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It must be the greenshoots, they are popping up all over and if you believe the pundants the chain of ever-growing Ponzi derivative securitized credit finance remains unbroken:
Econoday – Pending Home Sales Index…
Government efforts to push mortgage rates lower in combination with financing incentives and falling home prices may be turning the housing sector around at long last. The pending sales index rose 3.2 percent to 84.6 in March pointing to improvement in existing sales for April and May. Gains were centered in the Midwest and South, but a decline in the West, where the housing collapse is centered, does pose the only bad news in the report. Construction spending for March was also released at 10:00 ET and shows the first increase in six months. Markets showed no reaction to the reports at least initially, though they should give stocks an extra boost through the session and may also raise talk of easing toxic pressures on banks.
Yes indeed, the government's action are "turning the housing sector around at long last!"
LOL, okay, if they say so. This nonsense happened last spring and it happens every spring. No kidding, pending sales picked up at the beginning of spring? That's a surprise, who would have guessed?
Now, how about those year-over-year comparisons? No? Sorry, no pickup there, only historic plunges. But pending sales do lead the new and existing home sales so look for small increases in the next couple of months there. As you'll see in my commentary this matches what I'm seeing anecdotally in the market right now.
And Construction Spending is also seeing an upturn on a month over month basis:
Econoday – Construction Spending…
Construction spending in March rebounded unexpectedly but housing is still on a downtrend. Construction outlays posted a 0.3 percent gain in March, following a 1.0 percent decrease the month before. The rise in March was much better than the market forecast for a 1.0 percent fall. The rebound in March was led by private nonresidential outlays which jumped 2.7 percent after a 0.7 increase in February. The public component also advanced 1.1 percent, following a 1.3 percent boost the month before. However, the private residential component continued its downward trend, falling 4.2 percent after a 5.9 percent plunge in February.
Within private residential outlays, the single-family component dropped a monthly 8.6 percent while the multifamily component slipped 1.1 percent in the latest month.
On a year-on-year basis, overall construction outlays weakened to down11.1 percent in March, from down 10.1 percent in February.
Construction outlays in March indicate that businesses may be looking ahead toward the end of recession when increased capacity is needed. And we may be seeing a rising in public construction from fiscal stimulus beginning. But the important housing sector has not yet hit bottom. However, today's pending home sales report was moderately positive, indicating that outlays in this sector could be bottoming soon. Equities rose on the news of improvement in both outlays and pending home sales.
Market Consensus Before Announcement
Construction spending in February fell again but not as much as expected. Construction outlays dropped another 0.9 percent in February, after plunging 3.5 percent in January. Weakness in February was led private residential outlays, which fell 4.3 percent. The single-family subcomponent dropped 10.9 percent while the multifamily portion slipped 2.1 percent. The other two major components actually made partial rebounds. The private nonresidential component rose 0.3 percent after a 4.3 percent drop in January. Public outlays rebounded 0.8 percent, following a 2.4 percent decrease the month before. Looking ahead, the drop in the level of housing starts on average over the last three months indicates that the residential component of outlays will likely continue downward in March, pulling down overall construction spending.
"Glimmers of hope?" More "greenshoots?"
Mass psychosis, sorry.
As many of you know, I sold all my rental properties in late '05 and early '06. I then I sold my "million plus" dollar home (on paper, but not in reality) and rented a brand new equivalent from a builder who couldn't sell it. Total cost of living? Less than 40% of what our prior house cost to own (property taxes rose from $800 per month to over $1,300 in just seven years - per month! That's nearly $16,000 per year for that one tax alone!). Thank goodness we found a greater fool and now our youngest child is leaving home to go to college as our oldest is graduating from the U of W at the same time next month – making us near empty-nesters.
So, we're looking to downsize the house to have less to take care of and to lower our overhead further still. What I have found is simply amazing... yes it's springtime and there is more activity in the market right now, but it's a different kind of activity, I would describe it as "desperate." Keep in mind that this is anecdotal and that the Seattle area lags the rest of the market in the U.S. by approximately 12 to 18 months.
First of all, they are still building new houses like crazy all over the place and yet there are many abandoned developments around the area and many new houses that have been sitting for a year or two. Its nuts really…
I met a guy who has many rentals that are two to four years old, all very, very nice homes that he paid in the 700K to 900K range for – as rentals! What was he thinking? He would buy a house, get it appraised at a higher value, take out a second mortgage and use that money as the down payment on the next house! That's called leverage, and he was using it to the max. He just didn't realize that the bubble had already begun to pop when he was buying. And upper end homes for rentals? Not smart, especially considering that the Baby Boom Generation had already driven the value of luxury homes through the roof.
At any rate, this guy has several of them empty now with no renters and he is slashing his rental prices and has been trying to sell as many as he can (attempting to delever) but has sold NONE. I had a frank conversation with him and found out that he is AVERAGE $180K upside down on each of his rental properties! He's about to go into foreclosure on at least one and just can't give away the others for any amount that works. Thus he's attempting to short sale (no one will buy even at less than he owes) or will rent for way less than his payments – anything and everything, he is DESPERATE.
And I talked to several new home builders who are also desperate and willing to RENT their new inventory in an attempt to keep cash flow going. Their preference is: first to sell, then to lease to own (this works around no down payment money), then their last resort is to rent (which is what I'm taking advantage of now). To be fair, in the past month or two most have seen a sale or two where before there were none – but again, it's spring time and that's what you'd expect, only more so in a normal and healthy market.
Now, the other side is that the "average" home rental prices are indeed coming up. It used to be that the upper end non-executive home rental prices in the area was about $1,500 a month. Real nice home like the one I live in are more, of course, but that was generally as much as a blue collar neighborhood would garner in rent. Now, though, that price has moved up and I'm seeing many homes in this area rent for 1,650 to $2,000. But we all know that incomes are not growing at that same rate, so we'll see how that works out - they are definitely trying to create Zimbabwe, no doubt. And that's what gets the middle-class into trouble.
Look, you can't blame the young couple who just had their first child for buying an overpriced home using financing that is exotic by historical standards. What do they know about history, bubbles, or finance? NOTHING, and the pigmen intend to keep it that way. It is the pigmen who approve the loan, push for higher appraisals, securitize the debt, and then sell it to unsuspecting retirement plans all without so much as a Ponzi care in the world!
Yes, some individuals have taken full advantage, but again, whose fault is it that the moral hazard was created? The CENTRAL BANKERS AND THE FED IN CONCERT WITH OUR OWN POLITICIANS.
Anyway, one builder I talked with has a 3,000 square foot luxury home for rent for $1,900, one of the better deals for the money in the area. I told him I wanted to downsize even more and he pointed across the street and said he would finish out a 2,500 sq. foot rambler the way we want and rent it for $1,775 a month, new, very nice! Custom finished rentals, yahoo!
But not for us this time, we're not doing another new house, tired of that and suburbia and now that we'll be empty nesters are looking for a change. Anyway, I numbered out to buy those new houses at these historic low interest rates and the cost of owning versus renting is still WAY out of whack (way cheaper to rent). I was talking to the developer and blew him away when I told him it was not a good time to buy with interest rates at historic lows. "WHAT?" He obviously doesn't understand, like most Americans, that low monthly PAYMENTS are not the same as buying for low PRICES. That's just how people are brainwashed with our marketing – LOW INTEREST RATES, NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO BUY!
At any rate, we wound up renting a CHARMING old 1914 home on a very CHARMING and beautiful street in a CHARMING small town we never would have considered before and it's only 8 minutes down the road from where my wife works. Walking distance to everything and mass transit via rail two blocks away. The house has been completely redone and did I mention Charming? It is, and it's going to lower our cost of living by another 30 or 35% or so. Love it.
The people we're renting this place from have been trying to sell for quite some time. Prime location, best in the town. Immaculate street, beautiful. They actually didn't have the house for rent, they had it for sale. We drove by and it was so nice that we called them and asked if they would be willing to rent instead. "It must be fate," they now say, because they were just having that conversation 10 minutes before we called. Now we have an agreement and they are going to pack up and move to be close to family in Oregon and become renters themselves. They couldn't sell because they owe too much (and don't have the knowledge to work a short sale – again, not trained in finance and probably have a second mortgage they used to do all that wonderful remodel work)!
Another cute house we looked at a few blocks over was for rent and we looked at it. Young guy (mid 30's, young children) like the previous couple, just built a big new house and openly says he regrets starting it. Took them a year to build it and have been living in their new house for six months while trying to sell their old one. They had a buyer on a good agreement, but the house didn't appraise for anything close to the agreed upon price! So he rented it out, unhappily so. Couldn't sell it, but they did find renters in only a couple weeks of trying - $1,450 a month including lawn service! Small, but beautiful yard and the neighbors made him promise to keep the yard up!
LOL, wouldn't want any of those "bad" renters ruining the neighborhood! And let's face it, America has a problem in that the perception is that people who rent are not in the upper crust! And mostly that's been true, and yes, you must be careful who you rent to. I toured several homes that renters had ruined, including one where the entire yard will have to be completely redone costing thousands I'm certain.
Now, you guys might be wondering why Nate's not going out to BUY some defensible piece of high ground property and bunkering down? NO, I'm not. By renting way below my means I think I offer myself way more protection and it makes me free and flexible to do as I please depending on future circumstances. I will be FREE. FREEDOM EQUALS SECURITY. Those who seek SECURITY SACRIFICE FREEDOM.
I can jump on my bike and just travel. I could decide to pack up and move anywhere, or I could decide to stay in that charming house and blog forever. If the economy crumbles in a deflationary spiral, too bad… If it melts up in Zimbabwe fashion, then that's horrid, but I'll have the CASH (and inflation hedges) to deal with it. Anyone looking at retirement and planning to live on a fixed income should be getting prepared now.
Back to the two couples I mentioned above, they both want to sell their places but can't. This is a great example of pent up inventory. There's a ton of it out there. And this is in a very desirable and charming (did I mention that) town. Pent up inventory will keep prices in check as will wages which are not rising – unemployment's rising.
And yet they keep building new houses in ever worse locations, way out in what used to be "the sticks." The roads become bottlenecks and hell on four wheels. Kunstler is correct about that.
Our central bankers blew a credit bubble with the backing and blessing of our politicians. That's because our politicians use central banker money to get their jobs and to maintain them. Debt is "securitized," ground into sausage and sold creating a horrid moral hazard where no one cared about the deceit all along the chain.
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Oh the horror keyboard, It's bad enough they use 16:9 creens, making thinkpads look so wide, that if you own 14" thinkpad it looks like 15"+. Now this keyboard, really sad.To me, a top reason to buy a thinkpad is it's keyboard. For ages it has been simply the best. And second rason easylly available hardware documentation which is also being nerfed down imo.So it seems i'll have to look else where for my next laptop, now that the legendary thinkpad keyboard is gone.And i'm not even talking about build quality.
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When I saw this chocolate type keyboard, I know that thinkpad had completely gone. fortunately, we still have the red-cap...but, maybe it will be also disappeared on X250...
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It seems like nobdy from those "designers" are listening to the ThinkPad fanbase...
Maybe I'm oldfashioned but I think my newest and last ThinkPad will be my X61s (L7500, 3GB RAM, Samsung 470 SSD @ Win7Pro 64Bit).
Sorry Lenovo but ThinkPad is getting more and more - err what was the german low cost brand bought? YEP Medion...
Just my 2 cents
EDIT:@Mornsgrans: your sarcastic reply sums it up very nicely ;)
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Well it'll be interesting as it gets officially unveiled, what the rest of the package will be... But I'm not liking that keyboard, if it is indeed a proper picture of the x230.
the X220 maybe the last ultraportable with a proper keyboard?
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Unfortunately, I have to agree.
It's only one picture so far - but what I see is truely disappointing - the keyboard and the screen format.
What is this obsession with wide screens. How can this be for "those who do"? Lenovo has to wake up -
there is some serious brand dilution going on. Instead of having the guts and stick with what people adored and were
willing to pay a premium, they produce now very ordinary products. Dropping the keyboard.... I really wonder how that decision came about...
The ThinkPad seems to become a trend follower, instead of a standard setter. ;-(
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There should be a poll or something to have an idea about how many people are there who would preffer a "classic" style ThinkPad vs the ones who crave for a modern-looking one. I have heard some people complain ThinkPads looks "old" and don't have "bling" like... Macs as an example. Sadly, people nowadays buy things whick look shiny and lady-like regardless of sex or sexual-orientation. These are the days of the style over substance.
Although I would like the classic keyboard back, I think I should test the new keyboard in order to make a more constructive critique. Did someone actually used a ThinkPad with that type of keyboard? How does it feel?
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The chassis of ThinkPad #20 to #30 series look similar. It would be great if Lenovo provides options for customer to choose either traditional or chiclet keyboard. However, if it really allows to be swap to traditional keyboard, it would look almost the same like the previous #20 series. :smileyindifferent:
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It's pointless even to test this keyboard, because I allways bought thinkpads for their keyboard strenght, layout, ergonomics. That's whats made thinkpad keyboards stand out as most comfortable and productive keyboard on any laptop out there. Now, that everything is gone this is just another keyboard that you can find on any other laptop, like Medion, Dell, Asus, Toshiba etc. And even if it would be any good, I would still would not want it, I would not be comfortable to ergonomic layout change, I am too used to the good thinkpad keyboard.Thats my two cents.
There should be a poll or something to have an idea about how many people are there who would preffer a "classic" style ThinkPad vs the ones who crave for a modern-looking one.
There should be a poll or something to have an idea about how many people are there who would preffer a "classic" style ThinkPad vs the ones who crave for a modern-looking one.
I agree, it would be interesting. I for one would love a more classic looking one, with a 16:10 screen vs 16:9, good resolution in the 12-13" format, an option NOT to have a touchpad as I disable it permanently and use trackpoint exclusively, etc...
I also liked the old hinged style lid, as well as the angled screen edges that would "interlock" with the bottom to form a somewhat of a seal. I dont know to describe it but it was like that on my old T21 and I imagine in many TP's since.
IMO the classic Thinkpad series like T & X are laptops are for people who want the productivity, reliability and toughness, they dont need bling and stuff. Lenovo already has a line of "consumer" laptops and those are just fine for the everyday folks.
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Wow, it looks great, I hope the screen's resolution improves from the X220 as well. (BTW to anybody criticizing the keyboard's new design, please try it before criticizing it, if it's the same as the X1's keyboard, it is truly amazing. This keyboard is virtually the same as the old Thinkpad keyboard. It has the same travel and feel, it just looks slightly different and has backlighting. Some useless keys have been removed and that is it. This new keyboard has been universally praised and Laptopmag named it, on the X1 at least, the best keyboard they'd ever used. This is not the same as the Edge series keyboard, the feel and key travel are much better and, as I've already said, similar to those on other classic Thinkpads)
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Breads and spreads supplier Goodman Fielder says it is on course to make $100 million in annualised savings by 2015.
Goodman Fielder managing director Chris Delaney said the company's business improvement program, Project Renaissance, was producing its targeted cost savings and operational efficiencies.
"We are right on time in delivering that $100 million, and we continue to be confident in our ability to deliver the full $100 million over the strategic plan," Mr Delaney told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting in Sydney on Thursday.
Goodman Fielder in August posted a net loss of $146.9 million for the year to June 30, but the result was a 12 per cent improvement on the prior year's loss of $166.7 million.
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Mr Delaney said Goodman Fielder and its retailer customers had agreed on price increases for its bakery and grocery products.
The company's priority for the current financial year was to cut costs further and improve reliability and quality in core categories.
Goodman Fielder was also looking for new revenue streams outside of supermarkets, including artisan bread (batards, baguettes, ciabattas and rolls) and food service channels such as restaurants, bakeries and hot bread shops.
Mr Delaney said Goodman Fielder's goal was to diversify its earnings and grow its business in the Pacific region and in Asia.
On the outlook for the current financial year, Mr Delaney said market conditions would remain challenging.
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The turnaround of Goodman Fielder's bakery business was also on schedule: factory closures were on time and the number of products had been reduced.
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Angela, her mother
I first met Angela earlier this year when I was visiting the Embakasi project. Her daughter had just started in the Nursery class and a visit to meet her and some other parents had been arranged.
It was a very hot day and Angela was not at home when we called. We met her pushing a wheelbarrow loaded up with buckets of charcoal. That is how she, a single mother living in the Embakasi slum, tries to makes a living, selling charcoal to slum residents. Charcoal is used for cooking.
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Angela is absolutely delighted – and proud – that her daughter has been given an opportunity she never had.
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Embakasi, east of Nairobi, has a growing middle-class area, but there is also a very poor area close to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the railway and an industrial area where casual work is available intermittently for the unskilled labourers living in the nearby shanty slum. This is where most of the sponsored children in the Nursery and State Primary School live.
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Thank you for considering using Debian to run your machine. If you aren't quite convinced why you should try Debian, consider the following:
- It is maintained by its users.
- If something needs to be fixed or improved, we just do it.
- Unparalleled support
- Mail sent to the mailing lists often gets answers within 15 minutes (or less), for free, and by the people who developed it. Compare that to typical phone support: hours spent on the phone, for money, only to get someone who doesn't know the system well enough to even understand your question.
- You wouldn't be alone in your choice
- A wide range of organizations and individuals use Debian. See our Who's Using Debian? page for a description of some high-profile sites which use Debian, and have chosen to submit a short description of how they use Debian and why.
- The best packaging system in the world.
- Tired of old files from software three versions old cluttering your system? Or installing a piece of software only to find it causes your system to crash because of software conflicts? Dpkg, Debian's endured packaging system, takes care of these issues for you.
- Easy installation
- If you have heard that Debian is difficult to install, then you haven't tried Debian lately. We are constantly improving the installation process. You can do the installation directly from CD, DVD, Blu-ray, USB stick or even over the network.
- Incredible amounts of software
- Debian comes with over 59000 different pieces of software. Every bit of it is free. If you have proprietary software that runs under GNU/Linux or GNU/kFreeBSD, you can still use it - in fact, there may even be an installer in Debian that will automatically install and set up everything for you.
- Packages well integrated
- Debian surpasses all other distributions in how well its packages are integrated. Since all software is packaged by a coherent group, not only can all packages be found at a single site, but you can be assured that we have already worked out all issues regarding complicated dependencies. While we feel that the deb format has some advantages over the rpm format, it is the integration between the packages that makes a Debian system more robust.
- Source code
- If you are a software developer, you will appreciate the fact that there are hundreds of development tools and languages, plus millions of lines of source code in the base system. All of the software in the main distribution meets the criteria of the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). This means that you can freely use this code to study from, or to incorporate into new free software projects. There are also plenty of tools and code suitable for use in proprietary projects.
- Easy upgrades
- Due to our packaging system, upgrading to a new version of Debian is a snap. Just run apt update ; apt full-upgrade and you can upgrade from a CD in a matter of minutes or point apt at one of the over 300 Debian mirrors and upgrade over the net.
- Multiple architectures and kernels
- Currently Debian supports an impressive number of CPU architectures: alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, and sparc. It also runs on GNU Hurd and FreeBSD kernels besides Linux, and with the debootstrap utility you will be hard-pressed to find a device that can't run Debian.
- Bug tracking system
- Debian's bug tracking system is publicly available. We don't try to hide the fact that software doesn't always work the way users want. Users are encouraged to submit bug reports and are notified when and why the bug was closed. This system allows Debian to respond to problems quickly and honestly.
If you are not already a Debian user, you may also enjoy the following benefits:
- Stability
- There are many cases of machines that run for over a year without rebooting. Even then, they are only rebooted due to a power failure or a hardware upgrade. Compare that to other systems that crash multiple times a day.
- Fast and easy on memory
- Other operating systems may be as fast in one or two areas, but being based on GNU/Linux or GNU/kFreeBSD, Debian is lean and mean. Windows software run from GNU/Linux using an emulator sometimes runs faster than when run in the native environment.
- Drivers for most hardware is written by GNU/Linux / GNU/kFreeBSD users, not the manufacturer.
- While this can mean delays before new hardware is supported and no support for some hardware, it enables support for hardware long after the manufacturer has stopped producing it or gone out of business. Experience has shown that Open Source drivers are usually much better than proprietary ones.
- Good system security
- Debian and the free software community are very responsive to make sure that fixes of security problems get into the distribution quickly. Usually, fixed packages are uploaded within a few days. The availability of source code allows the security in Debian to be evaluated in an open setting which prevents poor security models from being implemented. Also, most free software projects have peer-review systems, which prevents potential security problems from being introduced in essential systems in the first place.
- Security software
- Unknown to many, anything sent over the net can be read by any machine between you and the receiver. Debian has packages of the famous GPG (and PGP) software which allows mail to be sent privately between users. In addition, ssh allows you to create secure connections to other machines which have ssh installed.
Of course, Debian is not perfect. There are three areas that are common causes of complaints:
Lack of popular commercial software.
It is quite true that some popular software is not available for Debian. There are, however, replacement programs for most of those, designed to mimic the best features of the proprietary programs, with the added value of being free software.
Lack of office programs such as Word or Excel should no longer be a problem, because Debian includes three office suites composed entirely of free software, LibreOffice, Calligra, and GNOME office applications.
Various proprietary office suites are also available: Applixware (Anyware) and others.
For those interested in databases, Debian ships with two popular database programs: MariaDB and PostgreSQL. SAP DB, Informix, IBM DB2 and others are also available for GNU/Linux.
Various other proprietary software is coming out in greater numbers, too, as more companies discover the power of GNU/Linux / GNU/kFreeBSD and its largely untapped market with a rapidly growing user base (since GNU/Linux and GNU/kFreeBSD are freely distributable, sales figures can't be used for user estimates. Best estimates are that GNU/Linux has 5% of the market, giving 15 million users as of early 2001).
Debian is hard to configure.
- Note that this says configure, not install, as some people find the initial installation of Debian easier than Windows. A lot of hardware (printers for example) could be made easier to set up, though. Also, some software could have a script that would walk the user through the configuration (at least for the most common setups). This is an area that is being worked on.
Not all hardware is supported.
- Particularly, really new, really old, or really rare hardware. Also
hardware that is dependent on complex
driversoftware that the manufacturer only supplies for Windows platforms (software modems or some laptop wifi devices for example). However, in most cases, equivalent hardware is available that does work with Debian. Some hardware is not supported because the vendor chooses not to make the hardware specifications available. This is also an area that is being worked on.
If the above isn't enough to convince you to use Debian, consider the following: low cost (as little as the cost of a network connection), easy installation, and true multi-tasking that could easily double your productivity. How can you afford not to try it?


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Stay warm in the slim-fit CHARLENA by SOIA & KYO. With this classic mid-length wool coat, it's all about the essential details like the inner puffy bib and collar, hood with removable fur, and leather-trimmed pockets. Weekday or weekend, it's a truly versatile staple.
- Slim fit
- Above-knee-length
- Hooded with detachable real natural silver fox fur
- Detachable nylon puffer bib with rib-knit collar
- High-low hemline
- YKK 1-way metal black oxidized zipper front closure
- Leather welt pockets with hidden zippers
- Stretch printed signature lining
- The first model is 5'7" / 173,7 cm and is wearing a size XS
- The second model is 5'8" / 176,5 cm and is wearing a size L
- Coat length from shoulder to hem: 35" / 89 cm
- Shell (Woven): 90% body: 55% wool, 40% polyester, 5% other fibers. Combo (10%): 100% nylon. Lining (Woven): 100% polyester. Filling: 100% polyester. China Silver Fox (Vulpes Vulpes).
- Dry clean only. Fur clean by fur care specialist. Cover all fastening devices before cleaning.
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DWTS Season 17: Rumor Video And Snooki, Jack Osbourne, Christina Milian To Dance?
Radar Online via Star Magazine is reporting Snooki, Jack Osbourne, and Christina Milian as "likely" contestants to be dancing in the new season of Dancing With The Stars. Keep in mind while reading this that this source hasn't always been reliable in the past. Also note that both Snooki and Christina Milian have been rumored to dance in seasons past.
Jack is "excited for the journey," an insider tells the magazine. "He's been through a rough time with his multiple sclerosis diagnosis, and is anxious to prove that nothing can stop him."
And Christina "just couldn't say no — it's such a big opportunity for her," the source says of The Voice's social media correspondent.
"She's concerned about juggling both shows, but she's a tough girl and will work it out."
Meanwhile, new mom Snooki has been vocal about wanting to be on Dancing With The Stars, revealing last March, "I feel like I'm a good dancer. I've got this new body. I would do it in a heartbeat!"
What do you think if true? I say YES to Jack and Christina, but, please NO to Snooki! More at Radar Online and thanks to @DWTSgossip for find.
Also, Dee @upclose22 found this little Hollywood Scoop segment on the circulating rumors we've heard before. Like many of you, I can't get use to the idea of Farrah and Tan Mom dancing. HELP!! lol Thanks Dee!


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Yankees cautious with injured Phelps, Pineda
CHICAGO -- Yankees manager Joe Girardi said on Tuesday that right-handers David Phelps and Michael Pineda will both be shut down temporarily after sustaining setbacks in their recoveries from injuries.
Phelps, who is 6-5 with a 5.01 ERA in 18 games this season, sustained a slight strain of his right forearm and was placed on the disabled list on July 6. He was scratched from a scheduled rehab start for Double-A Trenton on July 28, saying he was still experiencing soreness.
"[Phelps] has now a different little strain [in his forearm]," Girardi said. "It's different from the last one. The last one healed, so he has a little one. It's in a different spot, so he'll be off for a couple of weeks. … I think they said they'd shut him down two weeks."
"It's very small -- this is a minor strain," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "It would be less than Grade 1, but it's still a strain nonetheless. … It's minor, but it's something you've got to be careful of, so you back off."
Pineda, who has been recovering from right shoulder surgery, felt stiffness in the shoulder during a start for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday. He went to New York to undergo tests.
The 24-year-old Pineda hasn't pitched a Major League game for the Yankees since they acquired him in a trade with the Mariners in January 2012. Between Class A Advanced Tampa, Double-A and Triple-A this season, Pineda has gone 2-1 with a 3.32 ERA in 10 starts.
"Pineda just had some tightness," Girardi said. "The tests came back good; the strength was good. He'll be shut down -- my guess is seven to 10 days."
Cashman said that the most important thing for Pineda is to finish the season without any more injury issues.
"The testing today … appears to have gone as well as can be expected," Cashman said. "That doesn't mean anybody's out of the woods. He'll be shut down for seven to 10 days, then get his throwing program back. What's best for him right now and best for us is just to finish this year healthy ... so we can have him in our mind next year as a player we can count on."
Cashman added that he doesn't know whether Pineda will pitch in a big league game before the end of this season.
"I don't know if you'll see him or not this year," Cashman said. "The doctors told me, 'Yes, you can see him this year.' Will we see him? I don't know. And is that what's best? I don't know."


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Just five years ago, Florida had a new crime-fighting tool, a DNA database containing samples from convicted sex offenders and murders. But it also had a crisis. Crippled by a lack of funds and staff to manage it, the database was too small to be useful. Only once had the database successfully matched crime scene evidence with a suspect. A state audit suggested that lawmakers consider scrapping the program altogether.
To Tim Moore, Florida's law enforcement commissioner, killing the database seemed a crime of bureaucratic impatience. Moore knew that, beyond money, the biggest thing this cutting-edge tool needed was time. It would take years for the database to grow to a viable size. And its targets—recidivist criminals—hadn't yet committed crimes again because most were still behind bars. "The answer is not to just quit now because you don't have it at 100 percent," Moore said at the time. "We're committed to the DNA database. It will make a difference."
In 1995, Moore persuaded lawmakers to hang tight. Not only did they boost the database's funding but they expanded the list of crimes for which convicts had to give blood samples. The results have been impressive. With some 60,000 samples, Florida's DNA database is today considered the nation's best. Already, it has helped in more than 300 investigations. Of all the suspect matches made from DNA databases around the country, more than one-third came from Florida alone.
Moore's embrace of new techniques and technologies—often before their time has come—has been a hallmark of his 11 years as Florida's top crime-fighter. It is a major reason why Florida's Department of Law Enforcement is today one of the most advanced and respected in the nation. While not a scientific whiz himself, Moore trusts those on his staff who are. And he throws his weight behind good ideas when he sees them. "He's an entrepreneurial public manager who takes risks, but not inordinate risks," says Dominic Calabro, president of the nonpartisan Florida Tax Watch. "He knows just how far to push."
No doubt Moore knows the department he leads as well as anyone ever could. He has spent his entire 26-year career at FDLE, working up the ladder at almost every job available (he started as a data entry clerk working nights in college). That head-to-toe familiarity with FDLE came in handy a few years back as Moore set out to restructure his agency around a performance measurement model.
At the time, the legislature was just starting to phase in its new system of performance-based budgeting. While many agency heads feared the change, Moore volunteered to make FDLE one of the first to go. The shift, in his view, was to be seen not as a threat but an opportunity. Moore flattened the department's chain-of-command, and gave regional directors more autonomy. To ensure accountability, he signed performance contracts between himself and his managers. As other state agencies now make the transition themselves, they are looking to FDLE as a model.
Meanwhile, other law enforcement agencies are watching what Moore does on the next crime frontier: computer crime. Long before the Internet gave criminals a new outlet, Moore made Florida the first state to create a forensic unit to pluck crime evidence out of their hard drives. Now, FDLE has set up a computer crime center with agents, analysts and computer experts dedicated solely to pursuing criminals who use modems rather than guns. "Whether it's someone's server getting hacked in to, or his identity getting stolen, computer crime will be the crack cocaine of the 2000s," Moore says. "The time to worry about it is not when you're up to your eyeballs in it."
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I believe I discovered the secret to big beachy hair this afternoon… forget a hair tie and take a yoga class with your hair flipping and flopping every which way. Results = crazy hair that kinda works.
Now, the next time I'm looking to go out with big hair, I know what to do. Noted. 😉
I had a Groupon deal for a new yoga studio near me that had been burning a hole in my pocket. Actually, I purchased the Groupon months ago and forgot it existed. That seems to be a trend with me and Groupon deals lately. Must. Get. better. At. That. I rediscovered the deal yesterday when I was thinking about taking a yoga class. In the back of my head I had a faint memory I had purchased one and *poof* there it was. Perfect.
The deal is good for 10 yoga classes, which is just what I need right now. I took the "Flow 75" class this afternoon and enjoyed the soothing flowly class to welcome my body back into the groove of yoga. I love hot power yoga classes as much as the next girl, but sometimes a gentle flow is just the ticket. I left the studio refreshed, stretched, and crazy haired.
Before the class I had the Vanilla Blueberry LUNA Fiber bar.
I think I liked the peanut butter strawberry bar better, but the vanilla blueberry wasn't bad either. Again, I like how the blueberry is very subtle and the soft-baked cookie shell basically melts in your mouth.
I didn't get home from yoga until after 7:00, so dinner was a mishmosh of what I could come up with quickly (I was hungry!).
I told you it was a mishmosh!
First up was the Annie Chun's Potstickers I had impulsively picked up yesterday from Whole Foods.
The potstickers weren't bad. I heated them up in a little bit of olive oil, which gave them a nice crusty shell.
Continuing with the frozen food theme…. a steam-in-a-bag thing of rice with veggies was another quick grab.
And my version of easy sweet and sour red cabbage was more of the fresh food variety.
My version of sweet and sour cabbage:shred red cabbage into a frying pan with a little olive oil, vinegar, and drizzle of honey. Cook until soft. done.
It worked. 🙂
For dessert, my last two Tag Alongs from my Girl Scout cookie stash.
Until next year, Tag Alongs! 🙂
Anyone else still hoarding Girl Scout Cookies? Just me? 😉
The NFL Draft is currently going on, which I'll take as my cue to head to bed early. No need to fight for the remote control tonight, that battle was lost before it began.
good night!
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This week on the io9 show, we ask why it is that NASA can put a robot on Mars, but Hollywood can't make any realistic movies about the red planet. We examine the worst Mars movies ever, and special guest Phil Plait (the good astronomer behind the Bad Astronomy blog) helps us figure out how realistic they are. Actually, you might be surprised what gets high marks for realism and what doesn't.
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A healthy body image is an important part of a growing girl's self-esteem. Understand what you can do to help your daughter feel comfortable with her body.
Girls often face significant pressure to look attractive. The quest for a perfect body or appearance can take a heavy toll, though. Find out what you can do to help your daughter develop and maintain a healthy body image and self-esteem.
Maintaining a healthy body image during adolescence, a period of major physical and emotional changes, can be difficult. Factors that might harm a girl's body image include:
Research suggests that seeing material that sexually objectifies girls — where a girl is seen as a thing for others' sexual use rather than an independent, thinking person — can also have a harmful effect.
Body image can affect how a girl feels about herself. If your daughter doesn't live up to her ideal body image, she might begin to feel inadequate and ashamed of her body. This can increase the risk of low self-esteem, depression and eating disorders.
A negative body image can harm girls' nutrition, causing them to skip meals or take diet pills. Some girls might try to control their weight by smoking or change their appearance by buying beauty products or getting cosmetic surgery. Having a negative body image might affect a girl's comfort with her sexuality or reproductive body functions, such as menstruation or breast-feeding, as she gets older.
Spending time worrying about their bodies and how they measure up can also take away from girls' ability to concentrate on other pursuits.
Talking about body image with your daughter can help her become comfortable in her own skin. When you discuss body image, you might:
In addition to talking to your daughter about a healthy body image, you might:
If your daughter is struggling with a negative body image, consider professional counseling. Additional support might give your daughter the tools she needs to counter social pressure and feel good about her body.
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We attended the Nautilus party Thursday night at a local downtown club. We had to get special wristbands in advance, too.
When we got there, the special drink of the night was some sort of blue-tini, the kind of drink you'd see Captain Kirk offer to an intergalactic babe on one of those rare "nights out." Pam and Jenn each had one. I, on the other hand, abstained.
The stage was set for a band, but we didn't know who would be playing. Before any musicians appeared, there was already a star on display: the Nautilus One, the new piece of equipment that was unveiled for the first time Thursday afternoon at the IHRSA show.
The Nautilus One even had a spotlight all to itself, like it was going to sing for us or something. We decided that if it was going to sing, it would belt out tunes such as "Stayin' Alive," "I Will Survive" and my personal favorite, "YMCA."
Fitting in with the '70s theme, the band "Boogie Nights" made its way to the stage. The four members looked the part in '70s garb, complete with bell bottoms, chest-hair-showing shirts and wild '70s hair. The lead guitarist had one of those fros that looked like the one O.J. Simpson wore in the third "Naked Gun" movie. It was one of those can't-get-through-the-door kinda fros. He also had the high leg kick workin' as well as the Kiss-like tongue, which was both impressive and disturbing.
An Internet search revealed that "Boogie Nights" is a legit cover band from World Class Productions that Nautilus must have hired for the night. We were figuring that this was something the band did on the side. Here are the presumed day jobs for each member: lead singer--financial planner; lead guitarist--insurance salesman; bass player--high school guidance counselor; and drummer--stay-at-home dad.
When the lead singer handed over the mike to someone from Nautilus (who could sing pretty well, by the way), the lead singer found himself with some spare time. So during "Brick House," he went over and did a few reps on the machine, which was still on the stage. Later, the lead guitarist had the line of the night when he said, "It is an honor to be sharing the stage with such a fine piece of equipment!"
This band was much better than the one that played at the IHRSA opening reception. Plus, they had dancers in blonde wigs, two at the edge of the stage and two up on a crosswalk that was above and behind the stage. It was '70s disco meets '60s a-go-go.
I still wanted to hear the machine sing, though. Maybe dance, too.


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Data Protection: Refresher and Advanced Course for DPOs and Data Protection Experts
Data Protection: Refresher and Advanced Course for DPOs and Data Protection Experts
September 30, 2019 - October 1, 2019
Venue: European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA); OLV plein 22; 6211 HE Maastricht, The Netherlands
Organizer(s): European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
OLV plein 22; 6211 HE Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Tel.: +31 43 3296 222; www.eipa.eu
Language: English
Contact: Ms Eveline Hermens, Programme Organiser
EIPA Maastricht
tel.: + 31 43 3296 259
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Info link: https://www.eipa.eu/product/data-protection-refresher/
As DPO, you are expected to:
Inform and advise controllers/processors and employees
Monitor compliance with the data protection law and internal rules and regulations regarding data protection
Provide advice on data protection impact assessment
Cooperate with supervisory authorities.
This course is designed to help you to refresh and update your data protection knowledge. Concrete examples, role playing, peer-to-peer discussions as well as relevant and realistic case studies will help you to refine your expertise and deepen your understanding of your duties and responsibilities. You will be able to benefit from the knowledge and the practical experience of the trainers to support the performance of your daily tasks, make it easier to deal with challenging and complex issues in a structured manner and take decisions in a pragmatic, but still compliant manner.
You will learn:
How to deal with controllers' expectations and manage diverging objectives in the business environment (stake holder management)
How to ensure data protection by design and by default in a fast changing digital and legal environment
How to assess data protection compliance and how it is interlinked with IT security
Risk analysis & management
How to assess issues related to personal data transfers
What actions to take in case of personal data breaches
How to implement controls
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
Facilitate the development of an effective data protection strategy & plan
Draft specific policies & procedures
Manage data breaches
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SPOILER ALERT: from this point on, I will be examining Running to Stand Still in-depth. If you haven't read it yet, and don't want it spoiled for you, stop reading now.
Our capacity to destroy one another is matched by our capacity to heal one another… Language gives us the power to change ourselves and others by communicating our experiences, helping us to define what we know, and finding a common sense of meaning… We have the ability to regulate our own physiology, including some of the so-called involuntary functions of the body and brain, through such basic activities as breathing, moving, and touching… We can change social conditions to create environments in which children and adults can feel safe and where they can thrive.


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Pixelmator Beta Notes
Whew, today is the day. Finally, we started sending our first closed beta seed to testers. I don't have much time for beta description, but I wanted to make a few notes.
First of all, thank you very much for being so active with your emails about participating in Pixelmator Beta. It's really great to know that so many people care about Pixelmator. That's one more reason why it has to be great.
As I mentioned in the Pixelmator Beta Guidelines document (which comes with the application), the main purpose of Pixelmator Beta is to ensure the highest quality possible for the final version of the application. And by using beta and letting us know about any problems you are experiencing, you will help us to significantly improve the application before it is released.
And, I promise a little "thank you" gift for all of the beta testers once we are ready with Pixelmator.
However, one thing that I really would like to ask all of the people who are participating in beta is to please, please, please do not post any info or share the application yet. It's not finished and any bad things that go public would hurt us. First you'd better give us a chance to fix them. We plan to have three seeds of the beta before the final release.
So, thank you very much, and I hope you enjoy the first beta of Pixelmator! (Be sure to try the filter rope. ;))
P.S. This weekend will be the first weekend we are to have some rest. Whoohooo! Well, half-rest. We could not stop thinking about and checking the status of Pixelmator bugs.


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The Primula Flavor It Beverage System 3-in-1 Infuser Pitcher, which retails for $45, is a simple device designed to brew, chill, or infuse. Creating the perfect beverage requires little more than switching among the three interchangeable inserts. The tea core includes a fine mesh screen to be used with loose-leaf tea or ground coffee, while the fruit infuser core can be used not only to flavor water with sliced fruit but could also be used in tandem with the tea insert so as to create homemade flavored tea. Finally, rounding out the BPA-free pitcher is the chill core, which is filled with a nontoxic gel. Just keep this part in the freezer and after letting the pitcher do all the work brewing and infusing, pop it in, sit back and continue relaxing with drink in hand.


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New NEA health care ads: Enough talk. Enough blame. Do what's right for millions of uninsured children.
WASHINGTON - February 22, 2010 -
The National Education Association today launched a new advertising campaign urging lawmakers to put politics aside and do what is right for millions of uninsured children. Both print and radio ads will run this week. The ads send a message to lawmakers as they head into the White House summit on health care on Feb. 25.
"As teachers, we often give students make-up tests," said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the 3.2 million-member NEA. "Now lawmakers have the same opportunity."
The radio ads will run Feb. 22-25 in the districts of seven lawmakers expected to attend the White House meeting Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Rep. John Kline (R-MN) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). The print ads will run Feb. 24 and 25 in The Hill, Roll Call and Politico.
The advertisements highlight the fact that America's children need health care reform now. They talk about the millions of children who come to school every day without health insurance and rely on the emergency room as their only access to medical services. The ads assert: There's been enough talk about who's to blame, about who's up, and who's down in the health care debate. The White House summit on health care should not be about keeping score or creating headlines. The print ad closes saying, "Enough talk. Enough blame. Do what's right for millions of uninsured children."
"We need meaningful, quality health care reform to help millions of uninsured children," added Van Roekel. "We hope lawmakers will leave the White House meeting renewed and reenergized to get back to work on this critical issue."
View the print ad here: http://www2.nea.org/mediafiles/pdf/NEA_10x13_5_BW_AD_5.pdf
Listen to the radio ad here: http://video.nea.org/abs/100222HealthCare.mp3
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The final season of a television series on a basic cable network would typically not be much reason for celebration in the Florida Legislature.
But state officials and elected leaders descended on Miami last week to commemorate one of the final recordings of "Burn Notice," a USA Network show, for one key reason: job creation.
State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, said the series, on cable since 2007, is one of the biggest success stories of Florida's tax incentive program to lure television and film industry activity to Florida. Beyond the actors, the series brought in hundreds of jobs for ancillary workers such as set designers, carpenters, food service workers, painters and truck drivers.
"Maybe to some people it looks like fluff, but it is a real industry that is bringing jobs to Florida," said Detert, who is the chairwoman of the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee. "For every dollar we are spending, we are getting back something like $47 in economic benefits."
The state has so far given out $67 million in tax credits for 67 projects. An estimated 193,000 new Florida jobs are projected to be created by the tax credit program from 2010 to 2016, when the incentive program is scheduled to end. The tax breaks allow productions to get 20 percent off their tax bills.
Past tax break recipients include movies such as "Dolphin Tale," filmed in Clearwater, and "Transformers 3," filmed partially at the Kennedy Space Center. On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced a sequel to "Dolphin Tale" will be filmed in Clearwater this fall — helping to promote Florida as a tourist destination.
"Burn Notice" has been a big job creator for the Miami area. City officials there say the show created hundreds of jobs for cast and crew members over the last seven years and pumped $100 million into the local economy.
"Burn Notice," a story of an ex-spy based in Miami, never received great critical reviews, but consistently has been a top rated cable television program.
Detert said that after being part of the contingent touring the filming locations for "Burn Notice" and "Graceland" — another USA Network program filming in Broward — she wants to look at ways to make the state incentive money go further. Currently the program is largely a first-come-first-served system. She said the state needs to make sure the most worthwhile projects are not being rejected because of the way tax incentives are disbursed.
Nelson back spying program
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson strongly defended the national telephone surveillance program as one that is protecting the nation from terrorism.
During a national TV interview last week, the Florida senator said efforts to curtail the program are based on a lot of misinformation.
"I believe that the checks and the balances are there," Nelson said during an interview on Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC. "And we're measuring against what we are trying to do. We're trying to protect against another terrorist attack."
Nelson, who helped write the law to allow the National Security Agency surveillance program, said there are safeguards that require a court order to seize communications records of American citizens, even if they are overseas.
Nelson's comments came a day after the House nearly voted to block the NSA from collecting vast numbers of phone records in the name of fighting terrorism.
The House voted 217-205 against an amendment that would have ended the NSA program. U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, voted for the amendment. U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, who represents all of Charlotte County, voted against the amendment.
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One of the most vocal critics in Congress of foreign aid to Egypt is throwing his support behind the Obama Administration decision to halt shipments of jet fighters to the Egyptian military.
"The Obama Administration made the right decision," Buchanan said last week in a statement. "Arming a military that just this month massacred 50 of its own people would have been a grave mistake."
Buchanan has been calling for the U.S. to revoke its foreign aid to Egypt since Egyptians forced former leader Hosni Mubarak to resign in early 2011. And since late last year Buchanan has called for the administration to halt the plan to send more F-16 fighter jets to Egypt.
On Wednesday, the administration announced it would not send the latest shipment of jets to Egypt, but more than $1.5 billion of aid to that nation is still scheduled to go through.
Buchanan said the U.S. has to change the way it uses U.S. tax money in foreign policy.
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• Elected Public Defender Larry Eger moderates a Sarasota Tiger Bay panel discussion on the whether money is the key to "courthouse access." Linda Haradine of Legal Aid Manasota, Judge Lee Haworth and attorney John Patterson will be part of the panel, which starts at 11:30 a.m. at Michael's On East, 1212 East Ave., S., Sarasota. Cost is $22 for members and $27 for non-members. For reservations call 925-2970.
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The beard is back, and now he has an opponent.
Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson returns to competition in August, though this time with boxing gloves on rather than the four-ounce variety.
Gary Shaw Productions and Tony Holden Promotions today announced Slice will box James Wade in a four-round main event at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla.
The previously announced event takes place Aug. 13.
"Just like in MMA, Kimbo Slice is walking around with bullseye on his back," Team Kimbo promotional advisor Jared Shaw stated. "His opponents know they can make themselves known to the world if they can take him out.
"To Kimbo, it's a pro boxing debut. To James Wade, this is a world championship fight."
It was Gary Shaw who actually introduced Ferguson to the MMA world in 2007 as the head of the since-folded EliteXC organization. A former underground sensation who rose to fame thanks to his bareknuckle-fighting videos on YouTube, Ferguson won his first three MMA bouts, including the first-ever U.S.-network televised MMA headliner (against James Thompson at "EliteXC: Primetime"). Despite an eventual loss to Seth Petruzelli in the final major EliteXC show, UFC president Dana White took a gamble on "Kimbo" in 2009.
Ferguson was the featured fighter on a heavyweights-only 10th season of "The Ultimate Fighter," which shattered the reality series' ratings record. After an opening-round loss to eventual show champ Roy Nelson, Ferguson won his first official UFC fight with a lackluster decision victory over Houston Alexander at the show's live finale.
Surprisingly, though, he was dropped from the roster following a subsequent loss to Matt Mitrione at UFC 113.
Wade made his professional debut this past January and suffered a third-round knockout loss to Carlos Torres.
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|I knew I wanted to be a pro cyclist when:
When I was standing around my father's bike shop and I saw many pro cyclists coming in. I was a young boy, around 10 years old, and that's when I knew I wanted to be a cyclist.
|Greatest racing memory:
|The Tour de France win with Cadel Evans. We had a very special group and it was my first Tour de France. Going into Paris in yellow was really something incredible. We chased this for many years after and I didn't really realize just how amazing it was at the time.
|Race I dream of winning:
|Paris-Roubaix. I have a good memory of the race from my U23 days and it really matches my characteristics, better than the Flemish classics because I am not so explosive. As a kid, it is one of the first races I remember watching.
|If I wasn't a pro cyclist:
|Probably an architect. Even before I built my house I was interested in architecture and now even more so.
Michael Schär, who is heading into his 11th season with CCC Team, is the epitome of a superdomestique. The former Swiss national road race champion is one of the team's most experienced riders with grand tour participations, including the 2011 Tour de France in support of overall winner Cadel Evans. Schär, who is often seen driving the front of the peloton, is not only an asset in stage races, but also on the cobbles. Throughout his career, he has raced 32 monuments and countless classics, playing an invaluable role in helping the likes of Greg Van Avermaet to victory.


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If you were following basketball in the 90's you'll recall the whole whoas me story during the previous NBA lockout when Kenny Anderson worried aloud about how he would manage to make payments for his fleet of cars. Well current Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo is being much more proactive regarding what some see as an inevitable lockout after this season. Check out the video after the jump (and listen carefully).
The David Stern bit is funny too. Personally I love Rondo's dry sarcastic wit. I prefer it over others' more physical humor (Glen Davis for example always seems to be trying just a little bit too hard. Shaq too). I loved a few weeks ago when asked how he got a cut on his hand Rondo said it was from moving boxes and then mumbled that he just got evicted. Many think Rondo is super serious, but he seems to have a solid sense of humor in my opinion. It's just different.
In a related note, I switched to Geico once after getting a speeding ticket and faced with a higher insurance payment. It did help me save a lot, but there are actually other cheaper insurance companies out there I have found. Just a little free advice. JR 10/23/2010 10:08:00 PM Tweet Edit
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