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A new approach to reaping nature's bounty is being proposed by one man on the Lizard, who wants to harvest seaweed and sell it as food.
Rory MacPhee has been handed an experimental licence by the Crown Estate, which manages the vast majority of the British coastline.
Seaweed harvesting in the UK is currently a small-scale industry concentrated on areas such as the Outer Hebrides, Northern Ireland and South Wales.
But Rory will be the first in the whole of England to get permission to gather the floating algae, which he intends to sun-dry and cure before crushing into a powder to sell.
The "sea vegetable," as Rory calls it, is rich in nutrients and can be used in soup, bread and as a substitute for bacon if smoked.

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text: Show Hide image Politics 25 January 2013 OFT says current accounts need to be changed People "lack confindence" switching accounts. Sign up for our weekly email * The Office of Fair Trading has said that significant changes are needed in the options for personal current accounts. The lack of inertia comes from customers as well as banks - people "lack confidence" in switching accounts - which is adding to a "lack of dynamism" coming from the banks themselves. The OFT realised that part of this lack of confidence on the customer's part is due to the amount of admin involved in switching accounts - they are looking into whether customers can take their account numbers with them. But the review extends to the behaviour of the banks, too. Here's the BBC: Lloyds, RBS, Barclays and HSBC now hold 75% of the market, the OFT said. "The financial crisis and recession have weakened the competitive constraint from the smaller providers," the OFT's report said. "While there have been two new entrants in recent years - Metro Bank in 2010 and M&S Bank in 2012 - neither is yet in a position to provide a significant challenge to the established providers." The changes proposed involve an easier account switching service as well as changes to the market in the next few months - including the sale of Lloyds and RBS branches. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


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Bruce Ames, Ph.D., from the University of California at Berkeley, is one of the world's foremost anti-aging experts. Dr. Ames has calculated that the human cell is buffeted by 10,000 free radical hits a day. The majority of these free radicals are by-products of normal metabolism. Any activity that increases metabolic rate such as dieting, chronic stress, or vigorous exercise also increases production of free radicals.
In fact, much of the scientific information on aging has come from the study of well-conditioned athletes who have higher than normal metabolic rates and thus generate greater numbers of free radicals. Effective methods for reducing exercise and injury-induced free radicals can be directly applied to the general population. Benefits gained from the use of dietary supplements among athletes are quickly seen and this information has been used to design optimum anti-aging supplements.Core cellular antioxidants
Vitamin C, being water soluble, circulates freely throughout the body and protects all tissues and organs. It also prevents oxidation of fatty molecules such as cholesterol that circulate in the blood. Beta-carotene and other carotenoids such as alpha carotene, lycopene, lutein, beta cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin are membrane specific, being concentrated in cells such as those that make up the skin, eyes, prostate gland and lungs. Alpha and beta-carotene are also dietary precursors of vitamin A.Optimum intake
Suggested levels for anti-aging benefits of the core antioxidants are vitamin A - 5,000 IU to 10,000 IU; beta-carotene - 5,000 IU to 25,000 IU; vitamin E - at least 200 IU; and vitamin C - 500 mg to 1,000 mg daily.Specific mitochondrial antioxidants
Fatty acids are the preferred fuel for energy production and acetyl-L-carnitine shuttles them into mitochondria for breakdown. As we age levels of acetyl-L-carnitine decline. Human studies suggest that supplementation with acetyl-L-carnitine, which readily crosses the blood-brain barrier, boosts cognitive function and enhances endurance.
Suggested levels to supplement are 500 mg to 1,500 mg daily.
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Alpha lipoic acid boosts the antioxidant protection of mitochondria and activates energy production. It is one of the only micronutrients known to boost levels of glutathione, a component of internal detoxifying enzymes. Selenium is an essential co-factor in these enzymes. Dr. Lester Packer, Director of the Packer Lab at UC Berkeley, highlighted the anti-aging effects of alpha lipoic acid in his book The Antioxidant Miracle:
• Reduces DNA damage, particularly in mitochondria by blocking free radicals
• Protects the brain against oxidative damage and strengthens memory
• Reduces advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) involved in insulin resistance
• Reduces vulnerability to disease
• Topical lipoic acid reduces radiation and UV damage to skin
• A suggested level for anti-aging benefits is 100 mg daily.
CoQ10 is required in the final steps of producing energy within mitochondria. In the late 1980s, I worked with scientists at NASA to reduce muscle disuse atrophy in astronauts by supplementing with Co-Q10. Space travel accelerates aging by increasing levels of free radicals. Using trained athletes at the University of Massachusetts, we found Co-Q10 reduced muscle pain and recovery from fatigue following exhaustive exercise.
Suggested levels for supplementation are 120 mg daily.The anti-aging multi-vitamin and mineral
Additionally, deficiencies of certain vitamins, (B12, folic acid, B6, niacin, C, or E) or the minerals iron or zinc, can actually mimic radiation in damaging DNA. These deficiencies can derail the transfer of vital genetic information and result in chronic conditions such as memory loss, neurological symptoms, immune dysfunction, heart disease, cataract and cancer. Consequently, you should consider a well-balanced daily multiple that contains 25 mg to 50 mg of vitamins B1, B2, B6, and pantothenic acid, 100 mcg of vitamin B12, at least 400 mcg of folic acid. Ideally it should contain at least 50 mg of niacin and 50 mcg of biotin.
A multiple mineral should contain all of the essential elements at recommended daily intake levels. A multiple formula covers the basics and you may have to purchase the mitochondrial antioxidants separately in order to achieve optimum anti-aging levels.
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The inclusion of botanical antioxidants such as pycnogenol, grapeseed and grape skin extracts, green tea, garlic, bioflavonoids, and quercetin are most desirable because they also enhance the overall effectiveness of your anti-aging program.
Anti-aging medicine is one of the fastest growing specialties as people increasingly realize that growing older is inevitable but how one ages is a choice. Take charge of your own aging process today by making appropriate dietary, supplement, and lifestyle changes.


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Updating an old thread. I just used my Sealskinz in 38F weather and they were much better with wool sock underneath for a little more air space to help with sweating than they were in 18F higher temps without other socks. This time i used low top waterproof shoes which i can't do in these temps with regular socks. I'd catch a cold immediately. No such problem now. Because the shoe has padding in the soles and are grippier than my rubber boots with steel studs on the bottom i didn't lose grip for the first time in such moist and cold conditions. Too bad the shoes aren't used a lot and the left sole lower part has started to separate from the upper part. The temperature limit under which Sealskinz become beneficial probably changes from shoe to shoe and the liner sock or lack thereof and person to person. The colder it is the better the Sealskinz probably are.
In wet grass normal non water proof sneakers probably get a definite dead animal smell from just one round so it's your choice if you wanna wet the shoes thus shortening their life span even if you tolerate the smell. I haven't tried this yet so i can't tell if dirty water smell sticks to Sealskinz as well. And if it washes off.


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Get Into the Exercise Groove
I was really struck by a comment left on my last post, about the importance of being kind to your body
every day. Donna wrote: Exercise is the highlight of my day when I can get to it. Unfortunately, I work a full-time job, and at 5:30 am, the gym doesn't seem enticing at all. I can get myself going in the warm weather, but the New England cold, dark mornings make it hard to push yourself. I am too tired at night after a long day's work. Any suggestions?
Oh, Donna, how I can relate. Like much of the country, NYC has been freezing lately. And as I trudge home from work, hood pulled up over hat, nose running from the cold wind, there's nothing I want more than to plop on the couch and watch mind-numbing TV with a sleeping cat next to me. You can appreciate my laziness even more when I tell you that my apartment complex has a small but very serviceable gym. My workout is literally steps away — but I still don't want to go.
I do have built-in incentives to get moving. I'm lucky enough to be able to walk to and from work — about a half-hour each way — although with the bone-chilling weather, I find myself hopping on the bus or getting lifts more often. And a few months ago, a friend got tired of hearing me whine about my lack of incentive and hooked me up with Jerry, personal trainer extraordinaire. Twice a week, Jerry comes over and puts me through a workout of weights (including my all-time favorite, the kettlebell), aerobics, and core-strengthening exercises. He's great, and I have noticed a big difference in how my body feels and moves. But after 40, we need more exercise to get the same benefits we did when we were younger. Like it or not, I need to put out more effort.
One thing that does get me into the exercise groove is music. I don't know how people can stand using gym machines without it — my friend Karen, for example, is perfectly content doing her half-hour on the elliptical in complete silence, getting into a sort of meditative bliss. But I need tunes to get me going, and I've made several playlists on my iPod that can help. The trick is to pretend I'm dancing and lose myself in the rhythm — not to the point of waving my arms around or singing, though I confess that has happened when I find myself alone in the gym.
So here's a random sampling of what's on my playlist these days, which tends to lean toward 80s and oldies (showing my age, what can I say?). These songs are guaranteed to make me get up and go:
1. Boom Boom Pow – the Black-Eyed Peas
2. Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
3. Hey Ya! – Outkast
4. Monkey – George Michael
5. Kiss – Prince
6. Remember the Time – Michael Jackson
7. Fell in Love With a Girl – the White Stripes
8. Fighter – Christina Aguilera
9. Groove Is in the Heart – Deee-Lite
10. Single Ladies – Beyonce
What tunes inspire you to get moving? I'd love to know (and maybe steal some ideas) — share them in the comments!


text: Faculty Details Start a new search Back to search results Profile Theresa A. Kraft PMP Title Adjunct Associate Professor Departments Information Technology and Cybersecurity Hide All Education Phone (248) 823-1635 Fax (248) 689-0920 Email email@example.com Brief Description Theresa Kraft has been adjunct associate professor for Business Information Technology at Walsh College since 2008. She also is Lecturer II at the University of Michigan-Flint in the Computer Science Department, and a former adjunct professor at Capella University. Dr. Kraft earned a Bachelor of Science in Operations Management and Systems Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1976. She received a Master of Science in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1978. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Detroit in 1991, and later received a Doctor of Management in Information Technology from Lawrence Technological University in 2008. Her professional career includes increasingly responsible positions with Cadillac Division, GMF Robotics, Unigraphics Solutions, Tecnomatix Technology, and GM Powertrain. She has also published or co-authored more than a dozen articles on software, computer, and information technology topics. Her professional memberships include the Project Management Institute, Association of Information Technology Professionals, Association of Business Process Management Professionals, and Association of Open Group Enterprise Architectures. Kraft received a Project Management Professional Certification in 2008. Last updated: March 2014


text: For the second time in two months, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham has dismissed a player after legal issues. In January it was walk-on Afa Bridenstine who was dismissed as the result of a road rage case. On Friday, junior defensive lineman Niasi Leota was dismissed after he was charged with aggravated assault and kidnapping for allegedly beating and threatening to kill his wife. The alleged assault took place in front of the couple's 2-year-old child. These cases certainly aren't the way Whittingham wants his program making the news. Whittingham has said in the past prospective athletes are screened and thoroughly evaluated not only for their talent on the field but for their standing as overall citizens too. So what to make of these cases? Are they just isolated cases that happened to come close together, or are they a sign that perhaps there are some issues in the way the Utes are recruiting players? Certainly the Utes are feeling some pressure to go after big-time talent so they can compete in the Pac-12 and they might be tempted to perhaps take some risky characters. However, neither Leota nor Bridenstine seem like they might fall in that category. Bridenstine was a freshman walk-on who never played and Leota was only a backup. For now it's hard to be critical of Utah's coaching staff and believe they may have willingly overlooked some red flags in recruiting these players. The Utes though can't afford many more incidences without them hurting their reputation. Interestingly, during his press conference on Wednesday, recent hire Dennis Erickson spoke at length of his time at Miami. He believes more people remember all the bad things about the program during that time and not the good things. The Utes definitely don't want to flirt with any such lasting reputation themselves. - Lya Wodraska


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New brain research suggests that humans have a hard-wired instinct to care for infants. In their weekly conversation, WHYY's Behavioral Health reporter Maiken Scott and psychologist Dan Gottlieb discuss this research and what is suggests about caregiving behaviors in general.
During the conversation, Dan Gottlieb mentions a poem he read in a book written by a hospice physician. The poem's author has remained anonymous, but it was written by a woman in hospice care who had terminal cancer.
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MIAMI - A Miami-Dade Assistant State Attorney has been fired after a bizarre incident at a local strip club.
Assistant State Attorney Ari Pregen was fired after he allegedly flashed his badge and demanded freebies at Goldrush in Downtown Miami.
Pregen was fired nearly 2 weeks ago after the owner of Goldrush complained about Pregen's behavior.
The club provided security camera pictures, which reportedly showed Pregen flashing his Prosecutor's badge.
Pregen later apologized to Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, but he wasn't given back his job.
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Elisha Cuthbert's TV show got canceled. Her wedding to Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf did not.
The two were married on Saturday in Summerfield, Prince Edward Island. It was a Catholic ceremony, and more than 300 people were expected at the reception. Some of Phaneuf's teammates (and ex-teammmates) in attendance, according to the Toronto Star: Phil Kessel, Mike Komisarek, Leo Komarov, James van Riemsdyk, Ben Scrivens, John-Michael Liles and James Reimer.
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No word on whether Reimer's wife April shared a celebratory eyeroll with Cuthbert.
Phaneuf proposed last fall, also in PEI, then had a pretty good season, though he continues to take an undue amount of slack from a portion of the Maple Leafs fanbase.
If more of them watched "Happy Endings," it'd still be on ABC. It's not, though, which is a shame. It was funny.
Some other details on the wedding: The couple drove away from the ceremony in a vintage Camaro that Cuthbert gave to Phaneuf as a wedding gift, according to The Canadian Press; Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher might've attended, according to Perez Hilton.


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The Point Foundation, an organization that provides scholarships for LGBT students, this week announced the creation of a new scholarship named after Tyler Clementi, the 18-year-old gay Rutgers University student who committed suicide last fall after his roommate and another student secretly videotaped him having sex with another man and posted the video online.
Clementi's death, on Sept. 22, was one of a string of gay teen suicides that sparked a national conversation over anti-LGBT bullying and prompted a number of highly-visible campaigns against bullying.
According to a press release from The Point Foundation, the foundation created the scholarship "with the cooperation of Clementi's parents, Joe and Jane, to honor his memory and to further the efforts to end the bullying that many LGBT youth face within education environments." A statement attributed to Joe and Jane Clementi said: "Our son Tyler was a kind and gentle young man who enjoyed helping people. This scholarship will help college students and it will raise awareness of young people who are subject to abuse through malicious bullying — and so it will help people in Tyler's memory."
The Point Foundation has already set aside funds for the Tyler Clementi Scholarship, and will accept donations in his name from the public and current Point Foundation supporters. Donations can be made online at PointFoundation.org or by phone at 866-33-POINT.


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The California Highway Patrol has identified a person of interest in the Sept. 27 hit-and-run collision that killed a Humboldt State University instructor. CHP Officer Chase Adams would not name the person on Monday or confirm if he or she is in custody.
"Any other information could be detrimental to the investigation and court proceedings," Adams said. "The investigation is in full swing."
The Humboldt County Coroner's Office confirmed Friday that HSU geography instructor Suzanne Seemann -- mother of two young children and wife of Humboldt County official Hank Seemann -- was struck in the hit-and-run crash and died at the scene.
Eureka residents Jessica Hunt, 41, and Terri Vroman-Little, 50, who were jogging with Seemann and suffered major injuries in the collision, both remained in stable condition Monday afternoon, St. Joseph Hospital spokeswoman Leslie Broomall said .
Hunt's dog "Maggie" also died in the collision.
Deputy Coroner Ariel Gruenthal responded to the scene of the crash, and said Hank Seemann arrived at the scene while emergency crews were working.
"His wife hadn't returned home from her run," Gruenthal said. "He thought that was unusual."
Officials of the multiple agencies involved in the investigation are releasing few details on the search for the driver of the 2005 Kia Spectra who hit the women. They are also declining to comment on whether the hit-and-run is related to the homicide of Dorothy Ulrich, 47, of Hoopa, whose body was discovered in a Hoopa residence Thursday morning.
District Attorney Paul Gallegos said investigators from his office are working with CHP on the hit-and-run event and with the sheriff's office on the homicide.
"Everyone is keeping each other informed as much as possible," Gallegos said.
Humboldt County Coroner Dave Parris said a cause of death has not been determined in either case, and autopsies are taking place this week in Sonoma County.
Gruenthal said the coroner's office requested a forensic pathologist perform an autopsy on Seemann as well as Ulrich.
"The hit-and-run is also a criminal incident," she said.
A source close to the investigations told the Times-Standard last week that a person of interest in the Hoopa homicide is in custody, but that it was too early to release the individual's name or further details due to the complexity of the case and the multiple agencies involved.
A call log of the hit-and-run incident indicates that the CHP contacted the Hoopa Valley Tribal Police in regard to the Spectra's registered owner. Eureka Police Department officers found the Spectra abandoned on California Street Thursday morning.
A CHP officer conducting a follow-up investigation hours after the hit-and-run found Ulrich's body.
Detectives are following possible leads and processing evidence obtained at the scene of the homicide, according to the sheriff's office release. Calls placed to the sheriff's office on Monday were not returned by press deadline.
The sheriff's office asks anyone with information regarding the Hoopa homicide investigation to contact Detective Cheryl Franco at 268-3644 or via email at email@example.com, or Detective Sgt. Diana Freese at 268-3639 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
A memorial service for Suzanne Seemann will be held at Freshwater School, 75 Greenwood Heights Drive, Eureka, on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 10:30 a.m.
How to help:
The Six Rivers Running Club has set up medical and memorial funds at Umpqua Bank for the three women struck in Thursday's hit-and-run crash.
Jessica Hunt Medical Fund: 992682534
Terri Vroman-Little Medical Fund: 992682526
Seemann Family Memorial Fund: 992682542
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A memorial service will be held for Suzanne Seemann on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Freshwater School, 75 Greenwood Heights Drive, Eureka.
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Promotion of animal protein is important and here's a great example of how a supermarket promoted a product during its grand opening in Waukee, Iowa. Although it's about cheese, not pork, it shows how industries can showcase their respective products.
Shoppers at the new Hy-Vee grocery store in Waukee, Iowa, watched with curiosity and humor as Sarah "The Cheese Lady" Kaufmann carved local school mascots into a massive hunk of Wisconsin cheese. The outgoing, vivacious artist eagerly visited with consumers and shared her wealth of knowledge on all topics related to cheese.
Kaufmann is a nationally recognized cheese carver and, in fact, holds a record recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest cheese carving in the world. The 925-pound cheese rollercoaster was created in 2011 at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Though small in comparison, the recent Waukee, Iowa, cheese block of Wisconsin Colby was impressive at almost 314 lbs.
The Cheese Lady has carved dozens of collegiate and pro mascot cheese sculptures as well as Super Bowl trophies, college bowl game logos, NASCAR, Indy, La Mans and Grand Prix racing cars, plus cheese heads of multiple celebrities and more.
Kaufmann has made even larger cheese carvings than the record-holder, including a 2,500-lb. cow; 1,900-lb. astronaut; and a mammoth 12,500-lb. "single-block" cheddar wheel with a dragon encircling it. While those were all larger than the Guinness record-holding sculpture, officials were not on hand to verify. "There's a lengthy process to go through with Guinness and there were not there to adjudicate the process," she says.
Kaufmann has a degree in commercial art and previously worked as creative director with the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board for 16 years. In that capacity, she hired people for various promotions and did some carving herself, but when she left the organization, she took on more cheese-carving challenges until it became a full-time endeavor.
Shoppers stopped to taste samples, buy a chunk from the back side of the carving and watch Kauffman cut and carve the cheese.
The fun-loving, energetic Kaufmann obviously enjoys visiting with people and sharing her love for cheese. And one of the perks, she says, "If things get bad, I'll never be a starving artist."


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She's the youngest billionaire on the planet, according to the latest Forbes list of who's who in the world of wealth.
But little is known about 24-year-old Perenna Kei, other than that it clearly pays to be loyal to her father.
Kei, who has an estimated net worth of $US1.3 billion ($1.45 billion), is the 85 per cent shareholder and non-executive director of Chinese real estate giant Logan Properties, headquartered in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
Her father is Ji Haipeng, Logan's chairman and chief executive.
The company, which had 2012 revenue of about $1 billion, went public in December last year and its stock rose 2.4 per cent on the first day of trading.
Kei, a Hong Kong native, is a newcomer to the Forbes World's Billionaires list which was released on Monday, US-time. She displaced former Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz as the youngest billionaire.
But despite her incredible wealth, little is known about Kei, and no photographs of her have been publicly released.
Forbes reported that Kei holds a bachelor's degree in economics and finance from the University of London.
Company documents indicate that Kei acts "in accordance with Mr Ji's directions", according to Forbes. She is formally identified as "Kei Perenna Hoi Ting" in company documents, which state that she once went by the name "Ji Peili".
The documents do not indicate why Kei changed her names in English, however Forbes reported that well-off or politically connected Chinese sometimes use more than one name in order to conceal wealth or avoid publicity.
The 39 youngest people on the 2014 World's Billionaires list have a combined net worth of $115.7 billion. Facebook employees past, present and future–including Sean Parker, Mark Zuckerberg and WhatApp's Jan Koum–account for 42 per cent of that figure.
The surging price of Microsoft shares returned US tech tycoon Bill Gates back to the top of the list, with his $76 billion, beating out Mexico's Carlos Slim's $72 billion.
The annual list counted 1645 men and women as billionaires, with an average wealth of $4.5 billion and a collective wealth of $6.4 trillion, up $1 trillion from a year ago.
Gates, co-founder of the US software firm, showed his staying power at the top - the world's richest man for 15 of the past 20 years, according to Forbes - despite spending recent years giving away large sums of money to global health and anti-poverty programs.
Gates owns about 4.4 per cent of Microsoft, making up less than 20 per cent of his total fortune.
But the company's share price has risen 25 per cent over the past year, and, along with gains in other assets, he has added $7 billion to his fortune since a year ago, according to Forbes.
Slim, with a hand in everything from telecommunications (America Movil) to mining, finance and industry (Grupo Carso), to retailing and real estate across the Americas region, was worth $US1 billion less than a year ago, hit in part by sagging markets in South America.
In third was Spain's Amancio Ortega, whose pockets have filled with profits from fashion: his hugely successful Inditex garment empire, parent of popular chains Zara, Pull & Bear, and Bershka.
More recently, Ortega heavily invested in real estate in Europe and the United States; his worth was put at $64 billion.
A familiar cast of mega-wealthy filled out the rest of the top 10: US investment guru Warren Buffett ($58.2 billion); software group Oracle's founder and chief executive Larry Ellison ($48 billion); US industrialists and brothers Charles and David Koch (each with $40 billion); Las Vegas casino king Sheldon Adelson ($38 billion); Walmart heiress Christy Walton ($36.7 billion) and her brother Jim Walton ($34.7 billion).
Together the $507 billion held by the top 10 is larger than the entire size of the economy of Norway, or Belgium or Poland in 2012.
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After uncertain offseason, Buck settling in nicely
NEW YORK -- John Buck was involved in two blockbuster trades this winter, and somewhere along the way he became a cleanup hitter. Buck, dealt first from Miami to Toronto and then to the Mets in the R.A. Dickey trade, has been one of the league's biggest surprises so far this season.
The 32-year-old catcher batted just .192 with 12 home runs and 41 RBIs in 106 games for Miami last season, but he hit .255 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in his first 26 games as a Met. Buck had only hit cleanup five times prior to this season, but he's already done it eight times this year.
"It's a little different now than maybe it was when I was younger," said Buck, who led the National League in RBIs heading into Tuesday's game. "Whether I'm hitting eighth or ninth -- or wherever I am in the lineup -- I've been around long enough where pitching coaches and pitchers know me. They pitch me the way they think they can get me out no matter if I'm in the four-hole or the six-hole."
Buck has batted .250 with a .500 slugging percentage in the cleanup slot for the Mets, and he's homered two times in 32 at-bats from that part of the lineup. The veteran has also sizzled as the No. 7 hitter, where he's posted a .318 average and an .810 slugging percentage this season.
Buck went to the All-Star Game in 2010 when he pounded a career-best 20 home runs, and he could be in the mix for another All-Star berth this season. There's still plenty of time left in the season, but Buck's star turn comes after being traded twice and not knowing at all what to expect.
First, there was the trade that sent him from Miami to Toronto with former Met Jose Reyes, and Buck didn't have much time to let that trade sink in. The backstop was traded to the Mets less than a month later, and he's spent the last five weeks taking out his frustrations on opposing pitchers.
"It's been fun. It's only been good pressure," said Buck. "Coming over here, there was all that excitement. I'm very optimistic about the team and the season, so it's all been good stuff for me."
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I don't. I like Jack at 3 backed up by Granger. I'd change my tune for Rashard Lewis, but other than that I'll pass.
I don't like the idea of aquiring a 4, either. And unless Tinsley's going somewhere, we're fine at PG. That leaves C and SG, right?
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I don't. I like Jack at 3 backed up by Granger. I'd change my tune for Rashard Lewis, but other than that I'll pass.
I don't like the idea of aquiring a 4, either. And unless Tinsley's going somewhere, we're fine at PG. That leaves C and SG, right?
This space for rent.
I've thought SG since the second he demanded the trade. We need a slashing SG.
Although I'm starting to like Saras at SG next to Tins, so who knows what we need. I'm starting to think my second thought (young projects) may be best.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
I love it
I am no Jax fan, but it will be tough to upgrade SG. If we could package Jax AND Artest up for Pierce, I would do it in a second. Pierce is the SG we need who can be a consistent 2nd option to JO. He is a couple notches above Jax.
In another thread someone mentioned that their "in the know" source mentioned something about Artest for Brad Miller. I would be in heaven, and it'd be great for us because our biggest need is a center to let JO go back to being a PF. I'm happy with our PFs (JO, Cro, Foster, Granger) I'm happy with our SFs (Jackson, Granger), Sarunas is growing on me at the starting 2 with Tinsley at 1.
Wouldn't they want Foster too? If they are trading Miller I'd think they would want a defensive big man back.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
I don't really think it matters because Granger is so versatile on the defensive end. Once he fully gets adjusted to the NBA I think he will be able to defend most SG and Power forwards in the NBA which allows Rick Carlisle to get very creative in terms of creating mismatches on the court.
You know how much time that could take away from Granger... Plus if we then resign Al that would make it really hard on us to gave Granger the big crontract he'll be owed when it comes time... I sure hope we don't get Al...Originally Posted by Jermaniac
I rather see Miller, Maggette, or a young project/ draft picks...
"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
At 6'6 he could play the 2 or 3 for us... While Al plays the 4 or 3 both positions that Granger plays (and the 4 is were they're both are getting the most of their min. so far this season...).Originally Posted by Jermaniac
So Maggette would take far less time away...
"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
I truely believe Jack's best position is the 2. He's been playing better because he's a primary option with Ron gone, not because he's starting in a different spot.
Part of me thinks Al may be the best option, cause he can start at the 3 and slide over to the 4 when Danny comes in for Jeff/Austin. I don't think we need to blow our wad getting a All-Star caliber 3, however, because he'll just impede Danny's development.
Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!
Maybe it's pure fantasy, but a Tinsley/Saras/Granger/O'Neal/Miller lineup would be a passing frenzy. That's a fantasy worth keeping around.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Wouldn't do us much good when 2 of those 3 players would most likely be injured or coming off an injury during the playoffs. Donnie ain't gonna do it.Originally Posted by SoupIsGood
If Donnie wouldn't trade the mentally injured Ron for the sometimes physically injured Brad, I would be pretty disappointed. That's a step up IMO, Brad's nagging injuries might go away for a season, or happen before the playoffs start. Ron is just stark raving mad.Originally Posted by Harmonica
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Thankfully Donnie is more practical than fans. He's not going to leverage the team's financial future by bringing Brad back at a time when his contract begins to swell (along with his aging legs). Sorry. Couldn't resist.Originally Posted by SoupIsGood
Okay, if Donnie thinks Brad would screw up the financial situation, I'll buy it. He's the head honcho, he makes the big bucks to know that stuff.Originally Posted by Harmonica
I'm just saying, if he strayed from that trade for some other reason, like nagging injuries, I would...... disapprove
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
I take back what I said earlier... Yes, I would love to have Miller, the player... but I just looked up his contract/ salary and that would hurt us in the furture in the efforts for example of giving Granger the big contract he'll be owed when it comes time...Originally Posted by Harmonica
"George's athleticism is bananas!" - Marc J. Spears
Does anyone think that the reason everyone maybe doing better is because they are getting more minutes and therefore more touches?
Its evident with Croshere, Granger and SJax....the more minutes they get...the better they are on the offensive cuz they are being used more frequently.
I would hope that an addition like Maggette or Harrington would make a huge difference.....but if we are to assume that we are doing good without Artest on the offensive and defensive end....at this point...we need role players ( not another superstar ) to come in and give us the depth to make it through the playoffs.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Before we get excited......let's see how we do on the road against the 2nd/3rd and 9th best team in the league.
If we can win at least 1 game....then I will be happy.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
I really just want someone who can play great defense, run, and slam dunk if necessary...
I've been saying for a long time that being "too deep" isn't always a good thing. I wanted us to drop talent, although I didn't (then) want it to be Ron.
This space for rent.
^^^Wouldn't that suggest that getting a player like Harrington / Maggette would mess things up?
Players like that are only going to add offensive power to the team....or more specifically...add a player into the lineup that is going to take away minutes and shots away from scorers like Croshere/Granger/SJax and indirectly affect how the PG/SG rotation is going to be run for Tinsley/Freddie/Sarunas/AJ.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
THere is also a "honeymoon" effect right now. The guys recognize the need to play together and give max effort and so they remain very focused. There is also the reshuffleing of the pecking order for more minutes too. I'll guess that with the disruption gone they are playing much more relaxed too (I think MJB may have alluded to this in one of his posts).
Eventually they will adjust to this changed comfort zone and then we will be able to see where our weaknesses lie.
As it currently stands...I vote for a decent rebounding 5, but if Danger keeps this level of play up, I could see that deal with the Lakes for someone like Bynam and picks being more attractive to TPTB.
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.


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Column: Stop Bush Before He Makes Nixon Look GoodNews at Home
At least our 37th president specialized in committing outright political crimes, which by their very clandestine nature were necessarily limited in scope. George W., on the other hand, traffics in legal political vice, which, given the rightward turn in this country since the late 1970s, can be practiced on a widespread scale openly and even boastfully. And legal or not,"vice" is the only way to describe the wholesale political indecency pushed by this White House. Behind virtually every move--whether on the budget, an economic stimulus package, the environment, defense spending, you name it--lies the fundamental motive of padding the pockets of its own socioeconomic class. To hell with others and to hell with the future. There either ain't no tomorrow, or if it does come, at least those at the top won't be burdened by today's consequences.
A jaw-dropping $4 trillion of your money in the form of federal budget surpluses has gone up in smoke, or rather, 41 percent of it into the pockets of W.'s friends. Before ramming through its tax cut last year, the administration was all a-giggle about surpluses now and as far as the eye could see. In fact, projected surpluses were, if anything, too small according to administration officials."There are convincing reasons to assume that higher revenues are more likely than lower revenues and a larger, not smaller, surplus lies ahead," said the White House. Furthermore, it said we'd have a happy $231 billion surplus this year instead of the $106 billion deficit we're now running and the $80 billion bill we'll be handed next year. And just to remind you, it said that fully aware of the recession then in progress.
Odds are a reasonably intelligent orangutan with a pocket calculator could have come up with something closer to today's figures than the White House's had he been hired by the administration a year ago. And it's for damn sure the ape of Borneo would have been more ethical in releasing his findings. Unless W. spends each day absolutely and thus excusably stoned on goof weed, he knowingly lied. That much is clear. But of far more gravity, his lie will cost you and your plucky descendents hundreds of billions of dollars. Nixon's lie only cost you the price of a few prosecutors.
Of course Bush is getting away with it by doing a number on Abe Lincoln's analytical skills: it is indeed possible to fool most of the people most of the time. Or at minimum, you can fool them long enough to get what you want as a plutocratic puppet, then retire to your nice new house on your Texas spread. Abe would be mortified to witness the level of political humbuggery possible today through mass communications, slimy spinsters and slick media advisors--all of which have been about the only things propping W. up.
Yet on deeper reflection one shouldn't dismiss the contributions made by our hard-hitting media, as illustrated by NBC's corporate puff-piece last week on the Bush administration, inanely titled the"Real" West Wing. Rather than airing anything real, the thing appeared to be a remarkable example of the Heisenberg Principle in play; that is, one cannot observe an object without necessitating a change in its behavior. For instance, it was no surprise to see that everyone there had a jam-packed schedule, but this oddly included George. No time for football and pretzels with a camera crew hanging about. So there he was on the phone with good-buddy Tony Blair, letting us know beforehand of his" customary habit" to call. Next Brokaw allowed the vice president to explain politely that what went on in White House policy meetings was, in effect, none of the public's damned business. Good enough. Cut to commercial. I made it through maybe 10 minutes before realizing all the programmed niceness was causing my dinner to back up on me. Sheer survival instinct spurred me to turn it off.
Nevertheless that's what the administration is selling and that's what the public is buying. In the place of even the semblance of sound fiscal management we get artificial pleasantries and stiff upper-lips through which a barely concealed grin beams out,"And we're getting away with this?" Yes, in the face of this White House wrecking crew, Dick Nixon and his indictable offenses are beginning to look pretty good.
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Steve - 2/6/2002
Hey Matt, Al Gore WAS elected PRESIDENT. The Supreme Court had other plans, however. By over 540,000 votes!
Steve - 2/6/2002
And they complain about the "liberal media". Good grief.
The media is giving poor stupid George Bush a pass..
Check out the BBC for real news.
Have some fun at http://www.gwbush.com/
Steve - 2/6/2002
Nancy I could not agree with you more. How about impeaching the Supreme Court as well. Senator Dorgan criticized Kenneth Lay for being part of the "culture of corporate corruption."
Gov. Bush should feel right at home there! (Either Governor
Bush - your pick George or Jeb...I refuse to reference GW Bush
as "president" in any way whatsoever, afterall he was elected
Governor by those stupid Texans.)
Edward Winslow - 2/3/2002
President Bunnypants? That's hilarious!
annie - 2/3/2002
I agree with you 100%, he bought the presidency with money from his oil friends. He is only a puppet for this administration, but they are good at spin. He does have quite the back-up singers though, they could make Micky Mouse look good. I just do not understand how the American Press, can think this man could change so much because he stood on that fire truck. Give me a break!!!
If he walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, he is a duck.
Sergei Rostov - 2/3/2002
Also not mentioned earlier:
- during negotiations prior to Sept. 11th, the Bush administration turned down the Taliban's offer to give the US Bin Laden's exact location in advance;
- phone calls to the State and Justice Dept's
from an informer in a German Prison warning of an immiment attack on the US were ignored: one call each day for the three weeks prior to Sept. 11th, but _several_ calls on Sept 10th. (It should be noted that German mosques are known to be among the most active recruitment centers for Al-Qaeda and similar organizations);
- stock trading anomalies were noted in the weeks prior to Sept. 11th. How does this relate to the suject of Bush administration foreknowledge of the attacks? Two ways: First, the FBI uses a piece of software called Promis to scrutinize
the market for signs of terrorist activity. Spikes were noted in short-sell orders for the following three companies: United Airlines, American Airlines, Morgan-Stanley. The Promis software would have red-flagged these as very strong signs of an attmept to profit by a foreseen tragedy. Such signs would most certainly have been immediately reported directly to the 'Presdient'. And what do those companies have in common? The World Trade Center. Second, you've probably heard the figure $5 million in relation to the above trades, but much less reported (I only found one reference to it) was a set of far larger anomalous trades, among these a single trade of $5 billion (!) - an amount far too large for any individual (even Bill Gates) or even most nations (including Saudi Arabia, if that's what you're thinking) to risk on the dubious prospects not only for the success of the attacks, but for the concealment of the trade and undetected transfer of the profits...which points to the G-8 nations in general and the United States in particular...the US especially if there were individuals in the goverment actively thwarting prevention and neutralization efforts...which brings us right back to the FFA and NORAD actions I mentioned in a previous post and Elaine's mentioning of Bush calling off the dogs on the Saudis, Al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, and the rest of the the Bin Ladens several months prior to Sept. 11th.
Bush has twice now publicly expressed his wish to be a dictator. he has further stated that feels he has been chosen by God to remake America and the world. Would such a man balk from
allowing, facilitating, or even causing the deaths of some of those under his rule if he determined it would further his
'crusade'? This question is one that must be answered.
Sergei Rostov
Sergei Rostov - 2/3/2002
Elaine actually didn't mention a number of things - all in the public record - regarding the actions of the FAA and NORAD:
The FAA:
- waited 17 minutes to declare the planes 'rogue';
- it then waited another 26 minutes
before it informed NORAD of this.
(Note that all this while, the airliners are travelling at 400 mph, or approx. 6 & 2/3 miles per minute)
(according to the testimony of a NORAD general)
- has for some time had as part of their standard training, missions which simulate what actually occurred on 9/11 (not surprising, since there were two incidents of terrorists flying commercial airliners into buildings in 1994 alone; one took place in Algeria, I don't recall offhand where the other took place), and so there would have been no doubt as to procedure;
- the standard intercept speed in this kind of situation is between 1100 and 1200 mph;
- the fighters were travelling at the above
speed (this turned out to be false, as they were actually travelling at 510 mph, less than half of what was standard;
Analysis of the above shows that had the FAA either made a reasonably quicker judgment OR passed the info on to NORAD
sooner, OR had NORAD fighters used the standard intercept speed, the fighters would almost certainly have arrived in time to divert the airliners from their targets , even if that meant flying the fighters right into them (which was one forseen contingency). Why did none of thess things occur?
The above alone is enough to warrant an investigation, and there is much more.
I'll note here that a couple of days ago Cheney publicly warned Daschle to limit his investigation into culpability issues regarding 9/11, and further said that members of the Bush adminstration, if asked to participate, _might not even show up_.
Also, it's been implied elsewhere in this that Bush is too incompetent to have planned 9/11. That's true. But as many of us know, Bush doesn't do the planning and scheming; he's not the brains - or even the esophagus (:)) - of the administration. He's just the mouth. And perhaps even the ever-more-blackening heart. If there were a body part that was the seat of demagoguery and fanaticism, he'd be that, as well. I guess I could say he's the anus, too, but that would imply that "his" administration has only one. :)
Sergei R.
Sergei Rostov - 2/2/2002
Hmm, perhaps America's schools ARE that poor at educating, that you read the article through twice, and yet you either didn't have enough political or historical knowledge - or the ability to correctly analyse it - to realize the obvious: that nearly all of Mr. Carpenter claims said was indeed factual, being solidly grounded not only in historical and political events but also in a correct analysis of same. ( I say 'nearly all' in case you might try to assert that Mr. Carpenter is actually claiming Mr. Bush smokes marijuana - which he is not, of course - but I felt it necessary to explain this to someone such as yourself, who is so obviously lacking in critical thinking skills).
As for your statement regarding the surplus, you failed to take note that Mr. Carpenter anticipated your objection by stating the fact that Mr. Bush said he considered that estimate _low_ . Further, it was uncovered soon after the passage of the cuts that he knew _beforehand_ that not only would the real surplus would be far lower than anyone's claims, but that his
estimate of the real cost of the cuts was far too low. So yes, they were projections, but ones which he knew were far less accurate than what he was claiming. In other words, he deliberately lied about it, and now we're all paying for it.
PatriciaLV - 2/2/2002
And yet, you couldn't seem to counter one single point in the article. You merely showed your "blind allegiance" to the current administration, just like a good little 'Murican.
Absolutely amazing.
Eric Brothers - 2/2/2002
Barrett wrote:
Not to worry, when bin Laden is still on the loose in 2004 and the economy is still in the tank, Bush will go the way of his daddy..
I write:
I am predicting that Bush will come forward with Bin Laden (or a bin laden lookalike) as a prisoner in the few months before the election as a way to get re-elected...Preposterous??? Just wait and see....
nancy boyd - 2/2/2002
I am surely anti-bush,I do not think he was elected, and the idiot does not have the smarts to oversee this war, thank goodness he does seem to have intelligent people working for him, even though they seem to be as dishonest as he is, there has not been any dignity in the white house to this date, his promise is as crooked as his budget, we will never have have a surplus with his math.
Hope he is impeached, and soon.
Ben - 2/2/2002
It may appear as an article not based on fact to one that gets there news on cable channels.The author assumes that the reader is paying some attention to the world about him.the fact that you have access to a computer and are un-familiar with the issues is a shame.
Margie - 2/2/2002
It's so easy to bury your head in the sand, but listen up. In one short year we have gone from peace and prosperity to war and recession. An undeclared war waged by a man who went AWOL from the other undeclared war. The man is a coward and a thief. He knew about 9/11 before it happened and he let it happen anyway. We impeached a legally elected president for an affair, but president bunnypants is literally getting away with murder.
Kent Haag - 1/31/2002
The article, without any factual proof, with the writing style of a semi-literate high school sophmore and the analytical skills of a cat, makes Mr. Carpenter appear to be working for a GED not a Ph.D.
Brad Nemeth - 1/31/2002
Dear Naysayers:
President Bush must be as much of a traitor to this country as a certain DEMOCRATIC president, Franklin D. Roosevelt. I'm sure President Bush knew about the attacks in advance and wanted to glorify his name by allowing them to happen and thus making his approval ratings soar. You just know Roosevelt did the same thing before Pearl Harbor (as some revisionist historians have numerously suggested). I'm sure Roosevelt had it all planned out, thinking, "If I let the Japanese attack us and kill a lot of soldiers and sailors, then we will get in the war and I will lead the way to secure my place in history as one of the greatest presidents of all time! Yessss!" That devious FDR! Wow, if only this revelation had come out back then! Just imagine. And now we have President Bush who I am sure was thinking close to the same thing! That son of a bitch! How could he betray the country like this. It must be because he's a Republican. Oh, wait, Roosevelt was a Democrat! Oh my, what am I to think about all of this! LET'S GET A GRIP, PEOPLE! Of course I'm being sarcastic, but this sounds like some of the nonsense some people are talking about. I guess that's the American way, huh? My question to these people is, "Have YOU lost your minds?"
Brad Nemeth
Barrett Archer - 1/31/2002
I thought the right wing nuts like American Spectator and G. Gordon Liddy had a monopoly on paranoia and conspiracy theories. I guess I was wrong. Seriously, what's up with the "Bush did it" nonsense. The guy is incapable of eating a pretzel for crying out loud!!
Richard Hofstadter was wrong in "The Paranoid Style in American Politics." The conspiracy mindset is not just limited to the right wing. It's anyone who is out of power and feeling threatened. Not to worry, when bin Laden is still on the loose in 2004 and the economy is still in the tank, Bush will go the way of his daddy.
Barrett Archer - 1/31/2002
I think he's trying to look like FDR. How bourgeois.
I'm more intrigued by the "P.M.". How faux-aristocratic. Is he trying to emulate E.P. Thompson? You sir, Mr. Carpenter, are no E.P. Thompson.
Barrett Archer - 1/31/2002
I'm afraid it's neither on-the-job writing or free-time writing. It's what historians teach in the classroom. That is, at least it was at the major universities I went to.
Jon Burack - 1/31/2002
I read Carpenter's anti-Bush screed through twice. The closest to a "factual" claim of any sort was this sentence:
"A jaw-dropping $4 trillion of your money in the form of federal budget surpluses has gone up in smoke, or rather, 41 percent of it into the pockets of W.'s friends."
I love the phoney precision of forty-ONE percent. I take it that's 41% of a 4 trillion dollar projection that no one, Bush included, ever claimed to be anything other than a projection. Now that we've got something real to do with that surplus (as opposed to putting in -- and out -- of non-existent lockboxes), and any deficit we must run, I say bye, bye, 4 imagined trillion. Who cares? I can only add that I projected my own income for the next ten years at 4 billion, but Carpenter's dismayed me so about my future prospects that I lost 41 percent of it this morning wasting time on this message.
Is Carpenter's piece what historians do on the job? Or is it, I pray, only how they unwind?
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Eric Lars - 1/30/2002
Fankly my dear, I'm afraid they have.
It's like living in the twilight zone now.. people glaze over at the words from this monster.
He's told lie after lie and they eat it up because the media present it with legitamacy. They NEVER present the real truth with anything but disgust and disdain.
Anyone bothering to research these things knows GW plotted and was involved with 9-11.
The vast majority of america doesn't even read books or magazines. They gulp down the tripe fed to them on
the FAUX network. and CNN.
Barrett Archer - 1/30/2002
Good Grief
Matt Sullivan - 1/30/2002
I wonder if Jim would feel the same way if VP Gore had been elected President. Thank goodness, I believe the majority of the real intellectuals know, it turned out otherwise.
Regarding the column:
The haughtiness of the cigarette-holder clutching Mr. Carpenter is overwhelming. His disconnection with reality is frightening if it isn't schtick. What ever you do Mr. Carpenter, please do not go into teaching.
Elaine N. Ramey - 1/29/2002
Are we going to allow the horrific events of 9/11 just to slip into eternity without an extensive investigation? How could less than two dozen terrorists bring our country to is knees without our being suspiciously aroused? Israeli intelligence flew on a special trip to Washington in August of 2001 to warn the FBI, the CIA and the FAA that an aerial attack by terrorists was imminent! Salman Rushdie was warned; even San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown was warned not to fly just eight hours before the attack. Deputy Director, John O'Neill, top investigator for binLaden on previous attacks, quit in protest just two weeks before 9/11. In the iterim, Bush was ordering the FBI to lay off bin Laden. After the frightful event Bush stated, "I do believe I have hit the trifecta!" Isn't anyone noticing? Ever since Bush stole the White House, I have seen this devious person do and say the most preposterous and shallow things and everyone says he is wonnnn-derful! HAS EVERYONE LOST THEIR MINDS?
Waddie - 1/29/2002
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I agree that this administration has done damage to our constitutions' seperation of powers. Heck, it came into office via the largest constitutional mess ever, elevated by a politicized Supreme Court, and not by the electorate. At least Nixon only comitted a crime to assist his election.
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...I dont think thats just ios 6 cause im on ios5 and got that error today i think they just made safaris servers update cause that could just be an error that the server sends to you and its a popup and the screen. unless the files are physically in the iphone its just safari servers not ios 6
btw why are you in private modeO.O
The error message, is the same wording. Cosmetically there is a big difference in how they display. One is in an alert bubble, while iOS 6 displays it within the browser.
I think it is great that they are making changes to minor things even if it seems trivial to some people
It's small things like this that make me happy lol. The big changes are nice but the small changes count too. I like this new error a lot, although I would prefer no error at all lol.
And just to add, tested my iOS 5 and got the standard pop up notification, so I do believe this is an iOS 6 change.


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Chris McMillan is the stylist behind Kim Kardashian's wedding hair, Jennifer Aniston's iconic cuts, and Miley Cyrus' game-changing pixie, to name a few. We talked to him about hair trends, his favorite hair moments, and, of course, his celebrity clientele.
Chris McMillan and Jennifer Aniston are both affiliated with the hair care brand Living Proof.What direction do you see hair trends gravitating?
I've noticed hair color going solid. The streaky highlight thing? Gone. And ombre has evolved into something that's not so dramatic. It started out where it looked like blond hair had roots. Now there's only a shade or two difference between the roots and the ends. The tonal value is the same color. Another trend: If you look at short-haired girls, they're dyeing their hair all one color. It's either all dark brown, red, or bleach blond. Bleach blond is making a big comeback, which I think is fun.
It seems like everyone is cutting her hair super short lately. What are your thoughts?
There have been a lot of short-hair celebrity transformations, a lot of bobs, a lot of retro cuts sort of like Linda Evangelista. Anne Hathaway is kind of the Linda Evangelista of the moment. And then there's Michelle Williams who is kind of the Twiggy of the moment. I also love the way Jennifer Lawrence's hair is growing out. She's sporting that longer-shorter haircut, which looks really great.
How would you suggest real women try the short-hair trend?
Real women absolutely should do a drastic makeover. It's always a good time. Some people are like, "When I drop like 10 pounds I'll feel more comfortable cutting my hair short." It doesn't matter what a guy looks like. He could be tall, short, thin, fat—whenever he gets a haircut, he always looks better. So what's the difference? It's just all about the right haircut on the right person. Know your face shape. I think everybody can pull off short hair.
What about long-haired girls who might be scared to cut off major inches?
A good haircut can really make a difference. Girls with long hair, the lob is a really great haircut. A long bob. Your long hair is great. It's not going anywhere, but if you cut it into a long bob, it's going to grow out. Jessica Alba's hair looks amazing. And it's going to grow out really fast so you're not committed to it. By the time summer comes, it's back and it's much healthier. If you have a lot of layers, maybe even it up a little bit. Women are always like, "My boyfriend likes my hair long." But I guarantee you they're not going to break up with you because you cut your hair. If they are then you know what? F*ck 'em. You don't need to be with that guy.
Chris and I, taking a selfie
Are you dying to do something drastic on a celebrity?
I don't die to do something major on somebody, but I can definitely feel people out because I've been doing this a long time. I know when they're ready for a change. Miley Cyrus is the perfect example. I remember I did her for the VMAs a few years ago, and she had extensions down to her butt. She had this one extension that was an inch-and-a-half clearly longer than the rest of them. So I said, "Let me just even this one piece up." I basically cut half an inch, razored the rest so it still came to a V, and she lost her mind. She lost it. You'd think I cut her hair off into a bob. I cut literally one little piece. Then I did a photo shoot for a magazine with her and we had taken all the extensions out. Her hair was a lob. We scrunched it, curled it, threw it over to the side. She had some really bad hair color, so I sent my assistant down to the the grocery store, and he bought me a face frosting kit. I highlighted her hair on set, on the job, in the trailer. And that was the cover of the magazine. She loved it. So then, about three weeks later, she's like, "I love the way you colored my hair. I want to go blonder." So I highlighted her hair in the salon one night. Three weeks later she's like, "Oh my God, I'm obsessed! I want to go blonder." So I cut it a little shorter, went a little blonder. Hence, we started the conversation: "I've always wanted a little-boy haircut. I've always wanted a little punk rock, new wave haircut. I love Agyness Deyn's hair, and I love Kate Moss when she cut her hair short." So all of a sudden this dialogue started and there were pictures being sent back and forth and, hence, the bleaching her hair and cutting it off short. It was one of the most iconic hair transformations of this decade.
Miley's still evolving. She just loves fashion. You get bored with the way you look and you just wake up and you're like, "I just want a new look." Clothes are always new. Why can't we change as people too? It's the same head of hair, let's just reshape it.
Who, in your opinion, has the most iconic hair right now?
Iconic hair. Besides Miley, Michelle Williams. I just think that she looks great. She portrays more of a retro, chic fashion vibe, whereas Miley has more of an edge, punk rock, the harsh side of fashion. I think what Arizona Muse and Daria did to their hair with the bobs gave it the cool-girl stamp. They took a simple haircut and made it look cool and chic. I think that really helped girls. They saw that and were like, "I could let my hair dry naturally, throw it over to one side and make it '80s." I think that helped girls like Jenifer Aniston, who was obsessed with Daria's hair. She was like, "I could do that to my hair." So we cut her hair off. Of course girls love their long hair. And they love the feeling of being able to wear it in ponytails, wear it in a bun, and pull it back into a messy little chignon. So you do end up missing that, but it's going to grow thick and healthy. You've shed damaged hair. You've also made a proactive, healthy choice for your hair. Maybe there was old color or a Brazilian blowout that you wanted to get rid of, or some layers that you didn't like that you want to even up. There's all kinds of positive things. Embrace it while you have it; it will grow faster than you think.
How do you collaborate with your celebrity clients like Jennifer Aniston?
With all my clients, I'm always inspired by pictures from magazines, models, old actresses, and retro moments. Jennifer Aniston references everybody. It seems like she doesn't change her hair that much, but if you start putting pictures together, you'll see how different her styles really are. We always talk about cutting Jen's hair short, but I don't think it'll ever happen. If I could do anything, I'd get to do whatever I want to Jen's hair. And I'd do the sh*t out of it. I did her hair the other day, and she was like, "You can never die." She's got a good head of hair. I'm just really lucky that she came to me.
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Swisher progressing; Santana expected back Friday
Tribe outfielder resumes baseball activities, could go on rehab stint soon
CLEVELAND -- The Tribe's most notable pair of injured hitters continue to make progress on their comeback trails.
First baseman Nick Swisher and third baseman Carlos Santana both hit the disabled list May 27 -- the former due to a knee injury, the latter thanks to concussion-like symptoms. Up until Monday, the entirety of Swisher's rehab work had been done in the pool, but he has since graduated to "land-based" activities and believes rehab games could be on the horizon.
"As the years progress, there might be some little nagging things that you really have to pay attention to," Swisher said. "Last year it was my shoulder. We dealt with that. This time it just happens to be my knee, and [I'll] just deal with that, get on the right programs, make sure everything's strengthened up."
Indians manager Terry Francona emphasized that he did not want to rush the veteran first baseman back, but he also noted that the team will be flexible about when it plans on upgrading Swisher's status.
"I think he's pretty upbeat about where he's at," Francona said. "[I said], 'Let's not have an artificial timetable. We want you back when you can come back and play and not be limping.' And he understands that. So at some point I'm thinking on this next road trip, he'll probably break away from us, go play a couple games and we'll see how he's doing."
As for Santana, Francona told reporters Tuesday the third baseman/backup catcher took part in a normal pregame routine, including fielding work and time spent in the batting cages. Francona said he expects the 28-year-old Santana, who has doubled as Cleveland's backup catcher, to be ready for activation by Friday.
With Swisher still on the DL then and a third-string catcher already on the roster in George Kottaras, Santana could see the starting lineup early and often without having to spend much time behind the plate.
"There's some logical ways to get him in the lineup where we can play everybody," Francona said. "When Swish comes back, we're going to have to try to figure some things out, and part of that will be Carlos' role. And by that time, I'll have an opportunity to sit [and talk things over] with Carlos at length when he's not rehabbing."
First baseman Jesus Aguilar, who has played sparingly in Swisher's absence, would seem the most vulnerable to be optioned down to Triple-A Columbus when Santana returns.
Alec Shirkey is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.