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The magic and the resulting international popularity of the once-forgotten Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was in his use of light, specifically the way he had it come pouring in through windows, illuminating the subjects in his oil paintings with a clarity that was just short of photorealism. Through the years, art scholars have gawked at and argued over his small output (he�s credited with 36 works), and many have asked, �How the heck did he do that?�
After reading a couple of books suggesting that Vermeer might have had a bit of 17th century technological help in making his paintings, Texas inventor Tim Jenison, who had never even picked up a brush before, began wondering about that, too. So he tinkered around, and created an optical device made of mirrors and lenses that allowed him to grab some paints and brushes, and just about perfectly copy a black and white photo of his father-in-law. Then Jenison set out to paint a Vermeer, to recreate what he hoped would be an exact copy of the complex, light-drenched study of a young woman and her teacher, titled �The Music Lesson.�
Things got complicated when Jenison decided it wouldn�t be enough just to use a print of �The Music Lesson� as a guide. The plan was to redesign and rebuild a warehouse space into a replica of Vermeer�s Delft studio, windows and all. That included finding or making objects that appear in the painting, and getting people, in costumes and wigs, to stand in for Vermeer�s models. Then he was going to sit down with paints, brushes, canvas, and that optical gizmo.
The idea wasn�t to debunk Vermeer. It was just to see if he could do what Vermeer did, in the way he might possibly have done it. At dinner one night a few years ago with his longtime pal Penn Jillette � the vocal half of the magician duo Penn and Teller � he was discussing the project, when a light bulb clicked on over Jillette�s head, followed by an excitable blurting out of something like, �We�ve got to make a movie of this!�
Apparently you don�t say no when Penn Jillette gets an idea. So Jenison got to building his studio, and learning how to grind lenses and mix paints, while Jillette, after a series of unproductive meetings with producers and directors, decided to take on producing chores himself, and convinced Teller, who has directed stage plays, as well as the Penn and Teller shows, to direct the film.
The result is a study in fascination, frustration, and obsession. There are chats with British pop artist David Hockney, who wrote one of the books Jenison had read, and with Jillette�s musician pal Martin Mull, who is actually quite a formidable artist. But this is mostly a film of Jenison at work in his small studio, encountering problem after problem, figuring out how to solve them, then painting and painting, and painting some more.
Nine cameras were on at all times, so there�s no Penn and Teller fakery happening here. That is really Tim Jenison putting the brush to the canvas, slowly and painstakingly getting the minutiae of Vermeer�s masterpiece, from the black and white marble floor, to the delicate flowers and seahorses on the virginal the girl is playing, to the busily decorative Persian carpet that covers a table.
Jenison takes his project very seriously, and he finds out soon enough that it ain�t easy. But there are plenty of opportunities for some humor to peek through, as when he picks up a viola da gamba that sits in the painting�s foreground, and starts plunking out �Smoke on the Water.�
So does Jenison succeed? Well, the title of the film gives a little something away, but the actual answer won�t be revealed here. What about Vermeer? Did he paint with a technological assist rather than just with his eyes? Does that really matter? Let�s leave it at this. Vermeer did, indeed, make all those works of art. Who cares how he did it! Jenison gave himself one rule to follow: �Paint what you see in the mirror.� He did just that. You�ll have to buy a ticket to find out how he fared.
Ed Symkus covers movies for More Content Now.
Directed by Teller
With Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette, David Hockney, Martin Mull
Rated PG-13


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From a safari park, inland of Cape Town, South Africa.
Can you see them?
How about now? Hippos! From July, 2009
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Joe Lockhart, Facebook Inc's head of global communications and a former press secretary for President Bill Clinton, is leaving the social networking company, Facebook said.
Lockhart, who is the latest high-profile executive to depart Facebook following its disappointing initial public offering in May, is leaving 15 months after joining the world's No.1 social network.
A Facebook spokeswoman said that Lockhart is leaving because he decided he wanted to remain on the East Coast, and did not want to move to California, where Facebook is headquartered.
Lockhart's last day at Facebook has not yet been determined. The Facebook spokeswoman said the company hopes to continue to work with Lockhart as an independent consultant.
Lockhart was the chief spokesman and senior adviser to President Clinton between 1998 and 2000, and co-founded the Glover Park Group communications firm in 2001.
Facebook, which announced on Thursday that it had surpassed a billion monthly active users, ranks among the Web's most popular destinations alongside websites owned by Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc.
But the company has faced a rough reception on Wall Street, as concerns about its slowing revenue growth rate has cut its market valuation by more than 40 percent.
Shares of Facebook were down 2.6 percent at $21.37 in midday trading on Friday.
In June, Facebook Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor announced that he would leave the company, and Facebook's director of platform partnerships and its director of product management have also departed in recent months.
News of Lockhart's move was first reported by the technology blog AllThingsD.com.
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In an emergency that requires immediate help from police, fire fighters or medical technicians, call 911. You can also use one of 500 "help" phones around campus to report an emergency, crime or suspicious activity.
All members of the Duke community should take steps to ensure their own safety and the safety of others in an emergency. Know your role in an emergency and update your contact information with the university. If you or a friend needs assistance with a personal issue, seek help. Employees and faculty can call Personal Assistance Service at (919) 416-1727, and students can contact DukeReach at (919) 681-2455.


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One of a small number of exclusive apartments and houses built on the lower slopes of Skiddaw in an enviable south facing location with fabulous views over Keswick and Derwentwater to Borrowdale and surrounding fells. Underscar offers peace and tranquillity in a lavish setting perfect for a romantic break or a relaxing holiday in any season. A former winner of Excellence in England 'Self-catering holiday of the year' there is everything to recommend about this wonderful destination which is much admired by our many return visitors. Relaxing leisure club, beauty therapies and bistro on-site complete the scene for your holiday enjoyment
Accommodation : Set on two floors Skiddaw is part of the south facing upper terrace set around the spectacular courtyard gardens - a delightful place to stay and only a few yards to the exclusive leisure club and bistro on site. Front door entrance into hallway. The master bedroom on this floor is to the rear and has super-king-sized bed and en-suite bathroom (bath with shower over bath, basin and wc). Two further twin rooms - one twin room to the front and one to the rear (could be super-king doubles on request) plus a separate shower room (double sized shower booth can be used as a steam room, basin and wc). Upstairs you will find a most spacious lounge/dining area and kitchen. Alcove off the dining area with additional easy seating. The property has a 40" FreeSat TV in the lounge paired with an Apple TV set-up box allowing access to all your favourite streaming services. DVD players are available on request. Music can be played through the speakers in every room using your phone or tablet and the free Sonos app. Delightful views from all the front windows. Door to your own outside balcony with lake views and garden table and chairs. Please note there is a £100 good housekeeping deposit required.
Outside : Balcony off the lounge . Shared terraced gardens in beautiful Italian style with cascades, fountains and imaginative planting. Footpaths through the wooded grounds. Free use of the onsite leisure club with pool, sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi, health and beauty treatments and small gym. The bistro offers a range of lunch and evening meals, snacks and bar area. This is a sloping site and there are steps and sloping paths in some areas. Keswick 1 mile down the lane. Walks from the door to Skiddaw summit and Latrigg.
Sorry no pets* non-smoking * electric ceramic hob * electric oven * microwave * dishwasher * washing machine * heated drying cabinet * fridge * freezer * all bed linen and towels included * free wi-fi * telephone (outgoing calls charged as used) * gas central heating and hot water * elec. and gas charged by meter readings * £100 good housekeeping deposit * cot and high chair to order * parking for one car (additional parking for £3 per car per day) * Keswick 1 mile down hill *
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October is rolling along, and signing Day on November 12th grows ever closer. There are only three weeks left until the Fall Signing Period, and both high school seniors and college coaches are scrambling.
At this time of year, all eyes are on the Blue Chip recruits. A fully-funded Division I men's tennis program is permitted only 4.5 scholarships for the entire team, and so coaches want to lock up their top targets - the Blue Chips - as early as possible.
TennisRecruiting.net has been on the phone with these Blue Chip senior boys to find out where they are in the recruiting process. Decisions are not final until November 12, but it is fun to find out where these top players are leaning.
Blue Chip Status
The table below shows the Blue Chip athletes and their current recruiting status. The Commitment column shows whether the recruit has made a verbal commitment or is undecided, while the Interests column indicates schools of interest.
Full Listings: Boys' Commits & Girls' Commits


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Last year, our Sukkah experience was extra special dining in Hymie and Liza's Spanish style beachside home in New Jersey . Wood sukkah poles were embellished with magnolia branches from the flower district in Manhattan. Baby pumpkin and squash, fastened by mini hooks, were hung by thin rope from the bamboo "sechach." A huge thanks to our special cousins for a delicious and unforgettable Sukkot lunch!
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Blood typing, crossmatching
This is a set of tests that looks for harmful interactions between your blood and donor blood. The tests are done before a blood transfusion.
Blood typing is the first step. This test finds out whether you have blood type A, AB, B, or O. Your blood is also tested to find out whether your Rh type is negative or positive. It's important for your healthcare provider to know your blood type in order to select a donor blood that's compatible before doing the crossmatch.
An intermediate step between blood typing and crossmatching is called a recipient antibody screen. This test checks for unexpected antibodies in your blood. If unexpected antibodies are found, this can speed up the selection of compatible donor blood.
Crossmatching is a way for your healthcare provider to test your blood against a donor's blood to make sure they are fully compatible. Crossmatching takes 45 minutes to an hour. It's essentially a trial transfusion done in test tubes to see exactly how your blood will react with potential donor blood.
It's important for donor blood to match your own as closely as possible. Otherwise, your immune system might create antibodies against the donor blood cells. In this case, your immune system correctly views the donor cells as foreign, but incorrectly views them harmful. This can lead to a dangerous and possibly fatal reaction.
You might have this test if you need or may need a blood transfusion. For example, you might need a blood transfusion if you have an acute hemorrhage that causes a severe loss of red blood cells.
You may also have this test if you are having certain medical procedures that could cause significant blood loss, such as a cesarean section, a renal biopsy, or a cholecystectomy.
You may also have this test if you:
Have severe anemia or a condition that causes severe anemia, such as sickle cell disease or thalassemia
Have cancer and your healthcare provider wants to check the effects of chemotherapy
Have a bleeding disorder such as hemophilia
Are pregnant, to find out if you are Rh negative or positive
May be getting an organ, bone marrow, or tissue transplant
You may have a partial crossmatch if you are in critical need of blood, and your healthcare provider decides that waiting for a full test could be more dangerous for you. If your situation is too urgent to wait for even a partial crossmatch, type O blood may be used. Type O blood has the highest probable compatibility with other blood types.
Your healthcare provider may also order an antibody screen.
Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your healthcare provider.
This test does not have a "normal" result. The goal of blood typing and crossmatching is to find a compatible blood type for transfusion.
The results of blood typing will tell you if you are type A, B, AB, or O and if you are Rh negative or positive. The results will tell your healthcare provider what blood or blood components will be safe to give you.
If your crossmatch finds no antibodies, you have a very low possibility that your blood type will be incompatible with the donor type.
If your crossmatch comes back positive, it means it's likely that antibodies were found. In this case, the antibodies must be isolated in a lab to find out how significant they are. Not all antibodies cause donor blood to be incompatible with your type, but when they are, using blood from that particular donor will most likely be ruled out.
The test requires a blood sample, which is drawn through a needle from a vein in your arm.
Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore.
A crossmatch that's done more than 3 days before a transfusion could have inaccurate results.
You don't need to prepare for this test. But be sure your healthcare provider knows about all medicines, herbs, vitamins, and supplements you are taking. This includes medicines that don't need a prescription and any illicit drugs you may use.


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A dragon that soared above Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland on Wednesday night isn't scheduled to make a return trip, Walt Disney Imagineering officials said Thursday.
The red beast, which appeared to be of a fire-breathing species, flapped high above Beast's Castle during a Fantasyland grand-opening party attended by government officials, cast members, media members and other dignitaries and Disney World guests.
It approached from the Adventureland side of the park, then circled over the new section of Fantasyland. He could roar and move his head back and forth.
Disney officials would not comment about just how this creature worked.
"What do you mean? It's a dragon. What are you talking about?" joked Chris Beatty, creative director for the Fantasyland expansion project.
"All I'll say is Imagineers are always trying new things and new technologies to bring stories to life. And the dragon was just sort of a little sneak peek into some of our technology and new things we're trying," Beatty said.
The dragon's appearance was only for one night "at this point," an Imagineering spokesman said Thursday.
"So, deep in the future, you may see more things like that," Beatty said.


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What thing(s) in your life are you wishing could be easier right now?
When was the last time you actually heard yourself say: "If this struggle doesn't get easier, I'm going to quit!"
Today is a good day to take a short minute and read:
"The Story of the Butterfly."
Then see how you feel.
Struggles are not bad things. Infact, many can be good, especially if we view them as tests.
Think of them as preparation for something wonderful life has in store for you.
Let go of those scissors. Don't you or let anyone else cut a hole in your life just yet.
Embrace the struggle!!!
Can you do that???
What If the Easy Way
Isn't What It Appears To Be???


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A new iPad app developed by students at Princeton University is now being piloted by fire departments that hope to save precious seconds during calls.
A new iPad app developed for firefighters in the field delivers critical information quickly. Developed by three Princeton University students with a common interest in the fire service, the app provides data like building layouts, fire hydrant locations and hazardous materials warnings to give firefighters the critical information they need during an emergency.
"Our goal is to bring better information to firefighters," said Charlie Jacobson, developer on the project and volunteer firefighter, Phys.org reported. "And we need to provide this information quickly and intuitively."
The app, called FireStop, quickly draws information from a database and displays it in an easy-to-read format. Such databases are common tools for fire departments, but apps like FireStop make the data useful during active calls. "It's about the interface," Jacobson said. "You click the button and it's right there." According to the FireStop website, the team hopes using the app will save departments 90 seconds of firefighting operations.
Fire companies already have a lot to think about and a lot of training to keep up on, he said, so they don't need to learn how to use new software, too. The app also addresses a challenge firefighters often face when trying to use technology in emergency environments -- lost connectivity. FireStop establishes a secure connection between agency databases and user devices, and maintains access to data even in the event of a lost connection.
The app attempts to encrypt and store as much information as possible in the user's device and on FireStop's cloud servers while there is an active connection, Jacobson told Government Technology via email. "That way, if a firefighter does lose connection while en route, he or she will still have access to all the most recent data pulled down from the cloud before leaving the firehouse," he said.
The FireStop team, composed of Princeton rising sophomores Jacobson, Eddie Zhou, and James Siderius, has partnered with fire departments in central and northern New Jersey, including Princeton Fire Department and Princeton University's Department of Public Safety. Initially developed as part of eLab, a summer business accelerator at the Princeton Keller Center at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the goal of the pilot is to establish that the interface is easy to use and that data can easily be collected from outside agencies, such as the town building inspector's office.
One of the challenges facing FireStop, the developers said, is their funding model. Because fire departments often have tight budgets, the team realized they could not expect to charge each department an hourly fee to develop a custom application. The team has looked to grant funding as one possibility and is now working to develop the app as generic software for universal deployment.
"We are fine-tuning our data migration tools to minimize both the amount of work required by new fire departments to sign up and additional work needed by us to incorporate each unique, pre-existing database," he said. FireStop is now scheduled for a public release in the next six months, Jacobson said.
A similar iPad app was developed by the local government of Longboat Key, Fl. In addition to providing firefighters building information during fires, the app also has a module to simplify the inspection process and an electronic logging system that streamlines recordkeeping. Longboat Key is also looking to branch out with its app and make the technology available to other interested jurisdictions, like Boca Raton, Fl., and Longwood, Fl.
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Back home in Japan after touring Europe for five weeks Oct 17, 2019 16:40:39 GMT 9
Back home in Japan after touring Europe for five weeks
Back home in Japan after touring Europe for five weeks
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County Distribution
Hoffmannseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert -
Indian rushpea
in the state of Arizona
Click the map above to view a larger image.
Our county data are based primarily on the literature, herbarium specimens, and confirmed
observations. However, not all populations have been documented, so some gaps in the
distribution shown above may not be real. Remember that only native and
naturalized populations are mapped!


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Pitino follows through on promise to get tattoo
Louisville coach celebrates title with players
Louisville coach Rick Pitino has followed through on a promise he made to his players to get a tattoo.
The Louisville coach followed through Friday on his promise to get a tattoo if the Cardinals won the NCAA championship, adorning his left shoulder blade with the school's old-English 'L' emblem in red.
He got it done at Tattoo Salvation, a parlor east of campus, and the emblem is perpendicularly surrounded by the words '2013 NCAA champions, 35-5.'
Athletic department spokesman Kenny Klein tweeted pictures of a topless Pitino with the tattoo on his back and a close-up of the finished product. The NCAA championship trophy was nearby.
The 60-year-old Pitino revealed the design earlier in the week and his plans to get it done before the Kentucky Derby on May 4. He's part owner of Goldencents, considered a strong Derby contender.
Pitino told ESPN that he rated the pain of getting the tattoo as a "C" compared to the "A" of kidney stones.
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The AAVSO remembers its members, observers, colleagues, and friends who are deceased. In each issue of the AAVSO Newsletter, a section is devoted to remembering those connected to the AAVSO who have died in the previous quarter or since the previous issue of the Newsletter.
Index to obituaries and death notices published in the AAVSO Newsletter
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I have just returned from the National Science Festival here in SA and was unable to access my e-mail whilst there.
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It was with deep sorrow that I learned of the death of Dr. Janet Mattei. It is great loss for amateur and professional astronomy. Please accept my sincere condolences. —Jerzy Speil (Poland)
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After not reading it for many, many weeks, this morning I decided to catch up on the latest on the AAVSO discussion list. Instead, I suddenly found myself thrown into another, sad, Universe, as I read about Janet's death. Devastating and surreal...
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I received the news with great pain. I had the privilege of meet she in Montevideo, 1992 in one Convention of LIADA. (Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia) I would also like to express my condolences to Dr. Mattei's family and friends. —Esmeralda Mallada (Uruguay)


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Welcome! I'm Sally Jane Thompson, a freelance comic creator and illustrator, and this is my corner of the internet. Here you'll find galleries of previous work, free webcomics to read, and books and prints to buy, as well as more info on my background, and what art services I can provide for your company or project.
Grab a couch and a cuppa, and enjoy looking around and reading some comics! If you'd like to discuss any of the work on this site - or are interested in hiring me to create some new work - get in touch!


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Found 764 software entries
from category: Arcade
Found 764 software entries
from category: Arcade
"Disk 5" - GAMES - Mac 87D9
1 Star Ship
Also play here: https://www.onlinegames.com/1starship/
2K5's description from the publisher: 2K5 is a fast paced 1 - 2 player fighting game for the Power Macintosh. You can play as any one of a variety of characters in either the solo-player scenario or head to head with another person over a...
3D Brick Bash
3d Brick Bash! is a three-dimensional version of the old break-out game.
3D Brick Bash 2.0
3D Brick Bash 2.0 is the PPC color version of 3D Brick Bash which was released 7 years before. Sounds and graphics are simple yet enjoyable in 3D Brick Bash 2.0 and there is no music in the background either. Other games in the same genre are...
3D Dragon Duel aka Dragon Castle
3D Paddle Bash!
3D Toad Panic
3D Toad Panic is a fine and simple 3D Frogger implementation game for PowerPC Macs from the 90's. It does not require OpenGL to run, so it works perfectly fine under emulation. 3D Toad Panic features many levels with random cars and...
3D Ultra NASCAR Pinball (aka 3D Ultra Pinball: Turbo Racing)
3D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night
3D Ultra Pinball: Fastest Pinball in Space
3D Ultra Pinball Video Example
3D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent
3D Ultra Pinball: Thrillride
9: The Last Resort
Active Lancer
Activision Anthology Remix Edition
Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack
Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2
To date, Macintosh Repository served 1315104 old Mac files, totaling more than 254240.3GB!
Downloads last 24h = 696 : 171442.9MB
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Brian Burke, the irascible, love-him-or-hate-him hockey executive, thought long and hard before going to court to silence Internet trolls accusing him of extra-marital hanky-panky.
In spite of the risks such litigation carries, his lawyer Peter Gall said Burke's colleagues and grown children urged him "to drive a spike" through the falsehoods.
"I usually take the position that you just leave things like this alone," the veteran Vancouver litigator explained. "But Brian just felt he had to do it."
Dumped as Toronto Maple Leafs general manager in January, anonymous online commentators piled on, accusing Burke of having an affair and love-child with sports TV anchor Hazel Mae.
After failing to quash the rumours and have the comments scoured from websites, Burke filed suit last Friday in B.C. Supreme Court against 18 unidentified users.
That was unfortunate timing for his wife, news anchor Jennifer Burke, who was about to host the B.C. political leaders' debate on Monday, but he felt compelled.
"This was running around in the hockey world and people had questions about whether it did or did not happen," explained Gall, of Heenan Blaikie LLP and one of B.C.'s leading labour lawyers.
"Brian could tell anyone he met (that) it didn't happen, but it was on the Internet and there was enough talk in the hockey world that he wanted to address it. He talked to people in the hockey world about whether he should file suit. They said, 'Do it!' And his grown children said, 'Drive a spike through it!'"
That should worry the 18 Internet commentators, as well as other Canadian social media users, given the huge legal liability that may be attached to defamatory online posts, warned Michael Smith, of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Especially with a motivated plaintiff like Burke.
"I think you can characterize this as fighting back against the bullies," the Toronto defamation specialist said. "In my view, there's far too much of this really inflammatory false posting online, and people do it under anonymity and they think they can remain anonymous and they think their comments don't have consequences. … There are and can be consequences, serious consequences for this kind of conduct, and you have to take responsibility for what you say online."
But Smith added that Burke had every reason to agonize about whether to file suit.
"By taking legal action, he risked drawing more attention to the rumours and spreading the story from the sports pages to business and breaking news," he said.
It's a dilemma facing many victims of defamation. Think of former 2010 Olympics boss John Furlong, who similarly turned to the courts to defend his reputation even though it magnified charges made in a Vancouver weekly newspaper into an international story.
As bad as public allegations may hurt, litigation draws even more attention to them and can exacerbate their damage, especially in the short term.
"For Furlong, it's worse because he is facing adversaries who want to go to court," said Burke's lawyer Gall.
"None of (the individuals in Burke's case) will stand up and say this is true, that their comments were privileged or fair comment or any other defence to defamation. It will just be a question of the apology or damages. ... We will never have a trial in this case."
He said some of the pseudonymous individuals have contacted him: "A couple have already called and said, 'I live in a basement. I drive a beat up '70s car. I have nothing'."
Zack Bradley, for instance, a 20-year-old Carleton University student, told The Toronto Star that he was one of the 18, but did not understand all the fuss:
"What I said wasn't probably true, and I just removed it because I don't want anything bad to happen in future."
Gall said Burke was only interested in quashing the insinuations.
He filed the suit in B.C. although he has a home in Toronto and works for the Anaheim Ducks. That was likely a wise choice given that the law of defamation differs on both sides of the border and between the provinces.
In the U.S., online users have more protections, and as a public figure Burke gets less sympathy.
Similarly, Smith pointed out, Ontario courts haven't settled on a limitation period for filing cyber-libel suits. Burke had more time to file in B.C., where the limitation period is set at two years.
Still he faces an uphill battle and must pursue legal orders to unmask those behind the scurrilous attacks — "Slobberface", "Ncognito", "Sir Psycho Sexy", et al — an expensive and time-consuming endeavour that is not always fruitful.
Montreal lawyer Allen Mendelsohn, who represents the owner of a blog implicated in the suit, said most of the comments were benign.
"My impression of this lawsuit is that he's taking four defamatory statements made by one person and is now attributing them to 18 people," he said. "From a legal perspective, this is my problem with this entire lawsuit."
Once Burke identifies the individuals, he must prove their remarks adversely affected his reputation.
"He is clearly committed to going the distance with this case, so there should be some interesting decisions coming out of the battle," Smith said.
Mae's lawyers said she is considering her legal options but supported Burke's suit.


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When the San Diego Chargers did not address the vacancy at running back during free agency, it was obvious that would become one of the top priorities in the 2015 draft. Most of the Chargers' faithful cheered when the front office moved up two spots, selecting Wisconsin Badger Melvin Gordon with their No. 1 pick.
Telesco and company found it paramount to give up their fourth-round pick in '15 (big surprise) and fifth-round selection in '16 to ensure that no one received the right to signing the electrifying Gordon other than the Bolts.
At the University of Wisconsin Gordon rewrote the NCAA record books. In 2014, Gordon led the Nation in rushing (2,587 yards), yards from scrimmage (2,740 yards), rushing touchdowns (29), touchdowns from scrimmage (32), rushing attempts (343) and yards per attempt (7.8). Gordon was a unanimous selection for All-American and All-Big-Ten First-team honors, as well as winning the Doak Walker Award given to the Nation's best running back.
The 6-foot-1, 215-pound Gordon was the picture of durability during his days at Wisconsin. After receiving a medical redshirt for suffering a groin injury during his freshman year in 2011, Gordon did not miss a game due to injury the remaining three years he spent on campus. A stellar 2014 season was capped by an Outback Bowl MVP award, additionally earning him second place in the Heisman Trophy balloting.
All of the hype surrounding Gordon upon his drafting by San Diego was well-deserved and well-received among most Chargers fans. To anticipate big things from such an elite collegiate running back was to be expected.
The reality of his pro career through seven games has not been as rosy.
Contributing factors to Gordon's limited success can be traced to multiple things; an ankle injury has limited his effectiveness in games. The Chargers have been slowly working Gordon into the offense with a running-back-by-committee approach alongside Danny Woodhead and Branden Oliver. The Bolts' offensive line has once again been decimated by injuries. Ball security has also affected his playing time. To date, Gordon has fumbled four times, losing three. In three years at Wisconsin, he fumbled 12 times, losing seven. Gordon had 631 carries during that time. In San Diego, he's carried the ball 85 times, yet still putting the ball on the carpet at an alarming rate.
It goes without saying that the college game and the pro game are two completely different animals. The defenses are faster, the players hit harder and the game is played at a much higher level.
Nonetheless, fundamentals, like ball security, don't change. In college, it equated to one fumble every 53 carries. In the pros, it's an alarming one fumble per every 21 carries. Gordon's recent fumble issues, and nagging ankle injury, are the most likely reasons why he didn't enter Sunday's Raiders' game until midway through the third quarter.
Despite the growing pains of being a high-profile draft pick in the NFL, Gordon is fifth among rookies in rushing with 328 yards. The Chargers find themselves with a 2-5 record, clinging to slim playoff hopes after an embarrassing home loss to the Raiders.
How does San Diego right the ship and get Gordon on track?
Two simple changes can achieve both purposes.
Abandon the running-back-by-committee approach
Gordon has shown he is capable of being an every-down back at the collegiate level. Let him prove he is capable of being an every-down back in the pros. To achieve this, Mike McCoy and those responsible for the gameplan on Sundays must to be willing to give Gordon the ball. In the last two games, Gordon has carried the ball seven times each. He has averaged 14 carries over the five previous games.
Gordon has to do his job and step up his game in respects to ball security, pass protection and route running. McCoy and offensive coordinator Frank Reich have to fully commit to the running game, giving Gordon twenty-plus carries, allowing him to be the punishing running back that he was in college.
Any running back will tell you being in on every down allows them to get into a rhythm, which helps them run better. Woodhead and Oliver can still be inserted on passing downs to spell Gordon when he needs a rest.
The second solution is presented in the form of a question.
What did Gordon have during his record-breaking seasons as a Wisconsin Badger that he does not have in the pros?
Get Melvin a capable fullback
Gordon accomplished all the gaudy records mentioned above — and a lot more — playing in a traditional Big-Ten power-running scheme. The Badgers almost exclusively ran I-formation with a fullback leading the way, opening the first crack in the defensive line. Gordon was able to use his explosiveness to get through the crack and accumulate yardage at an astounding clip. No back in NCAA history has more than Gordon's 7.9 yards per carry average over his career. Using that scheme, Gordon is the fastest running back in NCAA history to 2,000 yards. He did it in only 241 carries.
If it ain't broke…
With the Chargers, Gordon has been the single back on most of his plays.
We've watched as he's shuffled his feet at the line, waiting for that first crack to open. It has been tough sledding for the rookie behind a patchwork offensive line struggling to open running lanes. As a result, Gordon is only averaging slightly above 40 yards per game.
After three-plus years of not having to wait, he's getting stopped at or behind the line because his downhill running style isn't conducive to waiting for a lane.
We've also seen that when he's able to turn the corner along the sidelines he has a phenomenal second gear, along with the ability to accelerate for huge gains. Sadly, those moments have been few and far between. It will remain that way until the offensive philosophy changes.
The fullback is a dying breed in the NFL. There are no great fullbacks left, but you don't need a great fullback to achieve the desired result.
There are plenty of free agent fullbacks who would love nothing more than to sign for the veteran's minimum (approximately 800-900k depending on years of service) and run into the defensive line looking for contact. Henry Hynoski, Frank Summers, John Conner, Zach Boren and Jed Collins are all experienced fullbacks who would welcome the opportunity for an NFL paycheck.
Establishing a running game takes pressure off of quarterback Philip Rivers.He has already taken a beating this year. Rivers has been sacked 18 times. The Chargers have the No. 1 passing offense and the 29th rushing offense in the NFL through seven weeks because the coaches won't commit fully to Gordon. A solid running attack keeps Rivers healthy, opening opportunities down the field with play action. But the running game must first be established prior to play action making sense, much less being viable in tricking the defense into deciding whether or not to commit to one or the other.
Forcing Rivers to throw 123 times in the last two games is an indictment of the lack of a consistent, effective running game. Continuing to force Rivers to shoulder that heavy a load will result in fans seeing the same beaten, battered QB we saw limping around at the end of last season.
The Chargers need to do no more than look east of the Mississippi at Gordon's draft-class counterpart, Todd Gurley, to see what the reward could be. Many considered Gordon better than Gurley. The difference is that in St. Louis, Gurley is getting 19 carries per game and has garnered 442 yards in the four games he's played. The Rams trust their workhorse, and San Diego needs to do the same.
The window is still open for a turnaround and postseason run with an (on paper) easy remaining schedule, including five division games on tap. The window will shut fast if no change is made soon.
At this point, there is nothing left to lose.
It's time to release the Kraken. Get Gordon a fullback, let him carry the rock, stacking wins.
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The company unveiled the details on Thursday in another amended filing for its initial public offering.
Alibaba amended its filing last week to include a host of details investors had complained were missing in its initial filing in May.
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SAN DIEGO -- Free agent Nate McLouth was getting in an offseason workout in early December when his phone rang.
"Nate," said Orioles manager Buck Showalter, who hadn't spoken to the outfielder much since Baltimore's season ended in the American League Division Series, "we're getting ready to sign another outfielder. Are you in or are you out?"
McLouth, who hit .268/.342/.435 in 2012 for Baltimore after being promoted from Triple-A, was in. The former All-Star and Gold Glove Award winner, who signed a Minor League deal after being released by Pittsburgh last May, had wanted to come back to the O's. But the team's checklist at the Winter Meetings included going home with another outfielder, and while executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette had McLouth as the Orioles' top choice, the club wasn't waiting around.
Enter Showalter.
"Sometimes those type of phone calls are used as maybe a scare tactic," McLouth said. "But I didn't get that. It couldn't be farther from the truth. It was a very genuine conversation, and I appreciated it."
McLouth hung up and called his agent, and the Orioles got their man, signing McLouth to a one-year, $2 million deal before leaving the Meetings. The signing barely registered a blip on baseball's radar as O's fans clamored for the club -- fresh off its first postseason appearance in 15 years -- to make a splash on the free-agent market.
But Baltimore's big move was re-signing McLouth, and the smaller deal has had a serious effect on every facet of the Orioles' game. McLouth has taken over the everyday job in left field, and he has undergone a renaissance in Baltimore, eclipsing a career high in stolen bases by June and providing a spark as the team's primary leadoff hitter, with a .283/.350/.420 line in 100 games, including his first career grand slam on Friday.
"He's revamped our lineup, and he's revamped himself and his career," O's center fielder Adam Jones said of McLouth. "First and foremost, he's a great man, a great guy in this clubhouse. But on the field, he wants to win. And he does everything he can on the field to win for this team."
It's evident in talking to McLouth how much he enjoys Baltimore, and the comfort factor of playing for Showalter and bench coach John Russell -- who managed him at the start of his career in Pittsburgh, where McLouth was an All-Star in 2008 -- is a big reason for his revival after three frustrating seasons in Atlanta and a less-than-stellar second stint with the Bucs. McLouth uses phrases like "second to none" in describing Orioles fans and launches into stories about the fan interaction out in Camden Yards' left field. There are rare times an opposing fan gets in a word to McLouth out there, and let's just say the O's faithful makes sure it doesn't happen again.
"That's why one loss in the grand scheme of things isn't a huge deal, but it seems like when we lose at home, it hurts a little more," McLouth said. "Because you know they want us to win so bad. And they come, they bring their kids to the games to see us win. And when we don't, it stings."
McLouth has done his part to help Baltimore stay in the AL East race, and he is leading Orioles regulars with a .328 average, with three doubles, three triples and a homer since the All-Star break.
"A lot of people [outside the team] don't know a lot about him, because he is quiet," Nick Markakis said his fellow outfielder, who doesn't command the spotlight the way teammates like Jones and Chris Davis do. "But he's one of the better teammates I've ever had. He brings a lot to the table. He's the type of guy that you need on your team to win. Lot of guys wouldn't be having the years they are having if it wasn't for guys like Nate."
Sincere is the word consistently used by Showalter to describe McLouth, and it shows, from his late-game sliding catch in a recent 11-0 loss to the way he conducts himself in the O's clubhouse. Fluent in Spanish from his early days in pro ball, McLouth was one of the first players to welcome Cuban outfielder Henry Urrutia when he first set foot inside the visitors' clubhouse at Rangers Ballpark. McLouth was also dubbed an "all-time favorite" of Triple-A Norfolk manager Ron Johnson, who started coaching shortly after his playing days ended in 1984.
"There's a lot to like about what he brings," Orioles closer Jim Johnson said of McLouth. "He's a veteran player. He's had success and failure at this level, so he has a lot of different views on how things are. And that's always helpful. Things can go good for such a long time and guys become [complacent], but he's had to go through adversity to get to this point. And I think he's enjoying it too, which is part of the fun."
It was the gregarious Ron Johnson who helped McLouth get back to having fun. The O's had interest in him on special assistant Lee Thomas' recommendation in the offseason prior to 2012, and they picked him up off the scrap heap after McLouth was released and went home to Tennessee.
"He performed pretty well recently in 2008, and we weren't sure why he wasn't performing at that level, given his age and his health," said Duquette. "It turned out he just needed a little more time."
Time to get back to being McLouth, that is.
"When he first joined the club, I watched him play and I was like, 'Does this guy remember who he is?'" Ron Johnson said of McLouth's first few days in Triple-A. "Just because of the way he was going about it, all cautious at the plate. One day, he was sitting there and I was like, 'Are you Nate McLouth?' He goes, 'Yeah.' I go, 'Well, go be yourself, man. You're really good.'
"I think Nate forgot who he was. He was a really talented young guy that had a lot of success, and I really think whatever his struggles were over the last year or so kind of clouded the fact that he was who he was. Norfolk gave him an opportunity to get that confidence back."
There is no telling where the Orioles would be this season without McLouth, particularly with fellow left fielder Nolan Reimold's season-ending corrective spinal fusion surgery. Scouts frequently point McLouth to as Baltimore's lineup's catalyst and the player opposing pitchers must monitor as soon as he reaches base, changing the dynamic for the teammates who hit behind him.
And, of course, there is that hair, which has spawned teammate teasing -- invoking names that range from "Saved By the Bell" TV character Zack Morris to actor Michael Douglas -- a Twitter account and a T-shirt night that branded McLouth as the "Base Bandit" and featured a photo of "The Incredibles" movie character Dash.
The good-natured McLouth donned the black superman mask and carried a base to film the team's promo in the home dugout one afternoon before the club played Cleveland.
"There were like six of their guys in the [visiting] dugout, I was like, 'Guys, I'm sorry, it's embarrassing. Don't tell anybody,'" McLouth said. "Last year, I think Chris Davis brought [the nickname Dash] up, that was the first I've heard of it. It's pretty good. They put that poster up [in the clubhouse]. It's pretty funny. It could be worse."
In fact, it's hard to imagine a better scenario for McLouth than what he has in Baltimore, a city he admits he knew next to nothing when he first put on the O's uniform a year ago Sunday.
"He wanted to come back," Jim Johnson said. "What does that tell you about him? He could have waited. But I think he really wanted to be here."


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- Their products are made from 100% cotton and the toys are filled with kapok.
- Their toys visually stimulating for children because of their bright colours and tactile because of their creative use of fabric textures.
As some of you know I am an artist myself, and I appreciate the quality, style and the uniqueness of all the products…as not one product is the same as the other. They are all finished off in different colours.
These are some of the products that I stock in their range if you press on the different category headings it will take you there and you can see some of the delightful range.
Who wouldn't like to have one of these in a child's room or perhaps one like me (who is slowly approaching second childhood)…..I have one in my family room hanging down from the ceiling. The work is meticulous, the craftsmanship is outstanding and unique, the concept is fantastic, it can be folded and taken with them on holidays or someone's house, and have an immediate play house. These gorgeous Barefoot mice will be their friends for life. I think it is a work of art. You will have your own piece of fine art as every one of them is unique.
These are gorgeous cuddly toys:
Have a look at the range here in the different categories…..which one is your favourite?
I will be introducing Library Bags in the bag section as well….I have the toddler bags at the moment which come with an Australiana toy animal.
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? If you are after something special these should be on top of your lists, they are also ideal if you are sending gifts via mail as they are very light to send especially overseas.
I leave you browsing and enjoy this awesome range.
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Chip analysis reveals subtle changes to new iPad innards
Anandtech published a preliminary technical analysisa of the new iPad on Thursday based on iFixit's teardown of the device.
Report author Anand Lal Shimpi said the tablet's internals were "mostly what we expected," including the Qualcomm MDM9600 LTE baseband. However, working from images of the third-generation iPad's insides, he did surmise that Apple is now using "two discrete DRAM devices" for its A5 SoC, instead of a PoP (Package-on-Package) stack.
The two 512MB Elpida LP-DDR2 devices were located "on the side of the PCB that doesn't feature the A5X," he said. The DRAM devices carried a part number of B4064B2MA-8D-F, but Lal Shimpi was unable to identify detailed specifications by reading the part numbers.
Another change reported by the publication was the addition of a metal heat spreader to the A5X. Lal Shimpi took the to mean that Apple had "made the shift from a wire bond package to flip-chip," the process of flipping a chip top face down to connect it to external circuitry.
"Moving to a flip-chip BGA package allows for better removal of heat (the active logic is closer to the heatsink), as well as enabling more IO pins/balls on the package itself," he said.
However, Lal Shimpi did note that Apple may have already used flip-chip in the previous-generation A5 and "simply hidden it under the PoP stack."
The report went on to estimate the die size of the new A5X chip. By comparing Apple's new SoC with the Toshiba eMMC NAND next to it, Lal Shimpi deduced that the A5X die measured roughly 10.8mm x 10.8 mm, or 117.5mm^2. Anandtech had previously guessed a 125mm^2 die for the A5X. He assumed that the A5X is built on a 28/32nm process, but he also warned that there was "a lot of estimation" in his methodology.
Apple's new A5X has the same clock speed as its predecessor, but features double the RAM and a new quad-core graphics processor. According to iFixit's teardown, the CPU was built by Samsung and is believed to have been manufactured during the first week of 2012. Samsung also manufactured the Retina Display found in the new iPad used for the teardown.
The third-generation iPad launches in 10 countries at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, though some retailers began selling the device at midnight.


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We're excited to see you! Please come to the Rockwall Christian Writers Group, tonight (November 17) 7--9:30 at Lakepointe Church, room W-214.
on the Chili's side of the building. Enter the West Wing (near the
parking garage). We meet on the second floor toward the back of that
wing. Don't forget to dress in layers. The church is often chilly.
you'd like to have us critique your work, please bring 5 pages, double
spaced, at least eight copies. Times New Roman font with one inch
margins. Numbering your pages helps. Click here to read about our procedures.
Click here to read more about us and how we do things. (We promise, we won't freak you out!)
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Previously posted at: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-appeased-at-munich
On this day in 1938, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact, which seals the fate of Czechoslovakia, virtually handing it over to Germany in the name of peace. Upon return to Britain, Chamberlain would declare that the meeting had achieved "peace in our time."
Although the agreement was to give into Hitler's hands only the Sudentenland, that part of Czechoslovakia where 3 million ethnic Germans lived, it also handed over to the Nazi war machine 66 percent of Czechoslovakia's coal, 70 percent of its iron and steel, and 70 percent of its electrical power. It also left the Czech nation open to complete domination by Germany. In short, the Munich Pact sacrificed the autonomy of Czechoslovakia on the altar of short-term peace-very short term. The terrorized Czech government was eventually forced to surrender the western provinces of Bohemia and Moravia (which became a protectorate of Germany) and finally Slovakia and the Carpathian Ukraine. In each of these partitioned regions, Germany set up puppet, pro-Nazi regimes that served the military and political ends of Adolf Hitler. By the time of the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the nation called "Czechoslovakia" no longer existed.
It was Neville Chamberlain who would be best remembered as the champion of the Munich Pact, having met privately with Hitler at Berchtesgaden, the dictator's mountaintop retreat, before the Munich conference. Chamberlain, convinced that Hitler's territorial demands were not unreasonable (and that Hitler was a "gentleman"), persuaded the French to join him in pressuring Czechoslovakia to submit to the Fuhrer's demands. Upon Hitler's invasion of Poland a year later, Chamberlain was put in the embarrassing situation of announcing that a "state of war" existed between Germany and Britain. By the time Hitler occupied Norway and Denmark, Chamberlain was finished as a credible leader. "Depart, I say, and let us have done with you!" one member of Parliament said to him, quoting Oliver Cromwell. Winston Churchill would succeed him as prime minister soon afterwards.


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Climate change is reflected in a host of shifts around the globe. Scientists have been tracking the patterns in Earth's changing temperatures, ice masses, weather events, and oceans.
Global Average Temperature Has Been Rising
Global average temperature has increased in recent decades, and the most recent decade was the warmest in the past century. Land areas and the Arctic region have experienced the greatest warming.
This video helps to visualize rising global surface temperatures. Red indicates temperatures that are higher than the long-term average. Blue indicates temperatures that are lower than the long-term average.
Visualization from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, provided by Robert B. Schmunk (NASA/GSFC GISS). Source
Additional Resources from the National Academies
Climate Change: Evidence, Impacts, and Choices is a web resource that includes a free 36-page booklet offers answers to common questions about the science of climate change, as well as a 26-minute video, PowerPoint presentation, and image gallery.
Climate Change: Evidence & Causes is a free, 36-page booklet produced by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and The Royal Society that describes what is well-established and where understanding is still developing in the area of climate change. It includes a Q&A, climate basics, and a figure gallery.
The materials in the Koshland Science Museum's Earth Lab exhibit are based on reports of the National Research Council and works of the U.S. government, and have been vetted for scientific accuracy by a panel of expert advisors.


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Have a look at this table of countries by 'public spending as % of GDP'
The UK is at 49% Canada at 42% The US at 41.6%
Way down below 35% is a mixed bag, but we have: -
Singapore, Switzerland, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Bahamas, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Liechtenstein
I think these are all livable places. Singapore and Hong Kong have *very* low taxes, and still manage to have functioning social safety nets.
I don't think your assertion that cost-cutting is always a disaster is true. There are lots of countries living quite prosperous, civilized lives with much more frugal public sectors than Canada or the UK.


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Mariners blank Rays again to complete 6-1 road trip
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Robinson Cano delivered the biggest hit of the day for the Seattle Mariners, but not before a perfectly executed drag bunt set up things against one of the best pitchers in baseball.
James Jones went 3 for 4, including a bunt single that wound up in the middle of three converging players and loaded the bases for Cano, whose third-inning, opposite-field double drove in two runs in Monday's 3-0 victory over David Price and the sputtering Tampa Bay Rays.
"We're a team that has to do anything to win a game," Cano said. "We don't have three or four or five guys that'll hit 30 home runs, so we've got to play the little game, do the little things."
Five Seattle pitchers combined on a five-hitter, blanking the punchless Rays for the second straight day. The Mariners extended their scoreless streak to 19 innings and won for the eighth time in nine games.
"Our last seven or eight starts have been pretty darn good. Our starters have given us everything we've asked them and probably a little bit more," manager Lloyd McClendon said. "With that our bullpen is even better."
The Rays, who've made the playoffs four or the past six seasons, have lost 13 of 14 and are saddled with the worst record in the major leagues at 24-41. The last time they were 17 games under .500 was the end of 2007, the final year they were known as the Devil Rays.
"Right now, we're the worst team. I don't anticipate finishing like that … but right now, we've earned that position," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said.
"Do I believe we can turn this around? Absolutely," he said. "But right now, if you're a baseball fan watching us, and you look at everything, you have to consider us the worst team."
Cano's big hit came on an 0-2 pitch during a three-run third inning against Price (4-6), who struck out 10 in eight innings. The 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner has dropped three straight decisions and hasn't won in nine starts since beating Minnesota on April 22.
"It just goes to show you how good this guy is," McClendon said of Cano. "Against one of the toughest lefties in baseball and down like that. … That was a huge hit for us."
Mariners starter Erasmo Ramirez didn't allow a run, but failed to get through the fifth inning to qualify for the victory. The 24-year-old right-hander allowed four hits and walked five in 4 2/3 innings.
Joe Beimel (1-1) retired the only two batters he faced to get the victory, and Fernando Rodney worked a perfect ninth for his 18th save in 20 opportunities.
The Rays were shut out for the AL-high ninth time overall.
Seattle, which is 20-14 away from home, finished a 6-1 road trip. The Mariners won three straight over Tampa Bay after dropping the opener of the four-game series.
Price allowed three runs and seven hits and walked one. He has the best strikeout to walk ratio in baseball, but has also yielded a major league-leading 105 hits 99 2/3 innings.
The Rays stranded seven runners and were 0 for 5 with men in scoring position through four innings against Ramirez, who entered the game with a 6.82 ERA.
The frustration continued in the fifth, when Ramirez gave up a two-out double to James Loney and walked Ben Zobrist before McClendon turned to his bullpen.
Beimel fanned pinch-hitter Jerry Sands, ending the threat and eliciting smattering of groans and boos from the crowd of 10,400 at Tropicana Field.
"At some point, we have to get our bats alive," Maddon said.
"The effort is wonderful. The work is great," the manager added. "The hits aren't there."


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Thoughts about partial updates on demand
Firefox has it's own built-in update system. The update system supports 2 types of updates: complete and incremental. Completes can be applied to any older version, unless there are some incompatible changes in the MAR format. Incremental updates can be applied only to a release they were generated for.
Usually for the beta and release channels we generate incremental updates against 3-4 versions. This way we try to minimize bandwidth consumption for our end users and increase the number of users on the latest version. For Nightly and Developer Edition builds we generate 5 incremental updates using funsize.
Both methods assume that we know ahead of time what versions should be used for incremental updates. For releases and betas we use ADI stats to be as precise as possible. However, these methods are static and don't use real-time data.
The idea to generate incremental updates on demand has been around for ages. Some of the challenges are:
Acquiring real-time (or close to real-time) data for making decisions on incremental update versions
Size of the incremental updates. If the size is very close to the size of the corresponding complete, there is reason to serve incremental updates. One of the reasons is that the that the updater tries to use the incremental update first, and then falls back to the complete in case if something goes wrong. In this case the updater downloads both the incremental and the complete.
Ben and I talked about this today and to recap some of the ideas we had, I'll put them here.
We still want to "pre-seed" most possible incremental updates before we publish any updates
Whenever Balrog serves a complete-only update, it should generate a structured log entry and/or an event to be consumed by some service, which should contain all information required to generate a incremental update.
The "new system" should be able to decide if we want to discard incremental update generation, based on the size. These decisions should be stored, so we don't try to generate incremental update again next time. This information may be stored in Balrog to prevent further events/logs.
Before publishing the incremental update, we should test if they can be applied without issues, similar to the update verify tests we run for releases, but without hitting Balrog. After they pass this test, we can publish them to Balrog and check if Balrog returns expected XML with partial info in it.
Minimize the amount of served completes, if we plan to generate incremental updates. One of the ideas was to modify the client to support responses like "Come in 5 minutes, I may have something for you!"
The only remaining thing is to implement all these changes. :)


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- Jim Quinn: FOUNDING FATHERS OF OUR NEW COUNTRY
- Federal Reserve Buys More Than 100% of Mortgages Issued in 2009
- Hotel RevPAR off 18.3 Percent
- U.S. ratings-fraud continues
- Commentary: We shouldn't have homeless children in America
- Saddled with Debt
- En Down Ments (Chart)
- Ludwig von Mises Institute (Video, H/T iDoctor)
- The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It (Video, H/T iDoctor)
- Ferguson On US Deficit - Bloomberg (H/T iDoctor)
Jim Quinn: FOUNDING FATHERS OF OUR NEW COUNTRY
"A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank." – Ron Paul
Federal Reserve Buys More Than 100% of Mortgages Issued in 2009
This is important information. What I've found and present below is that the Federal Reserve is not just supporting the housing market, it is the housing market.
Just as important as a person's desire to buy a home is their ability to gain access to mortgage funding.
The mortgage market is a gigantic beast with many moving parts, but it is pretty easy to understand from a high level.
The process works like this: A homeowner secures a mortgage from a bank or mortgage company. Then the mortgage is sold off to another company, with the cash generated by that sale now available to lend to other potential homeowners. Ultimately the mortgage may pass through several sets of hands but ultimately it lands with a terminal holder.
In that chain, the mortgage might get sold off several times, or perhaps sliced and diced by Wall Street wizards, but all that matters is that some company (with cash) is there at the end to buy the mortgage to keep the whole chain moving along.
Lately, the "terminal buyers" in that chain have increasingly ended up being the federal government (through the GSEs) and the Federal Reserve.
And not just by a little bit, but by a lot.
Here are the numbers:
So far in 2009 (through August), a total of 3.2 million existing homes were sold for an average price of $217,000, while 263,000 new homes were sold for an average price of $264,000.
Taken together, and assuming that we live in a world where 10% is the average down payment, we get this table:
We are now into the business travel season, and as expected, RevPAR is off sharply from 2008.
From HotelNewsNow.com: Oahu Island occupancy increases in STR weekly numbers
Overall the U.S. industry's occupancy fell 8.6 percent to end the week at 59.6 percent. Average daily rate dropped 10.5 percent to finish the week at US$98.34. Revenue per available room for the week decreased 18.3 percent to finish at US$58.57.
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This is only one of the outrageous aspects of this obvious scam. Ratings agencies are paid by the sellers of these products. Thus, the ratings agencies don't even pretend to independently evaluate these products (which, of course, is the primary function of these companies). The companies selling these products have to explain to the ratings agency how they should value them. If a particular ratings agency doesn't supply the appropriate "rubber-stamp" for the toxic security in question, then they don't get any future business.
It is a scam which is openly fraudulent, yet nothing has been done. Ratings agencies are still being paid by the sellers of these fraudulent securities. They still haven't even hired enough staff to evaluate the products they are "rating". And government "regulators" still turn a blind-eye to this institutionalized fraud.
Commentary: We shouldn't have homeless children in America
The effects of homelessness on children are crippling.
Children who are homeless are in bad health twice as often as other children, and four times as often as children with a family annual income of more than $35,000. They are four times as likely to have asthma, and they go hungry twice as often as other children.
Homeless children have delayed development at a rate four times the national average. More than one-fifth of homeless children between 3 and 6 years have emotional problems that require professional attention.
Ignoring the massive spike in government related debt (Federal, State, AND Local) for the time being and focusing instead on household liabilities as a percent of the national income, we see mortgage debt is now at 70% of GDP (more than double the level seen in the 1980's and 50% more than that seen at the beginning of this decade) and consumer debt is now at 18% of GDP.
The importance of all this is of course that all that debt that has been added over the years has been a huge contributor to that GDP. The fear is that the debt has just pulled a lot of consumption forward rather than infrastructure or other long term investments that will provide future growth opportunities.
Ludwig von Mises Institute (Video, H/T iDoctor)
The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It (Video, H/T iDoctor)
iDoctor writes:
"WOW!! watch at (starts) 1:15:00 where Nail Ferguson starts speaking the truth that no one wants to hear & they cut him off...."
Ferguson On US Deficit - Bloomberg (H/T iDoctor)


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DreamWorks animator accused of beating neighbor's dog with hammer
A 40-year-old DreamWorks animator pleaded not guilty Thursday to beating a neighbor's muzzled dog with a hammer, an incident that was captured on video.
The man, Young Song, allegedly climbed the fence into a yard in the 1900 block of Navarro Avenue in Pasadena, where a 16-month-old German shepherd was muzzled but untied. Surveillance camera video shows the beating but does not reveal what Song did with the dog, which is missing and presumed dead.
According to authorities, Young shot the dog with a pellet gun, then returned with a hammer and began chasing and striking the defenseless animal until it lay senseless.
Industry sites identify Young as a "surfacer," an artisan who creates the look and surface qualities for animated characters, props and environments. Young's credits on animal-themed films include "Kung Fu Panda," "Shark Tale," "Bee Movie" and "Madagascar 2".
"When our officers first viewed the videotape, one of our officers had tears in his eyes. He'd never seen anything like this before," said Steve McNall, who heads the Pasadena Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "In my 31 years at this animal shelter I've never seen anything like this."
The dog's owner returned to a bloody scene, and discovered that his dog was missing. The events were recorded on a newly installed security camera.
The motive for the attack is not yet clear, although there was a hole at the bottom of the fence adjoining the two yards, meaning that the dog could have been entering the suspect's property.
"It might have originated as a barking issue, a noise issue, and then escalated into something else," McNall added.
A man who lives across the street expressed surprise to the Pasadena Star-News when he learned who had been arrested.
"He's a very nice and kind person," said Paul Lofthouse, who described Song as a husband and father. "He has three dogs of his own and chickens in the backyard. It's a total surprise."
Song was being held on $40,500 bail, according to the Sheriff's Department.
The formal charges are one felony count of cruelty to an animal and one misdemeanor count of petty theft of a dog with a special allegation of personal use of a deadly weapon, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Alison Matsumoto. If convicted, Song could face more than four years in prison, the district attorney's office said.
Beaten Giants fan improving, mother says
Crime alerts for Fairfax and nine other L.A. neighborhoods
Rave out, Snoop Dogg, Rage Against the Machine in at L.A. Coliseum
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