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Men who suffer from erectile dysfunction (ED) are 70 per cent more likely to die early, a new study has found. US scientists believe that the disorder may be linked to poor cardiovascular health, and suggested that men with ED should be screened for health issues that could cut their lives short. ED is a term used to describe the inability to get or maintain an erection, according to the NHS. The condition can be caused by the narrowing of the blood vessels leading to the penis, hormonal problems, as well as injuries. The findings will likely be a cause for concern for the millions of men who struggle with impotence around the world, including 30 million men in the US alone. Those with ED were more at risk of life-threatening diseases when compared to those who didn't experience the problem, according to the study published in the 'Journal of Sex Medicine'.
In order to make their findings, scientists assessed data from 1,790 adult men aged between 20 and 85-year-olds from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, over seven years. 557 of those involved reported experiencing ED. This data was used alongside death certification from the National death Index up until 21 December, 2011. The results showed that the risk of death rose by 70 per cent in men with ED. Some 244 of the original participants died in this period, with 61 deaths caused by cardiovascular disease, 64 from malignant neoplasms, and 12 from chronic lower respiratory diseases. The paper also revealed that 20 per cent of men under the age of 40 suffer from the problem – going against the assumption that ED affects older men, the MailOnline reported.
"The present findings have major public health and clinical implications in that ED is a strong indicator of premature mortality," the study concluded.
Further research is now needed into the long-term effects of ED, the researchers said.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey – A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack by Syrian Kurdish forces on Sunday, October 20, despite a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States, the defense ministry said.
"One of our heroic comrades fell martyr and another was wounded after anti-tank and small arms fire by… terrorists during their reconnaissance and surveillance mission" in the Tal Abyad border area, the ministry said in a statement.
The army returned fire in self-defense, it added.
Turkey had agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for 5 days to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw from a safe zone along the border.
But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned he will "crush the heads" of Kurdish forces if they did not pull back from the zone.
On Saturday, Turkey and Kurdish forces accused one another for violating the ceasefire agreement.
The Turkish defense ministry said Sunday that Kurdish forces carried out 20 attacks.
"Despite all the hostile acts in violation of the agreement, a convoy of 39 vehicles, mostly ambulances, safely entered and exited Ras al-Ain on Saturday" to help evacuate the wounded, the ministry said.
In an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP), Turkish presidency spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Ankara abided by the agreement and urged the US to use its leverage to ensure Syrian Kurdish forces' pullout.
"We are committed to this agreement: Within 5 days they are supposed to leave and we have told our American colleagues to use their leverage, their connections to make sure that they leave without any incidents," he told AFP in Istanbul on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the top figure on the Kurdish side, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi, told AFP that Turkey was blocking his forces' withdrawal and trying to blame the deal's collapse on the Kurds.
The Turkish offensive launched earlier this month has prompted hundreds of thousands to flee their homes in the latest humanitarian crisis of Syria's 8-year civil war. – Rappler.com
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Microsoft Gets Sweeter On SugarCRM, Open Source
Microsoft's Windows 7 team — and the IT channel — should take a close look at the Windows Server team's open source strategy, which continues to impress The VAR Guy. The latest move: Microsoft has made SugarCRM (a popular open source CRM platform) available for free download from the Windows Web App Gallery Site. Here's the scoop.
First, some background. SugarCRM in 2008 landed on The Open Source 50, which tracks the most promising open source partner programs. While most VARs are still getting to know SugarCRM, the company has been on Microsoft's radar since 2006.
According to a SugarCRM spokeswoman:
SugarCRM and Microsoft have had a partnership since 2006. With a strong Windows user community, Sugar Community Edition has grown to be one of the most used CRM applications in the world due to its ease-of-use, open standards and ability to run across platforms. Sugar Community Edition is currently used by more than 55,000 companies and 600,000 users.
Now, that community might grow — thanks to SugarCRM's inclusion in Microsoft's Windows Web App Gallery.
No doubt, Microsoft has spent recent years embracing and certifying open source applications on Windows Server. The so-called "WAMP" strategy aims to have Windows replace Linux in the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, etc.) software stack.
Windows 7 Team: Listen Up
It's a smart strategy. In fact, the Windows 7 desktop team should leverage the same strategy, The VAR Guy believes.
Here's the challenge: During the recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, Microsoft actually promoted Corel — yes, that Corel — as a leading ISV writing Windows 7 applications. Yawn. No offense to Corel, but aren't there any other exciting ISVs writing Windows desktop applications these days?
Sure, most application development has shifted to the web. But there are also hundreds — thousands? — of open source applications that run well on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and soon Windows 7. Heck, even the Microsoft Office team is talking up FireFox browser support for Office 2010's hosted release (called Office Web).
Time for the Windows 7 team to do the same. Learn from the Windows Server-SugarCRM example. Talk up open source applications for Windows 7.
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They are also listed as an RHX partner at Red Hat.
Hey here's a fun fact…
did you know that SugarCRM is no longer available in Canonical's partner repository? After announcement in 2007 about availability for Ubuntu SugarCRM packages those packages were only made available for exactly one Ubuntu release…Dapper.
Microsoft probably trying to passivisation of Sugar CRM to make it considered as easy reachable and free in order to make commercial customers think twice and choose more professional solutions such as their prodcut, to leverage their Dynamics CRM sales.
At TechEd in Los Angeles this may, MS also disclosed full support for Safari and Firefox on the Exchange 2010 webmail. Again a classic opportunity for 1st and 2nd class citizens, which they have chosen not to use. They are getting more and more open.
The IIS team goes hard for having PHP run faster on IIS than on Apache, which also goes to show their commitment to getting part of the open source platform to run on the operating system.
In my personal opinion, Microsoft wants to create fertile grounds for open source applications, and thus, with free access to AD, .NET etc., make it easy for open source businesses to slip, and bind themselves to Windows. They can co-exist with *nix and open source, but make it soo much easier to bind them to windows 🙂


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By Caroline
The pressure from our peers and family is the key to our insecurity.
Insecurity is what makes our fragile, frail, feeble thoughts creep upon us. Insecurity is what makes us stay up till 3 am worrying about who we are, whether it be at school, or at work, no matter age we still feel insecure about ourselves. This is the reality of today's society caught up in a storm of opinions.
Everyday, we get up, get ready, look at ourselves in the dirty old horizontal bathroom mirror, rushing out the door to catch the bus, but thoughts start coming to our mind, just to check in the mirror once again, just to check if everything is set "perfect". But are we ready?
In our culture today we are constantly forced to act and feel emotions. The picture has to be "perfect". We can't be seen on the lowest version of ourselves. We need permission to fail, and when we don't, love is needed.
Pressure cuts deep, and the reality is: it hurts.
Pressure is often placed on teens, to meet a certain standard in our daily lives, automatically rating our self worth by our success in life. But where does these unreachable standards come from?
More love?
I believe that's what we need. Less pressure needs to be put upon us, the shouting from our parents, and everything in between. We are not a computer, we are human.
Most of this pressure comes from our parents – who believe, they know everything about us. But they don't. They know nothing. They don't know what I, as a teenager is going through. And last, they don't know the fearful pressure they are putting on us, creating fears of coming home with a less successful score in the grading book.
We sit in the cold classroom, with the aircons going on full blow and can feel the air rushing through my dark blond hair away, trying not feel like a horrible person for getting a bad grade, trying to hide the tear forming in the corner of my eye. I often avoid eye contact with the smart student sitting at the back, waiting for them to ask what grade I received.
We are scared. We are embarrassed. I often say, "I know I am bad", "You know I am stupid". But why? But why do I have to say these phrases to protect the insecurity inside of me. Because we are taught, that if we don't do great, we cannot succeed, and therefore something is horribly wrong.
We cannot become something great in life. We are failures. The thoughts are buried deeply into the soul of my body, making a hole, that seems like it can't be heeled. It seems endless. But I want to show you wrong. Being the best at everything and succeeding in life, is one big mistake we all make. It's not possible. Well, at least that is what I think. I believe it's important to fail, to make mistakes and maybe get to the rock bottom, because we learn to fight. We learn that life is not just one shiny rainbow. And it makes us human.
Let us be ourselves, let us fail at being the best, let us learn. Let us be.
Work Cited
Morin, Amy, and Lcsw. "Consequences Kids May Experience If You're a High-Pressure Parent." Verywell Family, 8 Jan. 2019, www.verywellfamily.com/the-dangers-of-putting-too-much-pressure-on-kids-1094823.
Jakarta Post, Aarya Sinha. "Parental Pressure: A Fine Line between Caring and Caring Too Much." The Jakarta Post, 2 May 2016, www.thejakartapost.com/life/2016/05/02/parental-pressure-a-fine-line-between-caring-and-caring-too-much.html.
Budzienski, Jaime. "The Effects of Academic Parental Pressure on Kids." Living The Bump, 21 Nov. 2017, living.thebump.com/effects-academic-parental-pressure-kids-10380.html.


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Imagine two individuals:
Ahmed and Billoo. Ahmed is punctual. He is always on time. Whether it is an official meeting or a social event, he is always there on time. The best part is that even on informal settings he is on time. In the office, people know that when Ahmed says that he will be returning to work at 2:20 pm, then it is 2:20 pm, not a minute more. For a social event like a marriage ceremony, if the invitation is for 9:00 pm, he will be there no matter how many people show up. Even at home, if he says that he will be coming in at 6:00 pm from work then that is it. His wife and children know that he will be there because that is how Ahmed is: punctual. Since Ahmed lives in a real world of changing situations, traffic jams, emergencies and mobile phones, all who know him, know that in the event of an extraordinary situation, Ahmed will inform of the concerned people of the situation and renegotiate his appointment. Mr. Billoo, is exactly opposite to Ahmed. He feels that life should not be so strict. If he says that he will be coming at 2:00 pm then in his mind, this means somewhere between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm. He believes that if one makes it to the meeting then that should be appreciated. Life is too imperfect to allow people to be on time. And if he is running late for work or a social event then people should be intelligent enough to realize that this is the norm of the world and should guess that something must have come up to cause a delay. And yes, on the home front he believes that his wife and children should be considerate enough to also understand that when he says that he will be coming at 6:00 pm then this means that it could be anywhere between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm. He believes that happy go lucky lifestyle is the way to go.
Who would you like to work for, hire or marry?
Now here is a question that I would like you to answer honestly: if all other attributes were the same—education, competence, looks etc—and you had the choice of working for, hiring or marrying either Ahmed or Billoo (or for that matter Aisha or Billan—the feminine of Billoo), who would you choose? Close your eyes, imagine the personalities and answer. I can assure you that you would choose Ahmed. If I were to ask you why? You would give me many reasons but the most important would be that Ahmed is predictable. You can count on him. He is dependable. A few months ago, in a workshop in Abu Dhabi I asked the participants to tell me what attributes come to mind about a person who is never on time as opposed to someone who is always on time. Here are the attributes that the group came up with:
|Inconsiderate towards others
|Respectable towards others
The interesting thing is that this may be true or it may not be true but the image that this behavior creates is the above and you will agree how damaging such an image would be.
Who would you like to be?
This is your choice. If you say that you would like to be Ahmed then we are on the same page and if you feel that you would like to be Billoo then I would recommend that you should reconsider. Please check with people around you: friends, colleagues and family members and ask them as to what they think of someone like Ahmed and Billoo. You will be amazed at the responses that you would get and I have great hope that these responses may help you to change your perception.
The art of never being late
Ahmed and people like him follow the art of never being late and it is very simple. It has two elements:
Correct time estimation
The first is to correctly estimate the time for all activities. Of course, we can't become too scientific in this but a good guess is what we are looking at. So if this is traveling somewhere then how much time it would take from the beginning to the end. Similarly, if this is writing a report or working on a project then how long will it take? All it takes is to sit down and calculate the steps that an activity takes and individually calculate the time for each step and then add it up; the more complex the activity is, the more steps you should divide the task into. For example if you are going to catch a flight that takes off at 5:30 pm? Work backwards from the time that you plan to be at the airport and estimate the time that it requires you to be ready and travel to the airport. This will look like this:
|Estimated Time
|Flight time
|5:30 pm
|Arrive at the airport
|4:00 pm
|Travel to the airport
|30 minutes
|3:30 pm
|Taking the luggage from the home and loading up the car and taking the car out of the garage.
|10 minutes
|3:20 pm
|Shower and getting ready
|20 minutes
|3:00 pm
|Packing up
|20 minutes
|2:40 pm
The interesting thing about breaking up an activity is that you would get a realistic picture. For you to catch a flight at 5:30 pm, you would need to start moving at 2:40 pm. Now go ahead and apply the same concept to other activities in your life.
Keeping a buffer
I define a buffer as the additional time kept into an activity that accounts for delays that can be anticipated. For example in the above example, we can have traffic delays or if you have an old car which develops a flat tire once in a while then you should keep a buffer. The length of the buffer differs from situation to situation. For example in the above case you may decide to keep a 15 minutes buffer. This means that you need to start moving at 2:25 pm and not 2:40 pm.
Welcome to Ahmed-hood
So if you can follow the above two steps, i.e. proper time estimation and keeping a buffer, I welcome you to the life of punctuality, where people consider you trustworthy and dependable. A life which is much less stressed and more structured. Say no to billooism! Article by: Suleman Ahmer Source of article: Timelenders.com


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Get government out of coin manufacture
Coin dealers and collectors are still reeling from the U.S. Mint's announcement that it had run out of American Eagle gold coins. But what ought to surprise every American isn't that a government agency came up short. It's that the U.S. government should be making little metal discs at all.
Coin shortages are nothing new. A few months before running out of gold Eagles, the U.S. Mint had to ration silver Eagles. Not long before that, pennies were in very short supply. Nor are other government mints any better. Back in 2007, for instance, Argentina had such a severe change shortage that its panhandlers nearly starved to death, while in southern China 100-yuan coins commanded a whopping 25 percent premium.
Why are coin shortages so common? Governments typically blame unexpected changes in demand. But suppliers of all sorts of other goods manage to avoid running out despite even more dramatic demand changes. So what's special about coins? An old chestnut says that, if the government were put in charge of the desert, pretty soon there'd be a sand shortage. Recall the plight of consumers under socialism: socialist governments tried to make everything and eventually ran out of everything.
Now socialism is dead, but not when it comes to coining. So coin shortages keep breaking out, as they have ever since governments first monopolized coin making in ancient times.
In their defense government officials insist that private industry can't possibly be trusted to make coins of any sort. An obvious problem with this argument is that, if it were really true, government mints could always out-compete would-be rivals, and governments wouldn't have to outlaw private coinage, except for outright counterfeiting. Yet governments routinely punish private firms that try to issue their own distinct coins. Just last year, for example, the FBI raided Florida's private Sunshine Mint, confiscating its inventory of coins and metal. That mint's products included one ounce "Liberty" gold and silver dollars that competed directly with the U.S. Mint's Eagles, but were plainly distinguished from them—and were never out of stock.
What's more, private industry did occasionally take charge of coinage in the past, and did so quite successfully. During the gold rush, for instance, no fewer than 15 private mints went into business, sparing prospectors the need to send their gold all the way to Philadelphia or New Orleans to be coined. Although some of the mints made sub-standard coins, they went rapidly out of business. The ones that survived produced coins every bit as good as – and in some cases better than – those from the U.S. Mint. The survivors' reputations were so good, in fact, that they withstood both local attempts to outlaw private coinage and the opening, in 1854, of a San Francisco branch of the U.S. Mint. To end this embarrassing competition, Congress bought out the biggest private mint in 1863 and outlawed the rest a year later.
Private coiners played a still bigger role in Great Britain's Industrial Revolution, which was in danger of grinding to a halt thanks to a shortage of official coins. When the Royal Mint refused to do anything about the shortage, private entrepreneurs took matters into their own hands. From 1787 to 1797 and again from 1811 to 1818, the greater part of Great Britain's stock of coins came, not from the Royal Mint in London, but from a score of private mints in Birmingham. Far from having been inferior to their Royal Mint counterparts, as government officials would have it, Great Britain's private coins were more popular than official ones, and for good reason: being much harder to counterfeit, they were more likely to be genuine. But the British government cared more about protecting the Mint's monopoly than with catering to the public's need for sound money, so in 1818 it banned private coins, even though official ones were still in short supply.
Back in 1780 Edmund Burke proposed, in his famous speech on Economical Reform, that the Royal Mint be privatized. "A mint," he insisted, "is a manufacture, and it is nothing else; and it ought to be undertaken upon the principles of a manufacture; that is, for the best and cheapest execution."
If a government-run coin factory seemed wasteful in Burke's day, how much stranger is it for modern governments to be churning out coins? A lot stranger, when you come to think of it, than for them to run out.
George Selgin teaches economics at West Virginia University and is the author of Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press and the Independent Institute, 2008).
To have your opinion considered for Viewpoint, write to David C. Harper, Editor, Numismatic News, 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54990. Send e-mail to email@example.com.


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Celebrities With YouTube Channels: What's a famous person to do when they've accomplished everything they set out to do in their life? Make a YouTube channel, of course! Maybe that's not on every celebs' to-do list, but for these 10 individuals, they've decided to get a little bit more personal with their audience and joined everybody's favourite video hosting service! Here we have listed the top 10 Celebrities With YouTube Channels.
Top 10 Celebrities With YouTube Channels
10. Shawn Johnson
Now you may not immediately recognize the name Shawn Johnson and all that really means is you don't really follow gymnastics or the Olympics.
In 2008, Johnson took home the gold medal for her artistic work on the balance beam and in 2009, she joined as a competitor on Dancing with the Stars.
By 2012, the former Des Moines starlet announced her retirement from gymnastics, but that doesn't mean you can't still follow her. On December 17th, 2015, Shawn turned to YouTube to remain engaged with her fans.
The channel, which follows Shawn's life after gymnastics, reached 100,000 subscribers less than 4 months after her introductory video.
Celebrities With YouTube Channels
9. Jeffree Star
To those closest to him, he grew up as Jeffrey Lynn Steininger. Post-high school graduation, Jeffree moved to Los Angeles and began enjoying the nightlife scene dressed in high heels and dresses.
Before long, modelling gigs came his way, and though his success earned him continued modelling and music video appearances, there was a viable market that the star hadn't touched on yet.
Three years after his career launched, Star took to YouTube, posting his first video in April of 2009.
From make-up tutorials to feuds with former BFF Kat Von D, the channel and the over 2 million subscribers serve as another means for Star to immortalize his fame.
Celebrities With YouTube Channels
8. Doug Benson
Since 1986, comedian and actor Doug Benson have been enjoying the limelight with roles in popular media like Return of the living dead Part II.
Friends, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, but his greatest success started with his stand-up comedy.
And maybe being an advocate for the legalization of marijuana helped a little.
Looking to expand his reach, Benson launched Getting Doug with High, a channel devoted to a series of interviews where the titular host gets high with his guests.
Benson's unique channel launched in September of 2013 and has been pulling in its fair share of views, with almost 400,000 subscribers gained by August of 2016.
7. Joan Rivers
Controversial comic Joan Rivers didn't really need another outlet to spread herself out to, but that didn't stop her from taking to YouTube in March of 2013 with In Bed with Joan.
The unruly comic simply refused to quit, dominating reality television, QVC, and the stage essentially up until her final days in 2014.
In Bed with Joan, which aired its last episode a little over a week prior to River's death, was a raunchy talk show where the feisty host continued to pull no punches.
The channel had a year and a half to grow and caught the attention of just under 80,000 subscribers.
6. Chris Hardwick
Today, he may be widely known for being the host of The Walking Dead inspired talk show, The Talking Dead, but Hardwick's fame came long before the dead started to rise.
Starting as a DJ in Los Angeles during the mid-'90s, Hardwick turned to act and hosting, starring in the short-lived comedy guys.
Like Us, Rob Zombie's House of 1,000 Corpses, and serving as host of MTV's singled out and E!'s Web Soup, among many other projects.
All of those years of hard work paid off when, in 2010, Hardwick started the "Nerdist" podcast.
While the podcast's YouTube channel is has been inactive since 2013, the success of the cast itself launched Nerdist Industries, which encompasses an actively growing YouTube channel that Hardwick continues to make appearances.
5. Sarah Silverman
When you've already proven yourself as an actress and comedic figure, what more is there to do with your life? Retire?
Travel the world? Maybe throw another thing on your plate in the form of a very needed YouTube channel?
In September of 2012, Silverman posted a silly confession video that started a series of22 infrequently posted skits.
Though the channel banner promises new content each month, keeping up with the posting schedule proved to be difficult starting April of 2014.
Since then, there hasn't been a steady timetable with month-long gaps in between videos.
4. Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler may best be known for her goofball antics on Saturday Night Live and portrayal of dedicated park deputy director Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation, but her success doesn't stop with television and film.
In May of 2012, Poehler and producer MeredithWalker launched Smart Girls, a YouTube channel dedicated to assisting "young people to cultivate their authentic selves."
In other words, it serves as a place where the world's youth can learn to be comfortable with themselves.
As the name would indicate, it has an extremely heavy female presence, featuring strong female figures like Geena Davis, Kristin Sudeikis, and, of course, Miss Poehler herself.
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Actress Jacqueline Fernandez in the money laundering case related to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police. I was called in for questioning. In this case, Jacqueline Fernandez has been questioned for about 8 hours on Wednesday. The DCP rank officers questioned the actress. Apart from Jacqueline Fernandez, Pinky Irani has […]
3. Dwayne Johnson
Do you smell what the Rock is cooking? Probably not, because it's really difficult to smell a budding YouTube channel.
On March 8th, 2016, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with Dany Garcia launched Seven Bucks Productions, a channel that was supposed to be devoted to the production company's exploits in television, film, and other digital media.
As of July 2016, the channel has been completely inactive, though The Rock's own channel, aptly named "The Rock," seems to be where the duo aims to present Seven Bucks Digital Studios.
The Rock launched his channel back in 2005 but didn't keep it active until June of 2016, where the subscriber count skyrocketed from 60,000 to over 1 million.
It seems Johnson's boisterous personality may have found a suitable home in the worlds leading video hosting service.
2. Snoop Dogg
Everybody's favourite marijuana-loving rapper erupted into the music industry in 1992 with the help of Dr Dre.
Born Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. the wanna-be musician knew a name change was in order and, when he started recording, he adopted the moniker of Snoop Doggy Dogg.
With his musical career well underway, SnoopDogg decided to turn to YouTube with his channel, WestFestTV.
From May of 2008, Snoop has been providing his fans with an additional means to enjoy his music, even offering behind-the-scenes looks, interviews, and plenty of videos of Snoop Dogg… well, is Snoop Dogg.
1. Steve-O
When your entire career is based on your desire and ability to pull off incredibly idiotic stunts, it's not easy to turn things around and start a career as, say, a mild-mannered talk show host.
That's probably why Steve-O of Jackass is still up to his ridiculous antics on a youtube channel that caters to an audience of 3 million and growing.
There are no surprises to Steve-O's 2013 return to the spotlight as the performer goes right back to what he's best known for.
Each video showcases a new stunt that only a former member of Jackass (and a fool) would attempt to pull off.
While Steve-O has clearly aged since we first met him almost 2 decades ago, the popularity of his stunts plainly has not, as most have effortlessly broken 1 million views.
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Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 1, April 1704 - January 1709. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1920.
This free content was digitised by double rekeying and sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. All rights reserved.
Journal, June 1705
June 1. Present:—Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Blathwayt, Mr. Pollexfen.
Letter to Mr. Mein about his return to Barbados.
Ordered that a letter be writ to Mr. Patrick Mein to know whether he intends to return to Barbados [fo. 397], and when he will be ready to goe.
Letter from Mr. Thurston about mony for the soldiers.
Letter to Mr. Burchet thereupon.
A letter from Mr. Thurston, signifying that he has now some money in his hands to be sent to Newfoundland for the soldiers there, and desiring a letter to the Admiralty for orders to the captain of the convoy to receive the same money on board his ship, was read, and a letter ordered to be writ accordingly [fo. 397].
June 5. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Blathwayt, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Letter from Mr. Burchet about money for soldiers.
A letter from Mr. Burchet of the 4th, in answer to one writ him the 1st instant [fo. 396], relating to the sending of money for the soldiers at Newfoundland by the captain of the convoy now bound thither, was read and communicated to Mr. Thurston.
Letter from Mr. Meine about his return.
A letter from Mr. Patrick Meine, in answer to one writ him the 1st instant [fo. 396] signifying his intensions to return to Barbados, was read.
Letter from Mr. Clifford for an account of his affaire.
A letter from Mr. Jeronomy Clifford, desiring copies of the report of Mr. Shepherd and Gardner, and of the representation [fo. 387] of this Board relating to the difference between him and the Dutch at Surinam, and further desiring to know what was done last Councill in his affair, was read; and ordered that he be acquainted that the Board do not give copies of their representations till they have been read to her Majesty, and that they do not know what was done in Councill.
Mr. Field &c. reply to Sir H. Ashhurst about Act against Quakers.
Mr. John Field and Mr. Joseph Wyeth presented to the Board a reply to Sir Henry Ashhurst's answer to their petition relating to an Act of Connecticut [fo. 375, 416], which was read, and a copy thereof ordered to be sent to Sir Henry Ashhurst.
Leeward Islands.
Memorial from Colonel Park about recruits, &c.
A memorial from Colonel Park, relating to recruits for the regiment in the Leeward Islands, was read; and ordered that the books be searched to see what was done in the last and this present war, in relation to the sending soldiers to the said islands; and Colonel Park was acquainted that the Board would take his memorial into consideration to-morrow morning [fo. 399].
Mr. Penn's draught of surrender.
Observations on his new patent.
Mr. Penn presented to the Board the draught of a surrender of his government of Pennsylvania to her Majesty [fo. 392], which was read. And their lordships then delivered to him their observations upon the draught of a new patent [fo. 400], which he presented to the Board the 23rd of the last month.
New Yorke.
Memorial from Mr. Knight about death of Attorney General, and desiring to succeed him.
Letter to Attorney General here thereupon.
A memorial of Mr. John Knight, signifying the death of Mr. Broughton, Attorney General of New Yorke, and praying to be recommended for the said place was read; whereupon ordered that a letter be writ to Mr. Attorny General for his opinion therein.
June 6. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Blathwayt, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Leeward Islands.
Letter to Mr. Secretary Hedges about recruits and Colonel Park's passage.
Colonel Park's memorial mentioned in yesterday's minutes [fo. 398] relating to the regiment in the Leeward Islands and to his passage thither, was again read, and a letter to Mr. Secretary Hedges desiring him to lay the same before her Majesty with the opinion of this Board that five hundred men at least are necessary for the security of the said islands, was signed.
Mr. Maycock, &c. about copies of papers in justification of the Governor.
Mr. Heysham, Mr. Maycock, Mr. Lillington and several other Barbadoes gentlemen [fo. 386] attending, and desiring to know what resolution their lordships had taken upon the book lately presented to them by the agents of Barbados as a vindication of Sir Beville Granville; they were acquainted that the Board had perused the said book and found but little new matter therein, and therefore expected from the agents a memorial [fo. 400], marking out such places as they laid any stress upon for the Governor's justification, and that then those gentlemen shou'd have copies of the said memorial and papers therein refer'd to.
June 7. Present:—Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Blathwayt, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Memorial in behalf of the Governor by the agents.
Sir John Stanley, Mr. Holder and Colonel Cleland, agents of Barbados [fo. 399, 402], presented to their lordships a memorial refering to such places in the book lately received from them as they thought of consequence to the vindication of Sir Beville Granville from the complaints against him; which was read, and copies thereof ordered to be sent to the complainants for their answer thereunto, with signification that they might have the perusal or copies of the papers therein refer'd to, if they found it necessary.
Copy of a letter from Captain Winelsor about impressing Lee.
Sir John Stanley further presented to the Board the copy of a letter from Captain Winelsor, relating to what Sir Bevill Granville said to Captain St. Lo when he (the said St. Lo) acquainted him with his having imprest Mr. Lee, which was read.
Letter from Mr. Penn with answer to observations on draught of new charter.
A letter from Mr. Penn with his answer to the observations of the Board upon the draught of a new charter desired by him [fo. 398, 401], was read, and a progress made in the consideration thereof.
June 8. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Blathwayt, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Letter from Mr. Secretary Hedges about command of the soldiers and garrison.
A letter from Mr. Secretary Hedges of the 4th instant, signifying her Majesty's pleasure that the Commadore of the convoy should not have any command or power over the land officers and forces at Newfoundland [fo. 384], and requiring the Board to prepare an instruction to the Commander-in-Chief of the forces and fort there, to permit the Commadore to inspect the stores, ammunition and provisions in it, and the condition of it, was read, and an answer thereunto inclosing the draught of such an instruction [fo. 404], was signed.
Mr. Penn's surrender.
Mr. Penn attending [fo. 400], their lordships entered again into the consideration of his papers mentioned in yesterday's minutes; and their lordships not agreeing to the articles in the new grant desired by Mr. Penn, nor in particular to the expressions therein relating to liberty of conscience, which he said was at present provided for by the laws of that province, their lordships resolved to take the said laws into consideration [fo. 414] before they proceeded any further in examining the said grant.
Mr. Heysham, Mr. Maycock, Mr. Lillington, with Mr. Bernard, solictor for the suspended counsellors, and several other Barbados gentlemen attending, acquainted their lordships that they had perused the Barbados agents' memorial mentioned in yesterday's minutes [fo. 400 and infra], as also the papers therein refer'd to, and that they found nothing material therein; and did not, therefore, intend to trouble the Board with any reply to the said papers, except to such part thereof as their lordships should think of sufficient weight to occasion any alteration or addition to their report, nor did they desire copies of any thing else in the book. Whereupon they were told the Board would consider the said papers delivered to the Board by the Barbados agents, and give them an answer on Wednesday morning next.
June 12. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Blathwayt, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Mr. Bernard about copies of papers.
The secretary acquainted the Board that Mr. Bernard [v. supra and 403] had desired the copy of a paragraph in folio 49 of the book lately received from the agents of Barbados and refer'd in the said agents' last memorial, as also a copy of a paragraph in folio 48 (not therein refer'd to), together with Mr. Holder's deposition, folio 457 of the said book; whereupon ordered that copies of the said papers be given him.
Memorial of the agents under consideration.
Their lordships having again perused and considered the last memorial [fo. 400, 402, 405] given in by the agents of Barbados relating to Sir Beville Granville, and not finding anything observable therein, except a clause begining with these words "we also further observe," and ending with these words "by his deposition;" ordered that the said memorial be sent to Mr. William Heysham and Mr. Bernard, with intimation to be communicated to the other persons concerned, that their lordships leave it to them to return an answer thereunto if they think fit, which they are in that case desired to do as soon as possible, that their lordships may dispatch their representation to her Majesty.
Copies of papers sent to Mr. Heysham and Mr. Bernard.
And further ordered that the secretary give unto them copies of such papers of the foresaid book as they shall desire.
Observations on the Governor's arrival and about presents.
In examining the foresaid papers their lordships observed that Sir Beville Granville arrived in Barbados the 10th of May, 1703; that the Assembly satt the 18th of the same month; that Sir Beville Granville received her Majesty's order against taking of presents the 14th of June following; that the 22nd of the said June the Assembly voted him a present of 2,000l. (which he refused); that on the 12th of October, 1703, they voted him 600l. to reimburse him the expences he had been at in sending out spy boats, receiving flaggs of truce and maintaining his servants &c., and on the 4th of January, 170¾, they voted him 500l. to replenish his cellars.
Letter from Mr. Secretary Hedges.
Instruction about musters.
A letter from Mr. Secretary Hedges of the 9th instant returning back the draught of an instruction sent him in the Board's letter of the 8th instant [fo. 401 et infra], for an addition to be made relating to the Commadore's taking the muster of the soldiers at Newfoundland, was read.
June 13. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Blathwayt, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Draught of an instruction for Captain Lloyd. Clause about muster roll.
The draught of an instruction for Captain Lloyd, pursuant to Mr. Secretary Hedges's letter (mentioned in Yesterday's minutes) [v. supra], was agreed, and a letter inclosing the same to him was signed.
The settlements at Newfoundland destroy'd by the French.
Captain Lloyd attending, acquainted their lordships that Mr. Collin Campbell [fo. 408] was arrived from Newfoundland, and had brought an account that in February last the French with the Indians, to about 4 or 500 in number, had attacked our settlements in Newfoundland, and had carryed off several of the inhabitants, but that the fort and the castle on the south side of St. John's harbour and an island in Carboniere had held out, and he promis'd to bring to-morrow a fuller account in writing.
Complaints, &c.
Memorial in behalf of suspended counsellors.
Mr. Heysham, Mr. Maycock, Mr. Lillington and Mr. Bernard, with the Barbados agents attending, Mr. Bernard presented to their lordships a memorial in behalf of the four suspended counsellors of Barbados, in answer to that paragraph of the Barbados agents last memorial [fo. 403, 407], which relates to the said counsellors, which was read. And Mr. Maycock acquainted their lordships that, having been out of town, he had not notice of yesterday's minutes till this day, and therefore was not prepared to answer the same in writing; however, he said that as to the paragraph of the said memorial mentioned in yesterday's minutes, he could easily give an answer thereunto; and particularly as to that part which relates to the 600l. said to be given for flaggs of truce, spy boats and for the expence in maintaining the Governor's servants &c., he said it was impossible that these articles could amount to such a summe; for before the Governor's arrival there, a house sufficient for that purpose was taken, at the publick charge, for his reception untill a more convenient house could be provided, and there was but one flagg of truce that came there between his arrival and the vote for the 600l., which flagg of truce came at night and went away the next morning; and that the Governor sent out but one spy boat in that time, which cost but 40l. and was paid for by the Treasurer. Then as for the 500l. voted for his expence in wine &c. that, he said, was of the same nature; for the Assembly had laid in wine to the value of about 250l. for his reception, so that there could not be 500l. more expended in liquors between his arrival and the receipt of the Queen's order forbidding him to accept any presents, which was but about a month's time. Colonel Maycock then promised to put what he had said, and what he might have further to add, in writing [fo. 407], and to bring it to the Board to-morrow morning. And both the complainants and the Barbados agents signify'd their desire to rest the matter there, and desired of their lordships a speedy report.
June 14. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Blathwayt, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Letter from Mr. Thurston about necessaries for soldiers.
A letter from Mr. Thurston of the 8th instant, with an account of several particulars wanting for the soldiers at Newfoundland for the year 1705, was read, and a letter was immediatly writ by the secretary to Mr. Lowndes, desiring him to lay the said accounts before the Lord High Treasurer.
Letter from Mr. Thurston about sending the soldiers clothing.
Another letter from Mr. Thurston signifying that the cloathes for the soldiers at Newfoundland were sent to Portsmouth, and desiring that a letter may be writ to the Admiralty for orders to the Captain of the man-of-war bound to Newfoundland to receive the said cloaths on board, was read, and a letter writ by the Secretary to Mr. Burchet accordingly [fo. 409].
Memorial from Colonel Maycock.
Colonel Maycock presented to the Board a memorial signed by John Kirton [fo. 405, 406, 410], in answer to the second paragraph of the Barbados agents' last memorial, according to his promise yesterday, which was read; and their lordships resolved to take that matter into consideration to-morrow in the afternoon.
Mr. Campbell about an attempt of the French.
Mr. Collin Campbell lately arrived from Newfoundland [fo. 405], acquainted their lordships that Monsieur Subercasse, Governor of Placentia, with 600 men (200 whereof were soldiers, 150 were Canadiens and Indians, the rest inhabitants of Placentia) came in January last, first to the Bay of Bulls, then to Petty Harbour, and then to St. John's, where they burnt and destroyed about 120 houses and all stages and flakes there; that they kill'd about 30 persons at St. John's in cold blood; that they attack'd the fort, but were repulsed by the soldiers, who are not above 70 at the most in number; they lost in that attempt about 200 of their men, and we but three of our soldiers; that they stay'd at St. John's till the 23rd of February, and then carry'd away with them about 200 of our ablest young men; that they in like manner ravaged the coast to the southward, and then crost over to Trinity Bay, where they were when he came away. And he promis'd to bring to their lordships a full account of that matter [fo. 409], as also of the state of Newfoundland, in writing to-morrow morning.
Tobacco trade to Russia.
Memorial from the contractors with the Czar.
Draught of letter to Mr. Secretary Harley thereupon.
Mr. Nathaniel Gould, Mr. Samuel Heathcote and Mr. William Dawson [fo. 387] contractors with the Czar of Muscovy, presented to their lordships a memorial, desiring that the man and woman at Moscow imployed in rowling and manufacturing tobacco there may not be immediatly recalled from thence nor their tools destroyed, but that some longer time may be allow'd them for finishing the work they have in hand, leaving it to Mr. Whitworth, her Majesty's Envoy there, to judge of the time requisite for that work, was read; and the draught of a letter to Mr. Secretary Harley thereupon was agreed [fo. 410].
June 15. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Blathwayt, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Memorial from Mr. Campbell about attempts of the French.
A memorial from Mr. Collin Campbell [fo. 410, 411], relating to the attempts made by the French in Newfoundland [fo. 408, 412] (as promis'd in yesterday's minutes), being now received, was read.
Letter from Mr. Burchet that the men of war cannot carry the clothing, &c.
A letter from Mr. Burchet, signifying that the men-of-war are so much loaden that they cannot receive on board the cloathing for the soldiers at Newfoundland [fo. 407], was read; and thereupon ordered that Mr. Thurston have notice thereof, that he may endeavour to get the said cloathing sent by some of the sack ships now going thither.
Letter to Mr. Secretary Harley about tobacco trade to Russia, &c.
A letter to Mr. Secretary Harley upon the memorial mentioned in yesterday's minutes [fo. 409; K. fo. 226] to have been received from the contractors with the Czar of Muscovy, was signed.
Report on complaints.
An additional report [fo. 407; K. fo. 25] upon the complaints against Sir Beville Granville, Governor of Barbados, was signed.
June 19. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
New York.
Memorials from Mr. Atwood for a certificate about his salary.
Two memorials from Mr. Atwood, desiring a certificate of several particulars relating to his salary as Cheif Justice of New Yorke, were read, and the said certificate ordered to be given him accordingly.
Letter from Captain Lloyd about the enemy's attempt against Newfoundland, &c.
A letter from Captain Lloyd relating to the late attempts of the French upon Newfoundland [fo. 409, 411, 412], and desiring their lordships' instructions for his future guidance, was read; and thereupon ordered that Captain Lloyd have notice to attend the Board to-morrow morning.
Their lordships proceeded in the consideration of the Acts past in Barbados between August and November, 1702 (part of which were read the 4th of May last), and went through the same.
Mr. Attorney General's report upon the Acts past at Barbados from the 23rd December, 1702, to the 21st January following, together with the Acts themselves, were read.
Their lordships also read the Acts past at Barbados in December, 1703, and March, 170¾.
Mr. Heysham, &c.
Order of Councill on the petition of Mr. Downs desiring to be admitted into the Councill.
Answer to Governor's objections against admitting the said Downs.
Mr. Robert Heysham with his brother attending, presented to their lordships an Order of Councill of the 23rd of Aprill last, refering to this Board the petition of Richard Downes [fo. 350, 414], complaining that Sir Beville Granville had refused to admit him into the Councill, pursuant to her Majesty's letter in that behalf, which was read. And they further laid before their lordships an answer to the objections of the Governor and Councill of Barbados against the said Downs's being of the Councill; whereupon their lordships resolved to take the same into consideration.
Merchants about the late attempts of the French.
Several Newfoundland merchants attending, presented to their lordships a petition upon occasion of the late attempts of the French upon Newfoundland [fo. 409, 410, 412], praying for a speedy reinforcement of men, arms and ammunition, sufficient to defend the fortifyed places, and to suppress the enemy, which was read; and they were acquainted that it was proper they shou'd first petition her Majesty in a thing of this nature, and that then, if her Majesty refer'd it to the Board, their lordships would give it all the dispatch imaginable.
June 20. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Memorial from Mr. Sampson about attempts of the French.
Letter to Mr. Secretary Hedges, with papers relating to Newfoundland.
Captain Lloyd and Mr. Merrit attending, they presented to their lordships a memorial from Mr. Richard Sampson (who was a servant to Mr. Collin Capbell (sic), and came over from Newfoundland in the same ship with him), giving an account of the destruction lately made by the French on the English settlements at Newfoundland, and differing in several particulars from the information already received from Mr. Campbell [fo. 409, 413], was read; and Captain Lloyd being askt several questions, he said that the French had spared four houses at St. John's, viz.: Mr. Benger's, Mr. Coleworth's, Mr. Fletchers', and Mr. Collin Campbell's, and that they had also left seven cattle belonging to one Greasy (a Jersey man), and he added that he had seen in Mr. Campbell's hands a bond from Lieutenant Moody to him, as also the said Moody's instructions to him upon his coming for England, by which it was plain that Mr. Campbell had not thrown all the papers overboard when he was taken by the French privateer; whereupon a letter to Mr. Secretary Hedges, inclosing the aforesaid informations of Mr. Campbell and Mr. Sampson, with the Board's observations thereupon, and also inclosing the petition received yesterday from the Newfoundland merchants, desiring an additional force to be sent thither, was signed.
Letter to Mr. Wain to make affidavit of what he knows about Newfoundland.
Ordered that a letter be writ to Mr. William Waine [K. fo. 1], Commander of the ship that brought Mr. Campbell from Newfoundland, now at Plymouth, desiring him to make affidavit of what he knows relating to the late attempts of the French, as also of what happen'd to him in his voyage from Newfoundland, and that it be inclosed to Commissioner Greenhill at Plymouth.
June 21. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Letter from Mr. Penn about laws, &c.
A letter from Mr. Penn, desiring the Board to enter upon the consideration of the laws of Pennsylvania [fo. 401], was read. And Mr. Penn himself attending, said that if the said laws of Pennsylvania were once confirmed by her Majesty, there would be then less difficulty in agreeing what he desired as terms of surrender of his government to her Majesty; but as Mr. Attorny General had made some objections to some of the said laws, he desired he might have them again with Mr. Attorny's report upon them, that he might attend him and be heard thereupon. Ordered that the said laws and report be delivered him accordingly.
Downes's petition.
Their lordships took into consideration the petition of Mr. Downes, refer'd to this Board by Order of Councill of the 23rd of Aprill last [fo. 411, 415], and mentioned in the minutes of the 19th instant. They also read such part of the minutes of Councill of Barbados from the 26th of July, 1704, to the 12th of September following, as relate to the said Mr. Downes, and agreed to proceed further in the examining the said papers to-morrow.
June 22. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Downes petition.
Their lordships again took into consideration the several papers mentioned in yesterday's minutes, relating to Mr. Downes of Barbados [fo. 414], and gave directions for preparing a draught of a representation thereupon [v. infra].
June 26. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Downes. Representation.
The draught of a representation [v. supra and 416] upon the petition of Mr. Downes, as directed the last meeting, was agreed and ordered to be transcribed.
June 27. Present:—Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
Memorial from Sir Henry Ashhurst in answer to Quakers' reply.
A memorial from Sir Henry Ashhurst in answer to the Quakers' reply to his memorial [fo. 398] relating to an Act of Connecticut entituled Herticks &c., was read; and thereupon ordered that the said memorial be sent to Mr. John Field and Mr. Wyeth for their answer [K. fo. 44].
Representation on petition of Mr. Downes.
A representation upon the petition of Mr. Downes of Barbados [fo. 415; K. fo. 25] (as mentioned in yesterday's minutes), was signed.
The secretary acquainted the Board that he had received letters from the Lord Cornbury, from Colonel Dudley, from Mr. Usher, and from Mr. Evans, Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania.
New York.
Letter from the Lord Cornbury about coin.
A letter from the Lord Cornbury of the 19th February last, relating to her Majesty's proclamation for settling the rate of foreign coins in the plantations, together with a memorial from the merchants of New Yorke to his lordship upon that subject, and a report from the Councill thereupon, were read.
June 28. Present:—Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Cecill, Sir Philip Meadows, Mr. Pollexfen, Mr. Prior.
New York.
Letter from the Lord Cornbury.
Intelligence had in France.
A letter from the Lord Cornbury of the 19th of February last, in answer to one writ him the 29th of June foregoing, relating to intelligence had by the French by letters taken on board ships coming from the plantations, and signifying his having observed the directions given him in relation thereunto, was read.
Letter from Lord Cornbury.
A letter from the Lord Cornbury of the 25th of February last, relating cheifly to the death of several of the Councill there, and to his having put others into their places, was read.
Publick papers.
Minutes of the General Assembly of New Yorke from the 11th of October, 1704, to the 4th of November following, transmitted with the foregoing letters, were laid before the Board.
Letter from the Lord Cornbury about salary of the late Cheif Justice.
A letter from the Lord Cornbury, without date, relating to the salary payable in England to Doctor Bridges late Cheif Justice of New Yorke, was read; and thereupon ordered that the said letter be sent to Mr. Lowndes, to be laid before the Lord Treasurer, for his lordship's directions therein.
Letter to Colonel Handasyd with new seal.
A letter to Colonel Handasyd inclosing a new seal for the island of Jamaica [fo. 383; K. fo. 43], together with her Majesty's warrant authorizing the use thereof, was signed.
Reference from Mr. Secretary Hedges on petition of Mr. Scot, one of the Councill.
A letter from Mr. Secretary Hedges's of yesterday's date, refering to their lordships' consideration a petition from Colonel Richard Scot, one of her Majesty's Councill of Barbados, desiring her Majesty's leave to stay in England for the recovery of his health, till the first fleet goes next year, was read, and directions given for preparing an answer to Mr. Secretary thereupon [K. fo. 1].


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Greetings, Adventurers! We return again to the depths of the Vastwood and find our characters traveling back toward civilization. Nictis Loath travels with our merry band of adventurers. As you'll remember from episode 8, we discovered Nictis the only living person among a community of powerful mage ghosts. Nictis berates our characters with questions about… Continue reading TGE Ep 32 – Plays: Pathfinder – As the Raven Flies
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TGE Ep 29 – Plays: Pathfinder – Nictis Loath
Greetings and salutations, fellow adventurers! Our last adventure saw our traveling band of heroes negotiate their way into the next part of the adventure. Trusting Hargath's instinct that the ghost wardens, Byron and Celeste, were protecting something of great and dangerous power, we are invited beyond the veil. In this episode, many secrets will be… Continue reading TGE Ep 29 – Plays: Pathfinder – Nictis Loath
TGE Ep 27 – Plays: Pathfinder – The Haunted Murk
Greetings and salutations, fellow adventurers! Our band of merry role players continues their journey after taking out a small band of goblins in our last episode. After a successful fight full of magic fireballs and dopey goblins attacks, we rescue the half-elf commander, Vanya Brightmoor. She joins the group with little reservation after we risk… Continue reading TGE Ep 27 – Plays: Pathfinder – The Haunted Murk
TGE Ep 25 – Plays: Pathfinder – Goblin Battle!
Did someone say goblin battle?! Episode 5 left our adventurers in a bit of a pickle. In fact, in the business, we call that a cliffhanger. After scouting out a Goblin camp, the group discovers that there is a survivor being held captive by the gang of goblins they followed after finding signs of the… Continue reading TGE Ep 25 – Plays: Pathfinder – Goblin Battle!
TGE Ep 23 – Plays: Pathfinder – Finding the Path
Finding the Path: Episode 5 of The Keeper of the Dead Saga Greetings, Geeks! Finding the path is the next move in our adventurers' journey. It's not a clear move forward after running into a giant spider nest but our adventurers persevere. They find new complexities await them at the base of the mountains. Each… Continue reading TGE Ep 23 – Plays: Pathfinder – Finding the Path
TGE Ep 20 – Plays: Pathfinder – Perils of the Gartooth Swamp
Perils of Gartooth Swamp And away we go where the perils abound! This week finds our adventurers in the thick of the action. Hargath, Sevarka, Nera, and Freya finally on foot entering the swamp and they run into their first foe. The excitement builds in this episode as our adventurers begin to understand the depth of… Continue reading TGE Ep 20 – Plays: Pathfinder – Perils of the Gartooth Swamp
TGE Ep 19 – Plays: Pathfinder – Flotsam and Jetsam
Episode 2 - Flotsam 7 Jetsam Greetings, Geeks! We continue our role play adventure with the next segment in our Pathfinder campaign. We begin the journey we started in our first episode, after spending the night in the Vagabond's Rest deep in the Vastwood. Our adventurers start on the first leg of their journey after being… Continue reading TGE Ep 19 – Plays: Pathfinder – Flotsam and Jetsam
TGE Ep 18 – Plays: Pathfinder – The Antiquarian and The Wooden Man
Greetings, Fellow Adventurers! On this holiest of geeky holidays, International Tabletop Day, The Geek Embassy welcomes you to follow us on a Pathfinder role-play adventure. Isabela, Mark, Dante and I will take our newly rolled characters on an adventure handcrafted for us by Evan Graham. In today's intro video, we share with you our character… Continue reading TGE Ep 18 – Plays: Pathfinder – The Antiquarian and The Wooden Man


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I pulled some data from the MLS this morning and a couple of interesting trends caught my eye. I then delved a little deeper, using the City of Peoria as my example. I used Peoria for a couple of reasons: A) I live in Peoria, so it's nice to know the most details about my own neighborhood, and B) Peoria is a suburb much like all the other suburbs in the Greater Phoenix area – new construction and existing homes, expensive areas and less expensive areas, a blend of residential, commercial, and retail. My gut feeling (and I haven't seen anything to disprove this) is that the general trends from one part of the valley (like Peoria) will match the general trends in most of the rest of the valley. (Here's an article I wrote some time ago to explain more about my research methodology.)
Let's start by looking at a graph of what I'm seeing. The red line represents the Number of Sold Homes (single family, detached homes), and as you can see the line is all over the place – hard to pin down a trend here. I have more thoughts about this, but that's another topic for another day. I'm really interested in the green & blue lines ($ price per sqft and Days on Market, respectively), and I'm mostly looking at the last 8-9 months worth of data.
I wrote a forecast a couple of months ago with a lot of information in it (click here to read), but the gist of it was something like this: I'm expecting to see a shakeout later this year. Prices will fall significantly (10% - 15%), which will have many sellers asking themselves if they still want to, or are able to, sell at these lower prices. Many sellers will not want/be able to, and will pull their homes off the market. This will help reduce our over-supply, which in turn will help to give our market more balance. Those who wish to sell at these lower prices will then be able to. Many of those who wish to sell ALSO wish to buy once their home sells, so this will have the added effect of unlocking some pent up demand.
Now, back to the graph. From about 8 months ago to about 4 months ago, it looked like the $/sqft line was holding flat while the DOM line was increasing sharply. The sellers were holding still on their prices but the buyers weren't buying. But the last 4 months are different – the DOM line is flattening out while the $/sqft line is decreasing. Sellers are lowering their prices, and Buyers are buying!
If this trend continues, we may be witnessing the very beginning of a (much needed) change in the market. Let's keep our eyes on it and see what happens.
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The New 2012 DYNASTY League Baseball Official Rulebook is your guide to the first and only real time draft leagues for Baseball simulation games.
The new 2012 DYNASTY League Baseball Official Rulebook has been updated to include previously released new rules that were not included in the last edition from 2004. Most notable is the new 60 AB universal pitcher situation JAM rating used in all situations for all pitchers facing pitchers batting with less than 60 AB. You will also find the new 0-4 IP 2 day rest requirement in the Pitcher Rest Rules on page 9.
The DYNASTY League Baseball Official league rules that start on page 10 are basically the Rotisserie League Baseball rules including salaries and contracts for draft leagues adapted for basball simulation leagues. What's new is that DYNASTY League Baseball Online leagues are now included along with local DYNASTY League Baseball local Board version leagues in the Official Rulebook and there are quite a few updates.
DYNASTY League Baseball Online is the First and Only Real Time Baseball Simulation for Draft Leagues
If you have players in many different locations, the beauty of DYNASTY League Baseball Online is that it can easily manage your league and update stats, standings and leaders in real time. This is a first for Baseball simulations. Never before have real time draft leagues been available for Baseball simulation games. Previously each league member would have to export his league file and send it to a central commissioner who would then have to import each league file and then export and send the files back to each league member so that league members could import the updated file again. Of course that is far from real time and in today's connected world it is downright prehistoric to have to go through all that drudgery to update your stats, standings and leaders.
You join a league and then choose a franchise that includes the matching ball park and then draft your team with a fictional $300 budget from the most recent season of DYNASTY League Baseball player cards that continues each future season when the new season player cards are released in a Dynasty play format. Draft day consists of a Major League draft in which you draft your 25 man roster and then a Minor league draft of 8 additional players that you can call up and send down during the season for a total of 33 players under your control.
After the draft, you are then able to start your season immediately because all of the team rosters have already been saved and integrated by the new live draft room and the scheduling is all done for you. You are then able to easily play live games for your series just by clicking on the join game button or if you can't make a series have the new computer manager profile play for you.
The first DYNASTY League Baseball Online public and private draft leagues are targeted for this coming April.
Greatest Regular Season Day in MLB History? | Preview of the new 2011 season player cards
September 28, 2011 arguably goes down in MLB history as the Greatest single day in regular season history with a finish so unlikely and so dramatic it seemed it was scripted from the writers of "24".
Dan Johnson's 2-out, 2-strike Home Run in the bottom of the 9th that capped off a seven run comeback vs. the Yankees and saved the season for the Rays. For Johnson's heroics he earned a Clutch hitting situation rating on his new 2011 season DYNASTY League Baseball player card. It is very unusual for a non-RBI leader to earn a Clutch hitting rating, but it has happened before with Al Weis 1969 Mets, Tom Lawless 1987 Cardinals and Manny Mota's 1977 Dodgers player cards.
The Tigers Victor Martinez epitomized Clutch hitting by raking at a .375 clip with RSP/2 outs and .394 with RSP along with Miguel Cabrera (.382/724, .388/.673).
The AL East perennial powers Boston and New York both failed to earn a JAM situation rating for their relief aces Jonathan Papelbon and Mariano Rivera. Papelbon lost his chance for a JAM with an unimpressive .273 BA with RSP/2 out. Rivera was not only mediocre with a .261 BA/.435 SLG with RSP/2 out, but got rocked with RSP at a .326 BA/.488 SLG clip.
DYNASTY League Baseball fans Dave Kerpen and Andrew Kaufmann debated the merits of the Mets R.A. Dickey chance for a JAM rating in the 2011 season player card set. What it came down to is that even though Dickey won only 8 games he was a candidate for a JAM rating because he was amongst the Official ERA leaders with his 3.28 ERA. Dickey earned his JAM rating on the basis of a .184 BA/.241 SLG with RSP/2 out.
The poster boy for a JAM rating is Tim Lincecum who dialed it up with RSP/2 out allowing a .115 BA/.177 SLG. Now THAT is a pitcher who can get out of a jam!
Carp JAM rating? This year a resounding YES for Cardinal Ace Chris Carpenter.
How could he not after besting Phillie Ace Roy Halladay in a Game 5 NLDS 1-0 duel of aces to end all pitching duels? A .236 BA with RSP/2 outs during the regular season helps too.
Beer in the bullpen? The Red Sox cleaned house after the season becaue the clubhouse chemistry had gone awry. The starting rotation of Beckett, Bucholz, Lackey and Lester all got slapped with a D intangible rating for their Boston beer party.
Mark Buehrle staked his claim on this generation's version of Jim Kaat with an A+ Range rating and 90 Error rating. Buehrle ranked #1 in the Fielding Bible Plus/Minus leaderboard for pitchers with a +4 score to his right, +2 in the middle and 9 runs saved.
Troy Tulowitzki (A/100/-5) earned an A Range rating on the basis of his excellent 5.05 Range Factor (1st) and his solid Fielding Bible +10 score. Error 100 ratings are historically rare and Tulowitzki's .991 Fielding pct. got him the top historical rating on the scale. Tulo's player card is a true gem topped off by his -5 Double Play pivot rating which was earned on the basis of his #1 ranked DP pct. of .681.
In the AL, Brendan Ryan (A/70/-5) ranked 1st in the shortstop Fielding Bible rankings for the second year in a row with a +22 Plus/Minus.
It's rare that a rookie would debut with an A range rating, but that is exactly what the Angel's Mark Trumbo (A/70) did ranking 1st in Fielding Bible Plus/Minus (+11).
Washington's Rick Ankiel continues to not just impress, but to put himself in the pantheon next to Clemente in terms of throwing arms. Ankiel's 7 "kills" and 9 runs saved ranked him 1st among all CF. MLB scouts also graded Ankiel's arm an 8 on their 2-8 scale. Ankiel (B+/90/-4) earned a very rare -4 throwing arm rating in 2011 in both CF and RF.
Atlanta's Michael Bourn continues to be as menacing as Jason Bourne – only Michael does his killing on the basepaths. Bourn scores a 10 Baserunning rating and top tier lead (7/6/2) and steal (8/7/1) ratings at 2nd/3rd/Home.
The new DYNASTY League Baseball 2011 season player card set is available for DYNASTY League Baseball Online right here right now and available in the original Board version format at the Ticket Window.
What? Carp no JAM rating?
Without further adieu, lets get on with some nuggets from the 2009 season player ratings.
You see it here. No JAM rating for Chris Carpenter. I tried every way I could to give Carp a JAM rating, but his .264/.375 BA/SLG with RSP/2 outs sank his ship like the great Bismarck German battleship going down to torpedo planes. Here we have what may be the NL Cy Young winner and he was just mediocre in JAM situations.
Chris Carpenter did earn situation ratings for both OFF (very few walks to lead off batters) and ON (very few HR with runners on base).
Now if Adam Wainwright wins the Cy Young he does have a JAM (.194/.272).
This is like when 2008 Cy Young winner Cliff Lee did not get a JAM rating (Cliff did get a JAM rating in 2009 thanks to a sterling .226/.301 BA/SLG performance with RSP/2).
Wandy Rodriguez who had an excellent season also ended up NOT getting a JAM rating (.260/.403).
Whew! How about Matt Cain (.101/.152)? Now THAT is getting out of a JAM!
Seems like an annual rite of passage that Derek Jeter's range is discussed. This year Jeter
worked out extensively in the off season to improve his range and reports were that his range had improved. Despite an undewhelming Range rating of 3.90, Jeter did go from a John Dewan Fielding Bible plus/minus rating of -11 to +5. Jeter C+ Range rating.
Jeter's teammate Mark Teixeira slipped a bit, but still scored excellent range (B+). Teixeira didn't slip hitting in the clutch (.355 BA/.597 SLG) and will be a terror in the clutch on his 2009 player card.
Johnny Damon's throwing arm is at +1 and hanging off the cliff looking at +2 below. Damon ranked 11th in runner advancement among LF (.321). Maybe not the +4 arm that Joe Girardi imagined in Game 3 of the ALCS when he pulled him in favor of Jerry Hairston and in the process giving up the Yankees DH and Mariano Rivera in one swoop.
Prince Fielder had what Brewer owner Mark Attanasio called the best season by a hitter in Brewers history. That would have to be an outstanding performance given some of the great seasons put up by Fielder himself, Ryan Braun and of course Cecil Cooper, Paul Molitor and Robin Yount. Hammering away with a .343 BA and .600 SLG with RSP/2, Fielder was certainly a very large terrorizing hitter in clutch situations to any pitcher in 2009.
Ryan Howard was a curious case. Despite hitting only .222/.444 with RSP/2, Howard was terrorizing in clutch hitting situations (.344/.781) as defined by the BIS clutch hitting performance definition:
A hitter's performance in the most critical situations. Like obscenity, a "clutch situation" may be best defined as "I know it when I see it." The determinants here are the things that make you feel it in your gut, including the lateness of the inning, the closeness of the score, the number of outs and men on base, the stage of the season, and the importance of the opponent.
Unheralded Brian McCann also terrorized pitchers in clutch situations (.325/.584) helping to lead the Braves to challenge for a wild card berth.
Chipper Jones may be the single most surprising player to receive a clutch hitting rating in 2009. Jones fell off dramatically after leading the league in hitting in 2008. While batting only .264 with a .430 SLG overall, Chipper was every bit a clutch hitter in 2009 rising to the occasion and hitting .313 with a .656 SLG. Overall Jones had a 1.225 OPS with RSP/2 and he hit .333 with a .526 SLG with RSP. Retire? Not yet Chipper.
As you surmised, Brad Lidge NO JAM (.294/.441 RSP/2).
Huston Street was on the cusp, but was way more effective with no one on base than in a JAM.
How many closers have ERA's of 5.80? Pittsburgh has Matt Capps with ugly stats with RSP (.350/.567).
Young rising Oriole star Adam Jones garners an A Range rating and -2 Throwing arm. Jones had the highest Range factor among all cf.
Rating Oakland now and Mark Ellis did get a Clutch hitting rating despite a poor Bill James Clutch hitting performance.
In the end, having 52 AB's with RSP/2 and a .423 BA/.673 SLG put him over the edge. Ellis .423 BA with RSP/2 was 2nd in MLB among all players with 50 AB or more in RSP/2 situations.
Ellis Range took a big hit though down to a C+.
Another sleeper for clutch hitting is Casey McGehee. A little short on AB with 43, but I don't see how you can ignore .512/.953. Forget Chris Coghlan, McGehee should have been NL rookie of the year.
Best AL OF arm? That would belong to the canon arm of Toronto's Jose Bautista (B/-3) whose Assists, Kills and Extra Base pct. were all outstanding.
Fernando Rodney ended up being a border line case for receiving a JAM rating because of a RSP/2 SLG of over .500. He did limit batters to a .205 BA with RSP/2 and lead the AL in save percentage to get him over the top.
Skip Schumaker's move from the OF to 2b was a success – sort of. Skip improved as the season went on, but could only finish with C Range because of a poor start (-14 plus/minus). Schumaker surprisingly did garner a -5 Pivot rating on the basis of his leading NL 2b in Pivot %.
The Mets Luis Castillo has gone from being one of the best at turning the DP to one of the worst and got tagged with a +5 Pivot rating at 2b.
Baseball broadcasters in the know were talking about the National's Nyger Morgan's range in CF all year long. Morgan ended up with a teriffic range factor, +/- and UZR to grade out at a rare A+ range rating in CF. Morgan is a real speed burner with a 10 Baserunning rating and 7 Steal of 2nd rating.
Another emerging player is ss Brendan Ryan, who Cardinals broadcaster Al Hrabosky felt should have won the NL Gold Glove. Ryan was excellent in every category (A/90/-5) and lead NL ss by a wide margin with a dazzling 5.41 range factor.
The Cubs Milton Bradley? You know what is coming here… F Intangible rating.
Edgar Renteria in 2004 weighed 180 lbs with excellent defensive metrics. In 2009, Renteria ranked dead last among regular ss with a poor range factor of 3.86 and -10 +/-. D range for the now 200 lb Renteria.
You have to love the Pirates Garrett Jones, who in half a season (Use 55%) has a .333 BA with A Power vs. RH.
Tim Lincecum is really tough vs. both RH and LH batters (.209/.203 BA allowed). vs. LH Lincecum has a lights out strikeout range of 673-884.
It is a lost art, but Bengie Molina, Ramon Hernandez and Ivan Rodriguez all garnered the "BL" blocking the plate rating.
Oakland's Ryan Sweeney was excellent while playing in rf, cf and lf in 2009 (rf: A/80/-1). In rf, Sweeney had an eye popping +20 +/- second only to Ichiro (+21).
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Self-service checkouts are not new in our grocery stores, but Panasonic has improved them in Japan, with a basket system that can detect the items you're placing inside and then bag them up automatically. The only thing it doesn't do is ask whether you prefer paper or plastic.
It is called "Regirobo" and it aims to make shopping easier than ever. After you scan your items, the bottom of the basket slides out, while your goods to gently fall into a bag underneath. The basket then slides away from you, so you can pick up the bag and leave. Simple, and it makes less work for humans. Though it only seems practical for small orders that can fit in a basket or two.
For now, Regirobo is only in a single store opposite Panasonic's headquarters in Osaka. But if it proves a success, the company will have a wider roll-out in 2018. You are looking at the future of bagging. Sorry bag-people, the robots are coming for your jobs too.


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6 Pitfalls of Overpricing your House
When it comes to getting the most money for your house with the lease headaches in the shortest amount of time, nothing can stop that process faster than overpricing your house. In fact, it's the number one reason houses don't sell.
As a real estate professional committed to happy clients who are eager to get the most from their investment, sharing this must know information with potential sellers in on the tip of my to-do list.
The National Association of Realtors released a study earlier this month that not only reported an increase in home values of 6% from the same time last year, but it also reported that half of homes were on the market for less than 30 days.
Timing is Everything:
Very often a seller will ask, "We can always come down later – Right?"
Historically when your house goes on the market, the greatest potential for buyer traffic is in the first 30 days. By pricing it high with the intention of dropping the price later, you are completely bypassing your best candidates for buyers.
Showings Shut Out:
Agents have an obligation to do what is best for their clients. Clearly, showing overpriced listings does not fall into that criterion. Agents will choose to show properties that are with in their buyer's price range and that meet the current Fair Market Value.
Benefits the Competition:
Unfortunately, when a home is overpriced, it not only sits on the market but it acts as a selling point for the market-priced homes. It's a cue to buyer's to say, "I can get the same house for less down the street!"
Lender Trouble:
Even if an agent agrees to list your house too high, and even if you were to find a buyer willing to pay more – these are both BIG IFS – today's lenders are extraordinarily cautious now. They base their loans on accurate appraisals and appraisers must base their price on comparable properties that have sold.
Time on the Market:
Overpriced houses will simply sit on the market. Unfortunately, extended time on the market forces the question in a buyer's mind of the possible bigger problems looming within the walls of the property. Put yourself in the buyer's shoes. What's the first two things a buyer asks their agent when they consider a property? What's the price and how long has it been on the market?
Lower Proceeds:
Unfortunately, when a house starts its listing life overpriced, it almost always sells for less than market value. With few buyers to choose from, zero leverage because of time on the market, too high an asking price, and carrying the cost to maintain the property; most sellers find themselves getting the least from their investment rather than the most.


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Music Department Ensembles
The links to the ensembles pages (left) demonstrate the breadth of the ensembles that are available to all students at UNC-Chapel Hill, regardless of their degree program or major. Students should check the information for each ensemble or with the Ensemble Director for more information concerning requirements and procedures for auditions.
Fall 2020 ensemble details are available on the individual ensemble pages (listed in the menu to the left).
Below is a compilation of some of our favorite performances from this past academic year. If you'd like to see more past performances, please visit our YouTube channel.


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Courtesy of the Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival, Sarah Churchwell and Kirk Curnutt discuss connections between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zora Neale Hurston that illuminate both writers.
Courtesy of The Friends of the St. Paul Library, Philip McGowan discusses the significance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's debut novel, This Side of Paradise. As series editor for the Oxford World Classics centennial editions of Fitzgerald's works, Dr. McGowan edited and wrote the notes for this new edition of the novel that kicked off the Jazz Age; he also handpicked the editors to produce subsequent editions.
We can't embed this one, but we can provide the link (which you'll have to copy and paste into a browser window): In this video from the 2020 F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival in Rockville MD, James L. W. West III, Jackson R. Bryer, and Kirk Curnutt debate the future of The Great Gatsby as it enters the public domain on January 1, 2021. The discussion starts at the 1 hour mark … BUT! You don't want to miss the winners of the Fitzgerald Short Story Writing Contest reading their entries. They are GREAT!


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With Jenny Lewis abandoning the americana soul of her solo lps for the fizzier, buzzier pop of Jenny and Johnny and Zooey Deschanel using up every ounce of her vast accumulation of good will on the unwatchable New Girl (Ben Gibbard must be delighted he doesn't have to watch that dreck anymore), America needs a new winsome sweetheart to embrace. Looking like Heart Like A Wheel Ronstadt, but with a Laurel Canyon via Nashville sound, Caitlin Rose's Own Side Now was one of the more impressive 2011 debuts. Standout tracks include the leave-me-alone kiss-off "Spare Me" and the buoyant kiss-off "Shanghai Cigarettes", that sounds like the kind of hit Mary Chapin Carpenter would have had 20 years ago. One to watch.
Caitlin Rose - "Faithless Love" (from Columbia Hotel EP)


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Once Just a Site With Funny Cat Pictures, and Now a Web Empire
SEATTLE — Three years ago Ben Huh visited a blog devoted to silly cat pictures — and saw vast potential.
Mr. Huh, a 32-year-old entrepreneur, first became aware of I Can Has Cheezburger, which pairs photos of cats with quirky captions, after it linked to his own pet blog. His site immediately crumbled under the resulting wave of visitors.
Sensing an Internet phenomenon, Mr. Huh solicited financing from investors and forked over $10,000 of his own savings to buy the Web site from the two Hawaiian bloggers who started it.
"It was a white-knuckle decision," he said. "I knew that the first site was funny, but could we duplicate that success?"
Mr. Huh has since found that the appetite for oddball Internet humor is insatiable.
Traffic to the Cheezburger blog has ballooned over the last three years, encouraging Mr. Huh to expand his unlikely Web empire to include 53 sites, all fueled by submissions from readers. In May, what is now known as the Cheezburger Network attracted a record 16 million unique visitors, according to the Web analytics firm Quantcast.
A more recent success for the company is a site called Fail Blog, which chronicles disastrous mishaps and general stupidity in photos and video. The network's smaller sites include Daily Squee, with pictures of cute animals, and There I Fixed It, for photos of bad repair jobs.
Mr. Huh said his company, which makes most of its money from Web advertising, has been profitable since Day 1.
"Then again, it was just me and Emily in the beginning," he said referring to his wife, who also works at the company. Cheezburger now has more than 40 employees and has not sought additional investment.
As the company has grown, so have the opportunities to make money, said Todd Sawicki, the company's chief revenue officer.
"Only 1 percent of what gets submitted goes on the Web site," he said. "The rest we can turn into T-shirts, books and other content that the audience loves."
This year alone, Mr. Sawicki said, the company will generate a seven-figure sum from advertising, licensing fees and merchandise sales.
The company has published five books based on its blogs, one of which, a collection of the cats-with-misspelled-captions images known as Lolcats, hovered on the New York Times list of miscellaneous paperback best sellers for 13 weeks. Three more books are in production, along with a line of greeting cards and desktop calendars.
One secret to the company's success is the way it taps into the Internet zeitgeist. It seeks clues to what is funny right now by monitoring the Web for themes bubbling up on community forums, blogs and video sites. Then it spins off new sites devoted to the latest online humor fads.
"Cheezburger figures out what's starting to get popular and then harvests the humor from the chaff," said Kenyatta Cheese, one of the creators of a popular Web video series called "Know Your Meme" that documents viral online phenomena, known as memes. "Things like Lolcats and Fail are easy to make, easy to spread and hit on an emotional level that crosses a lot of traditional boundaries."
Most of the material the company posts is created by readers, who can Photoshop a funny caption onto an image or remix a popular video in minutes and submit it to one of the Cheezburger sites for consideration. The company says that each day it receives more than 18,000 submissions from readers.
Joe Olk, 28, is one of two dozen staff members who spend their days deliberating over exactly what makes something laugh-out-loud worthy.
Skimming through images on a computer monitor in the company's spacious office in downtown Seattle, Mr. Olk paused over one photograph of a neon sign advertising services described as "Internet Massage." "Now that is just weird," he says with a snicker. "But also funny." And with a click, it is posted online.
Employees do not check to see whether the person submitting content actually owns it before they put it on a company site, but they will remove it if they receive a complaint after the fact. The company says that before it puts an image into a book or calendar, it does seek permission from its creator, who might receive a free book or T-shirt.
Submissions that are funny but don't fit into any of the current blog themes can inspire new blogs. For example, after noticing an influx of photos featuring comically bad knock-off toys and other products, the company decided there were enough to warrant a new site, which is slated to be introduced in the next week or two.
The tricky part, said Kiki Kane, 36, who oversees new site development for the network, is gauging whether an Internet trend has legs. She aims to introduce a new blog every week.
"We're constantly monitoring the Web for new memes," she said. "Those bits of cultural shorthand, inside jokes that you get right away just by seeing a visual image."
Not every new site is a hit. One called Pandaganda, which collected images of pandas looking comically evil and sinister, fizzled after a few weeks, so Mr. Huh pulled the plug. "We kill about 20 percent of all the sites we start," he said.
The idea of quickly tailoring a blog network to satisfy the fickle tastes of a Web-savvy audience, generating new sites to capitalize on a viral sensation and dropping the ones that don't catch on, is what convinced Geoff Entress, a noted angel investor in the Seattle area, to help Mr. Huh purchase the original company.
"Being flexible and able to change as the environment changes is a huge asset to a consumer Web site," said Mr. Entress, who has backed more than 35 local start-ups, including an online community for booklovers called Shelfari that was eventually bought by Amazon.
"The risk wasn't that people wouldn't like the product," he said. "We already had the numbers showing they did. The risk was whether or not we could prove this was more than a fad."
If the wacky cats are a fad, they are one that has had surprising staying power, as shown by a recent Cheezburger happy-hour event at Safeco Field before a Seattle Mariners game.
More than 1,000 fans turned up to listen to cat-themed songs blasted over the loudspeakers, snack on miniature cheeseburgers, slurp from plastic cups of beer and pose for pictures with Mr. Huh.
Tess Mattos, a 41-year-old knitting instructor who traveled up from Portland, Ore., for the event, said she had been a fan of the network's flagship site for three years.
"It's just a good, simple break from real life," she said, adjusting the pair of sequined cat ears she was wearing. "It's clever, but not mean-spirited."
"People think we're weird," she quipped. "But have you seen the fans of 'Twilight?' "


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Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average extended gains from a 15-year high. Oil headed for its first weekly loss in a month as record U.S. supplies reinforced concern over a glut, and gold rallied.
The Nikkei 225 added 0.4 percent by 11:12 a.m. in Tokyo, while the broader Topix index headed for a fifth straight weekly gain as the cost of insuring Japanese corporate debt held near a three-month low. U.S. index futures were little changed. Energy companies led declines in Australia as oil in New York headed for a 2.4 percent loss for the week. Gold rose 0.2 percent to pare a weekly drop and nickel traded near a one-year low.
Record stimulus from the Bank of Japan is helping drive local stocks as the Government Pension Investment Fund increases its allocation to equities. The U.S. is stepping up its efforts to encourage Greek and European leaders to find a compromise on maintaining funding to the euro region's most indebted country. Markets in most of Asia remained closed for Lunar New Year holidays Friday.
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