic and religious minorities into our citizenry; and so on. My personal belief is that the UK's social problems are caused more by lack of education and opportunity for those lower down the social ladder, and by deficiencies in popular culture among the population at large, than they are by poverty or inequalities in wealth. I view, for example, the fact that our Labour government is committed to the target of half of all school-leavers going to university as more inspiring than any number of radicals writing about public ownership of the means of production. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush…My paragraph would be very different. More to the point, reader, what would your paragraph look like?
Sunday, April 13, 2008
F'rinstance, there's this on politicians pay. Bit of a curate's egg. If you've been here before, you'll know what I think.
If you haven't .... sorry. No time at the present.
And this (also via Stumbling and Mumbling) is very good too. Broken families and the failures of modern liberalism. Or why those failures are overstated.
My mild disagreement is located in his point no: 1 (most of the others are fine).
"Hoare argues that democracy is a necessary precursor to the establishment of social justice through the introduction of a welfare state. Fine, but it isn't a sufficient condition. There has to be a left party prepared and able to take power to implement measures and that has to be built, it won't just emerge because of the existence of liberal democracy. And, even if a left party gets into power, it can be constrained by the power of other institutions, such as big business, and by international politics and economics."I'd argue that the trajectory of liberal democracy (as long as there is a common and widely held view that this democracy should be strongly representative in character) is to ultimately constrain those forces that compete with those representatives.
A left party can be reasonably effective if it's focus is upon improving the quality of democracy at home, mainly because most of the left's aims will be achieved - as long as our democracy deepens. And when I say 'deepens' I do stress that this means that it deepens while the representative character grows stronger at the same time.
This independent representative group is - I would say - also more likely to make the right decision on behalf of the whole country when it thinks (as Gadgie wants it to) about the kind of globalism that it supports.
My worry is that liberal democracy isn't deepening in its representative quality, and that this needs to be something that the wider left needs to recognise and focus upon - a lot more than it does at the moment.
The Labour government since 1997 hasn't done anything that would suggest that it acknowledges this, and the Tories - in their current incarnation - are even less .... er .... Burkean. They would take us back to the pre-1997 stalemate over the EU, and they would capitulate to the demands of commercial publishers by disembowelling public service broadcasting.
That makes for three factors that should concern us all:
- A hyperactive and over-responsive government that is prepared to promote sub-optimal policies (and legislation) in order to retain the image of forward motion
- An even less responsible and accountable media, and one that is even more poorly resourced than it is currently - thereby strengthening what is easily the greatest centralising factor in the modern state.
- The withdrawal of one of the largest players from what has been the most successful supranational democratic institution that the world has ever seen. Anyone who thinks that the impoverished moral resolve of the UN is a cornerstone issue (and I think that this is one issue that largely unites us decents*) looks to the EU as a model for what is possible in the long-term.
JW puts it another way:
"...the term "homogenous citizenship", when defending his vision of an egalitarian society. Homogenous? Hoare's support for an "ultra-liberal immigration policy" aside, this reeks of the aculturalism that I associate with Burkean liberal-conservatism. The last thing I want to see is a homogeneous society. It would be the social equivalent of thermodynamic heat death."That focus on political and cultural pluralism neatly sums up everything that I think socialism is about. I'd just prefer it if more democratic socialists saw it that way. Currently, this perspective seems to be the sole preserve of a fairly small subset of the more extra-parliamentary left.
*I hate that word too.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Francis Sedgemore on....
(This isn't displacement post no2 - I meant to link to it a few days ago - honest!)
Bottled beers - update
So. In preparation for hours of shitwork, I nipped out to the nearest supermarket and came back with a selection of bottled beers. A good while ago now, I posted a round-up of bottled beers here, and I picked most of today's stock from the better bottles on that list.
However, I also got a bottle of something called St Edmunds by Greene King (4.2% abv), and it's good enough to warrant a displacement blog post. It's unusual in that it's an English ale that has been developed specifically to be drunk colder than room-temperature. And it's very clean and drinkeable. It's fresh and not as bitter as almost any of the others. It's also less gassy than almost any bottled ale that I've tasted. I
Here's a reminder of the others:
- Fursty Ferret; OK. Not bad. Slightly too bitter - noticeably bottled taste, but OK. 7/10
- Rebellion; red colour, hint of bonfire toffee. Hard to drink more than one bottle. OK. 6/10
- Spitfire; Good. A bit dry and bitter, could have a fresher finish, but quite drinkeable. 8/10.
- Waitrose 'Green Man' Organic Ale; Quite light. Good taste, whiskyish hint, a bit gassy, but drinkeable enough. 8/10.
- Timothy Taylor Landlord - 'stong pale ale'; Actually only 4.1% and nothing much wrong with it. Maybe a bit gassy, but maybe all bottled beers are gassy? 8/10.
- WychCraft; 4.5% from Wychwood. Hoppy smell. V.good. 8/10.
- Marstons Single Malt; 4.2%. Nice, beery taste. Slightly smokey - noticeably nice after the WychCraft. 8/10.
- St Peters' Organic Ale; 4.5%. The king of bottled beers. Clear, bright and drinkeable. Just the right balance of bitterness, sweetness and dryness. 9.5/10
- Marston's Pedigree; 4.5%. Darker than most, heavier than most, not as good as the draught version. Not very drinkable. 5/10 at best.
- Badger 'Golden Glory' - 4.5%; Very fruity & sweet, peach aroma. Delicious on first taste. Probably couldn't drink too much though, but if you plan to have only one bottle, this is it. It's a bit acidy, but if you worry about after-effects, you'd never drink any beer in the first place. 9/10.
Friday, April 04, 2008
Ho Ho Ho Frenchy (again)
I hope it works. I hope it isn't another Lt Hauk moment.
Personally, I'd say that this is something that government shouldn't do - and shouldn't be seen to be doing. It's the role of civil society to create a civil conversation that government can eavesdrop upon.


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In a discussion of the midterm elections on Sunday's Face the Nation, CBS host Bob Schieffer asked members of his political panel a total of seven questions, six of which highlighted Republican difficulties, only one of which actually raised the problems for the Democrats in November.
Instead of acknowledging the greater political challenges facing Democrats, Schieffer began by acting as if both parties were equally in trouble: "You have Democrats on the one hand saddled with a very bad economy, high unemployment....Republicans, on the other hand, have – find themselves suddenly with some very, well, how would I say it, unusual candidates, people who have taken very extreme views on things." Schieffer then proceeded to focus almost exclusively on Republican obstacles.
In his first electoral question to former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, Schieffer asked about one of those "unusual" GOP candidates: "...you have Linda McMahon, who is formally – or maybe she still is part of the World Wrestling Federation." After playing a clip of McMahon appearing at a WWE event, Schieffer pressed: "I expect Republicans are going to be seeing that video a lot this year, and they're going to have to defend it. Is this somebody who's going to be good for the Republican Party? Is this a good image for Republicans to have?"
Before Gillespie could respond, Schieffer made this bizarre comparison: "I mean, if the president's going to – every candidate is going to have to defend what the President did on the mosque down there [at Ground Zero], isn't this going to be kind of a tough one for you guys?" Gillespie shot back: "You could also show the footage of President Obama when he was running for president appearing on WWE, calling out to voters there....not so long ago, President Obama and the Democrats thought the WWE was a great place to go to talk to voters." Undeterred, Schieffer followed up: "So you're comfortable with her? And she – you think on balance she helps or hurts Republicans overall?"
Schieffer then turned to his next guest, current Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, and asked the same question about Republican candidates with "very extreme views": "...what do you think about some of these candidates?" That gave Kaine the opportunity to rant: "The Republicans are putting up a whole series of extreme candidates that are way outside the mainstream of what Americans want."
Feeling that some balance was missing, Schieffer followed Kaine's response by noting: "I would also add, the Democrats have their share of candidates that some of the other Democrats might think are rather embarrassing to have on the ticket this year, Charlie Rangel being one name that comes to mind." Instead of pressing Kaine about Rangel, Schiefffer moved on to Republican strategist Ed Rollins and wondered if the RNC should dump current chairman Michael Steele: "He's so immersed in controversy that he's – he's kind of in a bunker these days." Schieffer didn't ask if Kaine was worried about his future as DNC chair if the Democrats suffer major losses in November.
Finally, Schieffer turned to Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and actually detailed the threat facing Democrats due to the poor economy: "...we've had now 15 months of unemployment above 9%....How are Democrats going to get around that? Because, after all, when people are unemployed, they generally blame it on the people in office."
After Rendell spent his entire answer blaming Republicans unchallenged, Schieffer decided it was time to turn back to Gillespie and more "extreme" Republican views: "...a lot of people are saying, even people who had problems with the current efforts at immigration reform, saying Republicans may have gone a step too far when they start talking about amending the 14th – the Constitution, the 14th amendment....Is this a problem for you?"
Schieffer went back to Kaine and again asked a question about how Republicans would be hurt be their conservative views: "Harry Reid said the other day that he cannot imagine why any Hispanic would want to vote for Republicans now, after all of this controversy about immigration that's come about. Is that overstating the case or do you think – is he making a good point?" Again Kaine got a chance to slam the GOP: "Well, I think Senator Reid was making a point that the Republican policies, which are so anti-new American, even to the point of shredding up the 14th amendment...is chasing new Americans, not just Latinos, into the Democratic camp."
After concluding the panel discussion, Schieffer came back from the commercial break with Politico's John Harris and the Washington Post's Karen Tumulty to further analyze the midterms. At one point, Schieffer turned to Harris and confessed: "I kind of take issue with what Ed Gillespie says about some of these Tea Party candidates. I thought from the beginning the Tea Party was a bigger problem for the Republican establishment than maybe it was for Democrats....Where do you see some of these candidates going, John? Isn't it going to be very difficult for them?"
Harris fully agreed with that assessment: "Ed was valiant here on the show – but it would be interesting to talk to him on truth serum as to what he really thinks about this. There's no question that the sort of professional operative class which, frankly, all of your earlier guests were part of, on the show, they think that the Republicans have not nominated the most electable candidates."

subset: commoncrawl


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Pioneer broadcaster Binny Lum, who hosted Melbourne's first daytime television program on Channel Nine, has died, aged 97.
Lum died peacefully in November after a short illness, according to an obituary published on the weekend by her daughter Sharon Terry.
Her career in broadcasting included Melbourne radio stations 3XY, 3AW, 3DB, 3AK, 3KZ and the Victorian Broadcasting Network. She hosted Thursday at One with Binnie Lum, which debuted on GTV9 1957. Later she had a half-hour program, Binnie Time.
By the late 1960s she appeared on HSV7's Woman's World with Belle Nicholson and John Eden. Later she worked with Jon Sidney, Vi Greenhalf, Terry O'Neill and Charles Skase.
Source: The Age


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I went looking for a few lessons on adjectives for this week and I wanted to share with you a couple of great ones I found from Babbling Abby. First, I purchased her popcorn adjective lesson from TPT. I love how she brings in the 5 senses with this lesson and makes learning about adjectives so hands on! Its' only $4.50 and well worth it's price.
Abby also has an adjective lesson as her most recent blog post. The lesson uses a large box of Crayola crayons to teach color word adjectives.Abby has free downloads for the graph labels and the student recording sheet on her blog.
Comment below if you have other great ideas for teaching adjectives.
Luther's 95 theses + my found poem
2 days ago


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LEAM Richardson praised his players' professionalism after Accrington Stanley claimed a 4-1 FA Cup win at non-league AFC Fylde in his first game as the club's permanent boss.
Midfielder Will Hatfield scored all four goals to give Stanley a comfortable first round win over Evo-Stik Premier Division opposition at Kellamergh Park on Saturday.
Richardson was appointed Stanley boss on Thursday – having previously guided the Reds to a 1-0 league win at home to Bristol Rovers as caretaker manager, following Paul Cook's departure to Chesterfield.
And the 32-year-old was delighted to avoid a potential FA Cup banana skin and start his permanent tenure with a win.
"People were saying it was a banana skin, and I totally agreed with them," Richardson said.
"I addressed it quite early with the players but I also addressed how good we were. I said, 'Don't underestimate us, as long as we offer professionalism, desire and application we'll be okay'. I thought we offered it in abundance and the quality shone through.
"Everything we asked for before the game they offered.
"That's fantastic for a manager."
Richardson opted to stick with the same side that beat Bristol Rovers, with £18,000 in prize money available for victory over AFC Fylde, and he was impressed with Hatfield's four-goal salvo.
It was Richardson who brought Hatfield back to the club on a permanent basis midway through last season, in his first spell as caretaker boss.
The 21-year-old had previously had a loan spell from Leeds.
Hatfield netted three times at the end of last term but had not found the net this season.
"I'd had a little word with him on Friday asking him how many minutes he'd gone without a goal and he pops up with four, so I'm made up for him," Richardson said.
"He's got that kind of habit.
"That's why I brought him to the club in the first place last year, and he showed last year how much of a goalscorer he is.
"To get four in the FA Cup, he'll have that throughout his career. Nobody will ever take that away from him."


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"This game isn't very mighty morphin'..."
The idea behind Pokemon Ranger is a pretty interesting one. Instead of just throwing Pokeballs at Pokemon when you try to capture them, why not leave it up to the player's skill to see whether they can catch the Pokemon or not? While this is indeed a very neat idea, it is unfortunately brought down by forcefully by a combination of things that definitely ruin the title. Sure, it was never destined to be great, but the developers had a chance to make this good, and they blew it.
This game is very different from its counterparts for a number of reasons, but let's just start with the manner in which you capture Pokemon. Instead of random battles taking place when you walk around in the wild grass, the Pokemon are visible on the screen at all times, and battles are engaged when you walk into them or they run into you. In order to capture these Pokemon, you don't have to cripple their HP with Pokemon in your party. On the contrary, all you do is draw circles around them, hope they don't attack, and when you've drawn enough circles, the Pokemon is considered captured.
Actually, you don't even have a Pokemon party. No, Pokemon Ranger is an oddity in the Pokemon universe as there is really only one Pokemon that sticks with you throughout the entire game, and that Pokemon is a little electric mouse (not Pikachu) whose form is dependant on what gender you choose. After you capture Pokemon, they will follow you around until you use them, whether that be during the process of trying to capture another Pokemon or using their abilities to alter something in the environment in order to continue.
If that already doesn't suck enough, you aren't even doing cool things. The typical obstacles consist of trees or rocks that you have to destroy, with a very laughable attempt at a puzzle element thrown in as you can really discover what you need to do by a short process of trial and error. When in a battle and you use a Pokemon, the effects are a little different. For example, a Pokemon that would usually simply break something can now do a minor attack that can temporarily stun the Pokemon, or you can get a bonus on your circles, meaning that it takes fewer circles in order to capture a Pokemon.
There has to be some explanation as to why you're drawing circles around wild Pokemon, and don't worry, there is. You are a Pokemon Ranger, people tasked with simply borrowing the services of wild Pokemon in order to better the world. In case you didn't catch that, you are a part of an organization whose purpose is to enslave Pokemon via mind control to make them do menial tasks. You do this by using your styler, a device that only Pokemon Rangers have. You die when your styler is destroyed, which happens when a Pokemon attacks your circles and you run out of hit points.
Surprisingly, you will find yourself in the dying situation quite often. While there is the option to flee battles and you can use some Pokemon that you have following you around to your advantage in some situations, you will become so unbelievably bored with the process of drawing circles around these little critters that you'll become reckless; you will keep drawing circles in order to capture the damn thing without even thinking. You could wait and go at this strategically, but since you won't be having any fun, why would anyone even bother with this?
Yes, Pokemon Ranger is an RPG, so you can gain experience points and level up. Doing so, obviously, increases your stats. This is actually a brighter side to Pokemon Ranger because as you level up and gain more health, the frustrating battles become a little bit less frustrating and you also earn the right to have more Pokemon following you around, giving you the sense of a small army made up of Pokemon.
Another nice thing is that Pokemon Ranger is a little more organized than most RPGs. A lot of times, RPGs will simply throw you into this large world and you will often find out what to do based solely on luck. Pokemon Ranger instead separates out the progression of the game by Missions. This way, you always have an idea of what you need to do and you won't ever get stuck or lost in the game.
While the touch screen makes minor improvements like being able to simply click on a save machine to save instead of having to walk up to it like most games, it also becomes kind of an annoyance. Pokemon Ranger will get your DS scratched up pretty bad, ruining the game's kind of nice visuals. There is also a problem with the save machines in general because while they are pretty plentiful, the game unfortunately only allows one save, meaning that you could accidentally save at a point where you are low on health and have to start your entire game over. I don't know why Pokemon games insist on letting you only have one save, but it's nigh time Nintendo rectifies this annoyance. On top of that, there is no checkpoint system, meaning that every time you die, you are set back to where you last saved.
There are some mini-games and side-quests sprinkled throughout the land of Fiore (the only region in the Pokemon world that seems to have these Ranger folks thank God for that). A rather interesting mini-game lets you ride around on a Doduo as you engage in battles with random Pokemon, hoping to beat the high score. It was pretty cool controlling a Pokemon and let you ride around on one for once, and it would be nice if the game focused more on moments like these instead of trying to hard to be a generic RPG with Pokemon elements loosely sprinkled on top.
While Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (that OTHER Pokemon spin-off on the DS) benefited from an anime-style story progression that, while slow at first, led to a pretty decent pay-off, Pokemon Ranger starts out slow and stays slow throughout the entire adventure. The basic plot revolves around you going up in the ranks as a Pokemon Ranger and battling evil organizations who are brainwashing Pokemon (just like you are; how hypocritical) for evil purposes. Sound familiar? Well, change the brainwashing aspect into kidnapping, and you have Team Rocket. Seriously, they couldn't even attempt at making a somewhat original plotline to go along with this game? I felt like I was playing the original games all over again. In this day and age, there is no excuse for an RPG to have a lackluster plot. No excuse at all.
Another thing that disappointed me a little was the graphics. While the majority of the graphical presentation was pretty good, the environments could have easily been done on the SNES. However, the animations are great, and the fire effects are brilliant for the DS. I was really impressed with this, and it's also great that there are practically zero glitches. While the character models could have used a little work, the overall graphics were pretty damn good.
Pokemon Ranger doesn't have the classic Pokemon tunes to its name. That's not to say that its audio presentation is absolutely terrible, it just doesn't match up to the other Pokemon games. Hell, it doesn't even come close. Some of the sound effects are annoying and such, but the soundtrack is at the very least decent, so there isn't too much to hate nor too much to love.
Being an RPG, Pokemon Ranger is actually a pretty long title. While that's all fine and good and you will get a lot to do for your hard-earned dollar, it is a real shame that the game isn't really all that fun. Sure, there's a lot to do, but are you really going to have the ambition to do it all? Besides that, there is an unlockable mode, which surprised me, and that should give the Pokenuts something else to obsess over as I'm sure they will love this game no matter how bad it is.
Pokemon Ranger is one of those games that had the potential to be good. There are some interesting ideas and concepts implemented into this title, but they are either under utilized or simply fall short of what they could have been. The graphics are pretty great, but the environments could use some work. The audio presentation is decent, but it could benefit if some of the classic Pokemon tunes were implemented somehow. The overall gameplay throughout gets stale and repetitive quickly, so the only conceivable way I can think of that would make this game likeable would be if most of it were totally revamped and if it were given a story that actually meant something. If you're a diehard Pokemon fan, you're going to buy this regardless of what I think, but if you're a gamer just looking for a good RPG on the DS, please refer to Pokemon Diamond or Pearl for your RPG/Pokemon fix.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.0 - Fair
Originally Posted: 10/22/08
Game Release: Pokemon Ranger (US, 10/30/06)
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Our room stewards - Izy and Ritzey were fantastic. Never needed to request additional ice or beverages in the mini bar. As usual with HAL and truly Appreciated our room was put in order "magically" whenever we departed for breakfast and before returning from late dining.
As many have probably heard ms Westerdam became abit upset 45 minutes out of Seattle and had a fire in the boiler room. It was put under control but "flared - up" again causing the ship to head back to Seattle. During this 15-20 minute event the Captain kept all informed of the developments. This was appreciated.
Once back in Seattle the USCG inspected the ship and re-cleared our journey for another departure to Alaska. Unfortunately this was not to occur until the following morning with the port of Sitka cut More out of the cruise. This revised agenda was reported to the ship by the CEO of HAL along with an on-board credit and future cruise discount. A nice gesture indeed but believe most were thankful that no serious injuries to anyone and that this event occurred so close to Seattle so that proper fixes could be completed.
Overall Ms Westerdam is still a very stately and fine ship. The crew was energetic and pleasant. I'm sure the revolving 7 day cruise schedule is a grind for them but I never noticed a disgruntled crew member. This is another reason we choose to cruise with HAL.
The cruise ports and overall weather were fantastic.
Loved Glacier Bay. Weather was sunny and 56f with slight wind. Perfect conditions for viewing the glaciers from our balcony.
Very happy that we went to Buchart Gardens in Victoria. Even though this excursion was titled " An Evening in Buchart Gardens" we were able to enjoy 1.5 hours of viewing before dusk set upon us. The gardens were just as amazing with the lighting that tastefully installed for evening viewing.
The dining at both the Pinnacle and Caneletto was very good. I had read / heard mixed reviews on both but we were very pleased with the food quality and superb service. We also did Le Cirque again and although we believe it is a tad over priced the quality / service was very good as well.
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Therefore, the real problem with America's death rate is not that Americans are getting too little medicine, but that they are already getting too much. Americans are medicated more than any other people in the world, and there is something terribly wrong with the result. The only thing providing any checks against this catastrophe is the fact that doctors know that people can shop elsewhere. American doctors know that people are not beholden to them, and that it is their customers (not governmental agencies) who have the final decision in their own welfare. If any 'successful' nationalized health care system is adopted by the U.S., then the situation will get considerably worse, not better. Success in one regard will mean failure in another way that will literally be impossible for many patients to live with. The principal of "first do no harm" will be only a memory of the past that is linked to decadent capitalists by the comrades of the future.
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- The current socialized system in the U.S. (a.k.a. Obamacare) illegally applies tax penalties to citizens who are too poor to buy health insurance. It is an extremely immoral and thinly-veiled policy of taxing the poor, but it has been disingenuously promoted as a way to help them.
- In England, the richest socialized country in the world, one in ten parents are skipping meals to feed their children. Is this the quality of life that Americans should be seeking?
- How has socialism helped America in other areas? Remember education before the teacher's unions and governmental regulations? How about when America had manufacturing, and it was the best in the world? Now education and manufacturing are unionized welfare systems, and are ranked amongst the worst in the world.
- Will we ever get our rights back once the medical system becomes a taxing agent of the U.S. Government?
- Has any governmental agency peacefully surrendered any of its power back to the people in the entire history of the world?
- Didn't every communist nation begin exactly this way -- with bogus pleas to help suffering people, which is only obtainable if everyone surrenders his rights?
- As is the case with medicare and medicaid already, what happens when you suddenly and unexpectedly must pay a bankrupting hospital bill when coverage was retroactively terminated because you didn't obey the orders of your doctor? Who do you appeal to?
- If the poor are actually monetarily helped by socialized health care, then how does that money help them, since they will be told exactly how they'll spend it? Doesn't that just enslave the poor even more, as well as everyone else?
- Will the greed, corruption, and the medical carnage really stop once we are enslaved to a system that has the ability to perpetually tax all of us at will? Isn't that like paying mafia protection money, in the hope that the mafia doesn't ever become greedier?
- Will the medical establishment charge us more or less once it has unlimited health taxation power?
- Why did the White House use Big Pharma consultants to help draft the Bill if it really is meant to cut our expenses? How exactly is that going to work out for us?
- Isn't that why the Bill is about 3,000 pages -- to prevent us from reading or understanding it?
- Will the industry's greed really be stopped by governmental hand-outs, and will our health care suddenly become safe and effective?
- What happens once we run out of other people's money? Can you name a country with socialized medicine that this hasn't happened in?
- If the expense is really the issue to be solved, then how does creating even more expense make the poor wealthier?
- Isn't the government already the problem by blocking cheaper, safer, and more effective alternatives to financially prop-up the very system that helped to write the Bill?
- How do we opt-out when we find better alternatives? Where is that freedom in the Bill?
- If governmental take-overs are really a positive factor in a nation's quality of life, then can you name any communistic nation with a superior quality of life?
- What happens when you are refused treatments because you are on some type of "no fly" list, or when the government mandates certain treatments that the doctors know will kill you, because something qualified you as a trouble-maker. This is not merely conjecture. Reference the Shane Geiger article to read an actual instance of medically murdering a trouble-maker.
- What happens to the patients who are too expensive? Will they start refusing to give medicine to the elderly as has happened in England, or will they cut costs like Greece, by amputating the limbs of diabetics who do not need amputations?
- You can fire your doctor. Will you be able to fire socialized medicine once a doctor is assigned to you?
- If Obama Care is about promoting smarter, preventative care, then how do I get my refunds for my supplement purchases and organic foods? Does our money actually just go back into Big Pharma, as if this is how they planned it all along?
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We read and seek to communicate with eachother not break down emotionally and react to the 'trivia'' this is a serious flaw In our (the underground alternativests renegaders) culture..
Sincere regards -Steven
Your discription of the problem is clear and true. I can't see a way out of their grasp.
What is their next move, will they do to the American people what their doing to Syria?
Having said that, I do appreciate that the medical systems of the world, fast food and big pharma all seem to be working together to attack us from all directions.
Whatever is is they do to fast food that makes eveyone return to eat again and again, even though they know it's doing them no good, works effectively and the majority are eating themselves into illness. I'm sure Big Pharma own most of the fast food chains!!
Then when you're good and sick at about 40 years old, from eating all of the fast food and GM crops, then you get stung at the other end by the money to pay for your hospitalisation and medicines.
Since we're not doctors, who knows what they give to everyone.
Even trying to eat healthily is becoming difficult as they are pricing natural healthy food out of our reach. And all in the name of money and false power.
When they've killed us all off or bankrupted us all, then what will happen?? Along with all the mess the USA has started with Al Qaeda, Taliban and now IS, they're really f--*ing the world up.
Where is the way out??
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CLEVELAND, Nov. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH), the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that its fleet of refuse trucks equipped with Parker's RunWise® Advanced Series Hybrid Drive System is approaching one million miles of operation and continues to achieve positive results as the system gains momentum in the market.
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economy and a spiraling euro zone crisis muted deal activity.
Through early December announced global M&A volume stood at
$2.6 trillion, up just 4 percent from $2.5 trillion a
year earlier, according to Dealogic. But for rainmakers things
looked brighter: Fee revenue rose 9 percent, to
$17.7 billion.
The bankers featured in Institutional Investors 2011
Rainmakers of the Year claimed a big chunk of those earnings.
The top ten deals by fees, as estimated by investment
consulting firm Freeman Consulting, fetched a combined
$800 million, just shy of the $839 million total for
Cross-border mergers led the way. Five of the ten
transactions involved companies from two countries, including
the No. 1 deal, French drugmaker Sanofis
$21 billion takeover of U.S.-based Genzyme Corp. These
tie-ups proved lucrative for bankers and shareholders despite a
3 percent year-over-year drop in cross-border deal volume,
from $861 billion to $834 billion, Dealogic
Likewise, some sectors yielded more riches than others. Four
of our top ten deals are in health care, which remained robust
with volume of $220 billion as of early December, a 5
percent increase over 2010. Telecommunications and high-tech
take four positions, even though telecom deal volume plunged 18
percent, to $200 billion. And old media coughs up the big
bucks as Comcast Corp.s $31.5 billion buyout of NBC
Universal claims the No. 4 spot.
Will 2012 bring more rain? There has certainly been a
recent slowdown in announcement activity because of market
volatility, says Anthony Whittemore, New Yorkbased
co-head of M&A Americas at Deutsche Bank. But as the
fundamental drivers for deals remain in place, we could see a
good snapback in M&A early [in 2012] if volatility
subsides. Xiang Ji
1/Stuart Smith & Team/Credit Suisse
For Genzyme, it was the opening salvo of a war on the
drugmaker. In February 2009, Henri Termeer, then
Genzymes chairman, president and CEO, received a
scathing warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration. The document listed numerous violations of FDA
manufacturing standards at the biotech companys plant in
Allston, Massachusetts. It escalated a mounting crisis
that included delayed approval of Lumizyme, a drug therapy for
the rare genetic disorder Pompe disease, and knocked more than
25 percent off Genzymes share price in 2009
Carl Icahn and his fellow activist investors demanded a
shake-up. Others wanted to oust Termeer, who had been CEO since
1985. Then in the summer of 2010, Paris-based
pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi-Aventis (now called Sanofi)
offered to buy the company for $18.5 billion.
Cambridge, Massachusettsbased Genzyme needed a
straight-talking banker who understood the company.
Girding for a proxy fight that would be followed by a takeover
defense against Sanofi, it called in Stuart Smith, global
co-head of health care at Credit Suisse Groups investment
banking division. The 56-year-old Connecticut native has a
ten-year history with Genzyme, having advised on such deals as
its $1 billion acquisition of GelTex Pharmaceuticals in
2000 and its $600 million purchase of SangStat Medical
Corp. in 2003.
New Yorkbased Smith, who worked closely with
D. Scott Lindsay, Credit Suisses co-chairman of
global M&A, helped draw up a broad cost-reduction plan
as part of Genzymes defensive efforts. The cuts included
1,000 layoffs and slashing of travel expenses. It was
difficult when we were in those emotional times, says
Michael Wyzga, Genzymes former vice president of finance
and CFO. Having someone who can offer frank and pragmatic
advice was critical in that boxing match, Wyzga adds of
The lawyer-turned-bankers deep pharma connections sped
up the divestment of Genzymes noncore businesses, a move
that commanded a higher price from Sanofi as it closed in for
the kill. In September 2010, Smith got on the phone with his
old friend David King, chairman and CEO of Burlington, North
Carolinabased Laboratory Corp. of America, to wrap
up negotiations for LabCorps $925 million all-cash
purchase of Genzymes genetics division. Sanofi finally
raised its offer from $69 per share to roughly $74, for a price
tag of $20.86 billion when the deal closed in April.
Seven banks shared more than $120 million in the top
deal of 2011 by fees, according to Freeman Consulting. Credit
Suisse tied with Genzyme co-adviser Goldman Sachs Group as the
best-paid bank, earning $31.2 million. Leading the Goldman
team was Jack Levy, co-chairman of M&A. Evercore Partners
and JPMorgan Chase & Co. each earned $27.6 million for
advising Sanofi. X.J.
2/George (Woody) Young III &
Team/ Lazard
Pick a major U.S. telecommunications player and chances are
that Woody Young has advised it. The lanky, quick-witted
banker can also trace that companys history back a decade
or two, recounting deals as if they happened yesterday.
Youngs encyclopedic knowledge and his long-term outlook
make him a go-to banker for telecom CEOs. Lazards New
Yorkbased head of technology, media and telecoms advised
Cingular Wireless Corp. on its $41 billion merger with
AT&T Wireless Services in 2004, Sprint Corp. on its
$47 billion takeover of Nextel Communications in 2005 and
AT&T on its $89 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp.
the following year.
When Qwest Communications International began considering a
$22 billion sale to then-CenturyTel in late 2009, Young
had strong ties to both sides. That year he and his team had
represented CenturyTel during its $12 billion acquisition
of Embarq Corp. (the combined company later renamed itself
CenturyLink). His relationship with Qwest dates back to 1999,
when he advised the Denver-based phone company on its
$45 billion merger with U.S. West.
Young, 52, ended up as lead financial adviser to Qwest in
the top telecom deal of 2011 by estimated fees, earning
$20 million for Lazard. Early on he helped clarify
Qwests best strategic option when a major private equity
firm was vying with Monroe, Louisianabased
CenturyLink. Knowing CenturyLinks management
and how they had garnered synergies from their previous
transaction gave us great confidence that they were the ideal
partner to create significant value with the combined
company, says Young, referring to the almost
$1 billion in synergies achieved by CenturyLink since its
Embarq purchase.
Young joined Lazard in 2009 from Merrill Lynch &
Co., where he was global head of TMT. Hed moved to
Merrill the previous year after 14 years at Lehman Brothers,
most recently as head of the global communications group. Young
did his first telecom deal in 1990; then at First Boston Corp.,
he helped take Telecom Corp. of New Zealand private in its
NZ$4.25 billion ($2.54 billion) sale to
Ameritech Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp.
Hes since built lasting company relationships that
transcend personal ties with chief executives. When advising
Qwest on its merger with U.S. West, for example, Young worked
with then-CEO Joseph Nacchio. Three years later he counseled
Nacchios successor, Richard Notebaert, on the
$7 billion sale of the companys directories
businesses to private equity firms Carlyle Group and Welsh,
Carson, Anderson & Stowe. During the CenturyLink tie-up,
completed in April, Young advised Edward Mueller, CEO of Qwest
since 2007. X.J.
3/Luca Ferrari & Team/Goldman
In the M&A world lunch is seldom just lunch. Ten days
after Marchs Japanese tsunami, Yasuchika Hasegawa,
president and CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., visited the
posh Stoke Park country club on the outskirts of London. There
he and two of his senior managers dined with Håkan
Björklund, then CEO of Zurich-based rival Nycomed
International Management, and the heads of Nycomeds three
major private equity owners. After lunch Hasegawa and
Björklund signed a memorandum of understanding for
Osaka-based Takedas $13.7 billion purchase of
Nycomed, the third-largest overseas acquisition by a
Japanese company.
Luca Ferrari, London-based head of Northern European M&A
at Goldman Sachs and lead adviser to Nycomed, didnt
organize this ceremonial meeting to cheer up the Japanese
executives. According to people who attended, it was calculated
to mesh with the ringi decision-making process in Japanese
corporate culture, which seeks companywide consensus once
a top manager approves a decision. Ferrari wanted to put
Nycomed in a favorable position during the due diligence phase,
when buyers often find reasons to lower their purchase
It worked. Not only did it take less than two months to
reach a final agreement and win approval from both
companies boardsa rare feat in M&Abut the
price held on without major adjustments.
The all-cash deal, which closed in September, combines two
companies that complement each other geographically. Having
added Europe and emerging markets to its traditional Japanese
and North American strongholds, Takeda is now the worlds
No. 12 drugmaker by prescription sales, up from 16th place
before the merger. Luca and his team are thoughtful and
confident bankers, says Björklund, who was succeeded
in September by Frank Morich, Takedas former vice
president of international operations. We had a great
long-term relationship, and they helped us reach the finish
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SARASOTA – Tuesday marks one year since 24-year-old Rodney Mitchell was killed during a traffic stop by Sarasota County deputies. The State Attorney's Office cleared those deputies of any wrongdoing, but Mitchell's family says they believe otherwise.
Tuesday morning they held a peaceful rally to bring awareness to the case. Dozens of people gathered at the corner of U.S. 301 and Main Street in Sarasota, holding signs and chanting "no justice, no peace."
On June 11th of 2012, two Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies opened fire on Rodney Mitchell when they say he accelerated towards them during a traffic stop. Mitchell was killed by the gunfire.
Mitchell's mother Natasha Clemons says she's not satisfied with that explanation and feels her son was killed unnecessarily. She says even though the deputies involved were cleared, and their actions found to be justifiable, she feels it was an excessive use of force.
She says Rodney was being pulled over for a simple seat belt violation and she says he was a good person, a good father, and she refuses to believe he posed any sort of threat to those deputies. "The legacy that Rodney has left behind is a positive legacy, no violence. It's time for the officers to start using what they're taught when they're trained. They're not making sound judgements, they're shooting to kill. Violence is not the answer, and that's my goal to stop the violence across the world."
Clemons says she doesn't plan on giving up her fight and she'll continue holding peaceful rally's in hopes a federal investigation is opened.


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If you were at minimalist composer Steve Reich's Radio Rewrite concert at Town Hall last night, you were very lucky; if you couldn't get in, never mind, there are other Reich-linked events in town this week.
Two Jazzlines gigs pick up the theme quite naturally because Reich was influenced by the jazz he heard in New York in the 1960s.
This evening at the Bramall Music Building on the University of Birmingham campus, bassist Chris Mapp unveils a new band and some strong Reich links. The band is called Buzzoig and features the eminent British saxophonist Iain Ballamy along with trumpeter Sam Wooster and drummer Tymoteusz Jozwiak.
Mapp says: " Reich's new work is inspired by the music of Radiohead; continuing on this theme, Buzzoig will play music inspired by Reich, and Radiohead as well as some of their influences.
Buzzoig play from 5pm and entry is free.
Also in the Jazzlines Reich Influences strand, saxophonist Mike Fletcher leads an octet looking again at John Coltrane's Africa/Brass album and feeding both that music and Steve Reich's influence (Reich frequently went to hear Coltrane in the New York clubs) into some new music of his own.
This is part of the Jazzlines Free Jazz series at Symphony Hall cafe bar, which also starts at 5pm and is also free.
More about both these gigs at www.thsh.co.uk
No Reich on Saturday, but there is still a mallet instrument to maintain a tenuous link. It's played by Jim Hart, vibes player in the Neon Quartet, which also features Stan Sulzmann, keyboard player Kit Downes and drummer Tim Giles.
The Neon Quartet has a recent album, Subjekt, out on Edition Records, and it's filled with strong writing and playing.
Sulzmann may be the granddaddy of the band, but, as we all know, jazz gives its players eternal youth in terms of demanding fresh ideas and living in the moment.
Stan has what the late Richard Cook called a "tough but malleable post-Coltrane style" and it fits in superbly with the vibrant young players in this band.
The Neon Quartet are at the mac at 8pm. Tickets and more information on this Jazzlines gig from www.thsh.co.uk or www.macarts.co.uk.
And on to another saxophonist, Art Themen, who has been at the heart of British jazz for as long as Sulzmann (and that means the 1960s!), and he is the special guest at The Spotted Dog on Tuesday as part of an occasional collaboration between programmers Mike Fletcher of Jazz @ The Spotted Dog and Jazzlines.
Themen, like Sulzmann a tenor specialist, is best known for his role in the small bands of Stan Tracey. Music from 9pm and donations warmly received. Find out more at Jazz @ The Spotted Dog on facebook or on www.blambirmingham.co.uk.
Other good gigs this week:
Tomorrow: Shatner's Bassoon at The Ort Cafe from 8.30pm. For more see the review of their album, here.
Sunday: Birmingham Jazz offers singer Gabrielle Ducomble with guitarist Nicolas Meier in the band. Expect a mix of American standards and French chanson. From 7.45pm, entry £10 on the door at the Red Lion in Warstone Lane, Jewellery Quarter. More at www.birminghamjazz.co.uk
Wednesday: Stratford Jazz has another formidable tenor saxophonist, this time Simon Spillett, fronting the John Patrick Trio. From 8pm, £10 on the door at No 1 Shakespeare Street, Stratford-upon-Avon. More at www.stratfordjazz.org.uk.
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Fodor's To Europe!
The island of Symi is a virtual museum of 19th-century neoclassical architecture, almost untouched by modern development. Its star attraction is Chorio, which is filled with neoclassical mansions. There are only a handful of beaches and very little development, so Symi provides a peaceful retreat for travelers.
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- Beaches
- Archaeology
- Walk around the hilltop town of Chorio to see the elegant neoclassical houses with elaborate stonework. Stop in at the Archaeological Museum to see Hellenistic and Roman sculptures.
- Head to the green, pine covered hills around the gulf of Panormitis to visit the Monastery of Taxiarchis Michael Panormitis, dedicated to Symi's patron saint. The church has elaborate frescoes and two small museums dedicated to Byzantine art.
- One reason why Symi's beaches are so pristine is that very few are accessible by car. Take a boat to the beautiful beaches of Aghia Marina, Aghios Nikolas, Aghios Giorgios and Nanou Bay.
- The Symi Festival in July through September brings free dance, music, and theater performances to the island.


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After an 11-game winning streak to start the softball season, the LaFayette Lady Ramblers are now in the midst of another streak, one they want no part of.
Following an 8-3 home loss to Ridgeland on Tuesday, the Lady Ramblers (11-2, 0-2) dropped their second game in a row, this time to defending state champion Northwest Whitfield, who pulled away late on Thursday for a 7-2 win in Tunnel Hill.
Both teams scored twice in the first inning and the score would stay deadlocked until the fifth when the Lady Bruins (9-0, 2-0) picked up a solo run to take the lead in the Region 7-AAAA contest.
Northwest blew the game open in the bottom of the sixth, scoring four times before shutting LaFayette down in the top of the seventh.
Victoria Day suffered her first loss of the season in the circle. Day threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing eight hits and four runs, all earned. She walked two batters and struck out one. Savanna Reeves relieved Day in the sixth, but gave up three earned runs on three hits in just 2/3 of an inning.
Cassie Phillips went 2-for-3 at the plate for LaFayette, while E.J. Ratledge, Summer Goins, and Shayla Ludy had one hit each. Ratledge and Carllie Campbell each drove in a run.
LaFayette will host Chattooga in a non-region game at 12 noon on Saturday.