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Arsenal's club-record signing Mesut Ozil looks "tired" as he struggles to deliver consistency, according to shareholder Alisher Usmanov.
Ozil produced another below-par display in the 2-0 Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich on Wednesday night at the Emirates Stadium, where his early penalty miss proved crucial
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At a call-in press conference this afternoon, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean told your intrepid blogger that why, yes, his new organization, Democracy for America, did intend to seat delegates at the Democratic National Convention this summer. "We want to seat as many of our people as possible," said the former presidential candidate. And what of the Democratic Party platform, Governor? "We expect them to be involved in the platform hearings," he added.
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Now, the reason one would do this is to insert enough of one's own agenda (say, opposition to the war in Iraq, or outreach to guys with Confederate flag stickers on the back of their pick-up trucks) into that of the Democratic Party, so as to remake the party in one's own image. As noted in a previous posting, we asked the governor whether or not he intended to use his new organization to take over the party, to which he replied that his goal was to take over the country.
Oh, please forgive, dear reader; we got so excited by the intrigue we so successfully incited that we forgot to mention the purpose of Dean's dial-up media bang. Democracy for America is poised to announce its support for 12 candidates for national office. Can't wait to see who they pick. Honest.


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I have been comparing prices on rug shampooers and cleaners for months now, trying to commit (on average) $200.00 to the dream of having a *really* clean carpet (my husband and I both have allergies) year-round. Has anyone out there used the Cleaning Machine from Kobletz that is currently on infomercial? (or if you have a retail machine, which, and do you like it?)
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We have two kids with asthma and live in a mobile home with rugs on every floor. Four times a year or more, my husband and I clean the rugs with our Big Green Machine. It cost $129 new and has saved us not only on cleaning bills, but on doctor bills, prescriptions, pain and suffering. It's easy to use, has stood up to four years' use with no problems and came with clear instructions. I'd recommend it to anyone with allergies, who doesn't mind spending time and doing a little work to save money on rug cleaning. And btw, we had our rugs professionally cleaned just before we got the BGCM and they were no cleaner than we get them with it. We got our machine at Damark on sale. Sometimes they have refurbished ones even cheaper and they have a no questions asked thirty day guarantee.
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I have used both the carpet cleaners that you have to hook up to the sink and that have their own containers for the liquids. I find the self-contained models much easier to use and less likely to overflow too! I have a Hoover Steam Vac with rotating brushes now and like it. It has returned some area rugs in my home to near-new condition; not an easy task with three dogs and Georgia red clay in the yard! It is fairly light, easy to use and assemble, and seems effective too. I also find some simple and cheap household pine cleaners diluted into the reservoir are just as effective as the commercial mixes. Just test them first on the underside or an inconspicuous corner to make sure they don't discolor your rugs though. Check with neighbors to see if anyone wants to either "rent" the machine from you on occasion or go in with you to purchase it. Good luck!
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I own an Electrolux. It is easy and simple. The cap is a built in measuring device, and there is a clear marked line for adding the right amount of water. I bought it 7 years ago for $200 and then gave it to my sister since now I have hard wood floors. It stores easy and cleans well. I would not suggest a "Steam" cleaner. I had one by some company and when I ripped the carpet up, it was nasty and the carpet guys said it was from my "Steam" cleaner. He said all the water never gets picked up. The Electrolux Cleans with Dry chemicals and brushes on top of the carpet. It kept my carpets clean and dis infected
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We recently "sucked it up" and bought Bissell's PowerSteamer. It has been a God-send!! We researched the information on all carpet cleaners as best we could and found that for the price, the Bissell promised the most. Subsequently, we've found it delivers, too. The carpets are *noticeably* cleaner, and the solution can be bought inexpensively at Sam's Club by the gallon. We figured out what we would have paid to have the carpets professionally cleaned as many times as we have done it ourselves, and the machine has already paid for itself after 3 cleanings!! We heartily recommend this machine.
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A cheaper cleanser to use other than brand name that matches the rented steamers. Try Clorox2 for colors. I works great and smells great too. And it's a third of the brand name brands.
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I refuse to put steam or water onto my carpets. Try HOST CARPET CLEANING SYSTEM. available for rental at fine furniture stores or larger hardware stores. HOST consists of a substance that feels and looks like damp corn meal. You toss a handful around (directions on the box) and then use the rental brush (electric) that "grinds" (not a good word!) it down into the carpet. Let it sit for specified amount of time until the "cornmeal" feels dry to the touch and turns white then vacuum up with your vacuum cleaner. Worked for my parents - works for me!
-- Cynthia C.
Find a Commercial Machine
I have a used commercial floor scrubber machine I bought at a school board auction for $15 that would have cost $400 new. It didn't work because the wire in the plug had come apart. I fixed it with a screw driver. I bought from Hesco janitorial company a shampoo kit for this machine. It requires a special brush with a connecter and a shampoo tank with a hose. This was about $100 or so. For shampoo I use a no residue chemical that dries as a crystal powder around the dirt particles which can be vacuumed up when dry. several companies make this. A $12 carpet rake does wonders for restoring the pile. A spray bottle and a scrub brush are useful for pretreating spots. The most important tool is a good vacuum before you clean. Don't go with a cheaply made household shampooer. They aren't worth it. My machine cost less and does a lot more, and will outlast the household models even though mine was used. If you can't find one the way I did you might try a commercial janitorial supply. They may have a reconditioned one or may know of someone who has a used one for sale. They may also be able to rent you one to try out. Do not rent an extraction (steam) machine. They only work well when they are big truck mounted machines. The rental extractors do not have enough suction to pull out the moisture, leaving a gooky mess to breed in your carpet.
-a former janitor
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I was a ServiceMaster carpet cleaning owner/operator for 4 yrs and just want to alert any do-it-yourselfer to always final rinse carpets with hot, *clean* water....i.e., do not add soap or cleaner to the rinse tank!
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Bittersweet MemoriesOur seats were unbelievable and we only paid for general admission that night in Charlotte. We could see the band come in and out of the stage below, great close up views of the Edge playing the guitar. This was a lot of love--and innocence--at the concert, little did any of us know that our world would be turned upside down in less than 6 months on 9.11.01.


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Happy March, my friends!
It's another NEW month, new idea and new post here! I have been thinking about having a regular challenge in my little old blog in the last while. It all started right after Cath made her announcement that she is leaving Moxie Fab. I missed Cath and her witty and beautiful posts. One of them was the regular Tuesday Trigger. I miss how the inspiring photo prompted us to make something different and out of our norm. I truly miss that! I am not trying to do what Cath did, but I think we can continue to be inspired by the essence from Tuesday Trigger. So, with that in mind, I am going to try to do a monthly challenge!
Introducing.... Virginia's View Challenge!
Why water-coloring, you ask? As a stamper, I have never thought I could/would use water-coloring in stamped cards because I am not artistic and talented enough. However, with some amazing stamps, this goal can be somehow achieved! Last year, water-coloring was all the rage! It can be seen in web designs, fashion, advertisement, packaging...etc. Perhaps I am also craving for colors as it has been a long, miserable and harsh winter here in North America.
These are my humble goals that I am aiming to achieve:
Supplies: distress inks, TH water brush by Ranger, Basic Grey paper, gold strings ( Michael's), Hero Arts Stamp, SRM Stickers (bottom sentiment)
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Radio control (often abbreviated to R/C or simply RC) is the use of radio signals to military, and scientific research organizations make use of radio-controlled vehicles as well.
In 1898 at an exhibition at Madison Square Garden Nikola Tesla demonstrated a small unmanned boat that was radio controlled. In a bit of showmanship Tesla entertained the audience to make it seem that the boat could apparently obey commands from the audience but was in fact controlled by Tesla interpreting the verbal requests and sending appropriate frequencies to tuned circuits in the boat.[1] John Hays Hammond Jr is regarded as the father of radio control due to experiments as an apprentice of Thomas Edison at the age of twelve. Hammond was a close friend of Tesla and they performed experiments together in his lab located in his castle. He learned a great deal from his exposure to Tesla. Tesla was granted a US patent on this invention on July 1st, 1898.[2] In 1903, the Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres y Quevedo presented the "Telekino" at the Paris Academy of Science, and was granted a patent in France, Spain, Great Britain and the United States.[3] In 1904, Bat, a Windermere steam launch, was controlled using experimental radio control by its inventor, Jack Kitchen.
In 1909 the French inventor Gabet demonstrated what he called his "Torpille Radio-Automatique", a radio controlled torpedo.[4] In 1917, Archibald Low as head of the RFC Experimental Works, was the first person to use radio control successfully on an aircraft.
In the 1920s, various radio-controlled ships were used for naval artillery target practice. In 1922, the obsolete, US Navy battleship USS Iowa became the first of these target ships.[5] Radio control gear, developed by the radio engineer John Hays Hammond, Jr., was installed before her sinking in gunnery exercise in March 1923.
The Soviet Red Army used remotely controlled teletanks during the 1930s in the Winter War against Finland and fielded at least two teletank battalions at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. A teletank is controlled by radio from a control tank at a distance of 500–1,500 meters, the two constituting a telemechanical group. There were also remotely controlled cutters and experimental remotely controlled planes in the Red Army. In the 1930s Britain developed the radio controlled Queen Bee, a remotely controlled unmanned Tiger Moth aircraft for a fleet's gunnery firing practice. The Queen Bee was superseded by the similarly named Queen Wasp, a later, purpose built, target aircraft of higher performance.
Radio control was further developed during World War II, primarily by the Germans who used it in a number of missile projects. Their main effort was the development of radio-controlled missiles and glide bombs for use against shipping, a target that is otherwise both difficult and dangerous to attack. However, by the end of the war the Luftwaffe was having similar problems attacking Allied bombers, and developed a number of radio command guided anti-aircraft missiles, none of which saw service.
The effectiveness of the Luftwaffe's systems — primarily comprising the series of Telefunken Funk-Gerät (or FuG) 203 Kehl twin-axis, single joystick-equipped transmitters mounted in the deploying aircraft, and Telefunken's companion FuG 230 Straßburg receiver placed in the ordnance to be controlled during deployment — and used by both the Fritz X unpowered, armored anti-ship bomb, and the powered Henschel Hs 293 guided bomb, was greatly reduced by British efforts to jam their radio signals, eventually with American assistance. After initial successes, the British launched a number of commando raids to collect the missile radio sets. Jammers were then installed on British ships, and the weapons basically "stopped working". The German development teams then turned to wire guidance once they realized what was going on, but these systems were not ready for deployment until the war had already moved to France.
The German Kriegsmarine operated FL-Boote (ferngelenkte Sprengboote) which were radio controlled motor boats filled with explosives to attack enemy shipping from 1944.
Both the British and US also developed radio control systems for similar tasks, in order to avoid the huge anti-aircraft batteries set up around German targets. However, none of these systems proved usable in practice, and the one major US effort, Operation Aphrodite, proved to be far more dangerous to its users than to the target. The American Azon guided free-fall ordnance, however, did prove somewhat useful in both the European and CBI Theaters of World War II.
Radio control systems of this era were generally electromechanical in nature, using small metal "fingers" or "reeds" with different resonant frequencies each of which would operate one of a number of different relays when a particular frequency was received. The relays would in turn then activate various actuators acting on the control surfaces of the missile. The controller's radio transmitter would transmit the different frequencies in response to the movements of a control stick; these were typically on/off signals. The radio gear used to control the rudder function on the American-developed Azon guided ordnance, however, was a fully proportional control, with the "ailerons", solely under the control of an on-board gyroscope, serving merely to keep the ordnance from rolling.
These systems were widely used until the 1960s, when the increasing use of solid state systems greatly simplified radio control. The electromechanical systems using reed relays were replaced by similar electronic ones, and the continued miniaturization of electronics allowed more signals, referred to as control channels, to be packed into the same package. While early control systems might have two or three channels using amplitude modulation, modern systems include 20 or more using frequency modulation.
The first general use of radio control systems in models started in the early 1950s with single-channel self-built equipment; commercial equipment came later. The advent of transistors greatly reduced the battery requirements, since the current requirements at low voltage were greatly reduced and the high voltage battery was eliminated. In both tube and early transistor sets the model's control surfaces were usually operated by an electromagnetic escapement controlling the stored energy in a rubber-band loop, allowing simple on/off rudder control (right, left, and neutral) and sometimes other functions such as motor speed.[6]
Crystal-controlled superheterodyne receivers with better selectivity and stability made control equipment more capable and at lower cost. Multi-channel developments were of particular use to aircraft, which really needed a minimum of three control dimensions (yaw, pitch and motor speed), as opposed to boats, which required only two or one.
As the electronics revolution took off, single-signal channel circuit design became redundant, and instead radios provided proportionally coded signal streams which a servomechanism could interpret, using pulse-position modulation (PPM).
More recently, high-end hobby systems using Pulse-code modulation (PCM) features have come on the market that provide a computerized digital bit-stream signal to the receiving device, instead of the earlier PPM encoding type. However, even with this coding, loss of transmission during flight has become more common, in part because of the ever more wireless society. Some more modern FM-signal receivers that still use "PPM" encoding instead can, thanks to the use of more advanced computer chips in them, be made to lock onto and use the individual signal characteristics of a particular PPM-type RC transmitter's emissions alone, without needing a special "code" transmitted along with the control information as PCM encoding has always required.
In the early 21st century, 2.4 gigahertz spread spectrum RC control systems have become increasingly utilized in control of model vehicles and aircraft. Now, these 2.4 GHz systems are being made by most radio manufacturers. These radio systems range from a couple thousand dollars, all the way down to under US$30 for some. Some manufacturers even offer conversion kits for older digital 72 MHz receivers and radios. As the emerging multitude of 2.4 GHz band spread spectrum RC systems usually use a "frequency-agile" mode of operations, like FHSS that do not stay on one set frequency any longer while in use, the older "exclusive use" provisions at model flying sites needed for VHF-band RC control systems's frequency control, for VHF-band RC systems that only used one set frequency unless serviced to change it, are not as mandatory as before.
Remote control military applications are typically not radio control in the direct sense, directly operating flight control surfaces and propulsion power settings, but instead take the form of instructions sent to a completely autonomous, computerized automatic pilot. Instead of a "turn left" signal that is applied until the aircraft is flying in the right direction, the system sends a single instruction that says "fly to this point".
Some of the most outstanding examples of remote radio control of a vehicle are the Mars Exploration Rovers such as Sojourner.
Today radio control is used in industry for such devices as overhead cranes and switchyard locomotives. Radio-controlled teleoperators are used for such purposes as inspections, and special vehicles for disarming of bombs. Some remotely controlled devices are loosely called robots, but are more properly categorized as teleoperators since they do not operate autonomously, but only under control of a human operator.
An industrial radio remote control can either be operated by a person, or by a computer control system in a machine to machine (M2M) mode. For example, an automated warehouse may use a radio-controlled crane that is operated by a computer to retrieve a particular item. Industrial radio controls for some applications, such as lifting machinery, are required to be of a fail-safe design in many jurisdictions.[7]
Industrial remote controls work differently from most consumer products. When the receiver receives the radio signal which the transmitter sent, it checks it so that it is the correct frequency and that any security codes match. Once the verification is complete, the receiver sends an instruction to a relay which is activated. The relay activates a function in the application corresponding to the transmitters button. This could be to engage an electrical directional motor in an overhead crane. In a receiver there are usually several relays, and in something as complex as an overhead crane, perhaps up to 12 or more relays are required to control all directions. In a receiver which opens a gate, two relays are often sufficient.[8]
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Once upon a time, the works of William Hogarth characterized the English people. Works such as Gin Lane were not very exaggerated depictions of the general debauched and drunken state of the English people. For a short time, the Victorian reformers succeeded in creating a middle class morality, that for a year, resisted Adolf Hitler's forces, alone. Indeed, heroes such as Nicholas Winton were not only unknown, but common. Among the RAF, the Royal Navy, the Army, and among the British people who took the worst Hitler could hurl at them, and endured.
Now, in a tragedy written across the Western World, the British have fallen to this:
A Polish traveler took shocking pictures of his stay in Cardiff, Wales, showing just how debauched, depraved, and horrible the character of the British people have become. The links show party-goers sitting by mounds of fast food trash, transvestites, public drunks (so drunken they've fallen asleep), miserable, crying girls wearing almost nothing, general obesity among the populace, and older women dressing like younger folks instead of the dignity their age deserves. There are more pictures like this:
The Photographer's website with more images that are shocking is here
Nor is this an isolated "bad town" (Cardiff is a major city in Wales). The OECD report lists Britain as being worst in health, lifestyles, and education among 30 industrialized nations. UK Teenage girls (as the pictures at the Photographer's website will confirm) are among the worst drunks in the world. In drinking, smoking, and teenage pregnancy, only Turkey and Mexico rated worse than the UK. Underage teenagers are more likely to get drunk than any other country, and proportions of teen-age mothers and single mother families were among the highest of all nations in the survey. This despite the UK being above OECD averages in social spending, particularly on youth and education.
Drunken-ness is epidemic, with one third 13 and 15 year olds being drunk at least twice. This compares to 12 percent of Americans and 14 percent of French counterparts. Only 70% of English children live with both parents, which falls to 68% in Scotland and 66% in Wales. Drunkeness is particularly striking among teen-age girls, troubling as girls have a higher risk for alcoholism and drunken-ness encourages risky behavior.
Labor has responded by issuing credit cards for condoms to boys as young as 12. Police prevented neighbors and parents from rescuing children trapped in a fire result three dead. As Mary Steyn noted in England freedom dies a little each day.
Meanwhile, Britain is evolving into the first modern soft totalitarian state, with local trust officials arrested for writing in a newspaper column "If you are a black vegetarian Muslim asylum-seeking one-legged lesbian lorry driver, I want the same rights as you." A 14 year old schoolgirl was arrested for wanting to work with students in a group project who spoke English, as her group only spoke Urdu. A ten year old boy was arrested for calling an 11 year old boy a "Paki" and "bin Laden" during a playground argument at school.
Hate-crime police investigated Basil Brush, a puppet fox on children's television, who had made a joke about Gypsies. The BBC confessed that Brush had behaved inappropriately and assured police that the episode would be banned.
A bishop was warned by the police for not having done enough to "celebrate diversity", the enforcing of which is now apparently a police function. A Christian home for retired clergy and religious workers lost a grant because it would not reveal to official snoopers how many of the residents were homosexual. That they had never been asked was taken as evidence of homophobia.
Muslim parents who objected to young children being given books advocating same-sex marriage and adoption at one school last year had their wishes respected and the offending material withdrawn. This year, Muslim and Christian parents at another school objecting to the same material have not only had their objections ignored but have been threatened with prosecution if they withdraw their children.
Permissiveness as well as draconianism can be deployed to destroy socially accepted norms and values. The Royal Navy, for instance, has installed a satanist chapel in a warship to accommodate the proclivities of a satanist crew member. "What would Nelson have said?" is a British newspaper cliche about navy scandals, but in this case seems a legitimate question. Satanist paraphernalia is also supplied to prison inmates who need it.
Meanwhile, a British soccer player has been stabbed in the legs by his sister's boyfriend and associates. The West Ham Premier League player is intensive care, may have both his legs amputated, and nearly bled to death. His mother was also stabbed (the player objected to the relationship between his sister and her boyfriend, by whom she is pregnant with her second child). Appearing at the arraignment sporting a black eye, sister Cara Davenport mouthed "I love you" to Worrell Whitehurst, the accused. Another report of the incident may be found here. The father of Cara Davenport's first child is notorious armed robber Neville Knight who is serving a life sentence for robbing security vans and supermarkets, along with his latest girlfriend, who got 10 years for helping in the robberies.
One can argue that the natural state of British life is Hogarthian dissolution. Certainly French, Italian, Spanish, and German visitors who were contemporaries of Hogarth were appalled at the public drunken-ness and displays, which even to the early 18th century sensibilities of their time, was distasteful. But the Victorians were able, through much hard work and cultural messages, to generally reform British life. Sherlock Holmes stories are filled with Holmes, Watson, and other characters carrying revolvers around their persons, and life while rough and often filled with crime, was never debauched to this current level. Indeed, while 19th Century Victorian Britons held revolvers and other weapons, they were in fact used fairly infrequently, as opposed to the crime waves of today's Britain with frequent firearms-enabled robberies. Such as Knight's robberies of Astra Supermarkets.
The moral dissolution and the soft tyranny of the nanny state are one and the same. Men and Women behave abominably, in equal measure, as seen in the pictures on the Polish photographer's (Maciej Dakowitz) website, or the stories linked above. The State is unwilling to address the root cause of the bad behavior, which is a culture of corruption and dissolution. Money is not the problem, the mounds of (expensive) fast food around the drunken, often obese Cardiff revelers, and the money spent on youth, according the OECD reports, attest to poverty not being the cause of moral dissolution. Instead, to be seen as "doing something" the State issues rules that only affect the law-abiding. Only law-abiding people obey the police as the fire races through their neighbors house. A lawless society would have simply shoved aside (or shot with illegal firearms) the police and rescued their neighbors or family members. Only the lawful obey PC arrest orders for violating the PC-Multicultural "state religion." Meanwhile every sort of bad behavior is celebrated. Excused. Explained away.
The Victorians were able to win a victory (for a while) over Hogarthian England, by creation of the Middle Class. As any reader of a Sherlock Holmes story can verify, this victory was not absolute even in the height of Victorian powers, and eventually faded away into a reversion into Hogarthian England. But Middle Class men and women, focused on that Victorian invention, the Middle Class family, oriented around children, and grand-children, and solid, respectable, Middle Class achievement, was capable of great things. It was capable of producing a man like Nicolas Winton, who rescued 669 Jewish Schoolchildren in Czechoslovakia from the Nazis, and did not speak of it even to his wife for forty years. The solid, Middle Class respectability produced a nation, capable of fighting alone for a year against Adolf Hitler's War Machine, without any hope of victory, and at great cost. Withstanding the Blitz that leveled half of London and other British Cities, including destroying Coventry, and near-starvation from the Nazi U-Boats sinking British shipping. This was the true strength of a society oriented around "beta male" respectability. It was not able to excite women like Cara Davenport through thuggery, nor produce the general attitude of debauchery found in Cardiff. But when it counted, it stood against perhaps the most mighty and evil war machine for a year, alone.
Nothing is more tragic than it's disappearance from the Earth. It's loss, and that of Middle Class two-parent families, creating the hell that is Hogarthian England, once again.


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Got To Hang Around
Big win last night, especially after coughing it up in the ninth. This team is resilient and they will need to continue that way with Chase and Polly now on the DL.
Gosh, the starting second baseman, third baseman, catcher, a starting pitcher and a two key bullpen pieces are all on the DL. That's pretty heavy. Guess we'll just have to hang around like possums and monkeys until the DL is clear.
Valdez certainly has stepped up from being a non-roster spring training invitee. Had one homer in 342 major league at bats before this season. The guy's played in 20 different cities in the states plus the Dominican, Korea and Japan. That's a lot of different uniforms. He, too, can be called resilient.
Last season, he was in the Mets' minor league system until Reyes was sidelined for the rest of the season with a knee injury. This season, he's been a fill-in for J-Roll and now for Chase.
After today's game, the Phillies head for four games with the Pirates in Pittsburgh. It is a very easy road trip, as far as a lifestyle. No middle of the morning arrivals. They got to Cincinnati on Sunday night at 7:45 p.m., are scheduled to land in Pittsburgh at 7 this evening and be back home at 7:30 on Sunday night.
On to Anaheim
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What possessed me to think this was a good idea? I mean how does a guy with little to no racing experience decide to race Cross. They don't make low enough categories for guys like me. Unlike mountain or road racing Cross offers little in the way of recovery. Me? I need all the recovery I can get. Not once have I ever considered lactate threshold or ideal heart rate. I simply ride to ride. And to drink beer guilt free.
Several years ago I attended my first cross race as a way to expand my photographic portfolio. I expected to see stereotypical type A's riding around in circles and getting "dirty". I expected great action shots, I never expected to see people just as intent on tapping kegs as making the starting line on time. I certainly did not expect to see people having fun. Yet here were 100s of people who obviously subscribed to my way of thinking. Most of my adult life has been fashioned after two mottos "It doesn't have to be fun to be fun" and "There is such a thing as a good kind of hurt". Needless to say I was intrigued.
Shortly thereafter I purchased my first cross bike. I began to take it on all my local singletrack and the trails came alive. Riding Cross for me was always a ride on the edge of disaster. Cantis instead of discs, 38/26 instead of 22/34. Hook, line, and sinker. I left the racing for the guys with single digit body fat. I was having as much fun as they were and never had to shell out an entry fee.
So then, why am I toeing the line with 30 or so strangers waiting to suffer? Curiosity more than anything. Cycling forums tout the sheer joy and pain of racing cross and in my experience as a spectator I had to agree with them. Plus it was only 45 minutes and who among us cannot suffer for 45 minutes. The thing about time, however, is that it is all relative. For instance 45 minutes on a date with a sultry vixen flys by, conversely 45 minutes with your heart rate pegged and your legs exploding seems to last for days.
Too late to turn back now. No fake mechanical is gonna save my sorry ass. Were off. I sprinted off the line as I wanted to run with the lead pack for at least one lap. Oh well one-tenth of a lap would have to do. By the time I finished the first lap I was worked but had no visions of giving up. By the second lap I wanted to puke. Luckily, I don't bother with such things as cyclocomputers or heart rate monitors. Had I seen what my heart was probably doing I would have more than likely ridden straight to the ER. By the last lap I had reached the "it doesn't have to be fun to be fun" zone. My 5yr old son was propelling me around the course with shouts of "Go, Daddy, go!". How could I disappoint? Unfortunately little boys have no concept of lactic acid and exploding heart rates. All he would understand was daddy quit. So I persevered. The last lap was the best and I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. The barriers were no longer obstacles, merely minor inconveniences, my legs no longer hurt, they were just numb. I have no idea what my lap times were but I would guarantee my that last lap was definitely my fastest. And in keeping with Cross the finish line was at the top of the hill. I rolled across somewhere between first and last (closer to last) and right over to my son. "Daddy, did you win?" was all I got.
Biggest lesson learned was that all the technical skills in the world do not make up for a lack of fitness. And while I don't plan on getting a heart rate monitor or cutting back on beer consumption, you can bet you will see me on the line next weekend. If you find yourself off the back in the Cat 4s, say hello. I will more than likely be the guy right behind you.


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It's All About Teh Blizzcon (and the subsequent vacation)
I was half tempted to use a picture of the lineups, but I was worried that no one would understand the image choice.
It's almost time to stand in line with ten thousand other geeks to pick up my Blizzcon package! I had so much fun last year that the bar for this year is set high. I'm hoping it doesn't disappoint.
All my guildies suck and aren't going, so I will be looking for a foster guild for the weekend. I assure you that I am not too whiny (as long as I'm fed) and won't get into fights (unless it's over food). If you see me and recognize me (I'm easy to spot: I'm a tall, skinny blonde chick and I'll be hanging out with a tall, loud redhead), don't be shy. Come on over and say hi. Don't worry about seeming creepy or anything. I can't recognize faces, ever, so I'll be all polite and act like I know you regardless.
The best thing about Blizzcon is, of course, the parties.
The plan is to hit WoW Insider/Wowhead at the Anabella on Thursday night and Twisted Nether on Friday night at Bar Louie. Both parties are usually a hit – WoW Insider will be PACKED with geeky goodness, and TNB will be a tad more intimate, with friendly, familiar faces all around.
Saturday night is still up in the air. Maybe we'll hit the Hilton party, or maybe we'll take off for some booty-shaking at a local dance club. I haven't been dancing in what feels like forever! It's time we remedy that.
Post-Blizzcon Odyssey
I wouldn't be me if I hadn't decided to turn Blizzcon into a two week backpacking vacation! Here's the plan:
1- Phoenix
2- El Paso
3- San Antonio
4- New Orleans
Two weeks is short, so unfortunately thats as far as I can get before having to head back to work. But if you find yourself in one of those cities shortly after Blizzcon and would like to go for a drink (or even better, if you find yourself with the irresistible urge to buy ME a drink!), give me a holler!
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12 Comments on "It's All About Teh Blizzcon (and the subsequent vacation)"
October 17, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Jealous! I'm hoping to make it to the con next year. But I say that every year.
New Orleans is my absolutely favorite place in the US aside from my beloved home in NYC. The autumn is a great time to visit NOLA – you'll have a blast! 🙂
October 17, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Lucky me, I live 45 min from Blizzcon. Looking forward to all the fun stuff.
October 17, 2011 at 2:10 pm
I live a long, long way from Blizzcon, so no chance of going at all. Shame because it would be nice to experience it, I hope you have a great time!
October 18, 2011 at 12:46 pm
When you get to Phoenix, lemme know! 🙂
October 18, 2011 at 6:24 pm
You are always welcome to hang out with us all weekend 🙂
October 20, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Ah, I want to go! Like, so bad!
Seriously, sound like such a good time. Anyway, I'm going for the next best thing. Obviously the virtual ticket! In which I am going to be Live Blogging the whole event to those without either XD
Have fun! I want a geek party 😦
– Jamin
October 29, 2011 at 7:37 pm
I wish I came this year, never been to any Blizzcon yet. Hopefully next year. =)


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Carlisle's Marine, Inc. has been serving the boating needs of Delaware since 1946. Founded by Merle Carlisle, the company began in Newark as a part-time business building 12'-16' wooden runabouts. In 1949, Merle and Carlisle's Marine became an official Mercury Outboard dealer. The retail store was built on a piece of adjoining property as the company expanded.
The business continued to grow, and in 1950, Merle's son Merle Jr. came on board, taking part in the family business. Carlisle's Marine had expanded into selling factory-built wooden boats by well-known names including Trojan, Penn Yann, and Owens. As inboard/outboard motors came on the market, Carlisle's Marine took on the challenge. Few boats would accept the new equipment, so our team would acquire the original outboard versions and completely rebuild the transom to install the new inboard/outboards.
The business continued to grow, and in the mid-1980s Merle Jr.'s son Rick Carlisle joined the company, continuing the family tradition. Together, they expanded into sales of new boats and products including fishing boats, pleasure boats, and fishing tackle, making Carlisle's Marine the area's go-to source for nautical needs in Delaware.
Carlisle's Marine finally outgrew the original location on Churchman's Rd in Newark, and moved thirty miles south to our current location in Smyrna, Delaware. Our new facility houses our growing business, allowing us to expand further into more boating and aquatic merchandise including accessories, crabbing supplies, tackle, bait, and even hunting gear.
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About me, I tried to quickly describe the importance of packaging for the whole distribution, then invited interested parties to gather in another room for a practical session. For this, I restructured an older presentation I gave about packaging, adding more workshop type material from both Tom Callaway and Miroslav Suchy. The resulting practical session lasted well beyond the original schedule of one hour, but I think it was well received, and the few but very interested users asked many questions and raised interesting topics for further discussion.
Of course, no event is complete without a good team dinner. And in fact we had a nice one, where we commented the day and discussed plans for the next events in front of pizza and beers. Like these:
My personal PRO/CON list
PRO: location. Very nice and spacious. I think it was evaluated for the 2011 FUDCon in Milan but for some reason it did not work.
PRO: presenters. I never saw them in 'action'
PRO: organization. Marina and Gabriele anticipated every possible need, so the sessions run smoothly.
CON: concurrency. We need to try it again on a different date, without competing with other Linux related events in other cities (this surely prevented some contributors from traveling)
CON: the University have a policy of 'no signs out of bullettin boards'. This made directing the people to the event more difficult than it should be. We could buy some outdoor standing Fedora banners, and use them to direct people in cases like this.
CON: tight schedule. Practical sessions lasts longer than regular talks, so we were forced to do it concurrently with other talks. I hope next time we can do a full day event with a single track so people do not need to pick just one (and I will not miss friends' talks!)


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The US's African command, Africom, is expecting to provide support for the planned west African military intervention in northern Mali, a top US general said on Wednesday. According to US intelligence, any military intervention force will encounter an estimated 800-1200 "hardcore" fighters.
Interview: US General Carter Ham
"It won't be a surprise to us," US Africa Command General Carter Ham told RFI. "It's likely that they'll ask us for some assistance in intelligence. It's likely they will ask us for some help in logistics, equipping the force."
Ham says they are ready to "seriously consider" any requests, although nothing specific has been asked for yet. He expects those discussions to take place when the Ecowas grouping of west African countries presents its plan for military invention to the UN Security Council.
The head of the US Africa Command says their intelligence from the region is "imperfect", but they estimate there are between 800-1,200 "hardcore" fighters in northern Mali as well as "supporting entities and sympathisers".
The African Union has backed the Ecowas plan to send 3,300 troops into northern Mali. It will be discussed by the UN Security Council before the end of the year.
A number of armed groups have occupied Mali's northern territory since a military coup in March. According to Ham, the most worrying of those is Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim).
"Ultimately if left unaddressed, this terrorist network will present an imminent threat to my country and to others," he says.
It is "very likely" that some of the fighters who participated in the attacks on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi, in which ambassador Chris Stevens was killed, had "some linkages" to Aqim.
Ham says that Africom has "clear indications" of Aqim working with the Nigerian armed Islamist group Boko Haram.
"Aqim is in our estimation Al-Qaeda's best financed affiliate," he says.
But the general is unsure that providing air support for the military intervention in northern Mali will be called for.
"When you start to get into capabilities that are very visible and very kinetic, the question of being African-led needs to be addressed," he says. "But that certainly needs to be a consideration."
Ham does not entertain any discussion of using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, over northern Mali. Neither does he confirm or deny that bases in Nema, Mauritania, or Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, would be convenient for providing US support.
He is also cautious about what training for Malian troops the US could provide. He says the US is legally prevented from training soldiers from the Malian army because leaders of March's military coup remain in positions of influence within the government.
"We're certainly looking for indications that the interim Malian government recognises that the presence of the military coup leaders is unhelpful," says the four-star general. "At least for the United States it presents a legal barrier to interaction."
Ham says that Algeria will play a "key" role to helping to resolve the crisis, whether there is Ecowas military intervention or not. Algeria opposes the use of armed force in Mali.
Algeria's suggestion of separating those groups with political aims and those with "terrorist motivations" could be a way forward, he believes.
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Digitalization of the power business: How to make this work?
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As a result of the digitalization of the power business in Norway and Europa, a lot of new possibilities and challenges arise. In 2014 an expert committee one outlined a proposal for the future grid company structure in Norway (Reiten, 2014). In addition, new technologies are being implemented in the system. Wind power, solar power, un-regulated small hydro power production, battery storage domestic ...


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Clapper: No intelligence failure in Ukraine
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Speaking to radio station WTOP in Washington, D.C., Clapper disputed statements by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and others that Russia's actions in Ukraine exposed a "massive failure" by U.S. intelligence failures.
Clapper told WTOP: "I have lived through some genuine intelligence failures in my career and this was not a failure by any stretch."
He also said: "We were following closely the political and economic developments in Ukraine. We spoke to it in our statement for the record at the time and as the situation unfolded with the Russians."


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In preparing Portugal's sovereign debt restructuring model through maturity extension, we followed the same methodology as the Greece's sovereign debt maturity extension model and we have built three scenarios in which the restructuring can be done without taking a haircut on the principal amount.
- Restructuring 1 – Under this scenario, we assumed that the creditors with debt maturing between 2010 and 2020 will exchange their existing debt securities with new debt securities having same coupon rate but double the maturity. Under this type of restructuring, the decline in present value of cash flows to creditors is 3.3% while the cumulated funding requirements and cumulated new debt between 2010 and 2025 are not reduced substantially. The cumulated funding requirement between 2010 and 2025 reduces to 120.0% of GDP against 135.4% of GDP if there is no restructuring. The cumulated new debt raised is reduced marginally to 70.6% of GDP from 72.2% of GDP if there is no restructuring. Debt at the end of 2025 will be 104.8% of GDP against 106.1% if there is no restructuring
- Restructuring 2 – Under this scenario, we assumed that the creditors with debt maturing between 2010 and 2020 will exchange their existing debt securities with new debt securities having half the coupon rate but double the maturity. The decline in the present value of the cash flows is 18.6%. The cumulated funding requirement between 2010 and 2025 reduces to a potentially sustainable 99.5% of GDP and the cumulated new debt raised will decline to 50.1% of GDP. Debt at the end of 2025 will be 88.6% of GDP (a potentially sustainable).
- Restructuring 3 – Under this scenario, the debt maturing between 2010 and 2020 will be rolled up into one bundle and exchanged against a single, self-amortizing 20-year bond with coupon equal to 50% of the average coupon rate of the converted bonds. The decline in the present value of the cash flows is 17.6%. The cumulated funding requirement between 2010 and 2025 reduces to 100.1% of GDP and the cumulated new debt raised will decline to 52.8% of GDP. Debt at the end of 2025 will be 90.9% of GDP (a potentially sustainable).
We have also built in the impact of IMF/EU aid on the funding requirements and new debt raised from the market between 2010 and 2025 under all the scenarios.
A more realistic method of modeling for restructuring and haircuts
In the previously released Greece and Portugal models, we have built relatively moderate scenarios of maturity extension and coupon reduction which would be acceptable to a large proportion of creditors. However, these restructurings address the liquidity side of the problem rather than solvency issues which can be resolved only when the government debt ratios are restored to sustainable levels. The previous haircut estimation model was also based on the logic that the restructuring of debt should aim at bringing down the debt ratios and addition to debt ratios to more sustainable levels. In the earlier Greece maturity extension model, the government debt at the end of 2025 under restructuring 1, 2 and 3 is expected to stand at 154.4%, 123.7% and 147.0% of GDP which is unsustainably high.
Thus, the following additional spreadsheet scenarios have been built for more severe maturity extension and coupon reduction, or which will have the maturity extension and coupon reduction combined with the haircut on the principal amount. The following is professional level subscscription content only, but I would like to share with all readers the facts, as they play out mathematically, for Portugal. In all of the scenarios below, Portugal will need both EU/IMF funding packages (yes, in addition to the $1 trillion package fantasized for Greece), and will still have funding deficits by 2014, save one scenario. That scenario will punish bondholders severely, for they will have to stand behind the IMF in terms of seniority and liquidation (see How the US Has Perfected the Use of Economic Imperialism Through the European Union!) as well as take in excess of a 20% haircut in principal while suffering the added risk/duration/illiquidity of a substantive and very material increase in maturity. Of course, we can model this without the IMF/EU package (which I am sure will be a political nightmare after Greece), but we will be recasting the "The Great Global Macro Experiment, Revisited" in and attempt to forge a New Argentina (see A Comparison of Our Greek Bond Restructuring Analysis to that of Argentina).
Here is graphical representation of exactly how deep one must dig Portugal out of the Doo Doo in order to achieve a sustainable fiscal situation. The following chart is a depiction of Portugal's funding requirements from the market before restructuring...
This is the same country's funding requirements after a restructuring using the same scenario "4" described above...
And this is the depiction of new debt to be raised from the market before restructuring...
And after using the scenario "4" described above... For all of you Americans who remember that government sponsored TV commercial, "This is your brain on drugs. Any Questions?"
The full spreadsheet behind all of the calculations, scenarios, bond holdings and calculations can be viewed online here (click this link) by professional level subscribers. Click here to subscribe or upgrade.
Please be sure to read up on our full Pan European Sovereign Debt Crisis analysis, which is freely available to everyone. Coming up next are a more realistic recast of Greece's restructuring scenarios (with the goal of attaining GDP/Debt ratios below 100%, as well as similar research for Spain, Italy and Ireland.


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