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Higher plane: Minor sought jet during Landmark default
It's been nearly a year since construction began on Halsey Minor's soaring Landmark Hotel on the Downtown Mall. Since then, Minor's construction lender has sued the Internet entrepreneur for missing payments while an estimated 300 contractors are out of work as the construction site lay dormant during the legal scrape. While the project remains up in the air, so too is a clue about another source of Minor's financial woes.
In his response to a suit from Merrill Lynch over a $25 million loan he took out to purchase art, Minor states that on June 3, 2008–- after work on the $31 million Landmark Hotel had already begun–- Minor put down a $3 million deposit to purchase a Gulfstream G650 jet. The list price for the private plane is $58.5 million.
Last December, at a time when Atlanta-based Silverton Bank now alleges Minor was missing payments on the $23.6 million construction loan he had taken out to build the Landmark, Minor reveals he went back to Gulfstream and asked for a portion of his deposit back. Gulfstream, according to Minor's own March 10 filing in a New York federal court, wired Minor $1.5 million on December 19, on the condition that he pay it back by January 30–- or lose the plane and the rest of his deposit.
That deadline came and went.
On Tuesday, February 24, Silverton sued Minor for $10.5 million in missed payments on his Landmark loan.
In recent weeks, as Minor–- who owns two mansions in Virginia and two in California–- has halted payments to auction houses and to start-up ventures, his creditors have claimed that he has simply run out of money.
So why was Minor trying to buy a $58.5 million jet while, his lender alleges, he couldn't make good on his deal to build the $31 million Landmark hotel? Bill Goggins, the Landmark's chief contractor for construction firm Clancy & Theys, seems perplexed.
"I wasn't aware of it," says Goggins. "All I can say is that these are crazy times."
Had Minor secured his G650, it would have been a sweet ride for the bi-coastal businessman, who, according to a profile in Portfolio magazine, was recently commuting in a Learjet.
Gulfstream unveiled plans for its latest model in March 2008 and boasted that it would be "the fastest civil aircraft flying," able to reach speeds in excess of 700 mph, just shy of the sound barrier, with a fuel efficiency that allows the plane to fly at altitudes of over 50,000 feet and distances over 8,000 miles–- more than enough range to fly non-stop from L.A. to Paris.
The cabin will be plenty roomy at 8 1/2 feet wide by 6 1/2 feet high, able to seat 18 passengers, or just eight if they wish to sleep in the lie-flat beds while checking e-mail through the in-cabin wireless Internet capability.
The catch? The plane doesn't actually exist yet.
Gulfstream anticipates the first of the G650 fleet to be in the air this year. And don't think about just plunking down your credit card to claim yours today. Gulfstream already has reservations for G650s into 2017. Through a lottery, Minor was in line to receive the 51st one available in 2013.
If the story of a Gulfstream lost amid worsening financial conditions seems familiar, it echoes Tom Wolfe's 1998 tragic-comic novel, A Man in Full. However, unlike Wolfe's once-well-to-do protagonist who loses his plane due to a bank foreclosure, it would appear Minor has parted with his Gulfstream–- and $1.5 million in deposit money–- voluntarily.
Minor did not return the Hook's calls for comment, but Betty Shumener, the attorney representing him in his suit against Danielson, says Charlottesvillians should not read anything into her client's attempted purchase.
"I don't know anything about it," says Shumener, "but it's got nothing to do with this case, and I would hope that you report responsibly."
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pigs get fat hogs get slaughtered.
About the bank, who stopped paying first, Silvteron or Minor? The original story in the Hook said:
In November, Minor alleged Silverton had withheld its loan money without explanation and told the Hook then he was planning to sue Silverton.
ââ?¬Å?It's a mess," said Minor. ââ?¬Å?I put up $7 million in equity up front. They had until Friday to pay $1.1 million, and they just didn't. They flat-out did not pay."
So did Minor stop paying Silverton first, or did the bank stop paying in the wake of the September 2008 financial collapse, when many banks were retrenching on loans?
And who decided not to pay the contractors, Danielson or Minor? Who has been paid so far?
Dear Colfer,
That's the $10.5 million question.
Silverton is remaining tight-lipped about the when and how of Minor's default, except to say that his financial situation had changed and that the loan would no longer cover the cost overrun of the Landmark. Minor's attorney is saying he never once missed a payment, and Minor himself told me in November that he suspected the bank was failing just like other big banks. Silverton vehemently denies this.
So, to answer your question, both parties seem to have their own version of the story and it looks like we'll have a chance to hear them both in court.
Thanks for reading.
Lindsay Barnes
So let's understand this---Minor gets sued by Sotheby's for not paying----Minor counter sues which is dismissed----gives his art to Christie's who can't sell it but they lend him money and he doesn't pay it-----Merrill Lynch lends Minor $25M on his art work he cannot pay---and it is their fault---NOW he puts up a deposit to by an expensive airplane and owes the money back to the manufacturer---then Minor blames Silverton for not paying so he dumps on them and then he fires Danielson,and everyone from Charlottesville,then he sues everyone and everyone sues him----Wow--Minor is very much misunderstood. All this and in his statement he says his financial statement has not changed since it was originally given----hhhhmmmm only person in the world who hasn't had a change in financial condition...and the beat goes on---it must be a giant misunderstanding of the "local" hero.
Im rich!
Yeah but who has a history of not paying contractors? Danielson. (And lawsuits with partners, actually, re: Rolph.) That's what I don't get about this story, or the gleeful reactions to it. I don't see where Greenjacket gets 'it must be a giant misunderstanding of the ââ?¬Å?local" hero.' Nobody here is making any defense of Minor that I can see.
The city should condemn the property as blight and sell it with the condition of a dated completion. There is legal precedence.
The city has a responsibility to the other property owners and can legally do this.. if they only had the testes that it would take.
Did somebody say, "testes"?
Reality, the city taxpayers will finish the hotel, I don't care what Norris says to the contrary. It will be so real pretty with our new $7 million dollar bricks. :)
Either Minor or the bank will own it. Do you really think the city is going to seize it for back taxes, or by eminent domain for some undefined purpose? Get real.
And it's hardly a blight. Every decent-sized city ion the country probably has one of these things.
I would like for someone to question where the city government is in the problem. Was there no performance bond required before this was started? What about liquidated damages? How could the city allow a project as large as this to begin without assurances that it would be completed on schedule. Vdot would not allow a tiny bit of paving to connect to US29 without a performance bond, standard procedure. Do we have complete idiots running the city, or was this something other than a mere oversight.?
After reading this review I am once again depressed. I was really hoping that I could spend about forty dollars so that my wife and I could see a good entertaining movie worth the price of admission. But Nooooo! Once again it's a short, cheaply made piece of crap with about three good laughs during the entire movie. Well, I promise, if you stop by my house, for half that price, I'll give you a Bud, a bag of caramel popcorn, and at least five laughs (I can be pretty funny when I ask you to pull my finger).
Come on Dudes! Write something funny! Earn that big dollar or get the hell out and let us less talented novices have a crack at it. So far, the scripts I have in my glove compartment are better than the crap I've paid 10 percent of my weekly salary for. Bastards!
We went to this movie expecting a light, holiday fare. What we were served was total crap. Walked out and received a refund after 30 minutes.


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EMI Was Actively Giving Away MP3s It Accused Michael Roberston Of Downloading Illegally
from the oops deptYou may recall EMI / Capitol Records ongoing lawsuit against MP3Tunes and its founder/CEO Michael Robertson. The initial ruling in that case went almost entirely against EMI, with one small exception that we'll get to soon. EMI asked the court to reconsider the ruling, claiming that it had made some mistakes, but the court slammed EMI for some questionable behavior, including taking a number of quotes completely out of context as an attempt to mislead the court. The latest on that case is that following the appeals court ruling in the YouTube/Viacom case that sent that case back to the lower court, EMI pretended that the ruling changed everything and required a new ruling. The two sides are currently filing motions back and forth over that, with MP3Tunes pointing out that nothing in that ruling actually changes anything, and EMI claiming otherwise. Given the narrow aspects of the Viacom ruling, I think that EMI is still unlikely to get very far. Still, it's fairly amazing how much time, money and effort it has spent on this case, even as the company itself got into serious trouble and was sold off in, effectively, a fire sale.
Which then brings us to the other aspect of the case. The one area in which EMI "prevailed" in the original case was in the part they filed against Robertson personally. The court had ruled on summary judgment that Robertson was liable directly for 47 songs that he had personally "sideloaded" into MP3Tunes. However, even that part of the case was strange. Initially, EMI had claimed that it had never, ever, ever authorized any MP3s to be given out for free for promotional purposes. In response, Robertson crowdsourced examples of over 1,400 cases where EMI was clearly giving away MP3s for free. However, the court still ruled that he was liable.
In the latest filing about that, Robertson hits back on a number of points, starting with the fact that the court ruled on summary judgment on the issue, even though EMI and Robertson had already agreed that the summary judgment part of the dispute wouldn't cover Robertson's personal liability. Because of that, he didn't present the full argument for why he shouldn't be liable, and thus he's asking that the court allow that part to go to trial in order to show that the evidence of his own infringement is lacking.
In order to support that, Robertson's filing demonstrates a few important things. First, it shows a bunch of evidence that EMI purposefully and deliberately marketed its music to various sites asking them to give away MP3s and even to share the music widely. Second, it shows that, despite being asked for this info during discovery, EMI did not provide it. Instead, Robertson got it later from other sources. This is a big no-no, and EMI may run into some issues for failing to hand over the required information during discovery. Still, what the filing shows is that EMI regularly and frequently hired companies to distribute MP3s for free, and encouraged them to be put up on various websites and shared widely. And this includes some of the songs that Robertson is accused of infringing and some of the sites he's accused of downloading the songs from.
Reading pages five through nine in the motion he filed demonstrates this over and over again, including in an email from an EMI Publishing employee, who not only is planning a promotional download but says part of the plan is to "encourage as many third party online zines, podcasts, blogs, major web portals to host the MP3 for free download on their site." Here's just a snippet of some of the examples Robertson turned up of EMI using free MP3s in marketing (which they did not properly disclose):
For example, Definitive Jux (an EMI label) entered into an agreement with viral marketing firm, Better Propaganda, which granted Better Propaganda the right "to use, copy, distribute, display and perform [a specified song] on and through the Internet and the World Wide Web..."). This song remains available on the Better Propaganda site. Plaintiffs did not produce this document....In many ways, this is reminiscent of the whole Dajaz1 situation, in which the lawyers are insisting that the distribution on various blogs is infringing, at the very same time that their marketing people are begging those same sites to offer up the songs as a promotion.
Similarly, Astralwerks (another EMI label) engaged Toolshed, Inc. ("Toolshed"), a Viral marketing firm, to distribute sound recordings pursuant to a marketing program by which Toolshed would virally distribute free MP3 downloads through various blogs and Toolshed's own website. Importantly, Toolshed's webpage for downloads notes clearly that "All songs . . . are pre-licensed for use on your site. Simply browse, find music you like, and copy it to your page." .... Toolshed has done projects for numerous labels, including EMI labels Astralwerks, Capitol Records, Caroline Records and Definitive Jux Toolshed distributed free MP3s for numerous of Plaintiffs' artists -- including Air, Willy Mason, Bat for Lashes, Pacificl, Carbon/Silicon, The Perceptionists, and Amos Lee -- including one of the same artists that Robertson is accused of wrongfully sideloading.... Plaintiffs did not produce documents they exchanged with Toolshed relating to those projects.
One project by Toolshed is especially important: as emails (dated March 5, 2007) provided to Robertson from Toolshed indicate, Astralwerks paid Toolshed to get websites to give away MP3s for the new release of the album "Pocket Symphony" by Air, to be released on March 6, 2007.... Toolshed achieved coverage, including free downloads of a track and/or video placement, with numerous sites, including 3HiVe, Donewaiting, Kevchino, Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good, Muzzle of Bees, PopMatters, Sixeyes, Stereogum, Antville, and Kingbline..., some of the same sites and the same artist from which Robertson is accused of wrongfully downloading Plaintiffs' songs and which Plaintiffs have alleged are unauthorized sources of MP3's.... Plaintiffs did not produce such documents.
Separate from all of this, but in the same filing, Robertson hits back on the claims that the use of cover art in MP3Tunes infringed. The filing notes that MP3Tunes had licensed all the cover art from Amazon and that EMI never even bother to show that it held the copyright in the cover art. All they showed was that the company had copyrights in the songs, but that's different from the cover art (and made more complicated by the fact that the copyright in the cover art might belong to the artists who created the art, rather than EMI).
All in all, the filing reinforces what's already come out in the earlier rulings: which is that EMI seems to have an incredibly weak case here, but due to what appears to be a random infatuation with going after Robertson personally, is just throwing everything it can at him.
Filed Under: copyright, downloads, infringement, michael robertson, promotions

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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team will open the 2012-13 season with a challenging 11 game non-conference schedule. The Blue Devils will face opponents from seven different conferences, including the Big-12 and ACC. The schedule will also include five home games.
"I am excited to be playing such a challenging non-conference schedule this season. We have managed to maintain our traditional match-ups with some of the top schools in New England, while also scheduling some teams with larger national profiles," head coach Beryl Piper said.
Entering her sixth season at the helm of the Blue Devils, Piper's squad will open play at the University of Rhode Island (Atlantic-10) on November 9. The Blue Devils will then host Massachusetts (Atlantic-10) on Nov. 13 and Hartford (America East) Nov. 16.
Following the back-to-back home games, Piper's squad will travel to Austin, Texas, to take on the University of Texas (Big-12) on Nov. 24.
The Blue Devils will play on the road at Holy Cross (Patriot) on Nov. 28 to close out the first month of the season. Then host the University of Vermont (America East) on Dec. 5 and travel to the University of New Hampshire (America East) on Dec. 9.
LaSalle (Atlantic-10) and Rider (MAAC) will visit Detrick Gym on Dec. 19 and 21, respectively. Those two contests will be the final home non-conference games of the year.
The Blue Devils will close the 2012-13 non-conference slate, by playing at the University of Miami (ACC) Tournament on Dec. 28 and 29. The Hurricanes finished last season ranked #11 in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The final schedule for the tournament is not yet available, but in addition to the Hurricanes and Blue Devils, the field will include UCLA (Pac-12) and Delaware State (MEAC).
Piper added, "Going on the road to play at Texas and Miami will be an awesome experience for our girls. Playing teams of that caliber can only elevate our program going forward as we continue to work toward an NEC title."
2012-13 Non-Conference Schedule
9 @ Rhode Island
24 @ Texas-Austin
28 @ Holy Cross
9 @ University of New Hampshire
28/29 @ Miami, UCLA, Delaware State


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Sorry for the late post, folks, but James had an emergency pop up and I was neck deep in work related stuff. You don't care, just so long as someone can sing the praises of J.J. Hickson from last night. Ahem. "He's in the middle without any plans, he's a boy and he's a man. He had EIGHTEEN rebounds last night, he had EIGHTEEN points, oh what a sight. EIGHTEEN! He also had 3 blocks. He's gotta get into your face, don't go bringing that ball in his space. Yeah!" Thank you.
Andre Iguodala – He missed six three point attempts, keeping his score at 13 while adding 5 boards, 4 assists and a steal.
Ty Lawson – He missed four from behind the arc as the nuggets actually missed all 22 from downtown, which is sad. However, Lawson made up for it with 8 assists to go along with 13 points and 3 rebounds.
Serge Ibaka – Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant both hit for 30+ points (Westbrook fell just shy of a triple double), and the only other Thunder with more than 9 points was Serge, who had 14 (including a three), plus 9 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Alexey Shved – Ain't just a threat, no, it's a promise well kept, so when all is said and done, his name is Shved: 12/7/12/1 (with 2 threes). In a word? Shved. Simply stated…Sheved.
Ricky Rubio – Finished with 0 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal. Cue Price is Right failure music.
Dwyane Wade – Took 3 three point attempts (!) and actually hit 1 of them (!!!). He finished with 19 points, 5 rebounds, 6 dimes and a block.
Shane Battier – With 3 of 7 from downtown, he tallied 13 points to go with 4 boards and 2 assists.
O.J. Mayo – When Mayo is bad, it smells awful: 3-14 from the floor (0-5 from downtown), 8/2/0/0.
Chris Kaman – No man is an island, not even the Kaman Island, and he joined his team in sucking last night: 8/2/0 with no blocks.


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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual to perennial herb (sometimes short-lived, dying after flowering once)
Stem generally erect
Leaves: lower generally tapered or petioled, often wavy-margined, generally pinnately lobed, ± dentate, lobes and teeth spine-tipped, margin generally spiny-ciliate, glabrous to tomentose; upper generally sessile, ± reduced
Inflorescence: heads discoid, 1many; involucre cylindric to spheric; phyllaries many, graduated in several series, outer spine-tipped; receptacle flat, long-bristly
Flowers generally many; corollas ± bilateral, white to red or purple, tube long, slender, lobes linear; anther bases sharply sagittate, tips oblong; style tip with slightly swollen node, appendage (above node) long, cylindric, branches very short
Fruit ovoid, glabrous; scar slightly angled; pappus bristles many, plumose, ± persistent or falling in ring
Species in genus: ± 200 species: North America, Eurasia
Etymology: (Greek: thistle)
Taxa difficult, incompletely differentiated, hybridize.
Perennial 522 dm, thinly to densely tomentose, glandular
Stem 1several
Leaves generally very strongly wavy; lower 17 dm, petioles spiny-lobed or toothed, blades shallowly to deeply 12 X lobed and dentate, main spines 110 mm, abrupt; cauline gradually reduced, well-distributed, ± lobed, upper clasping (bases expanded, ear-like), sometimes short-decurrent, spines often 1012 mm
Inflorescence: heads ± grouped in panicle-like cluster, ± nodding, closely subtended by uppermost leaves; peduncles 07 cm; involucres hemispheric or bell-shaped, green to purple, 1.53 cm, 24.5 cm diam; phyllaries lanceolate to ovate, spreading to reflexed, spines 15 mm
Flowers: corollas 2022 mm, white to pink or lavender
Fruit 45 mm, ± brown; pappus 1215 mm
Ecology: Serpentine seeps and streams
Elevation: < 750 m.
Bioregional distribution: San Francisco Bay Area, c Outer South Coast Ranges.
See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Stem < 2 m, green to purplish
Leaves densely tomentose, especially lower surface; glandular hairs concealed
Inflorescence: heads ± nodding in flower, generally erect in fruit; outer phyllaries 1520 mm, green to dark purple, strongly recurved, ± channeled, widest below middle, upper 1/2 tapered to spine 14 mm
Flowers: corolla tube 7 mm, throat 8 mm, lobes 5 mm; style branches 46 mm
Fruit minutely scabrous above
Ecology: Habitat of sp.
Elevation: < 300 m.
Bioregional distribution: c Outer South Coast Ranges (San Luis Obispo Co.).


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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Brazil is taking measures to build and expand a regional market for its resurgent defense manufacturing industry, extending to neighbors Argentina and Uruguay the promise of closer collaboration in the military and security sectors.
Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, on a tour of neighboring member countries of the Mercosur trade pact, held out the possibility of regional industries supplying components for military hardware and software manufactured principally in Brazil.
Brazil has been investing in reviving the country's defense manufacturing, which saw its heyday in the 1980s and, because of market concentration at that time in the Middle East, faced collapse when Iraq stopped imports at the end its war with Iran in 1988.
The rejuvenated Brazilian arms industry is aiming to diversify the sources of technologies needed for its modernization while aiming to expand the range of markets it can access for global revenue growth.
Unlike the 1980s Brazilian defense industry today accounts for short- to medium-range aircraft that are confidently competing with major players in North America and Europe, weapons for infantry and mechanized units as well as naval craft and maritime defense equipment.
Brazil also aims to build submarines and has plans to collaborate with France on building a nuclear-powered submersible.
This week Brazil held out the prospect of a "strategic" collaboration with Argentina and Uruguay. Argentina has its own ambitions of developing its military industries but is short of cash and lags behind Brazil in industrial infrastructure and expertise.
Brazil is particularly interested in developing collaboration in naval craft construction at Argentine shipyards.
In Uruguay, Brazil is looking to secure new deals for the supply of military equipment built in Brazil and offer defense packages on attractive financial terms. Officials from both sides have already looked into a plan for building a subsidiary in Uruguay that will make components for Brazilian aircraft industry.
Meanwhile, a final decision on Brazilian plans for buying strategic fighters for the defense of its offshore hydrocarbon reserves remains elusive as President Dilma Rousseff weighs various defense and political options.
Last week Brazilian media speculated that Brazilian acceptance of a French deal for the supply of Dassault Aviation's Rafale jets was far from certain while key other players lobbied for rival bids from the Boeing Co.
Speculation over the future direction of the contract became rife after U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., visited Brazil for talks with Rousseff.
Brazilian officials said they would continue to examine competing bids from Boeing, Dassault and Sweden's Saab till they could be satisfied that Brazil's expectations on high levels of technology transfer and unrestricted supplies in the future could be met.


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ANOTHER week, and another great blog entry, brought to you this Monday by the guys from Fox International.
The team is a superb mix of incredible anglers all top of the class in their specific disciplines. With England Internationals, British record breakers, consistent big carp catchers and those that target individual 'special fish' Fox are sure to bring you plenty of highlights from the team each month. The round-up is brought to you by Fox media assistant Harry Charrington.
We hope you enjoy the blog, and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter by clicking the icons above, or by the "old skool" method of telling fellow anglers! Feel free also to comment by using the special space at the bottom on this page
Excitement all round at Fox!
WHAT a month it has been at the Fox HQ with a number of exciting new products coming into the office in their various stages.
The development process of our products can be a very long one taking a number of years in many cases. Samples for over 20 different new products arrived on the doorstep this month and we are sure we have the makings of some great new innovative items which, will prove to be a huge hit when they eventually hit the shelves.
It is very exciting when any prototype arrives, weather it is the very first one or the production sample and a number of the guys in the office will gather round as it is unwrapped and set up. Often when reveled it sparks up a real buzz, ideas are great but when they are physicalized they become real and you can visualize anglers all over the world wanting to have it.Everyone will have a good look and offer their thoughts on what is good about it and what can be improved or added, sometimes the changes are minor and sometimes they are major.
A classic example was when the very first sample of the SupaBrolly was revealed during a consultants meeting last year, the room was electric and we all knew that this had the potential to be something very special. Yes, there were plenty of points that needed addressing but once dealt with this was a product that would no doubt go far.
I wish I could tell you about all of the samples that have arrived in the last month however, I am sure you will understand that we wish to keep most of these close to our chest, for the time being. One item that I am proud to say we can shout about now is our new Rigid Rig Case.
This, like all of our products was designed and developed in-house and has gone through a fair transformation to reach its final state. On the outside it looks like any other rig box, but due to a unique hinged inner section, the rig capacity is almost doubled from conventional rig boxes. This inner section is also removable which allows you to easily wrap long hooklinks and zig rigs around it. It is perfect for all you anglers who want to maximize your fishing time and like to have a number of different rig options to quickly turn to in your session should you feel the need. With loads more products coming through such as this the future is certainly looking bright!
The Front Line
Away from the office and out on the front line the Fox guys have been doing what they do best, bagging plenty of carp. In fact there have been so many notable captures that I will have to gloss over them slightly to stick to the word count!
Our very own Dominic Littlewood lookalike Leon Bartropp has returned to one of his favorite venues, Wellington Country Park. Despite a lengthy time apart from the lake, Leon got amongst the fish very quickly and has had some great results. The pick of the bunch has to be a 38 lb mirror which he braced with a 39 lb common! Check out Leon's video below for footage of the superb capture!
There have also been a number of PB's caught by our anglers over the past few weeks. Firstly Tom 'The Machine' Maker had what he described as "A dream session" on the 2 and 3 rezzies at Walthamstow, he banked three of the lakes 'A team' including a stunning 35 lb mirror and a 30 lb fully scaled. But the pick of the bunch was his new PB common of 35 lb 8 oz which he nailed on a 360 Rig, tied using a 25 lb Rigidity hooklink to a size 11 Ring Swivel, onto which he slid a size 6 Arma Point hook, an absolutely devastating big fish rig.
I managed to round up Rob Hughes and Mark Pitchers who both traveled over to Essex for filming of content for our popular Youtube Channel Fox Fishing TV. During the filming Mark managed to land a surface PB of 35lb 9oz which came right at the end of the session. All the gear was packed up and in the car except for his 9ft Stalker rod, which he took with him on one final walk round. After finding a few carp cruising about in an overgrown corner he got them taking floating trout pellets confidently. He flicked his Bolt Bubble Controller over the feeding fish and gently drew it back. With a good mirror taking the hookbait almost instantly, it was obviously a big fish and once in the net Mark knew that it was a new surface PB!
The biggest result throughout the filming however, was achieved on the first morning by Rob. The lads had already fished the night and Mark had banked two carp, Rob had not had anything by the time I arrived with the video camera at 9 o'clock. Rob fired up the stove and we set about enjoying a cup of tea before we got started. The line pulling out of the clip on Rob's middle rod interrupted this and he bent into a heavy fish.The carp did very little and was soon in the net. We recognized it as one of the lakes most sought after residents 'Shy' at 37 lb 7 oz. A gorgeous carp, which helped him, demonstrate the STR Flotation Weigh Sling for our video perfectly!
Fox man nets Korda Carp Team England call up!
A huge congratulations to Fox consultant Mark Bartlett who has been called up to represent his country at the World Carp Championships in Romania.
The trials were very testing (trust me, I was in them). But from the very first trial, where Mark and partner Kev absolutely smashed the record for the biggest total weight of carp in a 48 hour match, everyone knew that the pair was destined for the team.
Fox are 100% behind the Team and have helped out many of the team members with tackle requirements, as none of them want to compromise their chances at such a high profile event, with under performing gear. Good luck Mark and Team England,take some inspiration from the Olympics and get that gold!
Mark also qualified for the final of the UK Carp Cup final coming second in his Brasenose one Qualifier with an impressive 360 lb. Mark caught most of his fish spodding over zigs and to be honest it was a masterclass in this method; this guy is the real deal!
I also enjoyed some success in the UK Carp Cup, fishing the second semi final on Brasenose 2. My name was very luckily drawn out of the hat first, so with moans and groans coming from friends who were also competing, the pressure was on! To be honest I made hard work of it at first, but I eventually began catching steadily, using Rapide PVA Bags over particles at 120 yards and managed to narrowly win the match with 234 lb of carp.
European success
Two of our latest signings over in Europe have been proving just why they have very bright futures in the sport by bagging some incredible fish!
Firstly it was Ed Skillz who's capture received a ***CHUNK ALERT*** on our facebook page. The Dutchman fished for the very first time at Abbey Lakes in France where he bagged the incredible 'Humpy' at a new lake record of 63 lb 5 oz! Ed used a 25lb Coretex hooklink to a size 6 Kuro S4 hook with a Line Aligna Adaptor slid over the eye of the hook, giving Ed a superb hookhold.
Receiving a ***STUNNER ALERT*** on Facebook was the lovely Jasja Bijsterbosch, or more to the point it was her new PB 40 lb common caught in France that received the shout-out.
With weedy conditions Jasja opted for a braided mainline and a Safety Lead Clip which ensured the lead was lost and she could land the lovely common, with no dramas.
Well done Jasja
NEW! Our Catch of the Month…
At Fox we have loads of customer interaction especially through our Facebook and Twitter pages and we get loads of captures reported on both sites. We have decided that we will pick one capture each month that we think is particularly noteworthy and place it in this blog here on the Angler's Mail website.
The pick of the bunch this month has got to be this incredible zip linear caught by Facebook friend Wes Savage. Wes used an Arma Point SSBP to nail the incredible looking fish, he never told us the weight, but to be honest it does not matter when they are like this!!
Well, I think that is a fitting way to end the blog this month, If you have captures you would like to share with us please post them up on either Facebook or Twitter.
I will be back here on Angler's Mail's new-look website next month giving you the low down on all the happenings throughout the Fox family.
Related posts
Last week's Carp Blog here on this website
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SATURDAY: The Angling Trust – guys at the governing body. Catch up on various hot fishing topics and battles.
SUNDAY: Colin Mitchell, veteran coarse angler and top journalist, talking pleasure fishing past, present and future.
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Staying true to your path is easier with a guardian angel by your side. Your angel protects and supports you in all your endeavors, protecting and guiding, giving you strength and confidence. This elegant necklace is an exclusive Lindastars design, inspired by an angel's protective wing, which always motivates, impresses, and inspires hope and beauty. When you need a feel-good item to help you through the day, you only need to reach for this special necklace.
Thoughtfully inscribed with the words, "I loved you your whole life, I will miss you for the rest of mine," it serves as a permanent reminder that the bond you shared with your loved one can't be broken.
This champagne gold/silver-plated necklace, adorned by white/pink stones and an adorable heart pendant, will add a sophisticated glow to any outfit or make a lasting gift for a very special occasion.
Champagne Gold plated / Silver plated
Crystals: White / Light Lilac Cubic Zirconia
Chain lenght: 19.7" + 2" extension / 50cm + 5cm extension
Angel Wing pendant height: 1.57" / 40mm
Heart pendant height: 0.51" / 13mm
A lot of love and effort was put into creating your Linda's Stars jewellery.
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Store your jewellery in a dry location with low humidity.
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Sterling silver is a very soft metal and you can scratch it if you aren't careful so don't rub it too briskly. Never use anything but a clean 100% cotton or a special sterling silver cleaning cloth or very soft bristle brush, like a baby's tooth brush or a horsehair silver brush.
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New Policy
Major Revision of Existing Policy
Minor/Technical Revision of Existing Policy
Reaffirmation of Existing Policy
Repealed Policy
To establish a University policy concerning employee cell phone and the associated services used in conjunction with the cell phone, such as data service, for official University business. Vice-Presidents or their designee will be responsible for determining employees whose job duties include the frequent need for a cell phone thus qualifying for a cell phone and associated services allowance.
A new policy approved by the President, John A. Delaney
This policy is being established in accordance with IRS cell phone guidelines.
The undocumented business and personal use of an employee-owned cell phone to which an allowance is paid is deemed by the IRS as a nonaccountable plan and the allowance is wages subject to Federal Income, Social Security, and Medicare taxes, even if the cell phone use were primarily for business purposes. Receiving the taxable cell phone allowance for an individually owned cell phone eliminates the detailed documentation requirement.
As a result of this IRS guideline, upon the effective date of this policy all existing and new cell phone associated data services will no longer be treated as a business expense but will be replaced with an employee allowance.


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|You just can't hate snow when the little ones love it so much!
I don't mind the snow. It's beautiful when it's falling, the kids LOVE it, and it can be downright fun.
|No hat for her, no gloves for him, luckily it was our side yard so they could run in and get them after the five minutes it took for them to get cold. ;)
|On one of our oldest son's surprise visits, we immediately went out to play in the snow.
There's a park in town that's perfect for snowboarding/sledding.
|The 3 youngest climbing back up the hill at the local park to take another sled run down the hill.
What I do mind is driving on ice, and of course, every single year it ends up being a necessity, more than once. Having lived in south Florida for 18 years, where it never even gets cold, I think it's natural that it would take me some time to adjust to winter weather, and driving in it. But it's been 7 years now. I don't think I'm going to adjust to the latter.
Now to make matters worse, hubby's car is broken down.
I've mentioned it before that we differ on a lot of things, despite being gloriously, happily married. One of those is cars. When I was working (which was my whole life until recently), I had a new car...the warranty would go out and I would opt for an extended or trade-in for a new car. I like the security, I don't mind the payments.
Hubby is completely different. He thinks it's ridiculous to shell out the kind of money that it costs to get a new vehicle, and he won't do it. Well, I've been out of work for awhile now (5 1/2 yrs. to be exact). We opted to have one final child added to our family, and since we moved up north to a state where finding high paying work isn't so easy (I took a far less paying job and stayed until little man was born), we decided I'd stay home with him.
AWESOME decision. BUT, that meant hubby was solely in charge of finances (except for my bills, I write to pay my own bills, and I pay for our vacations)...and that meant no new car. Fortunately, I purchased a new vehicle right before we moved here and paid it off w/the sale of the house. It's had a couple of problems here and there but is still running like a champ. It's getting old though, just topped the 100k mark in miles (YIKES!). I'm not used to driving a car that's older and has no warranty. It makes me nervous if I think about it.
That means I have to get up early, drive him to work, and then come back to drive the kids to school.
This morning we had the ice...everywhere. And I don't know if it's a budget thing or what, but the roads were not salted. The highway was a disaster with the wind blowing the snow from the median across the highway, and cars would be going fast and then drop speed so suddenly it left you worrying (validly) that the guy behind you was going to slam into you! Scary stuff. And I hate it, every single time.


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Hi! My name is Lisa Calle, and I blog at Vintage Modern Quilts. This is my first tutorial for the Moda Bake Shop, though I have been a Moda and Bake Shop devotee since I first learned to quilt.
I had my first baby, a boy named Benjamin, in November 2011, and I've been obsessed with baby sewing projects ever since. Today I have a project for all you mamas that have picked dropped toys up off the floor a few times too many. This toy leash also makes a great gift and sews up quickly.
4 charm squares (I've used Ten Little Things by Jenn Ski)
1 piece of batting (measuring 2″ x 21″)
1 plastic toy link (available in baby stores and most grocery stores and pharmacies)
2-inch strip of Velcro
Lay out your charm squares in a pleasing pattern and then join together, using a 1/4″ seam. Press seams to one side.
Place your batting strip in the center of your pieced charms. Fold the left edge in 2 inches over the batting. Pin in place.
Line your foot up with the raw edge of the fabric and sew the length of the strip.
Fold the right edge in so it butts up against the batting strip.
Fold again and pin in place. Sew a 1/4″ seam along the length of the strip at this new fold.(Your seam should match up with the first one, but if it doesn't, you can camouflage with your quilting.)
Quilt your strap as desired. The more quilting, the sturdier it will feel. Top stitch the long edges of the strap for a finished look. (The right side in the image below has been top-stitched; the left side has not.)
Trim any excess batting at both ends of the strap. Fold the top edge of the strap towards the inside 1/4 inch (the inside has the visible fold).
Sew 1/8″ from the raw edge, and back stitch at each end. Trim any excess batting and threads. Repeat on the bottom edge of the strap.
Now it's time to add your final touches. Slip the strap through the plastic toy link and fold over so it covers the link and leaves room to stitch (about half an inch is enough).
Use a zipper foot to sew close to the link.
To add the Velcro, separate your hook and loop pieces (the hook is the pokey part and the loop is the soft part). Place the hook piece of Velcro so the top is aligned with the edge of the strap and it is centered across the width. Pin in place. Top stitch around the Velcro.
Measure just a hair under 6 inches from the bottom of the hook part of the Velcro to find the spot where you will attach the loop part. Pin your loop piece of Velcro in place as shown.
Top stitch around the Velcro.
One super cute and very helpful toy leash!
Lisa Calle


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26 June 2013 - Auckland (New Zealand) and Lucca (Italy)
Sealord Halves Global Monthly Close Process with Tagetik
Second largest seafood company in New Zealand in terms of catch with global operations reaching over 60 markets in 30 currencies produces its global consolidated results in half the time
Tagetik, a global provider of enterprise software solutions for Performance Management, Disclosure Management, Financial Governance and Business Intelligence, today announced that Sealord – a global New Zealand-based enterprise operating worldwide with the marketing, fishing and processing of sustainable seafood – has gone live with Tagetik's Performance Management solution on top of Microsoft technology. The software has replaced the existing ERP consolidation toolset and spreadsheet-based consolidation reporting with a single unified consolidation system for both management and statutory accounting.
"Sealord has grown from its local fishing heritage into a world presence for sustainable seafood. As we have become a global player our business has become more complex, and our financial skills requirements have increased. Tagetik now enables Sealord to close our books in half the time by simplifying and accelerating our business management processes," says Stephen Anderson, Group Financial Controller at Sealord.
"Consolidation within our ERP system has traditionally been a time consuming exercise. We were looking for a powerful management consolidation toolset that was easy to use and integrates into our Microsoft architecture. Tagetik met the needs for us, and is a cornerstone investment as we look forward to extending its capabilities into other areas such as forecasting and planning as we grow our business," adds Neville Richardson, IS Manager at Sealord.
"Tagetik's purpose built consolidation application has enabled Sealord to streamline their monthly close process and report the results of each individual company and business unit directly from one unified Tagetik consolidation model operating on Microsoft's SQL Server 2012 database platform," explains Harry Child, Client Manager at Tagetik New Zealand. "Sealord now produces monthly consolidated statements in accordance with IFRS standards in local GAAP Accounting as well as reporting to theprimary shareholders, both in New Zealand and in Japan, in half the time."
"We are delighted to welcome Sealord to our community as the furthest customer geographically," concludes Manuel Vellutini – Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. "By cutting their monthly close process in half, Tagetik has enabled Sealord to focus on increased business analysis and pro-active engagement with their stakeholders, building stronger business outcomes for the group."
About Sealord
Sealord's international net spans seven continents. Each year we deliver over $500 millionworth of seafood to people in more than 60 countries around the World. We employ 1,200 people throughout New Zealand and more than 400 people around the world.Established in 1961, Sealord is half owned by the Maori people of New Zealand, and half owned by leading Japanese fishing company Nissui. The people of Sealord consider ourselvesguardians of our seas and marine life. We proactively support New Zealand's world-class quota management system. This means Kiwis and people around the world can enjoy New Zealand seafood today safe in the knowledge it's a sustainable resource that is being protected forfuture generations. For more about our business visit www.sealord.com, hear about our business from our people at YouTube channel Sealord Story, or join the conversation on our Facebook page
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Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., talks about the gun control and debt ceiling debates.
President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged that full implementation of his expected gun control proposals may be stonewalled in Congress but pledged to "vigorously pursue" recommendations from an administration task force, including a "meaningful" assault weapons ban.
"What you can count on is that the things that I've said in the past - the belief that we have to have stronger background checks, that we can do a much better job in terms of keeping these magazine clips with high capacity out of the hands of those who shouldn't have them, an assault weapons ban that's meaningful - those are things I continue to believe make sense," Obama said during the final press conference of his first term.
"Will all of them get through this Congress? I don't know," he added. "But what's uppermost in my mind is making sure that I'm honest with the American people and with members of Congress about what I think will work."
Obama said that some measures, like the lifting of restrictions on how the federal government can collect data about guns, can be accomplished by executive order, while others will require legislation.
"Members of Congress are going to, I think, have a debate and examine their own conscience because if in fact - and I believe this is true - everybody across party lines was as moved and saddened as I was by what happened in Newtown, then we're going to have to vote based on what we think is best."
The president is expected to review recommendations from the task force led by Vice President Joe Biden today in a private meeting. Obama charged Biden with leading the reform effort after a mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn., left 20 children dead.
"My starting point is not to worry about the politics," Obama said of the expected resistance from gun groups and many in Congress who are skeptical of an assault weapons ban. "My starting point is to focus on what makes sense, what works. What should we be doing to make sure that our children are safe and that we're reducing the incidence of gun violence? And I think we can do that in a sensible way that comports with the Second Amendment."
Addressing a question about recent spikes in gun sales, Obama blamed pro-gun groups for "ginning up fear" among firearm owners.
"Those of us who look at this problem have repeatedly said that responsible gun owners -- people who have a gun for protection, for hunting, for sportsmanship - they don't have anything to worry about," he said. "The issue here is not whether or not we believe in the Second Amendment. The issue is are there some sensible steps that we can take to make sure that somebody like the individual in Newtown can't walk into a school and gun down a bunch of children in a shockingly rapid fashion."


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Our family has lived without a vehicle in Calgary for the past 14 years. This is in spite of the city's notorious urban sprawl, it's sometimes long, bitter winters and the relentless societal pressure to own a vehicle. This at the risk of being dismissed as "radical environmentalists" or just plain crazy (we've been called both).
We choose to remain carless for two main reasons: one, my husband and I wish to develop our creative talents and skills. Hence, given our limited financial resources, we'd much rather put our money into an interesting project than have our pay cheque evaporate out the tailpipe of a car.
Two, our life has become fully built around not owning a vehicle — from home-schooling our children to working from home. Our present way of life has been crafted over many years, with our carless decision shaping virtually every choice we make on a daily basis.
The perplexity of the carless choice begins simply enough — with semantics. Similar to the person who doesn't have a child (are they child-free? childless?), there is no positive term for the individual who doesn't own a car (are we carfree? carless?). Regardless of the term used, however, the implication is the same: you're lacking something.
While we would of course disagree with that dire assessment, a satisfying term to describe the "carless condition" remains elusive.
Here's how our own carless condition began. In September 1998, I had just given birth to Peter's and my first baby. We were $8000 in debt and Peter was resident caretaker/maintenance at a rundown apartment building in Calgary's Chinatown.
We decided that the only way to pay off our debt was to sell our only asset — a 4x4 extended cab truck. Two months later, we found ourselves sitting in our sparsely furnished living room, celebrating the sale of our truck with a bucket of fried chicken. Debt-free. Car-free.
Barely two days later, I felt sheer panic at the thought of no longer having a vehicle at our beck and call. The terror was visceral. "What have we done?"
The learning curve has been steep at times, the adventure not for the faint of heart.
First there were the nitty gritty details to deal with, like how we'd bring home the groceries. We had thought — foolishly in retrospect — that we could take taxis whenever the need for a vehicle presented itself. After all, wouldn't there be extra coin available since we were no longer shelling out money for gas or vehicle insurance?
Thing is, when you have virtually no disposable income, extra cash always finds a hole to fill. After taking a cab ride costing $30, the taxi idea was quickly shelved.
Peter made his first car-free grocery trip a few days after the truck's sale. He called me on his way from Mountain Equipment Co-op, an outdoor adventure store just a block south of our nearest Safeway. He wanted to buy a backpack to carry the groceries home in.
That bright yellow backpack would be the first purchase of many tools necessary for the car-free road over the coming years.
In his naivety, Peter bought too many groceries that evening. The 40-litre backpack was stuffed to the brim, with Peter carrying a full bag in each hand. His trip home involved walking and a train ride. Things were different all right.
As we adapted to and even embraced our new life, friends and family got increasingly nervous. How could we be carless with a baby? What if we wanted a job across town? What if we had to go to the hospital? What would we do in the winter? How would we ever visit them?
Transitions in one's life have a rippling effect. We think many people around us felt betrayed, confused and frustrated. But our only choice was to commit to the carless path, as buying another vehicle was out of the question.
In March 1999, we were forced to move from our downtown apartment at a time when vacancy rates were less than one per cent in the city. Peter found two housing possibilities: a highrise in a seedy part of downtown or a five-storey building in south Calgary.
On a cold February evening, the landlord of the southern property said she had a two-bedroom suite which she didn't think would last long. Peter signed the lease that night. We moved into a newly-renovated 750-sq. ft. apartment on March 15, 1999.
Our second child was born two years later. In the meantime, our one income was barely paying the bills, work was unsatisfying and our social circle was shrinking.
People regularly asked us how we were able to live without a vehicle, particularly since we had children. Several people suggested writing a book about it. As a closet writer at the time, I embraced the idea.
The manuscript took almost four years to complete because Peter and I had to write while earning a living and taking care of the kids.
We knew that making our personal life public was a risk but we felt it was necessary because, while we were aware of several books that had been written about individuals or couples living without a vehicle, we couldn't find a single title about a carless family. We self-published the first edition of Urban Camping: A Testament to Living Without a Vehicle in 2005.
One of the lowest points in our creative lives came shortly thereafter. We had saved up enough money for Peter to showcase our newly-minted book at a one-day annual book festival in Toronto called Word on the Street. The festival's promo material made it sound like tens of thousands of book lovers would be crawling over independent publishers like us to buy their books — a grand opportunity to introduce our book with a bang.
Boom! I distinctly remember Peter's phone call to me from a phone booth in Queen's Park shortly after the festival wrapped up. I breathlessly waited for his report: during the six-hour event, Peter had given away three books and sold two. At his feet filling a couple of duffel bags were the remaining seventy.
Peter was paralyzed with disbelief. He said it felt like he had been talking to two groups of people: the converted, who were already carless or some variation thereof, and the car-dependent, who were either wary of or intimidated by the subject.
Two years later, realizing we weren't going to get wealthy from book sales, we entered the risky world of self-employment again — Peter as a freelance videographer, me as a freelance writer. One of Peter's first film projects was a short documentary, To Costco and Ikea Without a Car, which screened at several Canadian film festivals.
While most people crave adventure, the journey rarely comes in the form they envision. Living without a car and pursing our dreams has rewarded us — and cost us — in ways we couldn't have predicted.
The financial implications have included limitations on our job prospects and income-earning prowess. Related to that, one of our values is being with our children, so one of us is always at home with the kids.
Psychologically speaking, it's difficult not to feel unsettled at times when we're consistently the only people we see walking on our neighbourhood sidewalks or when we hear the carless choice being ridiculed or belittled.
Physically, it's sometimes difficult to muster up the extra energy required to get to places under our own power, particularly when the daily routines of life have already spent most of it.
Still, living without a vehicle makes life interesting.
It gives us incidental exercise — pushing a jogger loaded with forty kilos of groceries at a gradient increase over four kilometres can replace a visit to the gym any day.
Our clothes are chosen for their moisture-wicking abilities, not their fashion impact. Our pants are windproof. We dress in layers. And we gratefully buy Gore-Tex when we can afford it.
Our footwear is functional. No flip-flops, sandals or high heels (unless I'm carrying a pair of dress shoes in my backpack to a formal function).
Having no vehicle gives us countless opportunities to walk and talk with our children as we explore our neighbourhood and the city on foot and by public transportation.
Yes, life is often physically and mentally challenging without a car. And the demands of self-employment are constant. Still, we endure. And in that we find meaning.
Earlier this year, we updated Urban Camping, making it available as an ebook. A few months ago, we began production on a documentary called Car Less in Calgary which challenges four car-dependent households to go carless for a week. (We're still casting for households, by the way, if you feel yours is up to the challenge.)
It's the beginning of 2013 and in some ways our life looks curiously similar to how it was in September 1998: creative, strained, scary, inventive, uncertain, daring. Perhaps this means we're still in the thick of our adventure.


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Now since the Last.fm radio is getting paid for users living outside US, UK and Germany, it becomes quite a pain for the left out users to look for a free equivalent, if not a better alternative to Last.fm's radio.
Although Last.fm still functions as a recommendation tool, as you can still scrobble your tracks (for free), you won't be able to listen to the recommended tracks without buying a subscription. To ease out the task for you, we researched a little bit and have put down a list of 10 free alternatives to the Last.fm Radio service.
StumbleAudio is like StumbleUpon, but for music. You can randomly listen to music and rate them 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down'. You can browse music by channels and save favorites when you sign up.
If you live in Europe, you need not look further. Spotify is a radio, a recommendation tool, a music sharing tool and a lot more. It comes with its own desktop app from where you can stream the music you like. Not available in the rest of the world yet.
Shoutcast is one of the oldest and most popular radio services on the internet. Browse by artist or genre and make advanced searches. Thousands of radio channels add to its glory.
Musicovery is an interactive and intuitive radio service which adjusts itself according to your mood. You can also choose music from genre, timeframe and browse their hit songs.
With Deezer, you can listen to all kinds of music from rock to hip-hop, jazz, electro and world music. You can browse their top charts and listen to the radios.
Quite much like Last.fm, iLike integrates a sidebar to your iTunes from where it can track your listening habits and then provide music suggestions. You can play their radio by genre or artist. They also have added features like concert listings and free mp3 downloads for some songs. When you play music there, you can also see the youtube video for that song alongside.
Tunerec is a web based service, that records' songs off internet radio streams and then tags them all for your convenience. You can search songs by artist, album or song name. It has got a very sleek interface, though it takes some time to record songs for you.
With Songza, you can search, share and create playlists easily. You can listen to playlists others have made and discover new music. When you play a track, you can also glance through its video alongside.
With Live365, you can search for more than 6000 online radio stations. You can browse as per genre or you can see which radio station is playing a particular song you want to hear. In all, a great package.
RadioBeta lets you search for radio stations by geography or genres. You can play radio stations from RadioBeta itself and also queue them for playing. With the geo search feature, you can listen online radio in your regional language. Works quite well!
Update: We would also like to add RadioTime to the list. Apart from listening to various online radio channels there, you can also lend an ear for a talk show or news channel.
This finishes the list. Let us know what you think of Last's decision to cut off free radio, and, of course, these alternatives.


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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The Ten Ox Herding Pictures From The Manual of Zen Buddhism, By Shubun (15th Century). With adjustments to the D.T. Suzuki translation. 1. Undisciplined With his horns fiercely projected in the air, the beast snorts. Madly running over mountain paths, farther and farther he goes astray! A dark cloud spreads across the entrance of the valley. And who knows how many of the fine fresh herbs he has trampled carelessly under his wild hoofs? 2. Discipline Begun Now in possession of a straw rope, I pass it through his nose. Once he makes a frantic attempt to run away, but he is severely whipped. The beast resists training with all the power he has in his wild and ungoverned nature. But the rustic ox herder maintains a steady pull on the tether and is ever-ready to correct with his whip. 3. In the Harness Gradually, after getting into the harness, the beast is now content to be led by the nose. Crossing a stream or walking along a mountain path, he follows every step of the leader; The leader holds the rope firmly in his hand never letting it go, All day long he is on the alert - almost unconscious of fatigue. 4. Faced Around After many long days of training the result begins to show and the beast's faced is turned; A nature once so wild and ungoverned is finally broken, he has become gentler; But the tender has not yet given him his full confidence, He still maintains his straw rope with which the ox is now tied to a tree. Face turned after long days of training... A nature once wild becomes governed... 5. Tamed Under the green willow tree and by the ancient mountain stream, The ox is set at liberty to pursue his own pleasures; At the eventide when a grey mist descends on the pasture, The boy winds his homeward way with the animal quietly following. 6. Unimpeded On the verdant field the beast contentedly lies idling his time away, No whip is needed now, nor any kind of restraint; The boy too sits leisurely under the pine tree, Playing a tune of peace, overflowing with joy. 7. Laissez Faire The spring stream in the evening sun flows languidly along the willow-lined bank, In the hazy atmosphere the meadow grass is seen growing thick; When hungry he grazes, when thirsty he quaffs, as time sweetly slides, While the boy on the rock dozes for hours not noticing anything that goes on about him. 8. All Forgotten The beast is all in white now and surrounded by the white clouds, The man is perfectly at his ease and care-free, so is his companion; The white clouds penetrated by the moon-light cast their white shadows below, The white clouds and the bright moon-light-each following its course of movement. 9. The Solitary Moon Nowhere is the beast, and the oxherd is master of his time, He is a solitary cloud wafting lightly along the mountain peaks; Clapping his hands he sings joyfully in the moon-light; But remember, a last wall is still left barring his homeward walk. 10. Both Vanished Both the man and the animal have disappeared, no traces are left, The bright moon-light is empty and shadowless with all the ten-thousand objects in it; If anyone should ask the meaning of this, Behold the lilies of the field and its fresh sweet-scented verdure. Both Zen Circles allude to the moon in picture 10 above. But the message, I was told, was not in the pictures, but in the intervals between the pictures. The intervals? I was, for 50 years, puzzled by this statement. The interval? The interval? The interval? The interval? The interval? Bardo! Bardo! It is Bardo! So now I see each picture as a separate and distinct incarnation of the monk on his path through the many cycles of birth-death. With each turning of the wheel he makes incremental progress toward nirbana - with small but significant gains to show for each incarnation. And, in the due course of time, he achieves oneness with all as represented by picture 10 and the Zen Circle. There is no shadow in the 'moon' because it is not the moon that is represented - it is nirbana. There is another detail worthy of notice - the big dipper in picture 9. The "be well" or Svasti (seen below) is symbolic of the big dipper rotating in the northern sky. This is an allegorical representation of the turning of the wheel of birth-death cycles. Addendum: I was asked, in an unpublished comment, how a Buddhist Text could have an Ox Herder whipping an ox. That distinction between Ox Herder and Ox is purely artificial. The Ox is the wild and ungovernable characteristic of the herder (the animal within the man). When the "ox" is completely tamed (the passions deemed governable), he is no more - as in picture 9. But there remains one more barrier - the sense of self - between the boy/man/monk and his 'home.' When that self has dissipated then nothing remains - except nirbana (the shadowless 'moon.') One could say that Zen is also: "A system of morality, veiled in secrecy, and illustrated by symbols." D.T. Suzuki source "Zen psychology: Daisetz Suzuki remembered More than any other Eastern thinker in the 20th century, Suzuki catalyzed the rise of humanistic psychology, which has spurred today's interest in spirituality and well-being"
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Forty percent of U.S. households headed by someone younger than age 35 owed student debt in 2010 – double the percentage from 20 years ago, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis that found a record one in five households hobbled by student debt.
"We know the total amount of student debt has been rising, but what this study does is help us get a handle on who owes it," said Richard Fry, a researcher with the Pew Center.
Outstanding student loans have topped $1 trillion, and rising tuition costs have spurred colleges and students to call for reforms.
"It's been a hard labor market for everyone, but particularly for 18- to 20-year-olds, who have not been able to find work or find work in their qualified field," Fry said.
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Households headed by someone younger than age 35 have by far the highest share of the debt among the age groups, Fry said. He said 70 percent of the total debt was owed by households headed by those under age 45.
Among households owing student debt, the average outstanding student loan balance edged upward to $26,682 in 2010 from $23,349 in 2007, data show.
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Fry said incidence of student debt increased in nearly every demographic and economic category since 2007, but households with incomes less than $21,000 were hardest hit.
"While households with higher incomes also had student debt, they were able to shed other debt obligations," he said.
Other key findings:
- In 2010, nearly 90 percent of the debt was owed by households whose head had completed at least some college education and almost 70 percent was owed by households whose head had finished college.
- In 2009-10, 51 percent of full-time, first-time undergraduate students had a student loan; that was up 43.5 percent in 2006-2007.
- Most debtor households had less than $50,000 in outstanding student debt in 2010, but the share of households owing elevated amounts increased. For example, in 2007, 10 percent of student debtors owed more than $54,238. By 2010, 10 percent of student debtor households owed more than $61,894 (figures are adjusted for inflation).
The study released is based on the Survey of Consumer Finances, conducted every three years and sponsored by the Federal Reserve.
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Some see the iPad and think: it's perfect for enhancing a book. This workshop is for anyone ready to think bigger. It's time to enlist the touchscreen as more than just a container for a souped-up stack of pages. The digital display can serve as viewport onto a canvas that extends without limit—not just up, down, left, and right, but also as a creative space offering new kinds of elastic properties: accordion-like documents that house different sized versions of themselves; geometrical shapes across which viewers explore non-linear compositions; even static backgrounds upon which content continuously changes. The challenge lies in tailor-making compositions for these new contours. When you can do things like pinch and spread, refresh content, and pan across a canvas, what kinds of subject matter is best suited for these interactions?
I'll lead workshop attendees on a tour through a half-dozen very specific examples of born-digital, tablet-friendy designs. Each will illustrate in different ways how ePub3, web-based, and app productions can do more than simply replicate, or merely enhance, a print book. I'll also give a quick look at how to design this stuff so that, leaving the room, people will feel equipped to go out and plan their own creations. Don't come to this session if you want yet another look at how Peter Rabbit can be repurposed. The future of publishing lies in making content that debuts on the touchscreen.
Author and digital book architect. I write about and help companies create reader-friendly digital books. Author of "Best iPad Apps" (O'Reilly, 2010). Currently writing: "Breaking the Page: Transforming Books and the Reading Experience" (O'Reilly).
I co-founded one of the first multimedia textbook publishers (Digital Learning Interactive, sold in 2004 to Thomson Learning). I've also written extensively about the strange and wonderful effects of computers on mainstream culture for many publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Salon, and the Village Voice. Some of my favorite pieces include a profile of Norwegian programmers who used pigeons to transmit information between computers http://bit.ly/bXtkAi, the evangelism of Edward Tufte's information design seminars http://bit.ly/cwPvvJ, and one of the earliest articles on Wikipedia http://bit.ly/aXq3Vj. I also did a tour of duty at O'Reilly Media, where I served five very happy years in the Missing Manual group, finishing up as the series' associate publisher.
My undergraduate degree is from Harvard, where I studied American history and literature, and I have an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. I live with my wife and two daughters in "upstate Manhattan" (aka Washington Heights).
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This is the final challenge for the Graco Symbio b and one that I thought was extremely important. Think about it. How many times have you seen grandparents in town struggling to fold/ unfold a pram they have been left in charge of? There is always a crying child to accompany this scene too. My mum says that prams are too complicated these days and I know of one grandparent who has laminated instructions guiding her as to the logistics of going for a walk!
I find the Graco Symbio b to be one of the easiest prams to fold and unfold. I tested my sister and she found it relatively easy too. But grandparents are a whole different kettle of fish. How easy would Ghostwriternanny find it to 'sort out' the Symbio b?
Unfortunately, my mum declined to be filmed (it would've made for great viewing) but she did agree to allow me to write this post. After giving her the instruction manual she asked for a practical demonstration instead. I am in agreement that some parts of the instruction manual are a little difficult to understand unless you are actually performing the task in hand. I think my mum is a kinaesthetic learner like me.
So, practical demonstration over, I left mum to it. After all, that's what you do. You drop the kids off and you give a quick demo, then you rush off for some much needed child-free time. So that's what I did. And what was the verdict?
My mum managed to set up the pram all by herself and enjoyed a blustery walk with her granddaughter. Living over three hours away, this was a novelty for more than one reason. Once back home, my mum managed to fold the pram once more, although with a little soft swearing and muttering. Despite the handily placed diagrams on the bottom of the chassis (mum wasn't wearing her glasses) she found the folding a little tricky. You are required to press one part whilst lifting another and then folding the pram; this takes practise to achieve.
Overall, mum says that the Symbio b was not as complicated as it looked as easily manageable. This is from the lady who once drove all the way home from town with a stroller fully erect and squashed into the car after trying for over an hour to fold it. So: success!
As this is the last challenge I will perform for the Symbio b, I decided to write an additional round up post later today, with the results from all the challenges posted there.


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From the day it was launched in 2007, the Global Financial Centres Index has ranked London as the risk-management capital of the world — a distinction the city achieved in part because the Financial Services Authority (FSA) offered a "soft-touch" regulatory environment that allowed innovative finance.
Over the past few years, however, London has become known as the risk-management debacle capital of the world as well — emerging over the last year as ground zero for JPMorgan Chase's multi-billion-dollar loss, UBS's multi-billion-dollar rogue trader and the rigging of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
In late June, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler accused London of providing a regulatory "loophole" where U.S. banks could carry out risky OTC trades, focusing attention again on London's regulatory restructuring. That focus began two years ago after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced he was breaking the FSA down into several individual entities — a reversal of the 25-year process that created the Authority from disparate entities. Gensler's accusation raises the question of whether London blowups are a symptom of lax regulation or simply a result of London's role as the world center for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading.
"In a way, it's both," says Mary McDonnell, who runs McDonnell & Associates in Chicago. "London offered more flexibility on what you could trade, which meant that products came into existence there that regulators didn't understand," she says. "You could argue they wouldn't have gotten so big if they hadn't been lax on the OTC front."
She points out that the City grew for a variety of reasons beyond just lax treatment of OTC derivatives. "For one, it allowed portfolio margining, which appealed to anyone who was trading any sort of energy book, currency book or anything that involved both futures and OTC stuff," McDonnell says. "They could get a reduction in their futures margin there, which they couldn't in the United States."
Then there's its location, which allowed for trading across the Asian, European and American time zones, leading to a concentration of trading talent that drove many U.S. banks, brokerages and other companies to set up trading and risk management in London while keeping their operations people at home — a development that McDonnell believes led to poor oversight from home.
"This is an industry-wide problem — the operations and risk people don't talk to each other," she says. "But it's even harder to talk when you're on the other side of the ocean."
The UK ranked 16th in the Corruption Perceptions Index, with a score of 7.8 — that's well behind squeaky clean New Zealand or Denmark, but also well ahead of the United States (rank 24, score 7.1) and France (rank 25, score 7).


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2020 Schedule for Presentation of ISEF Awards
Special Awards Ceremony for awards presented by federal agencies, organizations, corporations and academic institutions: Thursday, May 14, 2020, 7:00 p.m. in the Anaheim Convention Center.
ISEF Grand Awards Ceremony presenting ISEF Top Awards and first through fourth place Grand Awards selected from each of the ISEF categories: Friday, May 15, 2020, 9:00 a.m.
Once the ceremony begins the production company and Society for Science & the Public will help manages all aspects of the presentations. Each organization will have an assigned seat in the SAO seating area. Approximately 10 presenters will be queued near the stage near the stage. The MC will announce the organization and introduce the presenter from each organization. The presenter moves to the center of the stage. The company's logo will be displayed, then immediately the pre-recorded names of the student and description of the will begin while the presenter greets the students on stage and shakes their hands. The entire group will receive a quick photo on stage then be motioned to proceed to the photography area.
As the students come to the stage, many of their family and friends will come forward to take their pictures.
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- Winners' names should not be announced prior to the ceremony. Please don't do anything to tip them off in advance.
- Your winning students' names will be announced – and no one can guarantee the order in which the student arrive on stage. We recommend that you limit the actual items presented on stage and if interested give the student a blank envelope or rolled parchment on stage. You will have the opportunity to give the student(s) their personalized award and any additional items which have been previously stored on the tables in the photography area.
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- Complimentary photographs of the Presenter and award winners will be completed by the official ISEF photographers. These photos will be taken just after you leave the stage.
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Mr. Henry Disston and Ms. Mickey Disston, who are presenting the awards on behalf of Drexel University, arrive 10-15 minutes before the scheduled ceremony. A place card with name "DREXEL" will designate the seats where they will be sitting.
SSP staff will give brief instruction of procedure plus pointing out the photography area. They will then store their winners' award items in the photography area and take blank certificates to their seat to hand out to the students on stage. SSP staff will assist every step of the way!
When it is time to announce the winners of the Drexel Scholarships, the MC will step to the microphone and introduce them in the following manner: "Presenting the awards for Drexel University Mr. Henry Disston, Director of Outreach, Office of Enrollment Management, and Ms. Mickey Disston, Director of Special Awards, Delaware Valley Science Fair."
The Disston's will go to the center of the stage, there will be an X on the floor to designate "center". The pre-recorded announcement will announce the winners' names, including information about Drexel and the awards. As each student comes on stage, the Disston's will shake the student's hand and present the blank certificate.
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I say nothing but Jason Parks @ BP takes a look:
What Could Go Wrong in 2012: [Addison] Reed can get a little fastball-dependent, which doesn't usually matter because his fastball is an explosive pitch with near-elite velocity that he can spot on either side of the plate. He could struggle if his command wavers, or if his slider flattens out a bit, which it did at times in 2011. If he loses the slider, even for a sequence, he becomes more of a one-dimensional arm, and major-league hitters can square up velocity when they know that's all you have in the tank. To find sustainable success, Reed needs to keep that slider sharp and in sequence while maintaining his command. If that happens—and it should—there is very little to worry about in his immediate future.
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