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A statement read: "Last week's meeting between Sir Rodney Walker, Ronnie O'Sullivan and his manager has been well reported by the media.
"As a result of information conveyed to him by Ronnie at the meeting in connection with ongoing difficulties in his personal life, Sir Rodney agreed, in the exceptional circumstances in which Ronnie finds himself at this time, that for the SAGA Insurance Masters, he would be excused from fulfilling the normal contractual requirements with the media and sponsors which all players are required to undertake.
"Sir Rodney informed the chair of the sport's disciplinary committee of his decision at the start of the tournament. Sir Rodney understands and accepts that his decision will be a disappointment to the media and the tournament sponsor SAGA Insurance.
"He is however convinced that to expose Ronnie to the added pressures of exposure to the media, at the moment, would not be in the interests of the player, the tournament and the sport and hopes that everyone would accept that his decision has not been taken lightly."
So it's now clear: O'Sullivan can do whatever he likes and the chairman of the game's governing body will protect him.
It will blow up in his face at some point and, when it does, you won't find a single journalist who has any sympathy whatsoever for him.
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Sir Rodney Walker is playing a dangerous game - O'Sullivan has had a lot of best friends in snooker, and he tires of them easily. I don't see why a press conference is so arduous - like football managers the players can trot out the same old lines without revealing their innermost fears and secrets. In any case, if Ronnie is depressed or has other serious off-table worries, getting out of a press conference is not going to fix them.
- 2:28 pm
- Dave H said...
Quite right and I'd add this: Graeme Dott played a match and attended a press conference this week beleiving that his wife had cancer.
It was the professional thing to do.
- 4:13 pm
I agree with everything said above.
So, if he has been excused from pre/post media conferences, why was he doing an interview for the BBC on Tuesday. Who pulled the strings for that to take place? Whatever the case, O'Sullivan seemed his usual self with a touch of flu.
Also, if he lifts the trophy on Sunday, surely, he will be permitted to give a press conference, rather than snear and stick two fingers up to the press, who could've given him a lot harder a time, than they have in the past.
I can't expect, contrary to what it said in the press statement, that the sponsors are really that happy to go along with this. Are they?
Thanks, Joe
- 10:22 pm
Any more news on this new Irish competition taking place in March. Is it the top 16 taking part, or invitational?
Sounds very familiar to the Irish Masters which can only be a good thing.
And, I also hear the German masters could be on the comeback in the near future. Which would be excellent...
Thanks, Joe
- 10:25 pm
- Dave H said...
It will be on in Kilkenny from March 11-13. All big names and a welcome development.
The German Masters isn't returning as far as I know - but the German Open pro-am has been renamed the Paul Hunter Classic and will be played, as usual, in August.
- 4:24 pm
Well, if sponsors get involved and RTE give it some publicity it would be great to see a similar tournament to Goffs going back on the calendar.
The same goes for the German Open. Surely, having endorsed Hunter's name, it will garner publicity, which again, will lead a route back to the tour diary.
Thanks, Joe
- 4:47 pm


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It is all change for me - I am stepping down as senior DT on Audsentiments blog and this is my last challenge.
I have loved my time on the blog and the current DT and past DTs have been fabulous. Julie and Ali are such stars and great people to "work" alongside.
However, I have some changes happening in my life...I have been a librarian since before I started work! I was a volunteer at age 14, then a Saturday Assistant. I then worked as a library assistant, went away and got a degree, then came back and worked as a Children's Librarian, Branch Manager, Marketing Manager, Childrens Team Manager and now am Reader Development Manager and one of three management team members.
BUT, I have wanted to become a teacher for quite a long time now - I have been taking courses and working towards it, on and off, for nearly 5 years! Now it is time to take the leap and go for it. So, I am currently actively seeking a training placement! Eeeeep - very scary, but I just know I need to do this.
So, why the long story? Well, I am going to need all my "spare" time to learn what I need to learn to make this big career change - so I have stepped down from my last team. This means that I can craft when I have time, and not when I don't - and I don't have to worry about letting anyone down.
As my last challenge for Audsentiments, I thought I would get a bit cheeky - literally!
I used SVG Cuts files for the letters, my eclips to cut them out. They really were super-duper easy to do and the video on SVG Cuts youtube challenge was invaluable!
If you want to join in our BINGO challenge over at Audsentiments, the link is in my sidebar - we would love to see what you come up with.
I will still be around in blogland - you don't get rid of me that easily!
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Clean Snowmobile Challenge on Track for March
By Marcia Goodrich | Published
Seventeen green machines are coming to snow-white Upper Michigan March 5-10 for the 13th annual SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, held at Michigan Technological University's Keweenaw Research Center.
The Clean Snowmobile Challenge is a collegiate design competition of the Society of Automotive Engineers. A total of 12 teams are registered in the internal combustion category. Engineering students from participating schools take a stock snowmobile and reengineer it. Their aim: to reduce emissions and noise and increase fuel efficiency while preserving the riding excitement demanded by snowmobile enthusiasts.
Five teams are entered in the zero emissions category, for battery-powered sleds, which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. NSF uses electric snowmobiles while conducting atmospheric research in pristine arctic locations.
For the first time, teams will be invited to present design studies on a new concept, at least for snowmobiles: a hybrid electric vehicle.
"This would address the need for an extended-range electric snowmobile," says co-organizer Jay Meldrum. "You could take an electric snowmobile, put a 50-horsepower motor on the back, and drive it till you run out of power. Then you could turn your recharger on and go farther." The fuel-powered motor would serve essentially as a generator for the snowmobile's discharged batteries.
He called the hybrid design a "range-anxiety reliever." "Electric snowmobiles only go about 20 miles without a motor," he says. "For scientists conducting research out on a glacier in Greenland, it could get them back home."
Fuel economy—no matter what recipe the fuel—is again a top priority in this year's Challenge. Sleds in the internal combustion category will need to adapt to fuels with a range of ethanol concentrations, from E10 (10 percent) to E39 (39 percent). "If a team doesn't design for that, they won't do well," Meldrum says.
Fuel economy will be measured in three ways. During the Endurance Run, teams are rated in part on their snowmobiles' mileage during the 100-mile trek. Fuel usage will also be measured during the indoor emissions testing. Lastly, the Challenge includes a mobile emissions test that incorporates a fuel flow meter.
In addition to the NSF, major sponsors include the USDA Forest Service; the National Park Service; automotive parts supplier DENSO; Emitec Inc., a supplier of emissions-reduction technology; Phoenix International, a John Deere company; Aristo Catalyst Technology; Mahle; and Gage Products, which is providing fuel. A new sponsor is Camoplast. The Sherbrooke, Quebec-based company is a global leader in rubber-track technology.
Local businesses provide services, donations and in-kind contributions. Volunteers from the Michigan Snowmobile Association have pitched in every year to provide logistical support and guidance to team members.
The teams that have registered for the Challenge in the internal combustion category are Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y.; École de Technologie Superieure, Montreal; Kettering University, Flint; Michigan Tech; North Dakota State University; Northern Illinois University; State University of New York at Buffalo; and the Universities of Alaska Fairbanks, Idaho, Waterloo (Ontario), Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin-Platteville.
Teams registered in the zero emissions category are McGill University, Montreal; Michigan Tech; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; the University of Alaska Fairbanks; and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Clean Snowmobile Challenge is sponsored at Michigan Tech by the Keweenaw Research Center and the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics.
For more information, visit Michigan Tech's SAE Clean Snowmobile site.
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While Americans are still facing a drought of rainy day funds to handle unexpected emergencies this summer there might be a silver lining: grown children under the age of 30 appear much less likely to ask family for help than last year.
The annual survey of 1,000 Americans age 18 plus conducted by online lender CashNetUSA shows 22 percent of Americans have less than $100 in savings to cover an emergency expense while 46 percent report having less than $800. The survey documents a consistent percentage of individuals with varying socio-economic backgrounds living paycheck to paycheck again this year.
With no savings and facing down a financial emergency, only 30 percent would likely turn to a family member for a loan, versus 41 percent last year. Millennials, the 80 million young people born between 1980 and 2000 and known to be facing high unemployment and debt, might finally be giving their parents a break. In 2012, 54 percent of those under the age 30 would ask family for help. In 2013 that number dropped to 37 percent, though still above the national average of 30 percent.
"The scarcity of rainy day savings remains a concern for too many Americans, and it hasn't improved since last year," said Megan Staton, director of marketing for CashNetUSA, one of the country's leading online lenders of cash advances to manage financial emergencies. "Americans are unprepared to handle financial emergencies and less willing to turn to family for help, especially young adults. Accessible and quick loans might be the only alternative for many who don't have access to other sources of credit."
While financial advisors often recommend that a family has six months of living expenses set aside in an emergency fund, the survey found:
Fifty-six percent of Americans surveyed with children under the age of 18 report having less than $800 to handle an emergency.While the percentage of residents in the South and Northeast who report having less than $100 remained constant over the past 12 months, there was an increase this year from 18 percent to 25 percent among individuals living in the Western states. Those individuals in the North Central showed a decrease from 31 percent to 24 percent over the prior year.The number of adults, ages 50 to 59, with $800 or more in savings declined from 69 percent to 59 percent over last year, while those ages 40 to 49 increased from 47 percent to 56 percent.
With no savings and facing down a short-term emergency, only 30 percent would likely turn to a family member for a loan, versus 41 percent last year. The decline was consistent across gender, family ages and income status, but most pronounced among younger adults:
In 2012, 54 percent of those under the age 30 would ask family for help. In 2013 that number dropped to 37 percent.For those living in the Western states, 24 percent would "definitely not" ask a family member for assistance (versus 14 percent one year ago), 10 percentage points higher than all other geographic areas.Those between the ages of 30 and 39 now rank as the most likely to ask for a family loan, though that number has decreased 10 percent from last year (48 to 38 percent).Women (33 percent) remain slightly more willing than men (28 percent) to ask a family member for a loan.


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In the discussions following the Newtown massacre, gun advocates have gotten two things right. These two points might form a basis for conversation with us on the other side of the issue.
In the discussions following the Newtown massacre, gun advocates have gotten two things right. These two points might form a basis for conversation with us on the other side of the issue.
First, gun control laws cannot, all by themselves, stop the perpetual epidemic of homicide in the United States or even slow it down very much. The historical forces causing murder in America are too numerous, vast and complicated to be overturned by just passing a law (for instance, one banning assault rifles).
Second, as the old saying goes, "Guns don't kill people; people do." This is why it's people, more than guns, that need to change. If any new gun control is implemented, it must not stand alone but must be just a small part of a broader and deeper set of reforms. Each of these changes would remind us of another old saying: "Thou shalt not kill."
We could start by abolishing the death penalty, repudiating the notion that when somebody really bothers you, one good solution to the problem is to kill him.
We then could go on to renounce all terrorism: not just that levied against ourselves (9/11, for example) but also that we levy against others. We could announce that the United States will never again target noncombatants, as we did at Dresden and Hiroshima, in order to force an enemy government to yield.
We could refrain from waging wars that are unnecessary or counterproductive (see: Vietnam, Iraq).
We could reduce our military budget, realizing that it isn't necessary for our country to spend almost as much on arms as do all the other countries of the world put together. We could remember that the greatest long-term threat to our national security may not be Russia or China or al-Qaida, but our burgeoning national debt.
The hardest change to accomplish, however, would be this: to temper our historic individualism. We shouldn't (and couldn't) eliminate it; but perhaps we can bring it under stricter control.
Adam Lanza and most of the other theatrical murderers of recent years (think: Columbine, Aurora, Blacksburg) were loners, misfits, the kind of people who did not see themselves as responsible members of any group: a school, a city or humankind.
These fellows were extreme cases, to be sure, but they fit into the mold of the rugged American individualist who does whatever he wants, regardless of what anybody else needs, desires or believes. (It's usually a "he," since women not named Ayn Rand tend to take other people into account.)
If you want to know about Americans today, you might read what an Englishman said about us long ago. In "Studies in Classic American Literature" (1923), D.H. Lawrence wrote that the typical American hero (Cooper's Natty Bumppo, for example, who was both the lonely Pathfinder and the gun-toting Deerslayer) was somebody disconnected from society and a killer.
The two attributes are related, since it's easy to kill people if you don't see them as being like you. They are "them," not "me." There is no "us." "The essential American soul," wrote Lawrence, "is hard, isolate, stoic and a killer. It has never yet melted."
Ninety years later, we need to melt, at least a little.
We can start by giving up some of our weapons. Nancy Lanza worried about violent criminals, so she bought handguns and a semiautomatic rifle to protect herself. As her sister-in-law said later, "She prepared for the worst."
Or so she thought. She even took her son Adam to the shooting range, so he would be safe, too.
We know how that turned out. By exercising without restraint her individual "right to bear arms," she helped to bring about not only her own death and that of her son, but also those of 20 little children and six other people.
Gun advocates say that this is the price we pay for freedom. The corporation that manufactures Bushmasters and Remingtons calls itself The Freedom Group Inc.
But what about that other right, the one mentioned in the Declaration of Independence just before the right to liberty? What about the right to life? Didn't those people in Newtown have that right, too?
Almost all Americans cherish individual freedom. Some of us believe, however, that it goes too far when it gets people murdered. We must remember that we belong to communities — big ones like the human species and smaller ones like New Bedford — and we ought to keep the safety of these other people in mind.
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Early this week it was in the high 80s here and in Denver. Now, it is snowing there and freezing cold here. Why such weather in May? Why are 500-year floods and hurricanes the new normal? Earth is warmer because we are burning so much oil and coal. The average global temperature increased 1� every 50 years in the 20th century and is increasing up to twice that rate now. (About 37 percent of Americans don't apply the label "global warming" to this fact.)
Early this week it was in the high 80s here and in Denver. Now, it is snowing there and freezing cold here. Why such weather in May? Why are 500-year floods and hurricanes the new normal? Earth is warmer because we are burning so much oil and coal. The average global temperature increased 1º every 50 years in the 20th century and is increasing up to twice that rate now. (About 37 percent of Americans don't apply the label "global warming" to this fact.)
Creating Plant Life
Either God created earth or it simply spontaneously formed from nothing, an effect without cause, as a sphere of pure energy the size of a peanut. (Duh!) Either way, earth began 13.8 billion years ago as a molten ball of magma composed of eight elements including no carbon. Atmosphere (air) is 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent Oxygen, and a miniscule 0.03 percent carbon dioxide. Depending on temperature, the water content of air varies from 0 percent in arctic regions to 7 percent at 104°F in the tropics.
Human and animal life depends on plant life which depends on carbon, so how did we get all this vegetation with so precious little carbon? Light interacts with a green dye called chlorophyll to capture or "fix" carbon dioxide and water from air in creating carbon compound involved in the vegetation on which humans and animals depend.
Coal is created from decomposing vegetation in swamps and sea floors. Most coal was created about 200,000,000 years ago, and depending on how much of it stacked up and for how long it lay dormant retained from 2 percent (anthracite) to 40 percent (lignite) of its moisture. With 20 feet of vegetation compacting down to one foot of coal, the thickest coal seam in the world in China at 400 feet must have resulted from 8000-foot layers of vegetation!
Coal Mining
Coal is very undemocratically distributed mostly in six countries (China, U.S., Russia, India, South Africa, Australia) and five states (Wyoming, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Montana). Top producers are China (46 percent) and the U.S. (13 percent).
Coal occurs beneath 12,000 square miles of the Eastern one-third of Oklahoma in seams lying at varying depths from the surface to hundreds of feet underground. It is mined using methods that vary according to the depth of the seam. Coal at the surface is scooped up with giant buckets and, in the past, leaving mountains truncated, valleys occluded, and streams polluted. Now, laws force coal companies to restore the environment of mine sites. Underground coal is reached by either vertical or sloping shafts where voracious machines chew out seams.
Coal can be crushed and mixed with water to form a slurry which can be moved to market through pipes. Typically, coal is in mile-long unit trains. Several such trains a day cross the Oklahoma Panhandle going from Wyoming mines to Texas power stations.
Products or Pollutants
Though coal can be gasified using a process the Third Reich invented in WWII (synga), baked into coke for use in steel production, burned for home heating, most of it is consumed in generating 40 percent of the world's electrical power, two-thirds of it in Asia.
About 93 percent of U.S. coal is used to generate 39.5 percent of our electricity. At that rate, we have a 168-year supply. Because cleaning or "scrubbing" the CO² emissions from coal emissions is expensive, natural gas is rapidly replacing coal—relegating coal stocks to 247 out of 261 in Zacks Industry Ranking of stocks.
Combustion simply reverses the process of coal creation by releasing all that carbon dioxide into the air where nature never intended it to be. All that CO² is warming the atmosphere thereby increasing it capacity for holding water e.g., ergo, bigger hurricanes and rainstorms.
Weather now is crazier and more destructive. After tropical storm Irene devastated the Northeast Aug. 28, 2011, we took a bus tour through New England and the Canadian Maritimes. Early that fall, 25 inches of rain fell, three times the historic average of 8 inches. It took out road barriers, bridges, low-lying houses, killed 49 people, and inflicted $10 billion in damages. Super-storm Sandy in 2012 killed 130 people and caused $75 billion in damages.
Worse, there is not only more rain, it is falling in briefer intervals of time on paved surfaces that can't absorb it leading to rapid runoff and the resulting flooding.
In March, our family used .9 MWH of electricity which released 1,800 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere if generated by coal and 55 percent or 1,100 pounds if produced by natural gas. Given its price advantage, natural gas will eventually replace coal in power generation. As Holdenville native and OSU benefactor T. Boone Pickens says, natural gas produces about one-half as much carbon dioxide recommending it as a temporary or "bridge" fuel weaning us from coal and oil. Coal and petroleum have for centuries tempted us with the cheap and easy source of fuel. Now we realize their deadly consequences. God also gave us a way of escape between Charybdis and Scylla. [1 Cor. 10"13] Ultimately, we shall have to go back to sources of energy God gave us like sun, wind, waves, and geothermal (magma).
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Safer Neighbourhood officers will be heading out on the beat to host Operation Illuminate events in Calver, in the Hope Valley, to help boost shed and garden security.
Officers from the Hathersage and Tideswell Safer Neighbourhood Team will be visiting the Calver Sough Garden Centre and Nursery on Hassop Road in Calver to speak to visitors about shed and garden security.
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Friday, May 2 between 9am and 1pm;
Saturday, May 17 between 9am and 2pm;
Sunday, May 25 between 9am and 2pm.
The team will be encouraging residents and visitors to the garden centre to take steps to better protect themselves and their property from criminals as part of the Operation Illuminate initiative.
The annual drive, which is led by Derbyshire Dales Community Safety Partnership, sees police officers and council staff heading out into local communities to offer crime prevention advice and discounted home security products.
PCSO Anthony Boswell from the policing team said: "It would be great to see as many people as we can at the event and we will be on hand to chat to residents about the simple steps that they can take to protect their property from criminals.
"This is a great opportunity for us to work in partnership with the staff at the garden centre so that we are able to both spread the message of how important garden security is.
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Increasing home security and investing in items such as spotlights, alarms, doors chimes and property marking kits such as SmartWater or Selecta can also help to prevent an opportunist targeting a property.
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Cat Peña, a Memphis-based artist, arts administrator and independent public art consultant, has been named director of the Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery at Christian Brothers University. As an artist, Peña's work in recent years has centered on public art installations, including "There's More To Be Proud Of," a canopy of metallic streamers on display in the Edge District through next February. In addition, she is the founder of Collabortory, a creative platform that expands public art practices through collaborative and social practices.
A charity operated by one of Donald Trump's sons flouts philanthropic standards by financially benefiting charities connected to the Trump family and members of the charity's board, an Associated Press investigation shows.
Marty Morgan has been promoted to chief financial officer at Pyro's Fire Fresh Pizza amid the Memphis-based company's expansion into other regional markets. In his new role, Morgan will oversee corporate functions at the Memphis headquarters and continue to build out the personnel and technology infrastructure needed to support regional growth while making sure financial performance stays on track.
The Downtown Alive concert series will feature Maitre D's Thursday, May 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Court Square. The free series, produced by the Downtown Memphis Commission and Memphis Music Foundation, continues through June 26. Visit downtownmemphis.com.
Shelby County Schools board members have schools agreements with suburban leaders in Bartlett, Collierville and Millington on their agenda Tuesday, Nov. 26, a week after approving the same type of agreements with different dollar amounts with Arlington and Lakeland.
Voters in Shelby County's six suburban towns and cities completed the process Thursday, Nov. 7, of establishing the basics of their municipal school districts, with elections for their respective school boards.
Voters in Shelby County's six suburban towns and cities elected their respective municipal schools boards Thursday, Nov. 7 with low voter turnouts that reflected that most of the school board positions on the ballots were one-candidate uncontested races.
The early vote is in for the Thursday, Nov. 7, suburban school board races in Shelby County's six suburban towns and cities which are forming their own municipal school districts.
Only six of the school board races are contested with Lakeland voters choosing from a single list of seven contenders for five positions on the Lakeland school board.
Voters in Shelby County's six suburban towns and cities go to the polls Thursday, Nov. 7, for the second time in a year to elect school boards for their respective municipal school districts.
Early voting in three of Shelby County's six suburban towns and cities opens Monday, Oct. 28, at locations in Germantown, Bartlett and Millington for newly created suburban school boards.
The early voting period for those cities and Lakeland in advance of the Nov. 7 election day began Oct. 18 at Shelby County Election Commission officers Downtown at 157 Poplar Avenue.
The suburban school board races next month come down to seven contested elections in four of Shelby County's six suburban towns and cities.
With the decisions in those races and 21 uncontested school board races, voters will have taken the final votes to put in place their own municipal school districts separate from the countywide school system that opened for its first school year Aug. 5.
Early voting in the Democratic primary special election for State House District 91 expands Friday, Sept. 27, from the Shelby County Election Commission's Downtown offices, 157 Poplar Ave., to three satellite locations.
President Barack Obama carried Shelby County in unofficial Nov. 6 election returns as his Republican challenger Mitt Romney took the state's 11 electoral votes.
Voter turnout in the most popular election cycle among Shelby County voters was 61.9 percent, about the same percentage as four years ago. But the 371,256 voters is fewer than 2008 when more than 400,000 Shelby County voters cast ballots. The percentage is about the same because there are fewer registered voters in Shelby County than there were four years ago after a purge by election officials.
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David Fowler Collection, 1853-1909, MS 1876.1
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David Fowler Collection, 1853-1909
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
Scope and Content
10. If this is, or was, part of another collection, state name and relationship:
This description should cover: types of papers (e.g., correspondence, letters, diaries, documents, etc.); dates, subjects, and types of groups of materials that bulk largest; relationship of the material to specific phases of the career or activity of the principal named in item 2; full names and biographical identification of other persons and names of corporate bodies significant (by quality and quantity of material) to the collection, showing dates, types, and subject matter; geographical areas covered; specific events, topics, and historical periods with which the materials deal; and particular items of extraordinary interest.
8. Information on literary rights available in repository: Yes___, Do not know X.
9. Nature of acquisition (gift, deposit, etc.), date(s) and source(s) of acquisition and former owner(s):
Gift: Mrs. Laurence H. Fowler, 100 W. University Parkway, Baltimore, May 1971
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Box 2
1. Newspaper Clippings, 1879-94. Articles on every subject to interest the collector. 96p. from a variety of newspapers. No name
2. Note Book: building materials, description of composition of mortar, etc., sub-surface irrigation, masonry, drying of bricks - with sketches.N.D.
3. Note Book: Theory of Architecture, Stained glass, papers on Mosaics.N.D.
4. 1900 Dairy and Account Book.
5. Card case with Bill from throat specialist, Paris. N.D.
6. Note Book: Table of contents of magazines, alphabetically arranged. N.D.
7. 1900-1908 3 Note books - Student's Note Books on design, with drawings; on research with notes for essay. On Engineering, with diagrams
8. Note Books, with drawings on Theory of Architecture, Modern Ornament, Shades and Shadows, N.D. Course given by Mr. Hamlin in History of Modern Architecture.
9. 1900-1908 3 Note Books from study in France on Problems of Geometry, etc. Note Book on Problems in Architecture, with plates.
10. N.D. On Mediaeval Ornament with sketches of Villas and Castles.
11. Trignometry Text Book (1891).
12. 1900? Note Book on Law of Contracts and Building Materials.
13. 1904 Note Book on procedures for construction of building in New York City, Legal steps, specifications, etc. with copy of Dept. of Buildings of New York: plumbing and draining specifications.
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Letters (1897-1909)
Six (6) letters to L. H. Fowler from Wm. R. Ware, architect, of Milton, Mass. Some sent to Columbia University, some to Baltimore (W.R.Ware(1832-1915), professor at Columbia and M.I.I.)
Eight (8) letter to L.H.Fowler from his parents.
1951 Typed report of Perry, Shaw and Hepburn, Kehow and Dean on Regional Survey of Eastern Md. Public and Semi-public buildings. 5 p. with list of buildings.
Papers written by David Fowler re Patrick Henry, Heroes and Heroism, Robert Fowler and Mohammedanism.
Memoranda and letters on behalf of clients such as A. H. Metz, George N. Snyder, C. Louisa Leeds and Henry W. Hoffman, etc.
Address book
Certificates re: 1857 Confirmation of faith; 1874 Confirmation of faith of Mary Brinkley; 1861 admission to the Md. Bar; 1875 marriage to Mary Brinkley.
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1881-1909: Personal, business and legal letters, deeds, promissory notes, insurance company releases, memoranda re affairs of estate of his father, Robert Fowler; affairs of estate of Joseph B. Brinkley, his father-in-law; handling of his wife's property, etc.
Certificates re: 1882 appointment as Associate Judge of Circuit Court of Md. 1889 election to be Chief Judge of Circuit Court of Md.; 1904 designation as One of the Men of Mark.
1881-1887 letterbook.
Biographical paper on Reverdy Johnson.
Personal correspondence with his fellow Judges on Md. Circuit Court.
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Anderson, E. J.
Barnum, ___ and Co.
Bartlett, J. M.
Boyd, (Judge) A. Hunter
Brinkley, Joseph B.
Briscoe, (Judge) John P.
Calwell, Lucien B.
Carter, Bernard
Carter, John P.
Cole, William R.
Donovan, Caroline
Duffie, M. M.
Fowler, John H.
Fowler, Mary Brinkley
Fowler, Robert
Grayson, Wm.
Hardcastle Robert
Harlan, Henry D.
Hedian, M. E.
Hoffman, Henry W.
Holliday, ___
Hopkins, A.
Iglehart, Wm. T.
Jeniss, Richard
Johnson ___
Johnson, Reverdy
Jones (Judge) I. Thomas
Kealhofer, George
Keedy, H. H.
Kerr, Chas. G.
Leach, Wm. and family
Leeds, Louisa C.
Marr, James, D.
Martin, Abraham
Morton, Charles
Matthias, John P.T.
McIntosh, David G.
McLaughlin, A.
McSherry, (Judge) James
Mealey, Edward W.
Metz, A. H.
Miller, R. F.
Owens, Albert S.J.
Page, (Judge) Henry
Pearce (Judge) James A.
Pinkney, Wm.
Richardson, Charles
Sanderson, Hannah A.
Sappington, A. de Russy
Scharf, Thomas G.
Schmucker, (Judge) S.A.
Sloan, James Jr.
Smith, Carroll S.
Smith Franklin, Jr.
Smith, John Walter
Snyder, Geo. N.
Steiner, Bernard C.
Stewart, Wm. H.
Talbott, J. Fred. C.
Thomas, J. P. and M. A.
Trapnall, (Attorney)
Turner, Lewis
Wharton, W. F.
White, (Attorney)
White, G. Howard
Whittingham, W. R.
Williams, Stevenson A.
Yellott, George
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Gabe revisits the movie that inspired a million teenagers to dye their hair black...
In Detroit, the day before Halloween is known as Devil's Night – a night of arson, looting, rape, and murder. One Devil's Night local crime lord Top Dollar (Michael Wincott) sent his thugs out to silence outspoken tenets Shelly Webster (Sofia Shinas) and Eric Draven (Brandon Lee). Eric is stabbed, shot, and defenestrated, and Shelly is beaten, raped, and left for dead. Sergeant Albrecht (Ernie Hudson) is sent to the scene, where he gathers evidence, then spends the night at Shelly's side as she dies. One year later Eric rises from the grave with supernatural powers, and is given a chance to brutally avenge Shelly's death.
When James O'Barr's The Crow was first released it was popular among my friend group mostly due to its forbidden nature. It was a vicious, violent comic, and genuinely shocked kids more accustomed to the rather innocuous early '90s adventures of the X-Men and Spider-Man. Looking back with adult eyes I see the book for what it is – a flawed, angst-ridden adolescent nightmare that only continues to capture audiences due to the power of its violent imagery. Roughly the same thing goes for Alex Proyas' film version of The Crow. The film sat for over a decade in the shadow star Brandon Lee's on-set death, but enough time has passed that we can look back on it outside of its cause célèbre, which certainly coloured the experience in a melancholy that ended up working in the film's favour upon release. The prevailing problem here isn't the straightforward narrative, or that Lee's performance is anything but impressive, but instead it's the hackneyed elements that gum-up the otherwise efficient works. The story is ridiculously melodramatic, it takes itself too seriously (though Lee and Hudson both manage to eek out several laugh between them), and is about as emotionally complex as a Sesame Street skit (which is unfortunate considering co-writer David Schow is one of my favourite writers on the subject of horror films). This is a revenge fantasy with horror trimmings set to a video game rhythm, it's just gussied up with goofy stabs at morality, poetry and spirituality that tricked most of us youngsters into thinking it was something more. But that's okay. Aside from some of the more unlovable clichés, and lingering memories of every guy in my graduating class and their terrible Eric Draven impressions, I still find The Crow an entertaining and stylish diversion.
Proyas isn't the world's greatest filmmaker (in fact he's made some terrible films in his career), but he's aesthetically talented, and always brings something interesting to the imagery of even his weakest motion pictures. Perhaps more impressive is the fact that he doesn't rest on his creative laurels, and finds new visual themes for most of his films. Here he creates a dark, gothic-noir look true to the film's black and white comic roots, then heightens it with really graphic colour use. These images, which are an effective enough mix of Sam Raimi and Ridley Scott, with a heavy Noir edge, are the film's lasting legacy. Upon release, Tim Burton's Batman films were still firmly implanted in critics' minds, and The Crow was often written off as Burton-lite, but I tend to see a lot more energy, and less beauty in the film's imagery, which marks it as almost a satire of Burton's work. Though the film itself wasn't all that huge of a hit in theaters, Proyas' stylistic choices (along with Burton and Henry Selick's Nightmare Before Christmas) helped established the Hot Topic brand of 'Goth-lite' that continues to plague American youth to this day. It's a bummer of a legacy, but it's more than you can say for 98% of movies. Proyas would come closer to perfecting his Raimi/Scott noir look for his next film, Dark City, but this is a strong Hollywood debut. The John Woo inspired action scenes have also somewhat surprisingly stood the test of time. Stephen Norrington's similarly comic-based Blade actually managed to change the movie action landscape, but The Crow was certainly an important step on the road to The Matrix.
I was expecting very little from this new 1080p transfer. The Crow is a dark and grainy movie. This normally leads to one of two outcomes – either Lionsgate and Miramax don't even try to clean-up the transfer since it will be dirty looking anyway, or they DNR it all to hell. I expected a up-converted DVD transfer, or a smoothed over, waxy looking mess. Surprisingly enough this Blu-ray disc's producers have found a nice middle ground. This transfer is mostly sharp, an features satisfying detail levels, but hasn't been digitally flattened, and a whole lot of film grain still covers the overall print. Grain and details aren't entirely consistent, but line up pretty well based on shot width and special effects use. The largely analogue special effects, which I've always found charming, don't look any more convincing in HD than they did on VHS or DVD (my mom wouldn't let me see the movie in theaters), but you can certainly see a lot more spittle shooting out of Lee's mouth, and notice weird burn scars on David Patrick Kelly's cheeks. The film's rabid colour scheme has been slightly re-tooled in some cases, at least in comparison to the DVD release. Generally this is a warmer image, and features stronger red levels. The bulk of the film is still desaturated and nearly black and white, but flashbacks to Eric and Sarah's home life and murder are much more vibrant than those of the DVD release. These more colourful elements are clean outside the ever-present film grain, and don't feature the same blocking and low-level noise found on the DVD transfer. The blacks are rich, deep and mostly pure, though there are some increases in grain frequency over the darkest backgrounds. The scenes featuring the crow soaring over the city are a big improvement over SD releases, where the contrast levels were much muddier.
This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack isn't a huge upgrade over the DVD's compressed DTS track, but gets a nice volume and clarity boost from its uncompressed status. There aren't many aggressive directional cues outside of basic ambience, and a couple of crow flyover scenes, but there's plenty of multi-channel action, and heavy stylization in the sound design. Its biggest strengths are in music and explosions. The music plays a massive part in the film's legend. I'm not sure I can overstate the impact The Crow original motion picture soundtrack had on teenagers in the early/mid '90s. I think every one of my friends owned a copy (the fact that local Tucson, AZ band Machines of Loving Grace made the cut certainly helped). The 5.1 mix plays with this mix of alternative rock, heavy metal and industrial music in different ways. At times it's clearly presented as score, and fills the front channels. Other times it's source music within a scene, and moves with the camera's point of view. The brief pieces of live performances are the most impressive, recreating the feel of concert experience with effective rear channel support. The LFE channel is the mix's heftiest element, throbbing with Graeme Revell's mostly ambient-based score, and lurching with heavy gunshots and blow-ups. Occasionally the whispered dialogue is a bit too quiet for its own good, but is always well centered, and mixed effectively even during the loud moments.
Besides the audio/video upgrades, the main reason for fans to upgrade to this Blu-ray edition is the new commentary with director Alex Proyas. Proyas originally refused to record a commentary for the DVD release, and was replaced by producer Jeff Most and screenwriter John Shirley, who did their best, but spent most of their time tip-toeing around the Brandon Lee issue. Proyas also devotes a lot of time to Lee's memory, but also offers insight into the production, most valuable of which are his goals for the film as an 'anti-comic book' movie. He's quite aware of the film's place in Goth culture (he takes appropriate credit for the leather-clad hero bit), and also discusses the film's impact on Dark City (which he had been developing), putting together such an extreme palette pre-digital grading and bleach bypass, the fact that he probably would've made Crow II if Lee would've lived, the differences between rooks, ravens and crows, and the manner the film's story changed throughout production. This track is pretty consistent, and a tasteful mix of modesty and autocratic. At one point a moderator can be heard, revealing that Proyas was likely being interviewed for most of the track.
The rest of the extras are more familiar, starting with a behind the scenes EPK (16:30, SD) that covers the original comic, the comic's effect on the film, the film's look, the themes, the characters, and features interviews with actors Brandon Lee, David Patrick Kelly, Ernie Hudson, Tony Todd and Bai Ling, original comic creator James O'Barr, producers Jeff Most and Edward R. Pressman, stunt coordinator Jeff Imada, along with other various crew members. Next up is a profile of James O'Barr (33:30, SD), which features the incredibly melodramatic creator in his basement discussing his art, writing and life. The disc also features three extended scenes (11:30, SD), a deleted footage montage (5:20, SD), a poster concept gallery, a production design gallery, five storyboard galleries, a trailer, and trailers for other Lionsgate releases.
The Crow is among the most era defining films of the '90s. For better or worse it belongs in a time capsule, where it can be used to explain the period's pop culture tastes. Above all its obvious script-based shortcomings, this is what the film has to offer, and I think it's enough in the long run. I'm not sure I can forgive the film for a progressively terrible series of sequels, but I no longer hold its exhausting fans against it. This Blu-ray's transfer is a pleasant surprise, as I wasn't expecting the best from the dark, grainy photography, and the DTS-HD uncompressed soundtrack is as perfect as I'd expect. The extras aren't incredible, but do feature a great audio commentary with director Alex Proyas that isn't available on any DVD releases of the film I am aware of.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I picked this up on Blu ray. I was pleasantly surprised with how well the transfer looked.
The Crow was a defining film of my teenage years. It is one of my all time favourites. I'm also a fan of City of Angels... which really deserves more credit than it recieved (the novelisation shows you what the film should have been!) The third film is good and i still don't own Wicked Prayer... i can't bring myself to waste the money despite being a huge fan of The Crow world.
I love the first Crow. The second and third films are garbage (never saw the fourth).
The director's commentary is quite good, and it's not on that release.
Mr. Powers, If I already have the Miramax/Dimension Collector's Series version of The Crow... is there really a reason to double dip on this unless for technical reasons (audio/video)?
I have the 2-disc Miramax set and there's only a producer's commentary. Which release are you talking about?
Actual there is a commentary with director Alex Proyas that was on the 2 disc limited edition set and I have that one
It seems that dark gothic characters has their own curse. First, Brandon Lee and then Heath Ledger. Oh yeah, I love the Crow movies up to number 3. The Crow 4 is a torture.
I love this movie too. Brandon Lee death still saddens me. He was about to have a fantastic career.
The fourth film was total c**p, so you have no need to see it. I have to say I kind of liked the third though. Need to see the second again to be able to judge it, it's been such a long time. The original is a classic though, which easily earns a 10/10 rating from me. It's a shame some of the effects (like the miniatures) haven't aged so well.
I love The Crow and like the visuals of Crow 2 (which the story isn't as bad as I remembered- also saw the third Crow- never saw number 4).
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Disc Details
Release Date: 18th October 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Behind the Scenes Featurette, A Profile of James O'Barr, Extended Scenes. Deleted Footage Montage, Original Poster Concepts. Storyboards, Trailers, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Alex Proyas
Cast: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Bai Ling, Tony Todd
Genre: Action, Drama, Film-Noir, Horror, Romance and Thriller
Length: 101 minutes
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Jack Layton: Politically Irrelevant and Too Dumb to Realize It.
On EI reform, his about face is pathetic, having just ridiculed the Liberal leader for doing the same thing. His boasting about getting $4 billion in social spending is where the most damage to his reputation will be done. The difference between him supporting the Liberals is that he was willing to allow a government who had just been found in a federal inquiry to have been involved in an illegal kickback scheme, to remain in power. Compare that to today, where he and his party vow to vote against anything put forth by the Conservative government without even reading it. It's even more ironic when he repeatedly states that he doesn't support the government because the PM can't be trusted. So to recap, he thought enough to give a Liberal PM a lease on government, despite the governing party found to, and admitted to, scamming Canadian taxpayers for their own benefit. I wonder how many kitchen tables Layton sat around and discussed Adscam.
But Layton's hypocrisy is much much worse. And I must say I am completely dumbfounded that not one supposed journalist has called him on it. The January budget, the one Layton decided to vote against without so much as reading the title page, shows exactly how irrelevant he and his party really are. Layton bringing up the $4 billion he managed to get from Paul Martin shows just how much of a showman he thinks he is, and how absolutely incompetent he is as leader of the NDP. Aside from the fact that the money he supposedly negotiated from Martin never ended up being spent, the January budget is a better example of why the NDP would be lucky to get even 30 seats in the next election.
The January budget included $1.2 billion for affordable housing. Layton's deal with Martin called for $1 billion for affordable housing. The January budget included spending on aboriginal housing, as well as improving such things as drinking water. Again, the amount was more than Layton's deal with Martin. During the coalition tripe, Layton pointed out the need for stimulus funding. The January budget provided $22 billion in stimulus. Layton demanded help for the auto sector, and demanded worker pensions be saved. Yet he hasn't mentioned the auto bailouts since the federal and provincial governments said they were providing help to the sector.
Despite a budget that provided things he and the NDP have rallied for over the years, he and his MP's voted against the budget. They just last week voted against the means motion to allow the stimulus funds out the door. I'm thinking Layton is the one who can't be trusted. And come next election, when the final votes are tallied, Layton's wikipedia entry will be revised to state he was the former leader of the NDP. That's what happens when you vote against what you demand. You quickly make yourself irrelevant. A party that thinks winning 37 seats out of 308 is an electoral victory, tells you all you need to know.
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Here's a little known tidbit about Layton's so called $4 billion for social programs as extortion for saving the Martin Liberals from a well deserved non confidence vote:
The numbers were post dated. NONE of the so called $4 billion NDP budget was ever assigned or spent.
The Conservatives came in with a NEW budget in 2006. It contained much more than the $4 Billion Layton crows about for the same kind of projects.
And then Layton voted AGAINST it.
- June 23, 2009 at 6:08:00 PM PDT
- hunter said...
Voting against anything Conservative is what Jack has reduced his party to. PM Harper was right when he called them the English-Bloc. Both parties are irrelevant.
- June 23, 2009 at 6:13:00 PM PDT
Well the main thing was Laytoon was able to piggyback on the Iggydebacle to get his sound bite out before reversing himself - that's the main thing.
- June 23, 2009 at 6:46:00 PM PDT
- Bec said...
Sheesh, if we actually had moral political investigative media in this country (ie CTV or CBC), Canadians would know this stuff.
How many of us know this? Likely a tiny fraction, if that.
- June 23, 2009 at 6:53:00 PM PDT
- Éric said...
"Jack Layton: Politically Irrelevant and To Dumb to Realize It."
That would be "...and Too Dumb to Realize It."
- June 23, 2009 at 6:54:00 PM PDT
Jughead Jack likes to crow about how he got a non-existent $4 billion out of Martin and how he is now willing to compromise with the Tories on EI.
This clown is so stupid...or he believes his supporters are...that he doesn't realize that the Conservatives know full well that, unlike the Liberals, they would never get one NDP voter to swing their way no matter how much they gave the socialists. Martin at least had a hope of pulling in some NDP supporters. The Tories have no reason to placate Jack's socialist agenda.
- June 23, 2009 at 6:54:00 PM PDT
- wilson said...
Talking about irrelevent parties,
what exactly did the Liberal party do that made itself relevent other than pass most of the governments policy?
''Harper will wear this recession. No Liberal ideas submitted because the govt would steal them.''
Absolute refusal to be part of the solution thru the recession, Iffy and his gang look pretty useless when, just in the last week of parliament,
they grab a Dipper idea to run with. pathetic performance.
All 3 opposition parties took a step back, expecting to see the government crumble under the weight of a deep recession....but it DID NOT.
In fairness, Ducey did submit some ideas that were 'good for Quebec',
but got ignored (haha).
I still think Iffy was going to pull the plug, and then his numbers started tanking immediately over an election call.
Just like with the coalition of losers and carbon tax,
Liberals are very out of touch with Canadians.
They are so hung up on bringing home (alleged) terrorists and forcing some great and wonderful social program on Canadians,
they are not listening to the majority.
- June 23, 2009 at 7:07:00 PM PDT
- shlemazl said...
Should be "too dumb". Sorry :)
- June 23, 2009 at 7:13:00 PM PDT
- wilson said...
IMO, Duceppe has never looked so weak as in this last parliament.
Most times in QP, PMSH wouldn't even answer his questions,
Cons Quebec MPs were given the task.
And that is a very good response,
because Duceppe (arrogantly) only speaks for Quebec,
so his answers should only be from Quebec Ministers.
PMSH would, if he answered Ducey in QP, say something to the effect that he will negotiate with the Quebec government, not the Bloc.
Ducey is the #1 hypocrite in parliament.
He wants to separate Quebec from Canada, at the same time he stands there demanding CANADA is governed to best suit Quebec!
He wants out and in at the same time.
Best illustrated by Ducey's role in the coalition of losers.
- June 23, 2009 at 7:18:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
"That would be "...and Too Dumb to Realize It."
That would be my fault rushing my post. Been doing 12 hour days for the past week and a half.
- June 23, 2009 at 7:25:00 PM PDT
Eric @ 6:54
There's a difference between making a typo and being a moron. Guess which side of that fence you lie on?
- June 23, 2009 at 8:06:00 PM PDT
- Éric said...
When you go so far as to call someone dumb, don't be dumb and make a typo. Simple stuff, really. Don't expect politeness and understanding when you are being rude, as calling someone "dumb" would be.
- June 23, 2009 at 8:20:00 PM PDT
- wilson said...
Well, when yah think about it,
separatists are thin-skinned nitpik-ers.
- June 23, 2009 at 9:27:00 PM PDT
- paulsstuff said...
Sorry Éric, but there is a difference between making a typo and ones rationale in thinking about issues.
It's a fact Layton ridiculed Ignatieff for giving into EI reforms and then does so himself. And I'm no Ignatieff fan, so for me to defend him here shows my sincerity about Layton's hypocrisy.
And as I pointed out in my post, and others here in comments, Layton boasted about the $4 billion he got from Martin, and yet voted against the January budget sight unseen, even though it contained more than the $4 billion he had demanded of Martin in social spending to prop up a corrupt government.
That wasn't my first typing error, nor will it be my last. Yet you've commented twice, both times more preoccupied with my typo than the gist of the post, which shows Layton to be doing nothing more than grandstanding, when he could have supported things that are within NDP ideology.
Imagine if that January budget was defeated. That money for affordable housing would have gone by the wayside. So would the money for aboriginal improvements. 5 weeks of extended EI would never have come to fruition. Stimulus spending would have been delayed longer.
All those things Layton has been demanding for years. He gets it and then votes against it? Quite a bit different than a typo.
- June 24, 2009 at 3:55:00 AM PDT
Layton to keep his seat can easily take down the liberals with his tone in drama regarding to the liberals' BILLION DOLLARS EI SCANDAL.Instead, Layton tries some stupid trick of his.
BEC, we, canadians don't have a national media.
For the size of canada, I can't believe we only have one type of national media-liberals.
And since there are no other national media to compete with, they (cbc ctv etc) can do, say, manipulate as they please.
- June 24, 2009 at 7:03:00 AM PDT
- wilson said...
Eric should read this.
This article tells us how the Bloc is killing Quebec;
businesses are crippled by the entitlement mentality...the population is declining and so is Quebecs clout:
- June 24, 2009 at 7:22:00 AM PDT
I can't wait for evil-eyed Mulcair to take over the leadership (and you know he will).
That will certainly be the beginning of the end of the NDP.
They will lose the remainder of their western seats and will become, possibly, a tiny rump eastern party. Within a few years Mulcair will froth, tantrum, roll his eyes and embarrass himself and the party out of existence.
Oh happy day!
- June 24, 2009 at 8:57:00 AM PDT


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Has Mayer Turned Yahoo Around?
Yahoo reports after the bell on Monday and investors are looking for signs of a turn-around. Rolfe Winkler discusses on Markets Hub. Photo: AP.
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... I ... she ... she has a twenty dollar bill ... flat this morning ... Yahoo reports earnings after the bell today one of the big tech companies reporting this week and having ... had the week for earnings ... tech is on display ... in Yahoo was one of the big ones a question on is what are they going to do with the plans ... question is have they gotten there ... will be looking for has Merissa Meyer turn the company around ... Ralf Winkler her on the Street Columnist is here a break to slim down talk about a little bit ... how much progress has Mercer Mayer me we don't we don't know yet that the media's duty on the head right they're all where were hoping aunties Earnings Call seasonings released to start to get a sense for ... what kind of transition ... in terms of what I should see product innovation Merissa Meyer ... aam has brought tea I when her short time there because ... but again she hasn't been there a long time ... by ... Yahoo doesn't have a lot of time to lose really ... the last thing I mean look we talk about ... Google Apple Micra soft ... Galileo gruel ... a lot of tech companies in what they're doing with this failing sixteen all these things ... do talk about what Yahoo is ... doing a lot ... he just doesn't seem like they've come up with a plan ... well one of the big things that states hitting them and were really getting looking for is mobile ... the right so ... the mobile transition is something that ... hit Facebook pretty hard in terms of its business model turning over they had a good revenue model for desktop ... and didn't have a good one for mobile ... and as they're moving from usage from one to the other ... that ... it you know that that's impacting the business the good news for comfy like Facebook is ... a very popular mobile apps and ... so people are still using their surrogate their greater service ... in the new mobile world ... Yahoo's a different story ... they are today they have some ... mildly popular apps Yahoo mail ... I is is decently popular flicker ... has in Dallas but it's only really English speaking countries ... aam and in terms of magnitude is nowhere near as large in usage ... and it's something with it I mean they'll say something like look of the ... book of the I phone you know we provide the weather here we provide ... that the stock price ... I mean there's a little logo that says provided by Yahoo at the bottom there but ... is not available for various reasons generating a significant write ... a brand new free on when the long run I didn't actually have the outlook account and started getting e mails in saying you are mobile ADP's or mobile app ... that revenue is what the what what what what's your what's your incentive what's what's a useful product ... the thing is that it does still have ... three powerful branding got some great content Yahoo Sports is very popular among ... certain subset of users ... on ... flicker ... very interesting potential there we think about it I mean photography ... histogram snapped at AIG's that this is some of the hottest areas in mobile rate now ... if liquor ... is still very popular service on the line to step into them when when when Facebook try to change the terms of service service they suffered a loss kicked off a lot of people and you think ... that's an interesting opportunity for young if they can seize it right now this afternoon the numbers come now what should investors be looking for all of the search and display revenue are these very reacceleration of growth in either of them I wanna say I display revenue when the two percent growth over the past two quarters search revenue ... not growing ... people would like to see real acceleration in growth era it'll be inching to see how they could do that if they can give meaning ... to eight weeks monetization rent ... increases of my position but again ... did did did the train is working against them in the sense that people are moving off to a stop on small devices ... and ... Yahoo isn't there ... the surge but the search is dominated by Kuhle on the I phone obviously on Android ... it's so ... when we go hide Ralf Winkler appreciate the time thinking thank you


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A simple request, to allow my continued readership at mgoblog. Please don't post large NSFW pics at any time. My wife was not happy this morning as she walked in behind me with a pic posted in the "pimp hand" post. I am on a short leash, so to speak. I also have 9 year old twins, boy and a girl, and they don't need to see this stuff. It's inappropriate, and not funny. And my office would be just as bad or worse (to see this kind of post.) I'm not complaining on my own behalf, but because of my family. I'm not suggesting censorship, but much more of this and I'll just be dropping out of visiting mgoblog in the future. I suppose, if some of you want me to leave the blog for good, you can keep at it. Whatever. But those of you in high school and college and your 20's and 30's who are single guys with your tongues hanging out, remember that some of us have families.
I think the mods used to get after this stuff, but there are now too many posts.
[PaulVB] I thought it was fairly common knowledge that mgoblog is better than a bunch of guys posting cheesecake pictures and talking about how women should be in the kitchen because all they're good for is making sandwiches. If you're thinking "Maybe I should say this is NSFW," maybe it's not something you should be posting on a Michigan sports blog [/PaulVB]


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BEIJING (Caixin Online) — China's securities regulator has been consulting with large securities firms and fund companies regarding the proposed acquisition of a leading financial-software provider by Jack Ma, the founder and chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
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Zhejiang Rongxin Network Technology Co. Ltd., in which Ma holds a 99.1% stake, proposed buying all of Hangzhou Hundsun Technologies Group Co. (Hundsun Group).
The latter controls 20.62% of Shanghai-listed Hundsun Technology Inc. Ltd. 600570, -1.44% the country's biggest trading-software provider for securities and fund companies.
Hundsun Technology made the proposal known in a filing with the Shanghai bourse on April 3. The plan needs to be approved by the Ministry of Commerce. Whether and when the ministry might approve the deal remains unknown.
There are signs the regulator's consultation has found that most respondents are worried about the proposed acquisition.
"From what I know about the mainstream voices, most do not approve of the takeover," an executive of a public fund company said.
Earlier, it was reported that Alibaba itself might be negotiating with Hundsun Group about cooperation and an equity investment.
Although Rongxin has no share ownership ties with Alibaba, there is little doubt that the two could find a way to share information if Ma wanted. This is the main concern of financial institutions' managers. Many say that they fear a close relation between Hundsun Technology and Ma would expose their business data to Alibaba and its allies.
Some are also concerned about a potential conflict of interest, since Ma has his own fund company, Tianhong Asset Management Co. to worry about. Tianhong is controlled by Zhejiang Alibaba E-commerce Co., a firm established by Ma which he wants to build into a financial service network.
"So far, the securities regulator has not made a decision on whether or not to grant the proposed acquisition," another fund company's executive said.
That decision will have a direct bearing upon how the Ministry of Commerce views the deal. In other words, unless the securities regulator approves of the plan, Hundsun Technology and Rongxin will have to amend it or part ways.
It is unclear where the Ministry of Commerce stands. A source close to the ministry said it would examine whether the acquisition will lead to a monopoly. Hundsun Technology's market share in many categories are large, but the big numbers alone are not grounds for making a judgment.
The source also said the ministry has not opened an investigation to check whether the acquisition breaches anti-monopoly regulations.
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George Clinton Sues Black Eyed Peas; Apparently He No Longer Thinks Sampling Is 'Cool'
from the all-about-the-cash dept
Perhaps he's changed his mind when it comes to a band like the Black Eyed Peas, as he's apparently suing the band for sampling one of his tunes. I believe that report misstates previous lawsuits by saying they involved Clinton, when they were actually done by Bridgeport Music -- a company that Clinton has claimed forged his signature to claim rights to his music. This report suggests that Clinton himself is now following in Bridgeport's footsteps though (Bridgeport has become famous for suing a ton of musicians demanding a ton of money for samples). Another report on the lawsuit says that Clinton is accusing someone (yet again) of forging his signature to say that this license was cleared.
In the end, once again, this is disappointing that rather than focusing on making cool and unique new music, people are focusing on going to court and fighting over who should be able to put up a toll booth on new music.


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Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh is the surprise joint-leader of the Irish Open at Portrush – as he battles the elements and the McIlroy-Wozniacki partnership in front of sell-out Antrim crowds.
Ulster hero Rory McIlroy trails Singh and Frenchman Gregory Bourdy, the leaders on seven under par, by five shots after two dropped shots in the final three holes.
But girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki is now at his side after an early exit from Wimbledon and will again join the 27,000 sell-out crowd in roaring McIlroy up the leaderboard on Friday.
McIlroy said: "Having everyone pulling for you is something I've struggled with at the Irish Open for the last couple of years.
"But this year I'm trying to welcome it and use it to my advantage. Hopefully I can give them something to cheer about over the next three days because the fan support is just phenomenal.
"With the way I played I felt my score could be a lot better but I am not too disappointed. It is still a decent score. I would be great to see the course play a bit tougher but I have to play well tomorrow to get myself into contention for the weekend."
Padraig Harrington leads the Irish charge on five under par, two off the pace set by Singh and Frenchman Gregory Bourdy, one of the latest starters on the day.
Harrington was out early and made the best of the more favourable morning conditions on a course he regards as his favorite in the world.
With the course set-up for bad weather, Harrington made the most of it without ever really hitting a hot streak.
"I basically holed just one decent putt today — I two-putted the first three par fives for birdies, chipped in on eight and hit it stone dead on three for the others," said Harrington after six birdies and one bogey.
"So when you do that and shoot three under par it means you weren't under much stress. It all felt pretty relaxed out there.
"I think today they set up the golf course pretty easy with the weather forecast and why does anybody ever believe an Irish weather forecast?
"Everybody looks at the forecast, but I never do. It just baffles me. Obviously the referees have to do that, but you didn't feel in any way it was tricked up. You felt like you had a chance on every hole out there."
Play was suspended for 95 minutes in the afternoon with Darren Clarke actually benefitting from the break of play.
He was three over after eight before play was stopped but stormed back to finish on one under par.
Clarke said: "My score would suggest that the weather delay came at the right time because I went back out saying that I had to make some birdies and I did.
"But I am not here just to make up the numbers. I want to get in there and contend and I had a few other chances on the back nine.
"It could have been better quite easily but all in all, to get back under par after the delay, was a good effort."
Local hero Graeme McDowell paid the price for a double bogey seven and a lost ball at the 17th as he finished on one over for the day.
The 2010 US Open champion admitted: "I was cruising along nicely at two under par and I had ninety yards to the pint on 17, but got too aggressive.
"I don't know if I got a bit of a flier from the wet fairways but I hit it over the back into the bushes, lost ball, and I make double bogey on a birdie hole.
"That was a cardinal error, but I steadied the ship nicely after that, and it would have been a lot better if I hadn't missed short putts on three and five, and three-putted seven.
"But one under is no cause for panic. I've got a bit of work to do, but that's an okay round out of the way and I need three good rounds to have a chance of winning this weekend.
Big Break winner Mark Murphy, the American based Kerryman, is nicely positioned after a three under par 69 as he made the most of his invitation to play at Portrush.
Murphy said: "I was nervous, I won't lie. It's tough when you are coming in for week and shooting for your dreams.
"When I won Big Break I was told I might get into tournaments in America on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour and in Europe too. But I have got nothing.
"I know I can compete with everybody and please god now I can finish top 10 here and I won't need any more invites and we can go on from there."
Major winner Keegan Bradley meanwhile is in danger of missing the cut after a one over par 73 on day one.


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SF's Tu Lan restaurant's permit revoked
Tu Lan, the popular Vietnamese hole-in-the-wall restaurant that was temporarily shut down almost two weeks ago for rampant health violations, may have served its last meal.
The restaurant's permit was revoked at a hearing Wednesday afternoon at the S.F. Department of Public Health, said agency spokeswoman Eileen Shields.
Health Officer Tomas Aragon, who conducted the hearing, decided that Tu Lan's extensive history of health violations justified shutting it permanently.
Violations include cockroaches and mice in the kitchen, lack of hand-washing by employees and improper food storage.
The restaurant, on Sixth Street near Market Street and known for its modest prices, was shut down July 27 and did not reopen.
Tu Lan's owner, Anthony Nguyen, apologized at the hearing and promised to upgrade the restaurant's health standards, but Aragon revoked the permit anyway, Shields said. Nguyen can make a final appeal at the city Board of Appeals to keep his permit.
Nguyen could not be reached for comment.
Ellen Huet is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com


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Best Kids Parties: Construction Vehicles
This party didn't work out the way Lindsay had planned, but we're guessing Graham had a grand time anyway. She shares: The party that wasn't. Poor G, with rain in the forecast and a heap of outdoor activities and tons o' toddlers on the invite list we postponed the celebration but had extended family over for pumpkin curry and of course, cake!
Loosely based on "Goodnight, Goodnight Construction site" G's love of all things truck set the tone for the orange, yellow and pale blue party that turned into a pj dinner. Recycled crayons shaped like tractors and trucks, sugar cookies designed the same and a fondant cake to melt for.
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My twins are 4.5 weeks. I have been breastfeeding and formula feeding them so far. Usually I would offer my breast then "top off" with formula. (Recommended by the nicu nurse and I've just kept doing it)They would eat this way every 3-4 hrs. Sometimes though I would only bf or ff based on response or convenience.
I would like to exclusivly bf or at least cut back to maybe a bottle of formula at bedtime.
Today at 7am I didn't offer the usual bottles and let them bf as long and often they want. At around lunch they had been on for pretty much the whole day so I gave 1 bottle so I could get a break and eat. I also will give them a bottle before bed so I can get a few hours of sleep.
Bc if they pop off and I put them down they cry like they are hungry so they have had very little wake or time away from the breast. Normally they are awake and content for several hours not being held or fed.
My questions..If I continue what I've been doing will their nursing sessions shorter as my supply increases? Are they becoming or will they become dependant on my nipple as a pacifier or are they truly needing this 'round the clock feeding to get enough until my supply regulates?


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Rachel Maddow forewent the Perry 'oops' gaffe last night and instead opened with an extended takedown of the broader reaction to Herman Cain's sexual harassment charges. It's worth watching.
Whether or not Cain is actually guilty of sexual harassment has yet to be proven (though as Time's James Poniewozik noted the other day, you'd have to be "willfully dense" not to acknowledge the trend).
However, as Maddow deftly points out, the conservative media's response, particularly when it comes to framing the women accusers, is nothing short of disgusting. (As, it might be added, was Cain's 'Princess Nancy' remark during the debate the other night).
Said Maddow: "Are we now even beyond that where it's being claimed as an asset, being accused of sexual harassment is actually a point of pride in some way?" Responded Slate's senior legal reporter Dalia Lithwick:
"First of all, just from your setup there, don't you feel like the entire country is run by 8 1/2-year-old boys? It's just an amazing -- you know, that here we are in 2011 and we're having a conversation that we thought we put behind us decades ago. I think the most striking thing is if you think about the architecture of sexual harassment law in this country it used to be the case that it was impossible for a woman to come forward and say, I am the subordinate, someone powerful and important harassed me. It would ruin her life. It is amazing that we've put into place an entire legal system that encourages her to come forward, that protects her from being called a hooker and a gold digger for coming forward, and yet still she's a hooker and a gold digger despite this legal architecture. So it's really an amazing thing, that having acknowledged that we have a problem, put into place a legal system that's supposed to protect women, now when women come forward men are still the victims. They're more the victims than ever before."
Maybe not for long. The Herman Cain's poll numbers with women are dropping fast.


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When we moved into our home our daughter's room was in bad shape—stenciled borders, bad carpet, and dirty walls. We changed everything but the size.
Greta's room is small, so we filled the space with a vintage "princess" bed and maximized her closet storage because we knew we wouldn't have room for a dresser in the main space. Greta is too young/active/curious for a nightstand or lamp right now, but as she gets older, we'd love to outfit the room with that too.
The room took four months to complete, and now we are so happy our girl has a beautiful room that makes her (and us) happy. It's warm and playful and calm and fitting for Greta-the-great.
Thanks, Chris and Julia! You can see more of the space at their blog, Chris Loves Julia.
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Death Notices 10-16-10: Dell V. Anglemyer, David C. Ewald, Larry Washington,
Dell V. Anglemyer
Oct. 14, 2010
BREMEN — Dell Virgil Anglemyer, 74, of Bremen, died Oct. 14, 2010 in Goshen.
He is survived by a daughter, Debra A. Anglemyer; sons: Lee (Janet) Anglemyer, Jeff A. Anglemyer, Steven S. Anglemyer and Daniel (Kathy) Anglemyer; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Beth (Lyle) Mayhew and Linda Jensen; and a brother, David Anglemyer.
Visitation will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18 in Oakhaven Community, 500 S. Montgomery St., Bremen.
There will be no services.
Palmer Funeral Home, Lakeville, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Condolences may be made to the family via the funeral home's website at www.palmerfuneralhomes.com.
David C. Ewald
Oct. 14, 2010
BREMEN — David C. Ewald, 55, of Bremen, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 at his residence.
Arrangements are pending with Mishler Funeral Home, Bremen.
Larry Washington
Oct. 10, 2010
PLYMOUTH — Larry L. Washington, 65, of Plymouth, died at 12:25 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, at Community Hospital of Bremen.
He is survived by many friends.
Memorial services will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17 at Sunrise Chapel, 11802 Lincolnway East, Plymouth.
Van Gilder Funeral Home, 300 W. Madison St., Plymouth is assisting with arrangements.
Condolences may be made at the funeral home's website at www.vangilderfuneralhome.com.