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For more than 15 years, Foresight has been pushing a nanotechnology-based agenda. In the beginning, that meant mostly supporting investigations into the technical validity of nanotechnology as a concept, and accepting writing and speaking engagements to spread the idea that this would be a good technology for us to develop. As we're all aware, research in molecular science has taken on a life of its own, and scarcely a week goes by without some mention of a major advance in the field.
The Foresight Board and staff are now in a position to reconsider our organization's focus for the coming years, since we do not have to spend as much time defending nanotechnology to newcomers. We have an opportunity to examine our mission and retool it to fit the current and imminent circumstances, and this is exactly what we are going to do.
On June 15, 2001, the Foresight Board of Directors, the staff, and several advisors self-assembled to discuss Foresight's future. We emerged with a plan for improving the visibility of Foresight operations, avenues for augmenting our funding sources, and a common vision statement for the coming years.
We still intend to maintain our efforts to be an educational resource for new members. As you may have come to expect from us, we had an ambitious agenda for a mere weekend's worth of work. Despite the scope of the agenda, most items were discussed and tentatively resolved. We hope to share our progress with you in a future issue of the Update , so stay tuned for more information.
Our preparations for the next technical conference are well underway. The Keynote speaker will be James Murday of the Naval Research Laboratory. Dr. James Murday is the Executive Secretary to the Nanometer Science Engineering and Technology Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council. A former president of the American Vacuum Society (AVS), Dr. Murday helped establish the Nanometer Science/ Technology Division of the AVS.
Confirmed speakers include Uzi Landman of Georgia Tech, winner of the Foresight's 2000 Feynman Prize for theoretical work; Stan Williams of Hewlett-Packard Labs, co-recipient of the 2000 Feynman Prize for experimental progress; James Spencer of Syracuse University; Chris Gorman of NC State; and many more.
Our program this year will also include a panel on venture capital opportunities in nanotechnology. This year's tutorial will cover molecular electronics, biological machines and materials, carbon nanotubes, and nanoscale materials chemistry.
Registration is open (http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT9/RegInfo.html), and you should consider reserving your seat early.
As many of you are aware, Foresight hosted a recent Gathering in Palo Alto, CA. Foresight's primary sponsors -- our Senior Associates -- came from all directions to discuss the implications of nanotechnology, machine intelligence, economics, and action. We are still sifting through the results, and new data is being posted to the Senior Associate website every week.
For those of you who attended this meeting, I'd like to encourage you to forward me any notes you may have that you would like included in the website archive. Comments, modifications, and additions should also be emailed to me at firstname.lastname@example.com. We expect the depth in this part of the site to continue to grow for a while, so check back with the website every so often for new material.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the participants and volunteers for their tireless efforts during the event. You have given us much information to consider, and our vision of the future is already changing as a result. You gave us so many products, projects, and processes to consider, that it is hard to select just a few.
I'd also like to thank Senior Associate John Bashinski for his conversion of the many Gathering audio tapes to digital files. He is responsible for helping our members to hear the talks they missed.
Engines 2001
Foresight President Christine Peterson has completed the outline for her next book. Not strictly a sequel to the book by K. Eric Drexler, Engines of Creation, this book will discuss the impact of accelerating technological change, addressing some of the sociological upheaval that is on the horizon. Chris hopes to help us avert some of the destructive issues that might arise with the broad application of technology to surveillance, computer security, biotechnology and medicine.
This outline is available at: (http://nanodot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/22/2054219). Comments are being collected on the draft, and Chris hopes to collect examples and analogies for incorporation into the book. Readers are encouraged to make suggestions for material to include on Nanodot or to annotate the draft using Crit.
Nanodot Update
Our busy friends at Slashdot have released another version of their code. Dave Krieger is already working to install this upgraded version to our website at http://www.nanodot.org. Changes to the code are described at http://slashcode.com/docs/CHANGES.
Tanya Jones is Foresight's Director of Communications. You can eMail her at email@example.com
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The Institute for Molecular Manufacturing will offer four new annual prizes in computational nanotechnology, one each in the fields of design, analysis, rendering, and simulation. The Prizes will be presented in person at the annual Foresight Feynman Prize presentation ceremony at the Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology. The four winning projects each year will automatically be nominated for the next Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (Theoretical).
The goal of this program is rapid advance and iteration, so the IMM Prizes do not require journal publication. Incremental improvements to prior designs, including those originally produced by others, are explicitly encouraged.
Special consideration will be given for analysis or designs that contribute to system security or component mechanisms designed specifically to prevent abuse (refer to the Foresight Guidelines on Molecular Nanotechnology for several specific mechanisms). This consideration may not come up in the early days of the Prizes, but is expected to be increasingly important as designs advance.
Details are available on the IMM website.
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Niehaus Ryan Wong (NRW), a leading Silicon Valley public relations firm co-founded by Ed Niehaus, and Scott Mize have teamed up to create the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report (NOR). Both are long-time Foresight Institute Senior Associates. The NOR is the first research report to focus on the near-term business opportunities in nanotechnology. The report is being published by NRW's Business Intelligence Bureau. Mize, an entrepreneur and advisor to early stage technology companies, is serving as the Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the NOR. The Board of Advisors also includes Foresight insiders Ralph Merkle, Neil Jacobstein and David Forrest, among others.
The NOR is designed to be a valuable tutorial and reference for anyone interested in the business of nanotechnology. The primary audiences for the report are investors, corporate executives, entrepreneurs and technologists who need to understand how nanotechnology is taking shape.
The NOR establishes a framework for understanding nanotechnology, identifies those areas that have short-term commercial potential and provides key information on the most important organizations in the field.
The report provides a brief history and introduction to nanotechnology, including the areas of molecular electronics and nanomaterials; an overview of the current business landscape; a summary of the industries that will be impacted in the near term; profiles of companies in the field, including large corporations with significant initiatives, public and private companies; profiles of key university and government research centers; profiles of organizations which are funding nanotechnology, including venture capital investors, corporations and government agencies; and a bibliography of publications and websites.
The NOR will be available on October 1, 2001 at a price of $995 to the general public. NRW is taking pre-publication orders at a discounted price of $695 until August 31, 2001. Current Foresight Institute Senior Associates can receive a special discounted price of $595 until August 31, 2001. The report can be ordered by calling Patty Ellgen at 650-827-7045 in the U.S., or by sending an email to email@example.com.
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A Rand Corporation "foresight" report on "The Global Technology Revolution: Bio/Nano/Materials Trends and Their Synergies with Information Technology by 2015" examines the potential effects of several technological trends over the next 15 years.
As described by the authors in their introduction, the report covers "[a] number of significant technology-related trends appear poised to have major global effects by 2015. These trends are being influenced by advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, materials technology, and information technology . . . [the] implications are varied and can include social, political, economic, environmental, or other factors. In many cases, the significance of these technologies appears to depend on the synergies afforded by their combined advances as well as on their interaction with the so-called information revolution."
Although the authors feel "the present period in molecular manufacturing research is extremely exciting", their basic conclusion about advanced nanotechnology is rather cautious:
"Although molecular manufacturing holds the promise of significant global changes . . . it remains the least concrete of the technologies discussed here. Significant progress has been made, however, in the development of component technologies within the first regime of molecular manufacturing, where objects might be constructed from simple molecules and manufactured in a short amount of time via parallel atomic force microprobes or from simple self-assembled structures. Although the building blocks for these systems currently exist only in isolation at the research stage, it is certainly reasonable to expect that an integrated capability could be developed over the next 15 years . . . A series of important breakthroughs could certainly cause progress in this area to develop much more rapidly, but it seems very unlikely that macro-scale objects could be constructed using molecular manufacturing within the 2015 timeframe."
The full report is available online, and as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is taking the potential ethical and socioeconomic impacts seriously. The debate over genetics, nanotech and robotics (GNR) technologies sparked by Bill Joy's notorious article in Wired last year formed a major section in the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook 2001, which is a retrospective look back at 2000.
In addition to the full text of Joy's article from Wired ("Why the Future Doesn't Need Us," April 2000), a special section of the Yearbook on "Technology's Impact on Society" includes responses by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid from The Industry Standard ("A Response to Bill Joy and the Doom-and-Gloom Technofuturists," 13 April 2000); a piece by Michael Dertouzos of MIT that appeared in Technology Review magazine ("Not by Reason Alone," September/October 2000); and an paper by Michael M. Crow and Daniel Sarewitz of Columbia University on "Nanotechnology and Societal Transformation" that was presented at the NSF Workshop.
The full AAAS Yearbook, as well as these individual items, are available online as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. There are also some interesting sections on the genetic modification of foods, and the impacts of information technologies.
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Had HUGE reaction to the tomato basil soup which was labeled GF. had carrots instead of bread with it. Had not been to this chain in years and now will not go back.
The staff didn't know much about GF. They claimed to have GF bread when we arrived but after we ordered we were told they were out. They tried to help and were nice but the options were limited.
For breakfast I was pleased to see a GF egg white cup option.
Good gluten free soups and salads but that's about it. You have to be careful with cross contamination here as the staff usually doesn't know about gluten free here.
It says next to the item on the menu what is gluten free so its easy. I had a pretty good salad. I'll be going back again
Similar to a Corner Bakery but for build your own lunch. The menu displays GF and V accordingly next to safe items. There is an extensive menu for reg folk and are two GF soup choices and a few GF salad choices. GF chip choices are at the register.
The tomato basil soup was good. I'd give it more stars if there was some sort of GF bread option.
The guy working the counter had no clue what was gluten free or not. The menu says it, it's just not a lot of stuff. Salad was skimpy. The tomato soup was amazing. However this still tried to Hand me bread.
Gluten free menu,
There are a few salads on the menu.
Love the salads and tomato basil soup. No issues.
The menu clearly highlighted what was and wasn't GF. And then they swapped out bread for crisps/chips without me asking.
Only salads. Not helpful. Terrible customer service
All they have is salads. So if you're like me and don't like salads.. I wouldn't bother.
Great taste. Gluten free options.
I asked the girl at the counter if they had anything gluten free, she very flatly told me "no". Obviously didn't eat anything.
Awesome GF soups and salads! I would definitely recommend trying the broccoli cheddar!
Good lunch menu with gluten free salads and soups. Nice if you're looking for something homemade - like or lighter than a big meal. Only downside is no gf bread to enjoy a sandwich or pizza.
The place is a flatbread pizza, samwitch and salad place. no gluten free bread makes it a salad place. Food was not perpared carefully risk for cross cam is high. The salad was very good and i did not have signs of exspouse. felt lucky
Had a great rice/chicken bowl and GF/V soup. Delish!
Seems GF friendly, not sure about being Celiac safe yet. Only had 1 meal so far, no issues.
Excellent restaurant. They have salads and soups very clearly marked GF. I had the Peruvian Palm and it was absolutely fresh and delicious.
Food is blah and the place is not always as clean as it should be.
Great salads, burrito bowl, and soup. No sandwiches at this time.
gluten free choices on salads, bowls, and staff wouldn't give the flat bread to my non-gf husband till he convinced them he wasn't gf
Really enjoyed their signature salad without cheese and their tomato basil soup, which was delicious!
marked gluten free items. would not recommend for celiacs though because of the bread cross contamination
Meh. Not great. Not bad. Wouldn't go out of my way to go here. Lots of gf salad options. But not a super fresh taste.
Gluten-free options marked on the regular menu. When ordering, I told the cashier I had a gluten allergy and needed the gluten free option. Then he asked me if I wanted white or wheat bread, but listened attentively as I explained gluten. So, double check that 'gluten free' flashes across the order screen. The food came out fine, and I felt healthy afterwards.
Options are a bit limited, but definitely gluten free friendly and understanding.
Lots of gf options including soup. Menu is clearly marked with gf choices.
GF lunch/dinner items clearly marked on menu. No GF breakfast options. Food was good and inexpensive.
Wish I would have found this place sooner! GF items designated on menu! Delicious quinoa rice bowl!! Healthy choices!


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Alfred Dunhill will once again spotlight an eclectic group of men for the latest edition of its Voices advertising campaign. The spring installment, which breaks Tuesday will feature photographer, Don McCullin, musician Brian Eno and the mountaineer Geordie Stewart.
The Voices campaign is now in its fifth season and moves to capture the spirit of a variety of men who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields through the use of black-and-white portraits for print and video interviews on its Web site. Others who have starred in the campaign in past seasons have included the violinist Charlie Siem, the Olympic Gold Medal sailor Iain Percy and actor John Hurt.


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27 February 2015 (BBC News Europe) A leading Russian opposition politician, former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say. An unidentified attacker shot Mr Nemtsov four times in central Moscow, a source in the law enforcement bodies told Russia's Interfax news agency. He was reportedly shot near the Kremlin while walking with a woman. He died just before a march in Moscow against the war in Ukraine which he was actively promoting.
Mr Nemtsov, 55, served as first deputy prime minister under the late President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s. He had earned a reputation as an economic reformer while governor of one of Russia's biggest cities, Nizhny Novgorod. Falling out of favour with Yeltsin's successor, Vladimir Putin, Mr Nemtsov became an outspoken opposition politician. Mr Putin has been widely accused of fomenting the bloody rebellion in east Ukraine - an accusation he denies.
According to Russian-language news website Meduza, "several people" got out of a car and shot him. He was shot in the back with a pistol from a white car which fled the scene, Interfax's source said. One of the politician's colleagues in his RPR-Parnassus party, Ilya Yashin, confirmed Mr Nemtsov's death. "Unfortunately I can see the corpse of Boris Nemtsov in front of me now," he was quoted as saying by Russia's lenta.ru news website. "At the Bolshoy Zamoskvoretsky Bridge. I see the body and lots of police around it."In his last tweet, Mr Nemtsov sent out an appeal for Russia's divided opposition to unite at an anti-war march he was planning for Sunday. "If you support stopping Russia's war with Ukraine, if you support stopping Putin's aggression, come to the Spring March in Maryino on 1 March," he wrote.


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- Molly Holly gets the Superstar Spotlight on WWE's website today.
- WWE Legend Superstar Billy Graham is back in the hospital with double pneumonia. Graham had been feeling sick all week and thought it was just the flu.
- Shimmer Champion and UK wrestling legend Sweet Saraya recently spoke to The Sun about a documentary that her family participated in, including her daughter WWE NXT Diva Paige. She talked about how proud they are of Paige and mentioned her sons are looking to join WWE next:
"Ricky and I love the fact that our family followed us into wrestling and love it as much as we do. We are especially proud that they have made a living out of the job and that they have excelled too. I was there when Britani (Paige) was told. It was amazing, she was bouncing off the walls. We as a family were buzzing for her, but inside we all knew we would have to lose her to the States. We knew she was going to be huge and are so proud. Now it is the rest of the world's turn to find that out. It is the boys turn to go for it next. We are all rooting for them tofollow their sister to the WWE."
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Jaimie Alexander explains why Alan Taylor was the perfect guy to take on Thor: The Dark World, while Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje reveals how he became the villainous curse. Mark Millar reveals 20th Century Fox's Wolverine strategy. Plus Guillermo del Toro provides the latest updates on all his upcoming projects!
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from Pacific Rim.
Thor: The Dark World
Sif actress Jaimie Alexander discusses the difference between the first Thor and its sequel as well as the differences between each film's director, Kenneth Branagh and Alan Taylor:
They're two very different people, but both have extraordinary visions for what the film should look like and what it is going to look like. Alan, I feel like the second installment of Thor is much darker, much more rooted in what's going on in the soul, whereas Ken's version definitely had that soulfulness but was also lighter and there's an elegance to his film. They're so different, it's hard to explain because they're both very different in a positive way...So we can do it again and he puts his spin on it. He's got some incredible shots in that film.
Alexander then confirms that she has a somewhat expanded role in The Dark World:
I do, a little bit. You get to experience more of who she is on the inside. You get to see her in a more feminine way and we do explore the Thor/Sif relationship a little bit. That was fun.
Would you say you have more action-oriented scenes, more character-oriented scenes...
Oh, I definitely have action. But there are scenes, we have a few scenes where we don't have any action at all and it was actually a lot of fun to play that because you're not hiding behind a sword or an explosion, it's just here, in your face. It was nice to see who she really is and that sort of thing. It was fun.
She also explains the importance of location shooting in establishing the movie's cosmic, majestic tone:
So much of this film is the set and the locations that we were in, they're almost like a character themselves. We filmed in an area called Bourne Wood outside of London and just some of the most beautiful rolling hills with green gorgeous trees. I do believe Robin Hood was filmed there and lots of things film there, but just to be on that ground where we had a battle sequence and just go, "Wow, a lot of people have been here." That was what it was, the history in England and what has happened on those grounds and to be a Viking on those grounds. It added some sort of majestic feel to it that maybe wasn't there 100% on the set inside a studio in California.
There's more at the link. [Collider]
Here's some more from Lost's Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje about his role as the villainous Kurse:
"I didn't actually know an awful lot about that character and when I did my research in the comics there wasn't an awful lot. But with the director and myself, we sat down and looked at what was traditionally known as Kurse and we tried to put our spin on it. There was quite a bit of creative license in how I would interpret him but the wardrobe, the setting, they were phenomenal. When I set into that outfit, I was Kurse. The did such an amazing job it made my job so easy. There were all these different factions, a different person was making the helmet, a different person making the arms, they all came together prior to the shoot, but in terms of my research before I didn't do an awful lot but once I got into the outfit it set it off. I think the fans are going to be pleased."
There's some more at the link, as Akinnouye-Agbaje becomes the latest actor to throw his hat into the ring to play Black Panther. [MTV Splash Page
The Wolverine
Comics writer and 20th Century Fox creative consultant Mark Millar says it's a good thing to occasionally let Wolverine strike off on his own for a self-contained story, letting him have a break from the main X-Men franchise:
"Oh, absolutely. I've no worries about it at all. You know, I wrote the Wolverine comic twice – I did the Old Man Logan story and Wolverine: Enemy Of The State – and I don't think it detracts having individual Wolverine adventures from the X-Men. He's like a lone wolf character, he disappears and does his own thing sometimes and then he comes back and hangs out at the mansion, so it does feel quite natural to for him to be in these movies. You don't want to have him out there all the time, because I think if you've got him in X-Men and Wolverine movies and they're all running at the same time, it's a little bit too much but as long as you're smart with it and there's a lot of other characters to explore as well. The X-Men universe is about the same size as the Marvel universe in terms of the number of titles it sustains at any one time, so there's a ton of stuff to play with there and a lot of characters I'd like to explore there too."
Pacific Rim
Director Guillermo del Toro says he would likely shoot the potential sequel in 3D instead of converting it from 2D to 3D like he has done with the current film:
Yes. Provided, at that point, that the technology is becoming easier and easier…
Initially you didn't want it to be converted...
Even then they were super respectful. By then we were already getting ILM shots. I was realizing that out of 100 shots, maybe 10% of the shots were risky. They said, "If we go 2D on those shots, we can do it." Then I gave them my list of conditions. They spent twice of what they normally spend on [this process], because they gave me the chance to pay ILM to do every single shot in native 3D. They aren't being converted. So all the big 3D effects shots are being done by ILM from the get go. Normally they give a movie a 14 to 16 week conversion time [for 3D]. I started the conversion back in September. So it's six months for conversion. It's very classy.
The Haunted Mansion
Guillermo del Toro discusses his plans for his decided non-Eddie Murphy take on the amusement ride-based franchise:
"Haunted Mansion" is very much alive and in process. Disney is very supportive and we are doing another draft of the screenplay… Yet another draft… And they really want to do it. I know we're going to talk about other possible directors, for me to produce, and having written it, produce it for somebody else.
What's the tone going to be like?
It's going to be scary. Hopefully it will be fun scary, rather than funny scary. It's going to be fun but the idea is to make it scary like when you go through the ride as the kid – part of you is charmed and part of you wants to get out of there.
Beauty and the Beast
Guillermo del Toro also gives an update on his fairy tale adaptation, slated to star Harry Potter actress Emma Watson:
We just got the first draft from Andrew Davies, who wrote some BBC Charles Dickens miniseries, to great effect, including two of my favorites of his – "Little Dorrit" and "Bleak House." I love his work. So we just got it. I'm doing a pass myself and then we'll send it to the studio for reactions.
Here's the final trailer for this Friday's series finale, "Liberty"/"An Enemy of Fate." [Fringe Televison]
And here's a bunch of cast interviews to get you pumped and/or wistfully nostalgic, probably.
The sixteenth episode is reportedly called "Nameless" and will feature a guest character named Dominick, who is the owner of a video game company. [SpoilerTV]
Once Upon a Time
Here's a sneak peek for this Sunday's episode, "In the Name of the Brother."
The show is currently casting a pair of apparently connected guest roles for episode seventeen:
- Owen, a free-spirited 10-year-old who is mourning his mother's tragic death
- Ben, a 40-year-old, kind widower who is trying to help his son deal with the loss of his mother
Here are some promo photos from the January 23 episode, "LARP and the Real Girl", which features the return of Felicia Day as Charlie Bradbury. [TV Line]
Executive producers Marc Guggenheim and Greg Berlanti discuss the show's continuing evolution:
Guggenheim: When we initially started the show, we had this engine of the list, and Oliver was going to go through and cross names off the list each week and they were always going to be one-percenters. We will always keep the one-percenter thing alive, but his trajectory as a character is probably away from that laser-like focus on the one-percenters, but that's just [so we can] tell the story of Oliver going from vigilante to hero.
Berlanti: A very traditional model for this kind of show is, 'What does your hero learn at the end of the episode? What's the takeaway?' What we realized rather quickly is, we have a guy who learned a lot of things on an island so that could survive — [things] that, in a lot of ways, he has to unlearn. So rather than have a hero who always has to learn something, [he has to] regain his humanity...We were able to go through the hell of the first seven or eight [episodes] that I think you have to go to, to sort of calibrate how to make a good episode and how to make it on time and on budget and all that stuff, and [we started] to get real, true audience feedback about what people are enjoying most. So this next run of episodes is the byproduct of a conversation we've had with the audience and then also our own learning curve in terms of how to make better episodes.
There's a ton more at the link, but my favorite bit of news is that Farscape star Ben Browder will appear in episode eleven as Diggle's former commanding officer and mentor, which is my favorite because it involves Farscape. Guggenheim also reveals how Once Upon a Time's David Anders will play an entirely new villain in episode fourteen:
We wanted to have a villain who was purely sociopathic and without conscience and limitations, but also someone who was so incredibly smart that his tactics and the intelligence of his strategy would rival Oliver's tactics and ability to strategize. We'd been having so much fun with established DC villains that we thought it was time to create someone new and add a new toy to the toy box. The fun about Vanch is that he's absolutely ruthless, but at the same time, a great tactician. He's the thinking man's villain.
They also confirm that Deadshot did in fact survive his early battle with Oliver, and he will return in an alliance with China White in the sixteenth episode. Seriously, check out the link for more. [Huffington Post]
Here's a preview for tonight's midseason premiere, entitled "Burned", from Marc Guggenheim.
Here are some promo photos for next week's episode, "Trust But Verify." [SpoilerTV]
Greg Berlanti confirms Jessica De Gouw will return as Helena Bertinelli, alias the Huntress:
"She's going to come back. We're just writing that episode right now... We like to think of her as the crazy ex-girlfriend. So if you can only imagine the turns…her mission isn't done or complete yet. She wanted to kill her dad, and he's still alive."
Being Human (US)
Here's a promo for next Monday's episode, "Dead Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
Here's the latest trailer.
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With the release of WordPress 2.0, which I'll be talking about soon, WordPress has also finally released their much anticipated new look on the WordPress site and forum and the online manual for WordPress called the WordPress Codex.
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BASEL, Switzerland – Swiss bank Credit Suisse Group said Wednesday that its cost-cutting efforts helped it record a huge jump in first-quarter profits compared with a year earlier.
Switzerland's second-biggest bank posted a profit of 1.3 billion Swiss francs ($1.37 billion), up sharply from the 44 million francs in the first quarter of 2012, when it booked a loss of 1.6 billion francs on its own outstanding debt and paid out higher bonuses.
Net revenue rose 6 per cent to 7.2 billion francs.
The bank said the figures showed "positive momentum" coming from its attempts to transform its business model, that includes a lot of cost-cutting.
Credit Suisse shares closed up 1.47 per cent at 26.84 francs Wednesday in Zurich.
"The first quarter of 2013 shows that the strategic measures we have successfully implemented since mid-2011 are effective in bringing results to the bottom line on a consistent basis," Chief Executive Brady Dougan said. "We had a very good start to 2013."
The bank, based in Zurich, said the results for the January-March period showed "high returns, strong client franchises, reduced cost base and lower risk-weighted assets."
Like its cross-town and bigger competitor, UBS AG, Credit Suisse has been reducing its riskier assets at a time when Europe's economy is hurting.
Both banks have been setting aside more capital cushion to meet international and domestic regulatory demands. But Credit Suisse has not cut back on its investment banking as much as UBS, and a restructuring in Credit Suisse's investment bank compensated for a falloff in profits from its private banking, one of the largest such operations in the world in terms of assets.
The figures showed further cuts to the bank's workforce to 46,900 people, down 4 per cent from 47,400 a year earlier. The downsizing is part of a program that has cut 2.5 billion francs in costs since 2011, and the bank said Wednesday it is on track to extend that to 4.4 billion francs by the end of 2015.
Credit Suisse said Monday it was selling its private equity business, Strategic Partners, which is also based in Zurich, to New York-based Blackstone Group LP for an undisclosed amount.
Strategic Partners manages $9 billion in assets and buys stakes in other private equity funds. The Zurich bank agreed last month to buy Morgan Stanley's wealth management unit, with $13 billion in assets under management, to expand in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The bank also said it had no new information about when talks with the Swiss government might wrap up over a U.S. investigation of the bank over suspected American tax cheats.


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The challenge this week is "Circles, Glitter and Lace, Oh My!" at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. So, you had to use 2 circles, some glitter/stickles and lace. I used the image "Morgan Reading; with wings" by Paper Cupcakes. I decided to do a long card vs. the standard 5x7 card. I rarely make this type of card, but I love how this one turned out. My two circles are actually the yoyo flower I made. I used one larger circle and a circle that was a little smaller to make up the flower. I sprayed the circles with glimmer mist and then crunched them up until they dried and then added some stickles to the edges of the circles and wings on the image and in the grass as well. My lace is the bow. I colored my image with Bic Mark-its and the wings with colored pencils. I love the punch of the bright springy pink in the flowers and the butterflies I punched. I also chalked my sky with a blue and pink.
Well, that's it for me for today. My kids are on spring break this week and I always love that. Thanks for lurking by and have a lovely Easter Day this coming Sunday!
April 2, 2012
Magical Monday - Circles, Glitter and Lace... oh my!
Posted by Nina at 6:00 PM
3 comments:
- ddazzled71 said...
Nina this is just exquisite. I really love the cluster of beautiful flowers and coloring. The longer card shape really compliments all this beauty. I love it all!
- April 2, 2012 at 10:17 PM
- Kathy Bradley said...
Oh my gosh, you've brought adorable little Morgan to life - she looks wonderful. All the flowers are arranged beautifully and your coloring/chalking is perfect!
- April 2, 2012 at 10:20 PM
- Sonia said...
Hello Nina
I love Morgan image... You did a Fabby creation! Love the embellishment.
- April 3, 2012 at 12:16 PM
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Wii U graphics "maybe even better" than 360 and PS3, says Sumo
A representative for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed developer Sumo Digital has told Eurogamer that the Wii U's graphics capabilities are "on-par" with current consoles, "or maybe even better". There has been much speculation over the upcoming console's capacities, as Nintendo has kept very quiet on its innards. We're still waiting on launch details but expect the Wii U by the end of the year. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is due on 3DS, PlayStation 3, Vita and Xbox 360 in November, with the PC and Wii U release undated.


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Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, May 18
I caught some flack yesterday from the bloggers, and perhaps deservedly so, for referring to Sunday as a rather uneventful day in Streakland.
As for Monday, well, you tell me what to call it when the day's top two picks, Miguel Cabrera and Chase Utley, don't record an at-bat, leaving a combined 20.3 percent of BTSers in neutral for another 24 hours.
Add in the fact that Hanley Ramirez, who recorded only one at-bat, was the lone member of the Top 15 most selected players to actually play in a game and go hitless, and you got quite the little Monday on your hands.
Anyway, I've always considered myself a man of the people, and with that said, I'd like to ask our great audience for an invite to the BTS group "bloggers," which so many of our top users have joined. My e-mail address is email@example.com and I'll post a little recap of my own personal trials and tribulations on a somewhat regular basis.
And with that said I'm going with Miguel Cabrera today. Mostly because I'm a Tigers fan and he is an Adonis at the plate, but also because he's 5-for-11 lifetime vs. Freddy Garcia. Did I mention he's facing Freddy Garcia?
Time for Tuesday's picks.
Oh, hello there …
? Kelly Johnson: .400 AVG (4-for-10) lifetime vs. Marlins starter Josh Johnson
? Miguel Cabrera: .455 AVG (5-for-11) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Freddy Garcia
? Jose Guillen: .438 AVG (14-for-32) lifetime vs. Orioles starter Kevin Millwood
? Vernon Wells: .389 AVG (7-for-18) lifetime vs. Twins starter Carl Pavano
? Kevin Youkilis: .381 AVG (8-for-21) lifetime vs. Yankees starter CC Sabathia
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Julio Lugo: .500 AVG (5-for-10) lifetime vs. Royals starter Zack Greinke. I double-dog dare you.
You'll thank me later …
? Dustin Pedroia: .053 AVG (1-for-19) lifetime vs. Yankees starter CC Sabathia
? Ryan Braun: .125 AVG (1-for-8) lifetime vs. Reds starter Homer Bailey
? Mark Teixeira: .154 AVG (4-for-26) lifetime vs. Red Sox starter Josh Beckett
? Brandon Phillips: .133 AVG (2-for-15) lifetime vs. Brewers starter Manny Parra
Leaderboard time!
Yesterday's overall leader, "lukehartzheim," saw the pause button pressed on his streak thanks to Chase Utley's day off, while "blakerockwell" rode Justin Morneau to tie "lukehartzheim with 26-game streaks. They are now both officially 45.6 percent on their way to the big bucks and have a .03 percent chance at winning the John Wall lottery tonight.
Top MLB streakers
? Russell Martin: 12 games
? Jason Bay: 11 games
? Carlos Gonzalez: 11 games
? Orlando Cabrera: 10 games
? Jeff Mathis: 10 games (DL)
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its nice to see that the blog guy is also a tigers fans. well while your taking miguel ill be taking mags tonight. other good picks in my eyes are longoria werth polanco and braun
Going to stick with Werth tonight and hope the rain in Philly eases up. The forecast seems to show a 40% chance of rain in the evening. I will invite our Tiger Fan, Grand Amigo, to join the bloggers group. Detroit weather looks dicey too.
Not an exact science is it? Oh well, I'm holding steady now at one game….every great journey starts with the first step…I'm going with Miggie again today, even though be snapped my 8-gamer….let's hope he can see the ball in the fog…
today i have jayson werth in BTS to extend my streak to 3 and the rays in survivor to extend my streak to 5. it's raining in philly so i hope tonights game doesnt get postponed.
it seems that hanley ramirez was pulled from the game because he non-chalantly ran after a ball that he booted
Gonna roll the dice with Ichiro today against Ben Sheets. Given a .292 BAA and decent control, I feel pretty good about Ichiro today.
The Pujols comments yesterday (from blog guy and beyond) are well-said. That's what makes Ichiro such a good pick right now – Mariner offense is so weak, you could call it pitcher indifference. He may set a record for being left in scoring position. Me, I'm going spicy today – Carlos Gonzales.
Does anyone look at the trophies (mouse over results, click on trophy room)?
I notice that the game gives you 'trophies' for having a .300, .350 or .400 average in any given month. To date, since they started this feature, I have managed to get to over .350 in a month, but never .400.
I wonder if you were trying to go for multi-hit games and get the average over .400 if the strategy would be any different. Or, alternatively, if there was also a prize for beating Rogers Hornsby's .424 average from 1924…..or even hitting .400.
Does anyone have a .400 average trophy in their case?
Trying something new. Jonny Gomes might not be your prototypical guy to go with in BTS but I'm hoping it works for a day.
I will say I love the blog guy for joining us. I have Werth today in BTS, Rays in Survivor and Victorino in HR BTS. I am trying to get to 3 in BTS. Drag, I saw u picked Werth for the 3rd day in a row. I will post more when I get home.
I got a trophy for having a .350 average in April. It is nice but a hollow kind of thing like a kids baseball league where "every player gets a trophy" at the end of the season. The name of the game is getting a hit in every game. I will take a .200 over all batting average for a 57 game streak as long as I can have one hit every game.
Took Phils in Survivor (where you get a trophy for 5 wins in a row.) and my nemisis Joey "The Black Cat Votto" aks "El Gato Negro" in HR BTS.
AHHH, I picked Miguel Canberra and he is 0-3 so far.
jcmoratto – I'm watching ChiSox v. Tigers. Freddy Garcia pitched a great game. Game is not delayed as is being reported at MLB site. Bottom of the 7th now – Maggs and Cabrera should each bat at least on more time. ChiSox just put in a new pitcher. Keep your fingers crossed. Twins pinch hit for DH Justin Morneau who had an 0-fer today as Jays are blowing out the Twins today.
of course maggs would walk in 3 of his 4 at bats. hopefully he will get a chance to bat again in the 9th
Votto goes deep – yes!
Freddy Garcia of ChiSox is someone to now watch when he pitches as he had done well in last 2 starts. How is the weather in Philly?
Can't be any worse than it is in NY, doubt the yankee game gets going today. Lucked out picking Jackson over Maggs and Cabrera. I remember when that used to always happen; when a guy would go 0-1 with like 3 or 4 walks. Prolly the first time this year where that happened to a top 15 pick.
rip off…lose your streak because of a rain out…this game is a scam.
you don't lose ur streak from a rainout. Do you mean yesterday's game? Who did you pick yesterday and the day before and what was your streak yet?
I lost my streak because of a rainout. period. I had MCabrera for the Tigers on May 17th and they were rained out and MLB erased my streak. rip off………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Dragbunt – agree that the trophy is 'hollow', and not a stated objective of the contest. But what if it were reported on a regular basis, or even if there was some kind of nominal prize (a $25 gift certificate for a month over .400, or some world series tickets for hitting more than .424 for the season)? Wouldn't that become more interesting? Would the picks become different? Perhaps there would be increased value to players with plate discipline, instead of picking guys who swing at everything and hope they go 1-for-5.
To me, this is an interesting potential 'twist' to the game. Right now, I would wager than most people don't know what their cumulative batting average is of their beat the streak picks….but it would be interesting to see who would rank the highest, or just how many people there are with bts players that collaborate for a .400 average.
rookie – go to your results page and tell us who your pick was for May 16.
I had a modest 4 game streak erased by yesterday's Tigers rainout..
oops…Robinson Cano 0-4, sorry..
How is the weather in Philly?
ohwow – I like your idea. It would be fun to see the top 25 cumulative batting averages for all the people playing BTS. It would be an easy thing to do and I'm hoping that our Grande Amigo reads your post and suggests it to MLB. I would not suggest posting the cumulative batting average of all contestants just the top 25. The prize could be as simple as a gift certificate at MLB.com for the winner at the end of the year with a certain number of total at bats. or if the "suits" in legal have to get involved with 3 pages of rules etc. just post the averages with no prize. We could do our own prize from the bloggers group to the winner.
Speaking of the longest BTS streak of the year for the bloggers group. I work for a sports oriented company and could have a trophy made with an appropriate name plate for the 2010 winner. I would mail it out and the winner keeps the trophy and passes it along to the 2011 winner via the mail. How does this sound to the bloggers group?
Drag – So the 2010 winner would send it back to you at the end of the 2011 season? 2011 winner would need his name on it before it's sent to him.
drag – live the idea! Count me in – I'm honest and if I am lucky enough to win, I will happily pass it along!!
I say keep the BTS Blogger winner award simple.
The name plate could say: Blogger BTS Champion
This would allow the 2010 winner to mail it to the 2011 winner without any fuss. No need for name or year – The mere possession of the BTS Blogger champion trophy is the real prize! Using a hockey reference the trophy would be our "Stanley Cup." What do you all think? Btle, Professor Pete, Vinny all all else weigh in here with your thoughts.
Werth singles in the 5th – vinny we live to streak another day.
i like the idea of a trophy for the winner. simple enough to make and sending it to the next year winner isnt hard at all.
Have been reading this blog for a few weeks now and joined your group a few days ago (unfortunately my current streak didn't come over, so my streak is higher on the standings (7) page than our group page(3))
I make my picks usually 3-4 days in advance and rarely ever change them. I don't read the picks the day but like to read your commentary. In my past, I tried doing research and my streak never was higher than 5 so I stick with fast decisions. Maybe I will do some research once I get past 10.
I surprisingly had an average of .400 for April, however, as long as I have played BTS I can't get past 10 so that means nothing.
Currently at 7, BTS Career High is 10.
Now back to a 0 game win streak and a 0 game hit streak.
Looking at Micheal Young, Ryan Braun, Stephen Drew, Troy Tulowiczki for Wed.
any thoughts?
yanks22442 welcome aboard!
Yah, Shane takes me to 2. but the Phils lose which resets me there. I think that I'm going to stop with survivor. IF the game was who could go 1 win ,1 loss consecutively for two weeks i would win. Can't put even two in a row together. Going back to how i started the season (17 BTS from opening day) and no HR or survivor.
Welcome aboard "Grande Amigo" and to all others that have joined, we're now at 43 ppl.
As for group winner I would be down for anything, whatever the group consensus is.
Could you guys give me a hand here please?
Yesterday, I had Vladimir Guerrero to get a hit.
I had a streak of 12 going. Today it's down to zero.
And yet, on the MLB stats section, it says Vladimir got a single and a double. He was At Bat a total of 4 times.
Texas beat the Angels 6-3.
What's going on?
I'm here guys and girls and I'm going to weigh in on the prize. I like the idea of the plaque with just who the winner is and I would definitely send it to the next person and Drag are we lucky or what. We lived another day thanks to Werth but I'm up to 3 in Survivor after Tampa won and have AJ and the Yanks to win tomorrow. Also I have Kinsler tomorrow as he is hitting Guthrie at a .364 clip and he has been hot since he came off the DL.
Longoria extended my streak to 13 today, half way to my previous streak now, if not for derek/BTS nightmare Jeter I would be at 39 games now, woulda shoulda coulda. Anyway as far as the trophy goes, Ill take the 10k/3million and you guys can fight over the trophy. LOL the blog guy joins the league, announces his selection of Miguel Cabrera and gets an 0-fer in his first game.
Going with Hawpe for Wednesday.
Longest streak this year 12, last year 26.
Never knew there were trophies for BTS, but I see I have the 10+ and the .350 for April 2010.
How could I join the group?
Leaning toward Ryan Braun.
Scott Rolen and Reds are red hot.
Vinny – I'm looking at Kinsler too.
smitfantas – post your email address and I'll send you an invite to join The Bloggers group.
Any ideas in HR BTS?
Well Drag, it's good to know that you and I are thinking alike again in BTS. Maybe we can help each other get to long streaks. Also I have Manny in HR BTS since wind is blowing out towards right in Dodger Stadium but I may change it. Drag, who do you like in HR BTS since your at a 2 game streak? I have the Yanks in Survivor to try to get to 4.
I meant to say wind is blowing out towards left field in Dodger Stadium.


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The James Coley effect appears to be in full operating mode at the University of Miami.
It's hard to say what impact, if any, James Coley's defection from Florida State had on the Seminoles 2013 recruiting class, but it's already apparent with the 2014 period in full swing.
Miami and new offensive coordinator Coley, who left FSU in January, coaxed Miami Central running back Joseph Yearby into flipping his Seminoles' commitment to the Hurricanes, which was first reported by Josh Darrow of South Florida High School Sports on Tuesday.
Yearby's flip could play a huge role in Miami's attempt to regain ownership of its own backyard like the Hurricanes of old.
Miami saw 2013 Dade County players like LB Matthew Thomas (FSU), S Michael Johnson (Marshall) and OL Denver Kirkland (Arkansas) of Booker T. Washington, WR Jesus Wilson (FSU), RB Daryl Chestnut (Indiana) and RB Lorenzo Woodley (UMass) of Columbus, S Ahmad Thomas of Central, DE Paul James of Norland, and LB Stacey Thomas of Gulliver Prep,
They did keep CB Artie Burns of Miami Northwestern and S Jamal Carter of Miami Southridge at home, and managed to lure two Broward County prospects in WR Stacey Coley of Northeast High and and LB Jermaine Grace of Miramar, but other than that, most of the top-notch locals headed north. There were 26 other top-ranked Broward and Palm Beach county players who signed elsewhere.
Not that UM was recruiting everyone, and the Canes didn't even offer some of them, but there is a lot of talent leaving the best three-county area for high school football in the country.
Yearby could raise some eyebrows among 2014 Miami locals. Getting a jump on the class with a national-caliber running back like Yearby, who also has an equaly talented teammate Dalvin Cook drawing early looks, can only help as Coley begins to spin his recruiting mantra across South Florida, home-cooking style. Miami Central teammate OL Trevor Darling is already onboard, as are Dade County QB Alin Edouard of Hialeah and Palm Beach County WR Travis Rudolph of West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman.
The groundwork is set. Now all Coley has to do is drill into the core. He knows the area. If the looming NCAA penalties are not too harsh, this could be the beginning of something big for UM's future stranglehold on one of the best exports in South Florida.
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Will this be considered a "Sarah Palin's Alaska" spin-off?
Abstinence activist and unwed mother Bristol is getting her own reality series on Bio, according to an official network press release.
The series, which will consist of ten episodes to start with, will follow Palin and her son, Tripp, as they move to Los Angeles to live with "That's So Raven" actor Kyle Massey. Palin and Massey become close during "Dancing with the Stars."
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"Bristol is the kind of personality BIO is drawn to," says Dave McKillop, BIO's executive vice president of programming, in the release. "Her personal life has been playing out in the media for several years but this will be the first time she's opening up her real life, with her son and her friends the Massey Brothers."
Palin will be working at "a small charity" during the ten episodes. There is no word on whether or not Bio plans to continue the series beyond the initial episodes. The series is scheduled to air later this year, but no exact date has been given.
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Why has Jack Welch doubled down on the false, inflammatory, and slanderous tweet that he sent out five minutes after the jobs report came out on Friday?
Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers
— Jack Welch (@jack_welch) October 5, 2012
I was one of thousands who called Welch out on this at the time, both in terms of its substance and in terms of its hypocrisy — coming, as it does, from a particularly notorious earnings massager. Others took his side, or at least suggested that there might be something to what he was saying. And undoubtedly the fact that we're in the final month of a presidential election campaign served to make everything rather more feverish than it might normally be.
But surely that was only to be expected. When someone of Welch's stature accuses a sitting president of deliberately manipulating economic statistics for political purposes, just a month before an election, you have to live in a pretty astonishing bubble of flattery and denial not to know exactly what's going to come next.
The thing about Twitter is that it has a way of piercing such bubbles. Welch is active on Twitter: he has tweeted 1,717 times since he joined Twitter on April 28, 2009. That's an average of 1.4 tweets per day — and all of them were written by Welch personally, rather than coming automatically from some robot. He particularly likes bashing the Obama administration and supporting Republicans like Herman Cain; what's more, he has even attacked the unemployment rate, in the past, as being the "most political number out there".
Such activity, along with his quasi celebrity status, means that he has accumulated more than 1.3 million followers, many of whom are quite vocal. So when he tweets like the grumpy Republican partisan he is, he will immediately see a pretty angry stream of at-replies. Those replies will come from Democrats, of course; but they will also come from people who think that it's a good idea to have some evidence before accusing the president of a felony that could result in a jail term and/or impeachment; and generally from technocrats on both sides of the aisle who have great respect for the excellent job that the Bureau of Labor Statistics does every month in an enormous and highly complex economy. On TV, Welch is treated with a modicum of respect; on Twitter, he sees real people's real feelings about him. That's likely a new experience for him.
A humble man, in such a situation, might have backtracked, realizing that he had gone way too far. But Jack Welch is not a humble man, and so instead he decided to bluster his way through. Hence the bizarre references to Soviet Russia and Communist China, and the way in which he describes his critics as "mobs of administration sympathizers". (In fact, of course, only in highly autocratic societies could a business leader expect respectful agreement at all times, no matter how stupid his statements.) Hence the brazen — and clearly false — declaration that the reference to "these Chicago guys" in his tweet was in no way about the Obama administration or the White House. And hence his decision to depart the reality-based outlets of Fortune and Reuters, and move instead to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, where he can offer up his opinions to the right-wing echo chamber rather than to the public at large. Welch's choice to appear on the WSJ editorial page — underscored by a declaration that he'll get better "traction" that way — is a demonstration that Welch is embarking on a new career as a mascot of the right, rather than trying to stretch out his fading post-retirement career as would-be management guru. Welch has chosen the WSJ editorial page much in the way that he hand-picked the Office of Thrift Supervision to supervise GE Capital back in the day: it's the place where he'll get maximum adulation and minimum pushback.
Welch devotes much of his WSJ op-ed explaining why he considers America's 7.8% unemployment rate to be "implausible". That's fine — economic statistics are always inexact, and Welch might well have some insight as to why the real unemployment rate is higher than that. Except, as it turns out, Welch's unique insight here is wonderfully self-centered and incoherent:
I sat through business reviews of a dozen companies last week as part of my work in the private sector, and not one reported better results in the third quarter compared with the second quarter. Several stayed about the same, the rest were down slightly.
Is there any reason to believe that the dozen companies Welch looked at are representative of the US economy as a whole? Is Welch really saying that looking at these 12 companies gives a better insight into the economy than the official establishment survey, which looks at 141,000 businesses covering 486,000 different worksites? And that aside, if businesses were indeed hiring again, and using their cashflow to employ people rather than just sending it into an ever-growing bank account, you'd expect their profits to go down rather than up. Welch didn't say that the companies he looked at weren't hiring; he just said they were making less money in net profit. Which could well be a positive sign.
Welch has statistical-methodology quibbles, too; these are nothing new. Indeed, as he points out in his column, as long ago as 2003 Austan Goolsbee was explaining in the NYT how Democrats and Republicans both have swelled the rolls of the disabled, with the effect that millions of people don't turn up any more in the official unemployment rate. If you're collecting disability, you don't count as unemployed — and the number of people collecting disability today is much greater than it was 30 years ago. As a result, it's difficult to compare today's unemployment rate with 1982's.
But that kind of stats geekery will never set off the kind of Twitter firestorm that greeted Welch on Friday. The slanderous part of Welch's tweet was his assertion that the White House both could and did "change the numbers" for political gain. Not change the methodology, in some kind of public manner which statisticians could argue about — but instead pull some kind of shady Chicago political move, and release headline unemployment rate just under 8% in much the same way that Welch would regularly release earnings a penny above expectations.
And on that front, Welch is not apologizing in the slightest. Instead, he's just grudgingly diluting the suggestion a tiny bit:
If I could write that tweet again, I would have added a few question marks at the end, as with my earlier tweet, to make it clear I was raising a question.
Does he have any evidence that the Chicago guys might be manipulating data? No. Does he think it's even possible for the Chicago guys to be manipulating the data? Evidently, he does. What makes him say that? He won't say. But is it a legitimate question to raise? In Welch's eyes, absolutely, yes. If you're Jack Welch, it seems, any time there's US data which makes the government look good, the question can and probably should be raised: might the data be wrong? Or, might the government be manipulating it?
The paranoid style in American Politics is nothing new: it was famously diagnosed by Richard Hofstadter in 1964. It has a storied and ignoble history, and Welch is merely the latest in a very long line of American conspiracists. (And yes, of course, you can count Donald Trump in as a bedfellow.) Sometimes the paranoiacs are mostly on the left; these days, they're mostly on the right. But as with all conspiracy theories, nothing they say can ever be constructive: these are people who will attack empirical evidence long before they use it to help shape their view of the world.
And so, with one unretracted tweet, Welch has effectively rendered himself irrelevant in the so-called thought-leadership world he has dominated for so long. It's fine to have unusual or minority opinions. What's not fine is to base those opinions on nothing but ideology, and admit of nothing which could make you change your mind. At that point, you're not a thinker any more; you're a theologian. Welch has clearly decided that he would much rather be a pastor, preaching to a like-minded flock of WSJ op-ed page dogmatists, than a participant in substantive debate. The sad thing is that he received much more attention for his outbreak of crazy than he received in response to any of his less-bonkers pronouncements. Which is probably only going to encourage him, going forwards.


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Facebook, LinkedIn, Trip Advisor, and Twitter -- social media -- are almost incidental, replaceable tomorrow if another platform proves more attractive, powerful, and agile. (Think AOL and MySpace.) It's content that is king, the message delivered via the blog/e-mail/news/forum medium, generated by corporations and individual producers, traveling a two-way street between them and information-consumer audiences, who in turn comment, repost, and remix at will. And it's Smart Content, the focus of a conference I'm organizing, that allows producers and consumers alike to find the greatest profit, however measured, in online and enterprise content.The information governance concept, beloved by corporations and consultants, barely applies. It's a challenge creating standards and maintaining content-production rules, more a drag than a benefit, given the highly competitive, fast changing, almost chaotic content marketplace. It's semantic and analytical technologies, which help you find and exploit patterns relevant to your goals, whether expanding readership or automating sense-making, that allow content producers and consumers to keep up, to create findable, flexible, and reusable content and to generate business-linked insights.
Smart Content, the conference, is really just a next step in the BI/analytics/applications market education and match-making I've been doing for years. The opportunity is huge -- business and technical -- a consequence of the value content analytics can bring to news and social media and Web and enterprise content.
We'll cover a spectrum of approaches -- as applied in media & publishing, advertising & on-line commerce, marketing and PR, finance, research, and the Semantic Web -- enhancing the value of news and social media and Web and enterprise content -- with links to enterprise information management, content strategy, BI, text analytics, and search.
We'll start with Visionaries Panel with Dries Buytaert, CTO at Acquia and creator of Drupal, Natasha Fogel, EVP at Edelman StrategyOne, and Mark Stefik from XEROX PARC, followed by Jeff Fried of Microsoft explaining What Business Innovators Need to Know about Content Analytics.
We'll have talks by Rachel Lovinger, content strategy lead at Razorfish, Darrell W. Gunter, EVP/CMO at Collexis, and Randall Snare & Elizabeth McGuane of iQ Content, Dublin -- preceded by a series of lightning talks that will help attendees learn about the gamut of innovative smart-content solutions -- and followed by five Application Spotlight talks. Then stick around for a networking reception.
Smart Content will take place Tuesday, October 19 at the Executive Conference Center at 48th & Broadway in Manhattan. Learn more, and register today, at smartcontentconference.com. Register by September 10 for a $200 early-bird discount.
As my colleague Laurel Earhart, Smart Content marketing director, puts it, Smart Content is designed for decision makers, implementers, solution providers, and also investors. We're expecting great things to happen!
Lastly, I'm quite happy and appreciative to have Intelligent Enterprise as a Smart Content media sponsor, and the support of other prominent media and solution providers in the content management and analytics space. I'd love to have TechWeb readers and community members join us for what is sure to be an excellent program, due of course to the quality and expertise of the Smart Content speakers.
Please visit smartcontentconference.com for more information and to register. (Early-bird rates run through September 10.) Thanks!Facebook, LinkedIn, Trip Advisor, and Twitter -- social media -- are almost incidental, replaceable tomorrow if another platform proves more attractive, powerful, and agile. It's content that is king, especially "smart content" that allows producers and consumers alike to find the greatest value in online and enterprise content.


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Suing Lethal: Judge OKs wrecker slap
Lethal Wrecker is amassing quite a record in Charlottesville General District Court. Last week, for the third time in a row, the local towing service was successfully sued by an irate towee for overcharging.
This time, however, there was a new and expensive twist for the embattled wrecker company: the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
Jonathan Coleman testified that on the morning of Sunday, August 22, his car was towed from the parking lot at the corner of Market and Second Street NE. As instructed by a sign posted in the lot, he called Lethal, verified the car was there, and went to Lethal's office on Avon Street.
When he arrived, a female employee said it would cost $150 to get his car back. "I knew intuitively that I was being overcharged," he told Judge Robert Downer, and added that even when he got towed once in New York City, it hadn't cost that much.
The bill was itemized as follows: $85 for the tow, $10 for labor, $20 for special equipment, and a $35 "release fee."
However, according to Section 46.2-1233.1 of the Code of Virginia, the maximum Lethal could charge Coleman was $95: $85 for the tow and $10 because it was a weekend, or $55 less than what Lethal was now demanding– in cash.
Here's where things get interesting: The Code (59.1-200, 204) goes on to state that overcharging violates the Consumer Protection Act and triggers the right to sue for actual damages, or $500, whichever is greater.
Lethal owner George Morris may want to ponder the sentence that follows: "If the [court] finds that the violation was willful, it may increase damages to an amount not exceeding three times the actual damages sustained, or $1,000, whichever is greater."
Lethal has been charting its own course, so to speak, since nearly three years ago, when I reported on David Ern's $120 Lethal bill for being towed from Ivy Square Shopping Center ["A Lethal night at the square," February 28, 2002]. How, you might ask, does Lethal justify charging more than any other towing service in town?
Lethal office manager Donielle Messner testified in the Coleman case, under oath, that the City has a towing ordinance that supersedes the state's price restrictions. Therefore, she asserted, Lethal's higher charges are legal perfectly. She hadn't brought the ordinance to court, she added, but could "get him a copy."
"We've come into many courtrooms," Messner declared, "and have never been told we can't charge release fees."
"Not by me," Downer replied.
Downer then leafed through a book of current City ordinances. When he found no evidence of the ordinance described by Messner, he ruled for Coleman: $500 plus court costs.
According to Assistant City Attorney Lisa Kelley, anyone towed from private property by Lethal within the past two years, paid more than the maximum listed above (plus $10 a day for storage after 24 hours), and still has the receipt may be able to follow in Coleman's footsteps with a suit of their own.
Hook staffer Rosalind Hingeley, who was awarded $40 plus court costs by Downer in a similar case last June, says she intends to return to General District Court and sue for additional damages under the Consumer Protection Act.
Incidentally, just because Coleman and Hingeley have won judgments doesn't mean they'll see any money. Both are studying a set of instructions issued by the court entitled, "So You've Won a Judgment– Now What?"
I'll report on Hingeley's return to court, as well as her and Coleman's attempt to collect from Lethal.
Do you have a consumer problem or question? Email the Fearless Consumer or write her at Box 4553, Charlottesville 22905.