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Surviving high school career day
Not long ago I was asked to host a booth for career day at a local high school. The woman soliciting my help was so pleasant that I agreed before fully understanding what hosting a booth meant.
She wanted me to advise impressionable teenagers about considering a high-paying career in journalism or column writing as a way to make a living. I think this woman might be one of the space people. Nobody could be that disillusioned. I panicked.
For nearly half my life I've worried about my offspring following my footsteps. Now this woman wanted me to encourage mere children who were looking forward to young adulthood to become members of the dreaded media. I feared lightning would strike at any moment if I even considered such a deed. Even columnists have limits on how far they are willing to compromise their nearly non-existent principles.
Nonetheless, a commitment is a commitment and I had agreed to help. So, I donned a coat and tie and gathered with the other career counselors in the school cafeteria where tables were set up like makeshift booths. An easel with a sign that said "Writing/Journalism" in large blue letters stood beside my table separating me from the next booth. My name was conspicuously beneath it. A plastic nametag that confirmed I was the person on the sign was pinned to my lapel.
The room was filled with counselors with real jobs like engineers, architects, police officers, accountants, and attorneys. None of them talked to me. The attorneys didn't even look my way.
Before long, students started filing into the cafeteria. I thought about what I would say if a group came into my booth. Then abject terror began to set in. What would I say? I had no idea. I should have prepared something. My mouth was dry. I started to perspire.
Mercifully, none of the students came my way. They went to the booths with visual aids, brochures, and counselors who knew what they were doing. The architect had a scale model of a tall office building. The news anchor from the local TV station had a television camera with a cameraman and a monitor showing her face on the screen. I had nothing.
Every occupation in the room looked interesting except mine. How could I possibly compete with all the technology, glamour, and excitement that the other counselors had to offer? I couldn't.
Then I thought about what I really did for a living. The reality was sobering at best.
Just the thought of one of these bright young students dropping the big bomb and actually asking, "How do you write a column?" was enough to put me into orbit.
Should I tell the truth about columnists? I asked myself. Should I let the world know that we sit at home in front of our computer screens in our underwear in a constant state of high anxiety as we search what is left of our brains for an idea?
Could I bring myself to reveal that most of us should be in therapy because we're neurotic and phobic? Did I have the courage to tell a sincere unsuspecting student who is contemplating his or her future that columnists lead a panic-filled existence because we have no idea where the next idea will come from, if it comes at all? I didn't believe for so much as a nanosecond that I was that courageous.
Most people think columnists just lie for a living anyway, I thought. Maybe I should just do what I do every day and rationalize the methods of my madness. I could say that I read the greats like Russell Baker, William Safire, and Dave Barry for inspiration.
They don't have to know that the real reason for reading the work of the rich and successful is to see if I can slightly alter one of their really good ideas and claim it for myself without getting arrested for plagiarism.
I could tell them that columnists begin every morning with a fresh outlook on life as we entertain profound and lofty thoughts while we do our magic and weave entertaining and interesting tales. But I didn't think I could do that either.
A tap on my shoulder broke my reverie. "Sir?" a young voice inquired. I looked up and saw that my table was filled with ten smiling faces. They were waiting anxiously for me to utter some gem of wisdom that was going to launch them on an exciting career as authors, journalists, or at best - columnists. I took a moment to gather my thoughts.
"So - how many of you want to be writers?" I asked. Nobody said a word. They looked at each other sheepishly. Then they looked down and in every direction except towards me. I asked the obvious question. "If you don't want to be writers, why are you here?"
A young girl looked up and said, "We thought this was computer sciences."
"Oh," I responded. "Sorry. You're on the wrong side of the easel. That's at the next table." They apologized and scurried away.
The bell rang a few minutes later. My part of career day was over. I guess it's just another part of that system I'll never understand.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 16 (Reuters) - Retired race car driver Richard "Dick" Trickle died on Thursday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a North Carolina cemetery, sheriff's officials said.
Trickle, 71, was found lying near his pickup after a man believed to be him called the Lincoln County Communications Center to say "there would be a dead body and it would be his," according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.
Workers tried to call the phone number back, but got no answer. Emergency responders found Trickle dead at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Boger City, the sheriff's office said.
Trickle, a native of Wisconsin, had lived in North Carolina since the early 1990s. His skill as a short-track driver earned him the title of "Winningest Stock Driver in America," with more than 1,200 wins during his 40-year career.
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The number of children born in the United States fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2011, according to government reports.
Experts continue to blame America's struggling economy for the decrease, and hypothesize that last year's slower rate of decline (the official birth rate fell 1 percent last year as opposed to 2 and 3 percent in the years prior) could indicate financial progress.
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"It may be that the effect of the recession is slowly coming to an end," said senior demographer with the Population Reference Bureau, Carl Haub, in an interview with The Associated Press.
Prior to the recession, U.S. births per year reached a record high of 4.3 million. Last year, fewer than 4 million births were recorded: the lowest number since 1998. Should this trend continue, the birth rate is expected to hit a 25-year low in 2012.
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Demographic groups with the highest rates of decline included women in their 20s, Hispanic women, and teen moms. Rates for women in their early 30s remained stable, and births for married women and women older than 35 rose slightly.
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In July, Rocksmith brought Atlanta duo Migos to NYC for their first performance in the legendary hip-hop city. The streetwear brand also grabbed some snap shots of them in two separate holiday collections. The catalog consists of a seasonal, tribal inspired offering and another sleeker monochromatic set. Click through the gallery above to preview Rocksmith's holiday delivery now.


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STOCKTON - "Wonderful." "Phenomenal." "Astounding" - all words heard Thursday to describe the $125 million gift received by University of the Pacific from the estate of the late former regents Robert and Jeannette Powell.
STOCKTON - "Wonderful." "Phenomenal." "Astounding" - all words heard Thursday to describe the $125 million gift received by University of the Pacific from the estate of the late former regents Robert and Jeannette Powell.
But the word most aptly used during Thursday's presentation to express the broad impact this largest gift in the private university's 162-year history will have was "transformative."
The intent of the gift from the Powell estate is simple - to endow scholarships for generations of students to help them attend Pacific.
The sheer impact of that simple request, however, may be immeasurable. Not only will it be felt on the Stockton campus, but also on the Sacramento and San Francisco campuses. And it will stretch out into the surrounding communities, enabling Pacific to reach out to more students throughout Stockton, San Joaquin County and the entire Valley as well as other areas of California, providing access to a college education that otherwise might be unobtainable.
And Pacific is setting it up to last for generations to come.
University President Pamela Eibeck, in describing "one of the largest gifts in the history of collegiate giving," said the Powells' "great vision" for Pacific at its core always put its "beloved students first."
On behalf of the university, Eibeck pledged before an audience of about 150 on the Knoles Lawn "to be good and honorable stewards of this generous gift."
She said that in the past decade, only 15 other U.S. universities have received gifts as large or larger than $125 million, and only three of them are in California: Stanford, University of Southern California and Claremont-McKenna College. Pacific's endowment stood at $200.5 million in 2012, and this gift increases it by more than 50 percent.
"This gift means the world to Pacific, and Pacific students are poised to make a difference in the world. Bob and Jeannette's transformative gift will help us continue to advance in excellence and accessibility as we fulfill our mission of educating the whole student - intellect, character and spirit - and of going beyond our gates to enhance our communities," Eibeck said.
"The university's future success will honor their memory," she said.
The late Powells - Robert died in 2007, Jeannette died in December - lived in Sacramento. He was a developer instrumental in creating the Gold River, Campus Commons and Selby Ranch communities and Pavilions shopping center. She was a professional interior designer and important patron of the arts, giving much of her time and talent to the development of Pacific's Powell Art Center.
While that facility bears the Powell name, the couple was known for shunning the spotlight and had little interest in tying up their gifts to Pacific in capital projects. They wanted their contributions centered on students.
Powell Scholar Sarah Wong, 21, a senior from Modesto majoring in predentistry and biological sciences, is a prime example of the Powells' generosity. With offers to attend Stanford, the University of California and UCLA, among other top schools, she chose Pacific specifically because of the opportunities available to her through her Powell Scholarship.
"It's the most prestigious merit scholarship Pacific offers. We're encouraged to expand our horizons, study abroad, conduct research projects. You have a nice community of (about 40) scholars who meet every other week. They want you to grow through the program starting as a freshman. They nurture you," Wong said of the Powell Scholars program.
She's been to Guatemala and rural China through the program, having studied various cultures and left her mark through designing and teaching a culturally sensitive English class to local people. While she strives for a career in dentistry, she is also conducting research in bone density.
Another Powell Scholar has set her sights on an opera career. Sophomore Madelaine Matej, 19, from Mill Valley is majoring in vocal performance at one of Pacific's oldest schools, the Conservatory of Music.
The importance of the Powell Scholars program to her: "First of all, I can afford to come here. I have more freedom to explore things beyond my major. I'm going to Italy to learn Italian. I went to China and was able to incorporate my music training there. Now, in addition to wanting to be an opera singer, I also know how to teach English too," Matej said.
In addition to the money bequeathed by the Powells focusing on students, their gift to Pacific also includes works created by artists Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud, Stephen De Staebler and Gregory Kondos valued at more than $400,000.
"University of the Pacific's economic and cultural impact on Stockton and the San Joaquin Valley is profound. Pacific has always been an important employer and a vital intellectual center for the community. Bob and Jeannette's gift is an investment not just in Pacific, but in our region," said businesswoman Kathleen Lagorio Janssen, chair of the Pacific Board of Regents.
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Back in the day, I once had a boss that was fairly savvy, and a senior exec at a major insurer (all of you long-time followers can figure out who/where). The year was 1984 and the topic was healthcare reform. He said "There's too many vested interests, and too many people making money, for much to change substantively in the healthcare system".
26 years later I am much grayer, older, and (unfortunately) unhealthier. And most of my career has, in one way or another, held his maxim to be true.
I remembered that quote when Scott Brown was elected in Massachusetts, and it looked like the end of yet another run at healthcare reform. I wasn't alone. Angela Braly, the CEO of Wellpoint, had an epic interview in the Wall Street Journal that said effectively the same thing. I agreed in some ways with Ms. Braly - a wasted opportunity, an ineffective bill at addressing root causes of healthcare spending growth, a chance that reform would make things worse and not better.
Putting aside all the politics, the arguments about BIG government, the tax and balance sheet impacts, and even the philosophical underpinnings of what this means to be "An American" (cowboy boots and all) - I do believe that this moment in time reflects a maturation of our country.
What was really intriguing to me about Braly's comments was not the analysis of the healthcare bill and it's good or bad points, but her view about the role of insurers. Insurers have gone through this cycle as healthcare financiers, healthcare deliverers (the 90s had much discussion about building delivery systems), and now seem to be settling into the role of information brokers.
This is huge, and a very important insight by Ms. Braly. It's something we have been talking about at Burton Group - the primacy of information management, under the nom-de-plumes of "Business Intelligence" or "Business Process Management". It's a business model that will have huge impacts on healthcare and healthcare IT. We'll see significant growth in the whole healthcare information system - from data capture, to storage, to analysis. Google and Microsoft see it, and it may be the only way left for healthcare insurers to compete.
Kudos to Angela Braly on recognizing it. Sympathies to her as well for such a poor forecast on the future of the healthcare bill. Stay away from the horse track.
This year, holy week and passover coincide. For Christians, its about death and re-birth. For Jews, the promise of redemption. The ramp-up to this week saw all this happen with healthcare reform. Goodbye, 1984.


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LONDON – In 2008, Queen Elizabeth II asked academics why no one saw the financial crisis coming. On Thursday, she finally got an answer.
Sujit Kapadia from the Bank of England's Financial Services Committee gave the queen three reasons as she visited the central bank in London. He told her that financial crises are like earthquakes — rare and difficult to predict. Kapadia also said that growing complacency since markets were stable had led people to think regulation wasn't necessary. Third, people didn't realize how interconnected the financial system had become.
Elizabeth asked what is being done to prevent another global downturn, acknowledging that "people got a bit lax" and that perhaps financial crises are "difficult to foresee."
On her visit, the queen and her husband also toured vaults full of gold.


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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Monday accused Afghan forces of killing at least four civilians in a cross-border shelling attack, increasing tension just as a senior Afghan official visited Islamabad to discuss peace talks with the Taliban.
Pakistan is seen as critical to reaching a peace deal with the Taliban because of its historical ties to the group. The process has been complicated by significant levels of distrust among the major players — Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and the Taliban.
Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani condemned Sunday evening's cross-border attack in a conversation with the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Mohammad Umar Daudzai.
Jilani called the attacks "unhelpful and unproductive" and said they would undermine "the conducive environment that Pakistan is trying to create for promotion of peace and stability in the region," according to a statement from the Pakistani Foreign Ministry.
The Pakistani government said the attack killed four civilians, but Pakistani intelligence officials and a local resident, Habib Wazir, put the death toll at five — four men and a child. They said mortars exploded outside a house in the border village of Neiznarai in the South Waziristan tribal area.
The intelligence officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.
There was no immediate response from the Afghan government, which has repeatedly accused Pakistani forces of killing Afghan civilians with cross-border shelling in the other direction.
The latest accusations surfaced as the head of the Afghan government's council for peace talks with the Taliban, Salahuddin Rabbani, started three days of talks in Islamabad with Pakistani political and military leaders. Kabul set up the council in 2010 to negotiate an end to the decade-long war in Afghanistan.
Rabbani was named the council chief after his predecessor and father, Burhanuddin Rabbani, was assassinated in Sept. 2011. The killing stalled peace efforts and exacerbated tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Some Afghan officials accused Pakistani intelligence agents of involvement in the assassination, allegations denied by Islamabad.
Rabbani met Monday with Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, who expressed hope that the visit would improve relations between the two countries.
Significant disagreements remain. Afghanistan has long accused Pakistan of not doing enough to prevent Taliban militants from using its territory to launch cross-border attacks against Afghan and U.S.-led forces.
Kabul has also demanded that Islamabad release the former deputy leader of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was captured in Pakistan in 2010. His arrest reportedly angered Afghan President Hamid Karzai because Baradar was conducting secret talks with the Afghan government.
Pakistan has refused to release Baradar, who is seen by some as a potentially important player in striking a peace deal in Afghanistan. Islamabad has also struck back by accusing Kabul of not doing enough to stop militants based in Afghanistan from launching cross-border attacks against Pakistan.
Despite these disagreements, there is hope among some analysts that Pakistan may step up its cooperation with the peace process, because Islamabad is concerned that instability in Afghanistan after most foreign forces withdraw in 2014 could negatively impact Pakistan.
Many of the Taliban's top leaders are thought to be based in Pakistan, and Islamabad and Washington recently set up a group to determine which militants would be open to reconciliation and ensure they could travel out of the country for talks.
Associated Press writer Ishtiaq Mahsud contributed to this report from Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.


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Boston Bruins Vice President Cam Neely will be one of a number of current and former NHL stars who will compete in the first ever NHL Charity Shootout presented by PokerStars.net June 17 in Las Vegas on the eve of the NHL Awards Show.
Neely, Pat LaFontaine and Luc Robitaille will be among the NHL legends in the tournament, while current NHL stars Alexander Ovechkin, Roberto Luongo and Mike Richards will be also be competing in addition to some of the biggest names in professional poker.
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ATLANTA — Fredi Gonzalez said the Braves' win against San Francisco on Thursday could prove to be their biggest of the season.
Atlanta's manager was obviously pleased the Braves avoided being swept by the Giants, but he was particularly encouraged by the way his team bounced back and regained some momentum after a tough loss the night before.
Freddie Freeman and David Ross hit home runs in Thursday's 3-2 victory over the Giants.
The Braves fell apart late in Wednesday night's 9-4 loss in 11 innings to San Francisco, but now head to Washington on a positive note for a four-game series against the NL East-leading Nationals.
"You lose two in a row after winning seven and it feels like you'll never win again," the Braves manager said, referring to the team's season-best winning streak that ended with two losses to the Giants.
"Big win," Gonzalez said. "It really is a big win after losing that game last night in extra innings and not leaving here until almost 2 in the morning. Coming back on short rest is really huge and could be the biggest win for us this year, depending on how that weekend (at Washington) goes."
The Braves began the day second in the NL East, 4½ games behind the Nationals.
Tim Hudson (8-4) helped an Atlanta bullpen that was drained by Wednesday night's loss. He gave up eight hits and two runs in 7 1-3 innings to outpitch Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner.
Freeman hit his 13th homer in the second. Michael Bourn's run-scoring triple in the third gave Atlanta a 2-1 lead.
Ross pushed the lead to 3-1 with his homer in the fourth. The Braves didn't manage another hit.
"Obviously we made those three hits count," Hudson said.
The Giants were denied their first sweep at Turner Field. They haven't swept a series of at least three games in Atlanta since 1988 at old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
The NL West-leading Giants' five-game winning streak ended with their first loss since the All-Star break. They began the day a season-best three games ahead of the second-place Dodgers and settled for winning two of three against the Braves.
"You take it," said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. "That's what you try to do, take series. It's hard to do.
"Sure, it's a tough loss, with the pitching we had. But you take it."
Bumgarner and Clay Hensley held the Braves to three hits, none after the fourth inning.
The Giants had nine hits but stranded eight baserunners.
"We couldn't get a timely hit," Bochy said. "That was the difference in the game."
Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth inning for his NL-leading 28th save.
Hudson has pitched at least six innings in 11 of his 15 starts.
"It was a lot of fun catching him," Ross said. "He's our horse and we need him pitching well."
Bumgarner couldn't extend his streak of wins in seven straight decisions. Bumgarner (11-6) gave up only three hits but allowed three runs, two earned, in seven innings. He had eight strikeouts and no walks in his first loss since May 26.
He fell to 4-5 away from San Francisco.
"I didn't give up a lot of hits today so I felt good," Bumgarner said. "The homers killed me."
Freeman's 13th homer gave him a 10-game hitting streak.
"Freddie's homer I thought was much bigger than mine," Ross said. "Coming off last night, it was nice to get the momentum back early in the game."
The Braves scored an unearned run off Bumgarner in the third when Paul Janish reached on third baseman Pablo Sandoval's fielding error and scored on Bourn's triple.
Sandoval led off the second with a single and scored on a single by Emmanuel Burris. The Giants didn't score another run until the eighth when Melky Cabrera tripled and scored on Buster Posey's flyball to center, cutting Atlanta's lead to 3-2.


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Jeri Eisenberg is a mixed-media photographer of landscapes. "I feel no need to seek out grand vistas or exotic locales, majestic mountain ranges or rushing rivers," she says. "It's the common wooded landscape of my day-to-day life that captures my attention." Eisenberg began her most famous series, "A Sojourn in Seasons: Sketching with Light Among Trees" when her father, then 83, began to lose his memory and sight. "Sojourn" is comprised of five chapters, one for each of four seasons, and the last in black and white. To take the photographs, Eisenberg used radically defocused lenses, or cameras with overly large pinholes. After printing the images on Japanese Kozo paper, Eisenberg adds a layer of encaustic while stretching the paper over a hot metal plate, such that the wax infuses with the paper's fibers and further blurs the image.


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Alabama National Guard Master Sgt. Catina Hyatt has been deployed in Afghanistan for months, but she got back this week just in time.
Hyatt arrived stateside Sunday and spent the night at a friend's house so she could show up to surprise her daughter, Erykah Hyatt, at school Monday, Erykah's ninth birthday.
"I wanted to see her so bad," Hyatt said.
With the help of Hyatt's husband, Eric Hyatt, Dannelly Elementary School officials worked to coordinate an event that surprised Erykah and her mom. The school delayed its Constitution Day Parade until Monday so Hyatt could take part.
The school's third grade, including Erykah, watched as Jeff Davis High School's Marine Corps ROTC color guard led a long line of first-graders, who carried red, white and blue flags, streamers, wind socks and pin wheels, along the side of the school and up its front walkway. At the end of the line of students marched Hyatt.
Standing by her teacher, Erykah caught sight of her mother and pointed in what looked like disbelief before she raised her hand to her mouth and started crying. She started walking fast toward her mother before breaking into a run and falling into a hug that lasted minutes.
"I didn't know they would do this today," said a still bemused Erykah after the parade. She knew her mother would be home soon, but wasn't sure when.
She said she even thought maybe her mother was at school earlier that day, but it turned out simply to be her father with a birthday surprise.
"I was thinking that my mom, I thought she was in the office this morning," Erykah said explaining she was called to the office Monday morning, but it was because her father had dropped off cookies and balloons for her as a special birthday treat.
Erykah said she was definitely surprised to see her mother walking at the end of the parade carrying a "Happy Birthday Erykah" banner. Her mother confessed the parade caught her off guard, too.
Catina Hyatt said she thought her arrival would be a small affair, just inside her daughter's classroom. She had no idea it would be a fully coordinated spectacle with American flags, streamers and the national anthem.
"I was nervous," she said, later adding, "I didn't know it was this big of an event."
Dannelly Principal Emily Little said they had the idea to plan the surprise after pulling off a similar event two years ago when another student's father came home from a deployment.
Little said it's certainly important to honor those who serve, but events like Monday also remind students about the importance of what military men and woman do.
"This just shows them exactly what the military do for us," she said.
Erykah's third-grade teacher, Wendy Williams, stood beside Erykah during the parade.
"We're glad to see Erykah and her mom reunited," she said, adding it really reminded her of how she felt when her sister was deployed. "I had goose bumps for the past two weeks. I would just get chills."
Williams said for weeks now Erykah has anticipated her mother's homecoming and she's so pleased the school could help make that day special.
Erykah's father, Eric Hyatt, helped Dannelly staffers coordinate Monday's parade, even as his wife was unaware of the details.
He said it's been difficult for his family while his wife has been away.
"It's hard being a single parent," he said, adding he doesn't know how others do it.
Eric said he constantly found himself trying to console his daughter and provide her with information about her mother and when she would be home.
Now that she is home and in time to celebrate Erykah's ninth birthday, the Hyatts said they likely will celebrate with a quiet family night.
"Whatever Erykah wants to do," Catina Hyatt said.
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Being in jail wasn't going to stop Antivirus pioneer John McAfee from updating his blog. The former tech entrepreneur continued to write about his experience even after being arrested by police in Guatemala.
McAfee, 67, was on the run from Belize, where police sought him for questioning in relation to the murder of his neighbor. McAfee is the founder of the well-known security company that bears his name. His bizarre accounts of his journey, which he shared with his 20-year-old girlfriend and journalists from VICE Magazine (see video of his capture below), ha captivated the media.
Even behind bars, McAfee doesn't disappoint. Blogging overnight about his new digs, a Guatemalan detention center, McAfee indicated that those supervising him were treating him well.
He mentioned that one commenter on his blog asked him "in a kindly way," whether he wanted to kill himself. He said suicide is "redundant."
"I enjoy living, and suicide is absurdly redundant," McAfee wrote. "The world, from the very begining, hurls viruses, accidents, hungry animals, defective DNA -- and uncountable more -- in an attempt to kill us. It always succeeds. Suicide is simply aiding and abetting."
McAfee's post were followed up by one from a supporter, who wrote that McAfee would like the public to email or tweet the President of Guatemala to ask for political asylum for McAfee.
News reports indicate that McAfee's attorney, Telesforo Guerra, is concerned the Guatemalan government is preparing to "throw (McAfee) out of Guatalma," McAfee has been blogging that Guerra convinced a judge to order a stay, stopping the government from sending him back to Belize. He also posted that the American Embassy can't help him.
Update at 11:47 a.m. PT: The Guatemalan government has denied McAfee's request for asylum. Belize police told the Associated Press that they expect him back in Belize soon.
Update at 1:55 p.m. PT: McAfee was rushed to the hospital after suffering two heart attacks, according to news reports.
McAfee's arrest happened shortly after he blogged that he was holding a press conference in Guatemala City.
In his initial blog post, McAfee said he thought the officials would still let him hold his press conference.
I am in jail in Guatemala. Vastly superior to Belize jails. I asked for a computer and one magically appeared. The coffee is also excellent. Only time will tell what will happen. No one has a crystal ball. However, I would be truly shocked if I did not conduct the press conference tomorrow as I had originally planned. Stay tuned. I believe, by the way, that blogging from a jail cell might be a groundbreaking activity. Let's see if it catches on.


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Groce's perpetual motion moves Illini forward
John Groce says he loses weight during the course of a basketball season and it's easy to see why.
Illinois' head coach exercises a combination of yoga, Pilates and his mouth on the sideline during the course of every Fighting Illini game.
"I lose 10 pounds every year," Groce said when asked how much he might lose during any given game. "Ration that out."
Thursday it was exhausting to follow Groce during Illinois' 51-49 victory over Minnesota in the United Center.
Television doesn't do Groce justice. You have to stay with him for a few minutes at a time to appreciate his perpetual motion.
Groce does a lot of clapping. He high-fives his players. He chats with assistants. He gyrates from here to there and back again.
That, by the way, is during warm-ups.
Once the game starts, Groce is like a traffic cop at a busy intersection or a chess player moving pieces around a board.
Groce barks instructions. He tries to body English shots to where he wants them to go. He advises game officials on the use of their whistles. He crouches down in a defensive stance. He lifts his arms as if to rebound.
The man appears to be possessed by intensity. He coaches the Illini with a clenched jaw rather than clenched fists.
"The biggest thing is just trying to be positive with them, " Groce explained. "Just trying to give them energy."
As the Big Ten's youngest basketball coach, Groce has plenty of energy. Still, sometimes the temptation is to whisper in his ear, "Stifle all the animation, coach, and let the players play."
The temptation passes when you realize that maybe Groce's way is OK. Maybe his style is what college athletes need to play their best.
After consecutive Illinois turnovers against Minnesota, Groce put his head in his hands, caught himself and quickly clapped encouragement to the Illini.
What I like -- and this is just me noticing something small -- is Groce will pat a player on the butt as he comes out of the game.
Why is that impressive? Because so many college coaches barely glance when the player walks past, as if the coach is too mesmerized by his own mental machinations to notice.
Groce can multi-task. He can coach the game and coach his players and coach their basketball behavior and coach their emotion state ... all at once.
At least Groce has looked like he can do all that in his first season in Champaign. The results include a 22-11 record and an anticipated invitation to the NCAA Tournament.
When Illinois was reeling early in the Big Ten season, Groce's hand steadied them. When the Illini were reeling during much of second half against Minnesota, his manner rallied them.
"When he has that kind of passion," Illinois forward/center Nnanna Egwu said of Groce, "you want to play as hard as he is coaching."
Whether Groce's way can be sustainable and successful long-term depends on whether he recruits players good enough to make the plays he's encouraging them to make.
All we can go by right now is that in the final seconds Thursday, Egwu fought for a big man's rebound, D.J. Richardson made a 3-point basket after going 1 for 7, and Brandon Paul made a game-winning jump shot at the buzzer.
Those were confident plays made by confident players reflecting their coach's confidence in them.
Albeit a coach a little lighter than he was when the game started.


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Lucia Micarelli: An Evening with Lucia Micarelli Violinist and actress Lucia Micarelli visits The Treatment to discuss her emotive performances as she prepares for PBS' An Evening with Lucia Micarelli.
Accusations of lying fly between James Comey and White House During his testimony Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey accused President Trump and other White House officials of lying when they said the FBI was in disarray and its staff had lost confidence in him. President Trump's lawyer said Comey was wrong -- that the president never asked for his loyalty, and never asked him to back off the investigation into former NSA director Michael Flynn.
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a "decision memo" to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There's not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.


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By Lewis Krauskopf
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that the new state insurance exchanges created by his healthcare reform law will launch as scheduled on Tuesday even if the federal government shuts down due to Republican efforts to defund Obamacare.
The new online health exchanges at the heart of Obama's Affordable Care Act are set to open for enrollment on October 1 after years of political attack, offering subsidized health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans. Conservative lawmakers in Congress are pushing to cut out spending for the healthcare law at the threat of shutting down the government on the same day.
"On Tuesday, about 40 million more Americans will be able to finally buy quality affordable healthcare just like anybody else," Obama said in a speech addressing the potential for a shutdown.
"Those marketplaces will be open for business on Tuesday, no matter what, even if there's a government shutdown. That's a done deal."
Obama's statement confirmed speculation that the exchanges would operate regardless of Congress' actions.
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department, the branch of the government overseeing the law's implementation, released its contingency plan on Friday in the event of a potential shutdown.
The department's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services branch "would continue large portions of ACA activities," according to a document on its Website.
That includes coordination between the Medicaid program for low-income Americans and the insurance marketplaces. Insurance rate reviews and assessments of what portion of premium revenue insurance companies spend on medical services would also continue.
The document said that certain funding for healthcare reform was mandatory and "not affected by a hiatus in annual appropriations," such as the ACA Mandatory Program Management and the ACA Implementation Fund.
The Medicare program for the elderly would also "continue largely without disruption," in the short term. States would also have funding for Medicaid.
Regarding other HHS agencies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would continue "minimal support" in the United States and abroad to respond to outbreak investigations, processing lab samples and maintaining an emergency operations center.
The Food and Drug Administration would continue activities to handle emergencies such as high-risk recalls, but "will be unable to support the majority of its food safety, nutrition, and cosmetics activities."
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Design Matters: A Practiced Eye
Straight lines will help you generate pleasing curves.
By George R. Walker
Pages 18-20
I know a potter who's worked clay on a wheel for more than a quarter-century. His practiced eye has a keen sense for curved forms, honed by shaping tens of thousands of pots. I admire his work and also the fact that he still gets excited at the thought that there's more to be learned about curves.
That's humbling and a bit scary. One of the most difficult things to visualize is a fair curve; it's like a slippery snake that's hard to pin down. I want to feel comfortable and confident designing with curves, but the thought of throwing a thousand pots is not an option. Thankfully, our woodcraft tradition offers powerful lessons that can help.
Visualize a Curve
One reason curves can seem so difficult is that we see them in an endless array. Nature displays curves with abandon; even our own human form reveals fluid curves. Here's a little secret: The first step to imagining a curved line is to begin with a straight line.
Pre-industrial design literature is filled with examples of curved layouts generated with simple geometry using a straightedge and a pair of dividers. They might appear overly simplistic, but they contain valuable clues to help you design with curves.
Begin by learning a few simple curved notes, which are much like musical notes (as shown below). However, unlike musical notes that vary in pitch, our curved notes vary from slow to fast. A slow curve is a gentle arc like the far horizon line out on the ocean; a fast curve is a sharper bend, sort of like that tricky exit ramp on the highway that tries to sling you off the pavement.
Take a Closer Look
This sinks in better if you actually draw it, so pull out a straightedge and compass. Pick one of the simple constructions shown below, and carefully draw it on paper. They each use either the whole straight line or half the straight line as a radius to locate a fulcrum to form each curve.
Note too that our straight line is also a chord that's spanned by our curve. From a geometry standpoint, these arcs have some unique properties and these simple curves are used endlessly in traditional design (see "Simple Curves are all Around Us"). Yet the most profound thing is not that you learned to draw a few simple curves; the real power in this is that you drew a curved line that visually references directly off a straight line. This is a big deal because you are giving your mind a way to compare a slippery thing (a curve) with a straight line, something we all can imagine clearly.
Blog: Read more from George R. Walker on his Design Matters blog.
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Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year yields toward the highest since 2011, as data showing gains in U.S. durable-goods orders, home prices and consumer confidence boosted the case for the Federal Reserve to slow bond purchases.
Government securities stayed lower after the U.S. sold $35 billion of two-year debt at a yield of 0.430%, the highest in two years. Ten-year yields rose for a seventh day, the longest since March 2012. Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said last week policy makers may reduce bond buying under their quantitative-easing stimulus strategy this year and end it in mid-2014 if economic growth is in line with their projections.
"You're starting to see some data today that represents the view the Fed has in their forecasts," said Jason Rogan, director of U.S. government trading at Guggenheim Partners LLC, a New York-based brokerage for institutional investors. "If you continue to see strong economic data like today, the assumption is that the Fed will be closer to tapering."
The U.S. 10-year yield climbed four basis points, or 0.04 percentage point, to 2.58% at 3:29 p.m. New York time after falling six basis points earlier to 2.48%. It touched 2.66% yesterday, the highest since August 2011. The price of the 1.75% security due in May 2023 declined 11/32, or $3.44 per $1,000 face amount, to 92 25/32.
Current two-year note yields increased two basis points to 0.4%. They reached 0.43% yesterday, the highest since July 2011. Thirty-year bond yields rose five basis points to 3.6%.
Relative Strength
A technical gauge signaled the increase in 10-year yields may have been too rapid. The 14-day relative-strength index, a monitor of momentum, rose to 79, exceeding the 70 level that indicates the yields may be poised to change direction.
Treasuries have lost 1.9% in June and dropped 2.9% this year, according to the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bond Index. They have declined 2.6% this quarter, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch index shows.
Bonds rose earlier as investors sought safer assets amid speculation a credit squeeze in China will slow growth. They reversed gains after China's central bank said it will keep money-market rates at a "reasonable" level and reports in the U.S. showed gains in the world's largest economy.
Bookings for U.S. goods meant to last at least three years increased 3.6% for a second month, the Commerce Department reported. The median forecast of economists in a Bloomberg survey was for a 3% increase. Excluding transportation equipment, where demand is volatile month to month, orders advanced 0.7%, also topping projections.
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Calipers are a measuring tool designed to measure thickness, width, diameter or depth.
The calipers are somewhat fragile, so do use them with care. If damaged, their accuracy may be compromised.
Turn on the calipers by pressing the On/Off button. Close the calipers completely. If they do not move, check to see that the knob on top has been loosened. It should turn freely. If it does not, someone has over-loosened or over-tightened it. Press the Zero button to zero out the reading. Open the calipers and measure.
The main jaws beneath the display are for measuring width or thickness. The pointy area is for measuring things such as the thickness of the center of a screw, not counting the threads, while the thick flat part closer to the slide will let you measure including the threads, or to get a flat, straight measurement of thickness on something. The top jaws above the display are for measuring inside distances. You can use them to measure inside a pipe or a cutout. You will notice a piece of metal protruding from the bottom of the calipers. This is to measure depth. Rest the bottom of the slide against the lip of an object, then open the calipers until the metal rod touches the base/back of the hole. The reading will tell you the distance from the tip of the rod to the bottom of the slide.
To turn off the calipers, press the On/Off button and put them away.
The calipers are normally found around the laser cutter as they are frequently used to check the focus height.


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Mouse polling rate
If you have invested in a high resolution mouse, adjusting the USB polling rate is a common trick to utilise the added precision it brings. The polling rate (or report rate) determines how often the mouse sends information to your computer. Measured in Hz, this setting equates to lag time (in ms).
By default, the USB polling rate is set at 125hz. The table below represents combinations of Hz values and their corresponding delay time:
If the polling rate is set at 125 Hz, the mouse cursor can only be updated every 8 milliseconds. In situations where lag is critical (for example games), it is useful to decrease this value to as little as possible. Increasing the polling interval will improve precision at the tradeoff of using more CPU resources, therefore care should be taken when adjusting this value.
Setting the polling rate
Here we are using the
usbhid module of the kernel to set a custom "mousepoll" rate. Simply add the following line to your
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf file:
options usbhid mousepoll=[polling interval]
(where [polling interval] is a number in ms from the table above. For example, to set a polling rate of 500Hz:
options usbhid mousepoll=2
To change the polling rate without rebooting
modprobe -r usbhid && modprobe usbhid
Then unplug and replug your mouse.
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf to the FILES entry in
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf. Remember to regenerate your image after changing the config. Without doing this, the module will be inserted during early userspace without the polling option. Alternatively, you can add usbhid.mousepoll=X to your kernel command line.
Displaying current mouse rate
A tool exists (named evhz) that can display the current mouse refresh rate -- useful when checking that your customized polling settings have been applied.
Compile it with:
gcc -o evhz evhz.c
Then execute as root:
Alternatively, Windows tools such as DirectX mouserate checker can be run using WINE.
Further Reading
- CS:S Mouse Optimization Guide -- largely aimed at Windows users, though the same principles apply for Linux.


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Learn how to Cook a Puerto Rican Turkey
For Latinos, Thanksgiving is just another excuse to invite our big family over for dinner. Add some Latin spice to your holiday table with this yummy adobo for your turkey. You won't regret it!
- 20 lb. Turkey, thawed
- 1/4 cup salt
- 1/8 cup ground black pepper
- 1/8 cup Adobo Goya (without pepper)
- 4 packets Sazón Goya con culantro y achiote
- 1/4 cup ground oregano
- 2 cups olive oil
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1 head of garlic, peeled and mashed
- 2-3 packages of bacon strips
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Rinse the turkey under cold water and pat dry. Remove the bag of turkey giblets from the cavity.
3. Place the turkey in a large shallow pan for roasting.
4. With a small knife, carefully separate the skin from the meat, but don't remove it completely. Take a meat knife and make tiny incisions all over the turkey, underneath the skin, so that it can cook thoroughly.
5. Mix all the ingredients (except the bacon and the turkey) in a large bowl.
6. Wash your hands and rub the adobo mix over all of the turkey meat. Make sure that every incision and cavity is covered. Cover the meat with the skin again and pour the rest of the adobo over the turkey skin.
7. Cover the turkey completely with the bacon strips. Make sure to place at least 4 strips inside the cavity.
8. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and cook between 3 and 4 ½ hours. Check the temperature with a meat thermometer, when the thickest part of the thigh reads 180 degrees, the turkey should be done.
9. Carve and enjoy!
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Her Turn
"I haven't been well for a long time, and I get the feeling that Adam just doesn't care," says Rachel, 33, is stay-at-home mom. "Our once-great marriage is just a shell.
"It's been this way ever since I got sick. About three years ago, my fingers began to ache and swell up. Then the discomfort spread to my hands and shoulders, and I started to feel tired all the time. I bounced from one specialist to another, undergoing test after test. No one had answers. While researching my symptoms on the Internet, I finally found an article on fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder affecting the musculoskeletal system. The disorder, which is often misdiagnosed, can trigger a number of symptoms -- many of which hit home for me. Though fibromyalgia is controversial and not all doctors believe it is a real disorder, I finally found a specialist who does.
"Some days, every muscle in my body hurts; other days, I just feel a sharp jab in the back. More constant are the insomnia and headaches. I have no energy for 8-year-old Brandon or 6-year-old Brett when they come home from school, and I feel guilty for pacifying Jake, our 2-year-old, with videos when I'm too tired to play with him. Simply getting through the day is hard.
"Because certain antidepressants in low doses can control pain, my doctor prescribed one for me. He also encouraged me to exercise in order to stimulate endorphins, the brain's natural pain relievers. I admit I haven't been very good about that. And even though doctors tell me that fibromyalgia won't disable me completely, I'm still terrified that it will. I keep checking the Internet for new information.
"Last week, as I put Jake in his car seat, pain shot through my wrists and arms. I panicked -- I had this image of me incapacitated in a wheelchair and unable to mother my children. But when I told Adam what happened, he didn't seem concerned; he just mumbled a word or two and then changed the subject. Once in a while, he'll offer to give me a massage, but it's such a halfhearted shoulder rub that it's hardly worth the bother. The only time he takes any real interest in me is when he wants to have sex, which hardly puts me in the mood.
"Adam says I overreact to everything, and I admit I have found myself screaming about things I know aren't important. Last week, I chewed him out for planting a new rhododendron bush too close to our apple tree.
"But I'm not unreasonable when it comes to Adam's parents. I hate when they visit. His mother is always telling me how to raise the kids, and his father barely acknowledges me. Adam just says, 'Oh, that's how Dad's always been.' As if that's an excuse.
Their Background
"I never thought our marriage would turn out like this. We were always such good friends. Both of us grew up in the suburbs of Hartford, Connecticut. My father, an executive at a major department store, was warm and outgoing, but my mother was a total perfectionist. I know she loved my brother and me, but she'd snap at us if we didn't live up to her standards.
"Adam and I met in college, and I fell in love with his gentleness and romantic nature. We married after graduation, once I'd found work at an advertising agency and Adam was hired as a salesperson for a pharmaceutical firm. Brandon was born two years later, and I left work to be a stay-at-home mom. We always seemed to have time to go places and do fun things together -- and I had the energy for it, too.
"But one thing did happen back then that bothers me to this day. When I was nearly nine months pregnant with Brandon, Adam's company offered him and several other top salespeople a four-day tennis junket in Florida. I had a nagging feeling that the baby might come early, so I begged Adam not to go. He insisted, saying he needed a vacation -- and sure enough, I went into labor the day after he left.
"Now, once again, my husband is blowing off my concerns. If I had a broken leg, maybe he wouldn't think I was a hypochondriac. But this condition is far more debilitating, and I can no longer pretend we're this happy family. Things have got to change, or this marriage is over."
His Turn
"'I don't want to live like this, either. It's like I've lost my best friend," says Adam, 34, who's been married to his wife for nine years. "Rachel was the one person I could count on to be a sounding board. No one in my family ever talked about much of anything, certainly not about feelings. But Rachel took the time to ask and listen. She was the one who taught me about intimacy.
"I do try to show that I care, but nothing I do meets Rachel's approval. If I give her a massage, she tells me I'm rubbing too hard or not hard enough. If I ask how she slept the night before, she thinks I'm being patronizing. Actually, I thought I was helping by not talking much about her illness. When I'm sick, I try to keep my mind off my problems.
"I'm not saying Rachel is a hypochondriac; I know she's in pain, and I feel terrible about that. But I do think she spends too much time obsessing about her condition. Some of the best doctors in the city have assured us that her illness is not fatal or progressive, and that she's got to be patient with herself. There's a point at which you have to accept gracefully what happens to you.
"I don't think Rachel knows how nasty and critical she's become lately. When I planted that shrub near the tree, she shrieked as though I'd committed a crime. She complains that I don't help her enough -- cleaning up after dinner is her latest issue. I'd rather spend the time with my kids, so I tell her I'll do it after they're asleep. But she either storms into the kitchen and does the dishes herself, or else she hovers, telling me I'm not washing them thoroughly. And I can't believe Rachel is still upset about that Florida trip eight years ago. Isn't there a statute of limitations on a husband's mistakes? If you can never win, after a while you stop trying.
"Rachel reminds me so much of my father it's uncanny. My sister, brothers and I could never please him, either. If I mowed the lawn as a nice surprise for him, he'd point out the one tiny patch of grass that I missed. It's ironic that now it's Rachel who hates his attitude. As for Mom's parenting advice, she's only trying to help, and, after all, she did raise four kids. But Rachel won't even listen to her.
"I don't feel like we're a family anymore. I barely see my sons; Rachel insists that they be in bed by eight o'clock, and I usually don't get home until seven-thirty. After I help get them in their pajamas, I eat dinner alone while Rachel disappears upstairs, buries her head in a book and pushes me away if I try to kiss her. I'm not saying we have to make love every day, but she's never in the mood anymore. Maybe she's right -- if our life is going to become one long fight, it's time for us to split.
The Counselor's Turn
"When one partner suffers a chronic illness and the other feels helpless to do anything about it, the anger and blame can become toxic. How spouses cope with this situation determines whether their marriage flourishes or flounders.
"Because fibromyalgia can take so long to be diagnosed, sufferers often have to deal with family and friends who think they're lazy, faking it or just seeking attention. This can make it hard to keep up their end of a relationship, as Rachel discovered. Compounding the problem was Rachel's need for control, which she had most likely learned from her demanding mother. When her expectations weren't met, she quickly lost patience.
"However, she was so quick to blow things out of proportion that I wondered whether her medication might be exacerbating her anxiety. Rachel's doctor switched her to another antidepressant, which helped considerably. She eventually bought a home treadmill and joined a gym with child care for Jake. Over the next few months, Rachel started to feel much better.
"Meanwhile, we had to help Adam feel less rejected and more appreciated. Though he was trying hard to be there for Rachel, he had his limits and she needed to respect them. 'Adam becomes overwhelmed when he hears the same complaints time and again,' I said. Once she understood this, Rachel began limiting the amount of time she discussed her illness and stopped getting on Adam's back about minor matters.
"I established some basic ground rules for Adam and Rachel to follow. They were to do something fun together at least once a week, and to call each other at least once a day to chat about anything they wanted to except trivial home problems or complaints like Rachel's illness. To keep them on track, I gave them a 'report card' to fill out every week on such subjects as hand-holding, phone calls and dates.
"One of Rachel's biggest challenges was staying patient. I told her, 'If you want Adam to reach out to you, it's important that you appreciate his efforts, even if they're not what you consider perfect.'
"But Adam had his obligations, too, such as protecting Rachel from his parents' criticism and intrusiveness. It was his job to stand up to them rather than to excuse their behavior. He finally found the courage to do so.
"Both were still gun-shy about sex. I urged Rachel not to say no every time he initiated lovemaking, and I told Adam to give her more hugs, kisses and other signs of affection throughout the day. Rachel responded in kind. In about six months they felt intimate enough to resume an active sex life.
"These two have continued to negotiate compromises in ways large and small. They've proven that by making adjustments in their actions and attitudes, they can both feel loved and respected -- in sickness and in health.
"Can This Marriage Be Saved?" is the most enduring women's magazine feature in the world. This case is based on interviews and information from the files of Joyce Dolberg Rowe, M.Ed., a marital therapist with offices in Boston and Hull, Massachusetts. The story told here is true, although names and other identifying details have been changed to conceal identities. "Can This Marriage Be Saved?" is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation.


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I have recently switched to Firefox after using IE6 (service pack 2 installed) for the last six months. Today I had some financial transactions to perform on line so I first ran Spybot then ran Norton Anti-virus (after first making certain I had all updates to each.) After that, I went about my business.
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William Ackman sure has been busy in the retail real estate world of late. His named has popped up in the ongoing General Growth saga and he's tried to influence Target's real estate strategy. In his latest move, Ackman is attempting to get himself and four others placed on Target's board of directors.
Hedge-fund manager William Ackman plans to nominate himself and four others to the board of Target Corp., the discount chain whose performance has trailed Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Ackman, who heads Pershing Square Capital Management LP, told Bloomberg Television today that he will propose Richard Vague, a former bank executive; Jim Donald, who served as chief executive officer at Starbucks Corp.; Michael Ashner, chairman and CEO of Winthrop Realty Trust Inc.; and Ronald Gilson, a law professor at Stanford University and Columbia University.
The slate would bring expertise in credit cards, real estate and food sales, areas where the retailer needs to improve, Ackman said. He has pressed Target's management to sell its credit-card portfolio, buy back shares and place the land under its stores into a real estate investment trust that would lease the property back to the retailer.
"We thought Target would be where Wal-Mart has been during these very difficult economic times," Ackman said. "This is not your classic proxy contest. This is a management team we have a very high regard for."
Previous Ackman posts:
- Nov. 25, 2008, Ackman Builds Stake in GGP
- Nov. 20, 2008, Ackman Updates Target Plan
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we use finaquant's protos in a calculation engine for ecological population forecasts. We have a big table with multiple regions, including many attributes other than region. How can we split this table into smaller tables each containing data for a single region? Is there a ready-to-use table function for this purpose or do we need to write some code?
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Watch the talk that the PR firm Fleishman-Hillard decided the food industry didn't need to hear at an Ontario Medical Association breakfast last week:
Yoni Freedhoff on the food industry
December 10, 2012 by Beth@WeightMaven
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Dr. Freedhoff said, "We need to level the playing field. There really aren't any shortages of things we can do to regulate the food industry's practice of misinforming consumers."
The food industry has gotten away with misinforming consumers for many decades because it first figured out how to misinform academia. Of necessity, politicians rely upon experts. When the vast majority of experts are misinformed, public policy gets shaped accordingly.
on December 10, 2012 at 1:36 pm | Dan Brown
Great video, Beth. Thanks for posting it. I put it up on my FaceBook home page. I hope others do too.
Fantastic video, It's too bad they didn't let him present it, but I'm glad he posted it for others to see. I will share this video too.


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