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Gosh, I wish you could smell this post!
Lol... they lilies are so fragrant.
Of course I love the blooms...
but the scent would make it a must have in the garden.
These are my Stargazer Lilies in full bloom.
They have been there about 4 years and have slowly multiplied.
There are three different colors.
Pale pink, the traditional darker pink and the white with little edges of pink.
The darker pink is most hearty and multiplies faster.
But I love them all.
The coneflowers are everywhere around here.
I just love them... these are Miss Kims I believe.
The lovely hydrangea is Strawberry Vanilla... and it is wonderful.
It will soon turn pink and last until fall with lovely blooms.
It is about 3 years in that spot... it will get much larger in time.
I am so happy to share these photos with you because
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With my old camera it was impossible to get a clear shot of the entire area.
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The legal community in Worcester has reasons both to celebrate and grumble this holiday season. First the good news. The newly refurbished U.S. courthouse was reopened late last month in ceremonies attended by more than 200 state and federal judges, ...Read More »
Run Of The Mills
The "professional announcement" (or PA, as we call it in-house) has been a fixture in Lawyers Weekly for many years. You know how it goes. So-and-so has just formed his own firm. Jane Doe is now of counsel to Oliver, ...Read More »
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Educating MATA
Members of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Board of Governors who wish to participate in CLE programs for other organizations can rest easy — for now. Recently, a proposal was floated at a MATA board meeting that would have ...Read More »
One Brief Shining Database
The 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy has spawned countless books, a controversial feature film and even a recently released CD-ROM product (that we hear is awfully good, by the way). Now legal-publishing giant West Publishing is getting into ...Read More »
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Radios, wheels ripped off of cars at local car dealerships
UNION COUNTY, NC (FOX 46) - The Union County Sheriff's Office is investigating a significant larceny and vandalism at a local Monroe Honda dealership.
Deputies responded to a call Tuesday morning, June 13 at the Metro Honda located at 4918 West Highway 74 concerning a large number of vehicles with shattered windows.
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Shire, Eisai Drug Promotions Misleading News media are reporting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to Shire PLC and Eisai Co Ltd about drug promotions for Dacogen and Fosrenol. The warning letters state that the Dacogen (Eisai) and Fosrenol (Shire) promotions understate the risk and overstate the benefits of the medications.
The FDA said that a customer-intended promotional card created by Eisai "presents numerous claims that misleadingly overstate the efficacy" of Dacogen, reported Reuters.
Dacogen is a medication used in the treatment of the blood disorders myelodysplastic syndromes. The letter, dated November 6, also stated that Eisai's campaign "omits material risks associated with Dacogen treatment."
According to the FDA, the promotional card was, among other violations, "misleading because it omits and minimizes important risks associated with the use of Dacogen, overstates the efficacy of Dacogen, and omits material facts about Dacogen."
the card misbrands the drug in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Because of this, said the FDA, "the card misbrands the drug in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act." The FDA went on to explain that, "promotional materials are misleading if they suggest that a drug is more effective than has been demonstrated by substantial evidence or substantial clinical experience," and cited examples in which this was done on the card.
The FDA also stated that, "promotional materials are misleading if they fail to present risks associated with a drug with a prominence and readability reasonably comparable with the presentation of information relating to the effectiveness of the drug."
In just one of the cited examples, the agency said that the "12-page Patient Profile Card" presents claims about the drug's efficacy prominently, utilizing large lettering and colorful graphics" in the initial pages, and "relegated … limited risk disclosure" information "to the middle of the back cover" in "small font type and single spaced paragraph format."
In the warning letter sent on November 5 to Shire, the FDA said a Shire brochure for Fosrenol, a chewable tablet kidney medication—among other violations—omitted information on the medication's risks and also included "unsubstantiated claims" that Fosrenol was more efficacious than its rival medications, reported Reuters.
brochure fails to communicate any of the risk information associated with Fosrenol
According to the agency, Shire listed a number of the medication's benefits; however, said the FDA, its "brochure fails to communicate any of the risk information associated with Fosrenol, including the numerous precautions and adverse reactions listed in the Background section above."
The FDA also cited another example in which it found that Shire's presentation of Fosrenol "is more effective than other" medications of its kind, but that it is "not aware of any substantial evidence or substantial clinical experience to support" Shire's implications.
Shire was also cited for suggesting its medication was "useful in a broader range of conditions or patients than has been demonstrated by substantial evidence or substantial clinical experience," which the agency said the brochure did in terms of Fosrenol's use in treating hyperphosphatemia.
Both companies were asked to "immediately cease the dissemination of violative promotional materials" and respond back to the agency in writing by November 20.
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Thanks to all who signed up to lead 2017 road rides during Oktoberfest. New leaders have come forward. Maximal participation is our #1 priority. TE should function as a club, not a service.
If you would like to Lead a Ride in 2017, please Click Here to send an email letting us know which ride you want to lead.
Below is the list of road rides, Sundays and Wednesdays. Between March 6 and October 30 there are 74 days on which TE hosts road rides!
On left side of this list are the rides. Clicking on a ride will enable a hyperlink to the map and profile.
Next two columns show leader and co-leader #1.
This list will remain on our website and will be updated throughout year as leaders email me with requests. Please join those who have already volunteered, or add more rides to those yo have already chosen. I entered my name for many vacant slots, and will gladly relinquish any dates when another TE member wishes the privilege.
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Struffoli, tiny balls of crisp-fried dough, either shaped like a wreath or piled into a pyramid and topped with a honey glaze and colorful candy sprinkles and/or candied fruit, are now an absolute requirement at the end of a traditional Neapolitan Christmas Day dinner. However, in introducing them in La Cucina Napoletana, Caròla Francesconi says their inclusion is relatively recent. They are mentioned several times in an Italian cookery book from 1634 but aren't included in that book's Christmas menu.
The recipe for struffoli is quite old, as is indicated by the presence of variations throughout the Mediterranean basin -- they are related to the Lukumates of the Greeks, and also to the Precipizi that Italian Jews make for Hanukkah.
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What You'll Need
- For the Dough:
- 3 1/3 cups/400 g flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon grain alcohol
- 1 pat butter (the size of a small walnut)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 zest lemon
- 1/2 zest orange
- 1 pinch sea salt (fine)
- 2 quarts olive oil (or enough for frying)
- For the Glaze and Serving:
- 3/4 pound/300 g honey
- 3/4 cup/150 g sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 ounces diavolilli (tiny, variously colored candied almonds)
- 4 candied cherries (halved)
- 2 ounces/50 g candied orange peel (half finely diced and half cut into fine strips)
- 2 ounces/50 g candied citron (half finely diced and half cut into fine strips)
- 2 ounces/50 g candied melon rind (half finely diced and half cut into fine strips)
How to Make It
- Combine the ingredients for the dough to make a workable dough, knead it well, and let it sit for at least 1 hour, covered.
- Pluck off pieces and roll them out using your fingers to form snakes about as thin as your pinkie, and cut them into 1/4 inch-long pieces.
- Fry the pieces a few at a time in hot oil until brown, and drain them on absorbent paper. Should the oil start to froth after a bit, and the froth overflow the pot, change the oil.
- Take a second, preferably round-bottomed pot and put the honey, sugar, and water in it.
- Boil the mixture until the foam dies down and it begins to turn yellow. At this point reduce the heat as much as possible and add the struffoli and the diced candied fruit.
- Stir to distribute everything evenly through the honey and turn the mixture out onto a plate.
- Shape the mixture into a wreath with a hole in the middle, dipping your hands frequently into cold water lest you burn yourself.
- Sprinkle the candied fruit strips and the diavolilli over the ring and arrange the cherry halves evenly.
- Struffoli will keep a week or more if covered and improve with age.
Note: A reader wrote to say she had problems getting the dough made with 4 eggs and 3 1/3 cups flour to hold together, and wondered if the proportions were correct. They are; Ms. Francesconi calls for 6 eggs and 5 cups of flour for her grandmother's recipe, and Angie, SupEreva's cooking Guide (a native Campanian) calls for 5 and 4 1/5 in her recipe (this works out to an egg per 100 grams flour). The resulting dough will come out stiff, and it will take a fair amount of kneading to distribute the moisture from the eggs (the eggs I've found in Italian markets are generally about the size of the large eggs sold in North America) evenly throughout the flour. If the dough shows no signs of wanting to hold together, add just enough water for it to stay together and no more; it should be stiff. Why the stiffness? As Arthur Schwartz points out in his wonderful book, Naples at Table (Harper Collins), struffoli are essentially pasta dough that's rolled out into snakes, broken into bits, and fried, at which point the pieces puff up, "forming light, crunchy doughnuts." Pasta dough is stiff.


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A Prelude to my Spanish Vacation 2007
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Feb 2008: At just about this time last year, I was away on vacation. It was a 2-week long vacation with my older sister, Niezl, and close college friend and work colleague, Elzbieta, in Spain.
I always have the intention that when I visit Spain, I will look up my ancestral background - a kind of reverse family tree research-type. Rather than starting the research from the present (meaning with me and my family), I will begin with the ancestor that left Spain and migrated to the Philippines. I was told that it was my paternal grandfather�s grandfather (does that mean he was my great-great-grandfather, then?) that had the real and full Spanish blood in my father�s side of the family. Now, what does that make me? Eh, one-sixteenth (1/16) Spanish? Fractions and genetics were never my strong suit in school.
I did not have any concrete plans, per se. I just know that since I have never met anyone with my last name I was not related to, either by blood or marriage, so it should not be that difficult to do, right? I was thinking as my initial step to begin my ancestral research, I would go to the Hall of Records, or such, in Madrid and look through ship logs listing all the passengers leaving Spain bound for the Philippines. Of course, I had neither the specific date of departure, port of entry, nor ANY specifics AT ALL except one thing �" my last name! I miscalculated. And I miscalculated big time! It was the one thing I forgot while planning for this trip with the intentions of doing some family historical background - it was which I dearly lacked the entire time I was in Spain �" TIME!
First of all, my sister (Niezl), Elzbieta, and I joined a tour group. Now, I had a blast with this tour group. I met new people, saw the history and the must-not-miss sites, and partied like I have never partied before. But that did not allow me to have any free time �" or at least have adequate time �" to do any research! I did not even get to see the all museums I wanted to see, much less peruse through numerous log books from 150 years ago! I was too busy partying, sightseeing, and shopping!
It was a hectic tour; wherein we visited 9 Spanish cities, consisting of: Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Seville, Torremolinos, Malaga, Granada, Valencia, andBarcelona, and the British territory and sovereignty of Gibraltar.


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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson didn't have any elaborate explanation for why he struggled on Sunday against the visiting Dallas Cowboys.
"I was a little off on some throws that I'm normally not," Wilson said after the game, per Rainer Sabin of the Dallas Morning News. "I just felt a little bit off."
Wilson had his worst game of 2014 in the 30-23 loss to the Cowboys, going 14 of 28 passing for 126 yards, no touchdowns and a fourth quarter interception that sealed the upset victory for the Cowboys. He was also sacked twice by a Dallas defense that had him scrambling for most of the day.
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February 12th, 2011, 01:27 PM #1Reusing shops on different websites
This is just a general question - do many of you reuse the exact same Popshop on different websites (same style, same everything)? So far I have not had reason to do so, but soon may.
Is there any problem in reusing shops? Would it be detrimental to SEO?
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The age old discussion of duplicate content.
I have done it a few time when I am in a hurry to get something up, but with the idea that I will change it in the future,
When I have done this, it is always on different servers (hosts)
PS.....If you are using the jaca script.........does it really matter??
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February 12th, 2011, 02:11 PM #3
If I had to do it temporarily I would pop in the js. version so it wouldn't get dinged for dupe content. The good thing about PS is that it is highly unlikely that anyone else has the identical set of products/descriptions that you have, especially with editing, but reusing a shop would most likely get picked up.
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Show-off my open-source stuff, mostly of the Linux Audio/MIDI genre
And finally, for the wrap of the pre-LAC2015@JGU-Mainz release party, no other than the crown jewel of the whole Qstuff bunch ;)
Release highlights:
Qtractor is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt4 framework. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio.
The pre-LAC2015 release frenzy continues... ;)
The pre-LAC2015 pre-season has just been started!
Here goes the first batch... ;)
QmidiNet is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI and JACK-MIDI) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows.
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QmidiCtl is a MIDI remote controller application that sends MIDI data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast (http://llg.cubic.org/tools) and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows (http://nerds.de). QmidiCtl has been primarily designed for the Maemo enabled handheld devices, namely the Nokia N900 and also being promoted to the Maemo Package repositories. Nevertheless, QmidiCtl may still be found effective as a regular desktop application as well.
Cheers && Enjoy!
The Vee One Suite of this old-school software instruments, also self-indicted as the gang of three usual suspects thou being: synthv1, as one polyphonic synthesizer, samplv1, a polyphonic sampler and drumkv1, as one drum-kit sampler, now released into the world, yet still beta.
Not much of any audible changes I must say for this so called fourth beta release though it goes as follows:
Every couple of years I decide to do some spring cleaning, a bit early this time, perhaps...
And then again I stepped into this kind of pure nineties junkyard synth that's still powering on here and then with great joy. And that's happening on every PCI sound-card slot that can be found around here. All about that Yamaha DB50XG (nb. fact is Yamaha doesn't list it on the product archives anymore, so this might be all just archaeology by now...)
Nevertheless, here it goes again:
QXGEdit 0.2.0 is out!
QXGEdit is a live XG instrument editor, specialized on editing MIDI System Exclusive files (.syx) for the Yamaha DB50XG and thus probably a baseline for many other XG devices.
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|Reviews for Monty Python's 'Fellowship of the Ring'
| AnonymousLily chapter 28 . 7/19/2012
Dental floss- that's evil but hilarious! Heh- "all I got was a box 'o' dirt"!
| AnonymousLily chapter 27 . 7/19/2012
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| AnonymousLily chapter 17 . 7/16/2012
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| AnonymousLily chapter 9 . 7/12/2012
I had been looking forward to Goldberry- there aren't that many women in the story, lol- but Bombadil and Beorn is great! And I'm still recovering from the hobbits' talk near the Old Forest- which led to much giggling out loud. GOL?
| AnonymousLily chapter 6 . 7/12/2012
I'm sitting here just cracking up- I LOVE THIS! You manage to catch the cadence of each character and Pythonize it- following the book- and I'm amazed by both your fertile imagination and your skill! Somewhere Tolkin himself is laughing over this!
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Ah, am done at last! Most-interesting.
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Been a while…
Wow, has it really been over 3 months since my last post? Not that any of you were losing sleep, wondering what the next "great" thing to come out of my spacey mind would be, but I'm sorry that it has been so long.
So much has happened over the past 3 months:
- For starters, we are only 8 weeks away (give or take) from an anxiously awaited addition to the Brooks household, Jacob. I can't believe it is going to happen so very soon. We are excited to finally meet the little ninja that constantly attacks his mother from the inside.
- Brendan has started the sixth grade! I can't believe how fast they grow up. I mean, it really only seems like not that long ago, he was so excited to start school. It truly is amazing how fast the time flies.
- Another school year has begun…not only Brendan has started another school year, I have also. This really doesn't mean much since I don't get the summers off, but this year has been a bear thus far. Truly seems like summer never even happened. This is the start of my 5th year at the school, and I have never felt so overwhelmed. Not sure what that is a sign of, but we'll see how the rest of the year goes. Hopefully things will get back to normal.
- I had one of my photographs entered into my first Gallery along with some of my PikTripper friends. It is at Buon Giorno Coffee in Grapevine if you'd like to go and see it. The Gallery will be up through the month of September.
- Football season has started! After a record-breaking summer, finally, there is a sense of fall in the air and along with that comes another season of college football. There is just something about the cooler fall air, and meat on a grill in preparation for another great game. Really looking forward to the hopes of a great season for ASU this year…Go Devils!
I guess that's about it, but it seems like a lot has happened since we last spoke. I will do my best to get back into the swing of filling the screen with my random thoughts. I'm sure that will be easier said than done once Jacob arrives, but then again, he may be just the fuel needed to spark a few more random thoughts.
Hope you had a good summer, and are ready for whatever is next.
There's "Bandwagon" and Then There's "Confusing"
Have you ever sat back and really thought about how big a role sports plays in our lives? I mean think about it, we complain about the millions and millions of dollars these guys make in a year, but we pay millions to see them play. Cities (and you) pay millions to billions to be able to build the next, state of the art facility for their team or teams to play in. I remember as a kid, and even still today, when I fly into a city, I'm always looking around trying to see the arenas or stadiums from the air. It's the only time you get the opportunity to see the whole thing other than a photo. Sometimes you don't realize how pivotal the placement of a sports facility can be until you've seen it as you descent into a city from the air.
As a guy, you often get the question: "what is your favorite team?" This can often be a tricky question to answer. If you happen to say a team that is currently playing really well, then you quickly have to justify the answer to not be tagged as a "fair-weather" or guilty of "jumping on the bandwagon." There are even times that if you happen to say the wrong team, you could be looking at a fist fight due to the person asking being a die-hard fan of a rival (slightly over-exaggerated, but could happen).
This question has often bewildered many friends of mine through my answers. I could, at times, be accused of trying to hitch a ride on a couple of wagons, but I can justify all of my answers (at least to myself, and that's what counts). You see, growing up in various places throughout this sports-loving nation, it is very difficult to just have one favorite, or be a fan of just one team. Is it really a crime to be a fan of multiple teams from a few different cities? Feel free to judge.
When it comes to college that's an easy one, Arizona State (Go Devils!!!) – You become slightly biased when you're an alumnus, no matter how good or bad your teams may be. When it comes to the Devils, not too many people are jumping on your wagon (hoping that 2011 proves to the hype for the Devils in football. Unfortunately, hype, has never bode well for the Devils in years past). The Lady Devils just won the softball National Championship and the baseball team is still battling its way to Omaha, but being a fan of the Sun Devils has been very trying over the years (Ahh to be a Sun Devil). I will admit though, being a member of my wife's family has also made me a fan of the Irish (fan, not a favorite…is that ok? Oh, and living near South Bend for a few years may have helped this as well).
When it comes to professional sports, it is a much harder story to tell. My first professional influences came from the NFL. It all started in the mid 70's when we lived in Powell, Wyoming, and my father was a sports announcer for the local radio station. They just so happened to cover the Orange Crush – you may know them better as the Denver Broncos. I had a little plastic helmet that my dad had painted to mach a Broncos helmet, they were my team….until I heard about the Cowboys. Yes, I do live in Dallas now and wouldn't exactly consider myself a true blue Cowboy fan, but back in the day, yes, I was a fan. Ok, so they were in their heyday (one of them). Can a five-year-old boy really be guilty of jumping on a bandwagon? The point is, that at the time, living in "the middle of nowhere," Wyoming, there weren't any teams to be a fan of. Looking elsewhere was your only option, even for a five-year-old.
Now is when it all starts to really get messy – at the age of 6, I was relocated with my family to Arizona. Actual years are needed here for clarity, so this would have been 1981/82. What that means for those of you not in the know, is that there weren't any professional sports teams in Arizona except for the Phoenix Suns (NBA), but I didn't really learn of them until a few more years down the road. We lived in Kingman, AZ, again, middle of nowhere. Like most families, my family went in different directions. I lived with my mother and sister, so there weren't many influences on sports. I did enjoy playing baseball, soccer and basketball though. Finally I became more aware of the sports world that was out there. I began to learn more about professional teams around the nation – again, none in the local area. I learned of the Phoenix Suns, and to no surprise, they became "my team."
In 1986, I again relocated. This time we moved to Michigan, Trufant, Michigan to be exact. AGAIN, middle of nowhere! (Starting to get the picture?) By this time, I was really getting into sports. I knew all the best players on all the best teams in all professional sports, except hockey (more on that in a moment – remember, in Michigan now). January 1987 was the year that I got to watch "my" Sun Devils down the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl. I knew then that I wanted to be a Sun Devil. I was still a fan of the Broncos (NFL) – even after all of the Elway (still one of my favorite players ever) chokes in the Super Bowls, the Cowboys (NFL), and the Suns (NBA). Raise your hand if you thought KJ was the man! I knew all about baseball and its best players/teams, but hadn't really thought about a favorite team yet. Again, it was hard to have one when there wasn't a team nearby to follow; I mean, the Tigers were all the way over in Detroit, a 4-5 hour drive from Trufant. Many of my friends would follow the Tigers. It didn't take long until I began to follow suit. I also found myself becoming a fan of the lowly Atlanta Braves as we watched them climb from the trenches to go from "worst to first" (OK, maybe this one was bandwagoning, but it was a great story and hard not to follow). Soon, I became used to the cold Michigan winters, and began to learn of hockey. I truly fell in love with the sport, and what better place to be than the state of Michigan, home of the Detroit Red Wings (NHL)! This was definitely a team that was hard not to love.
Ok, just to be sure you're keeping track: Sun Devils (NCAA), Broncos (NFL), Cowboys (NFL), Cardinals (NFL), Suns (NBA), Tigers (MLB), Braves (MLB), and Red Wings (NHL). Confused yet? Oh, yes, I'm sure you noticed the addition of the Cardinals in there – even living in Michigan, I still felt a connection to Phoenix/Arizona. My dad still lived there, and kept me abreast of the latest happenings. They moved to Phoenix from St. Louis in 1988, so I slowly began to adopt them as one of "my" teams, even though they were horrible for many, many years. So there I was, now a teenager, all confused with who was my favorite team, and then I graduated HS and made another move back to Arizona. This time I was off to college, to be a Sun Devil.
I moved to Phoenix in the summer of 1994. Shortly thereafter, a new team had come into my life. This one isn't considered a definite "favorite," but they are still a team that I will follow. The Winnipeg Jets had made a move to the desert and had become the Coyotes. Yes, there was now hockey in the middle of a place that was too hot for anyone to exist let alone play on ice. It's hard not to be into a team when you see them grow before you.
Which brings me to the next state of confusion…the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 1998, the D-Backs franchise joined Major League Baseball. Again, and even more-so, it is very hard not to be a fan of a team that you get the opportunity to see start from the very beginning. The 2001 World Series win over the Yankees might have helped a little too (I say this as I look at my "Official Ball" from the 2001 Series that is on my desk).
Now I find myself living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Now, as you may recall, the Cowboys were "one" of my original favorite teams, but I truly don't follow them in the same way. In fact, I honestly find this current team to not fit into any class that earlier Cowboy's teams have. Romo just won't ever be the leader that Staubach, White or Aikman were. As for the other teams here: I don't have any plans to ever follow the Stars for the Wings had my heart long ago; it was fun to see the Rangers go to the World Series, and I enjoy going to a game now and then, but the Tigers and D-Backs are enough for me; and lastly, yes, the Mavs are currently in the Finals, and I do honestly hope they win, but not as a fan, more as being not a fan of the Heat and the egos of Wade, Bosh and that other guy…oh yeah, the "King."
So, would you consider my choices of "favorites" a sign of bandwagoning? I'm sure some could argue a few of them, but I feel that my mobility through life from town to town and the confusing nature of some of my locales has legitimized my choices. When it comes down to it, I'm a fan of sport, of competition. I am one that will watch a game, because I know it will be a good one. Not caring who will win, just wanting to watch some good competition. Maybe some of my "favorite" choices are because of this i.e. Atlanta in the 90's, but that's ok to me.
The "Big Game" in the Big "D" – Weather Permitting
As the entire universe knows, Dallas-Fort Worth (Arlington to be exact), is about to host "the Big Game" (a.k.a. Super Bowl, but we aren't allowed to say that unless we pay millions of dollars). And, as you all know, unless you've been living under a rock or frozen in ice – (haha get it?) that DFW has been hit by one of the worst winter storms in over 20 years. This predicament has caused many to question the NFL's decision to hold the Sup…I mean, Big Game, in DFW. The fact is, "worst winter storm in over 20 years," isn't being truly considered here. The normal temperature this time of year in DFW is mid-50's which isn't nearly as bad as Indianapolis (2012 host) and New York (2013 host).
ESPN columnist, Gene Wojciechowsk went on a rant, much like many others, recently about how bad the SB doesn't belong here. He goes on to talk about how warm it is in places like Miami, San Diego, Phoenix and New Orleans. For the record, Phoenix is also seeing some of its coldest temperatures in years. They have caused for numerous delays in the Phoenix Open this week due to frozen conditions. Now, I know, cold temperatures are one thing, those don't cause accidents the way a mammoth ice storm does, but my point is that you can't predict the weather. I mean, hell, it was 75 last Saturday. Had they not added another week in between the playoffs and the "Game," this whole issue never would have even come up. In fact, they would be talking about the next time DFW would host, not if it will ever host again.
People have been going on about the lack of salt trucks in the DFW area. DFW doesn't have salt trucks the way other cities in the midwest do. Would you, as a tax payer, want your city to put money into the equipment (trucks and salt- which is not cheap) for an ice storm that may or may not come once a year? I would think not.
I moved here to the DFW area almost 4 years ago. I have seen 2 of these ice storms since I've been here, and would definitely say this one was the worst. I have never, even in all my time living in Michigan, seen a storm debilitate a city the way this one has, and with the temperatures as low as they were, I'm really not sure salt trucks would have helped much. One thing I learned in Michigan is that the salt only works above a certain temperature.
I guess the point of my rant is in rebuttal of all those that are saying Dallas isn't worthy of a Super Bowl – I mean "Big Game." I could care less about Jerry Jones and the millions of dollars he will make off this event, but I do care about the money it will bring to our communities. If one day the NFL decides to put the game on a rotating schedule with "warmer" cities, then so be it, and honestly, I wouldn't blame them. They need to get owners off this kick though of trying to use drawing the game to their city by means of building a new stadium. How the hell else do you think Detroit got one and that the next two are in Indy and then New York?
Properly Aged Cheese
Resources say that it can take a few days to several years for cheese to ripen, but how long does it take for "good" cheese? I guess it would depend on the cheese that you enjoy. Cheese has been a product of the Brooks family for as long as I can remember. My dad started in the business long before I could ever talk, but the art of attempting to create "good" cheese is engrained deep within me to the core.
Cheese can be a very acquired taste amongst individuals. Most people don't mind mild cheddar, but sharp cheddar is another story. And then of course there is the stench of a good limburger cheese. The various types of cheeses around the world are of no comparison to that of which has been cultured and ripened within my family.
This post is just another proof that cheese is not just created in my family, but is running rapid through my veins without any cure. If you haven't already figured it out, my family has never actually made cheese. Well maybe someone attempted to make some mozzarella along the way, and I know I've done a few experiments growing mold on cheese as a kid, but no one has truly made cheese as you know it. The cheese I'm referring to is similar in terms of the acquired taste and whether or not it is "good," but you may not want to eat it. I'm referring the cheese of jokes that cheesy dads set forth all across this world of ours; the stupid puns that shoot out at a moment's notice to the reaction of rolling eyes and the occasional success of a good laugh.
My father is the master or jester of the cheesy joke, and from what my family tells me, I'm not far behind him. This is where my theory of "properly aged cheese" comes to fruition. You see, a good cheesy joke is very hard to come by. Most of the time, people will just ignore you, roll their eyes, or laugh "with" you. The art of the cheesy joke comes with age. You learn how others will react, you better your timing, and you better your understanding of the English language to "help" not make a fool of yourself (this result is and never will be guaranteed).
To me, this is something that truly comes with age. As we grow older and wiser, we learn more and more how to deal with what life throws at you. I am one of those who believe that one of the reasons we are here is to touch other lives; to make other people's lives a little brighter and put an extra smile on their faces. Whether that be at our own expense in a horrible cheesy joke, or the success of a great one that will come up in future conversations. When someone needs a little pick-me-up, there's nothing better (or worse) than a "good" cheesy joke. Either way, they will smile and laugh.
As I just celebrated my 35th birthday a few weeks ago, I wanted to write a blog that talked about growing older and lessons learned in life. This is what I came up with (pretty sad, huh?). The world is full of those trying to perfect the art of the cheesy joke, and I am still far from ripening that good cheese, but will continue to do my part in helping others. As for the family business, I have a feeling it will continue to grow as my son takes a shine to the cheesy side of life, working on the perfection of the craft.
Marketing Brilliance?
If you haven't seen this yet: it is either a lack of knowledge of your customer, or a brilliant marketing ploy. Gap is a company that has been on the list of businesses you won't see much longer for about the past year, and now they are changing their logo – check that, YOU are changing their logo. After letting their "new" logo out for public view, on Facebook I might add, it was torn apart as if it were a very poor attempt at re-branding…but was it? After the ridicule, they are now asking for YOU to come up with a new logo for them. Personally, I think this is a great example of a struggling company trying to get back into the consumer's eye. Brilliant!
Origins of a DJ – Part 4
I'm Really Doing It!!!
So here it goes; DJ Buck-5 has begun his journey into the life of a DJ…Well, more like a DJ in training still, but I'm really doing it!
My first official gig went really well at the Mill Avenue Sports Club. In fact, they offered me a regular spot: Wed and Sat nights. It was pretty funny, Wednesday nights were South Park night! I would DJ for a little while, and then we'd stop to watch the new episode of South Park – Keep in mind, this was back in '97 when the series first started, so there was a market for a night dedicated to the show. Once the show was over, I would spin the rest of the night. Then came Saturday nights. This was fun. Usually there was a band scheduled or two, or three, and then me. This was something that I got very used to in my "career." The places I would spin would usually also be a venue for local or touring bands that would play, then I would wrap up the party into the wee-hours of the morning. I digress, Saturday's at Mill Avenue Sports Club became very interesting. Tempe was, like any other college town, a thriving base for upcoming musicians – you may have heard of some of them: Satellite (Stephen Ashbrook), Dead Hot Workshop, The Gin Blossoms (Robin Wilson), and The Refreshments (Roger Clyne – one of my favorites of all time). Maybe you have heard of all of them, or at least one or two. I know you've heard of the Gin Blossoms, and can guarantee you'd know a Refreshments song if you heard it. Anyway, These were only a few of the many bands that have come out of Tempe. These are ones that have at least made a name for themselves…not that others haven't, but they are partial to me. These are bands that we used to go and see on a pretty regular basis while going to ASU. We used to go and see Satellite every Thursday night at Long Wong's in Tempe on Mill Avenue, and as for Robin Wilson, lead man for the Gin Blossoms, and Dead Hot Workshop, well…I got to work with them quite a bit. I'm sure by now, none of them would know me, but I used to do shows with Dead Hot on a pretty regular basis. And then Robin and his then band, Pharaohs 2000 began playing there on a regular basis as well, with me rounding out the night. I got to do some Hip-Hop nights, some pretty big weekend parties, all sorts of cool things. I was getting very good with the beat mixing too. I would even invite my mentor Marcus along for help with some of the events if he was available. I felt like this truly was my first step to making something of this DJ'ing thing….and then we moved.
You see, my ex-wife was pregnant with my son, Brendan, and she wanted to be closer to her family as the baby was coming. So we picked up and moved to Western Michigan, a home-coming of sorts, but I never really wanted to go back. I mean, I'm one of those, "everything happens for a reason" kind of people, so without this move, I wouldn't have done all the things I have….but I really didn't want to move back to Michigan.
As for DJ'ing, this meant I would be hanging it up, at least for now. I had eventually set up my tables in our apartment, but I had no crowds to play for. I did do a few small things for friends here and there, but it wasn't the same (no offense). I felt lost at times. My release had been released.
Eventually, we found ourselves moving to Detroit (well, north of Detroit), but I saw this as my chance, my opportunity to once again get my wheels turning – pun intended.
Origins of a DJ – Part 3
So, here I am…I've now learned the basics (still plenty to absorb). I've helped do a few gigs now, and I've cringed at all the "train wrecks" I've orchestrated. It is now time for me to move on…Really??? I just started, I'm not ready for that, not yet…too bad! I've now been given my first gig, and it's only a week away. As I said in the last post, my fraternity was having a large party at a local bar, Mill Avenue Sports Club. I have my equipment, and I've been practicing every day…but wait!!! What is my name? My DJ name, what is it? I have my first gig in only a few days, and I have no name! I spewed this afterthought to my co-workers, and an idea emerged.
You see, for a while now, some of my co-workers/friends have been referring to me by a slightly degrading, yet funny and truthful, nickname – Buck-5. What would be the meaning of this you may be asking? or maybe you have already figured it out and are laughing hysterically. Well, it referred to my weight. Yes, at the time, I weighed in at a solid 105 (one-hundred five pounds)…some dogs (many actually) outweighed me.
So I now have a DJ name….DJ Buck-5! It was a cool name, I thought. It had a story behind it, it had meaning (or was it demeaning?), it was somewhat catchy; no matter the questions it had raised, it would be my namesake for the next 13 years…at least.
Ahh to be a Sun Devil – the disappointment continues
So, here we are, 2 games into the CWS, and 2 games out of the CWS. The Arizona State Sun Devils came into this year's College World Series as the #1 seed – apparently that didn't mean sh*t (pardon the expletive), as usual. I mean really, the Sun Devils hadn't lost 2 games in a row ALL season! – Until tonight. They were one of the last college teams to even lose a game in the regular season (24-0 to start the season, 25-0 if you count the exhibition game). I say as usual, because what else can we really expect being a Sun Devil fan. I hate to be so cynical, but one can only take so much heartbreak.
Do you remember January 1st, 1997? I do, I was there…oh the horror! This was my first taste of the drama of ASU athletics. The UNDEFEATED Sun Devils had won the Pac-10 title and were on their way to the Rose Bowl to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes whose only loss was to Michigan in their last game of the season. Here is the wrap-up: With just over a minute remaining, Jake "the Snake" Plummer scrambled to lead the Devils to a 17-14 lead over the Buckeyes. OSU got the ball, and began driving down the field, finding themselves on the 5 yard-line after some crappy penalties called on ASU. With only 19 seconds – YES, 19 seconds – on the clock, David Boston walked into the end-zone untouched after blown coverage by Courtney Jackson (who's jock strap can probably still be found on the 5 yard-line) to take the lead – 20-17. Game Over! Standing the bench seats in the stadium, in the corner directly above the aforementioned touchdown, we went from jubilant screaming and yelling to a deathly silence drowned out by the scarlet fans 50-plus yards away. We could have been the National Champs!!! – Thanks Courtney.
What about the numerous "good" teams that Bill Frieder led onto the court only to flop below expectations – Ok, we made the sweet 16 ONCE, but what was that? Now we have Herb Sendek, who is doing a great job of re-building. We can only hope the cycle will be broken…although that early exit from the NIT this year wasn't exactly a good sign.
And how about the countless times that Dirk Koetter's squads were listed as a #2 favorite (second to USC) in the Pac-10, to end up having a losing season? Koetter was Kut and now we have a proven coach, Dennis Erickson. Please Dennis, let's get this turned around!!!
And now baseball…well not now, but it is just the latest example. Pat Murphy was brought into this storied club from Notre Dame to lead ASU to another championship. He did that, but only Pac-10 championships (4 of them). He got ASU into the post-season numerous times, but missed the expectations each time. This year was just one more sampling of the heartache a Sun Devil fan goes through each year. The Devils were in the top 5 in the nation all year long…hell, maybe top 3. They went into the post-season this year as the #1 seed – only to end up the first #1 seed to go 0-2 at Omaha since 1999. Again…they didn't lose 2 games in a row all season! – Hope be for next season, once again, due to the fact that this team is young. Only 4 seniors on the squad (providing no one leaves early). Best of Luck Esmay!
I love ASU, if you know me, you KNOW this. I am always reppin the Sun Devils; whether it be shirts or my sweat-laden ball cap, I'm representing Maroon and Gold. It is great to be a part of such a HUGE family. In fact it is like being part of a family…at times, they make you so happy, and other times, there is disappointment…but, you still love them, you will still do anything for them. It is just hard to go into each season with the high hopes (sometimes) – due to the stupid analysts and their predictions.
BUT…we love you Sun Devils, and we ALWAYS will. Go Devils!!!
OK…this last line is being added for one reason and one only – superstition! Prior to this line, when I ended with "Go Devils", my word count was 666…that along with "Go Devils" was just a little too creepy…hope you understand.
Oh, and Go Devils!!!
Soccer at 35 (well, 34, but close enough)
First of all, pardon me as I take a slight "random" break from my DJ progression, and give you a little insight to my most recent brush with insanity.
My son has been playing soccer for the past two years. I have really enjoyed watching him play, and helping him with some techniques (not that I really have any, but he thinks I do). It is quite fun, and I even would help coach the team every once in a while. This past season, they played on an indoor league at Stampede Sports in Southlake, TX. This just made my inner kid want to join in even more. I had already been trying to subdue this playful energy since watching him play, but the indoor thing started to make me really curious if you will. It is such a faster version of the game, being able to kick off the walls, as if making a bank shot in pool. So, yes, I just did the unthinkable last week…I signed up for a men's league. I didn't go too crazy, the league I signed up for was a men's "take it easy" league. Well, I didn't think I was going too crazy anyway.
I got myself signed up last week, and was told my first game would be Monday, June 7th. I had very little time to get ready, but I wanted to do this. I went out and got all my equipment: shoes, shin guards (which are way cooler than when I was a kid), soccer shorts, socks, and a new ball (well, I "needed" this, because my son's ball is a size 4 and I "need" a size 5). Everything was in place. I even started doing some "sprints" on the treadmill. For those that don't already know, I'm not a fan of running. I give my wife so much credit for the long distances she endures. I can't go more than 5 minutes without wondering "are we there yet?" I was ready, excited, and yes, definitely nervous.
The day came, and I got really nervous. I hadn't played an organized game of soccer since the 4th grade!!! I remember thinking to myself that some of the kids on my son's soccer team would ask if I play soccer because of some of the "moves" I had, and that my thinking I could really play truly was just an insane thought (remember, they are all 10 and 11). As the day went on, my nerves began to dwell upon the unknown: will I be out of shape? (yep), will I pass out? (almost), will I get killed?! (no, but felt like it once, and got pushed around a lot). My family wanted to come to watch me play, which I was truly happy for, but it just made my anxiety rise even more (I can't let my son see his dad get carted off on a stretcher because he passed out!). As we drove to the arena, I was really starting to freak out.
I got all my gear on. Even began to question my overly cautious and protective nature in whether I needed a cup or not (YES, definitely glad I went with that decision!). As we walked in, I saw the game before us (same league), and a sense of relief fell over me. These guys, well most of them, were older than me, and doing well. Most were pretty big guys, and I don't mean football player big, I mean couch potato big – but they could move! I was finally starting to calm. That was until the air would no longer go into my lungs through my mouth during the game!
Ok, that's a slight exaggeration, but I was definitely OUT-OF-SHAPE! The team we played had like 5 subs, and our team only had, NONE! We held up pretty well for the first 5 minutes or so, but were sunk after that. It's pretty sad when we were swapping to goalie for a break (I didn't take on this responsibility – call it cowardice or just the fact that I'm too small to black such a big gap in the wall).
The other team were some pretty big guys. Yes, similar to the team I saw when I entered, but some were actually football player size. They pushed a lot, but I held my own as well as my small stature could – which I feel was pretty well since I didn't hit the turf once! They were a good group of guys though, no one wanted anyone to get hurt.
When all was said and done, we did ok. We did lose, 7-1, but none of us died. A few bumps and bruises, and I'm sure I won't be able to walk all that well tomorrow, but all in all, we survived to play another game.
I felt great after…yes, I was sore, but it was the best exercise I've had in a VERY long time. I am truly glad I joined the league, and would like to continue this – at least for now.
I really feel the need to thank my wife and my son for their inspiration in doing this. Yes, it's still somewhat ludicrous, but sometimes we need that in our lives. We are only mandated to grow old, not up.
Origins of a DJ – Intro
So, I've been sitting here for the past few weeks, trying to figure out what to write about next. The topic of music keeps coming up in my mind, but to me, that is a massively overwhelming subject. See, music has been a major part of my life – or at least, I'd like to think it has.
What I started was a blog that was just going to talk about my love for music, and my transitions through just being a listener, to being a "DJ," to being a DJ, and even being a radio personality.
As I began to write, I realized there was no way that this will work as just one blog. So in order to keep your attention (hopefully), I have broken it down to more manageable posts. I'm really not sure how many there will be, but I hope that you take the time to read them all. You may just enjoy them, or may not…either way, I hope you are entertained, and maybe even learn a little more about little old me.
Getting old?
So, today is my son's first birthday – holy crap, what?! it's his 10th?!!! (Funny thing is that I really did start to type "first," so I went with it)
Um yeah, so today is my son's 10th birthday. I can't believe that it's been that long. I mean, it just doesn't seem like an entire decade has passed since one of the most amazing, most memorable days of my life. Has it really been that long since everyone feared the end of the world in the celebration of Y2K? Have I really been out of college that long (ASU '99)? Does that really mean it's been 16 year's since I graduated high school (LHS '94)? This list could get long….
I guess what I'm getting at, is the older your children get, the more you realize how much the world is changing around you. The past couple of years have been full of "ah-ha" moments. One of the first was when I added my step-sister, (former, how exactly does this work anyway? – do you just lose step-siblings in a divorce? I digress) Dawna, on Facebook. Her initial response was, "you look like a young Art (my dad)." It was at that moment that I began counting the years back only to realize that my father was my age when he joined their family. That truly struck me, not so much in a bad way, but in a relative way. I began to see many things in my life in a different light. I began to realize my parents ages and what they were going through as I enter certain moments in my own life. You really begin to get a better perspective of your own life through this imagery.
What does it mean to get old? to grow old? Is it the collection of new aches and pains you wake up to each day? Is it the way that you run out of breath trying to race your son through a bounce house obstacle course? Is it the way that you begin to look at yourself in the mirror each morning, realizing more and more that you look like your parents? Or is it the growth in knowledge, and the realization that your parents were one of the best forms of education you've ever had (good or bad)? It could also be the fact that you've become boring to everyone around you, well, at least some of the time.
Age is definitely just a number, and how old you are really is based on the way you feel and think. I feel old….lol I don't know, sometimes I just feel so run down, but when I think of others throughout my life, I do my best to drudge through and keep going. My son definitely helps me stay young. I do feel at times though, I really need to do a better job to do more things with him. As I've already said, a whole decade with him by my side has gone by, and I feel I've missed so much already. Looking at him in pictures, it is just so amazing to see how old he now looks. He is growing up so very fast right before all our eyes, and we don't even notice it until it's too late.
So now the question becomes, is growing old the realization of what all you've missed?
Nah…but I do think that it get's you to think about it, and that's a good thing. It's a good thing to take a look at what's around you and realize what all there is. Too often we take for granted everything that we have. Life IS too short, and we need to cherish every opportunity, every smile, and every birthday. It's a sign of us growing older, but it's also another chance to remember and be thankful.


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The landmark privatization at the end of 1998 of Israel's largest financial institution, Bank Hapoalim, was the largest single capital infusion into the Israeli economy to date. A consortium led by Israeli-American entrepreneur Ted Arison bought control of Hapoalim; at about the same time, Claridge Israel, owned by Charles Bronfman of Canada and Canadian-Israeli Jonathan Kolber, bought a controlling stake in Koor Industries, the telecom, chemical, and construction company which comprises 7% of Israel's economy. Until just a few years ago, Koor was controlled by the Histadrut, Israel's largest labor organization.
International investment bankers were particularly impressed by these developments because they are emblematic of Israel's emergence from a socialist, union-controlled economy into a thriving free enterprise system with the confidence of the international investment community. This confidence level is a result of Israel's impressive development as a center of technological innovation and its maturing into a full-fledged player in the global capital markets.
From the late 1950s to the early 1970s, Israel experienced strong economic growth with demand consistently outstripping production capacity. The result was overemployment and little regard for either efficiency or profitability. Indeed, the very concept of a profit motive had negative moral overtones for Israel's socialist founding fathers. Furthermore, over half of Israel's industry was owned by either the government or the Histadrut, and much of the rest of the economy was indirectly controlled by the government through the large banks.
All of this, accompanied by the general political uncertainty of the period, restricted foreign investment.
From 1973 to 1984, Israel was a maturing state, experiencing reasonably predictable growing pains: slow growth, runaway inflation, excessive currency volatility, and acute instability in the nascent Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange. 1983 brought with it a major stock market crash, wiping out an enormous volume of savings, and leading to the nationalization of the country's four major banks. Foreign investment, not particularly robust to start with, declined to a trickle.
In 1985, the government launched a rigorous economic reform program which included, among other things, courageous fiscal and monetary policies that produced tighter credit, higher interest rates and the reduction of inflation to low double-digit figures. The TASE slowly regained credibility. The price of these austerity measures was higher unemployment and the failure of weak businesses. Still, the plan was ultimately successful, leading to a restructuring of labor-owned industry and the international recognition of Israel's leading private companies in the global capital markets.
Today, led by a vigorous private sector and encouraged by government policy, Israel has evolved into a capitalistic economy, dominated by free-market forces, deregulation and competition. With a $17,000 per-capita domestic product, a 2.5% annual population growth rate, and a 6% average real GDP growth rate over the last seven years, Israel has the positive characteristics of an emerging economy. At the same time, with its highly industrialized economy and advanced technological infrastructure, Israel has the stability associated with developed economies.
The tangible result of all this is an economy valued by equity markets for its growth potential and by debt markets for its maturity and stability. A wave of public stock offerings this decade in various global capital markets has brought approximately 100 Israeli companies to the NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX equity markets. No other foreign country, apart from Canada, is so heavily represented on Wall Street. Most of these stocks are of high-tech companies traded on NASDAQ, and over a dozen of them now have market capitalizations of over $500 million. These include a number of well-known world leaders in their fields, such as ECI Telecom, Comverse Technology and NICE Systems (telecom equipment), Orbotech (optical inspection), Scitex and Indigo ( digital imaging), and pharmaceutical giant Teva.
In 1996 alone, Israeli companies raised almost $1 billion in the United States equity markets, and a large number of these offerings have been highly successful "blow-out" deals with strong institutional investor interest, in line with the general IPO boom. It was not, of course, always
Israel has evolved into a capitalistic economy, dominated by free-market forces, deregulation and competition
The success of these offerings generated unprecedented interest on the part of the global investment banking community in Israel. In 1994, Lehman Brothers, which has historically been the most active investment bank in Israel and has been responsible for most of the Israeli offerings on Wall Street, became the first major investment bank to open a permanent office in Israel.
Foreign investment in Israeli technology is likely to continue. Over 1,500 Israeli start-up companies have been established in recent years, most of them high-tech oriented. In 1996 alone, over $400 million of venture capital was raised for investment in Israeli start-ups. Israeli investment in R&D, as a percentage of overall GDP, is higher than that of either the United States or Japan.
Part of the reason for this massive concentration of technological innovation is governmental: Israel fueled its high-tech boom in its infancy, when capital was hard to come by, by providing a unique assortment of state-funded R&D grants and investment benefits. Most of these programs are still in place.
However, the most important reason for Israel's development as a technology center is not related to the government but to the country's people. Israel's population is the most highly educated in the world, with 135 engineers for every 10,000 people in the work force. In comparison, the U.S., which ranks second in this regard, has a mere 70. (We won't go into why engineers per capita, rather than, say, investment bankers per capita, is the accepted standard.) In addition, the 700,000 new immigrants who arrived in Israel this decade from the former Soviet Union have contributed an enormously talented pool to the local work force.
All of this has led to a dramatic surge in foreign investment, even outside the public stock markets. In the last few years, such major multinational companies as Intel, Applied Materials, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson and Deutsche Telekom have made significant investments in Israel, by the acquisition of Israeli companies or through the placement of R&D operations in Israel. The most recent of these was the acquisition by AOL of Internet company Mirabilis for $300 million in June 1998.
In addition to Israel's emergence as a "silicon wadi," the country has become a notable regular borrower on the global capital debt markets, which are several orders of magnitude larger than the equity markets. Historically, Israel's access to the large pool of debt capital available worldwide has been limited to borrowings guaranteed by the U.S. Government, or by quasi-governmental agencies such as the Export-Import Bank. At the end of 1995, based on Israel's prospects for economic development and growth prospects, as well as on positive developments in its relationship with its neighbors, the Standard & Poors and Moody's credit rating agencies gave Israel an A-/A-3 investment grade credit rating, and the government of Israel issued $250 million of Yankee bonds. The government followed this up with offerings in the Euro and Samurai markets.
More significantly for Israel's economy, from a long range point of view, in 1996 the Israel Electric Corporation, Israel's largest company, which had for the most part relied on the Israeli government for its funding, raised $600 million in an issue of Yankee bonds through Lehman Brothers. Part of that $600 million debt issue was in the form of a century bond - notes that will not mature until the year 2096. Thus, investors were willing to stake over $100 million on the economic progress of fifty year old Israel for the next hundred years. Israel Electric followed up on the success of this offering by setting up a $1 billion global shelf.
The Israel Electric offering opened up the largest pool of capital in the world to Israel's corporate sector, and, from an investment banker's perspective, in a sense marked a coming-of-age of Israel's economy. The year 1997 saw continued progress in Israel's transition from its socialist beginning, including deregulation of the Bezeq telecommunications monopoly, with the introduction of two new, and successful, long-distance carriers, as well as the raising of over $2 billion by the government through the long-awaited sale of state-owned companies, including Bank Hapoalim. The government has also taken dramatic steps toward currency liberalization, aiming for full convertibility of the shekel by next year. Thus, from a banker's perspective, Israel's emergence from socialism has made possible its economic fruition in its first half century and seems set to do so well into its next.
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Clean, New Bowls
October 7th, 2002 | Published in Uncategorized
The novice monk said to Chao-chou, " I have just entered the monastery. Please teach me." Chao-chou said, have you eaten your rice gruel?" The monk said, "yes, I have." Caho-chou said, "Wash your bowl." The monk understood.
We have too many bowls of a nondescript variety. Alison's a morning oatmeal person and I'm a yogurt-n-granola fan. We go through a lot of clean bowls… they're easily 80% of our dishwashing load. So we bought new bowls we've agreed to wash as soon as we're done using them.
It seems like a small thing to agree on, but one of the perils of working at home and having an undirected personality is the problems that come from routines and habits failing to take root. Too much structure results in "Casual Fridays." Too little imposes its own problems.


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"No official at the embassy has or is engaged in discussion with members of the terrorist organization Hezbollah," the Embassy clarified to Naharnet in a statement.
The Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper reported on Monday that indirect and secret contacts are ongoing between Hezbollah and the US embassy in Lebanon.
The daily quoted a March 14 MP as saying that the "relations between the Hezbollah and the US are developing positively."
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