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Frank Quirarte of Maverickssurf.com recently caught up with 2009 Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational champ Greg Long. The San Clemente native has won every major big wave event, and at only 24 Greg is at the forefront of the newest generation of big wave hellmen. Below is some insight into pitching oneself over 40ft+ mountains of water—and doing it better than anyone else. Head here to check out the full coverage from the 2009 Eddie.
FQ: Tell us a little bit about the days building up to the call? (Opening ceremony, week of swell on the north shore etc.)
GL: I couldn't have asked for a more perfect week of waves leading up to the day of competition. Prior to this last week I hadn't spent nearly the amount of time in the Waimea line-up that I would have liked to in order to really feel comfortable out there. As luck would have it we were graced with three incredible warm up days before the event went off. The first was a fun 12ft day the morning of the opening ceremony and perfect to get re-acquainted with the line-up. Two days later we had an amazing 15 to 18ft day and the day before the contest was 25ft++ and as extreme and wild as it gets out there. We surfed for about 5 hours in the morning dodging close out sets and really had the opportunity to see how the wave works when its at its biggest and heaviest. We spent just as much time on land as in the water studying the line-up every day to make sure we were as prepared as possible the day event went off.
"Being invited to the Eddie is truly an honor and had been a dream of mine since I really started surfing big waves at age 15."
How did it feel to be invited to the event let alone winning it on the 25th anniversary of the event with that field of surfers?
Being invited to the Eddie is truly an honor and had been a dream of mine since I really started surfing big waves at age 15. To be recognized and have the opportunity to surf along side so many of my hero's was a dream come true. It is difficult to put into words the emotions I am feeling now after walking away victorious in my first year surfing the event. The reality of it hasn't come close to sinking in yet and I have a feeling it might be a little while before it does.
After the first round did you still think you could catch up? There was a pretty big lull in the middle of the event.
The conditions for my first round heat were very poor. There was not a single big set during the entire heat, which made for very low scores. Going into my second round I knew that I needed to catch four good scoring waves in order to have a shot at winning. The problem there became that you are only allowed to ride four waves in each heat so there was no margin for mistakes. Each wave that I rode I needed to make. Our second round heat was the complete opposite of the first and we were graced with a few of the biggest sets of the day. I got a great wave to start and it put me in a good rhythm for the rest of the heat. Going into my last heat I knew that it would be tough to win but never once did I count myself out or feel it was impossible.
"It was a pretty surreal feeling to stand on the podium that day."
Here's a question from one of Mavericks Contest twitter subscribers, @lkilpatrick) asks: "How is the Eddie wave different than the Mavs wave?
Both Mavs and Waimea are very unique waves but they also have a lot of similarities. They are similar in the fact that they both break over a very defined ledge. If you want to be in the spot you can't paddle out when a set comes. You need to hold your ground and wait for it to hit the bowl. When it does hit, the waves stands up really quick and is very lurchy. The bay at Waimea is relatively small compared to the size of waves it holds. You get a lot of reverb from the surrounding rocks and cliffs that washes through the line-up, which can make take-offs rather tricky. Another big difference in the two waves is the length of ride. The reef at Mavs is a lot longer and will hold its size down the line where at Waimea it is simply about the drop. You can ride the wave all the way to the shore break if you want but its nothing like the down the line freight trains you can surf at Mavs.
How did it feel to stand on the podium looking out over the Bay (still breaking mind you) and hoisting the first place check over your head?
It was a pretty surreal feeling to stand on the podium that day. There were a lot of emotions going through me at that time. I had been dreaming of surfing the Eddie since I was a kid and to finally realize my dreams in a very big way, was incredible. As I mentioned earlier, the reality of what actually happened hasn't really hit me yet.
"I was pushed so deep so quickly and didn't have the opportunity to equalize the pressure in my ears. I blew out my right eardrum straight away before being held under for two set waves."
You've won every major big wave title available starting with the Mavericks Contest, Red Bull Dungeons, and Almost every category in the Billabong XXL Awards and now the Eddie. You've visited all four corners of the earth pioneering and challenging big waves and even been attacked by a shark, what's next for you?
That is the beautiful thing about our sport and the ocean. The conditions and environment in which you are challenging yourself is ever changing. No two waves, days, contests etc. are every going to be the same. No matter how long you do this for it will always be challenging and exhilarating. The awards and accolades are great, and it feels wonderful to receive a little recognition for my efforts, but for me it has always been about the personal challenge. This is a never-ending learning process. Every session I try and learn something new whether it's about my equipment or the waves I'm surfing and strive to improve. I get just as stoked now when a swell as coming as when I first started this big wave pursuit.
Last year you got nailed by a Mavericks bomb, which left you with a busted eardrum. Take us through the wipeout.
There are very serious consequences that come along with riding the waves we do. Eventually everybody who is really out there pushing it is going to have a bad wipeout. The one I sustained at Mavericks last Thanksgiving was by far the heaviest I have ever endured. I was pushed so deep so quickly and didn't have the opportunity to equalize the pressure in my ears. I blew out my right eardrum straight away before being held under for two set waves. I lost all equilibrium and the only way I could find the surface was by climbing my leash. When I did finally surface I couldn't get my head above water due to the vertigo I was experiencing. I was finally able to climb onto my board and very fortunate that Jeff Clark came by on the ski and picked me up right before I was going to go through the rocks.
Some are saying you're the new king of Big Wave Surfing. Comparing you to the likes of Laird Hamilton, Peter Mel, Dorian, Bradshaw, Parsons and many who have passed before them. How do you feel about that?
Riding big waves is my passion and something I have really dedicated my life to doing the last 8 years. It is great to be recognized in the big wave community for some of my accomplishments. I feel that most of the names mentioned above are more pioneers who really paved the way in big wave surfing. I am merely taking what they have proved was possible and running with it. I would never consider myself a 'king' of anything. This is a never-ending learning process and I truly believe we are just now really scratching the surface of what's possible out there.
To read the full interview, head to Maverickssurf.com. Let us know your thoughts below, is Greg Long the world's best big wave charger?


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Godolphin's gallant stayer Cavalryman has died after suffering a serious fracture in his right hind leg Feb. 28 during the Nad Al Sheba Trophy (UAE-III) at Meydan.
Godolphin's gallant stayer Cavalryman has died after suffering a serious fracture in his right hind leg Feb. 28 during the Nad Al Sheba Trophy (UAE-III) at Meydan.
Sheikh Hamdan's Almoonqith showed his staying power Feb. 28 at Meydan Racecourse in winning the Nad al Sheba Trophy (UAE-III), a race marred by the breakdown of favorite Cavalryman.
Irish-trained Certerach denied Cavalryman a repeat win in the $1 million Dubai Gold Cup (UAE-II) March 29 at Meydan but had to wait out a lengthy stewards' inquiry.
Godolphin's Cavalryman is primed for a repeat bid in the $1 million Dubai Gold Cup (UAE-II) after a stirring track record-setting victory in the Nad Al Sheba Trophy (UAE-III) March 1 at Meydan Racecourse.
Godolphin's 2013 Dubai Gold Cup (UAE-III) victor Cavalryman makes his first start of the year in the launching pad to this year's edition of $1 million race, the $200,000 Nad Al Sheba Trophy (UAE-III) March 1 at Meydan.
Coverage of Cavalryman's Dubai Gold Cup from the walking ring to the post race activities, including comments from jockey Silvestre de Sousa and trainer Saeed bin Suroor
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Coolmore and partners' St Nicholas Abbey spoiled the international debut of filly Gentildonna as he drew off from the reigning Japanese Horse of the Year, winning the $5 million Dubai Sheema Classic March 30 at Meydan.
Japan's brilliant filly Gentildonna begins her international campaign March 30 in the $5 million Longines Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE-I) on the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) undercard at Meydan.
A competitive field of 24 is set for the Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I), including the event's two most recent winners, French stayers Americain and Dunaden, who will square off in Australia's greatest race Nov. 6.
Mikhail Glinka, dismissed at 35-1, led from the start to win the $250,000 Dubai City of Gold Sponsored by Skywards (UAE-IIT) at Meydan Racecourse March 10.
A field of 16 runners, led by five grade/group I winners, will enter the starting gate for the $250,000 Dubai City of Gold Sponsored by Skywards (UAE-IIT) at Meydan Racecourse March 10.
Be Fabulous swept past Cavalryman with a furlong left to run and drew off to a convincing 1 3/4-length victory in the Prix Royal-Oak (Fr-I) at Longchamp Oct. 23.
Earl Of Tinsdal took the lead from the start and never looked back as he cruised to an easy four-length victory in the Rheinland-Pokal (Ger-I) at Cologne Aug. 14.
Danedream, one of only two 3-year-olds in the field, displayed a brilliant turn of foot when she rolled to an impressive five-length victory in the Grosser Preis von Berlin (Ger-I) at Hoppegarten July 24.
Rainbow Peak withstood the challenge of Lord Chaparral to notch his first group I victory in the Gran Premio del Jockey Club at San Siro Oct. 17.
Benefitting from a strong ride by Johnny Murtagh, Rip Van Winkle got up in the final strides to deny Twice Over victory in a thrilling renewal of the Juddmonte International (Eng-I) at York Aug. 17.
Sea The Stars secured his place among racing's immortals when he powered his way to a thrilling two length victory over Youmzain in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) Oct. 4.
Let's start in Paris. Despite the presence of a number of top-class horses in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), all eyes will be on Sea the Stars as he attempts to put the finishing touch on an unforgettable 3-year-old campaign.
French Classic winner Stacelita kept her unbeaten record intact with a controversial victory over Dar Re Mi in the Qatar Prix Vermeille (Fr-I) at Longchamp Sept. 13.
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REGINA -- To a man, the CFL road trip is a great experience for players and coaches alike.
A team bonds, hangs out and explores a different city, spending more time together than they ever would at home.
But when 42 players and a dozen support staff load up and fly to an opposing city for a game, numerous things can happen.
The Calgary Stampeders found that out again this season when playing in Hamilton earlier this month.
Once they reached their hotel in Mississauga, Ont., they were told the air conditioning was on the blink during the worst heat wave of the summer.
The team quickly found a new hotel but that was 90 minutes from Ivor Wynne Stadium. They made due.
"We went to Plan B," said Stamps head coach Tom Higgins.
"We came up with one real quickly. It's a good chance to see people deal with adversity."
Stampeder players and coaches have experienced plenty of unique situations on road trips, so now they pack accordingly.
While with the Edmonton Eskimos in 2003, Higgins and defensive lineman Randy Chevrier and Rahim Abdullah were stuck in Toronto after a blackout.
The Eskimos were in Hogtown for the standard three-night trip, with the clothing, money and equipment necessary for only those days.
Suddenly, a three-night trip turned into a six-night stay and by the time the game was played, the team was out of spending money and needed the commissioner to bail it out.
While Sheldon Napastuk and George White were with the Roughriders in 2001, they found out plenty about their future CFL homes after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
Just like the rest of the world, the 'Riders were displaced when air traffic was grounded.
They waited days in Calgary for the game, only to lose and bus back to Regina.
"That was the worst one I've had," Napastuk said.
"We didn't know when we would play and nobody felt like playing anyway."
In 2005, the Stamps had to extend a trip to Eastern Canada for 10 days when the CFL was forced to move up the date of a game in Toronto.
Instead of coming home after playing in Montreal and heading right back, the team shuttled to Toronto by train -- staying a few nights in Kingston, Ont. -- before finally making their way home.
Those types of trips are challenging for equipment manager George Hopkins and trainer Pat Clayton.
They need to carry enough supplies to make sure any situation is handled.
Even on regular trips, Hopkins packs equipment for up to three extra players, just in case someone is flown in at the last minute.
Two games in one jaunt used to be the norm, which was part of offensive lineman Jeff Pilon's worst trip in his career.
In 2001, the Stamps stayed in Hamilton after a game -- which was a loss -- then played in Toronto a little less than a week later.
It was hot and sweaty and the team ran out of things to keep them entertained, which is why most players bring handheld video games and laptop computers to play movies.
Desperate times sometimes calls for desperate measures.
"I was so bored, I went and played bingo," Pilon said. "I actually got a dabber and went there and played for hours."


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2008/5/21 19:36
It's the Guild Publishing edition, so possibly didn't have a bar code.
Book club editions sometimes lack bar codes or jacket prices because they're sold outside of the mainstream market. And yet, we have the first printing of the Guild Publishing edition (1987), and a bar code is present!
Wayne & Christina
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Re: Hobbit paperback
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2008/5/21 19:36
It's the 1979 Unwin Paperbacks edition ('reset third paperback edition') but specially bound for Canadian sale, with a price of $2.75 on the upper cover. I made too brief a note about it under A3s in my bibliography (p. 57).
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Re: Signed book from his library?
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2008/5/21 19:36
The eBay description says that Loome are 'known to have purchased a large portion of Tolkien's books from Catholic University, where he had donated his library'. The use of capitals, 'Catholic University', suggests Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., which Daniel Grotta, at least, says (and we didn't entirely trust his account when writing the Companion and Guide, though maybe we should have cited it anyway) offered Tolkien a visiting professorship in 1946. We have no information about JRRT, or his estate, donating any of his books to Catholic University in Washington (or any other 'Catholic University', e.g. in Nijmegen). Nor do we know of any of his books going by donation to Marquette.
Looking at other sources, such as this thread on the present site in 2008, one finds references to Loome purchasing books merely from 'a Catholic university', which opens the field and makes no mention of a donation - and any university with a Catholic foundation may have purchased books from Tolkien when he downsized his library or when his books were sold after his death.
And beyond this, we wish that there was a larger and clearer picture of the signature on the item in question, because it doesn't strike us immediately as Tolkien's handwriting.
Note to Urulókë: don't bother e-mailing Matt at Marquette, he left to head the library of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The new director of the Archives and Special Collections at Marquette is Amy Cooper Cary.
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2008/5/21 19:36
To put the history of these publications briefly and to clarify a few points:
The Tale of Gondolin is Alex Lewis's 'completion' of Tolkien's 'Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin' in Unfinished Tales, combining Tolkien's text with slight alteration by Lewis, plus Lewis's additions from the notes to Unfinished Tales and the Book of Lost Tales, Part Two. Lewis made two copies of this work and presented one to Priscilla Tolkien as a gift. Ruth Lacon later added illustrations, and the designs were presented to Priscilla at an Oxonmoot. Lewis related the story of how the latter occurred in an interview for the Polish Tolkien society's journal Aiglos (Summer 2012), but we can quote also from Beren's own 2005 article: 'The designs were presented to Priscilla Tolkien and verbal permission was given to produce The Tale of Gondolin as it now is.' Fifty copies were subsequently produced for sale and bound according to demand.
The Ruins of Osgiliath is also Tolkien-based fan fiction by Alex Lewis. This was originally produced as three small booklets of 100 copies each, and as Lewis tells the story in Aiglos, were written so that they could be sold and the proceeds used by the Tolkien Society 'to buy decent presents for Priscilla and Christopher Tolkien for the 1992 centenary conference'. These stories were later collected into a single volume of twelve copies, which also was sold though not as a function of the Society and with a charitable purpose.
Beren is right to bring up the issue of permissions. The problem here is the assumption that Priscilla Tolkien could, or would, unilaterally grant formal permission for an adaptation of her father's work, or (as in Lewis's Tale of Gondolin) lengthy quotations from her father's work, to be published. She cannot; she is only one part of the Tolkien Estate. Even Christopher Tolkien, as appointed literary executor, could not grant such permission by himself, without consultation, especially with the Estate's solicitor. Substantial quotation from Tolkien's published writings also must involve HarperCollins, as copyright licensee. Of course, we ourselves over the years have had many contacts with Christopher and with the Estate's solicitors and with HarperCollins, and this procedure of going through proper channels and obtaining written (not just 'verbal', i.e. oral) permission has always been the case.
garm is also right to point to the statement on the Estate's website, which is unequivocal that it 'never has, and never will authorize the commercialisation or distribution' of fan fiction. From this it follows that The Tale of Gondolin and The Ruins of Osgiliath may exist as a private accomplishment but should never have been produced as distributed publications, whether for profit or not, profit being only one factor in 'fair use' or 'fair dealing'.
garm did not quote the final paragraph of the Estate FAQ statement, but this is also important: 'The Estate exists to defend the integrity of J.R.R. Tolkien's writings. Christopher Tolkien's work as his father's literary executor has always been to publish as faithfully and honestly as possible his father's completed and uncompleted works, without adaptation or embellishment.' That is, the Estate also exists to protect Tolkien's moral rights as the creator of his works, against alteration or expansion.
We would point out as well, for as much as it may be worth, that the statement on the Tolkien Estate website about the authorization of fan fiction was added to the FAQ not long after a lengthy discussion about the quality and legality of The Tale of Gondolin appeared on the now-defunct HarperCollins Tolkien fan forum site.
In Aiglos, Alex Lewis was asked his opinion about 'the restrictions concerning the names invented by Tolkien or fragments of his texts, imposed by the Tolkien Estate', and he replied that it was 'hard to say for certain' how 'legally valid' the Estate's claims may be. 'There is such a thing as "fair use" - which says you can use ten percent of a text without breaking copyright if it is for a legitimate purpose, such as research etc. The problem we have is the Estate is very rich and can employ more lawyers than most of us. . . . Is a person's own creativity fair use? For me the answer is emphatically yes! . . . All that can be said is copyright runs out. They can't prevent artists and creativity forever.' In fact, the 'ten percent' rule for fair use is merely a rule of thumb which some may arbitrarily apply and which a copyright holder need not approve. Nor can an artist plead 'creativity' and freely use someone else's intellectual property, however much he may wish it were so.
In regard to the quotation or reproduction of Tolkien's letters online, which Khamûl brings up, it's an acknowledged grey area of law when it comes to letters being sold, online or in catalogues. Quotation or reproduction for other purposes, of letters or complete poems or what have you, is another matter entirely.
Wayne & Christina
Posted on: 2013/1/6 9:20
Re: Book containing International Illustrations or Artwork for Tolkien Books
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2008/5/21 19:36
The first books that came to mind for us were Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earth (1992) and Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earth (1996), but neither reproduces covers or has the quite range of nationalities mentioned in the query, or is 'a few centimeters thick'. We too thought of The Annotated Hobbit.
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Thursday: 10:10 a.m. at Turner Field; LHP Clayton Richard (7-4, 3.53 ERA) vs. Braves RHP Tim Hudson (9-5, 2.60 ERA).
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Billy Wagner couldn't find enough superlatives to describe the San Diego Padres late Wednesday night.
"They are scrappy," said the Braves closer. "They hang around and make it interesting. They make it tough. They are a good team."
Wagner was talking after Nick Hundley delivered a two-run, two-out, pinch-hit double in the top of the 12th to give the Padres a 6-4 victory over the Braves — three innings after the visitors to Turner Field had scored twice in the ninth against Wagner to draw even at 4-4.
Given the fact that Wagner was seeking his 23rd save with a 1.13 earned run average, the Padres' come-from-behind win hours after inspirational leader David Eckstein went on the 15-day disabled list was the latest in a lengthening list of both implausible and critical Padres wins.
"Everyone in here thinks the world of Eck," said Padres manager Bud Black. "But all these guys in here know they have to pull their weight. They don't take that lightly."
Apparently not. Counting relief pitchers, who shut out the Braves on four hits over the last seven innings, just over half the guys on the Padres' roster played a role in their 14th win of the season decided on their final at-bat.
The final surge began in the ninth when Scott Hairston hit a one-out, pinch-hit homer off Wagner and brother Jerry Hairston Jr. followed with a single. Yorvit Torrealba then drove an opposite-field double down the line in right to tie the game.
At that point, the Padres had a chance to win if Adrian Gonzalez came through with one out. But the first baseman, struggling through the first 0-for-6 game of his career, which included four strikeouts, stranded Torrealba at third on a grounder to first.
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Tim Stauffer stranded the winning run at second in both the 10th and 11th, setting the stage for the decisive — and strategically interesting top of the 12th.
Chris Denorfia led off with a single and stole second as Tony Gwynn struck out for the second out. The Braves then intentionally walked Oscar Salazar, who was playing second, to force Bud Black to choose between letting Stauffer or his final bench player — Hundley — hit.
"When you are on the road and have a shot to win, you have to take that shot," said Black, who sent Hundley up to hit against Braves reliever Kris Medlen.
Had he failed to deliver, Hundley would have gone to left field in the bottom of the 12th because Black couldn't risk going deeper into the game without a backup catcher on the field.
"I got that hit because I didn't want to play left," joked Hundley of the line drive he hit into the left field corner — a shot that once again gave the Padres the best record in the National League.
"We always feel good the longer it goes and the more players we use because we've got a lot of players who can and have come through," said Stauffer, who lowered his ERA to a microscopic 0.33 and picked up his third win when Heath Bell struck out the side in the bottom of the 12th for his league-leading 27th save.
"The Hairston brothers, Torrealba, the bullpen, they did a lot of things," Wagner said.
"I don't know why, but we never think we're out of it," explained Will Venable. "It's really something. And it's not just one time."
Padres starter Jon Garland came within one out of getting through the first three innings without allowing a run for the first time since May 25 when the Braves turned four straight hits — capped by a two-run Brian McCann homer — into four runs.
It marked the fifth time in his last nine starts that Garland has yielded four runs in one of the game's first three innings.
Garland has held teams scoreless through the first three innings in only four of his 20 starts and has a 5.70 earned run average for the first three innings of his starts with a 1.51 ERA from the fourth inning on.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Risk Behavior in Response to Quotas and Contests
Much of the salesforce compensation literature has focused on developing incentive schemes to maximize effort levels on the part of the salesforce. The amount of effort to expend in the selling task is considered to be the sole decision variable for a sales representative. In this paper, we introduce another key decision variable for a sales representative which is how much risk to undertake in the selling task. In other words, we consider the fact that for a sales representative "riskiness" of performance (e.g., the dispersion of the probability distribution for sales) is often a choice and not a given fate. For example, a sales representative, trying to increase sales, may have the choice of allocating a given amount of effort on the low-risk approach of pursuing a small set of existing customers or incur the same effort on the high-risk option of getting new larger customers to switch from competitors. This paper examines how decisions on risk behavior on the part of the sales representatives are influenced by compensation schemes. We show that such decisions are sensitive to the payoff structure when a quota-based or a rank-order contest-based compensation scheme is used. More specifically, we argue that a high quota level or a rank-order contest where only the top few win induce sales representatives to opt for high-risk prospects, whereas a low quota level or a rank-order contest where a high proportion win induce sales representatives to opt for low-risk prospects. This does not stem from any kind of violation of standard expected utility theory but arises from the specific structure of jumps in payoffs. It is not that the inherent risk attitudes of the sales representatives are being altered. Rather, under some quota and contest conditions, a more risky prospect may yield higher expected utility for an inherently risk-averse sales representative while under some other quota and contest conditions, a less risky prospect may lead to a higher expected utility for an inherently risk-seeking sales representative. The theoretical propositions are tested in a series of five experiments. The first two experiments test the theoretical results of quota-based compensation. The quota levels are manipulated. Subjects select between segment types where the mean expected sales are the same but the variance varies. The next two experiments test the risk behavior of subjects in contest-based incentive schemes when the proportion of winners in the contest is manipulated. The results provide strong support for our models, with only a few subjects departing from the theoretical predictions. A fifth experiment shows some cognitive response data to explain the behavior that is inconsistent with the theoretical predictions. This paper provides implications that are useful for managers who design compensation schemes. A common assumption in most normative models on salesforce compensation is that all sales representatives are either risk averse or risk neutral. This might often lead to the conclusion that sales representatives cannot be expected to engage in high-risk activities in the absence of a risk premium over and above the compensation scheme. While this may be true if sales representatives are facing only a piece-rate compensation plan, it need not be the case when quota-based or contest-based compensation schemes are used. Our results suggest that when the sales quotas are set "high" or if the proportion of winners in a sales contest is "low", sales representatives may engage in high-risk behavior. Alternatively, if the quotas are "low" or the proportion of winners in a sales contest is "high", sales representatives may engage in low-risk prospects. Hence, if a firm would like to dampen high-risk behavior on the part of the salesforce, lowering quota levels or increasing the proportion of winners in sales contests might do so. Similarly, in order to reduce conservatism towards risk, moving up the quota levels or reducing the proportion of winners in sales contests could be useful. Our results extend beyond just salesforce management, to any situation where payoffs are based on reaching a certain threshold level in performance or are based on relative performance. For example, similar implications hold in tournaments for promotion to a limited number of top management positions in an organization, influencing the portfolio of R&D managers, and so on.
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Time flies when youre having fun.
Defenceman Dion Phaneuf played in his 500th career NHL game on Tuesday night against the Carolina Hurricanes, and the Maple Leafs captain said he doesnt know where the years went.
I remember when I first started and Iggy (Calgary Flames star Jarome Iginla) said, Enjoy it because before you know it I think when I came in he was seven or eight years in the league and he said, Youll be there before you know it. Its quick, it flies by, but its a lot of fun, Phaneuf said after the Leafs morning skate on Tuesday.
The 6-foot-3, 214-pounder started his career with Calgary in 2005 and played four-plus seasons with the Flames before being traded to the Leafs in the latter half of the 2009-10 season. Heading into Tuesdays contest, the Edmonton native had recorded 88 goals and 198 assists for 286 points. The hard-hitting blueliner had also racked up 666 penalty minutes, a beast of a number.
Phaneufs best season came in 2007, his third year in the league, when he had 17 goals and 43 assists.
The years just seem to fly by and its my seventh year now. You dont know where the time goes, but Im really excited about what we have here, being a part of this team and being a part of this organization. Were going in the right direction and were building something.
Leafs goalie James Reimer feels for Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby. Reimer missed 18 games with concussion-like symptoms this season and can relate to what Crosby, who is out again after playing just eight games this year and missing a big chunk of last season, is going through.
I feel bad for him, Reimer said after the morning skate. Concussion, concussion-like symptoms Its honestly the worst injury on earth because theres nothing you can do for it. You feel pretty helpless. You feel bad for (Crosby) and at the same time you feel bad for the game too, because hes arguably the best player in the league.
Reimer returned from his injury on Dec. 3, but had still not won heading into Tuesday night.
Some positive news for the Leafs; Speedy forward Matthew Lombardi was back on the ice with his teammates for the first time since being injured in a game in Nashville on Nov. 17.
It was just nice to get out there with the rest of the guys and make some passes and get some shots and see how it feels, Lombardi said of testing out his injured shoulder. It was definitely disappointing having a setback the way I did but, Im happy with the way things went today.
While there is no timeline for Lombardis return, he said, Well keep pushing it, be real aggressive and see how I do in the next little while.
Lombardi was hurt while taking a faceoff in the second period of the Leafs 4-1 loss in Nashville. It was just his 19th game since missing the entire previous season with a concussion suffered while playing for the Predators.
There were several former Leafs on the Carolina Hurricanes roster on Tuesday Jiri Tlusty, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Tim Brent and Jay Harrison and there would have been one more had long-time Toronto defenceman Tomas Kaberle not been traded to the Montreal Canadiens on Friday.
Leafs blueliner Luke Schenn said he still keeps in touch with Kaberle and that he had texted the Czech to wish him well in his new home.
He really helped me out (when I first came into the league), Schenn said of Kaberle.
Kaberle was traded to Boston at the end of last season and then acquired by the Hurricanes for this season. But things never panned out in Carolina for the veteran NHLer, who was a minus-12, and he was traded to the Canadiens.


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booting Linux from external USB 2.0 device
I had a 40 gig internal IDE harddrive that was fully configured with Fedora Core 2. However, I took that harddrive out and converted it into a external usb 2.0 device.
I installed a fresh 160gig IDE harddrive and it has windows xp on it.
I want to be able to boot into linux if i tell my bios to boot from USB HDD, this works up to the point of the Grub bootloader, but when i select my linux kernel i get a kernal panic... maybe the USB HD is still pointing to itself as it it were an internal IDE?
here's the error i get after i select the kernel from GRUB:
Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booing the kernel.
audit(1095540111.742:0): initialized
Red Hat nash version 3.5.22 starting
mkrootdev: label / not found
mount: error 2 mounting ext3
pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot/intrd) failed: 2
umount /initrd/proc failed: 2
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
and here's the config i have for grub:
kernel /vmlinuz-188.8.131.52 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-184.108.40.206.img
any ideas? thanks.
I have done some reading on the net and found the following information.
once you figure out a nice initrd image, it is likely you will also need to amend your grub.
Grub detects normally from IDE to external so your usb will become
(hd1) and its boot partition becomes (hd1,0)
2) it is likely you may want to put /boot after kernel like this
kernel /boot/vmlinuz etc
3) it is also likely you need to amend your kernel line now you have an usb rather than ide so this fragment could be
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro sda=ide-scsi
4) Being lazy I would recommend you use a knoppix or sysresccd (rescue cd) to see what it AUTODETECTS you may need to write stuff down at boot or go into the file /etc/fstab then match your grub stuff.
5) Use the option at mbr boot with grub to press E to edit your current boot lines to amend the root and the kernel etc
roughly try
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro sda=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd.img (or initrd.gz).......remember you have to create this one.
6) This edit is only temporary so no save occurs of the right option so you could try the above with out the initrd line and see what happens??
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Roberts targets June 10 for infield rehab
Roberts targets June 10 for infield rehab
Roberts -- currently rehabbing at the O's Minor League complex in Sarasota, Fla. -- is expected to get four at-bats as the team's designated hitter on Saturday before taking Sunday off. He will play seven innings at second base next Monday and follow that with another four at-bats as a DH. Roberts will get June 9 off and play his first full game at second base the following day.
Roberts is on the 60-day disabled list and eligible to be activated on June 9, although he won't be ready by then. Still, all reports out of Sarasota have been positive, and Trembley acknowledged prior to Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Yankees in New York that Roberts might not be far off from June 9, with a return perhaps coming as early as mid-June.
Setup man Jim Johnson, out with right elbow inflammation, is scheduled to start a throwing program on Monday in Sarasota, while Felix Pie -- sidelined with an upper back strain -- will start throwing later this week. Trembley also said that reliever Alfredo Simon (left hamstring strain) is throwing and righty Koji Uehara (right forearm strain) is on a long-toss program.


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Mashreq, one of the UAE's leading financial institutions, has announced a strong first quarter this year reporting a massive 57% increase in its net profit in Q1 2013 to AED 425.3 million compared to AED 270.8 million for the same period in 2012.
The Total Operating Income for the Bank during first quarter of 2013 is reported at AED 1,117.6 million, representing a 19.2% increase relative to Q1 2012 driven by a 10.5% increase in Net Interest Income and a 26.9% increase in Net Fee and Commission, Investment income and Other Income.
Mashreq's best in class Fee & Other Income to Operating Income ratio increased further to reach 56.5% in the first quarter of 2013.
Loans & Advances grew over the last quarter by 3.2 per cent to reach AED 42.7 billion as of March 2013, compared to AED 41.4 billion at the end of 2012. In line with the growth in Loans & Advances, Mashreq increased its Customer Deposits base leading to a 3.6% increase from December 2012, reaching AED 49.2 billion. Mashreq continues to maintain a robust loan-to-deposit ratio, which stood at 87% as of 31st March 2013. Liquid Assets to Total Assets stood at 27% with Cash and balances with Central banks and Dues from banks at AED 20.7 billion as of 31st March 2013.
Mashreq provisions for loans & advances continued to decrease by 2.8% to AED 170.7 million for the first three months of 2013 from AED 175.6 million for the same period in 2012. The efficiency ratio remained healthy at 43.5%.
General and Administrative expenses for the first quarter reported AED 486.6 million, constituting an increase of 6.6% as compared to March 2012.
Commenting on the financial results, H.E. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Chief Executive Officer of Mashreq, stated: "Our Q1 results are impressive, not only because of the strong numbers we have reported, but also because they demonstrably underscore the fact that our business strategy is working and is sustainable. Following on from last year's YOY growth of 60% in Net Profits, this Quarter's results have re-energized our teams and they believe that if we continue to execute well, this year's performance may well turn out to be very respectable indeed."
The Bank's capital adequacy remained high at 18.9% as well as the tier 1 capital ratio was maintained at a robust level of 16.9%.
He continued, "We have focused on customer needs, and endeavored to deliver superior service. We are confident that this strategy will help us achieve further growth. Mashreq has invested in transformed processes, in cutting edge systems, and in a team of motivated people that allows us to offer superior financial solutions that exceed the expectations of our customers."
Earnings per Share for the publicly listed bank for the first quarter of 2013 are up 57.0%, at AED 2.52, relative to the AED 1.60 for the same period of 2012.
Continuous innovations:
The Corporate Banking Group recently enhanced its technological platforms to improve the range of value-added solutions in the transaction services and investment services. A separate specialized team was set up to focus around the Government and related entities and support the various initiatives of UAE in line with the vision for sustained growth.
While continuing to provide a high level of service in this traditional mainstay, Mashreq's Corporate Banking has consistently increased the proportion of the higher value-added, fee-based and treasury products it provides to deliver higher levels of capital efficiency.
Mashreq's conventional regional bond fund Makaseb Income Fund announced the payment of 4% cash dividend for 2012 to its investors. The fund returned circa 20% in 2012 vs. the benchmark return of 12.0% and outperformed all its peer funds.
From a Retail perspective, Mashreq UAE's Best Dining Program 'Mashreq Flavours' included more partners to reach 650 restaurants across the UAE and launched a mobile application specifically designed for the dining program.
The Bank launch Mashreq SmartSaver MasterCard Titanium Credit Card, offering 5% cash back on utility bill payments and 5% cash back on education spends. Customers will earn 1.25% cash back on domestic retail purchases on the Card and 3.25% cash back on International retail spends.
Mashreq starting offering Auto Financing with a 24 hours approval convenience with a gamut of benefits, such as free first-year Platinum Elite Credit Card, free Overdraft facility, free Current Account, competitive insurance rates and other benefits.
Business Banking upgraded its Small Business Loan, which is now available to companies with only 2 years of business vintage offering a loan size of up to 1.5 Million AED. Focusing on Islamic Banking, Mashreq Gold – the Premium Banking services now offers Sharia'h Compliant products and services.
Continuing its strategic expansion plans Mashreq announced the opening of its latest branch located in the Capital Abu Dhabi, Marina Mall.
Mashreq was recently awarded by EMEA FINANCE the award for the "Best Debt House" in UAE for 2012. The Award caps a very successful year for Mashreq, having earlier ranked # 1 and #2 in Islamic and Conventional" book running league tables" in MENA and EMEA respectively by Bloomberg.
Banker Middle East Product Awards 2013 put Mashreq's Majestic Personal Loan first awarding the Bank with the UAE's Best Personal Loan.
Mashreq was recently awarded UAE's Best Retail Bank by Global Banking & Finance Review Awards 2013.
For the 3rd year running, Mashreq Asset Management won at the 2013 Mena Fund Manager awards. The Makaseb Arab Tigers Fund won the 'Equity Fund of the Year Award' in both the one year and three year performance categories and the Makaseb Income Fund won the 'Fixed Income Fund Award' for performance in the three year category.
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Joseph X. Martin: 'Frying Pan' award helps break tension
The idea came to us one summer while we were vacationing on Cape Ann, north of Boston. My sister-in-law, Trish, had occasion to visit a drugstore. While there, she observed what we would later dub "frying pan people." A portly matron was upbraiding her slightly built and shabbily dressed mate. The timid-looking male had picked up a metal frying pan for purchase. The woman let out a high-pitched and nasal barrage: "What are you doing with a frying pan? We have $20 left and you want to buy a frying pan!"
Naturally, every customer in the store had his ears riveted to the conversation, though inwardly each cringed with embarrassment for the uncaring couple. All attention centered upon the domestic squabble. This was drama at its best: loud, embarrassing and above all, fascinating. The exchange continued for several minutes and was resolved with minor threats of physical violence and an uneasy and sulking hostility.
Since then, we have many times observed people like this, as they interact with each other in public. They don't come in any particular race, creed, age or ethnic group. They share but a single characteristic – a particular and bizarre unconcern for the feelings of others and a wanton desire to embarrass each other, and everybody else in earshot, with their behavior.
They simply have no clue how to relate to others in a graceful manner in public. They are the awkward people to whom the niceties of social conduct have never been introduced.
I suppose it is not their fault, really. But they can be awfully annoying. We decided that rather than become irritated with such people, we would mentally award them "the order of the frying pan." The order could also be awarded in the first, second or third degree, depending on how completely awful the public spectacle created. Multiple medals for crowd behavior were also permissible, with smaller decorations for particularly obnoxious children.
In this way, we were able to mentally channel our annoyance with "frying pan people" in a humorous fashion that would bring a shared smile to our faces, even when you just wanted to crawl under a rock to get away from them.
It might even elicit some compassion for the crude and outrageous behavior that they could inflict on everyone in earshot. They were luckless souls riding a very bumpy road of life, without realizing that the smooth pavement was just over the verbal and behavioral horizon.
In a similar fashion, another idea stemmed from a friend's notion of putting irritating people "on the bus" for an imaginary ride to Chile on a sealed bus with no restroom and scores of other annoying people aboard. While serving as county parks commissioner, a talented staffer made up a cardboard cutout of such a bus, laden with miscreants. Whenever we found people difficult to deal with, we labeled a cutout figure and "put him on the bus." It broke the tension and gave us a much-needed laugh.
So when next you encounter an overly loud individual whose public behavior is so outrageous that you cringe in embarrassment for him, you can privately award him "the order of the frying pan" and mentally escort him "onto the bus" for a journey to Chile. It could bring a smile to your face, at a time when you most need it.


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Rihanna, Katy Perry and Coldplay have reportedly been approached about performing in the Super Bowl 2015 half-time show on February 1, 2015, but the catch is they were asked to pay for the privilege.
The Super Bowl XLVIII half-time show has an enormous and therefore valuable television audience: 115.3 million people watched the 13-minute performance (a higher peak than the game itself). That was more than double the numbers which tuned into the Academy Awards (43.74 million) this year and nearly four times the size of the Grammy Awards (28.51 million) audience. Fox charged $US4 million ($4.3 million) for a 30-second commercial, which was a record.
Outside of an OIympic Games or World Cup soccer opening or closing ceremony, a Super Bowl half-time show is the biggest television audience a performer is ever likely to have.
Hannah Karp, of The Wall Street Journal, reports that her sources said "at least some of the acts if they would be willing to contribute a portion of their post-Super Bowl tour income to the league or ... make some other type of financial contribution, in exchange for the halftime gig."
Karp wrote that the National Football League's offer "got a chilly reception from the candidates' representatives", even though artists' record and concert ticket sales usually get a boost after performing in the halftime break.
According to Pollstar, Perry sold 92 per cent of her concert tickets between May and July, earning $US36 million. In 2013 Rihanna grossed $US141.9 million from 90 concerts while Coldplay beat them both, making $US171.3 million from 67 shows in 2012.
Karp speculated the benefit of playing the Super Bowl half-time show would be greater for an artist like Bruno Mars, who appeared alongside the Red Hot Chili Peppers this year, then announced his tour a day later. Sales of his album, Unorthodox Jukebox, leapt 164 per cent on the previous week.


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Zhang Yimou, You Really Are Cheap
Zhang Yimou, director of the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, is now in hot water over his role in producing a promotional video for the Railway Ministry. Zhang insists that he only acted as a consultant and that he did not receive RMB 2.5 million in commission, but the 2010 video clearly credits him as the director. Netizens have created a fake front page on the scandal for the fictional Rabble News: References in this image:
Chen and Liu are currently under investigation for their involvement in the production [zh].
Hu Jintao's "harmonious society" is the source of countless online jokes.
Temporary workers are blamed for all kinds of mistakes and wrongdoing.
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What's your point? He says he didn't direct it. They put his name on it. Maybe he's lying, but more likely they ased his name without his consent. And if you watch the interview, he says he did receive 2.5 million (at least in the subtitled version).


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Top 4 Puppy Life Lessons
Welcoming a puppy into the family is an exciting and busy time spent getting to know the pup, building a bond and of course lots of puppy cuddles! It's easy to get caught up in house training and basic obedience training, such as learning to sit and walk on the lead, that teaching important puppy life skills might be missed out on. The following life lessons will help your pup to grow into a happy, confident and stable adult dog who is a pleasure to own. Socialisation Early puppy socialisation between 12-16 weeks old is the most crucial stage of … Continue reading


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Billabong Pipeline Masters: Day 1 Highs And Lows
The 2009 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) season-ending event, the Billabong Pipeline Masters, kicked off today at Pipeline, and as always, Pipeline provided the drama.
-Early in the morning, event wildcard Andy Irons and fellow Hawaiian Marcus Hickman took off simultaneously, and crossed paths midway through dropping into an eight-foot wave. It was total carnage as both of the dudes got tangled up after smashing into each other. I wish I could've been a fly on the wall for that conversation as they got untangled…
-Flying Frenchman Mikey Picon should have entered the www.insurfnews.com Backdoor Backside Challenge, dude got the wave of the day going backside at one of the most challenging waves in the world to ride backside.
–Vans Triple Crown points leader Sunny Garcia somehow missed his heat—I'm assuming that the dual heat format threw him off. Anyway, when he got to the beach, he'd been replaced by Torrey Meister, who was already in the water. Sunny was fuming and a heated argument ensued between him and Triple Crown Contest Director Randy Rarick, at one point trying to rip the jersey out of Randy's hand. After everyone calmed down, Evan Valiere stepped in and gave Sunny his spot on the waiting list. Sunny was shattered after his mistake; I really hope he has a chance to get into the comp because the big fella has been surfing so good and has a ton of fans here in Hawaii.
-Before the Jamie O'Brien versus Phil MacDonald heat, I blurted out to nobody in particular, "Why's Macca even paddling out? Jamie O is gonna smoke him!" Wrong again, Justin. Go get 'em Macca!
-With all due respect to Liam McNamara, you do not lose to a 40-something year old when you're in the ASP Top 45. Attention Chris Davidson and Nathaniel Curran…that was not an impressive showing at all.
TransWorld SURF's Chris Cote grills Pipe Masters day 1 standout Bruce Irons at the Volcom house after his win over Timmy Reyes.
World's Best Unleash Upon Pipeline For Day 1 Billabong Pipeline Masters
PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Thursday, December 10, 2009) – Round 1 of the Billabong Pipeline Masters, Event No. 10 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, commenced today in clean six-to-ten foot (2 – 3 metre) waves at the Banzai Pipeline.
The third and final event in the Vans Triple Crown (an ASP Specialty Series), the Billabong Pipeline Masters plays host to two dramatic story arcs: the showdown for the 2009 ASP World Title and the requalification race for the 2010 ASP Dream Tour. Amidst the world's best surfers exists a spattering of Pipeline specialists, making the competition field particularly challenging to navigate.
Michael Picon (FRA), 30, current ASP World No. 39, is in need of an impressive result in the final event of the year to secure his position amongst the world's elite in 2010. Today, the Frenchman put the rest of the draw on notice, first eliminating wildcard Manoa Drollet (PYF) before posting the highest heat total of the event, a 19.76 out of a possible 20, for a brilliant backhand tube-riding approach to take out Josh Kerr (AUS), 25, in the final heat of the day.
"That was the best heat of my life," Picon said. "I was just trying to build momentum and I feel like all of the training I've done is paying off. It's great to have this heat at Pipeline and in Hawaii. Today was all about the rights. We all knew that. I was going for the right too. I figured I'd go for the death, whatever."
To vault himself ahead the current qualification cutoff point, Picon will have to finish third or better at the Billabong Pipeline Masters, but the calculated Frenchman remains calm heading into the remainder of the event.
"I'm trying not to think about it," Picon said. "I'm just thinking about having a good heat and having a good contest here because it's always been a dream for me to do well at Pipeline. I'm just really confident after that heat."
John John Florence (HAW), 16, the Billabong Pipeline Masters' youngest competitor, was a tour du force in his Round 1 heat, posting an impressive 17.20 out of a possible 20, to defeat fellow Hawaiian wildcard Danny Fuller (HAW), 27.
"With four guys out at Pipe I was going crazy and just trying to get every wave I could," Florence said. "Yesterday was big and messy and today's conditions have really cleaned up. This morning was fun, but this afternoon's wind has made it really good. Growing up here, I really looked up to all the local guys for inspiration and advice out here. To be competing in the Pipe Masters is an honor and I hope I have the opportunity to surf through a few more rounds."
Florence will take on current ASP World No. 27, Heitor Alves (BRA), 27, in Heat 12 of Round 2 when competition resumes.
Andy Irons (HAW), 31, former three-time ASP World Champion and former four-time Pipe Master Champion, showed a return to form today recovering from an early heat double-interference collision with opponent Marcus Hickman (HAW), 30, and rallying with a dominant performance in the Backdoor righthanders. Although on sabbatical from full-time competition this season, Irons' return to the ASP World Tour in 2010 has been highly-anticipated by the surfing world.
"I've decided to be on the world tour next year and just being in a jersey is a good warm-up for it," Irons said. "I definitely feel like I'm in a better position going into next season after taking this year off."
Irons will take on current ASP World No. 25, Drew Courtney (AUS), 30, in Heat 16 of Round 2 when the Billabong Pipeline Masters recommences.
Andy wasn't the only Irons to make a dent in today's competition as younger brother and former ASP World Tour campaigner, Bruce Irons (HAW), 30, took down lethal Californian Tim Reyes (USA), 27, in Round 2 of competition.
Torrey Meister (HAW), 21, wildcard into the Billabong Pipeline Masters, was the first alternate called to action when Sunny Garcia (HAW), 39, failed to show for his Round 1 heat. Despite arriving late to the lineup, Meister put in an inspired performance in both the Backdoor rights and the Pipeline lefts to net a 16.83 out of a possible 20 to overtake Nic Muscroft (AUS), 27.
"I don't know what happened," Meister said. "I expected Sunny (Garcia) to turn up and I was sitting on the beach getting tired watching the waves. It was firing and I couldn't get too antsy because I didn't know if I was going to get into the event, but I'm happy that I did. I guess it's kind of an advantage to get in this way, because I didn't have time to get nervous before my heat."
Meister will face current ASP World No. 16, Kai Otton (AUS), 29, in the first heat when competition resumes.
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 6:30am to assess conditions for a possible 8am start.
The Billabong Pipeline Masters will be webcast LIVE via www.billabongpro.com and www.triplecrownofsurfing.com
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
Heat 1: Gavin Gillette (HAW) 15.50 def. Jihad Khodr (BRA) 11.33
Heat 2: Gabe Kling (USA) 11.17 def. Kalani Chapman (HAW) 10.17
Heat 3: Andy Irons (HAW) 12.42 def. Marcus Hickman (HAW) 10.17
Heat 4: Aritz Aranburu (EUK) 13.17 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 12.96
Heat 5: Liam McNamara (HAW) 7.67 def. Nathaniel Curran (USA) 7.34
Heat 6: Hank Gaskell (HAW) 12.00 def. David Weare (ZAF) 8.73
Heat 7: Bruce Irons (HAW) 12.34 def. Reef McIntosh (HAW) 11.66
Heat 8: Torrey Meister (HAW) 16.83 def. Nic Muscroft (AUS) 8.90
Heat 9: Michael Picon (FRA) 10.50 def. Manoa Drollet (PYF) 9.93
Heat 10: Shane Dorian (HAW) 16.67 def. Kamalei Alexander (HAW) 7.73
Heat 11: Dayyan Neve (AUS) 13.43 def. Jonah Morgan (HAW) 6.84
Heat 12: Flynn Novak (HAW) 16.40 def. Luke Stedman (AUS) 12.34
Heat 13: Sion Miloski (HAW) 17.00 def. Dustin Barca (HAW) 14.03
Heat 14: John John Florence (HAW) 17.20 def. Danny Fuller (HAW) 11.33
Heat 15: Mason Ho (HAW) 15.83 def. Jay Thompson (AUS) 9.50
Heat 16: Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 12.66 def. Jamie O'Brien (HAW) 10.33
Heat 1: Liam McNamara (HAW) 7.94 def. Chris Davidson (AUS) 6.83
Heat 2: Roy Powers (HAW) 10.26 def. Gabe Kling (USA) 10.06
Heat 3: Phillip MacDonald (AUS) 10.40 def. Greg Emslie (ZAF) 3.83
Heat 4: Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 12.00 def. Mason Ho (HAW) 10.67
Heat 5: Bruce Irons (HAW) 15.67 def. Tim Reyes (USA) 13.93
Heat 6: Shane Dorian (HAW) 11.17 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 8.33
Heat 7: Michael Picon (FRA) 19.76 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 16.73
Heat 8: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Torrey Meister (HAW)
Heat 9: Dean Morrison (AUS) vs. Sion Milosky (HAW)
Heat 10: Chris Ward (USA) vs. Aritz Aranburu (EUK)
Heat 11: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Flynn Novak (HAW)
Heat 12: Heitor Alves (BRA) vs. John John Florence (HAW)
Heat 13: Mick Campbell (AUS) vs. Gavin Gillette (HAW)
Heat 14: Tim Boal (FRA) vs. Dayyan Neve (AUS)
Heat 15: Ben Dunn (AUS) vs. Hank Gaskell (HAW)
Heat 16: Drew Courtney (AUS) Andy Irons (HAW)
Heat 1: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 2: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 3: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 4: Bobby Martinez (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 5: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. TBA
Heat 6: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 7: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. TBA
Heat 8: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 9: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 10: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 11: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 12: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. TBA
Heat 13: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 14: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. TBA
Heat 15: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. TBA
Heat 16: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. TBA


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Spare a Penny for an Old Phone
Clever stuff: An ad for Apple's iPhone that shows the plight of old cell phones once the iPhone wins our hearts.
People can submit videos of how they have disposed of their old phones.
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Commentary by Michael Wade on Leadership, Ethics, Management, and Life


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The application process for convening the Community Forum VI (2016-2018) has closed. Please consider applying for the group that will be formed in 2018 and tell your friends who may be interested.
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The VPR Community Forum is a volunteer group that provides community input to VPR about programming and public service. The members of the Community Forum represent different professions, geographic regions, and individual needs and interests of the listeners and the communities VPR serves.
The VPR Community Forum is an advisory body, which is not involved in VPR's daily management or operations. Meeting biannually in half-day sessions, the Community Forum members learn about public radio, meet VPR staff members, and have regular communication with the station about programs and public service. Members also serve as ambassadors to their communities.
The Community Forum is governed by a steering committee, responsible for basic organizational matters. The steering committee comprises two members of VPR's Board of Directors, two members of VPR's Community Forum and one member of station management.
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NEW YORK - After 25 years as host of ''20/20,'' Barbara Walters is moving on.
The broadcaster, who has interviewed scores of the famous and infamous in a legendary television career, said Sunday she will step down this fall from her perch at the ABC newsmagazine.
Walters, 74, will do about six interview specials a year for ABC News, including her annual pre-Oscar show. She'll also stay as executive producer and co-host of the daytime talk show ''The View.''
''Starting in September, I want to have more flexibility in my life without the responsibilities of a weekly newsmagazine,'' she said in a statement issued by ABC.
The Walters interview, often done with a soft-focus camera and featuring teary subjects, is as much a part of television news lore as Mike Wallace's intensity on ''60 Minutes.''
''20/20,'' which Walters currently co-hosts with John Stossel, is likely to continue but be less focused on major interview subjects.
The ''get,'' the grab of a celebrity interview subject, is an increasingly important part of network news operations and Walters, along with ABC News colleague Diane Sawyer and NBC's Katie Couric, has been among the fiercest competitors.
Among Walters' major ''20/20'' interview subjects were Cuban President Fidel Castro, Christopher Reeve after his riding accident, a post-indictment Martha Stewart, Sen. Hillary Clinton about her autobiography, and Patricia Hearst.
Her March 1999 interview with Monica Lewinsky drew a staggering 48.5 million viewers.
Walters told The New York Times she's become uncomfortable with the pressure to find interview subjects appealing to young people who are less interested in news.
''We did Castro and it was a huge interview,'' she told the Times. ''But we did much better in the ratings with Courteney Cox and David Arquette.''
Walters was co-host of ''20/20'' with Hugh Downs until his retirement in 1999. Downs was replaced by John Miller, and Stossel took over when Miller left ABC News.
''20/20'' is averaging just under 10 million viewers a week this season, up from 8.8 million last year. Walters was co-host of NBC's ''Today'' show for 13 years before joining ABC News in 1976, where she was the first woman to anchor a network evening newscast.
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by Karen Russell
August 14th 2007 by Vintage
Paperback, 256 pages
0307276678 (isbn13: 9780307276674)
rating: 5 of 5 stars
A San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
I came across this book during a grab-Starbucks-browse-Barnes&Noble getaway from my children. An hour of drifting through the aisles, jotting titles to add to my Paperback Swap wishlist, sipping a hot espresso truffle – heaven.
St. Lucy's was sitting face-out on the shelf, and for better or for worse, I am drawn to books that I judge by their covers. The paperback version features the illustration of a little girl in a white and red pinafore riding the back of a shaggy brown wolf. The girl's pudgy pink hands pull at her short, unkempt hair. I knew how she felt.
The author of the collection of short stories is the rather beautiful wunderkind Karen Russell, who was 25 years old at the time of printing. I didn't expect much, but having recently entered a short story contest, I realized how little I knew about crafting a short story. And how I really don't like short stories. With a penitent heart, I took the book home and began to read.
In the ten stories, Russell whisks us away to the darker side of the Florida Everglades and to the plains of the Old West and to an Eskimo ice cap. She lovingly presents characters grotesque and disturbing, who act in grotesque and disturbing ways. Families run theme parks for wrestling alligators or exploiting Giant Conch shells, brothers seek their sister's ghost in underwater caves, orangutans perform at an ice rink, and, yes, wolf-like girls are reformed by nuns.
These stories may be surreal, but what's far more astonishing is Russell's magic with words. Russell unabashedly expects the best of the English language and refuses to settle for less. Her phrasing is orgasmic.
Now the thunder makes the thin window glass ripple like wax paper. Summer rain is still the most comforting sounds I know. I like to pretend that it's our dead mother's fingers, drumming on the ceiling above us.
I shadow the spirit manatees, their backs scored with keloid stars from motorboat propellers. I somersault through stingrays. Bonefish flicker around me like mute banshees.
Somewhere, an Avalanche is about to happen without us. Rangi must know this before I do, and the dead bear in eyes comes racing towards us across old snow.
And sometimes, if she sits long enough, it happens. Beneath the hum of her own blood, beneath the hum of the world itself, she thinks she can hear the faint strains of another song. It's a red spark of sound, just enough to cast acoustic shadows of the older song that she has forgotten.
Words fail me to describe this book. I grasp at adjectives like "satisfying," "complex," " bizarre." Russell's book is the reason the word "phantasmagorical" exists. I think about sucking your own blood from a paper cut or pouring salt on a slug. Reading St. Lucy's is like drinking a glass of thick, perfectly aged red wine and being fully sated in both hunger and thirst.
This is a book writers should read, readers should read, adventurers should read. It's not for the timid, but neither is it for the fearless. It's for all of us who are in between, and up for the challenge.


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Is risk attitude outcome specific within the health domain?
The aim of this study is to examine whether individuals' risk attitude for life years differ from their risk attitude for quality of life. The study also investigates two different framing effects, an order and sequence effect, and the interaction between risk attitude and time preferences. The results showed that individuals tended to be risk averse with respect to the gamble involving risk of immediate death and risk seeking with respect to the other health gambles. Varying the order of the questions or the sequence of full health and ill-health did not seem to systematically bias the estimates.
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" Brand: MAC / Type: Nail Varnish / Suitable for: Nails "
I recently purchased this clear topcoat from MAC Online. I needed a new topcoat and MAC were offering a few mascara with every online purchase. Never one to pass up a freebie, I thought I'd try out MAC's topcoat and see what it was like. I figured that it would bound to be fine 'because it was MAC'. Oh, how naive!
"A fast drying high gloss top coat that amplifies M·A·C Lacquer's high gloss finish while providing a protective coating against everyday wear and tear. Formulated with UV protection, helps reduce sun-related fading and discolouration. Colourless. Instantly guards your nail and manicure!"
If you purchase this from MAC, MAC's website, or a department store that supplies MAC (Debenhams or Selfridges) it will cost you £9 for the standard 10ml bottle.
You're probably not going to find a genuine version of this cheaper elsewhere so I'd recommend spending the full £9 if you want to try this.
The bottle comes in a black cardboard box with the details printed in white. There is a cut out at the front of the box so you can see what you're getting.
The lacquer itself is in a clear glass bottle with rounded matte black lid. The MAC logo is embossed on the glass. A sticker underneath will give you the product details.
When I received my MAC overlacquer I was disappointed to see that the bristles of the black brush were splaying out in all directions. I'm a huge fan of MAC cosmetics and have probably over 50 MAC bits and pieces in my makeup box. This is the first product that I felt was 'faulty' in some way.
I didn't send this back due to the time / effort involved. I figured I could put up with the brush issue because it's a clear polish and therefore I wouldn't need to be so precise with application.
I gave this top coat a try over two coats of a MAC nail polish (Ice Cream, which is a bright pink from MAC's Quite Cute collection). As I would usually, I let the two coats of pink dry before applying my topcoat.
Despite the 'faulty' brush, the polish applied reasonably well. The bottle is a decent shape so you can easily hold this in one hand when applying your topcoat. Had the brush not had the sticky out bristles, I still don't think it would be a top quality brush. It's quite cheap looking and not tapered or slanted as you may expect with a high end branded product.
The coat dried quickly so I was impressed here, not overly impressed because you can buy quick drying top coats on the high street for under a fiver!
What I really want from a good quality overlacquer / top coat, is longevity. I am usually busy with work and house work, so without a topcoat can end up with chipped polish after a day or so of wear.
I also look for a high shine. I first discovered my love of super high shine topcoats with Nail Inc's Albert Bridge. So for a topcoat to impress me I'd want it to be equally shiny!
MAC overlacquer did keep my polish unchipped for a day or so longer than if I hadn't been wearing any top coat at all. But not as long as with other topcoats (Albert Bridge for one!).
It did not have a high shine appearance at all so I'm very surprised that it boasts a 'high gloss finish'. It wouldn't say that it added any extra shine to my manicure.
I was quite disappointed with this overlacquer from MAC, and am surprised to see the rave reviews elsewhere!
The price is reasonable compared to some, but you can pick up a Nails Inc Albert Bridge Topcoat from ebay for about £4.99 posted (despite it having a slightly higher RRP).
If you're a MAC addict like myself, you'll probably end up trying this anyway, and like some other reviewers, might even like it!
If you're after a really good topcoat, I cannot recommend this one and would recommend going for a brand that specializes in nails rather than cosmetics in general (so Nails Inc or OPI would be good places to start looking).
MAC has some amazing ranges of cosmetics, and their pigments, lipsticks, brushes and blushes are top notch. Unfortunately I haven't been overly impressed with their nail products. Sorry MAC, I can't rate you highly on this occasion!
As many of you are aware I have been a nail tech for many years now, so I get a insight into whats new, whats good and whats not worth bothering with.
The one product I have struggled with over the years is a good qualitly top coat, Yes the professional ones do a brilliant job but they are very expensive to pay out for your own use, so I have been experimenting with cheaper brands to try and find the perfect top coat at an affordable price.
My of my clients love the effect my top coats give, but they are not willing to pay the 18.00 price tag so I have found the perfect top coat, which delivers everything they want at a much cheaper price.
The best top coat that I have found is the Mac Over Laquer, this is still a little bit pricey but if you want professional results this is the one to buy.
This Mac over laquer is basically a high shine nail varnish top coat, it is designed to prolong your nail varnish and give your nails a stunning glassy shine, that protects and strengthens natural nails.
This can be used on natural nails or any gel or acrylic nail enhancements, It is produced to bring out the colour of the nail vanish that has been previously applied to the nails and prevent it from chipping or flaking.
The laquer itself if clear in colour so it can also be used alone to give you nails a nice glassy natural shine, if you suffer from thin, flakey or peeling nails I strongly recommend this as it will reinforce your own natural nails, making them much more durable and less likely to break off.
If you use this Mac laquer over a nail enhancement, you will also benifit as it is very thick in consistancy very similar to a gel, so it seeps down into any ridges making them less apparent and therefore saves you money as you don't need to go for a back fill every few weeks.
Another big plus for this product is the fact that it is fast drying, your nails will be dry to touch within two minutes. Which makes this ideal for at home use, if you are anything like me you paint your nails and then scuff them up by being inpatient and not letting them dry fully before tackling your next job.
This comes with a UV protective fomula, so it prevents the nails from discolouring in the sun of even under a sun shower, some may not think this is improtant but and sun bed queen will know this is a very good bonus.
This is the same application technique as any other nail varnish you my have used in the past, so it is basically self explaitary but i will go through it to give you a couple of helpful tips.
1. Remember to remove all exsisting nail varnish with a nail varnish remover and cotton wool bud. Once your nail plate is free of any varnish you can begin the varnish process.
2. Now select the colour nail varnish you want and apply 1-2 thin coats on each nail, to get a perfect cover apply one thin stroke of varnish to each side of your nail and then finish with a thicker stoke of varnish down the center of your nail. This will give you nails a longer appearace and it will cover perfectly without any brush strokes.
If you need to apply another coat to get a darker of brighter cover, then apply in expactly to same way.
3. Once you have your desired colour and you are completely happy with the cover, you can apply the Mac over laquer. If you just want a glossy natural look apply the over laquer only and miss step 2.
The laquer brush is on the big side so depending on the size of your nails you may only need one stroke of each finger, in this case apply one thin coat down the center of your nail. If your nails a bigger apply the two side coats and then the center coat, as you do with the colour application.
4. All you do now is sit for a few minutes and you are finished, you with have a nice colourful but glassy set of nails that look like you have just stepped out of a nail salon.
You can buy this Mac over laquer from any Mac stockest of shop, which are usually located in larger cities or shopping centers.
I personally get my from the Mac web site www.maccosmetics.co.uk which do charge for postage on small orders, but I tend to buy enough to get the free postage. This is normally £20.00 but at certain times of the year this can go up.
You can expect to pay £8.00 of a 10ml bottle, which will last you a while as it is a bigger bottle than most other top caots on the market.
I feel this is the perfect top coat for both natural nails and enhanced nails as it fills in any ridges and therefore gives your nail plate and nice even but nautral finish.
I find even the cheapest of nail varnishes can be used with this top coat, I bought a cheap varnish in the sale at superdrug and when I had applied it, my nail colour looked very dull and matt finished so I applied a thin coat of this over laquer and it instantly revived the colour, making it more vibrant and shiney.
This in my opinion is just as good as any professional over coat that you will get within a salon, if gives you all of the same benifits and the results are identical.
I promise if you love to do your nails then this is a must, as it give amazing results that can last up to three weeks. So it is highly recommended by be.


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AAJA Seattle gets a facelift
As the newly-elected VP of Programs for the Seattle chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association, my first order of business was, naturally, a website redesign -- freshly launched this morning. It was a quickie makeover that I will probably improve over time. With the redesign, we'll also be posting more items to the blog. We already have two fresh items from our Seattle members, including a defense of student-journos at WWU and a callout to "backpack journalists." Being involved with AAJA is a reality check for me because I've always been involved in circles like ONA and Hacks/Hackers -- very distinct tech circles of the journalism community. This is the first time I'm involved with an organization more representative of the actual tech skills that everyday journalists have. It's been fun teaching them about blogging and sharing my philosophies on social media, web journalism, etc. In my role as VP of Programs, I plan to host workshops and training for basic tech skills, even though that's slightly out of the scope of the role. My main responsibilities lie in organization and promotion around student scholarships.


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The 11th Annual West Coast Women's Show takes place at FV Tradex on October 21 – 23, 2011.
FVP was the proud social media sponsor of BC's largest women's show in 2009 and 2010. What a fun event it is! The West Coast Women's Show is always buzzing with over 350 vendors, free samples, celebrity & stage presentations and six theme areas.
- Health & Wellness
- Fashion & Style – cosmetics, fashion and jewelry
- World of Taste – food, nutrition, beverages and cookware.
- Home & Interior Design – home decor & interior design, security, pet products, travel, career,
- Active Women's Zone- Fitness, sports
- Travel Showcase
- Marketplace – gifts, crafts, small & home based businesses and much more.
Stay tuned for details of this year's event – we can't wait!
West Coast Women's Show
FV Tradex, 1190 Cornell Street, Abbotsford