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A man is dead and his brother is fighting for his life after a shooting in the Hunting Park section of the city.
Police say an unidentified man armed with a shotgun shot two men on the 3900 block of North Percy Street around 6:40 p.m. A 23-year-old man and his 20-year-old brother were both struck in the torso.
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Over at MSExchange.org there's a good article on the database checksumming process as part of online maintenance in Exchange 2007 SP1. Recommended reading for anyone who either a) doesn't know what it is or b) isn't 100% positive what it is.
Online maintenance database scanning comprises two main processes, namely checksumming and page zeroing of the database pages. Both of these processes are available in the Release To Manufacturing (RTM) version of Exchange 2007 and although they are still available in the Service Pack 1 version of Exchange 2007, several changes have been made which I will cover in the two parts of this article. As well as what the changes actually are, we'll obviously take a look at how you enable these features as well as how you monitor their progress via the event log entries that they create. There are also some performance implications that you will need to be aware of too.
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Looking for some thoughts on whether this trip is feasible in the time we have.
I am an avid traveller and usually get bored of just a beach really quickly, however with this being our honeymoon it means something a bit special and relaxing after all the wedding stress.
We are planning to go in June 2014 and the current route I am thinking is Lon - Sing and spend 4 nights there. I was then thinking of heading to Borneo for 5 nights and onto Bali for 4 nights in Ubud ending with 6 nights in Seminyak on the beach before a flight back to Singapore to come home.
I can get a direct flight with Air Asia from BKI to DPS so don not need to go via KL or Singapore which saves a lot of time.
I have a couple of queries, does anyone know how reliable the flights from BKI or DPS are, as they only go a couple of times a week if we miss it then either I will have to change my plans or book a last min connection flight. I know AirAsia are generally good but as this is a sparse route it might be different and I would be better off booking the indirect flight.
Also is it worth going to Borneo for 5 nights? We are planning to stay in KK probably in a beach resort so we have that as I know the beach is not great. I was going to book the Rasa Ria but they have major development work going on so thought it best to avoid it. The main reason was so we can go and see the Orangutans and Jungle/Rain forest to mix up the trip a bit rather than too much beach.
I know KL is probably a better base for the trip but my partner really wants to go to Singapore so I need to use that as a base. I considered Tioman, Perinthians and Langkawai instead of Borneo but they just seem to give me more beach rather than something a bit different..
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If you want to go to Borneo to see the orangutans, then you must not spend all of your time in the KK area. The very best option is to go to the Borneo Rainforest Lodge, which requires a flight from KK to Lahad Datu. This is the best place to see orangutans in the wild. If you spend your 5 nights as one night KK, 3 nights BRL and one night in KK, your five nights can give you a good Borneo experience. If you don't want to go into the wilderness, opt for Kuching rather than KK. It's a charming city, and there is a "rehab" center were you can see orangutans - though not in the wild.
Another option to consider if the Borneo segment sounds like too much hassle is to take those days to visit Java. Borobudur and Prambanam are well worth seeing. Click on my name and you'll be able to find my trip report from a year ago of two weeks in Java.
I agree with you that places like Tioman, Perinthians and Langkawai are just beach.
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Thanks a lot I will have a look your report and check out the BRL maybe we can just go straight there, one night in KK seems a little pointless unless we need it for flight times.
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I definitely agree with Kathie that Kuching is a much more enjoyable place to spend a few days than KK. KK is really only useful, in my experience, as a jumping off point to reach Kinabalu Mountain park whereas Kuching is a really lovely place to hang out.
If you decide to visit Kuching I recommend doing some reading on James Brooke and the Brooke family, known as the White Rajahs of Borneo. Kuching was their capital.
Here's a taste:
There's a biography about Sylvia Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak, called 'Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters', by Philip Eade.
I've used Air Asia a number of times and have found it perfectly reliable.
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You can't go just straight to the BRL, you will need a day in KK each way due to flight schedules. The BRL is really off the beaten track.
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Warm welcome to fodors, rtwtraveller (fine handle), and warm congrats on impending Asian honeymoon (rumour has it, occasionally joyous); perhaps, a few days in our fine home of Singapore, well done.
Rather rushed this fine Changi morning, but do wish to convey praise of our SIN's lodging and restaurant offerings -- budget permitting, honoured to offer further assistance.
Noticed you will be potentially flying LHR-SIN, return. Rather recently, SQ308 J, SIN-LHR, work, most acceptable with sweet SQ crew (more available via a recent SIA "fanboy's" review of SQ322 J on my profile page; love those posters, just like SQTalk - and others...)
Do wish to part with completely biased praise and love of Changi. Privileged past few days of participating in Changi's presentations of forthcoming Terminal 4 (~2017) and yes, future T5... (be seeing you Dubai, next month, for more aviation updates; can't wait).
Wherever you stay and do, have fun; warmest wishes, from Changi, Singapore,
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The Dallas Cowboys will hold off on signing any of their seven draft picks until next month, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.
Citing a source close to the situation, the report in the Star-Telegram says that Dallas doesn't want to put anything in ink until after June 1--when $6 million of cap space from departed CB Terence Newman's deal becomes available.
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What do you do when gay-rights activists manage to get a neologism for lube and fecal matter at the top of Google searches for your name? Blame Google.
Instead of, you know, apologizing for being a bigot, Rick Santorum contacted Google yesterday to demand that they remove spreadingsantorum.com as the top hit for his name. In case the Senator's insults against Google as irresponsible purveyors of filth didn't work, Santorum also played the (not very effective) "you would never do that to Joe Biden" card. "If something was up there about Joe Biden, they'd get rid of it," he told Politico. (There are a few problems with that comment. Mainly the fact that Joe Biden isn't a homophobe.)
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Game design major and super nerd Ben Gray has taken a note-sharing app for Nintendo 3DS and turned it into an old-school Dungeons & Dragons game.
Swapnote, an app released free last month that lets users to share notes, sound clips and 3D images, got Gray's creative juices flowing.
Being a game design major, it just kind of clicked in my head that, you know, this could be really useful in game design somehow. I don't know how, but I just started coming up with ideas, and something clicked.
It came to him when he found the graph-paper feature.
I saw the graph paper and my nerd sense went off and I immediately knew I had to make a Dungeons & Dragons game.
It's called Swapnote RPG and you can learn more about it in the above video. All you need to play is a 3DS, some geeky pals and this here graph template.
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Quick question, from a fellow Catholic (only needing a short, short answer, I think… like even just "yes" or "no", if sufficient):
Do you push the view that, in order to follow Protestantism, you have to accept that its core differentiating beliefs were nowhere to be practiced in the entire history of the Earth, until the 15th century? (when a MAN brought them about, for the first time) ...in other words, pushing the question: "Why would God allow all Christianity to be misled for 1,500 years, then finally introduce the "truth" in some "new beliefs package"?" As I understand it, even the Jews never thought you needed to believe in God to get to Heaven, and they certainly allowed non-written tradition (ie, they didn't follow anything like Sola Scriptura, if I'm not mistaken))...
Or does that not entirely make sense? (or maybe Protestants still just present some reasoning against all that (quite obviously)).
I'm mostly just curious if that argument is ever used, or if it's mistaken, etc…
I think Protestantism is way too complex a phenomenon to offer such simplistic diagnoses as a sort of one size fits all dismissal. There are, to be sure, aspects of the various Protestantisms that are completely novel. But different Protestantisms have different novelties and many of them quarrel with one another. Anabaptists, for instance, reject infant baptism but many Reformation traditions sternly rejected this. Some Protestantisms rejected earlier forms of Protestantism and embraced more "Romish" ideas—only to be attacked by other Protestants. Some were influenced by Eastern Orthodoxy. Some resurrected old heresies that were emphatically not native to the 16th Century. Some took sayings of the Fathers in isolation from the patristic tradition and used them as proof texts to back up notions like sola scriptura. They would argue (erroneously, but plausibly to their audience) that their idea was not a novelty but is drawing (sort of) from the early Church. Early Protestants tended to attack the Church for being legalistic. Some Protestant sects today champion a return to the Old Testament dietary laws and even to keeping the whole ceremonial law of Moses (essentially attempting to carry forward the program of the Judaizers that Paul and the Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15) condemned. They argue the Church went wrong, not during the "Dark Ages" but with the acceptance of Paul as an apostle.
In short, the various Protestantisms are not something utterly new in the life of the Church. They are a resurgence of a phenomenon that has been with the Church since the start: the insistence that one's private judgement is wiser than the Church. It is a phenomenon still with us today on both the Pelvic-Obsessed Progressive Dissenting Left and the Bitter More Catholic Than the Pope Reactionary Dissenters, both of whom pose much more of a threat to the Church than the many Protestants who, after five centuries, no longer know what the quarrel is and who are, a great many of them, seeking reunion with Holy Church even as many Catholics are rebelling in order to pursue their own private judgements and the chaos these will surely continue to foster.
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Mark Ballas Furthers the Derek Hough Myths in a New Interview with Inside Pulse
Gee, Mark, just when I start to actually LIKE you again, you attempt to give the Derek-Myths some actual substance. Careful, your jealousy is showing. Then, look at your own partners – you've not exactly paid your dues either. The average age of your partners is 26, while the average age of Derek's partners is 33. Being eliminated first doesn't give you cred or "dues" – it just means your partner wasn't popular (and that she wasn't paired with Derek, since he's had some unknown/unpopular people as well). You get it right later in the interview AFTER throwing Derek under the bus – it is luck of the draw. Too bad you had to try to discredit Derek's accomplishments as "luck" before you got to that TRUTH.


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A Look at GOP Priorities as House Forgoes Debt Ceiling Fight
The U.S. House voted to extend the nation's debt limit for another three months. Can the Republican party use fiscal issues to regain its footing? Gwen Ifill talks with Susan Page of USA Today and Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report and Roll Call.
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Andover Properties LLC (Storage King USA) purchased a $42 million portfolio of loans for self-storage properties in the Metro Philadelphia and New Jersey markets. Nicholas Malagisi, national director of self storage for Sperry Van Ness International, participated in the sale. Andover President Brian Cohen closed the purchase of the loans within 45 days in an all-cash transaction.
Andover, a developer and owner/operator of self-storage facilities in the Metro New York area, partnered in the transaction with Angelo, Gordon & Co., a privately held alternative-investment advisor with approximately $19 billion under management across various disciplines.
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More than 2,000 tea party supporters descended on the state capital Thursday, calling for lower taxes and smaller government, but also working hard to polish their image.
The crowd spilled out over the lawn of the Capitol in Sacramento as part of a statewide Tax Day protest organized by one of the nation's largest tea party groups, the Tea Party Patriots. Other rallies were held throughout the state.
Many participants carried signs railing against the national health care overhaul and the federal stimulus package. They promised to vote out politicians who supported either one.
In addition to the familiar battle cries, supporters spent a noticeable amount of time refuting claims that tea partiers are racists or that the movement has been co-opted by the Republican Party.
However, when Tea Party Patriots co-founded Mark Meckler asked the predominantly white crowd how many of them were current or former Republicans, nearly every hand went up.
Rich Strohecker, a tea party supporter from Sacramento, said he was pleased with Thursday's turnout but disappointed by the lack of diversity, particularly in a state where nearly 60 percent of the population is non-white.
"We need to reach out more to minorities," he said, scanning the crowd. "I don't see a lot of them out here today."
A smaller protest in Irvine had a similar demographic make-up. The vast majority of the 200-300 participants were white, and most were over 60. One memorable exception: a young girl holding a sign that read, "I am broke and I'm only 3 years old."
The tea party's image has taken some hits when it comes to issues of race. In March, reports surfaced that some tea party activists were lobbing racial slurs at black congressmen during protests over the health care bill.
In addition, members of the nonpartisan Tea Party Patriots watched another major player on the national tea party scene, the Tea Party Express, capture the spotlight this month with its flashy bus tour featuring Sarah Palin and other high-profile conservatives. The Tea Party Express is funded and run by longtime Republican operatives who say the tea party and the GOP are natural allies.
On Thursday, ralliers insisted the majority of the movement remains unaffiliated.
"This tea party isn't about a political party; it's about power," said conservative radio host Eric Hogue, the Sacramento event's emcee. "All of the incumbents need to feel the heat."
There was also an apparent attempt by some rally organizers to distance the tea party from fringe groups such as the so-called birther movement, which challenges President Barack Obama's citizenship.
Earlier this week, birther leader and secretary of state candidate Orly Taitz received a phone call rescinding her invitation to speak at a tea party protest in Pleasanton, she said.
Reached by phone Thursday morning, the Rancho Santa Margarita attorney said she was told she couldn't speak because organizers feared she would use the forum to criticize her opponent in the Republican primary, former NFL player Damon Dunn.
"I think they are Republicans who believe you aren't allowed to bring forward any negative information about another Republican," Taitz said of the Pleasanton tea party group.
While the tea party protests dominated the headlines Thursday, other events around the capital offered some alternative tax proposals. At a protest in Galt, about 20 miles south of Sacramento, about 100 education advocates called for taxing wealthy individuals and corporations to raise money for education.
"We should be closing loopholes instead of closing schools," said one participant, San Diego City College professor Jim Miller.
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Another week, another opportunity for you to help crown the MLS Goal of the Week winner.
Week 8 provided plenty to choose from, including Sebastian Fernandez's blistering equalizer past Nick Rimando in stoppage time. That was Fernandez's second goal of the 2014 season. His first took home MLS Goal of the Week honours in Week 1.
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Another Carnival ship is limping
Carnival Cruise Lines has had better weeks.
The Carnival Legend, which had been scheduled to visit the Cayman Islands, will instead return to its home port of Tampa after experiencing problems with a unit that controls the ship's speed.
Earlier this week, the Carnival Dream had problems with a diesel generator and was forced to stay in-dock at St. Maarten.
Here's Carnival's statement regarding the Legend:
March 15, 2013
Carnival Legend is experiencing a technical issue with one of the ship's Azipod units that is affecting the vessel's sailing speed. The ship'ssafety systems and hotel services are all functioning normally.
The vessel made its scheduled call yesterday in Mahogany Bay, Roatan, in addition to visiting Cozumel and Costa Maya earlier in the week. Because of the reduction in sailing speed, today's visit to Grand Cayman has been cancelled and the ship will proceed to its homeport of Tampa, where it is expected to arrive on Sunday as scheduled.
Guests on the current voyage will receive a $100.00 USD per person credit and a full refund on pre-purchased shore excursions for Grand Cayman. In addition, guests will receive 50 percent off a future Carnival cruise.
Carnival Legend is currently on the last leg of a seven-day Caribbean cruise that departed Tampa on Sunday, March 10.
And here's the latest statement regarding the Carnival Dream:
We know there have been questions on the conditions onboard Carnival Dream last night and wanted to update you. We have had multiple conversations with the ship's management team. Based on the ship's service logs and extensive physical monitoring of all public areas, including restrooms, throughout the night, we can confirm that only one public restroom was taken offline for cleaning based on toilet overflow and there was a total of one request for cleaning of a guest cabin bathroom. Aside from that there have been no reports of issues on board with overflowing toilets or sewage. The toilet system had periodic interruptions yesterday evening and was fully restored at approximately 12.30am this morning.
This all comes after an engine room fire aboard the Carnival Triumph left it floating in the Gulf of Mexico with limited power for several days.
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Olivia Smith viewed the world through a narrow window. Her ideals were as blurred and bumpy as old glass - and her opinions were based on what she assumed lied beyond her limited view. But the summer Olivia turned 13, things changed. An unusual heat settled on her small town - strange feelings for Jared Wahl, the neighbor boy she had grown up with, began to stir - and, most horribly, her beautiful, rich cousin, Penelope, the daughter of an Ethiopian super model, had come to stay with them while her parents were in Europe.With the help of an eccentric old woman named Ms. Stella, the girls, opposites in every way, learn acceptance and glean wisdom from an unlikely source - each other.
This book is a celebration of womanhood in all its incarnations - be it the naive ideals of a 13 year old girl - or the hardened wisdom and fun musings of an 85 year old woman.
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Usually we do not report much (or at all) about women's jewelry here at Highsnobiety. But we could not pass on showing you the latest ad campaign for the David Webb Fall 2011 Collection, shot by Terry Richardson and styled by Carine Roitfeld, former Vogue France editor in chief.
One might argue that Terry Richardson is all over the place these days, yet we do always appreciate the less serious take of the photographer on fashion and life in general, infusing a more laid back look and style into brands that would otherwise never been on peoples radar.
Check out the behind the scenes video on the production of the campaign here below.
More images from the campaign follow after the jump.
Photographer: Terry Richardson
Styling: Carine Roitfeld
Creative Director: Alex Wiederin / Buero New York
Model: Eniko
Hair Stylist: Bob Recine
Make Up: Aaron De Mey
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Truck driver ticketed in I-57 crash
CHAMPAIGN — A truck driver who ran into the back of another truck in a construction zone on Interstate 57 was ticketed Tuesday for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
No injuries were reported.
State police said James L. Alcorn, 64, of Bloomington was driving a Peterbilt truck north on I-57 at 10:21 a.m. Tuesday when he was hit from behind by an International truck driven by Franklin J. Haller, 27, of Streamwood.
The accident occurred about a mile south of I-72 where road construction has narrowed the highway to one lane.
Alcorn's truck wound up in the median and Haller's truck stopped on the right shoulder.
Haller told police he had looked down and didn't see Alcorn's truck. Haller was ticketed.
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UNIT 10.10 Ion-Exchange Chromatography
Published Online: 1 MAY 2001
DOI: 10.1002/0471142727.mb1010s44
Copyright © 2003 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
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Cable channel FX has released the latest trailer for the upcoming season of their hit television show "American Horror Story: Coven". The trailer is called "Coffin," and features a woman who has been buried alive in a... you guessed it, a coffin. You can check the teaser trailer out for yourself below:
If you're unfamiliar with American Horror Story: Coven, you can read the official synopsis below:
"Coven tells the secret history of witches and witchcraft in America. Over 300 years have passed since the turbulent days of the Salem witch trials and those who managed to escape are now facing extinction. Mysterious attacks have been escalating against their kind and young girls are being sent away to a special school in New Orleans to learn how to protect themselves. Wrapped up in the turmoil is new arrival, Zoe (Farmiga), who is harboring a terrifying secret of her own. Alarmed by the recent aggression, Fiona (Lange), the long-absent Supreme, sweeps back into town, determined to protect the Coven and hell-bent on decimating anyone who gets in her way."
American Horror Story: Coven features a stellar cast of actors, which includes Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Frances Conroy, Gabourey Sidibe, Denis O'Hare, Patti LuPone, Evans Peters, Taissa Farmiga, Lily Rabe, and Emma Roberts.
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Just Stop and Learn to Be on the Beach: Life Update
Hello friends! So these last couple of weeks have been action-packed to say the least. Last week was spring break and it was definitely much needed. Because all my professors felt like pushing all of their exams and papers to the week before break, the week off felt so sweet. The weather in Kansas was all over the place, at least so I heard. I was in Texas with my family which was amazing! (60-70 degree weather days, it can't get more perfect) And for all you mid-westerners who haven't seen the beach in quite sometime, here is the beach[…]Read More


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New Year's Eve attack on a yuppie car in Montreal
From MTL Counter-info
"Because Black December is not a staged repetition of previous insurrectional events, but rather a circle of struggle that connects the past with the present, in search of a future where our everyday life will be inundated with acts of attack and rebellion against Power.
Because, although our bodies are incarcerated between walls and bars, our souls are found in every part of the planet where flags of resistance are raised for a world of freedom.
Because our hearts stubbornly continue to beat to the rhythm of wild freedom…"
– Nikos Romanos
Last December 31st in the evening, an angry person (me) went over a rather vast distance to a terribly-gentrified neighborhood by the Lachine Canal in Montreal to put an expensive BMW on fire (on Duvernay between Charlevoix and Levis St). I'll call it an attempt, as I wasn't around to see what actually happened… yet if no stupid citizen took the risk to intervene to keep the fire from destroying a car, it should have worked. But there is no guarantee.
Molotoving this damn machine would have been surely more certain. Though at this busy time of the evening, in one of the busiest evenings of the year, I couldn't afford the risk so I went for a more discreet approach involving chemicals. Hence, I just slipped under one of the rear tires a cup of coffee half-filled with dry chlorine and added some brake fluid to it, then flew the scene without a fuss. I tested this recipe many times already so there's no reason why it shouldn't have worked, especially on tires. Here's for the explanation.
On the other hand, there are also good reasons why this arson may have been silenced by the police and the mainstream media -or just neighbors who wouldn't bother calling the cops over a suspicious coffee cup- especially given how this neighborhood is filled with some of the city's "innocent" upper middle-class, including fancy members of the Inner Party. Obviously they would seek to avoid a scandal with the potential of causing discomfort among this disneyland of the petty bourgeoisie and challenge their disgusting yet delusional sense of social (and racial) supremacy, with all the intestine fluctuations of credit-bubble flatulences this might involve. So, maybe maybe.
The only way to make sure that it gets there, for all those sickened by this near-overtly fascistic social formatting -a.k.a "gentrification"- to not have it further steered away from "public view", would be to keep reproducing such tactics more and more, in busier spots when possible, so that a real inevitable situation is brought upon these small capitalist rats. We need a sustained insurgency taking as many forms and aspects as there are beautiful colors in the rainbow of your clique, your clan, your cult, your couple and your crew.
Especially to gtfo of these accomodating enclaves might help. If a wanker like me could manage to move my ass out of my own, away from the usual apathy of my buddies just to smash a bit of society… so this possibly means YOU CAN DO IT.
So you may as well -though not limited to- drop syringes and dog poos on the sidewalks of trendy areas… pepper-spray more bougie bar & grills… punch some White male yuppie's smug face and poke your fingers in their shallow eyes… dress and make up as a petty bourgeois hipster yourself to fuck everything up from the inside… or just do a really funny surprise attack out of nowhere to trash their places… with their own trash of course. It's up to you. So many possiblities to grab!
I did that in the context of Black December in solidarity with Michael Kimble and all the other prisoners who've been taking part in the recent uprisings in Alabama, along with Emma Sheppard in Britain, the invincible Nikos Romanos, Sean Swain, Nicole Kish, MARIUS Mason and the Hammond brothers.
But it was primarily as an act of revenge for a female deer that, roughly a year ago somewhere in the Eastern Townships, was found dead in a ditch on the side of the road, while she was still pregnant. (picture of her attached) It will take hundreds of burned cars to sooth my anger about this poor defenseless creature. So I'll keep doing this no matter what.
Fire for hire!
– an Individual from the Plateau Crew
P.S.: praises to the few in Quebec who managed to make New Year's Eve noise demos in front of at least three prisons outside of Montreal. Let's keep spreadin' this shit broad and wide!
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Anonymous (not verified)
Tue, 01/12/2016 - 08:42
When San Francisco Rebelled
When San Francisco Rebelled Against the Techies:
joe (not verified)
Tue, 01/12/2016 - 14:47
you broke my damn car you fucker !!!!!
I will sue you in justice , its not legal you violated the law I worked hard for this shit you know . You selfush nihilist detroyer of shitty heads like yourself , yeah you heard it give yourself some love you dickhead.
Anonymous (not verified)
Tue, 01/12/2016 - 15:18
Holy crap for a second I
Holy crap for a second I thought this was a real statement and not satire.
Coming here is often like watching videos of brawls on youtube.
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 10:40
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 14:11
seems they reinstated those
seems they reinstated those comments, but i blame this type of behavior from thecollective is basically them kneeling before the trolls asking for troll purge
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 16:38
gtfo, tool. Or explain why
gtfo, tool. Or explain why Emile is still posting his generated walls of text? Crocodile tears for all these poor trolls coz probably this comment section is their own social life or vehicle to exert their domination?
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 17:52
social domination exerted, bitch!
emile's observations appear to pertain to the context within which they comment …
you can engage with the ideas or ignore them.
this stink you raise is the trolling of a reactionary.
Anonymous (not verified)
Thu, 01/14/2016 - 11:37
The reason why I never bother
The reason why I never bother reading Emile's troll posts isn't because of the ideas they contain, but their of substance thereof. Daz because he is a FRAUD.
But I think you need a RELATIONAL-LANGUAGE.
Anonymous (not verified)
Sun, 01/17/2016 - 11:54
"their LACK of substance"
"their LACK of substance"
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 16:44
Really? Serious logic? I'm
Really? Serious logic? I'm one of presumably dozens of people who have come here on-and-off over the years. It doesn't entitle me to more of an opinion than anyone else but that said ...
This place has had a pretty noxious atmosphere for a long time, largely because of about 3-5 dedicated individuals who ... if nothing else, comment disproportionately to everyone else. Those are the "trolls" if you want to split hairs over definitions.
Literally, troll means something else, I know but that's what this "purge" is about. Absolutely bizarre that just because thecollective is trying to do something about it, I suddenly become a "troll" too just cause I've found that handful of people obnoxious for years and said as much ... for years.
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 17:45
noxious people
you've been a troll... for years.
what is the collective trying to do?
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 01/13/2016 - 20:10
I'm never claiming to be
I'm never claiming to be anything but myself. Pretty sure the definition of trolling is when you misrepresent yourself to garner a specific reaction. Anyway, it's not necessarily about trolling, as I covered already.
Anonymous (not verified)
Thu, 01/14/2016 - 11:18
Actually, what I think is
Actually, what I think is that there's 2-3 people that keep coming here just to complain about other peoples comments, and you're one of them, you're easily recognizable since you people always whine about the same thing, mostly emiles posts. I've been coming here ever since this site exists, i've posted content and I've had emile comment long posts which I felt werent pertinent to the subject, still emile has never bothered me, I guess because I'm not a close minded authoritarian like you. People will engage on what they see fit to engage. Like what we're doing right now. If we'd apply tight standards of permitted conversations then our current one wouldn't be allowed because it has nothing to do with the content that was posted. Still wouldn't you agree that these are things worth discussing, and that they were brought about by an off topic comment?
If all that is needed to derail conversations that others would like to have is someone who likes developing in length their repetitive ideas, thats pretty pathetic. I can skip emile's comments at will, why cant you do the same? Grow a spine.


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Up first, a teaser poster for Gore Verbinski's "The Lone Ranger", which is debuting a spanking new trailer this Super Bowl Sunday. They also released a 20-second teaser preview with this poster that you can take a gander at below, take a ganderers.
Starring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Helena Bonham Carter, William Fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, James Frain, Ruth Wilson, "The Lone Ranger" rides again July 3, 2013.
Up next, a new poster for Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper's crime drama "The Place Beyond the Pines", which is directed by Derek Cianfrance and co-stars Rose Byrne and Eva Mendes. Go beyond the pines this March 29, 2013.
And finally, here's a mind-bending new poster for Danny Boyle's "Trance". The crime thriller stars James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani, Wahab Sheikh, Sam Creed, and attempts to boggle the mind this April 5, 2013.


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I'll never forget hearing what my great-grandfather described as the most difficult part of living nearly a century: losing his loved ones. I thought grief would be his reason for the difficulty, but it wasn't the kind of grief I was expecting. Rather than focusing on the sadness of losing them, he highlighted the loss of his own sense of self.
Phew! Pardon me for veering off course with that unexpectedly morose tangent. I mentioned it to pinpoint the reason I feel so refreshed after being with old friends. Having a weekend full of remembered stories and belly laughs is like one long continuous hug that never ends. It's fabulous. Our visit was doubly great because it was the first time our children played with each other. It is fun to compare their personalities and see which parts of them are like us and like each other.
Even better than all this pontificating are the photos I have from the event. Enjoy!
|Intense birthday party love, as personified by Molly.
|More spring.
|Mike's Pastries excitement.
p.s. Yes, I experimented with Photobucket's new editing tools again. They are dangerous for my creeping bedtime.
Editor's note: This post is part of Wordful Wednesday and a bunch of Wordless Wednesdays: 5 Minutes for Mom, Jenni from the Blog, Natural Parents Network, and The Paper Mama.


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Toni Atkins, a 1984 E&H graduate, has been elected to serve as speaker of the California General Assembly, continuing an upward political trajectory for a woman with a successful history of public service inspired, in part, by her years at Emory & Henry.
Atkins, who now serves as Democratic Majority Leader in the House, will take over the position later this year when the current speaker, John A. Perez, leaves office. Read more about Atkins' new post.
Representing San Diego, Atkins has built a strong reputation among her colleagues for political success, in large part due to the work she has done on behalf of disadvantaged communities. She fought for and achieved affordable housing in San Diego's challenging housing market. She has worked successfully on behalf of veterans, the elderly and the homeless while remaining focused on fiscal responsibility.
"I totally continue to believe and be grateful that my time at Emory & Henry really helped prepare me for the role and path I've taken in civic engagement and public service," Atkins said. "I continue to believe, as I was helped to understand as a student in Dr. (Steve) Fisher's courses, that working with others on a common goal I'd be able to make a difference."


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Rose 'Carmen' (Werdeman) Nickles
Nov. 4, 1910 Dec. 29, 2002
Rose "Carmen" (Werdeman) Nickles, 92, a former Tuolumne County deputy assessor, died Dec. 29 at her home in Belvedere, Marin County.
Mrs. Nickles was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Tuolumne County, where she lived until about 1970, when she moved to Aptos. She moved to Belvedere in 1988.
She graduated from Jamestown Elementary School and, in 1929, Sonora High School. She and her husband, Marshall J. Nickles, built a home on Banner Drive in Sonora, where they lived for many years.
She was deputy assessor of Tuolumne County in the 1960s and also managed a title office.
Mrs. Nickles was a member of St. James Episcopal Church in Sonora, where she volunteered for many activities, including helping with children's activities.
After moving to Belvedere, she worked at her daughter's business, Sweetthings, until she was 90. She was a member of St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Belvedere. She loved wearing hats, enjoyed having breakfast at San Francisco Yacht Club and spending time with her great-grandchildren and loved her daughter's dog Lucie. They said she was a very sweet person and was very supportive and encouraging.
Mrs. Nickles is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Marsha Nickles Lasky and Michael Lasky; Michael Lasky's children and their spouses, Michael and Teri Lasky, Blake and Cece Lasky, and Beth and John Anderson and Skip Lasky; eight great-grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Valeria Werdeman of Burlingame; and a niece, Joyce Cahallan and husband, Bill, of Burlingame.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Marshall J. Nickles, in 1978.
A service will be held at a later date at St. Stephens Episcopal Church. Neptune Society of Marin County is handling arrangements.
Perry D. Cox
April 24, 1919 Dec. 31, 2002
Perry D. Cox, 83, of Sonora died Tuesday at a Modesto hospital.
Mr. Cox was born in Hot Springs, Ark., and had lived in the Bay Area for many years, before moving to Sonora, where he had lived for the past 25 years.
He was a diesel mechanic for Operating Engineer's Local 3 in San Mateo. He was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Sonora and the Marion Barber Senior Lounge. He taught a wood-carving class at the senior lounge and later at Tuolumne County Senior Center in Sonora.
Mr. Cox is survived by his wife, Alma Cox of Sonora; two sons, James Cox of Baypoint, Contra Costa County, and Robert Cox of Camp Connell; two grandsons, Sean Cox and Elliott Cox, both of Camp Connell; and a sister, Mary James of Ashland, Ore.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Matthew and Arcie Mae Cox.
Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, and a funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, all at Heuton Memorial Chapel. A private graveside service will be held at Mountain Shadow Cemetery in Sonora.
Philip Joseph Kelleher
March 28, 1932 Jan. 2, 2003
Philip Joseph Kelleher, 70, of Sonora died Thursday at his home.
Mr. Kelleher was born in Lynn, Mass., and had lived in Sonora for the past four years.
He was a chemical engineer for various engineering firms in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco for a total of 40 years.
He attended St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora, was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous in Sonora and the San Ramon Valley area. He enjoyed singing in barbershop quartets and the Columbia College Choir. He loved to play the piano and loved the arts and created sculptures, drawings and paintings. He collected art, antiques and books.
He was a pilot, loved to scuba dive, garden and enjoyed computer work and genealogy.
Mr. Kelleher is survived by his wife of 48 years, Mary Kelleher of Sonora; two sons, Kenneth Kelleher of Sonora and Robert Kelleher of San Ramon; five daughters, Laura Kelly of Danville, Lee Ann Kjar of Orinda, Kristin Lynch of Oxnard, Kathleen Feller of Roseville and Amy Meineke of Pleasanton; a sister, Ruth Mason of Onset, Mass.; 10 grandchildren; and five sons-in-law and one daughter-in-law.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Kelleher, in 2000.
Visitation is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Heuton Memorial Chapel. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Sonora. Burial will be at St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Sonora.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 6 p.m. Jan. 24 at St. Raymond's Catholic Church in Dublin.
Donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 1710 Gilbreth Road, Burlingame 94010 or the Sonora Alano Club, 19421 Village Drive, Sonora 95370.
Tommy Gardner Walling
March 14, 1922 Jan. 2, 2003
Tommy Gardner Walling, 80, of Sonora died Thursday at a Sonora hospital.
Mr. Walling was a native of Sonora and had lived in Jamestown from infancy until he was about 11, when his family moved to Colfax. He lived in the Bay Area for many years before returning to Sonora 11 years ago.
When he was 17 he joined the Army, serving from 1941 to 1945 during World War II in Europe and Africa.
He later worked as a supervisor of maintenance for the City of San Bruno for many years.
He was a past master of the Free and Accepted Masons 120 of San Francisco, where he received the Hiram Award. His family said it is the highest Masonic award given. He was a past high priest of the Royal Arch Masons of California, Santa Rosa 45, past commander of Francis Drake Masonic Temple 16. of S. San Francisco, past potentate of Shriner's Asiya and past patron of Order of the Eastern Star.
A memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday at San Bruno Funeral Home, 200 W. San Bruno Ave. Terzich and Wilson Funeral is handling local arrangements.
Donations may be made to Shriner's Children's Hospital, 2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, 95817 or a favorite charity.
Carol Leonie Bartlett
Jan 7, 1941 Dec. 25, 2002
Carol Leonie Bartlett, 61, of Angels Camp died Dec. 25 in a Lodi care home, after a long illness.
Mrs. Bartlett was born in Monterey and had lived in Angels Camp for the past 13 years.
She was a janitor for Rogers Corporation in Chandler, Ariz., and later owned Angels Delight ceramics and gift shop in Angels Camp for many years. She liked to make ceramics.
Mrs. Bartlett is survived by a son, Gene Rhoar Bartlett III of Phoenix; a daughter, Carolyn Bartlett of Angels Camp; and six grandchildren.
A service and burial will be private. Angels Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.
Christian Harold "Chris" Klein
Dec. 24, 1924 Dec. 31, 2002
Christian Harold "Chris" Klein, 78, of Jamestown died Thursday at his home.
Mr. Klein was a native of Berlin, Germany, and had lived in Groveland for seven years and in Jamestown for the past eight years.
He worked as a real estate appraiser for Laguna Federal Bank in Laguna Beach for 10 years.
He loved to travel, and his family said he was a great handyman and painter. They said he loved his friends, life and good food.
Mr. Klein is survived by his wife of 49 years, Hella Klein of Jamestown; a brother, Albert Brauer of Hanover, Germany; and two nieces, Katie Brauer of Hanover, and Cornellia Tonn of Carlsruhe, Germany.
A private celebration of life will be held. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
CUMMINGS Patricia Dolores Cummings, 74, a former resident of Tuolumne County, died Dec. 16 at her home in Hawaiian Shores, Hawaii. Homelani Memorial Park and Crematory handled arrangements.
STEMIG Mark Stemig, 22, of Sonora died Friday in Utah. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
SCHELLER Jean Scheller, 63, of Sonora died Sunday at a Sonora hospital. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
BERRY Lillian Berry, 72, of Sonora died Sunday at her home. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
CORMIER Richard Cormier, 68, of Twain Harte died Friday at his home. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
LANG Alvin F. Lang, 78, of Sonora died Friday at a Modesto hospital. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
SILVA Anthony F. "Tony" Silva, 80, of Sonora died Wednesday at a Davis hospital. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
LOVE Kari L. Love, 34, of Sonora died Saturday at her home. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.
WOOD Agnes H. Wood, 90, of Twain Harte died Friday at a Sonora hospital. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.
AYRES Nina M. Ayres, 85, of Sonora died Saturday at a Sonora care home. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.
CARTER Charlotte A. Carter, 47, of Groveland died Sunday at a Sonora hospital. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.


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If you are wanting a nice and relaxed holiday in India by the beach, one of the best options for you is to head to Goa. It is one of the most famous beach destinations in India and has something for everyone!
Adults can be on the beach and get some sunshine, and the children can play in the sand making sandcastles. There are also a lot of different activities from local sightseeing to water sports. A lot of the nice hotels have private beaches, so this is a very good option in case you are looking for some private and relaxed time.
There is a lot of history in goa and a lot of things to see. The buildings and architecture are a combination of modern Indian and very old Portuguese inspired architecture. Some of the not-to-miss spots while in goa are,
Our recommendation is the Taj Fort Aguada – it is one of the many resorts in God and has excellent rooms and customer service. There are of course a range of hotels to select from, including Hyatt, Marriott, etc.
No visit to goa is complete without a visit to the many beaches. Some of the more famous ones are: Candolim, Sinquerim, Baga, Anjuna, Vagator, Morjim and Arambol. Our favourite is Baga beach because it has so many restaurants and bars on the beach.
Make sure that you visit more than one beach, each of them has a different personality and vibe. They each cater to different types of tourists – some are more "party" type and others are quieter for couples, and of course there are the fun ones that cater to the entire family including children!
As a coastal state, seafood heavily influences the food and cuisine. Goan fish curry for example is a delicious combination of local fish and succulent spices. You can still taste a lot of the influences of Portuguese style of cooking in goan cuisine.
The region also has some rich agricultural produce in the form of cashews. These are used extensively in the food and also made into a local liquor. Peculiar to taste, Feni, is a must try when you are in goa. There is also a toddy palm feni that hails from the state – but we much rather have the cashew one!
Goa is warm for most part of the year and you can hang out at the beach during that time. But please remember that goa also experiences the full wrath of the monsoons, pretty much like all other coastal towns in India. So be prepared for broadly speaking two kinds of weather – heat and rains!


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Ultrasonic flowmeter operates through thick and thin
New design M-Pulse multi-path ultrasonic flowmeter from Thermo Fisher Scientific allows the user to change viscosities measured without having to recalibrate. With a working viscosity range of 0.06 to 1500 cSt, this flowmeter can handle a huge variety of products.
If a wide range of products or difficult viscosities make finding a good flowmeter a challenge, a new design from Thermo Fisher Scientific may give you a new option. You can change viscosities without having to recalibrate.
The M-Pulse multi-path ultrasonic flowmeter can measure flow of products from 0.06-1500 cSt, based on testing with multi-product hydrocarbon pipelines. Pipeline operators can now run thick crude followed by gasoline with no recalibration required between hydrocarbons.
To fulfill large pipe requirements, the M-pulse now features an extended spool size range to include 500 mm (20 in.) and 600 mm (24 in.) spools along with the standard 100 mm (4 in.) to 400 mm (16 in.) spools. The company says all spool sizes measure as low as 1 ft/s and as high as 50 ft/s to provide a turndown ratio of 50:1. Budget minded customers can select an economical carbon steel model in addition to standard stainless steel. The flowmeter has no moving parts and does not require calibration following replacement of a transducer.
"We are constantly evaluating market conditions to ensure our products offer capabilities and options that align with our customer's needs. With the greater viscosity range of the M-Pulse, less manpower is necessary while the product yield is significantly enhanced," said Soovo Sen, product manager for Thermo Fisher. "The system also features a patented four-path, out of plane design that allows accurate measurement of
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Children fail to learn from home computers
Children gain most from using computers in school
Children using computers at home are not making use of their educational potential, say researchers.
Although many parents buy computers for their children to help with schoolwork, researchers from the University of Loughborough have found that children are "not getting the most from the learning opportunities".
The research, based on observations of children aged seven to eleven, has found that children learn more from using computers at school than at home.
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Researchers also found greater rewards for using computers constructively at school - with pictures and written work put on display in the classroom, while work produced on home computers was only rarely acknowledged.
The research, which is to be presented to the British Psychological Society's annual conference at the University of Nottingham, says that software for children's use at home should be designed to encourage more adult involvement.
"If software were to be designed to incorporate more adult participation children's learning could become a richer experience," said researcher Charles Cook.
Although advertising for computers and software often showed a child and parent working together on a computer, in practice it was more likely that a child would be working on a computer alone and without adult guidance, say the researchers.
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Big day for econ data — Revenge of the GOP establishment — China declares war on smog
By Ben White
BIG DAY FOR ECON DATA — Lot of key numbers this morning including ADP private payrolls, ISM non-manufacturing, mortgage applications and the Fed's beige book. Is the economy really slowing again? We should get some clues today. Pantheon's Ian Shepherdson on the ADP number: "The ADP measure … has been much less volatile than the official number in recent months, because it counts people whose names appear on payroll lists, even if they did no work in the survey period as a result of severe weather. … Most indicators of labor demand remain quite strong, and the underlying trend in the pace of layoffs is about flat.
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"But the ISM manufacturing employment index has dropped and it suggests that the trend in the ADP measure of private payrolls has slipped to about 175K from the 209K average recorded in the second half of last year. Our forecast is … 150K, which would be the smallest initial print since October."
REVENGE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT — POLITICO's James Hohmann and Katie Glueck: "Texas Sen. John Cornyn easily won his Republican Senate primary … crushing firebrand challenger Rep. Steve Stockman on a Tuesday that was shaping up to be good for the GOP establishment. … [T]he Texas races have not shaped up into the test of the GOP establishment that some activists hoped for, partly because of the weakness of the tea party challengers. … [T]he wins of Cornyn and others were a boost for the establishment wing of a party that has been under relentless attack from grassroots conservative activists." http://bit.ly/1ibn76K
OBAMA'S BUDGET: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW — Eurasia Group's Corey Bowles, Sean West and David Gordon: "Most presidential budgets are political wish-lists with little impact: this is particularly the case with Obama's FY15 budget given Washington's focus on the Ukraine crisis and the fact that the debate in Washington has largely moved on from budgetary matters. … [E]ven the framework's primary purpose is not needed this year. …
"The president's budget is short on new proposals and largely includes repackaged ideas from previous years. … There is no realistic appetite on Capitol Hill to revisit the budget deal reached only three months ago, which means Obama's call for increased spending will fall on deaf ears."
TOP TAKEAWAYS — POLITICO's Darren Samuelsohn: "Obama's budget isn't going anywhere on Capitol Hill. Then again, it's not really meant to. The White House document — price tagged at $3.901 trillion — serves a different purpose. It's packed with political messaging and some of the leading arguments from the Democratic playbook headed into the midterms … Obama's budget represents a unifying document for Democratic priorities, full of issues that appeal to the middle class and reminders that the economy has turned a corner since the Great Recession." http://bit.ly/1dZfiti
U.S. PRESSES PUTIN TO WITHDRAWAL FROM UKRAINE — FT's Richard McGregor in Washington, Kathrin Hille in Moscow and Roman Olearchyk in Kiev: "The US has demanded that Moscow pull its troops out of Ukraine after Vladimir Putin appeared to take a step back from deeper confrontation with the west by saying Russia would only use further military action as a 'last resort'. … One idea the US is considering if the crisis escalates further is to place tough sanctions on particular Russian banks, shutting them off from a large part of the international financial system.
"Washington stepped up the pressure on Russia just hours after Mr Putin made his first public statement since the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich was ousted 10 days ago. … Obama said the US, the EU, and partners around the world had a 'strong belief that Russia's actions violated international law.' … Despite the robust language, there were signs Washington and Moscow were seeking to ease the most serious east-west tensions since the end of the Cold War." http://on.ft.com/1n9Rhpy
HILLARY CLINTON COMPARES RUSSIAN MOVES TO NAZIS — BuzzFeed's Ruby Cramer: "Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the ongoing crisis in Ukraine at a fundraiser in California on Tuesday, making what two attendees described as a comparison between Russia's decision to issue passports in the Crimean region to the 'population transfers' carried out by Nazi Germany before World War II. …
"The comments were Clinton's first known public statement about the still-shifting situation in Ukraine, where an estimated 16,000 Russian troops have been mobilized in the Crimean region since Saturday. Clinton, since leaving the State Department, has been cautious about how and when to weigh in on national security developments." http://bzfd.it/1kXLwtG
CHINA MAINTAINS 7.5 percent GROWTH TARGET — Bloomberg: "China set a 7.5 percent target for economic growth in 2014, a pace that may make it more difficult to achieve the leadership's goals of curbing credit risks and stemming … pollution choking the nation's biggest cities. The growth target, which is the same as last year's, will boost market confidence and protect jobs, Premier Li Keqiang told the annual meeting of the legislature in Beijing …
"The government has pledged to move away from growth at all costs as it tries to clean up the nation's air and water, and control an unprecedented debt surge that's evoked comparisons to the run-up to Asia's financial crisis. In the latest sign of financial stresses, a solar company yesterday signaled the risk of what may be the first onshore bond default." http://bloom.bg/1q3N60W
FORGET WHAT YOU "KNOW" ABOUT 2016 — POLITICO's Ben White writing on CNBC.com: "Talking about the 2016 presidential race in 2014 is somewhat ridiculous given how much can change over the next year and a half before the race really begins. But what's more absurd is talking about a 'front-runner' in the Republican field. Because there isn't one. No matter what anyone tells you. … [NJ Gov. Chris] Christie took a hit from the George Washington Bridge lane closure imbroglio but so far it has been far from fatal … Then there's the matter of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a favorite of many on Wall Street who strongly backed Mitt Romney's 2012 bid.
"There is a strain of thought among some in the GOP that Bush, should he run, would waltz to the nomination and create another 'Clinton-Bush' race echoing the 1992 campaign. … [But] there is no way Bush 'clears the field.' He would certainly face conservative and/or populist challengers such as Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and who knows who else. And while Wall Street loves Jeb, they do not believe that Romney, whom they also loved, had all that much 'talent.' … If Romney did have that talent, the thinking goes, he would be president right now." http://cnb.cx/1mTqSzG
THIS MORNING ON POLITICO PRO FINANCIAL SERVICES – Zachary Warmbrodt on the flood insurance bill. ]… Jon Prior on FHA losing the bailout tag. … To learn more about Pro's subscriber-only coverage — and to get Morning Money every day before 6 a.m. — please contact Pro Services at (703) 341-4600 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
A LITTLE BIRDIE NOTES that 12 House committee chairs voted no on the flood insurance bill: "Camp (Ways & Means); Conaway (Ethics); Goodlatte (Judiciary); Hensarling (Financial Services); Issa (Oversight & Gov Reform); Kline (Education & Workforce); Lucas (Agriculture); McCaul (Homeland Security); Miller (House Administration); Royce (Foreign Affairs); Ryan (Budget); Shuster (Transportation)
** Let's talk data theft: Data theft happens in every corner of the United States economy. According to the GAO, the U.S. government was breached more than 22,000 times in 2013, an average 60 times per day. http://bit.ly/OgEyFL **
DRIVING THE DAY — Mortgage applications at 7:00 a.m. Last month the purchase index hit 155.0, the lowest level since the summer of 1995 … ADP private employment at 8:15 a.m. expected to show a gain for 158K … ISM services at 10:00 a.m. expected to dip to 53.5 from 54.0 … Fed beige book at 2:00 p.m. could offer some clues as to whether we are seeing a real slow-down or just bad weather … President Obama delivers remarks on raising the minimum wage at 2:30 p.m. at an event in Connecticut … Obama has a pair of DNC fundraisers in the Boston area in the evening …
Senate Budget committee has a hearing on Obama's budget proposal at 10:00 a.m. featuring OMB's Sylvia Burwell. Burwell testifies before House Budget committee at 2 p.m. … House Financial Services subcommittee has a hearing at 10:00 a.m. on data security … House Financial Services subcommittee has a hearing at 2 p.m. on the impact of financial regulation on international competitiveness …
ALSO TODAY: Per Goldman Sachs: "IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program invite media to join a conversation on access to capital for women entrepreneurs in emerging markets. … 10:15 a.m. … IFC, 2121 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C, Room L-101" Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein will be among the speakers.
THIS MONTH: "WHAT WORKS" from POLITICO Magazine focuses on how Los Angeles, long known as the city with no center, has reinvented its once-derelict downtown. Now that loft apartments and sidewalk cafes are pressing up against Skid Row, the city is finally starting to pay serious attention to its huge homeless population. http://politi.co/1kwuTIs
JACK LEW ON FIGHTING POVERTY — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in a POLITICO op-ed: "[T]he Earned Income Tax Credit … along with a strong minimum wage — has the power to raise living standards and lift millions of working Americans out of poverty. Over the past few decades, the EITC has been one of the most effective anti-poverty programs we have seen .. [I]t is time to re-energize the EITC and give more working Americans a better shot at getting ahead.
"To get this done, we are calling for targeted adjustments to the tax credit as it relates to childless workers. We want to double the maximum credit to $1,000, increase the income level at which the credit is fully phased out to about $18,000, and widen the ages of eligibility so that workers as young as 21 and as old as 66 can qualify for it." http://politi.co/1fYEwfr
STOCKS POP AS TENSIONS EASE — FT's By Dave Shellock: "Global equities rallied strongly and 'haven' assets such as US Treasury bonds and gold retreated as an apparent easing of tensions in Ukraine sent a wave of relief flooding through risk markets. … The relief was keenly felt in Moscow's financial markets, where the rouble-denominated Micex equity index bounced 5.3 per cent after Monday's 10.8 per cent slide. The rouble rallied nearly 1.3 per cent against the dollar.
"There were solid gains for other emerging market assets that were hit hard in Monday's broad risk sell-off. The Hungarian forint, Turkish lira and South African rand rose between 0.9 per cent and 1.3 per cent against the dollar, while the MSCI Emerging Market equity index was up 0.6 per cent following a 1.6 per cent drop in the previous session. In New York … the S&P 500 rose 1.5 per cent to a record closing high — and set a fresh intraday peak in the process." http://on.ft.com/1kWD9yF
CHEVRON WINS IN POLLUTION CASE — NYT's Clifford Krauss: "Since losing a $19 billion judgment in an Ecuadorian court three years ago, Chevron has drawn the condemnation of human rights and environmental activists by refusing to pay anything in fines or accept blame … The award against Chevron was one of the largest judgments ever imposed by a court for environmental pollution, and it appeared to pit a mighty corporate Goliath against powerless peasants … But on Tuesday, Chevron won a major victory.
"A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that a two-decade legal effort to punish the company was marred by fraud and corruption, making it increasingly likely that the oil company would be ultimately successful in beating back the legal and financial challenge … In his nearly 500-page ruling, United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan did not dispute that pollution occurred in the Ecuadorian Amazon. But he did support Chevron's complaint that [Steven] Donziger … engaged in a conspiracy and criminal conduct." http://nyti.ms/1eTwlBa
LIFE AFTER DEATH? — POLITICO's David Nather: "Yes, we all know … Obama's budget is dead on arrival. But there are parts you should read anyway. Why? Because a president's budget proposals don't have to get through Congress to have an impact on the political debate. … And there are even a few ideas that have just a hint of bipartisan support. Maybe not enough for Congress to pass them tomorrow but enough to guarantee that some lawmakers will keep pushing their own bills or raising the ideas in one form or another. … Democrats have been talking for years about expanding the popular tax credit for low-income people to do more for childless workers, since they don't get much out of it right now.
"Obama's budget would do that by doubling the maximum credit from $500 to $1,000 and making it available to young adults starting at age 21 (the minimum age is 25 now).
This is the one proposal that gets mentioned most often, both by Democrats on Capitol Hill and by outside budget experts, as an idea that will live on in the debate over income inequality, regardless of whether Congress actually does anything with it this year." http://bit.ly/1fYJpVO
TAX IMPACT — WSJ's John D. McKinnon: "Obama's budget takes new steps toward overhauling the business tax system, even as it also proposes hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on the wealthy and businesses to offset federal spending and trim deficits. … Prospects for a rewrite of the business-tax system don't appear much better this year, given continued partisan tensions and the looming 2014 campaign season … But the budget's increased focus on business taxes and infrastructure spending could help build a congressional consensus for using the tax system to help shore up the nation's increasingly shaky system for funding transportation needs.
"Businesses are sure to bridle at some of Mr. Obama's ideas, however. For example, the budget proposes more than $100 billion in new taxes on corporations' international operations — bringing the total to $276 billion. Last year's budget sought $157 billion in new taxes on overseas operations. … In all, Mr. Obama wants to generate $150 billion for infrastructure from changing the corporate tax system … In what might amount to a marketing refinement, Mr. Obama's budget renames another proposed tax increase on the wealthy, the so-called Buffett Rule, as the 'Fair Share Tax.'" http://on.wsj.com/1n9cUq0
GOP REJECTS — WP's Zachary Goldfarb: "Republicans quickly rejected the president's choices … complaining that his request would bust the caps on agency budgets that he and congressional Democrats had agreed to set in a compromise enacted barely three months ago. House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) derided the request
… 'After years of fiscal and economic mismanagement, the president has offered perhaps his most irresponsible budget yet,' Boehner said in a statement. 'Despite signing last year's bipartisan budget deal — and touting it as an accomplishment — the president now proposes violating that agreement with a spending surge. …
"'What's more, he proposes raising even more taxes — not to reduce the deficit but to spend more taxpayer money.' Added House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.): This budget isn't a serious document; it's a campaign brochure.'" http://wapo.st/1n9gnEV
NO FEC LOVE — Center for Public Integrity's Dave Levinthal: "Obama's new budget proposal is no windfall for the nation's elections watchdog. The Federal Election Commission, throttled of late by Chinese hackers and staffing shortages, would receive $67.5 million during fiscal year 2015 … That's $500,000 less than the FEC formally requested. It's also millions of dollars less than the agency needs to fill numerous job vacancies and return to last decade's staffing levels, and to clear an estimated 2.1 million-page backlog of unprocessed campaign filings.
"The White House's budget proposal pretends to fill the shortfall between the FEC's request and the budget proposal with $430,000 in savings from members of the U.S. Senate electronically filing their campaign finance reports. The Senate, however, shows little sign that it intends to ditch paper for pixels anytime soon." http://bit.ly/1cskcEd
WALL STREET HITS BUDGET — Financial Services Roundtable's Tim Pawlenty: "Increasing the cost of lending is the last thing this still fragile economy needs … Layering costs onto one critical part of the economy will reduce lending to the growing businesses that will provide the new jobs needed to push the economy into higher gear."
DEFICIT HAWKS ALSO CRITICAL — Michael A. Peterson, President and COO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation: "While near-term deficits are lower, our long-term debt is still on an unsustainable path … Unfortunately, this budget does not address the fundamental drivers of our long-term debt, and it's particularly disappointing that a credible structural reform from last year's budget — chained CPI — has been removed. An election year should not be an excuse for either party to back away from the difficult, but necessary work of fiscal reform."
TONY JAMES ON "SHADOW BANKING" — Blackstone President Tony James in a WSJ op-ed: "The term 'shadow banking' is one of those Orwellian terms that can undermine critical thought. … Shadow banking — or more accurately, market-based financing — is simply the provision of capital by loans or investments to some companies by other companies that are not banks. Examples include insurance companies, credit investment funds, hedge funds, private-equity funds, and broker dealers.
"These institutions do not operate in the dark. Market-based finance in the U.S. amounts to trillions of dollars and is significantly larger than the country's entire banking system … Typically, market-based funds also lack the elements that are sources of systemic instability, including high leverage and interdependence." http://on.wsj.com/1g8ruby
MOELIS FILES FOR IPO — FT's Arash Massoudi and Ed Hammond in New York: "Seven years after Ken Moelis left UBS to set up on his own, the veteran Wall Street dealmaker is ready to let public investors take a bet on his advisory boutique. Moelis & Co … published its filing for a US public offering on Tuesday, revealing the dealmaker's confidence in the prospects of an improving mergers and acquisition environment. …
"It is looking to raise about $150m or more … adding that it could seek a valuation of up to $2bn. After a roadshow at the end of March, it could go public as soon as April. Mr Moelis will retain a firm grip on the company, however, through a dual-class share structure that gives him and his senior staff shares carrying 10 times the voting rights of other shareholders." http://on.ft.com/1cAd8jw
CHINA DECLARES "WAR" ON POLLUTION — Bloomberg: "Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said pollution is a major problem and the government will 'declare war' on smog by removing high-emission cars from the road and closing coal-fired furnaces.
Pollution is 'nature's red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development,' Li said today in his work report at the start of this year's National People's Congress in Beijing. 'Fostering a sound ecological environment is vital for people's lives and the future of our nation.'"
"Li's remarks, delivered in China's equivalent of the U.S. president's State of the Union address, reflect government recognition of public displeasure over pollution and its impact on people's health. The weeks before the congress saw pollution stuck at unhealthy levels in much of northern China, prompting one government adviser to say smog had become 'unbearable.'" http://bloom.bg/1fFQrjK
** From the National Retail Federation: Criminal hackers are relentlessly attacking American businesses. Even the U.S. government was breached more than 22,000 times in 2013 — that's 60 times per day. NRF is committed to finding broad, long-term solutions and to working with all stakeholders to ensure the protection of consumers' sensitive information. The first step is the adoption of PIN and Chip card technology. The United Kingdom saw incredible results with a 75% drop in credit card fraud after PIN and Chip implementation. America and its industries are leaders in technological innovation and it's time we harness that power to protect consumers.
Here's what you need to know about PIN and Chip: http://bit.ly/pin_chip. **
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We had already seen Bell Mobility confirm the release of the LG Optimus LTE smartphone, however they have not been quite as forthcoming in terms of some of the finer details — the pricing and the release date. And well, it looks like both of those bits have come by way of a leaked advertising flyer from The Source. Simply put, the flyer is showing the Optimus LTE as coming available with Bell on November 22nd with an on-contract price of $149.99. With that, the features of the Optimus LTE include a 4.5 inch (1280 x 720) IPS True HD display, dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 8 megapixel rear facing camera and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
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Snapshot: A Look at Media Multitasking
December 9, 2013 -- Analysis by eMarketer examines the growth of "fragmented multiscreen media consumption," in the U.S. and determines that "social networking appears to be the glue that binds together the experience of multiple device usage."
Since 2010, across the board, time spent on social media has risen by double-digits regardless of the device used, with smartphones and tablets leading the way.
eMarketer states that in 2013, U.S. adults were expected to have spent nearly 44% of their overall media time with digital, including nearly 20% on mobile—compared to 19.2% on laptops and PCs.
Source: eMarketer, Dec. 2013
How to read chart: Time spent with each medium includes all time spent with that medium, regardless of multitasking. For example, 1 hour of multitasking online (laptop, desktop) while on a mobile device is counted as 1 hour of internet and 1 hour of mobile.
Online includes all internet activities on desktop and laptop computers.
About: This data represents eMarketer's first time breaking out time spent on tablets and smartphones , as well as creating an overall time spent with digital figure. Previously, online time (desktop, laptop) and mobile time (on feature phones, smartphones and tablets) were kept separate.
Source: eMarketer, Key Trends for 2014: Always On Means Always Social, Dec. 11, 2013.