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A new crowdfunding website dedicated exclusively to the video game industry called 8-Bit Funding launches today. Much like Kickstarter.com, the site gives "investors" rewards and perks related to the game project in exchange for funding the project.
"The gaming community has always been independent and almost always supports an internal, exclusive community as opposed to a catch-all," says founder Geoff Gibson. "The idea behind 8-Bit Funding comes with this same idea. While there are similar websites out there, their broad focus immediately makes them less appealing to gamers and game developers who have to create a project and market it to a community who might not understand what an indie game even is."
The site launches with seven projects that need funding: Cardinal Quest, The Bookeeper, Dreamcasters' Duel, Kung Fu Kingdom, Excruciating Guitar Voyage 2, Galactic Adventure, Inc. and One-Eyed Monsters.
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The Backstreet Boys continue to be "Larger Than Life" with their new Hollywood Walk of Fame star!
In case you haven't heard, the Backstreet Boys are back (ALRIGHT!) and have just launched a 20-year reunion tour! (Which is not to be confused with "The Package Tour," mind you… so many boy bands, so little time.) And while we'd like to think that our two decade-long fangirling should be reward enough for BSB, the gents just got a more, well, professional honor: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Now, we're going to pause for a moment while you look up how much airfare is to Hollywood so you can fly out, find the boys' star, and take a selfie with it. #BeJealous
The "Unbreakable" singers were recently snapped celebrating their new Hollywood star before heading to China for the launch of their reunion tour. And as if this news isn't enough to get your heart racing, we'd like to remind you that the guys also have a new album on the way (listen to track teasers!), an upcoming documentary, AND an upcoming Backstreet Boy-themed cruise on DECK (LOL) for fall 2013. So, to reiterate: After 20 years, BSB are still more successful than ever. The only thing that's changed is that they aren't so much boys anymore — they're more like Backstreet men… "all-grown-up-but-still-DAYUM-hot" MEN.
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BERKELEY - Cal quarterback Kyle Boller has been named one of 14 semifinalists for the Davey O'Brien Award, which is presented annually to the nation's top quarterback.
The O'Brien Advisory Committee, composed of national sportswriters and commentators, will vote later this month to narrow the field again. The three finalists will be announced on Monday, Dec. 2 by the National College Football Awards Association in a joint effort among college football award programs.
The semifinalists, in alphabetical order, are:
Brad Banks, Iowa
Kyle Boller, California
Ken Dorsey, Miami
Jason Gesser, Washington State
Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech
Byron Leftwich, Marshall
Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky
Eli Manning, Mississippi
Zack Mills, Penn State
Carson Palmer, USC
Dave Ragone, Louisville
Philip Rivers, North Carolina State
Chris Simms, Texas
Seneca Wallace, Iowa State
The winner of the 2002 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award will be announced on the 2002 Home Depot College Football Awards Show, 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 12. The show will air on ESPN.
The winner will also be honored at the 26th annual O'Brien Awards Dinner, Feb. 17, 2003, at The Fort Worth Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
A senior for the Bears this season, Boller has completed 54.2 percent of his passes for 2,329 yards, 24 touchdowns and just seven interceptions. The three-time Pac-10 Player of the Week threw five TD passes in Cal's 55-38 win at Arizona State last Saturday.


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All they are doing is trying to lead oregon State to a Rose Bowl
Jacquizz has a very good chance of winning offensive player of the year in the Pac-10 as a freshmen.
Size isn't everything!!!!
It sure did not matter against USC. That is the only Beaver game I have seen this year and Jacquizz was killing them.
I thought they always said size matters not height.
It's not the size of the wave, it's the motion of the ocean.
ISU fans are the greatest in the world. All they ask for is hope and the belief that we have a chance to win every time we step on the field - Johnny Majors (paraphrased)
Ya gotta have the horses, man - Johnny Orr.
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It's not the size of the wave, it's the motion of the ocean.
Only people with small waves make comments like this...haha
ISU Grad 1997.
ISU Fan for Life.
Not in CO anymore but I'm not changing my name :)
The previous posts were talking about size, breavers, and trojans. Just thought it fit well...
And I apologize for making such a crude remark, but really found it quite humorous.
Once again, someone arguing that the exception disproves the rule.
Why don't you toss in a link to LSU's Tristan Holliday as well?
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Once again, someone arguing that the exception disproves the rule.
Why don't you toss in a link to LSU's Tristan Holliday as well?
i think you mean Trindon Holliday
Trindon Holliday - Football Recruiting
The guy that torched us this weekend was what, 5'5" 140?
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when you have multiple instances in the same sample set (ie this year) is it really an exception???
I'm sorry, but those two didn't even have fast forties or anything. They were small, and looked to be realatively slow. but the coaches wanted them and look at what they can do now. they are out rushing all of the 5 star talent that USC puts out each and every year.
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The guy that torched us this weekend was what, 5'5" 140?
I saw him at Rusty's. Me, at 5'8" towered over him...
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Federal Government Help for Manufacturing Companies: How Commerce Contributes
In last night's State of the Union address, President Obama laid out proposals for how to bring about a new era of American manufacturing, with more good jobs and more products stamped Made in the USA. A few of the proposals are:
- Reward companies for bringing jobs back to America.
- Lower tax rates for companies that manufacture and create jobs in the United States.
- Get tough on trade enforcement.
- Create more jobs and make us more competitive by rebuilding America using half of the savings from ending foreign wars.
These proposals build upon the efforts already underway by the White House.
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Finding confidence
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Dear GK,
I'm pretty good at what I do. I've had some pretty good professional recognition. But after a few career setbacks, I have completely lost my confidence.
I continue to work as hard as I can; but I have a terrible time convincing anyone -- myself most of all -- of the value of that work.
You face the blank page, you face a live audience, you face a lot of situations that require a confidence that I can't seem to find anymore. Where do you find yours?
It's all an act, Don. You conceal your insecurity from other people and eventually you learn to conceal it from yourself, but of course it never goes away. And it's never what I'd call "confidence". I've met some very confident people and found them insufferable. Arrogant. Insensitive. Bullies. I can imagine how painful it must be to suffer setbacks, though it's hard to advise you without knowing what those setbacks are. You might consider giving yourself a challenge that lies outside your professional life ----- riding a bike across the state of Iowa, learning Spanish, writing a family history, knitting a scarf ----- just as an exercise to prove to yourself that you have a reservoir of potential. You might consider looking for a support group ---- surely there is one relevant to your needs. Some dilemmas lie outside the realm of therapy but can be ameliorated by kindred souls. But what you describe as a loss of confidence may also be a life change that one accepts and learns to work around. I have pretty much lost my confidence at golf and tennis and don't expect to recover them. I do not have confidence in my ability to write a long novel anymore and that's just a fact, and I don't expect to regain it, and why should I agonize over it? I have confidence that I can write a full-length play, though I've never done it and may not succeed: ignorance can be a friend. Maybe you know too much. Try naivete.
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What a well-thought-out piece of advice you gave to this e-mail writer. Food for thought for all of your readers, I'd say. Thank you. --Rosalie
Agree with Garrison. The great majority of "successful" people in business are about 70% fraud (20% polyester, 10% cotton). Most arrived on a monkey-train of luck, connections, or both, and once they got a couple of nice suits, a little gray hair and a door, people began to believe they might actually know things. Doctors and cops know things. Everybody else is lucky if they can find the bathroom.
Excellent, GK...
Like Don, I've also lost my confidence. I make bone-headed mistakes that I can't believe I make. I'm heading fast towards my mid-50s and my diet has changed, both of which have a lot to do with my confidence level. Too, my work hours were cut 2 weeks ago from 40 to 16. So looking for a job is, of course, a job in itself. It's easy to get down instead of viewing it as a challenge. But I have to, otherwise I despair. I even despair of meeting the challenge so I kinda space out, find myself tempted to stare out looking at dust motes. But I'm better. I don't dust-mote-stare (DMS) as much as I once did. I like it that Garisson believes he can "write a full-length play." But then Paul McCartney believes he can compose classical music with opera, orchestra, the whole enchilada. But then what do I know. As Garrison suggests, "ignorance can be a friend" and I personally think that's critical: being a friend to all aspects of ourselves, even our bone-headedness, our DMS selves. "Try naivete" - I like it! Rings true with me. As does Steve Jobs' "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." May it be so.
This was a timely post as I sat last night cogitating career moves (or lack thereof) in the late night silence of unemployment.Of course, the 3 dogs and 2 cats do not see it as unemployment, but rather re-deployment!
I was feeling blue, a cobalt shade to blend with the fingernail beds as the space heater in the room was chugging away and output being blocked by one cat. Insulting.
Thanks for the humanity and humbleness of the posts. I feel so lost and have lack of confidence. I think I will save them electronically to savor when I feel the tsunami of inadequacy bowl me over.
Dr. Jody approves of the advice and supportive recommendations. I have also had a couple of unhappy career moments lately and am wondering if it might be time to begin Act II of my life. It took 25 years to get to where I wanted to be, only to find that after all that I find myself somewhat lonely and bored. There is no setback that isn't a chance to begin a new tack in life and even if you prefer that the doors of opportunity close gently sometimes it is better to have them slammed shut in your face! Happy New Year!
I am now in ACT III of my life, having lived through a job I worked in order to raise a family, aka ACT I. ACT II was my dream job, working for a publishing company,a job I thought didn't last long enough. In ACT III I am doing what I do well, but not what I necessarily enjoy the most. I am, in short, coasting toward retirement, praying that this job will last another 7 years until I can retire (if all goes as planned). It was hard to make the transition from ACT II to ACT III, but now that I have, I see that each act taught me lessons I needed to learn, and helped me through stages of life that I needed to live. Layoffs, downsizing, and firings are hard to endure. Hope and optimism can be hard to come by. If you find yourself having trouble believing in your future, try believing in something else, or someone else for a while. You can and will survive.
Thank you to each and everyone who wrote in today.
My husband and I are both unemployed 50-somethings, college-educated and scared. I grew up in Minnesota where the mantra is "it could always be worse". It is tough to imagine things worse than it is in Florida right now with a state government that is dismantling and cutting any kind of help for us. I really appreciate the honesty and advice each of you has shared. Today was a really tough day and I clicked over here looking for a smile from GK and found kindred spirits. Thank you to each of you. Don't give up. Throw spaghetti at the wall and take a chance at something new. Don't be afraid. God bless!
Thanks to G.K. and everyone who wrote in here about finding confidence. After losing it completely over several years, due to repeated major losses in one's life, I truly never expected to find it again, but as some of you have pointed out, part of it does come from running into or simply spending time with the right people, kindred minds on a myriad of subjects, including the most mysterious and divisive ones like politics and religion, and freedom in America like we used to believe it in it, and we still should today, no matter what is going on in the culture. We almost have to believe that each generation of Americans is an improvement or will be in the future, as they grow into their new roles in society, or else we are condemning ourselves to live in the past, not good for any of us, although we can enjoy our rare excursions into it from time to time. The past, however, is gone, as we usually recognize, and times marches on into the future, with or without us, and while we are here, the best way I can think of to make an impresssion upon it, is still to exude the positive confidence that everything is going to be all right. If it is a mistake to be positively confident, then I don't know what the alternative might be. John D.
Thanks for the reply and the comments. Very thoughtful and great. My problem is that, creatively, I'm still doing well (just won a fairly big award in a creative field at the intersection of art + commerce), but I can't translate that into any kind of sustained success. Like the man up there says, there's so much luck involved in success (narrowly defined as a reasonably comfortable standard of living derived from good hard work) that I wonder if the work matters much at all. I grew up thinking if you had a particularly strong affinity for something and worked really hard to get really good at it, you'd at least be able to get a job doing that thing. But that hasn't been how it's worked out. I'm still doing crappy small gigs for the most part - which might be a self-fulfilling cycle of no confidence preventing me from finding jobs that would boost the confidence (but how do you break the cycle). And that might be where GK's advice comes in: fake it. What the hell. I'll give it a shot.
Thanks again!
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"During Sandy, over nine million people throughout the region lost power," Donovan said in a conference call with the media on Monday, "and we all remember the gas lines and the generators sitting idle due to lack of fuel — bringing the region and its economy to a standstill."
In Long Beach, where the storm caused $200 million in damage, the boardwalk is being rebuilt with more durable materials, and officials are moving forward with the Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild the beachfront with storm mitigation measures. Last week the city announced a number of "resiliency measures" it is taking as it rebuilds, to address climate change.
"Over the past six months, Secretary Donovan and the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force have been tremendous partners as we work to build back better, smarter and stronger," said City Council President Scott Mandel, who served on the task force's Advisory Group. "Though there is still much work to do, we've already made extraordinary progress, including the reopening of the first part of Long Beach's iconic boardwalk just a few weeks ago. This rebuilding strategy, which we helped inform, will help us ensure our families and small businesses are protected for generations to come."
Getting the money out
In April, HUD allocated $1.7 billion in community development block grant funds to the NY Rising grant program, to be used for storm relief and for elevating and rebuilding homes to avoid higher flood insurance premiums, which the report said may drive homeowners out of coastal communities.
Donovan said that HUD will announce the next round of allocations through the block grant program in the coming weeks, and that the use of the funds will be influenced by the report's recommendations. He also acknowledged residents' frustrations with the slow pace of funding, saying, "We understand that there are families waiting, and the process can never be quick enough."
He added that the U.S. Small Business Administration's disaster loan program, which gave $3.8 billion in low-interest loans to storm victims, performed better than it did during Hurricane Katrina. But the report recommends further improving the process of accessing and disbursing those funds.
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Ten months have gone by and still people are waiting and all we have is a "report" out of the Obama Administration? These are peoples lives we're talking about, not some abstract bunch of intangibles, but families, homes, children, pets, belongings, etc. I'm so pleased that Obama decided to create yet another Task Force, to delay, even further, what should have been done months ago. He's great at task forces, bureaus, committees, and the like. Maybe "O" should be out of the White House for 10 months and let's see how he likes it. Our country might like it, but he wouldn't have all the great perks of the job. Did we really need a report to tell us to build a safer electrical grid, or a better power strategy for telephones and communication systems? We're forgetting that most of these original systems were in place from decades ago, so naturally, they would not be able to withstand this type of storm. It would be common sense to assume that any repairs or new systems would be designed to stand up to another "Sandy." There is nothing more frustrating than having the government step in and "help out." That's when you know you're in trouble.
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It may be a little too much grand standing but at least its finally on the RADAR? There have been some very good studies that could be revisited that 20 million on top of could put boots on the ground quickly! Some from the very same influences that wish to buy a study again or have already been a part of one in the past? Short memories lead to shortcomings of which we have already had plenty of!
A proposal was introduced after SANDY for the north end of the Long Beach Barrier Island which addresses the content of previous management plans and incorporates some out of the box conceptions worth serious considerations. It never grew legs and was tabled by immediate skeptics. If we revisit our past the solutions will be free as they all have existed for sometime? More importantly is shortening the time to implement them before they fade away and resurface by throwing more money at them?
That which I speak of was solicited but never documented... it wouldn't take much digging as it is still relatively fresh on the ground!
The proposal discusses the Implications of a SEAWALL Protection Barrier and Corridor along the Northern Coast of the Long Beach Barrier Island
Robust Flood protection for the total Long Beach Barrier Population saving billions of dollars in future catastrophic events while creating a singular boundary protection to the north vanquishing the need for private and public investments for mitigation which in themselves would save billions more and likely not be a comprehensive endeavor!
The creation of a mitigated flood insurance pool which will contribute to the funding and security of Federal, State and Local resources for future disasters by paying into the system into perpetuity without taxing the funds in future events!
The barrier island once again maintains it's integrity as a protection for the wetlands and coastal communities to the North by limiting the impoundment of waters in storm events from passage over the Island as was evident in the Sandy occurrence.
A fully maintainable infrastructure corridor for the implant of pipelines and utilities with uses into the future and the elimination of miles of costly land and submarine excavations consisting of one shot terms of use and no future accessibility!
A combined use of limited funding opportunities to achieve state of the art utilities and protection while encompassing far more than individual projects can provide.
It would be most interesting to get public scrutiny on the concept before the twenty million is spent.... as the whole project lies in the realm of affordability and incorporates practical long range solutions and applications for the future?
This reader has a copy .......Perhaps the Herald will investigate and publish?
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Articles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.
- Congo basin - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
The Congo basin is the large area of land that is drained by the Congo River. This land straddles the Equator in west-central Africa. It is the world's second largest river basin next to that of the Amazon and comprises an area of more than 1.3 million square miles (3.4 million square kilometers). The vast drainage area of the Congo River includes almost the whole of the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, western Zambia, northern Angola, and parts of Cameroon and Tanzania.


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Tonight's Two-Hour Chill: sporting pick, hilarious YouTube clips and Sylvester Stallone
It's Friday! You know what that means? The Bank Holiday weekend is finally upon us. If you're not hitting the town tonight for some pre-Paddy's Day celebrations, here's the best picks of what's on the telly box.
Main Event: Rude Tube 2012, 10pm, Channel 4
Do you like hilarious video clips from the Internet? Then this is the show for you. Rude Tube 2012 counts down the top 100 most popular viral videos on the internet. See classic clips such as Double Dream Hands, Talking Twin Babies and the Gregory Brothers. Guaranteed lols, lulz and lmfaos. Hosted by Alex Zane.
Sporting Pick: Cork City v Shamrock Rovers, 7pm, RTE 2
It's already Week 3 of the new Airtricity League season and a big crowd and buzzing atmosphere is sure to greet Cork City as they welcome champions Shamrock Rovers to Turners Cross.
Movie Pick: Daylight, 10pm, ITV2
An old film but a classic. An explosion in the New Jersey Tunnel causes a massive motor pile-up, trapping a group of drivers underground. Thankfully Sylvester Stallone, who just happens to be a former emergency worker, is on hand to help the survivors. Disaster/action movie. Check out Sly at his best. Also features Viggo Mortensen before his Lord of the Rings days.


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Northwest Oklahoma residents find hope, humor in blizzard
After he put the chains around the calf's feet, Eric Shelton paused a second to listen to the 40 mph wind beating on the tiny shed he and the cow were in.
Shelton said the ferocity of the blizzard frightened the first-time mom, who had to be tied to a post to keep her from moving as the calf was pulled from her.
Blizzard or not, the work of a farmer goes on.
"I was wet and covered in snow," he said. "Other than that, not much was different. We got the calf up and standing, got her mom to get some warm milk in her. They are both doing well."
Shelton operates his family's farm in Butler, a small town about 20 miles northwest of Clinton, where they received nearly a foot of snow Monday from the blizzard that hit the northwest part of the state hard, causing power outages and closing roadways for days.
Shelton said his farm has lost more than half of its livestock in the past couple of years because the drought has killed large amounts of grass needed for feed.
A new calf and a large amount of moisture on the same day — Shelton said he couldn't ask for much more.
"It's definitely a win-win," he said. "We hope it's just the start."
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Farther north in Woodward, Chad Parks and fellow firefighter Jason Hill had just finished responding to a house fire call that turned out to be nothing more than a clogged chimney.
While driving back to the station in the driving snow, the 24-foot fire truck hit a particularly deep drift. The tires spun but the rig went nowhere.
"We may have been in a big truck, but we were stuck," Parks said. "We tried digging it out, but there was no way. Another truck came and tried to use a winch to get us out, but they ended up getting stuck, too."
In addition to the two trucks, an ambulance and three other vehicles were trapped on the road.
"It was a mess," Parks said. "We just ended up sitting in the truck and watching the storm really pick up. The ambulance was only about 50 yards ahead of us with its lights on, but once the storm really started to pick up, you couldn't see it. It disappeared."
Parks said they waited seven hours for help that never came. Meanwhile, they talked with the guys back at the fire station over the radio and advised them when the storm was waning.
After dark, they walked a few blocks back to the station, leaving their trucks submerged in snow.
"We were just kind of in shock because we never saw anything like this ever," Parks said. "We caught quite a bit of crap from our fellow firefighters, asking where we had been and what took us so long."
The bride
As the first snowflakes began falling Monday in Alva, Becky Burke was in a race with the storm to make it home.
She had been in Tulsa making final preparations for her wedding less than two weeks away and being fitted for her dress.
"I didn't really see anything until I got to Enid, then it started getting dark and windy," she said. "When I got on the west side of Enid, I didn't see anyone while driving. It was creepy. I didn't know if I was driving into something really bad."
Burke beat the storm home in time to get snowed in with her fiance, Brenen. The two rode out the storm with on-again-off-again electricity.
The 17 inches of snow hampered their wedding preparations.
"A lot of stuff is coming in the mail because we are so far away from civilization in Alva," Burke said.
"It's been super stressful just because we are waiting on RSVPs and our wedding shoes and other little last-minute things. But I guess in the end, I'll be able to look back at everything and laugh — it's just snow after all."


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COLEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Military officials say the wife of a U.S. Marine died and a Navy corpsman and his wife were injured in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base.
The officials were still not releasing the victims' identities Saturday morning, saying they were in the process of contacting next of kin.
The explosion around 9 p.m. Friday occurred at a housing unit in the Mono County town of Coleville for the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.
Seven residences were damaged and 38 families were evacuated.
Marine spokesman Capt. Nicholas Mannweiler said the families have not been cleared to return to their homes. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is investigating the explosion.


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Regular WFMU listeners may be familiar with Pink Lemonade, comprised of "7-year-old pop prodigy Lily, and her prolific older brother, Spencer." WFMU dj Irwin said he had no idea where you could get the Seattle-area munchkins' music. Well, lookee here - you can get 4 free tunes on the inevitable MySpace page:
Pink Lemonade Music - including the disco-fied "Get This Party On" ("Dance all night"? Don't you kids have a bed-time?) and the anthemic "Cool Girls Rock."
The album is finally out - it's being sold independently thru CafePress and features tunes that Radio Disney would play if they really were cool, like "Slam Dance."
Think seven is a young age to begin a singing career? How about one? London, UK's Charlie A recorded his year-old niece's burblings and sampled them to winning effect, writing original music around it. An excellent novelty:
Charlie A: "bebee bubba"
How 'bout some music by old people? You know, like twelve? Joan Marie Polo are two 12-year old sisters from Phoenix, AZ who indulge in the usual pre-teen off-key vocals and clowning around, but, with the exception of the patriotic "America," feature genuinely dark moody music. A low-budget murk adds to the creepiness of lyrics like "...but now I'm DEAD," the refrain from the song "The Ocean Is My Home." Er, cute kids...


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IRVINE, California, August 6. AFTER three meet records fell in day two prelims, four more went down in an exciting second evening of finals at the William Woollett Junior Aquatic Center, including one that previously belonged to Missy Franklin. Three of those races featured times that rank among the top-20 performances in the respective events this year.
Women's 400 IM
Socal Aquatics' Ella Eastin put up a blistering performance in the women's 400 IM. Eastin blazed out to an early lead and pulled away from the field on the breaststroke leg. She ended up touching first in 4:38.94. That cut nearly 10 seconds from the 4:48.42 that was her best time to begin the day and also crushed the 4:45.94 she clocked in prelims. Eastin obliterated Jasmine Tosky's meet record of 4:44.85 from 2010, and she moved into 11th in the world this year. Among Americans, only Elizabeth Beisel (4:31.69) and Maya Dirado (4:32.70) have swum faster.
Meanwhile, Bluefish's Brooke Zeiger grabbed second in 4:43.84, and SwimMAC's Kathleen Baker touched third in 4:44.63. Both swam underneath Tosky's previous meet record. Clearwater's Becca Mann finished fourth in 4:47.15 after challenging for the top three for much of the race. Gator's Hannah Burns used a blazing back half to claim a two second win in the B-final in 4:48.06. Lakeside's Leah Stevens comfortably came out on top of the C-final, touching in 4:51.42.
Men's 400 IM
Dynamo's Gunnar Bentz crushed his second meet record in as many nights his second victory of the meet. After taking a second and a half off the mark in the 200 breast on Monday, Bentz obliterated the mark in the 400 IM. Bentz held the lead at the 100 before touching fifth in an extremely tight race at the 200 split. He proceeded to pull away on the breast and free legs, and he ended up touching in 4:14.51. That chopped three seconds off the meet record of 4:17.58 that Dynamo's Jay Litherland in prelims, which in turn clipped Kyle Whitaker's previous mark of 4:17.59. The time also ranks as the 18th-best in the world this year.
Palo Alto Stanford's Curtis Ogren finished second in 4:17.79, while Litherland settled for third in 4:18.87. Litherland had entered the heat seeking to match brothers Kevin and Mick as heat winners on the night. Kevin used an outstanding finish to touch out the B-final in 4:24.20, and Mick picked up the win in the C-final in 4:26.39.
Women's 100 Free
Academy Bullets' Mary Schneider broke 56 seconds twice in one day, and that earned her the Junior National title in the women's 100 free. Schneider clocked 55.92 in prelims and then 55.79 in finals to beat out Schroeder Y's Alexandra Meyers. Meyers touched second in 56.06, edging Kamehameha's Jasmine Mau, who picked up third in 56.18. Meanwhile, SwimMAC Carolina's Nora McCullagh put up a fast time of 56.14 to take the B-final win, while Scottsdale's Victoria Toris came out on top of the C-final with a time of 56.57.
Men's 100 Free
Two members of the Bolles School Sharks went head-to-head in the men's 100 free as Caeleb Dressel battled Santo Condorelli for the entire race. Condorelli led at the 50, 23.29 to 23.32, but Dressel ended up touching out his teammate at the finish, 49.61 to 49.68. Both swam faster in prelims, with Condorelli posting a 49.38 and Dressel swimming the fastest time of the day at 49.28. North Texas Nadadores' Brett Ringgold ended up taking third in 50.21.
Terrapins' Justin Lynch put on a show in the B-final, dominating the field and winning by almost seven tenths of a second, clocking 50.56. Eagle Swim Association's Steven Richardson came through for first place in the C-final in a time of 51.04.
Women's 200 Back
Another meet record fell in the women's 200 back, as Kylie Stewart blistered the field and finished with a 2:09.04, the 12th-best time in the world for 2013. That beat the meet record of 2:09.16 that Missy Franklin set in 2009, where she, at age 13, she first posted times competitive on the national stage. Stewart also took down her own best time of 2:09.99 in the winning effort. AquaKids Sharks' Clara Smiddy finished second in 2:10.69 after leading the way in prelims with a 2:12.32, and Tri-City Channel's Lisa Bratton grabbed third in 2:11.54. Palo Alto Stanford's Ally Howe dominated the B-final to win in 2:13.10, while Socal's Emily Eastin finished one second ahead of her competition in the C-final, touching third in 2:14.63.
Men's 200 Back
Sarasota Y's Alexander Katz and Bluefish's Connor Green went head-to-head in the final after the pair traded the meet record in the prelims. The pair came off the final turn dead even but Katz edged ahead into the wall, winning in 1:58.83. Green came in second in 1:59.08, and both surpassed Katz' meet record of 1:59.42. Dayton Raiders' Brock Turner came in third at 2:02.68, meaning Katz and Green will remain the only two men in Junior Nationals history to have broken the 2:00-barrier.
Another Dayton Raider, Henrik Pohlmann, took the win in the B-final, clocking 2:02.76, while Pleasanton Seahawks' Maxime Rooney grabbed first in the C-final in 2:03.17.
400 Free Relay
SwimMAC's Kathleen Baker (56.79), Nora McCullagh (56.30), Jessica Merritt (56.07) and Lauren Rhodes (56.42) scorched the women's 400-meter free relay meet record with a 3:45.58. That swim popped the 3:46.68 set by PASA back in 2011. Meanwhile, Dynamo's Caitlin Cooper (57.08), Kylie Stewart (57.15), Kathleen Cook (57.84) and Nicole Stafford (56.06) clinched second in 3:48.12. The 17 and 18 year olds, however, did crushed the listed 17-18 U.S. National Age Group record of 3:51.50 currently in the books by Tualatin Hills earlier this year.
In sixth-place, Scottsdale's Samantha Fazio (59.16), Hannah Holman (58.47), Victoria Toris (56.80) and Amy Bilquist (56.63) clocked a 3:51.06, under their 15-16 U.S. National Age Group record of 3:51.39 also set earlier this year.
Redlands' Kyle Coan (51.60), Kyle Gornwy (50.35), Michael Haney (52.09) and Daniel Ghomi (53.29) closed out the night with a 3:27.33 to capture the men's 400-meter freestyle relay title this evening.


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I'm not crazy - I'm just singin' to my son!
by Selena J
posted Mar 15 2013 11:12AM
Parents, we find ourselves willing to make a fool of ourselves to entertain our kids.
I love it when my son laughs. It's my favorite sound in the world. Definitely better than the alternative - crying.
Cole was getting a lil fussy while grocery shopping, and the parental instinct just kicked in .... SING!!!!
He loves it when I sing, even if you hate it during The Wake Up Call's Really Wrong Sing Along on Friday!
So, here I am, in the middle of Price Chopper, singing my heart out to calm his crying.
I must have lost myself in the moment ... I bumped into a guy behind me who was patiently waiting for me to move from the pasta aisle. Apparently, I don't just sing. I sing AND dance. In the grocery store. Hey, I'm willing to swallow my pride for a happy kid!
Turns out, my husband does the same thing! And he's looking for more songs to add to his repertoire - do you have any good kid songs to add? Here's what Ethan just wrote on FB:
I'd like to apologize to Target for my singing voice, and the pony it rode in on.
My son's a little over 13 months old. You might think that in 13 months, I would have learned several songs for babies and kids. But you would be wrong. I h
ave a whopping, two kid songs in my repertoire- not counting the ridiculous songs about poop that I make up on the spot. One is the ABC song. The other is the song my son's battery-powered singing pony regales us with, every time Cole hits the button in the pony's left ear. I know the song by heart now, because Cole hits that button a lot. Sometimes I hear the song in my sleep and awake screaming in the night.
I recently found myself at Target with a cranky Cole who would only stop crying when I sang to him. The ABC song wasn't cutting it for the little music critic, so I launched right into the pony song: "I'm a pretty pony… clippety-clop, clippety-clop… such a pretty pony… clippety-clop, clippety-clop…"
Now, I haven't sung the words, "I'm a pretty pony" out loud since prison, so I was a little rusty. But that's all I have in my song catalog. So while my son got quiet, Target shoppers got a free shit-show. Target, I'm sorry you had to hear a fat guy with a beard sing about something other than Christmas or fish sticks.
Any song suggestions, anyone? I need songs to sing to my kid that (1) won't make me come off as any creepier than I probably already do, and (2) don't announce to everyone else in the store that I see myself as a small, attractive horse.
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Previous Loan DetailsAmer is a 19-year-old man, a freshman in one of the private colleges in Jordan. Amer is now majoring in hotel management. His course of study will take him two years to finish and graduate. Amer has applied for a loan in order to pay his semester fees so he can start his studies and continue t... More from Amer's previous loan »
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Family: Parents, John and Ann Wickiser; Sister, Christine Wickiser.
Accomplishment: Wickiser has not allowed a run in 12 innings pitched this season. He has 18 strikeouts and has yet to issue a walk.
Favorite subject: Government
Favorite book: 'The Call of the Wild'
Favorite movie: 'Shooter'
Favorite actor: Mark Harmon
Favorite artist: Toby Keith
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite junk food: Ice cream
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Favorite team: Philadelphia Phillies
Favorite athlete: Mike Mussina
Favorite holiday: Fourth of July
Away from sports, John enjoys . . . hunting and fishing.
If John could switch places with an athlete for one day, he'd like to swap spots with . . . Cole Hamels.
If John could meet anyone in history, he'd like to meet . . . Ted Williams.
John's favorite thing about baseball is . . . pitching.
John thinks the hardest thing about baseball is . . . staying mentally focused during a game.
If John could strike out any batter, he'd like to fan . . . Ted Williams.
If John could play a game at any park, he'd like to take the mound at . . . Fenway Park.
The one word John would use to best describe himself is . . . happy.
John's biggest fear is . . . losing a family member.
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Legislative News is AUSA Government Affairs Directorate's weekly electronic newsletter, and is published every Monday when Congress is in session.
Legislative News is AUSA Government Affairs Directorate's weekly electronic newsletter, and is published every Monday when Congress is in session.
In this issue
Call to Action!!
As previously reported in this Newsletter, AUSA President Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Ret., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., strongly believe that the only way to ease the well-documented stress and strain on soldiers and their families is to increase the Army's active duty end strength now. More soldiers means more dwell time at home for troops that are serving 12 months in the war zone with only 12 months at home before returning to combat — if they're lucky. Some units have deployed after fewer than 12 months at home.
During the mark up on the fiscal 2010 defense authorization bill, the Senate Armed Services Committee adopted Sen. Lieberman's amendment that authorizes an increase in the Army's active duty end strength by 30,000 during fiscal years 2011 and 2012 if the Administration includes the funding in the budgets for those fiscal years.
As the Senate starts debate on the defense authorization bill this week, Sen. Lieberman will offer another amendment that increases the Army's end strength for fiscal 2010.
Your messages to Congress do have an impact. Please send an AUSA-suggested letter to your Senators urging them to support Sen. Lieberman's floor amendment to S. 1390, the Fiscal 2010 Defense Authorization Act. Go to www.ausa.org, click on Contact Congress, enter your zip code and then click on the AUSA-proposed letter titled, "Support the Lieberman Amendment to Increase Army End Strength."
There have been 88 reported active-duty suicides in the Army in calendar year 2009. No one can fix a soldier's problems, but giving them more time at home with their families may help them better cope with the stress. It is imperative that the Army's end strength increases immediately. Debate to Start on Fiscal 2010 Defense Authorization Bill
The Senate starts debate on the fiscal 2010 Defense Authorization Bill (S. 1390) this week and several AUSA-supported amendments are scheduled to be introduced.
TRICARE: Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., will offer an amendment to assert that military retirees earned their health benefits with their military service.
Concurrent Receipt: An amendment, introduced by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., would end compensation penalties for thousands of disabled uniformed services retirees.
SBP/DIC: Sen. Bill Nelson's, D-Fla., amendment would end compensation penalties for survivors of military personnel who died of service-caused conditions.
Reserve Retirement Age: An amendment to make retroactive to Sept. 11, 2001, the provision that reduces the reserve retirement age by 3 months for every 90 days activated will be offered by Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.
Please send an AUSA-suggested letter to your Senator urging that they vote for these important amendments. Go to AUSA's website, www.ausa.org., click on Contact Congress, enter your zip code and then click on the AUSA-proposed letter titled, "Support Senate Amendments to S.1390." House Passes Military Construction and VA Appropriations Bill
The House passed the fiscal 2010 Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs Appropriations bill last week by a vote of 415-3.
After the final vote, Chairman of the Military Construction and VA Appropriations Subcommittee Rep. Chet Edwards, said, "This bill sends a clear message to America's servicemen and women, their families, and our veterans that we deeply respect their service and sacrifice. With passage of this bill, Congress has provided a 58 percent increase in funding for veterans health care and benefits since January 2007. In addition we have a new 21st Century GI Education bill that now also transfers this important benefit to the children of those service members who have died while serving our country. This is an unprecedented increase in Congress' commitment to veterans, and in my book, our veterans have earned every dime of this funding.
Here is an overview of the bill.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS: $108.9 billion, the same as the President's request and $14.5 billion above 2009, for veteran's medical care, claims processors, and facility improvements. In addition, for the first time ever, $48.2 billion is provided in advance appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for three medical accounts: medical services, medical support and compliance, and medical facilities.
Veterans Health Administration (VHA): $45.1 billion for veterans' medical care to include:
* Medical Services: $34.7 billion to improve access to medical services for all veterans.
* Mental Health: $4.6 billion for mental health care.
* Assistance for Homeless Vets: $3.2 billion for a Presidential Initiative to combat homelessness, $150 million for the homeless grants and per diem program, $20 million for supportive services for low income veterans and families, in addition to $21 million to hire additional personnel for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program.
* Rural Health: The Department estimates that $440 million will be spent in fiscal year 2010 on innovative practices to improve access to care for veterans in rural areas. More than 3.2 million (41%) of enrolled veterans live in rural or highly rural areas.
* Medical and Prosthetic Research: $580 million to include a $48 million increase for research to address the critical needs of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION$23.2 billion, $1.8 billion below 2009 is provided for the base programs. The decrease from 2009 is attributable to the expected decline in BRAC construction requirements and the success of the family housing privatization program. In addition, $1.4 billion is provided for Overseas Contingency Operations, for a total funding level in the bill of $24.6 billion, $226 million above the President's Request and $472 million below 2009.
* Trainee Troop Housing Initiative: $450 million to accelerate the Army's program to modernize troop housing facilities for trainees. The Army has a need for $2.2 billion to bring all 115,413 trainee barracks spaces up to standard and the program currently is not scheduled to finish until 2017.
* Guard and Reserve Initiative: $200 million in additional funding is provided for Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps Reserve, and Air Force Reserve construction to address critical unfunded requirements, in recognition of the tremendous contributions made by Guard and Reserve personnel to emergency assistance, homeland security, and national defense.
* BRAC 1990 Environmental Cleanup: $537 million to address the large unfunded backlog of environmental cleanup for bases that were closed during the four previous BRAC rounds.
* 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and Re-stationing: $7.5 billion to implement base closures and realignments, and support the re-stationing of troops and their families from overseas to the United States.
* Military Housing: $2 billion to further eliminate inadequate military housing.
* Overseas Contingency Operations: $1.4 billion to support additional military construction requirements to support operations and troop increases in Afghanistan.
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By John Sumser I don't know about you, but my inbox has been backing up at an alarming rate. Where I could once pare it down to a half-dozen pieces that were well worth procrastinating, my email backlog is often several weeks old. I tend to glance at them when they come in, and then mull over the transaction... Continue Reading


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Academy of the Sacred Heart Puts Spotlight on Sports
Our Year Round Hoops staff are committed to bringing the highest level of basketball instruction to children, using several fun and unique methods to teach the game, said Aaron Smith, director, of WNBA Detroit Shock Camps and Clinics. Ball handling, shooting, passing and defense are all covered during these high-energy clinics. We provide a great basketball experience for everyone.
ASH Athletic Directors Debbe Pavle and Ken Hallberg will be on hand to lead the ASH Experience activities along with other area coaches including: Al Fracassa, Brother Rice; Mike Boyd, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes; Tony Patritto, Rochester Adams; and Calvin Gross, Rochester Stoney Creek.
The ASH Experience directly ties in with the Academy of the Sacred Hearts athletic program, which provides equal opportunity for all students to learn about sports, develop skills and exercise leadership. Through our no-cut policy, everyone has the opportunity to be on the team, regardless of size or experience, said Debbe Pavle, Athletic Director, ASH Upper School for Girls. ASHs program promotes self-discipline, responsibility and decision-making, as well as learning the benefits of cooperation and respect for other people.
ASHs Kensington Hall (boys middle school) and Middle School for Girls maintain a competitive interscholastic sports program. The boys participate in soccer, tennis and cross-country in the fall; basketball in the winter; and lacrosse and golf in the spring. The girls participate in field hockey, cross-country and volleyball in the fall; basketball in the winter; and lacrosse, softball and tennis in the spring. The Upper School for Girls enjoy equestrian, field hockey, golf, and volleyball in the fall; basketball, dance/pom, downhill skiing, and figure skating in the winter; and lacrosse, softball and tennis in the spring. Each student has the opportunity to apply skills in situations equal to his or her own interest and skill level, said Ken Hallberg, Athletic Director, Kensington Hall and Middle School for Girls.
As part of the event activities, parents, students and the community-at-large can also enjoy a casual Stadium-Style Dinner providing networking opportunities, tours of the school, and viewing of the ASH Experience Youth Sports Challenge from the sidelines, and general admission seating at the Leaders of Conscience Program and Keynote address.
Immediately following the ASH Experience Youth Sports Challenge and Stadium-Style Dinner, one of the most successful college football coaches of all time will speak. Lou Holtz, legendary football coach, author and ESPN analyst, will take center stage, giving the keynote address during the Leaders of Conscience Speaker Series program. The program host and moderator will be WXYZ-TV Sports Director Don Shane. Known for his motivational speaking, Coach Holtz will discuss overcoming seemingly impossible challenges by setting your own goals and working to achieve them. The Academy will honor Coach Holtz with the Leaders of Conscience Award. Also, the ASH After School Learning Center, celebrating 20 years of service as a satellite program to children from the Pontiac public school district, will receive a $5,000 Lou Holtz Scholarship for the centers athletic program.
The Academy of the Sacred Heart is located at 1250 Kensington Road in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Pre-event activities will be held from 5:00-6:30 p.m. and the keynote address will begin at 7:00 p.m. For more event details and to register for the event, visit www.ashmi.org/speakerseries, or call 248-646-8900 ext. 170.
The Leaders of Conscience Speaker Series was inaugurated this year as part of the Academy's Golden Anniversary, celebrating 50 years at its Bloomfield Hills campus and 158 years of education and outreach in the metropolitan Detroit area. The speaker series aims to provide ethical guidance and real-life testimonials from internationally-known personalities whose lives and works inspire students and the larger community with messages of hope and optimism.


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Sean D. Foreman, PhD
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Born in Greensburg, PA, Sean Foreman earned a BA degree in Political Science with a minor in History in 1993 from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He received his MA in International Studies from Florida International University in Miami with a graduate certificate from the Latin American and Caribbean Center. In 2003, Dr. Foreman was the first person to be granted a doctoral degree in Political Science from FIU. He and his wife, Hadley, have a son named Luke, who was born in 2010.
Teaching and Advising
Dr. Foreman has taught various courses including American Government, State and Local Government, Public Policy and Administration, American Political Parties and Elections, Congress, Presidency, Political Theory I and II, and Religion in American Politics at Barry. He has also taught courses on International Relations and Latin American Politics at the University of Miami and St. Thomas University, and American National Government and State and Local Government at FIU, Broward College, and Miami-Dade College including online courses. Dr. Foreman was on a committee that created the international Political Science exam for credit established by Excelsior College.
Dr. Foreman was nominated by Barry students for the "Apple Award" in both 2007 and 2008 to show appreciation for leading educators at the university. He serves on a number of university wide, college and department committees including the Faculty Senate and as the advisor to the College Democrats, College Republicans, and Model United Nations student clubs on campus.
Professional Services
Dr. Foreman regularly extends his expertise outside the classroom, reaching the community through various media outlets. He has appeared in The Miami Herald, South Florida Sun Sentinel and Time.com among other publications. He is a regular panelist on WPBT-TV's "Issues" and an occasional guest on CBS-4 news shows, Local 10 News and Comcast's "Newsmakers." Dr. Foreman is the Political Expert and does routine radio interviews for K107 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He is also a frequent guest on WFTL 850 AM NewsTalk radio out of Ft. Lauderdale and WIOD News Radio 610 and WLRN in South Florida as well as other stations around the nation. Dr. Foreman hosts his own political talk show called "World of Politics" each Wednesday from 1-2 p.m. on Barry's WBRY 1640 AM.
Current research interests include U.S. politics, institutions and elections, state and local government, and the politics and economics of sports. Dr. Foreman is the author of a chapter on the Districts 21 and 25 Congressional elections for the book Roads to Congress 2008 and has reviewed several American Government and State and Local Politics text books. Dr. Foreman is the co-editor of Roads to Congress 2010 (forthcoming) and is writing chapters for two different books about the 2010 Florida Senate campaign and the election of Marco Rubio. A board member of the Florida Political Science Association from 2008-2010, Dr. Foreman is 2nd Vice President of the statewide professional organization, and will become president of the FPSA in 2012.
Selected Academic Presentations
- "Public Opinion of President Barack Obama in Europe, Asia and the Middle East" 10th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations, July 18-20, 2010, Belfast, N. Ireland, UK.
- "Was the 'Bradley Effect' in affect for the 2008 Presidential Election?" Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 9-11, 2009, Denver, CO.
- "Amendment One and Its Aftermath: How the property tax referendum passed and what it really means for Florida homeowners," Florida Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 12, 2008, St. Petersburg, FL.
- "Latino Voting in the 2008 Primary Elections" Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 4-6, 2008, San Diego, CA.
- "Gambling Policy in the States" Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 29-31, 2008, Las Vegas, NV.
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Last week of July 2007—
So far no dice with the calcium carbonate helping out with staving off the blossom end rot on my tomatoes.
I've had to "harvest" three tomatoes showing the worst signs of it. I figure best to pull these fruits off and allow the plant to concentrate on growing the tomatoes showing little or no signs of BER.
Solanum lycopersicum
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Smashing The Can Instead Of Kicking It Down The Road
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com
"No, absolutely not," said European Central Bank President Mario Draghi when asked if the euro was in danger. "The euro is irreversible," he added just as a whiff of panic began sweeping over the Eurozone. Everybody was supposed to enjoy their long vacation, and nothing important was supposed to happen. But, like a group of disruptive homeless guys, the ECB, the International Monetary Fund, and politicians have apparently gotten tired of kicking the Greek bailout can down the road, and they stomped on it instead.
Last week it was the ECB; it announced that it would no longer accept Greek government bonds as collateral, thus cutting Greek banks off from ECB funding. They will now be dependent on Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) by the Bank of Greece, an unsustainable, risky measure.
Over the weekend, word seeped out that the IMF, having lost patience with Greece's stalled reform efforts, would be unwilling to contribute more funds to the bailout. A huge blow. Vigorous denial by the IMF? Nope. On Monday, it only said tepidly that it would be "supporting Greece in overcoming its economic difficulties."
Inspectors of the Troika—the EU, the ECB, and the IMF—are trundling into Athens today for meetings and inspections starting on Tuesday. Their final report will be the basis for the Troika's decision in September to make the next bailout payment, or to let go. Politicians appear to be holding off on their final judgment until then. But they're talking—and it doesn't look good for Greece. Its demands to renegotiate the agreed-upon reform measures and then to delay their implementation has hit a wall of resistance.
"We won't agree to any substantive change of the agreements we made," said German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. Economics Minister Philipp Rösler was "more than skeptical" that Greece could work out its problems. But any decision would have to wait for the final Troika report. "If Greece cannot meet the stipulations, then there won't be any more payments," he said. Greece would have to default, which might encourage it to leave the Eurozone. But no big deal: "Greece's exit has long ago lost its scariness," he said.
Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek Finance Minister from October 2009 until he was replaced by Evangelos Venizelos in June 2011, doubted the abilities of the Greek government to deal with the challenges and was "not optimistic" that it could remain in power much longer.
Even the Big Kahuna, who is on vacation, and who'd pushed for these serial bailouts though they put deep rifts into her coalition government, lost patience with Greece. It leaked out that Chancellor Angela Merkel considered it "unthinkable" for her to beg the Bundestag for a third bailout package. And a third bailout package would be required if Greece's demands for watering down the reforms and for delaying their implementation were met—they'd raise the costs by an additional €30 to €50 billion.
The next opportunity for Greece to default is August 20, when it has to pay the ECB €3.8 billion, which it doesn't have. As Greece's debt is now mostly held by public institutions, including the ECB, a default would cost taxpayers outside Greece dearly. Requests for emergency funding have fallen on deaf ears. So Greece could try to sell three- or six-month bills at astronomical rates, but most likely, the ECB will find a way to keep it afloat until a political decision has been made in September.
With Spain under fire, and with Italy—and thus the Eurozone as a whole—at risk, the perception is growing that the Eurozone might be stronger if it scuttled its leakiest ship. The surprise factor has long been wrung out of the system. Markets are ready. After a bit of chaos, there might even be relief. And that perception, if it gains the upper hand, will seal Greece's fate.
Now the strategy is to prevent contagion. The temporary EFSF bailout fund is too small. What is needed is the larger firewall that the "permanent" ESM bailout fund will provide, once operational. Hence the enormous pressure on the German Constitutional Court to wrap up its review of the ESM and nod it through by September 12 [read.... Euro Desperation: German Justices already Buckled under Political Pressure].
By getting the Greek default over with, politicians and the Troika could focus on bailing out Spain. Unlike Greece, Spain is critical to the survival of the euro—and after Spain there is Italy, whose debt is huge, and even the ESM won't be able to bail it out. All that remains is hope that contagion somehow stops before it gets to Italy. Hope, or a treaty change that would allow the ECB to buy sovereign bonds on a massive scale and bail out banks directly. The whole debt crisis would be over. To be replaced by a crisis of a different and more pernicious sort. Unlikely that the "northern" Eurozone countries would go for that.
But, but, but.... There are opportunities in Europe: mining. Europeans have a long history of it, yet dealing with regulations and eco-friendly groups has driven countries to switch to importing resources. Now record joblessness has refocused political agendas because mines can employ a lot of people! For investors, that's exciting news. Read... Profiting from Europe's New Gold Rush.
And here is yours truly in a conversation with Max Keiser on the Keiser Report, discussing bubbles, central banks, the Eurozone, NIRP, and "stupidity arbitrage" (video, aired over the weekend).
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Has anybody else spotted the serial downvoter? Not just in this thread but others too. Every post has at least a minus 1.
Maybe it's this guy- a 58 year old investment banker that thinks he's Earnest T Bass-
Of course they can't save it. Look at the data! If it wasn't for Germany, the whole Socialst stew would blow up.
Otis the drunk bailing out Donald Trump. never happen ONLY the US has the credit ability (reserve dollar) to bail Europe out.
Hulk for Fed Chair.
brings new meaning to greenbacks
lets go green at the Fed
One thing interesting came up when I looked at the videos on the Keiser report in general :
He mentions in this video on a panel Q& A session that Deutsch Bank and BNP act like HFs in Greece and Spain and are part of the speculation fleecing the peripherals.
This is NEWS to me; that the Euro banks ALSO fleece the peripherals drowning in bad debt. If this is true the madness is also attacking the EUrozone banks, not just the Anglo banks out of London.
That is an awesome tombstone to put on the fate of Greece and Spain and the others :
Here lie the bodies of Euro sovereings and their banks fleeced by the Germans and the French in their mad play to escape the fate of southern european nation states!
Any views on that? Is this a fact?
In this crazy game I guess all these clowns can go dipping their dirty fingers in the honey pot!
Deutsch Bank is part of the "gang of 6" that controls the LIBOR rate of every single major currency. I am completely unable to muster a surprise face that they are making money on the demise of.... oh, I don't know, fucking everything.
The Germans are behind the scenes, you'll find many biological Germans involved in the 'manipulation' of LIBOR rate.
Abandon this unholy union...
The banksters will get paid. My guess is they want the gold of not just Greece, but of Spain and Italy too. Then after they have their gold, they'll go after France..... Don't expect this to become information available to the public, though. The money printing must go on.
after the govt collapses, there will be hope.
"The euro is irreversible," he added just as a whiff of panic began sweeping over the Eurozone.
Guess what... so is herpes.
Wazzup, Wolf?
yup, agree with everything...i'll only add that janus would be placin a massive short on french bonds; action to really start around september, but timing is a bitch. still, i cannot see french 10Y staying below 4 after november -- and possibly much worse. janus tries to be certain when he predicts; and this seems pretty certain. there again, i have been wrong before.
anyway, i read the first two chapters of your book. i think you're a hip-cat. janus intends to learn the craft of deep-water sailing...i'll go further and say that i intend to someday live on a boat. don't know for how long; and it's not some doom's day escape -- i just want adventure.
from which i can expand on the idea i just mentioned...the notion of 'adventure'. life is boring without adventrue. in our ceaseless pursuit to smooth all edges and soften all blows, we've obscured the fact that life should be about discovery, adventure, enterprise, exploration, acquisitive-agility, dice-tossing bravado and stiff-upper-lipping it. where did we go wrong? again, i submit it has something to do with the blue-haired-menopausal trajectory upon which we are sliding...and it's a downward slope; it's safe, and soft, and sanguine...and ever so boring. really, brothers, we've submitted to a dictatorship of the timid and infirmed. they've seized the scepter.
even so, they have frail and diminutive hands. nothing to it, really, just stroll right up and take it. if i told you how easy it was they'd arrest me. no, really, this whole system is simply a web of faith...faith that things won't get too out of hand in one spot before adjustments can be made. this system was designed before the intenet. long before i-phones and whatnot. this antique system that feels so safe; it is in serious peril. it cannot catch up and it knows it.
it is therefore in this spirit...le esprit de liberte, egalite, fraternite...that i make you a solemn vow.
and i swear thusly:
if i ever have power to (or have been vested with the power to so actuate such power), smack the shit outta some bitchez that deserve it, i will indeed therefore grant unto myself such office and station as is fitting for the smacking of bitchez that's got it coming. and, bitchez, i gots a vicious open-handed smack.
in fact, i'm detecting a genuine lack of good ole fashion open-handed smackin in our modern world. used to be, you'd see a good, solid smack every now and again...now a days, even for the avid smack-observer, there's nary a smack to be seen. it's a veritable sahara of smackin out there. time to bring back the smack, sez janus:
you tube is awesome. anyway, i'm gettin distracted. do you bitchez remember when i said something about getting a job working alongside a 20 year old pre-med student who has a desperate crush on janus? and perhaps you remember that it was the manager of said place that told me about said crush...and that i wasn't sure of the 20 year old's shade of blond? well, janus is now certain along two fronts:
the first being the shade of blonde: strawberry.
the second being the manager: a bitch that should someday be sentenced to a very severe open-handed smack.
now, i'm gonna tell this story with the expectation that you, the reader, reserve judgement. better yet, i think, from the very outset, you should be sympathetic to my position in the matter. in short, you should bias yourself to janus...because he is the offended party here.
okay, so the whole thing started with a cab ride...innocent enough, the unbiased observer may think to himself. but then it got weird.
so it was like a twenty minute cab ride; and this was the first time i'd met the manager of this place to which i would someday apply. she was with her husband, and it was some sort of corporate dinner -- one at which casual drinking was frowned upon. and so it was, they were both loaded. the conversation on the cab ride home was stilted at times but genial by-the-by. nothing unusual, really. that was until we arrived at their address.
we all sit there silently after i announce the total:
'that'll be 22.00.'
(like i said, long silence)
wife/manager: 'go inside, mario.'
husband(mario): 'what, are you gonna fuck him?'
wife: 'i dunno?'
janus: 'no, mario, she is not going to fuck janus.'
so this lil episode resolves itself the best way it knows how. truth be known, this is not my first such offer...lotsa freaks out there that want to watch you fuck their wives. i know what you're thinkin...but people are strange:
long story short, janus didn't fuck her or let her suck his cock...just got paid and left....wish'd em God's speed. okay, sez janus to his self, 'that's that...nothin can sprout from that sordid seed.' janus was naive.
okay, so, a few weeks later i pick up the lil 20 year old pre-med student and lay the ole charm on all thick-like...twice. little do i realize that this lil girl is gigglin and whatnot over janus to the manager that wanted janus to fuck her while her husband watched. alright, just so you're not confused, ZHealots, there's a 20 year-old very fuckable & potential concubine and a gross manager that represents no promise between the sheets. on our third cab ride, the 20 year old informs me that she knows the gross manager...and so janus makes the huge mistake of confiding the sultry details of his interaction with the gross manager with the 20 year old pre med student.
clear enough so far? good, it gets more complex; so pay attention:
(lil music break...it's a long story):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFtD1DMal3o (okay, that was tacky...but, all the same, if you saw her, you'd lust -- i promise)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pte3Jg-2Ax4 (how sweet)
let's skip ahead, shall we?
so the 20 year old pre-med student encourages me to apply for a position that had recently come open. 'great!' thinks janus; as it pays a crazy sum for what you do...also, i'm all chill; insofaras i've never interviewed without receiving an offer. the streak is at an end.
i go through three interviews and come through just drippin with flying colors. smoked em' all. got an oral offer...and then, i was called in as a special request to take the gross manager home in the cab.
it was tense.
'you never told me you were married.' sez the gross bitch, all indignant-like.
'well, it never came up.' janus dryly replies.
'i was gonna set you up with xxxxxxx; and you have a wife and kids!' she snorts.
we belabor this lil tete-a-tete for the duration of the cab ride; at the end of which she announces that it's gonna be a while before she knows whether or not i have the job. three weeks later, she has some assistant call to tell me i didn't get the job.
the thing that really offends me is the fact that i'm certain (and i am in possession of definite information to verify this) that this lil 20 year old pre-med student narced me out. yes, don't gasp...i do suspect her of double dealing. can't be, you say? no way a cute girl could janus betray? seems so, brothers...seems sadly so...how could she tell that gross bitch that she knew that janus was asked to fuck her in front of her husband? how could she?
telling teller tell:
furthermore, how dare this lil 20 year old pre-med get upset at discovering janus has a wife and children...janus would have explained; in due time...all in due time. listen, bitchez: all information will be given on a need-to-know basis.
so, as you can all see, janus is faultless in the whole affair. and the irony of it is: janus fucked no one and got fucked by everyone...crazy, no?
time to restore order and balance to this ole world:
well i'm sorry but i'm not interested in gold mines, oil wells, shipping or real estate/
what would i like to have been?/
everything you hate/
...there is a man/
a certain man/
and for the poor you may be sure/
that he'll do all he can/
...who likes to smoke/
enjoys a joke/
and wouldn't get a bit upset/
if he were really broke/
with wealth and fame/
he's still the same/
i'll bet you 5 you're not alive/
if you don't know his name,
let me ask you a question :
Would PG Wodehouse have loved your story?
hard to say with that one...i tried to abbreviate it a bit too much -- too many details to condense into a reasonable space. i was nearing the end of a 12 pack. and i think he may shudder over the leitmotif; insofar as he always kept it clean.
all that being said, i reckon freddie wigdon would've found himself in just such a jam.
shit happens,
Mutti Merkel seems to have grown a pair of balls.
She is Bismarck's daughter if she decides to pull the plug on Euro peripherals. Its the end of Euro and contagion is on bigtime as private financial debt is the gorilla in the system and it goes back all the way to USA.
This is the tough call that was hers. If she makes this all the way inspite of Draghi squid oligarchy play, it means the US banking system will melt down as well. And Pax Americana reserve will then have to show its real metal.
Her call is the tipping moment we've all been waiting for.
What does Bernanke do, does he QE-3 to save the system for contagion implosion?
Sterile can kicking if Merkel has crushed the can in Euro zone.
As for Euro zone it will mean the peripherals leave the currency; its every man for himself and the acrimony amongst burning banks and supportive governments, amongst themselves as counterparties, will be ominous. We will be in 1930 times and fascist chimes rising in Eastern Europe and peripherals. When thieves fall out on both sides of the pond...
Heil the new reich of Mutti Merkel. She will have a fire to control in her banking system. But that fire will be smaller than elsewhere; and the world will be in unchartered waters so who cares!
Advienne ce qu'il adviendra!
PS : As the Shadoks used to say; if there is no solution there is no problem !
PPS : Here is the Squid "market's" reaction to Mutti power play : a Moody's write down of Germany's rating! Risk on big time!
Moody's cueille la zone euro à froid et met Berlin dans l'embarras
"Pax Americana reserve will then have to show its real metal."
The whole world wil get to see this metal.
"the subprime crisis is contained" the bernank
Whenever they say this, bet the opposite if you want to make money. the only thing thyey are doing is making sure the bankers can sell above you and make a profite when you are sick of listening to their lies. classic central banker playbook. besides we know he's a goldman guy so telling absolute lies isn't an issue for him.
This is just one big
Global Poker Series:
- The IMF and the ECB are bluffing.
- Greece will call.
- Sometime on/before Aug. 20th the cards will be shown.
- TPTB will collect their chips.
- New hands will be dealt.
- Rinse.
- Repeat.
Aug. 21st will come and go.
yawn... :-O
"New hands will be dealt" by TPTB. They are the Dealer.
edit2: They stacked the deck.
Fucking crooked dealers! Don't play in this game... they'll cheat ya. Fold and buy metals.
bank guy in Brussels - thanks for the links!
Why would any one think Merkel would commit political hari kari so greeks could fool around a few more months. I think they all wish obama was gone next week so the world had a leader again. Merkel is not up to leading the world but is doing pretty good for her country and the eurozone. obama can not find a leadership ability or his ass with both hands and a flashlight.
I may be reading something into your post:
I seem to find [your] desire for "World Leadership" (?).
TPTB always have some "leaders in waiting". They train these kids from an early age just for this task.
If you Sheeple want "leadership" ... all you need to do is ask...
Don't go nutts! His point is that the US economy is still the biggest engine in the room and all we need is someone that understands how to insert key - turn - and start - voila!
Instead we have a simpleton who thinks he is a genius. Not only does he not know where the keys are, he is trying to dismantle the engine and rebuild it with solar power cells or fucking algea combuster shit conveters because he alone "knows the right way to do this". In reality, he couldn't find his butt if it had a bell on it, and he would over analyze why said bell was ringing in the first place.
"That bell ringing is Bush's fault, or the 1%."
Look, it ain't that hard. You want jobs, a solid economy, peace and prosperity... then find someone who knows where the keys are and start that freaking engine!
That engine got boxed up shipped to China. The US economy needs a de-centralized industrial swarm of local industrial economies based on local capital. We need to kill the mega-corps dead, starve the TBTF blood-suckers, completely undermine the easy-credit zombie consumer mentality and last but not least, render government moot.
A revolution in thought and mind-set is needed here, but I am not opposed to taking out the trash if needed.
Uncle Remus, that engine is sitting right under the ground in the USA. We have more oil than Saudi Arabia and Iraq combined, and more cheap nat gas than we get to in decades.
We just need a president who will issue some permits and hundreds of thousands of good paying jobs will appear every month. And the consumers worldwide will benefit.
(Except for those in OPEC countries.)
And in a major win-win, co2 emissions are dropping like a rock due to fracking for nat gas.
So, in other words, the US citizen solution to centralization of production is recentralize the production in the US over decentralization on the world?
How wonderful.
US citizenism at work.
Yup. A return to the use of 'out to the horizon' economies. If you can see it from your window, you fully engage with it. Anything further away is of secondary importance. Support your local butcher, baker and candlestick maker and the wealth generated in your area will mostly be spent in your area, to the enrichment of all.
No argument here... all that will start that engine again. The biggest baddest mofo in the World!
Some good writing.
If Greece gets to keep its gold. Fuck-head Draghi can borrow the money for the Spain bailout from Greece next year. Assuming Greece leaves the Euro and the EU NWO globalist bankster trap Mf'ers.
Then Ze Germans must send in special forces to seize the gold immediately after the Greeks default and exit the Euro.
"If Greece gets to keep its gold. ... the EU NWO globalist bankster trap Mf'ers."
1. Greece has nearly no gold. negligible
2. EU NWO? hello? are the big five megabanks in the EU? only as much as they have their hyperhypothecating branches in the City of London, which is not a "friend of the EU", in fact it's the most sabotaging element in europe, constantly demanding idiotic political changes for financial reasons, including a break-up of the eurozone or a full fiscal union, two extremes that show where their bread is buttered. No, the "NWO forces" are in NY and the City of London. The EU is just a good target for propaganda.
3. Ze Germans are not going to send special forces anywhere. In fact, if they would, they would get their gold back. From the NY-FED's basement, where it's sitting next to France's shiny.
Yeah, right! Like there's any gold in that vault! Gold plated tungsten, maybe.
All the real bullion disappeared off the grid a long time ago. You don't think our glorious overlords would leave it where the plebs could conceivably get their hands on it during a period of 'civil unrest', do ya? That shiny has been spirited off to secret, unregistered vaults, probably not even IN the US, years ago.
With Greece, I keep thinking Estonia. The weakest statelet was all it took to burst the dam.
How can anyone think contagion will stop short of the Rhine?
The best opportunities in Europe are in the European defense industries. War wiil make all the economic and financial problems seem small... and allow powerful people to remain in power.
Wolf's "smashed can" story is incredibly bullish. I wonder if we will have Internet next week...
"the Euro is irreversible".
I agree. It is out of control and is heading for the abyss.
This is nothing more than the sheer arrogance of certain men who are willing to destroy human beings, nations and civilization rather than admit that their Euro turned out to be a pathetically prepared and administered piece of financial and political architecture.
More like a pathetically prepared and administered piece of s***.
smells awefully like a greenback; but with a more modest whiff of brown gold.
Wolf when did you write this last summer? I am packing my bug out kit now and my 50 lb sacks of rice are arriving tomorrow. What the hell are you smoking bro?
Greece, just walk away from the debt.
Yes, Greece is the smartest bunch over there, borrowing wealth from all the other EU nations, never intending to pay it back, just walking away from it when they can't borrow anymore.
Draghi is scared shitless. He knows Greece will just walk away and it'll bring down the whole EU ponzi scheme when Spain walks away, Italy walks away, everybody walks away when they can't borrow anymore.
No modern country was ever planning to pay down its debt. Add Germany to your list. The Germans also do not plan to pay their debts!
The Plan is: permanent, perpetual economic growth allowing all/any govt to roll their debt over, and over, and over.
It was never any nation's intention to pay down any debt!
Greece, Spain, Italy, Others are just having some problems rolling their debt over. Germany is usually able to roll their debt over ... and when they cannot ... then Tyler informs me.
No, no, no...
It is indeed in the plan of US citizen nations not to repay their debts.
For other countries, US citizens have had the way to collect and repo on the debt issued there.
For these countries, debt is not an enriching tool as for US citizen nations. It is a draining tool, sucking every blood drop they have.
There is defaulting (which US citizen nations have been doing for decades now) and repoing (which US citizen nations have inflicted on some other nations for decades now) when it comes to debt problems.
please elaborate on:
There is defaulting (which US citizen nations have been doing for decades now)
Please give me more infos about these "defaults".
Yup, they've even been talking relatively openly about it on the BBC - ok, it was pretty late at night on a weekend, but there was a pretty frank admission from a couple of economics professors, a City guy and some politics correspondent that the debts of most Eurozone countries, the US, UK and Japan were never going to be repaid. There's simply no way to do it, even if the Govts involved could get away with asset stripping their entire populations, was the basic consensus.
Two and a half years ago the gutless Greek politicians could have defaulted and led the way not just for Greece but also every other debt infested nation in Europe. They failed to do so because for decades they had been bribed and compromised and were worried about what would happen to the Euros in their swiss bank accounts and offshore companies.
A last stand must be made for capitalism, democracy and decency. After that, the Gulags of Russia will be coming to a place near us.
"The euro is irreversible"
Orue? (said with strong rising inflection)
what draghi means is : we are making Merkel an offer she can't refuse, the old witch. He is obviously speaking in the name of his overlords to a euro baron who is stepping out of line.
Let's see if she has Bismarck's handle bars hidden in her panties.
"The euro is irreversible."
Fucken A, ain't it the truth.


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Fogolars Country Club is a little known gem located at 2026 Lower Base Line, Oakville. This club features a very large picnic area with barbecues that can be used if you bring your own charcoal.
The park also has a children's play area, soccer field, picnic tables and a pool. It is recommended that you bring some folding chairs for maximum comfort. The admission fee is $6 per person and $2 for children under 10 years old.
Kelso Conservation area is great for outdoor enthusiasts. You can enjoy a swim at a sandy beach or fish for trout in the inviting lake. Picnics on the beach are bound to be fun. Kelso also offers biking trails through the Niagara Escarpment and hiking through the Bruce Trails.
Hilton Halls Conservation Area is surrounded by forested parklands with trails for nature walks, picnic areas and fire pit locations. There is a 10 metre waterfall that drops over the Niagara Escarpment.
Here is a list of other parks in Oakville.
The Food to Bring
Families usually bring a variety of both prepared foods and proteins to grill. Here are some of the fun foods to bring:
- Baked beans
- Pasta Salad
- Potato Salad
- Chips and dip
- Fresh carrot and celery sticks
- Hotdogs
- Strawberries
- Melons like cantaloupe and watermelon
- Cookies and cupcakes
Of course, beverages are important as well. Bottled water is best so everyone will stay hydrated and not get overheated. Fruit juices or lemonade are other good choices.
Bringing Play Things
Not much is needed, but each child can bring one or two toys. The dog is a good buddy to have along, and dogs need to run outdoors. Balls, Frisbees and jump ropes are excellent toys to bring.
Other Items to Pack
Besides water, other items to bring on an outdoor outing help the day go better like the following:
- Antibiotic cream
- Cameras to capture the special moments
- Cell phone
- Bandages
- Sunscreen
- Towels and blankets
- Wet wipes
Relaxing and Having Fun
Planning and getting things organized before heading out the door helps make the family event a success. Of course, something will be forgotten and the day may not happen without mishap. However, the main idea for going on a picnic at any of Halton Region's popular outdoor spots is to have a good time together and relax.
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For the grief we sometimes give Jason Statham, let's face it: he knows what his strengths are, he plays to them, and he delivers exactly what fans expect each time out. He makes what is often very hard look pretty easy. And while critics may not usually take kindly to his movies, there's one actor out there giving him due props: James McAvoy.
Den Of Geek closed their recent interview with McAvoy—who has previously praised Statham calling him "the most physically impressive actor I've ever seen"—by asking him what his favorite movie by the action star was. And the answer is pretty great:
Crank, because he got the line, "Does it look like I've got c*nt written on my head?" and that is the best line I've ever heard in a film.
What's your favorite Statham movie and line of dialogue? Let us know below.