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The Red Sox finally fired first year pitching coach Bob McClure. McClure led the Red Sox’s pitching staff to an MLB eighth worst ERA (4.30) and a sub .500 record, so it’s seemingly a miracle he lasted this long. McClure was brought in as a scout before Bobby Valentine, but was promoted to pitching coach shortly after Valentine was introduced. The two worked together during Valentine’s managerial stint with the Mets. Most of the Red Sox’s troubles have come from the pitching staff this year, as they’ve scored the third most runs in the MLB but have given up the seventh most. Bob McClure inherited a talented, if undisciplined, rotation that he wasn’t able to rein in. I really don’t understand why he was able to keep this position until now, as they are all but eliminated from the playoffs. Randy Neimann, formerly the assistant pitching coach, was promoted to the vacant spot, Neimann will become the Red Sox’s fourth pitching coach in as many years.


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The evolution in the design of fermentors over several decades not only reflect the change in understanding of the process of fermentation itself, but also reflect the challenges in the technology of producing new and novel products using the fermentor.

The earliest design of the fermentor as exemplified by the fermentation of penicillin showed how simple the design and function of the fermentor in the forties. Today’s fermentors are more sophisticated as reflected by the various monitoring and control facilities with computer interface for a more efficient fermentation process. In reality, the fermentors have not really underwent a radical design of yester years, only that the monitoring and control get more sophisticated. The basic fermentor hardware still basically remains the same.

However, in the past few years we have seen novel designs in the fermentors it selves. This trend towards a customized and functionally built fermentors are in response to the “new” kind of bioproducts that were not even imagined years ago. The new fermentors of today have to produce such as biopharmaceuticals, enzyme and other biotechnology-derived compounds.

The limitation of specific conditions imposed by such products has resulted in the paradigm shift in the design of fermentors. The engineers who built the fermentors of the past now have to wrestled to find out solutions in the design of new breed of fermentors
As it is now we are beginning to see fermentors whose design is dedicated to a single product, or changed out frequently to process many different ones.

We cannot design the fermentor alone detached from the supporting fermentor system. For a successful fermentation process to occur we must match for compatibility the design of the fermentor with the design of its ancillary support equipment

In the design of modern fermentation system great emphasis are placed upon the role of the fermentor either for multipurpose operation or whether the fermentors will be used for scale ups.

The critical areas that will have to be considered strongly are vessel design, process piping, jacket service piping, agitation and mixing and instrumentation and control.

Thus in planning a custom built fermentor various options must be considered to ensure what ever features are necessary or needs to be added and whether they are beneficial or cost effective. We simply just can’t buy fermentors off the rack! (Although, many do!)

The first consideration in the design of fermentor or retro fitting is to define properly the system that is needed. Are we using bacteria, mammalian cells or fungi? Each type of cell has its own specific requirements or limitations. Even within one particular cell type such as in the case of cell cultivation there is the option of using pneumatically mixed air lift fermentors or by mechanical stirring.

The importance of vessel geometry and volume cannot be understated. While the geometry more refers to the shape of the vessel the volume refer to the capacity of the fermentor. Both geometry and volume of the fermentor will affect the performance of the fermentor

The most popular range of ratios of height-to-tank diameter ratios of 1:1 to 3:1 are common for stirred tanks.

The expected range of the vessel working volume, typically 60-85% of the fermentor total volume. However this must be adjusted with consideration to any expected fed batch additions. It is important that so that the impellers can be spaced appropriately.

The level and type of tank polish is selected based on the acceptability of irregularities in the tank surface. The most popular method of finishing is by mechanical and electropolishing and passivation. The choice depends on the quality requirements of the product

The number, location and type of tank nozzles and ports influences the ability to add materials to the vessel and insert instrumentation probes. It does gives flexibility but at the expense of increase in fabrication costs, setup time and the risk of damage associated with repeated disassembly for cleaning.

There are so many things that enter and leave the fermentor, that in a way the fermentor can’t afford to accommodate all the requirements. It simply does not have the areas to accommodate it. Thus prioritization of usage of ports is essential

Location of the port is important to ensure no damages incurred during insertion and withdrawal.

The weld procedure used to attach these fittings must be reviewed carefully to ensure a sturdy design and to maintain roundness. A compromise has to be achieved between minimizing dead legs and room for sturdy attachment.

The consumables such as gaskets and O rings must be evaluated based on the expected frequency and expense associated with each change. Sometimes it is more efficient, practical and economical to use less expensive, single-use approach.

Factors such as compressibility and memory of the material should be evaluated to ensure that leaks will not develop when the vessel is heated and cooled repeatedly. All materials in product contact must be suitable for sanitary use.

Materials should be selected that are resistant to high temperatures depending upon the specific application.

For improved sterility, steam tracing should be carried out in pipings and equipments. A tube or small-diameter pipe attached to the pipe and carrying a heating medium for the addition of heat all along the process pipe is commonly referred to as “heat tracing.” If the system of heat tracing utilizes steam in the heat delivery process, it is then termed “a steam-tracing system.” Steam tracing requires a highly thermally resistant gasket or O-ring material, due to the constant steam exposure.

The cleanability of the fermentor component is important, thus the number, location and mode of attachment of internals are also important to define. Welded internals improve cleanability by eliminating crevices,

The choice of valves is important. Complete drainability is often a criterion for bottom-valve installation

For very large fermentors there must be allocation on the head plate for cleaning and repair .While this size is sufficient for a person to enter the tank, impellers often need to be designed with a split hub to permit their entry.

Removable headplates introduce the design feature of a headplate O-ring seal. Smaller head plates can be hinged and easily removed by hand; larger ones are often bolted and may go several years without disassembly. Consequently, sealing gaskets and groove locations must seal well for extended periods and be constructed for sanitary, high-temperature service.

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Worshiping a False Idol: Why Money Is No God

A few weeks ago I was out to lunch with a group of friends when the subject of money came up. One person at the table said that we should replace the phrase “In God We Trust” on currency with “This Is Your God.” To my surprise, there was very little pushback to that and even a few people nodded at the wisdom contained in that statement.

Setting aside the issue of whether or not references to God should be on our currency, my friend’s statement speaks volumes on the misunderstanding of the role of money and the pursuit of profit within society. My good friend and colleague Alex Salter has done an excellent job of discussing the role of money and its creation for those interested in reading about it. But to give a quick, one-sentence summary of the role of money in society — money serves as a common medium of exchange that greatly reduces the cost of trading with one another. To be sure, there’s more to money than that, but that explanation will suffice for our purposes here.

That leads us to a discussion of the role of profit seeking within society and its virtues. In a free society governed by the rule of law, the only exchanges that take place must be completely voluntary and agreeable to both parties. I cannot, for example, produce a car in my backyard and compel you to purchase it. Instead, I must produce the car and then offer it for sale to you. Should you find the terms of my offer agreeable, you give up your dollars in exchange for my car. Both of us are thus made better off: you get the car, which you value more than the dollars that you gave up, and I get the money, which I value more than the car that I gave up. If those conditions were not simultaneously true, the trade would not take place because one of the parties would not have agreed to it.

Similarly, I cannot shove money into your pocket and compel you to do something for me. Instead, if I want you to serve me, I must first specify what it is that I would like you to do and then offer you compensation in exchange. If you find the terms of my offer agreeable, then you do the work for me and I give you the money. Again, both of us are made better off. You give up your time and effort in exchange for my dollars, which you value more highly; and I give up my dollars for your time and effort, which I value more highly. Both of us are made better off through this exchange. Again, if that weren’t true, the exchange wouldn’t take place.

Profit, in this system, can be earned only when a person has served his fellow man in a productive way by providing others with either a good or a service that they value at a price that they are willing to pay. Pursuing profit in a free society, therefore, is nothing more than pursuing a means of serving one’s fellow man. People who can do that successfully earn a profit, while people who fail to do it earn losses. How beautiful of a system is that? We are rewarded for doing good by our fellow man and punished for doing bad. For that reason, markets are best viewed as a civilizing force. I would even go so far as to say that markets have done more to civilize man than any religion, social movement, or cultural reform. For that reason, as Peter Boettke has said, economics can rightfully lay claim to the Nobel Peace Prize, because our discipline is one that celebrates “cooperation and productive specialization among free and responsible individuals.”

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(#) andreajp 2012-08-22

The author's note was tl;dr so I didn't read the story.

No I kid, that was fantastic. It's such a slipper slope to write about this and it wasn't over done as some of the others that I've read. It was realistic. And if I remember correctly the stage gay really took off after he got sober. Coincidence...hmmmmm. Anyway good job my dear, and from now on this is how I'll remember the epic story of Gerard Way getting sober.

(And seeeee you don't NEED to put smut into stories. You have epic writing skills, you don't have to use that as a crutch, use it as one of your many awesome AWESOME world building tools


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Can Glenn forgive a friend for his terrible mistake?

Category: Simple Plan - Rating: R - Genres: Drama - Characters: David Desrosiers,Pierre Bouvier,Sebastien Lefebvre - Published: 2011-08-22 - Updated: 2011-08-22 - 1059 words

Glenn woke up and rushed to the bathroom and started puking, she realized she was naked and blushed, she was laying right next to David, naked! Jeez. She grabbed a robe and pulled it around herself then she went back to puking. A few seconds later she felt gentle hands pulling back her hair as she puked. As soon as she was done she wiped her mouth and looked up to see Pierre, not exactly who she hoped to see again.

He smiled weakly. "You ok?" He asked with concern as he poured her a cup of water to down the taste of vomit from her mouth. Glenn shrugged. "I'm fine I guess."

"What I did-" Pierre started but Glenn cut him off, wiping the tears that started rolling down her cheeks from the horrible memories. "Don't. Pierre just don't." Glenn whispered, setting the empty cup on the sink.

"Will we ever talk about it?" Pierre asked desperately. "I don't want to." Glenn said with slight anger in her voice. "But Glenn it's not just going to go away. I'm sorry for what I did, I don't want this friendship to be ruined though!" He practically screamed and Glenn shushed him.

"Just forget about it." Glenn argued. Pierre sighed. "I can't forget and I know you'll never forget." Glenn broke down in sobs and Pierre wrapped his arms around her, she tried pushing him away but eventually gave in to the hug.

Pierre kept saying 'i'm sorry' over and over again then there was a knock on the door. Pierre opened the door and David was standing there, his eyes widened when he saw Pierre and Glenn. "What's going on?" He asked casually.

"Nothing. We were just talking." Glenn said quietly.

"In the bathroom?" David questioned curiously.

Then he studied Glenn's face. "You were crying." He pointed out.

Glenn pushed past him and Pierre shot David a glare. "Dude leave her alone." Pierre growled at David.

David looked shocked. "You made her cry!" He screamed at Pierre, angry and confused about what was going on.

"Dude, just drop it." Pierre said, walking past him.

Seb walked in to Glenn's room to see if she wanted to come down and watch a movie, she was crying in bed, feeling pathetic. Seb quietly sat on her bed next to her. "Are you ok?' He asked quietly. Glenn shook her head. "Not really." She muttered.

"Want to talk about it?" He asked. "I made a mistake." Glenn replied.

"What was the mistake?" Seb asked.

"Are the guys still here?" Glenn asked seb.

Seb nodded. "yeah, want me to tell them to leave?" He asked.

Glenn laughed. "No it's okay. Just tell me when they leave?" She asked. Seb nodded, kissed her on the forehead and walked out of her room and down the stairs wondering what happened to Glenn to make her so sad all of a sudden, something at the party, he was sure of that, but what?

Seb looked at each of the guys. "Okay, which one of you pissed Glenn off?" He asked.

They all looked bewildered. "What do you mean?" Chuck asked.

"I don't know but she's crying." Seb said, David stood up but Seb motioned for him to sit. "And she doesn't want company." He added. "But you should all leave. Come tomorrow around noon and I'll have her ready to go out and have fun with us, ok?" he asked. They all nodded, Pierre and David were a little reluctant to go but Seb eventually got them out of the door then he headed back up to Glenn's room.

"They're gone." He announced and she laughed at him.

He smirked. "Are you ready to come down and have fun now?" He questioned.

She laughed and nodded, wiping tears from her eyes, she followed him down in to the living room where he switched on the TV, just to hear the noise. It did help. "Eh, I'm just all emotional all of a sudden." Glenn said nervously.

Seb laughed then he turned serious. "But what was the mistake you were talking about?" He questioned her, narrowing his eyes slightly as he studied her.

"Seb..I-I slept with someone last night." Glenn said then she instantly regretted it. She couldn't say that it was Pierre and now she would have to completely make up some stupid lie. How stupid could she get?

"Who?" Seb asked shocked.

"I-I don't know." Glenn lied and shook her head. "Please, just it's over. Let's not discuss it anymore, ok?" She asked him.

He looked reluctant then shrugged and put on a smile. "Okay. But did you-you know?" He asked, trying not to voice it.

"Did I what?" Glenn asked, thoroughly confused.

"Use protection." He said, his voice strained.

Glenn forced a smile. "Of course." She lied, not sure whether Pierre did or not. But she wouldn't worry about that. She couldn't.

"Great, want some chocolate cake?" Seb asked, changing the subject, but that did sound great at the moment. "Yeah!" Glenn said, cheering up now that she had told somebody. Seb laughed at her enthusiasm and went to go get the chocolate cake in the kitchen, Glenn joined him and got them both a coke.

They sat at the table in silence and Glenn broke it. "This won't change the way you think of me, right?" She asked nervously.

Seb smirked. "Don't worry, we are still buddies." he laughed and so did Glenn.

"Glad to see your feeling better." A voice said from the kitchen doorway. Both Seb and Glenn turned to face the newcomer.

"Pierre, what's up dude?" Seb asked, motioning for him to sit down.

Pierre grabbed a plate and got some cake then sat next to Glenn.

She stared down at her uneaten cake then stood up. "Sorry, I -umm I'm going to go upstairs." And then she was gone.

"Jeez, scare her away!" Seb joked to Pierre.

Pierre didn't laugh though.

People may assume she's getting sick because of pregnancy symptoms and then criticize me for being incorrect since the signs wouldn't be immediate but I apologize... I meant for it to be a sign of the stress she went through.
I can understand how that could be confused though but that's what I meant for it to mean at the time =) Thank you!
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Mike Judge Headed Back to the Office

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Few comedians have gotten the shaft like Mike Judge has. Despite producing a ground-breaking cartoon series in “Beavis and Butthead”, creating another that every single human finds funny with “King of the Hill” and becoming the come-from-behind king with Office Space, Judge still got no respect when creating and promoting his last venture, Idoiocracy.

So it’s no surprise that he’s ventured out and created his own production shingle with brothers in arms, John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky. And it looks like one of their first projects out of the gate is going to be Extract, starring Jason Bateman.

Variety, in a line straight out of the press packet, claims that the project, “explores what it’s like to be the boss when everything seems to be shifting around you.”

On any normal news day, we’d leave it at that, but doesn’t that sentence make it seem like Judge is headed back to the 9-to-5, stiffer-than-thou, dash-filled world of corporate suits? Can one safely assume he’s diving back into a white collar work area? A cubicle zone? An “office space”, if you will?

If I can read far too deeply into a vague statement (and I can), it seems like Judge plans on exploring the other side of the corporate ladder – placing Bateman in a position of power and watching things slowly erode away. Perhaps he’ll still be sticking with print media while the world of Web 2.0 and viral marketing pass him by. At this point, I’d trust Judge just to explore plain ineptitude and make it hilarious.

Obviously, there’s still a lot of blanks left to fill on this one, but I’d be willing to bet that FSR readers in the Austin area should gear up for production trucks and the chance to be an extra real soon.

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On Monday analysts at BMO Financial upgraded pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) after positive data from two early stage products.

The analysts boosted its rating on Merck from “Market Perform” to “Outperform” with a price target of $50. The target is a +13.5% increase from Friday’s closing price o $44.05.

Merck shares were up 47 cents, or +1.07%, in premarket trading on Monday.

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  • xilinx_altera xilinx_altera Jul 2, 2013 10:06 AM Flag

    ARRAY Buyout Candidate?

    Seems when combined with ONXX flagship KYPROLIS:

    " Interim results from the study revealed that the combination of ARRY-520 and Kyprolis showed a disease control rate of 82% along with a clinical benefit rate of 53%. The results further revealed that the combination was well tolerated with no serious side effects."

    Also, please take note, ONXX Kyprolis is estimated to be a 2BB product by 2020:

    "We model for Kyprolis WW revenue of $2.1B in 2020"

    Riddle me this, riddle me that, why is ONXX on the selling block?

    "Kyprolis, a blood-cancer treatment, is the “crown jewel” in this deal. The drug, already on the market, is expected to hit blockbuster level with sales of more than $1 billion per year. Kyprolis is wholly-owned by Onyx, a somewhat rare occurrence for a promising treatment on the market. Stifel estimated the Amgen bid valued Kyprolis at over $6 billion and estimate the sales could peak at $2.75 billion."

    This is what ONXX flagship targets and hence why ONXX is so valued. What I find particularly interesting is the following:

    "James Evans, a pharmaceutical industry analyst in visiongain, said: “The years 2012 to 2013 will see two important new products reach the market, Onyx’s Kyprolis and Celgene’s Actimid. Both of these have advantages over current drugs, but they’re basically incremental improvements on what we already have – proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulators."

    Incremental improvements? ARRY is also an incremental improvement when combined with ONXX Kyprolis...

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  • fatoobs2003 fatoobs2003 Feb 17, 2009 1:23 PM Flag

    Good News Private Prison Industry

    Article from Dollars & Sense (Feb. 13, 2009);

    Full article can be found at

    Depending on Immigrants:
    The uptick in immigrant detention that saved the industry in 2000 (see sidebar) turned into a mighty upswing in demand for immigrant prison beds after Sept. 11 and the ensuing immigrant crackdown. The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has reported record profits for the last few years, largely on the strength of increasing demand from its ICE and USMS “customers.”

    Forty percent of total CCA revenue comes from three federal contractors: Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Marshals Service, and ICE. In its 2007 Security and Exchange Commission filing, CCA stated: “We are dependent on government appropriations.” CCA Chairman William Andrews warned investors that the company’s high returns could be threatened by a change in the policy environment: “The demand for our facilities and services could be adversely affected by the relaxation of enforcement efforts…or through the decriminalization of certain activities that are currently proscribed by our criminal laws.”

    But to understand just how well the prison business is faring and how immigrants are key to prison profits, you can listen in on the prison firms’ quarterly conference call with major Wall Street investment firms of November 2008.

    Corrections Corporation of America boasted that it enjoyed a $33.6 million increase in the third quarter over last year, while earnings rose 15% during the same period. Formerly known as Wackenhut, GEO Group, the nation’s second largest prison company, saw its earnings jump 29% over 2007. Cornell Companies, another private prison firm that imprisons immigrants, reported a 9% increase in net revenues in the third quarter.

    Private prison companies aren’t worried that the Democratic Party sweep will mean fewer beds. GEO Group’s chairman George Zoley on Nov. 3 assured investors: “These federal initiatives to target, detain and deport criminal aliens throughout the country will continue to drive the need for immigration detention beds over the next several years and these initiatives have been fully funded by Congress on a bipartisan basis.”

    Addressing investor fears that recent decreases in undocumented immigration inflows might dampen company returns, CCA CEO and board chairman John Ferguson said, “So even though we have seen the border crossings and apprehensions decline in the last couple of years, we are really talking about dealing with a population well north of 12 million illegal immigrants residing in the United States.”

    The CCA chief assured investors that the company’s dependence on detained immigrants is not a factor of policy but rather of law enforcement. “The Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Marshals Service, Immigration and Custom Enforcement are carrying out statutory obligations for their responsibility….We should continue to see their utilization of the private sector to meet their statutory obligations and requirements.”

    The prison executives even intimate that the economic crisis will fatten their business. When asked by an investment company representative about a Ü possible downturn in detained immigrants, James Hyman, president of Cornell Companies, said, “We do not believe we will see a decline in the need for detention beds particularly in an economy with rising unemployment among American workers.”

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  • paulfloyd94 paulfloyd94 Jun 28, 2012 10:27 AM Flag

    Hmm, just like NAT and Herbjørn Hansson

    Herbjørn Hansson of North American Tankers (NAT) pulls this exact same maneuver on a regular basis, and it's pretty annoying unless you're expecting it. NAT is a high-yield company whose stock price increases, then gets decimated when Hansson suddenly spends the cash. Then the cycle repeats.

    Cramer loves Hansson for some reason. I used to own NAT but got sick of dealing with surprises... same may be true for ETP.

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Perceptions of life through the eyes of an Engineer By Michael C Geraghty. Born in Liverpool in the 1950's, and began my journey into the creative world of engineering in 1970. Studying mechanical/fabrication & welding engineering, and then went on to spend over 40 years covering every facet of fabrication and design/drafting. From 1998 to present, 12 years of Intensive C.A.D. and digital art which has encompassed, and included my life in engineering as the main theme for my artwork. The fascination with intricate abstract art and virtual sculpture has created a new avenue to expand upon my desire, to turn functional engineering structures/fabrications into aesthetic artwork. Inspired by the creative design/engineering and...

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The RNC has a new commercial out that attempts to hit Barack Obama on the energy issue:

This is not a terrifically effective spot. It makes McCain’s platform seem haphazard and contradictory. (Conservation. Drill! Drill! Drill! Alternative Fuels. Oil! Oil! Oil!).

Nevertheless, I do tend to agree with Larry Kudlow that the offshore drilling debate could be a wedge issue if framed effectively. Kudlow’s framing, which rah-rahs the profit motive and calls for deregulation, is precisely 180 degrees removed from where the Republicans want to go with this one. But by couching their argument in more populist, Hillary Clintonesque tones, they might be able to portray Obama as being overvague and out of touch.

To that end, it is interesting that both this commercial and Kudlow’s column call Obama anti-nuclear. Obama’s position on nuclear power has been a little amorphous, but it is not clear that he is anti-nuclear. On the contrary, he took some flack from progressives on the nuclear power issue during the primaries, and his position — sometimes hedged more than others — has generally been that nuclear power is “worth considering”.

It seems to me, then, that the Republicans are trying to preempt Obama from getting behind nuclear power more seriously. The problem with offshore drilling — apart from its environmental impacts — is that it will likely take at least 20 years before it adds materially to our refinement capacity. By contrast, although it depends significantly on reactor design, a nuclear power facility could come online in perhaps half that time. So nuclear power is a pretty interesting trump card to the offshore drilling issue: greener, faster, and for the first time in a while, supported by pluralities or majorities of the public.

The Republicans seem interested in taking the nuclear card off the table. That does not necessarily mean that Obama should play it. But I do think he’ll need a little more substance on this issue, be it by embracing nuclear power, engineering some sort of targeted transportation tax credit that helps lower-income families with long commutes to work but also incentivizes mass transit, embracing RFK Jr.’s plan, or simply deciding that this will be the issue where he takes a tough love stance and uses that as a branding parlay. The Republicans will eventually put together a better commercial on the issue, and Obama will need some kind of reply.

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Linda Parks Republican CA 26: Is Linda Parks a Republican?

Why not?

In California’s new top two election system, Ventura County voters can have either have a Far Left Democrat (Assemblywoman Julia Brownley) or a No Party Preference moderate in Ventura County Sueprvisor Linda Parks, face off with Republican Tony Strickland in November.

Brownley without hesitation will vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker and for every left-wing cause down the line.

Parks is a moderate and although more left than I would like will at least be approachable on issues. Not to say that Parks will vote more conservative, but who can be MORE left than Santa Monica resident (oh yeah Brownley just moved) Julia Brownley?

Conservative voters tomorrow have an opportunity for a two-fer. Strickland and Parks.

Tomorrow vote for Linda Parks.

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  • Politicallyincorrectvc

    I’m not sure I follow…doesn’t a good showing for Tony Strickland strengthen momentum for him going into the general?  Having been a part of campaigns in the past, I know that (regardless of primary position) everyone is still looking to get as much support as possible and Strickland and co. surely have a number in mind for percentage of the vote they hope to capture.

    Also, this says nothing about how people view each candidates chances in the general.  It certainly appears that Strickland could beat either Brownley or Parks in the general but if I’m a Republican who believes Strickland stands a better chance against Parks, why would I support her “just in case” Strickland doesn’t win?

    Telling Republicans to vote for Parks isn’t helping to get the best conservative candidate elected.  I disagree with your logic here.

  • Politicallyincorrectvc

     Sorry…should have said “If I’m a Republican who thinks Strickland stands a better chance against Brownley, why would I vote for Parks in the primary?”

    This is for the sake of discussion.  I personally believe Strickland will be the next Congressman from Ventura County regardless of who he faces.

  • Gregory Flap Cole

    I would rather see a Ventura County conservative vs. a Ventura County moderate face off than a VC Conservative vs. Far Left Santa Monica resident race – especially since the Dems/Unions will pour in tons of money in the race for Brownley. They may support Parks, but not without a commitment to vote for Pelosi.

    Parks is a better opponent for Strickland.

    Besides the campaign fireworks will be most interesting.

  • dude

    Linda Parks is a horror of humanity and totally out to lunch. She has no principles whatsoever. I’d rather vote for Hannibal Lecter.

  • Gregory Flap Cole

    I have known Linda Parks for decades and I find her no more abhorrent than any of the other POLS who have been in Ventura County office.

  • Politicallyincorrectvc

    So do I take that to mean you believe Parks is an easier opponent for Strickland to defeat?  I’m assuming you’ll vote for Strickland against either one, is that true?

  • Politicallyincorrectvc

     I don’t agree with your assessment but I will say that it’s ridiculous for Flap to suggest that Republicans should vote for anyone but Tony Strickland.  All Flap has done is either A) expose his lack of knowledge about politics or B) is the result of some weird grudge that is causing him to suggest people Republicans don’t vote for one of the few consistent conservatives in Ventura County.

    I’ve had my differences when some of the blog posts here that I read occasionally but this is just ridiculous.  The campaign fireworks would be more interesting?  Are you kidding me?  Do you think that when the balance of power in the house is at stake that we should be playing games for entertainment purposes?  Strickland deserves the vote of Republicans, period.

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  • Gregory Flap Cole

     Are you afraid of Linda Parks beating Tony Strickland in the general election?

    With NO money, how would Parks accomplish that in a Congressional District which is plus EV for a Republican (nominal Democrat registration).

    Brownley would have national monetary support and WOULD vote for Pelosi as Speaker.

    Vote Linda Parks.

  • Politicallyincorrectvc

     No, like I mentioned several times previously, I think Strickland will defeat either one of them.  The media will do a lot of the work for either Parks or Brownley should they make it past tonight.  I just think it’s unwise to ask Republicans to vote for Parks at any time.  At the very least, they should instead be encouraged to vote for one of the other three Democrats if it’s Brownley you want to hurt.  Why boost Parks numbers?

    Republicans should vote for Tony Strickland, both today and in November.

  • Gregory Flap Cole

     Well, already done. This Republican voted for Linda Parks.

    I wonder if Parks can siphon off sufficient votes to finish second?

    Who knows?

    There may be fall out from the Linda Parks vs. Audra Strickland race and Tony may not do that well.

    But, the voter turnout will be abysmal unlike in November.

  • Politicallyincorrectvc

     Are you supporting Strickland in the general election regardless of who advances to face him?

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  • Gregory Flap Cole

     LInda Parks proved to be the weakest candidate. Now, Strickland will face the full money and labor machine of the LEFT.

    Yes, I support and endorse Tony Strickland for Congress.

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No numbers are available yet for planned tolls for trucks, however the commercial vehicle volume discount program will be eliminated in January 2014.

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Enrollment in E-ZPass costs motorists $38 of which $35 is a prepaid tolls balance, and $3 is the signup and transponder service fee for the first year. A $3 service fee is levied each year thereafter.

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Lederman Science Center at Fermilab Hosts Open House on February 11, 2001

Is there life in cold winter water? Why do lice like your hair? How do you put antimatter in a bottle?

Visitors to the Lederman Science Education Center at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will have an opportunity to explore these and other questions at an Open House on Sunday, February 11. At the Open House, held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., visitors can explore hands-on science exhibits, play computer games and meet prominent scientists.

"We have a variety of activities for kids and parents," said Marge Bardeen, head of Fermilab's Education Office. "Children can study the microscopic life in a frigid drop of water, explore magnetic fields with the help of Fermilab graduate students and look at insects galore. They can go on a science scavenger hunt. We will offer snacks and drinks. It will be a festive atmosphere."

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Named for former Fermilab director and Nobel Prize winner Leon M. Lederman, the Science Center opened in 1993. More than 20,000 students visit the center annually, and a range of education programs provide information and support for about 6,500 teachers around the country. Funding for the center is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Education, the State of Illinois, the non-profit Friends of Fermilab, private foundations and donations from individuals.

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(programming)   (Or "memoised function") A function that remembers which arguments it has been called with and the result returned and, if called with the same arguments again, returns the result from its memory rather than recalculating it.

Memo functions were invented by Professor Donald Michie of Edinburgh University. The idea was further developed by Robin Popplestone in his Pop2 language long before it was ever worked into LISP.

This same principle is found at the hardware level in computer architectures which use a cache to store recently accessed memory locations.

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Shou Sumiyaki

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P and I were going to have yum cha at Crystal Jade but just as we were going to step up, P stops outside Shou Sumiyaki and looks at the Lunch Set Menus. He said he wanted to try it instead even though I told him it's going to be expensive and small xp

There was a 5 minute wait 'cause they hadn't expected so many people to come for lunch - they opened up the tatami seating area at the back for us. P walks up with his shoes on and gets told off by the waiter - sigh =P

P wanted to get the Japanese BBQ Lunch Set Menu - traditional Japanese Style Cooking where fresh meat, seafood and vegetables are placed on a mesh and grilled over direct charcoal flame. All lunch BBQ set include Kaisen Harumaki (deep fried seafood spring rolls) with Japanese Wafu Salad, Steam Rice and Miso Soup.

He wanted wagyu. Wagyu Beef (Premium Grade 7+ Black Wagyu Marble Beef) - Wagyu Rump Set $18.90 or Wagyu Scotch Spencer Set $24.90. Of course he'd go for the more expensive one - the scotch =P

I was really cold so I wanted some ramen. Ramen & Soba Lunch Set Menu - Ramen Set include Tonkatsu Ramen (Japanese style noodles with pork bone soup served with cha shu), Wagyu no Niku Jaga (braised Wagyu & Vegetable Side Dish) with your choice of appetiser. I got gyoza as my appetiser - $14.90

So many condiments for just the wagyu beef - even though the waitress told us to use the soy one anyway =P

My ramen came first - I was happy 'cause I was freezing cold!

Was alright - looked quite a small bowl. The egg yolk was soft boiled but the egg white was kinda hard on the outside - I don't know how that can happen lol. There was only one piece of cha shu and there was so much bean shoots =( The ramen was kinda squiggly - kinda like instant noodle, so I was a bit suspicious whether the ramen was made in the restaurant...

P's BBQ starter came - looked pretty good!

The spring rolls were very tasty - couldn't really taste the seafood in it but anyway =P The salad was quite fresh too =)

P also decided to order Wagyu Korokke - Deep fried crumbed Wagyu beef mince & creamy mesh potato unit golden brown searer with TonKatsu sauce $9.50 but they had run out for the day =( so we got Kami Korokke - Deep fried crab cream croquettes $7.50 instead.

The waiter just said to get the crab one instead but we didn't realise it was "crab cream" - what is cram cream?! They did top the croquettes with crab roe though which was tasty =)

My gyoza appetizer finally came - like 20 minutes after I got my ramen =/

It was very disappointing though - they weren't even crunchy! How hard is it to fry dumplings?! And we didn't even realise, but I didn't get my Wagyu no Niku Jaga (braised Wagyu & Vegetable Side Dish)! Fully jipped! =( I only realised just as I started blogging about it boo =(

After 30 minutes, they came and gave us a hot grill plate and P's wagyu finally came - 8 thin slices of wagyu beef. The waitress said to grill them 15 seconds on each side.

Was quite tasty - so fatty! But not as tasty as the ones we have in Japan. And not enough! 8 tiny slices! Though P said the small bowl of rice was actually very packed.

5/10 - was alright, pissed they jipped me of my side dish!

3/5 - they kept trying to clear our plates even though we hadn't finished yet =P

3/5 - I like tatami tables - we got the whole table to ourselves =)

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Under-21s: Italy 2-1 Turkey

Federico Macheda pledged to follow his brace with a hat-trick and slammed former Italy Under-21 Coach Pierluigi Casiraghi.

“I can give more,” he told the Gazzetta dello Sport after netting both in a 2-1 friendly win over Turkey yesterday afternoon.

“If I scored two this time, then for the next game I will get three.”

Macheda was the star of the show on Coach Ciro Ferrara's debut, but the Manchester United striker had been repeatedly benched by the previous boss.

“Casiraghi never had any faith in me. I have never felt the way I do today. I like Ferrara, though, as he is relaxed and really talks to you.

“He put his faith in me and I repaid him.”

Macheda also hailed teammate Marco D'Alessandro, who provided the assist for his second goal.

“We've been friends since we were 10 years old. He is too kind in his compliments and deserves much of the credit for the second goal.

“Ferrara said that if he was in defence for Turkey, I wouldn't have scored! In any case, I'll return to Manchester and Sir Alex Ferguson feeling happy and I think he will be too.”

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Yesterday I read an article on skysports which showed the amounts of money clubs in the premiership spent on player agents last season. The total amount came up to a whopping £71.8 million, all on greedy agent fees! Obviously Man City topped the chart spending almost £10 million. They were probably disappointed they couldn’t reach double figures with their spending in this area. The clubs which surprised me the most were Spurs and Newcastle, although having said that these 2 clubs may have spent more on agent fees, but spent far less than their rivals on player transfer fees.

Below is the list of premiership club’s spending on agents ranging from October 2010 – September 2011:

Man City - £9.7m

Tottenham - £7.6m

Liverpool - £7m

Chelsea - £6.5m

Newcastle - £6.5m

Arsenal - £4.6m

Man United - £4.5m

Blackburn - £4.2m

Sunderland - £3.7m

Aston Villa - £3.2m

Everton - £2.9m

QPR - £2.5m

Stoke - £2.2m

Bolton - £1.9m

West Brom - £1.3m

Wolves - £1.1m

Fulham - £0.9m

Norwich - £0.7m

Wigan - £0.66m

Swansea - £0.24m

Football agents certainly are taking advantage of the vast amounts of money being thrown around in the game. A couple days ago Didier Drogba’s agent came out with one of the funniest comments I have heard from an agent. According to the quote from skysports Thierno Seydi said: “At Didier’s age he has nothing to prove as a player. He will go where he is offered the most money. Once you are well into your thirties you have to go to a club where you can be certain you can pay the bills.” Once I read the last line I gave out a loud cackle which resulted in a long stare from my manager in the office. I wonder what Drogba’s bills are? Maybe he is renting out a small island somewhere or investing in shares in the failing stock market. For his agent to come out with such a ridiculous comment as that just outlines the greed of these vultures. Like Kia Joorabchian (Carlos Tevez agent) all they care about is holding clubs to ransom ensuring they get the best deal for themselves, using their clients as tools for their own gain. It’s funny how Seydi mentioned Anzhi Makhachkala which is bankrolled by another Russian billionaire. Maybe Samuel Eto’o (now the highest paid footballer in world football) had a word with him about how great life is earning £300k a week in Russia.

Something needs to be done about this because agent fees are increasing at an alarming rate just like player salaries. It’s agents like these that is sucking the life out of football!


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Roberto Martinez played the usual 3-4-3 formation with a simple but effective counter attack plan. With the less mobile Jelavic as the lone striker, the right centerback was able to help the slightly less adventurous Boyce to contain Everton's threatening left-hand side. The hardworking Di Santo and Maloney filled in the void in Wigan's midfield and were the main engines for attack. Di Santo, who returned from injury, was the main man in the final third. He fuelled Wigan's attack with his energy and techniques. Not once he released Arouna Kone on the right with brilliant passes to spark a threat. Kone scored himself while also set one up for Di Santo.

Everton could not resolve Wigan's defence in the first half with their imbalanced squad. Coleman often found himself alone on the right when going forward. Jelavic's goal, which came with a bit of luck, was the sole positive talking point for David Moyes at half time. The Scottish manager showed no rush after interval, but first resolved the defending issues. Substitute Distin's better positioning and determination made Arouna Kone more or less an invisible man in the 2nd half. Leighton Baines thus was granted extra freedom to attack Wigan's right flank.

Leon Osman shifted to the right, while Kevin Mirallas played just behind Jelavic to try disrupt Wigan's defence. Fellaini dropped to midfield to help link up defence and attack. Frustration grew when more dubious decisions were given against Everton, but the exhausted Wigan became less capable to withstand Toffee's pressure. Al Habsi had done all he could to keep the score at 2-1. Anichebe could have joined earlier in the match, but he made an instant impact by troubling Caldwell in the box. Moyes' clever tactical moves, coupling with Everton's admirable team spirit, earned them a hard-fought point at JJB stadium.

Man of the Match: Leighton Baines. The introduction of Distin in 2nd half allowed the English fullback to  pose constant threats on the left. His connection with Pienaar, Fellaini and MIrallas constantly exerted pressure and had finally exploited Wigan's defence, despite a solid performance by Boyce. The calmly, though bravely, converted penalty concluded Baines' sensational afternoon.

Flop of the Match: Maynor Figueroa. He was obviously the weakest link on Saturday afternoon. With little damage caused from Everton's right flank, the left centreback found himself facing Jelavic often. Pienaar's misfired shot luckily floated over Figueroa's head to reach Jelavic to level the score at 1-1, but the defender mis-positioned again in the 2nd half to free Jelavic for an open shot, only to see his clumsy challenge surprisingly unspotted by officials. His final highlight of the day was another late tackle on Mirallas around the penalty spot, although it was Caldwell who brought down Anichebe that directly gifted the penalty to Toffees.

Official performance: Kevin Friend seemed to be more nervous than Roberto Martinez when Everton piled on the pressure in the 2nd half.  The yellow card was out of his pocket more than often, as if he was eager to keep the game under his control. He correctly identified some moments when Everton players were looking for a penalty, but had also missed a handball and Figueroa's tackle on Jelavic in the box. Overall, it was a less than friendly and below-par match for Kevin Friend.


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How to think about defense journalism

How to think about defense journalism

When I was reporting in Iraq, the Washington Post‘s bureau chief had a list of emergency numbers printed up and put on a laminated card you could keep in your wallet. Like who to call if you are kidnapped.

If I had the power I’d print up this comment by Fred Reed, the Hunter S. Thompson of the right, laminate it, and give one card to every member of the Pentagon press corps:

Reporters don’t meet Important People because we news weasels are meritorious, but because the press enjoys power all out of proportion to its worth. If people knew reporters as well as I do, they would emigrate. You could take a blind cocker spaniel with a low IQ and give him, her, or it a press card from the Washington Post, and in three weeks every pol in the city would kiss up to the beast, who would develop delusions of grandeur.

It’s the reporter’s disease: You come to believe that the Secretary of the Air Force wants a press breakfast with you because he respects the depth of your thought. No. He thinks you are an idiot, and in all likelihood loathes you, but he knows that what you write will show up in the White House clips.”

I just want to note that one of my dogs already has delusions of grandeur, and she doesn’t even have a press card.


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Blood Sport

Blood Sport

Update: On Feb. 1, 2012, more than 70 people were killed in fighting between rival groups of soccer fans during a match in Port Said, Egypt. Organized Egyptian hooligan groups, known as Ultras, were heavily ivolved in the demonstrations against Hosni Mubarak’s regime, clashing with police and often turning peaceful demonstrations violent.

In August, 2011, FP looked back at some of the notable occasions when political violence has spilled over onto athletic playing fields.

The Blood in the Water Game

Water polo, a wildly popular sport throughout Eastern Europe, is already a pretty rough game. Throw in a bitter Cold War rivalry and you have the makings of a literal bloodbath.

The 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, took place just days after Soviet forces invaded Hungary to brutally suppress an anti-communist revolution. Several European countries boycotted the games to protest the Soviets’ actions. Things came to a head in a semifinal water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union, which turned into one of the roughest games in Olympic history.

Players were expelled throughout the game for illegal headlocks, holds, and punches. Late in the match, star Hungarian forward Ervin Zador was sucker-punched by the Soviet player guarding him and was pulled from the pool with a bleeding cut below his eye. Australian police were called in to prevent the heavily pro-Hungarian crowd from rioting.

The Hungarians won the game 4-0 and went on to defeat Yugoslavia for the gold medal. But nearly half of the country’s 100-member Olympic delegation defected rather than return home to communism.

The Football War

The 1969 conflict between Honduras and El Salvador, made famous by Ryszard Kapuscinski’s book, The Soccer War, had its roots in conditions that existed long before the two countries took the field for a fateful series of World Cup qualifying matches in June of that year.

After decades of heavy immigration, Salvadorans accounted for about 20 percent of Honduras’ peasant population by 1967. Spurred by local resentment, the Honduran government passed a land reform law displacing thousands of Salvadorans.

With tensions high, the two countries met for the first match in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. The night before, Honduran fans had surrounded the hotel where the Salvadoran players were staying, keeping them awake throwing stones and firecrackers. El Salvador lost the game 1-0, prompting the suicide of a young Salvadoran fan. Her funeral became a national event, attended by the president.

At the return match, held one week later in El Salvador, the home fans’ rage was so intense that Honduran players had to be taken to the stadium in armored cars. Instead of a Honduran flag, the Salvadorans raised a dirty dish towel on the flagpole. The home team won that one 3-0. A tiebreaker was held in Mexico City with both countries’ fans separated by 5,000 baton-wielding Mexican police. El Salvador won the game 3-2, and hours later severed diplomatic relations with Honduras. Two weeks later, Salvadoran planes began bombing Tegucigalpa. The war ended four days later with a ceasefire arranged by the Organization of American States.

The Old Firm

One of the world’s bitterest sports rivalries, known collectively as the "Old Firm" because of the cash raked in by the team’s owners thanks to the rabid enmity of their fans, involves the two biggest Scottish soccer clubs, Celtic and Rangers. Of course, the rivalry is much bigger than football, or even Scotland for that matter. Celtic supporters tend to be Irish Catholics while Rangers are supported by Protestants — making the regular meetings between the two teams a kind of proxy battle for the Northern Ireland conflict. Irish tri-colors and British Union Jacks are far more common at Old Firm games than Scottish flags.

Violence has been a part of the rivalry since at least 1909, when fans, upset that a replay match had ended in a draw, proceeded to tear seats from the stadium and set turnstile booths on fire. In 1980, following a Scottish Cup final won 1-0 by Celtic, both sides’ fans met on the pitch and began a massive brawl that had to be broken up by police on horseback. The fight led to the banning of alcohol at Scottish soccer matches.

In an infamous 1999 game, fans threw projectiles at players and invaded the field following a controversial foul call. Some have accused the teams’ owners of pandering to the most violent elements of their fan base to generate controversy and interest.

Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade Riot

Two weeks before this Yugoslav league match on May 13, 1990, Croatia had held its first-ever democratic elections, which were swept by pro-independence parties. Both clubs were supported by notoriously violent hooligan groups — Belgrade’s Delije and Zagreb’s Bad Blue Boys — and when they met for this match in Zagreb, both sides began brawling and tearing out seats in the stadium with little interference from Yugoslav police. The brawl soon spilled out onto the field, where, in the most famous image of the day, Dinamo Captain Zvonimir Boban karate-kicked a policeman who he saw attacking a Croatian fan.

One year later, the Yugoslav football league — along with the rest of the country — was no more. The Delije and Bad Blue Boys members went to play prominent roles in their countries’ armies and paramilitary groups during the civil war that followed. Delije-leader-turned-warlord Željko Ražnatovic — better known as "Arkan" — was indicted by the United Nations for war crimes but assassinated in 2000 before he could stand trial.

A plaque outside Zagreb’s Maksimir stadium today reads, "To the fans of the club, who started the war with Serbia at this ground on May 13, 1990."

The Arab Winter

Almost exactly one year before the demonstrations that would lead to the downfall of Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship, young Egyptians took to the streets for a different reason — a simmering football rivalry with rival North African power Algeria. When the Algerian national team arrived in Cairo on Nov. 12, 2009, for a World Cup qualifying match, its bus was attacked by Egyptian fans and several players were bloodied.

Rioting followed the first game, which was won by Egypt, and inaccurate media reports that Algerian fans had been killed in the melee sparked attacks against Egyptian business in Algeria. After the second match was won by Algeria, a tiebreaker was held in Khartoum, Sudan, attended by the sons of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Algeria won the game 1-0 and Egyptian fans were reportedly attacked on the way to the airport. Responding to the incident, Egypt briefly withdrew its ambassador from Algeria.

At the time, Ursula Lindsey wrote in Foreign Policy that "the soccer frenzy may have served the interests of both autocratic regimes, whose populations might otherwise be striking over living conditions or demonstrating for greater political freedom." One year later, they would be.


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