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15 beachside restaurants
1 Comments 28 February 2012 Barasti
Best for: Late-night beachside bites.
The view: Though the main restaurant area is elevated from the beach itself, Barasti offers views of The Palm from the comfort of wooden decking and the shade of wicker awnings – it's difficult to get more 'beachy' than this. Alternatively, crane your neck away from the Arabian Gulf and marvel at the shining skyscrapers of Dubai Marina (including the 'Twisty Building' – everyone's favourite work in progress).
The food: It's arguable that the food is an afterthought compared to the evenings of unbridled merriment for which Barasti is known. This said, there are decent options for anyone with late-night munchies – there's a tapas selection (Dhs35), as well as the Barasti burger with pancetta and curly fries; fried chicken; and fish and chips. One thing we do miss is the barbecue station – bring it back!
Also look out for: Screenings of the big rugby and football matches and the live music – there's plenty of sustenance for the eyes and ears, as well as the stomach.
Average price of a meal for two with soft drinks: Dhs300-399. Open daily 11am-2am. Le Méridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina (04 399 3333).


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Scientists from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have collaborated in developing innovative water quality software that enhances a water system's ability to detect when there has been intentional or unintentional contamination. The Canary software can help detect a wide variety of chemical and biological contaminants, including pesticides, metals and pathogens. Once contamination is detected, a water utility can issue a "Do Not Drink" order to prevent customers from ingesting the water.
Dewatering equipment from Rain for Rent, Thompson Pump & Mfg., Godwin Pumps, Grindex Pumps, Gorman-Rupp Pumps, Goulds Pumps/ITT, Multiquip, ITT Flygt Water & Wastewater, Allegro Industries and Griffin Pump & Equipment.
Dayton water projects reap benefits of stimulus bill Navajo Nation to get clean drinking water Aqua to replace water mains New CCTV tool inspects pressurized water mains
Workers placed the last piece of the Aurora Prairie Waters Project supply pipe on Thursday, February 11, 2010, nearly two years after pipeline construction began. The Prairie Waters Project will help drought-harden the city of Aurora, CO, beginning in 2011.
Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Facility, the largest seawater desalination plant in the U.S., has passed its final two performance milestone tests. The tests required the plant to produce 25 million gallons of water per day (MGD) for 120 consecutive days and also average 20 MGD for 12 consecutive months.
WaterWorks News: The recent winter months brought about 150 water main breaks to the city of Jackson, MS. Some of the cities' 100-year old pipes that are made of pit cast iron became brittle and were prone to breakage when the ground shifted due to the freezing temperatures, many of which are buried in clay.
This issue marks our "lucky" 13th Annual Municipal Infrastructure Survey. It allows us to connect more closely with municipalities of all sizes and from all corners of the country.Tiny towns have just as many seemingly insurmountable issues as do the large metropolises. Yet, many of the concerns and issues are identical.
Work begins on California water supply pipeline California American Water has begun work on a pipeline in Del Rey Oaks that will help to address water supply issues on the Monterey Peninsula.
UCT offers a unique educational program specifically for those in the water works industry. The 4th Annual WaterWorks Conference offers a variety of new ideas and strategies throughout the one-day conference, which will be held on Jan. 19.
Most major American cities today face multiple challenges to provide basic water and sanitary services.

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text: Prior studies have raised the concern that minorities may be at higher risk of adverse events while hospitalized. This analysis of more than 100,000 hospital discharges found that black patients appeared to be at higher risk of hospital-acquired infections and certain adverse drug events. Interestingly, hospitals treating a higher proportion of black patients had higher rates of safety problems for all patients (regardless of race), implying that both patient factors and health care system factors may account for these disparities. Previous research has attempted to explore possible patient-level reasons for these findings.


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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adv. Not noticeably, too small to be detected, too little to be perceived.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an imperceptible manner; so as not to be perceived.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adv. in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree
imperceptible + -ly (Wiktionary)


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A spirited visit from Lisa Mitchell
14/06/2012 , 6:06 PM by Natalie Oliveri
Embracing the wonderful acoustic spaces of old churches, Lisa Mitchell has enjoyed playing her music nationally.
Before her Adelaide performance at the Flinders St Baptist Church, she bumped into the Adelaide studios to perform a song for Sonya.
Listeners love her new track 'Spiritus' but wonder what it's actually about.
Hear what Lisa's intention was when she wrote it, and her live version for Afternoons.
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GET ORGANISED with a super stylish Delfonics 2013 Diary!
Paper Nomad is based in Vienna, Austria and sew their cases by hand in Romania. A common love of paper and its potential in the modern world made a few designers, artists, marketing professionals and general enthusiasts get together to meet the needs of the ever increasing number of modern nomads.
Those needs - Identity, Sustainability, Sanity, Ownership - sit at the core of the Paper Nomad idea. Using their patented paper composite, Paper Nomad create bags and cases for various electronic devices - iPad cases, laptop bags, macbook cases and iPhone covers.
Identity: Your Paper Nomad becomes a part of us, a part of our own story. It develops and grows as we do, bearing the marks - phone numbers, ideas, sketches and coffee stains et al - of our movements, remembering what we may otherwise forget. Those quirks of our days that add the colour, depth and perspective to our stories.
Sustainabilty: Paper is Biodegradable. Paper Nomad sleeves are tough - tear-resistant (you really need to try really hard to damage them at all!), waterproof and biodegradable - but if it comes time to dispose of them, they will compost naturally. In this way they are also 'sane' - they acknowledge their place in the world by returning to it.
Ownership: Is all about our story, the say we have in the things we use and how we use them. You can make a Paper Nomad truly yours, aesthetically and functionally, in a way which just can't be done with a generic, boring device cover.
Paper Nomad sleeves are Designed with Passion and Made with Care. In their own way, they combine art, technology and character with no sacrifice in utility or style. Made to be used, shown and shared!


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Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightly (closes at 8 p.m. on Sun.)Features
- Kid-friendly
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Parking lot
- Casual
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Prairie Schooner Steakhouse Restaurant Review: You can almost hear the crickets chirp as you dine in mock-ups of the back-end of an Old West wagon train. These "prairie schooners" surround a desert panorama of stuffed coyotes, fake campfires and glowing lanterns. Themed restaurants don't have to mean commissary-grade food. The Prairie Schooner not only charms with its ambience and delights any child, but also stimulates your appetite for items like bacon-wrapped filets and spicy marinated chicken breasts. We know you're tempted, but avoid the chicken-fried steak, which is often on the tough side. The prime rib, burgers and salmon, however, are tender and flavorful. All dinners come with salad, prairie bread and potatoes---just like they would on a dude ranch. But order that sticky-sweet caramel apple pie and you might regret yielding to temptation. As good as it is, there's probably no room left for it and one more sip of the bottomless glass of homemade lemonade. |
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Whatever You Love of Weapons You Love for Weapons from Bave Men Press
My new chapbook, Whatever You Love of Weapons You Love for Weapons, is now available from Brave Men Press. If you don't mind me saying so, it looks pretty damn good.
Cover is letterpressed with copper and black ink on blue paper.
Printed in a limited edition of 150.
27 pages.
Brave Men Site
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Good Review, Bad Dog Toy
Charles Jensen has a review of Destruction Myth at The Collagist.
I bought my dog this chew toy today: Hartz Tuff Stuff. The packaging was all "Strong chew toys for dogs." Within 15 minutes D'Count had it ripped open, spilling the stuffing all over the floor. I'm not sure whether to be impressed by my dog or angry at Hartz. I choose impressed by my dog.
RIP Guru; RIP Columbine Attack Victims Eleven Years On
It's eleven years after the Columbine High School attack. While it's a good thing that this is not a big media event, Daniel Mauser, the father of one of the shooting victims, is still pushing for a bill to expand criminal background checks at gun shows nationwide. Remember that despite the false spin of the gun-rights folks, there were no federal changes to gun control in the wake of the Columbine shootings.
Editorial from the Denver Post
Monday, April 19, 2010
Two Books I Read Recently & Did Not Write About Until Now
By Dave Cullen
This came out last year, & I was interested, having been gothically entranced by the events back in '99. But I picked this up at a used bookstore after I realized that I was teaching part-time in the same department that the mother of Dylan Klebold had taught in. Cullen is clearly plugging away at his theory, which happens to be the FBI's theory, of what motivated the two kids. There's been plenty of poo-pooing his choices & his theory & you can read the lively Amazon comment field debate if you're at all interested in that. Whatever. I really felt deeply about the book, but reading it around the Denver area, especially on the train to Littleton, I covered up the spine as if I was reading porn. That was kind of weird.
What impressed me was his use of the best elements of New Journalism to flesh out characters & dramatize events. It's a total barnburner. He was able to both engross me in the memory of the emotional batshit experience of high school while also keeping me analytically outside the experience as a self-aware viewer. Like any good disaster story, it had me on the edge of my seat not only as the shootings were going down, but as the individuals picked up their lives or didn't. But the book is more than a disaster story, it's a story about how people profit, emotionally & financially, & change in the wake of events. It's about how people's ideas of the truth become so dear that they becomes a priori. Beyond it's topic it is a book that examines the ways that the new media creates culture out of half-truths, legends & lies, which I guess is to say how culture has always been created.
Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever
by Justin Taylor
This book cycles around a handful of longer stories in which characters find themselves without decisions to make, having not noticed when the decision-making point was upon them & they failed to act. Though that sounds like some kind of shitty 90s slacker movie when I put it that way, this is not shitty 90s slacker book material. For one, Taylor doesn't play any kinds of tonal or formal tricks with his story construction that was & is indicative of the shitty slacker writing. The characters, for the most part, develop out of their environments, rather than as self-conscious constructions. The elements of it don't seem out of place in relation to Cheever or even D'j Pancake & Taylor is at his best when he settles into a story.
I think it's funny that the book description from Harper calls it "oddly moving" since the book is genuinely moving. Perhaps they have to phrase it that way since some of the characters are doing weird sex stuff. Perhaps it's because there's a Tetris-obsessed story about the apocalypse & the devil shows up as a character.
Probably the intellectual standout piece in this collection is "Jewels Flashing in the Night of Time"in its conflation of personal sexual exploration with the neutralized backdrop of violence that the current wars have given us over the last seven years. But the story that affected me the most was "What Was Once All Yours," which is probably the only story in the book that if it were described to me I would have rolled my eyes at: it's a talky, storytelling kind of story of young love & the shockingly quick infusion of adulthood. But shit, when the speaker turns toward the denouement & says "The world is not brimming over with grace, but it does have some" it had me crying in the damn airplane in midflight to Cleveland, which is, I guess, one of the things I want fiction to do to me whilst I'm reading it.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
the awp
Pando or the Trembling Giant in Utah is actually a colony of a single Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) tree. All of the trees (technically, "stems") in this colony are genetically identical (meaning, they're exact clones of one another). In fact, they are all a part of a single living organism with an enormous underground root system.
Pando, which is Latin for "I Spread," is composed of about 47,000 stems spread throughout 107 acres of land. It estimated to weigh 6,600 tons, making it the heaviest known organism. Although the average age of the individual stems are 130 years, the entire organism is estimated to be about 80,000 years old!
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010
These Can Be Your Plans At The AWP, As They Are Mine
Wave Books, Canarium Books, Octopus Books & Ugly Duckling Presse Presents:
A Poetry Reading & Party Featuring
Benders Tavern
314 E 14th Ave
Thurs April 8, 7:30-10
Featuring Readings by:
John Beer
Heather Christle
Dorothea Lasky
Paul Killebrew
Dan Machlin
Geoffrey Nutter
Alex Stein
& Matvei Yankelevich
Free & Open to the Public!
Directions: Walking (1 mile): east on 14th St, right on bannock & left on 13th Ave, up four streets. Or a $6-8 cab ride.
Octopus will also be part of the Table X Commune, which will be in the AWP Bookfair & also hosting an afterparty on Thursday night at Mercury Cafe.
Table X Publishing Commune Presents: AWP Thursday Night After Party
Mercury Café
Thursday April 8th: 10pm on
After you have attended the evening's many readings, meet up at our after party to talk, drink & reunite with friends.
The Table X Commune consists of Belladonna, Canarium Books, The Cupboard, H_NGM_N, Futurepoem, Leon Works, Les Figues Press, Litmus Press / Aufgabe, Lumberyard, Forklift Ohio, Poor Claudia, Sidebrow, Ugly Duckling Presse.
In Mathias Svalina-related news, for some reason I'm doing lots of things at this conference. Or rather at & around the conference.
Wednesday night I'll be reading as part of the Diode & Make out Creek Reading
Diode Poetry Journal / Makeout Creek AWP Off-Site Reading
7:30 pm
Jones Theatre at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts: 1101 13th Street.
Abayomi Animashaun
Mary Biddinger
Keverlee Burchett
Kara Candito
Tarfia Faizulla
Cynthia Lotze
Sabrina Orah Mark
Clint McCown
Karyna McGlynn
Joshua Poteat
Nate Slawson
Allison Titus
Joshua Marie Wilkinson
G C Waldrep
Thursday morning I'll be part of a panel that I'm very excited about:
Thursday, April 8, 2010
9:00am - 10:15am
Mineral Hall, Hyatt Regency Denver, 3rd Floor
Description: Panelists Eric Baus, Chris Hosea, Dorothea Lasky, Mathias Svalina, and Michelle Taransky will examine key issues at the intersection of 21st century technologies and age-old poetic concerns. We will consider how Wikis, blogs, social networking, Moodle, Google Docs, and podcasts are changing the way high school and college students are studying and writing poetry. What happens to assumptions about originality and authority when students collaborate? Can Web 2.0 technologies help students hack unfamiliar texts and forms?
Visit http://networkedpoetry.wordpress.com for info and updates!
Thursday Night, well, see above.
Friday night I'll be reading for a Cleveland State University (the label that pays me) & Akron University Press Event on Friday
Hosted by Mary Biddinger & Michael Dumanis
Paris on the Platte Cafe & Bar
1553 Platte Street
Free admission & appetizers, cash bar
Readings by:
Allison Benis White, John Bradley, Ashley Capps, Oliver de la Paz, Heather Derr-Smith, David Dodd Lee, Elyse Fenton, John Gallaher, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Helena Mesa, Mathias Svalina, & Allison Titus
Sponsored by:
Cleveland State University Poetry Center
The University of Akron Press
Full details available at bookfair tables A22 & H21.
Ways to get to Paris on the Platte
Paris on the Platte is about 1.3 miles from the Hyatt.
1) About a $6 cab ride from the hotel
2) 16th Street Mall Ride - the Mall Ride is free. Walk to the 16th street stop from the hotel and take it to Union Station (end of line). Cross the Highlands Bridge and make a left on Platte. Walking from Union Station should take about 10 minutes.
3) If driving, take 15th Street NW to Platte Street. Make a right on Platte Street. Destination on the left.
Saturday night I'll be part of the Colorado Writers Reading:
Saturda, April 10th 5:30-7:30
Denver Press Club
1330 Glenarm Place
Michele Battiste
Matthew Cooperman
Mark DuCharm
Stephen Graham Jones
Steven Hayward
Aby Kaupang
John-Michael Rivera
Mathias Svalina
Laura Wright
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at 250 W. King St. York, Pa
Backlash and Civility
Civility, however, has to do with how you contend, and it is an expression of caritas—charity or Christian love. It is not a refusal to criticize. Indeed, uncharitable discourse makes no attempt to really persuade the opposition. Uncivil discourse merely castigates and... Read More →


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Ascend cups/fists to short squeeze which is exited (crux) with stacks into a flared slot with a fistcrack in the back. Worm up the slot and over the final fist roof to the belay ledge. Make a gear belay and downclimb the dirty 5.6ish squeeze chimney opposite the route. This is a great, little, moderate, wide crack with nice variety and clean, compact stone. I checked with both current guidebook authors and neither knew of previous ascents...if you know otherwise, please post up. This thing would greatly benefit from anchors IMO, and I will add some whenever I make it back that way.
This is on the SW face of the Vulture, directly opposite (facing) the mossy scramble approach to the balcony belay ledge for Medium Cool and its neighbors. This is the cleanest and leftmost of the cracks in this little alcove.
(2x) #3-new #5 Camalots.
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Riley wrote:
> 2. When dealing with an oops, use direct disk reads/writes with
> no interrupts or the like. At this point, performance becomes
> irrelevant, BUT we must ensure that any previous logged data
> that hasn't yet been written to disk gets written out as well.
I don't think that you'll be able to do that:
You might be able to write such a driver for plain IDE,
but you'll fail for SCSI: the sym53c8xx driver: 300 kB,
the contoller has it's own assembly language and must
be programmed; the aic7xxx.c: > 370 kB, and I'm sure
you'll have similar problems.
And as IDE (ATAPI) advances, you'll run into similar problems
for IDE. I've heard that a new ATAPI standard support 2 outstanding
commands (one to the master, on to the slave) at the same time.
You could try to (after the system detected an oops/panic):
- move some 16 bit code into the memory < 1 MB.
- move kernel ring buffer of the system log to < 1 MB.
- force a switch to real mode.
- write the report with the BIOS disk interface.
IMHO, you should use a system similar to LILO:
a sector map is created in advance , and then you don't need to
create a new partition.
Very few Linux users expect a hard crash when they
install Linux.
-> they won't think about a special partition.
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Twenty-odd people with the Corporation X getup and Henry McGovern nametags clamber onstage. They give out the lower tier awards—some made up on the spot, like "Most Creative Use of Monkey," but the most official, the most anticipated award is Best in Show.
The anticipation in the room is tangible.
"SHOW US YOUR TITS," Fresh is shouting.
"SHOW US YOUR TITS," the crowd replies.
And... the award goes to the Disasterpiece monsters. Fresh and Corp X hold mics to the monsters and ask if they have anything to say.
"RAWWRRRRR rarrrghghgh rraahh RRARHHWR..." Team Disasterpiece replies.
On cue, the dance party begins, Mickey Avalon's "My Dick" booming over Coco 66's speakers. Fresh free-styles into the mic, her muffled rhymes reverberating out of the venue and onto the street—where the sick beats, beer breath and debauchery of the 2011 Idiotarod are absorbed by the silently falling snow.


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Tips: Part of the "LINKS Collection," NANCY can be clipped to LILLI, ISABEL, NICOLE or LEXIE. On her own, NANCY is a perfect light wallet or makeup bag, including a front flap pocket and two interior patch pockets.
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I picked up the Arabia Botnia part setting at Auction yesterday, although it was in worse condition than I first imagined - and had to discard about 1/3 of it, but the remaining came up stunningly after a clean.
The cups especially are such a lovely shape. It didn't occur to me before either, that this was a handpainted, not a transfer pattern - which always adds to the beauty of pieces.
I haven't been able to find a production date, but I'm guessing early 1960's - before handpainting whole dinner sets became too expensive.
With all patterned China, you don't get the full effect of the design until you see a number of pieces together, and Botnia sure makes for a stunning design.


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Smartlogic Receives U.S. Army Certificate of Networthiness (CoN)
Smartlogic today announced that the Smartlogic Semaphore Content Intelligent Platform has been awarded the Certificate of Networthiness by the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command.
Content intelligence experts Smartlogic announced today that Smartlogic's Semaphore Content Intelligent Platform has been awarded the Certificate of Networthiness (CoN # 201211158) by the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). The CoN accreditation confirms that Semaphore meets strict U.S. Army and Department of Defense (DoD) standards for security, compatibility, supportability and sustainability. This stringent authorization is a requirement for all enterprise software products in the Army Enterprise Infrastructure Network and becoming accredited means that Semaphore is ready for real-time analysis of terabytes of content, while remaining compliant with U.S. military IT standards.
The CoN accreditation is required by all enterprise software products functioning within the U.S. Army Enterprise Infrastructure Network and applies to the entire U.S. Army, including Army Reserve, National Guard and some DoD organizations.
"Now the US Army can join the community of Federal Government departments that utilize Semaphore for real-time analysis of vast quantities of unstructured content without the need for a costly "rip and replace" program," explained Sean Fagan, Director of Federal Sales. "Tightly integrated with search engines such as the Google Search Appliance, Microsoft SharePoint and FAST, Apache/ Solr as well as many Content Management and Business Intelligence systems, Semaphore endows these information management systems with capabilities such as automatic classification, contextual navigation and metadata term management, so that enterprises can better find, organize, process, monetize, control, secure and govern unstructured content."
Semaphore Content Intelligence Platform from Smartlogic is being used throughout the Federal Government in DOD, Intel and Civilian sectors to complement their investments in Enterprise Search, Business Intelligence and Content Management. Semaphore provides effective, rapid and accurate control of, and access to, unstructured content with a speed, accuracy and intelligence not achievable today through existing systems - systems that are strained from soaring information volumes, cross- organizational information needs; and the rapidly evolving demands for what and why information is needed and used.
For more information on how Smartlogic works with the US Federal Government: http://www.smartlogic.com/home/sectors/market-sectors/government


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Switcher Hangout The place for switchers to discuss their new machines, and how to work with OS X. General support can be had here for newbie stuff, like "How do I restart my new iMac?" :) |
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I wanted to buy a portable pc for myself, but not really sure which one is most suitable. I've compared both and its absolutely great to me. I would say here that I'm an apple fan-boy, but i do really need to buy this since i have no laptop at all. I owned iMac 24", iPhone, and consider to buy an iPad in the future. Im a computing student that do designing and programming. I'm also doing photography and editing as my hobbies. I'm not a gamers. What i like about the pro are the black frame, the DVD-rom(since my iMac's DVD-rom damaged), and dislike the thickness. The things i like about the air are the thin, the ssd, and dislike the small storage and the grey frame. The same part of both which i like is the card reader(import my images). Hope you guys can help me, cheers XD
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Mac Specs: 13" MB 2.4ghz, 2gig ram, OS 10.7.5
At this point...MacBook Airs cannot be upgraded beyond 4gig of ram (and if you want 4gig of ram...you MUST configure it this way at time of purchase). If this is a limitation you cannot live with...then get the MacBook Pro.
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Mac Specs: 13" MB 2.4ghz, 2gig ram, OS 10.7.5
In addition to the 4gig ram limit I mentioned above: - if you want a display larger than 13"...can't get that in a MBA (but you can always use an external display if you need something larger when at a desk). - I also still feel that I need/want the built-in DVD drive. If I have $1500+ bucks to spend (which is a lot of money to me)...I want to get as much functionality & expandability as I can get. The MBP offers more of this than the MBA (for me). The thinness & lightness are "sexy"...but in my humble opinion...you give up too much to get that. This is just me...I know that there are other folks who feel completely the opposite! - Nick - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery |
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Mac Specs: MacBook Pro.
I remember when Apple introduced a new machine and it came without a floppy. Boy did that cause quite a stir. If one was able to purchased a PC today with a floppy, that would be shocking. Only because who in the heck uses a floppy? But I can't, just won't, do without an optical drive. And that is why I bought a MBP. That and the fact you can upgrade it. The Air just doesn't do it for me. Not enough there. I just hope that Apple, in the future, doesn't drop the optical drive for their new MBP. And I don't want to hear about an external drive. Not what I want. |
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Price compared equally, a 13" Air is more expensive than a 13" Pro, plus you get larger (slower) storage in a 500+GB HDD in a pro, a DVD reader/writer and more ports. Plus, keep in mind you will have no ethernet capability with the Air so if you are a student or must use the machine in a location without wireless you will be out of luck (well, short of a dongle of some sort). Pro can go up to 16GB for the latest version where Air is limited to 4GB.
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I got the idea for this from bycelina jewellery:
Unfortunately, which annoyed me a little in the end, my O-Ring is bigger than the ring of the original bracelet. Being a perfectionist, it annoys me more than a little :D Maybe I'll look for a smaller one.
Start with the lowest chains.
One is longer than the other..
You have to try out how long they should be for your wrist, those are only my sizes! They're quite tight but still long enough to put the bracelet on and off without an extra clasp.
Put the chains together with a tiny ring and attach them to the big ring.
Add a pendant of your choice. The original bracelet has a wing, which is also very beautiful.
Now to the 3 chains you need for the fingers.
Thumb chain: Mine was 16 cm, it's the longest.
Middlefinger chain: 14 cm
Little finger: 13 cm
It's important that you are able to put them on for fingers when the bracelets already on your wrist! ;)
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Easiest to Use Model 200 Home Water Distiller
The Most Convenient and Efficient Countertop Home Water Distiller. This Classic White water distiller has a Modern Design and is Light-Weight for Convenience with Easy-Fill Tap Water Reservoir.
SKU: 200 Weight: 15.00
Regular Price: $179.00
On Sale For: $149.00
Product Description:
Our Most Convenient Countertop Water Distiller!
The modern light-weight design is recommended for seniors and others who may have difficulty in lifting. Although it may not boast the sturdiness of our heavy-duty Model 100 & 300 series, it produces the same quality and quantity of pure distilled water.
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A highly publicised Facebook group entitled 'Rage Against the Machine for Christmas No. 1' has been set up by husband and wife Jon and Tracy Morter, who are imploring users to digitally purchase the song 'Killing in the Name', and with the rap metal anthem currently sitting at no 1 in the download charts, they're winning.
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Sales of the single are said to be pipping Joe McElderry's 'The Climb' by 10% in digital downloads, according to the Official Charts Company. However, a surge in purchases of McElderry's offering is expected when it goes on sale in physical format tomorrow. The results will be announced in the Official UK Top 40 Chart Show on Radio One this Sunday.
The UK's Christmas number one has been monopolised by X Factor winners since 2005. Last year Alexandra Burke sold 576,000 copies of her cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah', seeing off competition from a similar campaign to take Jeff Buckley's version to the top of the charts instead.
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We arrived late at night without a reservation and after the initial surprise, Majda's first words were "here, try a local specialty" and that kind of hospitality didn't stop until we left (sadly) 3 days later. Make sure you do Bata's tour and go to all the restaurants they recommend. Best meals of our trip!!!
Unique Quality: Immediately made to feel like family and given enough local knowledge that you feel like you've lived there for years. Outstanding!
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February 23, 2010Confessions of a Worship Leader
As a worship leader, I'm not always comfortable on stage. I've struggled with this my whole life. Unlike my extroverted husband, I don't like being the life of the party, the one everyone's looking at. I dread the thought of people analyzing whether my skirt matches my tights as I lead them in the worship of our Savior.
To be fair, I'm sure most people aren't judging my hosiery. I fabricate most of these perceptions. And awhile ago I realized I've got more important concerns during a service, so I prayed that God would take my insecurities that I might focus on the fierce power of worshiping Christ as his church.
I know God has gifted and equipped me for this ministry, but that doesn't always mean it comes easily—or naturally. I make many clumsy mistakes as I grow into these gifts that, like ill-fitting attire, often feel cumbersome and awkward on my frame.
I used to long for a behind-the-scenes ministry, to serve where nobody but God would notice. In my purest moments I wanted to be rewarded by God alone, like Jesus talks about in Matthew 6. Surely this would make my life easier, my ministry "holier," I believed.
Sure, it's healthy for me to serve in other ways that don't involve me being on stage. But had I mistakenly created a hierarchy for gifts? Did I believe that behind-the-scenes service was somehow better than what God had made me for?
I've been learning that a true worship leader recognizes their role of humble servant above everything else. What is more humbling than leading the church in the adoration of Christ? Our hearts should quicken at the very idea.
This is not a position of flashy power. Worship leading is rarely glamorous, and most of our ministry doesn't even happen on stage. The hour-long service on Sunday morning is informed by many hours of prayer, fasting, choosing songs, administration, and ministering to our team. These behind-the-scenes moments of openness to the Holy Spirit are often what matter most when we open our mouths to praise Jesus.
A life of transparency and service is the greatest gift we can give our congregations in worship. Worship leaders need to be present and authentic, and, at the same time, our greatest desire is to disappear that Christ might be the center of our praise. I found that this paradox is the beauty of our calling and the reason we are free to love, serve, and praise Jesus—even in the midst of our insecurities.
Maybe being an introvert has allowed you to lead worship in a way that puts all the focus on Christ. In not calling attention to yourself, in not providing entertainment or a show, in refusing to crave the limelight, you are able to simply point people to Him.
And that's what leading worship is all about.
I celebrate your giftedness - and can only hope and pray that more introverts will step out of their comfort zone and into this important call - to lead us to Jesus.
No one does this better than those whose hearts' desire is to "serve where nobody but God would notice."
Linda, thanks for your encouragement! I hope that you are right--that my personality allows the attention to not be on me, but on Christ. Maybe it's a gift after all. ;)
Is there no room in God's economy for an extrovert? Is there no room for someone learning humility and living it out?
I lead music also and I'm an introvert. I wish it were otherwise because I feel I'd do a better job if I were drawn to this job rather than assigned there because I can sing and doing so in front of a crowd doesn't make me throw up.
I have served almost 25 years in the role of worship/music pastor and the consistant comment is "I appreciate your transparency - authenticity. You do not get in the way of worship". I do not have all the 'flashy' tactics/antics of the highly visible worship leaders. As my wife always reminds me, "just be who God made you to be. You can be no one else."
I definitely think God has gifted and equipped extroverts for worship leading. I deeply respect and admire all the extrovert worship leaders I know (including my husband)! Being an extrovert never has meant a lack of humility. I don't know if that's what you were saying or not. I think, however, that when I learned to accept who God has made me to be, I was able to grow into a beautiful gift. I didn't know it was there. Because of my shyness and anxiety, I didn't know I could offer something transparent and profound to the congregation. Praise God that he makes beautiful things out of those traits we deem unredeemable!
To me, an introvert simply means we experience a depletion of energy a lot more, when we are "out there among people" than an extrovert experiences.
Being a pastor's wife (my husband is an extrovert. I am an introvert), and the Women's Fellowship Director, speaker and involved all the time with people. I love them. I am just exhausted afterwards and need to find an escape faster than my husband does. People energize him. I am drained, even though I love what I do.
So, introvert or extrovert don't have different experiences in humility, we all are on the journey to being humble. It is simply how people affect us.
I know that God has a calling on my life. I am a teacher. Periodically, I teach Sunday School, too. Wherever I am, there are ladies who develop an attitudinal problem/behavior, that is directed toward me. I am rejected in some fashion. I love clothing! Its a part of me. Any comments?
Thank you for being so honest, I needed to read this today. I have been in the ministry with my husband for 28 years, but behind the scenes, knowing fullwell that God wanted me to be more involved with people and upfront. Anyway, I obeyed and did the course of study and now am a licensed minister alongside my husband, I lead small groups, preach now and again, etc. More people want me to be more vocal than I am, but I feel so insecure and stupid, no one has ever said that, but me myself. Thanks for sharing, maybe I can follow your example and do what God wants me to do. To preach for 25 minutes every now and again, really is not such a difficult task, but oh my goodness, tell my knees and my insecurities that.
Thankyou for the concept of "growing into" gifts. Its what I needed to hear today - preaching tomorrow, new to it and still intimidated by it, even if I'm also convinced that God has called me to do it and is equipping me as we go along.
I'm an extrovert in every sense of the word but God had to arrange the circumstances of our ministry so that I was the only one available to lead worship before I did it. Extrovert or Introvert we all have issues. Insecurities, fear of failure, fear of criticism, fear of the awesome responsibility of leading people into the throne room of God.
It is true that extroverts are usually thought of as more arrogant because they are comfortable being upfront, comfortable with people and more demonstrative in style. But is that really arrogant? An introvert can be arrogant with a smug self-righteousness.
Being a Worship Leader is a ministry that receives a lot of criticism because each person has their idea of the songs and styles that should be sung. You must die to being a people pleaser, die to the fear of criticism - die.
Whether you're an introvert or extrovert you can be self-conscious. If you are self-conscious then you will get in the way. We must be God conscious and lead with a Holy confidence that He who called and gifted us will take our prepared heart and voice and use it for His glory.
Because we are gifted doesn't mean we don't need to add knowledge, practice and skill. That is what is meant by growing into the gift. We need to prepare, practice, pray and then step out and just focus on the one we love and worship. Be mindful of the people and if they are following, where are you sensing God is taking you in worship. Its difficult to do that if you're worried about how you look and what people are thinking. Get over yourself and get into God. He who called you is faithful and He will do it. Step out of the boat and walk on the water.
A HUGE "AMEN" to Angela's last three paragraphs!
If we are focused on our inadequacies we get in God's way! Being extrovert or an introvert has nothing to do with how you handle the gift and ministry. God created you and he knows who you were (extrovert/introvert) before you were born, so if he has gifted and called you to this ministry, you will be able to do all things "in Christ."
I'm not a worship leader but do have a prophetic gifting. When the time of praise and worship is focused on God, I find the anointing comes upon me to receive and share a word. Though I am extremely shy in front of people, I have always found that the minute I step out in faith to give the word, my knees stop shaking and I can speak clearly and coherently.
I always thought this happened to everyone who was doing ministry. I hear you saying it doesn't. Hmmmm.
And another thing, I am always full of joy afterwards and strength too, even though I have fibromyalgia. Go figure!
Thank you for sharing what goes behind the scene for a Worship Leader. As one of those who sits in the comfort and security of the pew, I always thought that beign a Worhip Leader must be one of the more glamorous ministry in church. I have never quite "see" the ministry or in truth the person who is up and out there. So thank you for opening my understanding.
It seems in "Worship" we can often confuse skill with giftedness.
At our fellowship we now group our Creative Ministries under Celebration.
Worship is a whole of life response to Gods unmerited favour. See Roman 12:1-2 open your heart to a number of translations the Message version is beautiful. Google, The Message Bible Romans 12:1-2
Those we look to, to lead us in Celebration are growing in their wholelife response to God, it makes a difference. Fewer "superstar" But God continues to bless these decisions.
Lastly our Celebration, infact all our Worship is an offering to The Most High God. If you find yourself saying, I think this morning is good or bad worship, remember what our Lord Jesus said in Luke 21: 1-4 Our offerings are for God and only God truly knows the motive of the offering.
I think this is a great discussion as well. I am also a worship leader, and my personality is that of an extrovert over all. But as someone said above, that doesn't mean you don't have insecurities. Being an extrovert can be hard if you're in a room full of, and trying to lead, introverted people! :-)
I think maybe we should break up the two words though. God has called us for two reasons, 1) because he has given us the heart of a worshipper, and 2) he has equipped us to lead.
I think it's the leading part that we struggle with at times. Everyone's leadership style is not the same. Sometimes, it's hard to give instruction or to lead by example (I'm speaking of the element of exhortation as well lead-some people employ this, others may not) But I think standing with 200-2200 people looking at you, anyone would rightly feel shaky...
I'd also like to agree that an extroverted personality does not equal arrogance. Arrogance comes when we think way too highly of ourselves, and sometimes, interestingly we see arrogance where there is less talent or giftedness than that person believes. It really all comes down to our yieldedness to God, and then to use the gift and personality that he has given US-and to use it effectively.
If we all led the same, used our gifts in the same way, or were in any other way carbon copies of one another, we would not be able to see a panoramic view of our King.
So I am so glad Bonnie, that Christ has made you free from the insecurities that you once felt.
hi, i have been newly appointed as a worship leader and would realy appreciate your prayers, i am quite an intravert person, but i believe that with Gods grace we will work together to remove in time, all my insecurities and any boundaries i have, its all a learning and growing process and just to say these comments have realy blessed and helped me thankyou everyone and God bless you all in your ministries, tina.
tell me more about being a worship leader
Hi Bonnie. I believe that God can help us in many ways and that together with him, we can move through anything. I had a fear of failure myself and I moved through this, back into faith and trust through working on myself, on the inner, to release layers of myself that were holding me back. I no longer hold this fear of failure and am enjoying life so much more for it. I am not a worship leader, but am a leader in my community and family.
I know what you mean by not being comfortable on stage, I had the same problem, until the moment that I changed my focus...
I was focusing on myself, my presentation, and all the mistakes I could make, but not on what I bring to the audience.
One day I decided that no matter how bad my presentation is, there is only one thing that matters... and that is how much the individual listener gets out of it!
I believe in God, and I believe in my purpose, even though I'm teaching people how to see naturally without limitations, which ultimately leads them to see the beauty of the world.
For anyone involved in leadership, I think it is important to realize that you focus on the listener, on the audience, no matter how bad you are on the day.
If you provide the best value possible and inspire and lead the people that come to you for guidance, you did your job.
True leadership comes from the focus and caring about your listener, not from the words you say. It comes from how you say them and what meaning you evoke in the person you are touching.
With love,
I know what you mean by not being comfortable on stage, I had the same problem, until the moment that I changed my focus...
I was focusing on myself, my presentation, and all the mistakes I could make, but not on what I bring to the audience.
One day I decided that no matter how bad my presentation is, there is only one thing that matters... and that is how much the individual listener gets out of it!
I believe in God, and I believe in my purpose, even though I'm teaching people how to see naturally without limitations, which ultimately leads them to see the beauty of the world.
For anyone involved in leadership, I think it is important to realize that you focus on the listener, on the audience, no matter how bad you are on the day.
If you provide the best value possible and inspire and lead the people that come to you for guidance, you did your job.
True leadership comes from the focus and caring about your listener, not from the words you say. It comes from how you say them and what meaning you evoke in the person you are touching.
With love,
Being gifted is a wonderful thing, though it does have it's challenges. Being an introvert and being gifted is extra difficult, but seeing results by sharing your gift is extra sweet when this is the case.
I really love your statement about the hierarchy of gifts. Sometimes we think we know what's best, but God makes us in the way He does for His ultimate reasons. And that's what we need to rely on.
Why on earth would you even be leading a worship service. I do not believe you are speaking about a service with only women attending.
The NT is very clear about this. A woman should not be leading a man, and that means at home and in the church. There is no indication that is is not what God meant, other than people who feel they have to be politically correct, which means going against God's Word, and say that this does not apply to worship, and any other excuse they can think of.
I just critiqued a dissertation on the decline of the church and its members. There are numerous reasons other then poor leadership. But in this case you have it. A leader of the flock is to be a man, and many people are in for a big surprise when udgment day comes and they have to account for improper interpretation of this verse, a thousand days is a day to God, touch not my annointed (black churches really misuse this, and I know because I worked in one and the pastor is on the radio); right up to Harold Campping believing that God told him and not jesus, the last day is May 22, 2011.
Churches are not being fully blessed by God because of bake sales, and rummage sales and bingo night. They simply do not trust in God for all their needs and neither do most christians.
Maureen, Better be careful how you use the term, prophetic gifting. There are no such things as prophets today. Say one thing that does not come true and you are to be stoned.


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Why Chinese Inflation Risk Is Over Three Times Greater Than In America
As everyone awaits (or doubts) the next coordinated central planning bank action - whether Fed QE (Lockhart stymied?), ECB 'bottomless pockets' (Merkel's back), or China RRR (reverse repos?) - the prices of things we need (as opposed to want) continue to rise. Nowhere is this more important than in China with its extremely high levels (and volatility) of deposit flows increasingly levered to re-inflationary actions by the PBoC. The critical aspect of the following analysis is that in the US, the stock market acts as an 'inflation buffer' for the rich's excess disposable income; in China, this is not the case and given the greater than 3.4x leverage compared to the US, PBoC actions flow much more rapidly through the populace to the things they need - and right now more inflation is not what they need or want - which perhaps explains the reverse-repo 'gradual' tightening.
1) Chinese deposit volatility is massively high and extremely prone to 'inverse' window-dressing (as Bloomberg's chart of the day pointed out yesterday) which makes the PBoC's role as credit-monitor very hard. The chart below shows the outrageously obvious pump up in deposits (lower pane) as banks offer incentives to attract deposits and meet PBoC regulatory needs - only to let them flow back out and tighten their offers after...
2) This exaggerates any mistake or action they make but more critically the fact that in the US Depo-to-GDP is 0.55: 1 (USD8.8tn Deposits against USD15.8tn GDP) but in China it is 1.9:1 (USD13.8tn Deposits against USD7.3tn GDP - USD equivalent) - a 3.45x ratio that greatly exacerbates any easing impact of a RRR as deposits flow more dramatically; which leads to a critical and most important point;
3) Why do Chinese people not like their stock market? In the US those 'deposits' flow straight into an inflation buffer - the US equity market (or AAPL). The lack of flows into Chinese stocks given the size of their deposits suggests legacy savings attitudes remain solid or fear of fraud are prevalent.
The point being that if the US had the same amount of cash in deposits as China (on a relative basis), the US would have an epic inflation problem right now but since the rich, who have all the disposable income, simply redirect cash into the stock casino market, stocks serve as an inflation offset.
Without a wholesale shift in Chinese attitudes towards risk, given their clear 'trust' issues, inflationary impacts of PBoC action will remain far more important than the Fed's (for now).
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Fantastic points. Accurately explains why the PBoC is so hesitant to do further massive stimulus (see: soybean and corn prices).
Or that they haven't yet perfected the art of manipulating stock prices upward while manipulating pm/commodity prices downward.
The Chinese just need more buy-in into the PONZI potential.
Promise them a fully paid retirement (with full health care) in 40 years if only they would work their asses off now, and then spend like crazy on the weekends.
Come on, there are 1.3 billion suckers over there. How hard can this be for crying out loud? We did our part over here in America. Time for them thar Chinese to put their consumer shoulders to the wheel and heave ho.
Some are actually celebrating the good news...
maybe we should export them Ben and JAmie as a groupon couponned package deal!
but seriously they should go massively into gold to calm the increase in money supply.
And then ration food to their population. Slim fast and good abdos for all.
The really key factor is that, since the late 1970s - when they had some guaranteed health care under Mao, and a 'barefoot doctor' programme for common citizens that was admired throughout the world -
Since the late 1970s the Chinese have had neither guaranteed health care nor any reasonable insurance they could buy, and they are just starting to remedy that recently.
Chinese consumer savings habits, are ultimately the result of the need to have cash so they are not dumped outside the hospital door and left to die
Contrast China with South Korea - which actually is the MOST successful economic growth story in the world, along with Taiwan - the only two economies to have consistent 5%+ growth over the past five decades
One absolutely key element in South Korea's success, is that since the 1960s era of South Korea's autocratic quasi-dictator Mr Park, health care was provided near-universally for South Korean workers families, despite their initially making very little money ... but they did not have to worry about their children dying for lack of health care
Park judged that Koreans would not feel as free to work hard and become the most successful growth economy of the world, if they were constantly worried about health care
Now, despite Park being a 'dictator' of that era ... Park's daughter has just been nominated to be the new President of Korea in the upcoming election, and she may win.
In China, meanwhile, that is the reason that old Chinese often still revere Mao ... under Mao they had health care.
But Mao managed to starve more than 40 million peasants to death in just three short years between 1959 and 1962. What a historical accomplishment, according to David Rockefeller.
Who said Joseph Stalin was not a role model?
Unlike Stalin, Mao needed no bullets at all.
maybe. wealthy chinese have no interest in putting their cash in the chinese stock market-they are doing everything they can, legal and otherwise to get their money OUT of china is fast as possible.
When the leadership themselves choose to warehouse their wealth offshore, why the heck would the populace ever trust the institutions?
Which nation is "offshore"?
So, laundering corrupt intake is accepted there?
Double standard. ;p
Sweet. We're all poor and in debt, so we don't have inflation. Problem solved.
Whilst I realise it's just a barborous relic and you can't eat it, could the Chinese not buy physical gold as a hedge against inflation? Shoot me down in flames, just a thought.
They have a inflation buffer... its called GOLD bitchez
And silver, titanium, lithium, rhodium, platinium, etc..
More back doors than a porn orgy.
The author may have forgotten to mention the Vancouver real estate market as the other escape valve for Chinese money. But hey....who is to blame? The Chinese or the Bank of Canada that doesn't allow the Canadian dollar to appreciate and manipulates it to be around parity, via repos?
"The lack of flows into Chinese stocks given the size of their deposits suggests legacy savings attitudes remain solid or fear of fraud are prevalent."
Those damn Chinese need to more fully embrace the consumer mentality of spend now and never save later. It's all their fault that I might never be able to collect the SS and company pension I'm entitled to. I did my part to support the PONZI. Now it's their turn.
My inflation buffer is shiny and heavy. It's the metal of kings. Preferably with an eagle on it.
In China, everything is a fraud. Even the most recent demise of the serial killer story itself was a fraud.
The Chinese and their crusty old millenia of civilization and insight into human nature...barbaric...they should be living it up, installing inground pools and ensuite marble bathrooms, vacationing on the Gulf of Mexico, eating boxed food, buying APPL and Cadillacs, etc.
"PBoC actions flow much more rapidly through the populous to the things they need..."
That's 'populace.' Good article. Inflation follows paths of least resistance. But this statement should give us pause:
"the rich, who have all the disposable income, simply redirect cash into the stock casino market, stocks serve as an inflation offset."
Define "rich." Aren't algorithms crowding out real market participants? Is that the tax base of the future? Did I just solve the problem of how to fund those entitlement programs?
.... what....
Don't forget that bulk currency exports by drug cartels help keep down inflation. i.e. War on Drugs "Win" = Higher Inflation
Hey yeah! And there's some serious moolah ripe for taxation!
Wait I use to read here that bad loans are mounting and there is no coverage for it, suddenly I see on ZH this massive China deposit rate and talk about inflation?WTF
Um, we mostly tie up our funds in bonds and other shit, no one actually just sits on the cash beyond a certain amount that is kept close in hand.


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With the assistance of Mr. Streeter, Mr. Kumar narrated a Garden of Eden-like seduction, with Mr. Rajaratnam in the role of the snake, at an encounter following a 2003 charitable event. It was there that Mr. Rajaratnam suggested to Mr. Kumar that McKinsey PowerPoints were not really what his firm was interested in. Mr. Kumar said Mr. Rajaratnam encouraged him to think of himself as overworked and underpaid and as having been exiled to open McKinsey's office in India while his colleagues in the U.S. made fortunes. Then he offered him $500,000 a year for his "ideas."
Under Mr. Streeter's questioning, Mr. Kumar told of the Swiss account he then set up and the investment in Galleon he made in the name of his Indian housekeeper. Mr. Streeter provoked Mr. Kumar's palpable remorse when he forced him to recall his misdeeds: "I was actually quite proud," Mr. Kumar said of a deal he helped put together between two companies, "and sadly, I violated everything in sharing it with Mr. Rajaratnam."
But Mr. Streeter also took clear advantage of Mr. Kumar's intellect, the authority of his Anglo-Indian accent, his ability to articulate financial matters in a simple way and his pedagogical manner to ask other kinds of questions as well: What is a hedge fund? What kinds of people invest in them? What is private equity? What kind of hedge fund was Galleon? What does it mean to go short on a stock? Do you know why Bank of Bermuda was being used? The jury watched him attentively. It had been a long day of sitting, but nobody looked bored.
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