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I know this has been talked about before, but who are the top Free Agents for summer of 2011? And who do you think Larry Bird will make a run at?
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I know this has been talked about before, but who are the top Free Agents for summer of 2011? And who do you think Larry Bird will make a run at?
I'm wondering if we might try to sign 3-4 solid to good veterans if we can't get 1-2 "really good" players. I'd be pleasantly surprised if we got 1 "star".
I believe Carl Landry and Aaron Brooks will be. I was hoping Landry would continue to be a backup in Houston so we could steal him away, but I fully expect him to blow up into a 20/8 in Sacramento and for them to wrap him up long-term.
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"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
To be honest, I don't expect us to be major players the summer of 2011
I think our willing and dealing will take place this summer and at the trade deadline next year. I just don't see Indiana being attractive to free agents. At least not the type of free agents we hope to land.
The draft and trades will be how we build our team
One of the good, young big men (Al Horford, Joakim Noah, or Marc Gasol) and one of the PGs (Brooks or Parker) and our cap-space would be a major success. I don't think it's unrealistic either.
I'm curious: If the list you're saying yuck to would have been different, for the better, in your eyes, would you or would you not be saying "Well, so and so would never come to Indiana" or something like that to otherwise state we have no chance of getting them?
I think FAs are fine to look at, I don't think that is all of the options though. Let's consider, you have 2010 #5 pick and a boat load of expirings. What would a team give for that if they are going to rebuild. Or can you be a 3rd team for someone else and pick up a player. Didn't Boston get Ray Allen for he #5? I think in 2011 at the trade deadline, let's say you want David West, who knows what will be going on. CP3 isn't healthy, their payroll is way too high. I mean when you are a buyer, which you are when you have expirings, you might even be able to say, ya we'll take David West for expirings, but you owe us. Maybe not, but when you are trying to get rid of salary, you have to sacrifice. When your a seller, you are at a disadvantage in this environment.
I guess what I'm saying is the farther along we go the more options you get. Yes, I saw the Maynor deal.
I think this is true though, if you are a buyer and can take on someone else's salary, which is what your are saying with expirings and you have young assets and you have a good draft pick, you can make a move for something good.
Again, what's 40 million in expiring contracts, #5 pick, and some young players with potential get you? Well it at least gets you to the table.
And I do know that maybe BRush et al maybe aren't gold, but also think how excited most of us were about DJ Augustine and Henderson yesterday. So the BRush's still have value due to potential, but also when they are on their rookie deals still.
I'm rambling, but my point is there are assets and Pacers should have options starting at the draft this summer.
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"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I highly doubt we'd offer David West a max contract.
Well, the restricted list is nice. The unrestricted list is full of players who can't change a franchise and players we have no chance of attaining.
I second what Speed said. I think our main options are going to fall around Jan/Feb of 2011. Every year several teams are in turmoil and looking to shed star players on long terms deals for cap space, picks, prospects, etc. Look at what Houston got for a single expiring and a prospect (Landry) - a star player in Martin, Jordan Hill, pick swap, and a 2012 first.
It's too early to tell exactly who will be available, but some names to consider are CP3, David West, Okafor, Iggy, Monta Ellis, Devin Harris, Al Jefferson, Arenas, Marvin Williams, etc.
Lets say we nail this draft and the selection, plus Danny & Hibbert are off limits and considered our "untouchable" core. We have the 2011 first round pick & future picks, Rush, Hans, Price, and all our expirings to make some moves. IMO, it only takes a big expiring deal, young prospect, and a pick to land a borderline star player (assuming their team is going to rebuild). We could potentially land two very good players via this route to surround Danny, Hibbert, and our 2010 pick. We round out the roster via FA veterans in the summer.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Now some of the players on this list sounds a little better, imo.
I'm also secretly hoping that if we don't hit the John Wall sweepstakes then Minnesota does......Ricky Rubio suddenly becomes available.
Anything can happen...if Bosh, Wade and LBJ decide to exercise their player contracts then they could be FA in 2011. There is also a possibility CP3 could be a FA.
Realistically, I think we'll go after someone like Scola
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
Then there is New Jersey, if they get the #1, what happens to Devin Harris.
There is a million things that could happen, many of them good or at least better than has been available. I'm back to being patient.
Tony Parker will only be 29. Borderline, but he will surely have 4-5 good years left.
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I had thought he was older too. Interesting.
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This makes me think, too. Doesn't a top notch PG make a huge difference to this team. Sure you probably not a contender, but isn't that the one spot that could use the biggest improvement?
IMO, Larry needs a signature move to solidify this fan base. That move has to be another All Star player or whatever he does in 2011 will be a disappointment to me.
Last edited by Gamble1; 02-19-2010 at 03:00 PM.
I found a good thread with regards to this topic http://www.pacersdigest.com/showthread.php?t=46089
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.


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I posted this on the league site as well but I think its time for a change.
If you have an interest in being Commish please let me know.
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I posted this on the league site as well but I think its time for a change.
If you have an interest in being Commish please let me know.
I don't have the time myself to be commish, nor do I think I would be anywhere qualified to be commish and run it as well as you have, but I wanted to take the time to thank you for all the work you've done for us as commish.
I thought I had a volunteer.
Maybe next time.
^^^what Gyron said
I hope you reconsider because I'm 99% sure that your replacement will not do the great job that you do. If I were the replacement, I'm 100% sure people would be clamoring for your return.
While Skaut would do a good job, his new rule would drive us all nuts. You know, the rule that everyone must replace their 10th, 11th, and 12th men at least once a week with waiver wire guys and people who happened to score 10 fantasy points in 5 minutes last night in a game on the west coast.
I just can't understand why he'd want to give it up - great pay, wonderful benefits, the ability to manipulate an opponent's roster whenever you wa . . .
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I think its been coming for a few years now.
The commish needs to keep on top of the little things. Make sure all the i's have dots, all the t's have crosses.... that knida thing.
Its pretty clear I've been drifting away from what I feel a quality commissioner should be. I still love the game & I consider myself an active owner its just that I don't feel I'm bringing it as a commish like I should.
Maybe a summer away will recharge my battery, we'll see.
Thanks for the more than kind words also.
You're a Knicks fan, I think Eddy Curry would make a fine addition to you roster?
You really don't need that Dwight guy do ya?
I'm off to fix your lineup.... won't take but a sec.
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Of course, if I become commish, my title will be, "Grand Imperial Pooh-bah who pasted pacertom a good one in the playoffs and sent him home crying like a little beeyyyyoottcchhhhhh..."
Just spitballing, though. I guess I could just go by commish.
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Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
Today is the last day of cupcake week. I hope you guys have enjoyed it as much as I have (be sure to enter in my cupcake giveaway by midnight Aug 28th). I wanted to make something light and summery and when I saw these in my Google Reader earlier this week, I knew they'd fit the bill. Pink lemonade is the perfect summertime beverage. It just doesn't feel right to drink it any other time of year. And, they're so darn cute with the pink frosting and pink cake.
For the frosting on these guys, I added an extra two Tbsp of the concentrate and also a couple Tbsp of milk to thin it out. Hubby thought these cupcakes were too sweet because of the frosting, but that's so something he'd say. I loved them. I was eating the leftover frosting by just piping it onto my finger. It is very sweet, and very good. Although next time, I might use more milk and less of the concentrate to help Hubby's lack of a sweet tooth!
I am also submitting these as my entry for Flavor of the Month on Bake at 350. This month, the flavor is Pucker Up! (lemon or lime)
Don't forget to enter in my 2nd blogiversary giveaway by midnight on August 28th!
Check out my week of cupcakes here.
Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
Yield: 20 cupcakes
For the Cupcakes
2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
Pinch salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 egg whites
2/3 cup thawed frozen Pink Lemonade Concentrate
1/2 cup buttermilk
Pink food coloring
For the Frosting
3 cups + 3 Tbsp powdered sugar
1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature
1/8 tsp salt
2 Tbsp pink lemonade concentrate
Milk to reach desired consistency
Pink food coloring
For the Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350F. Line muffin pan with liners. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, egg whites and lemonade concentrate. Alternately whisk in flour mixture and buttermilk, making three additions of flour mixture and two of buttermilk, beating until just smooth.
Add just enough food coloring to turn the batter a light shade of pink.
Scoop batter into liners (fill about three-fourths full). Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until tops of cupcakes spring back when lightly touched. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on rack. Top cooled cupcakes with frosting (see below).
For the Frosting
Add the butter, confectioner's sugar, salt, lemonade concentrate, and a few drops of food coloring to the stand mixer and mix on low using the paddle attachment until combined.
I wanted to clarify my comments above about the frosting being too sweet. I was silly and added 4 Tbsp of the pink lemonade concentrate to try to thin it out. Then I tasted it and was like what the heck and I doing! I should be adding milk to thin it out. So if you use the recipe as written with the 2 Tbsp, I don't think it will be too sweet. Just use milk to thin in instead of more concentrate like me!
Turn the speed to med-high until the buttercream is fluffy and uniformly pink. Pipe or spread onto cooled cupcakes.
Recipe from Sweet Cheeks
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Thanks for sharing this recipe! My mom is doing the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this fall and I'm going to make some of these to sell at her fundraiser. They look delicious and summery!
These look perfect to take along to a cookout or picnic. Great summer flavor.
These look great to me! Yum!
I love lemon cupcakes! Yummy and oh so cute!
I love pink lemonade but I agree it's a summer dessert.
These look awesome! You are creative:)
Totally going to try these…maybe make up a similar version with limeade and green frosting…hmmm…
These are so cute!!! And the lemonade kick is perfect for last minute summer get togethers!
These are so cute. How can your husband say they are to sweet. Is that possible!
I feel like I can almost taste these…and they are so pretty!!!
Thank you for linking them to Flavor of the Month! 🙂
These cupcakes sounds extra yummy! Can't wait to try the recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Is it just me, or does pink lemonade taste better than regular? I don't consider myself a girly gal, but I love pink stuff! Your cupcakes look wonderful! 🙂
great idea!!!
thanks for the recipe! i shared it on my blog here and linked back to you! so yummy!!!


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Laptops of Luxury
Our Nominees for the Portable Computer Haul of Fame
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Somewhere between these extremes lie the perils of picking the wrong laptop computer. In addition to thousands of dollars in monetary damages, consider the toll on your physical and mental health of cramped keyboards, squint-inducing screens and pokey performance.
The basics of picking a laptop are the same as selecting any computer system: make sure that the screen is readable and the keyboard comfortable, that there's enough speed and storage space for your needs, and that the manufacturer will answer the phone in the event of whirring, clicking, or billowing smoke. Before grappling with laptop specs, however, you need to determine how you're going to use the machine. You can order a desktop computer with "the works" and be fairly assured that it will deliver no matter what task you throw at it, but every laptop is an exercise in compromise. For instance, if you choose a model equipped with a big, beautiful screen, you'll be lugging a heavier machine and/or living with shorter battery life. If you want lightning-fast performance, you're going to pay for the privilege -- is it worth an extra thousand bucks to have your laptop idling at a blistering speed while you struggle to figure out the next letter to type into your word processor?
While subtle distinctions differentiate the hundreds of laptops on the market, they can be most significantly categorized with one simple question: Will the laptop be a traveling supplement to your regular desktop computer, or will it serve as your day-in, day-out primary machine?
Replacing a Desktop System
It's easy enough to find a laptop with enough power to handle typical day-to-day business applications, so going laptop-only is a viable option. Odds are you'll need an Ethernet port for connecting to a local area network in the office plus a modem for accessing the Internet while traveling. A large laptop display may be all you need for day-to-day computing -- despite the numeric difference, a 15-inch LCD display on a laptop has as much visible area as a 17-inch desktop monitor, thanks to differences in the way the two are measured. Another desktop-replacement option is to choose a laptop sporting a smaller screen (more portable and less expensive) and a port for connecting a full-size external monitor when working at your desk.
External keyboard and mouse ports allow you to plug in full-size peripherals at your desk. While I never bother plugging in an external keyboard, I'll often reach for a real mouse -- it's much more comfortable than using the built-in pointing device for any length of time.
Then there's the disk drive question. With multi-gigabyte hard drives shipping as standard equipment, outfitting a laptop with plenty of storage is a snap. What you have to puzzle out is equipping yourself with the right combination of removable disk drives. While some people consider the floppy disk a barely useful antique, I still want the option of saving files to a dirt-cheap floppy that I can easily carry to another computer or to a hotel business center for printing. While a drive that can record CD-ROMs seems like an extravagance on the road, it can make sense in a desktop-replacement machine -- recordable CDs sell for half a buck or less today, and they're a great way to back up files. Although virtually no software is distributed on DVD-ROM, you might want to include a DVD drive to play movies on your laptop.
It may also pay to step up to a faster processor. The slowest, least expensive Celeron processor that Intel makes is still plenty fast for basic word processing/spreadsheet/e-mail applications. However, if you want to fiddle with digital photos, edit video footage, or compress audio CD tracks into MP3 files, a faster processor will be appreciated. Then there's the question of computer games. Yes, I know you're a serious guy, much too busy and important to waste time with such frivolity, but a few minutes of mindless violence or realistic video football -- purely for therapeutic purposes, mind you -- is probably good for you. If you want to play games with high-quality 3D graphics, you'll need a fast processor, plenty of memory and, most importantly, a powerful graphics chip.
Another way to acquire desktop-replacement power is the modular approach, using a slimmer computer unit that docks with an expansion base. The HP OmniBook 500 is such a system. Granted, an all-in-one unit is less expensive and simpler. But there's something to be said for toting only three pounds of computer in your carry-on when that's all you need, while consigning the CD-ROM, floppy drive and speakers to an expansion unit that stays on your desk or in your checked luggage.
Maximizing Portability
Portables that replace desktops have one big problem -- they're big. The space-saving alternative is to have a full-size computer back at the office and travel with a smaller computer that handles the basics well. For sending and receiving e-mail, and banging out prose, I'm perfectly happy with a slim, lightweight machine like the Gateway Solo 3350, or even the diminutive Sony PictureBook at just 2.2 pounds. And for sheer technological elegance, you can't beat a sleek, slim ultraportable.
The compromise comes in screen size. The Sony doesn't even have a full-height screen -- it's about half the depth of a standard computer monitor -- but I don't really need to see full pages at a glance to read e-mail or write memos at 30,000 feet. The smaller-than-standard keyboard is more of an issue. Some people are very sensitive to slight reductions in keyboard size. For myself, even significant shrinkage doesn't appreciably slow my flying fingers. I do have major problems, however, if the keys don't have much travel -- the distance they move when struck. Keyboard preference is highly personal, so my best advice is to type on any laptop you're considering before buying, or purchase one that carries no-hassle return privileges if you're unhappy.
I want built-in Ethernet, even in an ultraportable, so I can take advantage of broadband Internet access in offices I'm visiting (and, increasingly, in hotel rooms offering high-speed connectivity as an option). My other key concern when choosing an ultraportable is battery life. The smaller the laptop, the smaller the battery, and that means as little as two hours on a charge. One way around this problem is buying an extra battery and remembering to charge it before traveling.
Choosing the Best
In a market that offers an array of good to excellent laptops, I'd shy away from no-name vendors. Because portable computers are built with much closer tolerances than desktop machines and require precision assembly and carefully matched components, stick with industry leaders.
The laptops featured here include my current favorite desktop replacements (the Dell and HP) and ultraportable (the Gateway). Rather than suggest additional solid but fundamentally similar machines, I've rounded out the field with three unique models that offer interesting, nonstandard features you just might find irresistible. From Sony, there's the tiny PictureBook, which, in addition to its extraordinary compactness, includes a built-in digital camera -- a very useful traveling companion. From IBM, there's the TransNote, a computer with unique appeal for anyone who still feels more comfortable with pen and ink than a keyboard. And from Apple, we have one of the sexiest- looking portables on the planet, the titanium-clad PowerBook G4, with a wide-screen display that lets you see more work at once and enjoy DVD movies in style.
Hewlett Packard OmniBook 500
The OmniBook is basically two laptops in one. The base unit is a first-rate 3.7-pound ultraportable, with a handsome 12.1-inch active-matrix display and a battery that lasts for more than three hours, which is certainly not too shabby. The controls are laid out especially well, with a comfortable pointing device, dedicated audio controls and two programmable buttons you can set for one-touch access to your favorite programs. The OmniBook processor is either a 500-MHz Celeron or a 600-MHz Pentium III, letting you choose between price and power. The base unit has two USB connections, a built-in modem, an external monitor connector and a selection of hard drives up to 20 gigabytes in memory, but no built-in floppy or CD-ROM drives. That's where the well-designed multimedia expansion module comes in.
The laptop fits securely into the expansion base. While some expansion systems are clumsy contraptions, the HP in effect transforms into a full-size laptop, and a good-looking one at that. The base provides a full spectrum of connectors, including serial and printer ports, S-Video TV output and external keyboard and mouse connectors. The stereo speakers by PolkAudio play music nicely and have enough volume to use the OmniBook to give business presentations. Most importantly, the base provides two modular bays that you can fill with additional drives or batteries. That could mean a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive and a floppy, or an additional battery, or you might forget the drives altogether, load up with two more batteries, and achieve an extraordinary 10 hours of portable computing time.
Prices start at $1,899 with expansion base; www.hp.com, 1-800-613-2222
Dell Inspiron 8000
If you plan to live your computing life from your notebook, this is the power-user laptop of choice. All Dell computers are built to order, with a variety of options. Any Inspiron 8000 is a seriously capable computer, and with the right choices, it can be a computing behemoth in an eight-pound package.
Choose a run-of-the-mill Celeron processor if you like, but Dell will happily pop in the fastest mobile Pentium processor there is, running at 1 GHz. When it comes to the video chip you can again go ordinary with an ATI chip, or go whole hog with the new nVidea GeForce2 Go graphics processor, the first mobile video rig that truly delivers desktop-level performance for 3D games and graphics applications. Displays come in two flavors, a decent 14.1-inch and an extraordinary 15-inch Ultra XGA panel with 1600x1200 resolution.
Among the standard features are the superb keyboard, complete with both TrackPoint and touch-pad pointing devices, and a full array of external connections (including FireWire for connecting a digital video camera). Two expansion bays allow enormous flexibility in choosing extra drives and batteries to suit your needs.
Prices start at $1,599; www.dell.com, 1-888-799-3355
Gateway Solo 3350
For the traveler who wants maximum comfort and convenience in an ultraportable computer, this wafer-thin Gateway is a terrific choice. The Solo 3350 delivers a bright, high-resolution 12.1-inch display in a computer weighing just 3.65 pounds -- a noteworthy accomplishment. The combination of lightness and slimness (one inch) makes this laptop extremely easy to transport -- I usually carry mine in a standard briefcase instead of a bulky notebook carrying case. The 600-MHz Pentium III processor is more than adequate for business and multimedia computing tasks, while the light-blue magnesium alloy case adds ruggedness and good looks to the package.
All the essential expansion ports, including Ethernet, are included, along with a capacious 6-gigabyte hard drive. To maintain its slender profile, the 3350 doesn't include a built-in floppy or CD-ROM drive, though an external floppy is included (an accessory CD-ROM costs $99, a DVD-ROM $199). Battery life (two hours) is only so-so -- pack a spare if you're flying far.
Prices start at $1,999; www.gateway.com, 1-800-846-2000
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Welcome to Inkscape development! There are so many different ways in which you can help. These are some starting points to help you find the best way you can contribute to Inkscape.
Core Inkscape Programming
If you are a coder/programmer and have some knowledge of C++ and / or Gtk development, grab the code and start hacking on whatever draws your attention. Send in a patch when you're happy with it and ready to share your efforts with others. We take contributions very seriously and follow the principle of "patch first, discuss later", so it is highly likely your efforts will appear in the development codebase swiftly. There are, of course, rules and standards that must be followed, but we try to keep them unsurprising and obvious.
- Getting Started – A guide on how to become an Inkscape developer, build it yourself and make it even more awesome.
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"Boardwalk Empire," which returns to HBO for a fourth season Sunday night, is the best show on television that no one ever asks me about.
I am not cornered by co-workers in Monday-afternoon conversations about developments in Sunday's episode. I don't drown in tweets as an episode airs. When my time is too stretched, I can delay watching "Boardwalk Empire" for three, four, even five (even six!) episodes and not get caught with my pants down. And it's telling, don't you think, that the show is not up for a best-drama Emmy this year?
This lack of thunder doesn't mean people don't watch and enjoy "Boardwalk Empire"; rather, I think, it underlines a certain maturity with which they do watch, employing a set of manners that hark back to a recent but finished era of viewership that didn't involve such frantic displays of devotion. To lose yourself in "Boardwalk Empire" is to do so quietly, since, after all, you never lose the feeling that you're in the presence of the dead, or those who are about to be.
Never has that been more clear than in the first of this season's new episodes. "Boardwalk Empire," created by Terence Winter, has established its formula and is in the process of beating itself to a pulp. The show still deserves high praise on its technical merits (and some achingly good performances), but you can tell that viewers are numbed to the violent world of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (played by the never-wavering Steve Buscemi), the Prohibition-era liquor distributor of Atlantic City, very loosely based on the life of an actual racketeer. It's a tense saga, but it has nothing like "Breaking Bad's" relentlessly enthralling tension, pace and talking points. Instead, you just wait for people to get whacked.
Something's got to give on this show, and soon; there must be some incredible payoff for those of us who've held tight since 2010. This season's first half (caution: light spoilers and plot set-up will follow) unfortunately moves at an almost indulgently slow stride, with some shopworn tricks and debatable turns in the overall narrative. That includes the apparent death of a character that will not be as momentous as the death of Jimmy Darmody at the end of Season 2, but it's a death that might serve as a pivot point for the overall Nucky story, rather than act as another in his long list of inconvenient tragedies.
It is early 1924 now, and we find Nucky still reasserting his grip on the regional underground booze trade, after a near-disastrous showdown last season with the terrifying -- and now dead -- Gyp Rosetti (in an Emmy-nominated performance from Bobby Cannavale).
We have to take the good things about "Boardwalk Empire" (the acting, the authenticity in its exquisite details and most of the writing) along with the bad (the repetitiveness, the plodding). There's a bigger role this time for Chalky White, played by the excellent Michael Kenneth Williams, who saved Nucky's hide in last season's finale and now runs the Onyx Club. There's more schadenfreude to revel in when it comes to Gretchen Mol's character, the faded flower Gillian Darmody, who is still on karma's receiving end and hitching her hopes to a new love interest (Ron Livingston). "Boardwalk Empire's" most contextualized and rivetingly complex character (and perhaps its only true soul), Jack Huston's half-masked Richard Harrow, has wandered afield after a killing spree.
Kelly Macdonald, who plays Nucky's estranged wife, Margaret, is absent the first half of the season, which is a real loss, no matter what kind of grand re-entrance the writers might have in store for her. Michael Shannon, who plays pathetically demoralized federal agent Nelson Van Alden (now living as George Mueller), has fallen victim to "Boardwalk's" ambition to weave a national tapestry of the crime syndicates of the 1920s. He now works for Al Capone (Stephen Graham) in Chicago, a thread that feels more and more tangential as "Boardwalk Empire" continues its sprawl. (Southward this year: Nucky pursues a land deal in booming Tampa, Fla., to initiate a rum trade, which adds little to the show except banyan fans, swamp sweat and Patricia Arquette.)
Meanwhile, Nucky's nephew, Willie (Ben Rosenfield), has chrono-leaped, so he's now a freshman at Temple University, in which he's apparently majoring in what I call The Dana Problem, after the daughter in "Homeland." It amazes me how the trials and travails of one sullen teenager can derail the momentum of nearly any TV series.
Following other much-trod techniques for story arcs, "Boardwalk Empire" brings on new antagonists each season. This time it's Jeffrey Wright as Valentin Narcisse, an elegantly sinister presence, to be sure, but a character who could also be one "True Blood's" guest-star supernaturals. More intriguing is Brian Geraghty as Warren Knox, a young federal agent who reports directly to J. Edgar Hoover (Eric Ladin). Beneath his cornfed demeanor, he shows great potential for menace.
I saw your eyes glaze over several sentences ago; it takes as long to initiate and update a conversation about "Boardwalk Empire" as it does to simply watch the thing. And we should all keep watching, even though "Boardwalk Empire" provides little in the way of subtext, or meaning or, God forbid, hope. What it gives me is a level of quality assurance. It's like a secret arrangement; we keep it under the table.
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It is incredible how closely our lives seem to imitate each others. I am feeling & thinking & doing almost exactly what you are describing about yourself. Jim & I seem to have gone through almost the same experience in the end that you & Anthony did. Many people never have what you & I shared with our husbands. I know I should be glad for all the years & fond memories we shared, but I guess we never thought it would end. I'm selfish. I wanted more. I am thinking about you also & will keep in touch. Hopefully we can help each other to be strong through this most traumatic time in both our lives. Take care of yourself, as that is all we can do now. We did our best for Anthony & Jim & I am sure that they would now want us to do our best to take care of ourselves. (Easy to say & hard to do!) It is just so comforting to me to know that everything I am feeling is normal under these circumstances as it is also what you are feeling. Will the pain ever lessen? Again, Try to be strong as I will also. Keep in touch.
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My tongue develops deep fissures and bleeding on contact with the majority of foods I eat - ranging from yoghurt, fruit, vegetables, ice cream, dressings etc. It occurs fairly instantly - used to take about 15 mins for the cracks but now they are virtually permanent. My tongue is very painful most of the time now and getting to the stage where I no longer want to eat. It was just on the front third of the tongue but now spreading further back as well.
There is a morphological phenomena of the tongue referred to as "fissured tongue" or "scrotal tongue". The cause is unknown but may have a hereditary component. Most people only complain if the fissuring occurs on the dorsal (top) portion of the tongue. Some complain of burning and this may be related to entrapped food and debris that may collect in the furrows.
Fissured tongue has been reported to occur in 2-5% of the population, and may increase with age. Based on your report, you may be describing a localized contact stomatitis, especially given that you describe reactions to a number of dairy products.
I do not know why there was a time element in your complaint (15 minutes) but that may be related to development of symptoms (pain) and not the fissuring.
One very off-the-wall lesion syndrome that is associated with fissured tongue is oral facial granolomatosis (Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome). This is associated with tongue fissuring and more severe symptoms such as edema, paratheisa, ulceration, erosion of the tongue surface, and taste alteration. The lips are the most common site of involvement with pebbly surface characteristics and enlargement.
Treatment for this relatively rare syndrome is removal of noxious agents (if they can be identified) and corticosteroids.
For your concerns, I would suggest you see your dentist or primary care provider to have this evaluated.You may be experiencing nothing more than a local reaction to food products. But to be sure, let your health care provider examine your tongue and surrounding oral mucosa.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A defense contractor says it is bringing more than 1,000 aerospace jobs to the state.
Northrop Grumman announced on Wednesday that it is going to add jobs at facilities in St. Augustine and Melbourne.
The Melbourne facility will focus on aircraft design and will include work now being done at a facility in New York. The St. Augustine facility will also focus on aircraft design.
The company is also shifting work on unmanned systems from Melbourne to San Diego but a company spokesman said that the net increase of jobs will still exceed 1,000.
Gov. Rick Scott praised the contractor's decision to expand its operations in the state.
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ChargeCard: The iPhone charger that fits in your wallet
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Apple, Design
How many times have you been in a situation where your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad was on the verge of death and you didn't have a charge cable with you to charge it up? It's happened to us more times than we'd like to admit, and that's where the ChargeCard comes in.
The ChargeCard has the standard 30-pin Apple dock connector on one side, and a slim USB connector on the other. It folds up to just about the size of a credit card for easy storage in your wallet. End result? You always have an iPhone charger on you. As long as you have a USB port to plug into, you are good.
ChargeCard is currently a Kickstarter project. They've got 37 more days to reach the goal of $50,000, and it's already at $38,456. If you want a chance to get one of your own, you can pledge $20 to pre-order. If the campaign is successful (and it looks like it definitely will be) you'll receive your ChargeCard when it ships in September.
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Nomiku sous-vide immersion cooker set to bring tender deliciousness to your home
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Design, Household
Sous-vide cooking allows you to make super tender, juice, mouth-watering food that's full of flavor after being cooked slowly over a long period of time in a bath of warm water. The thing is, it's been cost-prohibitive to the average home cook. The Nomiku immersion cooker aims to change all that. Already a successful Kickstarter project, Nomiku is set to make immersion-style sous-vide cooking available to the masses when it launches in December of this year for $299. Rather than providing an expensive, limited-space bath, Nomiku clips on to any pot or pan that you want to use for cooking. Check out the video of the product to see how it works, after the break.
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Ouya Android-based indie game console takes Kickstarter by storm
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Design, Google, Home Entertainment, Mods / Hacks, Video Games
Are you bored and tired of the big players in the video game space failing to innovate in truly meaningful ways? Then you'll wanna meet Ouya, the Android-powered game console that will cost just $99 with a controller that connects to your television set just like your Wii U, Xbox 360, and PS3 does. The difference? Anyone can develop games for the Ouya console, and there's no huge financial barrier to entry. That means more indie quality indie games, likely much less cheaper than you'd find on other home game consoles. The product is designed by Yves Behar and team, the same folks who dreamed up the designs for the One Laptop Per Child OLPC computer and Jawbone Jambox. On the inside it's powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 1 GB RAM, and 8 GB of built-in storage. It also packs 1080p output over HDMI, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity.
Interested? You can head over to the Ouya Kickstarter page to pre-order one now. This could turn out to be a very big deal. Check out a video explaining the project after the break.
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Twitter 4.3 for iOS and Android brings expanded tweets and more
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Social Networking, App Updates, Free Apps
Today Twitter for iPhone 4.3 was released on the App Store, a major update to the official Twitter client that brings with it the ability to view enhanced and expended tweets right in the app. Here's a rundown of the features:
- Expanded Tweets -- when you view Tweet details containing links to partner websites, you can now see content previews, view images, play videos, and more (rolling out gradually)
- Enhanced experience around selected events with the bets Tweets and photos from those involved
- Push notifications for Tweets -- choose to receive notifications from people you follow any time they tweet or retweet
- Ambient notifications -- enables you to see brief non-interruptive notifications in the status bar while you're using the app
- Improvements to search autocomplete for users
- Discover -- now indicates when new stories are available for you to view
- Tappable avatars take you directly to user profiles
- Performance improvements
- Support for password entry in app when experiencing authentication issues
- Support for the Hungarian language
- Icon (image at right) features the new Twitter bird!
You can download the new Twitter for iPhone and iPad now, completely free.
Weekend Reading: Spider-Man, Cyberforce, and Norm Breyfogle
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Conventions, Editorials, Movies, Reviews, Image Comics
This is the week where the comics industry slows down for a couple of days as everyone saves their big news for Comic Con International in San Diego. That gets going on Wednesday evening - Preview Night - and you can expect the announcements to start flying faster than anyone can cut and paste a press release, and everyone's abuzz with their favorite version of the four Spider-Man movies.
For now, though, the internets still have some things to read:
A weather-battered Beau Smith looks at Spider-Man.
Longbox Graveyard also has a look at Spider-Man, of the Steve Ditko era.
Hero Complex reports the return of Marc Silvestri's Cyberforce, with the words "Kickstarter" and "free" as part of the launch equation.
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Cerebus Original Art
Years ago, I owned a piece of original Dave Sim art from Cerebus. It was a page from Cerebus #11. I bought it at a New York convention from Dave's then-wife Deni who was selling pages at their table. It's the page just before the very first full page appearance of Cockroach.
It was the multi-panel page where Cockroach is off-panel, ranting like a nutcase and Cerebus is going through a number of twisted facial expressions.
If I was a true collector, I would've bought the page with the actual first appearance of Cockroach. But I really liked all the different animated expressions on Cerebus' face. It was a tour-de-force of character drawing.
I bought it for $15.
I framed it when I got back home and it hung on my wall through various moves over the years. When space got tight, thought, I sold it off.
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Unbound: Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Drew Struzan, Kaluta, Chaykin
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, Reviews, Television, Independent
Interested in a book that features Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Drew Struzan (Shawshank Redemption, Indiana Jones), Duncan Fegredo, Frank Quitely, Walter Simonson, Chris Weston, and Howard Chaykin? Of course you are. Then you're in luck. My buddy Joel Meadows is prepping the 20th anniversary edition of Tripwire, his comics/TV/movies magazine, in a beautifully crafted 200-page hardcover book.
Says Meadows: "It will be filled with the sort of content that has garnered praise from many of the biggest and best names in genre over its twenty-year existence."
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Kickstarter: Micah Ian Wright's Duster OGN
Micah Ian Wright (you might remember him from his comic book work on Stormwatch: Team Achilles, or on the TV series The Angry Beavers and Constant Payne) is returning to comics.
The project is a big one, a 215-page graphic novel called Duster, and the fund-raising began this week at Kickstarter, my favorite site to find new and interesting comics. Micah's posted the first 39 (!) pages for viewing at the site (in full color as a free download). You can't go wrong with 39 pages of free comics.
Joining Micah on the book is his co-writer Jay Lender (who's written for Phineas and Ferb and Spongebob Squarepants).
The book is being illustrated by a pair of excellent Argentine artists, Cristian Mallea (Gayolas, El Eternauta) and JOK (known for his work on Mixtape and Redball 6).
Says Micah, "Duster takes place at the close of the European conflict in World War II, and tells the story of a war-widowed female cropduster pilot who must defend her daughter and her neighbors against a planeload of escaping Nazis who have crashed in her West Texas town. The action-packed story examines women's changing roles in society during the war years and after."
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Kickstarter: Dead West
I love any kind of mash-up where genres that don't normally go together are creatively intermingled: vampire detectives, robot boxers, super dinosaurs...
Writer Carl Elvis and artist Claudio Munoz have created Dead West, a combining of cowboys and monsters that looks right in my wagon wheelhouse. When a gold rush town starts attracting supernatural elements, Victor Frankenstein creates a "Frankenstein sheriff" to keep the peace along with his pals, a six-gun mummy and a Billy The Kid-style vampire.
The art looks great and the concept sounds like a lot of fun. They're short on their Kickstarter funding, so if this seems as appealing to you as it does to me, give 'em a hand, pardner.
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Kickstarter: Ernie Reyes, Jr. & Sonny Dragon
Actor-stuntman Ernie Reyes, Jr. has appeared in movies from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Now he's looking to crossover into comic books and he's assembled quite a team to help him out.
Sonny Dragon and The Wuxia Knights is an all-ages comic. According to Ernie's pitch: Detective Sonny Dragon joins "an elite team of martial arts superheroes known as the Wuxia Knights, after he traces the death of his master to a mystical martial arts kingdom hidden in the streets of San Francisco known as the Wuxiaverse."
Ernie's co-written the script with Samuel R. Barrera. Art is by TMNT veteran Jim Lawson, whose stuff is just fantastic. Just look at the sample art on the site. Coloring is by the Eisner-winning Steve Oliff with lettering by Harvey-winning Tom Orzechowski.
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Out of the night, when the full moon is bright, comes the horseman known as Zorro. The bold renegade carves a Z with his blade, a Z that stands for Zorro.
Those were the lyrics that began every episode of Walt Disney Studios production of ZORRO, which made its debut on ABC on October 10, 1957 and earned record viewership from families young and old for two solid seasons. These two seasons can finally be owned in their entirety on Disney DVD in a limited edition Walt Disney Treasures Tin set, limited to 30,000 sets each. Each season, sold separately, comes with Certificate of Authenticity, Zorro pin, reproduction photo from the show, and some neat bonus features.
Zorro himself was a fictional character created by Johnston McCulley in 1919 about a nobleman named Don Diego de la Vega who dons a mask by night to defend the people of Spanish colonial California. A 1920 film, The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, had caught Walt Disneys attention in his youth. Though there have been many other Zorro films in the 30's and 40's, popularity of the character seemed to have waned, but of course, that didn't stop Walt Disney from purchasing the rights to the foxy character.
In the late 50's, following the success of Walt Disneys Disneyland and Mickey Mouse Club programs, ABC was eager for another hit much like Davy Crockett. CBS and NBC didnt fully believe in the project without seeing a pilot first but ABC took a chance and ordered 39 episodes. A model and actor who was ready to retire won the lead role of Zorro. Guy Williams performed the role of Don Diego de la Vega as well as Zorro, and even performed much of the sword work himself. If youve never seen Guy Williams as Zorro, you owe yourself a favor to see the best Zorro on screen. Much credit goes to the high production values but it's also the charming personality of Guy Williams that made the show such a success.
The series was a smash success and it's not hard to see why. Even for a show from 1957, each 25 minute episode feels like a mini theatrical film. Walt Disney believed in quality and it clearly shows in the terrific stunts, matte paintings, and fully detailed sets. The entire Pueblo La Reina de Los Angeles, aka Zorro City, was built on the southeast corner of the Disney Studio lot (the parking garage that now sits in that location is appropriately named: Zorro).
The second season also included 39 episodes and was even more successful with its viewers. Even with its success, a third season never happened due to a legal scuffle between Disney and ABC. Zorro was cancelled but episodes already filmed were combined into longer specials under the "Walt Disney Presents" banner. There are four total one hour specials that followed the two season run that kept the spirit of Zorro alive and youll need to own both Season 1 and Season 2 to see them all.
Other bonus features include a look at Zorro's literary beginnings as well as a closer look at Guy Williams the man, and also a trip to the Walt Disney Archives to see the costumes and many merchandise created to support Zorro, including Zorro roller skates!
The Walt Disney Treasures DVDs are hosted by film historian Leonard Maltin, offering even more historical insight behind the series and gives the audience an even greater appreciation for the risks Walt Disney took throughout his career. Watching the fully restored series, I couldn't help but get caught up in how fun this series still is. The supporting cast is top notch and Guy Williams, who was born to play the part, is inspiring to watch. I cant recommend this series enough for fans of Zorro or fans of great entertainment.
Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro The Complete First Season 6-DVD set and Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro The Complete Second Season 6-DVD set are now available to own on DVD. Limited edition 30,000 per set, includes exclusive Zorro pin and publicity still.
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Located in Green Valley, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Touro University Nevada, Ethel M Botanical Cactus Gardens, and Ethel M Chocolates Factory. Cowabunga Bay Water Park is 2 mi (3.2 km) away.
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This hotel features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a business center.
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All 139 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, TVs with cable channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves. Room service, coffee makers, and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests.
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- Onsite restaurant
- Helpful staff
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Hilton Garden Inn Las Vegas/Henderson provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This 3-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measure 1350 square feet (125 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Hilton Garden Inn Las Vegas/Henderson has designated areas for smoking.
- Total number of rooms - 139
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
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- Fitness facilities
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- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 125
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Shopping on site
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- Year Built 2007
- Conference space size (feet) - 1350
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
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Hilton Garden Inn Las Vegas/Henderson has a restaurant on site.
Room service is available.
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An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is noon
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- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
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By Recipes from Moms Like You
Try this great smoothie recipe!
- Prep Time: 10-15 minutes
Beverages & Smoothies
Serves: 2
Cups of Fruits & Vegetables per Serving:
Ingredients1 1/3 cups red grapefruit juice
1 cup mango, peeled and diced
1 medium banana, sliced
1 8-oz. container strawberry-banana yogurt, fat free
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup crushed ice
red grapefruit slices for garnish
In a blender, combine the grapefruit juice, mango, banana, yogurt, vanilla, honey and crushed ice; puree until thick and smooth.
Pour into glasses and garnish with grapefruit slices.
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Date: November 27 2012
The son of former NSW Labor MP Eddie Obeid confided to a business associate that he had inside information about coal exploration licences in the Bylong Valley, a corruption inquiry has been told.
ICAC on Tuesday heard from a former vice president at Lehman Brothers, Gardner Brook, who said Moses Obeid told him in mid-2008 he had inside knowledge about the tender process for mining licences in the area.
Asked by counsel assisting the commissioner, Geoffrey Watson, whether he knew the Obeids had inside information about the coal-rich area being opened up to mining, Mr Brook replied: "I believe so."
Mr Watson then asked: "Was that belief based on the fact that a member of the Obeids told you that?"
"Yes," Mr Brook replied.
"Who told you?" Mr Watson asked, to which Mr Brook replied: "Moses."
Earlier, the inquiry was told Moses Obeid gave Mr Brook a handwritten list of companies that would bid in a restricted government tender for mining licences in the Bylong Valley.
The inquiry has previously been told the list was part of a secret ministerial briefing that should have been seen only by senior government figures.
The inquiry previously was told that Mr Brook was asked by the Obeids to find a company which could partner them in a mining venture in the Bylong Valley.
Mr Brook chose Monaro Mining, a small uranium company with no experience in coal.
ICAC was told Monaro subsequently entered into a deal with an entity linked to the Obeids in which Monaro promised to give up an 80 per cent stake in a mining licence they might win in the future.
Monaro ultimately withdrew its bid for the critical Mt Penny tenement, with that licence going to runner-up Cascade Coal after the tender process was reopened by then mines minister Ian Macdonald.
The inquiry has been told Cascade subsequently paid $30 million to the Obeids.
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"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment." - Henry David Thoreau
The elections were just a few short weeks ago, yet so much seems to have changed since then. The corrective environment following the Fed's third round of quantitative easing -- which I highlighted in numerous writings, and resulted in the return of the deflation pulse -- appears to be over. Last week stocks underwent massive move higher, sending European averages soaring as U.S. markets rallied in sympathy....272 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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DKM: David, what made you decide to go to college?
"I thought about...
being exposed
to new ideas"
David Ellefsen: When I got out of high school I had no intention of going to college at that time and I had my military service that I had looking at me, and the Vietnam War was on, so I decided to join the National Guard. After Basic Training I got a job working as a carpenter's helper and I saw all my old friends that I was going to high school with going to the University of Utah. And they were bettering themselves and having a good time at the same time, and so I was really motivated to get into college. So that was probably the main thing --- going into the military and working for a living.
DKM: When you said that you saw your
friends bettering themselves, what specifically did you see college offering them that you
were weren't getting from your situation?
David Ellefsen: Well, there were a couple of things: One was the whole networking thing. I was cut off from a bunch of my friends and I wasn't meeting new people. The other thing I thought about was being exposed to new ideas and new things that I wouldn't be exposed to if I didn't go to school…
DKM: Did you know at the time that you applied to college what it was you wanted to do with your life?
David Ellefsen: No. I just thought that having college would be a good background for lots of things in life that would be important, including employment. I really didn't know what I wanted to go into…
DKM: Where did that idea come from --- the idea that college would have some kind of answer to life?
David Ellefsen: I guess that all my life my parents talked to me about how important it was to go to college, so I guess there was definitely a seed planted there…
DKM: And when you finally got into college, how did it compare with your expectations?
David Ellefsen: It did meet with my expectations. I found that I enjoyed most of my classes. I enjoyed meeting new people – life-long friends, if you will. And in my situation I was actually able to use what I learned in class on the job that I had at the time. I was working in the library and taking library science classes, so that was a real plus.
DKM: While you were in college itself what kinds of challenges or obstacles did you encounter?
David Ellefsen: Well, one semester I remember I took too many classes (laughs). And my grades suffered quite a bit… I took on too much, and my grades definitely suffered for that, so that was a good lesson for me… And I was working. In fact, all my college years I worked at least part time….
DKM: Out of necessity?
David Ellefsen: It wasn't necessity, because it was like my parents helped with tuition, but after I got to a certain age I wanted to live out on my own, so that was part of it.
DKM: I kind of want to hear more about the semester you took on too much. At what point did you know you had taken on too much, and what happened?
David Ellefsen: Well, I think I actually finished all the classes --- through hook and crook --- but instead of dropping a class I kept them. And I didn't put enough thought into the homework to get the grades, so my grades really suffered, and at the end of the semester I got a couple of Ds and a C…
DKM: Really?
David Ellefsen: Yeah.
DKM: That doesn't seem like you.
David Ellefsen: (laughs) So after that I never did take on more than a full load, and I think that helped my particular situation.
DKM: What kinds of grades would you normally get?
David Ellefsen: As an undergraduate I was probably a B student for the most part. Then I got towards the end of my undergraduate career and started thinking about possibly going to library school, and of course, that's a graduate program, so I tried harder to get better grades… Interestingly enough, I worked for a number of years in the library before I went to library school, to graduate school. I actually tried three times to get into library school before I was admitted, so I started going back to the University of Utah in a graduate program in educational media. And I actually had to start out on academic probation – I was on probation for over a year…and I still got two Master's degrees within a year. Eventually I got admitted – with all my library experience – into library school.
DKM: Wait – you got two Master's degrees within one year? And that after trying three times to get into library school?!
David Ellefsen: Right.
DKM: So, the first time you tried to get into library school, was it because of your grades that you were denied?
David Ellefsen: I believe so, but also at the time the Vietnam War was on, and there was a lot of demand for people getting into graduate schools because then it would defer them from the draft. So, it was a combination of avoiding the draft for some people and my undergraduate grades.
DKM: How did you respond to that letter of "thanks, but no thanks" when you first applied?
"I was angry at first, and disappointed "
David Ellefsen: Well, I was angry at first, and disappointed, I guess. One of the reasons I was angry was because I was working in the library and I knew I was doing what I thought was excellent work -- for example, in the reference area -- so at that point I knew I was a good librarian. But in order to move up in the library world you have to have your master's degree. And yet they were denying me access to that program, and so I kept trying. And I enjoyed the library work….so I thought I would try library school one more time. And they let me in…I think because of my records from the graduate program plus my graduate record scores, as opposed to just my undergraduate records. I remember that was a happy day when I got admitted…
DKM: How much time had elapsed between the time that you first applied and then that third time when you finally got accepted into library school?
David Ellefsen: I guess probably 8 years.
DKM: Did you at any time ever think that this was not going to happen?
David Ellefsen: (laughs) Oh, yes, many times.
DKM: So, what kept you going?
David Ellefsen: I kept being reemployed by the library system I was working in, and I tried different jobs within the library field…And I liked it. And in the back of my mind I knew I wanted to advance in the field, so I kept working at it…
DKM: So, knowing that you probably have students in a similar situation, what words of wisdom would you give them?
"Don't give up on your dreams... "
David Ellefsen: Well, don't give up on your dreams is one, and sometimes there's an alternative way to get to where you're hoping to go. For example, in my undergraduate career I had to take a statistics class as part of the requirement to be in that department. I took the regular class and it went over my head right off the bat. But I found out that I could take the same class as a correspondence study where I could go at my own pace. So I signed up for that and over a longer period of time I did well in that class… So I think it's good to look at all the alternatives…
DKM: What might you recommend in terms of study habits?
David Ellefsen: A good thing is to make sure you set aside enough time for studying. You have to be disciplined. I think finding a partner that you can work with - to help each other – is a good way to go. And I'd love to say to get to know your librarian. There are so many things that the librarian can help students with, and they can save you a lot of time and effort. I always thought that it's the people that know how to use the library that can educate themselves. I mean, just even knowing the tips and tricks of databases can serve you throughout your college career and all your life, really. That's a little bias on my part, though.
DKM: No, because you definitely have the credibility to say that. Well, is there anything else that you would want to share with our students? Any words of wisdom?
David Ellefsen: Just that learning to use the library is so important, especially these days with the whole world of information, and that there's so much misinformation out there. It's important that students learn information literacy, and a great way to do that is through the library.


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In part one of this piece, in preparation for the cantankerous economic debates ahead, we sifted through a couple of the common misconceptions disseminated by Washington and the media. Here we address one more -- as well as how all this should shape your investing decisions.
"You are a slow learner, Winston."
"How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four."
"Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane."
-- George Orwell, 1984
Living In A Nominal World
What is real in gross domestic product anyway? Quite correctly, the nominal GDP is "deflated" by a measure of inflation in order to see how much the economy actually grew. The growing controversy is that GDP is deflated using a separate measure -- the GDP deflator -- as opposed to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), which is used to generally measure the inflation you and I experience every day. The GDP deflator is generally always lower than CPI, thus yielding a higher level of real GDP growth.
Briefing.com noted that, if the deflator were unchanged from the third to the fourth quarter, real GDP growth for the latte rwould have been a shocking -2.21%. The always illustrative Doug Short calculated that, using CPI, fourth-quarter real GDP would have been a distressing -1.56%. (Note, too, in his chart that the Great Recession indeed was "great," in a bad sense -- far worse than "headline" numbers.)
Some pundits are arguing now to just pay attention to nominal GDP. If it is growing, they say, that is all you need to know. There is an element of usefulness here, in the sense that the nominal stock market will react to nominal earnings and nominal interest rates. Of course, going "all nominal" gives the Federal Reserve cover to continue to accelerate inflation, so beware of the motivations of any pundit making this argument.
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"There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad." -- George Orwell, 1984
Investment Implications
As I survey the quality of discourse, the attempts to spin the discussion of government spending and its role in our economy, a few thoughts become crystal clear:
1. Federal outlays will remain far higher than any supposed deal will posit, and extremely large U.S. deficits will be the reality for the next few years.
2. The deficits will not be financeable by the private sector alone, so the Fed will be required to monetize the debt for the foreseeable future.
3. Accelerating inflation is inevitable, although we don't know the pace thereof, nor how visible it will be in the "official" statistics. For the best measure of inflation, ask your spouse about recent experiences at the grocery store and gas station.
4. Learn from history: what sectors worked, then later didn't "work," in periods of overly loose monetary policy, such as the late 1990s and the mid-2000s.
5. Protect yourself from accelerating inflation and, in particular, have some hedge to protect against the black swan of hyperinflation. I call it a "black swan" because, while the odds of a hyperinflation in the U.S. are slight, the effect on your wealth will be devastating if it happens. Remember, risk control is not strictly the probability; it is the probability times the magnitude of effect. An eight-sigma event that can wipe you out is worth as much consideration as a one-sigma that could cause a 5% decline.
6. I am positioned for inflation protection with:
- Owning stocks, especially those with pricing power. Amid strong inflation, stock prices will rise, and companies with pricing power -- such as tobaccos or consumer staples -- will see growing earnings.
- Commodities and real estate are also great inflation hedges. All tangible assets -- anything they are not making more of -- will hold their real value.
- Own some gold as a hedge against all paper currencies.
- Diversify out of the major currencies and into the new hard currencies, such as Canadian or Australian dollar, and so on.


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The A-League is hoping to capitalise on the hype around the World Cup and the signing of Spanish superstar David Villa with several blockbuster matches in the opening weeks of the new season.
Heavyweights Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers will kick off the 2014/15 campaign at Etihad Stadium on Friday, October 10, while Melbourne City will make their first official outing against Sydney FC at Allianz Stadium the following night.
Round one also features the F3 derby, with Central Coast to host Newcastle Jets, while defending champions Brisbane Roar will be at home to Adelaide United and Perth Glory face Wellington in New Zealand on the Sunday.
All eyes will be on the revamped City, however, who could field their star international signings Villa and Irishman Damien Duff in the Saturday match.
The club are yet to confirm which 10 games Villa will play during his guest stint before he takes up his new contract with sister outfit New York City in the Major League Soccer (MLS).
However, six of City's first 10 fixtures are in Melbourne, with only one to be played at a venue with a capacity less than 30,000 - Adelaide's Cooper Stadium in round nine.
A-League boss Damien de Bohun said the draw had been the most challenging to produce in the competition's history, given the scheduling of the Asian Cup, FFA Cup and Asian Champions League.
But he denied Villa's time in Australia was considered during planning.
"That might sound strange, but the fixture is not about an individual player," de Bohun said on Thursday.
"We're rapt that David Villa's coming; we're rapt that marquee players are coming into the competition.
"But to create a sustainable and long-term view of the competition, it's much more than that.
"There's no doubt, though, that there's people all over Melbourne now contemplating becoming A-League members and fans because of what's happening at Melbourne City."
De Bohun was confident the interest in this year's World Cup in Brazil would also provide a boost in participation, crowd numbers and TV ratings for the A-League.
"There's no doubt it will have a flow-on effect and we think we'll be able to build that momentum very strongly going into the start of the new season," he said.
The draw includes Thursday night football for the first time, with four fixtures scheduled from round 10, plus a grand final re-match on November 1.
Geelong will also get to host its first A-League match at Simonds Stadium between Victory and Perth on January 2, in the middle of the league's 'Summer of football' featuring 21 games in 22 days.
The competition will break for the Asian Cup in January, except for three games that will be played in non-host cities.
Season 10 will end with the grand final on May 10.


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Photo Gallery: Interiors By Lloyd Ralphs Design
A designing duo share their distinctive style.
Unadorned floor-to-ceiling windows offer a spectacular view.
A simple sofa upholstered in brown fabric adds a masculine touch to an otherwise feminine environment. Clear lucite pieces, such as the Ghost chairs and the curved coffee table, allow the light to flow through. An oversized mirror is perfectly proportioned for the space and, adjacent to the windows, bounces light across the room.
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Touches of gold carry through Christine Ralphs' home.
Mixing a vintage metal sculpture with photographs brings architectural interest to a striking black and white art wall. The streamlined faux fireplace is not meant to look real. It's just for fun, but it also organizes the room by providing a focal point.
See more in our Interiors By Lloyd Ralphs Design photo gallery.
Misaligned cabinets leave room for display.
Storage is everywhere in this contrasting kitchen, from the ample island to the floor-to-ceiling black cabinets flanking the white cupboards. The crisp palette, warmed by global accents, is a signature Lloyd Ralphs look.
A gold faucet adds warmth and sparkle in the kitchen.
The warm metal looks luxurious set against Christine's marble countertops. Chrome hardware on the cupboards proves that mixing metals works beautifully.
Consider white walls and pale wood floors to lighten an airy, open space.
Symmetry is key in the layout of this dining area. A pair of floor lamps sit on either side of a black and white photography display. Two white bird sculptures are perched atop the table, which is surrounded by casual, Eames style chairs. The delicate lines of the glass dining table make the room look even more more spacious.
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A thick-striped headboard balances out the bold zebra-print rug.
The neutral scheme found throughout Christine's home continues in the principal bedroom, accented with bold hits of black. A small mirrored desk reflects light below the window.
A bright and stylish space to get ready each morning.
Instead of bookcases, Christine displays her fashion books on top of wardrobes so she can find inspiration every day while getting dressed. Framed art is layered on the floor, leaving wall space for a dressing room essential: an oversized mirror.
A bulletin board filled with constantly changing tear sheets, jewelry and inspiration.
In the office, simple storage boxes maintain a sense of order and create a beautiful display. Open shelving looks calm, not chaotic, thanks to the all-white scheme and closed containers.
Drawers of many shapes and sizes accommodate storage needs.
In the principal bathroom, mirrored walls and glass panels play with one's perception of space. An overall white palette keeps the look immaculate.
A side-mounted faucet makes the most of available space.
This tiny sink in the powder room even offers storage underneath. Keeping the mini-vanity off the floor creates a sense of space.
Chic plastic furniture is weather and dog-proof.
Interior designer Christine Ralphs loves to lounge on her back patio with her wire fox terrier Bitsy. Decorated in her trademark black-and-white colour palette, this outdoor sitting area — outfitted with Philippe Starck's polypropylene Bubble Club Sofa — requires little upkeep.
See more pets in our Pets & Interiors photo gallery.
Black cabinets don't overwhelm a kitchen when there's plenty of natural light.
Highly reflective cabinets and appliances in deep black give this kitchen a modern, edgy look. Long, sleek handles keep things streamlined while white marble countertops offer both glamour and functionality.
Impressive proportions create an entryway like no other.
Panelled walls, abundant natural lighting and original pegged beech plank floors make a definite statement in this entrance. A Mission-style pedestal table set on a modern zebra-print rug greets visitors. The glossy black stairs and railing stand out against the crisp white walls.
For more beautiful interiors by Lloyd Ralphs Design, see our photo gallery.
This 1920's Toronto residence captures the owners' passion for art and architecture.
In this living room decorated by Lloyd Ralphs Design, a contemporary sofa, chairs and ottomans are juxtaposed with standout pieces like a Gae Aulenti coffee table, an Ashley Hicks cocktail table and sculptural accessories. Splashes of burnt orange and animal print pillows complement the room's warm palette.
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Contemporary artwork creates a colourful focal point in this formal room.
Raffia-cloth upholstery plays up the warmth of the walnut-panelled walls. A large painting by the homeowner's daughter adds levity.
Transom-topped French doors create an inviting, light-filled environment.
Slipcovered Parsons stools complement the cream palette and augment the room's airy look. Large lamps with clear glass bases and neutral-coloured lampshades bring a modern note to the space.
Symmetry and bold artwork make a statement.
In homeowner and TV personality Lisa Rogers' home, the dining area boasts a curvaceous glass chandelier and coral-shaped candelabras. A graphic pattern in the artwork and a zebra-print rug also bring personality to the minimalist space.
Tall, sleek cabinetry accentuates this room's high ceilings.
This well-appointed kitchen, by Lloyd Ralphs Design, is open to the dining room to facilitate entertaining. The beautiful collection of copper pots provides a warm, soft counterpoint to the abundance of dark wood that surrounds the space. A white countertop and sleek bar stools add punch.
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Modern elements meet classic details in this eye-catching space.
This glamorous black and white living room is grounded by a graphic patterned rug. A chunky wooden side table adds warmth and a visual break from the bold palette. Curvy bergere chairs are an opulent antique counterpoint and the large pencil drawing of the homeowner's children adds a personal tone.
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A stark black and white palette pops in this contemporary space.
In this master suite, a soft taupe feature wall balances quietly luxurious elements, such as the sleek white upholstered headboard, mirrored side tables and lamps. Black and white bedding is mixed with zebra-print sheets for added graphic appeal.
A teenage girl gets the star treatment in this sophisticated space.
It's the epitome of the graphic-meets-glamorous look: a room inspired by a print of Marilyn Monroe by the king of pop art, Andy Warhol. The gold-toned bed is a warm contrast to the black and white furniture and linens. Retro-style lamps, on low side tables, suit the minimalist design.
For more beautiful interiors by Lloyd Ralphs Design, see our photo gallery.
Palm leaf artwork and a red vase subtly warm this room.
With its ample wraparound windows, white Parsons desk and clear Philippe Stark chairs, this office has a breezy presence. The light look is grounded by striking artwork hung from floor to ceiling.
Dining by the lake.
Modern teak furniture and feathery exotic plants give this back deck's dining area a distinctly tropical air. The furniture and accessories are in sync with the home's interior, both in their clean lines and black and white palette. The colours also blend in with the spectacular waterfront.
For more outdoor decorating and design ideas, see our Tropical-Inspired Outdoor Spaces gallery.
White accessories pop against a natural backdrop.
This 625-square-foot deck overlooking Lake Ontario is luxuriously appointed with beachy raffia-look furniture, resort-style umbrellas and potted palms and ferns. "The look all started when I got one big palm plant," says Lisa.
Wicker, raffia and rattan accents offer texture and a casual, beachy note.
Mixing playful, rough and unexpected objects with a sleek daybed and Saarinen-style table keeps this cottage from looking too precious. White paint, fabrics and Moroccan-style lanterns and cabinet lattice work create an exotic feel.
Get more cottage design and decorating ideas in our Modern Cottages photo gallery. For more beautiful interiors by Lloyd Ralphs Design, see our photo gallery. Also, see other designer spaces with our Michael Angus gallery.