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{TNDGE} Tamil Nadu School Lab Assistant Recruitment 2015, 4360 Posts Apply Online

Tamil Nadu School Lab Assistant Recruitment 2015 fill the TNDGE SLA Online Application Form with Exam Syllabus and Last Date is out at www.tndge.in:

Tamil Nadu Directorate of Government Examinations has issued new employment news of 4360 empty vacancies for the post of School Lab Assistant (SLA) with an online application form available on its official site at www.tndge.in. So, all young and skillful candidates who have completed required academic qualification, they all able to fill the TNDGE Lab Assistant Recruitment 2015 on or before the last date.

As we know that, the Tamil Nadu state is the 11th largest state in India by area wise and populous wise 06th rank in our country. The TN Government under the board of TNDGE has invited application form for School Lab Assistant Jobs 2015. So, all qualified candidates who have looked for government sector job and especially this type of job, they all most welcome to fill the online form before the last date of accepting.

According to the official advertisements, there are 4360 vacancies available for the school lab assistant for candidates who have belonged to Tamil Nadu State. All those candidates can apply TN Lab Assistant Vacancies 2015 District Wise from the official site. The online procedure was already started on 24.04.2015 and last date of registration link will be available on 06.05.2015 onward.

TN School Lab Assistant Recruitment 2015 Job Details

Total Number of Vacancies: 4360

Name of Posts: Lab AssistantEligibility Criteria:

Eligibility Criteria for TNDGE School Lab Assistant Jobs 2015

Educational Qualification:

Dear aspirants who have completed SSC/10th class from recognized board are eligible for this post.

Application Fees:

For General and BC/MBC/BC(M)/DNC category candidates  have to pay of Rs. 150 and rest of all categories no any fee required for this post.

Age Limit:

Interested aspirants must be between 18 – 30 years as on 01st January, 2015. Upper age relaxation as per government rules.

Salary Scale:

Shortlisted candidates will get per month scale of Rs. 5200/- to Rs. 20000/- along with Rs. 2400/- GP.

How to Apply?

  • Dear candidates should visit the main web server
  • Navigate to Latest Notification Section, Click on TNDGE Online Application Form link.
  • Open it and download the official advertisement.
  • Refer all the criteria about education, work experience, exam fee and selection process.
  • Now fill the registration form.
  • Upload all the required documents.
  • Pay the application fee via online or offline mode.
  • Submit all the data.
  • Finally, your form will be appeared on the screen.

Useful Dates to Remember:

  • Publish the Notification Date: 22nd April, 2015
  • Starting date for submission of application form: 24th April, 2015
  • Last date for receiving online application form: 06th May, 2015
  • TNDGE Exam Hall Ticket available date: Last week of May, 2015
  • Written test date: 31st May, 2015
  • TNDGE School Lab Assistant Answer Key Available:  June 2015
  • Declaration of Result: In 2015

Important Links:

Get RMSA Tamilnadu School Lab Assistant Syllabus

TNDGE Recruitment 2015 Official notification

Apply Online For TNDGE School Lab Assistant Recruitment 2015

Main Site: www.tndge.in

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The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
of JzB
see my other blog,
Retirement Blues. (There be dragons!)

I claim copyright and reserve all rights for my original material of every type and genre.

Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku

"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

LA Times Crossword Puzzle Blogging

Wednesday, October 23, 2013  C. C. Burnikel

Theme: VERMILION INTERSECTIONS,  or WHERE REPUBLICANS AND COMMUNISTS MEET AND GREET. [I refuse to call this THE RED WEDDING!]  The starred clues refer to themed answers indicating various shades of red that cross in the grid, [I dare to report with no trace of embarrassment.]

21 A. *Small fruit first cultivated in Oregon : BING  CHERRY.  Wikipedia tells us, "The cultivar was created as a crossbred graft from the Black Republican cherry in 1875 by Oregon horticulturist Seth Lewelling and his Manchurian Chinese foreman Ah Bing, for whom the cultivar is named."

58 A. *Vin Scully will be its 2014 Grand Marshal : ROSE PARADE. This New Year's Day festival of equestrians, marching bands and flower-covered floats antedates the Rose Bowl football game by 12 years.  The latter was added in 1902 to help fund the former, which is now the province of the Honda motor car company.

12 D. *Chain named for a Stones hit : RUBY TUESDAY, song and restaurant.

24 D. *"Clue" suspect : MISS SCARLET

Leslie Ann Warren, shown here close to the other suspects - and tantalizingly close to a wardrobe malfunction - stepped in to play Miss Scarlet in the movie version of CLUE when director Johnathon Lynn's first choice, Carrie Fisher, went onto rehab four days before filming started.  Whether she had the DT's is unreported.

And the centrally located unifier:  41 A. Humanitarian symbol, and a hint to what happens where the answers to starred clues intersect : RED CROSS.

Hi Gang, JazzBumpa here.  Our fearless leader has blended a colorful cocktail for us today, with an unusual 15 x 16 grid design, and intersecting horizontal and vertical entries long with a creative theme.   Other possibilities include beets, apples, catchup, Bob the Tomato, Rover, Erik the Viking, Lucille Ball and the Rouge River.  Let's see what else she has in store for us.

1. "Let's hear it!" : DO TELL.  I'm all ears

7. Beginning on : AS OF.  Let's get going.

11. "Essence of Man" cologne : BRUT.  Sure.

15. Bar game fodder : TRIVIA.  Little things

16. Old Roman coin : LIRA.  Not the ancient Roman Denarius, but the pre-1999 modern Italian currency.

17. Light, to a moth : LURE.  Can be a fatal attraction.

18. Cooks, in a way : STEAMS. Or gets angry.

19. Up the creek : IN TROUBLE.  Without a paddle: in BIG trouble.  Creek of your choice.

23. Ruler divs. : CMS.  Centimeters.  2.45 cm = 1 in.

26. '80s-'90s German chancellor : KOHL.  Helmut.

27. Brief brawls : SET TOS.  Often seen in hockey and occasionally in baseball games.

30. Kansas City footballer : CHIEF.  Only maybe.

32. L.A. commuter org. : M.T.AMetropolitan Transit Authority.  Boston, too.

33. 16-Across replacer : EURO.   Told ya!

34. Daniel Barenboim's opera house : LA SCALA.   In Milan.

36. "Agreed!" : ITS A DEAL.   Let's shake on it.

40. Surg. sites : O.R.S.  Operating Rooms.

43. BART stop : STAtion

44. Jumble : MISH-MASH.  Hodge podge.  Olio.

46. Haiti's elder Duvalier : PAPA DOC.  President for life.

48. Somewhat, in music : POCO.  Spanish and Italian for "a little bit."

49. Oaf : APE.  Ya' big galoot.

51. Facebook option : SHARE.  Just last night I shared this vid of granddaughter Amanda's girl-guy pom routine.

52. Facebook option : STATUS.  And an immediate clecho.

55. Tool with teeth : RAKE. Because I wouldn't call a fork a tool.

57. Part of Mac OSX: Abbr. : SYStem

61. Chevy pickup : SILVERADO.  Better than a chariot.

63. "My goose is cooked!" : I'M DEAD.  Lost in the playoffs.

68. Clothing patch site : KNEE.  Often scraped or simply worn through.

69. 72-Across speaker : GAEL.  Some Scottish guy, perhaps.

70. Angry outburst : TIRADE.  Rant and rave.

71. "It's for you," on an env. : ATTN.  To the attention of.

72. 69-Across's tongue : ERSE.  Though this word means "Irish" it refers variously to the languages of Ireland, The Hebrides and Scottish Highlands.  Go figure.

73. Patron of lost causes : ST. JUDE.

1. Rehab symptoms : DTSDelerium Tremens, Latin for shaking frenzy, a symptom of withdrawal from alcohol or other sedative hypnotics.  Can be fatal if not treated.

2. Crumb : ORT.  A table scrap.

3. Bind : TIE.  Fastening fascination.

4. Actress Longoria : EVA.  Occasionally subject to wardrobe malfunctions.  You can seek them out if you wish.  That's why we have TEH GOOGLY. [You can be a Googly Ogler.]

5. Life partner? : LIMB.  Ah, yes.  Life and LIMB.

6. Vision-correcting surgery : LASIK.  Reshaping the lens with a laser.

7. Come down to earth : ALIGHT

8. "Arrowsmith" Pulitzer decliner Lewis : SINCLAIR.   The first U.S. writer to recieve the Noble Prise in literature.

9. Sports MD's specialty : ORTHopedics.  For all the beatings the bones and muscles take.

10. Orbitz info : FARES.  Lower the price of traveling.

11. Said suddenly : BLURTED.  And soon regretted.  [Trust me.  I know these things.]

13. Google revelation : URLUniversal Resource Locator, aka, web address.

14. Titleist holder : TEE.  Golf ball perch

20. Valuable rock : ORE.

22. Oasis seekers : NOMADS.

23. Ben-Hur's vehicle : CHARIOT.  Not as good as a SILVERADO.

25. "Gimme a __" : SEC.  Well how much SECs do you need?  Or maybe that should be "How many?"

28. Stump figures : ORATORS.  Talk is cheap.

29. Comfort : SOLACE.  SOLACE is golden.

30. Treads heavily : CLOMPS.   Like a jack-booted thug.

31. Henhouse locale : FARM.

35. Rural expanse : LEA.

37. Brown v. Board of Education city : TOPEKA, Kansas.

38. FICA-funded org. : Social Security Administration

39. Nile snakes : ASPS.  Cleo's bane.

42. Game in which one player doesn't speak : CHARADES.  It's all an act.

45. Pizza-making need : HOT OVEN.

47. Contented sighs : AHS.

50. It can shorten a sentence : PAROLE.  As can deleting a run-on subordinate clause.

53. Put to work : USE.

54. Suit material : SERGE.

56. Trims text, perhaps : EDITS.  Like deleting a run-on subordinate clause.  I estimated that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows would have been more than 100 pages shorter if Rowling simply wrote better sentences.  Seriously.

59. Allen's successor on "The Tonight Show" : PAAR.  Or PARR.  Always need perp help.

60. Give off, as rays : EMIT.  Like sunshine.

61. Reggae kin : SKA.

62. Bankbook abbr. : INTerest

64. Sixers' #6 : DR. J. I didn't have his number.

65. Vichy water : EAU.  My French is all wet.

66. Put in : ADD.  As one's 2 cents worth.

67. Start to dig? : DEE.  I will refrain from adding my 2 cents worth, lest I give this fill a bad grade.

Nice puzzle, not too hard for a Wednesday, and lots of fun on the way.   I'm not seeing RED.  How about you?

Cool regards, everyone,

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HTC Droid Incredible 4G vs iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S3 – Compare Specs

Its official now. Yes, HTC Droid Incredible 4G has been officially announced to the world. As the name suggests, this smartphone has got incredible specifications. Whether it would be its processor, camera or battery, this HTC smartphone places itself in the category of high end smartphones.

In this post, I would be comparing HTC Droid Incredible 4G with iPhone 4S and Galaxy S3. All these smartphones feature 8 MP camera with the capability of recording videos at 1080p HD.

When it comes to similarities, there is so much common technically between these smartphones. But gadgets like these are all about user interface. If you are an Apple fan, I doubt if you are ever going to like any other phone than iPhone.

HTC has been one of the names which have been making Android phones since it was ever introduced. And yes, you would never want to write off Galaxy S3. It has already created incredible buzz and users are loving it. Yes, there its no surprise although.

In this post have compared these three powerful smartphones. See, if it helps you make a decision.

HTC Droid Incredible 4G vs iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S3 – Compare Specs

Specifications Samsung Galaxy S3
HTC Droid Incredible 4G
iPhone 4S
Dimensions 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm 121.9 x 61 x 11.7 mm 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
Weight 133 grams 132 grams 140 grams
Operating System Android 2.4 (Ice Cream) Android 2.4 (Ice Cream) with HTC Sense UI iOS 5
 Processor 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 Quad-core processor 1.2 GHz Krait dual core Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon processor Dual-core 1GHz A5 processor
 Display 4.8 inches Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen 4.0 inches S-LCD capacitive touchscreen display  3.5 inches LCD
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels 540 x 960 pixels 640 x 960 pixels
Camera 8 MP with 2MP
secondary camera
8 MP with 1.3MP secondary camera 8 MP with a 0.3 MP secondary camera
Flash Type LED flash LED Flash LED flash
Video fps 30 frames 30 frames 30 frames
Video 1080p HD 1080p HD 1080p HD
Memory Built in 16GB with
micro SD slot and
expandable upto 32GB
Built in 8 GB with
micro SD slot and
expandable upto 32 GB
Built in 16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 512 MB
Battery Li-Ion 2100 mAh Li-Ion 1700 mAh 200 hours of standby and 14 hours of talk time (2G) or 8 hours of talk time (3G)
Design Candybar Candybar Candybar
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Dispatching Strictly-Typed Values with AS3Signals

I was cleaning some code of mine yesterday, when I came across a solution for a common AS3Signal problem which I hadn’t even registering at the time.

The problem:

One of the great things about Signals is the way you can declare the value types that will be dispatched, the example below shows a strictly-typed signal, and its implementation.

This has the advantage of throwing errors if the types dispatched do not match, but the disadvantages of having no code-hinting on the generic dispatch method. I spend quite a lot of time having to navigate back to the original strictly-typed Signal to check its value-classes.

A solution

By simply adding a method that wraps the generic dispatch method, you can strictly-type the dispatch call, and thus get code-hinting:

As you can see, this means loosing the interface and casting to type. However if you (like me) are using DI, you will probably be injecting strictly anyway.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Mythical Separation, pt. 2

The following is a private and cordial letter written by President Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association on January 1, 1802. It is here--not in the Constitution--that we find the phrase “separation between Church and State.”

The affectionate sentiments of esteem and approbation which you are so good as to express towards me, on behalf of the Danbury Baptist Association, give me the highest satisfaction. My duties dictate a faithful and zealous pursuit of the interests of my constituents, and in proportion as they are persuaded of my fidelity to those duties, the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing.

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church and State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection and blessing of the common Father and Creator of man, and tender you for yourselves and your religious association, assurances of my high respect and esteem.

One must admire Jefferson’s eloquence. And one can easily see how his sentiments have been misconstrued and used as a proof-text for secularist propaganda. The mythical “separation of church and state” [as practiced today] is not only repugnant to the Constitution; it is foreign to Jefferson himself. I should begin with a brief historical context.

Jefferson wrote this letter in answer to a correspondence he received from the Baptist Association located in the state of Connecticut. Baptists were a minority and had some apprehensions [understandably so, given their history with the Church of England] that perhaps the majority, Congregationalists, would interfere with their religious convictions. The Association wrote: "Religion is at all times and places a Matter between God and Individuals -- that no man ought to suffer in Name, person or affects on account of his religious Opinions.” Of course, Jefferson concurred.

Furthermore, previously I said that the First Amendment applies only to the legislature; and Jefferson quite agrees. Notice how he qualifies his remarks to refer to “legislative powers of government.” Unlike activist judges, Jefferson respects the Constitution and adheres to what it says. Nowhere in this letter does Jefferson advocate secularism. He was simply assuaging the concerns of the Baptists by affirming that there should be no Church of Connecticut or Church of the United States.

Regrettably, out-of-control federal courts abuse the Constitution and misuse Jefferson’s metaphor while the masses are unaware. Matthew D. Staver, Esq. observes,
The "wall of separation between church and state" phrase as understood by Jefferson was never meant to exclude people of faith from influencing and shaping government. Jefferson would be shocked to learn that his letter has been used as a weapon against religion. He would never countenance such shabby and distorted use of history.

Perhaps Jefferson’s metaphor, in its rightful context, was useful. However, former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, William Rehnquist, agrees with Staver: “The ‘wall of separation between church and State’ is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.

It has been said that the freedom of worship has degenerated into the worship of freedom. And in regards to the public square, we could say the freedom of worship has devolved into the freedom from worship. This is the goal of secularism: to strip the public sphere of religious ideals and influence. But will the thus denuded public square be truly naked?

Not exactly, no. Why? Because secularism is itself a religion--and a highly evangelistic one at that. As secularist Robert Ingersoll exults,
Secularism is the religion of humanity. It is a protest against theological oppression...it means the abolition of sectarian feuds, of theological hatreds. Secularism is a religion, a religion that is understood. http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/secularism.html
Certainly there are secularists who would disagree with their own Ingersoll. They would disagree with him but only in part. They would disagree with his characterization of secularism as a religion, but they would not disagree with his stated ideology. Yet these secularists, who deny that secularism is a religion, zealously believe the ideology of secularism to be true. This is why, in the name of tolerance, they loathe and prosecute [Could we say persecute?] those who dare to disagree with them.

They religiously practice and evangelistically propagate secularist ideology. The cult of Secularism holds its doctrine to be exclusively true and it harbors suspicion and hatred-- born of irrational, intense fear--against all “others.” Indeed, Secularists are true believers. This cannot be denied.

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Monday, December 16, 2013

D1 2002 ASAMOTO FD3s Replica - Enkei!

As some more work goes into the Asamoto D1 Replica, the need for period correct rims led me here.

I love the Enkei RP-01 and NT-03. I've owned a couple of sets of RP-01 which I used on my real MR2 Turbo and my FD3s.

they just have the right shape. I'll be needing some wiked spacers to get these +3 rims out to +10 territory, but it's all good. Wheel Spacers used to do the trick in the late '90s too.

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Wed, April 11, 2007 - Bruce Adams

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Hello, bloggerazzi, Howard B. checking in. For the next couple of days, while Mex is in Rexico, or something to that effect, I'll be standing in. Think of me as one of those "Polex" knockoff watches they sell on the street corner -- sure, it'll do the job for a couple of days, perhaps, but there's no confusing it with the real thing. As a bonus, (and to continue the week's mini-theme), I won't even turn your wrists green.

Anyhow, on with the puzzle:

Difficulty: Rather crunchy for a Wednesday.

Just my luck to pick the Wednesday puzzle I had the toughest time with in a long, long time. Plenty of fun, one-letter, nasty crossing errors for me to catch and pick out.

Wednesday's puzzles are often a mixed bag of themes and difficulty; they often have a wide range of styles and challenges from week to week, and so are rather unpredictable. Keeps life interesting, I say.
The theme here is straightforward and nicely done - BACHELOR PARTIES, MASTER BEDROOM, and DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (bonus points for that Z) all lead to A MATTER OF DEGREE, the first word of each theme answer being a type of degree. I know, DOCTOR, DOCTORATE, come on, it works.

Fun stuff:
SEAN PENN ("Mystic River" costar, 2003), DOGFIGHT (nicely clued as 'ace versus ace'), TOE TAG (Morgue ID), and RATED R (Not for tender eyes). MAHAYANA Buddhism was a new one to me - didn't help the solve any, but a nice learning experience. Here's plenty of info on this particular branch.

Rough stuff:
There's quite a bit of mild crosswordese in here to get through; while the puzzle did not have a tricky theme or gimmick to trap unwary solvers, the difficulty was RATCHeted up in the vocabulary in this one:
You've got the requisite river (ORNE), a painter for that bit of culture (COROT), Bennett CERF, our avian friend RHEA, hockey stalwart Bobby ORR, a prefixed word (REGLAZED), the cool sounding and inferable but tricky ABIOTIC ("lacking life"), OTERO county, and plenty more that I'm too tired to mention (see RATCH above). A lot of things in here that are straightforwardly clued, but less commonly seen outside the grid. Crunchy, as I said.
It's not a puzzle that lends itself easily to nice pictures, so for your entertainment, here's a RHEA in the wild:

Tricky crossings:
COROT/OTERO, MAHAYANA/SCAMP (why this took me a while I don't know).

That's all for now. Enjoy the puzzle, and I'll check in tomorrow night and see how many of you are still left. Rex, get away from that computer and enjoy that vacation.

mmpo 7:25 AM

Nice, Howard B.
I too found this puzzle particularly gnarly for a Wednesday. Got off on the wrong track several times. I'm sure I wrote in, then erased, the wrong word at least a dozen times. Once I had two matters of degree, though, it all came together.
Note: when you earn a bachelor's degree, you're a bachelor, when you earn a master's degree, you're a master, and when you earn a doctorate, you're a doctor of the subject matter you studied. It not only works, it works well (not forced or contrived in the least, in my mind).
The DOGFIGHT clue made me suddenly realize why Snoopy is a fighter pilot in his fantasy play (oooooooooooh!).
[Warning, going off on a little tangent...I also have a dog--Rolphy the amazing circus dog-- who made me realize why Snoopy played shortstop. Rolph is a shortening of Rodolphe--he's from France--because Rolph was easier for him to pronounce...Well, at least it was a short tangent!]
Also, an interesting little mini-theme: DEER, STAG & CERF (French for STAG--as in, a male deer, not the adjectival meanings of STAG).
Note also that I made a late, late post to yesterday's forum, in re. to mmpo, imoo, acr and...le lapin des roches. But I forgot to ask Trish in OP what the OP stands for.

Scott 8:20 AM

I'm always a bit uncertain with clues like 8D; is it going to be the obsolete GNP or the current GDP (Gross Domestic Product)? In this case I had no idea what the river through Caen might be, but ORNE just sounded more French (and less obscene) than ORGE, so I went with the outmoded acronym.

Thanks for the blogging, Howard!

Orange 8:28 AM

Good morning, Howard. And thank you for sparing us any photos of BACHELOR PARTIES. And morgue TOE TAGs, for that matter. You could've done Sean Penn, but with that creepy little mustache he's sported of

Linda G 8:28 AM

Very nice work, Howard. Crunchy was a good descriptive. My first thought was that I was glad I wasn't blogging.

Got tied up with 1A, even though I had the SC. Haven't seen Lady and the Tramp in many years. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.

I assumed Trish's OP was Overland Park, Kansas, close to Kansas City. Don and I lived there in the 80s, prior to our move to CO. Anyway, it'll be interesting to find out.

I'd have included an Elton John, circa mid/late 70s. Maybe you're not as big a fan as I was/am. Saw his Red Piano tour at Caesar's Palace last June. He's a lot less flashy than when I saw him in the 70s and 80s, but he's still quite the performer.

Howard B 9:54 AM

Thanks, mmpo, for the clarification on DOCTOR/DOCTORATE. When you solve at 1:30am, these things tend to slip through one's consciousness ;). I knew someone would clear things up if I entered anything iffy. Lack of consciousness didn't help me much in catching my solving errors, either.

And I agree, Orange, even though blogs have a looser 'Sunday-morning breakfast test', I didn't think toe tags (or Sean Penn, for that matter) would be a very nice way to open the topic.

barrywep 10:34 AM

Good job Howard even if I don't really believe you found it "crunchy" in the way most of Mex's readers did. I wonder if TOETAG had Mrs. Farrar turning in her grave?

Anonymous 3:05 PM

What's ANCE mean as "Utter conclusion"? Maybe I'm being dense but I can't find it in the dictionary and just am not getting anything

Anonymous 3:08 PM

oops, just got it "utter - ance"! sorry!

rock rabbit 3:45 PM

I'm glad to see RHEA, the red-headed crossword stepchild of EMU, getting some attention!

Howard, I love your description of this puzzle as "crunchy". When I first read it, I thought I must have missed a bunch of hippie fill, like patchouli, hirsuite, gorp....? Now I realize you meant "crunchy" as in "lots to chew on"! Yes, I started the puzzle this morning before work (during breakfast) and finished it at lunch, crunch, crunch, crunch! I found it quite delicious!

Mmpo, thanks for pointing out the Snoopy/fighter pilot connection (my reaction as well...oooooooh). I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't realize how apt a name "Snoopy" was for a dog until, in adulthood, I became the owner of a big-nosed retriever who leaves no bag unsnuffled through.

Linda G, thanks for clearing up Scamp's origins. I filled him in, knowing I knew him from somewhere....

Howard B 5:00 PM

Yep, pretty much the concept of 'crunchy' I intended. Barry, I was thinking of my applet experience (which most app solvers can relate to) of receiving that nice '...puzzle is incorrect' message, going back, finding something wrong, fixing it, and once again receiving that message for another error. Arrrgh.

No matter how creatively I read the dictionary, I couldn't convince Mr.Webster that 'Vintage' could possibly mean DEAR. Perhaps a wine connoisseur would consider a rare vintage dear? That one took me a bit to fix, providing the extra crunchiness.

Orange 5:32 PM

Howard, I once called a puzzle "crunchy" on my blog, meaning (but not exactly saying) that I liked the crossword for its tricky spots, clues requiring some brain work, and interesting fill. The constructor left a comment asking if "crunchy" was good or bad...

Howard B 5:54 PM

Didn't realize that, at least consciously - if there's any untintentional plagiarism there, I apologize. I'd say it can be both good and bad; in this puzzle, the fill words provided a challenge, with most of it gettable through crossings, but still rocky; it contained several terms you either knew or you didn't, forcing the solver to take some detours along the way. It's a solid theme, with interesting words in there. Whether or not it's easy or hard is a matter of taste and experience, I think, so I hedged my bets on the difficulty rating ;).

Not an easy puzzle to describe or blog, it seems. I now have a new appreciation for what you guys do every day.

Wendy 6:27 PM

Howard, my only sorrow is that you didn't include a pic of a MASTER BEDROOM that came from the same place Linda got her ROCOCCO bed. ;)

Anonymous 6:56 PM

Trish in OP does live in Overland Park Kansas (good guess--but I suppose it could've been Old Prairie or Oak Park or Obnoxious Parsonage or something).....previous habitations in Wyoming (thru HS), Colorado (Univ), England and San Diego. OP is the least scenic.....and it's so nice to get the NYT delivered to us blue islands in sea of Red.
Blog On!
Trish in OP

Alec Jensen 7:48 PM

I was so excited to finally get a puzzle where I could start with 1A. I mean "Pluto!" Mickey Mouse's dog! Anyway, that was characteristic of the way this puzzle went for me. Lots of references I was unfamiliar with - scamp, mahayana, obie... Wednesday are on and off for me, but I had little hope with this one. :(
I'm impressed with the comparative ease you all had, even if it was a bit crunchy.

mmpo 8:07 PM

I've also heard "crunchy" used to describe close (dissonant) harmonies in a choral arrangement.

Ultra Vi 8:22 PM

Howard B! Hello from Violet and a big can't-wait-to-see-you-next-year in Brooklyn. I hereby encourage all puzzle-obsessed people to come next year to ACPT - meeting Howard B there was one of the great pleasures.

I loved this puzzle, not that I found it easy. I actually worked on it all day, off and on. (Did someone say today is Wednesday?!) What I loved was finally getting it in the end. Correcting RE-SEE to REACT, SEEDERS (in my imagination, related somehow to the way (lady) tennis players are ranked) to PEERESS, SELL to VEND, EROSE to RATCH (though I know very well that erose is not a noun) and so on.

I often moan about being behind in my movie-viewing; SCAMP and DR. ZHIVAGO and SEAN PENN all came slower than they should have, but at least I knew Edouard LALO, and of course, the orchestral REEDS.

Bring on Thursday!

Orange 8:23 PM

Howard, thanks for affirming that it makes perfect sense to call a crossword "crunchy."

Linda G 8:26 PM

Howard, I also had DEAR for vintage. Didn't help that I didn't have a clue what 4D was supposed to be.

You're so right. I didn't really think blogging would be easy, but I didn't think it would be so damn hard!

Howard B 9:25 PM

It's always fascinating to know that you're not the only person to come up with a well-intentioned, but incorrect answer. Thanks Linda, I honestly thought I was the only one there :).

Vi - Hello again, it's great to hear from you, and thanks for the kind words. Was a pleasure to meet and solve with you and the group there in Stamford, (even if the other three of you did most of the heavy lifting on the group puzzles).

Going offline for a bit, hoping to come back later tonight. Hopefully can finish tomorrow's puzzle a bit earlier than last night.

Please, continue to discuss, chat, palaver, schmooze, and whatever else you choose to do.

Orange 10:35 PM

Oh, I had REAR, since MAHARANA sounded right (er, that's maharajah I was thinking of).

xwd_fiend 12:55 PM

As an occasional NYT solver (US holidays, a few books of puzzles, and some in Int'l Herald Tribs when I can get them), I found this easier than I thought - about 12 minutes, compared to about 20-25 for the previous Wednesday. But did know ORNE from ?RNE and failed to be trapped by the wrong Disney hound. I guess the puzzle was short on the kind of local references that usually stump me - I've come across Bobby ORR, for example so that was one potential difficulty removed.

Now feeling bold enough to have a crack at a Friday puzzle tomorrow.

xwd_fiend 12:58 PM
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WWPierre 6:06 PM

From 6 weeks past:

1-1/2 cups of tea today. I had a bit of difficulty in the middle. Ended up with a mistake cluster which I probably would have caught if I wasn't so eager to come here. I had ABROTEC for some reason giving me the crosses GARNS and ZHEVAGO. GARNS????? c'mon Pierre, you know better than that!

I thought RATCH was a bit thin until I looked it up. It had never occurred to me that "rack and pinion" might come from the same root as "ratchet"

I do agree that "crunchy" is an apt adjective for this puzzle.

The mental image of Orange's vintage REAR brought a smile to my lips. :)

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In every election period establishment of COMELEC Checkpoints is necessary to effectively implement the firearms ban during elections. However, in the conduct of checkpoints there is a need to ensure the correct and proper procedure in order not to violate the civil, political and human rights. The reason why Comelec promulgate guidelines to be followed in COMELEC Checkpoints.

Let me take up some of the usual guidelines in the implementation of the subject matter, not necessarily that these are being implemented regularly in a particular period of elections. Laws, rules and regulations do change at any period of time.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) or the Philippine National Police (PNP), with pertinent Comelec resolution, is authorized to establish COMELEC Checkpoints. They are allowed to establish at least one (1) COMELEC Checkpoint in every city or municipality where they are assigned, however, additional checkpoints may be established at the discretion of the highest-ranking official of the AFP/PNP in their respective areas of jurisdiction in consultation with the Comelec Election Officer assigned in the city or municipality.

It is mandatory that COMELEC Checkpoints shall be established and conducted only in places which are well lighted or in places where there are sufficient illumination. In areas where electric light is not available, artificial lighting shall be provided. Each COMELEC Checkpoints has a signboard posted from a reasonable distance to clearly identify the place as COMELEC Checkpoint.

Where the circumstances warrants, spot checkpoints may be established in locations other than those mentioned above. But before the establishment of such spot checkpoints the AFP/PNP commanding officer or team leader must give notice to the Commission on Election through the Election Officer concerned in the area. The Election Officer as representative of the Commission on Election is the highest Comelec officer in their respective area. Except in the National Capital Region where notices shall be given to the Committee on Firearms and Security Personnel, through the Law Department of the Commission.

COMELEC Checkpoints are usually manned by regular member or in their absence the most ranking non-commissioned officer of AFP/PNP. Said personnel shall or must be in complete uniform and was properly briefed by their superior on the proper manner of searching with reasonableness. The personnel manning the checkpoints must not be under the influence of liquor/drug otherwise violation hereof shall make the offender and his commanding officer jointly liable for administrative/criminal action.

Searches must be made only by members of the unit designated to man the COMELEC Checkpoints and the search must be done in a manner which will impose minimum of inconvenience upon the person or person so searched, to the end that civil, political and human rights of the person/s are not violated.

As a rule, valid search must be authorized by a search warrant duly issued by an appropriate authority. However, a warrantless search can be made in moving vehicles and the seizure of evidence in plain view; Provided, that the occupants are not subjected to body search, and the inspection of the vehicles is limited to a visual search. Warrantless search can also be done if the officer conducting has reasonable or probable cause to believe, before the search, that either the occupant/s is a law offender or that the instrumentality or evidence pertaining to the commission of a crime can be found in the vehicle to be searched or when there is a consent to the search or a valid waiver thereof.

Any arrest made at a COMELEC Checkpoints including confiscated weapon, ammunition, and materials shall immediately be recorded stating the circumstances of the arrest and other particulars about the person and confiscated weapons, ammunitions and materials. This must be turned over to the nearest station or office together with the corresponding affidavit/s of arrest for proper action. The Chief of Police or Detachment Commander concerned shall conduct preliminary examination and submit result thereof to the Provincial/City Prosecutor for preliminary investigation, copy furnished the Law Department, Commission on Elections and the Election Officer and their respective operation centers.

Any person arrested at a Comelec Checkpoints shall be treated humanely and with utmost respect of their constitutional rights. To remain silent, which cannot be waived except in writing and in the presence of a counsel. To have the right to competent and independent counsel preferably of their own choice. If they cannot afford the services of counsel, they must be provided, and this right cannot be waived except in writing and the presence of counsel. If no charges have been filed against him within eighteen (18) hours from arrest he shall be released from detention, unless he is charged under P.D. 1866, as amended.

SOURCE:   Comelec Resolution No. 9588 dated Dec. 18, 2012

I am a Responsible and Principled Citizen.

I will educate myself and others about the issues at hand so that my vote is a meaningful and relevant exercise of my right of suffrage.

I pledge to vote for candidates who will abide by the duly constituted rules on campaigning because I understand that those who refuse to obey the law in the little things are not likely to obey the law in the more important things;

I pledge to vote for candidates who, by word and action, renounce violence, coercion, vote-buying, and corruption as means for getting elected;

I pledge to vote for the candidates who listen to their constituents and are responsive to the needs and aspirations of those they seek to represent;

I pledge to vote as my conscience dictates in all elections.

I make these promises freely and upon my honor.

(This Voter Pledge was read at the Unity Walk of 13 January 2013, by COMELEC Commissioner Elias R. Yusoph)


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Monday, November 29, 2010

Mayor Who???

JACKASS OF THE MONTH – Our Jackass of the month for November is a favorite of Rink Rats, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: the 41st major of Los Angeles, now in his second term, born Antonio Villar on January 23, 1953. Mayor Villar graduated from UCLA and attended The People’s College of Law an unaccredited law school, he has failed the California Bar Exam four times and is unable to practice law.

In five plus years Tony Villar as mayor has accomplished absolutely nothing. His education, bicycle safety, transportation, film production, tax increase policies have all been disasters. His personal life makes Bill Clinton look like the Dalai Lama. He is an embarrassment to the Hispanic community and the Democratic Party.

Mayor Villar (Villaraigosa) just go away!

THE CASE FOR TARP - The Wall Street bailout program officially ended this month. Herb Allison, who oversaw the program for Treasury, wrote in a HuffPo op-ed: "It was unfair. It was appalling. But it was necessary. We had no other choice. Two years ago, we stood at the brink of an economic catastrophe. Ordinary American families were questioning whether their money was safe in banks. ... And now that the fog of an intense financial panic has lifted, it's clear that the critics and cynics were wrong. TARP has proven remarkably successful at stabilizing the economy and laying the foundation for future growth. ... The question, then, is why does TARP remain unpopular, despite its success? I believe, in great part, it's because a number of myths about the program stubbornly persist. Many people think that TARP cost $700 billion. But Treasury is now confident that the lifetime cost to taxpayers will be less than $50 billion."

GENERAL MOTORS IPO WHAT IT MEANS - GM sold about 478 million shares at $33 each, a price higher than the company and its bankers thought was possible just weeks ago. ... Among foreign buyers will be China's largest car maker, SAIC Motor Corp., which ... will buy about $500 million of shares for a GM stake of close to 1% ... The proceeds will help pay back the U.S. government for the $49.5 billion it spent on its controversial rescue of GM ... The government needs GM shares to rise sharply over the coming years for it to be repaid in full. ... With Wednesday's sale, ... the Treasury lost roughly $4.5 billion on GM shares it acquired at an effective cost of $43.84 apiece. ... If GM's underwriters exercise all their options to sell additional shares, GM's IPO at $18.1 billion in common shares would be the second largest U.S. IPO after Visa's $19.7 billion sale in 2008."

The Detroit automaker that was humbled before Congress and the world as it shuttered 11 plants, closed 1,500 dealerships, jettisoned four brands and dismissed tens of thousands of workers, returns to Wall Street.

TREASURY CELEBRATES (FOR NOW) - A senior administration official last night said Treasury would sell as much as 45 percent of its stake in GM for $33 per share, generating up to $13.6 billion and reducing the government' post-IPO ownership to as low as 33 percent: "We view this as a major milestone. We feel good about it. At the time [of the bailout] many critics believed that GM would never come out of this and if it did it would come out wounded." Asked why Treasury wasn't holding onto more shares on the theory that the IPO could have a big "pop" when it starts trading and continue rising higher in the months ahead: "We have said from the beginning that we wanted to exit this investment as soon as practicable."

In total, the offering is expected to raise $23.1 billion for GM. In order to break even on its initial $50 billion investment, Treasury must now sell its remaining shares at an average of around $50 each. Treasury is expected to sell off the remaining stake over the next two years-after a six-month post-IPO break-and will continue to reduce its already limited involvement in the day-to-day operations of GM. Wall Street underwriters, led by JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley, are not exactly making out like bandits on the deal, taking just 0.75 percent of the total value, according to government officials.

The $40.1 billion in repayments would mean the Obama administration has more than recouped its $36.1 billion investment in GM and the federal government would recover all but approximately $9.4 billion of its $49.5 billion overall investment in GM ($13.4 billion of which came under the Bush administration).

BAILOUT RECOVERY NOW AT $250 BILLION - Dow Jones reports: "The U.S. says taxpayers have recovered more than $250 billion from the Wall Street rescue with last week’s delivery of proceeds from the [GM IPO]. The Treasury Department updated its recovery of [TARP] funds with the formal announcement of the delivery of the $11.7 billion in net proceeds from the GM IPO. ... With the GM proceeds, there have been $252 billion in TARP funds returned to taxpayers, Treasury said."

REALITY CHECK - "In richest US county, thousands need handouts" - Leesburg, Va.: "Wendy Latham checked off a wish-list for her family: cereal, diapers for two-year-old Cole, bread, pizza and, in an ideal world, turkey and other fixings for Thanksgiving dinner. ... [S]he is one of hundreds of residents of Loudoun County in Virginia, the richest county in the United States, who have to rely on handouts from a food pantry ... to feed their families. ... The national poverty rate in the United States is 14.3 percent, the highest it's been since 1994."

SAY WHAT: "I think she's very happy in Alaska -- and I hope she'll stay there."
— Barbara Bush, on Sarah Palin

"I think the majority of Americans don't want to put up with the blue bloods. And I say it with all due respect because I love the Bushes."
— Sarah Palin, in response

TOP TALKER - 'NFL's Union Leader Says Lockout 'Near Certainty' Next Season,' by Bloomberg's Curtis Eichelberger: 'The executive director of the National Football League players union said a player lockout next season is a 'near certainty,' and that it would cost the U.S. economy an estimated $5 billion in lost wages, taxes and other revenue if the entire season is canceled. In an interview on 'Political Capital With Al Hunt' airing this weekend on Bloomberg television, union chief DeMaurice Smith said if NFL owners lock out players in order to get concessions in a labor dispute, ... 'The magnitude of the loss would be at the very least about $160 million to $170 million per team-city ... That is a conservative estimate of the economic impact.' NFL spokesman Greg Aiello challenged Smith's numbers, saying they came from union projections rather than a government agency, investment bank or noted economist.'

NOT BAD FOR GOVERNMENT WORK - Speaking of salaries, USA Today's Dennis Cauchon reports that "the number of federal workers earning $150,000 or more a year has soared tenfold in the past five years and doubled since President Obama took office"

ECONOMIC STRESS – The top five states for economic stress are: (1) Nevada, (2) California, (3) Florida, (4) Michigan, (5) Arizona. The stress index calculates economic conditions based on unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy rates. This index is for September 2010.

MAFFEI IS TOP PAID - WSJ's Joann S. Lublin reports: "Gregory B. Maffei won the executive-pay sweepstakes during a year when his investors also fared well. Mr. Maffei, the leader of Liberty Media Corp., enjoyed total direct pre-tax compensation of $87.1 million last year, four times his 2008 package and enough to land him atop the rankings in The Wall Street Journal's latest CEO pay survey, which includes all 456 of the biggest U.S. public companies. ... Not far behind Mr. Maffei was Larry Ellison, Oracle's billionaire founder. Long ranked among the best-paid CEOs, he received a $68.6 million package that mainly consisted of options valued at $61.9 million."

FORECLOSURE MESS COULD THREATEN BIG BANKS - AP Business Writer Marcy Gordon: "The disarray stemming from flawed foreclosure documents could threaten major banks with billions of dollars in losses, deepen the disruption in the housing market and hurt the government's effort to keep people in their homes, according to a new report from a congressional watchdog. ... If the irregularities are widespread, the consequences could be severe, the Congressional Oversight Panel said."

DANGER, WILL ROBINSON - European officials, increasingly concerned that the Continent's debt crisis will spread, are warning that any new rescue plans may need to cover Portugal as well as Ireland ... The current situation feels eerily similar to what happened months ago in Greece, where the cost of borrowing rose precipitously. ... Of paramount concern to policy makers in Europe is Spain, which is struggling to close its own deficit of 9 percent of G.D.P. at a time when unemployment is more than 20 percent and the economy is failing to grow. Watch for 2011 to be a very bad year also for US if spending does not decrease dramatically.

BOND MARKET DEFIANCE - Mark Gongloff writes: "Bucking the Federal Reserve's efforts to push interest rates lower, investors are selling off U.S. government debt, driving rates in many cases to their highest levels in more than three months. The Fed's $600 billion program to buy Treasury bonds began late last week and is kicking into high gear this week. ... That should have driven prices up on those bonds and lowered their interest rates, or yields, which move opposite to the price. Instead, yields on almost every Treasury have been rising. The trend is a potential problem for the economy and the Fed. Rates had fallen sharply for months in anticipation of a Fed buying program, and in a short time much of that effect has been lost, spelling an unwelcome rise in borrowing costs throughout the economy."

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK – Birthday wishes and thoughts this week to Woody Allen (75), Jeff Bridges (61), Alex Delvecchio (79), Caroline Kennedy (53), Bo Jackson (48), Edwin Meese III (79), Little Richard (78), Vin Scully (83), Lee Trevino (71), Katarina Witt (45).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 12/4, it is championship season now in college football. This week the Southwest Conference championship game is a good matchup: #9 Oklahoma Sooners (10-2) vs. #13 Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-2) in Dallas, 8:00 PM ET, ABC. The Sooners are 4 point favorites, we pick The Sooners to cover and win. Is Rich Rodriguez fired yet???
Season to date (11-2).

SMALL COLLEGE PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 12/4, the quarterfinals of D-III have the surprising Alfred Saxons (10-2) @ #1 Mount Union Purple Raiders (12-0), Noon ET, CSN. The Cinderella story ends this week, we pick Mount Union over Alfred.
Season to date (9-3).

NFL PICK OF THE WEEK – Thursday 12/2, Houston Oilers (5-6) @ Philadelphia Eagles (7-5), 8:00 PM ET, NFL Network, another sleeper Thursday NFL Network matchup. The Eagles are 7.5 favorites take the points and Philadelphia in this one.
Season to date (4-8).

Top Five Worst NHL Teams at a Quarter through the Season
1). New York Islanders: Mike Bossy could still play on this team at 49.
2). Edmonton Oilers: young talent but a few years away.
3). New Jersey Devils: what happened????
4). Florida Panthers: Paul Gallagher, Murray Cawker (St. Lawrence Alumns) what’s going on?
5). Calgary Flames: overrated and over paid.

SPORTS BLINK: if you are in the area this week the CIF Mid Valley Semifinals pit La Serna Lancers at the Bonita High Bearcats on Friday – the dream season continues for The Bearcats.

Next week, our holiday movie picks.

Until next Monday, Adios.

Claremont, CA
November 29, 2010

Monday, November 22, 2010

Top Five

lame duck

1: one that is weak or that falls behind in ability or achievement; especially chiefly British : an ailing company
2: an elected official or group continuing to hold political office during the period between the election and the inauguration of a successor

Top Five Lame Ducks:

1). Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House: just get out
2). Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan: just get out
3). Rich Rodriguez, University of Michigan head coach: please just get out
4). Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California: time for Terminator IV
5). Steve Morgan, President University of La Verne: thanks for the memories

Top Five Reasons To Be Thankful

1). Family
2). America
3). Day after turkey sandwiches
4). Democracy
5). NHL Center Ice

Top Five Signs Of Trouble On A Mexican Cruise

1). Smoke in the engine room
2). Out of Dramamine
3). Featured cruise movie is Poseidon Adventure
4). Featured cruise book signing by George W. Bush
5). Only alcohol on board is Two Buck Chuck

Top Five Reasons To Not Go On a Seven Day Auto Trip With Your Better Half

1). One word: questions
2). You cannot drink and drive
3). Snoring
4). Out of Valium
5). No NHL Center Ice

Top Five Newest Countries

1). Kosovo: 2/17/2008
2). Montenegro: 6/3/2006
3). Serbia: 5/21/2006
4). Timor-Leste:5/20/2002
5). Palau: 10/1/1994

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK – Birthday wishes and thoughts this week to Congressman John (Sun Tan) Boehner (61), Jamie Lee Curtis (52), Joe Gibbs (70), Berry Gordy Jr. (81), Amy Grant (50), Scarlett Johansson (26), Megyn Kelly (40), Senator Mary Landrieu (55), Jim Northrup (71), Mike Scioscia (52), Shannon Sisk …famous educator, Steven Van Zandt (60).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 11/27, well it is finally here the game; Bo vs. Woody, Class vs. No Class, Good Drivers vs. Bad Drivers, Outstanding Academics vs. The Gong Show, University of Michigan (7-4) @ Ohio State University #9 (10-1), 12:00 PM ET, ABC. Rink Rats is picking The Buckeyes (what is a buckeye?) for two main reasons: one, it will be Rich Rodriguez’s last game as head coach for Big Blue and two, Ohio Slate is the better team. There is always next year.
Season to date (10-2).

SMALL COLLEGE PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 11/27, the second round of the D-III playoffs has a good central New York matchup: Alfred Saxons (9-2), the Empire 8 conference champs @ #20 Cortland State Red Dragons (10-1), the New Jersey Athletic conference champs, 12:00 PM ET, MSG Network. The Red Dragons will be too much for the Saxon Warriors, we pick Cortland State to move on, 42 – 17.
Season to date (9-2).

NFL PICK OF THE WEEK – Thursday 11/25, the annual Turkey Day game in Detroit has the (2-8) Lions entertaining the (8-2) New England Patriots, 12:00 noon ET, CBS. It looks like a mismatch but we like the Lions to win, New England is coming off a tough Sunday night game and the Motowners always play well on Thanksgiving.
Season to date (4-7).

Top Five Reasons The Detroit Lions Are Losers

1). William Clay Ford: owner forever
2). Matt Millen: General Manager 2001 - 2007
3). Marty Mornhinweg: his name and head coach 2001 - 2002
4). Matthew Stafford’s shoulder
5). Stroth’s Beer: 2000 stopped brewing in Detroit

Top Five Reasons Bristol Palin Will Win Dancing With the Stars

1). Sarah Palin
2). Sarah Palin
3). Sarah Palin
4). Sarah Palin
5). Two Buck Chuck

Top Five NHL Teams at a Quarter through the Season

1). Detroit Red Wings: Dan Cleary and Jimmy Howard
2). Los Angeles Kings: the best special teams
3). Vancouver Canucks: excellent depth this season
4). Montreal Canadiens: Jacques Martin head coach, St. Lawrence University alumnus
5). Washington Capitals: best forwards in the league

Top Five Institutions with the Worst Alumni

1). Ohio State University: enough said
2). Plattsburgh State University: poor marketing department
3). Whittier College: Richard M. Nixon
4). Clarkson College: engineers
5). University of Southern California: O.J. Simpson, Donald Segretti and Ron Ziegler

WORDS OF THE MONTHretrograde \RE-truh-greyd\, adjective: having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating; exhibiting degeneration or deterioration. “But, contrary to my expectations, the Search Committee took, a decided retrograde motion.”

temer, verb: to be afraid. "Teme al professor.”

Next week, our monthly finance blog and our jackass of the month.

Until next Monday, Adios and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Carmel By The Sea, CA
November 22, 2010

Monday, November 15, 2010

"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"

As we sort through holiday catalogs, internet email ads, newspaper ads, it is obvious most families have little money to spend on holidays this year. Too bad our local, state and federal governments are not this disciplined in their holiday spending. If we would listen to the Federal Reserve and Mr. Alan (it is time to just get out) Greenspan we should max out our credit cards. Rink Rats suggestion, hang on to your money, you will need it in 2011 when it is really going to get ugly; invest in bonds that have 0% interest, stocks are overvalued, housing will continue to slide, and unemployment will remain very high. One solution, follow Mr. Thorogood – “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”.

Speaking of holidays, anyone want to venture a guess when the adult contemporary station goes all-Christmas in Southern California? It has to be just a matter of days. Several stations around the country have already gone full-blown holidays.

This holiday season instead of buying the latest warfare video game, how about giving to your local food bank, give blood, give your time to a local school or church, and think not of yourself but others.

FED HAS TO ACT BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WILL - LA Times' report: There were the usual kind words and olive branches extended post-election day. But nothing could hide the fact that the two parties have deep and abiding differences on nearly every issue. ... The composition of the House and Senate may have changed, but not Washington: The place may be more polarized than ever. That could make it exceedingly difficult to accomplish anything of great magnitude between now and the next presidential election in November 2012. The clearest indication of the growing partisan gap was last week's rout of the Blue Dog caucus, a group of moderate and conservative Democrats who urged the party to adopt a more business-friendly and fiscally conservative agenda."

A MONETARY "HAIL MARY"? - WSJ: "Many outside the Fed, and some inside, see the move as a 'Hail Mary' pass by ... Bernanke. He embraced highly unconventional policies during the financial crisis to ward off a financial-system collapse. But a year and a half later, he confronts an economy hobbled by high unemployment, a gridlocked political system and the threat of a Japan-like period of deflation, or a debilitating fall in consumer prices. The Fed left open the possibility of doing more if growth and inflation don't perk up in the months ahead. The $75 billion a month in new purchases of Treasury debt come on top of $35 billion a month the Fed is expected to spend to replace mortgage bonds in its portfolio that are being retired."

ELECTION NIGHT TV - "Broadcast nets behind Fox on election night" - AP: "Fox News Channel came out on top during the one hour of midterm election coverage when the three broadcast networks and the cable news channels competed head-to-head. The Nielsen Co. said Thursday that Fox had 6.94 million viewers during the 10 p.m. hour Tuesday. NBC was second with 6.27 million, followed by CBS with 5.86 million and ABC with 5.53 million. CNN had 2.59 million viewers during that key hour and MSNBC had 2.04 million. ... ABC said the 6.79 million viewer average for its entire 90-minute election telecast beat NBC and CBS. CBS, whose evening news broadcast with Katie Couric is a perennial third-place finisher, touted its defeat of ABC at 10 p.m."

FED BREAKS TABOO - WSJ: "The Federal Reserve will print money to buy nearly as much U.S. Treasury debt in the next eight months as the U.S. government will issue. ... In normal times, this is one of the great taboos of central banking because it is seen as a step toward spiraling inflation and because it risks encouraging reckless government spending. The central bank is betting these aren't normal times. Financial markets last week responded warmly to the Fed move, but outspoken critics of the policy issued full-throated critiques. ... Thomas Hoenig, president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve and the lone dissenter in Wednesday's decision, said in an interview Thursday that he worried the Fed would be too slow to reverse the policy and that would cause new problems. 'Leaving it in there longer than-in hindsight-we will think was appropriate, will create the next series of problems, whatever those are,' he said. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his allies argue that today's economy is too weak and banks too reluctant to lend to generate much inflation."

Dear Rink Rats:

I recently attended a dinner honoring an individual who is retiring after many years as President of an institution. The dinner was well attended with supporters of this individual and the institution. As the evening came to a conclusion, with the long winded speeches coming to an end it was time to acknowledge the individual. My question: is it mandatory to stand and applaud this individual? Is it proper to just sit and applaud? Can you recommend a proper and respectful action?

- Puzzled

Dear Puzzled:

It depends on how many Vice Presidents work under him or her at the institution. The higher the number of Vice Presidents the less we are obligated to stand and applaud. It should be obvious to anyone who has common sense, the efficiency of an organization is determined by the number of upper and middle managers it has. Has this individual administered the institution’s management properly? Only you can decide.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK – Birthday wishes and thoughts this week to Troy Aikman (44), Traci Attman … a very special lady, Vice President Joe Biden (68), Prince Charles (62), Bo Derek (54), Larry King (77), Carrie Lewis … one of a kind, Stan Musial (90), Gary Player (75), Martin Scorsese (68), Sam Waterson (70).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 11/20, they don’t get any bigger on the west coast, #6 Stanford Cardinal (9-1) @ California Bears (5-5), 3:30 PM ET, Prime Network. Stanford is 8 point favorites, give the points and pick Stanford and the next Michigan football coach, Jim Harbaugh.
Season to date (9-2).

SMALL COLLEGE PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 11/20, the road begins to the D-III football championship, the playoffs begin. Our game this week is a battle to settle a score. #17 Cal Lutheran Kingsmen (8-1) travel to #12 Linfield Wildcats (8-1), 3:00 PM ET, Bravo. The Kingsmen beat Linfield in week #1 but the Northwest Conference champ will win this rematch, 35-31.
Season to date (8-2).

NFL PICK OF THE WEEK – Sunday 11/21, Detroit Lions (2-7) @ Dallas Cowboys (2-7), 1:00 PM ET, Fox. The Lions are much better than their 2-7 record indicates and the Cowboys are coming off a big win against The Giants. Detroit is 7.0 point underdogs, take the points and pick The Lions to win in Dallas.
Season to date (4-6).

IN MEMORY – A correction to last weeks’ memorial to Sparky Anderson. He was not the only manager to win a World Series title in both leagues: Sparky Anderson - 1975 and 1976 Cincinnati Reds, 1984 Detroit Tigers and Tony LaRussa - 1989 Oakland Athletics, 2006 St. Louis Cardinals. Thank you Mr. H.

SPORTS BLINK – Congratulations to one of our favorites the Bonita High School Bearcats for finishing their regular season (9-1). Now it is on to the CIF playoffs.

NHL - The NHL's three stars for October were the Lightning's Steven Stamkos, Bruins' Tim Thomas and Avs' Chris Stewart. What no Red Wings?

Recipe of the Month: Pomtini

The combination of tart and sweet is a recipe for a party in anyone’s mouth, a great cocktail to celebrate the holidays.

1 ½ oz Vodka (we prefer Ketel One)
1 oz Juice – Pomegranate
1 ½ oz Juice – Grapefruit
½ oz Juice – Lime
½ oz Sugar – Syrup

Combine all ingredients in a mixing cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange twist or mint sprig.
“На здоровье (Na zdarov'e)”

Next week, what is a lame duck?

Until next Monday, Adios.

Claremont, CA
November 15, 2010

Monday, November 8, 2010

The mid-term elections are now over we begin a new phase of lacking political consensus. When I see the new Speaker of the House, John Boehner (Fake Tan) is the largest House recipient of Wall Street money this past year, much of it from financial institutions bailed out by TARP and the single most important goal of the Republicans in Congress these next two years, per Senator Mitch McConnell, is for President Obama to be a one-term President, I figure it is now wise to concentrate on state politics.

But wait, the teacher union backed Jerry Brown is our new Governor. Hold on to your checkbook, California will now become even more expensive to reside in. Once small business gets a handle on how Governor Moon Beam will run the state, businesses will be heading for Oregon, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. I figure it is now wise to concentrate on local politics.

But wait, when I see that our City Manager in Claremont earning $265,789 per year in salary for a city with a population of 37,780 and when I see the Fire Chief of the City of La Verne, population 33,981, take a salary of $283,865 per year, I have to ask the question should I give a hoot! Stop the madness! From Washington to Sacramento to La Verne do any of these people have a clue? Have you ever visited a government agency or office? Does this behavior and expenditures warrant these salaries and policies?

Oh well, thank God Macy’s will be open at Midnight on Friday after Thanksgiving, I can feel better while I max out my credit card on products made in China, India, Vietnam by companies who used to be in the United States.

FIRST LOOK -- HENDRIK HERTZBERG, lead "Talk of the Town" in the forthcoming New Yorker: "Obama's temperament has become a political liability. In 2008, his calm was a synergistic counterpoint to the joyous excitement of the throngs that packed his rallies. In the tidy, quiet isolation of the White House, his serene rationality has felt to many like detachment, even indifference. For him and for the country, the next two years look awfully bleak. Capitol Hill will be like Hamburger Hill, a noisy wasteland of sanguinary stalemate. There will be no more transformative legislation; it will be all Obama can do simply to protect health-care reform from sabotage. The economy, like the climate, will be left to fend for itself. And the world will watch, wonder, and worry."

GEORGE W. BUSH's memoir, "Decision Points," will be out Tuesday and is getting the most extensive rollout of any book in history, according to publishing sources. The plan was choreographed by Bob Barnett; Dana Perino; David Sherzer, of the Office of George W. Bush; and David Drake, the director of publicity at Crown Publishers. It all starts Monday on NBC with a prime time hour with Matt Lauer. On Tuesday, Bush does a book signing in Dallas, and is featured on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." (The segments already taped at her studio in Chicago, and WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER in Kennebunkport, in a boat and at their compound on Walker's Point.) Also on Tuesday, Bush does Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity radio and TV.

--On Wednesday, 43 appears again with Matt Lauer, this time live on "Today." On Thursday, he does Bill O'Reilly, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, near Dayton, in connection with a Veterans Day Tribute. And on Friday, he does Greta Van Susteren, in connection with the groundbreaking of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, at SMU. On Saturday, a SEPARATE Sean Hannity interview airs. On Sunday, Nov. 14, he does a CBS News "Sunday Morning" segment with Jim Axelrod (with Mrs. Bush), and the president and Jeb Bush appear on CNN with Candy Crowley (so every interview has a unique component.) Then, the president is on "Fox and & Friends" from Monday, Nov. 15, through Wed., Nov. 17. Then on Thu., Nov. 18, he's on JAY LENO.

"DECISION POINTS" ($18.90 on Amazon)

FRANK RICH, "Barack Obama, Phone Home": "You can't win an election without a coherent message. Obama, despite his administration's genuine achievements, didn't have one. The good news ... is that the G.O.P. doesn't have one either. ... The president's travails are not merely a 'communications problem.' They're also a governance problem ... The plot of Obama's presidency has been harder to follow than 'Inception.' ... He can no longer limit interactions with actual working Americans to photo ops on factory floors or outsource them to a 'Middle Class Task Force' led by Joe Biden. ... In the 1946 midterms, the unpopular and error-prone rookie president Harry Truman, buffeted by a different set of economic dislocations, watched his party lose both chambers of Congress ... Two years after this Democratic wipeout, ... Truman roared back ... Surely there are dozens of supporters reassuring Obama with exactly this Truman scenario this weekend. But if he lacks the will to fight, he might as well just take his time and enjoy the sights of Mumbai."

MAUREEN DOWD - "'Blindsided': A President's Story": "In his deftly crafted and utterly selective new memoir, W. is the president we all wished him to be: compassionate, bipartisan, funny, charming, instinctive, independent, able to admit and learn from mistakes ... Heck, after I finished reading it, I was ready to vote for the guy. The book lacks the vindictive or vaporous tone of many political autobiographies. It's peppered with endearing personal stories, like the time W. made a Rose Garden speech supporting a Palestinian state and his mother called afterward to ask sarcastically, 'How's the first Jewish president doing?' But when I look at the sad eyes of President Obama, buried alive with his party beneath the heedless decisions and reckless spending and tax cuts of his predecessor, I snap out of it. ... Yet if W.'s decision-making leaves something to be desired, his story-telling is good. He writes of a visit to Russia, when Putin showed him his black Labrador, Koni. 'Bigger, stronger, and faster than Barney,' Putin bragged. Later, when W. recounted this to Stephen Harper, the Canadian prime minister, Harper drolly noted, 'You're lucky he only showed you his dog.'"

DRIVING THE WEEK - Obama will face some serious opposition to trade targets at the G-20 meetings on Thursday and Friday. He will also continue to get an earful from world leaders concerned that the Fed is pushing down the dollar to boost U.S. exports at their expense ... SIFMA annual meeting takes place at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan beginning this morning. Top speakers include retiring Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro ... MSNBC's Keith Olbermann returns from his suspension on Tuesday ... Conan O'Brien kicks of his TBS show tonight at 11 p.m. ... Bond markets closed Thursday in honor of Veteran's Day

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK – Birthday wishes and thoughts this week to Barbara Boxer (70), Bob Gibson (75), Billy Graham (92), Miranda Lambert (27), Al Michaels (65), Chris Noth (56), Gen. David Petraeus (58), Warner Wolf (73), Neil Young (65).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 11/14, as the season is winding down a key SEC matchup with #22 South Carolina Gamecocks (6-3) visit the Florida Gators (6-3), 7:15 PM, ET ESPN. Can former coach Steve Spurrier pull off the upset in the swamp, Florida is 7 point favorites, we think they are too – pick Florida.
Season to date (9-1).

SMALL COLLEGE PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 11/14, an Empire 8 rivalry game with the Ithaca College Bombers (6-3) visit the 24th ranked Cortland State Red Dragons (8-1). Cortland State is playoff bound and has too much defense for The Bombers, pick Cortland 24 – 7.
Season to date (7-2).

NFL PICK OF THE WEEK – Sunday 11/15, New England Patriots (6-2) visit the Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2) in this battle of AFC big boys. Pittsburgh is 3.5 favorites and beginning to get into playoff form, give the points and pick the Steelers.
Season to date (4-5).

IN MEMORY – Sparky Anderson, the only major league baseball manager to win The World Series in each league, passed away this past week. A players’ manager he leaves behind a legacy of great baseball and philanthropy second to none.

SPORTS BLINK – Congratulations to the St. Lawrence University Saints football program for winning the Liberty League conference and earning a place in the D-III college football playoffs. The Saints record is 4-5 but who cares they are in the playoffs.

VETERANS DAY – is Thursday November 11, put up your flag and support our service men and women.

Next week, catalogs and holiday shopping.

Until next Monday, Adios.

Claremont, CA
November 8, 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

Autumn Is Here

You know autumn is here to stay when the sun no longer shines on sections of your garden. The sweater vests have now moved from the storage closet to the dresser. You know autumn is here to stay when hot tea is now the choice in the morning instead of orange juice and the U of M Wolverines are on a losing streak because they are now playing decent teams. You know autumn is here to stay because college administrators who were bragging about their great enrollment numbers two months ago are now panicking because they cannot balance their budgets, oh well lets’ raise the tuition a bit more.

You know autumn is here to stay because your summer tan is now a faded memory and you have to change the on/off timing on your indoor/outdoor lights. Crock pots are now in, barbecues are now out, apple cider tastes better, iced tea has lost its’ taste, Mexican food is out, Chinese food is in, obnoxious fund raising telephone calls from church, college, whatever, are growing, obnoxious political telephone calls have stopped, what to do for Thanksgiving and Christmas is always in the back of your mind, missing the warm sun on your face and the cool wind off the lake or ocean is always in the back of your mind – “how many more months to spring??” Ugh!!!

The 2010 Zagat Fast-Food Survey's Best Burgers:

1. Five Guys
2. In-N-Out Burger
3. Wendy's
4. Burger King
5. McDonald's

Rink Rats top five all time movies:

5). Slap Shot (1977)
4).The Maltese Falcon (1941)
3). Citizen Kane (1941)
2). The Godfather (1972)
1). Casablanca (1942)

SUNDAY READING - Letter to N.Y. Times Public Editor Arthur S. Brisbane - "Marriage and Achievement: The heavy majority of couples typically featured in the Sunday wedding announcements either attended elite universities, hold corporate management positions or have parents with corporate management positions. It's nice to learn about the nuptials of the privileged, but Times readers would benefit from learning about a more representative sampling of weddings in our diverse city. ... Max Sarinsky, Manhattan."

GDP LOOK AHEAD: DEPENDS ON CITIES/STATES - Reuters' Emily Kaiser reports: "The only question about the rate of U.S. economic growth right now is which adjective fits best: sluggish or slumping. The answer may lie in city halls and governors' mansions. ... The range of forecasts ... is wide, stretching from 1.0 percent to 3.6 percent. State and local government spending is one big wild card. ... State and local governments normally account for a little more than 12 percent of GDP, outpacing the federal government, which has been clocking in just above 8.0 percent since last year (and had been closer to 7.0 percent before the recession). Most states and municipalities have balanced budget rules, which means when revenues fall, something has to go. In September, it was jobs. State and local governments shed 83,000 workers last month, a huge surprise that made the overall employment picture look considerably darker than economists had expected."

POST-ELECTION: OBAMA TO FOCUS ON DEFICIT- AP's Ben Feller reports: "Preparing for political life after a bruising election ... Obama will put greater emphasis on fiscal discipline, a nod to a nation sick of spending and to a Congress poised to become more Republican. ... He is already giving clues about how he will govern in the last two years of his term. Obama will try to make gains on deficit reduction, education and energy. ... While trying to save money, Obama will have to decide whether to bend to Republican and growing Democratic pressure to extend Bush-era tax cuts, even for the wealthy, that expire at year's end. ... Moving to the fore will be a more serious focus on how to balance the federal budget and pay for the programs that keep sinking the country into debt."

PLAYBOOK ODDS FIXING: Republicans net 51 House seats (39 needed for control) - 8 Senate seats (10 needed for control). When people ask us our hot hunch for an upset, we say that Harry Reid could still win - gives you a sense of how bad the C.W. is for Ds. For the past two weeks, Alex "Morning Score" Burns' parlor-game hot hunch has been Rep. Joe Sestak (D) winning in PA SEN.

BOND YIELD GOES NEGATIVE - FT's Aline van Duyn, Michael Mackenzie and Nicole Bullock report in the page 1 splash: "The abnormal state of the credit markets came into focus as the US Treasury sold bonds with negative interest rates for the first time and Goldman Sachs prepared to issue its first 50-year debt deal. Both developments on Monday highlighted the difficult choices facing investors at a time when interest rates are at historical lows and the [Fed] is moving towards more asset purchases aimed at boosting the economy and staving off deflation. Investors who believe the Fed will succeed in its efforts - which would lead to higher inflation - accepted a yield of minus 0.55 per cent on $10bn of Treasury Inflation Protected Securities - or Tips - which compensate holders if the consumer price index rises. At the same time, retail investors looking for higher yields in the current low interest-rate environment were targeted by Goldman, which prepared to sell $250m of 50-year bonds that are expected to pay interest of up to 6.25 per cent."

HISTORY - In fact, divided government is the rule rather than the exception in the US; indeed, the last president to serve an entire term with both a House and a Senate controlled by his own party was Jimmy Carter.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK – Birthday wishes and thoughts this week to Laura Bush (64), Glenn Frey (62), Art Garfunkel (68), Godzilla (56), Linda Gordon …famous shopper, David Kung …famous economist, Lyle Lovett (54), Jenny McCarthy (38), Maria Shriver (55).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 11/7, a huge Pac 10 match up with the winner moving on to battle Oregon for the conference title; University of Arizona Wildcats (7-1) and 15th ranked visit the Stanford Cardinal (7-1) and 13th ranked, 8:00 PM ET, ABC. The future Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh led Cardinal are 7.5 point favorites, give the points and take Stanford.
Season to date (8-1).

SMALL COLLEGE PICK OF THE WEEK – Saturday 11/7, it is homecoming weekend in La Verne, CA as the winless Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens (0-7) visit the University of La Verne Leopards (0-7), 4:00 PM ET, Sci-Fi Channel. Both teams are desperate for a victory, but the Sagehens have the edge with a better quarterback, we pick The Sagehens in a close, high scoring game; 35-31.
Season to date (6-2).

NFL PICK OF THE WEEK – Sunday 11/8, it has been awhile but a meaningful game in the AFC West; Kansas City Chiefs (5-2) @ Oakland Raiders (4-4), 4:15 PM ET, CBS. Are The Raiders for real? They are 2.5 point favorites in this historic rivalry, we pick The Raiders.
Season to date (3-5).

RUNWAY FASHION - Fashion Week has come and gone, the runway collections have been shown, a winner has been chosen, and the losers have been sent home. Now all that's left is the reaction, and what a reaction it is.

Like a foul stench of hipsters and toxic waste out of an abandoned Village Venture port-a-john, Gretchen Jones won (spoiler alert!) and, it seems to me, no one is happy about this. In fact, I've heard more than one person say that they're going to quit watching the show. One word….”Mondo”.

IN MEMORY - Boston Globe p. 1, "Theodore Sorensen, JFK's aide and wordsmith, dies," by Bryan Marquard: "Theodore Chaikin Sorensen, whose prose mingled with the thoughts and words of his close friend John F. Kennedy to create some of the most memorable presidential speeches of the 20th century, died yesterday. Mr. Sorensen's wife, Gillian, said he died in a New York City hospital of complications from an Oct. 22 stroke. He was 82. Despite a stroke nine years ago that left him nearly sightless, Mr. Sorensen had continued to be a vibrant link intellectually and philosophically to the Kennedy administration and the Camelot aura that defined the clan, launching the political careers of the president's younger brothers, Robert and Edward. ...

"Through the years, reporters routinely asked Mr. Sorensen if he wrote the line in Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address that arguably is the most famous sentence the president ever spoke: 'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.' 'Having no satisfactory answer, I long ago started answering the oft-repeated question as to its authorship with the smiling retort: "Ask not,"' Mr. Sorensen wrote in "Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History,' his 2008 memoir. ... Not yet 25 in January 1953 when Kennedy, then a US senator, hired him as an assistant, Mr. Sorensen had arrived in Washington, D.C., a year and a half earlier, fresh from law school and a life lived almost entirely in Lincoln, Neb."

EMAIL - Forty-one years ago last week, a pair of computer scientists tried to send the world's first computer-to-computer message via the internet. The message was to be the word "log." Their connection crashed before they got to "g”, sound familiar.

FINANCE - The most anticipated week of the year on Wall Street is finally here - and many are curious to see where the stock market will head once the midterm elections and this week's Fed meeting are in the books.

The Dow and S&P 500 have just posted their best combined September/October percentage gains since 1998, while the Nasdaq had its best performance for those two months since 1982.

SPORTS BLINK - Not even two generations of Presidents Bush could save the Texas Rangers from getting pushed to the brink by the red hot San Francisco Giants and their young gun pitcher Madison Bumgarner. World Series is 3 -1 Giants.

AND FINALLY – Where are the Notre Dame fans???? Anybody seen them????

Next week, $283K.

Until next Monday, Adios.

Claremont, CA
November 1, 2010


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Monday, 2 January 2012

Benchtop Extension Complete

I know that I said shop version 2.0 was complete, so let’s call this version 2.1 will we?

When I built the new wall benches in November I only built 12 feet of benches to sit along 14 feet of wall, this was mostly because most of  the ash I got could only yield 6’ of usable length per piece. So I ended up with 2 – 6’ benches, with 2’ of wall space calling out to be fulfilled. My plan was to make a short wall-mounted section from the leftover ash while I was milling it up for the chair project.
Well it’s done, the idea was to put a bit more finish on this section so I could use it for a sharpening area and the water would not bother it. It has about 5 coats of poly on it and seems to bead up the water quite well. It will be necessary to wipe up after I am done, but having the stones and honing jig readily accessibl,e ensures I will sharpen when I should, not when I HAVE to!

Laser Printer Logo Imprint
When this section was ready for finish I wanted to put my logo on it, so I tried for the first time the iron on the laser print trick. It worked okay, but the unevenness of the ash created a few voids, so I had to sketch in a few sections with a pencil, since it was a rough sketch anyway, it looked okay. I was pleased with the final result.

Sharpening Station

Since I was applying finish anyway, I decided to put another coat of ply on the entire 14’ of bench. This evened it up as there were a few sections of punkiness that the first 2 coats just soaked into. This new area has created an awesome work area, as with most shop improvements, I wonder how I got by without it!

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Joel Zimmerman a.k.a. deadmau5 is one of the biggest progressive house artists soon to lead the way in how electronic music is played and displayed ;). He is currently on bringing his brand new stage show around the world!

Deadmau5 has got to be one of the most realest people in the electronic music at the moment, he is so connected with his fans through his facebook (his cat’s facebook), chatting online through UStream and meeting fans after his shows. I really appreciate him as he’s a total computer geek like me XD, all of his sets are digital and doesn’t use CDs at all (I completely agree with him saying that all the vinyl bashers are going backwards – I say “get with it, or get left behiiind” :P) and most of his music is programmed on computers. And if you look at some of his live shows, a lot of them have really heavy variations as to give each crowd its unique show.

His new stage show debuted at the Coachella festival and involves a brand new iconic mau5head with the front face full of LEDs to compliment an amazing LED cube, made by the same people involved in creating the legendary Daft Punk pyramid. With half a million in budget spent on the new stage, it sure pleases the eyes as well as the ears!

On first sight of the cube, it’s truly stunning, you think nothing of it until it comes on. My clubbing partner is really old skool in electronic music and said to me “Let’s move over there, that big speaker is in the way,” I replied “… That’s the stage, he goes on top of that” and he was like “Wuuuuut!?”

Joel steps onto the stage wearing his gleaming mau5head during the intro of his new track Strobe and proceeded to play to a 14+ crowd. It’s so inspiring to see a younger generation getting their first glimpse of the clubbing experience and appreciating electronic music, although I do not recommend going to such an open age event – those kids have too much energy! You can tell they’re excited when they’re jumping around when there’s no beat hah. He lays down fan favourites like Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff and oldies such as The Reward Is Cheese. Seeing an artist live is one of the biggest things if your’re a fan of music and deadmau5 did not disappoint. He played an absolutely destructive, never before heard track called Cthulhu Sleeps (yep, based on the monster with the octopus mouth) which I cannot wait for release; he’s currently deciding on whether to put a vocal on it.

The most memorable part of the show, was when the music was playing normally, everyone’s having a good time, then all of a sudden the music stops.. Pauses for like 2 seconds and then the all recognisable Blue Screen Of Death appears. I loved that, it was so cool and unexpected.

So here’s another video from my personal collection for you to enjoy. It includes an unreleased/unfinished track which I think is going to be called Hard Selection – I like how the kid in front tries to mimic the build up using his hand (use your fingers and arms! XD), there’s an upcoming clubber right there.