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Hundreds of Protesters Head to Chicago Mayor's House to Oppose Health Clinic Closures
Sunday, 20 May 2012 09:01 By Allison Kilkenny, Truthout | Report
As hundreds of protesters slowly marched to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Ravenswood neighborhood in Chicago, news trickled in over Twitter that three young NATO protesters recently arrested had their bail set at $1.5 million and were being charged with terrorism-related offences.
The marching protesters were angry and disappointed. Some feared the media's attention would focus solely on the act of three young men instead of the acts of hundreds who were marching to oppose the closings of six mental health facilities all across the city. Hosting NATO will likely cost the city an estimated $55 million, and health advocates claim only a fraction of that bill, around $2-3 million, is needed to keep these facilities open.
Basically, priorities are skewed, or as Occupy puts it: "Shit is f-d up and bullshit".
Not only are mental health facilities being shuttered, but students are being crushed under a mountain of student debt, while people are losing their homes, and the U.S. government continues to pour billions of dollars into foreign assaults and occupations.
Kevin Caby, an Occupy Chicago protester and former student at both Columbia College Chicago and Northern Kentucky University, says he owes over $100,000 in student loans.
"I am participating in this because I oppose the risky behaviors and pro-Bourgeoisie mentalities of the whole Reagan era, extending into the Bush era, and now even the Obama era. That whole attitude of if we take care of the wealthy, it will somehow get to the poor when it's obviously not helping," said Caby.
"You see the wealth gap in the United States rising ridiculously, even compared to global southern countries. It needs to stop," he said. At a time when things are so bad for so many people, I asked Caby why more people weren't protesting in the streets. Protesting students in Quebec recently struck so much fear into the hearts of their leaders that the provincial government passed an emergency law restricting demonstrations and shutting some universities to buy officials time as they desperately seek to put an end to three months of spirited protests.
"I was talking to some individuals last night, and they were afraid of the police presence, so I think it is that fear of the police state that we have that if they step in the way, they can be harmed, or it could damage their future by getting a record or something," Caby explained.
For many protesters, the march wasn't in the name of some distant, abstract notion, but rather a fight for life over death.
Debbie Delgado, a former patient at Northwest Mental Health, which closed in April with five other city-run facilities across Chicago scheduled for closings, wore a hospital gown and carried a sign that read, "How much is a life worth"?
Delgado lost a son to gang violence in 2006, who died in the arms of her other son, who subsequently suffers from PTSD. Now, Delgado protests on behalf of herself and her son, who refuses to look for another yet-to-be-closed clinic.
Delgado was one of 23 activists arrested for occupying the Woodlawn Mental Health Center in early April.
"We have people dying at home. [Emanuel] has split us to different locations…and it takes us eight miles to get there now," Delgado said when describing life in a post-Emanuel world, adding she's sickened by the amount of money spent on security for NATO officials when poor citizens are having their basic services terminated.
"I'm very angry about that because we voted for Emanuel, but now that we need him, he's shutting us down. You hear in the news that he's talking about planting flowers downtown or fixing up the Cubs' area, but why can't you use that money here to save lives?"
Delgado talked about the difference in care between previously public-run facilities like Northwest Mental Health and privatized care. She claims the Mental Health Movement has seen two suicides since the closing of clinics began, and more individuals are getting lost en route to their new clinic destinations.
Furthermore, the new care is unaffordable
"It can cost as much as $100, per session, for a therapist," said Delgado, a skyrocketing cost considering the public facilities used to provide the same care for free under Medicare.
"People can't afford that because they're low-income," she said. "I'm here to continue fighting because some of them don't have their medication because they fired the doctors, the nurses, the therapists, and everything, so these patients are out of medication, and when we went to the Daley Center three weeks ago to tell them we need medication, Emanuel had us arrested," said Delgado, adding, "In one year, he destroyed so many lives."
Protesters marched peacefully through the streets of Emanuel's neighborhood before sitting in the street before his home where a phalanx of Chicago police greeted them, dressed in riot gear.
It was a strange sight: a pristine, sweet, unpretentious neighborhood missing only the white picket fences surrounding the yards, marred by a police riot response team ominously guarding Emanuel's immaculately manicured lawn.
Despite the presence of police and hundreds of protesters, for the time being, the CPD have shown great restraint in dealing with activists.
Police have made their point in other ways. It's common knowledge among protesters that the police possess an LRAD device, or sound cannon. CPD casually parked horse trailers nearby the protesters' gathering spot today before the Rahm march. Photographer Zach Roberts posted a photo of an armored vehicle resembling a tank to Twitter after the CPD apparently parked it in plain sight of photojournalists. Helicopters constantly fly overhead marches. It seems the CPD have figured out bashing protesters across their heads isn't necessarily the only way to convey they have total control of the city.
Standing before the row of riot police gathered at Ravenswood was a young man dressed in fatigues, two gold medals gleaming on his left shoulder.
Sargent John Anderson is one of the veterans who will be ceremoniously returning their medals on Sunday to NATO's generals. Though not a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Anderson said he intended to march with the group tomorrow in solidarity.
"I'm here because these are the people I fought for. I did not fight corporate interests, and when I realized I was fighting for corporate interests, I had to find another way to fight for these people," said Anderson before explaining why he intended to return his medals. "I'm going to return my Global War on Terrorism and my Iraq Campaign medals. The Iraq Campaign medal, I feel like we have no business being there and we created a lot of problems and caused a lot more instability. Of course, the situation wasn't ideal when we went in, but it's far from ideal now. I had no business being there. We have no business being there, so I don't want it anymore. The Global War on Terror: pretty much it's the result of our poor domestic and international affairs and the way we exploit different people throughout the world. If we handled our ways differently, then we wouldn't be in this situation right now."
I asked Anderson what moment, or moments, inspired him to try life as a protester.
"I was studying history and we read about World War I, and there's something called the December Christmas Truce of 1914. At the time, the Germans and the French were fighting, I believe in Belleau Wood, and around Christmas time, the troops started exchanging gifts and singing carols back and forth, and on Christmas Day, they ended up having a Christmas party in No Man's Land, playing football and things like that. It really caused me to question the entire idea of a friend and an enemy, and really what it means to be a human being."
The other moment occurred when Anderson was doing some training in the middle of the desert during his second deployment. "I had seen all of these major corporations come in: Halliburton, KBR, Honeywell, Raytheon, all of these big names that you always hear about. They're over there just raking in money when there's really not a whole lot going on. I'm sitting here, doing these training exercises, and I just realized how absurd the entire thing really was," he said.
Like his civilian protester counterparts, Anderson thinks the amount of money being spent on NATO and the military budget is absurd, especially during a time of austerity for the 99 percent.
"I think that's absolutely absurd, especially since we are now pulled out of Iraq pretty much entirely. The money that's going there, I can't offer any explanation for where it's going, and I was in the supply unit, the logistics unit, and I can't offer any explanation for where it's going, but I know it's not going to peace initiatives. It's not going to education. It's not going to public schools. It's lost."
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Fairfax Media Group will face another raid by activist shareholder and iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart after she enlisted Macquarie Radio Network's John Singleton in her bid to exert control over the publisher of the Dominion Post, Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Financial Review.
Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting and Singleton's Gutenberg Investments have pooled their Fairfax shareholding to hold 15.4 percent voting power, according to a statement lodged with the ASX. The agreement aims to enhance shareholder value in Fairfax and will see the parties consult on key matters affecting the stock, the document said.
The end-goal emerges in the terms for automatic termination, which include whether the parties, either together or alone, "come into a position to exercise control of FXJ (Fairfax) or the commercial radio broadcasting licences controlled by FXJ for the purposes of the BSA (Broadcasting Services Act)."
The deal is Rinehart's second attempt to gain greater control after she built up a 19 percent stake earlier this year and missed out on obtaining a seat at the media group's board despite being the biggest shareholder. Singleton's Macquarie Radio Network unsuccessfully tried to buy Fairfax's stations in 2011.
Fairfax has a market capitalisation of A$1.12 billion on the ASX, almost half the A$2.21 billion enterprise value put on it, and some analysts speculate Rinehart and her supporters will pursue asset sales if they gain control.
This month, Fairfax sold its remaining stake in online auction site Trade Me for A$616 million cash which it used to pay down debt and buy technology investment firm Netus.
The media group took a A$2.8 billion impairment on its goodwill and mastheads in the 2012 financial year as it reassessed the value of its traditional media assets and attempts to reform itself into a nimble, digital-based company.
Fairfax shares jumped 4.2 percent to 49.5 Australian cents on the ASX, having shed 34 percent this year. The stock is rated an average 'hold' based on 13 analyst recommendations compiled by Reuters, with a median target price of 50 Australian cents.
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Granny scam: Local woman bilked out of $4K
Betty Paine has no qualms about telling people how she fell "hook, line and sinker" for a scam that cost her $4,000. What she doesn't want is her grandson's name used, even though he had nothing to do with his 78-year-old grandmother getting ripped off. So in this story, we'll call the innocent grandson and the scam artist "Lyle."
When she picked up the phone at 9:58am on April 28–- Paine keeps meticulous notes–- the person on the line sounded like he had a very bad cold and was in distress.
"I said, 'Who is this?'" she recounts. "He said, 'Your grandson.' I said, 'Lyle?'"
The fake Lyle said he was in Canada, something Paine didn't find unusual because the real Lyle lives in Utah and takes frequent ski trips. The "grandson" wove a tale for Paine about going north with buddies who picked up some prostitutes, and the police kicked in their door and arrested them all, even Lyle, who was asleep.
Lyle then handed off the phone to someone who identified himself as "Constable Parker," who seconded the Lyle-in-jail tale–- and claimed Lyle was sick and throwing up.
The faux Lyle asked Paine to send money through MoneyGram International (because it was the safest way, he told her). "He begged me to not tell his parents," she says. "He wanted to tell them himself."
Concerned at the thought of Lyle sick and in jail, Paine raced up to Walmart and wired $4,000 to "Steve Yale," Lyle's alleged attorney in Kirkland, Quebec. Shortly after that, she got a phone call from "Mr. Pardini," who claimed to be with MoneyGram security and telling her that Lyle would be calling in two to three hours. The call never came, so Paine dialed the real Lyle.
"He picked up immediately at his job in Park City, and I knew I'd been duped," says Paine. "I'm the perfect patsy."
Paine, who worked for more than 42 years for the Charlottesville School Board, has since learned she's not the only one who's fallen for the "grandparent scam." Last year, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, American grandparents lost more than $4.5 million, with one grandmother bilked out of $19,000.
So far this year, there have been 818 attempts of what's also called the "emergency pitch," with 625 victims robbed of $2.17 million, according to the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre, a.k.a. Phonebusters, one of the few agencies tracking fraudulent phone schemes.
"No one thinks of Canada as home of fraud," says Steve Baker, the Federal Trade Commission's Midwest director and commissar of phone scams. "And even if they're caught and convicted, people rarely go to jail."
Just catching these cons is difficult. They may use stolen credit cards to buy a throw-away cell phone, says Baker. And if the victim is told to send money to, for instance, 123 Street in Toronto, the fraudsters can pick it up at any MoneyGram or Western Union location in the province.
The wire fraud business in Canada is so prevalent–- perhaps accounting for 80 percent of MoneyGram transactions in Canada last year–- that the company settled an FTC complaint last October by paying $18 million in damages and implementing new fraud-busting programs.
"They'd known about if for years," says Baker. "We alleged that about 10 percent of their Canadian agents are crooks or associates of crooks."
MoneyGram spokeswoman Lynda Michielutti doesn't mention the settlement in an interview, but she says the "person-in-need" scam is the third most popular wire fraud, after Internet fraud, such as buying a car or renting an apartment, and the lottery scam, in which victims are advised they've won a huge sum in a foreign lottery.
"The majority of our customers are immigrants," says Michielutti. "If you have a 90-year-old woman who's never used MoneyGram before trying to wire $3,000 to Canada, that's a red flag."
It wasn't enough of a red flag for the Charlottesville Walmart location of MoneyGram–- one of at least 15 local locations and 198,000 worldwide. Nor was Paine dissuaded by the printed warning on the front of the MoneyGram form.
Paine wonders how she was targeted, because her phone number is still in her late husband's name and she doesn't use social networking.
"Even if she isn't, her grandkids are," says the FTC's Baker. Other criminals look at recent obituaries, which provide a treasure trove of family names.
Reporting the grandparent scam can be tricky, as Paine discovered. She called the Albemarle police, which has limited out-of-area jurisdiction, and the FBI, which referred a reporter to the FTC.
"It's best to call us," agrees Baker, because the FTC keeps a database into which other law enforcement agencies are supposed to send their information. That number is 877-FTC-HELP, or victims can go to the website at FTC.gov.
Paine says she's been telling her story because she doesn't want anyone else to fall for the scam. And since she was swindled, Paine says she has heard of other local victims, including a woman, now deceased, at Lake Monticello, who lost over $3,000.
Albemarle Police Lieutenant Shawn Schwertfeger counts at least two other known victims of the scam and notes that at least 20 such attempts have failed, such as the woman who told Paine that she simply didn't have the money when the fake grandson called.
"The best thing to do is education," says Schwertfeger. "People need to be a little more conscious of this type of criminal activity."
"Most of us think we can tell if someone is lying to us," says the FTC's Baker. "You can't. These guys are professionals. They say, 'Don't tell mom and dad.' What kind of grandparent wouldn't help their grandchild?"
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I feel bad for her, and usually I don't feel bad for people who are scammed because the scams are usually pretty obvious to anybody with half a brain working. But this type of scam is something else. Pretending to be a grandkid in trouble, yikes. I can see how it works. People need to keep a levelhead about them if they ever find themselves on the receiving end of a "trouble" call like this. Simply asking a question that the grandchild (or whoever it is) should know the answer to would clear things up right off the bat. Very simple, yet very effective.
As far as email scams go, common sense says delete emails from anybody you don't know pertaining to any sort of money deal. They're all scams. Anybody you do know probably wouldn't solicit you for help via email anyway.
When it comes to phone call scams - if you don't know the person, then hang up, simple as that. The problem with a lot of elderly people is, let's face it - they're from a different generation, one that was more trusting and open, so for many elderly people they don't know how to just say no and hang up and be tough like that. It's not in their nature, they come from a time period when things moved slower, people were nicer, life was different and more connected and personable. I know because I've fielded calls from several eldery people at my job who realized after the fact that they may have been duped by phone. And you could tell by their voices that they were really up there in age, and things were a lot more slow with them. They weren't used to fast talking shenanigans and didn't have it in them to be tough and just hang up and end the call. It's unfortunate.
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really? has clearly never dealt with the elderly
The Federal Trade Commission has forced Moneygram to send checks to thousands of people defrauded this way--because Moneygram employees are often involved in the scam. And Moneygram knows that. Moneygram has known it all along. Contact a lawyer and sue the bejesus out of them. Here's an account of the FTC settlement: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/moneygram.shtm
Right because my 97 yo G maw has more common sense than that. Gimme a break.
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I also fell for a scam and wired exactly $4,000 through Moneygram International from the convenience store beside Bodo's on The Corner!
I had just started using the internet. I was on some website when a beautiful woman in a bathing suit on a beach started up a conversation with me. Every few days for MONTHS she talked to me. And I mean like 6 months. She was in no hurry.
She lived in South Africa. Eventually, it was my idea, not hers, to send her money for a plane ticket. To make a long story short, she was actually the front for a big international scam run by men in another part of South Africa, and they were all in a room full of phones. I wired her as much as $4,000.
I contacted the FBI and even the police in Cape Town, South Africa. The police told me to drop the whole thing. They warned me that my life would be in danger if I went down to Cape Town to confront the people involved.
She sent me a couple of British phone numbers. She never showed up. I never got the money back. The local convenience store warned me that it sounded suspicious. I would never even give another person a penny now over the internet.
And I've had many women try to get money from me since then.
Pretty intelligent
Angry, you should write paperback novels, they wouldnt sell but you should write them anyway.
We all need to be careful to the nth degree. Unscrupulous persons pluck possessions from the dead, their widows, orphans, and others; then they walk among us, go to church, conduct their businesses, expecting to prosper. "They will enyoy their iniquity for a season,...but...then comes the judgment." Be careful upon whom you trod...we don't forget.
Kudos to Mrs. Paine for going forward to warn against another predator.
Not Quite a Victim
There are many different kinds of scams and the elderly are very susceptible. Recently, we've been getting phone calls from IAC Recovery Systems--a debt collection scam--and my 92 year old mother takes them seriously. My MIL fell for a Canadian lottery scam but the worker at Moneygram refused to send her $3K in cash. Thank you whoever you are. She would also send $ to any organization with the word "cancer" "police" or "firefighter" in it. We tried to tell her about Charity Navigator but she wouldn't listen. The police told us unless the scam ripped off more than $100K nothing would be done.
I knew you were going to say that
You should join the psychic hot line. Madame Cleo could use you.
I'm thinking that Betty is actually making this up, and is trying to scam us in to sending her money for a plane ticket to Ghana.
"I'm thinking that Betty is actually making this up, and is trying to scam us in to sending her money for a plane ticket to Ghana."
So you are saying she is another Obama supporter looking for a handout? Shame on you!


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Eric Jaffe is the former New York bureau chief for CityLab. He is the author of A Curious Madness and The King's Best Highway.
Previous installments of the Death Row of Urban Highways looked at those roads still awaiting execution. This time we reflect on those whose time has already come and gone. A new report, published jointly by the Institute for Transportation and Development and EMBARQ, offers brief retrospectives of five urban roads from around the world whose removal (or, in one case, cancellation) illuminates "what can be done when a highway no longer makes sense." From waterfront parks to street-level boulevards to robust transit systems, the answer is: a lot.
Portland — Harbor Drive
In the late 1960s Oregon's highway department proposed to widen Harbor Drive, a four-lane highway along the Willamette River near downtown Portland. But opposition to the project was significant at the time, and the city instead decided to replace the road with a 37-acre waterfront park.
That effort, now known as the Tom McCall Waterfront Park after the governor who saw it through, led the way for a broader urban redevelopment plan that helped "expand the city's tax base and encourage more compact and sustainable development," in the words of the new report. Since the park's creation in the 1970s Portland's downtown land values have increased more than 10 percent a year, on average. Meanwhile mobility hasn't suffered, as drivers simply shifted to adjacent interstates (5 and 405).
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San Francisco — The Embarcadero
The Embarcadero Freeway curled along the San Francisco waterfront for three decades before being weakened by the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989. Rather than rehabilitate the elevated freeway the city chose to replace it with a six-lane street-surface boulevard surrounded by a waterfront promenade. That decision became easier when, in the aftermath of the quake, many drivers switched to mass transit and "skeptics saw that the city was not gridlocked without the freeway," says the new report.
After the conversion more than 100 acres of waterfront property were freed for redeveloped, and property values in nearby neighborhoods have since increased 300 percent. The Rincon Hill area, previously cut off from other parts of the city by the freeway, has became much more attractive. While some drivers have reported a slightly increase in travel time since the closure of the freeway, local roads and public transportation absorbed a considerable share of the traffic load.
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Milwaukee — Park East Freeway
By 1971 the city of Milwaukee had constructed a mile-long section of the Park East Freeway as part of a highway-loop around the downtown district, only to halt the project a year later in response to public protest. The highway segment not only separated the northern end of the city from downtown Milwaukee but it disrupted the local street grid to boot. Demolition of the freeway began about a decade ago and, in 2003, a surface boulevard that reconnects the street grid was completed.
Redevelopment efforts in the area gave rise to three new neighborhoods, and between 2001 and 2006 land values per acre in the freeway's old footprint rose 180 percent. "This growth exceeded the city's overall growth by twenty percent," according to the new report. Connection to downtown Milwaukee has improved too, with many one-way streets being converted into two-way streets.
Image: Flickr user Vanishing STL under a Creative Commons License
Seoul — Cheonggyecheon
A four-lane elevated expressway was built atop the Cheonggyecheon creek near downtown Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, in the late 1970s. The highway seemed critical to the city's mobility, carrying some 1.5 million vehicles a day, but it also spoiled its attractiveness. Worse than that, in the 1990s, the highway's safety began to come into question.
After much debate the city chose to tear down the expressway and replace it with a pedestrian park, an effort that was completed in late 2005. Transit access increased greatly in the aftermath of the renovation, as the city placed a new emphasis on bus transport, and the amount of vehicles entering the Cheonggyecheon area fell 43 percent from 2002 to 2006. That year the city won the Sustainable Transport Award from the Institute for Transportation and Development.
Image: Flickr user NettyA under a Creative Commons License
Bogotá — Inner Ring Expressway
In the 1990s the capital of Colombia considered building an elevated urban highway called the Inner Ring Expressway that would have encircled the city's downtown district. The mayor of Bogotá at the time, Enrique Peñalosa, preferred a transportation strategy that deemphasized car ownership. As a result the expressway plans were scrapped and replaced with a 28-mile bicycle-pedestrian corridor now known as the Juan Amarillo Greenway.
Peñalosa also crafted a new mobility plan for the city that focused on public transportation — in particular, bus-rapid transit. For the same cost of the expressway, Bogotá got a cleaner, more sustainable system that carries 1.8 million people a day. The system "is especially important to low-income and middle-income citizens who represent the majority of Bogotá's population," write the authors of the new report. As if that weren't enough, the city's traffic fatalities have dropped 89 percent, and travel times in the transit corridors have fallen 32 percent.
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Architects and planners have an obligation to protect health, safety and welfare through the spaces we design. As the George Floyd protests reveal, we've failed.
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Conditions that led to George Floyd's death are not unique to Minneapolis and St. Paul. But there's a reason why the Twin Cities triggered a national uprising.


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Christmas is coming too soon, so fast in fact that I'm not prepared to it, not at all. It's not just me that has crazy holiday schedule (in my case, it's work and lots of birthdays), but I'm sure that everybody experience the same thing, and I hope in a good and jolly way :). I see a lot of Christmas dishes, Christmas desserts, Christmas parties, Christmas decors, Christmas everything and it is very exciting! It is Christmas morning when I typed this and although the weather is somewhat crappy outside, so cloudy and windy, I have my morning cup of Cappuccino and also a very good freshly-baked chocolate croissant on my side :)
this cake, it has about 8 different components. I made a simple version of it for the wedding, which only consists of about 6 components, but it is still a complex one to make.
Most of these are for birthdays, different ones of course, and even though I always reluctant to make this cake due to the above reasons, it's always a joy when they come back and tell you how much they enjoyed it, makes me want to bake some more and more :). Since I don't like making the same exact cake multiple times, at least I tried to decorate it differently, I see this as an opportunity to practice my poor decorating and glazing skill. Some of the glazing looks very poor and not shiny, this is because I was re-using the leftover glaze from the previous cake, which is something new to me.


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I have new things to blog about! (Finally.)
There is new yarn (it was a gift so my 2010 yarn diet remains intact).
I finished a pair of socks last night.
Complete details (and more pictures) are on Ravelry.
My workplace shuts down for 10 days at the end of the year so I've been spending a lot of time hanging out with my furry family.
I've found out just how much time Sadie spends sleeping on the couch.
To be fair, we are back to our regular walking/park activities (7 weeks after my ankle injury) so Sadie is getting a lot of exercise.
It's been very mild here so Luka has to cool down when we return home from our walks.
Here he poses with his new stuffed cow.
And, I caught him sleeping with his tongue sticking out.
Finally, there is something else that's new around here.
I would love to do a proper introduction, but the poor guy doesn't have a name.
Ever since Parker died 3 years ago I've thought about getting another cat. I didn't know how Romeo would react, though, and didn't want to tick him off.
About 6 months ago I decided that Romeo would be okay with it and started making periodic visits to the Humane Society. Until last week, no one caught my eye. Last week this face caught my eye and (most important) he meowed at me each time I walked past him.
The new guy is around 3 years old and he was a stray. He has claws and this has been rather startling for the dogs.
Sadie approached the new cat like she approaches Romeo (slowly, with her tail wagging). However, she didn't get the head nuzzle she was expecting. She got swatted across the face. If a dog can give a "what the hell?" look I believe that's what she gave me when she ran to my side.
While Sadie is keeping her distance from the new guy, Luka is a slow learner. Here he is a few nights ago (moments before being swatted across the face):
The swat sent him looking for cover:
A short time later the cat went into Luka's crate and chased him out. An hour or so later they declared a truce.
If I don't come up with a name soon this cat is going to start answering to Orange Cat. Anyone have any cool cat names to share? I'm leaning towards a couple of names but don't know if they fit him.


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HANS FAHRMEYER was born in Bochum, Germany, and spent the first sixteen years of his life in an orphanage. Trained at an early age as a house painter, he eventually left Germany and traveled throughout Europe and Asia, making his first visit to the U.S. in 1979 and settled in New York in 1984. He established a studio in the Lower East Site and specialized in portraits, fitness, stage and body photography. Besides his three published Books, his work has appeared in numerous international publications, including Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Harpers Bazaar, Vogue, Madame, Connoisseur and numerous European publications.


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Michelle "Bombshell" McGee had a bombshell of her own for Jesse James on Tuesday's "Wendy Williams Show," when she slammed the "Monster Garage" star's between the sheets moves.
When Wendy "went there," asking the tattooed woman about sex with Jesse, Michelle rated his performance.
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"It was average," she told the talk show host with a smile.
Bombshell went from under the radar tattoo model to tabloid fixture in early 2010, after a magazine revealed she had an affair with Jesse, who at the time was married to Sandra Bullock.
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Like she did a little less than a year ago, Michelle insisted during her appearance on "Wendy Williams," that Jesse told her his relationship with Sandra was over when the two met up for sexual relations.
"Never wore a wedding ring, never had pictures of her up. Nothing," Bombshell told Wendy.
She noted that she did ask the "Monster Garage" star about his then-marriage to Sandra.
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"He said, 'Listen, it's something we can't talk about; we're not together; we're separated. She lives in Austin, I live here. We have to do this for the press. We have to pretend we're married 'cause it can't come out right now. That's the end of it, we're not gonna talk about it any more.'" Bombshell recounted.
While Bombshell was spilling secrets of her relationship with Jesse on Wendy's show, Jesse was exchanging love Tweets with his new fiancée, Kat Von D.
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"just so you know, you're impressing the hell outta me…" Kat Tweeted on Tuesday afternoon to Jesse.
"Cinnabun is keeping your spot warm," Jesse Tweeted back to Kat, referring to his dog.
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Social Media Thought Leader Eric Stoller to Speak About Digital Identity and Higher Education at Kent State, Feb. 14
The event is coordinated by Kent State's Department of Residence Services
Nationally known speaker, thought leader and consultant Eric Stoller will present "Digital Identity, Social Media and Higher Education" on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 10 a.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the public.
Stoller will share his thoughts about how digital identity and social media are impacting professional careers, connections, communities and the future of higher education.
Charles Holmes-Hope, assistant director of residence education and coordinator of the event, said the presentation will focus on helping participants understand the different functions that come with social media and using it appropriately and innovatively. With a focus on student affairs and higher education, Stoller will highlight specific strategies to boost the use of social media for the greatest outcome.
"Eric brings a flare," Holmes-Hope said. "He brings honest conversation and a depth of knowledge that is grounded in critical foundation. He looks at different applications in social media and how we can apply what he's doing into our roles at Kent State.
"It's going to be a high-tech piece because people are so intrigued when it comes to social media and how they can use it to stay involved and on the cutting edge of the latest trends, whether it's through Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, and how they can use it to really benefit them," Holmes-Hope continued.
Stoller has more than 10 years of student affairs technology experience and has been blogging for more than seven years. He is currently the student affairs and technology blogger for Inside Higher Ed (IHE) and was an academic advisor and Web coordinator for the College of Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University. He also served as a marketing specialist for student affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Stoller is known for his humorous, interactive presentations that invite audiences to participate in the conversation. He has given presentations on social media and technology at various student affairs conferences and was a regional chair of the NASPA Technology Knowledge Community. He received an associate degree from Indian Hills Community College, a B.A. in communications/public relations from the University of Northern Iowa, and an Ed.M. in college student services administration from Oregon State University.
A conversation about Stoller will be set up on Twitter prior to his presentation to create excitement about his arrival, and a Q&A session will conclude the event.
"People will walk away with some tangible outcomes and takeaways that they can infuse into their everyday lives, as they learn how to better connect with students, faculty and staff," Holmes-Hope said.
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While I already have a couple important occasions to remember in May with my wife's birthday followed by Mother's Day, I recently sought out other things that might provide reasons for celebration (it also takes my mind off the economy).
While I already have a couple important occasions to remember in May with my wife's birthday followed by Mother's Day, I recently sought out other things that might provide reasons for celebration (it also takes my mind off the economy).
Therefore, with help from the Internet, I was able to build an entire month of celebrations.
It all begins May 1 with Loyalty Day.
I always have considered myself much like a dog in terms of loyalty, but now I have reason for being recognized for staying on task all those years.
On May 2, I plan to begin my day by holding hands with my wife during Join Hands Day. Since it parallels the launch of Be Kind to Animals Week, I might grab our cat's paw also.
With any luck, I will have a few minutes to spare during the week, so I can be part of Reading is Fun Week, May 3 through 9.
And since Cinco de Mayo is on May 5, I might choose a book explaining what those words mean.
From May 9 through 17, I think I will take a vacation in recognition of National Tourism Week. I hope I will not spend any quality time experiencing National Hospital and Healthcare Week.
It has been years since my last ticket for speeding, and I hope to continue the trend during National Police Week, May 10 through 16, but since National Transportation Week starts the next day, I know I will be on the road somewhere.
If I owned a boat, I might take advantage of National Safe Boating Week from May 16 through 22, but instead, I think I will celebrate National Running and Fitness Week.
Do you suppose there is a reason why National EMS Week parallels the fitness celebration?
Some people might argue there also is a correlation with it being Mental Health Month.
Either way, since May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, I know I could effectively relate to EMS crews why I am laying on the ground twisted in an unnatural position following my running and fitness celebrations.
On a side note, I know my wife will celebrate that one wildly, knowing I might finally listen to her.
After EMTs admit me to the hospital and I regain consciousness, I look forward to offering belated congratulations to my nursing staff, since I will have missed International Nurses Day on May 12.
If all goes well, I will be back on the street just in time for National Senior Health Fitness Day on May 27, which corresponds with National Osteoporosis Prevention Month.
I still will have enough time to prepare for World No Tobacco Day on May 31, which is the finale of National Clean Air Month.
After all that celebrating, I might choose to take a few minutes to acknowledge National Meditation Month, while sitting quietly at home.
On the other hand, I might just preview June instead and get ready for National Safety Month.
I will bet that one does not include running or fitness.
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'Bromance' saved: Mo Williams wishes LeBron 'the best'
"Part of me is still sour … but I wish him the best," Williams said. "He's got enough people rooting against him, he doesn't need one more."
Hours after James announced he was leaving the Cavaliers, Williams tweeted: "We were so damn close. So damn close now we have taken leaps and bounds backwards."
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: 'The Bromance' is over, but they're amicable.
For years, LeBron James and Mo Williams were partners-in-crime with the Cleveland Cavaliers. They enjoyed regular season success, but fell short during the playoffs.
Then The Decision hit: James announced he was leaving the Cavaliers for the Heat –on national television. 'The Bromance' became strained because Williams, like the city of Cleveland, felt betrayed.
The former backcourt mates and boys are apparently cool. They recently met during a chance encounter at the Cleveland airport. They cleared the air. Williams now accepts and understands 'Bron's choice.
The dynamic may change when Miami travels to Cleveland for a game in early December. According to Williams, fans and Cavalier players will be 'emotional'.
Well, sort of.
James' old teammates will be 'emotional'. Fans, however, will be angry. The two-time MVP and Ohio native will face the wrath of Cavalier-nation. And the fallout won't be pretty.
It's nice that Williams and James have moved past The Decision. The city of Cleveland won't follow their point guard's lead.
–Oly Sandor.
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It is often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Not so, perhaps, when it comes to ancient Hindu temples.
This week, officials in eastern India announced their plan to build a replica of Cambodia's spellbinding 12th-century temple, Angkor Wat, on the banks of the Ganges in the state of Bihar.
A religious group, the Mahavir Mandir Trust, said that when it is completed, the £13 million (NZ$25m) project will not only be a major attraction in its own right, but will be the tallest Hindu temple in the world.
As he laid the foundation stone, Kishore Kunal, the trust's secretary, told local media the temple's name will be Virat Angkor Wat Ram Mandir.
"The site is blessed as Ram, Lakshman and Vishwamitra were welcomed here on their arrival by King Sumati of the Vaishali kingdom," he added, referring to Hindu deities.
But while people in Bihar may be excited about the project, not everyone is happy.
Officials in Cambodia yesterday said they believed the move was a shameful act that would undermine the value of the country's best-known tourist attraction which has been a World Heritage Site since 1992.
Three million foreign tourists a year visit the Cambodian temple near the town of Siam Reap.
Such is the importance of the site to the largely Buddhist nation, both culturally and in terms of the revenue it generates, that it features on the national flag.
"Angkor Wat is Angkor Wat - it is unique," Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan said.
"They are raising this to be confrontational and it is provocative of the World Heritage principle. We won't let anyone confuse the world that there are two Angkor Wats."
The location of the Indian temple, or Angkor Nagar as some are calling it, is about 40km outside Patna.
Indian officials say it will stand 67m high. While the Cambodian temple was built to worship the Hindu god Vishnu, the replica will also invite worship of Shiva and other deities.
Siphan said officials in Phnom Penh would raise its concerns with the Indian Government to try to resolve the matter.
"[The two nations] have good relations and good co-operation, so we are looking for that to solve this issue," he said.
"The tourists who come to visit Angkor Wat are not seeing it simply as a stone building. They come here to see the culture and to learn."
The Indian Angkor will have five storeys and five "shikhars" or pinnacles, like the Cambodian original.
It is estimated that work on the main structure, which will sit on a 16ha site in Vaishali district, will take up to five years, while completing the project could take a decade.


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Fon Davis and his production company Fonco Creative are good friends of Trossen Robotics; they're our neighbors at Robogames and they even were kind enough to lend their superb modeling skills in designing and building the arena for Mech Warfare!
MORAV has been a pet project of Fon's for a number of years now, and he's finally reached a point where it needs some extra help to get off the ground. Up to now, it has been exclusively self-funded and built from volunteered time. This is the true definition of a grass roots project, and something that is truly a labor of love for all of those involved.
They're in the process of building a set to shoot a pilot for "MORAV: Missions" and need your help! They started a Kickstarter with a goal of $39,782 and they're almost there! Every dollar counts, and there are less than 72 hours left for the donation deadline and they must meet the goal amount to receive even a single penny. If you're a fan of giant robots blowing things up, awesome sci-fi stories, and grassroots efforts pursuing dreams, stand up and help out!
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If you stopped out of Black Friday, you may be one of the millions of Americans who waits until the last minute to do their Christmas shopping. Maybe economic woes have you tightening your purse strings, or maybe you just don't like to shop. Maybe you'd rather spend time with your loved ones, and are looking for an activity other than spending money that will suit people of any skill level or age. No worries: try origami!
Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into animals, boxes, insects, and -- well, the list goes on. Since you don't need to cut or glue the paper -- just fold -- this craft is doable for any age (free-form expressions ought not to be discounted). All you need is a square sheet of paper and the know-how, making this the cheapest gift in your holiday arsenal after pine cones collected from the backyard and covered with glitter. By the way, you could have a decorating station, with glitter and paints, for the fold-challenged.
The right paper, patterned and perfectly square, is available at most bookstores, like Borders and Barnes & Noble, but it's far better to buy recycled. Savitris sells hand-made recycled paper, and PaperJade has a wide selection of handmade origami paper. You can also create your own folding stock with anything from Netflix envelope flaps to toilet paper, just so long as it's the same length on all sides. (Exception: origami using dollar bills.) Florist paper and old wrapping paper are excellent because they are easy to fold and already have pretty patterns on them.
The easiest shape to make is the envelope. This saves money on Christmas cards and reduces paper waste, because you can write the message on the paper that becomes the envelope.
The most recognizable, and elegant, shape is the crane, another easy pattern, although it doesn't look it. Cranes are a symbol of peace, and over 10 million origami cranes are donated each year to the Peace Park in Hiroshima, Japan.
Here are directions to folding a butterfly and a little shirt with a dollar bill. Or a bigger bill, if you like. Who knows? A reluctance to unfold the nifty thing may encourage savings.
Origami is great to give and receive. It's small, attractive and handmade, and you can make quite a lot of it relatively quickly once you get familiar with the paper and sink into your origami "zone." But making a loop with a needle and thread, you can easily convert your paper shapes into buoyant holiday ornaments, too.
Arigato, origami!
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Quick thoughts on the postseason so far
Seriously, your comments, pageviews, and allegations of "fun-sucking" are generally the things that get us through the day. But now, the Jays' season is over, and we've been dunked and pulled under so deep into our real-life workload that we can't even remember what it feels like to not be breathing water.
(And now, a dramatic pause as you all feel sorry for me, because clearly, my troubles are so astoundingly profound that you wonder how I even make it through the day. And I get drunk from the chalice of your pity. Gulp.)
All of which is an excessively wordy preamble to a series of half-baked mad libs on the playoffs so far. Nevertheless, here goes:
Cody and Aubrey are dreamy dreamboats
Some of the Twitter ladies might find themselves irresistibly drawn to A.J. Burnett. And we understand, because that is how we feel about Aubrey Huff and Cody Ross. We haven't enjoyed a couple of southern-fried dudes this much since the early seasons of the the Dukes of Hazzard.
We have no proof of our prescience, but we actually thought that Ross was a great pickup this season, and were a little shocked that first Saturday afternoon game when we saw him in a San Fran uni. We realize that an OPS that hovers around .800 isn't going to make everyone weak in the knees, but Ross is an above average offensive producer who provides flexibility in the outfield. Most every team could use a guy like him.
As for Huff, his up and down performances over his career have led to us falling in and out of love with him over the years. We always seem to draft him high in fantasy leagues in the years where he falls off the cliff, and we stay far away in the years where he ends up raking. And we figured we'd steeled ourselves and were through with him, but watching him this postseason, we've found our reserve weakening.
Why baseball doesn't need a salary cap
Because when you have all the money in the world, you can't help but spend it on past performance.
Sure, pitching and defense might win championships
But mostly, it's pitching. Have you seen these rotations? And the bullpen depth? You can field a lot of Juan Uribes and Nate Schierholtzes when you have pitchers who can keep the score close against even the most potent lineups. And before anyone gets any ideas about sending some of the Jays' pitching depth here there or anywhere for last decades' DH, maybe we should think about treating those commodities as the precious jewels they are.
Texas has pitchers other than Cliff Lee
We think that the short-reliever-to-inning-eating-quality-starter transition that C.J. Wilson has pulled off this year is pretty wicked. Moreover, seeing Colby Lewis and Tommy Hunter pitch a couple of times in recent weeks has given us a far greater appreciation of the Rangers' starting depth. We spent most of the season thinking that they were a bit of a fluke, but getting a better look, we think they could be the AL West rep in the postseason for years to come, even without Lee as their ace.
That's about it
The big bad blue meanies are after your soul hero in his soul mobile, yeah baby! They about to strike. They gonna get us...
6 comments:
- Peter DeMarco said...
We deal unproven pitching for proven pitching (ala Grienke).
Here is a review of the Jays minor league prospects for those who are interested.
- October 20, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- William J. Tasker said...
I have missed you, Mr. Tao. Sorry work has been such a bear lately for you.
The Rangers are far better than we all expected. And you are right. Hopefully AA understands the value of his arms.
- October 20, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- Unknown said...
I love Vanishing Point so much that I wrote a paper about it's connection with the American Muscle Car for a cinema studies course in university. Such a fun movie.
- October 20, 2010 at 11:01 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
Outside Cain and Lincecum, SF is one of the worst playoff teams I have ever seen. I'd rather the Yankees win than some no-talent fluke like the Giants.
- October 21, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Gil Fisher said...
Well it may be overstated somewhat, but that's how I feel, Tao. Sorry I can't share in your Giantlove.
- October 21, 2010 at 9:34 AM
As a total aside, I love how the four finalists for the Jays managing gig weren't/aren't candidates for any of the other managing jobs. AA is either doing something really right, or really wrong.
- October 21, 2010 at 10:33 AM


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BOSTON (AP) – Trae Golden scored eight of his 24 points in the closing 2:16 and Georgia Tech held on after nearly blowing a big second-half lead to beat Boston College 68-60 on Tuesday night.
Kammeon Holsey added 13 points and Chris Bolden 11 for the Yellow Jackets (11-8, 2-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). Georgia Tech won for just the second time in six games.
Olivier Hanlan had 19 points and Lonnie Jackson 14 for Boston College (5-14, 1-5). The Eagles lost for the 10th time in 12 games.
Boston College, which trailed by 19 points in the first half, closed it to 57-56 on Patrick Heckmann's dunk with 4:45 to play. The Eagles had two chances to take their first lead of the game before Golden nailed a running bank shot and followed Joe Rahon's miss from beyond the arc by hitting a 3 from the top, making it 62-56 with 1:26 to play.
The Eagles made their charge by going 6-for-8 on 3-point attempts in the opening 10-and-a-half minutes of the second half.
Trailing by 18 early in the second half, BC made a run behind some sharp long-range shooting by Jackson, who nailed three straight 3s that helped slice the gap to 50-42 on Hanlan's fast break layup with just under 16 minutes to play.
After a pair of baskets by Georgia Tech, Hanlan hit two more 3s during a 9-1 run, his second closing it to 55-51 with 9-and-a-half minutes left.
BC looked like an entirely different team defensively in the second half, playing a zone, double-teaming nearly every time a Yellow Jackets' player caught the ball near the lane and forcing them to take a number of tough shots late in the shot clock. Georgia Tech missed 13 of its first 17 shots in the second half.
The Yellow Jackets matched their entire scoring output from a loss at home on Saturday against Miami by scoring 42 in the first half to lead Boston College by 15 at intermission. They hit 73.9 percent (17 of 23) of their shots in the half, going 6 for 8 on 3-point attempts.
Georgia Tech started hot from the field, making 14 of its initial 16 shots, and didn't cool down until missing the final two. The Yellow Jackets pulled to a double digit lead (12-2) just 3:40 into the game after Golden scored seven straight points. Bolden's 3 from the left corner gave them a 16-3 lead.
Georgia Tech used a 12-2 run midway into the half to pull to its biggest lead of the game, 34-15, on Holsey's layup. Bolden and Golden each hit 3s during the spree.
BC shot just 36 percent (9 of 25) in the opening half, missing eight of its 10 3-point attempts. The Eagles had a tough time getting the ball inside Georgia Tech's 2-3 zone.
Due to a snowstorm that hit the area around rush hour combined with a 9 P.M. start, there were about 500 fans in the stands when the game tipped off, but a late arriving group of BC students helped bring some energy and noise to a quiet arena early into the game.
Hanlan scored 41 points against the Yellow Jackets the last time the schools met, coming in the ACC tourney last season. It was the most points in a tourney game since 1970.
It was Georgia Tech's first of four of five on the road. The Yellow Jackets are at North Carolina State on Sunday.
BC is off until it hosts Virginia Tech next Wednesday


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Bill Gates and Steven P. Jobs appeared in public to relive old battles and speculate about the future of digital culture and technology.
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 30 — In a highly anticipated encounter, Bill Gates of Microsoft and Steven P. Jobs of Apple took the stage Wednesday evening to relive old battles and alliances and speculate about the future of digital culture and technology.
Rivals for three decades, the two executives have rarely appeared in public together and have generally been viewed as bitter rivals, despite occasional partnerships.
In front of about 600 technology executives at the D: All Things Digital conference, which was sponsored by The Wall Street Journal, the two executives attracted the attention usually reserved for rock singers and Hollywood stars.
However, attendees who came hoping for fireworks or a confrontation were disappointed. The mild tone to the session did not take anything away from the event and after discussing the past and present of the computing industry, the two were greeted with a standing ovation.
After the event was over a number of the attendees who are veterans of decades in the computer industry said the joint appearance was the most memorable moment of any of the many conferences they had attended.
Mr. Gates and Mr. Jobs largely pioneered the personal computer industry beginning in 1975 and 1976 and they spent part of the evening sharing memories of those days.
Today "we ship these computers with one or two gigabytes and nobody remembers 128 kilobytes," Mr. Jobs said.
Apple and Microsoft were business partners at the start of the computer era beginning in 1977 when Mr. Gates supplied a copy of the BASIC programming language for the Apple II computer. Later, Mr. Gates made an early bet on writing software for the Macintosh, two years before the computer was introduced in 1984.
Neither was willing to acknowledge the possibility that the personal computer era they helped create would end any time soon.
"The PC has proven to be very resilient," Mr. Jobs said.
At the same time they called themselves believers in the explosion of hand-held communications devices, also known as "Post PC devices."
Mr. Gates said he was sometimes frustrated by the fact that the players in the industry changed so quickly. "I miss it when people come and go. It's nice when people stick around and it gives us some context," he said.During a question and answer period at the end of the session both men were asked to comment on the other's strengths. Mr. Gates singled out Mr. Jobs intuitive aesthetic sense.
"I'd give a lot to have Steve's taste," Mr. Gates said, drawing laughter from the audience. "The way he does things, it's just different."
Mr. Jobs returned the compliment, noting that Mr. Gates skills at building business partnerships were something that eluded him in his first decade at Apple.
Asked to comment on today's computer industry and the youth culture that it markets to, both men pointed to examples of applications of computer technology that had been readily adopted by seniors.
Mr. Gates said that when he showed the Microsoft Surface, the touch computing system introduced on Wednesday to a group of chief executives at his home several weeks ago, he was surprised they were more enthusiastic about the product than he was. The executives, he noted came from a generation that was not comfortable with keyboards. They were particularly interested in a technology that allowed them to control things on a display screen by pointing and moving them directly with their fingers.
Neither man was willing to say harsh things about the other and Mr. Jobs summed up his feelings by quoting from a Beatles song: "'You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead,' that's clearly true here," he said.


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Comment There's massive internet coverage today of a major "issue" with the forthcoming Microsoft Surface Pro slab, the latest attempt by Redmond to unseat Apple's iPad line from its global tablet throne. It's being widely reported that the Surface Pro arrives with a lot of its onboard storage already full up: but this is a foolish criticism to focus on.
That's because the Surface Pro isn't an iPad, and therefore it has a storage card slot. For a small and continually-decreasing price, you can buy a microSD card and pop it in. At the moment you can get a 32GB card for less than £15, upping the baseline Pro's storage by 50 per cent. It's an XC slot, too, meaning that you can get a 64GB card if you need it (for less than £50). Some time this year 128GB cards will appear, and the format goes to 2TB so the capacities will keep on going up.
So if your Surface Pro (or your other non-Apple tablet, though there are some exceptions like the Nexus 7) ever fills up, it will cost you a trivial sum to get lots more room.
Card full up too? Buy the next biggest card and copy all your existing stuff onto it. It'll be cheap and simple. Some of us have been doing this for a while, carrying the same ever-growing load of data along from device to device, card to card. No fiddling about trying to stuff gigabytes up into cloud services through narrow pipes, no wireless transfers: just easy rapid copying from old card to new bigger card (probably using a costs-pennies USB gizmo plugged into an actual computer).
It's not so simple if you're an Apple lover. If your iOS device ever fills up, you will have no remedy but to buy a new one. The masterminds of Cupertino have just announced a new 128GB iPad, as it happens.
So let us regard the unhappy Surface Pro 64GB user of the near future as he or she quickly tops up his or her device's storage, and, grumbling, is forced to cough up £45 or less to double the machine's capacity in a trivially easy operation. It's hard to see why Microsoft even bothered having a 128GB version, really.
Now regard the much more unfortunate top-of-the-range 64GB iPadder in the same predicament. To get the same result, the downtrodden fanboi must cough a minimum £639, maybe £739.
So the story isn't "the Surface doesn't have enough storage", it's really - as it has been ever since the iPhone appeared - "iOS devices continue to lack expandable storage, and unbelievably Apple users continue to put up with it". ®
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text: I am so sorry to hear about your cat Smitty's illness. I have 2 cats and I can understand your pain and concern. I sincerely hope that he gets better. I will say a prayer. He is a very special cat. If I could bring an ANGEL down from Heaven to heal Smitty - I would. God bless you and your family. It is possible - through faith and prayer - that Smitty will get better. Just shower him with love and his life will not have been in vain. CATS are angels in disguise. Yours truly, Kimberly


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Current Openings
Membership and Meetings Manager
Job Responsibilities
Organizes all of EGAP's member meetings and special events (three member meetings per year plus a few special events). Point person to provide support to locally-based meeting hosts on logistical issues for meetings and events. Coordinates local logistics with universities, hotels, caterers, restaurants, etc.
- Prepares event materials such as programs, name cards, relevant EGAP documents, etc. Post-event, submits and processes meeting reimbursements, vendor payments, and invoices. Liaises with UC Berkeley Campus Shared Services to handle expenses..
- Facilitates communications related to events and other activities. This includes facilitating the production and circulation of meeting agendas, e-books, signage, and email publicity; sending out announcements and other information via Mailchimp or other similar software.
- Primary organizational contact for EGAP members. Responds to inquiries and issues from members and those interested in becoming members.
- Fosters communication among members and between members and the EGAP leadership, including the staff, Executive Director, and various EGAP committees.
- Leads in producing EGAP newsletters, policy briefs, and website content.
- Coordinates the EGAP peer response mechanism and related online mini-workshops. EGAP membership coordination, outreach, onboarding, and additional event planning.
- Establish processes for member feedback through surveys and other tools.
- Metric management and tracking for donors and program communications on topics related to membership and meeting participation.
- Managing membership recruitment processes in coordination with executive officers and committees.
- Managing elections for executive positions and committees.
- Supervises work study student assistants. Schedules, trains, and fills in for work study students as needed
Required Qualifications
This outward-facing position will be the face of the organization in many instances. The candidate must be very professional, polite, and patient with thorough knowledge of basic concepts, principles, and procedures of building and maintaining effective relations with internal and external constituencies.
- Detail-oriented.
- Event planning experience.
- Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to the professional development of the members.
- Must be willing and able to travel domestically and internationally about 10% of the time. This includes advance travel to meeting locations to ensure local logistical arrangements. Travel destinations may include various locations within the US, Europe, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, or Asia.
- Strong communications skills in English are required, with foreign language ability a plus (particularly Spanish or French). Thorough written, verbal and interpersonal communications, tact and political acumen to effectively represent EGAP and the campus.
- Ability to work successfully in intercultural environments and across multiple time zones.
- Analytical and critical thinking skills, including sound judgment and decision-making skills and skill to correctly identify real and potential problems, advising management as required, and proposing effective strategic resolutions.
- Skill in project management, including event planning and meeting deadlines.
- Skill in with managing budgets and tracking data on spreadsheets.
- Skill in working with online databases and document management tools.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in political science, economics, or international relations.
- 2-4 years of experience including internships.
- Demonstrated interest in governance and politics and in program evaluation methodology.
Salary & Benefits
Salary will be commensurate with experience.
How to Apply
Visit https://jobs.berkeley.edu
Search for Job #: 27251
Applicants will be expected to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. As such, they must be able to work in the US. EGAP is a part of the University of California, Berkeley. Please note that Berkeley does not sponsor work visas.
Application will close at 11:59pm (US Pacific time) on Sunday, August 4.


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All eyes on Lee as Phillies let early lead slip
Bullpen shaky after lefty, a possible trade candidate, goes five innings
PHILADELPHIA -- This still isn't vintage Cliff Lee.
An audition for interested teams, a chance to showcase his command, an opportunity to up his value -- whatever Saturday night's start was for Philly's most talked-about trade chip, it certainly wasn't a return to form.
In his final outing before Thursday's non-waiver Trade Deadline, Lee went five innings and allowed three runs before Antonio Bastardo surrendered the go-ahead run in the 10th inning of Phillies' 10-6 loss against the D-backs at Citizens Bank Park.
Thanks in large part to an early offensive outburst by the Phillies -- every starter had a hit by the fourth inning on Saturday -- Lee exited in a 6-3 ballgame, but Philadelphia's offense failed to cushion the lead, and the bullpen couldn't protect it.
Lee was making his second start since returning from a left elbow strain that kept him on the disabled list for two months. In his first start back on Monday, he faced similar issues with his location, allowing six runs in his 5 2/3 innings while surrendering a career-high-tying 12 hits.
"Not a lot of difference from his first outing -- control, command, lack of real good pop," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said.
The veteran southpaw posted a 3.18 ERA in the 10 starts he made prior to landing on the DL.
"Obviously, I would have liked to come back and pick right up where I left off, but I missed two months, so there's going to be a little rust there," Lee said. "As much as I ran and lifted weights and did everything I did in between, there's nothing that simulates actually going out there and playing the game. Doing that's going to get you back to where you need to be."
The 14 scouts in attendance -- many of whom were at Citizens Bank Park specifically to see Lee -- were kept busy early on. Lee needed 33 pitches to get through the first inning, as his uncharacteristic command issues were on full display. But he did well to limit the damage to a single run, and returned in the second with an eight-pitch inning.
Lee couldn't sustain that level of efficiency, however, and labored through the next two frames, allowing a single run in each.
His divergence from form was perhaps no more evident than in the top of the third, when he surrendered a home run to Martin Prado on an 0-2 count, and then walked Paul Goldschmidt on four pitches in the ensuing at-bat.
A lot of borderline pitches that were called as balls led to an inflated pitch count and an early departure for Lee.
"Elbow is a nonissue at this point," Lee said. "It's just a matter of getting honed back in and getting to where I'm locating better. That's what I do and I'm always trying to improve on it, but the past two games haven't been even close to what I want it to be. Today wasn't that far off, but I just threw way too many balls, period."
A few of the scouts in attendance were in Philly to see another popular trade candidate, Marlon Byrd, who gave them something to write about as well. Philadelphia's $16 million offseason acquisition hit his 20th homer of the season in the third inning, a solo shot that made him one of just five National League players with at least 20 home runs.
Cody Asche added a two-run homer, while Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and even Lee had RBI hits for the Phillies.
But the four-run lead wouldn't last. Justin De Fratus allowed a two-run double to Prado in the sixth, and Ender Inciarte came through with a game-tying RBI off Mario Hollands in the seventh. Bastardo entered in the 10th and gave up a single and a double with one out before Prado drove in his fifth RBI of the night on a sac fly. Then, after Goldschmidt intentionally walked, Nick Evans launched a three-run homer for the game's finishing touches.
After scoring six runs in the first three innings and putting Lee in position for just his fifth win of the season, the Phillies were blanked over the next seven frames.
"We just seemed to connect on him and have early baserunners," Sandberg said. "Putting six runs up early was the positive side of things, but we weren't able to add on. Overall, we didn't continue to put numbers up."
Lee's hefty contract, recent injury history and shaky return have made a him a risky -- and therefore, unlikely -- trade target by Thursday's non-waiver Trade Deadline. But if he clears waivers next month, he can still be dealt by the Aug. 31 waiver deadline.
But Lee said it's pointless to worry about something he can't control, so he hasn't put any thought into all the rumors and speculation. Rather, Lee continues to stand by the decision he made four years ago when he inked a five-year, $120 million contract with Philadelphia.
"I signed with the Phillies because I wanted to come here," Lee said. "And I'm here. I want to win here. That's what we should all want."


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The state of the system when I started was that there was a single, working instance of Oracle Database 9i. I proceeded to install Oracle 11g choosing to Install Software Only. Upon completion, everything still worked fine. I created a new 11g listener on port 1522 called LISTENER, which was the same name as the 9i listener listening on port 1521. I don't know if things still worked at this point. Next, I started creating an 11g database which I gave the same SID as the pre-existing 9i database. The database creation process failed at first, and I didn't read the error messages. I ran it again, and no error messages came up. It was at this point when people started complaining about being kicked out of the database.
Upon investigation, I found that it was completely impossible to connect to the once flawless db instance. I tried a myriad of things to get connected to no avail. Finally, I decided I would be better off creating a separate instance and accessing the datafiles from there. This is what brings me here. I have tried creating an instance with the same datafile names and copying the originals into the directory, but I don't know what the original configuration is so that inevitably failed. If anyone has any advice on how I can gain access to the datafiles without knowing the original configuration, I would greatly appreciate it.
OS: Windows Server 2003 R2
Pastebin of 9i alert.log here.


text: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 HHS Launches Health Insurance Marketplace Educational Tools The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has relaunched the HealthCare.gov website and added a 24/7 consumer call center to better help US consumers prepare for open enrollment and ultimately sign up for private health insurance. The new tools are intended to help Americans understand their choices and select the coverage that best suits their needs when open enrollment in the new Health Insurance Marketplace (also known as insurance exchanges) begins October 1. HealthCare.gov will add functionality over the summer so that by October consumers will be able to create accounts, complete an online application, and shop for qualified health plans. Key features of the website include integration of social media, sharable content, and engagement destinations for consumers to get more information. The site also will include web chatting to support additional consumer inquiries. For Spanish speaking consumers, CuidadoDeSalud.gov will also be updated to match HealthCare.gov's new consumer focus.