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Calgary, AB – This month we've got more big shows in the city. Throw in this past weekend's Psyychology release with Teekay, as well as the upcoming two-year anniversary of 10 at 10, and this is set to be a monster month for hip-hop in the YYC. As always, the HipHopCanada team keeps you on lock with some hookups, some contests, and maybe a bonus (or two) along the way.
First off, we kick off with the two-headed beast that is Action Bronson and Danny Brown. They're headed to Commonwealth tomorrow night for a sold out show. Last time Action played here, he literally moved the crowd. This is one you definitely do not want to miss. I hope you got your tickets already, or you may just be out of luck.
Later this week (Sept. 12) are the two long-awaited Joey Bada$$ and Statik Selektah shows. The all-ages one goes down at the Alibi Room, followed by the 18+ show at Republik. These shows are brought to you by True Rhythm, and we've been hyping them up. Now they're finally here. We already told you we've got the hookup for that one. Tweet in to win by tomorrow. Or if you're not the gambling type, there are still a few tickets available online.
Last (but not least), French Montana is hitting the stage later this month. He's bringing his unique style to Jimmys Nightclub. It's one of only a few Canadian dates on his Exclusively French Tour. Tickets are still available on this, too. So don't miss out.
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Like many cities around the world, here in Western Australia, our social identity is defined by many diverse cultures. Our colonial heritage, mixed with the influx of southern european immigrants in the early 20th century, and our proximity to south east Asia has resulted in a state with abounding ethnic diversity. Living in a modern city, however, it is sometimes easy to forget the indigenous tribes that live and have flourished here for millennia. The Noongar people are an ancient aboriginal group who live in urbanised towns in the south west of Western Australia, and are the spiritual custodians of the land. In recent years, there has been considerable interest in re-focusing on Noongar culture and Noongar visual arts... a 'reawakening' of our indigenous cultural heritage.
Nomad Two Worlds is a company founded by fashion photographer Russel James, that serves to elevate public understanding and respect for the world's indigenous and marginalised cultures through art and commercial product collaborations. These cooperations are intended to cast light on indigenous craftsmanship, and assist in creating economic opportunities for their communities. In 2012, Nomad Two Worlds conjured the concept of "meaningful luxury" and developed the first of several socially-conscious perfumes that offer indigenous enlightenment. Raw Spirit - Fire Tree is a limited edition perfume oil using materials sourced from Western Australia, and whose key component of fire tree oil has been held in high regard by the Noongar people, much in the same way Oud is revered in the East.
Fire tree, aka Grass tree or Balga (Xanthorrhoea preissi) is native to Western Australia, and has been used by aboriginal people primarily for the resin it produces when exposed to fire or extreme heat. The resin is very tacky and is used chiefly as glue. It was harvested by early European settlers to make varnishes and lacquers, and the nectar-rich flowers were gathered to sweeten and scent water. But beyond the physical, Fire tree is an ancient symbol of rebirth. When the oil is worn as a fragrance, it is believed in aboriginal lore to possesses the unique ability to amplify the wearer's energy and attract like minds.
Fire tree oil has a very unique and complex odour profile, and it's one that is a little difficult to describe. It is somewhat saccharine and almost floral to start off with... but rich, sappy, honeyed resin notes shift forward in this constantly revolving carousel of accords. There is a slightly smokey, woody aspect which dances between dryness and dampness, and an almost urinous (think: castoreum) quality that is deeply sensuous. A 'clean-sweat' tangy bitterness feels almost leather-like and proffers a musky, animalic facet.
In perfume legend, oud oil and fire tree oil both share a certain DNA... both are regarded by their own cultures as a bridge between the physical and the metaphysical, the earthbound and the esoteric. Both have complex, multi-faceted aromas, and both can be somewhat polarising/challenging to an untrained nose.
Luca Turin has commented "In terms of natural ingredients, I find the Australian Fire Tree amazing - it's practically a perfume in itself".
Fire Tree is a genderless perfume and is the first of several that Nomad Two Worlds plan to release through its fragrance partnership with World Senses and Atlas South Sea Pearl in 2013.
It is presented as a 7.5ml roll-on parfum and retails for $95.
It is available exclusively through:
Atlas Pearls and Perfume - Bayview Tce in Claremont, Perth (+618 9284 4249), and
ABC Carpet & Home - 888 Broadway in New York (+1 212 473 3000).
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A portion of sales will be reinvested into Noongar community initiatives.

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Washington Cooks: A dad who revels in the process
Stirring chocolate into spaghetti sauce. Baking cheesecake for a white-water kayaking trip. Mixing Southern with Southwestern. These are kitchen tactics of David Stoesz, self-proclaimed radical pragmatist.
Standing at the granite-topped hub of his Alexandria home, Stoesz (rhymes with race) can survey things that keep him busy and happy. He fashioned the inlaid furniture in the family room from alder wood. In the living room, the taut beginnings of his latest woven rug are stretched on a grand loom he built decades ago. The casserole poised by the stove top has components that took more than a day and a half to prepare; it is waiting for Stoesz's shortening crust to be tucked in on top before it goes into the oven.
He is a man who likes to use his hands to create. "I think about food as a craft," says the lanky, wry academic.
Yet Stoesz, 63, is no culinary hobbyist. He cooks four days a week or more, for himself and his 14-year-old son, Julio, whom he adopted when the boy was 2. Stoesz also likes to feed his friends, and he has just cooked up a plan to promote the work of the nonprofit social-policy think tank he founded in 2002, PolicyAmerica, by inviting the public to eat at a monthly open house.
"My other friends' parents don't seem to cook as much as my dad does," Julio says. "I'm lucky."
Nice of him to say so, even though early on, Stoesz laid down a house law that restricted fast food. Father and son figure they've eaten at McDonald's maybe three times in a dozen years. Julio says he misses pizza, but the upside is a rotation of homemade favorites that includes Hawaiian-inspired chicken "nuggets," weekly chocolate chip cookies and that cheesecake. "It's the cake I get for my birthday. I get to eat it all," he says with a grin.
Originally from the Midwest, Stoesz says he grew up with "godawful" boring food. "Boring" is something he has tried to avoid all of his adult life, in fact. It propelled him outdoors, to become a runner and mountain climber. It led him to try white-water kayaking, which he has done for 25 years.
"It is liberating, exciting and terrifying," Stoesz says. "Rivers are extraordinarily poetic experiences, and a kayak affords maximum flexibility for that." The first time he handled his own rig was at Little Falls on the Potomac. The water was at seven feet, although he says he doesn't "recommend beginning that way."
His first edible epiphany happened just after he was first married. His Italian father-in-law took him to an Italian market outside Hartford, Conn. "He pointed toward an aged provolone," Stoesz says. "I locked my jaw around some, and that was it. It was to die for."
His palate was further educated on conference trips to New Orleans, where he fell in love with the city's cuisine. He admires the work of the late James Beard, but rather than look to cookbooks for inspiration, he prefers to re-create flavors of memorable restaurant dishes. A stroganoff he once had in Prague, he says, became "imprinted" in his brain.
The imprinting allows Stoesz to rattle off the list of ingredients, in exact amounts, for his cheesecake. One summer, he made it for the group he goes kayaking with, and they have demanded it ever since. Stoesz freezes the cheesecake and packs it in dry ice for the long road trips. He says he saw the recipe in a Gourmet magazine more than 20 years ago. Unlike many cheesecakes, his version does not get baked in a bain-marie, or water bath, so the top and sides get quite browned.
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Gentoo grub error 15
I just tried installing gentoo for the 1st time
I have it installed in VMware 8GB virtual-drive
partitioning (as I can remember it, I'm not at this machine now)
/dev/sda1 /boot 32MB --> boot flag set
/dev/sda2 swap 512MB
/dev/sda3 / 7.5GB
did the minimal install of Gentoo 2007.0
when I rebooted the grub menu came up but when I choose an option I get error 15
here is my grub.conf (as I remember it)
default 0
timeout 10
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.19-r5
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/sda3
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.19-r5 (rescue)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/sda3 init=/bin/bb
I've only worked with some of the "easy" distros like Ubuntu, SuSE, Fedora, ect
so I've always had the installer do all this for me, but I'm trying to learn more about the behind the scenes type stuff
and yes I did RTFM but I'm not sure that grub is the issue so I don't know what the next place to look would be
help, please, I'm still very much a :newbie:
the error 15 message means some file that it's looking for is missing. The first thing I'd look at is to doublecheck that everything is spelled right.
I'm not sure but I think that if you have boot as it's own partition than for the kernel you just put /kernel-2.6.19-gentoo-r5, /boot/kernel-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 is if /boot is a directory on your root partitition
There is a symlink in /boot called /boot that links to /boot (or . really), so the grub configuration file is correct.
The only advice I can give you on the error is to unplug the usb harddisks, if you have any.
ok I must have been at the KB too long cause I went over it about 10 times and could not find the problem
I left it alone for a day went back to it and BAM there it was a typo in the kernel line
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Basketball is a game that requires different fundamentals like shooting, dribbling, rebounding, and passing. Sometimes these fundamentals are overlooked, but Deerfield-Windsor Athletic Directer Gordy Gruhl understands the importance of learning these skills at a young age.
Hoops for the Stars is a summer camp that is hosted at Deerfield-Windsor School and has been part of the Knights' tradition for many years.
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Since the 1980s, competitive pressure has increased in the world economy. In addition to traditional trade flows, the globalisation of production and markets has greatly enhanced the complexity of the international division of labour. Declining transaction and information costs have stimulated the fragmentation of production processes on a worldwide scale and the relocation of noncompetitive industries. As a result, in both industrialised and developing countries, newly emerging competitors have increasingly challenged established suppliers. The aim of this study is threefold. First, the authors portray the trend towards globalisation and assess by which means enterprises have gone global. Second, they discuss the adjustment needs of traditional producers by evaluating the consequences of globalisation on trade, production, employment and wages. Third, they analyse whether the economic policy reactions to globalisation in industrialised countries are adequate to deal efficiently with competitive challenges. It turns out that the scope of national policies has been significantly reduced by globalised production and markets, while corporate strategies have increasingly been less constrained. Consequently, major policy revisions are indispensable. Most importantly, governments in industrialised countries should focus their attention on human capital formation, rather than on defensive trade policies, whose effectiveness has been seriously eroded. This study is part of a research project on "The Social Market Economy: Challenges and Conceptual Response".
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SALT LAKE CITY -- The Canadian figure skating pair got their gold after all Friday, a victory denied them on the ice by a judge who was suspended for misconduct in the biggest judging scandal in Winter Olympics history.
The extraordinary deal gave Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier the medal they fought for, capping a furious debate that had engulfed the games and prompted renewed complaints of judging irregularities.
The agreement also allows Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze to keep their gold medal, narrowly won during Monday night's free-skate program.
''Justice was done,'' Pelletier said. ''It doesn't take away anything from Elena and Anton. This was not something against them. It was something against the system.''
Judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne of France told the International Skating Union she was put under ''a certain pressure'' by her own federation to vote for the Russians, leaving the Canadians with silver.
She was suspended indefinitely and has signed a statement about how she reached her vote, ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta said. There was no evidence of Russian involvement, he added, without giving further details about Le Gougne's motivation.
''This pressure resulted in putting this judge in a condition not to give the gold medal'' to the Canadians, Cinquanta said. ''We have declared misconduct.
''The investigation is not concluded, but we have got enough evidence to take the first decision.''
Le Gougne had checked out of her hotel in Salt Lake City, and under ISU rules is not allowed to discuss her votes publicly.
Cinquanta said he hoped to present Sale and Pelletier with the gold medal -- they get one each -- on Thursday before the start of the women's long program.
''We do hope we can get the bronze, too, so we can get the entire collection,'' Pelletier said, laughing.
Sale said she hopes the investigation goes even further.
''For the future of our sport this has to be fixed,'' she said. ''The truth still has to come out.''
She said she felt cheated out of her greatest Olympic moment when she and Pelletier weren't able to stand on the top step of the medals podium Monday night.
''That's what every Olympian dreams of, and that's all I've dreamt of my whole life,'' she said. ''I visualized being in the middle and hearing my anthem. I was prepared for it, emotionally and physically.
''You bet I was cheated out of that big time.''
The controversy began when Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze were awarded a 5-4 decision over the Canadians at the free skate, surprising many observers. Sale and Pelletier skated flawlessly while the Russians made a few technical errors.
The victory allowed the Russians to extend their streak of winning gold in the pairs in every Olympics since 1964.
The controversy renewed complaints over the subjectivity of judging and brought to mind the Cold War era, when many competitors suspected that medals were sometimes awarded on the basis of politics.
In Washington, President Bush said, ''I do think it's the right thing to award two gold medals for the skaters, the Canadian skaters.'' Russian Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matviyenko said she was upset the scandal that has taken the luster off her country's victory.
The Canadians, meanwhile, were ''heartened and encouraged'' that the investigation is not over, Marilyn Chidlow, president of Skate Canada, said.
When the decision was announced a cheer went up at the Canadian Olympic Lodge that serves as a hospitality house in downtown Salt Lake City. Fans soon gathered to sing the national anthem.
''Welcome to Canada and welcome to our gold!'' volunteer Tom McAfee yelled to visitors as they entered.
Responding to a recommendation from the ISU, the IOC's executive board voted 7-1 on Friday morning, with one abstention, to give the Canadians the gold.
''We took a position that is one of justice and fairness for the athletes,'' new IOC president Jacques Rogge said.
Russian member Vitaly Smirnov abstained from the vote, while He Zhenliang of China voted against the recommendation, according to an Olympic source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The head of the Russian Figure Skating Federation criticized the IOC's move.
''This is an unprecedented decision that turned out to be a result of pressure by the North American press, and turned out in favor of the fanatically loyal'' fans, Valentin Piseyev told Russia's NTV television.
''You have seen how the public reacts to even the tiniest mistakes of our athletes, and how they absolutely don't notice when the Canadians fall or when the Americans fall.''
Cinquanta acknowledged that ''public opinion helped a great deal'' in influencing the ISU's action. ''That's a good thing,'' he added.
The IOC decision was not unprecedented. In 1993, the committee awarded a second gold medal in synchronized swimming from the Barcelona Games to Canada's Sylvie Frechette.
''We hope it doesn't happen again,'' said Rogge, at his first Olympics after replacing IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch last July.
The move came just hours before the case was to be heard by an international arbitration panel for sport. That hearing was canceled.
Since Monday, there have been reports that Le Gougne was pressured to cast her vote for the Russians. On Wednesday night, Didier Gailhaguet, the head of the French Olympic team, told The Associated Press that Le Gougne had been ''under pressure, which pushed her to act in a certain way'' when she voted.
But he maintained the pressure did not come from his federation, which refused further comment on Friday.
The ISU had planned to review the scoring at a meeting next week, but the deal allowed the matter to be settled in the swift manner the IOC had urged.
In the 1993 case, the IOC's executive board agreed that Frechette was placed second because of a judging error and should be awarded a gold.
The decision came after the Canadian swimming federation protested because a Brazilian judge was not allowed to correct the 8.7 score she mistyped into her computer. The intended 9.7 would have given Frechette the gold. The IOC's decision did not affect Kristen Babb-Sprague of the United States, who was originally awarded the gold and kept her medal.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Saturday, February 16, 2002.
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Prepare to be stirred and provoked by the trials of strong female characters if you show up for tonight's short films at the tenth annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival.
The festival, also known as 3rd i, debuts four international shorts tonight at the Roxie Theater that Festival Director Ivan Jaigirdar called the strongest shorts of the year. These films comprise haunting and mysterious narratives, including Another Planet by British director Smita Bhide, who Jaigirdar said went from studying literature at Oxford, to debuting her first feature film last year, to creating this short "about a mother who's dying and the child wants to do anything she can to keep her mother alive." He hinted at a key climactic moment, but then thought better of giving away the plot point. "All I can say is that it critiques…false religious prophets and how they try and say they're going to soothe your ailments and solve your problems."
Three of tonight's international shorts are directed by women. Others on tonight's bill at the Roxie Theater include the Tamil Sinhalese film "I Too Have a Name," about a nun and her daughter caught in Sri Lanka's civil war, and Kaveri, which Jaigirdar said "focuses on two sisters in a male-dominated environment where they have to prove themselves. Again, it's within a sort of murky back story about the sort of world of mystery and darkness that you can't see, of spells…and how they work through that."
This year, 3rd i curators also pulled together a program of coast-to-coast shorts from US filmmakers, and a series called Sikh I Am, shorts by Sikh men exploring the struggles of a community that's been particularly embattled this year.
There are also several standout feature films at this year's festival, like Lucky, playing Saturday at the Castro Theater at 4:30, which Jaigirdar cites as an example of why it's important for the festival to show short films and cultivate relationships with their makers, like Lucky director Avie Luthra. "We showed all his shorts throughout the years, and this year's film is the one that he always wanted to make. This film is so delicately woven, and moving." Lucky centers on an elderly Indian woman in South Africa who's had a charged history with her black countrymen, and meets a young Zulu boy who's lost his mother to AIDS. "It's all about their challenging relationship and how they grow together, and with each other," said Jaigirdar. "It's really simple, really nuanced, and beautifully shot."
The festival has expanded from one day to six, and this year debuts in San Jose. Jaigirdar said the increasing South Asian population in the Bay Area has helped the festival's growth, but the key change has been in the burgeoning of South Asian filmmakers. Ten years ago, Jaigirdar said, gritty films about complex topics like social unrest tended to come from the UK, and South Asian Americans were more focused on lighter identity-based themes. Now, he said, "I feel there's a real depth in all of the narratives that are coming out…I'm really excited about South Asian filmmakers around the country."
For San Francisco Bay Area readers, Turnstyle is giving away a pair of tickets to tonight's shorts at the Roxie Theater, and to Herman's House, playing Sunday. Follow us on Twitter and tweet at us which film you'd like to attend — we'll notify winners by today at 5 p.m.
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The most popular route here is used as a power training exercise. Jump to start then heave up the pockets above.
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SPOKANE, Wash. – A motorcycle that was reported stolen almost 37 years ago was recovered on Thursday, August 2nd, at the Washington State Patrol's VIN lane in Spokane.
Washington State Patrol VIN Officer Donna LaMarca was presented with a 1972 Honda XL250 motorcycle for inspection for title purposes. Officer LaMarca verified the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). The VIN was then run through local data bases to include the purged/inactive stolen vehicle file. A possible stolen file was located but had to be found on microfiche because of its age. The microfiche report was verified by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office as a stolen motorcycle that was reported stolen on November 21, 1975.
The original owner of the motorcycle was located and will be contacting our district office to claim the motorcycle that he hasn't seen in almost 37 years. No charges will be filed against the person that brought the motorcycle in for inspection.


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Two small brush fires broke out about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday in Manzanita Canyon in City Heights but were quickly put out, a San Diego fire official said.
The larger of the two fires, which burned in the canyon near Marlborough Avenue, was a quarter of an acre, said Maurice Luque, a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Neither fire threatened homes, he said.
The department's helicopter made about six water drops over the fires to keep them from spreading, Luque said. It took firefighters about 20 minutes to put out the fires, he said.


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10 Terrible Crimes Against Bananas
This week we've shared recipes for campfire banana s'mores and one-ingredient banana ice cream, and previously we've talked about how bananas make the best dessert. Needless to say, bananas are obviously a superior fruit, so why all the disrespect? What did they ever do to you (unless you're allergic, sorry)? Here are 10 crimes against bananas that need to be addressed.
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The Ill Over Death borns in the middle of 2004, as a change in consequence of the disappearing of the formed band know as DIES IRAE, musically know for the ETHERIAL and NAIVE releases world wide. The band was formed by JMDAHERN in the vocals and guitar, EDUARDO GOMEZ on the lead guitar, LUIS MARTINEZ on the drums and CARLOS OROZCO on the bass guitar. 01/2001 DIES IRAE release their last album NAIVE, produced by Fredrick Nordstrom at the Fredman studios since this time the band left the scene on april of 2002 partially finishing their career in a concert on their home place. Two years later the band has a reencounter with new ideas and different spectations and decide returns to the metal scene taking again the original idea on the concept when the NAIVE album was conceived, with a more agressive and direct sound with the idea left back the fusion and experimenting with new riffs. When the band conclude their first two new songs, the bands discover the formula were their want to continue, at this moment LUIS MARTINEZ and CARLOS OROZCO left the band and in their places was taked by VEECKO on the bass guitar and ALFONSO on the drums refreshing the line up and gave a strident and powerfull sound in the same melodic way. 09/2005 The band goes to the studio to recording their new and first five songs, this new recording was created to send a several companies with huge spectations on the music and the video clip itself as a new product, the band produced the promo and the video clip for the ON THE FIELD song. In the period of the career of DIES IRAE the band colaborate as a supporting band in several gigs, with bands like, THE GATHERING, TIAMAT, BENEDICTION, ENSLAVED and several more bands. The band has proudly the performance of GUS G.(dream evil, nightrage and arch enemy, MARIOS ILLIOPOULUS (nightrage and exumation) GORAN FINNBERG (at the mastering room in Sweden) also appears in several reviews magazines like : SOD, UNRESTRAINED, METAL INVADER, METAL HAMMER and others also on the pool for the best 20 ALBUMS was on the 18th place in the METAL MANIACS magazine in the year 2002. Actually the band are producing the live performance and writing new songs for their debut album, to be recorded at the end of 2006. The Ill Over Death as found a new musical and personal formula reflecting more maturity and confidence . so you... BEWARE THE ILL, THE RENAISSANCE... BEGINS.
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Women tickled by moustache month
WOMEN say they want men to keep their moustaches after this month's "Movember" charity campaign – because they look sexy.
TV and radio presenter Chris Evans and footballer Michael Owen made the moustache a style statement after joining hundreds of thousands of men sprouting whiskers to support the men's cancer campaign.
A recent poll has revealed that women think facial hair makes their men look "sexy" and "mature", even though many confessed they loathed the look at first.
The moustache is also a symbol of the modern gentleman
A quarter of women will be begging their partners not to shave off their facial hair at the end of November when the campaign ends, according to a survey of 1,236 women on MyCelebrityFashion.co.uk.
Hywel Mills from Movember, the charity behind the awareness campaign for prostate and testicular cancer, said: "The moustache is also a symbol of the modern gentleman – a man who is health conscious, socially aware and prepared to put himself out there. Women find that very attractive."


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The Green Party's Darren Johnson has found a new way of demonstrating the escalating madness of London's private sector rents. He's calculated that a household with one low wage earner requiring a two-bedroom home could not afford an average rent for such a dwelling in any of the capital's 32 boroughs, according to the government's definition of an affordable home as one that consumes no more than 35% of a person's take-home pay after tax. That's even if they're being paid the London Living Wage.
Johnson has also worked out that a young Londoner earning the national minimum wage could afford a room in shared accommodation in only four of London's 32 boroughs. Colour-coded borough maps (pdf) illustrate his findings and an interactive one enables you to figure out where you could afford to rent in the private rented sector, and also what Boris Johnson (no relation) could afford.
Speaking of the Mayor, what were his 2012 manifesto proposals for dealing with this state of affairs? There were but two that addressed the problem of soaring rents: encouraging institutional investment to increase supply and actively campaigning against rent controls on the grounds that they deter investment and drive down quality (see page 33).
Not much to get excited about there. Everyone wants more long-term institutional investment in this fast-growing housing sector, but no-one has had much luck securing it. Almost everyone believes that a return to formal rent controls of the type that still apply to some tenancies that began before 1989 have had their day and would now do more harm than good.
Mayor Johnson's paucity of initiatives underlines yet again that the capital of Britain is becoming more and more a place where fewer and fewer people on low and even middle incomes can afford to live, whether the cause is private sector rents, house market inflation or the impact of caps on local housing allowance (a benefit which, perversely, rising private sector rents are ensuring more and more Londoners with jobs are entitled to at a time when the government reckons to be cutting the welfare bill).
What the Mayor should be doing is demanding more funding for genuinely affordable homes rather than accepting less, campaigning against the further sale of council homes, using his powers to prevent boroughs destroying rather than renovating existing homes for social rent, and seeking more powers to ensure that empty London properties are lived in.
But Mayor Johnson is, of course, a Conservative in fundamental sympathy with the aims, philosophy and methods of the Conservative-led national government - a government that City Hall is effectively a compliant department of.


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* HSI off 0.2 pct, Shanghai slumps 2.6 pct
* Premier Wen's comments triggers reversal of midday gains
* Property, financials, oil majors lead losses
* China Mobile hit by UBS downgrade before earnings
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HONG KONG, March 14 (Reuters) - Shanghai shares posted their biggest daily loss this year on Wednesday, dragging Hong Kong markets into the red, after Premier Wen Jiabao doused hopes of easing in the property sector at the close of China's annual parliamentary meeting.
Property stocks in the mainland took the brunt of the intra-day reversal, as investors exited the sector which has beaten the broader market on bets that the government would ease curbs on home purchasing as the Chinese economy slows.
The Shanghai Composite Index ended down 2.6 percent at 2,391.2, its biggest daily loss since Nov. 30.
The index is now back at last Wednesday's levels after a three-day slide triggered when Premier Wen, at the start of the same parliamentary meeting, announced a sub-8 percent annual growth target for the first time in eight years.
The China Enteprises Index of the top mainland listings in Hong Kong shed 0.5 percent. The broader Hang Seng Index closed down 0.2 percent, reversing a 1.3 percent gain at midday.
Turnover in both markets surged, with A-share turnover in Shanghai at the highest since Nov. 12, 2010, and turnover in Hong Kong at the highest in more than a week.
"I think investors were very spooked by Premier Wen's solemn tone. He was very direct with the property part of his closing address," said the research head of a China brokerage, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The Shanghai property sub-index was the worst performer among sectors, diving 3.7 percent. However, it is still up 11.6 percent this year, compared to the 8.7 percent gain on the Shanghai Composite.
Poly Real Estate lost 3 percent while Shenzhen-listed China Vanke Co Ltd slipped 2.7 percent.
With real estate investment generating about 13 percent of economic output, Premier Wen's comments also rattled growth-sensitive sectors, sending oil and financial shares south.
PetroChina Co Ltd lost 0.9 percent in Hong Kong and 1.8 percent in Shanghai. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) lost 1.1 percent in Hong Kong and 0.5 percent in Shanghai.
Insurers, seen as proxys of the mainland A-share market due to its large investment, were weak. Ping An Insurance lost 2.2 percent in Shanghai and 1.7 percent in Hong Kong ahead of its 2011 earnings results on Thursday.
In Hong Kong, China Mobile Ltd was the top drag on the Hang Seng Index, falling 2.7 percent in more than twice its average 30-day volume ahead of its 2011 earnings results announcement on Thursday.
Shares of the mainland's biggest mobile operator were hit by a downgrade by broker UBS, which now also rates it as a "key sell" and a derivatives-led rotation into shares of smaller peer China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.
A two-day rally in China Mobile starting last Friday took it to a 2-1/2 year high on Monday on hopes of its aggressive 4G rollout plans, although the jump was exacerbated by warrants activity.
Also dragging was shares of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd , which slid 2.8 percent, reversing a midday gain of 1.7 percent after it said during midday trading break that its 2011 net profit plunged 61 percent.
Strength in HSBC Holdings Plc and Li & Fung Ltd kept the Hang Seng Index from slipping into the red until the last 40 minutes of trade.
HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's largest bank and the Hang Seng Index's biggest stock, rose 2.4 percent in more than twice its 30-day average volume, tracking strength in the banking sector on Wall Street after the Fed released results from its latest stress tests on U.S. banks.
Li & Fung, manager of supply chains for retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Target Corp, jumped 4 percent, cheered by encouraging U.S retail numbers. (Editing by Ramya Venugopal)


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E-discovery software has been around for years as companies have had to respond to subpoenas involving litigation or investigations by government agencies. But the volume of data companies and other enterprises have to manage is growing exponentially, and the SaaS option is another way customers could manage those volumes, says Ken Ewell, VP of the SaaS offering at Kroll.
"When you think about how data has been created and the migration of that from written memos to now emails and Facebook traffic ... the volume that someone has to manage in a litigation event is significantly greater [than in the past]," Ewell says. A third-party survey conducted for Kroll revealed that 86% of law firms and in-house legal departments are considering insourcing e-discovery, and that 81% have plans to choose a SaaS option such as Verve in the next two years, he says. Kroll isn't the only vendor offering a SaaS option but is one of a relative few, he adds.
A Gartner report from February predicted that by 2013, half of all companies will have been asked to produce material from social media websites for e-discovery. Companies are increasingly using social media platforms, such as Facebook, for marketing purposes and to communicate with their customers. "Social media content is like all other content that is created by companies and individuals and is subject to the same rules, laws and customs," said Debra Logan, VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner, in a news release.
The Kroll Ontrack Verve offering provides the ability to quickly upload data to the cloud to begin a project and then select the appropriate processing criteria. Verve also offers an Early Data Assessment (EDA) feature that winnows a data set by 85% or more using sorting tools such as visual analytics, email threading and document deduplication. Next, Verve goes into document review mode, which automates aspects of the document review process to find relevant data.
Another Gartner report from May shows a crowded field of e-discovery vendors. In its Magic Quadrant report, the research firm put Kroll in the lower-left quadrant of "niche players" and considers its closest competition to be companies such as Epiq Systems, FTI Technology and Xerox Litigation Services. Companies in the upper-right quadrant of "industry leaders," included companies like Clearwell Systems, Autonomy (which was recently acquired by HP), kCura, FTI and Guidance Software. In the same report, Gartner forecasts that the e-discovery software market will achieve a compound annual growth rate of about 14% and reach $1.5 billion in revenue by 2013, from $889 million in 2009.
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I'm a noob to Telerik controls. I just purchased the UI for ASP.NET AJAX controls. I just started playing with them and I'm stuck getting a simple RadCheckBox deployed. I've got the RadScriptManager and RadSkinManger in my aspx page. I added a RadCheckBox which for some reason shows as a button in the IDE. I've tried configuring many different properties of the check box. When I run it all I see is the Text I have defined for it. There is no checkbox to click. If I click the text it behaves (the first click) like a button (it depresses) but then on subsequent clicks, nothing.
I'm sure there is something super simple that I'm just not seeing. I haven't played with any other controls so I'm not sure if I'm not configured properly?
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Hello Michael,
RadCheckBox renders as a <button> HTML element, so if the styles and scripts that apply visual appearance and functionality on it are not loaded, you will get a button. This happens when the requests for those resources fail to return. You can use the browser dev toolbar to see if this is the case.
Considering you are using a RadScriptManager, there are two common reasons why this may happen:
I also advise that you ensure your web.config contains the needed handler registrations and that they are correct. You can copy them from this section (Example 1): http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/general-information/web-config-settings-overview#mandatory-additions-to-the-webconfig.
If you are using RadCheckBox and RadButton on the same page, make sure the RadButton RenderMode is set to Lightweight: http://docs.telerik.com/devtools/aspnet-ajax/controls/checkbox/troubleshooting/distorted-appearance.
As for the difference between RadButton and RadCheckBox—RadButton is a control that tries to do all at (buttons, link buttons, radio buttons, image buttons, checkboxes) and thus is difficult to configure and setup properly. This is why we created standalone controls for this purpose (RadPushButton, RadLinkButton, RadImageButton, RadCheckBox and we are now working on a RadioButton+RadioButtonList). They are easy to setup and configure and also default to the lightweight render mode which makes use of CSS3 and font icons to make them more flexible and easier to customize.
Thus, I advise you use RadCheckBox instead of RadButton.
I hope this explains the situation. Let me know if you have further questions.


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This application is a Divisional of application Ser. No. 09/750,827, filed Dec. 28, 2000 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,877,650, Provisional Application No. 60/173,776, filed Dec. 30, 1999 and Provisional Application No. 60/166,521, filed Nov. 18, 1999.
This invention relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing, particular to semiconductor packaging, more particularly to the process of attaching bond wires between a package and a semiconductor device that is sensitive to particles generated by the bond out process.
Micromechanical devices are small structures typically fabricated on a semiconductor wafer using techniques such as optical lithography, doping, metal sputtering, oxide deposition, and plasma etching which have been developed for the fabrication of integrated circuits.
A digital micromirror device (DMD™), sometimes referred to as a deformable micromirror device, is a type of micromechanical device. Other types of micromechanical devices include accelerometers, pressure and flow sensors, gears and motors. While some micromechanical devices, such as pressure sensors, flow sensors, and DMDs have found commercial success, other types have not yet been commercially viable.
Digital micromirror devices are primarily used in optical display systems. In display systems, the DMD is a light modulator that uses digital image data to modulate a beam of light by selectively reflecting portions of the beam of light to a display screen. While analog modes of operation are possible, DMDs typically operate in a digital bistable mode of operation and as such are the core of the first true digital full-color image projection systems.
Micromirrors have evolved rapidly over the past ten to fifteen years. Early devices used a deformable reflective membrane which, when electrostatically attracted to an underlying address electrode, dimpled toward the address electrode. Schlieren optics illuminated the membrane and created an image from the light scattered by the dimpled portions of the membrane. Schlieren systems enabled the membrane devices to form images, but the images formed were very dim and had low contrast ratios, making them unsuitable for most image display applications.
Later micromirror devices used flaps or diving board-shaped cantilever beams of silicon or aluminum, coupled with dark-field optics to create images having improved contrast ratios. Flap and cantilever beam devices typically used a single metal layer to form the top reflective layer of the device. This single metal layer tended to deform over a large region, however, which scattered light impinging on the deformed portion. Torsion beam devices use a thin metal layer to form a torsion beam, which is referred to as a hinge, and a thicker metal layer to form a rigid member, or beam, typically having a mirror-like surface: concentrating the deformation on a relatively small portion of the DMD surface. The rigid mirror remains flat while the hinges deform, minimizing the amount of light scattered by the device and improving the contrast ratio of the device.
Recent micromirror configurations, called hidden-hinge designs, further improve the image contrast ratio by fabricating the mirror on a pedestal above the torsion beams. The elevated mirror covers the torsion beams, torsion beam supports, and a rigid yoke connecting the torsion beams and mirror support, further improving the contrast ratio of images produced by the device.
Micromirror devices have proven very difficult to manufacture. Not only are the steps of forming the mirrors difficult to perform in a production environment, the completed device is extremely sensitive to debris generated by the production process. While most semiconductor devices can be washed to remove debris and contaminants, the surface tension of a liquid used to wash the micromirror device destroys the mirror array. Therefore, extreme caution must be used to avoid creating debris once the mirrors are fully formed and the sacrificial layers on which they were formed have been removed.
One process that causes failures is the package bond out process. Once the completed device has been attached to the device package, bond wires are added between bond pads on the integrated circuit and bond pads in the package. A reliable electrical ground between the package and the bond machine is necessary for the wire bonder to electrically test the connection between the gold bond wire and the integrated circuit or package. A very small electrical current is applied to verify the electrical connection through a very large resistance path to ground. It is critical that a good ground is maintained between the package ground and the wire bonder. If the ground fails, the wirebond monitoring system (WBMS) will sense an open circuit between the bond wire and the ground and assume that the failure is due to a poor connection between the bond wire and the bond pad when in fact the bond wire connection may be good.
Prior art mechanisms used a clamp pressed against the seal ring at the top of the DMD package to ensure an adequate ground. While the clamp established and maintained a good ground between the wire bonder and the device package, it also generated debris particles from contact between the package and the clamp. Since the contact was on the top of the package near the device, the particles generated could easily contaminate the mirror array. What is needed is a method of holding the package in place and establishing a reliable ground connection without generating debris that can enter and damage the mirror array.
Objects and advantages will be obvious, and will in part appear hereinafter and will be accomplished by the present invention which provides a method and system for holding a package in place on a wirebond machine while maintaining a reliable ground connection between the machine and the package without creating debris that can enter the package and harm the device being packaged.
One embodiment of the claimed invention provides a holder for restraining and electrically grounding a component during a wire bonding process. The holder comprising: an electrical ground, a rigid pedestal, and a conductive resilient member supported by the rigid pedestal and electrically connected to the electrical ground. The conductive resilient member operable to engage electrical contacts on the component electrically connecting the contacts with the electrical ground.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a wirebond machine is provided. The wirebond machine comprising: an electrical ground, a source of bond wire, a capillary tube holding a portion of the bond wire, an arm attached to the capillary tube for pressing the wire held in the tube against bond pads on a device and package, and a rigid pedestal for supporting the device and package. The rigid pedestal comprises a conductive resilient member electrically connected to the electrical ground operable to engage electrical contacts on the package and electrically connect the contacts to the electrical ground.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, a method of attaching bond wires to a semiconductor device and package is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing an electrical ground, providing a rigid pedestal having a vacuum cavity and at least one conductive resilient member on a surface of the rigid pedestal, placing a component on the surface, the component comprised of a package and an electrical device inside the package, holding the component against the surface using a vacuum applied to the vacuum cavity to form a ground connect between the component and the conductive resilient member, attaching a bond wire to a bond pad on the package and a bond pad on the electrical device inside the package.
The disclosed invention provides the technical advantage of providing a reliable ground while avoiding the introduction of debris that can harm debris-intolerant devices. The reliable ground is necessary to avoid false errors from the bond wire test process. The disclosed pedestal can be used with a variety of packages reducing tool set-up time and operation intervention.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
A new holding mechanism has been developed that establishes a firm attachment between a package being bonded and the wirebond machine. The mechanism relies on a conductive resilient material to make electrical contact with ground stations on the package. The resilient material is ideally coupled with a rigid pedestal to hold the resilient material and prevent excessive deformation of the resilient material or movement of the package being bonded. A vacuum cavity and port is typically provided in the pedestal to allow a vacuum to hold the device against the resilient material and pedestal.
After forming the ball bond, the capillary tube pays out bond wire as the arm 914 of the bonding machine 916 moves the capillary tube and bond wire to a bond pad of the package 904. The bond wire is pressed against the package bond pad and vibrated—creating a bond between the wire and a bond pad on the package 904. The wire is then sheared off and the process repeated for each connection between the device 906 and package 904.
During the bonding process, the wire bonder applies an electrical current to the wire to test for continuity between the wire and bond pad. Each bond pad has a high impedance path to one or more package ground pads on the bottom of the package. It is necessary that these package ground pads have a reliable ground connection to complete the test circuit. If the package is not grounded the wire bonder will detect an open circuit between the wire and the ground connection and assume that the bond between the bond wire and the bond pad is bad.
As described above, prior art wirebond machines used an overhead clamp to press on the top surface of the package. Pressing on the top of the package provided good contact between the pads on the bottom of the package and the pedestal supporting the package. The overhead clamp, however, generated a lot of debris that could damage the DMD.
The resilient strips 112 are elastic enough to conform to the device as the vacuum holds the device against the pedestal—thus ensuring a good ground—yet firm enough to prevent excessive movement by the package being bonded. If the package is allowed to move during the high-frequency vibration forming the bond, the size and shape of the ball of bond wire would not be consistent and the bond formed would not be as reliable since some of the scrubbing energy used to form the bond would be dissipated.
The resilient strips 112 typically are an elastomer with a durameter value low enough to allow the elastomer to conform to the package. The material must be durable enough to maintain its shape and resiliency over long periods of time during which many devices are processed. Silicon elastomers promise to provide the required resiliency and durability. The elastomer can be made to conduct by impregnating the elastomer with a conductor, typically a metal such as silver (Ag) or copper (Cu). Although DMDs are typically bonded at room temperature, many semiconductor devices are bonded at an elevated temperature. If bonding is performed at an elevated temperature to improve the integrity of the bond, an elastomer must be selected that is capable of enduring the selected temperature without deterioration or loss of resiliency.
The resilient strips 112 extend above the face 114 of the rigid pedestal 102 by approximately 1 mil. Extension beyond the face of the rigid pedestal ensures the resilient strips make good contact with the package pads. Too much extension would allow movement of the package as described above, and could also lead to an unreliable package height. It is important that the bond pads be elevated to a point so that the capillary tube of the bonder is perpendicular to the package during the bonding process. The size, shape, and location of the resilient strips is chosen to allow the resilient strips to contact the ground pads on the bottom of the package. The area covered by the resilient strips 112 is limited to restrict motion of the package during the bonding process.
Thus, although there has been disclosed to this point a particular embodiment for a wire bonder with a compliant wirebond pedestal and method therefore etc., it is not intended that such specific references be considered as limitations upon the scope of this invention except insofar as set forth in the following claims. Furthermore, having described the invention in connection with certain specific embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that further modifications may now suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, it is intended to cover all such modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.
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I created Mom's Cancer, which won an Eisner Award and was published by Abrams. Other honors included a Harvey Award and the German Youth Literature Prize. My second book, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, was nominated for Eisner and Harvey awards and won the American Astronautical Society's Emme Award. Recently did an Eisner-nominated webcomic, "The Last Mechanical Monster." I'm grateful.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Poor Sick Kitty
4 comments:
- ronnie said...
Poor kitty! Hurrah for the awesome Fies household that is doing everything they can to help her.
Lucky kitty.
- July 13, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- Sherwood Harrington said...
Absolute agreement from this quarter, ronniecat. And hurrah for Marbles, too. Brian, we administered 100mL of Ringer's sub-q daily into the scruff of tiny Max's neck for a year, and I'm glad Marbles is tolerating it better than he did. But, then again, Max was the most cantankerous six pounds I've ever been around for a protracted period.
We're wishing the best, whatever that may be, for all of you.
- July 13, 2009 at 9:32 PM
- Brian Fies said...
Thanks, my friends. Sherwood, I've been amazed how many people I've told about our cat's treatment who've said, "Oh yeah, we did that to our cat, too." It seems like everyone I know has administered sub-q but me. Marbles tolerates it so far but seems to be catching on that certain cues indicate unpleasantness ahead. We'll see how long we can outsmart her.
- July 14, 2009 at 11:16 AM
- Mike said...
You'll make good decisions for Marbles, I'm quite sure. Some are painful, some are joyous, all are a measure of love.
- July 15, 2009 at 3:22 PM


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Film festival features 1970s story of UW-Madison student/prostitute accused of murder
The annual Wisconsin Film Festival in Madison will feature a story that strikes close to home.
The "Winter of Frozen Dreams" will premiere during the festival on Saturday.
It's the story of Barbara Hoffman, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who moonlighted as a prostitute at a massage parlor and was accused of killing two clients in the 1970s for their money.
Thora Birch of "American Beauty" plays Hoffman, and Keith Carradine stars as the detective who investigated the case.
Gov. Jim Doyle was the Dane County district attorney who prosecuted Hoffman and he's portrayed in the movie, too.
Doyle calls it a fascinating case about the other side of life in a university town.
He encouraged his friend Karl Harter to write a book about the case in 1990, and that's what inspired the movie.
Doyle and Harter will attend Saturday's showing. It was sold out in 20 minutes so Sundance Cinemas in Madison agreed to show it for a week starting April 10.
Meg Hamel, who heads up the Wisconsin Film Festival, said jurors and officers on the case also wanted tickets for Saturday.
They wanted to see how it was resolved on the screen.
The book, meanwhile, is flying off Madison's bookstores. And all 28 copies at the city library are checked out, too.


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When you're writing content for your company – whether it's blogging, website copy or what have you – it can be pretty easy to slip in one…or many… cliche words or phrases. Jargon if you will.
Some examples:
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Mission
- Dedicated (to customer satisfaction)
- C-level
- Commitment
- Awareness
- Affordable or Low cost
There are plenty more. The important thing is distinguishing between words/phrases that might be simply used a lot (they get the descriptive job done consistently) and words that are just way overused. Since your content is your initial brand voice to your customers, it's important to sound genuine and fresh, instead of cliche and tired. Choose your words wisely, and don't be afraid to step away from the "norms," because they might not always be right.
What are some of the most overused terms you've seen used in your industry? What about when reading content from particular companies? Are there any companies that have great usage of words and phrases or are particularly fresh?
Related articles
- Overused food/restaurant words? (timesunion.com)
- The top words and phrases of 2010 (csmonitor.com)
- Council urges staff to ditch jargon (telegraph.co.uk)


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Buddha Wins Wood Memorial Stretch Duel
Gary and Mary West's Buddha dueled though the Aqueduct stretch with Medaglia d'Oro and Sunday Break en route to a head-length win in Saturday's exciting renewal of the $750,000 Wood Memorial (gr. I). Under Pat Day, the gray son of Unbridled's Song completed the 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.61 on a fast track.


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AFTER SUPREMES, gay-marriage fight moves to ballots, legislatures -- RAND, CRUZ may filibuster guns -- SPORTS ILLUSTRATED picks Nats to win World Series
SNEAK PEEK: Sports Illustrated predicts the Washington Nationals beat the Tampa Rays in the 2013 World Series. In SI's "Baseball Preview" issue, on newsstands tomorrow, senior writer Tom Verducci says pitcher Stephen Strasburg (featured on one of six SI regional covers) and his Nats look like the 1986 Mets, also managed by Nats manager Davey Johnson: "Like the '86 Mets, the 2013 Nationals are the best team on paper at the start of the season. And like that championship team, Washington has young power pitching, a deep bullpen with multiple closers, a blend of power and speed, and an unmistakable swagger." SI predicts Bryce Harper (who was on the Feb. 25 cover) wins NL MVP, and Strasburg wins Cy Young. The preview issue features 42 pages of scouting reports, including standings and playoff predictions, stat projections from rotowire.com, and takes on every team through the eyes of rival scouts. See the Stras cover, to be distributed in the mid-Atlantic. http://bit.ly/13t0J1c ... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com
SUPREME COURT AUDIO OUT ABOUT 1 P.M. – Court advisory: "The Court will provide [expedited] audio recordings and transcripts of the oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, [today] and United States v. Windsor [tomorrow] … The Court will post the audio recordings and unofficial transcripts as soon as the digital files are available … The audio recordings and transcripts should be available no later than 1 p.m. [today] and no later than 2 p.m. [tomorrow]." www.supremecourt.gov
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GET SMART FAST – How gay marriage can survive a SCOTUS loss; tea leaves on voting -- Josh Gerstein, Reid Epstein and Carrie Budoff Brown: "The tide might be turning in favor of gay marriage, but that doesn't mean the Supreme Court will be swept up in it. For all the toasting in Washington and excitement among gay rights groups about the historic oral arguments this week, there's still a chance the case could culminate in a loss. Under the worst-case scenario for gay rights groups, the court could uphold both California's Proposition 8 and the federal law Defense of Marriage Act — extending no new rights to gay couples looking to marry or take advantage of federal benefits extended to opposite-sex couples. But gay rights activists say … they still leave the court in a better position than when they started their legal trek, since public opinion has swung in their favor … 'Even if you lose the case, and I think that's very unlikely, you would say that the case has been a success because it's changed public opinion so dramatically,' said Richard Socarides, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton. …
"One key source of confidence [for gay-rights backers] is Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority ruling 17 years ago in Romer v. Evans, a case throwing out a Colorado ballot measure that banned any special protections for gays and lesbians. Many analysts believe that decision and a 2003 ruling he wrote banning sodomy laws essentially guarantee Kennedy will vote to find the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. With the four Democratic-appointed justices thought to favor at least that much of a win for gay rights, Kennedy would make a majority. Other potential GOP pick-ups for the pro-same-sex-marriage forces are Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. … While in private practice in 1995, Roberts gave pro bono help to the legal team preparing briefs and oral arguments for the Colorado case. And Roberts is using some of his personal allotment of tickets to this week's arguments to allow one of his cousins who's a lesbian and her partner to attend oral arguments …
"Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas are … pretty certain votes against same-sex marriage. … There is one potential wild card on the left: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Though she was a pioneering litigator for the ACLU on gender issues, she has repeatedly said she thinks the Roe v. Wade decision went too far because it forced a consensus that many Americans had not arrived at and led to a backlash. … But even a narrow victory or a narrow loss would the send the fight back out to ballot boxes and to state legislatures, where gay rights groups believe they will least be playing a stronger hand." http://politi.co/16eB1LB
WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED – Katie Glueck: "Dr. Richard Land, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, told POLITICO that young members of his community are no longer interested in vocalizing opposition to same-sex marriage. 'Basically, they just don't think it's something we want to talk about," said Land, who strongly opposes same-sex marriage. '[They say,] "It feels intolerant. We believe what we believe, they have a right to what they want to believe. Marriage should be a church thing, not a legal thing."'" http://politi.co/YFjN4z
--PLAYBOOK FACTS OF LIFE: Many Republicans, worried about primary voters, plan to try to get away with saying gay marriage should be left up to the states. That's unlikely to cut it with enough young voters. If you oppose gay marriage, the Richard Land construct -- "a church thing, not a legal thing" -- is more sustainable.
KATE COURIC tackles gay marriage on "Katie" today." Video preview http://bit.ly/YRhSJo
"STAND WITH RAND" II -- Jonathan Allen: "Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee [of Utah] are threatening to filibuster gun-control legislation, according to a letter they plan to hand-deliver to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office on Tuesday. 'We will oppose the motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as a vehicle for any additional gun restrictions,' the three conservatives wrote in [a] signed letter … Reid plans to bring up a gun-control measure that focuses on broadening background checks and cracking down on interstate gun-trafficking after the current Senate recess. Conservatives are concerned that once that bill reaches the floor, amendments could stiffen restrictions on gun control. Moreover, they understand that Reid intends to allow liberal amendments that would limit clip capacity and ban certain assault weapons to be offered — even though they would be defeated — to give Democrats a chance to vote on them. For moderate Democrats in competitive states, that amounts to an opportunity to vote no and show allegiance to gun rights." http://politi.co/104QEBn
MAYOR BLOOMBERG made his twelfth and final appearance at the annual Inner Circle political roast at the Hilton New York on Saturday night, poking fun at the press corps, and himself, using four Broadway show casts. Elaborate sequences included actors from "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Rock of Ages" (for which Bloomberg wore a leather jacket) and "Annie," during which deputy mayors Patti Harris and Howard Wolfson sang.
BILL KNAPP of SKDKnickerbocker made the ads for the $12 million buy by Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
JONATHAN PRINCE NAMED CHIEF STRATEGIST – NYT's David W. Chen: "When William C. Thompson Jr. ran unsuccessfully against Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2009, he relied chiefly on longtime local loyalists to guide his campaign. But hoping that some outside perspective can provide an edge in a wide-open Democratic primary, Mr. Thompson … announce[d] the hiring of two new aides who are best known for their work on national and statewide elections. Jonathan Prince will be Mr. Thompson's chief campaign strategist and manager. A former campaign adviser and speechwriter for President Clinton, he worked as the national deputy campaign manager for John Edwards's 2008 bid, and more recently served as a top State Department official, focusing on the Middle East. … Bruce N. Gyory, an adjunct professor at the State University at Albany who has advised three governors, … will focus on policy, demographics and voter targeting. … [Deputy Mayor] Howard Wolfson … praised Mr. Prince as 'quick, strategic and endlessly creative.'" http://nyti.ms/15PmzHE
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RUBIO BREAKS WITH RAND PAUL ON FOREIGN POLICY -- Manu Raju in Louisville: "In a soaring speech on the University of Louisville campus [with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell sitting behind him, Sen. Marco] Rubio made the case for American military might around the world, vowing that the U.S cannot 'retreat' from international conflicts … He didn't mention Paul by name, other than when he corrected a questioner who thought … [Rubio] recently called for the elimination of the Department of Education. 'I actually think that was your other senator's speech,' Rubio said as he flashed a grin … Rubio's remarks come just as Paul has been trying to clamp down on federal dollars spent on foreign aid and as the Kentucky freshman has been pushing for a 'less aggressive' American role in the world … 'We can't solve every humanitarian crisis on the planet," … Rubio told a concert hall filled with young adults and middle-aged Kentucky voters. 'But we also cannot retreat from the world. … The alternative to U.S. [engagement] on the global stage is chaos.'" http://politi.co/16V9rnY
N.Y. TABLOIDS on New Jersey dad and bodega worker Pedro Quezada, 44, who won $338 million Powerball jackpot: N.Y. Daily News, "PAYDRO" … N.Y. Post, "PAY-DRO!"
PETRAEUS RETURNS, REGRETS – NYT's Michael R. Gordon, on A17: "[I]n a speech on Tuesday night, [Gen. David] Petraeus will seek to open a new chapter in his career … that carves out a role for himself as a voice on energy, economic and veterans issues … Petraeus's speech, which will take place at an event honoring veterans and the R.O.T.C. program at the University of Southern California, will begin with an account of the 'personal journey' he has undergone since his resignation. 'Needless to say, I join you keenly aware that I am regarded in a different light now than I was a year ago," Mr. Petraeus will say … 'I am also keenly aware that the reason for my recent journey was my own doing … So please allow me to begin my remarks this evening by reiterating how deeply I regret — and apologize for — the circumstances that led me to resign from the C.I.A. and caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters.' …
"Petraeus has received offers from the financial community and has taken trips to New York to explore … 'long-term opportunities.' … He has been asked to serve as a consultant to major companies, been offered the opportunity to give paid speeches and is exploring positions in academia. Mr. Petraeus, 60, is also keeping up his physical fitness regimen, alternating between daily seven-mile runs and 25-mile bike rides. His post-government life is being managed by Robert B. Barnett, a lawyer who handles book deals for the Washington elite and who counts the last three American presidents as clients. Mr. Barnett said that Mr. Petraeus 'has spent a lot of time with his family, and their collective focus is forward.' Tuesday's speech was arranged long before Mr. Petraeus resigned. … 'I know that I can never fully assuage the pain that I inflicted on those closest to me and on a number of others,' he will say. 'I can, however, try to move forward in a manner that is consistent with the values to which I subscribed before slipping my moorings and, as best as possible, to make amends to those I have hurt and let down. … [L]ife doesn't stop with such a mistake; it can and must go on.'" http://nyti.ms/14lfsKN
SCOTT WALKER WRITING MEMOIR – National Review's Robert Costa: "Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a potential contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, is collaborating on a book with Marc Thiessen, a former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush. … Sentinel, an imprint of the Penguin Group, will publish the book, which doesn't yet have a title. It's expected to focus on Walker's gubernatorial experience [and] will also be autobiographical, with stories about his family, his values, and his rise to power. … Walker tapped Thiessen, a former Bush and Donald Rumsfeld adviser, due to Thiessen's understanding of the political and fiscal aspects of Walker's efforts. Over the past few years, Thiessen has written several columns about Walker's reforms." http://bit.ly/WT7vbh
BILL CLINTON WATCH – L.A. Times, lead of second front, "L.A.'S RACE FOR MAYOR: Greuel gets boost from Bill Clinton,'" by Seema Mehta: "Clinton endorsed Wendy Greuel to be Los Angeles' next mayor on Monday, saying that her track record, including a stint working in his administration [as a senior adviser at HUD, helping manage Northridge earthquake relief], makes her a proven leader … The support comes at a critical time in Greuel's campaign, as she tries to move past a rocky stretch that included a staff shake-up and continued questions about her ties to labor with less than two months to go until the May 21 runoff with City Councilman Eric Garcetti. … Clinton has frequently endorsed people who have been loyal to his family, either helpful during his time at the White House or supporters of his wife's unsuccessful 2008 presidential run. Greuel fits both categories." http://lat.ms/16ezTaL... See the letter, on "William Jefferson Clinton" letterhead. http://bit.ly/10JfrgA
--GREUEL'S HOMEPAGE now has a green button, "Stand with Bill Clinton."
"LOOK WHO'S BACK" -- N.Y. Post "Page Six": "Eliot Spitzer … is hosting an up-to-$5,200-a-head fund-raiser at his Manhattan home this week for Congressman Ed Markey's Senate campaign. The invitation for Thursday's event, also hosted by wife Silda Spitzer, reads, 'Eliot and Cong. Markey have been friends for over 30 years.' Markey is running for the Massachusetts seat vacated by new Secretary of State John Kerry. Guests at [Spitzer's] Fifth Avenue apartment are being asked to hand over … $1,000 to [$5,200] … [O]ne source sniffed, "They are old friends, but this is just as much about Spitzer showing he still has influence."
"ANTHONY LEWIS, 1927-2013: Reporter Brought Law to Life, Elevating Supreme Court News," by Adam Liptak on NYT A1: "Anthony Lewis, a former New York Times reporter and columnist whose work won two Pulitzer Prizes and transformed American legal journalism, died on Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85. The cause was complications of renal and heart failure, said his wife, Margaret H. Marshall, a retired chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. … His column, called 'At Home Abroad' or 'Abroad at Home' depending on where he was writing from, appeared on the Op-Ed page of The Times for more than 30 years, until 2001. His voice was liberal, learned, conversational … Before Mr. Lewis started covering the Supreme Court, press reports on its decisions were apt to be pedestrian recitations by journalists without legal training, rarely examining the court's reasoning or grappling with the context and consequences of particular rulings. Mr. Lewis's … articles were virtual tutorials about currents in legal thinking, written with ease and sweep …
"Lewis's coverage of the Warren court helped expand as well as explain its impact … Joseph Anthony Lewis … joined The Times as an editor in what was then the paper's Sunday department, but he left after four years to work on Adlai Stevenson's 1952 presidential campaign. After that he was hired by The Washington Daily News, a lively afternoon tabloid, and won his first Pulitzer there, in 1955, when he was 28. The prize was for a series of articles on Abraham Chasanow, a Navy employee unjustly accused of being a security risk. The Navy eventually cleared and reinstated Mr. Chasanow, who credited Mr. Lewis's work for his vindication. Mr. Lewis returned to The Times that year, hired by James B. Reston, the Washington bureau chief, to cover the Justice Department and the Supreme Court. Mr. Reston soon sent him off to Harvard Law School on a Nieman Fellowship … to study law …
"Bringing independent intellectual scrutiny to news coverage was an innovation often associated with Mr. Reston, who was known as Scotty. … 'Scotty ran interference' for Mr. Lewis's 'analytical reporting, moving away from sterile news agency "objectivity,"' said Max Frankel, a former executive editor … In 1969, Mr. Reston, after a brief stint as The Times's executive editor, called Mr. Lewis [then London bureau chief] to offer him the No. 2 spot at the paper under Mr. Reston's eventual successor, A. M. Rosenthal. But the job was not Mr. Reston's to offer … The paper's publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, apologized to Mr. Lewis and offered him a consolation prize. 'Out of the ashes of the Reston-Rosenthal wars arose a columnist who occupied a part of the Op-Ed page for more than three decades,' Mr. Reston's biographer, John F. Stacks, wrote … Lewis's first marriage, to Linda J. Rannells, ended in divorce. The couple had three children, Eliza, David and Mia, who survive him, along with seven grandchildren. Chief Justice Marshall, whom Mr. Lewis married in 1984, wrote the Massachusetts court's landmark decision in 2003 recognizing a right to same-sex marriage. She retired in 2010 to care for her husband — 'so that Tony and I may enjoy our final seasons together.'" http://nyti.ms/YBPejo
MEDIAWATCH: Variety, the 108-year-old Hollywood trade, has ditched its daily format and is out this a.m. with "ISSUE No. 1," glossy magazine that will come out Tuesdays, ahead of rival Hollywood Reporter's glossy on Wednesdays. Special editions will cover awards season and topical issues facing the industry, bringing Variety to more than 75 issues annually. Claudia Eller, Cynthia Littleton and Andrew Wallenstein were named editors-in-chief in February. Variety, which says it coined "sitcom" and "punchline," started by covering Vaudeville in New York, and created the film review in 1907. Variety.com took down its paywall March 1, relaunching with all-free content. See the cover of Variety's 100+-page glossy debut, "The New Face of Warner Bros.: Kevin Tsujihara won a tough race to become C.F.O. Now he has to reinvent Hollywood's business model." http://bit.ly/X9jm7F … http://variety.com
BIRTHDAYS: Chris Rovzar, online editor of Vanity Fair (hat tip: Alex Slater) … Bob Woodward is 70 … House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is 73 … Parker Brettell, brother to Jackson and firstborn of Erica and Joe, is 2 … Edward Garnett III, of Treasury, is 28 (h/t Julia Faye Baron) … Pamela Pulkownik ... Lincoln Chaffee ... former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. ... former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao (hat tips: Patrick Gavin) … retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is 83 … Leonard Nimoy is 82 … actor James Caan is 73 … author Erica Jong is 71 … Diana Ross is 69 … Martin Short is 63 … Curtis Sliwa is 59 … Leeza Gibbons is 56 … College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Marcus Allen is 53 (h/ts AP)
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Dari Carnes is 6-0!
WHITE HOUSE BIRTHDAYS: Megan Slack, deputy director of digital content, turns 29 on the 29 th, Friday. Her husband, Dylan Loewe, Vice President Biden's chief speechwriter, turns 30 on the 30 th, Saturday. They're celebrating at Sidecar on Saturday night.
BIRTHDAY TOMORROW: Peter Wallace of Blackstone, son of Chris and Lorraine "Mrs. Sunday" Wallace … Mac Schneider, Earl Pomeroy office alumnus and current North Dakota state senator, is 34 (h/t Todd Deutsch) … THURSDAY: Ed O'Keefe
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John Yoo, a brilliant lawyer, played an important role in writing major aspects of the administration's legal policies respecting detentions and surveillance. So, not surprisingly, he has been under attack for several years now. Today's Washington Post has an article in which the first paragraph states:
"John Yoo knows the epithets of the libertarians, the liberals and the lefties. Widely considered the intellectual architect of the most dramatic assertion of White House power since the Nixon era, he has seen constitutional scholars skewer his reasoning and students call for his ouster from the University of California at Berkeley."
I reject completely the claim that the Bush administration has pursued "the most dramatic assertion of White House power since the Nixon era." The fact is the Clinton administration asserted more power than either the Bush or Nixon administrations. Despite the Supreme Court's precedent in United States v. Nixon, compelling President Nixon to turn over evidence relevant to a criminal investigation (including the tapes), Clinton threw up phony roadblock after phony roadblock claiming presidential authority to obstruct the Starr investigation, all of which ultimately failed. He claimed attorney-client privilege (even where he improperly used government lawyers to work on his private legal matters); executive privilege (again, to prevent prosecutors from gaining access to information surrounding his private activities); and Secret Service protective function privilege (a concoction of the Reno Justice Department to prevent the taking of testimony from Secret Service personnel who witnessed Clinton's wrongdoing). In each case, courts at every level shot down these unprecedented claims.
And, as we know by now, the ECHELON project has been intercepting electronic communications of every sort, gathering them into a giant database and analyzing the communications, for years, including during the Clinton administration. Clinton bypassed FISA by extending warrantless searches to include physical searches. And he used a spy satellite to gather intelligence on a white separatist compound in Oklahoma after the Oklahoma City bombing. We didn't hear word-one about threats to civil liberties. So much for the intellectual seriousness of the sanctimonious Left.
Since December 16, when the New York Times published the first NSA story, the big media have largely ignored the actions of past presidents in extending warrantless searches via executive orders; a Supreme Court and four circuit court decisions recognizing the president's inherent constitutional authority as commander-in-chief to order the intercepts; a FISA Court of Review decision acknowledging presidential authority; and the Constitution itself in trying to portray the Bush administration's NSA program as unlawful. Now, it ignores the Clinton administration's abuse of power in an attempt to paint Bush as Nixon, i.e., to raise the specter of Watergate and the imperial presidency. And you thought things would get better when Dan Rather left?
John Yoo deserves a medal. He's a patriot.