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How does Mir vs Big Nog, Tito vs Lil Nog, and Jones vs Machida play out?
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How do you see these fights playing out? Here's my guesses:
Mir vs Big Nog - As good as Mir looked and as bad as Nog looked in their last fight, I still think I'm gonna have to side with Big Nog. I do believe the illness excuse from last fight. This is the guy that Fedor, CroCop, and other legends in their prime could not finish. Seeing Mir come out and act like "K-1 Matt Hughes" for one fight isn't enough to make me think that he can repeat the victory.
Prediction: Nog R3 TKO after 260lb Mir gasses.
Tito vs Lil Nog - The "Tito is back" hype is about as substantial as a post-Thanksgiving fart in the wind. Nog hasn't looked like a top 10 in a long time. Both guys seem way over the hill to me. Maybe the winner can face Ron van Clief. That being said, Nog's boxing credentials combined with Tito's still-mediocre striking and diminished takedowns is a bad mix.
Prediction: Nog by decision.
Jones vs Machida - Nothing has slowed Bones down yet, and as "hard to figure out" as Machida is, there is now a blueprint on how to beat him. Bones also has the wrestling advantage, something that most people would factor as a huge plus. Popping in and out of range is gonna be a little harder than usual for Machida thanks to Bones long arms too I think. There's a rumor that Machida has something like the flu right now to boot - bad situation facing 5 rounds vs steamroller Jones.
Prediction: Bones R3 KO.
Feel free to rip me a new one after all my theories are debunked tomorrow!
I'm worried about this big Frank, I don't think he can go 3 good rounds. Don't remember him being that impressive against Cro Cop/Nelson and those went into the 3rd.
I think if that fight goes to a decision or into the 3rd, it would favor Nog. So maybe Mir finishes it early or doesn't finish it early and gasses and then Nog puts him away. As Mir has all 5 losses by tko.
I feel like this will be potentially Tito's last fight.
Seeing the size of Jones to Machida worries me, but I'm sticking by my pick of Machida R2 tko.
im picking nogs & jones
not confident in either nog though
Mir vs Big Nog:
Big Nog comes out swinging bombs & trying for flurries. Mir fires back with success but ops to take it to the ground & use that 260 pounds to his advantage. After a couple scrambles & submission attempts Nog will become winded & frustrated. The fight will make it to round 2 with Nog coming out flat footed & hands lowered. Mir will look for the easy sweep & tap the elder Nog with a guillotine choke or rear naked in the early minutes of the 2nd frame.
Tito vs Lil Nog:
Tito will come out guns blazing (Ala Bader) . Lil Nog will be caught off guard & spend the majority of the round back peddling & eating the odd combo. Second round will go to the ground early via Tito. Nog avoiding Titos signature gorilla GnP & eventually getting the reversal. Nog on top for the rest of the round battling for position & scoring minimal points with weak shots. Third round begins with both men visibly tired. Nog wants to take it back to the mat but Tito utilizes superior footwork & sloppy boxing to keep Mini Minotauro at bay & Tito coasts to a close decision.
Jones vs Machida:
2 rounds of Machida ninja eluding an aggressive Jonny Bones. Third round Jones getting more bold & begins to throw big shots & flashy elbows. The Dragons counter game begins to come out. A too-quick-for-human-eyes combo lands on Bones in the closing seconds of the round & Dragon looks comfortable coming into the fourth frame. A humbled Bones is more tentative with striking & starts choosing his shots. A back & forth round leaves fans & judges biting there nails. Fifth round begins & both men are fired up. Both hungry for the finish. Bones begins to spin, Dragon begins to kick. Half way through the frame Dragon gets clipped, nobody in Toronto is sitting down. Dragon makes his way back to his feet but ate a couple bows in the process. The last minute sees a bloody Dragon & a desperate Bones unload on eachother. Both fighters eating fists but neither giving in. Bones reach is finally affecting Machida & the fight ends with the judges giving Bones the UD nod.
You read it here first
Mir TKO - - Rd 2
Lil Nog - - UD
Jones - - TKO Rd 4
mir by UD or maybe split, either way its going to the judges. mir is probably gonna try to KO nog again and it will be a boring stand up battle
tito will continue his losing streak by way of UD for little nog. tito looked soft at the weighins, so did nog but he's never looked very stacked. all hes really got to do to beat tito is stop the takedown and that looks to be fairly simple considering titos last few fights.
jones will win by either UD or late tko. i dont mean to be vague but it will probably be one sided till the end or until jones gets a late tko. either way it will be one sided.
Big Nog if he survives the first round onslaught and second round cagehump
Lyoto by dec if he survives the first and second. Never seen him outperformed really despite getting caught once taken to a draw once and screwed once. Jones is dangerous but he better have a damn good jab if he wants to score.
For me this is a case of once Jones gets him in trouble he will finish him off, Ill give Jones a round to find his range then I expect Jones to drop him with a punch and finish him with those nasty elbows.
Jones rd2 tko
I just dont see this fight being any different from there last fight, Nog looked great against Schaub but has struggled when caught on the chin, Im going with
Mir rd1 tko.
Lil Nog has not looked good in a long time, Ortiz is a bad match up for him, he will basically use his wrestling to control Lil Nog I dont expect he will cause much damage but for me this will be Tito's 2nd win in 3 fights.
Ortiz UD
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Malaysia International Toy Fair 2010
Yesterday I went to Malaysia' very first International Toy Fair. In fact, I had been looking forward for such event as I am a toy enthusiast myself.
The toy fair was held from 24-25th July 2010 at the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre. I was a bit disappointed that the organizer charge RM3 for entrance fee.
Here are the participating groups for this event. Some came from Brunei and the Philippines.
The arrangement of the booths inside the exhibition centre is not that ideal when the place is crowded.
The 501st Legion Malaysia-Brunei Outpost came out with costumes of the Star Wars characters.
The Transmy showcase their Transformers collection. I shall dedicate a post on this display in my next post due to their extensive Transformers display here.
I watch Macross when I was young but these got to be the newer series of the Macross.
Unfortunately, there is no Gundam display here but there were Gundam for sale. I am sure there were a lot of die-hard Gundam fans on that day.
Overall, I believe this fair is a far cry from other toy fair in this region. There is still a lot of room for improvement but it is definitely a good start to have such fair in Malaysia. I would definitely love to see some classic and vintage toys from the 80s such as MASK, Centurions, Zone Riders, GI Joe, Visionaries, Voltron and etc in the next edition.

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This is the next block for February in the BOM with Friends in Stitching.
Yes I have got block two done. I am enjoying this block of the month. Im loving the colour that I have chosen so far. Off on holidays this week, so Im trying to keep up-to date with everything. I got a bit behind last year(not a chance this year).
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The Jordan-Rieger Fund for Pancreatic Cancer was started in 2008 by two families who lost loved ones to pancreatic cancer.
Joyce Fox Jordan – daughter, wife, mother – was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after seven months of being treated for other conditions. Her family searched for the best treatments, best hospitals and best doctors, and enrolled her in a clinical trial that looked promising. She responded to the drug and the tumor stopped growing, and even showed signs of decreasing. Her family was overjoyed. However, before rejoicing too much, doctors discovered that her cancer metastasized into the liver and that required immediate treatment, chemotherapy, and the discontinuation of her experimental treatment. The setbacks began. The liver tumor did respond to treatment, but the pancreatic tumor began to grow again. At that time, the clinical trial drugs were not approved in combination with other drugs, thus, the treatment of the pancreatic cancer was lost. It has since been determined that she contributed to the FDA approval of a new chemotherapeutic treatment for pancreatic cancer. Joyce fought for 23 months, but passed away at the age of 61. She is survived by her husband of nearly 40 years, Charles, and 3 children: David, Pamela Yoder and Jennifer Pickett (all Purdue graduates). She also left behind 3 grandchildren, but was never to know an additional 5 grandchildren.
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The March 28 Time magazine cover story about Apple Inc.'s legal battle against the FBI and the lengthy interview with CEO Tim Cook are well worth the read.* So also is the earlier February 25 column on this case by Judge Andrew Napolitano.
There are several takeaways from the three pieces.
The FBI in February had ordered Apple to create new software to hack the encrypted iPhone of a dead terrorist. Apple contested the order, saying it would be a violation of civil liberties and that such software would put a master key in the hands of bad guys all over the world, including authoritarian governments. This, Cook says, is tantamount to banning encryption.
The case is now moot, because the FBI did what it should have done in the first place: it hired an independent firm to hack the phone, presumably achieved without creating new software. The order at the FBI's request has been vacated, but the issues, including the possible future coercing of Apple and other tech firms, remain.
Tim Cook in the Time article and interview says that banning encryption means only the bad guys—such as terrorists—will have it, because encryption software is widely available beyond the borders of the United States. I doubt that Cook intended this, but he is making the same argument as the defenders of the Second Amendment: ban guns and only the bad guys will have them!
Cook says the court order amounted to a violation of the civil liberties of Apple's customers, especially their right to privacy. Judge Andrew Napolitano made it an issue of due process, because Apple was not given proper notice, and, more significantly, a case of involuntary servitude.
Let's take involuntary servitude first. The phrase comes from the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution that outlaws slavery. The Supreme Court, however, has issued a number of rationalizations why a military draft and other forms of forced labor do not constitute servitude. The main excuse is that the amendment was passed specifically to apply to African slavery, not to other forms of forced labor. That is, all young, able-bodied men—and today, women—owe a duty, when so ordered, to perform work for their government and, if "necessary," to go die for the old men (and women) in power in Washington.
The justices of the Supreme Court, not to mention legal experts and other intellectual leaders, both today and yesterday, have failed to understand that rights are absolute and universal. A freedom to take action, when not infringing anyone else's freedoms, is a freedom to take action.
And slavery is slavery, as Judge Napolitano argued. Slave labor is precisely what Apple was asked to perform.
Indeed, the FBI vs. Apple case was an Atlas Shrugged moment on at least two counts. Several Apple engineers had stated that they would refuse to write such requested new software for the FBI, risking fines and imprisonment. Or quit. In effect, they were threatening to strike.
The working title of Ayn Rand's novel was The Strike.
The case most amazingly was a Hank Rearden moment. I'm referring to the passage in the novel where the steel titan is ordered by James Taggart and his cronies to produce at a loss and therefore make the irrational work. When Rearden asks how he is supposed to accomplish that, Taggart responds, "Oh, you'll do something."
A major theme of the novel is that creativity and innovation do not work at the point of a gun, but that was what the FBI was asking and expecting Apple to do.
What our country needs more of today are business CEO's with the integrity and courage of Mr. Cook—to stand up to their government.
In fact, this confrontation between the FBI and Apple would make an excellent business ethics case for future (or even current) executives to discuss.
The civil liberties issue that Cook talks about brings up the canard about privacy versus security. Cook wants to defend his customers' privacy. The FBI and Washington don't give a hoot.
When a crisis occurs, the politicians and bureaucrats scream security over privacy. Rights be damned. And the use of fear by the government usually succeeds in getting citizens to cough up their rights.
Cook points out that the government wanted Apple to create a master key and give up the privacy—which really means security and safety—of millions of people around the world in order to go after a "sliver" of bad guys.
Somehow the lawyers in Washington seem to have forgotten the training that taught them a most important principle of the free society, namely that it is better for a guilty person to go free—that would be Cook's sliver of bad guys—than for an innocent one to be sent to jail.
Plus, as long as I am talking about involuntary servitude, this brings up the related Vietnam War era discussions of the prospects of an all-volunteer army. "There might not be enough volunteers," the supporters of the draft yelped incredulously. Two answers were given, aside from the prickly issue of rights versus slavery: one, perhaps the war was not just and we shouldn't be involved at all, or two, if the war is just and the country does not have enough volunteers, then the country deserves what is coming to it.
This last applies similarly to the FBI's attempt to force Apple into involuntary servitude, for unjust means to a just end can never be moral. Coercing Apple to hack a dead terrorist's phone to obtain information that might prevent the occurrence of a future event destroys the principle of justice and ethics.
If, however, in the name of justice the FBI refused to coerce Apple and, as consequence, failed to obtain such information, at the very least it could then stand tall and say that it upheld a cardinal principle of the free society.
The real—practical—issue here, though, is that the FBI (and government as a whole) needs to become proactive in creating better crossbows. In any weapons race, the bad guys will sooner or later obtain the latest crossbow, or encryption technology, which means the good guys must stay one step ahead of the bad. Apple has done, and is continuing to do, just that.
It is time for the government to do the same, instead of wasting money and resources trying the coerce Apple to correct the FBI's own mistakes.
The FBI's mistake was the order to reset the iPhone's passcode, which resulted accidentally in the Bureau's inability to access the phone's information.
In the few weeks of this FBI standoff, Apple fortunately was not raided by gangs of armed, bulletproof vested SWAT teams. Apple is a high profile, well-liked firm and escaped—for now—such inexcusable tyranny.
Tennessee based Gibson Guitar a few years ago was not so fortunate.
After the SWAT teams left, Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, like Tim Cook, spoke up to defend his business. Never charged (for illegally importing wood from Madagascar and India), and, of course, no apologies given, Gibson was slapped with a fine and a gag order—to never again speak up to point out how unjust the US Justice Department is, which is to say: to never again attempt to defend itself.
*Dated March 17 in the digital versions.
Postscript. I cannot pretend to keep up with all the issues involved in this post's encryption battle, but WhatsApp, the online messaging service, has just announced that it has encrypted all messages of its billion or so worldwide users. No one in the WhatsApp office can listen in to or hack what is being, or has been, said.
WhatsApp's analogy to defend encryption is that what is now being done electronically has been done for centuries without the electronics, because it is just conversation that formerly was done at the water cooler or under an old oak tree. If the FBI wants the information that is being discussed, it either needs to subpoena the participants or send spies to the coolers and trees.
Spooks on the ground to gather intelligence. What a novel idea! It used to be done but, as I recall, budget cuts going back to the Clinton administration led to the post-9/11 hysteria about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The Bush administration had to rely on satellite photographs to verify information that should have been obtained with real people seeing with their own eyes.
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Wednesday, April 06, 2016
On Involuntary Servitude:
"You'll Do Something, Mr. Cook. . . . If You Don't, We'll Make You."
"You'll Do Something, Mr. Cook. . . . If You Don't, We'll Make You."
Posted by Jerry Kirkpatrick at 9:20 AM
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All I know about newspapers is what I read.
I started reading them as a kid and have kept it up all my life.
From what I read, I'm glad not to be in the newspaper business.
From what what I see, nobody should be in the newspaper business.
I imagine newspaper management still talk about increasing circulation.
The papers offer free trial subscriptions and free samples at local stores in hopes you'll sign up.
I counted forty newspapers on driveways around my neighborhood during my morning walk. There are three hundred or so homes on my route. That isn't a very good ratio.
Forty years ago ninety percent of the houses in our neighborhood took at least one of the papers. Four offered home delivery, two from Newark, one from Morristown and another from Dover.
The New York papers were available at the drug store in town.
Fifteen years ago my son delivered the Syracuse Post-Standard. Sixty percent of the available homes on his route took the paper.
Big companies are trying to modernize the product by changing the writing or adding sidebars and bullet points.
Ok guys. Here's advice from a long time newspaper reader.
Get out of the newspaper business.
Think information delivery.
How you deliver information is wide open.
Better color didn't work. Smaller papers, didn't work, more column inches, fewer column inches, didn't work.
Western Union is still around and I bet they're not using the telegraph today. How did they survive?
Killing more trees isn't the answer.
Imagine the promotional buzz from the first newspaper to 'go green' and announce they are out of the newspaper business.
It might be the first to go green at the bank too.


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LIBERTY, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man is accused of attempted bank robbery - and if poor planning were a crime, he might be charged with that, too.
Police say a man arrived at the Citizens and Northern Bank in the borough of Liberty on Thursday and waited in his car for about 20 minutes. Shortly after noon, he tried to enter the bank 100 miles west of Scranton wearing a ski mask and carrying a rifle. But the bank's Liberty branch closes at noon on Thursdays, foiling his plans.
The man fled the scene, but bank employees took note of his license plate number. A 28-year-old suspect is jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Reminds me of an attempted robbery that happened across the street from where I used to work some years ago. Some genius walked into the drive through section of the bank (he was on foot, no getaway vehicle), stepped up to the bulletproof window, and pointed a bow and arrow at them, demanding they send out the money to him. After the teller quit laughing, and realized that he was serious, they locked the doors, called the police, and the would-be robber was nabbed as he was running from the scene.
Our preview of spring is over; we got a few inches of snow last night, but at least it was warm enough that it didn't stick too badly. The crocus flowers I had a few days ago don't mind the snow, they just bloom right on through it.
The tulips and daffodils are up, but it will be a few weeks before they will bloom.
What kind of stuff is on your playlist/radio/player today? Mine is a mixture of country and old rock today. Top ten on the list:
"Unchained Melody" by Heart
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams
"Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini
"Possession" by Iron Butterfly
"To Cry You a Song" by Jethro Tull
"Flesh and Blood" by Johnny Cash
"Ribbon of Darkness" by Marty Robbins
"Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" by Nat King Cole
"Perfect" by Sara Evans
"Mechanical World" by Spirit


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Sailing with Dummies (Hawaii to Alaska Edition)
Another day, another isle. It was windy at anchor. Winds over 40 knots off and on, but mainly in the 20s and 30s. Kayaking to shore against this breeze was a lot of work. The most interesting part of the trip was the breaking waves on the beach. When the breakers would roll in the wind would blow the white part back out behind the wave. It looked really odd.
Other than the wind, which blew enough sand to cover my tracks in 30 minutes time, there was not much different to see. All of the islands so far have been very scenic, with creeks, rivers, and occasional waterfalls.
Daily Cuisine:
Start the day right! That's what they say – eat a good breakfast. Does that mean permission to overeat? Eggs, bacon, and lots of grits started my day out. Then I was stuffed and didn't feel like doing much for awhile. But they were good going down.
Arts and Entertainment:
More Star Trek movies and book reading.


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Joe Philbin's decision to divest himself of troubled players like Brandon Marshall, Vontae Davis and Chad Johnson may have placed Miami on shaky ground when building the roster. Athletes at this level have plenty of documented issues, but many times those same players have game changing talent. The value placed on character could be critical to the Dolphins finally making it back to the top of the NFL.
Can the Dolphins afford to cast aside troubled children to fit the Philbin mold? What value do Dolphin fans place on character? Is the Miami criterion too strict? Will it lead to an unremarkable roster? How does it affect free agency and the draft? These are the questions that will shape the future in Miami.
Looking at the dismissed players can define a set of values deemed unwanted on the roster. A "me first" attitude is at the top of the list. The one trait all three players shared was a complete self-centric view of life. This trait often leads to off-the-field issues as well as problems with teammates in the locker room, on the practice field and during games.
These behaviors frequently interconnect and create a personality profile. "Me first" in a personal relationship outside of football causes issues when the other person in the relationship does not agree. It becomes a test of wills leading to high profile altercations unrelated to football. When the volatile mixture of alcohol or drugs is introduced, better judgment is impaired and only bad things will happen in "me first" relationships. The second important value trait would then be sobriety.
Sobriety is not easy in the NFL for many players. The temptation is too great to use performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to gain an edge. The league will allow players to take shots of Toradol to be able to tolerate the pain of playing the game, while drug testing for other substances. The expectation to play with pain, is the rite of passage in the NFL. Pain meds are acceptable in the locker room, but mix those same pain meds with alcohol at a club and foolish decisions are certain to follow. Staying away from the clubs during the season and certainly before practice days, eliminates potential issues. So a third criterion would be to avoid being a celebrity. With all the temptations, it can only lead to trouble.
The old adage, "nothing good happens after midnight," isn't only true for NFL players; it is true for everyone. As the night wears on the folks with better sense have gone home and police are well aware. Even though the NFL provides free taxi service to any player at any time, some will still choose to get behind the wheel. Obviously, they know calling a taxi at two o'clock in the morning through team sources will mean the team knows someone has been a bad boy. Which leads to the next criterion, beware the witching hour. Getting off the streets before midnight is a simple way to avoid trouble with the law.
These are the four traits Joe Philbin would like to avoid.
1. Me first attitude
2. Alcohol and drug abuse
3. Celebrity football players
4. After midnight
These traits must be measured against the questions asked above:
What value do Dolphin fans place on character?
The majority of Dolphin fans had grown tired of Brandon Marshall's me-first antics. There were whispers that Marshall had more than a little to do with Chad Henne never gaining the confidence to break out as an NFL QB. The other side of that coin would be, if Henne could not handle Marshall's harassment in the huddle, he would probably not make it in the NFL anyway. Having experienced the volatile mixture of Marshall and Henne, it was probably an easy decision to trade Marshall, even if doing so left Miami without a top-flight receiver.
This exemplifies the proper sequence, rookie Ryan Tannehill should gain control of the team and be comfortable in that role prior to being asked to handle a personality like Brandon Marshall. In other words, an established leader like Tom Brady can handle a me-first personality, but placing that burden on a young QB is adding to an already pressure packed position. Bill Parcells is known for preaching that QB toughness is garnered by placing those players in difficult situations, but Parcells truly only ever groomed one decent QB, Phil Simms. Has anyone ever heard Simms speak to or be seen around Parcells? Simms was the exception, not the rule. Parcells built a philosophy based on an anomaly and that is why he was unable to duplicate it.
Is the Miami criterion too strict?
Vontae Davis obviously had issues with alcohol and perhaps other substances the public is unaware of. Davis did not perform well in practice because he was often hung over from partying the night before. Joe Philbin comes off as a very up-front type of coach, a player's coach who will say what needs to be said. By doing this, Philbin does not keep players guessing what he is thinking and does not have to remain aloof because what he thinks is unclear. Therefore, it is logical from the outside, to assume Philbin told Davis exactly what was expected of him and what Joe thought was unacceptable. Clearly, Vontae did not take heed to what Philbin expected.
Anyone who has ever stepped in a football locker room knows this is a land of Alpha Males dominated by "A" personalities. Coaches walk a fine line when they are considered player friendly because player friendly is often misconstrued as a sign of weakness. In a locker room, a coach must remain the one voice and when he speaks the players must listen. If a player breaks this rule and is allowed to get away with it, as Miami fans saw with Cam Cameron, the hierarchy of the locker room is broken. Davis did not listen and if the situation had not been resolved, Philbin could have lost the locker room. This means the strictness, the code, must not be broken or it will lead to 1-15 seasons. Losing Davis hurt the Dolphins in the short term, but keeping him would have been far worse in the long term.
Will it lead to an unremarkable roster?
Having a celebrity like Chad Johnson can add a name, but does not make a roster more valuable. Johnson falls into a category where his presence in the locker room was not conflicting with his coach, but once out the door the team was no longer as important as his own celebrity. Jason Taylor was a celebrity in Miami but not for the wrong reason. This is a criterion where Philbin must not allow his small town nature to dictate his roster. Michael Jordan was a celebrity but he was also the greatest basketball player of all time. Payton Manning and Tom Brady are celebrities, but they would be welcome in Miami.
This rule cannot be cut and dry, Miami needs the face of a player as the signature of the team. The problem is when the wrong player becomes the face of the franchise, as was the case with Chad Johnson. When Johnson's antics become how the football world views the Dolphins, serious issues will soon follow, as they did before Johnson's release. The perception of Chad Johnson could easily become the perception of the Miami Dolphins. There is a fine line when dealing with celebrity players and the line is drawn by one rule of thumb, the team must be more important to the player than stardom. In the case of Chad Johnson, the team came second or more specifically, Johnson's value to the team was not great enough to tolerate his celebrity.
How does it affect free agency and the draft?
In review of the three questions already asked and by relating them to actual players, the value of having values is clear. Over the long term, adhering to the values will create a harmonious team from which stars will rise. The effect of not following the values leads to poor long-term personnel decisions. Knowing Brandon Marshall is a borderline personality but trading two 2nd round picks for him, led to dumping him for two 3rd round picks. Drafting Vontae Davis in the first round when he slipped in the draft due to maturity concerns led to dumping him for a 2nd round pick.
The net value was a loss for both players. When considering a player like Percy Harvin, take a look at the mistakes already made and resist the temptation to allow talent to override values. Following the value rules when dealing with players could mean a player like Ray Lewis is left on the table, but players like Lewis are few and far between. Lewis would not be considered a problem child now and he was not considered one when he was drafted. Lewis is an exception, just like Simms was an exception and exceptions should be treated with flexibility but should never be the principles that create strategic rules.
When strategic personnel rules are guided by values there is a greater chance for success in the long term. When these rules are disregarded it rarely leads to a good end. This can easily be seen when a team Like the Philadelphia Eagles dismisses its values and brings in players that do not fit the mold in the quest for a Super Bowl. The coach is fired, there is no longer a structure in the locker room and the team is in total disarray.
Patience Dolphin fans... It takes time to build from the bottom into champions. It starts with placing the proper value on values.


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Bryant curriculum boosted Brian Cotter '95 at Wharton and in his early career
Some believe it's reckless to abandon a respected and lucrative career for the unknown. But that decision suited Brian Cotter '95, who went on in 2008 to become a co-founder of PSG Global Solutions, an offshore recruiting company.
"Bryant's business focus made it unusual back in the day. Today, it benefits from that heritage."
With some 400 employees across the U.S. and in the Philippines, California-based PSG created a successful business model that recently was lauded by two industry groups for its innovative use of offshore services. "We've changed this industry in a short period of time," notes Cotter.
"Bryant's business focus made it unusual back in the day. Today, it benefits from that heritage," says Cotter, who tested out of several first-year MBA classes at Wharton after Bryant's rigorous preparation. His MBA and experience at Fidelity Investments, Bain and Company, and eTelecare honed his professional skills and judgment and allowed him to create an invaluable cadre of contacts and mentors.
Nevertheless, running your own business is a rollercoaster, he says. Adept at problem solving and navigating PSG's business cycles, he turns to trusted colleagues to help recruit prospective employees. "Everything starts with having the right people."


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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
What I Wore Today: Career Fair Edition
Today I attended a career fair and got to have a little fun in the wardrobe department. They were telling us to keep it semi-business formal. What does that mean. There really is no such thing as semi-formal. You can't straddle the fence in matters formal.
I and most people took it to mean you can wear a suit but your only expected to wear an odd jacket and dress pants. As usual I prefer to wear suits when most dress down. I also wanted to send an informal tone yet business. I ended up wearing my lucky suit with my new sweater vest. The rest was just plain fun. I stuck to wearing stripes and didn't really consider the colors I was wearing. I just made sure the colors didn't fight each other.
Sometimes it is easier to avoid consciously choosing the colors you wear. I just went with my mood. This can lead to discoveries of color combinations that work for you. A recent one I discovered was pink and darker oranges. Another is dark green can match most colors, stick to the hunter green-ish colors. Chew on that for awhile and see where it takes you!
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- The Eccentric Orange Gentleman said...
Pig cufflinks for good luck.
- January 30, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Gregorius Mercator said...
Neat cuff links. What kind of work are you looking for?
- January 30, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- The Eccentric Orange Gentleman said...
Thanks, I'm like Noah; collecting animals in silver two by two.
I'm looking for a position in management. I'm in management now but the growth op.s with the company are slow and take a long time to progress financially. I was particularly looking forward to management training program for AT&T and Verizon. I love tech. and I can manage sales people well. After all I do it right now.
- January 30, 2010 at 10:06 PM
- Gregorius Mercator said...
Very true. I've heard IBM also has fantastic employee training and a lot of opportunities for advancement within the company. I have an aunt that worked there and she said it was more valuable than her degree from Princeton. Good luck with the job search!
- January 31, 2010 at 11:49 AM
- The Eccentric Orange Gentleman said...
They currently are laying off. Times are indeed tough. I'm not even concerned with money, I just want to learn and gain some experience before business school in a few years.
- February 1, 2010 at 12:39 AM
- The Eccentric Orange Gentleman said...
I'm waiting on scheduling for an interview with AT&T. I'm pretty confident I'll make it through to the other side.
- February 17, 2010 at 1:05 AM


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Conductor : Mr Chiang Kum Mun Mike.
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Time: 7:30pm
Date: 2 December 'o6 . Saturday
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and yeah. if you are interested in Mayflower Concert Band's Deck The Halls, for more info, you can visit their blog at the links (left side).
We are playing songs like the The Dream of the Red Chamber Suite[Hong Lou Meng], A Well-Matched Fight [Long Teng Hu Yue], San Liu and Tao Jin Ling with Manjusri Sec and on our own, The Legend of the Dragon [Long De Chuan Qi], our SYF choice piece for next competition. Manjusri CO will be playing their SYF choice piece Feng Nian Ji ! Not forgetting the Solo pieces by our very own pipa player Tan Yan Jun and zhongruan player Koh Min Hui from Manjusri too :D . There will be encore ! We gonna play the best out of us. (: . jiayou !


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[H]e stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward -- and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock (20-21; emphasis added).The New York Times recently featured an article entitled, "Gatsby's Green Light Beckons a New Set of Strivers". As you think about what it is that you desire most, consider the responses of these urban and immigrant students in a Boston high school.
Monday, April 23, 2012
What is your green light?
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- April 23, 2012 at 1:52 PM
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- April 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM
- BMurdoch said...
After reading the article, I immediately identified with Jinzhao Wang, a 14 year old immigrant from China now attending Boston Latin High School. Wang's "green light" is an admission ticket to Harvard, and being the college-driven student that I am, I instantly thought my "green light" was the same as Wang's: to get into the college of my dreams. But after taking another second to think about it, I've realized my green light is much broader than just an admission letter. I want that admission letter because I want people to believe that I'm good enough- whatever "enough" may be. I feel kind of awkward writing this out, but if we're being honest here, I'm just going to go for it. The thing I really want the most is for other people to think I'm smart, and to think I actually accomplished something in life. I want my parents to be proud to brag about me, and to tell all their friends where I go to college or the big job I just landed. I want people to think I made something of myself.
- April 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM
- Donna said...
I find it interesting that this green light represents the idea of success and everyoneshould try to achieve it. Fitzgerald is trying to emphasize to the reader that America is the land of opportunity and you are encouraged to succeed. Green means go! Right?
As great as this is, it can be very difficult for immigrants in America to succeed, especially how our visa system works. My friend has lived here for three years now (she moved here from the Netherlands) and she still cannot legally have a job or recieve a paycheck. She always talks about how she wants one, but the processing times for new visas, social security numbers, and many other technical, legal issues consume months and months of time, so many don't even bother going through the process. Likel Shauna from Jamaica says, the way America works hinders the potential success for many, creating specific paths for success. Clearly our country would not function without this legal system and the use of visas, but does the process interfere with the United States--the "land of opportunity"?
- April 23, 2012 at 6:35 PM
- Kathleen F. said...
My green light, as cheesy as this is, is to be content and satisfied. Growing up in a wealthy home and simultaneously learning about the poverty that consumes the majority of the world has left me somewhat disillusioned about my future prospects. I wonder if I'll be one of the lucky few that is "successful": I wonder if I'll get the job, the insurance, the car, the husband, and plop right back down on the North Shore to raise my own kids. The probability of this seems low to me so I can only hope that when I do reach that sought after age of independence, I can be satisfied with a smaller house than I grew up in. I want to be content in a job, however little or much it pays. I want to wake up excited to fill my car up with gas, wash the dishes, and sweep the kitchen floor, because, to me, that's the best life anyone can aspire to.
- April 23, 2012 at 7:36 PM
- David K. said...
I agree with Harkeem Steed, who said that "the American dream has a lot to do with money." This isn't to say that the other students didn't have valid points, but I do think that for most people, it's necessary to have at least a minimal standard of living to be qualified for the American dream. And the way people typically make money is by doing things that contribute to the fulfillment of the American dream, like making a difference in the world, feeling accomplished, and living comfortably. In order for people to be able to do any of these things though, there has to be at least some monetary backbone. When I grow up, I do aspire to be wealthy, and not just because I want a luxurious lifestyle - it's also because if I want to make a difference in the world, that's the easiest way to do it. In fact, a man like Steve Jobs did more for the world than anyone could even imagine, and he did it by making himself a multi billionaire at the same time.
- April 29, 2012 at 4:28 PM
- Betsy P said...
I do not know what my green light is. It's difficult to define without knowing your destination: the American dream. Because what is the American dream? A question that takes me back to August, when we discussed how the "old version" of the American dream--if you worked hard and had a little bit of luck, anyone can make it in America--was a myth. After reading Wang's statement, "the journey toward the dream is the most important thing" I realized struggling to define my green light and American Dream is not as important as the moments that shape "the journey towards the dream." Because whether my green light turns a "minute" away or "far away" (Gatsby 21), my American dream will be determined by how I decide to live in the present.
- May 1, 2012 at 6:45 PM


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Snow Camp in Alamance County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
The Battle of Lindley's Mill
September 13, 1781
Location. 35° 53.343′ N, 79° 20.596′ W. Marker is in Snow Camp, North Carolina, in Alamance County. Marker can be reached from Lindley Mill Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7763 Lindley Mill Road, Snow Camp NC 27349, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. General John Butler (within shouting distance of this marker); September 13, 1781 (within shouting distance of this marker); Spring Friends Meeting (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Battle of Lindley's Mill Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Ernest Peter Dixon Lindley's Mill (approx. 2.4 miles away); Uncle Eli's Quilting Party (approx. 2.7 miles away); B. Everett Jordan (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Snow Camp.
More about this marker. This marker is the second of three markers, down a trail on private property, across the road from Lindley's Mill. It is a short hike to the markers down a wide, wooded driveway that borders Cane Creek. The trail widens into a clearing and begins again on the other side. Insect repellant is recommended.
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Activities are offered while children are in Keiki Club before or after the main activity. Activities are dependent on group size, ages of children, interests or weather.
Reef walking, Hermit Crab Racing, Hawaiian Rubber Stamp Postcards, Hawaiian Luggage Tags, Hawaiian Bookmarks, Discover Hawaiian Tidepools- Hermit Crabs, Sea Cucumbers, Mantis Shrimps, Swimming Crab, Armor Crab, Pebble Crab, Fireworm, Pipipi, Manini Fish, Sand Turtles, Hawaiian Treasure/Shell Collecting, Hawaiian Seashell Rafia Bracelets, Hawaiian Pillows, Opihi Shell Crafts, Names of Hawaiian Reef Animals, Hawaiian Journals with Photos, Hawaiian Games, Outdoor Lawn Games, Aloha Songs and Stories, Hawaiian Legends, Hawaiian Leaf and Flower Printing, Hawaiian Nature Scavenger Hunt
Scoop Net Fishing:We're off to Kahala Beach in search of fish, crabs, shrimp and sea cucumbers. If the tide is right, we may even enjoy a reef walk!
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
Seashell Picture Frames: Let's hit the sand on a hunt for Hawaiian seashells to make a one-of-a-kind souvenir.
4:00pm Pick-up
Kite Making and Flying: Decorate and assemble your very own sled kite and see them take flight in the Hawaiian sky!
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
Send Aloha to a Friend: What does "aloha" mean to the people of Hawaii? Let's create a postcard to send aloha to someone special.
4:00pm Pick-up
Bamboo Pole Fishing: Let's go fishing! We'll drop our lines to catch a kupipi, mamo or aholehole.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
Gyotaku (Fish Printing) - We'll paint fish stamps to create prints called gyotaku, a technique originally used by Japanese fishermen to record the sizes of their catch.
4:00pm Pick-up
Volcanoes in the Sand: Let's learn about shield volcanoes and how they make up the Hawaiian Islands. Then we'll head to the beach to build a sand volcano that erupts red lava!
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
Search for Ocean Treasures: Join in a search for natural treasures that wash up onto sandy Kahala Beach.
4:00pm Pick-up
Full Day Excursion
*Only full day excursion is available on Friday.
Honolulu Zoo Excursion: We're taking a trip to the Honolulu Zoo to visit birds, reptiles, primates and an African Savanna. The Keiki Zoo offers close encounters with friendly farm animals.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
Waikiki Aquarium: Let's learn about the Pacific marine life, from living corals to ocean drifting jellies to sharks and the favorite Hawaiian monk seals.
4:00pm Pick-up
Jr. Waterman Activity with Hans Hedemann Surf School: Surf's up and it's time for our Jr. Waterman Activity, including an orientation and a near-shore introduction to surfing, standup paddle-boarding and outrigger canoeing.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
Lei Making and Hula: String a brightly colored lei to wear as we learn a simple hula. Let's learn how lei express love and how Hawaiians used hula to tell a story.
4:00pm Pick-up
Hunt for Sand Crabs: With quiet feet and quick nets, let's catch ohiki (ghost crabs) that scurry along Kahala beach.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
Lauhala Bookmark Craft : Weaving was a highly developed skill that Hawaiians used to make baskets and mats. Learn to weave your very own bookmark to take home as a memory of your visit to The Kahala Keiki Club.
4:00pm Pick-up
Who can participate?
Children, ages 5 – 12 years
Hours of Operation
Seven (7) days a week, from Monday through Sunday
9:00am – 4:00pm, daily
We will offer additional evening sessions seasonally from 6:00pm – 9:00pm, includes dinner
Program Times
Full and Half Day Programs available Sat–Thurs Only
Full Day Excursion is available on Friday
Full Day: 9:00am – 4:00pm, includes lunch
Half Day: 9:00am – 1:00pm or 12 noon – 4:00pm, includes lunch
Keiki Program Cost
Day: $125/day
Half-Day: $100/day
Excursion Day: $150/day, includes admission (transportation to be arranged by hotel)
Evening: $130.00/day (seasonal program)
Staff Qualifications
Keiki Club staff are trained childcare professionals, certified in First Aid and Infant/Child CPR
Staff-to-Child Ratio
1 staff per 8 children
Important Information
For more information, call The Keiki Club at (808) 739.8608 or the concierge at (808) 739.8911 or e-mail [email protected]
Babysitters may be arranged in advance through the Concierge at (808) 739.8911. Japanese and other foreign language speakers can be requested. Please contact the concierge for current rates. *4-hour minimum to reserve, special rates apply on holidays.


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Saturday, 26 December 2015
Boxing clever...
So... there goes Christmas...
Boxing Day has dawned.
You are considering chocolate for breakfast. PJS all day. You have the urge to Nama-stay in bed and you will probably have a mini repeat of yesterday's dinner. Mum will make enough sandwiches to feed an army. Or maybe you might get creative in trying to use every last piece of your turkey to make soup or some other strange concoction because you watched Jamie Oliver do it once and you reckon it will be a piece of cake. Haha... I had a lovely Christmas Day, did you?
I took real pleasure in the art of "getting ready"...you know, festive make up touches, curling your hair etc. Truth to be told, we were kind of channeling the relaxed spirit of PJs all day, but there is something quite lovely about making an effort. Sure, I might have looked like I was getting ready to hop on over to the Grammy's and potentially the poster girl for "all dressed up and nowhere to go".
The reality is that this didn't bother me at all. It was Christmas Day, and everyone likes to feel a little bit special at Christmas, right?
As predicted, dad's militant dinner plan practically went off without hitch (apart from that brief moment that mum "mislaid" his itinerary and the rest of the day was hanging in the balance.) Bravo dad, what an incredible job!
I must admit, I am usually quite keen to crack open those presents before the clock strikes twelve, however on this occasion there was something nice about pacing the day. Even if it does fight against everything natural in me to shake, rattle and roll those presents across the floor as I attempt to guess what is inside.
I hope that in the hustle, bustle, wrapping, glitter and tinsel you managed to slow things down to take some time this Christmas. We don't often take the time to take things slow, but it does the heart the world of good.
We dined and chatted. We sipped wine and listened to Christmas songs. We exchanged presents and filled the house with laughter as we remembered what a rare gift it is to all be in one place at one time.
Don't you think that today kick starts the most curious few days of the entire year?
Meal times are back-to-front. You can't remember what day it is. Are the shops open? Can we expect normal mail? Can I still eat treats for breakfast without the fear of intense judgment?
2015 is coming to a close and after the excitement and festive buzz that Christmas offers begins to dissipate, we start to take stock of the year. Things we've accomplished. Our experiences. New places we have traveled. People we have met along the way. Getting to know those already in our life a little better. On a personal note this year has also famously been the "year of the blog", and that hopefully means exciting things are on the way for 2016.
I wanted to say a big thanks to anyone who has journeyed through "There goes Christmas" with me. You guys are swell.
From today things will get more back to normal back here at HQ, but it has been fun to set myself a little challenge to post pretty often on the countdown to Christmas. Did you enjoy it? Be honest. I like honest.
With this in mind, let me just say that your support means a lot as I continue on my little path with the blog. If it is something you are interested in I would encourage you to...
Keep reading.
Keep suggesting improvements.
Keep sharing with friends.
Keep leaving comments.
Allow me dream a little bigger and reach a touch further as I take "There goes Claire" into 2016. As my expression might suggest, I am rather looking forward to it...
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Rangers' Kreider out indefinitely with injuryby NHL.com Staff
New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault told reporters Wednesday morning he does not know how long forward Chris Kreider will be out with a reported hand injury.
Kreider left a game Monday against the Phoenix Coyotes midway through the third period, and TSN's Bob McKenzie reported he could miss a month or more with a hand injury. He won't play Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Flyers, and Vigneault said Kreider will not travel with the team when it leaves for a four-game road trip to Western Canada that starts Friday in Calgary.
Kreider has 17 goals and 20 assists in 66 games this season. He averages 15:43 of ice time per game.
Vigneault also said Kreider sustained the injury Friday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played Saturday against the New Jersey Devils before leaving the game Monday against Phoenix.
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Archive for November, 2003
I have to say pretty entertaining :)
by admin on Nov.12, 2003, under General
If you want a quick laugh, then take a look at the ad spoofs at macboy.com. To understand the latest one, you have to know who Steve Balmer is (CEO of Microsoft and major @#$% moron who can't produce a decent product … sorry [NOT] for the rant) and have watched the recent iPod commercials.
Anyways, to see the spoof, and get a quick laugh (quick depending on your bandwidth – it's a 640KB download), take a look here: macboy.com ballmer spoof
Aside from the above, another quick link for those interested – A review of the Dual G5 PowerMac, an AWESOME machine.
by admin on Nov.11, 2003, under General
Ok, this is temporary until I can get everything redesigned. And yes, I know it has been quite a long while, and I've been saying it for that long while, but I WILL DO IT!! Updated 11/10/2003 Ok, please forgive me, all you poor windows users who are using the incompetant browser known as Internet Explorer which can't even handle decent web standards support. I'll try and keep you in mind when designing my site, but please, if something looks really funky, either A) switch to a decent web browser (on windows, look here: Mozilla Project) or B) email me.
Updated the site
by admin on Nov.11, 2003, under Site Updates
Ok, I've done a few updates. I'm still playing with the header though. Feel free to drop me an email, say what you think. I can be reached here: mcintosh_nospam_poetshome.com. A few of the updates to take a look at include the Poetry listing over on the left – feel free to drop me an email and comment on any of them
UPDATED – 11/11/2003 – Updated to use a php and mysql system. Feel free to email me if you'd like a copy of the code, under the GPL license. It's no where near complete, as I'm aiming for a full BLOG system.
Where I rant and rave for a bit…
by admin on Nov.11, 2003, under General
For all those out there with allstate insurance, can I make the suggestion that you SWITCH NOW. I tend to be a loyal customer on any given product, provided the product or service lasts and is a good product. Allstate has been a pretty good insurance provider for the last 6 or 7 years. However, here in the last few months, several MAJOR problems have occurred.
- First sometime early this year, my insurance agent had changed to Dean Arthaud. This is in Columbia, MO for all those curious. My agent has changed before and I didn't think much of it at the time.
- Shortly after the above, I purchased a new car. It might have been around the same time, but I remember after purchasing it telling allstate all the lovely details, and insuring both my old and current car. The major hassle here, is that upon going in to sign for all the details and figure things out, Dean couldn't figure out how to type on a computer, enter my information, etc. worth anything. I mean totally got the feeling of incompetance, like I knew his system and how it worked better than he did. NOT a good feeling. I stuck with them, having been an old allstate person, but I was kinda worried. Part of this was he kept having problems, i.e. unable to change some of the rates properly, unable to complete my insurance, etc. etc. Eventually, I thought he had it all figured out, but it took over an hour, and I was pretty annoyed.
- A few weeks later, I get a mail from my bank, stating they hadn't received any information from my insurance company. The ohhhh so lovely allstate insurance people hadn't sent in the information to the Lien holder – my bank.
- I contact Allstate, a little irritated, and ask them to fax over the information.
- A few months later, my old car (which I'd sold to my brother, but was still paying the insurance on, as he was unable to drive or make use of it), I switched off the policy on it as my brother took it over. Keep in mind, I contacted allstate, and CONFIRMED that it was the SUNFIRE that was removed from my policy.
- Shortly thereafter, I get another lovely letter in the mail, stating that my bank received notice that the policy covering my Trans Am was canceled. I was VERY irritated, as this was the third screw up now from Allstate. I called, and my policy wasn't canceled, although allstate confirmed that was what they sent to my bank. That instance was more than enough for me to say enough was enough.
- I start looking around, trying to find a better rate. You know, go through all the online "enter your information so we can figure out whether we can insure you" kinda stuff. Low and behold, several other insurers are equivalent, if not better in rate. My choice? I decided to try State Farm. They had one of the more detailed, and powerful web systems (at times confusing, but overall impressively well done), and more importantly, they had the lowest "bid".
- So, my decision made, I call allstate, and tell them to cancel at the end of the month. Guess what, like any good used car salesman (well, just insurance salesman), Dean's all "we can get you a better deal" and "they'll screw you if you switch, trust me" and "we really have the best rates, you just don't see it yet" type shit. I'm NOT impressed with his attitude, behavior, etc. However, back to that whole loyalty thing, I say ok, see what you can get me.
- He comes back and says their insurance "underwriters" can't insure me, and that actually the rate I had was incorrect. I was currently locked in on it, but I should have been paying about 2000 every six months. Let's just say that's almost DOUBLE what I had been paying, and not in line. That's when "they won't be any better, offer a better rate, etc." came out. I promptly ended the conversation, not very happy, and called State Farm.
- Switch to Thursday on the 30th. I walked into State Farm's office, unsure of what to expect. I'd called a couple of times to verify the quote, figure out what was going on, etc. Interestingly enough, each time, they had no problems pulling up my records, information, figuring out what I was looking for. I was much more impressed with their overall knowledge.
- Now, here's the fun part: Guess what? No problems, they give me the exact rate as said over the phone. It's SIGNIFICANTLY less than what I was paying at allstate. Further, they're very professional, know what they're doing, etc. I was MUCH more impressed overall. Their price was slightly higher than my online quote, which has to do with my credit rating (which is very confusing, as I should have perfect credit). Regardless, the overall treatment was amazing. I was in and out in a few minutes, had everything taken care of, easy as can be. Let's just say, WOW.
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Saturday, 9 November 2013
Sepia Saturday – Remembering the photographer
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What treasures, having a keen photographer in the family and a diary to explore as well.ReplyDeleteReplies
Actually three diaries and with entries from the day he left Australia to the day he came home - over four years' worth!Delete
Amazing, heart breaking and amusing - what a man he was.
I'm working on transcribing what I photographed and then hopefully the AWM will remember to send me the rest to transcribe the whole lot.
A great record, and good on you for taking on the transcription of it all. I recently read part of a book of letters written home by a relative in WW1, right up until the day he was killed. After his death one of his sisters to whom he had written had typed them all up and had them bound in book form. A labour of love, and very poignant - I wish I'd had time to read the whole thing, but we were only visiting for a few hours so there wasn't time for more than a cursory read unfortunately.ReplyDelete
Once again we think alike with Remembrance Day posts.ReplyDelete
How wonderful to have the diaries. I will be back to read more :)
Those of us who have diaries are so incredibly lucky! I have one of my great-uncle Allen's; he was in France, too. His diary even has lots of little photos of people--mostly women, I must say - but they are not identified...we'll never know!ReplyDelete
I'm sure he would love to know that his memory lives on with this diary and a photograph of him doing what he loved. I was keen to know what his diary said for June 24th. That is my birthday and although I wasn't born until the inverse of the last two digits of that year (1961), it was interesting to think of your uncle on his tour of duty, and his impressions of the train at Lyon.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, interesting - the beauty of the countryside, the wonder of new countries and sights, contrasted with the horrors of war!Delete
Amazing record of his service and that time and place.ReplyDelete
My grandfather had a journal when he was in the Navy around 1901-1905. My sister transcribed it when she saw it and I copied her transcription and put it online. http://cityclicker.net/brennan/FBjournal.htmReplyDelete
The everyday-ness of some of the entries is what makes them very interesting. I admire your project of photographing and transcribing them.ReplyDeleteReplies
I posted some more and these are in battle - it's so odd to read "as usual" as an entry for a day - how could anything be "usual" in those circumstances - the "everyday-ness" you mention!Delete
An absolutely fascinating peek into someone's daily life. Good post!ReplyDelete
A photographer and a diarist! What a wonderful gift for future family historians.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 November 2013 at 16:37
So appropriate for today. thanks.ReplyDelete
Why shouldn't he have still be behind the camera at 78? - I am, but still have two years to catch up with him.!!. Your Uncle's war diaries are historic documents there must be a place for them to be shared as part of the centenary of WWI next year.ReplyDelete


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|Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, and James McAvoy
Without giving away too much of the plot, DOFP involved having Wolverine go back in time to prevent a very pissed off and determined Mystique from assassinating the scientist who would go on to create the Sentinel machines which were designed to destroy all mutants. But what she could not possibly know is that through her actions, her DNA, her very existence would be used to improve and further develop the Sentinel program which would ensure that program's success in destroying her kind. Prof X and Magneto in the future realize the role they both played in having all mutants be on the rapidly developing and devastating path towards complete extinction.
I think that the primary reason why so many people like the X-Men is because there are times when we all feel like an outsider or different from the others. The X-Men magnifies this feeling by ten because we see laid out right in front of our eyes, the outcome of systematic mistrust and mistreatment of other people and other species, simply because they are different than us. And what is different than the majority tends to cause fear, judgments, anxieties, and persecution in the minds of the weaker people. Just when you thought Magneto was being a selfish ass, even through his dramatic actions and regardless of who gets hurt, he has a point. If only the reality in X-Men could become the reality in our reality, which is, don't judge a person by their appearance and their abilities - the world would be a much happier place.
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Features were tested to distinguish overlapping chromosomes from single chromosomes and from nuclei or from image segmentation artefacts:
|Two overlapping chromosomes
Those features are:
- The chromosomes size (normalized by the image size).
- The ratio of chromosome area by the convexhull area
|convex hull of overlapping chromosomes
- The non chromosomal domains area in a convex hull. The four largest (normalized by the convex hull area) non chromosomal domains were kept:
|Areas of size h1, h2, h3, h4
Chromosomes from twelve metaphases were classified with minikar. In a previous post, an isolated result indicated that these six features doesn't seem to distinguish the different particles.
Each observation falls in one of the four categories (single, cluster, nuclei, dust). 451 observations were used to build a trained set by linear discriminant analysis (lda) according to this example.
Prior lda, a pairs plot can be done where each color corresponds to one category (single chromosome, touching chromosomes, nuclei, dusts):
|Pairs plot between the six variables: var1 (area), var2 (area/convexhull), var3,4,5,6 (area of h1,h2,h3, 4)
The observations seem more or less clustered according to the pair of variables considered. The first plot (ratio ~ area) was previously done showing an overlay between the single and cluster categories. LDA was used here as a black box, with the aim to know if a good classification can be achieved and how good are the features.
Pratically the work was done with R within rstudio. Data were downloaded from github, assembled into a data frame and analysed. LDA performed here data reduction from six variables to three (LD1, LD2, LD3) and when the variable LD1 is plot against LD2, it yields:
Clearly showing separated clusters. The most populated (blue), corresponds to the single chromosomes, pink dots are the touching chromosomes, the green dots and the red dots are probably the nuclei and the dusts repectively (I have to check how to put a legend in that plot).
However, the classification is still imperfect:
28/80 touching chromosomes and 6/30 nuclei were classified as single chromosomes. No single chromosomes were misclassified.
However, the classification is still imperfect:
# Download features and label file from github require(RCurl) library(RCurl) feat_prefix <-'jp-Jpp48-' sufix <- '-DAPI.csv' lab_prefix <- 'shapeCateg-jp-Jpp48-' webpath <- 'https://raw.github.com/jeanpat/pyFISH/master/GUI/karyotyper/example%20classification/source%20data/' files <- list(1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15) data <- data.frame() for (file in files){ featname <- paste(webpath,'features/',sep='') featname <- paste(featname,feat_prefix,as.character(file),sufix,sep='') labname <- paste(webpath,'labels/',sep='') labname <- paste(labname, lab_prefix, as.character(file),sufix,sep='') print (featname) print (labname) features <- getURL(featname) labels <- getURL(labname) features <- read.table(text = features, sep = ';') labels <- read.table(text = labels, sep = ';') #print (str(features)) # add metaphase number () features$metaphase <- file #merge features and labels features <- cbind(features,labels) data <- rbind(data, features) } #print (head(data)) #remove duplicate column data[,9] <- NULL #rename columns colnames(data)[1]<-'particle' colnames(data)[2]<-'area' colnames(data)[3]<-'ratio' colnames(data)[4]<-'h1' colnames(data)[5]<-'h2' colnames(data)[6]<-'h3' colnames(data)[7]<-'h4' colnames(data)[8]<-'meta' colnames(data)[9]<-'type' print (str(data)) pairs(cbind(data$area,data$ratio,data$h1,data$h2,data$h3,data$h4),col=c("red","blue","green","orange")[data$type],upper.panel=NULL,) # # Linear discriminant analysis was performed as explained: # # http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOSVge_PQF4 # library(lattice) library(MASS) chr.lda <- lda(type~area+ratio+h1+h2+h3+h4,data=data) summary(chr.lda) chr.pred <- predict(chr.lda) ErrorTable<-table(data$type,chr.pred$class) print (ErrorTable) lda.tmp <- data.frame(chr.pred$x,class=chr.pred$class) xyplot(LD1~LD2,data=lda.tmp, group=class)


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For sports fans, nothing gets a conversation going like the question, "What do you think about Lebron James?"
His "decision" created a vast swath of haters, while there are still many who have switched from Cleveland to Miami. There are so many opinions swirling around about Lebron James, it is hard to keep track of them (a valid question might be if it is worth it).
Well here are a couple different interesting different opinions about him.
- First, Rick Reilly argues that Lebron is playing as big as ever. (Mind you this came before game 4). He says, "If anything, the way James is playing has only made him double in greatness. James' legend isn't shrinking, it's swelling up like a Macy's float.I'm the last guy that wants to write a glowing column about LeBron James. I hate how he conspired to get to Miami, hate how he took a short cut to a ring. But you'd have to be visually impaired not to see that James is playing gorgeous, selfless, complete basketball.
- Bill Simmons called game 4 another Lebrondown. He says: "Fact: It's better for the NBA that LeBron James melted down in Dallas, disappeared and extended his "Wait a second, what the hell just happened???" streak to two straight years. Now it's threatening to become a late-spring tradition along the lines of Father's Day, the U.S. Open,and MTV cutting a "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" trailer that ends with someone about to be punched in the face. Why isn't LeBron shooting? Why isn't he driving to the basket? Why does his face look like the face of a little kid who just got called in front of the entire class? Why is his performance making me want to google the Wiggles' "Hot Potato" video? Does he realize this game is being televised? You can't call it a meltdown or a breakdown; that would belittle what happened. Call it a LeBrondown."
- Over at Mockingbird they are arguing that Lebron still has to define if he is Batman or Robin, or if there are two leaders on this team. Tonight will be a big deciding factor.
Overall, I think Bill Simmons is right on these couple of points:
Fact: The Decision was the best thing that happened to the NBA in 15 years.
Fact: The Decision's aftermath created the league's most polarizing juggernaut in two decades. The Heat were booed in sold-out arenas across the country even as they were selling more jerseys than any other team. For the first five weeks of the regular season, the constant negativity affected the players; you could see it on their faces. In the words of the great Cliff Poncier, all that negativity eventually made them stronger. They reclaimed their status as title favorites, rolled through Boston and Chicago, made the Finals, and morphed into something of a preening, self-satisfied, overconfident bully — basketball's version of Mike Tyson in the 1980s, so athletically overpowering that it actually seemed to psyche out opponents.During that whole time, they never stopped being compelling. Not once.
Fact: If Miami blows this Finals after choking away Games 2 and 4, after everything that happened since The Decision and The Gratuitous Party One Night After The Decision, the Internet might explode. I'm not kidding. You're going to log on the next morning and there will just be a picture of a mushroom cloud.


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The Avengers reviews
Well, here we are at last. Years of movies with tag scenes promising the arrival of an Avengers movie have finally delivered on that promise—and this is it. Was it worth the wait or the build-up? That depends on your level of interest in this sort of thing, I suppose. Despite the inane gush of Those Who Object to Being Called "Fanboys," this is not the greatest movie ever made, nor does it reinvent cinema. That said, however, it's a solid entertainment and much better than I'd expected from the maestro of midcult, Joss Whedon. Oh, sure he places the film firmly in the realm of his usual sitcom sensibility, and the gags become transparent in their structure once you get into the rhythm of the movie, but this is probably the best possible approach for a movie like this. The sheer volume of characters calls for a kind of cinematic shorthand—and that's what it gets.
The film's story is about as substantial as all the tissue wadding in a box concealing a small treasure at its center. What else could it be? All that matters, of course, is that the film has a problem—meaning the Earth has a problem—which calls for amassing a large array of superheroes (and a couple of borderline cases) to save our hash. That, naturally, is why Nick Fury (the irreplaceable Samuel L. Jackson) has been assembling all these folks as part of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division) all this time. The issue this round is the evil Loki (Tom Hiddleston—the second best thing in the movie) is preparing the way for an invasion of creatures from another dimension that will leave him (he thinks) ruler of a subjugated Earth.
As an excuse for cramming one movie with Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans), Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), it's as good as any other. Just think of it as the Contadina Tomato Paste of film—or Grand Hotel in tights—and don't ask too many questions. The whole thing banks—wisely—on its cast. Especially helpful here is the importation of Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, a character never really nailed in any previous incarnation—and here represented by an actor of considerably greater charm and innate sympathy than any of his predecessors. But in the end, it's the ensemble nature of the playing—something that gets off to a deliberately rocky start—that finally makes the story work.
It's not a flawless mix. There's no way to make Captain America all that interesting—especially when you put him up against Iron Man. The film does build its most subversive joke around the Captain, giving Fury's right-hand man, Coulson (Clark Gregg), a kind of fanboy crush (with subtext aplenty) on him. And that, in turn, becomes a serious plot point, but Cap is still pretty much a stiff. Also, Whedon apparently couldn't figure out what to do with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), so she's essentially written out of the body of the movie. But more of it works—in its own way—than doesn't. And it has the benefit of never taking itself too seriously or straining to be "important."
The film's biggest problem—and some will consider this in the nature of a spoiler, so you might want to skip the rest of this paragraph—is that its big finale ends up being most awfully like last year's Transformers: Dark of the Moon. It's certainly better done here, but the similarities are inescapable. This might well be completely coincidental, which only points up a central issue with the genre's limitations and the fact that all such movies have to hit certain key scenes—notably a big final battle that more often than not outstays its welcome for anyone who tires of endless property damage. It doesn't sink The Avengers, but it does diminish it. Take it for what it is—big, splashy, largely transitory entertainment. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference.
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- Research Article
- Open Access
Hybrid Steepest Descent Method with Variable Parameters for General Variational Inequalities
- Yanrong Yu1Email author and
- Rudong Chen1
Journal of Inequalities and Applications20072007:019270
© Y. Yu and R. Chen 2007
- Received: 16 April 2007
- Accepted: 2 August 2007
- Published: 24 October 2007
We study the strong convergence of a hybrid steepest descent method with variable parameters for the general variational inequality (GVI) . Consequently, as an application, we obtain some results concerning the constrained generalized pseudoinverse. Our results extend and improve the result of Yao and Noor (2007) and many others.
- Variational Inequality
- Variable Parameter
- Strong Convergence
- Steep Descent
- Descent Method
Authors' Affiliations
Department of Mathematics, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, 300160, China
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My blood type is O, and I am a girl. My favorite mangas are Clover, Nervous Venus and Sailor Moon, among others by Takeuchi Naoko. I am also a fan of CLAMP, thus the Clover page. I like watching anime on Saturday morning and Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, Dexter's Lab, Power Puff Girls, and Cow and Chiken, during the week days. My non-anime/cartoon shows that I like are The Pretender, The Profiler, and Just Shoot Me!. Why am I telling you all the shows I like? Honestly I don't know, I guess I have alot of time on my hands. (Is that possible? Even with all the homework they give in eleventh grade? I guess so.) Even though it sounds like my life revolves around the T.V. and my computer, it really doesn't. Honest.
Besides watching T.V. and reading manga I go to school, eat, sleep, go to games, visit my friends and spend time on the internet. I use to play soccor (my favorite sport, and I was good at it) and basketball (lets just say I'm not going to be the next Jordan). Some of my favorite authors are Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, R. A. Salvatore, and a couple of others. I also like to read Calvin and Hobbes.
My first car is going to be a 1999 silver Volkswagon Beetle, and I'm hoping to go to either Pratt or Parsons. I love art and want to be an interior designer. Some day I want to go to Japan and buy lots and lots of manga =^.^=. Another of my fascinations from Japan is origami. I guess that's all really. But before you leave this little abode say hi to DeeDee and Dex, excuse the look he has at the moment, a little experiment gone wrong. Bye and thanks for coming!
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