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To register for a class, call the Evansville Museum at (812) 425-2406. Please make checks payable to The Evansville Museum. Payment must be received on or before the registration deadline. Registration is guaranteed when payment is received.
If a class is cancelled by the Museum, registration fees will be refunded. In the event a student must cancel the registration, he/she must do so before the registration deadline in order to receive a refund.
Classes for Adults
Join local realist painter, Michael Bartholomew, for a ten day oil painting workshop beginning September 16. In the first week, Bartholomew will teach students how to prepare their painting surface and learn to draw their subject matter using the grid method onto their canvas, plus complete an underpainting. In the second week, students will set-up a limited color palette, learn how value plays an important part in applying color, and move to completion of their painting. Visit his website www.bartholomewart.com for a complete class materials list.
Dates: Two weeks in September: September 16 – 20 and September 23 – 27
Times: 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
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Join local artist Evi Salby for a four hour course on silk painting. Students will work on small squares to learn each new technique, and then will be able to choose what size scarf they would like to paint.
Dates: September 21, October 12, or November 16
Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Join local artist Evi Salby for a twelve week course on silk painting. Students will work on small squares to learn each new technique, and then will be able to choose what size scarf they would like to paint. Depending on the student, several scarves will be painted during Session I. In Session II, students will add to their knowledge from Session I by learning more complex techniques and working with different ways to embellish their scarves. The following subjects will be covered:
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Week One – Students will learn to stretch silk, get acquainted with dyes, and see the difference between painting on dry silk and wet silk.
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Week Three – Students will learn to work with the control medium called resist.
Week Four – Students will learn to use other control mediums, such as dye sticks and a blow dryer.
Week Five – Students will learn to layer dyes.
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Week Six – Students will enjoy using any of the techniques, or all of them, while painting a scarf.
Week Seven – Students will explore the shibori technique.
Week Eight – Students will spend more time exploring the shibori technique.
Week Nine – Students will work with stamps.
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Dates: Session I: September 4, 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9
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Join mixed media artist Julie Struck for four weeks of exploring the possibilities of collage, a medium that blurs the boundaries of possibilities! Through a series of demonstrations and guided exercises focusing on building backgrounds, paper lamination, altered imagery, luscious layering, and terrific typographic techniques, beginning through advanced participants will delve into the intuitive, experimental process associated with the fine art of collage. The end result will be a visual journal that illustrates a personal theme chosen by individual participants early in the exploration process.
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Join local artist Cynthia Watson for some art, friendship, and fun! Learn how to create your own masterpieces in a relaxed yet stimulating environment. Watson focuses on individualization while teaching core principles including perspective, value and composition, as well as color mixing and shading. Each student will choose his or her medium and subject matter. Please bring your own supplies! Beginner and intermediate students are encouraged to let creative juices flow in this inspiring atmosphere.
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Indian Menopause society, a multi-disciplinary Society was launched in 1995 and since then has grown into an active, vibrant organisation with 36 chapters across the country and more than 2000 Life members from different specialities.
The theme for the year 2013 is 'Stabilise and Strenghten'. I would urge all of you to help stabilize the health of mature women in our country and help strengthen them physically and emotionally so that they may face the coming years with equanimity. Women from all walks of life will then be 'Fit at Forty, Strong at Sixty and Independent at Eighty' as our Slogan encourages them to be!
I hope that all members and Chapters will work towards this goal and this would help to 'Stabilise and Strengthen' the Indian Menopause Society.
This year, we will concentrate on two of the issues where prevalence is increasing in our country : Diabetes and Breast Cancer. CME's and Public Awareness meetings on both these issues will take place in all 36 chapters across the country over the next twelve months.
The focus will also be on increasing our work in Rural areas and also initiating Research activities to generate Indian data on several aspects of Menopausal health. We will have a CME on Planning a Research Project on 03 August in Pune.
The Zonal Conferences this year will be at Allahabad in April, Jodhpur in July, Calicut in September and Gurgaon in November.
The next National Conference will be in Agra in February 2014.
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SF Giants: Why the Jonathan Sanchez – Melky Cabrera Trade Works for Both Teams
By (Contributor) on November 7, 2011
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The San Francisco Giants traded left handed pitcher Jonathan Sanchez and pitching prospect Ryan Verdugo to the Kansas City Royals for outfielder Melky Cabrera on Monday in what could be termed the first "major" move of the offseason.
After years of trade speculation, Jonathan Sanchez is officially off the trading block (and off the Giants roster). This move is sure to have plenty of critics, but I would argue that both teams actually win in this deal (especially the Giants). Here are some justifications for this argument.
Jonathan Sanchez Didn't Fit with the Rotation
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The San Francisco Giants have one of the best pitching rotations in the major leagues. Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner and Ryan Vogelsong rank near the top of the National League in ERA. Jonathan Sanchez had a wonderful season in 2010 and was a major contributor to San Francisco's 2010 World Championship.
But in 2011, Sanchez no longer fit:
His BB/9 was one of the worst in the major leagues, his ERA was less than stellar and, even though his K/9 rate was excellent, it came at a cost of runs and a lack of innings pitched. With Barry Zito's salary not going anywhere and Eric Surkamp waiting in the wings, Sanchez did not fit into the rotation. He does, however, fit with the Royals anemic rotation.
Melky Cabrera Is a "Free Outfielder"
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The San Francisco Giants traded Jonathan Sanchez before he went to arbitration. He was to be a free agent in 2013. By trading him before arbitration, the Giants can avoid paying Sanchez the $4MM-$5MM he would have earned this season. Instead, they can pay this money to Melky Cabrera, who earned $1.25MM last season.
This means that the net cost of Cabrera is essentially $0. A starter who did not fit (and a reliever nobody has been hyping) netted the Giants an outfield solution. This means that Coco Crisp and others are not necessarily priorities, and the Giants may shift their focus to signing Carlos Beltran.
Nobody Has Ever Heard of Ryan Verdugo
Is this what he looks like?
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Nobody outside of his parents has ever heard of Ryan Verdugo. The 24-year-old left handed pitcher pitched for the AA Richmond Flying Squirrels last year and posted a pedestrian line of:
These numbers, at the minor league level, are surprisingly similar to Sanchez' major league numbers. Perhaps Ryan Verdugo will become a Cy Young-caliber pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, and he may one day evolve into such a pitcher. But with a rotation as stacked as that of the San Francisco Giants, he is what one might call an "acceptable loss."
Melky Cabrera Answers Some Questions
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A caveat; Melky Cabrera answers some questions. Melky Cabrera alone does not answer the San Francisco Giants' offensive woes. That being said, he is a substantial upgrade over the current platoon of Giants outfielders. By the numbers, Cabrera is solid:
Melky Cabrera is a potential 20/20 threat who can bat .300 and hit in the middle of the order. The Giants' lineup, assuming they acquire a top-of-the-order shortstop and re-sign Carlos Beltran, would look something like this:
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- Freddy Sanchez
- Carlos Beltran
- Pablo Sandoval
- Buster Posey
- Melky Cabrera
- Aubrey Huff
- Brandon Belt
- Pitcher
That lineup can win ballgames on a consistent basis.
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text: How to Find the Best HematologistMake sure you are comfortable with your lymphoma doctor. He or she is the main player on your medical team.By Madeline Vann, MPHMedically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin MD, MPH If you have lymphoma, the doctor who will lead your medical team is called a hematologist/oncologist, or "hem/onc" doctor, for short. A hematologist/oncologist specializes in treating cancers of the blood. While lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system, there is substantial overlap with the circulatory system and the blood. The Lymphoma Hematologist: Finding the Right Expert Your hematologist/oncologist will play an important role in helping you fight lymphoma. Take the time you need to choose the right one. Here are some guidelines. Use a variety of resources: Get a referral from your primary care doctor or health plan. Contact the American Medical Association or the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and ask for a referral in your community. Find out how well-suited the doctor is to treat your type of cancer: What board certifications does the doctor have? How much experience does the doctor have with caring for people with lymphoma? Is the doctor a member of any professional societies, such as ASH? Is the doctor covered by your health care plan? "Make sure the hematologist is certified in malignant disease," advises Bart Kamen, MD, PhD, executive vice president and chief medical officer of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, based in White Plains, N.Y. Keep in mind that there are many different types of lymphomas, so you want a hematologist/oncologist who stays up-to-date on the best ways to diagnose and treat your type of cancer. The Lymphoma Hematologist: Asking the Right Questions When finding a hematologist/oncologist, make sure you find a doctor who will really listen to you and take time to address your concerns. "If a patient feels like her doctor doesn't listen or answer questions, I say get a new doctor," says Dr. Kamen. This may be easier said than done, but it will be worth your effort in the long run. After receiving a lymphoma diagnosis, you will no doubt have many questions. Write down questions ahead of time and bring a paper and pen (or even a tape recorder) to your appointment. This way, you'll remember to address all of your concerns. Asking a friend or family member to come with you can also help ease your worries. Here are some questions to ask during your first few visits with a hematologist/oncologist: What kind of lymphoma do I have? How advanced is my lymphoma, and what tests are needed to determine its stage? What are my treatment options? Am I a candidate for a clinical trial? Where will I receive treatment and additional testing? How often will I be treated? How can I reach my doctor or nurses during non-office hours? How can I manage my pain? What other doctors or health care providers will help manage my care? "A great doctor without good nurse-practitioners, hospital, or radiology is not enough," says Kamen. "Taking care of cancer is very much of a team approach." Make sure to ask about all the health professionals who will assist in your care. Last Updated: 05/20/2009 | Next Article: "Cancer Patient" Means Someone Else » Leave a comment To leave a comment, please log in below using your preferred network. More on Lymphoma Lymphoma Basics Diagnosis Treatment Management Articles in Lymphoma Treatment Acupuncture to Ease Lymphoma Symptoms How to Find the Best Hematologist Chemotherapy for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Hodgkin Disease Treatments: Chemotherapy and Radiation What's New in Lymphoma Research? What's Next After Lymphoma Treatment? Other Treatments for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treating Childhood Lymphoma Stem Cell Transplants for Lymphoma New Drugs for Rare Lymphomas More Articles Back to Top


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Worth $2 By: Hawkdarato - May 26, 2009Version: 1.2.23It doesn't crash. So that's good. But I hate the computer uses nonsense words. It beat me with the word "nht". Yeah. So fix that. Mhm.
WiFi Play Is Unstable By: Exxplora - May 28, 2009Version: 1.2.23We used to enjoy playing this game over wifi, and would have rated it a 5. But with the past few updates, wifi gaming has been unstable at home and we are generally unable to connect in public wifi hotspot settings. This game would benefit from a "pass around" mode similar to what EA has implemented in Trivial Pursuit. Limited to single player mode (because not everyone is on Facebook), it only gets a 3.
Dictionary need work. By: goodluvv - May 30, 2009Version: 1.2.23This game does not allow many words from the dictionary. The computer spells all sorts of unknown words, but when I put out a word that I know is in the dictionary, it says it's not a word. I could've sworn that "nile" was in the dictionary; or, "gi." When I tried to play these two words, the games said that they were not words. But yet, the computer plays words like "tiki" and "iwis." Love the game though, but the dictionary needs work.
Noise options worthless By: Me Trouble - May 31, 2009Version: 1.2.23Game music set to off and volume turned to lowest level and I still get noise. Fix this!
stop crashing my phone! By: rhoop206 - Jun 2, 2009Version: 1.2.23This was by far my favorite app and used to play it everyday until recently it started CRASHING MY PHONE! It wont let me play when i'm listening to music anymore, and half the time when im not listening to music it still crashes! please fix this!!! make it the way it was!
Scrabble Crashes on Load! By: KAMSUK - Jun 8, 2009Version: 1.2.23I bought this game and I haven't been able to play it since. The program splash screen loads and then crashes and returns back to the home screen. --------------------------------------------------*UPDATE* 6/8/2009Game loads when WiFi is enabled. However, now it crashes when trying to sign on to Facebook play.
Good game By: Flkarma - Jun 9, 2009Version: 1.2.23Fun but needs a Scrabble dictionary built in
Way too easy By: zelman5000 - Jun 15, 2009Version: 1.2.34Kids will love it but it's too easy for an adult (I am a mediocre player normally and won 98% of my games).
The computer By: Chocolatayy - Jun 17, 2009Version: 1.2.34I play vs comp alot and i always loose haha... Good app to keep u challenged
Good but needs a bit more work By: 14-Granola - Jun 18, 2009Version: 1.2.34It's a good app but the dictionary needs to me expanded more and it crashes from time to time.
Good app By: katiewow - Jun 21, 2009Version: 1.2.34The day after I bought it, it crashed! It's a good idea, but you need to work on keeping it from crashing. :)
Not quite as advertised By: jennyc* - Jun 26, 2009Version: 1.2.34Where is this teacher feature. It has crashed a few times. That's why I a m reviewing now - can't get game to load! Fun when working.
dictionary lacking By: notethan - Jun 28, 2009Version: 1.2.34The dictionary doesn't have some of the longer words that you would want to play while playing a solo game. While in a solo game, you would want to set yourself up for really long words such as oxyphenbutazone, which is an allowable word in scrabble.
Mr. By: Billy Dingo - Jun 18, 2009Version: 1.2.34Imagine my disappointment when I straddled "RATIO" to hit a triple word score and spell "OPERATION" only to be informed by the computer that "operation" was not in the dictionary. This being (one assumes) the same dictionary that let the the computer play "PL"' and "SPEARSIN" but denied me the right to play "BOUY".The game plays well but I'm about to throw it away.
Great app BUT... By: Sparky012 - Jul 7, 2009Version: 1.2.34The game itself is fun and it's a great way to pass time and all, but this app has issues. First of all, it kills my battery power every time. I only get like 4 or 5 games in before i get the 20% battery message. Secondly, I can come up with brilliant words and have the dictionary tell me that those apparently aren't in the dictionary, but the CPU can come up with pl and it's a word? Like seriously? FIX IT EA!
Dictionary and Teacher features don't load By: Pocketgodlover - Jun 15, 2009Version: 1.2.34I have had this game for a year and updated several times. I play agaist the computer most often. Unfortunately, The teacher / dictionary do not load. I have never sen them!! I liked my treo version better because I could see definitions and increase my vocab.
Needs more levels of difficulty By: MacKenzie999 - Jul 17, 2009Version: 1.2.34Decent app, but I am a good Scrabble player and when I play against the computer, the settings basically amount to Automatic Win or Automatic Loss. The desktop version has several levels, wish this one did as well.
Needs an update By: JokermanJ - Jul 19, 2009Version: 1.2.34Won't stay connected to wifi games. Keeps saying disconnected to wifi but still is. Needs to show all active local, wifi and facebook games on opening page instead of 5 clicks deep. Dictionary and teacher need to be on all games. Expected more from a $5 app.
Decent implementation By: krusty76 - Jul 25, 2009Version: 1.2.34The general game play is pretty good. However, I found a few things lacking. First of all, the difference between "Normal" difficulty and "Hard" is huge. I beat "Normal" every time, but I have a very hard time competing with "Hard." Maybe there needs to be an "Intermediate"?The other major gripe I have with this game is the lack of optional rules. Variations on standard Scrabble are staples among my friends and family and not having them really makes this feel like a half-baked game. One of those variations is being able to pick up blank tiles. The other variation is made more important by what seems to be a flaw in the randomness of this game: being able to get a free draw if you have three or more of the same tile. I constantly have three or even four of the same letter in this game. It really seems like the draw logic is busted in some way. Having this rule as a protection would ease the pain at least.
Hmmmm By: Can't knock the... - Jul 26, 2009Version: 1.2.34This game is ok I guess. Has the feel of scrabble, but playing against the cpu is not fun at all. It uses words your probably have never heard. It really makes me believe what the other reviews say about the game accepting random made up words. If you have nobody to play with and just want to play solo, this game is probably not for you. Chances are you'll spend your money, play it a few times, and it'll become wasted space.
Scrabble By: Didi di - Jul 29, 2009Version: 1.2.34Needs to use latest scrabble dictionary not webster's dictionary. I'm a scrabble player and this game does not recognize words from the scrabble dictionary. When playing against the computer, my words aren'taccepted from a scrabble dictionary. Please update soon to have game accepting the scrabble dictionary words and I'd give this game 5stars then.
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Tina Weymouth
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Weymouth at the Austin Music Awards, SXSW festival, 2010
Background information | |
Birth name | Martina Michèle Weymouth |
Born | Coronado, California, U.S. |
November 22, 1950
Genres | New wave, rock, art rock, funk |
Occupations | Musician, songwriter, author |
Instruments | Vocals, bass, synthesizer, guitar |
Labels | EMI, Sire |
Associated acts | Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Gorillaz |
Website | www.tomtomclub.nl |
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Höfner 500/2 Club Bass Veillette-Citron Standard Bass Fender Swinger Fender Mustang Bass |
Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club (co-founded with husband and Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz).
Born in Coronado, California, Weymouth is of French heritage on her mother's side.[1] She was a cheerleader in high school. As a bass guitarist, she combined the minimalist art-punk basslines of groups such as Wire and Pere Ubu with danceable, funk-inflected riffs to provide the bedrock of Talking Heads signature sound. Her sound is often very syncopated (i.e. reggae/funk) in feel, combining low fundamental notes with higher flourishes in clipped, staccato rhythms. She joined Talking Heads as bass guitarist at the request of then-boyfriend, Chris Frantz.
Life outside Talking Heads[edit]
Full members of the Compass Point All Stars, Weymouth and Frantz formed the Tom Tom Club in 1980, which kept them busy during a fairly long hiatus in Talking Heads activity. When it became obvious that Talking Heads frontman David Byrne had no interest in another Talking Heads album, Weymouth, Frantz, and Jerry Harrison reunited without him for a single album called No Talking, Just Head under the name "The Heads" in 1996, featuring a rotating cast of vocalists. Weymouth has been critical of Byrne, describing him as "a man incapable of returning friendship."[2]
She also co-produced the Happy Mondays' 1992 album Yes Please! and has recently contributed backing vocals and percussion for the alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz; the backing vocals were provided for the character Noodle.
Weymouth was a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.[3] She collaborated with Chicks on Speed on their cover of the Tom Tom Club's "Wordy Rappinghood" for their album 99 Cents in 2003 along with other female musicians such as Miss Kittin, Kevin Blechdom, Le Tigre, and Adult.'s Nicola Kuperus.[4] "Wordy Rappinghood" became a moderate dance hit in Europe, peaking at number five on the Belgian Dance Chart,[5] and at number sixty-six on the UK Singles Chart.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Weymouth is the daughter of retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Ralph Weymouth and his wife, Laure. She has six siblings, including Lani and Laura Weymouth, who are collaborators in Tom Tom Club.
Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz have been married since 1977. They live in Fairfield, Connecticut, and have two sons, Robin and Egan.[7] Her older brother, Yann Weymouth, was married to Lally Weymouth, a daughter of Katharine Graham, a publisher of the Washington Post for many decades. Her niece, Katharine Weymouth, currently serves as publisher of the Washington Post.[8]
- Höfner 500/2 Club Bass[9] — Two pickup with single-cutaway hollowbody, purchased in 1978
- Veillette-Citron Standard 4 String — Neck Through, teal green
- Fender Mustang Bass — Used in early Talking Heads performances
- Fender Jazz Bass — Used for Tom Tom Club live performances
- Steinberger L-Series Bass — Seen during Little Creatures period
- Fender Swinger — Seen in Stop Making Sense during the performance of This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
- ^ Bowman, David (2001). This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the 20th Century. New York: HarperCollins. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-380-97846-5.
- ^ Guy Blackman (2005-02-06). "Byrning down the house". The Age. Retrieved 2007-06-01. "In March, 2007, Weymouth described Byrne as "a man incapable of returning friendship". She told Glasgow's Sunday Herald: "Cutting off attachments when a thing/person is perceived to have served its purpose or there is a perceived threat to ego is the lifelong pattern of his relations"."
- ^ "Past Judges". Independent Music Awards. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ Phares, Heather (2003). "99 Cents - Chicks on Speed". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ "Ultratop.be - Chicks On Speed - Wordy Rappinghood". Ultratop (in Dutch). Ultratop & Hung Medien/hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Chicks On Speed". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ "Tina Weymouth". Nndb.com. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ Frank Ahrens (2008-02-08). "Post Co. Names Weymouth Media Chief and Publisher". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-09-15. "She [Katharine Weymouth] is a niece of Tina Weymouth, the bass guitarist in the new wave band Talking Heads.."
- ^ "Bass Player Magazine Interview with Tine Weymouth".
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The uproar is already in full swing across the net but, in case you haven't already heard, Sony has delayed the PS3's launch in all PAL territories (Europe, Russia, Middle East, Africa and Australia) until March due to major problems producing a key component in the Blu-ray disc laser.
While the launch will still proceed as scheduled in the U.S. and Japan, Sony has also now backed off it's claim of 2 million consoles for launch day, promising only 400,000 for the entire North American region and a truly pathetic 100,000 for Japan! They plan to have an installed base of only 2 million consoles WORLD-WIDE by the end of the year. For comparison, Microsoft's global launch was 1.5 million units, and there were still massive shortages. :wow:
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RFID, which stands for Radio Frequency IDentification, consists of a small 'tags' and a transceiver unit. The mechanism is similar to that of the EZ-PASS toll collection system or the 'SpeedPay'-type devices at supermarket checkouts. The tag consists of a small amount of non-volatile computer memory, a radio-frequency transmitter, and a coil/capacitor arrangement for power. All this can be embedded in a very small package which can be secreted in product packaging or even implanted under the skin. To read the tag, the reading device sends a powerful radio signal of the correct frequency, which is picked up by the coil in the tag. This energy is used to power the tags transmitter in a brief pulse, during which the data in the tag's memory is transmitted back to the reading device. The range of the reading devices is generally on the order of an inch or two, but can be extended.
Normally, the RFID system would be used to manage inventory, simplify checkout, and prevent theft. Other applications may be limited only by the imagination. Your refrigerator and pantry could scan all the products placed in them, track dates, and prepare shopping lists for you. Your luggage could be tagged to alert you at airport baggage pick-ups. A popular industry journal where you can read about innovative uses of RFID can be found here. Here's an actual fan forum for RFID implant 'hacking'!
Legitimate security and privacy concerns over the widespread use of RFID have been voiced. Since the tags can be hidden in the products, a long-range reading device could hypothetically scan someone's home to detect the presence of those products. If placed in ID or credit cards, an array of sensors might be able to track the person's movements. The specter of hacking and spoofing haunts RFID technology as much as any electronic data system, limiting its robustness as a security device. One company has patented the technique of scanning a household's garbage to gather marketing data from the RFID tags in discarded packaging. This would probably make most people uncomfortable.
Certain criticisms of RFID, however, have taken a step or two beyond the rational. The spychips.com website appears at first glance to be concerned with privacy matters, and links to many mainstream articles, but the one of books written by the women who run the site is titled, "The Spychips Threat : Why Christians Should Resist RFID and Electronic Surveillance." Why Christians, indeed? RFID has tweaked the fertile imaginations of many, and has come to dovetail well with a couple of 'traditional' families of paranoid conspiracy theory. The first school of conspiracy centers on mind control by the CIA or other secretive government agencies. The second is related to prophesy derived from the Book of Revelations.
Government agencies such as the CIA have experimented with mind control and behavior modification. Someone who
claims to have been the unwilling subject of government mind control experiments may well be telling the truth. Many of these experiments focused on disrupting thought patterns or causing other physical and/or mental conditions that rendered the subjects unable to resist or fight. They were mainly battlefield or crowd control weapons, and did not seek to actually control a person's actions. Drugs, hypnosis, brain implants and beamed signals have all been proposed as mechanisms for this kind of control. There is no plausible evidence that the technology to actually control or 'program' a person's actions exists. This is not to say that government agencies did not attempt to do so, trying for a long shot. The likelihood that they made any progress, however, is very slim.
The paranoid schizophrenic variety of mind control favors microwaves, lasers or other beamed or broadcast methods as their vehicle of choice. This led to the popularization of the tin-foil hat as a mind-control protection device, first in earnest, then eventually as an ironic joke. This site sells EMF-shielded garments for all you paranoid protection needs, and is just full of implied pseudo-science! Proper RF practices suggest that the tin-foil hat makes a very poor Faraday cage. Implants placed in the body during surreptitious surgery are also very popular. One site has a link to a page describing a rifle that shoots 'GPS microchips' into a human subject and uses satellites to track the subject's movements. My quick assessment of that description leads me to believe that the product is not real, at least as described. A rifle that fires an RFID implant and takes a digital picture of the subject is plausible, but GPS tracking of a tiny implant is just not feasible. The smallest GPS receivers, which are quite complex, are larger than anything that could enter the body unnoticed, and is still only a <i>receiver</i>. A transmitter that could uplink to a satellite would be much bigger, and need a decent power supply. Also, a couple of the features of the sample software screenshots shout, "Bogus!"
Proponents of the existence of government mid-control seem to have close ties to the abducted-by-aliens faction of the paranoid schizophrenic crowd. Common elements among all these paranoid fantasies include the singling out of the individual for persecution and the collaboration of the majority of the population as part of the plot.
RFID fits well with these fantasies, mainly acting as a realization of the mind-control implant. The RFID implant could contain the data, or program, that would be 'injected' into the subjects mind in response to an external signal.
I found this article at the Illuminati Conspiracy Archive site, supposedly written by Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, a former Chief Medical Officer of Finland. It details a purported history of mind control and behavior modification via electronic implants. It's claims range from the plausible ("Implanted human beings can be followed anywhere.") to the wild ("Their brain functions can be remotely monitored by supercomputers...") to the insane ("...and even altered through the changing of frequencies."). Note the tell-tale use of the word 'frequency' to imply some sort of complex 'magical' characteristic of a signal, rather than simply a measure of it's speed of repetition. Another telling word usage is that of 'microchip'. Microchip is a slang term for an integrated circuit, a collection of (mainly) transistors etched into a semiconducting substrate, usually silicon. They can be fairly simple arrangements of a few logic gates, or very complex custom circuits with multiple functional modules on a single substrate, comprised of millions of transistors. However, when described by the conspiracy-minded paranoid, microchips seem to take on this quality of a wondrous 'black box' that can perform almost any function, whether or not it involves electrical signals. They also tend to include external devices such as optical sensors, displays, power supplies and radio transceivers as being part of a microchip, which normally they are not.
The article attempts to paint a picture of powerless victims whose lives are destroyed by an elite clique of 'mad scientists':
"Guinea pigs in secret experiments have included prisoners, soldiers, mental patients, handicapped children, deaf and blind people, homosexuals, single women, the elderly, school children, and any group of people considered "marginal" by the elite experimenters."
It's a cliche that recalls the clownish old TV commercials for Dianetics, where professors, scientists and psychiatrists are portrayed as evil comic-book caricatures, and only the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard can save humanity from them. Dr. Luukanen-Kilde also informs us that the mind-reading computer has already been developed:
"Every thought, reaction, hearing, and visual observation causes a certain neurological potential, spikes, and patterns in the brain and its electromagnetic fields, which can now be decoded into thoughts, pictures, and voices."
And British Royalty is not immune:
"The Washington Post reported in May 1995 that Prince William of Great Britain was implanted at the age of 12. Thus, if he were ever kidnapped, a radio wave with a specific frequency could be targeted to his microchip. The chip's signal would be routed through a satellite to the computer screen of police headquarters, where the Prince's movements could be followed. He could actually be located anywhere on the globe."
Wow, a microchip implanted along with satellite transmitter! Where did they put the big battery that it would need? And the antenna?
This paragraph tries to preempt a common criticism:
"One reason this technology has remained a state secret is the widespread prestige of the psychiatric Diagnostic Statistical Manual IV produced by the U.S. American Psychiatric Association (APA) and printed in 18 languages. Psychiatrists working for U.S. intelligence agencies no doubt participated in writing and revising this manual. This psychiatric "bible" covers up the secret development of MC technologies by labeling some of their effects as symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia."
The beliefs espoused by the article are so well-associated with paranoid schizophrenia that the author felt necessary to introduce a global conspiracy of psychiatrists.
RFID is not mentioned explicitly, but RFID fits the description of the microchip implants so well that the article almost seems prescient. On the whole, this article is too filled with wild, unsubstantiated claims, bogus technical cliches and non-sequiturs to be taken seriously by anyone with more than a slight technical background. But it could easily sound plausible to non-critical readers.
As an interesting aside, one page detailing the NSA's mind control activities had this to say about the Talking Heads:
"Talking Heads; a music group popular in the eighties, wrote a song explaining the scientific process of the NSA's brainwashing technology in a song called "Wild Wild Life". The song gave an example of what the audible transmission sounded like at the end of the song (like a tape on fast forward).
They mentioned in the song that "They (NSA) talk so fast..." and that the musical group had spent "All their time and money...Unsuccessfully trying to find a place that the NSA would not be able to harass them. The Talking Heads exposed the technology, gave an example of what it sounds like, scenarios of how the NSA might select you for the brainwashing, and the scope of the electronic surveillance system."
Well, the song (from the David Byrne movie, "True Stories") did have the phrase 'thought control' in it. The rest? I dunno...
This article is an introduction to various methods of mind control, and has to be read to be believed. It attributes all mind-control and behavioral modification research to a conspiracy of Illuminati. My favorite line is, "Bear in mind, public research is generally a cover for what has already been discovered." So all visible research today is a smokescreen that lets us pretend to not know what we already know. Oh...Kay.
The article starts off with an attempted introduction to electricity and radio. It presents some accurate information and a whole lot of bullshit. The section on RFID classifies them as 'tracking implants', and the major threat seems to come from the government keeping geographic track of all citizens, all the time. But, it is related to mind control:
"While tracking implants are not mind-control per se, they will work hand in glove with actual mind-control to make sure no one under mind-control can effectively get away. Therefore all tracking devices must be seen in the broader context as being devices to assist in the implementation of total mind-control."
Since the author's seem to buy in to the New World Order conspiracy, much of the concern stems from the technology being used as a tool of societal control and repression via exhaustive data collection. The recent efforts of the US Government including the Total Information Awareness program and the NSA data-mining scandal are certainly fanning the flames of this particular brand of delusion.
Another line in the article, "They could also be used as a debit card for financial transactions, which is why they have gotten so much attention as the much feared Mark of the Beast," brings us to our second topic, RFID and the Book of Revelations.
The following quote from the Book of Revelation (or Apocalypse) is the link between Christian prophecy and RFID:
"And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand or on their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."(Revelation Chapter 13: 16-17)
By the way, don't let that 'bondmen' thing fool you. This is just another example of the Bible's casual condoning of slavery.
By way of this prophecy, any system of identification that involves assigning IDs to people so they can participate in commerce becomes 'The Mark of the Beast'. RFID fits the bill perfectly because it can be implanted, perhaps in their right hand or forehead! I think it would be funny if the we developed a standard by which all RFID implants had to be injected into a buttock. That'll keep us safe from Satan!
This web page, part of a site that focuses on Apocalyptic prophesies of some woman in Queens, NY, just assumes that RFID implants are 'The Mark of the Beast', and lists legitimate stories about RFID implants with their Apocalyptic significance. The page states some valid (or possibly valid) information, then leaps immediately to unsupported conclusions. For example:
"Its a us federal sponsored initiative to track vehicles near certain highways feeding certain urban areas. Basically the FBI enters a rfid number into the database and then history of travel for the car pops up. The feds can also pre-enter rfids they want to watch after getting a reading off your parked car or from the Canadian-us customs border (where they already actively log the car rfids in the tires and associate them with plates) Your tires have a passive coil with 64 to 128 bit serial number emitter in them!"
The assumption is that the FBI maintains a continuous, nation-spanning net of RFID readers, pinging away continuously and feeding some massive database with the locations of all vehicles, 24 hours a day. This is very unlikely to be true, especially considering the recent wave of incompetence and fraud in building data-mining systems for national security. Of course, all that incompetence could just be a cover-up...
This page begins with a (lame) numerological explanation of the 666, the 'Number of the Beast'. How do you get the name 'Jesus' to add up to 888? It then describes RFID technology, and wonders if people will be forced to get implants. How these implants were connected to '666' or The Mark of the Beast is never explained. In fact, most of the web sites dealing with the topic list news articles about implanted RFID tags with dire implications, but fail to attempt any justification of their views.
Many seem to place great significance on the fact that the Bible verse specifies the mark as being in the hand or forehead, rather than on the hand or forehead. This is probably just a case of mistranslation. I'm not sure about the original Greek of the New Testament, but in Hebrew, the word 'in' (or 'b' in Hebrew, pronounced 'buh') is often used in the sense for which we would use the word 'on' ('al' in Hebrew). An Israeli would say that you have tattoo in your arm rather than tattoo on your arm.
On the whole, I was a little disappointed at the lack of attempts to link RFID and the Mark of the Beast using anything beyond the Revelations verse. There's just this generalized belief that the antichrist will have something to do with globalism and commerce, and the people who run the world economically and politically are engaged in bringing about the conditions necessary for the arrival of the antichrist. Any institution that is multi-national in nature, especially the United Nations, must be part of the plot. RFID must be the Mark of the Beast foretold in prophesy only because it involves commerce and numeric data, was developed to international standards, and can potentially be implanted in the hand or forehead. That seems to be sufficient 'proof' for many. The Jeremiah Project presents one of the more 'rational' essays linking technology and prophecy. At least, he believes that RFID is not yet the Mark of the Beast, but may well be used as the basis of it in the future.
A Google search will dredge up way more material than you can process on RFID-related conspiracies. In the smorgasbord of conspiracy theory, RFID finds a comfortable place between the Biblical End Times group, the CIA mind-control fans and the Totalitarian UN Black Helicopter crowd. Perhaps I should check on David Icke's site to see how the Reptilians will use RFID!


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Jason Xenopoulos has been ingrained in the making of South African internet from day one. In the dot com boom and bust he lead a band of young (now familiar) internet executives in building Metropolis Interactive. In true Silicon Valley type fashion they raised (and burned) over a R100m trying to build a company in a very under developed internet sector (watch the interview to find out what happened).
Many years on he came back and convinced the same guys he was working with before at Metropolis and VWV Interactive to merge their growing companies and start a new mega agency – enter Native. I sat down with Jason as he gave me insight into how Native came about and how they are overcoming some of their biggest challenges. Full transcript below.
Charl: Jason Xenopoulos, welcome to Bandwidth Blog video.
Jason Xenopoulos: Hi Charl, thank you.
C: Before we get into the making of Native, I want to talk a little bit about your history. I've always been quite fascinated about the dot com boom and bust in South Africa and you were right in the middle of the trenches with your Metropolis Transactive business. Tell us about you know what the landscape was like back then and you know listing the entity on the stock exchange etc… (more…)
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There have been rumblings in our local community that Old Mutual have acquired local finance startup 22seven.
BWB can now confirm that this is true, based on the below internal memo sent to Bandwidth Blog.
The acquisition comes as part of Old Mutual's strategy to develop digital support for its customers that now wholly-owns the Cape Town based startup.
We previously video interviewed Christo Davel, the founder of 22seven about his new company.
Davel has now officially commented on the acquisition saying, "We're fired up about where we can now take 22seven, and I don't just mean geographically. We've always had big plans for our service, and what we think it's capable of doing. With Old Mutual's support, the evolution and enhancement will happen much faster."
Read the memo below:
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I had the opportunity to sit down, once again, with Alan Knott Craig Jnr, to discuss his high profile exit from Mxit. We spoke about his thoughts on the industry, the future of Mxit and what's next for him. We met in the very same office as the first interview, which we filmed just after he acquired Mxit.
Alan is currently in America. Why? Watch the video interview to find out.
See the video and full transcript after the jump. (more…)
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In a Bandwidth Blog exclusive, it has been confirmed that independent online retailer SAcamera, that sells photographic equipment and accessories has been acquired by MIH Internet Africa, a subsidiary of Naspers Ltd.
MIH will be integrating SAcamera into its very own e-commerce site Kalahari.com. As a seller of books, movies, games and electronics, SAcamera will retain its own identity as part of South Africa's biggest online store as the specialist photographic equipment and accessories partner.
Jesse Hemson-Struthers, who established SAcamera in 2004, said the deal would see the business benefit from the infrastructure and resources of MIH in continuing its growth. "The appetite for online retailing in South Africa, and for quality products backed up by efficient service at the right price, has grown, and continues to grow significantly," says Hemson-Struthers.
Hemson-Struthers added that the management team of SAcamera.co.za would remain in place. He added that "Aligning with MIH and Kalahari.com is already contributing to the growth of SAcamera. We are actually expanding our team to cope with the surge in demand over the past year and we expect the relationship to continue yielding positive results for both SAcamera and Kalahari.com"
The acquisition price was not disclosed.
Jesse is also the Co-Founder of BetTech Gaming, a cloud sports betting platform provider that powers many book makers online sports betting ambitions like local player – Bet.co.za. Jesse noted that he welcomed the SAcamera acquisition which would allow him to focus more of his time on his sports betting company.
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We learned last week that Vodacom was looking to find new investors for Zoopy or even sell the company outright.
Bandwidth Blog just received this official statement from Jason Elk, Co-Founder of Zoopy:
After launching Zoopy in March 2007, we have built a company and service that we have been incredibly proud of. We have decided that it's now time for us to move on to new opportunities and we will be leaving Zoopy at the end of September. We would like to wish the company the very best going forward. Jason Elk, CEO Pat Elk, Operations Director
What does the future hold for Zoopy with its parent company looking for outside investors and the champions of the business leaving after 6 years? Zoopy's rebirth was a well executed play and seemed like a logical move seeing as its parent company is a mobile network operator. MNO's are looking at various ways to drive data revenue and Zoopy's short video news clips did just that.
But with all that expensive video equipment, editing and presenter staff (see their old office photos here) it's likely a costly operation to maintain and with digital ad revenue, especially video ads, not quite mature enough in our local industry to be a big revenue driver for them.
Zoopy played its part in establishing Cape Town as a local startup hub and we would like to wish Jason and Pat good luck with their next move.
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Christo Davel is a veteran of our local internet community. He made waves with his 20twenty virtual bank startup more than 10 years ago and now he's back helping consumers understand their spending habits – enter 22seven.
Click play below to watch the video interview. Full interview transcript below.
Charl: Christo Davel, welcome to Bandwidth Blog video.
Christo: Thank you.
Charl: For the readers of Bandwidth Blog, before we get into 22seven I just want to talk about one of your previous companies. Along time ago you started a very innovative company called 20twenty which was just an online bank right in the dot com boom and bust. tell us a little about that.
Christo: 20twenty launched in 2001, so it was you right, it was right in the flux of the dot com boom and bust. The idea was to create a bank that people would ultimately love, um, using tech to make that possible. The challenge then was to convince people that banking online is a viable option. We had to convince people it's safe, that you don't have a branch so it shows you how long ago that was. But our backer was Sambo Bank and Sambo went into curatorship six months after we launched. So the truth is that 20twenty was only alive for six months. I stuck around, we were committed not to let our customers lose any money, and eventually sold to Standard Chartered Bank, 18 months later so that was quite a fascinating journey. (more…)
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Ad Dynamo has announced its entry into Brazil today.
"Brazil represents an enormous growth market in both online and mobile advertising, and we're very pleased to be launching here with a relevant and established player such as Realmedia," says Sean Riley, CEO of Ad Dynamo.
Though today is the official launch date, Ad Dynamo has been quietly building traction in Brazil over the past couple of months. The global contextual ad marketplace brings more choice to the market currently dominated by Google. Website owners who work with Ad Dynamo get paid faster than any other ad network can offer, and advertisers now have an additional avenue to reach their targeted audiences within Brazil.
Realmedia serves more than 3,4 Billion ads per month in Brazil and represents a very interesting proposition – this is a market where Ad Dynamo launches with real traction and critical mass.
Couple this with Ad Dynamo's global publisher network of more than 26,000 websites, Brazilian advertisers have a compelling option to market their businesses both within Brazil and abroad.
Over the next month, Ad Dynamo will be launching a Brazilian Portuguese version of the site and introduce Brazilian Real support for both publishers and advertisers. In addition, Brazilian based publishers have the option to be paid in their local currency, the Ad Dynamo Debit Card is already available as an alternative form of receiving funds – publishers that qualify get their very own Visa card that is automatically topped up monthly with the revenue they earn by placing ads on their website.
According to Peter Gervai, Managing Director at Realmedia "Realmedia consolidated its story through the areas of technology and media in vertical sites. Our plans for the next year includes expanding the range of products we offer to the market and increasing participation in various forms to meet the consumer at the right time. Partnering with Ad Dynamo is an important step on this path, especially because Ad Dynamo is as dynamic and agile as our market. "
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Rob Stokes has built one of South Africa's most successful digital agencies – Quirk. BWB video takes you inside what it's like running a mega multi-national agency. Click play below for the interview and you will find the full transcript below.
C: Rob Stokes welcome to Bandwidth Blog video.
R: Hello Charl nice to see you.
C: Congrats on all the recent success it seems that Quirk is just cleaning up all the awards.
R: (laughs) I think we've got a long way to go.
C: OK. Tell us about the early beginnings of Quirk you know legend has it you started in your bedroom.
R: That is a true legend strangely and embarrassingly to admit. I was in my third year of business science at UCT and I ran out of money and an entrepreneur makes a plan and so I started a business called Quirk and here we are today.
C: Beautiful story for your memoirs or autobiography one day.
R: It is yah. I think, tough beginnings make for hopefully a resilient business and we certainly had some tough beginnings so I'm hoping we will make it long term.
C: Tell us about Quirk today – the amount of staff, office locations etc…
R: So we got three agencies – Joburg, London and Cape Town. We've got about 200 staff in the agency side of the business and there's about 100, 120 of them in Cape Town, 50 or 60 of them in Joburg and I think about 30 in London. We've also got a couple of other businesses. We've got an online education and training business specifically focused on marketing training called Quirk Education that's got about 10, 15 people in it. We've got Brandseye which is an online reputation monitoring software. That's also about 10,15 people and then much smaller business Idea Bounty which is a crowd sourcing platform and yah, the biggest of the three offices is Cape Town which is I guess because we were birthed here, which is in many respects our HQ but I see that momentum shifting increasingly to Johannesburg particularly next year. (more…)
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SOURCE: Burns & McDonnell
September 12, 2012 10:08 ET
MONARCH BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 12, 2012) - Burns & McDonnell, an engineering, architecture and construction firm based in Kansas City, Mo., today announced that it made this year's InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. Burns & McDonnell was named to the prestigious list after integrating innovative 4D construction modeling into engineering design software utilized on large, complex projects. This was the first time Burns & McDonnell has been named to the InformationWeek 500.
The annual list was revealed last night at a gala awards ceremony at the exclusive InformationWeek 500 Conference which took place at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA.
By creating 4D design processes, Burns & McDonnell engineers and construction professionals are able to improve productivity on construction sites, avoid costly scheduling delays and recognize design efficiencies that frequently allow Burns & McDonnell projects to be delivered under client budgets. The 4D process integrates the concept of adding the dimension of time to the other standard spatial dimensions typically modeled in advanced design software.
"The InformationWeek 500 has recognized the most innovative users of business technology for 24 years, and this year's innovations were particularly impressive," said InformationWeek Editor In Chief Rob Preston. "What the editors looked for are unconventional approaches -- new technologies, new models, new ways of grabbing business opportunities and solving complex business problems with IT."
InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users of information technology with its annual 500 listing, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments, and administrative practices of America's best-known companies. Past overall winners include PACCAR Inc., The Vanguard Group, CME Group, National Semiconductor, Con-Way, and Principal Financial Group. The InformationWeek 500 rankings are unique among corporate rankings as it spotlights the power of innovation in information technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders.
Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at www.informationweek.com/iw500/.
About Burns & McDonnell
Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is a 100 percent employee-owned, full-service engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting services firm. Burns & McDonnell is currently the 20th largest AEC firm in the Engineering News-Record Top 500 ranking. With the multi-disciplinary expertise of more than 3,700 professionals in more than 30 regional, national and international offices, Burns & McDonnell plans, designs, permits, constructs and manages facilities worldwide with one mission in mind -- to make clients successful. For more information about Burns & McDonnell, visit its website at www.burnsmcd.com
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Fine Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig autographed baseball c.1927. Harwood "National Leagueö baseball remaining in desirable original condition having been signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in black fountain pen. Ruth signatures presides boldy over the sweetspot rating 9 out of 10 with Gehrig occupying a side panel and grading 8 out of 10. The ball itself presents in lightly used to unused condition with some areas of minor surface soiling listing as the only mentionable condition flaws. The ball was originally autographed in 1927 for Ray Thompson who played for the Milwaukee Brewers Minor League team. Subsequent to the Yankees historic World Championship season of 1927 Ruth and Gehrig played a series of barnstorming games one of which took place at MilwaukeeOs Borchert Field. Ray Thompson played on one of the barnstorming teams to oppose Ruth and Gehrig that day at Borchert Field and collected the offered baseball at that time. Truly outstanding condition specimen with very fine original provenance. Includes auction LOA from JSA, letter of provenance from the Thompson family, and modern reproduction 8öx10ö image picturing Ruth and Gehrig at Borchert Field in 1927: Ball: EX-EX/MT, Signatures: NM
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Tagg Romney Whispered an Apology to Obama for Wanting to Punch Him
Much hand-shaking and conviviality between rivals followed Monday's final presidential debate, including a pat on the back and a whispered word into the ear of President Barack Obama from one Tagg Romney. Keen-eyed viewers suspected Mitt Romney's eldest son might be apologizing to the president for wanting to punch him. And so he was, it turns out. A Romney campaign official relayed to the Washington Post that Tagg Romney had told the president he was "just joking," and that the president had accepted the apology.
But even if he had been serious, which we never really thought was the case, Tagg Romney apparently doesn't pose much of a threat. "That brother has slugged me a couple of times," Josh Romney said during his appearance on The View last week. "President Obama has nothing to worry about." Josh Romney, on the other hand — well, at least judging by the menacing/creepy expression that surfaced again Monday, you probably don't want to get on his bad side.
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ENVIROSCIGUY writes:
in response to Chilibreath:
The press is supposed to hold government accountable? Jeez, for all the these years I thought it was the voting public, especially since there is a lot of empirical evidence showing that the press is predominantly liberal.
Get thee back to school Enviro, you have some classes to make up!
Sometimes your ignorance (not stupidity or lack of intelligence) amazes me. The informed citizenry knows that a free press has always been considered the fourth pillar of democracy.
Yeah, it must be me who needs more education, right?
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text: Select 'Print' in your browser menu to print this document. Law.com Page printed from: http://www.law.com The Associated Press 2008-06-27 00:00:00.0 The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the "millionaire's amendment," a campaign finance law intended to level the field for House candidates facing wealthy opponents who spend lots of their own money. The law says that when candidates spend more than $350,000 from their own pockets, opponents may qualify to accept larger individual contributions than normally allowed and can receive unlimited coordinated party expenditures. The justices, in a 5-4 ruling that reflects skepticism of campaign finance overhauls, said the law violates the First Amendment. "We have never upheld the constitutionality of a law that imposes different contribution limits for candidates who are competing against each other," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said that because the law "does not impose any burden whatsoever on the self-funding candidate's freedom to speak, it does not violate the First Amendment." Stevens highlighted the law's goal of fighting the perception that "congressional seats are for sale to the highest bidder." At least 19 House candidates and nine Senate candidates have spent $350,000 or more of their own money on their campaigns so far this election cycle, according to figures from the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group that tracks political campaign money. In the 2006 elections, the number was 52 candidates. In Nebraska, Democratic Senate candidate Tony Raimondo triggered the amendment this year, contributing $450,000 to his failed primary contest against Scott Kleeb. Republican Pete Ricketts triggered it in 2006, contributing more than $12 million to his unsuccessful bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson. The amendment's most prominent beneficiary so far has been Sen. Barack Obama. He was able to attract additional contributions for his 2004 Democratic senatorial primary campaign in Illinois because an opponent spent nearly $29 million of his own money. The law has separate but parallel provisions for House and Senate candidates. The Senate provision was not at issue in this case. Nonetheless, Michael Toner, former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, said he did not see "a basis for the government enforcing the Senate provision in light of this ruling." Challenging the law was Jack Davis, a New York Democrat who so far has spent nearly $4 million of his own money in two losing campaigns for Congress and says he will spend $3 million more this year. Davis says it unfairly rewards his opponents by letting them exceed campaign fundraising limits simply because Davis tapped his fortune. Alito said if the law raised the limits for all candidates, Davis' challenge "would plainly fail," raising the question of whether Congress could easily fix what the Court struck down. Sen. John McCain, the co-author of the 2002 campaign finance reforms that contain the provision, expressed no interest in having Congress address the Court's decision. McCain said the decision does not affect the Court's landmark ruling upholding the constitutionality of the soft-money ban prohibiting six-figure donations to political parties. The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting said the millionaire's amendment was not part of the original legislation and was added on the floor during debate. The other co-author of the reforms, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., made the same point. Adam Bonin, a lawyer who has handled election law cases, said self-financing candidates now can overwhelm their opponents with money in this year's elections. "Congress made a reasonable effort to try to level the playing field here, and the Court substituted its own judgment of what's fair," he said. Chief Justice John Roberts and Alito, the most recently appointed justices, appear to be moving the Court away from its earlier backing of the 2002 political campaign reforms. Alito succeeded Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a decisive force in support of the reforms. Last year, with Roberts and Alito aboard, the Court eased legal barriers against corporate- and union-financed television ads, saying free speech rights take precedence over government restrictions on political advertising. Davis, the plaintiff in the latest ruling, lost in 2004 and 2006 to Republican Rep. Tom Reynolds, who spent more than $5 million in winning re-election two years ago, 51 percent to 49 percent. Reynolds, who is retiring at the end of this term, chose not to solicit increased contributions after Davis triggered the millionaire's amendment. Reynolds could have received $6,900 from individual donors, triple the limit otherwise. The case is Davis v. Federal Election Commission, 07-320. Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |


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- About Bookbinding - |
BookbindingWith numerous engravings and diagrams
Home made ploughs are serviceable tools, and can be constructed from simple material, such as a chisel, some pieces of wood, and a few screws. Knock off the handle from an ordinary ½-in. chisel having a "shoulder" near the haft, and replace it with a cork; cut to the shape of Fig. 16 a piece of thin wood (say ¼ in. thick) 2 ½ in. in breadth, its length depending on the length of the chisel. Place the chisel on the wood so that the cutting end overhangs about 1 5/8 in.; at the other end mark where the shoulder of the chisel touches the wood, and cut across just above the mark so that the shoulder falls over the edge and allows the chisel to lie flat on the wood. Out another piece of wood thicker than the last (of full ½ in. stuff) to the shape of Fig. 17. This will be, say, 2 ½ in. in breadth, 1 ¼ in. along its parallel sides, and 2 ½ in. in extreme length. Cut a groove down the middle as wide as the widest part of the chisel and as deep generally as the chisel is thick, but a little deeper than this towards the end B. Put the second piece of wood, groove downwards, on the first one so that the square end B of Fig. 17 rests upon the portion marked A of Fig. 16, allowing the pointed end to overhang. Screw the two pieces together from underneath, taking care to countersink the screw-heads. In the tunnel thus formed insert the chisel with its beveled edge upwards, as it must always be when in use, and see that it has a rather loose fit. If it is all right, the cutting edge will project about 3/8 in. at one end and the shoulder will just fall over the edge at the other end. In a piece of wood c (Fig. 18), measuring, say, 2 in. by ½ in. by ½ in., make a groove of the same width as before, but a trifle deeper than the groove is at B (Fig. 17). Screw this last piece to the foundation A (Fig. 18) so that the groove encloses the chisel just below the shoulder when the chisel is lying in the position above described. Insert a little wedge above the chisel beneath G (Fig. 19) so that the blade is prevented from moving up and down; also put in wedges at D and E, and one above the chisel at F (see Fig. 20). The whole will then be perfectly rigid, and the chisel will be firmly fixed in position, though, by taking out the wedges, it can be withdrawn readily for the purpose of sharpening it. Being thus easily removable, it is as useful as ever for other purposes than cutting book edges. |
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Wearing Teen Boys Clothing: Trend or Foe?
While I was ogling the girly goods (think gold lame skirts, floral prints and sweater tights) at the recent fall preview for Johnnie b, Boden's new teen line, my more senior producer (whose usual Boden purchase includes a purple cardigan or two) couldn't help but fall for the rugged knits and patterns from the Johnnie b Teen Boys offerings.
At the end of the day, the skinny-jeans clad mother of two walked away with both the Bomber Jacket (shown above) and the Hooded Cardigan, and was left pining for the faux-fur trimmed Trapper Hat (also shown above), all from the Teen Boys collection.
Do you think this take on the menswear trend is on the juvenile side or, like Melissa, do you adhere more to the rule "If the shoe (or son's soft, totally on-trend sweater) fits, wear it?" Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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Robblink said:Yeah, it was pretty packed. My night photography is a bit rusty so I didn't get all the shots I wanted. It was a split level space. DJs on the ground floor and a video display one level down.on the post: BNE exhibit at Mother NYC
Robblink said:Oh, sorry. I trashed that monstrosity a long time ago! It's now in heaven where it belongs!
Robblink said:Thanks for participating everyone. I e-mailed Gwen a few days ago and she picked a winner! It was me! I submitted an incredible sketch of Andrew Jackson and she loved it. Thanks again!
Robblink said:I tried to sketch George Parker (from the infamous AdScam blog), but the doodle came out horrific! I'm not even going to bother to upload it. Copywriters really shouldn't sketch!
Robblink said:It is being sold on Amazon, but something does seem a bit off....
Robblink said:Glad to see the site back up. I was wondering what happened over the holidays!
Robblink said:Well, this might be the end of the Seinfeld/Gates era.
Robblink said:According to Computerworld, the spot was made using Macs.
Robblink said:Yeah! They used the wind-swept photo!on the post: Adland is in Dagens Industri today.
Robblink said:I actually have a Swiss Army t-shirt with the same logo!