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[LARGO4POTUS] Such a Good Team
John Largo
For your listening pleasure: Justin Timberlake - Not A Bad Thing
America, I am John Largo and I'm running for President of the eUnited States.
You may have seen my first 2 articles HERE and HERE.
I am here to tell you that its not such a bad thing to vote for me.
I will bring DUTI to our great land. Diversity, Unity, Transparency, and Inclusiveness. It will be fun for all and we will advance as a nation through our collective participation.
Don't act like it's a bad thing to vote for me. You might mess around and find that your dreams come true with me.
Now, I'd like to introduce my cabinet. I'm still recruiting, so PM me if you want to help bring DUTI to America:
MU Battle Coordinator - Cubby
Deputy MU Battle Coordinator - Alexander_Auctoritas
NSC Chairman - Deepchill.
Deputy NSC- Henry William French
Deputy NSC - n0s3
Secretary of Defense - Emdoublegee
Deputy Defense - Rainy Sunday
Deputy Defense - DMJohnston 8O
Chief of Staff - Oblige
Deputy Chief of Staff - Alexander Valkor II
Co-Secretaries of State (regions to be determined): David Wilson, irule777, Wild Owl, and Derphoof. I would like 1-2 more Secretaries this month, apply by sending me a PM and letting me know you are interested. EDIT We have another Foreign Affairs resource on board, SColbert
Director of Ambassador Department - DylanBAS
Secretary of Interior - Trickstir
Depurty Interior - frank1296
Deputy Interior - Reaos
Secretary of Education - Mr. Swagg
Deputy Education - Haselrig
Deputy Education - Piggy Boot
Deputy Education - Cholan II
Director of Homeland Security - Tyler Bubblar
Deputy DHS - Thomas Killah
Secretary of Media - Code-Y
Deputy Media - Dave Gulya
Deputy Media - Jude Conners
Staffwriters - PilotPhil, Zheng He, and OfficerFriendly
Secretary of Technology - Tiamati
Secretary of Cats - Mazzy Cat
Secretary of Greeling: Greeling
That's the team as it sits today. Send in your request if you want to join in all the fun.
Edit 1: Added Rainy Sunday and SColbert to the team. Keep sending me PMs if you want a job with with.
Edit 2: Added Alexander_Auctoritas, Cholan II, Derphoof and Reaos
having been away for over a year it is refreshing to see so many names I do not recognize, though I do have a axe to grind with one of the mention, but more on that later
good luck
I once maid Emerick, for the same slander, you wanna be my bitch as well?
Oblige? LoL.
And read your lovely comment in another article. Maybe you shouldn't spend so much time insulting me if you want your proxies to negotiate my support.
Had to vote your own comment up again? It that the only way you can get a thumb up? So good to see you trolling again. I would love to negotiate for your support for my future political endeavors. I have three goats for you. I believe that is still the going price for your favors...
Are you implying that you are Jesus? And that I was your favorite apostle? O.O
Did you ever actually read the bible? It clearly states that Judas was the only one that Jesus ever really trusted. 😛
Jesus didn't build his church on anyone genius. Jesus was dead. What was left of his disciples started building the church after his death.
He's really a legend Ajay- even when he he tries to fetch his failures!!
Damn, reading your title, I thought you were writing an article about soccer ! 😕
You have a secretary of technology which had been regularly dropped in the past.
What exactly are you going to use the Sec of Tech for?
John Largo has worked incredibly hard in eUS Gov't for years. He deserves this, he's a bridge builder between important groups. He's polite. He's a freakin' badass game-changing Marine on the battlefield.
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A Reflection by Megan DeRosier, Xavier'13
Colegio Miguel Pro
Tacna, Peru
This article originally appeared in the December 2013 JVC email newsletter. For information on JVC: www.jesuitvolunteers.org
When the first Sunday of Advent suddenly appeared, I was a little shocked. It's December, it's Christmas, already? Without my usual cues of Christmas - lights on houses, snow and cold, ugly sweater parties, trees of sharing and food drives, Christmas music constantly on the radio, and an inescapable barrage of advertising - I realized how much I have relied on these external cues to alert myself to the Christmas season, instead of preparing my soul for the coming of Christ with real, internal work.
Don't get me wrong, Christmas is celebrated well here. Last night the students from many schools gathered in the main plaza to sing Christmas carols, and tonight I will join professors from other Catholic schools to sing some more. There are red and green banners on the lights downtown, light up "Feliz Navidad" signs, Christmas music, and a large Nativity scene and huge tree complete with shimmering gold star on top, in the main plaza. But I'm not assaulted by reminders every minute of every day. There is Christmas music on the radio, but I rarely hear the radio. There is absolutely commercial advertising, but as we aren't downtown shopping, I'm not around it much. It's also HOT; I am sweating when I am usually shivering in December. It's just a very different feel. (I hear on Christmas Eve they drink hot chocolate here, even though it's hot out, and it apparently tastes very different. My thought: it's chocolate. Score!)
While it is a sad realization that without external/material cues I have to remind myself of Christmas - I feel like I am not the only person on the planet who would admit to feeling this way. It is also an exciting realization that I feel less clutter around me and feel more able to prepare myself more completely for the coming of Christ. I have a real desire to do some inner work this Christmas season to ready and excite my soul when the Savior babe re-comes into the world, but what does it mean to ready and excite my soul? I've read great pieces lately on making space, on spending less not only being about money and material goods, but what does all of this mean to me? What do I do with it personally?
There have been a lot of babies being born in my life lately, so I started to think about preparations parents today make for children about to arrive in the world. Though I am not a parent, and this baby coming into the world will always take better care of me than I do of him, should I not prepare in the same way? Parents today paint a room and obtain the necessary furniture to make it a beautiful, loving, comfortable environment where the baby can rest, play, and grow. Do I prepare space in my heart for Jesus to dwell, where we can grow together? Parents spend time choosing a meaningful name for their baby. Do I know what I call Jesus, and what that means to me? Parents read baby books on how to best care for their new being. Do I read to learn more about Jesus? life and teachings or on how to better care for our relationship? Parents have baby showers. Do I invite my friends to celebrate the coming of Christ with me in word and action? Parents go on ma(pa)ternity leave or stop working in order to care for their child. Do I change my schedule to have plenty of time to spend with and get to know this new precious miracle? Why is welcoming baby Jesus into the world not the same as any other anticipated newborn? This may be simple and obvious, but for me, it was a concrete way to check myself, my thoughts and actions. Am I truly, actively, preparing.
For me, this preparation has been manifesting itself through time and awareness. Spending the time to pray, learn, thank, love, and receive makes me more aware of my thoughts and actions, and fills me with life-giving joy. For me, I have to physically stop. Sit in silence instead of turn on my music. Take moments out of my day to center myself and express gratefulness, frustration, joy or confusion, and receive the comfort graced to me for turning to the only one who can hold all those things for me and for the world. This awareness and time during Christmas, much like the time and awareness spent preparing for a new baby in the family, will help condition me to practice these things all year long, which will hopefully turn into a lifestyle for me.
It will be odd spending Christmas without my parents, sister, and grandparents, and I will obviously be thinking of and missing them. Here though, I am excited to be sharing Christmas with a mix of my host family and my community and to truly be alive with deep joy, awe, and gratitude when the baby arrives.
I pray that each of you find time this advent season to prepare in whatever ways you need. May peace, peace, peace (so much peace!) be with you.
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Earlier this month, we told you about the tensions a-brewing at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and seriously flustering students, faculty, and alumni, many of them not averse to a good petition or two. Hanging in the balance were ambitious plans for the school's expansion, which were to include a $50 million design research center designed by Frank Gehry and championed by the Art Center's controversial yet charismatic president, Richard Koshalek. What a difference a week or so makes! "The Art Center thing has blown up and fizzled out, and they are not renewing Richard's contract," UnBeige editor emeritus Alissa Walker tells us. Further complicating the blowup and fizzle, the school announced that the Gehry building plan was off, only to declare yesterday that the board of trustees had confirmed "the school's commitment to going forward with its pending application to obtain zoning in Pasadena for its Hillside Campus Master Plan." We're still confused but direct you to Alissa's roundup in The Architect's Newspaper for the full scoop on the players, issues, and architecture involved.
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North Van senior hit by skater
A skateboarder is accused of not helping a senior after the two collided. (FILE PHOTO/QMI AGENCY)
Police in North Vancouver are looking for a teenaged skateboarder who hit a 70-year-old man in a crash and then fled the scene.
The senior broke his forearm in four different places.
But even if Mounties catch up to the boy, don't expect any serious repercussions.
RCMP Cpl. Richard De Jong said there are no criminal charges they could recommend.
The only thing Mounties can do is issue tickets for skating "without due care and attention" and skating "without consideration for others."
"Both of them are $45 fines," De Jong said. "Second violation is $100."
He said the senior was struck right after he'd finished crossing an alleyway in the 100-block W. 15th Street around 9 p.m. Monday.
It's believed the skateboarder lost control when passing a speed bump. He only stopped briefly to apologize before fleeing.
"To echo the words of the victim, he said, 'I was hoping the young man would've stuck around to help me until the ambulance arrived,'" De Jong said.
"That's something I think is just a word of advice for all skateboarders — skate with respect."
The boarder is described as Caucasian, about 5'8" tall, with a red shirt, white shorts and red helmet.


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Welcome to Nollywood
|Welcome to Nollywood
|Directed by
|Jamie Meltzer
|Produced by
|Michael Cayce Lindner
|Music by
|Ben Krauss
|Bruce Dickson
Akinola Davies
Jamie Meltzer
|Edited by
|Daniel J. Friedman
|Distributed by
|Cinema Guild
Release date
Running time
|56 minutes
|United States
Welcome to Nollywood is a 2007 documentary film directed by Jamie Meltzer, which premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival,[1] and also played at the Avignon Film Festival[2] and the Melbourne International Film Festival in the summer of 2007.[3]
The Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood, has exploded in the last ten years. Now the most popular cinema in all of West Africa—more popular even than imports of Hollywood or Bollywood films—the Nigerian film industry has distinguished itself by shooting all films (called video films there) on digital video. This has allowed production schedules to be compressed (films are shot in several days) and immediately brought to market (distribution consists of bringing films to Idumota electronics market in Lagos and selling them for home viewing). The sheer volume of Nigerian video films is staggering: one estimate has a film being produced for each day of the year. Nollywood is now the third-largest film industry in the world, generating US$286 million per year for the Nigerian economy. And yet this vibrant, profitable industry is virtually unknown outside of Africa.
The film looks into this newly emerging film industry, exploring its peculiar inner workings, economic challenges, and diverse array of colorful films. Traveling to the country's chaotic largest city, Lagos, Meltzer spent ten weeks following three of Nigeria's hottest directors, each different in personality and style, as they shot their films about love, betrayal, war and the supernatural. Welcome to Nollywood tells the stories of these three directors and their latest productions, whilst also using interviews with scholars, actors, and journalists who celebrate, in insightful and often humorous ways, the Nigerian video-film industry as a whole, its unique character and genres, as well as its impact on the culture of West Africa and Africans at home and abroad.[4]
Cast list (documentary subjects)[edit]
- Izu Ojukwu - Director
- Chico Ejiro - Producer/Director
- Don Pedro Obaseki - Producer/Director
- Charles Novia -Producer/Director
- Shan George - Actress
- Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima - Producer
- Tunde Kelani - Producer/Director
- J.T. Tom West - Actor
- Richard Mofe Damijo - Actor
- Francis Duru - Actor
Review by Lisa Nesselson at Variety from the Avignon Film Festival: "Jamie Meltzer's Welcome to Nollywood boasts wall-to-wall bravado filtered through African-style entrepreneurship: Hook any of the producer-directors profiled here to a generator and the energy might just offset global reliance on oil. Docu is a must for cinema classrooms and fests and a hoot for curious auds on tube and beyond."[5]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official website
- US Distributor
- NPR's News and Notes Interview with Izu Ojukwu and Jamie Meltzer
- SF360 article/interview with Director Jamie Meltzer
- Jamie Meltzer Interviewed in Reading Eagle
- Nollywood article in The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Welcome to Nollywood on IMDb
- Welcome to Nollywood at Full Frame
- New York Times Movie Details
- More Information at the Film Arts Foundation
- Screening of the Film at the University of Oregon


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Lil just wasn't as good as she thought she was and I never really liked her attitude. It was past her time to go.
Lil just wasn't as good as she thought she was and I never really liked her attitude. It was past her time to go.
I'm only here for the entertainment.
Progressive House has a wide range.Originally Posted by FireWoman;3422515;
And I wasn't talking about a whole night of it.
It was about bringing dance music to the stage on what was supposedly "Disco Night".
Nobody would dance to the stuff we heard a few days ago.
As far as dance music, it was pitiful. Somewhere between Karaoke and Broadway.
And most of the contestants are young kids.
There is new music you can dance to, and with melodies that can be recognized. Just not on the Idol stage.
If you would have ever listened to the Essential Selection with Pete Tong, you would know what I'm talking about.
BBC - Radio 1 - Pete Tong
You can take old music and make it sound exciting.
Just like George Michael did with Patrice Rushen's song "Forget Me Nots",
when he mixed it into his song "Fast Love". And that was over ten years ago.
Of course those Idol contestants are not George Michael, still no reason to sound like Bingo Night.
Idol is not just about singing, it's about entertainment, about standing out from the rest of the group. Personal identity?
As far as making people dance, or get them excited, they all did a s--- job.
Wasn't it Randy saying that this is one of the best groups ever?
I beg to differ.
I yearn for the days when Blake got on my nerves with his beat boxing, or Sanjaya's lunacy on stage.
What makes me still watch the show? It's like watching a soap opera, watching what happens with the "characters".
Buying any of their recordings? Yeah, no, I'm good. A week after the finale, I forgot all about those people.
For everybody who is looking for newer dance tracks, but doesn't know any titles or performers...
Adele - Hometown Glory (Remode Mix)
Black Ghosts - Something New (Galactic Version)
Caribou - Melody Day
Chris Lake - Only One (Original Mix)
Christian Falk feat Robyn - Dream On
Cicada - Falling Rockets (Cicada Remix)
Deadmau5 - I Remember (vocal)
Deadmau5 feat MC Flipside - Hi Friend
Dirty South & Axwell - Open Your Heart feat Rudy
Eddie Thoneick - I Wanna Freak U
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Eric Prydz - Pjanoo (Instrumental Edit)
Grace Jones - Williams Blood
Groove Armada - Superstylin' (Remix)
Ladytron - They Gave You A Heart They Gave You A Name
Ladytron - Tomorrow
M83 - Couleurs (Sasha Invol2ver Remix)
M83 - Couleurs
Madonna - Give It 2 Me (Tong and Spoon Wonderland Mix)
Nu Frequency - Go That Deep (Skylark Vocal Mix)
Patrice Baumel - Roar (Original Mix)
Paul Kalkbrenner - Gebrunn Gebrunn (Special Berlin Calling Edit)
Pnau - Embrace - Album Version
Pnau & Prydz - Big Stockholm Baby@The BBC1 Essential Selection
Pryda - Bug Stockholm
Pryda - Miami Atlanta (Original Mix)
Pryda - Wakanapi
Pryda Vs Pnau - Baby Bug Stockholm [pauLiee Bootleg]
Reflekt - Need To Feel Loved Adam K And Soha - Dub Mix
Reflekt - Need To Feel Loved Adam K And Soha - Vocal Mix
Sebastien Tellier - L'amour et la violence (Boys Noize Remix)
Sneaky Sound System - I Love It (Fred Falke Remix)
Sneaky Sound System - UFO (Van She Tech Remix)
Sneaky Sound System - UFO
Soulwax - Ny Lipps
Spektrum - Kinda new (Tiefschwarz dub mix)
The Fix - The Fire Inside (Original Mix)
The Kills - Cheap And Cheerful (Fake Blood Remix)
Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor (Laidback Luke Remix)
Uffie - Pop The Glock
A little selection from the tunes I have on my computer.
If you want to start easy, somewhat on the level of Disco Night, check out...
Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor (Laidback Luke Remix)
Reflekt - Need To Feel Loved Adam K And Soha - Vocal Mix
Finally! Finally she's gone!
She will not get a contract, period.Originally Posted by razorbacker;3422504;
No surprise that she was eliminated yesterday.
I can only please one person a day, today is not your day and tomorrow doesn't look good either
Glad she's gone. Never liked her from the beginning, but I'm almost as happy not to have to listen to the judges tell her how CRAPPY she is every week.


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Persuasive Advertising and Product Differentiation
In a Hotelling-type differentiated-products duopoly model we distinguish between three alternative ways that persuasive advertising may affect consumer perferences. We illustrate the implications of our theory - an contrast with results from models of informative advertising - by analysing the relationship between the degree of product differentiation and equilibrium levels of advertising. The analysis suggests that an positive relationship between equilibrium levels of advertising and (inherent) product substitutability is consistent only with advertising that 'increases perceived product differences'.
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Snap-on Inc. (SNA - Free Report) reported strong fourth-quarter 2013 results with healthy growth in net sales and earnings. Net income for the reported quarter increased to $94.5 million or $1.60 per share from $84.6 million or $1.43 per share in the year-earlier quarter. The reported earnings exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.55 per share.
For full-year 2013, the company's net income increased to $350.3 million or $5.93 per share, from $306.1 million or $5.20 per share in 2012. The full-year earnings were also ahead of Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.89 per share.
Despite some external headwinds, management's focus on enhancing van network, expanding repair shop owners and managers, extending service to critical industries, strategic acquisitions and expansion in emerging markets continued to favorably benefit the company.
Net sales of the company were increased 5.9% year over year to $797.5 million in the reported quarter. Excluding inorganic revenue of $15.2 million from the May 2013 acquisition of Challenger Lifts, Inc. and $5.3 million of adverse foreign currency translation effects, organic sales increased 4.6% year over year. Total quarterly revenue fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $781 million.
For full-year 2013, net sales of the company were up 4.0% year over year to $3.1 billion. Excluding inorganic revenue of $39.3 million from the Challenger business and $21.6 million of adverse foreign currency translation effects, organic sales increased 3.5% year over year.
Segment Results
Commercial & Industrial Group segment sales increased 2.8% year over year to $283.2 million driven by higher sales in power tools and European hand tools business. Organic sales also increased 4.0% year over year. Weakness seen in the segment's military business continued from the third quarter.
Snap-on Tools Group segment sales increased 9.2% year over year to $351.1 million, driven by sales gains in both U.S. and international franchise operations. Organic sales were up 10.2%.
Repair Systems & Information segment sales increased 9.5% year over year to $264.6 million, primarily on gains in sales of diagnostics and repair information products to repair shop owners and managers. Organic sales were up 2.9% year over year. Lower sales in original equipment manufacturer dealerships proved to be a headwind for the business.
Financial Services reported revenues of $47.4 million compared with $42.9 million in the year-ago quarter. Operating earnings for the segment stood at $33.0 million compared with $29.3 million million in the prior-year period.
Snap-on registered consolidated operating earnings of $156.6 million or 18.5% of total revenue for the fourth quarter 2013 compared with $140.7 million or 17.7% of total revenue in the prior-year quarter.
For full-year 2013, the company registered consolidated operating earnings of $586.2 million or 19.2% of total revenue compared with $516.4 million or 17.6% of total revenue in 2012.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
Cash and cash equivalents at year-end 2013 were $217.6 million compared with $214.5 million at the end of 2012. The company had a long-term debt of $858.9 million, down from the last year's figure of $970.4 million. Net cash provided by operating activities increased to $392.6 million in 2013 from $329.3 million in 2012.
Snap-on expects to incur capital expenditures in the range of $70 million to $80 million in 2014. The company also noted that it will continue to focus on emerging markets, expand its presence in new industries, enhance its mobile tool distribution network and expand in the vehicle repair garage market going forward.
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"The new astronomy program has held three events so far and each has been very well attended by members of all ages, from 4 and 5 year olds and up. Definitely the most interesting part is when Dave (Buhrman) hooks up the big telescope to the TV…it's like watching a National Geographic special." - Jacob Ott, Director of Outdoor Pursuits – Re: Astronomy Program (1.30.2007)
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A Pattern of Learning, Teaching, and Love of God and Creation
It is the same nearly every day.
Dr. Brad Breems, professor of sociology, walks along the Trinity Trail that winds through trees and brush and along the creek. The walk is no mere respite from classes or sociological research, but something more intentional.
At different points, he faces each cardinal direction, beginning with the East—where the sun rises—and his Adoration of God. This ritual prayer continues with Confession (North), Thanks (West), and Supplication (South). Although the thoughts, words, and even the setting are fluid, the pattern never changes.
Patterns, especially in societal structures, are an aspect of culture that Breems, who will retire at the close of the academic year, has studied for many years and in many places. Teaching at Trinity since 1988, he emphasizes a Christian perspective on sociology and asserts that the discipline provides people with a deeper understanding of humanity's relationship with God—a God of order and structure who desires harmony with a disharmonious people.
As a professor, Breems notes that students function differently within the classroom structure. He explains to his students the importance of structures, such as those in government or in a campus community, and how they relate to freedom and personal choices.
In that classroom setting, he also shares with his students what he has learned through his research and travels. That research has focused on the relations among God, God's Law-Word, normative principles, and human structural responses; the nature of ethnicity; urban development patterns, particularly the relation between industrial manufacturing and regional and neighborhood prosperity and stability; and the formation and effects of social structure. The latter was conducted primarily in South Africa, a place where Breems said "a highly industrially developed culture and more traditional cultures mingle."
In his personal life, Breems said patterns, such as "keeping Sunday as a day for worship and family dinners," must be carved out in the context of contemporary culture. He intentionally practices meditation and prayer, disciplines he says are crucial to his personal well-being. Trinity has been a blessing in that respect, providing a special place along the creek on the Trinity Trail for regular meditation and close contact with elements of creation.
"I do it to find solitude and traces of a less constructed creation. I also do it for privacy and for contact with weather, ecology, and beauty of the area," said Breems. "It allows me to do a structured-yet-flexible combination of analytic thought, mediation, renewal, and affirmation of belief and knowledge, and openness to God, prayer, confession, thanksgiving, praise, and personal centering."
This year, Breems was the recipient of the Professor of the Year award. The award recognizes the achievements of a distinguished professor who has shown excellence in teaching or scholarship. The faculty development committee chooses from nominations submitted by students, faculty, and staff. The inaugural award was presented in 2012 to Dr. Robert Rice, professor of history.
In the spring semester, Breems will be on a final sabbatical and retire at the end of the 2013-14 academic year to spend more time with his wife Helen, his children, and grandchildren, and to continue his research and writing.
In His Own Words
You are often seen cycling to campus. Is it simply a form of exercise or do you use it as an exercise in meditation, preparation for class, etc.?
"[Cycling] remains my most common way and preferred way to commute. I have a relatively short ride. It's 6 miles to Blue Island but, with a few avoidances of busiest thoroughfare stretches, my route is almost 7 miles. I do it for all the reasons most people do: exercise, saving fuel and reducing pollution, directly experiencing the weather, trying to encourage others to enjoy this way of living.
Do you have items that you would call symbols of your profession or yourself as a person?
"I like to sometimes effect the dress of the professoriate, although there is no standard for such. I try to buy the woolen coats with patched arms that hark back to a late stage of the … dark university buildings and a time that kept profs–so poor that they had to keep them until the elbows wore out and needed a leather patch–warm in still-unheated and drafty halls. I firmly believe that also today everyone should wear warm enough clothes in winter to allow us to turn down the building heat 20 degrees. The hand-rubbing would also keep some of us awake and our laptops cooler.
"As a nod to noble tradition, I also cherish my dear leather bag, for which some steer lent me his hide, on which I have sat and slept and in which the most precious tools of my trade–paper, books, pens, and toothbrush—dangle across my back and under my arm. If I don't lose it–as I once did, only to be returned by an angel–it will likely outlast my own skin."
Do you like the idea of retirement?
"Yes, I spend so much time at my office that it limits time with Helen and the rest of my family. I hope to make up lost time and to enrich my relations with family, fellow worshippers at church, and community events. In addition, I will continue my research and writing. Since my formal academic connection ends with a sabbatical, I will enter retirement with the completion of analysis and publishing of my research from South Africa and my interest in the effects of globalization in general."


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I was a late fan of Motown and I say, for want of a better all purpose description, a late fan of pop music made by African Americans that would eventually morph into Soul music.
This was the case because my first exposure like many was through radio and what was played was largely Motown of the 1960's. The Motown sound was tinny, extremely narrow and voice driven. Post Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On?"(The record that saved Motown IMO) this would grow somewhat into an organic thing with all the different instrumentation and sound the studio can offer which was Soul. What made earlier Motown special and what I particularly liked about it aside from the talented vocalists, was the songwriting which was full of clever metaphors, sugary melodies, and middle 8's that come out of nowhere….So different from the repetitive sex driven R & B of today.
But one could not luxuriate in the music of Motown. It was far too anxious and jittery and thin for that. Like Punk almost but without Punk's greater social meaning.
The Philadelphia sound of the early 70's on the other hand was lush, full of strings, not rushed. The singing wasn't as frantic but full of the sad wisdom of the heartbroken and the flip side – joyous celebration. The songs were even more complex, the lyrics even less formulaic .
The Delfonics were the first Philadelphia sound band to make it big but The O Jays, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and others soon eclipsed them.
My favorite band of this period was The Stylistics. They had the best singers, the best songs, the best production. And there were a lot of very good producers and songwriters around the scene – Gamble and Huff and Thom Bell to name two of the best and most successful.
There is a mature sadness in the Philly sound as if Motown is the teenage experience and Philly for adults.


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A fascinating report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has revealed that Britain has the eighth most over-valued property market in the world.
The OECD study looked at house prices in comparison to local wages and rents, indicating that Britain's prices are not keeping up with affordability and are currently 31% too high compared to rents and 21% too high against incomes.
Belgium, Canada and Norway were the most expensive, followed by New Zealand, France and Australia. Portugal, Germany, Ireland and Japan were highlighted as the best countries for cheap property.
But although Britain is classed as having over-priced property stock, it's one of many markets which is continuing to experience a rise in values. According to this article by The Daily Mail, a lot of this is down to the market in London, which is 'propping' up the rest of the country thanks to an influx of foreign buyers continuing to fuel demand in some of the more affluent neighbourhoods.


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Kalypso Media revealed some new art assets for the upcoming, cel-shaded vampire, stealth-action game, DARK. The assets include two new wallpapers and some character art for one of the enemy types in the game.
DARK came onto the scene as a bit of a silent Sam, but made waves after the brief teaser trailer went live showcasing a very unique color grading and art-style for the noir-style action title. The inclusion of stealth, special abilities and the fact that players are unraveling a mystery while playing a vampire gave rise to a lot of positive talk about the potential this game has to walk away as a sleeper hit for home consoles and PC.
The story itself has players assuming the role of Eric Bane, an amnesiac vampire who wakes up in a club one night and must find out what happened to him and why. A shady pharmaceutical company plays a role in the whole thing and it's up to players to figure out what's really going on.
You can check out the new wallpaper and character art for the game below. The enemies in the concept art are known as the M17 and they're paranormal hunters who make it their job to dispose of vampires and other supernatural beings.
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The point-and-shoot Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75 may seem like your typical touchscreen camera, but it distinguishes itself from the pack with a bright F2.2 lens, above-average video quality, and a few fancy features that might catch your eye.
Aesthetically, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75 is not as skinny or as sexy as some of the other cameras in its class, but its decent image quality, high-def recording capabilities, and "touch to focus" controls are big draws.
However, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75 camera can be frustrating to use in some ways: Many controls require you to employ both its physical buttons and its touchscreen, and the touchscreen itself is reliable only if you use the FX75's included stylus. What's more, the flash on this camera is practically a floodlight; in test shots we took to gauge flash exposure performance, our subject was totally blown out by the flash, and colour accuracy suffered noticeably.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75: Hardware and Controls
The 14.1-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75 features a F2.2, super-wide-angle Leica lens with 5X optical zoom (24mm to 120mm). The camera measures 103x55x23mm, and weighs 165g when loaded with its battery and a user-supplied SD, SDHC, or SDXC card. The DMC-FX75 also features an HDMI-out port (along with the usual AV-out port) for showing off your HD recordings.
If you need to zoom just a bit more than the optical zoom lens allows (but just a tiny bit), you can switch over to the Intelligent Auto mode, which features a 6.5X "Intelligent Zoom" that is one of the more-usable digital zoom features we've seen - it gives you a little extra zoom with virtually no image-quality deterioration, even if it's just a bit more simulated zoom to work with on the telephoto end.
Although the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75 is a touchscreen camera, it has quite a few physical buttons. On the top are buttons you'll see on almost any camera - an on/off toggle switch and a shutter button surrounded by a zoom-control ring. Also present is a small "Record" button that allows you to switch directly from photo mode to video mode without going through any menus. The Record button is indented so that people (hopefully) won't hit it by accident.
As shown just above, a few buttons are also on the back of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75 camera, next to the touchscreen - a switch for moving between capture and playback mode, plus a "Mode" button and a "Menu" button. While we appreciate Panasonic's thoughtfulness in providing an ample supply of physical buttons in addition to the touchscreen, this seems like overkill: All it's missing are arrow keys, and then it wouldn't even need the touchscreen.
The 3-inch LCD touchscreen is roomy and bright, but seeing an image on it is still pretty hard in direct sunlight. It's fairly responsive, providing you use the included plastic stylus attached to the wrist strap. Fingers, on the other hand, are basically a hit or miss. Unfortunately, attaching the stylus to the wrist strap means that you won't be able to use it while the camera is on your wrist.
Aside from the sometimes-hard-to-navigate touchscreen-and-button combination, we have only one major complaint about the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75: the playback mode. It's pretty typical (photos are easy to delete, but not too easy) until you start zooming in on a photo. The only way to navigate around the photo is to use the stylus and swipe your way around (no, your fingers won't work here), and for some reason the screen is not terribly responsive during this task. Trying to review your photos up close gets frustrating very quickly.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75: Shooting Modes and Features
The touchscreen and super-wide-angle lens aren't the only notable features in the Lumix DMC-FX75--it also has high-def video recording (in the AVCHD Lite format), Panasonic's "Intelligent Auto" mode, and an "Intelligent Resolution Technology" that truly does enhance sharpness and contrast in your shots.
A nice feature of the touchscreen is that you can take a picture by just hitting the screen (don't worry, this is easily disabled via an on-screen button). While this is not more useful than the physical button is for taking pictures, it is very useful for focusing--wherever you touch on the screen is where the camera will focus. You can still use this touch-to-focus feature when the touchscreen-controlled shutter is disabled, and you can use touch-to-focus while shooting video to switch between focus points on the fly. As has become the norm with Panasonic's most-recent camera offerings, autofocus speeds are impressively fast, which makes these touch-to-focus controls a standout feature.
The DMC-FX75's on-screen menus are nothing special--they're basic, boxy, and far from elegant. They're also not very intuitive, thanks to their heavy use of icons. More confusing than the menus, however, is the unintuitive combination of touchscreen and physical buttons you have to press in order to do anything.
To get to a shooting mode, you must first press the physical Mode button, then choose a selection on the touchscreen. You can adjust settings such as motion deblur and face detection in the regular menu--which is also accessed via a physical button--or adjust them directly via the touchscreen in the camera's "Quick Menu." Basically, there are two menus (Menu and Quick Menu), which overlap in their selections, but not entirely. You sort of have to guess as to which one will have the setting you're looking for.
There are five shooting modes, none of which is "manual." The closest you'll get to tooling around with the image is in the "Normal Picture" mode, where you can adjust things like the white balance (auto, manual, and four presets), the ISO (80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, or Auto), and Macro mode. Macro is pretty good on this camera, with a distance minimum of about an inch away. ISO, on the other hand, is not so great--you'll start seeing graininess creep into your shots at ISO levels as low as 400.
The other shooting modes include video recording, Scene modes (29 in all, including a "High Sensitivity" mode that boosts ISO to 6400), "Cosmetic Mode" (in which you can adjust the skin tone of your subject), and Intelligent Auto. Shutter speed on the DMC-FX75 was quick and presented virtually no lag time at all. And while you don't have direct manual control over your shutter speeds, you can use the camera's "Starry Night" scene mode to slow down your shutter speed.
Panasonic's "Motion Deblur" mode and "Intelligent Exposure" combine with the optical image stabilizer to make blur-free photos. This massive combination of antiblur technology seems to work, as waving the camera around still manages to get you a (relatively) blur-free picture.
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DEFINITION of 'Term Auction Facility - TAF'
A monetary policy program used by the Federal Reserve to help increase liquidity in the U.S. credit markets. TAF allows the Federal Reserve to auction set amounts of collateral-backed short-term loans to depository institutions that are judged to be in sound financial condition by their local reserve banks. Participants bid through the reserve banks, with a minimum bid set at an overnight indexed swap rate relating to the maturity of the loans. These auctions allow financial institutions to borrow funds at a rate that is below the discount rate.
BREAKING DOWN 'Term Auction Facility - TAF'
The TAF was first used by the Fed on December 17, 2007, in response to the 2007 subprime crisis, which caused liquidity problems in the market. After the Fed's attempt to spur liquidity by decreasing its discount rate failed to achieve the desired result, the Fed teamed up with other central banks around the world to create this monetary policy instrument in an attempt to prevent the situation from growing worse.


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Of 'amateur' college athletes and other tall tales
Every so often the media carries a story concerning "amateurism" in college athletics. Usually, it's someone pointing a finger at an institution implying recruiting infractions.
Two recent unrelated stories dredged up questions about amateurism. One had to do with some Ohio State football players taking memorabilia—trophies, awards, etc.—and swapping them for tattoos at some parlor in Columbus. It was the final domino that sent OSU Coach Jim Tressel's rickety wall tumbling.
Ah, we're cleaning up college football. Uh-huh.
As the story goes, some Buckeye players were frequenting the tattoo parlor and gaining favors from the owner.
Five OSU players, including star quarterback Terrelle Pryor, were allowed to play in OSU's Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas but are suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season. After the tattoo parlor story broke, pressure on Tressel increased until he resigned. Tressel had 106 wins and 22 losses in his nine years at OSU. Hmmm.
A second story was resurrected with the death of former Texas governor Bill Clements, who attended the University of Texas and Southern Methodist University (SMU) and played football at both in the 1940s. The story recounted SMU receiving the "death penalty" and having to cancel its 1987 season schedule. Since Clements was governor and an SMU alum, lots of inferences were made about him and the recruiting infractions that caused the NCA A to enforce its most drastic punishment. However, he was never tied to the scandal.
SMU recruited two of the more renowned high school running backs in Texas histor y—Eric Dickerson and Craig James—in the period investigated by the NCAA. Both became great players in the NFL. James now does color commentary for college football telecasts.
As a college student in the 1950s, I had a brief brush with the business side of college athletics. For two years I served as $45-a-month sports information director at then- Sam Houston State Teachers College. In the first year, Sam Houston went a respectable 6-3 in football, had a losing season in basketball, was a big winner (as always) in baseball and did well in track.
At the beginning of the second year, I went to Huntsville for football two-a-days in August. On the first day of practice, I noted a lot of new faces. I approached head coach Paul "Red" Pierce and asked about the newcomers.
"I'm too busy to talk. You know the returning players," Pierce said, "so just go to the new kids and get their names."
So, I did and sent out a press release to the three Houston daily newspapers, the Huntsville paper and radio and the usual long media list. The next day, as I walked on the practice field, Pierce, a Houston paper clinched in his fist, accosted me. "Migodboy! You shouldn't have said how many junior college transfers we have! We can get in trouble if we have too many!"
Ind ig na nt 19 - yea r- old- me swelled up and sa id, " Well, Coach, I guess you'll have to talk to me and give me the info I need." "Yeah, I guess I will," Pierce said.
Sam Houston went 9-0, won the Lone Star Conference and was invited to the Refrigerator Bowl ( yep, that's the name) in Evansville, Ind. Upon arriving, we looked at the local papers and Sam Houston was a 13-point underdog to Middle Tennessee State (MTS).
I got in trouble with coach again. All the local press wanted to know about " Texas" as they called our team. So, I gave 'em all our great statistics and information. The next morning the papers came out and " Texas" was a seven-point favorite. Pierce wasn't happy about that. He relished being the underdog.
However, I don't think he was as upset as he was about the JC transfers. Sam Houston dismantled a good MTS team 27- 13 to close out the only Bearkat undefeated season to this day.
I don't know if Pierce and Sam Houston broke the scholarship rules or not but no one challenged it and the rest, as they say, is history. email@example.com


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Lindsay Davenport wants to make one thing perfectly clear: This is not a comeback.
The three-time Grand Slam singles champion, now 34 and the mother of two, will play doubles in the Mercury Insurance Open, which begins Aug. 2 at the La Costa Resort & Spa.
But for those dreaming about some Kim Clijsters-like, post-baby boom to a majors singles title, stop romanticizing. It's not going to happen.
"Not at all," Davenport said by phone Thursday. "I'm very happily not coming back to play singles."
What she is happily doing is chasing down her two children, 3-year-old son, Jagger, and 1-year-old daughter, Lauren. In her prime, Davenport left the tennis practice court strewn with yellow balls. Now it's her Laguna Beach home that's often a mess.
"There are toys strewn across every inch of our house, it seems like," Davenport said, laughing. "Our son goes to the bathroom and there's underwear, shorts left all over the house. What can you do? That's how we love it."
Davenport is married to investment banker and former All-America tennis player Jon Leach.
"We've been together 11 years," Davenport said. "We've looked forward to having kids and the chaos of having kids. We're literally loving every minute of it."
Davenport's farewell to the Women's Tennis Association tour as a singles player came at the 2008 U.S. Open, with France's Marion Bartoli defeating her in the third round.
Davenport returned to doubles last month at Wimbledon, where she also provided commentary for the BBC. Teaming with Bob Bryan in mixed doubles, the pair lost in the second round.
She has played World Team Tennis the past three weeks for the St. Louis Aces. Before the tournament at La Costa, Davenport will play doubles with Liezel Huber in the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford. Huber will also partner with Davenport at La Costa.
"I was back practicing, getting ready for World Team Tennis and Liezel asked me to play," Davenport said. "I figured, 'Why not?' It's very easy to play in California. I can drive to La Costa. With two young kids, I felt we could manage playing in California for two weeks. But that's about as far as it will go."
The field for the Mercury Insurance Open is deep. Sixteen of the world's top 25 players are entered. But the event is lacking marquee headliners.
No Serena or Venus Williams. No Maria Sharapova. No Clijsters or Justine Henin. The biggest name in the field is second-ranked Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. Davenport's presence gives the tournament much needed star quality.
"Lindsay is very charismatic," said tournament Director Raquel Giscafre. "The public, particularly in Southern California (where Davenport was raised), they adored Lindsay since she was a young girl.
"She's a fantastic player and so competitive. And who knows, once she comes back and starts enjoying the game it could lead to her playing singles as well."
Exhibitions, maybe. Davenport promises that's where she'll draw the line.
"I am definitely, in no way, coming back to the tour (in singles)," Davenport said.
Instead, she's content to play the role of mother. One of this summer's highlights? Taking Jagger to summer camp.
"They're at the playground, painting, going to the beach," said Davenport. "One week, it was sports. Then one week it was a water theme. Another week it was insects. Now he loves to pick up snails, which grosses me out.
"He's all little boy, coming home dirty. Like most 3-year-olds, he's very curious about the world and has a lot of energy."
Davenport pauses, thinks about when she was a globe-trotting, tennis-playing gypsy, her worth measured by wins and losses.
"My life is wonderful," she said. "So much different than when I played on the tour. To transition into family, I couldn't enjoy my life anymore right now."


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From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...DEATH OF A KINGFISHER: A Hamish Macbeth MysteryWhen Scotland is hit by the recession, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices that the Highland people are forced to come up with inventive ways to lure tourists to their sleepy towns. The quaint village of Braikie doesn't have much to offer, other than a place of rare beauty called Buchan's Wood, which was bequeathed to the town. The savvy local tourist director… (more)
M. C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series is 27 years old, and while the mysteries have lost some steam, the hapless love life of Hamish Macbeth and the scenic highlands of Scotland still hold lots of appeal.
An innovative plan to increase tourism in the Highland town of Braikie goes terribly wrong.
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Help turn a Neil Gaiman poem into a rad T-shirt for charity
I've linked before to the series of Comics-On Tees that the T-shirt site Threadless has created, featuring stories and artwork by everyone from Brian Azzarello to Jhonen Vasquez. In fact, a new round of them debuted this weekend at C2E2.
Their next round of shirts will debut at the San Diego Comic Con, and this time they've gone to Sandman writer Neil Gaiman to provide the story … or in this case, a poem. They plan to adapt his awesome poem "The Day The Saucers Came" onto four shirts, featuring artwork by John Cassaday, Ben Templesmith, Brandon Graham and … well, maybe you. Threadless is holding an open contest for submissions based on the first two lines of the poem, the ones about aliens and zombies. I've embedded a dramatic reading of the poem with some familiar artwork after the jump; you can also read it on the Neverwear site, where they were selling a pretty awesome print by artist Jouni Koponen that I'd tell you to buy, but it has sold out.
The designer of the winning shirt will receive $750 cash, a $250 Threadless gift certificate, a 2012 CBLDF Protector Membership, a signed and numbered Paul Pope screened print, a print featuring "The Day the Saucers Came" script (presumably the one I linked to above) and four issues of Chew signed by John Layman. A quarter of the T-shirt sales will go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
"We couldn't be happier to partner with Threadless on this project," said CBLDF Deputy Director Alex Cox in a press release. "Between Neil Gaiman and the artists involved, you couldn't ask for a more talented group. It's going to produce some amazing shirts, and we can't wait to see the designs that are submitted over the next several weeks. This is going to be a great fundraiser, and an awesome way to see fans and supporters show off their creative chops!"
If you think you've got the chops, you can find more information on the CBLDF site or on Threadless.
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Innovation and lists
Ah lists. We all know that the end of the year brings a flood of top 10, 50, 100 lists. And although many of them are vapid forays into what one person thinks matters right now as opposed to being a sign of what will endure, the advantage of the lists is that one can scan, decide whether to look further, and discard based on someone else taking the time to generate his or her view of the best or most important. As Frank might point out some of the searching and ranking can lead to worthy items being missed. Nonetheless, Wired's list of the top ten scientific breakthroughs is fun and unintentionally highlights a point regarding innovation (more on that later in the post). Here's the list with some free associations though I recommend going to the site for the details on the true what or why for these.
10. Transistors Get Way Smaller (A dream ever since Steve Martin noted the glory of getting small)
9. Scientists Clone Rhesus Monkey to Produce Stem Cells (Send in the clones!)
8. Planet Discovered That Could Harbor Life (pick your scifi series, now you know it could be real)
7. Engineers Create Transparent Material as Strong as Steel (Star Trek IV for you trekkers playing along)
6. Soft Tissue from T. Rex Leg Bone Analyzed (Yes! Jurassic Park will happen.)
5. Laboratory Mice Cured of Rett Syndrome (If this one works for humans, it is just cool)
4. Enzymes Convert Any Blood Type to O (vampires and others tired of donor problems have less to worry about)
3. Mummified Dinosaur Excavated and Scanned (Jurassic's sequels move forward but with better dinosaur effects)
2. Chimpanzees Make Spears for Hunting (When Animals Attack! Takes on a new meaning)
1. Researchers Turn Skin Cells to Stem Cells (Sounds great but apparently taunting happy funball in this case may lead to tumors (a problem that limited replicants' life span and helped cause the death of Dr. Tyrell in Blade Runner), but even the tumor issue may be under control according to the article)
In all honesty, the accomplishments are great. They give a sense of progress and the impression that people can conquer almost anything. Still, one author, David Edgerton, argues in his book, Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900, that thinking about the technology that is still in use as opposed to the only the innovations and inventors leads to a better understanding of how technology affects people's lives around the world. Such an approach instructs that older technology has lasting impact, that operation and maintenance play key roles in a technology's viability, and that national success is not keyed to innovation and invention. He further argues that one should think of things and how they control given that often one does not own the things one uses.
I can't say that I agree wholeheartedly with Edgerton's view. In some ways his notion of things reminds me of Mike Madison's work on the subject. In addition, my recent work on how much one can control or own technologically mediated creations has themes related to Madison's and Edgerton's work. Edgerton, however, wants to tie technology to history and highlight social injustices that appear when technology comes into play. His conclusions challenge some some basic ideas about innovation, investment, and change.
He offers that technology can in fact thwart change, that technology transfer and not innovation explains growth in Japan and China, and that "there is no positive correlation between levels of research spending and levels of economic growth. Most discussion of science policy by serious people is predicated on the belief that there is such a positive correlation, that if countries spend more on innovation, they get back everything they spend and more in return. In fact, if anything, there is a negative correlation, at least for fast-growing countries" (source: Interview with Edgerton in Strategy+Business) Whether or not one agrees with him, his ideas force one to reconsider some assumptions about the way technology, innovation, and invention operate in society. For readers interested in intellectual property, Edgerton's view impacts the incentive explanation for innovation as it looks to whether the stories about investment are accurate. Although some will offer reasons his view is inaccurate, the book forces one to consider what innovation is and whether small improvements to say the automobile are the type of mind blowing paradigm changes usually thought of when one speaks of technology and innovation.
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Angelo Compare received the B.S. degree in psychology from the University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, M.S. degree in clinical and social psychology at Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy, and Ph.D. degree in clinical and social psychology, from the same university. Angelo is an Internal Fellow at University of Glasgow, UK (2004), Internal Fellow at Boston College, University of Boston, USA (2005),an Assistant Professor at Catholic University of Milan (2007), and an Assistant Professor of clinical psychology at the Department of Human Sciences, University of Bergamo (2008). Angelo received many research prizes such as Ernst & Young, Regione Lombardia, Catholic University of Milan (2000), Agostino Gemelli Prize: the Best Graduated of Catholic University of Milan (2001), AIP-National Congress Clinical Psychology section: Best Junior Italian Research (2002), and Special Prize CNR-Public Administration, eHealth Clinical Psychology for Heart Failure (2005).
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Jones hails Cats progress
Kenwyne Jones believes Sunderland are heading in the right direction after securing their survival.
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Kenwyne Jones believes Sunderland are heading in the right direction after securing their Premier League survival with three games still to play.
The Black Cats had to endure an anxious wait last term, staying up by just two points, having also struggled to beat the drop in the 2007/8 campaign.
This season has been far more comfortable and Sunderland passed the 40-point barrier on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Burnley.
The result ensured that Steve Bruce's men can no longer go down and Jones is happy with the way things are developing.
The striker is convinced the future will be bright at the Stadium of Light, describing the club as a 'sleeping giant'.
"You can see the progress that's been made," Jones said in The Sun.
"Last year and the year before it went down to the final weekend or so, so it feels nice to know we are safe now, with three to play.
"You can see the quality we have in our team.
"This does feel like a side on the up. The club has always been a sleeping giant."


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Welcome to Who's Hot, Who's Not, my new weekly feature where I'll shine the spotlight on a handful of players who have killed it for their fantasy owners, plus another few whose struggles are killing their owners. Off we go!
Hottest of the Hot:
Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh – For the season, McCutchen is hitting .371/.426/.644 (1st in the NL) and boasts a 1.075 OPS (also 1st in the NL). He's smacked 22 homers, driven in 65 runs, scored 65, and swiped 14 bases. He's already been worth 5.2 WAR (Wins Above Replacement Player), which is a fantastic SEASON for most players. His park-adjusted OPS+ is a staggering 195. That is not a typo. McCutchen has been nearly twice as good as a league-average player this season.
In short, there is no player in either league as vital to his team.
The reason he's at the top of this list, though, is this: recently he enjoyed a stretch where he went 49 for 100 at the plate. That's not just a hot streak; those are high school or beer-league softball numbers. Consider this: McCutchen is on pace for about 600 at-bats this season. If that holds true, those 100 at-bats represent would about 17% of his season; that he hit .490 during that much of a season is flat-out ridiculous.
At first blush, McCutchen doesn't seem to have the same kind of power credentials as other NL sluggers like Ryan Braun, Carlos Beltran, Giancarlo Stanton (and hey, look: Pedro Alvarez has 20 HR!). Don't be deceived, though; McCutchen's AB/HR ratio has dropped each year since he debuted in 2009:
• 2009 – 36.1%
• 2010 – 35.6%
• 2011 – 24.9%
• 2012 – 15.3%
If there is a weak aspect to McCutchen's game, it is his walk-to-strikeout ratio, which is 33/67 this season. Cutch is only 25, so it seems eminently reasonable that he is able to hone his plate discipline. But this is like complaining that the picture on your new 3D HDTV is too sharp.
McCutchen is having the kind of season few players get to experience. Not coincidentally, the Pirates are in the thick of the NL Central race. It would be a shame if the Pirates fail to take advantage of their situation and acquire a big bat or two (Justin Upton? Josh Willingham? Chase Headley?) to lengthen their lineup. Imagine the kind of numbers @TheCutch22 could put up if he had the lineup support of, say, the Cardinals, Yankees, Angels or Rangers. As it is, he currently is the hands-down choice for NL MVP, and the best all-around player the Pirates have had since Barry Bonds.
Who else is hot?
Yoenis Cespedes, Oakland – The Cuban defector is tearing the cover off the ball himself this month, with three homers, nine RBI and a .852 slugging percentage in the past two weeks. He has an eight-game hitting streak, six of the multi-hit variety. He appears to be just scratching the surface of his potential, which should frighten the rest of the AL.
Felix Hernandez, Seattle – King Felix is back on track after that brief DL stay a few weeks ago, averaging over eight innings a start over his past three, with a 21/4 K/BB ratio, a 0.73 ERA and 0.85 WHIP. While the Mariners continue to insist they have no plans to deal their ace, imagine the haul of talent they could get if they change their mind.
Mark Trumbo, L.A. Angels – The man who didn't have a set role at the start of the season has smashed five home runs since All-Star break, eight in July and 27 on the season. In the majors, only Adam Dunn and Josh Hamilton have more. Trumbo is on pace to hit 46 homers on the season, which was what the Angels were expecting from Albert Pujols.
Homer Bailey, Cincinnati – Doesn't it seem like Bailey has been around since Barry Larkin was playing short? Actually, with a name like Homer, he sounds more like he should be playing basketball in Indiana, but I digress. Anyhow, in his past four starts, the 26-year-old Bailey is 4-0 with a whopping 27/3 K/BB ration and a 0.98 WHIP. With Bailey, Mat Latos and Johnny Cueto anchoring the rotation and Aroldis Chapman slamming the door in the 9th, the Reds finally have some stable pitching to complement their lineup. Well, until Dusty Baker ruins it.
Who's not?
Tommy Hanson, Atlanta – Hanson just hasn't looked right all season. His last six starts: 7.27 ERA, nine HR allowed in 34 2/3 innings. Accordingly, his hits and home runs allowed per nine innings have ballooned to career highs. For the first time in his career, his park-adjusted ERA is below 100 (league average). His sensational rookie year seems like more than four years ago.
Jose Altuve, Houston – The diminutive second baseman has become a popular Twitter meme this season, but the only thing trending with Jose right now is his sliding batting average. Altuve has gone 8 for 60 in his last 21 games, with a .183/.230/.233 line. Altuve doesn't offer much pop, so if the batting average isn't there, then he's a one-category player (steals).
Ricky Romero, Toronto – The presumptive Blue Jays ace can't win for losing. Before getting shellacked last week against the Yankees, Romero had two nice outings ruined by a lack of run support. His walks per game, hits per game, home runs allowed per game, strikeouts per game and K/BB ratio are all at career-worst levels. Yikes.
Dustin Ackley, Seattle – Bill the Cat's favorite player has to be considered one of the season's biggest disappointments. He is only 10 for his last 64, a batting line of .156/.228/.296. During that same time, his double-play partner, the noodle-swinging Brendan Ryan, has a line of .234/.274/.340. Ackley is on pace for only 10 home runs, far from what the Mariners were hoping from when they selected him 2nd overall in the 2009 draft.
That's it for this week. Tune in again next week for another round of Who's Hot. Meanwhile, follow me on Twitter (@chriscaylor) and read the rest of our outstanding writers on Full Spectrum Baseball.
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If a California judge gets his way, Visa and MasterCard customers who have used their cards overseas and paid currency conversion charges may get a portion of those fees returned. Alameda County Judge Ronald Sabraw ruled this week that the credit card companies have not properly disclosed the fees they charge for the conversion service.
The judge's ruling is sealed while attorneys for both sides have an opportunity to offer written comments. A final ruling is expected on March 4. An unfavorable ruling could cost the credit card companies as much as $500 million.
Typically, credit cardholders who make purchases overseas are charged a fee by the bank for the service of converting the currency. The banks have been charging 1% on top of the actual conversion rate, a fee that has been described by attorney Patrick Coughlin, arguing on behalf of cardholders, as more than six times the actual cost of the conversion service. In addition, many credit card issuers assess an additional fee, sometimes as high as 2%.
At issue is not the fact that the fees have been assessed but that customers have not been made aware of the fee structure. Judge Sabraw said that he believed the credit card companies have a responsibility to disclose the fee to customers and that as a result, Visa and MasterCard may have to refund fees to cardholders dating back to 1996.
Noah Hanft, attorney for MasterCard, responded to the judge's preliminary decision by saying, "We believe this decision is at odds with the facts and the law; it's unprecedented, illogical, and extraordinary, and we see little chance it will withstand appeal."
Meanwhile, a ruling favorable to cardholders may open the door to many similar suits across the country. A federal suit against the credit card companies is pending now in Manhattan.
No matter what the final result turns out to be, change has already occurred in the way credit card companies approach the fees for conversion services. Literature that accompanies newly issued MasterCard and Visa cards contains a description of the surcharges.


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Loved ones remembered through butterfly release
Mon, 04 Aug 2014 01:14:44 GMT —
Area residents had a chance to remember loved ones by gathering in Lower Moorman Park in Quincy Sunday afternoon.
Dozens of people released about 500 butterflies during Blessing Hospice & Palliative Care's Butterfly Moments event.
The special ceremony enables residents to honor the memory of deceased loved ones by releasing a butterfly.
Carol Steinbrecher lost her father about a year ago.
She said she believes the butterflies represent her loved ones' souls.
"Coming out to flight saying that I'm here looking over you again and will always be there watching out for us," Steinbrecher said. "
"I think it helps give closure," Participant Nikki Buehler said. "It's just a way to honor that person and help remember them."
Proceeds benefit Blessing Hospice & Palliative Care, which delivers end-of-life care to the terminally ill in the area.


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Bike Forum
Cycling debate on BBC Surrey last night.
Nice to see Bez has got himself a new gig hosting a local radio talk show.
FFS MrBlobby - it's only 90 minutes
wait, WTF ? - 90 minutes ?
argh idiots on bike
eh were not idiots
er yes you are lycra lout
grrr SPORTIVES
ah ****** ***** (apologies for that)
repeat for 90 mins
(no I didn't listen to it)
pretty sure Bez said he couldn't make it, was he on there?
Looks like him to me, if he'd been replacing Es with pies for a while.
Just listening to the intro... "Lots of people taking to their bikes, whether it's the Ride London 100 or the Tour of Britain, or one of many spotives." WTF? I've already lost the will.
Not worth listening too. I think the people of Surrey need to get a **** grip.
Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset...
All of em!
Not worth listening too.
have you listened to it ?
I'm listening to it now, skip the first 10 minutes!
a quote from that women who own the cafe on Newlands Corner.
a quote from some old bloke who lives in Holmbury complaining about mtbers and the damage they create
some quotes from government types about encouraging people to take more exercise
a complaint from some women who liked to drive to box hill with the family to walk, but now feel intimidated by the number of cyclists
A Dutch guy saying that this discussion is like it was in Holland in the 70's.
a woman complaining that she thought the meeting was going to be about strategy, not people complaining about cyclists.
BBC Surrey
Is that BBC1 or BBC2?
58 year old woman complaining of drivers slapping her bum
Tedious. The usual NIMBYism. 30 minutes in and I've not heard any actual debating. I'm out.
Tiresome though the debate is, I think it is fuelled by a mix of middle class selfish nimbyism, and overpopulation. Too many people in too small a place all wanting to do their own thing...
It's probably not a fair comparison, but do areas in south wales suffer the same problem with large amounts of mtbers about? Or Scotland? Far too many well publicised cyclist conflicts seem to be in the south and south east. As someone who lives in the south east, riding seems more stressful because you have so much to contend with keeping things cordial with other trail users and dodging cars. It diminishes the freedom of riding a fair bit, and it's a relief to head to, say, mid Wales and not have to worry - I enjoy my riding far more (not just because the trails are better).
Or Scotland? Far too many well publicised cyclist conflicts seem to be in the south and south east.
Well in terms of Sportives I think the Étape Caledonia was one of the first big ones to be sabotaged by some NIMBY-fundamentalist dropping carpet tacks all over the road. And Perthshire isn't exactly over-populated.
do areas in south wales suffer the same problem with large amounts of mtbers about?
They may do, but the local populations are more working class so won't get the same attention that the whiny middle class cockbags of Surrey are given.
BBC Radio Surrey.
Think I got the impression that it would be better to only have rolling road closures in future, would remove a lot of resentment.
The Dutch guy said that a difference was that cycling was seen as a sport here, whereas in Holland it is seen as a mode of transport, and that this was a problem and the roads were not appropriate for a sport.
Seemed to be lots of people who had bad impressions of cyclists based on some stupid/sh1tty behavior by cyclists.
Like that woman who owns the cafe on Newlands Corner.
She complained that cyclists came in to use the loos and drink her tap water, and then complained of slippery floors as their cleats slipped.
For a start, why go in that cafe when there are public loos across the road ? And then to complain that their cleats slipped!
When people say lycra-wearing louts, this must be what they mean.
Woman says that sportives are ok, but group rides without telling the police first aren't
in the whole scope of things, does it REALLY matter that much?
people have too little to do and too much time to worry about these kinds of things.
is it just lots of monied retired old folk in Surrey with an arrogant sense of entitlement to the land and the roads? seems like it.
am I over-generalizing? maybe.
are some cyclists just dicks? certainly, but not that many.
It wasn't as good as I'd hoped. No proper fired up anti cycling lot on there, it was fairly polite really.
You made it through all 90 minutes? Blimey.
Around 1:14 - bloke complaining that cyclists, walkers, horses and dogs on the roads are intimidating motorists has to be the most completely mental contribution from all of them.
Generally, I thought it suffered badly from a crappy chair, fair enough try to stimulate debate, but his comments and approach very much favoured the anti-cycling perspective - when someone suggested implementing a proper cycling infrastructure, he pretty much put it down with an aside, where as the mad contribution I note above, he let slide without mentioning the fact that cars could kill any of the "intimidating" users by accident - and the other users don't have that power.
a summary here:
Around 1:14 - bloke complaining that cyclists, walkers, horses and dogs on the roads are intimidating motorists has to be the most completely mental contribution from all of them.
Intimidating? Really? Maybe inconveniencing their journey by a few seconds, but that's about it.
BBC Local radio - was anyone really expecting more or better than this?
BBC Local radio - was anyone really expecting more or better than this?
I was expecting a good scrap, or at least some good stories about a good scrap.
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By Michael Korolev
Latvia coach Aleksandrs Starkovs has named his 23-man squad for UEFA EURO 2004™, cutting six names from his previous party.
Six miss out
Goalkeeper Andris Vanins, midfield player Vladimirs Kolesnicenko, Kristaps Blanks and Igors Semjonovs, and strikers Viktors Dobrecovs and Gatis Kalnins missed out. Kolesnicenko is the most notable, the Skonto FC playmaker paying for a disappointing domestic season.
Miholaps makes the cut
Vanins lacked match practice at FC Moskva, while teenagers Blanks and Semjonovs have lost out to more experienced men. Meanwhile Kalnins and Dobrecovs were pipped by Latvia's all-time leading scorer, Mihails Miholaps.
Fitness doubts
Marians Pahars, Imants Bleidelis and Olegs Blagonadezdins are all carrying knocks and are expected to recover in time for Latvia's Group D opener against the Czech Republic on 15 June. Starkovs now takes his team to a training camp in Jurmala before a 6 June friendly against Azerbaijan.
'Difficult choice'
The coach, who saw his side beat Skonto 2-1 on Thursday in an hour-long friendly, said: "It is important to understand that we had to pick only 23 players, and we had to make a difficult choice. My assistants and I are sure about our choices, and we think we have done the right thing. My experience tells me that we normally do."
Latvia squad
Aleksandrs Kolinko (FC Rostov)
Andrejs Piedels (Skonto FC)
Andrejs Pavlovs (Skonto FC)
Igors Stepanovs (BV Beveren)
Aleksandrs Isakov (Skonto FC)
Mihails Zemlinskis (Skonto FC)
Olegs Blagonadezdins (Skonto FC)
Arturs Zakresevskis (Skonto FC)
Maris Smirnovs (FK Ventpils)
Igors Korablevs (FK Ventspils)
Dzintars Zirnis (FHK Liepajas Metalurgs)
Valentins Lobanevs (FC Metalurh Zaporizhya)
Andrejs Rubins (FC Shinnik Yaroslavl)
Vitalijs Astafjevs (VfB Admira Wacker Mödling)
Imants Bleidelis (Viborg FF)
Jurijs Laizans (PFC CSKA Moskva)
Jurgis Pucinskis (FC Luch-Energia)
Andrejs Štolcers (Fulham FC)
Maris Verpakovskis (FC Dynamo Kyiv)
Marians Pahars (Southampton FC)
Andrejs Prohorenkovs (Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC)
Mihails Miholaps (Skonto FC)
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Thursday, 23 November, 2000, 08:20 GMT
Royal premičre for Charlie's Angels
Hit movie Charlie's Angels has been given a glitzy UK premičre in the presence of Prince Charles.
One of its three stars, Cameron Diaz, had to drop out at the last minute due to filming commitments in the US.
But co-stars Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu were there with the Prince of Wales at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema in the West End of London.
Showing off a diamond engagement ring, Barrymore, 25, told reporters: "We got married on Saturday night."
But it is not the first time the couple have claimed they have married and it is not clear if they have really tied the knot.
Among the guests at the premičre were actor Sir Michael Caine, pop singer Kylie Minogue, sprinter Linford Christie, Austin Powers actress Heather Graham and designer Donatella Versace.
Charlie's Angels, the movie, is based on the hit 1970s TV series of same name, originally starring Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith.
The show about the glamorous, lip-glossed private detectives working for a mysterious unseen millionaire has acquired a cult following.
Accordingly, the big-screen version has been long-awaited - and heavily-hyped.
It is expected to do the same in the UK when it opens on Friday.
The prince dressed in a black dinner jacket and bow tie for the lavish occasion, and the film's two stars sat either side of him.
On Tuesday, the three had dinner together at St James' Palace.
The prince requested the meeting to thank the actresses personally for allowing their film to have a royal fund-raising premičre in aid of his Prince's Trust organisation.
At the same time he asked if they would agree to become ambassadors for the trust, set up in 1976 to help disadvantaged young people.
"I would love to. I think I will," the Ally McBeal actress declared.
Co-star Barrymore, wearing an oriental-style print smock and black wide-legged trousers, added: "I would be honoured. I want to work hard for it."
Barrymore, star of films including ET and The Wedding Singer, said having dinner with the prince at St James' Palace had been a "dream".
"He was a real gentleman, and charming and a great listener as well as a great conversationalist."
Liu agreed it had been "an honour" to have dinner with Prince Charles on Tuesday.
"It was a huge thrill for all of us.
"We just had a great time with Prince Charles and we talked about a lot of different things - politics and history and his love of film.
"He's just a wonderful man and we had a lovely time."
The prince returned the compliments outside the auditorium when he told the pair: "You both look very smart."
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By SCOTT PESZNECKER
Children throughout Calaveras County contributed more than $700 for the relief effort in Afghanistan, the Calaveras County Sheriffs Department announced this week.
Students gave money to their elementary school teachers, who relayed it to the Sheriffs Department. Crime prevention officer Kathy Maxwell said the money arrived in nickels, dimes and pennies, sealed inside plastic bags.
All the loose change totaled $726.73.
Im totally shocked, Maxwell said. I thought maybe wed get 50 dollars. If every kid donated a dollar, thats 750 kids in our county that did it. There are probably kids in our county who cant afford a dollar.
Calaveras County Sheriff Dennis Downum mailed a check to President George Bush, along with a signed letter praising the childrens efforts.
After washing dishes and cars, mowing lawns and cleaning their rooms the children of Calaveras County were able to earn and are proud to present you with a check in the amount of $726.73, the letter read.
The Sheriffs Department put out a notice for children to donate money in late October. The request followed a presidential speech, when Bush asked children across America to each send $1 to Afghanistan.
Maxwell said that other children in the county probably mailed money to Afghanistan through other programs, too.
It was very surprising to see the kids do this, but very rewarding to see that they have such heart.


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Annual Salary Survey
Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
There were the big events for the year, including the United States as Partner Country at Hannover Messe in April and the 2016 International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September. There's also the matter of the U.S. presidential elections in November, which promise to shape policy in manufacturing for years to come.
But the year started with global economic turmoil, as a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing triggered a worldwide stock hiccup that sent values plummeting. The continued plunge in world oil prices has resulted in a slowdown in exploration and, by extension, the manufacture of exploration equipment.
Read more: 2015 Salary Survey


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Former state official says a California chartered credit union has never converted to a bank.
A 2011 opinion letter says state chartered credit unions could convert through a purchase and assumption transaction.
Fifteen members of Technology Credit Union rallied Aug. 15 outside the credit union's San Jose, Calif., headquarters to show their opposition to the credit union's proposal to change to a mutual bank charter.
Opinion letter from state regulators provides apparent authority for Technology Credit Union to pursue conversion to bank.