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The EPL Is Welcoming A Bid From ESPN
Thursday, December 18, 2008
The next league up for auction in ESPN's profolio of possible acquisitions, is the English Premier League. It was once considered a bit of a long shot for ESPN to get the rights to the Soccer league, but with the economy driving down the price of bids, the EPL is almost hoping for a large offer from ESPN to take over the rights. Via the UK Telegraph....
Other sectors of the economy may be creaking in the gale blowing from the financial markets, but ask a club executive what the implications are for football and the answer invariably begins: "It would be naïve for anyone to claim they are immune from the effects of the recession, but…"It's not likely that two channels, who are largely based around the EPL, are going to go without a fight. But as ESPN proved in the BCS bidding.....if you throw enough cash at something, there might not be a way for your opponents to compete. We'll see how things pan out in 2009.
On Monday the Premier League distributed the Invitations To Tender for their next round of domestic television rights to run from 2010-2013, formally starting a process that many observers believe is the most important negotiation in the competition's 16-year history.
The dark horse in the field, and the primary reason for Premier League confidence that current revenues will be matched, are ESPN. A major player in US sports rights, the Disney-owned company have been circling European football rights for some time, and in September Disney president Dick Iger indicated they would bid for live Premier League.
It remains to be seen how serious their interest is. They could choose to target Setanta, a move that would test the faith of the Irish-owned firm's City backers. Alternatively they could mount a full tilt at Sky, though given the close relationship between ESPN and NewsCorp, Sky's parent company – they are partners in Asia in ESPN Star Sport – that may be less likely.
Premier League welcome ESPN interest in TV rights (UK Telegraph)
Labels: England, EPL, ESPN Programming, ESPN Soccer, Soccer, TV Deals
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Yeah, go ahead, idiots. I don't care how popular and talent-filled that league is. NO ONE WILL WATCH IT HERE.
That's what everyone said about poker, yet we see it 24/7...
After the popularity of Euro '08 this is a no-brainer for ESPN...
If they pull the world's most popular league (any sport) it will help the viewership of the MLS as well (an ESPN property).
La Fortress
Just because poker is on 24/7, it doesn't mean people watch it.
Presumably, ESPN would see the US rights as a loss leader in order to get rights in the rest of the world.
Plus, the EPL is a great pre-amble for football on saturdays, since the games are mostly over by noon EST.
Plus, the EPL is a great pre-amble for football on saturdays, since the games are mostly over by noon EST.
Don't take away my "Get Wild with Cindy Garrison," Dammit!!
If it means I can see the matches in HD, then I can live with ESPN.
Please make it happen and GMoney there are more soccer fans in the US who love Leeds United than people around the world who love the NBA/MLB/NHL/NFL.


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What time is it? That's right, Foxy Finds time ladies and gents. But just a wee taster this week, quality over quantity.
Clockwise from top Left: Scarf by Beelicious Crafts, Mr. Fox by Hannah Howarth, Scarves by Little Lark, Laser Cut Necklace by Morphologica, Valentine's Card by Dandelion Dog, Organic Stuffie by Bird Mafia.
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How Nationalised Services Became Private Empires
Theoretically, there should have been nobody left within such a State, with enough prodigious wealth to ever buy these back! So, how was it achieved?
It wasn't an armed Counter-Revolution, so it must have been organised by a new, democratically-elected Government, with such as its "winning policy", promised in an election! But, why did they win, and what forces within Society were strongly in favour of such a radical change?
It wouldn't be the workers, unless, of course, they had been lied-to - for example, by promising, "More Freedom", "More Democracy" and "Less Corruption"!
But then, what section of Society would make such promises, while also wanting industry to remain in their hands, but, now primarily, for their own profit? It could only be one already privileged group - The Bureaucracy! They had been running the Nationalised Industries, ostensibly "for the people", and had got a taste for the even better life they could lead, if they got much-increased rewards for what they already were doing, but no longer as "privileged servants", but instead as owners!
But, how could this possibly be organised?
Simply giving everything back to the pre-revolutionary Capitalists was not likely to be popular, so, could they be sold at a "knock down" price to "the best" of those who had been running things for the people for so long? Who else could it be? The prior state media would have been extolling the virtues of particular Public Servants, and the People would, most certainly, "have their favourites": no-one else would even be nationally known, at least politically.
NOTE: It is interesting how certain entertainers can also "fit the bill", in such situations, and head up "new parties" too! But who, among these well-known figures, were the known perpetrators of Corruption, and who could be trusted to continue to serve the people?
That was easy!
All those who were known to have actually extorted the backhanders, were the "baddies". While those "never-evidently-involved", and were now condemning such things, and from the higher echelons of the Bureaucracy; were they the "goodies"? So, in the rising political tumult, the easily-identified baddies would be out, while those they had actually been working for, and who had amassed the money needed to buy - they would be in!
The new government of ex-bureaucrats sold the Nationalised Industries at knock down prices to those with the money, and used that money to finance various projects that "proved which side they were on!" How else could the State owned industries have been sold-off?
And, how else could the billionaire Oligarchs have arisen so very quickly? It just had to be "Privatisation-on-steroids" - no wonder the new powers-that-be considered drugs-for-athletes a legitimate way forward!
So, this analysis doesn't only fit the Failed Socialist States such as Russia and its Empire, but even Modern China - ostensibly still Socialist!
So what is all this anti-Russian, anti-China and even anti-Iran propaganda promoted by western politicians all about?! For their "dreaded enemies" are no longer threatening the End of Capitalism, but are energetically subscribing to it!
It is clearly the new inter-Capitalist rivalries. Remember, such rivalries caused both World War I and World War II!


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POSTED BY Paul Moro ON 6:02 pm, September 5, 2008 - POSTED IN Diamond cuts
Let me start this post by saying that, at this juncture, with less than a month left in the regular season, I tend to throw all predictive stats out the window. With so little time left, very close divisional races such as the ones we still have in the AL Central, NL East, and NL West, could easily be decided on anomalous occurrences. Orlando Cabrera could far surpass career norms and OPS over 1.000 in September, leading the White Sox into the post season. Newly acquired Matt Stairs could start jacking home runs for the Phillies and allow them to overtake the Mets for the second year in a row. And both Brandon Webb and Danny Haren could completely implode over the final few weeks, and the Dodgers could be crowned division champs.
Are any of these specific events likely to occur? Probably not. But every year, instances akin to these do happen and factor heavily into the playoff picture. The unlikely is expected.
So this is not a post where I am going to predict how the NL East is going to play out in the month of September. Frankly, I think it's a waste of time even trying to do so. But I do want to assess the current situation, and lay out the things we should be looking at over these final 22 games, especially since the Mets and Phils are locking horns for the last time this year in a three-game series starting tonight.
Can They Keep It Up?
METS: I shake my head a bit at the recent chatter regarding whether or not Carlos Delgado is an MVP candidate. For one, he doesn't deserve it, and two, it's unbelievable that I even have to argue against it considering where he was just a couple of months ago. As of the morning of June 26th, Delgado had a .229 BA, .306 OBP, and most surprising of all, a .396 SLG. That's an OPS barely above .700 for a guy with a career OPS of .925. But during the game on the 26th against the Yankees, Delgado exploded for 2 home runs and a team record 9 RBIs. And since then, his line has been a very impressive .298/.391/.627. To me, it's the difference in isolated power (slugging percentage minus batting average) that's most encouraging. And surprising based on his performance during the first 3 months of the season.
PHILLIES: One area of the Phillies that I completely underestimated going into the season was their pitching. As a team, they've allowed only 4.17 runs per game, which is top-three in the National League – and they're doing it in a hitter's park. But one guy who was not having much success for the better part of the season was Brett Myers. Through his first 17 starts, Myers was awful. He had an ERA of 5.84, had a worse K-rate (7.9/9) and a walk rate (3.9/9) than his career norms, and an incredibly high home run rate (2.12/9) as well. Then the Phillies did something a bit surprising – they optioned him to the minors in early July, and Myers agreed. And since his return to the bigs on July 23rd, Myers has been outstanding, especially in his past five starts. The Ks are back, the walks and homeruns have all but disappeared, and his ERA has reflected these positive changes (1.43 over 37 2/3 IP). I try to never put too much stock in so few innings, but that 37 2/3 IP are also about as many innings as the Phillies are going to get out of any starting pitcher from this point forth any way. So who says he can't finish strong too? Myers takes the mound tonight against Mike Pelfrey in the series opener.
Can They Turn It Around?
METS: Pedro Martinez is a totally different pitcher these days, and the change hasn't been positive. When he arrived in Flushing back in 2005, he dominated. The following season, he walked a few more hitters and gave up more home runs. It was also during the 2006 campaign that the injuries began. First, it was a hip injury. Then it was his right calf. Then his left calf was torn. Finally, a torn rotator cuff. Season over. There was still some optimism in 2007 when Pedro returned. Despite a serious drop in velocity (couldn't hit 90 mph any more), the strikeouts were still there, and the walks remained manageable. Yet, even though he had a 2.57 ERA in the five starts he made last year, his line drive % was telling a different story. Hitters were on him, evidenced by the .284 BAA. Predictably, Pedro missed significant time in 2008 as well. When he returned in June, his velocity was higher than last year (88-91mph), but the line drive % remained high – only this time, the strikeouts were down, walks were up, and he's been giving up homeruns at a career high rate. As of this writing, his ERA is 5.07 and it's no fluke. Can Pedro stay healthy and keep the ball down? Pedro is scheduled to get the ball on Saturday.
PHILLES: In 2007, the Phils averaged a whopping 5.51 runs scored per game. This year, they're at 4.83, which is still good, but is also a noticeable drop. From here in New York, it seems that the media and fans are mostly attributing the decrease in production to Jimmy Rollins. But the bigger problem has been with Ryan Howard. His BA, OBP, and SLG have all decreased quite a bit for two consecutive seasons now. His sufficient HR (39) and RBI (119) numbers appear to be masking his .325 OBP. And although a .502 SLG is nothing to scoff at, it is a cause for concern when he had a .584 last year and .659 the season before that. Add it all together and his adjusted OPS is a 109 – which is a bit low for a first baseman, and especially so for a guy with Howard's reputation. Unless he is hiding an injury, I don't think that this is a decline just yet. He could very realistically go berserk in September.
Will They Get Noticed?
METS: I'm continually amazed at how little appreciation Carlos Beltran receives from Mets fans. Perhaps some false expectations were created by his career year in 2006 when he crushed 41 home runs in his second season in a Mets uniform. Or perhaps it's because he's been put into the clean-up spot 108 times this year and we've come to expect more power from that position in the batting order. Beltran may never hit 40 dingers again, but here's what you can count on him for – one of the top defensive centerfielders in the game with good pop, a very strong ability to get on base and plus speed. As viewers, it's easy to be impressed by diving catches and leaping grabs at the wall. They guys who are underappreciated are those who are so good they get to the ball fast enough so they don't have to dive. Beltran's one of those guys. And he's also one of those guys who can appear to be able to win games all by himself. We haven't seen that Beltran yet in 2008.
PHILLIES: When most people think of the Phillies lineup, the names that immediately come to mind are Howard, Rollins, Utley, and Burrell. But Jayson Werth is the guy who has impressed me most so far this year. This is a gentleman that walks, is slugging over .500, manages to steal bases without getting caught, and still somehow finds a way to give a stray badger shelter below his lower lip. Multi-tasking. Werth hasn't been great against righties (.790 OPS) but absolutely kills lefties (1.051 OPS and 1 HR every 8.87 ABs). If he could get that OPS vs. righties up just a bit, he'd really be something pretty special.
I've got about an hour until game time, so I've gotta go on my way. Enjoy the series, UmpBumpers!


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University Ideals and Democracy
By CHARLES SEYMOUR, President of Yale University
Delivered at Yale University at a meeting on "The Universities and National Defense", February 11, 1941
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. VII, pp. 311-313.
ANY attempt to define exactly the nature and scope of American university ideals is a sure device for throwing a faculty meeting into confusion. But it is equally certain that whatever may be the comprehensive definition of those ideals, underlying them as a fundamental basis stands the principle of service to the nation. It is set forth in our charters, emphasized in our traditions, and exemplified in our practices. It was crystallized in the conviction of our colonial ancestors, the founders of Harvard and Yale, that the successful operation of a free democracy depends upon citizens who have been educated. We further make the correlative assumption that the university finds in the guarantees offered by political liberty the best assurance of its own particular purpose. It is true that learning may flourish under a benevolent despotism; but the course of history indicates that few despotisms are enlightened and almost all are short-lived. Both from the obligations laid upon them and in their own interest, the American universities must serve in the preservation of free institutions.
When our forefathers emphasized the value of education in a democracy they may or may not have recognized consciously that the qualities of the ideal scholar are closely akin to those of the ideal citizen, But it is so. There must be in the citizen an intellectual interest and experience, if he is to serve the state with intelligence; there must be in the scholar a sense of moral responsibility which shall transmute his knowledge into the higher wisdom. In the report of one of my predecessors, President Jeremiah Day, written in 1824, the process of a Yale education was defined as "discipline and the furniture of the mind." In this emphasis upon discipline President Day may have been pointing to an essential of reliable citizenship. It is certain that he believed it to be vital to the highest scholarship. Nothing is more difficult than the pathway to learning, and it cannot be made smooth by intellectual capacity alone. It can be successfully traversed only by those capable of developing and exercising the sterner virtues: courage, honesty, and unremitting self-sacrifice. He who would achieve learning, whether from the spur of fameor because of the inner urge for knowledge, must follow the course set by Milton's young hero: "scorn delights and live laborious days."
Such qualities, essential to learning, are precisely those which must characterize the citizens of a successful democracy. It has been through their vigorous exercise that the western democracies of Europe and the United States acquired their power. The failures of those same nations during the past twenty years are to be attributed directly to the absence of such qualities. We can appreciate, from the vantage point of history which gives us hindsight, the lack of intelligence they displayed in the political, economic, and the social fields of action. But we can also see that the failure has been primarily moral, resulting from unwillingness to face difficulty, from a lack of courage, and from a shirking of responsibility.
There have been those who, in search of a scapegoat, attempted to trace world disaster back to a single factor such as the Versailles Treaty. The explanation is too simple and rests upon a complete misreading of history. This is not the occasion to present a defense of that document. But it is useful to remember that the Treaty was designed primarily not as a measure of justice, a worthy but a hazy ideal, but rather of security; a system which would save the democracies of Europe from a repetition of the disastrous war which had bled the world white. This security was based upon two general concepts, expressed in practical form in the Treaty. The territorial arrangements made at Versailles, so long as they were maintained, guaranteed Europe against any attempt on the part of Germany, revived and again aggressive, to undertake a war of revenge. The Treaty also provided, in the League of Nations, a plan of so-called collective security, whereby all the states of the world would unite against a single aggressor.
The main tragedy of the years that followed the last war is to be found not in the system set up by Versailles but in the utter irresponsibility of the democracies in their feeble efforts to operate it. We can now recognize the fatal mistake of the British and French in failing to strengthen the League while the opportunity was still theirs; the yet more deadly mistake in permitting it to disappear as a factor of international peace under the attacks of Japan and Italy. They wished to stay out of trouble; they were unwilling to give full force to economic sanctions or risk a military or naval engagement with Italy. It is easy to see the magnitude of the error into which they were led by their timidity.
But even after the death-blow delivered by Italy to the League in the Ethiopian adventure and the loss of prestige thereby sustained by the Western democracies, the territorial conditions of the Versailles Treaty still protected them from a German attack. Czechoslovakia controlled the bastion of Bohemia and hindered any German offensive in Central Europe. The disarmed Rhinelands left Germany's western flank open and unprotected. These conditions formed the basis of the Locarno Pacts of 1925; freely accepted by the Germans themselves, they were an essential aspect of the European international system of good faith and a guarantee against a renascent and aggressive Germany.
In 1936 Hitler proceeded to tear up the Locarno treaties and to send an armed German force into the Rhinelands. Europe had reached the turning point in the history of the decade, perhaps of the century. Had the French and the British possessed the intelligence to recognize the meaning of the German move and the courage to implement their intelligence with action, Hitler would have been helpless. But again they desired to stay out of trouble. Again they were unwilling to assume the responsibility for action whichthey guessed to be right but which would have called for moral qualities that were lacking. All the world knows the result of their passivity. Once protected from the French threat on the west, Hitler could turn his attention to the east, and bit by bit, as one takes an artichoke apart, could incorporate under his control first Austria; then, at the Munich Pact, the Sudetenlands; in the following spring he achieved the conquest of all Czechoslovakia; in the autumn he was ready for the attack on Poland and for the general war. The British and French, so anxious to stay out of trouble, thus found themselves in the worst kind of trouble. Unwilling to accept the risk involved in extinguishing the incipient blaze, they were caught in the overwhelming conflagration.
There is no lack of comparable irresponsibility on the part of the United States during these same years. We emerged from the last world war with an intense desire for peace and for the prosperity which we saw ahead. But we were quite unwilling to pay the price involved in the maintenance of peace. We wanted our cake and wanted to eat it. We withdrew from all political responsibility in Europe and turned our back upon dangers of the future. The penalty was deferred. For a decade and more the troubles of Europe touched us merely as an economic inconvenience. But when, in the middle thirties, it became clear that the materials for a new conflagration were being heaped up, so far from assuming the responsibility for helping to disperse them, we touched the limit of irresponsibility. By our neutrality legislation we gave implicit assurance to any aggressor that, so far as America went, he might launch his attack without fear that his victim would receive our help. We jettisoned the American doctrine of the Freedom of the Seas and paralyzed our means of action. One can imagine the amazement of the old Kaiser at Doorn when he read the Neutrality Act and wondered how it was that Adolf Hitler had hypnotized the United States into making a free gift of that for which the Kaiser had had to fight America and from which proceeded a major cause of his downfall. We made this surrender not as the result of an intelligent study of the international situation, but merely because we wanted to stay out of trouble; and thereby we heaped up more rouble.
Inevitably one must draw from the history of the past twenty years the lesson so often reiterated, and as often disregarded, that not wealth alone, nor material armament, but moral quality is essential to national defense. As President Wriston puts it, the political and military success of Hitler has followed upon his assumption of the moral initiative. The ultimate weakness of the totalitarian programme relative to democracy is obvious. But Hitler gave it at least temporary strength by stealing the positive qualities which first made democracy: intelligence, courage, self-sacrifice, the sense of responsibility.
These are the qualities which according to our ancient tradition characterize the ideal product of our universities; in so far as we provide for their intensive culture we are serving the democratic cause.
There is no established technique for their production by the universities. I do not believe that our purpose will be greatly aided by a revolution, great or small, in our course of study. The defense of democracy is not better assured by the establishment of courses on patriotism, even if they could be devised. We deceive ourselves if we believe that the moral qualities we seek will result from added emphasis upon the study of the social sciences, history, or the field of international relations, desirable as such courses may be in themselves. It would be futile as well as dangerous for the university to attempt to impose upon its teachers and students any frozen interpretation of history or politics, no matter how"patriotic" in character. Once the university became the organ of a propaganda demanding the acceptance of this doctrine or that ism, it would have closed its doors to our primary principle, the unhindered search for truth. We must beware that, in seeking to assure the existence of free institutions, we do not destroy their vitality.
In meeting its obligation to train men for the defense of democracy the university is not called upon to, nor should it, depart from the maintenance of its traditional ideals. Our duty beckons us rather to an intensified service in behalf of them, to preserve the atmosphere in which those ideals may flourish and not be slighted; to inspire every teacher and student, every course of study, whether in the arts or sciences, with their influence; to inject their spirit into all ourpersonal relationships upon the campus. For while we may not impose specific doctrines in the social, economic, or political fields, we must hold fast to a firm and definite creed: that there is a difference between right and wrong which cannot be destroyed by any negativist philosophy; that there is a distinction between the truth and the lie, between courage and cowardice, between the moral initiative and cynical irresponsibility. We believe that it is part of our university experience to make the distinction and to give effect to it. Such a creed is essential to the fulfilment of the university ideal, whether applied to pure scholarship or to preparation for citizenship, whether in time of emergency or in the days of peace to which we look forward. Through loyalty to this creed we serve in the defense of democracy.


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Martin Samuda has additionally, written bids securing funding for music projects and comes with a wealth of experience that will be beneficial to Access UK working with the local youth and stakeholders. Martin currently works as a Home Liaison Officer for a leading academy franchise who work with parents of children who are N.E.E.T.s. trying to re-engage them back into full time education.
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Rogue by Rihanna (75ml)* - £33 (RRP)
Celebrity scents is starting to become more and more of the norm - first you had J-Lo and Britney, now you've got Kim K and Rihanna who have both become even more successful due to their fragrance lines. Recently I received a bottle of Rihanna's fourth scent Rogue to review and I have to admit that it takes a very special fragrance to make its way onto my dressing table, however does Rogue make the cut?
Word on the street is that Rihanna created this adventurous scent for women who radiate edginess and confidence but are also flirty and feminine. As this scent is quite strong I would say that it leans more to the confidence side (if that makes sense) rather than being flirty. How does it smell... as you know I'm not one to describe perfumes however the scent is described as 'Flirty Sensual Oriental' with notes of lemon blossom, cyclamen, bergamot, pink peppercorn, jasmine, rose, juicy plum, suede, patchouli, golden amber, musk and vanilla.
Personally I find this perfume much stronger than my normal daytime/work perfumes, however not as strong as Chanel, Tom Ford, Illamasqua to name a few. Don't get me wrong this perfume does last all day and I don't need to top up by lunchtime, however I find that if I do go overboard I get a slight headache - this happens with many of my perfumes – it's not the scent, it's me. Finally the bottle – in order to give it a more edgy look, the bottle is designed with six studs in the bottom - maybe it's to reflect Rihanna's edgier style. Regardless it looks good on my dressing table and sometimes that's all what matters.
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While money might buy a lot of things, it definitely doesn't spare you from public shame and ridicule; or so we've learned from watching presidential hopeful Donald Trump over the past few weeks… here are just a few reasons why we're doing a little happy dance that we're not the Trumpster (even though we kind of want his penthouse…).
1) The Hair
I mean, it's always been a problem; but when the internet has told you that an ear of corn wore it better you know you've reached a new level of styling low.
2) First Blood
Come on, Don, we all got what you meant about Fox moderator Megyn Kelly. Your loud protestations about "cherishing women" are definitely seeming a bit flimsy in the wake of things…
3) Taking it to the Bank
Trump's April 2011 rant directed towards George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week was poignant then, but seems to hold more food for thought now.
4) Everyone Else Gangs up on You
While Fox's Republican Debate wasn't the most riveting political television, it did give us a good feel for how Fox News and Rand Paul feel about the Trump. If he were a kid in a high school, he'd probably be picking dumpster trash out of his hair right now while the jocks high fived each other crowing down the halls.
5) Twice the Space
With the July ESPN/NASCAR press release written by no other than Trump himself, the world knew: Trump is a man who uses two spaces after a period. Even the mild-mannered grammarians couldn't help but be taken aback.
6) Loves You, Loves You Not…
The internet can't decide whether it loves or hates DT; which means that his days of browsing Facebook and Twitter for news about himself are bound to be tumultuous at best.
7) Dumped
The June break-up of NBC and Donald Trump is old news at this point, but it must still stings. Especially since the consequently canceled Miss USA pageant was slated to air July 12th.
8) Laying in Wait
The world is basically waiting for Trump's every little mistake so that they can correct him on the internet. Like the time he decried Mexican laborers as rapists and got torn apart by a Mexican laborer via YouTube…
9) The Hair
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I have been playing with the Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 for a couple of months now. It is installed on both my Surface Pro 3 tablet and on a desktop PC. Things have been very smooth and I have nothing but positive things to say about it. I can't wait for the RTM version!
I installed PC SAS 9.4 on one of the Win10 computers to see if the two played nicely together. In the past couple of days of testing, I haven't run into a single issue. Performance is outstanding, and I have not yet seen any signs of incompatibility, maybe because SAS thinks it is running on Windows 8 (see screen shots below)! Also, check out the "This PC" icon in the Explorer window. Microsoft is catching a lot of heat for the new icons introduced in Win10.
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I've already ranted a few times about EME and how it's bad and all that. In this post I want to point out one specific aspect, how EME can be used to exclude users to content based on their software and/or hardware choices.
Quick brief, EME is nothing without CDM. CDM is the blackbox part that is not part of the W3C's specifications. It is delivered to the user either by being a downloadable element, like a plugin, it can be bundled in the browser, or in the OS.
CDM can also be in form of hardware.
I've already brought up the point that users on non-mainstream setups will almost certainly be excluded by websites using EME. How many CDMs will be compatible with FreeBSD on ARM ?
Those who publish using EME will need to use one or more CDMs. If a publisher wants their content to be available to the most possible platforms, it will cost them more to have their content managed by as many CDMs possible. Yet this will still never guarantee 100% compatibility with all systems that have implemented all of the W3C's recommendations.
Again, a browser + operating system + hardware that support all and any element in all versions of the W3C's HTML does not mean it can view any content published using that same set of recommendations.
The outcome might be 2 things, some organisations may have to chose which platforms they can afford to support, other organisations may chose to explicitly exclude certain platforms by choosing which CDMs to employ. In other words, the motivation to support more or less CDMs can range from budget to malice and anything in between.
A possible option is to use only a specific hardware CDM, which means that content published using EME could potentially only be accessible using a specific device and hardware CDMs are already in the works.
An example would be, if Apple implements hardware CDM in their new devices, they could publish content that can only be decrypted by their own devices. In this same way, it can be possible to allow access to content only to those who have purchased a chip that needs to be installed in to their computers. This implies many other problems, related to security and privacy, that's another story.
The conclusion here is that EME will allow web pages to be 100% W3C valid while expclicity excluding access to users based on their choice of software and/or hardware. The publisher will have the possibility of deciding which platforms may access their content. The instant EME becomes an actual W3C recommendation is the when the W3C no longer respects their own principles.


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The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has confirmed that two patients treated for Lassa fever have died.
This is contained in a statement by Prof Chris Bode, Chief Medical Director of LUTH.
He said the first was a 32-year old pregnant lady with bleeding disorder who died after a stillbirth.
He added that no less than 100 different hospital workers exposed to this index case are currently being monitored.
"A resident doctor from the Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology who took part in the autopsy was later confirmed with the disease and is currently on admission and responding well to treatment at the Isolation Ward of LUTH", Bode said.
He enjoined all LUTH workers to maintain a heightened level of alert in the wake of this new outbreak and observe universal precautions in handling all suspected cases of this viral hemorrhagic fever.
Continuing, "LUTH has always worked closely with officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health in handling a number of diseases of public importance such as rabies, cholera, Lassa fever and the recent diarrhoea disease at the Queen's College.
"Both the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of Health have responded swiftly to contain this present Lassa fever outbreak by mobilising human and material resources to trace the sources and extent of the disease, follow up on potential contacts, identify early and test suspected cases.
"There are adequate materials for containment of the disease while drugs have been made available to treat anyone confirmed with the disease. The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in Nigeria has also been contacted.
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Today I completely broke my 'no buying clothes until I was 20weeks' rule, but I honestly couldn't help myself! I bought a few things from Asda and let me tell you, it has been so difficult trying not to when we shop in there on a regular basis. Luckily for us, they seem to be having their baby event and right in front of the door was a stand full of the cutest, teeniest baby clothing I have ever seen!
I didn't go too crazy, I only got a set of three grows and a changing bag but doing that has made me feel so emotional and full of happiness! I've been looking on Mothercare quite regularly (if you'd like to see a baby wishlist let me know) and I've seen so many adorable clothing items for either a girl or boy. We won't know the sex of our baby until Valentine's Day hence why I didn't want to buy anything before our 20-week scan, but I caved! Oh well..
These little grows only cost me £5 and they are beautifully soft and well made. The material feels like it will wash nicely too which other than comfort is a big factor in baby clothing!. Baby sizing is still a bit of a mystery to me so I got 0-3months, I'm not sure if they might be a little too big but we'll have to wait and see!
Whilst I've been looking on Mothercare, I've been checking out different changing bags too and I kinda struggled to find one that was a good price and I actually liked! This is the Red Kite Sodbury changing bag and cost me £18 in Asda. This is roomier than a few of my handbags combined and that's something I was definitely looking for in a changing bag. I love the white and blue stripe design with the tan faux leather, I think it works together really well and it'll be easy enough to tie in with whatever travel system we decide to get later on down the line. Something I'm a little embarrassed to admit but, I genuinely got so excited to find a changing mat at the bottom of the bag when taking all the stuffing out.. I was so chuffed with the bag I didn't expect to have any sort of extra with it but it's a lovely bonus!
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I am almost 18 weeks pregnant and things are still going well. I feel great, I seem to have all my energy back and the best bit, hardly any heartburn! Over the past few weeks, I've been wanting to get the house a little more baby ready so I've made a good start on finishing the two bedrooms. Toby has been a total gem and has helped move furniture around for me and even build my new wardrobe, I feel well enough to carry on as I always have done before I was pregnant, but because I only have a small bump at the moment sometimes I forget.. Which sounds silly but I just go to auto-pilot then get told off haha.
Bump is growing nicely and is starting to show through my more fitted tops.. Sadly I haven't been taking bump photos since I've found out but I will be starting this week! I seem to be living in jumpers and joggers when I'm home.. Regular jeans are becoming unbearable so it looks like I'll have to invest in some maternity ones soon! Any suggestions would really be appreciated for maternity clothing, I've looked at a few bits but again I don't like the style or I can't imagine myself with a full-fledged bump!
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And from the NYTimes, too. It's Fast & Furious again, but without guns.
"The investigation and the looming racketeering trial will bring renewed scrutiny to the A.T.F., which has been buffeted in recent years by the botched gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious and its mismanagement of undercover investigations. Representative Jason Chaffetz, whose House oversight committee investigated Fast and Furious, asked the A.T.F. on Wednesday for reams of documents related to the secret tobacco account."
President Trump, please abolish the ATF. They're helping no one but themselves and their political cronies.
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Rivers are the cornerstone of life in the West for humans, plants, and wildlife. While riparian areas (the corridors along stream and river banks, typically characterized by a distinct set of water-loving plants and trees) make up just 1% of land in the western U.S., up to 80% of all wildlife depend on these areas at some point in their lifetime.
It is no surprise that riparian areas have been referred to as "ribbons of life" to emphasize their great importance in sustaining life for those that call it home.
Invading plants
Many western riverside lands are increasingly threatened by invasive, non-native trees and shrubs, including tamarisk (also referred to as saltcedar), Russian olive, tree of heaven and Siberian elm. Invasive, non-native plants, often referred to as noxious weeds, are plants that are not native and are able to establish on many sites, grow quickly, and spread to the point of disrupting plant communities or ecosystems. Furthermore, many of these areas are co-dominated by invasive grasses and forbs, including, cheatgrass, giant reed, Russian knapweed, hoary cress (whitetop) and kochia.
A number of communities and organizations across the western U.S. have become concerned about the impacts of invasive plants. In the case of tamarisk, some of the impacts include increasing wildfire hazard, intensifying the severity of flooding, outcompeting and displacing native vegetation and adjacent dryland plant communities, providing poor habitat for fish and most wildlife, and blocking access and limiting human use of the waterways for recreation and agriculture.
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Invasive plant species degrade rivers and collectively reduce the ecologic, economic, and social value that rivers provide. RiversEdge West works to restore these remarkable riparian areas by working with partners to:
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A simple route highlighting the architectural masterpieces in the museum district of west London.
Distance 2.5 miles (4km)
Minimum time 1hr
Ascent/gradient Negligible
Level of difficulty Easy
Paths City pavements
Landscape Busy city centre
Suggested map aqua3 OS Explorer 173 London NorthTQ 269788; South Kensington tubeTQ 254784; Earls Court tube
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1 From South Kensington tube cross Thurloe Street and turn left into Exhibition Road. Cross the road at the traffic lights. On the right-hand corner is the Victoria and Albert Museum. On the opposite side of the road sits the splendid Natural History Museum. The walk continues along Exhibition Road past the Science Museum, on the left, followed by Imperial College (for science, technology and medicine).
2 Turn left into Prince Consort Road, which is home to the 600 students of the Royal College of Music. If you see some oddly shaped rucksacks and bags, they probably belong to a musician or student at this school, which provides courses for performers and composers. In the concert hall sits an organ donated by the composer Hubert Parry, who taught here, as did Charles Villiers Stanford and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
3 Half-way along Prince Consort Road, on the right, there are some steps that lead up to the Royal Albert Hall, with its familiar red-domed roof. At the top of these bear right to reach the main road, Kensington Gore. Cross this at the traffic lights for a closer look at the Albert Memorial, only recently restored to its former glory in Kensington Gardens.
4 Retrace your steps back to the Royal Albert Hall. With the building on your left, continue along Kensington Gore, past the rather dull exterior of the Royal College of Art (in marked contrast to the decorative Estonian Embassy behind it), until you reach Queen's Gate. Turn left past the Gore Hotel and cross Prince Consort Road. On the left is the other end of Imperial College and soon you'll see the wildlife garden of the Natural History Museum, behind the railings where Queen's Gate meets Cromwell Road. Continue ahead, still on Queen's Gate, then take the first right into Stanhope Gardens, which then becomes Harrington Gardens. At the end of the road turn left, then soon right, into Bramham Gardens, to reach Earls Court Road. To visit the fascinating West Brompton Cemetery, turn left here, to Old Brompton Road, then go right. Otherwise turn right, to reach Earls Court tube.
This walk captures the spirit of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was organised by Prince Albert, the Queen's Consort. The exhibition was so successful that it inspired him to establish a permanent centre for the study of the applied arts and sciences. He proposed that some of the profits from the exhibition should be used to buy land in South Kensington. The result was the world-class concentration of museums in South Kensington, and Imperial College. Although this is a relatively short walk you can easily spend a day here if you visit any of the museums.
The Victoria and Albert Museum is regarded as one of the world's greatest museums. As it has more than 7 miles (11.3km) of galleries, it's hard to know where to begin. It's best to take your time and wander around slowly.
The neo-Gothic architecture of the Natural History Museum is extraordinary. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse, it uses the decorative terracotta that was so fashionable in the Victorian era to full effect. A series of lion sculptures also feature in the design.
The Science Museum is less impressive outside - even some of its staff say that it resembles 'a small Selfridges'. In the early stages it was an odd collection of wooden buildings. The chief architect, Sir Richard Allison, had been asked to maintain the strictest economy in the new construction, which was built on a grand scale, as was the rambling hulk that is Imperial College.
The restoration of the Albert Memorial is one of English Heritage's most ambitious conservation projects to date. The memorial, which was stripped back to its cast-iron core and totally rebuilt, took four years to restore.
All the museums mentioned have either a café or restaurant. The Victoria and Albert Museum's restaurant serves wine and beers, and all dishes are made from fresh ingredients. The Victoria Brasserie, accessed from Door 2 of the Royal Albert Hall, has a buffet.
The Earls Court Exhibition Centre began life as a triangular-shaped, outdoor arena. It was the venue for the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, an extravaganza that coincided with Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. The show included 100 North American Indians, most of who had never before ventured outside their native reservations. The show was so popular that the Queen requested a performance at Windsor Castle before it went on tour to Europe. One reviewer at the time wrote 'It is new, it is brilliant, it is startling, it will go!' The present building opened in 1937 and was designed by the Detroit architect C Howard Crabem, who had made his name designing theatres all over North America. In nearby West Brompton Cemetery are the graves of two of the North American Indians who died in Britain after coming over to perform in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. One was Chief Long Wolf who died at the age of 59.


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Quit Fooling and Go to Work
By WILLIAM S. KNUDSEN, Director General of the Office of Production Management
Delivered at the forty-sixth annual Congress of American Industry of the National Association of Manufacturers at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, December 3, 1941
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. VIII, pp. 137-139.
IT is about a year since I appeared before you the last time and talked to you about the blackout. There has been a little improvement in the blackout since last year, and we can stand a little more whenever we get around to it.
I don't need to talk to you about man-hours and their importance in a program. Every piece that goes into defense
consists of man-hours, from the material to the last operation, and we, of course, depend entirely on the ability of America to furnish not only man-hours but also to furnish the ratio of output per man-hour, which we all know is greater in the United States than any other place.
Production, as I am supposed to talk about, consists of
three things: material, labor and facility. And to start from the beginning, one of our problems today has been the procurement of material. We know that the estimates for direct defense requirements will be greater in 1942 and 1943 than they were in 1941, and by direct defense requirements I mean, of course, the things that are bought by the Army and the Navy and the Maritime Commission.
Greater Lease-Lend Needs
I think we must also suspect increased lease-lend requirements. Indirect defense requirements and civilian requirements such as steel for machine tools and industrial machinery, the material needed for new plants, requirements for making repair of our present plants, and the minimum amount needed to keep the civilian economy going will, I think, increase in the next year. Steel is the outstanding example of this material. The demand for steel will be greater in 1942 due to the step-up in the defense program.
Steps are being taken to increase the production of steel in places where steel is largely required for military uses. These increases will be available sometime within 1942, but in most cases these increases will be absorbed by the direct defense program. Large quantities of steel will also be used in the construction facilities, but I don't think there is going to be any great problem there. Part of the present demand is probably going in excess inventory, but I don't think that these inventories will act as much of a shock absorber under constantly increasing demand.
We are not satisfying civilian demand now. An important point is copper, but for the last few months the defense requirements alone as represented by the highest demand are already running in excess of the supply. We are taking steps currently to increase the copper production, and we have also, through Mr. Nelson's department, taken steps to eliminate copper in civilian uses wherever it is possible. The greatest increase in copper requirements for the Army and Navy, or a very great factor, has been the demand for shell cases, and there may be a possibility of us developing a substitute for shell cases made of steel, which will soften the blow or soften the impact of the demand on the copper production. We also have gone out to get more copper both from domestic and foreign sources. One large concern is now producing 75,000 tons for next year, and we are importing all available copper from South America. Of course, you must remember that we have that to draw on only as our sea lanes are open and sufficient ships are available.
Ships Are Still Scarce
In spite of our large shipbuilding program, ships are still a scarce commodity. Similar situations have developed in aluminum, magnesium and nickel, and are rapidly developing in other metals, such as tungsten and molybdenum. Supply lines are constantly watched, as well as the stock piles, so that we can check the demand in case our supply lines are cut.
In view of our increase in national income, the civilian demands will be larger in 1942 than in 1941. But as I said, a while ago, I cannot believe that even our defense estimates are too high, and projected increases in production will be realized and if there is no interference in imports, that the shortage of critical material will be over before the emergency is over.
There may be some relief in some materials, but we will not have enough for the demand. No matter what kind of activity the company is engaged in, it must deal with the materials problem.
Shortage and priorities didn't mean so much a year ago. Every company should analyze its business to determine the
production that is not essential, and look around and see if there isn't something else they can make to help out when shortages occur.
The Industry Committees down in Washington have endeavored to deal with the problem, but we will have to have your cooperation in dealing with the critical materials.
On labor, we have had a difficult period, also, with production generally on the up-grade. We know of the strike troubles that culminated in the coal strikes last month. In most cases wages and working conditions were not the issue, but the usual demands are for closed shops, union shops, preferential shops, whatever you call them. I can't for the life of me understand how in a period of national emergency such foolishness like this can go on.
We are in a very good position regarding wages and working conditions. We have all kinds of work to do, and then we have to stop and argue about the jurisdictional disputes and organizational disputes, and God knows what.
We hear a lot of talk about supporting the government. Sometimes it doesn't look that way to me. Last week it was said that all us fellows down there were a bunch of crooks, or words to that effect, by labor leaders, that we were influencing contracts, and so forth, and at the same time a couple of union leaders went to jail for, well, for felony.
Unrest in Plants
What is not brought out in all this discussion is the unrest that exist in plants not on strike, and the only proof I can give you is that the leader of the convention a couple of weeks ago told the boys in a big manufacturing concern that they ought to quit fooling and go to work.
I don't want to be severe with labor; I have dealt with them all my life; I have been one of them, but I think any fair-minded observer will say that the facts will prove what I have said. I have up to now supported the contention that laws were not needed to get top production in the United States, and I am quite frank to confess that with our house on fire, we can't have a strike in the Fire Department and refer the dispute to conciliation. If strikes can't be stopped during a period of emergency in any other way than by law, it should stop them. A friend said to me, "What if the law doesn't stop the strike?" My answer is, "At least put the strike in its proper position both from the standpoint of emergency and the public."
I know that the overwhelming desire on the part of labor is to work. We know we can't win without the support of labor. We ought to do everything we can to make them understand what is going on, what the requirements are, how much we can do if we really all get together and attack this job right.
The overall picture today is about as follows on facilities: we have committeed about $4,578,000,000 worth. This includes all of the facilities ordered by the Army, Navy and Maritime Commission. We have delivered to the defense program $850,000,000 worth of machine tools in 1941, and expect to deliver $1,200,000,000 worth in 1942. There seems to be the feeling that the bulk of our national facilities will be fairly well finished in 1942, and that thereafter we will be evening up and balancing our facilities. The final picture isn't quite ready yet, but in 1942 I think the major part will be behind us.
The ratio of $4,600,000,000 to $43,000,000,000 isn't too bad if we get the proper production out of it. The expanse in the contract distribution service will be a welcome adjunct to the production program. The shortage created by priorities has given a good impetus to the contract distribution service program.
The Production Picture
Summing up the production picture from the foregoing, it can be stated perhaps as follows: production is on the way of every item in the defense program. You know I cannot quote these quantities to you, but I will try to give you an idea this way: contracts are placed of a total value of $43,000,000,000. Deliveries as measured by disbursements will amount to $12,700,000,000 to Jan. 1. The calendar year 1942 should show $26,000,000,000 of products shipped. In 1943, we hope to produce $36,000,000,000 of products.
Subcontracts for the month of October, according to the Contract Distribution Division, amounted to $188,000,000. This, of course, is only a small fraction. The majority of subcontracts are placed by the contractor himself.
As for the position of the defense program on planes, tanks, guns and ammunition and ships, the standing as of Jan. 1 will be, on planes 60 per cent of peak; on tanks 30 per cent of peak; guns and ammunition, 50 per cent, and ships, 40 per cent.
Work has gone along somewhat better in the last few months. A new plant for building bombers will be opened in Kansas City early in January and three more plants will be finished late in '42. These four plants are cooperative arrangements which we entered into a year ago with the automotive industry in order to get more heavy bombers. The manufacturing is to be handled by some of the big automobile companies that have body shops, and things like that, so we can use some of the tools, and the assembly will be handled and managed by the airplane companies. With these four plants and our present capacity, we ought to have around a capacity of 800 heavy bombers a month. On tanks, we have made some progress in work now. They will reach 2,800 a month by the end of '42. Guns of smaller size are progressing, and ample facilities have been provided.
Ammunition at first was stymied by the lack of explosive. Satisfactory progress has been made both in powder and TNT. We are assured of a satisfactory supply by Jan. 1.
In shipbuilding great advance has been made through the progress of welding, which incidentally, will be used in tanks, also, during this coming year. A monthly output of 400,000 to 500,000 tons cargo capacity of ships wouldn't seem unreasonable for 1942.
Must Get Realistic
Now, you might ask, what do you think of the whole program? Here is what I think: We have gotten started,
I might even say a good start. We are not in the right swing yet. We are worrying about civilian economy, which has certainly been hurt. We can't, as some people say, be prosperous and arm for defense at the same time. We have got to have more help from industry, from you gentlemen, both in the program at large and in the OPM. We must get realistic and convince ourselves that this industrial machine of ours must hit on all cylinders for a while without too much worry about the amount of fuel consumed.
We have a tremendous task in front of us, and we have not all of us awakened to that thing as yet. I think a great deal of progress has been made in the last six months. The various problems that arose in connection with the program, and which I am frank to admit took much too long a time to work out, have hindered us from getting under full steam perhaps, but I am satisfied that by taking one more real drive at it we can get it over. The saving grace of it is as we get more experience on the different jobs we get more work out of the facilities than we originally planned. For instance, on planes up to 12,000 pounds weight, we have seen how we can produce considerably more.
The greatest gain in production comes from working continuously and from the short-cut which any factory on quantity production is bound to benefit from. We don't know how much munitions work we can put through. The more experience we get the more output we will get.
They tell me that in the German Army the generals are up in front. In the industrial army we need the generals up in front. We need the boys up in front. We need the general right in front leading his men on, and that will to a great extent counteract any attempt to slow down.
We are up against a military and an industrial machine which is clicking altogether too well to suit yours truly, and we will have to catch up with it in 1942. If we don't it is anybody's guess as to how long this show is going to last. This was brought home to me very forcibly a couple of weeks ago. I went up to a college in Pennsylvania and the president of the college got up and read a citation for a boy that was lost at sea. The parents sat right down in front, and I want to tell you it was very impressive.
Whatever we call the fix we are in right now we have got to take one more drive at it to get together and get the thing going right. We may hear many citations read all over our country before we get through, but let's by the everlasting God, see to it that the boys, if they have to go, go with a gun in their hand and not with a broom handle.
Leadership and the Present Crisis
By O. C. CARMICHAEL, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
Delivered at the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, November 13, 1941, in New York City
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. VIII, pp. 139-142.
IN a highly complex civilization in which greater and greater specialization in business and the professions is required, the danger is that leaders may become mere specialists, concentrating upon narrow objectives in particular fields of endeavor, leaving the guidance of society to blind chance or to the less intelligent members of it. One thing is certain, if intelligent citizens fail to assume control, those less endowed will take the helm. The most highly specialized and scientific people of Europe provides the best
example of the tragedy of this error, a tragedy which affects not only the citizens of that nation but the world as well. What a different situation we would have today if during the past decade the leadership in Germany had insisted upon moderate and civilized methods of solving their problems.
In the early days of the American Republic when matters of public policy were of direct concern to every citizen, the weight of public opinion was readily brought to bear on political questions. As the population grew, the area of the


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