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NY Times In Denial: Only Teens & The Unemployed Will Game The Paywall
from the emperor-has-no-clothes deptIt's really quite incredible how deeply in denial folks in the upper management at the NY Times appear to be about the paywall. In the last few days I've received some communications from some NYT staffers who seem to agree that the paywall itself is ridiculous, and is a backwards looking policy. As many have noted, the whole thing seems like a case of the Emperor's New Clothes anyway, since it's incredibly easy to avoid the paywall, either with some simple javascript or by just visiting from elsewhere. And yet, NYT publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. appears to be in complete denial about all of this, claiming that only teenagers and the unemployed will bother to game the system.
"Can people go around the system?" Sulzberger, the Times's publisher, asked at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Paley Center for Media this morning. "The answer is yes, just as if you run down Sixth Avenue right now and you pass a newsstand and you grab a newspaper and keep running, you can read the Times for free."This appears to be someone deeply in denial. First of all, even if it is just done by high schoolers, those high schoolers will grow up. And never subscribe. But, more importantly, he's just wrong. Yes, some people will pay, but many, many, many people who are both adults and employed, will simply avoid the paywall completely.
"Is it going to be done by the kind of people who value the quality of the New York Times reporting and opinion and analysis? No," he continued. "I don't think so. It'll be mostly high-school kids and people who are out of work."
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Remember the Corvette Z06 clutch-plosion? It could have been worse. This Trans Am owner nearly loses his foot trying to burn down the tires.
Unlike the Z06 owner, who appears to be the hapless victim of his own ignorance, this is at least partially the fault of the clutch itself. The carnage is pretty serious, requiring more than just clutch work. Let this be a lesson, kids.
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Portobello Sandwich with Chipotle Sauce
A delicious and easy vegetarian option
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Yields 4 portions
1 loaf French bread (baguette), sliced lengthwise and cut into 4 pieces
¼ cup goat cheese at room temperature
1 teaspoon chipotle adobo
½ teaspoon honey
2 onions, finely sliced
2-3 ounces baby spinach
2-3 vine tomatoes, finely sliced
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Clean Portobellos with a towel; remove stems and gills.
2. Heat one tablespoon olive oil in a large saucepan or grill pan. Add onion and cook at medium-low temperature for 6-8 minutes, or until onions are golden. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. In the same pan, add another tablespoon of oil. Season the Portobellos with salt and pepper to taste and brown for 1-2 minutes on each side. Once browned, remove from heat and slice lengthwise.
4. Using the same pan, add the remaining oil and lightly toast the bread halves on both sides.
5. In a small bowl, add the goat cheese, chipotle and honey, and mix well.
Assembling the sandwich:
6. Place 4 bread halves face up. Spread some of the cheese mixture on each half. Add a layer of spinach, followed by a layer of tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover with the Portobello "fingers" and top with some sautéed onions. Spread more cheese mixture on the remaining bread halves and close the sandwiches.
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Consumers in California who have purchased a certain brand of pistachios are being warned it may be contaminated with salmonella, according to the FDA and the state health department.
The pistachios were distributed in four states, including California.
The products in question are roasted and salted pistachios in a 6 ounce plastic cup, 12 ounce clear bag or 28 ounce clear plastic tray by the brand Treasured Harvest.
They were distributed from Oct. 17, 2012, through April 29, 2013, the health department said.
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Western Mixers Produce and Nut Company has issued a recall for ARO and Treasured Harvest pistachios because the potential for salmonella contamination.
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It's the last Start/Select of 2011, and in the absence of any real news, Mark goes off on one about SSX and Just Dance 3 for three minutes.
It's the last Start/Select of 2011, and in the absence of any real news, Mark goes off on one about SSX and Just Dance 3 for three minutes.
Mario shows off his moves in the Wii DLC Mario pack for Just Dance 3.
This week, we check out Mario Kart 7, The Adventures of Tintin: The Game, Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights, Just Dance 3, and Final Fantasy VI.
Take on '80s sensation A-ha with your Wii in Just Dance 3.
We pump up the volume with The Black Eyed Peas in this gameplay from Just Dance 3 on the Wii.
Ubisoft has a lot of casual titles and a hard-hitting hardcore game at its EB Games Expo 2011 booth! Dan Chiappini takes you through it all before the big crowds ...
There's some sassy moves on show in Duck Sauce's "Barbra Streisand."
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We swing by a Kinect preview event and check out Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012, Rabbids: Alive and Kicking, and Just Dance 3.
Check out a Just Dance 3 gameplay video featuring Lena's "Satellite."
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Archie Comics Signings for The Art of Betty and Veronica
Archie Comics are very excited to get the word out about The Art of Betty and Veronica. So much so, that in the coming weeks is not one or two, but THREE signings at three locations.
The book tour kicks off at Barnes & Noble in White Plains, NY as part of a book fair to help raise funds for the local White Plains Performing Arts Center. Archie Comics is happy to be a part of such a great event to support the local arts community and spread holiday cheer Archie-style with FREE sketches for all who purchase a copy. Co-editors Victor Gorelick (Archie Comics Editor-in-Chief/Co-President) and Craig Yoe (Eisner award-winning comic book historian) will be joined by Archie fan-favorite artists Dan Parent (Kevin Keller) and Fernando Ruiz (Life with Archie). A gift wrapping table will be available to assist with your holiday shopping.
Midtown Comics' downtown location will host Gorelick and Yoe as part of their Midtown Comics Book Club with The Art of Betty and Veronica being featured as their book of the month. Those attending can purchase a copy for 25% off and have it signed after a panel discussion/Q&A with the book's creators.
After the New Year, the foursome will be guests at The Strand for another panel discussion/Q&A at the famed bookstore. A purchase of the art book is your ticket in to the event which is sure to be a lively and informative walk through Archie's 70-plus year history.
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Exertus Financial Partners Career Overview Presentation
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Monday, October 8, 2018 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT)
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Sometimes the best way to find a perfect career is to create it yourself.
Exertus Financial Partners offers you the chance to do just that - build a career in one of the fastest growing and most profitable sectors of the American economy - Financial Services. It will be a career on your own terms - a career where you get to call the shots, where you can make a difference, and where you can enjoy the satisfaction of growing an organization from the roots up.
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Despite being the most affluent nation in the world, America has consistently faced increasing financial challenges. A recent study showed that 90 percent of working-age households in the U.S. are not saving enough for retirement, and about 45 percent have nothing saved at all. Another study estimated about 80% of Americans share only 7% of the financial wealth, leaving 20% of Americans own 93% of the financial wealth distribution in America. This statistic proves an imbalance wealth ownership in America. The cause of such problems for most Americans come from lack of financial leadership to properly protects and grows what matters most to them. For this, many people express uncertainty in achieving the American Dream.
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MarketWatch Week Ahead: Retail Sales Data
Big corporate earnings and key economic data are out in the week ahead. MarketWatch's Polya Lesova reports on Markets Hub.
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Parenting Debate
Christy (Anna Faris, right) discusses parenting with her ex-husband, Baxter (Matt Jones, center), as her daughter's boyfriend, Luke (Spencer Daniels, left), listens in on MOM, a new comedy about a newly sober single mom raising two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. The new Chuck Lorre comedy premieres Monday, Sept. 23 (9:30-10PM ET/PT) on CBS. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS © 2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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CZWrestling.com - Saturday, 9/9 brings Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) to the Flyers Skate Zone (601 Laurel Oak RD, Voorhees, NJ)! WSU at 4 pm, CZW at 8 pm.
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While the number of women-owned businesses has increased exponentially over the past decade, we're not raising venture capital to grow our businesses.
What is venture capital, and why should it be on your radar?
Venture capital (VC) is a type of funding designed to help small companies become big companies; it's usually hitched to some form of "exit strategy," such as sale to a larger company. A business owner seeking traditional venture capital has to show the potential for rapid growth and extraordinary returns.
Consider this: "In 2006, only 4% of venture capital-backed companies had female chief executives, and those companies with women as leaders received just 3% of the total dollars raised from VC." (source)
Just 4%? Why?
- Women aren't starting "VC-worthy" companies projecting rapid growth
and exit strategies. We want to run small
companies, and avoid the headaches
of leading large ones.
- We're so resourceful and skilled when it comes to
bootstrapping that we think we don't need VC.
- We struggle, more than men, when it comes
to asking for money.
Is this yet another glaring example of under-earning, or merely a reality in the innate difference between men and women?
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According to Amanda Clayman, a psychotherapist specializing in financial wellness, women are still limited by "trying to do it ourselves" and lack networks needed to grow our businesses. "Women, for the most part, still operate outside of the traditional power structure. It's time we direct more energy toward establishing our own power networks. In order to grow, we need to learn how to ask for resources, support — and investment — when we need it."
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Gardening experts agree that cultivating rich soil is the best investment that you can make in your yard. Plants thrive naturally when soil is loose, moist, full of essential nutrients and well-draining. That may sound like a tall order, but nature does all of the work for you when you add compost and mulch. By digging compost into your soil and mulching around existing plantings, you'll create the perfect environment for plants to thrive in.
Bellevue's soil is primarily glacial till, left behind by the glacier ice and described by some gardeners as "clay except for rocks." Glacial till is generally low in organic matter and in many yards, construction and neglect have left soils tired and depleted of goodness. Minerals and nutrients may be present, but not often in forms that are readily available to plants. Feeding beneficial organisms found in your soil is the key to restoring soil functions and plant health. Whether your soil is sand- or clay-based, build healthy soil by adding compost and mulch.
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The Isuzu Hombre was another collaboration between GM and the Isuzu company. The Hombre was really a rebadged Chevrolet S-10 that lacked the optional packages provided by the S-10. The Hombre was introduced in 1996 and ran for four years until it was discontinued in 2000.
Isuzu was already known for its regular pickup trucks, but the compact Isuzu was only possible with the help of GM. The Isuzu closely resembles the Chevrolet S-10, because in many ways, it is simply a clone of that vehicle.
For a car that only lasted a few years, many changes were made. The 1997 model introduced the extended Space Cab to the lineup. The two seats in the back of the cab folded out so the extended cab could also be used for more cargo space.
The four-wheel drive option was available from 1998 and onwards. This was one of the few big options offered, indicating the Hombre lagged behind much of the competition at the time. The Hombre did receive a newly-designed dashboard, standard anti-lock brakes, and disc brakes on the four-wheel drive models.
The 1999 Hombre now offered a Space Cab with a third door allowing easier access to the back seat. The steering wheel had a smaller hub that now held a safer air bag.
The 2000 Hombre was the last year of production and received a stronger V-6 engine, gaining five horsepower on two-wheel drive models and ten horsepower on four-wheel drives.
Initially the Isuzu Hombre had a compact cab on the earliest models that seated three passengers on a solid bench. The extended Space Cab was introduced in 1997, which provided an extra two jump seats in the back. The truck had a six-foot cargo bed on the back, giving extra room for hauling equipment and other materials while still keeping the truck light and compact.
Several problems were reported on the Isuzu Hombre. Dashboard lights indicating engine trouble often come on with a loud thumping noise on the 2.2-liter engines from 1997. A recalibration of the engine by a certified mechanic will usually solve the problem. A slapping noise might also come from the engine during start up due to problems with the pistons. Old fuel injectors tend to leak on the 1996 model. The most serious problem is a transmission electrical issue on 1997 to 2000 year models; a check-engine light usually indicates this issue.
Some models were also recalled for minor issues. Poor soldering on some of the vehicles cause the windshield wipers to stick. A serious issue appears on 1997 extended cab models, where seatbelt webbing separates during a frontal impact. The 4.3-liter V-6 models from 1997 sometimes have brakes that touch the oil pan, causing unnecessary wear. Always check the serial number against recalls before purchasing a used Hombre.
The Hombre had an unfortunate safety record, as well. Front- and side-impacts received a grade of three by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, indicating a dramatic need for improvement.
The Hombre performs almost like a Chevrolet S-10 on the road with a few exceptions. The Hombre works best when fitted with a manual transmission and the V-6 engine, especially when you're hauling or live in rough terrain. With an empty cargo bed, you do sometimes feel the truck hop up on bumps. The suspension does keep the truck low to the ground in curves. The handling feels tight and in control. The brakes are a bit slow to respond, however, so this will never be any kind of a racing truck. Space inside the vehicle is good, but don't expect the Space Cab to actually offer another adult a place to sit; it's really only suitable for children.
The Isuzu Hombre was only made in one generation from 1996 till 2000, but several changes and options were implemented. Two trim lines were available: the S and the XS.
Isuzu used two engines during the Hombre's production run. A 2.2-liter four-cylinder produced 120 horsepower and was used on the standard S line and any of the two-wheel models of the vehicle. A 4.3-liter V-6 produced 190 horsepower and was used on the four-wheel drive models with an option to be installed on the two-wheel drives. Horsepower dropped to 180 on the two-wheel drive models to prevent damage. Two transmissions were used: a four-speed automatic and a five-speed manual, both of them had overdrive options.
2000 Isuzu Hombre
Truck, Utility/Offroad
The 2000 Isuzu Hombre is a compact pickup truck.
1999 Isuzu Hombre
The 1999 Isuzu Hombre is a pickup truck introduced in 1996 by Isuzu.
1998 Isuzu Hombre
The 1998 Isuzu Hombre is more or less a clone of GM's Chevy S-10 compact pickup and the practically identical GM Sonoma.
1997 Isuzu Hombre
While much of the Isuzu lineup is well received, the Isuzu Pickup was an uninspired model that struggled to keep up with the competition.
1996 Isuzu Hombre
The 1996 Isuzu Hombre is essentially a clone of the Chevrolet S-10 and GMC Sonoma with different sheet metal.


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DETROIT — A judge on Thursday dismissed rape charges against former Detroit Tigers pitcher Evan Reed, saying the testimony of the woman who accused him wasn't credible and prosecutors failed to show that force or coercion took place.
Reed, 28, said he was "elated" to be cleared of the third-degree criminal sexual conduct charges. He was with the Tigers at the time of the March incident and appeared in 27 games for Detroit before being sent to his current assignment with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens.
"Her lies caught up with her," Reed said after the hearing. He has said they had consensual sex.
The 45-year-old woman testified at Thursday's probable cause hearing that she met Reed at a bar in the suburb of Royal Oak on March 30 and that they later went to a casino in downtown Detroit. She said she "blacked out" after taking a drink that tasted "sour" and that she believes had been drugged.
She said she woke up in bed with Reed, both of them naked, and he tried to force her to have sex. She said he then asked her to leave.
Judge Kenneth King threw out the charges, though, saying the woman gave contradictory accounts of what happened, including testifying that she had no idea that Reed and his companions at the bar played for the Tigers, then acknowledging that she texted a friend that evening to say she was with members of the team.
"Because of the alleged victim's vacillating testimony and her inability to remember many parts of the evening, I don't think (prosecutors) have met their burden of probable cause," he said.
Assistant prosecutor Suzette Samuels said afterward that the ruling was "disappointing," and that she believes "it was another value judgment" against a sexual assault victim. She did not say whether her office plans to appeal.
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Not the only fix pushed out
Apple also snuck out a firmware update to the Track Pad issue that has plagued many of the new MacBooks.
Apple has pumped Safari with yet another update less than two weeks after version 3.2 of the browser was released. The Cupertino-based company has been scurrying to fix a host of bugs in Safari that left many Mac fanboys in a spin, with the revamped browser consistently crashing on launch. Safari 3.2.1 was shoved out the door …
Today is the first time i've ever used OS X, and I was getting annoyed at how Safari kept crashing, I was thinking to myself "Well, it doesn't 'just work'". Hopefully this fixes it (although i've already put Firefox on to it).
For the record, no it's not my laptop, i'm on an IT Course with nothing to do, so I asked if I could try out one of the MacBooks for the day. So you can't rag on to me about wasting money on a MacBook. =p
Evil Jobs, because, well, because.
Apple needs to get a grip on their time scales and should give enough time for testing and bug fixing so that it dos'nt end up as egg on the face. And if Jobbs wants some tester to come in and spot these defects then just shout...well test it to bits.
The tone of this article is just idiotic, trying to talk down Apple for making a "quiet" release. When it goes on Software Update it will be deployed automatically on millions of desktops - exactly what other kind of fanfare do you want? TV adverts? A special keynote event at Cupertino town hall?
And for what it's worth, every single one of the crashes I've seen discussed in blogs and whatever, was caused by people using InputManager haxies to modify Safari's behaviour. Of course these are going to fail when a major patch is released. Just wait for a corresponding update from the haxie developer, and stop being such an impatient moron.
Safari 3.2 is a disaster and 3.2.1 is no better. Safari 3.2 is preventing my AppleMail from accessing Verizon's network (through FIOS) by denying email account passwords, which must now be entered manually. Deleting and re-entering keychain passwords does NOT improve the situation.
My two Macs that I have not upgraded to Safari 3.2 have NO problems with AppleMail access through Verizon's FIOS, only the two that have been upgraded to Safari 3.2 or 3.2.1.
Just thought you'd like to know that the Safari upgrade from 3.1.2 to 3.2.x is causing network access problems.
Beware, Windows users - Safari 3.2.1 is always downloaded with QuickTime bundled. I've tried several time now and with different browsers and not matter the option (with or without QuickTime), the installation file is always 50 MB with QuickTime in it! Lame attempt to spread QuickTime with trojan-horse-like behaviour!!!
Umm, has nobody else been reading the stories elsewhere about the new "anti-phishing" functionality of Safari 3.2.1 and the fact that it sends data about the pages you request to google? Add into that that Apple's privacy policy does not exclude "3rd party use" of your personal data, and there's a shitstorm brewing here. Your Safari browsing habits could be used by Google Ads in the same way that Phorm plan to use your ISP connection to profile you for targeted adverts. Perhaps the Australian government can get in on the act too, Apple....


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I new this batch of beer would be a little more technically challengeing because of how I wanted to do it - 10 gallon IPA with 7% flaked oats split into 2 vessles for the boil so I could hop each one differently. However, what I did not count on was the false bottom in my mash tun coming off at the bottom of 27 lbs of mashed grain ! >:(
I tried just going with it but it became clear that the little trickle of wort I could get going was going to take me all afternoon to sparge. So I decided to take all of the hot, wet, sticky mash out of my mash tun, put into by boil kettle, re-attach the disconnected false bottom, then put the mash back in the mashtun, re-circ, then sparge again. :P
I feel your pain. Several times over the years I've had my pickup tube fall off in the bottom of the mash tun. It's always fun, and it usually only add a couple of hours to the brewday.
I just got done with that and now the sparge is going beautifully. That was awfully thirsty work though so now I am having beer. ;D
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Last year when Eastbluff Elementary School in Newport Beach was about to lose a physical education teacher and kindergarten class aides to budget cuts, the PTA raced to find a way to save the positions.
The Eastbluff Elementary School Otter Rock and Run jog-a-thon was born.
Organizers hoped to take in about $7,000, PTA Event Chairwoman Emily Grimmond said. The event raised $17,000, saving the staff they would've lost.
"We were blown away," she said.
With a year's experience running the fundraiser under her belt and added community support, Grimmond hopes Friday's second Otter Rock and Run topped that.
"The community is pumped now," she said. "Last year we didn't really know what to expect."
This year, she's shooting to raise $20,000 that will go toward art, computers and music programs, she said.
That money was earned on the legs of students, who took off in heats starting at 1:30 p.m. Runners and joggers from each grade decked out in Otter red chugged along the course.
Each had asked for pledged donations to support the school for their sweat.
Local police and firefighters also showed their support, something this event had in common with the inaugural run.
"Last year the firefighters all stood on the perimeter on the track and gave high fives to all the kids," said Colleen Taricani, the PTA's executive vice president.
This year, the Corona del Mar High School drum line and cheerleaders joined the joggers on the field. Chick-fil-A's mascot cow ran.
As a deejay spun, parents could meander through other fundraisers, like a bake sale that raised about $500 last year.
Those sweet treats too, did even better than last year, Grimmond added.
"The bake sale this year compared to last year, it's astronomical," she said. "This year we should at least double it."
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A Delightful Comparison to Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt wrote more than 150,000 missives throughout his life.
At first blush, it's humbling; quite the accomplishment. But, in thinking about the differences between Roosevelt and me (because in idle moments I compare myself to great historical figures) what really struck me wasn't the magnitude of his writing. Rather, it was the magnitude of communication channels that I use daily and the complexities between them.
When he wasn't giving a speech, serving on a committee, or generally entertaining guests, Roosevelt's communications were mostly on physical paper: mailed, delivered, published, and purchased. It seemed pretty straightforward, so I made a list:
- Synchronous Direct Communication (talking)
- Overheard Conversations, Rumor, Messenger, and Hearsay (eavesdropping)
- Written One-to-one correspondence
- Letters
- Telegrams (direct messages delivered on paper, for you whippersnappers)
- One-to-many written works
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Books
- Posters/Advertisements
- One-to-many live media (broadcast)
- Radio (later in his life)
Then I started writing a list of the communication avenues I had available to me. It turned out considerably longer:
- Synchronous Direct Communication ("talking" – please note the air quotes)
- Voice
- In-person
- Phone
- Voice + Video
- Skype
- Apple Facetime
- Google Hangout
- etc.
- Textual* (intended to be synchronous, but in reality, it's not)
- SMS/MMS "texting"
- IMs (IMer, GTalk, etc)
- Social Network Conduits (Facebook, Twitter, IRC etc. DMs)
- Voice
- Overheard
- In person
- Butt-dialing
- Retweets/re-blogs/re-shares
- Copied/forwarded personal content
- Over-the-shoulder eavesdropping
- Written One-to-one correspondence
- Textual (SMSs that aren't responded to, IMs sent while offline, etc.)
- Postal Letters
- Social Messages (Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal, PHP forums, etc.)
- One-to-many written works (with or without rich media like photos, videos, etc.)
- Group Texting (SMS, Groupme, etc.)
- Status Updates – Twitter (micro, instant)
- Social Posts (Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram: mixed length, mixed timing)
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Books
- Posters/Advertisements
- Weblogs
- Newsblogs
- Wall Posts (written to one person, but intended for semi-public consumption)
- Many-to-many written works
- Community News/Link Sharing (Reddit, Fark, off-topic forums)
- Newspaper (NYTimes, etc.) online discussions
- Blog comments (like this here site)
- One-to-many live media (Broadcast)
- Radio
- Satellite
- Television
- Internet
- One-to-many recorded media
- Spotify, Rdio, MP3
- Podcasts
- YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
- One-to-few recorded media
- Vine
- Ephemeral works
- Snapchat
- Facebook Poke
I've omitted some channels due to time and general laziness, but you get the idea.
This long (albeit abbreviated) summary suggests a lurking problem: we have increasingly divergent channels each competing for our attention. The more distracted we are, the less we produce. It's basic entropy.
Each channel aims to optimize some combination of synchronous/asynchronous, short/long-form, ephemeral/persistent, and private/public for our benefit. But ironically, while the channels themselves might be precise, attempting to manage them all becomes clumsy and cluttered.
During a recent 2-hour flight delay, I attempted to graph this lunacy (fighting off the urge to read incoming e-mails as I command-tabbed between my word processor and drawing software). Here are two plots that summarize the differences between the timeliness of communicative information with respect to audience size.
Note: these plots represent the intended purpose of each mode of communication, not necessarily its reality. For instance, communications that were meant to be asynchronous (like e-mails, tweets, and blog posts) frequently alert readers to their existence in real time.
I then sorted each channel into a separate "inbox". Roosevelt had it easy:
- Someone told him directly / he overheard something
- Someone handed him something to read
- It arrived on his desk
- It arrived in the mail
- It was put on his bookshelf, nightstand, or coffee table.
Moreover, each unit of information had only one physical copy, therefore only one way to read it.
With digital information, information becomes infinitely more complex. For example, my smartphone came with four discrete instant messaging applications: SMS, Google Voice, Google+, and Google Talk. I download two more, Skype and Twitter, because I use them regularly while on the go.* Then, including the passive social applications (Instagram, Foursquare, Fitocracy, Goodreads, and Github), I count eleven separate inboxes where you can pester me, instantly.
Admittedly, almost all of these inboxes integrate with the operating system's notification panel. However, I need to go through each individual application (which has different messaging mechanics) in order to read, respond, and flag for followup up. For all intents and purposes, these are discrete inboxes you cannot consolidate.
Now, if we include the six e-mail accounts (spread across Android's wonderful GMail application, its castrated IMAP client, and webmail through Chrome) as well as the ancillary functions of some of those aforementioned social networks (Twitter's tweets, Skype's Phone calls, etc.) there are no less than 20 different channels on my phone alone.
I'll find no solace in shunting these channels into e-mail, either: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Flickr, Tumblr, etc. all include their own messaging services that thrust themselves into my inbox at the slightest bit of activity from users I've connected with. Foursquare and Twitter send me "places my friends have been and things my friends have said". Facebook reminds me that I have 92 unanswered friend requests (sorry) and that I've been tagged in a 12 photos. LinkedIn sends me "updates from connected Thought Leaders". (Really, guys?) Even YouTube has started sending me "video digests" from what my friends have been watching, and on Google+.
Let's just say, "it's complicated".
All of this aside, I began this quest to benchmark my written output with Roosevelt's. Instead, I'm now considering whether our modern information explosion prohibits fair comparison. I'll leave that exercise to a postdoc.
But, just for kicks, we'll do a simple comparison between Roosevelt and me using letters and e-mail, respectively. Yes, this is reductionist, but I have more important things to worry about.
Not including social posts, corporate e-mail, direct messages, IMs, SMSs, and notes I've passed during class, I have sent over 30,000 messages in 8 years. Roosevelt lived to be a little over 60, putting him at 3,750 letters a year (if you ignore his first twenty years). On e-mail alone I, too, clock in at 3,750 letters a year.
Given our scores amidst excessive channel noise, I declare victory, pyrrhic though it might be.
*Facebook is conspicuously missing here because the application demands full read/write access to every bit of data of my phone. No thanks, Zuck.


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Right, this forum is slowly turning in to "What should I buy???"
So how about following a few of these tips....
1- What is the MOST you could spend?
2- Is there a more powerful choice just over your budget? If so, save a little more!
3- What type of music are you going to make?
4- Is a Keyboard a priority or would a rack do?
5- Are you prepared for repair bills? If not then DO NOT buy a Vintage unit.
6- Is the synth you are looking at capable of been expanded?
7- Are there more features than you need, if so this is GOOD!!!
8- Read as many REVIEWS as possible, these are not always as subjective as personal views.
9- TRY one out, not always possible, but you can HIRE stuff you know!
10- Dont think that a new synth will cure your musical faliures.
11- Most synths, and I will say that again "MOST" synths can produce the SAME sounds as each other!!!
12- Have you already got this type of synth in your set up? Do you need another?
13- Lusting after the latest in technology is a BAD thing.
14- Get to know what gear you have already, you will then know EXACTLY what you are missing/in need of!
15- Dont worry about what gear other people have, it does you NO GOOD!!
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Some of the good stuff was definitely left on the cutting room floor -- but last night VH1 aired the fight between Sharon Osbourne and "Charm School" chick Megan Hauserman, and it got nasty.
Osbourne went ballistic when Megan dissed Ozzy, but what they didn't show was Sharon ripping at Hauserman's hair extensions or the bikini-clad girl's trip to the hospital the next day, where she filed a police report with the LAPD.
One thing is clear -- trash Sharon all you want, just leave Ozzy out of it.
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Back when I used to host my TV show on Fox Business, I used to admonish Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg for not bringing his company public early enough so that retail investors could ride Facebook's early stages of growth to riches.
When Microsoft invested $240 million into Facebook at a valuation of $15 billion in 2007, my co-anchors were shocked at the valuation. I on the other hand shocked my co-anchors even further when I proclaimed that Microsoft had gotten a steal of a deal and that they would make billions on that investment over the next decade.
At about the same time, Twitter was also raising money privately at "only" an $80 million valuation, and I was also adamant that its investors in those early days were going to make huge returns. In fact, I interviewed Biz Stone on my show days after he wrote that post and told him the same thing.
Twitter was just half Facebook's age at the time, as Facebook was founded in July 2004 and Twitter in December 2006.
Well, fast forward to today and Facebook's valuation is up 10-fold to more than $150 billion and Microsoft's $240 million investment is now worth more than $2 billion. Twitter's valuation has skyrocketed even more as its valuation is up 300-fold, from $80 million to today's $25 billion market cap.
I made Facebook my personal portfolio's largest position when it crashed after its IPO where Zuckerberg maximized every potential dollar he could squeeze out of Wall Street. It gave me the opportunity to load up on FB when its valuation was just under $50 billion. And since the day Twitter came public and left billions of dollars of shareholder capital on the table, I've been bearish and bashing in my analysis of the stock.
All that's good information and interesting analysis, but what's important now is what the future, not the past, holds for these stocks. The upshot is that I just bought some more FB and am still long a bunch of Facebook common stock but that I still don't want to risk any of my money on Twitter's stock. Why?
First off, Facebook's innovations and continual pushing of the envelope with the layout and look and feel of their website and apps has led it to become, along with Apple and Google, the leading app company in the world. You know I have been big on the App Revolution for many years now, and as Google, Apple and Facebook will tell you, it's a mobile future out there. Remember when the media and analysts were trying to keep you from buying Facebook because it had "no mobile strategy?" I'm no cult of personality kind of guy, but I do think that Zuckerberg has proven himself to be a visionary for this time and place in our technological and economic and societal cycles. We're not talking about having a one hit wonder at Facebook anymore, as the company has literally led its userbase into the mobile and broadband future. More videos, more interactions, more innovations, more broadband, more offline … Zuckerberg and Facebook are creating "more."
Meanwhile, did you hear the news that Twitter followed up their new background colors experiment/innovation from a few months ago with another one last week — changing the "Retweet" button to say "Share" instead of "Retweet." Zzzz. Twitter's still trying to force its users to stick with 140 characters for each post. Vine has been a bit of a hit for Twitter, but the novelty of watching a nine second loop of bad quality video and audio has worn off and now. I, like a lot of other people, just find the whole idea of Vine to be annoying. As I've noted before, companies like my Scutify are taking advantage of Twitter's stuck-in-last-decade's mentality to innovate around and on top of Twitter's own platform.
Facebook still has a huge revenue growth trajectory and is taking the kind of risks that I want a "young high tech" company that I invest in to be taking. You realize that Facebook just spent $19 billion to buy Whatsapp and that Facebook was valued at less than $19 billion back just five years ago? Amazing times for those who have been properly positioned for this Revolution Investing cycle.
Check it out: I just recently started "Cody Underground: The Podcast" and here's my fourth episode.
Cody Willard writes Revolution Investing for MarketWatch, posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody.com, which is not affiliated with MarketWatch, and is the largest shareholder in Scutify's parent company, Wall Street All-Stars. At time of publication, Cody was net long Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook. Follow Cody on Twitter at twitter.com/codywillard.
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Comica Conversation: Visions of India - Amruta Patil & Neel Mukerjee
"To know if a tale is worth its weight in gold, check if it reveals itself threefold: In your blood stream. In the town square. In the turning of galaxies. If it does: Gold. If it makes you giddy just to think of the scope of the tale: Gold."
From Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean by Amruta Patil
Comica Festival, in association with the South Asian Literature Festival, is delighted to welcome Amruta Patil to London for the first time. A writer and painter with an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, she has become India's first female graphic novelist and an internationally acclaimed author and artist. On Friday September 28th, 6.30-7.30pm, in the Third Floor Gallery at Foyles Bookshop, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EB, Amruta Patil will engage in a Comica Conversation with the award-winning novelist Neel Mukherjee.
They will discuss her debut, Kari (Harper Collins, 2008, above), a powerful queer coming-of-age graphic novel about lost love, subsequent survival and lesbian friendship between Kari and the dying Angel. In his review, Neel extolled the book as "...worth reading for this exquisitely witty and crackling friendship alone. In three unsentimental pages Patil sketches out Angel's death; I could barely keep my hands from shaking after reading those three immensely vast, restrained, even austere pages." Neel also praised Amruta's writing as "...a thing of radiant beauty: witty, smart and swaggering, brightly knowing without ever falling into archness, illuminated by frequent flashes of poetry."
Amruta and Neel will also discuss her much-anticipated new graphic novel entitled Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean (Harper Collins, 2012). The first in a trilogy, this tells a tale drawn from the opening chapter of the Mahabharat, one of the greatest epics from India. With her evocative illustrations, Amruta relates this story through the recollections of some of the main characters. She has experimented with the story by choosing three relatively quiet protagonists, using them as 'sutradhars', or storytellers, for different parts of the tale, with a backdrop that sprawls across heaven and earth. The cast includes gods, demigods, queens, sages, seers, seductresses, hermits, kings, warriors, and navigators of the multiverse. Amruta will be speaking with Neel about the process of adapting the great Epic into graphic novel form, and what readers can expect as her trilogy unfolds.
The conversation will be introduced and hosted by Paul Gravett, co-director of Comica Festival. Following the conversation, Amruta will be signing copies of Kari and a limited supply of advance copies of Adi Parva (published in October).
Neel Mukherjee's award-winning debut novel, A Life Apart (Constable & Robinson), was published in 2010. His second novel, The Lives of Others, is out in January 2014. He reviews fiction and graphic novels regularly for The Times and is also a contributing editor for Boston Review, where he starts a column from the beginning of next year. You can read Neel Mukherjee's complete review of Kari here, and read Paul Gravett's profile of and interview with Amruta Patil here.
Don't miss your exclusive opportunity to finally meet this extraordinary Indian graphic storyteller in her only speaking engagement in London.
Tickets £6. Available now from the Box Office. Some tickets will be available on the door.
This Comica Conversation is organised in association with Foyles Bookshop and the South Asian Literature Festival (co-directors Jon Slack, 2nd from left, and Bhavit Mehta, right, in photo with Amruta Patil, above).Tickets: £6.00
Where: Foyles Bookshop, 3rd Floor Gallery, WC2H 0EB
When: September 28 to September 29, 2012


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Having only taken one coding class ever last year, I decided to refresh a bit, and ended up making something mildly interesting and utterly useless which I'm still proud of. Wrote a program in C/C++ which converts a bitmap into a "vertex-range" 3d model in SMD format. I couldn't properly get faces to be created, but since this is just for fun, i didn't find it necessary to finalize everything.
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The Roosevelt Administration created the PWA (Public Works Administration) in the spring of 1933 to promote economic recovery by funding local construction projects. The central concept was to put unemployed men to work, who would then spend their wages to buy goods and services. This was called "priming the pump." Unlike so-called work relief projects, such as the WPA, workers did not need to come from the welfare rolls. PWA projects also tended to be more "capital intensive" (using more machinery and less labor) and they required local funding in addition to federal grants. For all these reasons PWA projects were slow to start and often were rejected by local governments. In this article, Northfield, Massachusetts rejects a federal grant for school construction, for example.
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Kelly Wyatt - After School Program Director
Kelly Wyatt serves as the Director of the After School Program, Middle School Program and Summer Camp Program here at First Baptist. Kelly married her high school sweetheart, Kyle, in 1994. Kelly and Kyle have 3 daughters, Olivia, Claire and Caroline. Kelly grew up in Richmond, VA and she and Kyle moved to Lexington, S.C. in the summer of 2003 with Kyle's job. Kelly has always had a passion for working with young children and before moving to S.C. she was a nanny for 4 years and then worked as a lead 4K teacher at Child Development Center at Wyndham for six years. Kelly started a Preschool Program in 2005 at another Lexington Church which ran successfully until May 2011. Her family joined First Baptist in the Spring of 2012 where Kelly became involved in volunteering for Creation Station, Route 66 and Area 56. She also taught as a K4 teacher in our weekday preschool for 2 years before becoming director of our After School and Summer Programs.
In her free time Kelly enjoys attending Gamecock Football, helping her daughter's team during softball season and hanging out with her family!
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I'm helping to teach an olive oil course organized by ONAOO, the world's oldest and most distinguished olive oil school, based in Imperia, Italy. (Lucini Italia, a long-time fan of ONAOO, has booked the room for this event, but there will be no promotion of Lucini products of any kind during the course.) Some time ago I took a 5-day course at their headquarters, which happens to be just up the pike from where I live. It was a first-rate experience, and though I already knew a thing or two about olive oil, I learned a lot.
This two-day version of the course will take place in San Francisco on January 17th and 18th, just before Fancy Food, and will be an great way to broaden your olive oil expertise, as well as connect with others in the olive oil industry. Among other things, you'll have a chance to:
- learn to assess oil quality with the taste-test protocol recognized by the International Olive Council
- explore the entire production chain of olive oil, from grove to table
- taste olive oils from around the world, guided by experts, who'll help you identify positive and negative attributes
- discuss some common frauds, and how to avoid them
- hear about current and future trends in the olive oil industry
Attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by ONAOO.
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According2g.com Visits Top Shelf Network
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It's always a pleasure to be on the other side of an interview. The other night at the opening night party for Borbay's exhibit "#KingsOfHipHop," I was interviewied by the lovely Demetra and Eleni Simos of Top Shelf Network. Top Shelf Network is s a web-based television network that covers a wide variety of topics from Sports, Entertainment News, Popular Culture, Comic Books, Technology and Film. Produced out of New York City, TopShelf Network Inc. [TSN] shows feature a wide range of webcast personalities, celebrities, authors, comic book enthusiasts, and media experts. We talked about two of my favorite topics – art and music. It was such a blast.
Check out Top Shelf Network as it streams live 24/7! Thanks to Demetra and Eleni for a great chat!


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America ReFramed "Code of the West" At a time when the world is rethinking its drug policies large and small, one state rises to the forefront. Once a pioneer in legalizing medical marijuana, the state of Montana may now become the first to repeal its medical marijuana law. Set against the sweeping vistas of the Rockies, the steamy lamplight of marijuana grow houses, and the bustling halls of the State Capitol, CODE OF THE WEST follows the political process of marijuana policy reform and the recent federal crackdown on medical marijuana growers across the country. D
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What Caused the Explosion in Texas?
What's the likely cause of the massive fireball responsible for up to 15 deaths in West, Texas? What is anhydrous ammonia and how is it made? WSJ's Jason Bellini has "The Short Answer." Image: Erick Perez via Associated Press
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I ... the the ... what caused the explosion in Texas is also wondered education but one theory ... was caused by a fire ... at an agricultural fertilizer facility built led to an unusual type of explosion ... involving a liquid gas coal ... and Hydra ammonia ... West fertilizer company said in an emergency plumbing reported sources much as fifty four thousand pounds in the material is the site ... is used by farmers as fertilizer to boost crop yields ... health flammable is ammonium ... by itself actually not very ... expensive ignites at one thousand wife who is sixty two degrees Fahrenheit ... so it's possible that a fire at the plant raise the temperature inside the fuel storage tanks ... high enough to cause the last class ... still speculation at this point ... I was in hyper Simona made and lenders means without water ... the compound of nitrogen and hydrogen ... one Cor glycogen in three parts hydrogen ... made by reacting hydrogen from the air with natural gas Kuroda ... is similar to ammonia nitrate ammonia nitrate is also fertilizer in solid crystal form ... the infamous ingredient and homemade bombs ... including one to one hundred sixty eight people in Oklahoma City in the county bought ... Heitner's ammonia is the principal ingredient ... in ammonia nitrate ... other than many accidental fertilizer explosions ... long history of whom ... won the worst also crime taxes ... in the port of Texas cities were sixty six years ago ... a cargo ship containing ammonia nitrogen exploded ... killing around five hundred people how bad was this explosion ... the number of casualties is still being pelted ... with up to fifty people dead or missing ... hundred fifty people have been injured ... search and rescue operations were still underway ... that's the short answer ...


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Reviewed by Kayla P. (age 4)
My favorite part is when we get to talk on the telephone. We get to push real numbers. When you push the star, it rings. I like when we turn the page and push the numbers on the page too.
I like this book because we push numbers. Girls would like this book.
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MSFT: Buy for Second-Half Pickup, Enterprise Biz, Says Raymond James
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Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are down $1.46, or almost 5%, at $28.82, as the Street contemplates things that seem unthinkable, such as a breakup or a privatization, prompted by last night's terrible Q1 PC report, that showed a drop of between 11% and 14% in unit shipments, based on Gartner and IDC data.
But there's always another point of view. Raymond James's Michael Turits comes to the stock's defense, penning a note to clients that reiterates an Outperform rating on the shares and a $34 price target.
Writes Turits, "While Windows 8 has failed thus far to deflect the downward trajectory of PC shipments, we remain optimistic about the positive impact of a larger number of cheaper touch-based devices over the next year."
His firm cut its own PC growth outlook to a decline of 2% for this year from a prior expectation for flat sales, and to a rise of 3% next year, better than the 1% growth they'd previously been modeling.
Turits cut his estimates to reflect the PC drop, projecting fiscal Q3 (March) revenue of $20.17 billion and EPS of 64 cents versus a prior $20.6 billion and 75 cents. For the full year, he cuts his estimate to $78.48 billion and $2.65 from a prior $78.86 billion and $2.81.
Turits outlines things that could help a back-half-of-the-year PC pickup:
As we wrote in yesterday's TMTalk, media reports indicate Microsoft and Intel are working to cut the price- gap between touch and non-touch PCs by roughly half ($133-167/unit). We also believe Microsoft is working with supply chain partners to lower touchscreen W8 components costs for the 2013 back-to-school and holiday seasons. Less expensive touch-screen enabled devices should spur demand for W8 devices which can take advantage of its touch-centric functionality. On the enterprise side, our channel conversations indicate a strong pipeline for W7 migrations (Microsoft reported >60% of the commercial base on W7 last quarter) with some limited enterprise W8 deployment.
More to the point, for Turits's purposes, he's looking at the other businesses aside from Windows, and believes they are holding up well:
We are reducing our F3Q non-GAAP MBD revenue growth to 2% y/y from 4% given persistent PC shipment weakness. Recall transactional revenues are 40% of division revenues and are correlated with PC shipment growth. Our checks, however, noted enterprise spend picking up for Office 2013 upgrades, Exchange upgrades, and Office 365. Lync sales continue to sound strong. With Windows XP end of support coming in April 2014, corporate upgrades to W7 remain strong. While those upgrades are not a Windows revenue event, resellers report strong pull-through of Office upgrades and SharePoint and Lync attach with the OS transition, plus increased attach of annuity contracts. Exchange 2003 Enterprise Edition also reaches end of support in April. As with XP, we believe about one-third of the installed base remains on Exchange 2003. We think upgrades to 2013 are driving annuity agreements around Exchange that were formerly transactional, and are driving migrations to Office 365 as well […] We are expecting an in-line Server and Tools quarter following conversations with U.S.-based resellers that showed solid sales and strength in products across the server line driven by momentum around Active Directory and Hyper V, and increased capabilities of System Center for heterogeneous environment management […] Speculation in industry media has included an announcement of the next-generation Xbox on May 21, before the E3 conference if not by year-end. The new Xbox will reportedly use AMD x86 chips to reduce costs and make it easier for developers to write new games. In addition, we think several new features from the console could include cloud-based gaming and increased functionality around non-gaming media entertainment apps. On the Windows Phone front, speculation in industry media suggests Nokia (NOK) is coming out with an additional lighter and thinner Lumia phone for Verizon, the Lumia 928.


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I think it has been about a year since I last wrote about homophobia in Africa. Despite a long history of man on man loving (as with everywhere else) many Ugandans still see homosexuality as immoral and un-African. For some time now a law has been discussed which would make homosexual acts capital offences. Gay Star News report that this process is about to reach fruition:
The law will broaden the criminalization of same-sex relationships by dividing homosexuality into two categories; aggravated homosexuality and the offense of homosexuality.
'Aggravated homosexuality' is defined as gay acts committed by parents or authority figures, HIV-positive people, pedophiles and repeat offenders. If convicted, they will face the death penalty.
The 'offense of homosexuality' includes same-sex sexual acts or being in a gay relationship, and will be prosecuted by life imprisonment.
Last year I wrote about a campaign to save Robert Segwanyi from deportation. The campaign was ultimately successful and Robert was saved. Unfortunately, it does not appear that Uganda will be saved from this law.
A google search turns up few active campaigns. Certainly when this was last in the news in 2011 there were many petitions, marches and campaigns. Perhaps all repressive regimes need to learn to suppress their people while America's liberal campaigners are trying to get someone elected. Although I don't want to belittle the efforts of African campaigners, it seems the most successful pressure on Ugandan politicians has been external.
If you're spare and have time to spare, a polite email to Alitwala Rebecca Kadaga or Atim Ogwal Cecilia Barbara could be in order. They are two women representatives actively promoting the Bill. You can also write to your own MP asking them to lobby similarly.
The Bill has been stopped once, it can be stopped again, and again if necessary. However, it does require that these missives are backed up with material threats. That implies the possibility of cutting aid if this Bill is passed, piling misery upon misery. Uganda is clearly in need of aid, it remains very poor, and the tying of aid to particular policy stances has a chequered history to say the least, but I think it is worth threatening its withdrawal – this is a matter of life and death after all.


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Two weeks after the storm, Davis & Warshow is still sorting through the damaged equipment and supplies that have to be thrown out due to water damage. At the height of the storm, water from Newtown Creek rushed into the facility and front office, rising to roughly four feet.
CEO David Finkel said that he refuses to sell any item that was damaged in the storm, even if only the box it was packaged in was touched by the rising waters.
As of Monday, November 12, the facility still did not have electricity. Everyone from accountants to sales people sat site by side in a makeshift office in a space above the warehouse that was dry.
"We're fortunate," Finkel said. "We have dedicated staff, we have great people and everyone's okay."
Finkel said that the cost of the damage was easily into the millions.
Hurricane Sandy hit Davis & Warshow's main facility less than a month after the company had been purchased by Ferguson Enterprises Inc., an international company that is the largest wholesale pluming distributor in the U.S.
Finkel said the new owners have some experience in dealing with a situation like this.
"They've been through Katrina," he said. "They know how to handle disaster recovery issues."
Finkel said that officials at Ferguson have used their experience to help Davis & Warshow follow the specific guidelines so the company will be able to file a successful insurance claim.
With homes and businesses having been destroyed throughout Queens, Finkel said Davis & Warshow has been hearing from worried residents.
"Right now, the big thing is boilers and water heaters," said Finkel, who said he has heard from numerous home owners scrambling to replace them as the cold weather approaches. "Any wholesaler who has them, they're flying out the door because people need them."


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HTC ThunderBolt, 4G speedtest #2
For our full review, read HTC ThunderBolt: The new smartphone king of 2011.
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Jason Hiner is Global Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and Global Long Form Editor of ZDNet. He's co-author of the book, Follow the Geeks.


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The chance was there. Up by 10 in the third quarter on the road in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
And it all slipped away from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
By the end of the period, their lead was gone. And even a late flurry wasn't enough to save the Thunder, as the Heat escaped with a 91-85 victory Sunday night to take a 2-1 lead in the championship series.
Game 4 is Tuesday night in Miami.
There was so much for the Thunder to lament when this one was over. Kevin Durant was in foul trouble, again - and with him on the bench with four fouls late in the third quarter, Miami started making its comeback push. The Thunder were 15 for 24 from the foul line, gave Miami eight points off turnovers in the fourth quarter and were outrebounded 45-38.


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Hberman1 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 182 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
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Sports Movie of the Week — 'Caddyshack' [VIDEO]
Thanks to golfer Bubba Watson's dramatic and improbable win at The Masters on Sunday, golf has once again found an audience well outside the well-heeled country club settings in which the sport is perhaps best known. Watson's unique back story — a country-raised, self-taught pro with past family hardships — strikes a more common tone for a game long encumbered by a stuffy air.
Though he had previous tour wins, Watson's victory was indeed an ' incredible Cinderella story' of 'this unknown com(ing) outta nowhere to lead the pack at Augusta.' While CBS golf announcer Jim Nantz could have uttered those phrases this weekend, he didn't; Carl Spackler did…32 years ago in our Sports Movie of the Week, 'Caddyshack,' a landmark comedy about golf, and life, that has aged remarkably well.
In the 1980 film, Bushwood Country Club worker Danny Noonan (Michael O'Keefe) attempts to save money for college by caddying through a summer and meeting important people such as Judge Elihu Smails (Ted Knight), club player Ty Webb (Chevy Chase) and real estate mogul Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield). Noonan has limited interaction with Carl Spackler (Bill Murray), the assistant groundskeeper obsessed with trying to rid the course of a pesky gopher while working on his own escapist fantasies, from which the aforementioned 'Cinderella story' quote is culled.
While pursuing a caddy scholarship and the pleasures of youth, Noonan soon finds himself in the middle of a grudge match scheduled between Czervik and Smails. The young man soon has choices to make that could change his life, meanwhile Spackler's pursuit of the gopher could affect everyone at the club.
Five Reasons to Watch 'Caddyshack'
1. The comic writing is both flawless and timeless. The movie was based on the memories that writer and co-star Brian Doyle-Murray had from his days as a caddy at Indian Hill Club in Winnetka, Illinois. This real-life basis gives the characters – and the humor – authenticity that is too often lacking in comedy vehicles.
2. While often being ribald and juvenile, the movie actually does explore class issues and the realities of the transition from adolescence to young adulthood, albeit in subtle and mindless ways.
3. As Spackler, Murray steals the film by getting maximum laughs with minimum dialogue. The gopher puppet helps, too.
4. The 'Baby Ruth' candy bar scene is one of many in the movie that long-time fans of the film revere as comic legend.
5. The late Rodney Dangerfield's one-liners throughout the movie illustrate why he was a better comedian than an actor. In 'Caddyshack,' one gets the feeling that Dangerfield is portraying a boorish, obnoxious caricature of himself.
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1987: M.S.S. Sports Coaching
Before he coached his Indian basketball players on any fundamentals, Scott Flemming had to teach the janitors how to mop the court correctly.
In a world where the national basketball team practices on a warped hardwood floor patched with duct tape and the sport lags way behind cricket, soccer and field hockey in popularity, Flemming is trying to help the team and sport experience success.
The Flemming-led Indian team did win the South Asian Basketball Championship by defeating Afghanistan in the finals and qualify for the prestigious FIBA Asia Championships held Aug. 1-11 in the Philippines. However, India lost all three games it played in the 2012 tournament and finished 14th out of 16 teams the year before. India has qualified for the Olympics only once—the boycott-depleted 1980 Games, where the national squad finished last.
Still, Flemming has high hopes for India's players. Before coming to India in November, Flemming was the basketball coach and athletic director at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio, a NAIA Division II school where he won 397 games, and an assistant for the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League. Flemming's MVNU teams were consistently ranked in the top 25 NAIA poll and earned eight births in the national tournament.
"This has been a great opportunity for me to immerse myself in another culture and try to make a real difference in regards to growing basketball in India and impacting the lives of those who I work with," Flemming, who earned his degree in Sports Coaching from the Academy in 1987, told the Alumni Network.
He leads a group of NCAA Division I-caliber players. NBA Commissioner David Stern believes India may have a potential first-round draft choice in the next five years, according to the May 6 story, "Wanted: 1.2 Billion Basketball Fans," in Sports Illustrated about basketball in India and the many obstacles the sport faces there. Flemming was quoted in the story, too, saying his players have lots of talent but simply need more confidence.
In his interview with the Alumni Network, Flemming talks about basketball in India, motivating his players, changes in the game and his days at the Academy.
Alumni Network: What attracted you to taking over as the head coach of the Indian men's national basketball team in November?
Scott Flemming: This has been a great opportunity for me to immerse myself in another culture and try to make a real difference in regards to growing basketball in India and impacting the lives of those who I work with. I once heard that we should all "do what we do best and go where it is needed most." I am doing my best to fulfill that call here in India. I have been able to not only work with the senior national team but oversee the development of the youth national teams. It is also part of my assignment to train the coaches in India. Although we are always trying to win games, in the immediate future there is a long-range plan that I am focusing on.
AN: You told Sports Illustrated that the players simply lack confidence. How do you effectively motivate your Indian basketball players?
SF: I have learned that not all players are motivated in the same way. Periodically you need to motivate the team as a whole with inspirational messages, but I have found the most effective way to motivate is through individuals because everyone is so different. The best thing I can do is make sure my players know I have confidence in them. This in turn helps them to have confidence in themselves. I know this from my playing days. Probably the most effective way to do this is through one-on-one conversations away from the action. So much can be accomplished through this kind of personal dialogue.
AN: During your nearly 30-year career as a basketball coach, how has the game changed?
SF: One way the game has changed is through technology. There are now numerous high-tech methods to scout, evaluate and strategize. Although I have definitely tried to take advantage of some of these resources, they can be overwhelming and sometimes overdone. Obviously the game has become more global. Basketball is growing rapidly in many countries where it is still relatively new. You can even see this in our rules becoming more standardized. I think there may come a day when there will be one rule book across the world with some exceptions for younger age groups.
AN: What memories come to mind when you think about earning your Sports Coaching degree at the Academy?
SF: The people I met at the Academy certainly stand out when it comes to top memories. One of my best friends to this day, Paul Furey, I met at the Academy. I ended up hiring him when I was an athletic director and we worked side by side for 20 years. He is now the head soccer coach at Lee University. One particular memory that sticks out in my mind is helping to carry in and prop up the statue of the athlete, "The Pathfinder," (by sculptor John Robinson) on the university grounds.


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Time to Pull the Plug on Teacher Tube
Teaching and video have been around for years. Some of us remember watching films on a projector in the classroom. Then along came video tape. Now we are in the era of web video. Thanks to the internet teachers have access to more video than anytime in the past. That's in theory of course. In many school districts the IT department locks down the network. YouTube, Blip.tv, and other web video are blocked. The rationale is that students would purposefully or inadvertently access inappropriate video. Students would get into trouble for accessing it, teachers would get into trouble for inadequate supervision, schools would get bad press, so on and so on. Hence the rise of TeacherTube. This site was created for teachers to upload and share video for in a safe and controlled environment, away from the "anything goes" sites like YouTube. So why am I proposing to pull the plug on TeacherTube?
I'm not really. It serves a purpose, but it fundamentally avoids the real problem. Districts should allow teachers access to the best tools available to enrich their classrooms and streamline their workflow. Blocking YouTube negates that. With TeacherTube in existence, districts feel justified in blocking basically the world's video archive. I have experienced using TeacherTube and here are the downsides:
- Cumbersome uploading process. Entering video information is a chore and uploading frequently fails.
- Video quality does not match YouTube.
- Ads inserted. I know the site creators need to make money, but it's done in an extremely annoying way.
- Video choice is far less.
Here are the benefits of schools having access to Youtube:
- Easy to upload to.
- Superior video quality.
- Easy to search for video.
- Huge video library. If I need a Bill Nye clip, a Mythbusters clip, a clip of the Hindenburg burning, anything, there is a good chance that it is there.
Is YouTube perfect? Far from it. My biggest complaint is in embedding videos. At the end of an embedded video there are the suggested videos that are frequently inappropriate for my students (middle school students). This needs to be dealt with. I don't embed Youtube videos on my teacher page because of this this. I instead upload videos to Blip.tv and link to the original download source material to avoid the suggested videos. YouTube needs to offer more control of this to its users.
My district unblocked YouTube, Blip.tv and other video sharing sites about a year and half ago and what were the results? Students did not flock to YouTube during school time because there already is a school policy in place that instructs students to use the computer for school related purposes and not for personal entertainment. Teachers frequently walk around the computer lab room and/or classroom to monitor student activity and it works. Imagine that. Teachers as a result have been able to infuse into their curriculum a valuable resource. That said, why am I writing about pulling the plug on Teacher Tube? Our district seems to be in the minority. When I collaborate with teachers outside the district, they frequently mention that they only have access to Teacher Tube. That is a shame. Districts please trust your teachers. They will be responsible professionals. Don't treat them like children.